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.