Travelers Named Preferred Provider by the Arkansas Community Bankers Association

  
    
  
  
    
      Travelers today announced that the Arkansas Community Bankers 
      Association has chosen the company as its preferred provider for bank 
      insurance products.
    
    
      The Arkansas Community Bankers Association represents 161 community 
      banks and thrifts throughout Arkansas. Travelers SelectOneSM 
      for community banks product will provide the Arkansas Community Bankers 
      Association with property-casualty coverages and directors and officers 
      liability, fiduciary liability and bankers professional liability 
      coverages. Travelers is now the insurance coverage partner for 11 
      affiliate members of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA).
    
    
      “This partnership provides members of the 
      Arkansas Community Bankers Association with access to the portfolio of 
      products in our SelectOneSM program,” 
      said Mark Horton, second vice president and national director of 
      community banks, Travelers. “Additionally, the 
      Arkansas Community Bankers Association will be eligible to participate 
      in the ICBA/Travelers Insurance Program, which offers a policyholder 
      safety group dividend plan.”
    
    
      “We are pleased that we have found a product 
      that will provide the most comprehensive coverage options for our 
      members,” said Richard Trammel, executive 
      director of the Arkansas Community Bankers Association. “Everyone 
      who is a part of our association is confident that Travelers will 
      continue to provide our members with the necessary coverage as our risks 
      change through the years.”
    
    
      Since 1890, Travelers has provided coverage to financial institutions 
      and is the endorsed carrier of the ICBA. The ICBA/Travelers Insurance 
      Program has been offered to ICBA members for the past 24 years.
    
    
      The Arkansas Community Bankers Association was founded in 1980 and is 
      committed to the preservation of community banks, their franchise values 
      and the integrity of their local economies.
    
    
      About Travelers
    
    
      Travelers understands that life and business are inherently dynamic and 
      that the best way to serve agents and policyholders is to deliver 
      insurance that evolves to stay in-synch with life and business as they 
      change. For more information on being in-synch, visit www.travelers.com.
    
    
      Travelers is a business of The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. 
      (NYSE:STA), a leading property casualty insurer selling primarily 
      through independent agents and brokers. The company’s 
      diverse business lines offer its global customers a wide range of 
      coverage in both the personal and commercial settings, including 
      automobile, homeowners, construction, small business, oil and gas, ocean 
      marine, financial and professional services, global technology and 
      public sector services. St. Paul Travelers is ranked 85 in the Fortune 
      500, with 2005 revenues of $24.4 billion and total assets of $113.2 
      billion. The company has approximately 32,000 employees.