Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$3.4B
Total assets Very large vs avg
7,034
Participants Above avg headcount
100th
Percentile by assets National rank
$482,697
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

$3.4B in assets, 7,034 participants

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.'s The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees reported $3.4B in total assets and 7,034 participants in its 2024 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.

  • #8,467 in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)

Coverage in Connecticut

The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees covers 7,034 participants in Connecticut, 9.8x the typical Connecticut plan (state average ~718 per filing). Assets: $3.4B.

#8,467
in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)
-5.2%
assets change YoY
34×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $185M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

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 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$3,395,288,837 Highest reported value at or above every one of 123,620 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 2024

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

Plan-year 2024 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 (7,034 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees reported net income fell from $38M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$185M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees reported participants fell from 7,529 in the plan year 2023 filing to 7,034 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees end-of-year assets fell from $3.6B in the plan year 2023 filing to $3.4B in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 133317783 · The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees · $3.4B · 7,034 · 100th

  • TYPE $3.4B
  • NET 7,034
  • BOOK 100th
  • VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • BOY near Intermountain Healthcare Pension Plan
  • SCH ind #8467

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

Nationwide Retirement Plan - Final Average PayNationwide Retirement Plan -…$3.5BCarpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. LouisCarpenters Pension Trust Fun…$3.4BThe Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. EmployeesThe Hartford Retirement Plan…$3.4BIntermountain Healthcare Pension PlanIntermountain Healthcare Pen…$3.4BSchlumberger Technology Corporation Pension PlanSchlumberger Technology Corp…$3.4B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Connecticut filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3.6B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.4B
Net Income-$185M
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. 010000200003000040000 01020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees, Total assets ($B): 3.395288837 · Participants: 7034The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. EmployeesRtx Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 41.643558189 · Participants: 36180Rtx Consolidated Pension PlanThe Citigroup Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.993084827 · Participants: 15906The Citigroup Pension PlanEversource Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.763055773 · Participants: 3428Eversource Pension PlanRetirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc., Total assets ($B): 5.242514983 · Participants: 9682Retirement Plan for Employees of Aetna Inc.Frontier Communications Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.902188658 · Participants: 15141Frontier 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 $3.4B in end-of-year assets across 7,034 participants (0.028% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $482,697 per participant (3.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$185M.

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 Open filing
2024 · index core 7,034 $3.4B This page

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 Intermountain Healthcare Pension Plan in UT ($3.4B); by covered participants it is General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Electric Boat and Mission Systems) in VA (7,035 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($3.4B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,034 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. 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 2024? ▼
The Hartford Retirement Plan for U.S. Employees pulled back noticeably - down 5.2% during 2024, from $3.6B to $3.4B. Reported net income was -$185M.
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 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (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 Intermountain Healthcare Pension Plan in UT ($3.4B, 26,724 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 General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Electric Boat and Mission Systems) in VA (7,035 participants, $4.1B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

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.