POWER OF ATTORNEY

		THE UNDERSIGNED does hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Donald C. Hunt,
Terence D. Shields, Anthony J. Salerno,
and Leslie T. Soler or any one or more of them, his true and lawful attorneys
and agents, to do any and all acts and things and execute
and file any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, or any of
them, may deem necessary or advisable to enable the
undersigned (in his individual capacity or in a fiduciary or any other capacity)
  to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "1934 Act"), and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933
Act"), and any requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") in respect thereof, in connection with the
preparation, execution and filing of (i) any report or
statement of beneficial ownership or changes in beneficial ownership of
securities of THE HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), that the undersigned (in his individual
capacity or in a fiduciary or any other capacity) may
be required to file pursuant to Section 16(a) of the 1934 Act, including
specifically, but without limitation, full power and authority
to sign the undersigned's name, in his individual capacity or in a fiduciary or
any other capacity, to any report or statement on SEC
Form ID, Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 or to any amendment thereto, or any form or
forms adopted by the SEC in lieu thereof or in addition
thereto, and (ii) any report required under Rule 144 of the 1933 Act on SEC Form
  144 relating to sales of securities of the Company,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys and agents, or any of
them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Furthermore, said attorneys and agents, or any of them, may, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, delegate any authority granted
pursuant to this authorization.

           This authorization shall supersede all prior authorizations to act
for the undersigned with respect to securities of the
Company in these matters, which prior authorizations are hereby revoked, and
shall remain in effect for so long as the undersigned
(in his individual capacity or in a fiduciary or any other capacity) has any
obligations under Section 16 of the 1934 Act with respect
to securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of June, 2017.

	_______________________________________
	Robert W. Paiano