Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.

Public Company, Headquarters Location
1 Hartford Plz., Hartford, CT 06115-1707, United States
(860)547-5000, http://www.thehartford.com

Primary SIC: Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service, Primary NAICS: Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
Description: The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. is an insurance and financial services company. Headquartered in Connecticut, The Hartford is among the largest providers of investment products; individual life, group life and group disability insurance products; and property and casualty insurance products in the United States. As a holding company that is separate and distinct from its subsidiaries, The Hartford has no significant business operations of its own. Therefore, it relies on the dividends from its insurance companies and other subsidiaries as the principal source of cash flow to meet its obligations. Hartford Fire Insurance Company, founded in 1810, is the oldest of The Hartford's subsidiaries. The company is organized into two major operations: life, and property and casualty, each containing reporting segments. Within these operations, The Hartford conducts business principally in eleven reporting segments. Corporate primarily includes the company's debt financing and related interest expense, as well as other capital raising activities and purchase accounting adjustments. The Hartford writes insurance in the United States and internationally. More

Insurance: Underwriter of property, casualty and life insurance and reinsurance, holding company.