Stock Compensation Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

The Company has four stock-based compensation plans which are described in Note 19 - Stock Compensation Plans of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in The Hartford’s 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Shares issued in satisfaction of stock-based compensation may be made available from authorized but unissued shares, shares held by the Company in treasury or from shares purchased in the open market. In 2014 and 2013, the Company issued shares from treasury in satisfaction of stock-based compensation.



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
Stock-based compensation plans expense	$	19		$	14
Income tax benefit	(7		)	(5		)
Total stock-based compensation plans expense, after-tax	$	12		$	9

The Company did not capitalize any cost of stock-based compensation. As of March 31, 2014, the total compensation cost related to non-vested awards not yet recognized was $144, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.4 years.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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