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‘Clean Streets’ Program Now Open to Agents Doing Business with The Hartford

Jan 21 2004 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has opened its street cleaners insurance program to all independent agents doing business with The Hartford. Hartford-affiliated agents can place their clients’ business...

Robert Kerzner to Retire from Hartford

Jan 16 2004 // Robert Kerzner, executive vice president and director of The Hartford Financial Services Group’s individual life division and president of Woodbury Financial Services, is retiring after a 30-year career with the...

The Hartford Adds Endorsement Requests for Agents Utilizing AMS Agency Management Systems

Jan 13 2004 // Submitting endorsements to insurance policies from The Hartford reportedly just got faster and easier for the thousands of insurance agents that use an AMS agency management system. The Hartford, which has long been a...

The Hartford Awards Nearly $1 Million in Grants to Organizations

Jan 9 2004 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, headquartered in the city that bears its name, recently awarded $929,500 in grants to 20 nonprofit organizations in the Greater Hartford area. The company awards grants four times a...

Hartford Settles Mac Arthur Asbestos Litigation for $1.15 Billion

Dec 22 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. announced on Friday that it has agreed to a global settlement of all claims arising out of its historical insurance relationship with Mac Arthur Company and its subsidiary...

The Hartford Making Ocean Cargo Safer for Businesses

Dec 5 2003 // The exploits of pirates are exciting on the movie screen, but not much fun for the business owner whose ocean-bound goods they took as booty. Today the threat of swashbuckling men with an eye-patch and a parrot on the...

SIAA Claims More Than Just Aggregation

Dec 1 2003 // At first blush, the Strategic Independent Agents Alliance may look like just one more short-term solution to the increasing shift in the balance of power toward insurance carriers away from independent agents. Commissions...

SIAA Claims More Than Just Aggregation

Dec 1 2003 // At first blush, the Strategic Independent Agents Alliance may look like just one more short-term solution to the increasing shift in the balance of power toward insurance carriers away from independent agents. ommissions...

The Hartford’s Ayer to be Honored For Support of Public Education

Nov 13 2003 // Ramani Ayer, chairman and CEO of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., will be presented this week with the first-ever 2003 Polaris Award for his efforts in support of public education in the city of...

The Hartford Reports Q3 Net Income of $343 Million

Nov 6 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. reported net income per diluted share of $1.20 for the third quarter of 2003, up from $1.06 per diluted share in the third quarter of 2002. Net income increased 29 percent to...

CSC Licenses Its Exceed P/C Software to The Hartford

Oct 29 2003 // Computer Sciences Corporation announced that The Hartford Financial Services Group has signed a multi-year license for CSC’s Exceed, a comprehensive software system for the property and casualty industry. Under the...

The Hartford Chooses Corporate Systems as Medical Cost Management Solution for WC

Oct 22 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has selected Corporate Systems’ MedBillPro as its medical invoice management solution for workers’ compensation. The Hartford will be teaming with Corporate Systems,...

The Hartford Notes Q3 EPS Estimates

Oct 14 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. reported that it currently estimates its third quarter 2003 earnings per diluted share will be between $1.15 and $1.18, including additional reserves for the cost of resolving...

The Hartford Details Hurricane Safety Precautions

Sep 16 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group has issued a bulletin warning home and business owners to take precautionary steps to prevent injury and minimize potential damage from Hurricane Isabel, which may threaten states...

The Hartford Reports Q2 Net Income of $507M

Aug 7 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. reported net income per diluted share of $1.88 for the second quarter of 2003, up sharply from $0.74 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2002. Net income nearly tripled to...

The Hartford Notes Quote-to-Issue Bridge with Fiserv FSC

Jun 27 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group has taken another step toward reducing duplicate entry for agents, introducing a bridge to enable users of Fiserv FSC’s WinFSC Comparative Rater to integrate their data directly...

The Hartford Names Johnston Chief Actuary for P/C Operations

Jun 25 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group has appointed Tom Johnston senior vice president and chief actuary for its property/casualty operations effective July 1. Johnston, currently the finance director for property/casualty...

Hartford Life Executive VP Lizabeth Zlatkus New CFO; Richard L. Mucci Named Group Benefits Director

Jun 17 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group announced that it has named Lizabeth Zlatkus, executive vice president, to the post of chief financial officer of its subsidiary, Hartford Life Insurance Company, and Richard L. Mucci...

The Hartford Group Offers Workers’ Comp Real-Time Quotes

May 30 2003 // Agents doing business with The Hartford Financial Services Group now can quote and request issuance of small commercial workers’ compensation business in real-time directly from their agency management system using...

The Hartford’s Capital Offerings Raise $1.95 Billion

May 27 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has released a bulletin indicating that the public offerings, announced on May 14, have been completed, raising gross proceeds of approximately $1.95 billion. “About $1.1...