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St. Paul Travelers Offering Accidental Death & Dismemberment Coverage for International Biz Travelers

Nov 1 2005 // St. Paul Travelers announced the addition of accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) coverage to the full array of international coverages offered through its Global Companion product. Global Companion provides a...

St. Paul Travelers Reports Q3 Results

Oct 27 2005 // The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. today reported net income for the current quarter of $162 million, or $0.24 per basic share and $0.23 per diluted share, compared to net income of $340 million, or $0.51 per basic and...

St. Paul Travelers Readies Catastrophe Response Team in Florida for Wilma

Oct 21 2005 // St. Paul Travelers and its member company First Floridian have mobilized their Catastrophe Response Team to assist policyholders that may be affected by Hurricane Wilma. The company has deployed team members to Tampa and...

Fla. Insurance Industry Preps for Wilma

Oct 19 2005 // Hurricane Wilma, with a barometric pressure of 882 mb, is now the most intense hurricane on record in the Atlantic Basin. After rapid intensification Tuesday night, Wilma is now a potentially catastrophic Category 5...

Identity Theft Protection

Oct 17 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Travelers personal lines, a member of St. Paul Travelers, has enhanced its identity theft protection program, including a new resolution service and expanded expense reimbursement coverage. A consumer...

New Markets

Oct 17 2005 // Expanded ElderCare Program Nuts & Bolts: Lighthouse Underwriters LLC expanded its ElderCare program in Texas with an assisted living package that includes combined general liability/professional liability, automobile,...

New Markets

Oct 17 2005 // Residential Construction Nuts & Bolts: Lemac and Associates has announced a new market for residential contractors in California targeting “fit & finish” contractors such as cabinet contractors,...

People & Places

Oct 3 2005 // Robert Testa Westfield Insurance has named Robert Testa executive, personal lines sales. In this capacity, he oversees employees in five states responsible for new personal lines business. Bryan Whipple Testa began his...

People & Places

Oct 3 2005 // Leslie Mallonee Seattle-based Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company has announced that Leslie Mallonee has been named senior vice president and chief information officer. Mallonee’s history in information technology...

New Markets

Oct 3 2005 // Enhanced Identity Theft Protection Nuts & Bolts: Travelers personal lines, a member of St. Paul Travelers, announced significant enhancements to its identity theft protection program, including a new resolution...

People

Oct 3 2005 // Westfield Insurance has named Robert Testa executive, personal lines sales. In this capacity, he oversees employees in five states responsible for new personal lines business. Testa began his career at Westfield in 1991...

Oct 3 2005 // Seattle-based Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company has announced that Leslie Mallonee has been named senior vice president and chief information officer. Mallonee’s history in information technology includes his...

Spitzer Issues St. Paul Travelers Subpoena on Workers’ Comp Premiums

Sep 28 2005 // New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer turned his attention to St. Paul Travelers Cos. recently, as the company noted Wednesday that it was served with a subpoena from Spitzer’s office. The subpoena was reportedly...

St. Paul Travelers Issues Hurricane Katrina Loss Estimates

Sep 26 2005 // The St. Paul Travelers Companies Inc. announced that its preliminary estimate for losses relating to Hurricane Katrina is approximately $800 million, after tax and after the impact of reinsurance, and including the cost of...

People & Places

Sep 19 2005 // David W. Tralka InsurBanc, the financial services provider to independent insurance agents, has named David W. Tralka as its new president and chief executive officer. Tralka is replacing Michael Herlihy, who served as...

Real Estate Agent and Broker PL Policy

Sep 19 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: St. Paul Travelers introduced a new policy for real estate agents and brokers that provides broader protection from possible claims or litigation against errors and omissions they may make while...

ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, named Carl Bach executive vice presiden

Sep 19 2005 // InsurBanc, the financial services provider to independent insurance agents, has named David W. Tralka as its new president and chief executive officer. Tralka is replacing Michael Herlihy, who served as president since the...

St. Paul Travelers Board Names Fishman Chairman

Sep 12 2005 // The Board of Directors of The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. has unanimously elected President and Chief Executive Officer Jay S. Fishman to the additional post of chairman, effective immediately. Robert I. Lipp, who...

N.Y. Court Awards No-Fault Damages Despite Late Notice to Insurer

Sep 7 2005 // A New York trial judge has dealt a blow to New York State’s timely insurance no-fault auto insurance notice requirement, under which insurers can deny coverage if a claim is not filed within a set period. Following a...

Insurers Post Special Toll-Free Numbers to Help Katrina Victims

Sep 5 2005 // At press time, forecasters were predicting insured losses from Hurricane Katrina–which made landfall 45 miles west of Biloxi, Miss., and 35 miles east of New Orleans on Aug. 29–would be in the $10 billion to...