EXECUTIVE OFFICER
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Alan D. Schnitzer, Kenneth F. Spence, III, Matthew S. Furman
and Bruce A. Backberg, signing individually, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, a Form ID Application
and submit the same to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;

(2)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an executive officer of The Travelers Companies, Inc. or one
of its subsidiaries (together the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

(3)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an executive officer of the Company, Form 144 in accordance with
the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules thereunder;

(4)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 3,
4, 5 and 144 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(5)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve
in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 or the Securities Act of 1933 and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect
to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 5th day of August, 2007.

Signature:  /s/ John J. Albano

Printed Name:  John J. Albano