2019 ANNUAL REPORT
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2019 ANNUAL REPORT POLITICAL ACTIVITIES & CONTRIBUTIONS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS PG. 1 | FAQS PG. 3 | BOARD OF DIRECTORS PG. 3 | FINANCIAL SUMMARY PG. 5 | DISBURSEMENTS PG. 7 | DISBURSEMENT METRICS PG. 12 | POLITICAL COMPLIANCE PG. 14
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THE HARTFORD ADVOCATES FUND THE HARTFORD ADVOCATES FEDERAL FUND
Frequently Asked Questions
FAQs PG. 3 | BOARD OF DIRECTORS PG. 3 | MISSION STATEMENT PG. 3
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FAQ
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WHAT IS A POLITICAL ACTION HOW DO WE DO THIS? COMMITTEE (PAC)? John Kinney We want to be a leader within our Chairman Political Action Committees (PACs) industry and contribute constructively formed by individuals, groups or to good public policy. The Funds are Thomas Bartell companies allow individual crucial advocacy tools which help President
contributions to be pooled and used amplify The Hartford’s exceptional voice with key public officials and to support candidates and Scott Lewis incumbents whose views are lawmakers. The Funds support Treasurer consistent with the mission of the candidates for public office who are group or organization. Many different interested in understanding insurance constituencies, including business issues and develop good public Allison Niderno groups, trade associations, labor policies to address them. Assistant Treasurer unions, and elected officials establish PACs. PACs are a transparent way for WHY IS PARTICIPATION citizens to meaningfully engage in the IMPORTANT? Jordan Quinn political process. Vice President
The Hartford’s exceptional voice is best amplified in Washington, D.C. Molly Griffin THE HARTFORD PACs and across state capitols when we Secretary help elect thoughtful lawmakers. As a The Hartford Financial Services part of our Code of Ethics and Group, Inc. (The Hartford) has two Business Conduct, The Hartford does Kristen Burns PACs, The Hartford Advocates Fund not make corporate contributions to Counsel and The Hartford Advocates Federal political candidates or parties, even Fund (the Funds). They are solely where allowed by law. Through funded by voluntary contributions employees’ voluntary contributions, from eligible employees in The Funds provide us the ability to management level roles and engage with thoughtful candidates Directors of The Hartford. They and lawmakers. Officers as of November support candidates for federal and 2018. The Board oversees both The state office who are interested in Hartford Advocate Fund understanding insurance issues and GOVERNANCE and The Hartford engage in developing public policy to Advocates Federal Fund address them. The Funds are governed by a Board PACs. of Directors, their by-laws, federal law (Federal Election Campaign Act) and MISSION various state laws. Every contribution is first reviewed to ensure it is On The Hartford’s path to being an consistent with applicable federal and exceptional company, we need an state laws, our giving criteria, and is exceptional voice. Members of the approved by the President of the Funds help to amplify the voice of our Funds. To comply with the SEC’s pay- company, customers and to-play rule, employees of The shareholders through their leadership Hartford who are considered “covered and advocacy. The Funds contribute associates” make contributions to the to candidates who hold leadership Federal Fund, which supports federal
positions and have a practical candidates only. Transparency of the understanding of the public policy Funds’ activities is provided through issues facing the insurance industry. monthly public reporting of receipts and disbursements to the Federal
Election Commission (this is public on www.fec.gov) and to state campaign finance departments as required by state law.
