Travelers Companies 401(k) match, vesting and fees

Participants are 100% vested in their contributions, the supplemental contributions and related earnings. In general, participants are vested in their Company matching contributions, Paying It Forward annual contributions, and related earnings after three years of service. Participants also become vested in full if they reach age 62 while employed, terminate employment due to a disability, die prior to termination of employment or while in qualified military service, or upon termination of the Plan.

Newly hired eligible employees are automatically enrolled at a 5% pre-tax contribution rate if they do not affirmatively make an election (i) not to participate; (ii) to participate at a different rate; or (iii) to contribute on an after-tax Roth 401(k) basis. Temporary status employees are eligible to participate in the Plan; however, they will not be automatically enrolled.

Employee contributions can be made pre-tax, after-tax through the Roth 401(k) or a combination of both up to the applicable limit. Newly hired eligible employees are automatically enrolled at a 5% pre-tax contribution rate if they do not affirmatively make an election (i) not to participate; (ii) to participate at a different rate; or (iii) to contribute on an after-tax Roth 401(k) basis.

Participants may request to receive a loan from the Plan subject to a minimum of $1,000 and a maximum of the lesser of 50% of the participant’s vested account balance or $50,000 minus the highest outstanding loan balance during the past 12 months. Participants can only have two loans outstanding at any one time. The interest rate is established at the inception of a new loan and is equal to the prime lending rate as reported by Reuters as of the last business day of the month prior to the month in which the loan originates, plus one percentage point. Generally, loans are repaid by payroll deduction over a maximum period of five years (twenty years if the loan is designated as a primary residence loan). A one-time set-up fee of $35 per loan is charged against the participant’s account. In addition, ongoing quarterly loan maintenance fees of $3.75 per loan are charged against the participant’s account for each calendar quarter in which a balance on such loan is outstanding. At December 31, 2024, there were 10,303 outstanding loans totaling $99,389,414. At December 31, 2023, there were 10,062 outstanding loans totaling $94,324,598.