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The Hartford Reports $7 Million in Philanthropy

Mar 27 2007 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. reportted that it has awarded more than $7 million in community support to nonprofit organizations across the country in 2006. In Connecticut, where The Hartford’s...

Business Moves

Mar 26 2007 // Markel, Black/White Associates Markel Insurance Co. has agreed to acquire the social services program business of Black/White & Associates Insurance Brokers. The transaction is scheduled to close on April 1, 2007....

Business Moves

Mar 26 2007 // Markel, Black/White Associates Markel Insurance Co. has agreed to acquire the social services program business of Black/White & Associates Insurance Brokers. The transaction is scheduled to close on April 1, 2007....

The Hartford Sells Medical Stop Loss Business to UnitedHealth Unit

Mar 7 2007 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has agreed to sell its medical stop loss insurance business to National Benefit Resources, Inc. (NBR), a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, Inc. The transaction is expected to...

The Hartford, AARP Renew Personal Lines Pact Until 2020

Feb 8 2007 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. announced an extension of its agreement with the AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) under which the insurer will continue to offer the group’s nearly 38 million...

The Hartford Dropping One-Third of Fla. Property Risks; Tower Hill Reconsiders

Feb 5 2007 // The Hartford Financial Services group says it will drop about 38,000 property insurance policies in the next 18 to 30 months, about a third of its business and personal policies in the state. However, The Hartford’s...

New Markets

Jan 29 2007 // Real Estate Appraisers Nuts & Bolts: San Diego-based AMIS (Alliance Marketing and Insurance Services) is offering broader package policies for real estate appraisers handling residential and commercial property. This...

New Markets

Jan 28 2007 // Real Estate Appraisers Nuts & Bolts: San Diego-based AMIS (Alliance Marketing and Insurance Services) is offering broader package policies for real estate appraisers handling residential and commercial property. This...

The Hartford’s Data Outsouring Reported to Affect 400 Conn. Jobs

Jan 25 2007 // Nearly 400 Connecticut jobs are being affected as The Hartford Financial Services Group outsources data services. The Hartford has signed a five-year contract with IBM, which will support and maintain systems and data...

New Markets

Jan 8 2007 // Commercial Property Managers Nuts & Bolts: The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has expanded its real estate insurance program to offer property and liability coverage to commercial property owners and...

New Markets

Jan 7 2007 // Commercial Property Managers Nuts & Bolts: The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has expanded its real estate insurance program to offer property and liability coverage to commercial property owners and...

2006: Soft market offers up many new insurance products

Dec 25 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...

Business Moves

Dec 24 2006 // The Hartford, West Virginia The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has entered the personal lines independent agency market in West Virginia. Products being offered in West Virginia through The Hartford’s...

2006 New Markets Report

Dec 24 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...

N.Y., Conn., Ill. AGs Bring Another Suit, This Time Against Acordia

Dec 19 2006 // The attorneys general of Connecticut, Illinois and New York continued their campaign against undisclosed compensation and account steering by simultaneously bringing suit today against one of the nation’s largest...

The Hartford Enters W. Va. Personal Lines Independent Agency Market

Dec 14 2006 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has entered the personal lines independent agency market in West Virginia. Products being offered in West Virginia through The Hartford’s independent agency channel include...

Conn. Gov. Rell Touts New Jobs, Campus Construction by The Hartford

Dec 7 2006 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell presented some good news today by announcing that The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., plans to construct a $146 million, 450,000-square-foot campus for its Hartford Life...

Atlanta Insurer Buys High Risk Insurer Omni from The Hartford

Dec 3 2006 // Independent Insurance Investments Inc. announced it has completed its acquisition of Omni Insurance Group. Omni, an Atlanta-based auto insurance company for high-risk drivers, generated net written premiums of $174 million...

The Hartford Expands Program to Commercial Property Managers

Nov 15 2006 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has expanded its real estate insurance program to offer property and liability coverage to commercial property owners and managers. The Hartford’s target market encompasses...

New Markets

Nov 6 2006 // Privacy and Security Coverage Enhancements Nuts & Bolts: Underwriting manager and claims administrator Euclid Managers LLC have a set of security and privacy coverage enhancements that can be endorsed onto any of the...