NU Online News Service, July 19, 2:22 p.m. EDT

NEW YORK— Insurance agents have a lot to offer start-up businesses besides just insurance-coverage opportunities, says a Travelers executive.

Speaking during a symposium here yesterday, Joan Woodward, executive vice president, public policy for The Travelers Companies and president of the Travelers Institute, the public policy division of the insurer, said independent-insurance agents could be a major resource of information start-up entrepreneurs can turn to.

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