DIRECTOR
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Kenneth F. Spence, III,
Wendy C. Skjerven and Lynn M. Jokela 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 a director of The Travelers
Companies, Inc. the "Company", Forms 3, 4 and 5 in
accordance with Section 16a 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 a director 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
he 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, 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
transactionsin 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 28th day of April, 2016.

Todd C. Schermerhorn
Signature

Todd C. Schermerhorn
Printed Name