The Hartford Investment And Savings Plan
Hartford Fire Insurance Company · Hartford, CT · EIN 060383750 · Plan 100 · Form 5500 for plan year 2024
What Hartford Insurance put into the plan, per active participant
$8,812
The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. put $8,812 into this plan for each of its 18,645 active participants in plan year 2024. That is the whole employer side, matching money, profit sharing, non-elective and safe-harbor contributions and reallocated forfeitures together, because the Form 5500 reports them on one line, so it is not the match rate.
Hartford Insurance put in more per active participant than 88% of plans with 5,000+ participants in insurance. The middle plan in that group of 98 reported $5,049. Insurance comes from business code 524290, which The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. entered on its own Form 5500. Sponsors pick that code themselves, so a code that does not describe what the employer does ranks the plan against the wrong companies.
What this figure cannot separate: how much Hartford Insurance pays, and how much it puts in
This is dollars, not a rate. A Form 5500 carries no payroll, so the figure reflects both how much the employer puts in and how much the employer pays: two plans running the same formula report different amounts when one pays better. Crossing the peer group with industry holds most of that difference still, and none of it disappears.
This is one plan year, not an average. A true-up, a plan merger or a one-off contribution moves a single year on its own.
Source: Form 5500 filing for the plan year ended December 31, 2024, received by the DOL October 13, 2025 · DOL EFAST2 ↗
The $8,812 above is the Form 5500 figure for plan year 2024, and it counts every employer dollar on one line. The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. also files a Form 11-K, which states the match formula on its own for plan year 2025: the section below reads $2,970 a year at a $49,500 salary, and the same filing states employer contributions made outside the match. That second figure is what the formula pays one worker on that salary, and not an amount either filing reports. The two figures cover different plan years and measure different things, so neither one is the other one corrected.
What the plan cost, per participant
$237.34
The plan paid $237.34 per participant in plan-paid administrative expenses in plan year 2024, more expensive than 98% of plans with 5,000+ participants. The middle plan of that size paid $54.84.
Why a plan this big pays less per person before anything else
Bigger plans pay less per head by construction, because the same negotiated bill divides across more people. That is why this ranking sits inside the plan's own size cohort and is never taken across all plans.
Schedule H reports only what came out of plan assets. Fees the sponsor pays directly, and fees taken inside fund expense ratios, never appear here, so this is a floor and not the all-in cost.
401(k) Monitor Score
62 out of 100
Where this plan stands against plans of its size and industry on two amounts its Form 5500 reports: employer money in per active person, and plan-paid cost per person. It reads no match formula, no vesting schedule and no fund lineup, because a Form 5500 states none of them.
- What the employer put in, per active participant: $8,812. Higher than 88% of plans with 5,000+ participants in insurance.
- What the plan cost, per participant: $237. Cheaper than 2% of plans with 5,000+ participants.
On this page: the match and vesting terms · what to check next · every figure on the filing · fees itemised · the plans this one is ranked against · service providers
The match and vesting terms, from a Form 11-K
The match formula and the vesting schedule are stated in a Form 11-K, which is filed only by employers whose plan holds company stock. A Form 5500 reports neither.
What Hartford Insurance puts in
$2,970
a year, at a $49,500 salary.
The match paragraph, word for word
“The Company's contributions include a non-elective contribution of 2% of eligible compensation (“Non-elective Company contributions”) and a dollar-for-dollar matching contribution of up to 6% of eligible compensation contributed by the Member each pay period (“Matching Company contributions”). Prior to January 1, 2013, in addition to matching company contributions, the Company made floor company contributions equal to 0.5% of highly compensated eligible employees’ base salary and 1.5% of all other eligible employees’ base salary. In 2023, the Plan was amended to add a year end Matching Company contribution equal to the difference between the Matching Company contributions actually received by the Member for the plan year and the maximum Matching Company contribution that could have been received if the Matching Company contribution was made at the end of the plan year instead of at the end of each payroll period.”
What you contribute to collect all of it
Contribute at least 6% of your pay to collect the full match.
That is $2,970 a year at a $49,500 salary, and it scales with your own.
Vesting score
71.43 out of 100
How fast the employer’s money becomes yours. Higher than 32% of the 253 schedules we have scored.
It measures vesting speed and nothing else. It says nothing about the size of the match, what the plan charges, or the funds inside it.
Share of the employer's money that is the worker's at hire and at each of the first 6 anniversaries: 0%, 0%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%. The score is the average of those 7 readings.
Vesting, word for word
“Members are 100% vested at all times with respect to Member contributions and earnings thereon. Members are 100% vested in Matching Company contributions and Non-Elective Company contributions after two years of service. Notwithstanding the foregoing statement, a Member becomes fully vested in such Member’s Matching and Non-Elective Company contribution account upon retirement (for retirement eligible Members), disability, death, reaching age 65, or upon the complete discontinuance of all Company contributions or termination of the Plan.”
The plan tops the match up after year end, so contributing unevenly through the year does not cost the worker part of it.
The same match paragraph, word for word
“The Company's contributions include a non-elective contribution of 2% of eligible compensation (“Non-elective Company contributions”) and a dollar-for-dollar matching contribution of up to 6% of eligible compensation contributed by the Member each pay period (“Matching Company contributions”). Prior to January 1, 2013, in addition to matching company contributions, the Company made floor company contributions equal to 0.5% of highly compensated eligible employees’ base salary and 1.5% of all other eligible employees’ base salary. In 2023, the Plan was amended to add a year end Matching Company contribution equal to the difference between the Matching Company contributions actually received by the Member for the plan year and the maximum Matching Company contribution that could have been received if the Matching Company contribution was made at the end of the plan year instead of at the end of each payroll period.”
