06/03/2020
From Travelers Insurance Company:
A message from our Chairman and CEO
To our partners,
Iâm writing to you during a very difficult time for our country. We are all hurting as we try to understand the senseless death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. I wanted to share with you, our business partners and members of the extended Travelers family, a recent message our Chairman and CEO, Alan Schnitzer, sent to our employees offering his perspective on this tragic event.
Patrick Kinney
Executive Vice President, Enterprise Distribution Management
A Message from Alan Schnitzer
May 29, 2020
Dear All,
Minneapolis is a place where we at Travelers have a long history, a significant presence and deep roots.
Right now, our town and our people are hurting and grieving.
So is our country. The horrific death of George Floyd is just the latest in a string of upsetting episodes of violence and bias that weâve seen recently.
Iâm sure many of us wish we could parachute into Minneapolis and be there for our colleagues and be there for the community we know and love in this moment. That, of course, might not be practical under normal circumstances. Itâs even less realistic right now.
So, we feel helpless â stuck in our homes by the pandemic and wondering what we can do to help. I know many more feel stuck in a different way; stuck in a system of injustice.
At Travelers, we talk a lot about taking care of our communities. But in moments like this, weâre reminded that taking care of our communities is about so much more than strengthening local economies, and supporting the arts, the schools and career development for young people. Those things are important, but taking care of our communities is also about recognizing that in many of the places where we live and work, there are wounds that go deeper.
To that end, last night I reached out to the Black/African American & Allies Diversity Network to set up a meeting today at 3 p.m. I hope to achieve several things in the meeting. But most importantly, I want to listen; I want to understand better our colleaguesâ experiences and perspectives. I want to try and understand their challenges, their wounds and their triumphs. That will help me understand better how I, and Travelers, can be part of the solution.
And in moments like these, sometimes the question isnât just âWhat can I do?â but âWhat can we do together?â
I expect this will be the first of many such conversations throughout our company in the coming days and weeks â because this conversation isnât just about some of us, itâs about all of us.
And while I recognize that this is deeper and more profound than diversity and inclusion, George Floydâs death and recent events are reminders that diversity and inclusion, which we often talk about as a business imperative, is also a moral imperative.
We, of course, will have a role to play in helping Minneapolis recover. But I hope todayâs conversation will be the beginning of an even more concerted effort on all our parts â not only to bring healing after the fact but to foster the type of just, tolerant and inclusive communities that can help prevent tragedies from occurring in the first place.
Taking care of our communities and our colleagues is a fundamental part of who we are. And, right now, our communities and our colleagues are calling out for our help and support. I hope youâll join me in working towards answering that call.
Yours,
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