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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000944695-09-000029
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090217
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090311
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090311

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRSTENBERG DAVID J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001269363

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13754
		FILM NUMBER:		09673428

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5088556404

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ALLMERICA FINANCIAL CORP
		STREET 2:		440 LINCOLN STREET
		CITY:			WORCESTER
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01653

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000944695
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE [6331]
		IRS NUMBER:				043263626
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1106

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		440 LINCOLN ST
		CITY:			WORCESTER
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01653
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5088551000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		440 LINCOLN ST
		CITY:			WORCESTER
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01653

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ALLMERICA FINANCIAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950501
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    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-02-17</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2009-02-18</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000944695</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>THG</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001269363</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>FIRSTENBERG DAVID J</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>THE HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>440 LINCOLN STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WORCESTER</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>01653</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Vice President</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-02-17</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>988</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>36.66</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>23731</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">In the orignal report, filed on February 18, 2009, the number of shares reported as being indirectly held by Reporting Person in his 401(k) account in footnote 1 were inadvertantly overstated due to a calculation error by the 401(k) Plan's third party administrator.  As of the date of the original filing, Reporting Person held approximately 5,093 shares in his 401(k) account, not 5,262 shares as originally disclosed.  A similar error was made in Reporting Person's Form 4 filed on February 25, 2009, and such form shall be deemed revised to reflect the indirect ownerhsip reported herein.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Walter H. Stowell pursuant to Confirming Statement</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-03-11</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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