Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Bloom William A	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. [ HIG ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                    _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below)    _____ Other (specify below) Executive Vice President
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) ONE HARTFORD PLAZA	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 2/19/2020
(Street) HARTFORD, CT 06155 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	2/19/2020		M		13295.1000	A	$0 (1)	39506.4490	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Performance Shares	(1)	2/19/2020		A		13295.1000		(1)	(1)	Common Stock	13295.1000	$0.0000	13295.1000	D
Performance Shares	(1)	2/19/2020		M			13295.1000	(1)	(1)	Common Stock	13295.1000	$0.0000	0.0000	D
Stock Option	$41.2500							(2)	3/3/2025	Common Stock	33019.0000		33019.0000	D
Stock Option	$43.5900							(3)	3/1/2026	Common Stock	32949.0000		32949.0000	D
Stock Option	$48.8900							(4)	2/28/2027	Common Stock	40388.0000		40388.0000	D
Stock Option	$49.0100							(5)	2/26/2029	Common Stock	53373.0000		53373.0000	D
Stock Option	$53.8100							(6)	2/27/2028	Common Stock	39163.0000		39163.0000	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	On February 19, 2020, the Company's Compensation and Management Development Committee certified a performance share payout based on the level of the Company's performance relative to pre-established objectives for the January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2019 performance period. The performance shares were paid in shares of the Company's common stock.
(2)	The options became fully exercisable on March 3, 2018, the third anniversary of the grant date.
(3)	The options became fully exercisable on March 1, 2019, the third anniversary of the grant date.
(4)	One-third of the options became exercisable on February 28, 2018, an additional one-third of the options became exercisable on February 28, 2019 and the remaining one-third of the options will become exercisable on February 28, 2020, the third anniversary of the grant date.
(5)	One-third of the options will become exercisable on February 26, 2020, an additional one-third of the options will become exercisable on February 26, 2021 and the remaining one-third of the options will become exercisable on February 26, 2022, the third anniversary of the grant date.
(6)	One-third of the options became exercisable on February 27, 2019, an additional one-third of the options will become exercisable on February 27, 2020 and the remaining one-third of the options will become exercisable on February 27, 2021, the third anniversary of the grant date.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Bloom William A ONE HARTFORD PLAZA HARTFORD, CT 06155			Executive Vice President

Signatures
Anthony J. Salerno, Jr., Attorney-in-Fact		2/20/2020
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date