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THE HARTFORD ADVOCATES FUND THE HARTFORD ADVOCATES FEDERAL FUND
2019 FINANCIAL STATEMENT
FINANCIAL SUMMARY PG. 5
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Hartford Advocates Fund Hartford Advocates Federal Fund
(State-Federal PAC) (Federal-Only PAC)
Receipts Payroll Deduction $282,873.34 $92,204.40 General Contribution (checks) $4,305.00 $19,630.00 Interest $14.05 $0.00 Total Receipts $287,192.39 $111,834.40
Disbursements Federal Level Contributions ($116,500.00) ($93,000.00) State Level Contributions ($84,700.00) $0.00 Dues to Political Organizations ($34,500.00) ($10,000.00) Trade Association PAC to PAC ($22,000.00) ($7,000.00) Operating Expenses ($337.17) ($715.79) Refunded PAC Contributions $1,500.00 $0.00 Contingency/Miscellaneous Exp ($50.00) $0.00 Total Disbursements ($256,587.17) ($110,715.79)
Net Income/(Loss) $30,605.22 $1,118.61
Cash Balance - Prior Year-End $118,263.98 $54,713.28 Net Income/(Loss) $30,605.22 $1,118.61 Cash Balance - December $148,869.20 $55,831.89
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DISBURSE MENTS
DISBURSEMENTS PG. 7 | DISBURSEMENT METRICS PG. 12
Picture: The many faces of 2019’s Hartford Advocates Fund and Hartford Advocates Federal Fund recipients | 6 THE HARTFORD ADVOCATES FUNDS: CONTRIBUTIONS TO FEDERAL CANDIDATES
Candidate State Office Amount Rep. Terri Sewell (D) AL House $2,500.00 Rep. French Hill (R ) AR House $3,000.00 Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R ) CA House $2,500.00 Rep. Maxine Waters (D) CA House $2,500.00 Rep. Mike Thompson (D) CA House $1,000.00 Rep. Scott Peters (D) CA House $1,000.00 Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D) CO House $2,000.00 Rep. Jim Himes (D) CT House $1,500.00 Rep. Joe Courtney (D) CT House $1,000.00 Rep. John Larson (D) CT House $6,500.00 Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) DE House $1,000.00 Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D) FL House $4,000.00 Rep. Drew Ferguson (R ) GA House $2,000.00 Rep. Bill Foster (D) IL House $2,000.00 Rep. Darin LaHood (R ) IL House $3,000.00 Rep. Jackie Walorski (R ) IN House $2,000.00 Rep. Trey Hollingsworth (R ) IN House $4,500.00 Rep. Andy Barr (R ) KY House $2,500.00 Rep. Richard Neal (D) MA House $5,000.00 Rep. Bill Huizenga (R ) MI House $3,000.00 Rep. Tom Emmer (R ) MN House $1,000.00 Rep. Ann Wagner (R ) MO House $2,500.00 Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R ) MO House $5,000.00 Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) MO House $2,500.00 Rep. Lacy Clay (D) MO House $2,000.00 Rep. Alma Adams (D) NC House $1,000.00 Rep. Patrick McHenry (R ) NC House $5,000.00 Rep. Ted Budd (R ) NC House $1,000.00 Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D) NJ House $2,000.00 Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D) NJ House $1,000.00 Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D) NY House $4,000.00 Rep. Gregory Meeks (D) NY House $2,500.00 Rep. Lee Zeldin (R ) NY House $2,000.00 Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (R ) OH House $3,000.00 Rep. Joyce Beatty (D) OH House $3,500.00 Rep. Steve Stivers (R ) OH House $2,000.00 Rep. Peter Defazio (D) OR House $1,000.00 Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D) PA House $1,000.00 Rep. William Timmons (R ) SC House $1,000.00 Rep. Jodey Arrington (R ) TX House $1,000.00 Rep. John Ratcliffe (R ) TX House $1,000.00 Rep. Kevin Brady (R ) TX House $1,000.00
