The Hartford Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.05

The Board of Directors of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.05 per share of Common Stock, payable on January 3, 2011, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 1, 2010. The Board also declared a dividend of $18.125 on each share of the Series F Preferred Stock of the company (equivalent to $0.4531 per depository share) payable on January 3, 2011 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 15, 2010.