Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3.6B
Total assets Very large vs avg
7,529
Participants Very large workforce
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$475,508
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees · Sponsored by The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. · Connecticut · Finance & Insurance

$3.6B in assets, 7,529 participants

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.'s The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees reported $3.6B in total assets and 7,529 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #8,796 in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)

Coverage in Connecticut

The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees covers 7,529 participants in Connecticut, 10x the typical Connecticut plan (state average ~718 per filing). Assets: $3.6B.

#8,796
in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)
+1.1%
assets growth YoY
36×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees's outsized position by total assets

The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$3,580,099,386 Highest reported value at or above every one of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees lands in the large band (7,529 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees reported net income rose from -$976M in the plan year 2022 filing to $38M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees reported participants fell from 8,100 in the plan year 2022 filing to 7,529 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees end-of-year assets rose from $3.5B in the plan year 2022 filing to $3.6B in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 133317783 · The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees · $3.6B · 7,529 · 100th

  • ASSETS $3.6B
  • ASSETS 7,529
  • ASSETS 100th
  • ASSETS Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • ASSETS near Hsbc - North America (U.S.) Pension Plan
  • ASSETS ind #8796

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in Connecticut →

The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees in the asset neighbourhood

Schlumberger Technology Corporation Pension PlanSchlumberger Technology Corp…$3.6BHsbc - North America (U.S.) Pension PlanHsbc - North America (U.S.) …$3.6BOhio Operating Engineers Pension PlanOhio Operating Engineers Pen…$3.6BThe Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. EmployeesThe Hartford Retirement Plan…$3.6BTarget Corporation Pension PlanTarget Corporation Pension P…$3.5B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Connecticut filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3.5B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.6B
Net Income$38M
Employer EIN133317783
Plan Effective Date1961-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.4B 4.16635966170279% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$3.3B$3.4B$3.5B$3.6B 202220232024 $3.54B $3.4B ▼ -4.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 8,100 $3.5B
2023 1 7,529 $3.6B
2024 1 7,034 $3.4B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Connecticut

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0500010000150002000025000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees, Total assets ($B): 3.580099386 · Participants: 7529The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. EmployeesRtx Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 43.752088232 · Participants: 23823Rtx Consolidated Pension PlanThe Citigroup Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.610367002 · Participants: 17283The Citigroup Pension PlanEversource Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.8761342 · Participants: 3717Eversource Pension PlanRetirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc., Total assets ($B): 5.40003759 · Participants: 10546Retirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc.Frontier Communications Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.362977641 · Participants: 9659Frontier Communications Pension Plan
The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Connecticut, assets vs. participants
Compare The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees

The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees reports $3.6B in end-of-year assets across 7,529 participants (0.029% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $475,508 per participant (3.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $38M.

This plan identity (EIN 133317783, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.5B to $3.4B (-4.2%) while covered participants moved from 8,100 to 7,034 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 8,100 $3.5B Open filing
2023 7,529 $3.6B This page
2024 · index core 7,034 $3.4B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Connecticut, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Hsbc - North America (U.S.) Pension Plan in IL ($3.6B); by covered participants it is Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees in LA (7,501 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.6B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,529 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees assets move in 2023? ▼
The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees edged up modestly - up 1.1% during 2023, from $3.5B to $3.6B. Reported net income was $38M.
How have The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 4.2%, from $3.5B to $3.4B.
Where does The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees ranks in the 100th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Hsbc - North America (U.S.) Pension Plan in IL ($3.6B, 2,727 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees in LA (7,501 participants, $3.1B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 133317783.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.