Exhibit 24.01




                             POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned, a director of
The Travelers Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and
appoint Sanford I. Weill, James Dimon, and Charles O. Prince, III, and each
of them severally, to be my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each acting alone with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to
sign my name to an Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Travelers Inc. for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, and all amendments thereto, and to
file, or cause to be filed, the same with all exhibits thereto (including
this power of attorney), and other documents in connection therewith with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, provided that such Annual Report on
Form 10-K in final form, and any amendment or amendments thereto and such
other documents, be approved by said attorneys-in-fact, or by any one of
them; and I do hereby grant unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully and
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed these presents as of March 22, 1995.




                                                   /s/ C. Michael Armstrong
                                                   ------------------------
                                                       C. Michael Armstrong









                             POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned, a director of
The Travelers Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and
appoint Sanford I. Weill, James Dimon, and Charles O. Prince, III, and each
of them severally, to be my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each acting alone with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to
sign my name to an Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Travelers Inc. for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, and all amendments thereto, and to
file, or cause to be filed, the same with all exhibits thereto (including
this power of attorney), and other documents in connection therewith with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, provided that such Annual Report on
Form 10-K in final form, and any amendment or amendments thereto and such
other documents, be approved by said attorneys-in-fact, or by any one of
them; and I do hereby grant unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully and
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed these presents as of March 22, 1995.




                                                     /s/ Kenneth J. Bialkin
                                                     ----------------------
                                                         Kenneth J. Bialkin









                             POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned, a director of
The Travelers Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and
appoint Sanford I. Weill, James Dimon, and Charles O. Prince, III, and each
of them severally, to be my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each acting alone with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to
sign my name to an Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Travelers Inc. for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, and all amendments thereto, and to
file, or cause to be filed, the same with all exhibits thereto (including
this power of attorney), and other documents in connection therewith with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, provided that such Annual Report on
Form 10-K in final form, and any amendment or amendments thereto and such
other documents, be approved by said attorneys-in-fact, or by any one of
them; and I do hereby grant unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully and
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed these presents as of March 22, 1995.




                                                         /s/ Edward H. Budd
                                                         ------------------
                                                             Edward H. Budd









                             POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned, a director of
The Travelers Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and
appoint Sanford I. Weill, James Dimon, and Charles O. Prince, III, and each
of them severally, to be my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each acting alone with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to
sign my name to an Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Travelers Inc. for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, and all amendments thereto, and to
file, or cause to be filed, the same with all exhibits thereto (including
this power of attorney), and other documents in connection therewith with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, provided that such Annual Report on
Form 10-K in final form, and any amendment or amendments thereto and such
other documents, be approved by said attorneys-in-fact, or by any one of
them; and I do hereby grant unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully and
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed these presents as of March 22, 1995.




                                                /s/ Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
                                                ---------------------------
                                                    Joseph A. Califano, Jr.









                             POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned, a director of
The Travelers Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and
appoint Sanford I. Weill, James Dimon, and Charles O. Prince, III, and each
of them severally, to be my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each acting alone with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to
sign my name to an Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Travelers Inc. for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, and all amendments thereto, and to
file, or cause to be filed, the same with all exhibits thereto (including
this power of attorney), and other documents in connection therewith with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, provided that such Annual Report on
Form 10-K in final form, and any amendment or amendments thereto and such
other documents, be approved by said attorneys-in-fact, or by any one of
them; and I do hereby grant unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully and
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed these presents as of March 22, 1995.




                                                    /s/ Douglas D. Danforth
                                                    -----------------------
                                                        Douglas D. Danforth









                             POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned, a director of
The Travelers Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and
appoint Sanford I. Weill, James Dimon, and Charles O. Prince, III, and each
of them severally, to be my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each acting alone with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to
sign my name to an Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Travelers Inc. for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, and all amendments thereto, and to
file, or cause to be filed, the same with all exhibits thereto (including
this power of attorney), and other documents in connection therewith with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, provided that such Annual Report on
Form 10-K in final form, and any amendment or amendments thereto and such
other documents, be approved by said attorneys-in-fact, or by any one of
them; and I do hereby grant unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully and
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed these presents as of March 22, 1995.




                                                      /s/ Robert F. Daniell
                                                      ---------------------
                                                          Robert F. Daniell









                             POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned, a director of
The Travelers Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and
appoint Sanford I. Weill, James Dimon, and Charles O. Prince, III, and each
of them severally, to be my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each acting alone with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to
sign my name to an Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Travelers Inc. for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, and all amendments thereto, and to
file, or cause to be filed, the same with all exhibits thereto (including
this power of attorney), and other documents in connection therewith with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, provided that such Annual Report on
Form 10-K in final form, and any amendment or amendments thereto and such
other documents, be approved by said attorneys-in-fact, or by any one of
them; and I do hereby grant unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully and
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed these presents as of March 22, 1995.




                                                    /s/ Leslie B. Disharoon
                                                    -----------------------
                                                        Leslie B. Disharoon









                             POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned, a director of
The Travelers Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and
appoint Sanford I. Weill, James Dimon, and Charles O. Prince, III, and each
of them severally, to be my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each acting alone with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to
sign my name to an Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Travelers Inc. for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, and all amendments thereto, and to
file, or cause to be filed, the same with all exhibits thereto (including
this power of attorney), and other documents in connection therewith with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, provided that such Annual Report on
Form 10-K in final form, and any amendment or amendments thereto and such
other documents, be approved by said attorneys-in-fact, or by any one of
them; and I do hereby grant unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully and
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed these presents as of March 22, 1995.




