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18 Hartford Business Journal • April 30, 2018 • www.HartfordBusiness.com Movers & Shakers Steven Adler, director of vendor risk management with UnitedHealthcare, was recently appointed chairman of the finance committee of the Greater Hartford Salvation Army. Adler has been an advisory board member since 2016. Melissa L. Raffanello recently joined Chelsea Groton Bank as a residential loan officer, based at the bank's lending center in Glastonbury. Raffanello will work with clients throughout Hartford and Litchfield counties on traditional mortgages, first-time homebuyer and affordable lending programs, specialty financing and home equity loans. Most recently, Raffanello was an indirect lending manager with Watertown Auto Sales. Lisa Kalafus has been appointed chief nursing officer at Gaylord Hospital in Wallingford. Kalafus brings 30 years of nursing experience from St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, where she most recently was director of nursing operations. Wendy DeAngelo has been appointed vice president of development and communications at New Britain's Hospital for Special Care (HSC). She will be responsible for aligning the HSC Foundation's mission and strategies with the goals of the hospital; managing all internal and external communications, and brand management of HSC and all of its entities/affiliates; and overseeing community services, including the HSC adaptive sports programs. Prior to joining HSC, DeAngelo was chief business development officer at Wheeler Clinic for 17 years. James J. Krouse, a CPA, has been elected a new partner at West Hartford-based regional business advisory firm BlumShapiro. Krouse is a partner in BlumShapiro's tax department in Shelton. He joined the firm in 2017 from Grant Thornton, where he served as tax director. Krouse has more than 20 years of experience serving clients in multiple industries, including privately held businesses. James M. Norton, Brad Huff and Jeffrey D. Davis, professional engineers, have been promoted in the Bloomfield office of BVH Integrated Services, a consulting and engineering firm. Norton has been promoted to associate principal, Huff to project manager and Davis to senior structural engineer. Rollin G. Schuster Jr. has been named chairman of the board of directors at Qualidigm, a national healthcare consulting think tank based in Wethersfield, and Michael Dimenstein, Brian Hinman and Eric Rosow have joined the board. Schuster Jr., who joined the board in 2015, replaces Paul Liistro, managing partner of Arbors of Hop Brook Limited Partnerships, whose term ended. Schuster is the managing principal of The Schuster Group, a financial services and employee benefits advisory firm based in Farmington and also the founder and president of The Alliance for Non-Profit Growth and Opportunity Inc. (TANGO). Dimenstein is the vice president of system compensation and benefits at Yale New Haven Health System. Hinman most recently was the chief intellectual property officer of Philips, based in the Netherlands. Rosow is CEO and co-founder of Diameter Health, a health information technology firm based in Farmington. Kristen Murdock and Heather Roy have joined Wethersfield accounting, tax services and business advisory firm Simione Macca & Larrow LLP as a senior accountant and staff accountant, respectively. Murdock has provided accounting and tax services to businesses and individuals in Connecticut for seven years. Roy brings extensive experience in tax accounting and tax return preparation, bookkeeping and customer service. Steven Adler Melissa L. Raffanello Lisa Kalafus James J. Krouse Wendy DeAngelo Corporate Profile Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. One Hartford Plaza, Hartford, CT 06155 www.thehartford.com The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. provides insurance and financial services to individual and business custom- ers primarily in the United States. 2015 2016 2017 -$5,000 $0 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000 In millions of dollars Profits Revenues Losses $1.7B $896M $(3.13B) $16B $16.1B $16.9B News Headlines ■ ■ In April, The Hartford launched a cyber liability insurance product that helps businesses protect against cyberattacks and limits the damage of an attack to their bottom lines and reputations. ■ ■ In November, The Hartford was among 13 companies in Connecticut that earned the top score in the 2018 Corporate Equality Index, which is a national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer employees. ■ ■ In October, The Hartford announced it would pay $1.5 billion to acquire Aetna's U.S. group life and disability business. Corporate suite Stock Non-equity Exec. Salary Bonus Awards Incentive Total Christopher J. Swift Chairman/CEO $1,100,000 $0 $3,472,500 $4,675,000 $13,115,285 Douglas G. Elliot President $925,000 $0 $2,315,000 $3,150,000 $8,973,264 Beth Bombara EVP/CFO $700,000 $0 $810,250 $1,900,000 $4,385,030 Profits and Revenues Fact box 4Q 2017 Revenue: $4.5B 4Q 2017 Net Income: $(3.7B) 4Q 2016 Net Income: $(81M) Quarterly Profit Change: $(3.6B) Cash: $180M Employees: 16,400 Competitors: Travelers Cos. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Liberty Mutual Holding Co. Stock watch Ticker Symbol HIG Market Cap $18.7B 52 Week Range Price $46.69-$59.20 Outstanding Shares 356.98M Top institutional investors Shares % Stake Vanguard Group Inc. 35,985,992 10.08 Blackrock Inc. 28,643,242 8.02 JP Morgan Chase & Co. 25,534,782 7.15 Christopher Swift, CEO & Chairman