Hartford Financial reports Q4 core EPS $4.06, consensus $3.22

Reports Q4 revenue $7.3B vs $6.869B last year. “The Hartford delivered an outstanding year, with core earnings of $3.8 billion and a core earnings ROE of 19.4 percent,” said The Hartford’s Chairman and CEO Christopher Swift. “Results were driven by excellent performance in Business Insurance, which once again generated robust top-line growth at highly profitable margins, a pivotal year in Personal Insurance that restored target profitability in auto, strong margins in Employee Benefits, and solid performance from our investment portfolio.”