Insurer Travelers Cos., with major operations in Hartford, spent $890,000 in the first quarter to lobby the federal government on global warming issues, workers compensation, consumer protection rights and other issues, The Associated Press reports, citing a recent disclosure report.
That’s up from the $760,000 it spent in the year-ago period, but significantly less than the $1.66 million it spent in the 2009 fourth quarter.
The New York-based commercial and property insurer continues to seek customers at a time when employers have fewer workers and less valuable property to insure.
Travelers also lobbied on issues including the National Insurance Consumer Protection Act, coastal wind zone proposals, bankruptcy issues, flood insurance, and asbestos-related legislation.
In the January-March period, the company lobbied Congress, the Treasury Department, the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission, the Federal Reserve, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the White House Office, according to the report filed April 16 with the House clerk’s office.
