---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-039571"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TRV"
cik: "0000086312"
company_name: "TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-03-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T08:46:00.719627+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Travelers announces retirement of principal accounting officer; internal successors named

## Summary
- Douglas K. Russell, SVP and principal accounting officer, to retire effective June 2, 2023.
- Paul E. Munson, current SVP Finance, will become Corporate Controller and principal accounting officer on June 2.
- Larry J. Mills, VP Finance, will become Corporate Treasurer on June 2.
- Both Munson and Mills are internal promotions with over 20 years of tenure at Travelers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-039571
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TRV
- cik: 0000086312
- company_name: TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-03-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/86312/000110465923039571/0001104659-23-039571-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/86312/000110465923039571/tm2310828d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Paul E. Munson was appointed as Corporate Controller at TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Corporate Controller
  source text: Effective June 2, 2023, Paul E. Munson, the Company's current Senior Vice President, Finance and Assistant Corporate Controller and Assistant Treasurer, will assume the role of Corporate Controller.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/86312/000110465923039571/0001104659-23-039571-index.htm
- Executive change
  Douglas K. Russell retired as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Treasurer (principal accounting officer) at TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Treasurer (principal accounting officer)
  source text: announced that Douglas K. Russell, Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller and Treasurer (the Company’s principal accounting officer), provided notice of his retirement on March 27, 2023, which will become effective on June 2, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/86312/000110465923039571/0001104659-23-039571-index.htm
- Executive change
  Larry J. Mills was appointed as Corporate Treasurer at TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Corporate Treasurer
  source text: Effective June 2, 2023, Larry J. Mills, the Company’s current Vice President, Finance and Assistant Treasurer, will assume the role of Corporate Treasurer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/86312/000110465923039571/0001104659-23-039571-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.