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Announcing New Field Vice Presidents for Business Insurance

Travelers is introducing a new role in its Business Insurance segment, focused on enabling our field organization to be more agile, distribution-oriented and customer-centric. We are aligning our field offices under 10 new regions that are consistent across Business Insurance.

Aligning our Business Insurance field organization under 10 regions brings a new dynamic to how we do business. It's part of our ongoing strategy to present the Business Insurance industry appetite and premier product mix to the market in a seamless, efficient manner. Each region will be led by a Business Insurance Field Vice President (BI FVP) who will have full accountability for the production and profitability of business in the Select, Middle Market and National Property markets.*

Travelers is pleased to announce our new Business Insurance Field Vice Presidents. Each is an experienced leader known for building strong relationships with agents and internal partners. They are also long-term employees with proven success, broad-based knowledge of our products and services, significant industry acumen and the ability to think outside the box to adapt to changing needs. Each of the individuals listed below will greatly contribute to Travelers' goal of being the undeniable choice for the customer and an indispensable partner for our agents and brokers.

Lorie Kates
Lorie Kates, Central Region (IL and WI)

Lorie is currently the Regional President for the Central region, having joined Travelers in 2005. She brings 20 years of insurance experience as a visionary leader with distribution experience in personal, commercial and financial services products. Lorie is based in Chicago, IL.

Dave Hill
Dave Hill, Great Lakes Region (PA, OH, MI, IN, KY, WV)

Dave is currently the Head of Field for Commercial Accounts and brings over 30 years of diverse leadership experience. Prior to his current role, Dave was the Middle Market Vice President for the Great Lakes region. Dave is based in our Blue Bell, PA office.

Sean Ramalho
Sean Ramalho, Metro Region (Downstate NY and NJ)

Sean is currently the Middle Market Vice President for the Metro region, having joined Travelers in 2006. Sean brings broad distribution knowledge and leadership experience from his time with Small Commercial and having served as the Regional President. Sean is in our Melville, NY office.

Melanie Hudson
Melanie Hudson, Mid-Atlantic Region (DC, DE, MD, NC, SC, TN, VA)

Melanie brings more than 30 years of underwriting and leadership experience and is currently the Middle Market Vice President for the Mid-Atlantic region. She has held a variety of roles in the field, each with increasing accountability and proven results. Melanie is based in our Charlotte, NC office.

Genus Dalton
Genus Dalton, Mountain West Region (AZ, AK, CO, ID, MT, NM, OR, WA, WY, NV, UT)

Genus is currently the Denver Business Center Leader and was previously the Middle Market Vice President in the Midwest. Genus has more than 30 years of insurance experience with expertise in leading high-performance teams, improving customer experiences and delivering results. Genus is based in our Centennial, CO office.

Mike Zurcher
Mike Zurcher, Northeast Region (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT, Upstate NY)

Mike is currently the Regional President in the Northeast region and brings more than 28 years of surety and commercial property & casualty underwriting experience. Prior to his current role, Mike was the Commercial Surety Business Head with our Bond and Surety organization. Mike will bring his strong leadership and relationship management capability to this new role. Mike is in our Hartford, CT field office.

Annie Kim
Annie Kim, Pacific Region (CA and HI)

Annie is currently the Middle Market Vice President for the Pacific Southwest region. She brings over 30 years of expertise in the insurance industry, including distribution management, underwriting, strategic business planning and regional field leadership. Annie is based in Irvine, CA.

Bryan Whipple
Bryan Whipple, South Central Region (AR, LA, TX, OK)

Bryan is currently the South Central Regional Vice President for Select Accounts and was previously in the Midwest region. Bryan will bring over 25 years of results-focused underwriting, sales and operations experience to this new role. Bryan is in our Richardson, TX office.

Becky Urban
Becky Urban, Southern Region (AL, GA, FL, MS)

Becky is currently the Alpharetta Business Center Leader and was previously the Global Technology Zone Vice President for the Southern, Mid-Atlantic and Southwest region. Becky brings 23 years of progressive underwriting and leadership success, along with a strong record of achievement. Becky is based in Alpharetta, GA.

Lisa Pechan
Lisa Pechan, Upper Midwest Region (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)

Lisa is currently the Central Regional Vice President for Select Accounts in Naperville, IL. Lisa is a results-oriented insurance leader with extensive underwriting, product management and sales expertise, as well as over 30 years of professional experience. Lisa is currently in Naperville, IL, but will be relocating to St. Paul, MN.

*The new regional field organization does not include Agribusiness, National Accounts Casualty, National Programs, Northfield, Northland or Residual Market.
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