Insurance

  2010 APR 16 - (VerticalNews.com) -- Driven in part by a growing preference for ceramic tile, demand for hard surface flooring products in the U.S. is forecast to increase 4.6 percent annually to 9.6 billion square feet in 2013.* As tile contractors work to keep pace with the increasing need for their specialty services, Travelers (NYSE: TRV) Construction Insurance developed a new IndustryEdge® product for Tile Contractors to help manage the need for additional insurance coverage and related services ...read more

  2010 APR 2 - (VerticalNews.com) -- Bill Cunningham, Executive Vice President of Business Insurance for The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV), is scheduled to speak at the J.P. Morgan Insurance Conference in New York City on Monday, March 22, 2010, at 10:15 a.m. EDT.

  The presentation will be available live via telephone. The dial-in number will be 800.857.2850 (toll free) or 415.228.4885 (toll) and can be accessed with the pass code "Insurance." Presentation materials will be made available on the investor section of the Travelers Web site at http://investor.travelers.com at the start of the presentation. About Travelers The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV) is a leading provider of property casualty insurance for auto, home and business . A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Travelers has more than 30,000 employees and generated revenues of approximately $25 billion in 2009. For more information, visit www.travelers.com ...read more

  2010 MAR 5 - (VerticalNews.com) -- To help protect construction contractors' assets from internal theft, Travelers (NYSE: TRV) Construction Insurance and Travelers Bond & Financial Products teamed together to offer the Wrap+ Fidelity and Crime Coverage to the Construction Industry. According to the 2008 Report to the Nation on Occupational Fraud and Abuse, American construction contractors that hired a Certified Fraud Examiner suffered a median loss of $330,000 as a result of internal fraud. The same study showed that businesses with fewer than 100 employees suffered 38 percent of the fraud committed ...read more