The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (Form: 8-K)  

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

     
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):   May 2, 2013

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 001-13958 13-3317783
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
One Hartford Plaza, Hartford, Connecticut   06155
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   860-547-5000

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(c) On May 2, 2013, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (the "Company") announced that Scott R. Lewis was appointed senior vice president and controller of the Company, effective May 3, 2013. In connection with his appointment, Mr. Lewis will serve as the Company’s principal accounting officer. A copy of the press release relating to Mr. Lewis’s appointment is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

From 2009 to the present, Mr. Lewis, age 50, has served as senior vice president and chief financial officer of the Company's Consumer Markets division, with responsibility for, among other things, all aspects of the finance operations as well as Enterprise Business Services which includes information technology, enterprise operations, procurement and real estate. Mr. Lewis served as vice president of Property & Casualty Financial Reporting and Analysis from 2003 through 2009 and as assistant vice president and controller of Hart Re, a division that formally wrote assumed reinsurance, from 2002 through 2003. Mr. Lewis joined the Company in 1998 as assistant vice president and director in charge of internal audit for Property and Casualty. Previously, he served as a principal of Arthur Andersen.





Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.





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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
    The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
          
May 2, 2013   By:   Donald C. Hunt
       
        Name: Donald C. Hunt
        Title: Vice President and Associate General Counsel

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Exhibit Index


     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
9.01
  99.1 Press release of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. dated May 2, 2013