Citi Deck
The Travelers merger was later largely unwound. What are the settled facts, and how do you frame the arc in an interview?
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The financial-supermarket concept was dismantled piece by piece: the Travelers property and casualty business was spun off in 2002, the life insurance and annuities business was sold to MetLife in…
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