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Sep. 30, 2017
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Subsequent Events [Text Block] | On October 23, 2017, the Company announced that Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company (HLA), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the U.S. group life and disability insurance business of Aetna, Inc. (“Aetna”) through a reinsurance transaction. HLA will pay cash consideration of $1.45 billion, primarily in the form of a ceding commission to an Aetna subsidiary that is ceding the business to HLA. Under the reinsurance agreement, the Company will receive invested assets with a fair value of approximately$3.4 billion and will assume fair value reserves of approximately$3.3 billion after taking into account estimated purchase accounting adjustments. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2017, subject to customary closing conditions.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business. + References No definition available. + Details
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