Travelers Institute

Driving progress through thought leadership and collaboration

The Travelers Institute is the public policy division of Travelers. Our mission is to leverage Travelers’ industry and technical expertise, along with insights from private and public sector experts, to help address the most pressing challenges facing our industry, our customers and the communities we serve.

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Addressing the availability and affordability of P&C insurance

The Travelers Institute is leading a multiyear effort exploring how shifting environmental, economic and societal patterns are impacting the availability and affordability of insurance across certain markets. The Risk. Regulation. Resilience. Responsibility.^SM initiative focuses on how policymakers, insurance agents, brokers, carriers and consumers can address these challenges within the insurance marketplace.

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Tune in to the Travelers Institute Risk & Resilience podcast to get practical advice on managing risk and building resilience in a rapidly changing world.

Catch up on candid conversations with thought leaders from across industries and government weighing in on today’s biggest challenges.

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Leadership Growth: From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

February 11, 2026
1:00-2:00 p.m. ET
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How do leaders position themselves for C-suite success while building resilient organizations? Byron Loflin joins us to discuss leading effectively through uncertainty, provide best practices for building high-impact leadership teams and explore succession planning strategies that work for organizations of any size.

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The Changing Liability Environment: What Leaders Need to Know

February 18, 2026
1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. ET
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Rich Ives, Senior Vice President of Business Insurance Claim at Travelers, joins us to examine the forces behind today’s liability environment: evolving litigation tactics, changing social attitudes, technology’s role in claim acceleration and economic pressures inflating awards.

In-person event

Risk. Regulation. Resilience. Responsibility.^SM  Symposium in Los Angeles

March 10, 2026
11:15 a.m.-2:00 p.m. PT
Los Angeles, CA

Join Travelers Chief Underwriting Officer Rick Keegan, Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) President and CEO Roy Wright, and other experts for an eye-opening and data-driven look at how climate and weather changes, coupled with economic inflation, aging infrastructure and other trends, are impacting the availability and affordability of insurance in certain markets across the country.

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Real Estate Market Outlook with National Association of Realtors^® Chief Economist Lawrence Yun

January 21, 2026

What’s the latest in the real estate market and what does it mean for the broader economy? National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun joined us to discuss the state of the residential and commercial markets and what that means for buyers, sellers, renters, investors and the insurance industry.

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Economic Outlook with U.S. Chamber of Commerce Chief Economist

January 7, 2026

Curtis Dubay, Chief Economist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, joined us to discuss the headwinds and tailwinds facing the U.S. economy, including inflation, interest rates and the labor market. He examined the impact of new tax law on businesses and reported on the current legislative outlook.

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Live from Travelers’ Risk Control Lab: Bringing Science to Insurance Risk

December 10, 2025

Get a look inside Travelers’ nationally accredited Risk Control Lab, where engineers, scientists and technicians help to uncover the facts behind losses. Go behind the scenes to see how we analyze losses, identify emerging risks and bring science to claim handling.

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