Jay Fishman News

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 …

Travelers More Than Triples Profit in Q4 on Lower Disaster Losses, Higher Prices

Travelers Cos., the property/casualty insurer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, said fourth-quarter profit more than tripled as claims costs from natural disasters fell a year after Superstorm Sandy. Net income rose to $988 million, or $2.70 a share, from …

Travelers Will Continue to Seek Improved Pricing: CEO Fishman

The Travelers Companies Inc. said its Business Insurance segment pricing continued to rise in the third quarter — led by workers’ compensation and commercial auto. Rates also continued to climb in the Personal Lines segment. CEO Jay Fishman commented during …

Travelers to Acquire Interest in Brazilian Surety Specialist J. Malucelli

The Travelers Companies announced that it has entered into a joint venture agreement under which it will invest in J. Malucelli Participações em Seguros e Resseguros S.A., “the market leader in the surety insurance business in Brazil with a market …

Travelers Reports Increase in Net Income, Drop in Operating Income for Q3

The Travelers Companies Inc. has reported net income of $1.005 billion, or $2.11 per diluted share, for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2010, compared to $935 million, or $1.65 per diluted share, for the same quarter in 2009. Operating income …

Weather Claims Erode Travelers Profits

Weather-related claims of nearly $440 million dragged down profits by 9 percent at Travelers, which reported second quarter net income of $670 million, down from the $740 million the insurer earned in the year-ago period. Catastrophe claims — chiefly wind …

Travelers Reports Catastrophe Losses Hurt Profits in Q1

The Travelers Cos. Inc. reported net income for the first quarter 2010 dropped just $15 million, to $647 million in Q1 2010, compared to $662 million in Q1 2009. Operating income in the current quarter declined as well to $631 …

P/C Executives to Dodd: Don’t Shift Risky Firms’ Costs to Insurers

Property/casualty insurance companies, which already pay into state guaranty funds to backup claims of their insolvent peers, don’t want to have to also pay into a federal fund to cover failures of larger and riskier financial services firms. Leading p/c …

Travelers Sees Record Profits

The Travelers Cos. saw its fourth-quarter profits climb 60 percent, driven largely by investment gains. The insurer posted record net income for the quarter of $1.285 billion and full year net income of $3.622 billion. It marked the best quarter …