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CALIFORNIA LEADS NATION IN HYBRID OWNERSHIP;
TRAVELERS TO OFFER 10 PERCENT DISCOUNT ON HYBRID CAR INSURANCE
Los Angeles Freeways See More Hybrids than Any U.S. City; San Francisco a Close Second
HARTFORD, Conn., October 17, 2006 – On the heels of the
recently signed legislation by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger that
promises to reduce California's greenhouse emissions by 25
percent by the year 2020, Travelers announced today a solution
to help support that goal. California hybrid owners can now
take advantage of a 10 percent discount* on auto insurance
offered by Travelers.
“The new legislation aimed at reducing greenhouse emissions shows California is taking noticeable measures to improve the environment,” said Peter Betts, Travelers regional vice president for California. “We
hope our discount offer for hybrid owners will help support an
eco-friendly action plan for California and its residents.”
Commonly known as an eco-conscious state, Californians registered
52,619 new hybrid vehicles in 2005. At a distant second, Florida
registered 10,470 hybrids, followed by Texas, New York and
Virginia. Los Angeles tops the list of hybrid-driving cities
with 22,922 new hybrid cars registered, followed by San Francisco
with 15,828. New York, Washington D.C. and Boston complete
the top five.[1]
“California has long been a trendsetting state whose example the rest of the nation often follows, and Californians have embraced the hybrid car in a big way,” said Greg Toczydlowski, senior vice president of product management for Travelers. “We
salute this spirit of forward-looking innovation and will continue to develop
products and services that evolve to fit the changing needs of our California
customers.”
At www.hybridtravelers.com visitors
can review up-to-date information on federal and state tax
benefits for hybrid drivers and enjoy other community incentives,
such as discounted or free parking, and can share their stories
as “hybrid travelers.” For fun, the site features the Early Adopt-o-meter, which ranks visitors’ penchants
for embracing new technologies. Visitors can also access an
agent locator and obtain policy information.
Earlier this year, Travelers became the first auto insurance
company to offer a discount to hybrid drivers on a national
level and has been steadily rolling out the discount state
by state. The company has recently made the discount available
in New York, Maryland, Florida, Washington and Texas, bringing
the total number of states in which the discount is offered
to 42 plus the District of Columbia.
The discount for hybrid drivers is the latest in a long series
of firsts for the company that wrote the first automobile insurance
policy in 1897. Other firsts include the first policy covering
electronic data processing liability in 1961, the first policy
to protect individuals using personal computers for online
banking in 1997, and the first insurance company to offer consumers
protection against identity fraud in 1999.
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.
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Media contact:
Jennifer Wislocki
St. Paul Travelers
860.277.7458
*A discount of up to 10% applies only to certain
coverages. The discount may not be available in all
states and is subject to individual eligibility.
[1] R. L. Polk & Co., 2006
Previous Press Releases:
TRAVELERS OFFERS TEXAS HYBRID DRIVERS 10 PERCENT DISCOUNT ON AUTO INSURANCE
HARTFORD, Conn., September
25, 2006
TRAVELERS OFFERS NEW JERSEY HYBRID DRIVERS 10 PERCENT DISCOUNT ON AUTO INSURANCE
HARTFORD, Conn., September 18, 2006
TRAVELERS OFFERS HYBRID VEHICLE OWNERS 10 PERCENT DISCOUNT ON AUTO INSURANCE
HARTFORD, Conn., May 01, 2006
TRAVELERS OFFERS HYBRID CAR OWNERS
10 PERCENT DISCOUNT ON AUTO INSURANCE
HARTFORD, Conn., February 21, 2006
TRAVELERS TO OFFER HYBRID CAR OWNERS ACROSS U.S.10 PERCENT DISCOUNT ON AUTO INSURANCE
HARTFORD, Conn., January 5, 2006
TRAVELERS OFFERS HYBRID CAR OWNERS IN SIX MORE STATES 10 PERCENT DISCOUNT ON AUTO INSURANCE
HARTFORD, Conn., March 20, 2006
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