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Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
The Travelers Companies, Inc.:

        We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (SEC File No. 33-56987, No. 333-50943, No. 333-63114, No. 333-63118, No. 333-65726, No. 333-107698, No. 333-107699, No. 333-114135, No. 333-117726, No. 333-120998, and No. 333-128026) on Form S-8 and (SEC File No. 333-130323) on Form S-3 of The Travelers Companies, Inc. and subsidiaries of our reports dated February 21, 2008, with respect to the consolidated balance sheet of The Travelers Companies, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statement of income, changes in shareholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2007, and all related financial statement schedules, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, which reports appear in the December 31, 2007 annual report on Form 10-K of The Travelers Companies, Inc.

/s/	KPMG LLP
	KPMG LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota
February 21, 2008

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Exhibit 23.1