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Stockpickr Staff	On his <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/story/10621220/3/cramers-mad-money-recap-the-only-sectors-that-matter-final.html" target="_blank">"Mad Money" show</a> last night, Cramer said that Hartford's quarter was a blowout and that at $36 book value, the stock is going higher. In a <a href="http://jimcramer.rmblogs.thestreet.com/entry.aspx?q=0017aea7-7605-4c16-b5a8-9cb6012fbb8c#" target="_blank">blog post</a> yesterday, Cramer said that after guiding book value up, Hartford's "too cheap at $27." He continued: "Hartford has a very clean property casualty business that is worth $36 in solid book. Given that the company's raising book value to that level, it means that the rest of the company's valuation is no longer minus."	Love	November 04, 2009
Stockpickr Staff	"Hartford Financial (HIG) on Tuesday named Liam McGee, the former Bank of America (BAC) head of consumer banking, as the insurer's new chairman and CEO." <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/story/10605198/1/goldman-financial-winners-and-losers.html" target="_blank">Read more here.</a>	Love	September 30, 2009
barrons3	But these companies look to me like Hartford (HIG) at $12 or Principal Financial (PFG) at $10 or Genworth (GENW) at $4. The capital markets were open and receptive to those three annuity/insurers, and I don't even think they are as good as the banks I listed because they don't benefit from the yield curve, which is bountiful and apparently will stay bountiful for now. And yes, these can grow their way out of their holes.	Love	September 17, 2009
peccatoe600	i think it is undervalued	Love	September 04, 2009
rocco45	insurance	Hate	August 01, 2009
amcutler	Another Spec	Love	July 28, 2009
sailfish1	bad investments	Hate	June 01, 2009
stocksworld2	watch it and you will know	Love	May 31, 2009
Stockpickr Staff	Making Genworth's collapse all the more painful was the surge in insurance industry stock prices last Wednesday after a report that the Treasury was prepared to give some large life insurers an injection of government aid. The rally sent up shares of MetLife(MET) and Prudential(PRU), mega-insurers that have long had bank holding-company status, as well as Lincoln National(LNC), Hartford Financial(HIG) and Genworth, which jumped on the bank-buying bandwagon during the height of the credit crisis last year. <a href="http://www.thestreet.com/story/10487261/2/five-dumbest-things-on-wall-street-april-17.html" target="_blank">For more, click here.</a>	Love	April 17, 2009
DHGaither	I think the stock has bottomed	Love	April 15, 2009
Stockpickr Staff	In the Thursday "Sell Block" segment, Cramer recited the mantra "when facts change, we change our minds," as he released life insurers Principal Financial (PFG), Prudential (PRU), Lincoln National (LNC) and Hartford Group (HIG) from solitary confinement. BankingMyWay Cramer said he doesn't want to own any of these names, but with the news that the government's TARP plan will be extended to the insurers, they're no longer toxic. Cramer said there's no doubt these companies made a lot of terrible decisions, but TARP solves many of their problems and it's time to stop hating them. (<a href="http://www.thestreet.com/story/10484639/1/cramers-mad-money-recap-the-tide-is-turning.html" target="_blank">"Mad Money Recap," 4-9-09</a>)	Love	April 13, 2009
Stockpickr Staff	"One of the big issues in this market, one that has put endless pressure on the financials, is the need for the big insurers to refinance their considerable debt load. Who has not watched with terror the action in Lincoln National (LNC) or Principal (PFG) or Hartford (HIG) or Genworth (GNW), my insurer by dint of its purchase of Mayflower -- my pristine carrier for so many years -- not that you get to vote on your insurer's takeover; I know I would never have voted for the cowboys at Genworth." (<a href="http://jimcramer.rmblogs.thestreet.com/entry.aspx?q=0621f8a0-c48e-488c-b04b-9be5007b5a49" target="_blank">"Next, Fix the Insurers," 4-8-09</a>)	Love	April 08, 2009
Stockpickr Staff	"No. I don't like Hartford. I think their policies will pay off but I don't want to own their stock." (<a href="http://www.thestreet.com/story/10481561/1/mad-money-lightning-round-stick-with-yahoo.html" target="_blank">"Mad Money Lightning Round," 4-2-09</a>)	Love	April 03, 2009
barrons3	Lincoln National (LNC), Prudential (PRU), MetLife (MET), Hartford (HIG) and Principal Financial Group (PFG) are right back on the red-hot griddle, and as a bull on the way down, this group is the only group that can truly shake my convictions. Given the exposure these firms have to bedrock principles, payoffs in annuities and life insurance, it is vital that some branch of the Treasury come on and say, "Look, your contractual obligations will be made good, regardless of the ramifications of the companies themselves." These deals have to be like pension benefit guarantees, but the government doesn't seem to be aware of it.	Love	April 02, 2009
barrons3	Hartford (HIG)? Not down on the downgrade.	Love	April 02, 2009
Stockpickr Staff	We see the banks reversing. I continue to point out <B>Bank of New York</B> (BK) and <B>State Street</B> (STT) as the best way to play the new, liberal FASB rules that are coming. <B>Goldman Sachs</B> (GS), covered by Doug Kass in yesterday's downturn, has lifted again. That has been the leader, and it remains so. <B>Lincoln National</B> (LNC)? No follow-through. <B>Hartford</B> (HIG)? Not down on the downgrade.	Love	April 01, 2009
barrons3	Think about this basket: Citigroup (C), Bank of America (BAC), General Electric (GE), Hartford (HIG), Blackstone (BX) and Wells Fargo (WFC). This is the Bernanke basket, and it has real resonance, because the amount of money involved is minimal. It is "exciting," if you can forgive my insistence that it should be interesting to make money.	Love	March 19, 2009
sbehel	old standby	Love	March 05, 2009
barrons3	But then there are companies that I remember being in the $20s and $30s, companies like Gannett (GCI), New York Times (NYT), Hartford (HIG), Lincoln (LNC). I just can't believe where they are.	Love	March 05, 2009
barrons3	Hartford Financial is on firmer footing than investors might think, making the insurer's stock look like an ultracheap bet on recovery in the bond market. A chance to double your money in the next few years.	Love	January 31, 2009
barrons3	Cramer reminded viewers that we've been here before, in the 1980's, during the S&L bailout. Back then, he said, all the financials rallied on the news of the Bad Bank, even the ones who couldn't participate in the bailout. Cramer predicted the same thing will happen again this time, witph stocks like Hartford Financial (HIG), Prudential (PRU), Lincoln National and CIT Group (CIT) all rallying for no good reason. Cramer said history may repeat itself again, as it did in the 1980's, when all of the early rallies gave way to huge selloffs in the years that followed.	Love	January 29, 2009
mauidaytrader	solid balance sheet.	Love	January 28, 2009
oscar100	dont like the sector	Hate	January 20, 2009
jonsomia	high yield dividend	Love	January 19, 2009
sarah z	From a recent Mad Money show:"I've been doing a lot of work on these companies, and I favor Travelers Companies . Hartford is a keeper, though."	Love	January 08, 2009
barrons3	You have phenomenal moves in the companies that are perceived to hold mortgage-related assets like Hartford Financial (HIG) and Lincoln National (LNC).	Love	January 08, 2009
sarah z	From a recent Mad Money show: "I've been doing a lot of work on these companies, and I favor Travelers Companies . Hartford is a keeper, though."	Love	January 07, 2009
bulldog9959	not rebounding	Hate	December 30, 2008
JDShots	bad finacial company	Hate	December 29, 2008
huddleston8	missed both ways	Hate	December 27, 2008