The Hartford said it plans to expand sales of life and benefit products to commercial business and tap into its property-casualty sales force to sell the products.

Hartford, Conn.-based The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. said it plans to include its nationwide network of 10,000 independent agents selling p-c insurance in a new initiative to distribute pension products, group benefits and individual life insurance to business owners.

In addition, the company said Greg Boyko, currently president and chief executive officer of Hartford Life Insurance K.K. in Japan, will return to the United States Oct. 1 to lead the carrier's new cross-selling initiative. Mr. Boyko will be replaced by David Levenson as CEO in Japan.

Recommended For You

Want to continue reading?
Become a Free PropertyCasualty360 Digital Reader

Your access to unlimited PropertyCasualty360 content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:

  • Breaking insurance news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Weekly Insurance Speak podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical converage of the employee benefits and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, BenefitsPRO and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© Touchpoint Markets, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more inforrmation visit Asset & Logo Licensing.