Repeats item first published Tuesday with changes to text
** Shares of Travelers Cos TRV.N were up 0.8% in afternoon trading Tues ahead the insurer's quarterly results due before the bell Wed
** The co is expected to report an increase in quarterly rev to $10.509 bln from $9.396 bln a yr ago, while it is expected to report earnings of $4.90/shr vs $3.21 in the yr-ago period, according to LSEG data.
** The co has beaten analysts' earnings expectations in five of the past eight reporting periods, per LSEG
** Analyst recommendations on the stock include 10 "strong buy" or "buy" ratings, 14 "hold" ratings and three "sell" ratings, based on LSEG data
** The median 12-mo price target for TRV is $233.50; the stock was last at $222.94
** Earlier Tues both Citigroup and Raymond James raised their price targets on TRV
** TRV options imply a 4.1% swing for the shares, in either direction, by Fri; that is slightly higher than the stock's average reaction to earnings of 3.7%, over the last eight quarters, according to Trade Alert
** Including the session move, TRV's stock is up about 17% for the YTD, while the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI is up 0.2% for that period
(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; additional reporting by Saqib Iqbal Ahmed in New York)