FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * WOODRING A GREIG (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE HARTFORD PLAZA (Street) HARTFORD CT 06155 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 12/20/2017	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC/DE [ HIG ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	84	I	By Trust

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

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	Anthony J. Salerno, Attorney-in-Fact	12/21/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

		THE UNDERSIGNED does hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Donald C. Hunt,
Terence D. Shields, Anthony J. Salerno,
Lisa S. Levin and Leslie T. Soler or any one or more of them, his true and
lawful attorneys and agents, to do any and all acts and things
and execute and file any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, or
  any of them, may deem necessary or advisable to enable the
undersigned (in his individual capacity or in a fiduciary or any other capacity)
  to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "1934 Act"), and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933
Act"), and any requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") in respect thereof, in connection with the
preparation, execution and filing of (i) any report or
statement of beneficial ownership or changes in beneficial ownership of
securities of THE HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), that the undersigned (in his individual
capacity or in a fiduciary or any other capacity) may
be required to file pursuant to Section 16(a) of the 1934 Act, including
specifically, but without limitation, full power and authority
to sign the undersigned's name, in his individual capacity or in a fiduciary or
any other capacity, to any report or statement on SEC
Form ID, Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 or to any amendment thereto, or any form or
forms adopted by the SEC in lieu thereof or in addition
thereto, and (ii) any report required under Rule 144 of the 1933 Act on SEC Form
  144 relating to sales of securities of the Company,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys and agents, or any of
them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Furthermore, said attorneys and agents, or any of them, may, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, delegate any authority granted
pursuant to this authorization.

           This authorization shall supersede all prior authorizations to act
for the undersigned with respect to securities of the
Company in these matters, which prior authorizations are hereby revoked, and
shall remain in effect for so long as the undersigned
(in his individual capacity or in a fiduciary or any other capacity) has any
obligations under Section 16 of the 1934 Act with respect
to securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of December,
2017.


	_______________________________________
	Greig Woodring

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