什麼是旅行家公司

保險公司，今屬於花旗集團。1864年由石匠巴特鬆（J. Bat-terso）所創立的旅行家保險公司是一家創新的行業龍頭公司。1864年開始出售第一張意外事故保險，1865年開始從事人壽保險，成爲第一個提供多種保險業務的美國公司。1901年巴特鬆去世時，旅行家公司的業務範圍已包括健康、債務和汽車保險等。1919年成爲第一個出售航空保險的公司。1993年在不動產投資遭受損失之後，被普利梅利加公司（Primerica Corporation）收購。普利梅利加公司的前身是建立於1987年的美國罐頭公司（American Can Corporation），新公司稱爲旅行家集團。1996年旅行家集團購買了安泰人壽保險公司的傷害和財產保險業務。1997年購買薩洛蒙兄弟公司（Sa-lomon Brothers Inc），並與史密斯邦尼（Smith Barney）公司、哈里斯阿伯翰公司（Harris Upham & Co.）及希爾遜（Shearson）仲介公司合併，最後組成薩洛蒙－史密斯邦尼股份有限公司，成爲全國最大的證券公司之一。1998年旅行家公司和花旗公司合併組成花旗集團。

Travelers Inc.

Insurance company, now part of Citigroup. Founded in 1864 by the stonecutter James Batterson, the Travelers Insurance Co. was an innovative leader in its industry. It sold the first accident insurance in the U.S. in 1864, and in 1865 it began selling life insurance, becoming the first American company to offer more than one type of insurance. When Batterson died in 1901, Travelers was offering health, liability, and automotive insurance. In 1919 it became the first company to sell aviation insurance. In 1993, after suffering losses in real estate, it was acquired by the Primerica conglomerate, formed in 1987 from the non-packaging operations of the American Can Co., and the new company became known as the Travelers Group. In 1996 the Travelers Group bought the casualty and property insurance businesses of the Aetna Life and Casualty Co. In 1997 it bought Salomon Brothers Inc., which it merged with Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co. and the Shearson brokerage business; the resulting firm, Salomon Smith Barney Holdings Inc., is one of the country's largest securities firms. In 1998 Travelers merged with Citicorp to form Citigroup.