St. Paul Travelers Revamps Its Small Commercial Insurance Offerings

March 16, 2005

  • March 16, 2005 at 1:44 am
    John says:
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    I train 1000+ agents on small commercial P&C and Work. Comp. products. We write more than a Billion in volume at a 78% loss ratio. This could be a great venture for Travelers/St. Paul.

  • March 16, 2005 at 1:57 am
    Anonymous says:
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    How do you figure a 78% loss ratio is good? Do you mean combined ratio?

  • March 16, 2005 at 3:54 am
    Dilbert says:
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    A 78% loss ratio is profitable? Do their underwriter and and producers work for peanuts? I can see 78% profitable for a direct writer, but no way for an agency based insurance company.

  • March 16, 2005 at 4:22 am
    Dudeman says:
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    56% for direct is max you would want once you factor in expenses you push 94%

  • March 16, 2005 at 4:46 am
    John Q. Agent says:
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    This is a long awaited improvement to their system. Too bad the rest of the operation isn’t more agent friendly. I’m just afraid we’ll write all this new business and then they’ll either want to non-renew it or increase the premiums by 15-20% every year. And we had very low loss ratios. This happened to us before. Growing with this carrier has been difficult.

  • March 17, 2005 at 5:18 am
    andrew says:
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    Id say you get it, including the IBNR loads, to say 40% and you can pretty much do what you want with them. At 78% your cloients and Travelers are only exchanging money.

  • March 17, 2005 at 7:54 am
    Linda Rogers says:
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    My system can not open your attachments

  • March 17, 2005 at 8:32 am
    tom says:
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    John…what school of ins did you go to, at 78 % LR, your 1 bil is a losing book, get ready for a huge rate increase

  • March 18, 2005 at 8:44 am
    Ray says:
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    If they were REALLY interested in the SBM they would intoduce the “Pay As You Go” model for Workers’ Compensation. We make this product available currently to P&C agents and it outsells traditional WC 10 to 1. When you look at the “combined” commission on this product (the WC commission + the commission we pay on payroll processing) the agent can realize a 15%+ commission on the product. AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, the product is a win-win for the agent and the insured. C’mon, aren’t you all tired of the smae old, same old industry “offerings?”?

  • March 18, 2005 at 2:41 am
    Agency Owner says:
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    It sounds like this new product line will be auditable if it’s based on payroll/sales. It looks like the regionals (the smart ones anyway) will be getting lots of great business soon!

  • March 19, 2005 at 12:30 pm
    JAMES says:
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    HOW CAN I FIND OUT MORE,CAN YOU PROVIDE CONTACT INFO FOR “RAY”?

  • March 21, 2005 at 9:32 am
    Ray DiDia says:
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    For anyone interested in the “Pay As You Go” W/C model you can reach us at 888-661-7297 Ext. 12

  • March 21, 2005 at 3:17 am
    Jack J Maniscalco says:
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    Sounds like a PEO to me.

  • March 21, 2005 at 3:59 am
    Ray says:
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    The “Pay As You Go Model” for WC IS NOT a PEO. And, agents should be very careful in dealing with a PEO. This concept is far better. You own the account. And the total income to the producer can exceed 15%. THIS IS NOT A PEO.

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