Price rises continue to moderate at Travelers in Q4

US insurer Travelers said that rate increases continued to
decline in the fourth quarter as it unveiled consensus-beating Q4
earnings.
Headline rate rises for domestic insurance business, excluding
national accounts, slowed to 2.4 percent in Q4 2014 - down from 3.1
percent in the preceding quarter and less than half the 4.9 percent
price increases achieved in the prior-year period.
The moderating trend also impacted US middle-market accounts,
where rates rose by 2.1 percent in Q4 2014, down from