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22 Nov 11:26 am
... of the United States Judiciary. I think most practitioners in the settlement industry would agree that the aspect of PAST Hartford
Financial Services Group business practices, with respect to the often draconian, at times non
competitive structured settlements offered to claimants and plaintiffs against Hartford insureds, were extremely unpopular. The program was
unique in that despite the credit of the company being downgraded from A+ , until close to ...
26 Nov, 2008 1:20 am
... a decision granting class action plaintiffs another opportunity to make their securities fraud claims against Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. The district court had previously dismissed the class action lawsuit as
untimely under the ... 's decision saying the information the plaintiffs had was not enough to place them on notice by July 2001 that Hartford
was likely going to be investigated for "contingent" commissions. The appeals court also noted that Spitzer's lawsuit connected Hartford to ...
11 Jun, 2007 9:01 am
The Carlyle Group said Monday that it had created a new group that will invest in the financial services sector, including banking and insurance. The private equity giant said that Edward "Ned" Kelly, the former chief executive of Mercantile Bankshsares,
and David Zwiener, the former chief operating officer of The Hartford Financial Services Group's property and [...]
5 Oct 1:42 pm
... have made unsuitable recommendations to clients regarding variable annuity contracts. Earlier in 2009, Woodbury Financial was again
sanctioned and fined by securities regulators. This time, the Arizona Corporation Commission fined Woodbury $ ... involving misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, failure to
supervise and unsuitability. Woodbury Financial Services is a subsidiary of The Hartford Financial Services Group of Hartford, Conn. As an independent broker/dealer, Woodbury Financial offers ...
21 Jul 5:19 am
The Hartford Financial Services Group won Corporate
Counsel's 2009 Best Legal Department award. It has 210 in-house lawyers supporting 2008 revenue of $9.2 ... lawyers per billion. b) Litigation lawyers account for almost one out of
three Hartford lawyers, which seems quite high (See my post of April 11, ... lawyers in medium-size departments manage outside counsel.). d) A
high percentage of Hartford litigation lawyers act in the capacity of responsible for one or more relationships with outside counsel ...
20 May, 2008 11:00 pm
... 's largest corporations. Not surprisingly a number of the largest companies include insurers and banks who directly, or through subsidiaries, provide services to tort victims. Those are listed below (the number denoting the place within the Fortune 500) American International Group 13 MetLife 43
Allstate 64 Prudential Financial 74 New York Life 82 Liberty Mutual 94 Hartford Financial Services Group 95 USAA 176 Sun Trust Banks 193 Pacific Life 452
12 Nov 3:53 am
Think malpractice insurance is only for attorneys in private practice? Think again. The Hartford recently launched an insurance package that
can help cover risks for in-house attorneys. Read on for more information about the areas of coverage - and don't forget to read a prior post on the issue. The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. now offers a professional
liability policy specifically for staff attorneys. The Hartford Employed Lawyers Choice Liability PolicySM ...
6 Apr 1:42 pm
... by a plaintiffs' broker in connection with the settlement. Defendants The Hartford Financial
Services Group, Inc. Hartford Life, Inc. Hartford
Life Insurance Company Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company Hartford Casualty Insurance Company
... 4% commission cost to the claimant while falsely portraying the brokers as independent. In return, the approved brokers provided Hartford
with outside markets for structured settlement annuity sales through their relationships with other P&C insurance ...
9 Mar 7:01 am
Various news reports citing anonymous sources on Friday said that Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. is in talks to sell most of its life insurance subsidiary to Sun Life Financial Inc.of
Canada, a fine company north ... States advanced life insurance and estate planning market with Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (and its New York subsidiary). Splitting the
Hartford, Conn.-based insurer in two and unloading most of the life division is among the options being discussed, although a deal isn ...
15 Nov, 2008 5:18 am
... settlement industry submitted applications to become bank holding companies to the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) on Friday November 14, 2008. The Hartford Financial Services Group, parent of current structured
annuity issuer Hartford Life Insurance Company, Genworth ... the Inter Savings Bank, Aegon NV, parent of insurer Transamerica, applied to
acquire Suburban Federal Savings Bank. The Hartford said it would be eligible for anywhere between $1.1 billion and $3.4 billion in funds,
under the ...
