$750,000,000 in aggregate principal of 4.950% Senior Notes due 2031 is the figure The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV) locked in on July 21, 2026, through an underwriting agreement filed under Item 8.01 of an 8-K with the SEC. At the stated coupon, annual interest equals $37.125 million. Spread across approximately five years to the 2031 maturity, that puts total scheduled coupon payments at roughly $185.6 million on this tranche.
Syndicate structure
Five banks serve as representatives for the underwriting group: Barclays Capital Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC. The agreement names these five as representatives of the "several underwriters" listed in Schedule 1, meaning the actual book extends beyond the five lead banks. The prospectus supplement, dated July 21, 2026, was filed with the SEC on July 22, 2026, one day after the agreement closed.
Filing mechanics
The 8-K was signed on July 24, 2026 by Christine K. Kalla, Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Travelers is incorporated in Minnesota, trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker TRV, and keeps its principal offices at 485 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017.
Commission File Number 001-10898 anchors the registration. Exhibits attached to the filing include the Underwriting Agreement (Exhibit 1.1), a legal opinion from Wendy C. Skjerven, Esq. (Exhibit 5.4), a legal opinion from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (Exhibit 5.5), and Simpson Thacher's consent (Exhibit 23.2).
Note terms and disclosure
The 4.950% coupon is fixed for the life of the notes, with maturity in 2031. The 8-K contains no use-of-proceeds language; investors looking for that detail would need to read the prospectus supplement filed July 22, 2026. Travelers' filing explicitly states that representations in the agreement were made solely as of the dates specified in that agreement, in its specific context, and only to the other express parties to it.