Travelers News

On Wine Day, Consider Wineries and Vineyards a Fertile Field

If you’re one of those people who think there are enough holidays already, then you may not be happy to hear that National Wine Day is coming up – unless you really like wine, then perhaps an exception is in …

Travelers Enhances Contractors Professional, Pollution Liability Coverage

Travelers has enhanced its product offering for contractors by combining professional liability and pollution liability coverages. The product now offers additional protection against environmental damage caused by design errors. According to Adrienne Atwell, chief underwriting officer for Travelers Environmental & …

Travelers Appoints Casella as Senior VP, International Insurance

The Travelers Companies Inc. announced that Michael Casella has joined the company as senior vice president, International Insurance. Casella will be responsible for furthering efforts to leverage the expertise from the company’s lines of business – personal, business, bond and …

Google Compare May Go Beyond Auto Insurance

The way Valen Analytics President and CEO Dax Craig describes it, Google’s move into insurance with Google Compare for auto insurance is an “all-aboard, wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee” call to the insurance industry. His words were simpler: “Game changer.” The complexity of what …

Travelers to Buy Majority Stake in Colombian Insurance Startup

Travelers Cos., the lone property- casualty insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, agreed with a partner to buy a majority stake in a startup surety provider based in Colombia. The joint venture with Brazil’s J. Malucelli Participacoes em Seguros …

P/C Insurers Rush to Meet Rising Demand for Cyber Insurance

Insurers flush with capital are rushing to grab part of an expanding cyber coverage market that’s been spurred on by high-profile hackings at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Home Depot Inc. Sales are set to double this year from about …

Travelers Offers New Coverages Related to the Affordable Care Act

Citing recent survey results that show widespread unfamiliarity among U.S. businesses with requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Travelers has announced the addition of Healthcare Exchange and Civil Money Penalties coverages to its management liability portfolio. …

Trusted Choice Consumer Portal Funding Now Tops $50M

Project CAP, the organization formed to help local independent agents compete in the digital economy under the Trusted Choice brand, has raised $10 million from two additional carrier investors. The capital from the two new investors brings the total raised …

Travelers Reports 17% Profit Hike in 1Q

Travelers Companies Inc. reported a 17 percent rise in first-quarter profit, helped by higher underwriting gains and an increase in net investment income. Net income rose to $1.05 billion for the quarter ended March 31, from $896 million a year …

Travelers CEO Fishman Eyes Potential Foreign Acquisitions

Travelers Companies, which acquired Dominion of Canada General Insurance in 2013 and increased its ownership stake in its joint venture in Brazil in 2012, is likely to continue expanding internationally. In his annual letter to shareholders, Travelers CEO Jay Fishman …