8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT


     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) - November 29, 1999

                                 HSB Group, Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

       Connecticut                      001-13135               06-1475343
    (State or other                     (Commission             (IRS Employer
   jurisdiction of incorporation)       File Number)            Identification
                                                                No.)

       One State Street, Hartford, Connecticut               06102-5024
      (Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code - (860-722-1866)








Item 5.  Other Events

On November 29, 1999,  HSB Group,  Inc. (the  "Company")  issued a press release
announcing  the  election of Richard H. Booth as president  and chief  executive
officer of the Company effective January 1, 2000 and the retirement of Gordon W.
Kreh during 2000. Included herewith as Exhibit 99 is the Company's press release
related to this  announcement  and such  information is  incorporated  herein by
reference.


Item 7.  Exhibits.

99. Press release dated November 29, 1999.







Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                                      HSB Group, Inc.


Dated:  November 29, 1999                         /s/ R. Kevin Price
                                                      R. Kevin Price
                                                      Senior Vice President
                                                      and Corporate Secretary

EX-99

                                                        Exhibit 99


                                                        CONTACT:
                                                        Dennis Milewski,
                                                        (860) 722-5567

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


                     HSB GROUP, INC. NAMES RICHARD H. BOOTH
                      PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER


HARTFORD, Conn., November 29, 1999 -- HSB Group, Inc. (NYSE-HSB) announced today
that Richard H. Booth has been elected  president  and chief  executive  officer
effective  January 1,  2000.  He  succeeds  Gordon W. Kreh,  who  announced  his
intention to retire from HSB Group during 2000. Mr. Kreh will remain as chairman
of the board of directors  until his retirement and will assist Mr. Booth during
the management transition.

Mr. Booth,  52, has been a member of HSB Group's  Board of Directors  since July
1996 and is currently  executive  vice  president of  strategic  development  of
Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance  Company,  a position he has held since 1994.
Prior to joining Phoenix, Mr. Booth served as president, chief operating officer
and a director of The  Travelers  Corporation  from  1991-1994.  "HSB is a great
organization  with a  leading  position  in  specialty  insurance  and a  unique
engineering  business," said Mr. Booth. "I am pleased to have the opportunity to
serve such a well respected  company.  I have enjoyed working with Gordon on the
board; his perspective, guidance and support will be important to me."

Mr. Kreh said: "I have thoroughly  enjoyed my nearly thirty years of association
with HSB. I am very confident that Richard's business acumen,  management skills
and  enthusiasm  position  him well for this new  assignment.  I look forward to
continuing to work with him."

Mr. Booth is a director of Phoenix Home Life, Phoenix Investment Partners, Ltd.,
Aberdeen  Trust PLC,  and  CuraGen  Corporation.  He is  chairman of the Greater
Hartford Arts  Council's  United Arts  Campaign  2000, a member of the Corporate
Associates  Advisory  Board of the Nature  Conservancy,  the Board of Fellows of
Trinity  College and a board member of the World Affairs  Council.  He is also a
past member of the board of trustees and treasurer of the Wadsworth Atheneum.






Mr.  Kreh  joined The  Boiler  Inspection  and  Insurance  Company of Canada,  a
subsidiary of HSB Group, in 1971. In 1988, he was named senior vice president of
Engineering  Insurance  Group,  an  affiliate  of the  Company,  and  became its
president  in 1989.  He became  senior  vice  president  of the Company in 1992,
president in 1993,  chief executive  officer in 1994 and was elected chairman of
the  board  in  1998.  Mr.  Kreh is a board  member  of the  American  Insurance
Association,  and a  director  of  The  Hartford  Steam  Boiler  Inspection  and
Insurance Company, The Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company of Canada and HSB
Engineering Insurance Limited,  affiliates of the Company. He is also a director
of HSB  Industrial  Risk Insurers and president of the board of directors of the
Greater Hartford Arts Council and a trustee of the Wadsworth Atheneum.

HSB Group,  Inc., the parent company of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and
Insurance  Company,  is a  global  provider  of  specialty  insurance  products,
engineering  services  and  management  consulting.  The  Hartford  Steam Boiler
Inspection and Insurance  Company was founded in 1866 to provide loss prevention
service and  insurance to  businesses,  industries  and  institutions.  For more
information about HSB, visit its web site at www.hsb.com.