<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000874766-18-000042.txt : 20180822
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000874766-18-000042
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180822
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180822
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180822

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC/DE
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000874766
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331]
		IRS NUMBER:				133317783
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13958
		FILM NUMBER:		181031393

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE HARTFORD PLAZA
		CITY:			HARTFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06155
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8605475000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE HARTFORD PLAZA
		CITY:			HARTFORD
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06155

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ITT HARTFORD GROUP INC /DE
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328
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<div><a name="s0102c1081eb74e44b3c6c2c9ab6a7295"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM 8-K</font></div><div 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These include statements about the Company&#8217;s future results of operations and projections regarding the impact of the acquisition of Navigators. The Company cautions investors that these forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results may differ materially. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">Factors that could cause the Company&#8217;s actual results to differ, possibly materially, from those in the forward looking statements include but are not limited to (a) receipt of regulatory approvals for the transaction; (b) the successful closing of the transaction within the estimated timeframe; (c) the failure to realize the expected synergies from the transaction or delay in realization thereof; (d) purchase accounting impacts, including determination of goodwill and other intangible assets at closing; (e) integration costs; (f) potential changes in Navigators&#8217; reserves that the Company may record at closing; (g) industry conditions; and (h) other factors that can be found in the Company&#8217;s news releases and SEC filings, including those discussed in the Company&#8217;s news release issued on July 26, 2018, the Company&#8217;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, the Company&#8217;s 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K, and other filings it makes with the SEC. 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<div><a name="s90B71EFE3CAF7931C3BC5EFA3015B8DF"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:138%;padding-bottom:13px;text-align:right;"><img src="pressreleaseimage1.jpg" alt="pressreleaseimage1.jpg" style="height:136px;width:138px;"></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:24pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:24pt;color:#5f5f5f;">NEWS RELEASE</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:24pt;color:#5f5f5f;font-weight:bold;">&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:18pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:18pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:18pt;font-weight:bold;">The Hartford Signs Agreement To Acquire Navigators, A Global Specialty Underwriter </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:14pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;font-style:italic;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt;font-style:italic;">Broadens and deepens The Hartford&#8217;s product offerings and underwriting risk appetite </font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:24px;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:14pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;font-style:italic;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt;font-style:italic;">Expands global underwriting reach; includes an established presence at Lloyd&#8217;s</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:14pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;font-style:italic;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt;font-style:italic;">Brings together two underwriting-centric organizations with a commitment to attracting and retaining top talent</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:24px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:24px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:14pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:14pt;font-style:italic;">&#8226;</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt;font-style:italic;">Expected to be accretive to The Hartford&#8217;s net income and core earnings* in 2020</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:14pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;">HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 22, 2018 &#8211; </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#0000ff;text-decoration:underline;">The Hartford</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;">&#32;has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding common shares of The Navigators Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NAVG), a global specialty underwriter, for $70 a share, or $2.1 billion in cash. The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies and is subject to approval by Navigators&#8217; shareholders and other customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. It is expected to close in the first half of 2019. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;">&#8220;We are excited to announce the acquisition of Navigators, which we are confident will achieve key strategic and financial objectives for The Hartford,&#8221; said The Hartford&#8217;s Chairman and CEO Christopher Swift. &#8220;It expands our product offerings and geographic reach, and adds tenured and proven underwriting and industry talent while strengthening our value proposition to agents and customers. We are optimistic about our combined growth opportunities and expect the acquisition to generate attractive returns.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;">Navigators, which was founded in 1974, is recognized as a market leader in the global marine, construction and energy industries, as well as in U.S. excess casualty and surplus lines. In addition to an established presence at Lloyd&#8217;s, the company also has growing underwriting operations in Europe, Asia and Latin America. The company currently operates three business segments: U.S. Insurance (58 percent of 2017 gross written premiums), International Insurance (29 percent) and Global Reinsurance (13 percent).</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><sup style="vertical-align:top;line-height:120%;font-size:7pt"> </sup></font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;">&#32;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;">The Hartford&#8217;s President Doug Elliot added, &#8220;This transaction combines two organizations with disciplined underwriting cultures and a shared commitment to innovation, financial performance, and attracting and retaining top talent. Together, we will leverage a more complete product and service offering through a best-in-class distribution network enabled by our combined underwriting, claim capabilities and risk engineering, and enhanced by The Hartford&#8217;s strong brand.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;">Navigators is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with 22 locations in the U.S. and eight locations internationally. The company has approximately 820 employees globally who will join The Hartford upon closing. Approximately 600 of its employees are based in the U.S. and 150 are located in the U.K.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;background-color:#ffffff;">&#8220;We look forward to bringing Navigators&#8217; specialty lines capabilities to The Hartford,&#8221; said Stanley A. Galanski, Navigators President and CEO. &#8220;By joining The Hartford and leveraging the strength of its balance sheet and quality of its core commercial insurance products, we will create exciting opportunities to deliver enhanced value to our brokers and policyholders.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;">The Hartford has sufficient existing resources to fund the total purchase price of approximately $2.1 billion, but will consider alternative sources of capital prior to the closing. The Hartford does not intend to issue common equity in connection with the acquisition.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;">The Hartford expects the acquisition to generate an attractive return over time. The impact of the acquisition on The Hartford&#8217;s consolidated 2019 and 2020 financial results will depend on a variety of factors, including the timing of the close, finalization of purchase accounting impacts, such as determination of goodwill and other intangible assets, integration costs, and acquisition-related charges, including transaction costs and changes in Navigators&#8217; loss reserves or other balance sheet items. </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#1f497d;">&#8195;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;">The acquisition is expected to result in an immaterial reduction in 2019 net income before considering the impact of acquisition-related charges, which have not yet been finalized.&#160;Excluding acquisition-related charges as well as integration costs*, the company expects the acquisition to be immediately accretive to 2019 net income. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;">For 2020, The Hartford expects the acquisition to be accretive to net income by $30 million to $75 million and to core earnings by $60 million to $95 million. This is comprised of a contribution by Navigators of $80 million to $125 million to net income and $110 million to $145 million to core earnings, offset by a reduction of approximately $50 million in The Hartford&#8217;s net investment income, after tax, due to the cash used to fund the acquisition. All of these estimates are preliminary and will be updated based on market conditions, business plans, financial results and other developments between now and closing.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;background-color:#ffffff;">The Hartford will host a webcast and conference call to review the acquisition at 8:30 a.m. EDT on Aug. 22, 2018. The conference call can be accessed at 877-685-7362 (U.S.) or 478-219-0241 (International), passcode 6087567. The live listen-only webcast is available through the Investor Relations section of The Hartford's website at&#160;</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;background-color:#ffffff;color:#0000ff;text-decoration:underline;">https://ir.thehartford.com</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;background-color:#ffffff;">. A replay of the call along with a transcript of the event will be available for at least 90 days.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;background-color:#ffffff;">Citigroup Global Markets Inc. acted as lead financial advisor to The Hartford, with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. also providing financial advice. Mayer Brown provided legal counsel to The Hartford.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;background-color:#ffffff;">Additional information regarding the transaction can be found on The Hartford&#8217;s website at&#160;</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;background-color:#ffffff;color:#0000ff;text-decoration:underline;">https://www.thehartford.com</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;background-color:#ffffff;">, including a presentation deck that summarizes key financial terms and benefits of the acquisition, and in Current Reports on Form 8-K filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission by The Hartford and Navigators.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;">About The Hartford</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;">The Hartford is a leader in property and casualty insurance, group benefits and mutual funds. 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For additional details, please read </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#0000ff;text-decoration:underline;">The Hartford&#8217;s legal notice</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;">.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;">HIG-F, C</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;">*Denotes financial measure not calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (non-GAAP).  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Financial and other important information regarding The Hartford is routinely accessible through and posted on our website at </font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;color:#0000ff;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">https://ir.thehartford.com</font><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;">. 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