All the headlines from our The Hartford Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 16 2012 // The Hartford Financial Services Group plans to repay most of a rescue it received during the financial crisis, buying back debentures and warrants from Germany’s Allianz SE for $2.43 billion.In early October 2008,...
Apr 16 2012 // By now, it’s clear that the billionaire hedge fund manager John Paulson is not shy of letting his feelings be heard, especially when it comes to under-performing stocks.For the past couple of months, his target was...
Apr 3 2012 // The Hartford Financial Services Group plans to repay most of a rescue it received during the financial crisis, buying back debentures and warrants from Germany’s Allianz SE for $2.43 billion.The Hartford’s...
Apr 2 2012 // The Hartford Financial Services Group yielded to demands from its biggest shareholder, famed hedge fund manager John Paulson, and said on March 21 that it will get rid of most of its life insurance-related operations.The...
Mar 22 2012 // John Paulson, a billionaire hedge fund manager and the largest shareholder of The Hartford Financial Services Group, says the company’s plan to exit most of its life insurance businesses is a good start — but...
Mar 22 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has placed under review with developing implications the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb+” and the debt ratings of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., as well as the ICRs of...
Mar 21 2012 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., under pressure to boost its stock price from hedge fund manager John Paulson, said it would get rid of most of its life insurance-related operations and focus on being a property...
Mar 21 2012 // In response to Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.’s planned exit from some of its life insurance business, Standard & Poor’s Rating Services said it is downgrading the subsidiaries previously aggregated...
Mar 9 2012 // Hedge fund manager John Paulson said Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. could boost its share price by 62 percent if it listened to his advice to break up the insurance provider as early as April.The billionaire, whose...
Mar 5 2012 // The Inland Marine Underwriters Association (IMUA) has voted Swiss Re America senior vice president Peter Opinante to assume the chairmanship of the board. Opinante, who served as deputy chair, fills the seat vacated by...
Mar 5 2012 // Hartford Financial Services Group appointed Tom Tucker as chief underwriting officer of commercial markets and head of specialty casualty. He comes from American International Group’s Chartis, where he was chief...
Mar 5 2012 // Hedge fund manager John Paulson — who holds an 8.4 percent stake in The Hartford and is the biggest stakeholder in the company — wants to split up the 202-year-old insurer, and he’s intensifying his effort. On...
Feb 22 2012 // Hartford Financial Services Group announced three senior management appointments, including Tom Tucker as chief underwriting officer of commercial markets and head of specialty casualty. He will start his post at The...
Feb 22 2012 // The Hartford says it will be increasing the availability of its auto insurance program for members of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) by expanding its base of producers.Originally, members of the AARP...
Feb 15 2012 // Hedge fund manager John Paulson — who currently holds a 8.4 percent stake in The Hartford — filed a letter yesterday to the board of The Hartford with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the letter, the...
Feb 13 2012 // The Hartford Financial Services Group’s biggest stakeholder is not happy with its stock price and wants The Hartford CEO Liam McGee to do “something drastic,” including splitting up the company’s...
Feb 9 2012 // JM Associates/Burnham + Company, a division of Hub International Northeast, announced today that The Hartford will now be the general liability carrier for its national elevator program.The new product will provide...
Feb 7 2012 // Hartford Financial Services Group reported $127 million for its 2011 fourth-quarter net income, down 79 percent from one year ago when the company posted $619 million profit. Results were hurt by higher net capital losses...
Dec 6 2011 // Hartford Financial Services Group is selling all assets of its Hartford Life Private Placement unit to Philadelphia Financial Group Inc. for $117.5 million.Hartford Life Private Placement, based in Florham Park, N.J.,...
Oct 26 2011 // The Hartford Financial Services Group has appointed Robert Rupp, 58, as executive vice president and chief risk officer, reporting to the company’s Chairman, President and CEO Liam McGee.Rupp assumes the role on Nov....