Avrohom Kess compensation by year
TRAVELERS COMPANIES Summary Compensation Table · all 10 fiscal years held| Component | FY2016 | FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $3,257 | $850,000 | $850,000 | $887,739 | $900,000 | $900,000 | $937,692 | $950,000 | $950,000 | $987,739 |
| Bonus | $500,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Stock awards | $3,000,025 | $1,539,954 | $1,440,050 | $1,530,059 | $1,619,995 | $1,619,931 | $1,619,948 | $1,709,973 | $1,710,044 | $1,759,837 |
| Option awards | $499,892 | $1,019,992 | $959,999 | $1,020,006 | $1,080,003 | $1,079,737 | $1,079,862 | $1,139,792 | $1,140,021 | $1,139,991 |
| Non-equity incentive | $0 | $2,500,000 | $2,625,000 | $2,675,000 | $2,755,000 | $3,000,000 | $3,125,000 | $2,970,000 | $3,500,000 | $4,270,000 |
| Pension and deferred compensation | $0 | $0 | $128,054 | $183,974 | $214,441 | $157,508 | $48,785 | $238,422 | $178,124 | $307,148 |
| All other | $4,711,730 | $11,500 | $6,500 | $6,662 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $7,336 | $7,500 | $23,986 | $29,569 |
| Total | $8,714,904 | $5,921,446 | $6,009,603 | $6,303,440 | $6,576,439 | $6,764,176 | $6,818,623 | $7,015,687 | $7,502,175 | $8,494,284 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC. DEF 14A filed April 7, 2026, accession 0000086312-26-000103, and prior-year filings.
How this page was built: the TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC. filed document, accession 0000086312-26-000103. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 7, 2026.
Equity holdings
unvested awards at FY2025 year-end| Type | Unvested units | Value at year-end | Exercise price |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSU | 16,613 | $4,818,720 | — |
| PSU | 14,235 | $4,128,975 | — |
| Option | 16,540 | — | $244.06 |
| Option | 23,858 | — | $189.01 |
| Option | 20,196 | — | $213.01 |
Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.
Insider transactions since the last proxy
6 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 7, 2026)current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
| Date | Transaction | Plan | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | Gift | — | 1,000 | $0.00 | 47,737.42 |
| 2026-04-28 | Exercise or conversion | — | 27,686 | $140.85 | 76,423.42 |
| 2026-04-28 | Tax withholding | — | 20,951 | $309.03 | 55,472.42 |
| 2026-04-28 | Sale | — | 6,735 | $308.78 | 48,737.42 |
| 2026-04-28 | Exercise or conversion derivative | — | 27,686 | $0.00 | 0 |
| 2026-04-20 | Gift | — | 2,125 | $0.00 | 48,737.42 |
The 6 most recent of 6 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →
TRAVELERS COMPANIES’s named executive officers, FY2025
as the company reported each| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Schnitzer | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | $26,968,756 |
| Gregory Toczydlowski | Executive Vice President and President, Business Insurance | $9,023,708 |
| Avrohom Kess · this page | Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer | $8,494,284 |
| Michael Klein | Executive Vice President and President, Personal Insurance | $8,185,965 |
| Daniel Frey | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | $6,994,088 |
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