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Travelers Notes Real-Time Billing Inquiry for Agency Directly From Their Applied Systems Agency Mgt. System

May 19 2003 // Independent insurance agencies are now able to access billing information in real-time for Travelers small commercial policies directly from their Applied Systems agency management system, supplementing the wide range of...

SARS Risk to Travelers Results in Re-examination of Coverage

May 9 2003 // The current outbreak of SARS (Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is reportedly causing considerable anxiety at organizations with employees traveling internationally, especially to and from Asia. California-based ABD...

Travelers Property Casualty, DORIS Insurance Systems Note New Real-Time E-Service Solutions

May 9 2003 // Travelers Property Casualty (www.travelers.com) and DORIS Insurance Systems LLC, an agency management system provider, announced new real-time e-service capabilities for loss runs, electronic policy view, and billing...

Travelers Launches Policy Download Capability for Agents with Boat, Yacht Policies

May 1 2003 // Travelers Property Casualty is now offering its independent agents an Internet batch download system for boat and yacht insurance policies. With this new capability, agencies do not need to re-key policy information into...

Travelers Bond Launches Online Premium Indication Tool

Apr 9 2003 // Travelers Bond, a division of Travelers Property Casualty Corp. announced the debut of a new tool that allows agents to obtain – via the Internet – premium indications for Travelers executive liability...

Innovation at Work Meets the Power of One as AMS Users Connect

Apr 7 2003 // The 27th Annual AMS Users’ Group Conference met March 13-16 in Orlando, Fla. The conference had a show of more than 2,600 agents, CSRs and company representatives with more than 50 exhibitors. The conference featured...

Innovation at Work Meets the Power of One as AMS Users Connect

Apr 7 2003 // The 27th Annual AMS Users’ Group Conference met March 13-16 in Orlando, Fla. The conference had a show of more than 2,600 agents, CSRs and company representatives with more than 50 exhibitors. The conference featured...

A.M. Best Further Downgrades Ratings of Commercial Travelers and Monitor Life

Mar 27 2003 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has downgraded the financial strength ratings to B- (Fair) from B+ (Very Good) of Commercial Travelers Mutual Insurance Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Monitor Life Insurance...

Travelers, Michigan Ins. Recipients of AMS Users’ Group Quantum Award

Mar 19 2003 // The winners of the first-ever Quantum Award were announced at the AMS Users’ Group 27th Annual National Conference on March 15. Travelers Property Casualty and Michigan Insurance Company tied for the award, which...

Travelers/Citigroup Grant to Benefit New Orleans Insurance Students

Feb 14 2003 // A $10,000 grant from Travelers/Citigroup Foundation will allow New Orleans area students in 12 financial services academies to take three field trips to local insurance agencies. The grant will also fund one classroom site...

Travelers Affirmed; Outlook Neg.

Feb 10 2003 // S&P’s affirmed its “A-” counterparty credit and senior debt ratings on Hartford, Conn.-based Travelers Property Casualty Corp., following an announcement that the company will take an after-tax...

Travelers Affirmed; Outlook Neg.

Feb 10 2003 // S&P’s affirmed its “A-” counterparty credit and senior debt ratings on Travelers Property Casualty Corp. following an announcement that the company will take an after-tax charge of $1.3 billion in...

Silverstein Spokesman Replies to Swiss Re Comments; Calls them ‘Cynical, Manipulative’

Feb 5 2003 // Howard Rubenstein, a spokesman for Larry Silverstein, responded to Swiss Re’s press release of Feb. 4, that criticized Silverstein in his attempt to collect insurance money from the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the World...

Silverstein Registers Second Litigation Triumph in One Day

Jan 29 2003 // Silverstein Properties Inc. reported Wednesday that the district judge presiding over its dispute with the insurers of the Twin Towers had granted its motion to compel Swiss Re and Allianz to produce notes of meetings held...

Travelers P/C Notes 4thQ Net Loss of $793.4M as a Result of Prior Asbestos Reserve Charge of $1.3B

Jan 24 2003 // Travelers Property Casualty Corp. reported a net loss for the fourth quarter of $793.4 million or $0.79 per share, basic and diluted, compared to net income of $303.3 million or $0.39 per share in the prior year quarter....

Travelers Pursues Implementation of Web-Based Med. Billing, Reporting for Workers’ Comp Business

Jan 17 2003 // Travelers Property Casualty Corp. is pursuing implementation of web-based medical billing and reporting for its workers’ compensation business. This connectivity, enabled by services from P2P Link LLC, will mark...

A.M. Best Affirms FSR of Travelers

Jan 15 2003 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A++ (Superior) of Travelers Property Casualty Pool (Hartford, Conn.). The rating applies to the 20-member pool, led by Travelers Indemnity Company, and two...

Silverstein Files Appeal Briefs Forming Right to Recover Two Occurrences from WTC Insurers

Jan 7 2003 // Silverstein Properties Inc., along with the Port Authority and other insureds, has filed two briefs with the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit establishing that the attacks on the World Trade Center...

S&P’s Revises Travelers Outlook

Dec 16 2002 // S&P’s affirmed its “A-” counterparty credit and senior debt ratings on Travelers Property Casualty Corp. and its “AA-” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on members of the...

Travelers P&C and AMS Services to Offer Real-time SEMCI Quoting

Dec 13 2002 // Travelers Property Casualty announced it will offer real-time quoting capabilities for small commercial insurance to independent agents with AMS Services Inc. This new capability allows agencies to obtain quotes for...