American International Group's SunAmerica unit is seen within the securities distribution industry as the strongest amongst four suitors for Hartford Financial Group's broker-dealer arm, Woodbury Financial Services, Inc.

Hartford has placed Woodbury, which has 1,600 registered representatives and financial advisors, up for sale as part of its decision to divest itself of life insurance operations in order to concentrate on property and casualty-related businesses.

Woodbury is based in Woodbury, Minn., and dates to 1910. It has 1,600 affiliated representatives and had more than $230 million in revenue in 2010, according to several sources.

Continue Reading for Free

Register and gain access to:

  • Breaking benefits news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical converage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.