Jay Steven Fishman (November 4, 1952 – August 19, 2016) served as chairman and chief executive officer of The Travelers Companies for 11 years prior to stepping down in December 2015, following a diagnosis of ALS.
He was employed as the executive chairman of the board of Travelers from December 2015 until his death in August 2016.
[2] From 1989 to October 2001, Fishman held several key executive posts at Commercial Credit Corp., Primerica, Travelers, and Citigroup.
[3] Fishman has served as chairman and CEO of TRV since a merger between The St. Paul Companies, Inc. (where Fishman had been chairman, CEO, and president) and Travelers Companies (then-CEO Robert I. Lipp[4]) first formed TRV in April 2004.
[7] In June 2012, Fishman was named chairman of the board of directors of New York City Ballet.