29 Sep 6:15 pm
One hopes for the sake of its policyholders that Liam McGee brings the luck of the Irish to The Hartford. Ireland born McGee was tapped as the
new CEO of 199 year old Hartford Financial Services
Group, Inc., which has struggled in the last year. McGee has a strong banking background and was ... . May the crow never pick your haystack. And may your donkey always be in
foal". Read Wall Street Journal coverage about Liam McGee and Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
3 Nov, 2008 9:17 pm
Some good news for Hartford Financial Services Group
today after the rough 3rd quarter news that came out last week and caused its stock to plummet 52% and moodys downgraded the company's senior debt one notch to A3. Moodys Investors
Service has affirmed its Aa3 financial strength rating of the company's core property and casualty and life insurance insurance
operations. Included in the latter is Hartford Life Insurance Company, the primary structured settlement annuity issuer for Hartford.
12 Jun 6:45 am
Hartford Financial Services Group ("The
Hartford") has announced plans to sell up to $750 million in stock and formally announced it will participate in the Treasury Department's
Troubled Asset Relief Program ("TARP").The participation is not unexpected and various news reports characterize The Hartford as "being among
the most enthusiastic after the government last month decided to allow six major insurers to tap into TARP for additional ...
31 Oct, 2008 7:13 pm
Hartford Financial Services Group took a $2.6B hit
in the 3rd quarter which was comprised of $2.2B in capital losses and $932 MM in deferred acquisition costs related to new and renewed policies Today Hartford released ... of $13.1 billion; ??? Debt-to-capitalization ratio of 31 percent; ??? $500 million of contingent capital in a facility available to
Hartford today; ??? A $90 billion general account portfolio; and ??? Prefunded debt obligations through June of 2010. Following is a link ...
3 Aug, 2007 5:04 pm
Hartford Financial Services Group will pay $115
million to settle market-timing and broker-compensation charges brought by the Attorney General offices of Connecticut, New York and Illinois. The three state regulators ... create the
mirage of a competitive market--with the understanding that it could win other desirable future business from Marsh," adding, "Hartford
colluded with brokers and agents to pay concealed contingent commissions to get steered business." Hartford was ordered to establish ...
24 Jul, 2007 11:37 am
... said that the Smith Barney Division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. failed to supervise branch offices and financial consultants "who
engaged in market timing, including the use of deceptive trading practices to conceal their own identities of their ... Global Markets for Improper Market Timing of Mutual Funds by
Brokers, July 24, 2007). Elsewhere in the news, The Hartford Financial Services Group paid $115 million to settle accusations that it allowed deceptive market timing in mutual funds. ( ...
24 Nov, 2008 12:45 pm
... talent to developing and integrating an organizational talent management strategy. ETS also provides a "Career Concierge" service for busy executives who want some targeted
help with their career. ETS also provides outplacement services for ... insurance and financial
services sector. Most recently, he served as vice president of corporate staffing for The Hartford
Financial Services Group. In that role, he led executive and professional recruiting for the
enterprise, including field staffing for ...
14 Nov, 2008 11:20 pm
The Hartford Financial Services Group and three
other insurance companies disclosed Friday that they each planned to buy a savings institution in order to participate in the government's $700 billion banking bailout. Shares of
Hartford jumped 21 percent in late trading after the Hartford, Conn.-based company announced Friday
afternoon that it would to buy [...]
20 Jul 5:14 am
Among the many reasons the Hartford Financial Services
Group won Corporate Counsel's 2009 award for Best Legal Department is that in the fall of 2008 it launched a quarterly newsletter on ethics, compliance, and privacy. They call it
The Hartford Advantage and it is available only to employees (and only online). I applaud the energy-saving method of distribution and
appreciate the item about the newsletter in Corp. Counsel, ...
23 Jul 6:32 am
... Corp. Counsel, Vol. 16, June 2009 at 66, we learn about the compliance function at The Hartford Financial Services Group. "The law department's compliance group has a staff of 35 (13 of them
lawyers); another 250 compliance officers, only some ... are deployed in business compliance units." Packed into that single sentence are several management points worth unpacking. a)
Compliance at the Hartford relies on the legal department for legal guidance, but does not report to it (See my post of Jan. 20, ...
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