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Candidate State Office Amount Rep. Lance Gooden (R ) TX House $2,000.00 Rep. Ben McAdams (D) UT House $2,000.00 Rep. Denver Riggleman (R ) VA House $1,000.00 Rep. Bryan Steil (R ) WI House $2,000.00 Rep. Ron Kind (D) WI House $2,000.00 Rep. Sean Duffy (R ) WI House $2,500.00 Sen. Doug Jones (D) AL House $3,500.00 Sen. Tom Cotton (R ) AR Senate $5,000.00 Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D) AZ Senate $4,000.00 Sen. Martha McSally (R ) AZ Senate $3,000.00 Sen. Cory Gardner (R ) CO Senate $1,000.00 Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D) CT Senate $2,500.00 Sen. Chris Coons (D) DE Senate $4,000.00 Sen. Tom Carper (D) DE Senate $2,000.00 Sen. Rick Scott (R ) FL Senate $1,000.00 Sen. David Perdue (R ) GA Senate $1,500.00 Sen. Chuck Grassley (R ) IA Senate $1,000.00 Sen. Mike Crapo (R ) ID Senate $5,000.00 Sen. Jerry Moran (R ) KS Senate $1,000.00 Sen. Bill Cassidy (R ) LA Senate $1,000.00 Sen. John Kennedy (R ) LA Senate $1,000.00 Sen. Angus King (I) ME Senate $2,500.00 Sen. Gary Peters (D) MI Senate $4,000.00 Sen. Roger Wicker (R ) MS Senate $1,000.00 Sen. Jon Tester (D) MT Senate $4,000.00 Sen. Steve Daines (R ) MT Senate $1,000.00 Sen. Thom Tillis (R ) NC Senate $6,000.00 Sen. Kevin Cramer (R ) ND Senate $2,000.00 Sen. Maggie Hassan (D) NH Senate $1,500.00 Sen. Chuck Schumer (D) NY Senate $1,000.00 Sen. Rob Portman (R ) OH Senate $2,500.00 Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) OH Senate $5,000.00 Sen. Bob Casey (D) PA Senate $1,000.00 Sen. Pat Toomey (R ) PA Senate $4,000.00 Sen. Tim Scott (R ) SC Senate $1,000.00 Sen. John Thune (R ) SD Senate $1,500.00 Sen. Mike Rounds (R ) SD Senate $2,000.00 Sen. Mark Warner (D) VA Senate $5,000.00 Sen. Joe Manchin (D) WV Senate $2,000.00
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THE HARTFORD ADVOCATES FUNDS: FEDERAL LEADERSHIP PAC/ ASSOCIATION PAC/ OTHER
PAC Amount All Hands Political Action Committee $1,000.00 American Council of Life Insurers PAC $1,000.00 American Property Casualty Insurance Association Federal PAC $5,000.00 Hoyer's Majority Fund $2,500.00 Jobs and Innovation Matter PAC (JIM PAC) $5,000.00 Making American Prosperous PAC $1,000.00 New Democrat Coalition PAC $5,000.00 Scalise Leadership Fund $2,500.00 Tomorrow is Meaningful PAC (TIM PAC) $4,000.00 Tuesday Group Political Action Committee $5,000.00 Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association (WSIA) PAC $1,000.00
THE HARTFORD ADVOCATES FUNDS: CONTRIBUTIONS TO STATE CANDIDATES
Candidate Office Sought State Amount California
Assm. Megan Dahle (R ) Assembly District 001 CA $1,000.00
Assm. Ken Cooley (D) Assembly District 008 CA $2,200.00
Assm. Jim Frazier (D) Assembly District 011 CA $1,000.00
Assm. Heath Flora (R ) Assembly District 012 CA $2,000.00
Assm. Susan Eggman (D) Assembly District 013 CA $1,000.00
Assm. Tim Grayson (D) Assembly District 014 CA $3,500.00 Assm. Marc Berman (D) Assembly District 024 CA $3,500.00
Assm. Robert Rivas (D) Assembly District 030 CA $1,000.00
Assm. Rudy Salas (D) Assembly District 032 CA $1,500.00
Assm. Jordan Cunningham (R ) Assembly District 035 CA $1,000.00
Assm. James Ramos (D) Assembly District 040 CA $1,000.00 Assm. Chad Mayes (R ) Assembly District 042 CA $1,000.00 Assm. Blanca Rubio (D) Assembly District 048 CA $1,000.00 Assm. Wendy Carrillo (D) Assembly District 051 CA $1,000.00 Assm. Freddie Rodriguez (D) Assembly District 052 CA $1,000.00 Assm. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D) Assembly District 054 CA $2,500.00 Assm. Ian Calderon (D) Assembly District 057 CA $1,000.00 Assm. Sabrina Cervantes (D) Assembly District 060 CA $1,000.00 Assm. Autumn Burke (D) Assembly District 062 CA $1,000.00 Assm. Mike Gibson (D) Assembly District 064 CA $1,000.00 Assm. Sharon Quirk Silva (D) Assembly District 065 CA $1,000.00 Assm. Tom Daly (D) Assembly District 069 CA $6,500.00 Assm. Tyler Diep (R ) Assembly District 072 CA $1,000.00 Assm. Cottie Petrie-Norris (D) Assembly District 074 CA $2,000.00 Assm. Marie Waldron (R ) Assembly District 075 CA $2,000.00 Assm. Tasha Boerner Horvath (D) Assembly District 076 CA $1,000.00 Assm. Brian Maienschein (D) Assembly District 077 CA $1,000.00 City Councilmember Chris Ward (D) Assembly District 078 CA $1,000.00
