Exhibit 15.01

October 23, 2007

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
Hartford, Connecticut

We have reviewed, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the unaudited interim financial information of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) for the periods ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, as indicated in our report dated October 23, 2007; because we did not perform an audit, we expressed no opinion on that information.

We are aware that our report referred to above, which is included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, is incorporated by reference in the following registration statements:

Form S-3 Registration No.	Form S-8 Registration Nos.
333-142044	333-105707
	333-49170
	333-105706
	333-34092
	033-80665
	333-12563
	333-125489

We also are aware that the aforementioned report, pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, is not considered a part of the Registration Statement prepared or certified by an accountant or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of that Act.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Hartford, Connecticut