In a new twist on companies elevating their top in-house lawyers to the C-suite, The Travelers Cos. Inc. has promoted an associate group general counsel to chief sustainability officer.

Yafit Cohn Yafit Cohn, chief sustainability officer of Travelers.

Yafit Cohn will lead Hartford, Connecticut-based Travelers’ environmental, social and governance, or ESG, efforts across the organization in the newly created role, the property casualty insurance giant said Thursday in a statement. This is the latest example of in-house lawyers across industries moving into higher C-suite positions as well as filling new positions created especially for their legal expertise.

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