Latest The Hartford Headlines
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The Hartford Targets Homeowners with Electric Vehicles
Apr 7 2011 // The Hartford has added electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at three of its major campuses in Connecticut, an effort tied to the insurer’s decision to add EV charging equipment and green rebuilding coverage...
Business Moves
Apr 5 2011 // Brown & Brown, Excel U/W, Spirit U/W Brown & Brown Inc. will acquire New Jersey-based Excel Underwriters Alliance Inc. and Spirit Underwriters Inc., the Florid-based brokerage announced. Terms of the transaction...
Elliot Named Commercial Markets Head for The Hartford
Mar 30 2011 // The Hartford has named Douglas G. Elliot president of its commercial markets division. Elliot is currently president and chief executive officer of Hartford Steam Boiler, a subsidiary of Munich Re, and president of...
The Hartford Launches Workers Comp Guide For Business Owners
Feb 14 2011 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has introduced an e-learning guide designed to clarify and simplify workers’ compensation insurance. The Hartford developed the new online resource for business owners and...
The Hartford Sees 4Q Profits Grow
Feb 3 2011 // The Hartford reported a larger fourth-quarter profit, as improving results in its wealth management unit offset a variety of cost pressures in its property and casualty insurance business. The Hartford also doubled its...
Business Moves
Jan 10 2011 // AmWINS Brokerage of Texas The Texas operations of Colemont Insurance Brokers was officially renamed AmWINS Brokerage of Texas effective Dec. 1, 2010. AmWINS and Colemont announced a planned merger in April 2010. Combined,...
Business Moves
Jan 10 2011 // Brown & Brown, Comcover Insurance broker Brown & Brown of Florida Inc. is buying Comcover Insurance Group Inc., based in Dania, Fla. With annualized revenues of approximately $1.6 million, Comcover specializes in...
The Hartford Selling Third Party Claims Unit for $278M
Dec 21 2010 // The Hartford said it has inked a $278 million deal to sell its third-party claims administration business, Specialty Risk Services (SRS), to Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. The Hartford said the deal is expected...
The Hartford to Offer Program to American Kennel Club Dog Owners
Dec 8 2010 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has launched a program that will offer auto and home insurance to American Kennel Club (AKC) dog owners. Through this alliance, the company will also become the exclusive...
The Hartford to Invest $7M in Neighborhood Around Its Headquarters
Nov 17 2010 // The Hartford announced plans to invest $7 million over five years to help redevelop the Asylum Hill section of Hartford, Connecticut, headquarters to the insurer for nearly a century. That investment includes $2 million to...
The Hartford Broadens Equipment Rental, Sales Businesses Coverage
Nov 11 2010 // Equipment suppliers often have protection needs that extend beyond the scope of a traditional property policy. Whether a business rents tents and tables for special events, sells industrial machinery or leases high value...
The Hartford Boosts Profits in Q3
Nov 3 2010 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. reported third quarter 2010 net income of $666 million. This compares to the company’s third quarter 2009 net loss of $220 million. The Hartford reported core earnings for...
Eckerle Joins The Hartford in Technology Post
Oct 18 2010 // James Eckerle has joined The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. as executive vice president, Strategic Initiatives and Enterprise Technology. In this newly created role, Eckerle will report to the company’s...
People
Oct 18 2010 // Hylant Group, headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, promoted Tammy Vaughn Cameron to vice president, marketing and branding. Cameron joined Hylant Group in 2006 as director of marketing and public relations. In this role, she...
People
Oct 18 2010 // Texas-based Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB) announced that Jan Holcombe joined the company as vice president of personal client services. Holcombe brings more than 20 years of experience as an insurance counseling...
People
Oct 4 2010 // The Hartford has appointed Lisa Morgan as senior vice president of its Middle Market commercial insurance business. Morgan will lead The Hartford’s $2 billion middle market commercial insurance unit that serves...
Andrade Leaves The Hartford For Ace
Oct 1 2010 // Juan Andrade has stepped down as Commercial Markets president at The Hartford to join Ace as president of the insurers’ Global Personal Lines and Small Commercial Insurance division. Andrade will assume the new...
The Hartford Agrees to $73M Legal Settlement
Sep 27 2010 // The Hartford has agreed to a $72.5 million class-action settlement ending a dispute over structured settlements in personal injury and worker’ compensation cases. David Golub, one of the lawyers, says the settlement...
Treasury Expects $706 Million from Remaining Interest in The Hartford
Sep 23 2010 // The U.S. Treasury Department said that it expects to earn proceeds $706.26 million from the auction of stock warrants in Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. Treasury said it sold about 52.09 million warrants at an...
The Hartford Names Gardiner to Lead Renewable Energy Practice
Sep 21 2010 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has appointed James Gardiner to lead its new Renewable Energy Unit. The new unit will provide specialized underwriting and a full suite of property and casualty insurance products...
