The Hartford
One Hartford Plaza
Hartford, CT 06155
Parent Company:
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
Subsidiary Companies:
See Below
Date Incorporated:
1810
Stock Ticker:
HIG
Phone:
860-547-5000
Website:
http://www.thehartford.com
Lines of Insurance:
Homeowners Insurance, Automobile Insurance, Employee and Group Benefits, Life Insurance Company overview:
As one of the largest insurance companies in the country, it provides a myriad of products. Available insurance policies are home owners and auto insurance, employee benefits, and life insurance. As additional products, Hartford provides investment, annuities, and mutual funds. Finally, college savings plans are available through the company.
Products from the Hartford are sold through several avenues: online, through financial companies and through independent insurance agents. Because the company’s size, it serves millions of many types of customers. The company will sell to consumers and to business.
The Hartford is formally referred to as the Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. As it was established in 1810 as the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, it is one of the oldest insurance companies in the US. In 1875, they started to use a logo with the deer stag that is still used in today’s communications. The company has offices in the US, in Ireland, Brazil, Canada and Japan.
Being an upstanding and respected company throughout much of the US history, the Hartford has a mission to help people obtain a financially secure future by anticipating their needs and providing competitive financial products emphasizing customer focus, integrity, a winning spirit, team work, financial discipline and diversity and inclusion. The company also emphasizes it corporate social responsibility programs which support communities and their employees.
Insurance subsidiaries:
The Hartford Life Insurance Company
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Hartford Life and Accident
Hartford Life Group Insurance Company
The Hartford Life Insurance Company
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Hartford Life and Accident
Hartford Life Group Insurance Company
*As of July, 2009
Update! The Hartford Marks 200 Years!
As of May 10, 2010, The Hartford has served consumers' insurance needs for two centuries! Among the milestones marked in the The Hartford's corporate history:
- Providing the contract bonds for construction of the Hoover Dam in 1931 and the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937
- Issuing a personal liability policy for President Dwight D. Eisenhower's 190-acre working farm and insuring Abraham Lincoln's home in Springfield, Ill., in 1861
- Paying out almost $2 million in claims after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed nearly 17,500 buildings and claimed 250 lives
- Paying more than 950 business, life, auto and property claims as a result of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
States Served:
AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
