
	The Hartford Financial Services Group is usually known as The Hartford, is a Fortune 500 company and one of America&rsquo;s largest investment and insurance companies. The Hartford&#39;s 2012 revenues were $26.4 billion. The company&rsquo;s earnings are divided between property-and-casualty operations and life operations. The Hartford was originally founded in 1810 in Hartford, Connecticut. A group of local merchants gathered in a Hartford inn and, with working capital of $15,000, founded the Hartford Fire Insurance Company. The company survived some of the greatest peacetime tragedies in America&rsquo;s history.
