The Hartford

The threat of a pandemic is constantly evolving and looming. A severe pandemic has the potential for causing levels of global illness and even death, economic disruption and social disturbance like no other event.

Disaster planning and preparedness is a fundamental requirement of The Hartford’s enterprise risk management strategies. The pillars of The Hartford’s enterprise-wide strategy focused on protecting employees and business operations are:

• Situational Awareness. A multi-disciplinary committee monitors threats, provides guidance to ensure the company is able to respond, and executes a coordinated response in the event of a pandemic outbreak.
• Business Continuity Plans. A high absence/pandemic scenario is integrated in our plans to ensure we can continue to provide an acceptable level of service to our clients, customers and other business partners. In addition, our awareness, planning and preparedness capabilities are strengthened through coordination with various networks (i.e. private and public sectors; local, state and federal agencies; and health organizations).
• Employee Health & Safety. Proactive measures are implemented for overall employee well-being as well as to prevent and limit the spread of a virus in the workplace.
• Communication. A coordinated, timely and effective approach is taken to disseminate information to employees as well as external parties.

While we don’t know when a pandemic will occur and how severe it will actually prove to be, we are confident that our approach and level of preparedness positions us to mitigate health, social and economic impacts on our employees, the company and communities in which we operate.

View the Pandemic Preparedness: Protecting Employees and Customers flyer for more information on our strategy.