Travelers|NNP Corp|NNP .|. 's|POS third-quarter|JJ net|JJ income|NN rose|VBD 11|CD %|NN ,|, even|RB though|IN claims|NNS stemming|VBG from|IN Hurricane|NNP Hugo|NNP reduced|VBD results|NNS $40|NN million|CD .|. 

Net|NN advanced|VBD to|TO $94.2|NN million|CD ,|, or|CC 89|CD cents|NNS a|DT share|NN ,|, from|IN $85|NN million|CD ,|, or|CC 83|CD cents|NNS a|DT share|NN ,|, including|VBG net|NN realized|VBD investment|NN gains|NNS of|IN $31|NN million|CD ,|, up|RB from|IN $10|NN million|CD a|DT year|NN ago|RB .|. 
But|CC revenue|NN declined|VBD to|TO $3|NN billion|CD from|IN $3.2|NN billion|CD .|. 

Travelers|NNP estimated|VBD that|IN the|DT California|NNP earthquake|NN last|JJ month|NN will|MD result|VB in|IN a|DT fourth|JJ -|- quarter|NN pre-tax|JJ charge|NN of|IN less|JJR than|IN $10|NN million|CD .|. 

The|DT insurer|NN 's|POS earnings|NNS from|IN commercial|JJ property|NN /|NN casualty|NN lines|NNS fell|VBD 59|CD %|NN in|IN the|DT latest|JJS quarter|NN ,|, while|IN it|PRP lost|VBD $7.2|NN million|CD in|IN its|PRP$ personal|JJ property|NN /|NN casualty|NN business|NN ,|, compared|VBN with|IN earnings|NNS of|IN $6.1|NN million|CD a|DT year|NN ago|RB .|. 

Travelers|NNP 's|POS employee|NN benefits|NNS group|NN ,|, which|WDT includes|VBZ its|PRP$ group|NN health|NN insurance|NN operations|NNS ,|, posted|VBD earnings|NNS of|IN $24|NN million|CD ,|, compared|VBN with|IN a|DT loss|NN of|IN $3|NN million|CD last|JJ year|NN .|. 

In|IN the|DT first|JJ nine|CD months|NNS ,|, net|NN was|VBD $306|NN million|CD ,|, compared|VBN with|IN a|DT loss|NN of|IN $195|NN million|CD in|IN the|DT 1988|CD period|NN .|. 
The|DT year|NN -|- ago|RB results|NNS included|VBD a|DT $415|NN million|CD charge|NN in|IN the|DT 1988|CD second|JJ quarter|NN for|IN underperforming|VBG real|JJ estate|NN and|CC mortgage|NN loans|NNS .|. 

