Carlyle Group LP said Travelers Cos. CEO Jay Fishman stepped down from its board while fighting amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Fishman, 62, said in August he would be replaced as Travelers CEO on Dec. 1 by Alan Schnitzer and stay on as executive chairman. Anthony Welters, executive chairman of investment company Black Ivy Group and a senior adviser to the office of the CEO at UnitedHealth Group Inc., has joined the Carlyle board as independent director. Read the original story from Bloomberg.