Archive

  • Macquarie increases stake in Travelers Companies

    19 September 2023

    Asset manager ups investment in US insurance business

  • Unrealised bond losses not a concern, says Travelers

    20 October 2022

    Company predicts increasing investment income in 2023 as rates rise by 200bps

  • We are ready for downturn, says Travelers CEO

    22 July 2022

    Emphasis on low risk assets will benefit insurer in recession

  • Travelers stung by PE downturn in Q2

    21 July 2022

    Insurer reports $95m of realised investment losses after record PE results last year

  • Travelers adopts coal and tar sands exclusion policy

    07 February 2022

    Globally 35 insurers have now limited their coverage of coal, lobby group says

  • 43% of global re/insurance assets covered by divestment policies

    02 December 2020

    Insure Our Future publishes annual scorecard on insurers' climate policies

  • Travelers posts Q2 loss of $40m compared to $557m gain last year

    23 July 2020

    US insurer hit by cats and lower investment income, COVID-19 losses modest

  • Insurers report $8.7bn investment losses in COVID-19 infected Q1

    04 May 2020

    Reported damage still coming as many European, US insurers expected to report this month

  • Travelers' private equity portfolio eases decline in fixed income returns

    19 October 2017

    US insurance group Travelers' investment returns during the third quarter helped ease the pain inflicted by a busy hurricane season in the US, which saw hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria bring the group's pre-tax income down by 59% compared to the same period last year.

  • Alternatives shine for Lloyd's syndicates

    05 April 2017

    Following the insights gleaned on rising manager fees and falling yields for Lloyd's syndicates, David Walker shines light on the well-performing fraction of alternative investments made by the sector in 2015.