(Bloomberg) — Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., the insurer that has been using excess capital to repurchase shares and redeem debt, said it will be able to shift strategies to rebuild the company and possibly pursue acquisitions.

"We feel we're in a different place, we're a different company today," Chief Executive Officer Chris Swift said on a conference call Tuesday. "And we can be a little bit more offensive-minded about opportunities in the marketplace."

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