Wednesdays with Woodward^® Webinar Series: Thought Leadership Programming

The Travelers Institute’s Wednesdays with Woodward^® webinar series explores pressing issues at the intersection of public policy, insurance, business and leadership. These programs, which are open to the public and hosted by Travelers Institute President Joan Woodward, provide practical advice for our business partners, our customers and the communities we serve while demonstrating Travelers’ thought leadership, risk expertise and commitment to our stakeholders. From the inception of the webinar series through the end of 2024, the Travelers Institute hosted 136 webinars, with more than 540,000 registrations and video or podcast replays. Surveys of our audience show that 94% find our content extremely or very valuable.

Topics covered are based on input from our audiences and Travelers business leaders. Our topic pillars are:

Career development
Cybersecurity
Disaster preparedness
Economic and public policy outlook
Leadership
Roadway safety
Small business
Wellness
Workforce trends

Recent programs include:

Webinars are available for replay through the Travelers Institute website.

To provide agents and brokers with more opportunities to engage with our content, the Travelers Institute launched the Travelers Institute Risk & Resilience podcast in January of 2024. Regardless of their location, audiences can access many of our programs and exclusive content through the podcast, which is available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts^®. Since the inception of the Travelers Institute Risk & Resilience podcast, there have been more than 10,000 plays, with “AI and the Future of Insurance” and the 100th Wednesdays with Woodward webinar episode featuring our Chairman and CEO, Alan Schnitzer, as the most popular episodes.

Related resources

Wednesdays with Woodward^® homepage (which also provides the opportunity to receive Travelers Institute^® programming invitations)
Travelers Institute^® Risk & Resilience podcast

Illustrative initiatives

IntelliDrive^®

Leveraging Telematics to Encourage Safe Driving

Through consistent feedback and educational tips, our customers can better understand their driving habits and have the opportunity to influence their auto insurance premium by participating in our IntelliDrive^® smartphone-based telematics programs.

Travelers Institute^®

Cyber: Prepare, Prevent, Mitigate, Restore^®

Recognizing that education is critical to enhancing cybersecurity, the Travelers Institute has been promoting cyber awareness through a series titled Cyber: Prepare, Prevent, Mitigate, Restore^®.