Employee Benefit Plans Employee Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

The Company’s employee benefit plans are described in Note 18 - Employee Benefit Plans of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in The Hartford’s 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Net Periodic Benefit
	Pension Benefits						Other  Postretirement  Benefits
	Three Months Ended March 31,						Three Months Ended March 31,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
Service cost	$	1		$	1		$	—		$	—
Interest cost	35			49			2			2
Expected return on plan assets	(56		)	(79		)	(2		)	(2		)
Amortization of prior service credit	—			—			(1		)	(1		)
Amortization of actuarial loss	12			15			1			1
Net periodic benefit	$	(8	)	$	(14	)	$	—		$	—