Latest Travelers Headlines

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Scheffler, Climate Protesters, Lightning Strike at Travelers Golf Championship

Jun 24 2024 // A weather delay, a climate protest, a lightning strike and Tom Kim could not deter Scottie Scheffler on his mission to win the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship at the TPC River Highlands course. Kim made a birdie...

This Week’s Travelers PGA Event Attracts Top Golfers; Proceeds Go to Charities

Jun 18 2024 // The Travelers Companies is marking its record 18th year as title sponsor of its Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour event at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. The 2024 Travelers Championship tournament is...

After 11 Deaths, Lawsuit, Arrests at Jail, Travelers Drops NC Sheriff’s Liability Coverage

Jun 7 2024 // After multiple deaths in the jail, criminal charges against an employee and alleged sexual relationships with inmates, a North Carolina sheriff’s office has lost its law enforcement liability insurance coverage from...

Travelers to Open Technology Office in Atlanta

May 1 2024 // Just as companies worldwide struggle with the office-versus-remote work question, Travelers has decided to open a 2,800-square-foot office site in Atlanta to house its artificial intelligence, data science and other...

Uncertainty Keeps Prices Up; No Prior-Year Loss Development: Travelers

Apr 19 2024 // With its personal lines business benefiting from the impact of rate increases earning into the book, and the commercial lines insurance premium changes staying in double-digits, Travelers reported $1.1 billion in net...

Travelers CEO on Q1 Results: ‘We’re Firing On All Cylinders’ With Net Income Up 16%

Apr 17 2024 // The Travelers Companies, Inc. today reported first quarter net income of $1.123 billion, compared to $975 million in the prior year quarter. Core income in the current quarter was up 14% to $1.096 billion, compared to $970...

Travelers Survey: Distracted Drivers Making US Roads More Dangerous

Apr 12 2024 // Nearly 80% of respondents to a recent Travelers survey said inattentive driving is more of a problem now than it has been in past years. Travelers noted the pandemic triggered a new wave of dangerous habits. The 2024...

5th Circuit Finds Travelers Policy Excluded Waste Dumping by Mississippi Firm

Mar 19 2024 // Courts have found that policy exclusions often fail due to ambiguous wording. In the case of a Mississippi company that allegedly dumped corrosive wastewater into sewer systems, though, Travelers Casualty and Surety...

Miami Labor Supplier Charged With Underreporting Payroll to Travelers

Feb 29 2024 // Florida authorities charged a Miami contractor with vastly underreporting his payroll and skipping out on $253,000 in workers’ compensation insurance premiums to Travelers Property and Casualty Co. Gustavo Antonio...

Travelers’ Q4 Net Income Skyrockets as Personal Lines Reverses Underwriting Loss

Feb 5 2024 // Net income at The Travelers Cos. for the last quarter of 2023 about doubled compared to the same time in 2022, to $1.6 billion on lower catastrophe losses and a return to profitable results in the personal insurance...

Travelers’ Q4 Net Income Skyrockets as Personal Lines Reverses Underwriting Loss

Jan 19 2024 // Net income at The Travelers Cos. for the last quarter of 2023 about doubled compared to the same time last year to $1.6 billion on lower catastrophe losses and a return to profitable results in the personal insurance...

Because ‘Location’ Is Ambiguous in Marine Cargo Policy, Travelers Must Pay Fire Loss

Jan 8 2024 // A New York-based apparel company is entitled to its claim for the full $600,000 limit on its marine cargo insurance policy because the policy was ambiguous as to whether a warehouse fire that destroyed its goods was at an...

Travelers Completes Acquisition of Corvus Insurance

Jan 3 2024 // The Travelers Cos. completed its previously announced acquisition of Corvus Insurance Holdings Inc., a cyber insurance managing general underwriter. The $435 million acquisition was first announced in November 2023, which...

Travelers Wins CGL v. E&O Battle in Insurance Agency Defamation Case

Dec 8 2023 // Travelers Casualty Insurance Co. did not owe a duty to defend or indemnify its insured, CBIZ Borden-Perlman Insurance Agency, Inc., in a tort action in which Republic, as another insurer of B-P, bore the litigation and...

Ending Polarization and Building Future Leaders: Travelers CEO

Nov 20 2023 // Challenges facing today’s business leaders include keeping pace with rapid change, the leader of Travelers said in late October while also going out of his way to cast light on a serious obstacle to forward progress:...

Travelers Webinar Focuses on Connecting Gen Z, Independent Agents

Nov 14 2023 // Members of Generation Z who have worked with insurance agents believe they are knowledgeable and help them make better choices. Nevertheless, Gen Z is under-tapped in the independent agent channel and over-indexes on...

Travelers to Buy Cyber MGU Corvus for $435 Million

Nov 3 2023 // The Travelers Companies today said it has agreed to buy cyber managing general underwriter Corvus Insurance Holdings, Inc. for about $435 million for its middle-market excess and surplus lines presence. “This...

Ending Polarization and Building Future Leaders: Travelers CEO

Nov 1 2023 // Challenges facing today’s business leaders include keeping pace with rapid change, the leader of Travelers said last week while also going out of his way to cast light on a serious obstacle to forward progress:...

Travelers Q3 Net Income Down 11% on Catastrophe Losses, Reserve Development

Oct 18 2023 // Third quarter net income at Travelers Cos. fell 11% compared to the prior-year quarter to $404 million on higher catastrophe losses and unfavorable reserve development. As one of the first insurers to report quarterly...

Markets/Coverages: Digital Lloyd’s Syndicate Ki Partners With Travelers and Aspen to Expand Follow Capacity

Oct 18 2023 // Ki, the first fully digital and algorithmically driven Lloyd’s syndicate, announced that Travelers and Aspen will offer additional follow capacity through its digital platform from Jan. 1, 2024. As a result of this...