Latest The Hartford Headlines
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The Hartford’s BMG Agency Survey Finds Employee Shortage Driving Compensation, Education
May 23 2003 // While the rest of the economy struggles with worker layoffs, independent insurance agencies are reportedly facing a very different problem: filling their jobs with knowledgeable workers. As a result, more firms facing a...
The Hartford Launches Agent Suite of Transactions Using XDTI
May 21 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group has introduced a suite of transactions for independent agents who use XDimensional Technologies’ (XDTI) Nexsure agency management system, further increasing agents’ ease of...
The Hartford Announces Pricing of Capital Offerings
May 20 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced that it has priced its three previously announced capital offerings for gross proceeds of approximately $1.95 billion. About $1.1 billion of the funds were raised from...
The Hartford Sells its P/C Reinsurance Business to Endurance Specialty
May 16 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., has sold most of its property-casualty reinsurance business to Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. The transaction includes the sale of renewal rights for existing...
The Hartford Cutting Jobs; Releases Asbestos Study
May 12 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. announced a series of actions and plans to strengthen its capital base, enhance earnings and advance its competitive position. The company also announced the completion of its...
The Hartford Named to Business Ethics’ List of 100 Best Corporate Citizens
Apr 2 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group announced that the company has been honored by Business Ethics magazine as one of the country’s 100 best corporate citizens. “For nearly 200 years, the foundation of The...
The Hartford Names Bennett Senior V.P., Personal Lines
Mar 25 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. announced that Jonathan Bennett has been named senior vice president of the personal lines division in its property-casualty operations effective April 1. Bennett succeeds Paul...
The Hartford Able to Handle Commercial Lines Scheduled Items in AMS-Generated Excel Stream
Mar 14 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group has sped up the process for AMS systems users to handle large amounts of schedule data as part of the application and rating process for middle market business. A provider in using...
The Hartford Names Candy Cope Director of Stop Loss Sales and Marketing
Mar 12 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group announced that Candy Cope has been named Director of Sales and Marketing for Integrated Medical Solutions, The Hartford’s business unit that sells and services individual and...
Hartford Agents Have Access to Online Global Business Data Resource
Mar 6 2003 // Agents seeking to help their business customers succeed in the global marketplace now can access a wide range of relevant tools and information right from their computer. Through its sponsorship of the International Trade...
The Hartford’s “Complex Claim Advice” Offers Help to Self-Insured Employers
Jan 22 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group announced that it’s now offering a program called “Complex Claim Advice,” to employers who self-insure their short-term disability plans and face “a growing...
The Hartford Acquires Renewal Rights to Kemper’s Alternative Risk Programs
Jan 16 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group has purchased renewal rights to a significant portion of the Kemper Insurance Companies group captives business. “The Kemper captives are similar to The Hartford’s existing...
Superior Access Utilizes Web Services Integration with 1StepSurety System
Jan 7 2003 // Superior Access Internet Software Inc. (SAIS), announced the implementation of a multi-tier Web Services technology for XML data translation between Superior Access Insurance Services and The Hartford Financial Services...
Alleged N. Y. Fraud Ring Sued by The Hartford
Dec 13 2002 // The Hartford filed suit against seven New York State residents and eleven New York businesses for their role in an alleged scheme to fraudulently purchase insurance coverage and avoid paying hundreds of thousands of...
S&P’s Takes off Watch, Lowers Hartford Financial Services Ratings
Nov 28 2002 // Standard & Poor’s has removed from CreditWatch its counterparty credit rating on The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. and lowered it to ‘A-‘ from ‘A’ because of concerns about...
AMS, The Hartford Offer Rating, Agency Management Integration
Nov 20 2002 // AMS Services of Windsor, Conn. and The Hartford Financial Services Group of Hartford, Conn. announced the launch of a bridge allowing users of AfW and AfW Online management systems, or AMS rating products (QuoteWorks East...
Seibels Bruce Sells Flood Business to The Hartford
Nov 19 2002 // The Seibels Bruce Group Inc. of Columbia, S.C. completed a transaction with The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., under which The Hartford acquired the right to renew or assume all of Seibels Bruce’s in-force...
The Hartford Expands Oklahoma City Operations
Oct 15 2002 // The Hartford Financial Services Group announced plans to double its workforce at its Oklahoma City customer service and sales center by adding more than 380 new jobs over the next 15 months. The Silver Springs Crossing...
Hartford Accepts Exposure Schedules in XML Transaction Based on ACORD XML Large Commercial Standards
Oct 4 2002 // The Hartford Financial Services Group has eliminated the need to rekey large amounts of property, auto and workers’ compensation data as part of the application and rating process for middle market business. The...
Hartford FSG Enters Into Alliance with ACE
Oct 2 2002 // The Hartford Financial Services Group has entered into a strategic alliance with ACE American Insurance Company, one of the ACE Group of Companies, to provide The Hartford’s U.S.-based business customers with...
