Climate Strategy: Products & Services

As renewable energy businesses continue to innovate and expand, Travelers is playing a critical role in supporting the transition over time to a lower-carbon economy, both in the United States and internationally – specifically, through our insurance products and services designed for these innovative companies. Travelers has been in the renewable energy space for almost 30 years and is positioned to benefit from the increased economic activity in this space by insuring more renewable energy projects globally.

Travelers offers a range of tailored insurance solutions that cover the entire life span of renewable energy businesses that invest in, develop, operate and maintain commercial and utility-scale operations – from research and development and manufacturing to permanent operations, as well as onshore and offshore wind, solar and biopower operations. Our Global Renewable Energy Practice is designed to facilitate innovation and the growth of renewable energy businesses and support the over-time energy transition.

Our Global Renewable Energy Practice also helps Travelers capture a greater share of the expanding renewable energy industry domestically and internationally, as trends toward renewable and clean energy sources continue to accelerate. For example, our WindPak^® and SolarPak^® products respond to unique coverage issues for the wind and solar energy industries based in the United States. We have also expanded our international footprint for onshore and offshore wind and solar operations throughout Asia, Europe, the United Kingdom, Mexico and Canada with our unique coverages written through Travelers Lloyd’s Syndicate 5000.

We continue to aggressively pursue the renewable energy sector, such as by providing coverages globally for commercial and residential solar installations and onshore and offshore wind farms, including U.S. offshore wind farm projects along the Eastern seaboard. Since we first began collecting separate data for our Global Renewable Energy Practice in 2018, the business has grown at a compound annual growth rate of 27%, with revenue up 236%. We also offer specialized coverage, as well as discounts where permissible, to incentivize environmentally responsible behavior – specifically, to encourage adoption of FORTIFIED Home™ construction, green buildings and hybrid/electric vehicles.

Examples of our current product offerings include the following:

• Green building coverages. A suite of green building coverages that respond to the unique coverage issues of “green” buildings and provide for the additional costs to help policyholders repair, replace or rebuild with “green” materials after a loss.
• Green home discount. A discount of up to 5% for homes that are LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified.
• Wind mitigation discount. In many states, our newest homeowners program offers a discount of up to 18% on hurricane premium for homes built to the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) FORTIFIED Gold™ standard. In Alabama, depending on the location, the discount can be up to 55% on hurricane premium for this designation. Additional discounts for wind mitigation may be available by state.
• Hybrid/Electric vehicle discount. A discount for hybrid or electric vehicles – available in certain states and subject to individual eligibility.
• Hybrid boat discount. A discount of up to 10% for hull and liability coverages on hybrid boats and yachts – available in certain states and subject to individual eligibility.
• Electric boat discount. A discount of up to 10% for electric boats run by motors instead of engines – available in certain states and subject to individual eligibility.

In addition, through our Prepare & Prevent website, we provide customers, agents and brokers and the general public with extensive educational resources to help them plan for, stay safe during and recover from natural disasters of all types. This site and our Risk Control section of MyTravelers^® for Business provide customers, agents and brokers with access to over 1,250 resources to help them better understand risk, mitigate exposures and prevent losses.

Finally, when possible, we take steps to notify customers and agents of certain approaching natural disasters and inform them of steps they can take to help prevent damage. We also provide links to actionable prevention content on our Prepare & Prevent website. After major natural disasters, we communicate with customers and agents to inform them of steps they can take to mitigate damage, file a claim and begin the recovery process.