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Candidate Office Sought State Amount California (Cont’d) Sen. Bill Dodd (D) Senate District 003 CA $1,000.00 Sen. Jim Nielsen (R ) Senate District 004 CA $1,000.00 Sen. Andreas Borgeas (R ) Senate District 008 CA $1,500.00 Sen. Melissa Hurtado (D) Senate District 014 CA $1,000.00 Sen. Shannon Grove (R ) Senate District 016 CA $2,000.00 Former Assm. John Laird (D) Senate District 017 CA $1,000.00 Sen. Susan Rubio (D) Senate District 022 CA $5,000.00 Sen. Bob Archuleta (D) Senate District 032 CA $1,000.00 Sen. Steven Bradford (D) Senate District 062 CA $1,000.00 Sen. Bob Hertzberg (D) State Controller CA $1,000.00
Illinois
Rep. Lamont Robinson (D) House District 005 IL $500.00 Rep. Jeff Keicher (R ) House District 070 IL $500.00
Louisiana
Rep. Ray Garofalo (R ) House District 103 LA $500.00 Sen. John Smith (R ) Senate District 030 LA $1,000.00 Mr. Eddie Rispone (R ) Governor LA $1,000.00 Commissioner Jim Donelon (R ) Insurance Commissioner LA $1,000.00
Mississippi
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves (R ) Governor MS $1,000.00
New York
Assm. Erik Dilan (D) Assembly District 054 NY $1,000.00
Assm. Carl Heastie (D) Assembly District 083 NY $1,000.00
Assm. Marcos Crespo (D) Assembly District 085 NY $1,000.00 Assm. Kevin Cahill (D) Assembly District 103 NY $1,000.00 Sen. Anna Kaplan (D) Senate District 007 NY $1,000.00 Sen. Mike Gianaris (D) Senate District 012 NY $3,500.00 Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D) Senate District 035 NY $2,000.00 Sen. Neil Breslin (D) Senate District 044 NY $1,000.00
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) Governor NY $5,000.00
Virginia
Delegate Mike Mullin (D) House District 093 VA $500.00
Sen. Dick Saslaw (D) Senate District 035 VA $1,000.00
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PAC Amount Association of California Life and Health Insurance Companies (ACLHIC) PAC $5,000.00 Commonwealth Victory Fund $2,500.00 Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee - Federal Account $5,000.00 Connecticut Republican Party $5,000.00 Disability Political Action Committee, Sponsored by ACLHIC $3,000.00 House Republican Campaign Committee $3,500.00 IL Senate Democratic Victory Fund $500.00 Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual & Transgender (LGBT) Caucus Leadership Fund $1,500.00 Life Insurance Council of New York (LICONY) PAC $5,000.00 Missouri Insurance Coalition PAC (MICPAC) $1,500.00 NYS Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee $3,500.00 NYS Democratic Senate Campaign Committee $3,500.00 PA Insurance PAC (PIPAC) $7,500.00 Republican Party of Florida $2,000.00 KIRK PAC $1,000.00 Senate Majority Fund $3,750.00 Values First Colorado $3,750.00
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THE HARTFORD ADVOCATES FUNDS: FEDERAL METRICS
2019 Federal Contribution by Party
1%
3%
Republican
Democrat 49% Independent 47% Trade Association
THE HARTFORD ADVOCATES FUNDS: STATE METRICS
2019 State Contribution by Party *
17% 26%
Republican Democrat
Trade Association
57%
* Note: Split between Democrat versus Republican contributions reflects the fact that Democrats control the Governor’s office and legislatures in many of those jurisdictions where we are legally allowed to contribute.
