EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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 an executive officer 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 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, 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 21st day of December 2016.

Signature: /s/ Avrohom J. Kess
Printed Name: Avrohom J. Kess