DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,877

HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
OPERATIONS/COMMERCIAL MARKETS/BISS/CLAIM CODING DIVISION
CLINTON, NEW YORK

TA-W-81,877A

HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
OPERATIONS/COMMERCIAL MARKETS/BISS/CLAIM CODING DIVISION
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

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 August 9, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.,
Operations/Commercial Markets, BISS, Claim Coding Division,
Clinton, New York (TA-W-81,877) and Hartford Financial
Services Group, Inc., Operations/Commercial Markets, BISS,
Claim Coding Division, San Antonio, Texas (TA-W-81,877A). The
workers' firms are engaged in activities related to the supply
of financial services (insurance protection and investment
products).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firms.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firms
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 workers'
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
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Operations/Commercial
Markets, BISS, Claim Coding Division, Clinton, New York (TA-W-
81,877) and Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.,
Operations/Commercial Markets, BISS, Claim Coding Division,
San Antonio, Texas (TA-W-81,877A).
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hartford Financial
Services Group, Inc., Operations/Commercial Markets, BISS,
Claim Coding Division, Clinton, New York (TA-W-81,877) and
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Operations/Commercial
Markets, BISS, Claim Coding Division, San Antonio, Texas (TA-
W-81,877A), 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.,
Operations/Commercial Markets, BISS, Claim Coding
Division, Clinton, New York (TA-W-81,877) and Hartford
Financial Services Group, Inc., Operations/Commercial
Markets, BISS, Claim Coding Division, San Antonio, Texas
(TA-W-81,877A), who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 8, 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 August, 2012


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance