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</LabelSeparator><Level>2</Level><ElementName>hig_BusinessDispositionsTextBlock</ElementName><ElementPrefix>hig_</ElementPrefix><IsBaseElement>false</IsBaseElement><BalanceType>na</BalanceType><PeriodType>duration</PeriodType><IsReportTitle>false</IsReportTitle><IsSegmentTitle>false</IsSegmentTitle><IsCalendarTitle>false</IsCalendarTitle><IsEquityPrevioslyReportedAsRow>false</IsEquityPrevioslyReportedAsRow><IsEquityAdjustmentRow>false</IsEquityAdjustmentRow><IsBeginningBalance>false</IsBeginningBalance><IsEndingBalance>false</IsEndingBalance><IsReverseSign>false</IsReverseSign><PreferredLabelRole>terseLabel</PreferredLabelRole><FootnoteIndexer /><Cells><Cell FlagID="0" ContextID="D2012Q4YTD" UnitID=""><Id>1</Id><IsNumeric>false</IsNumeric><IsRatio>false</IsRatio><DisplayZeroAsNone>false</DisplayZeroAsNone><NumericAmount>0</NumericAmount><RoundedNumericAmount>0</RoundedNumericAmount><NonNumbericText>&lt;div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:11pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Business Dispositions&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sale of Retirement Plans &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;On January 1, 2013, HLI completed the sale of its Retirement Plans business to MassMutual for a ceding commission of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;$355&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;.  The sale was structured as a reinsurance transaction and is estimated to result in an after tax gain consisting of a reinsurance loss, offset by realized capital gains.  Upon closing, in the first quarter of 2013 the Company reinsured &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;$9.2 billion&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt; of policyholder liabilities and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;$26.3 billion&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt; of separate account liabilities under indemnity reinsurance arrangements.  The Company also transferred invested assets with a carrying value of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;$9.3 billion&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;, net of the ceding commission, to MassMutual and wrote off &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;$100&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt; of deferred acquisition costs, deferred income taxes, goodwill, and other assets associated with the disposition.  These amounts are subject to change pending final determination of the net assets sold, transaction costs and other adjustments. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sale of Individual Life&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;On January 2, 2013 HLI completed the sale of its Individual Life insurance business to Prudential for consideration of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;$615&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;, consisting primarily of a ceding commission, of which &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;$590&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt; is attributable to the Company.  The sale was structured as a reinsurance transaction and is estimated to result in a loss on business disposition consisting of a reinsurance loss offset by realized capital gains. Upon closing, in the first quarter of 2013 the Company reinsured &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;$8.3 billion&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt; of policyholder liabilities and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;$5.3 billion&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt; of separate account liabilities under indemnity reinsurance arrangements.  The Company also transferred invested assets with a carrying value of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;$7.6 billion&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;, exclusive of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;$1.4 billion&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt; assets supporting the modified coinsurance agreement, net of cash transferred in place of short-term investments, to Prudential and wrote off &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;$1.8 billion&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt; of deferred acquisition costs, deferred income taxes, goodwill and other assets, and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;$1.9 billion&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt; of other liabilities associated with the disposition.  These amounts are subject to change pending final determination of the net assets sold, transaction costs and other adjustments.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;The estimated reinsurance loss on business disposition of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;$61&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;, pre tax, for the year ended December 31, 2012 includes a goodwill impairment charge of the same amount. This estimate reflects management's best estimate of the potential loss from this transaction. For further information regarding the Company's 2012 goodwill impairment testing, see Note &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;7&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;- Goodwill of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The estimated reinsurance loss on business disposition is subject to change pending final determination of the net assets sold, transaction costs and other adjustments.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Composition of Invested Assets Transferred&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;The following table presents invested assets transferred by the Company in connection with the sale of the Retirement Plans and Individual Life businesses in January 2013.  In December 2012, the Company recognized intent-to-sell impairments of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;$173&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt; and gains on derivatives hedging of &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;"&gt;$108&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt; associated with the sale of these assets. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:622px;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="4" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="482px" rowspan="1" colspan="1"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td 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style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"&gt;&lt;div style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Residential mortgage-backed securities ("RMBS")&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;705&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;br clear="none"/&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid 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[4]&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;16&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;br clear="none"/&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"&gt;&lt;div style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Mortgage loans (net of allowances for loan losses of $1)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;1,288&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;br clear="none"/&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"&gt;&lt;div style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;Policy loans, at outstanding balance&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"&gt;&lt;div 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style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"&gt;[&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;"&gt;1] The market value includes the fair value of bifurcated embedded derivative features of certain securities. Changes in fair value are recorded in the net unrealized capital gains (losses).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;"&gt;[2] Includes &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-style:italic;text-decoration:none;"&gt;$14.4 billion&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;"&gt; and &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;color:#000000;font-style:italic;text-decoration:none;"&gt;$657&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;"&gt; of securities in level 2 and 3 of the fair value hierarchy, respectively.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;"&gt;[3] All equity securities transferred are included in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:9pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;"&gt;[4] All FVO securities transferred are included in level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Purchase Agreement with Forethought Financial Group, Inc.  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;On December 31, 2012, The Hartford completed the sale of its U.S. individual annuity new business capabilities to Forethought Financial Group. Effective May 1, 2012, all new U.S. annuity policies sold by the Company are reinsured to Forethought Life Insurance Company.  The Company will cease the sale of such annuity policies and the reinsurance agreement will terminate as to new business in the second quarter of 2013.  The reinsurance agreement has no impact on in-force policies issued on or before April 27, 2012 and the impact of this transaction was not material to the Company's results of operations, financial position or liquidity. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sale of Woodbury Financial Services, Inc. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"&gt;On November 30, 2012, The Hartford completed the sale of Woodbury Financial Services, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, to AIG Advisor Group, a subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. 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