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 Matthew S. Furman 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, 2010, 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 2, 2011
	Alan L. Beller
By	/s/ JOHN H. DASBURG	February 2, 2011
	John H. Dasburg
By	/s/ JANET M. DOLAN	February 2, 2011
	Janet M. Dolan
By	/s/ KENNETH M. DUBERSTEIN	February 2, 2011
	Kenneth M. Duberstein
By	/s/ LAWRENCE G. GRAEV	February 2, 2011
	Lawrence G. Graev
By	/s/ PATRICIA L. HIGGINS	February 2, 2011
	Patricia L. Higgins
By	/s/ THOMAS R. HODGSON	February 2, 2011
	Thomas R. Hodgson
By	/s/ CLEVE L. KILLINGSWORTH, JR.	February 2, 2011
	Cleve L. Killingsworth, Jr.
By	/s/ BLYTHE J. MCGARVIE	February 2, 2011
	Blythe J. McGarvie
By	/s/ DONALD J. SHEPARD	February 2, 2011
	Donald J. Shepard
By	/s/ LAURIE J. THOMSEN	February 2, 2011
	Laurie J. Thomsen

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