Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all persons by these presents, that I, the undersigned, a director of The Travelers Companies, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the "Corporation"), do hereby make, nominate and appoint Christine K. Kalla and Wendy C. Skjerven, and each of them, to be my attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority to sign on my behalf a Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, to be filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any amendments thereto, which shall have the same force and effect as though I had manually signed the Form 10-K or any amendments thereto.

		Date
By	/s/ ALAN L. BELLER	February 6, 2019
	Alan L. Beller
By	/s/ JOHN H. DASBURG	February 6, 2019
	John H. Dasburg
By	/s/ JANET M. DOLAN	February 6, 2019
	Janet M. Dolan
By	/s/ KENNETH M. DUBERSTEIN	February 6, 2019
	Kenneth M. Duberstein
By	/s/ PATRICIA L. HIGGINS	February 6, 2019
	Patricia L. Higgins
By	/s/ WILLIAM J. KANE	February 6, 2019
	William J. Kane
By	/s/ CLARENCE OTIS JR.	February 6, 2019
	Clarence Otis Jr.
By	/s/ PHILIP T. RUEGGER III	February 6, 2019
	Philip T. Ruegger III
By	/s/ TODD C. SCHERMERHORN	February 6, 2019
	Todd C. Schermerhorn III
By	/s/ DONALD J. SHEPARD	February 6, 2019
	Donald J. Shepard
By	/s/ LAURIE J. THOMSEN	February 6, 2019
	Laurie J. Thomsen

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