Travelers' CEO Jay Fishman Will Step Down as Apparent ALS Worsens

Posted Mon, Aug 24th, 2015

August 2015 | Phone: 866.512.0444

Travelers' CEO Jay Fishman
Will Step Down as Apparent
ALS Worsens

Jay S. Fishman, chief executive of The Travelers Companies, is stepping down as CEO. Fishman is actively battling a neuromuscular condition which he discloses in a letter to employees.

Mr. Fishman writes, "It appears likely that I am dealing with a variant of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS." He goes on, "At every company, there comes a time for new leadership. Because of the progression of my neuromuscular condition, this time has come a little earlier than I had hoped." (view letter)

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