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The STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS 4REAL® Blog is a highly regarded source for structured settlement news, information, and commentary, led by structured settlement and settlement planning subect mater expert John Darer CLU ChFC MSSC CeFT RSP CLTC. With two decades of operation, the blog and 4structures.com are recognized as comprehensive resources, offering detailed guides and specialized insights. Established in 2005, the blog caters to a broad audience, including legal professionals, injured individuals, families, and various stakeholders, providing reviews and opinions on settlement planning. John Darer, President of 4structures.com LLC, is a seasoned structured settlement expert with over 40 years of financial services experience and 31 years specializing in structured settlements. Based in Stamford, CT, he is a Certified Financial Transitionist and Registered Settlement Planner, holding insurance licenses in 45 states and the District of Columbia. John Darer is dedicated to transparency and advocacy, he emphasizes the importance of engaging trained and licensed professionals for settlement planning, offering valuable insights through his investigative journalism and professional commentary.

The Hartford sale of Talcott Resolution was completed | Annuity, Structured Settlement, Life Run Off

by John Darer CLU ChFC MSSC CeFT RSP CLTC

The Hartford sale of Talcott Resolution was completed on May 31, 2018

Hartford Financial Services Group announced on December 4, 2017 that  it would sell its life and annuity run off unit to a group of investors for $2.05 billion, as it looks to focus on its property and casualty businesses.  Talcott Resolution is the run off company for Hartford’s legacy life and annuity business. including structured settlement annuities (which Hartford Life stopped writing in April 2012). The investor consortium led by Cornell Capital, Atlas Merchant Capital LLC, TRB Advisors LP, Global Atlantic Financial Group, Pine Brook and J. Safra Group.  The Hartford retains a 9.7% stake in the new company.

Approximately 375 Hartford employees have become employees of the standalone entity, which will be based in Windsor, CT and will have an office in Woodbury, MN.

Talcott Resolution will reinsure a portion of its fixed annuity, payout annuity and structured settlement businesses to a subsidiary of Global Atlantic Financial Group (Global Atlantic). Hartford Investment Management Company (HIMCO), The Hartford’s investment management group, will continue to manage a significant majority of Talcott Resolution’s investment assets for an initial 5-year term. HIMCO also will be retained by Global Atlantic to manage certain assets associated with the post-closing reinsurance agreement.

Who is Global Atlantic Financial Group?

Global Atlantic was founded in 2004 at Goldman Sachs and entered the Life and Annuity market by acquiring Commonwealth Annuity and Life Insurance Company (formerly Allmerica Financial) in 2005. The business grew through a series of reinsurance transactions and acquisitions of U.S. life insurance companies. Today, the Global Atlantic Life business is recognized for its innovative insurance, reinsurance and strategic solutions to the life and annuity industry. In 2005, Global Atlantic entered the Property & Casualty business and has since grown this platform with the launch of a Lloyds of London insurance syndicate in 2008 and, the acquisition of the Bermuda-based operations of Ariel Re in 2012. Today the Property & Casualty business provides a broad range of solutions to clients for losses caused by natural disasters and other catastrophic events.

Read my December 5, 2017 post The Hartford Sells Life Insurance and Annuity Business to Investors – Structured Settlements 4Real® 2025

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