Education: | University of Pennsylvania (BA) Columbia Law School (JD) |
Occupation: | Chairman & CEO, The Travelers Companies |
Alan D. Schnitzer (born in1965) is an American executive who is the chairman and chief executive officer at The Travelers Companies, Inc., a provider of property casualty insurance for auto, home and business.[1] [2]
Schnitzer received a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his J.D. from Columbia Law School.[3]
Schnitzer became a partner in the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP early in his career. During that time he advised on the merger of Travelers with the St. Paul Companies in 2004.[4] [5] [6]
In 2007 Schnitzer joined Travelers as vice chairman and chief legal officer and was on the company's management committees.[7] In July 2014, he was named chief executive officer of business and international insurance, overseeing areas such as field management, corporate communications, and public policy.[8] [9] [10]
Schnitzer became chief executive officer of Travelers in December 2015, and was elected chairman of the board in August 2017.[11]
Schnitzer is a trustee at the University of Pennsylvania,[12] [13] the New York City Ballet,[14] and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.[15] Additionally he is the chair of the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.[16]
He is a member of the Business Roundtable and the Council on Foreign Relations.[17] [18] Previously he was on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee created under the Dodd-Frank Act.[19]
Schnitzer married Anne Berman, step-daughter of Robert Lipp in 1994. They met while both attended the University of Pennsylvania and have two children.[20]