                                                    /s/ Robert F. Greenhill
                                                    -----------------------
                                                        Robert F. Greenhill









                             POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned, a director of
The Travelers Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and
appoint Sanford I. Weill, James Dimon, and Charles O. Prince, III, and each
of them severally, to be my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each acting alone with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to
sign my name to an Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Travelers Inc. for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, and all amendments thereto, and to
file, or cause to be filed, the same with all exhibits thereto (including
this power of attorney), and other documents in connection therewith with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, provided that such Annual Report on
Form 10-K in final form, and any amendment or amendments thereto and such
other documents, be approved by said attorneys-in-fact, or by any one of
them; and I do hereby grant unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully and
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed these presents as of March 22, 1995.




                                                      /s/ Ann Dibble Jordan
                                                      ---------------------
                                                          Ann Dibble Jordan









                             POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned, a director of
The Travelers Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and
appoint Sanford I. Weill, James Dimon, and Charles O. Prince, III, and each
of them severally, to be my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each acting alone with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to
sign my name to an Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Travelers Inc. for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, and all amendments thereto, and to
file, or cause to be filed, the same with all exhibits thereto (including
this power of attorney), and other documents in connection therewith with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, provided that such Annual Report on
Form 10-K in final form, and any amendment or amendments thereto and such
other documents, be approved by said attorneys-in-fact, or by any one of
them; and I do hereby grant unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully and
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed these presents as of March 22, 1995.




                                                         /s/ Robert I. Lipp
                                                         ------------------
                                                             Robert I. Lipp









                             POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned, a director of
The Travelers Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and
appoint Sanford I. Weill, James Dimon, and Charles O. Prince, III, and each
of them severally, to be my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each acting alone with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to
sign my name to an Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Travelers Inc. for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, and all amendments thereto, and to
file, or cause to be filed, the same with all exhibits thereto (including
this power of attorney), and other documents in connection therewith with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, provided that such Annual Report on
Form 10-K in final form, and any amendment or amendments thereto and such
other documents, be approved by said attorneys-in-fact, or by any one of
them; and I do hereby grant unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully and
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed these presents as of March 22, 1995.




                                                        /s/ Dudley C. Mecum
                                                        -------------------
                                                            Dudley C. Mecum









                             POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned, a director of
The Travelers Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and
appoint Sanford I. Weill, James Dimon, and Charles O. Prince, III, and each
of them severally, to be my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each acting alone with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to
sign my name to an Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Travelers Inc. for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, and all amendments thereto, and to
file, or cause to be filed, the same with all exhibits thereto (including
this power of attorney), and other documents in connection therewith with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, provided that such Annual Report on
Form 10-K in final form, and any amendment or amendments thereto and such
other documents, be approved by said attorneys-in-fact, or by any one of
them; and I do hereby grant unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully and
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed these presents as of March 22, 1995.




                                                     /s/ Andrall E. Pearson
                                                     ----------------------
                                                         Andrall E. Pearson









                             POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned, a director of
The Travelers Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and
appoint Sanford I. Weill, James Dimon, and Charles O. Prince, III, and each
of them severally, to be my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each acting alone with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to
sign my name to an Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Travelers Inc. for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, and all amendments thereto, and to
file, or cause to be filed, the same with all exhibits thereto (including
this power of attorney), and other documents in connection therewith with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, provided that such Annual Report on
Form 10-K in final form, and any amendment or amendments thereto and such
other documents, be approved by said attorneys-in-fact, or by any one of
them; and I do hereby grant unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully and
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed these presents as of March 22, 1995.




                                                         /s/ Frank J. Tasco
                                                         ------------------
                                                             Frank J. Tasco









                             POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned, a director of
The Travelers Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and
appoint Sanford I. Weill, James Dimon, and Charles O. Prince, III, and each
of them severally, to be my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each acting alone with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to
sign my name to an Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Travelers Inc. for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, and all amendments thereto, and to
file, or cause to be filed, the same with all exhibits thereto (including
this power of attorney), and other documents in connection therewith with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, provided that such Annual Report on
Form 10-K in final form, and any amendment or amendments thereto and such
other documents, be approved by said attorneys-in-fact, or by any one of
them; and I do hereby grant unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully and
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed these presents as of March 22, 1995.




                                                  /s/ Joseph R. Wright, Jr.
                                                  -------------------------
                                                      Joseph R. Wright, Jr.









                             POWER OF ATTORNEY




     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, the undersigned, a director of
The Travelers Inc., a Delaware corporation, do hereby constitute and
appoint Sanford I. Weill, James Dimon, and Charles O. Prince, III, and each
of them severally, to be my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
each acting alone with full power of substitution and re-substitution, to
sign my name to an Annual Report on Form 10-K of The Travelers Inc. for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, and all amendments thereto, and to
file, or cause to be filed, the same with all exhibits thereto (including
this power of attorney), and other documents in connection therewith with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, provided that such Annual Report on
Form 10-K in final form, and any amendment or amendments thereto and such
other documents, be approved by said attorneys-in-fact, or by any one of
them; and I do hereby grant unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully and
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed these presents as of March 22, 1995.




                                                          /s/ Arthur Zankel
                                                          -----------------
                                                              Arthur Zankel