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PUBLIC POLICIES AND PRACTICES
POLITICAL COMPLIANCE
CORPORATE POLICIES FOR POLITICAL PURPOSE PG. 14 | THE HARDFORD MEMBERSHIP IN TRADE ASSOCIATIONS AND COALITIONS PG. 14
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PUBLIC POLICIES AND PRACTICES: POLITICAL COMPLIANCE
Corporate Contributions for Political Purposes
As part of our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, we do not make corporate contributions to political candidates or parties, even where allowed by law. In accordance with this policy, we require that no portion of our dues paid to trade associations be used for political contributions.
Our Code of Ethics and Business Conduct permits the use of corporate resources for non-partisan political activity. Consistent with federal and state law, these activities include non-partisan voter education, including issue education, voter registration and grassroots lobbying to influence legislation or ballot referenda. These contributions may not be tied to the procurement of The Hartford’s products and services and must comply with all applicable laws and regulations. In 2019, The Hartford did not use corporate resources to support the above activities which include 527 groups and 501(c)(4) organizations.
Any such contributions are publicly reported, updated quarterly and approved in advance by the Chief Executive Officer, the General Counsel and the Head of Government Affairs. They are also reported annually to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of The Hartford’s Board of Directors.
The Hartford Membership in Trade Associations and Coalitions
The Hartford is a member of state and federal trade associations and coalitions. These memberships are used as a resource for both industry information and to further advocate our public policy goals.
The Hartford has requested information regarding state and federal lobbying expenses from trade associations and coalitions to which The Hartford pays $25,000 or more in annual dues. Based on the information we receive each quarter, the following amount of dues or payments to trade associations and coalitions were used for lobbying in 2019:
Organization Total Dues Lobbying ($) * American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) $1,554,678.00 $227,990.01 Institute for Legal Reform (US Chamber of Commerce) $1,100,000.00 $440,000.00 Investment Company Institute (ICI) $547,826.50 $42,730.47 American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) $259,095.00 $39,382.44 MetroHartford Alliance $225,000.00 $5,000.00 U.S. Chamber of Commerce $200,000.00 $40,000.00 Surety & Fidelity Association of America $115,254.60 $3,282.27 Insurance Association of Connecticut (IAC) $101,500.00 $30,450.00 Connecticut Business and Industry Association (CBIA) $75,000.00 $15,000.00 Coalition for American Insurance $50,000.00 $50,000.00 Association of California Life & Health Insurance Companies $39,500.00 $3,033.60 (ACLHIC) Florida Insurance Council (FIC) $38,382.00 $14,423.96 HR Policy Association $35,000.00 $21,000.00 Coalition Against Insurance Fraud (CAIF) $32,000.00 $18,272.00 Total $4,373,236.10 $950,564.74
*The amount of dollars spent on lobbying are reported by each organization to The Hartford and are generally expressed as a percentage of total dues.
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