Latest Travelers Headlines

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Travelers Announces 2004 Agent of the Year Awards

May 6 2004 // Travelers, a member of St. Paul Travelers, presented its Agent of the Year Awards on May 5 to 17 independent insurance agents from around the country at its annual personal lines leadership conference for top independent...

Jury Rules For Swiss Re in WTC Recovery Case

May 4 2004 // Swiss Re has received a favorable verdict more than two-and a half years after it filed a declaratory relief action against Silverstein Properties, the master leaseholder of the World Trade Center. On Monday the federal...

St. Paul, Travelers to Merge April 1

May 3 2004 // National News • March 30 “How about St. Paul Travelers Chubb Hartford Fireman’s Fund Liberty Mutual Zurich?” — Dave Berndt Lancaster, Penn.

St. Paul, Travelers to Merge April 1

May 3 2004 // National News • March 30 “How about St. Paul Travelers Chubb Hartford Fireman’s Fund Liberty Mutual Zurich?” — Dave Berndt Lancaster, Penn.

St. Paul, Travelers to Merge April 1

May 3 2004 // National News • March 30 “How about St. Paul Travelers Chubb Hartford Fireman’s Fund Liberty Mutual Zurich?” — Dave Berndt Lancaster, Penn.

Jury Renders Partial Verdict in WTC Recovery Case

Apr 30 2004 // The federal jury that has been deliberating the complex issue of how much Silverstein Properties, the master leaseholder of the World Trade Center, should recover from its insurers has reached a partial verdict. On...

St. Paul Travelers Issues Q1 Earnings Report

Apr 29 2004 // The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. reported that net income for the first quarter ended March 31, 2004 increased 73 percent to $587.2 million, or $1.34 per share diluted ($1.35 per share basic) compared to the prior...

St. Paul Travelers Unveils Enhanced Commercial Property, General Liability Product for Companies Doing Foreign Business

Apr 13 2004 // St. Paul Travelers has introduced an enhanced version of Global Companion, an international commercial property and general liability product designed to help protect U.S.-based companies from the risks associated with...

Mo. ‘Pool’ Businesses to Reportedly Save $3 Million from 3.7 Percent Workers’ Comp Rate Cut

Apr 12 2004 // Missouri “pool” businesses should reportedly save $3 million from 3.7 percent workers’ compensation rate cut The private insurer running Missouri’s workers’ “pool” for high-risk...

Best Acts on Travelers/St. Paul Ratings

Apr 5 2004 // After Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s, A.M. Best Co. announced that it has made several adjustments to the ratings of Travelers and The St. Paul as a result of their recent merger. Best said it has downgraded...

S&P Lowers Travelers Ratings to ‘A+’

Apr 2 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on the members of the Travelers Property Intercompany pool -Travelers Casualty and Surety...

Moody’s Lowers Travelers P/C Debt Ratings

Apr 1 2004 // Moody’s Investors Service announced that is has lowered the debt ratings of Travelers Property Casualty Corp., and those of its subsidiary Travelers Insurance Group Holdings Inc., by one notch. Senior debt was...

St. Paul, Travelers to Merge April 1

Mar 30 2004 // St. Paul Cos. Inc. and Travelers Property Casualty Corp. announced that they have received all required regulatory and shareholder approvals for the previously announced merger of the companies. The companies intend to...

Mass. Adds Its OK to St. Paul-Travelers Merger

Mar 23 2004 // The proposed Travelers-St. Paul merger has received another endorsement as the Massachusetts Division of Insurance has given its approval to the acquisition by St. Paul of Premier Insurance Co., the Massachusetts stock...

Travelers Reaches Asbestos Settlement with Equitas

Mar 23 2004 // Lloyd’s runoff vehicle Equitas and Travelers Property Casualty have reached a comprehensive settlement of policies existing between Travelers and the Lloyd’s underwriters who are reinsured by Equitas. Equitas...

Shareholders Approve St. Paul Travelers Marriage

Mar 22 2004 // Shareholders of The St. Paul Cos. and Travelers Property Casualty Corp. on March 19 approved the merger of the companies. Approval of the merger by Travelers shareholders is one of several approvals required before the...

St. Paul and Travelers Settle Merger Lawsuits

Mar 19 2004 // The St. Paul Companies (NYSE:SPC) announced today that The St. Paul and Travelers have entered into settlement agreements with the plaintiffs in all three of the pending purported securities class action lawsuits related...

Conn. Approves Travelers-St. Paul Merger with Certain Conditions

Mar 4 2004 // With the condition that the combined firm keeps certain employment, tax and charitable commitments to her state, Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell has approved the acquisition of Travelers Property Casualty...

Travelers Unveils New Web-Based Ocean Cargo Certificate Capability

Feb 3 2004 // Travelers Property Casualty Corp. will now provide Web-based ability to create and print Ocean Cargo Certificates of Insurance to its Ocean Cargo policyholders and their agents. In addition to the anywhere, anytime...

Fitch Notes Travelers Rating Watch Status

Feb 2 2004 // On Nov. 17, 2003, Fitch Ratings placed the ‘AA’ insurer financial strength (IFS) ratings of the members of the Travelers Property Casualty Group and the ‘A’ long-term issuer and senior debt ratings...