Latest The Hartford Headlines
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Business Moves
May 22 2006 // Pierson & Fendley, CAA Combined Agents of America LLC, Austin, announced that Pierson & Fendley Insurance Agency LLC of Paris, Texas, joined CAA as the group’s 34th member. Pierson & Fendley has served...
The Hartford Opens Chicago Office to Handle Catastrophic Claims
May 19 2006 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. recently announced that it has created a new office in the greater Chicago area dedicated solely to processing claims that arise out of catastrophic events. This new catastrophe...
The Hartford Offers Accounting Professional Liability Program
May 17 2006 // The Hartford Financial Products, an underwriting unit of The Hartford, is now offering an Accountants Professional Liability product that provides coverage for certified public accountants and other accounting...
The Hartford Settles with N.Y., Conn. Over Annuity Compensation
May 11 2006 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has settled with both the Connecticut and New York attorneys general regarding The Hartford’s use of expense reimbursement agreements in its terminal/maturity funding group...
The Hartford Named One of the ‘Best Places to Work’ in Okla.
May 10 2006 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced that its Oklahoma City Personal Lines Insurance Center (PLIC) was named the fifth best company to work for in the state of Oklahoma by the Best Companies Group from a...
The Harford Saw Record First Quarter Net Income; Added 250 Agents
May 1 2006 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., out of Hartford, Conn., reported first quarter 2006 net income of $728 million, or $2.34 per diluted share. The Hartford’s core earnings in the first quarter of 2006 were...
Insurer Targets Market for Off-Road Recreational Vehicles for Retirees
Apr 21 2006 // No more rocking chairs and shuffleboard. Today, more retired Americans are apparently heading off-road for recreation and adventure. To better serve this active and growing population, The Hartford Financial Services...
News Currents
Apr 17 2006 // The Hartford teams with Blue Cross of California affiliate The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., a workers’ compensation insurance provider, will team up with BC Life & Health Insurance Co., an affiliate...
Business Moves
Apr 17 2006 // Aviva, Prudential “It takes two to tango,” as the saying goes, and Prudential (U.K.) apparently has no desire to dance with its larger rival Aviva Plc. It hastily rejected a £17 billion ($30 billion) offer...
The Hartford Teams Up with Blue Cross of California Affiliate
Apr 6 2006 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., a workers’ compensation insurance provider, announced that it will team up with BC Life & Health Insurance Co., an affiliate of Blue Cross of California, to better...
The Hartford Lowers Auto Rates in Nevada
Apr 4 2006 // Following similar announcements in Indiana and Utah, The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. will also offer lower auto insurance prices to many Nevada drivers under its Dimensions personal auto insurance program, which...
The Hartford Lowers Utah Auto Rates
Mar 17 2006 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Hartford, Conn., is lowering prices for many Utah drivers under its Dimensions personal auto insurance program, which is available through the company’s network of...
The Hartford’s Life Operations Creates Two New Units
Feb 24 2006 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced that its life operations has created two new business groups — U.S. Wealth Management and International Wealth Management and Group Benefits to drive growth. John...
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),...
