The Hartford

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  Middle-Age White Guys Need Not Apply: AIG’s Advisor Group Diversifies Recruitment

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 7, 2013

  The traditional image of the wirehouse-trained advisor serving strictly HNW white males is giving way as women challenge assumptions about who the average investor is.

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  AIG’s Advisor Group Wraps Up Woodbury Purchase

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  December 3, 2012

  The combined IBD will have roughly 6,000 advisors with some $125 billion in assets.

• The Hartford to Exit Retirement-Plans Biz

  By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne  |  September 25, 2012

  The Hartford Financial Services Group agreed to sell its Retirement Plans business to Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. for $400 million in early September.

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  The Hartford Sells Retirement Plans Unit to MassMutual in $400 Million Deal

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  September 5, 2012

  The agreement marks the second of three planned business sales, says Chairman, President and CEO Liam McGee.

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  AIG Advisor Group Buys Woodbury Financial

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  July 31, 2012

  The wait is over. AIG and The Hartford announced Tuesday evening that the insurance giants had signed a definitive agreement to make Woodbury Financial Services part of AIG’s Advisor Group

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  Hartford: 20-Somethings Want Guaranteed Retirement Income

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 14, 2012

  Workers younger than age 30 say it's “very” or “somewhat” appealing to turn retirement savings into a guaranteed income.

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  The Hartford Sells VA Business to Forethought

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  April 27, 2012

  The Hartford has sold its variable annuity marketing business as part of its effort to reduce its role in the life insurance business.

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  The Hartford Breakup: What It Means for Woodbury Reps

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 22, 2012

  “It’s part of a trend of large insurance companies parting ways with their broker-dealers,” a research director with FA Insight said.

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  Froehlich Sees Europe, China Shaking Up Economy—In a Good Way: ASPPA Summit

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  March 20, 2012

  Bob Froehlich, executive vice president and chief investment strategist for The Hartford, sees Europe avoiding recession and China resolving its food inflation issues, he said at the 2012 ASPPA 401(k) Summit on Monday.

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  Hedge-Fund Big Paulson Eyes Hartford Breakup

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  February 15, 2012

  After a bad year in hedge funds, John Paulson has stepped forward as a shareholder activist to force the insurance company into a breakup.