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Travelers reports $14m net loss in Q2, driven by $640m underwriting loss
20th July 2023
Primary insurance group The Travelers Companies, Inc., has reported a net loss of $14 million for the second quarter of 2023, compared to a net income of $551 million in the prior year quarter. The net loss was heavily driven by a $640 million underwriting loss, which was driven by the ... Read the full article
Senate Budget Committee launches investigation into insurance companies’ climate risk evaluation, fossil fuel support
12th June 2023
The Senate Budget Committee, led by Senator Whitehouse (D-RI), alongside Senators Wyden (D-OR) and Sanders (I-VT), initiated an investigation into the evaluation of climate-related risks by major U.S. insurance companies. The committee seeks to understand why these companies continue to support and underwrite fossil fuel expansion projects that contribute to climate ... Read the full article
US insurance companies fail proxy season’s climate test: Insure Our Future
7th June 2023
U.S insurance companies Chubb, The Hartford, and Travelers and their largest shareholders failed this proxy season’s climate test, according to pressure group Insure Our Future. Concerned investors filed resolutions to address the climate and human rights-related risks associated with insurers’ underwriting, but none received majority support. At their annual general meetings ... Read the full article
Travelers reports $975m net income in Q1 with net written premiums up 12%
19th April 2023
Primary insurance group The Travelers Companies, Inc. has reported net income of $975 million for the first quarter of 2023, which also included an elevated level of catastrophe losses of $535 million pre-tax and a one-time tax benefit of $211 million. The company’s net income went down 4% this Q1 2023 ... Read the full article
Travelers’ investment in Fidelis includes quota share arrangement
24th January 2023
US primary insurer Travelers has disclosed that its investment in Fidelis includes a 20% quota share arrangement, which its management says will allow the firm to "participate in the hard market." Travelers made a strategic minority investment in Bermudian re/insurer Fidelis in July of 2021, which came into effect on ... Read the full article
Travelers drops agg reinsurance cover, raises per-occurrence attachment
24th January 2023
US primary insurer Travelers has disclosed details of its reinsurance renewals for 2023, which include a higher attachment point for its occurrence catastrophe excess-of-loss (XoL) program, as well as the apparent non-renewal of its aggregate catastrophe cover. The company reports that it raised the attachment point for its per-occurrence treaty by ... Read the full article
Travelers sees 39% decrease in net income for Q4
24th January 2023
Primary insurance group The Travelers Companies Inc. has reported a 39% year-on-year decrease in net income to $819 million for the fourth quarter of 2022, compared to $1.33 billion from the same period last year. Notably, net income for the full year also fell by 22% to $2.84 billion, compared to ... Read the full article
Catastrophe losses nearing agg trigger for Travelers as CEO sees exceptional underlying results
17th January 2023
U.S primary insurer Travelers has pre-announced estimated catastrophe losses of USD 459 million pre-tax (USD 362m after-tax), net of reinsurance, for the fourth quarter of 2022, but still expects to report an underlying, pre-tax underwriting gain of USD 723 million (USD 571m after-tax) for the period. Catastrophe losses for Q4 2022 ... Read the full article
Hurricane Ian erodes more of Travelers’ aggregate reinsurance retention
19th October 2022
U.S primary insurer Travelers has now accumulated $1.4 billion of qualifying losses for the retention of $2 billion on its property aggregate catastrophe excess of loss treaty, as the carrier booked losses of $326 million related to hurricane Ian in the third quarter. This morning, Travelers reported a strong set ... Read the full article
Travelers reports solid Q3 with stronger combined ratio despite hurricane Ian
19th October 2022
Primary insurance group The Travelers Companies, Inc. has reported a 31% year-on-year dip in net income to $454 million for the third quarter of 2022, but despite experiencing a higher catastrophe load in the period, driven by hurricane Ian, the firm's underwriting return for the period increased by $40 million. Quarterly ... Read the full article
Top 20 U.S. cyber insurers all saw premium growth in 2021
6th October 2022
Of the approximately $4.8 billion of U.S. cyber insurance premiums underwritten in 2021 by the property & casualty (P&C) industry, more than 81% came from the top 20 cyber insurers in the U.S. marketplace, led by global insurer Chubb. Based on research data from rating agency AM Best, ... Read the full article
Cyber continues to top Travelers Risk Index
29th September 2022
For the third time in four years, cyber threats have been found to be the top overall concern for business decision makers, according to the 2022 Travelers Risk Index results. Of the 1,200 survey participants, more felt that today’s business environment is riskier compared to a year ago, and more than ... Read the full article
Google and Travelers’ team up on ‘connected data ecosystem’
22nd September 2022
Google Cloud and Travelers' are to work together on a ‘connected data ecosystem’ that the two say will enhance the commercial insurance underwriting process. The partnership between the firms will, they said in a statement, will quickly synthesise vast amounts of information, helping Travelers' underwriters more efficiently evaluate risks for large-and-middle-market ... Read the full article
Travelers Syndicate 5000 gets ratings downgrade
3rd August 2022
Syndicate Research Limited (SRL) has downgraded the B^ (Average), negative outlook, Continuity Opinion of Lloyd's syndicate 5000 (Travelers Syndicate Management Limited) to B-^ (Below Average). SRL explained that the downgrade was made in light of the syndicate’s underperformance relative to its B (Average) peer group in recent years, and assigned a ... Read the full article
Catastrophe losses erode almost half of Travelers’ aggregate reinsurance retention
22nd July 2022
US primary insurer Travelers accumulated $935 million of qualifying losses towards the aggregate retention of its $2 billion property catastrophe reinsurance treaty during H1 2022, according to the company's Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Dan Frey. Yesterday, Travelers announced a decline in net income for the second-quarter on the back of ... Read the full article
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