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Exclusion Left Off Declarations Page Ruled Unenforceable ‘Hidden Trap’ in New Jersey

A three-judge New Jersey Superior Court appellate panel has ruled that an intra-family liability exclusion in a Travelers (St. Paul) auto insurance policy amounts to a “hidden pitfall” and is unenforceable because it was not cited on the policy’s declarations …

Travelers Reports Q2 Loss on Catastrophes, Investments; Only Modest COVID Impact

The Travelers Companies reported a net loss of $40 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2020, compared to net income of $557 million in the prior year quarter. The insurer said the difference was primarily due to higher catastrophe …

Travelers Expects Q2 Loss From Storms, Civil Unrest, Investments; Modest COVID Impact

In a preliminary look, The Travelers Companies said it expects to report a net loss for the second quarter, results that will reflect losses from storms, civil unrest and its non-fixed income investment portfolio. It also reports it has experienced …

Travelers, W.R. Berkley CEOs Sound Alarm Over Coronavirus Lawsuits, Workers’ Comp

During an earnings conference call Tuesday, the leader of Travelers insurance alerted listeners to the possibility that frivolous lawsuits by plaintiffs lawyers could slow down the economic recovery from COVID-19 shutdowns. Alan Schnitzer, whose company reported net income of $600 …

Progressive Gives $2M to Big ‘I’ Fund to Aid Agencies Affected by Coronavirus Crisis

Progressive Insurance has donated $2 million to establish the Trusted Choice COVID-19 Relief Fund in response to the economic and operational challenges the coronavirus crisis has presented to independent agencies. The grant will be dispersed directly to independent agencies via …

Travelers to Provide $100 Million Cash Flow Boost to Agents Amid Coronavirus Crisis

The Travelers Companies announced that it will accelerate commission payments to eligible agents and brokers to help them ease liquidity concerns due to the COVID-19 crisis. In total, Travelers said it is accelerating more than $100 million, which it called …

Travelers Joins MIT Research Groups Focused on Autonomous Transportation

The Travelers Companies has joined the Advanced Vehicle Technology (AVT) Consortium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE), organizations working to advance research and public information about automated vehicle and driver assistance technologies. …

Winning, Sharing, Trusting, Failing, Losing: 10 Insuretech Connect Takeaways

Pulling together some loose threads from October’s Insuretech Connect Conference, here are 10 takeaways: Innovation Rap. “I actually feel the industry gets a bad rap in terms of innovation,” Dan Glaser, Marsh McLennan Cos. CEO, told the roomful of innovators, …

XL Catlin’s Goldstein Joins Travelers as Investor Relations Senior VP

Abbe Goldstein has joined The Travelers Companies as senior vice president, Investor Relations. Goldstein succeeds Gabriella Nawi, who recently switched to the company’s Personal Insurance finance team. Goldstein joins Travelers from XL Catlin, where she has been director of investor …

Travelers Promotes Schnitzer, Spadorcia in Business Segment Moves

The Travelers Companies,Inc. has promoted Alan Schnitzer to vice chairman and chief executive officer of Business and International Insurance and promoted Doreen Spadorcia to vice chairman and chief executive officer of Personal Insurance and Bond & Financial Products, effective July …