Neal S. Wolin's background prior to joining The Hartford was largely in government service, but even before coming aboard the carrier in March 2001, he was no stranger to financial services industry concerns.

Indeed, Mr. Wolin–now president and chief operating officer for property and casualty operations at The Hartford Financial Services Group–said he did "a fair amount of work and had a lot of interaction with the financial services sector" while serving as general counsel for the U.S. Treasury Department.

Much of his exposure to the industry came during his work on the Financial Modernization Act of 1999–better known as the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act–which removed regulatory hurdles preventing consolidation among banks and insurers.

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