Employee Benefit Plans Level 1 (Notes)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

Company’s employee benefit plans are described in Note 17 - Employee Benefit Plans of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in The Hartford’s 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Components of Net Periodic Cost (Benefit)

Net periodic cost (benefit) includes the following components:

	Pension Benefits						Other Postretirement Benefits
	Three Months Ended September 30,						Three Months Ended September 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Service cost	$	—		$	1		$	—		$	—
Interest cost	60			67			3			5
Expected return on plan assets	(77		)	(81		)	(3		)	(2		)
Amortization of prior service credit	—			—			(2		)	(2		)
Amortization of actuarial loss	16			13			1			1
Net periodic cost (benefit)	$	(1	)	$	—		$	(1	)	$	2

	Pension Benefits						Other Postretirement Benefits
	Nine months ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Service cost	$	1		$	2		$	—		$	—
Interest cost	177			194			9			11
Expected return on plan assets	(233		)	(244		)	(9		)	(10		)
Amortization of prior service credit	—			—			(5		)	(5		)
Amortization of actuarial loss	45			35			3			3
Net periodic benefit	$	(10	)	$	(13	)	$	(2	)	$	(1	)