DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,473

HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
CONSUMER MARKETS/UNDERWRITING OPERATIONS
WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974,
as amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 4, 2012 on behalf of workers of Hartford
Financial Services Group, Inc., Consumer Markets/Underwriting
Operations, Windsor, Connecticut (The Hartford). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of
financial services. Specifically, the workers underwrite for
the firm's insurance protection and investment products.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioners.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the firm has
acquired from a foreign country services like or directly
competitive with services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at The
Hartford.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hartford Financial
Services Group, Inc., Consumer Markets/Underwriting
Operations, Windsor, Connecticut, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of financial services meet
the worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a)
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section
223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.,
Consumer Markets/Underwriting Operations, Windsor,
Connecticut, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after April 2, 2011 through two
years from the date of certification, and all workers in
the group threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on the date of certification through two
years from the date of certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title
II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 17th day of April, 2012.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance