The Hartford announced the relaunch of its structured settlement fixed annuity
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., absent from the annuities arena since October of 2009 when it ceased writing new structured settlement annuities, recently announced its return to the annuities business with the relaunch of its structured settlement fixed annuity.
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. said it would sell Federal Trust Corporation to CenterState Banks, Inc. and that it expects an after-tax charge of about $70 million in the second quarter related to the divestiture, including losses on certain Federal Trust Bank assets and liabilities which will not be sold to CenterState Banks, Inc. The sale, subject to regulatory approval, would close in the fourth quarter, and is in line with The Hartford's other recent sales of non-core operations.