Travelers Completes Sale of Canadian Personal Insurance Business and Majority of Its Canadian Commercial Insurance Business to Definity

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV) today completed its previously announced sale of the personal insurance business and the majority of the commercial insurance business of Travelers Canada to Definity Financial Corporation (TSX: DFY) for approximately US$2.4 billion. Travelers, which is the largest surety writer in North America, has retained its premier Canadian surety business. Travelers expects to use approximately US$0.7 billion of the net cash proceeds of