The wait before the match starts and the year-end true-up appear above when the filing states them. Neither is part of the score, and a filing that is silent on one of them is not a plan without it.
What the plan costs, against plans of its size
98th percentile
$237.34 per participant in plan-paid administrative cost, more expensive than 98% of plans with 5,000+ participants.
The match, vesting and eligibility terms above are read from the Form 11-K filed by The Hartford Insurance Group, Inc., whose page states the full formula, the vesting schedule and the sentence behind each one.
What to check next
Collecting the whole match
Hartford Insurance’s Form 11-K pays the whole match at 6% of pay, which is $2,970 a year at a $49,500 salary and scales with your own. Your payslip and your recordkeeper account both show the rate you set. A rate below 6% collects less than the whole match.
That Form 11-K covers plan year 2025. The plan’s Summary Plan Description states the terms in force, and the plan administrator must provide it to participants on request.
What to ask about the fees
This plan paid $237.34 per participant out of plan assets, more than 98% of plans with 5,000+ participants, where the middle plan paid $54.84. The filing does not say what the difference buys. Two questions put that to a benefits or HR team: what the recordkeeping and administration contract costs, and how much of it comes out of participant accounts rather than being paid by Hartford Insurance. The lines this total is made of are further down.
Your own numbers are not on this page
Every figure here is the whole plan for plan year 2024, taken from one filing and divided by headcounts. Your own contribution rate, your balance and the fees taken from your account are on your recordkeeper’s site. What you may put in during a year is set by the IRS and not by the plan: this year’s limits ↗.
Key figures
| Total plan assets, end of year | $7,183,243,000 |
|---|---|
| Net assets | $7,181,997,000 |
| Participants, beginning of year | 31,128 |
| Of which active | 18,645 |
| Plan type | Single employer |
| Size cohortThe peer group we rank fees against. | 5,000+ participants |
| Employer share of the money that went in, plan year 2024The rest came from employees, who put in $208,920,000. The share falls when employees save more, so a plan whose staff contribute heavily reads lower here through no act of the employer. It is printed as a fact and it is not part of the score. | 44% |
Plan-paid administrative expenses
The plan paid $7,388,000 in administrative expenses in plan year 2024, across 31,128 participants: $237.34 per participant.
| Contract administrator fees | not reported in filing |
|---|---|
| Professional fees | not reported in filing |
| Investment management fees | $7,100,000 |
| Other administrative fees | $288,000 |
These are plan-paid expenses from Schedule H only. Fees the sponsor pays directly, and fees embedded in fund expense ratios, never appear here. This figure is a floor, not the all-in cost, and a low number is not “free”.
The plans this one is ranked against
Fees on this page are ranked against the 5,000+ participant cohort, where the median plan pays $54.84 per participant. The sponsor files from Connecticut, one of 828 plans on file there, at a median of $116.34 per participant. Its business code places the plan in insurance, one of 1,068 on file, which run to a median of $119.27.
Plans of a similar size in Connecticut
| Plan | Participants | Cost per participant |
|---|---|---|
| Yale-New Haven Hospital And Tax-Exempt Affliliates Retirement Savings PlanYale-New Haven Hospital, Inc. | 31,362 | $15.93 |
| Stanley Black & Decker Retirement Account PlanStanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 31,193 | $74.15 |
| United Rentals 401(k) Investment PlanUnited Rentals (North America), Inc. | 27,037 | $63.56 |
| Xerox Corporation Savings PlanXerox Corporation | 22,273 | $137.70 |
Service providers (Schedule C)
| Provider | Service codes | Direct comp. ($) | Indirect comp. ($) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edelman Financial Engines, LLC | 51, 50, 28, 26 | 2,406,191 | not reported |
| Loomis Sayles Trust Company | 68, 28 | 1,596,143 | 19,037 |
| J.P. Morgan Investment Mgmt Inc. | 51, 50, 28 | 681,256 | not reported |
| Chartwell Investment Partners | 51, 50, 68, 28 | 648,968 | 21,443 |
| Insight North America, LLC | 51, 50, 28 | 547,538 | not reported |
| Leeward Investments, LLC | 51, 50, 68, 28 | 516,924 | 1,845 |
| T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. | 51, 50, 68, 28 | 481,477 | not reported |
| Fidelity Investments Institutional | 99, 49, 37 | 288,422 | 0 |
| State Street Bank And Trust Company | 62, 99, 63, 50, 28, 25, 21, 19 | 120,041 | not reported |
| State Street Global Advisors Trust | 52, 51, 19, 18 | 74,418 | 2,391 |
| Blackrock Institutional Trust | 51, 50, 28 | 26,831 | not reported |
Useful links
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Source
| Dataset | DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 bulk data (FOIA) |
|---|---|
| Form year | 2024 |
| Filing ACK_ID | 20251013155458NAL0000790179001 |
| Dataset last refreshed | July 28, 2026 |
Bulk dataset at askebsa.dol.gov ↗ · Look up the filing on EFAST2 ↗
Filings lag by design: a plan can file up to 9½ months after its year ends, so this is the newest data on file. Why filings lag
Cite this page
401(k) Monitor, "The Hartford Investment And Savings Plan: Form 5500 facts", from DOL EFAST2 filing 20251013155458NAL0000790179001, plan year ended December 31, 2024. 401(k) Monitor Score 62 out of 100 (exact value 61.83).