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):   December 17, 2009

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 		_____________
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(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

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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) The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (the "Company") today publicly announced that, effective December 17, 2009, the Company's board of directors appointed Liam E. McGee as President of the Company. Mr. McGee, 55, was apppointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on September 23, 2009.

Prior to joining the Company, Mr. McGee worked for Bank of America Corporation, which he joined in 1990. At Bank of America Corporation, Mr. McGee most recently served as President, Bank of America Consumer and Small Business Bank, a position he held from August 2004 until his departure in September 2009. In that role, he operated the nation’s largest retail bank, serving more than 50 million consumer households and small businesses through a distribution network that included over 6,100 branches and the nation’s largest online and mobile bank. From August 2001 to August 2004, he served as President, Global Consumer Banking; from August 2000 to August 2001, he served as President, Bank of America California; and from August 1998 to August 2000, he served as President, Southern California Region.

In addition to his role as the Company’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. McGee serves on the Board’s Executive Committee and Finance, Investment and Risk Management Committee.





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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.
          
January 7, 2010   By:   /s/ Ricardo A. Anzaldua
       
        Name: Ricardo A. Anzaldua
        Title: Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary