The Hartford delivered strong financial results in 2015 and maintained its underwriting discipline, while investing in the operating capabilities and talent that are making the company a broader, deeper risk player and a more efficient, customer-focused company, The Hartford’s Chairman and CEO Christopher Swift said today at the company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

The Hartford is executing a strategy that will enable the company to continue to deliver value to shareholders, customers and distributors. That strategy is focused in five key areas: product and risk expansion; distribution effectiveness; customer experience; creation of market-leading capabilities; and talent.

“In 2016, we are focused on maintaining margins and underwriting discipline while tightly managing expenses to support ongoing investment in our capabilities and talent,” Swift said.

During the business portion of the annual meeting, The Hartford’s shareholders took the following actions:

  • re-elected each director to the board for one-year terms;
  • ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2016;
  • approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the company’s named executive officers; and
  • approved, on an advisory basis, every “1 year” as the frequency with which shareholders are provided an opportunity to vote on named executive officer compensation.

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