EXECUTIVE OFFICER
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Christine K. Kalla, 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 7th day of August, 2018.

Signature: Douglas K. Russell
Printed Name: Douglas K. Russell