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Pinkes to Lead The Hartford’s P/C Run-Off Operations

Feb 14 2006 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. reported that Andrew Pinkes has been named president of Heritage Holdings Inc., a unit which oversees the company’s property and casualty run-off operations. Pinkes, who is...

The Hartford Sees Q4 2005 Net Income of $474 Million

Jan 26 2006 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. reported fourth quarter 2005 net income of $474 million, or $1.53 per diluted share. The company’s net income reached $2.3 billion for the year, a new record for the...

People

Jan 22 2006 // Michael J. Roche, senior vice president of Protection Technology and Administration for Allstate Insurance Company, recently was named to IDG’s Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders Award Program. Roche was selected...

The Hartford Marks 10 Years as Public Company and Its Split from ITT

Dec 23 2005 // he Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE:HIG) , one of the nation’s largest financial services and insurance companies, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary as a publicly traded company on the New York...

The Hartford Adds Identity Recovery Coverage to Business Owners Policies

Dec 1 2005 // The Hartford Financial Services Group has announced it will offer Identity Recovery Coverage as a feature built into most of its Spectrum and Spectrum Xpand small business policies effective Jan. 1, 2006. The...

National Atlantic Obtains Regulatory Approval to Assume N.J. Agency Home Business from The Hartford

Nov 30 2005 // National Atlantic Holdings Corp., a provider of specialized property/casualty insurance products and related insurance services in New Jersey, announced that the replacement carrier transaction agreement between its...

The Hartford Updates Its D&O Product for Real Estate Investment Trusts

Nov 28 2005 // With diversification and income as priorities, individual investors, pension funds and institutional investors have been moving massive amounts of capital to the real estate sector. Real estate investment trusts (REITs),...

The Hartford Enhances Executive Liability Package

Nov 9 2005 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has just introduced Private Choice Encore! Plus, a new suite of endorsements for its Private Choice Encore! management liability package policy. The enhanced endorsements are...

Enhanced Orthotic/Prosthetic Program

Oct 3 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has introduced a new supplemental property insurance coverage endorsement (SPICE), The Hartford’s premier orthotic and prosthetic program, for...

New Markets

Oct 3 2005 // Residential Contractors General Liability Nuts & Bolts: Quadrant Insurance Managers added two new contractor programs to be based out of its Texas office: residential homebuilders/contractors general liability and...

New Markets

Oct 3 2005 // Tenant Discrimination Liability Nuts & Bolts: NAS Insurance Services is introducing a new program whereby property owner/manager insureds can add tenant discrimination liability insurance to their property insurance...

The Hartford Moving its N.J. Agency Home Business to Proformance

Sep 27 2005 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. on Tuesday announced that its subsidiaries, Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Hartford Casualty Insurance Company, and Twin City Fire Insurance Company, have agreed to transfer...

Spitzer Subpoenas The Hartford Over Annuities, Workers’ Comp

Sep 18 2005 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has received another subpoena from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer about variable annuity sales. The subpoena, which the Hartford disclosed to the U.S. Securities and...

Target Insurance Offers New Lawyers PL Program from The Hartford

Sep 6 2005 // Target Insurance Services and The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has introduced a new Lawyers Professional Liability Program that provides broad coverage customized to the needs of each law firm. The program is...

New Markets

Sep 5 2005 // Preferred Club Program Nuts & Bolts: Venture Insurance Programs has expanded its Preferred Club Program through an exclusive program alliance with The Hanover Insurance. Co. Effective immediately, The Hanover...

Enhanced Spectrum BOP Coverages

Sep 5 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. introduced a series of enhancements to its Spectrum business owners policy. Spectrum is known for its comprehensive base policy and Stretch endorsements. The...

The Hartford Enhances Orthotic/Prosthetic Program

Aug 31 2005 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has introduced a new Supplemental Property Insurance Coverage Endorsement (SPICE), The Hartford’s premier Orthotic and Prosthetic program, for practitioners, manufacturers...

The Hartford Develops Online Premium Audit Tool

Aug 18 2005 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has introduced an online Premium Audit Reporting tool to simplify the process of submitting information to reconcile insurance premiums. Most commercial insurance premiums are...

N.Y., Conn., N.J. Agents Pick Best-Performing Insurance Companies

Aug 8 2005 // Asked to evaluate insurers in 16 performance categories, agents in the tri-state region of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey rated 14 insurance companies as overall best performers. The winners, in no particular order,...

Hartford Financial Services Affirmed

Aug 8 2005 // A.M. Best Co. affirmed the financial strength ratings of “A+” (superior) and assigned issuer credit ratings of “aa-” to the Hartford Insurance Pool and its members. Concurrently, Best assigned an...