the
/H17074The Hartford claims adjusters
arrived in lower Manhattan within
days after the Sept. 11 attack to
fulﬁll obligations to policyholders
who suffered losses. Senior
Property General Adjuster Ray
Davidson wrote a check on the
spot for $250,000 to Wheelhouse
Corp. and gave it to Wheelhouse
Director Javier Flaim, left, to help
the company’s recovery efforts.
The Burlington, Mass.-based soft-
ware developer had a downtown
Manhattan ofﬁce that suffered
extensive damage.
/H17075After the Sept. 11 disaster, a 
team of The Hartford’s home ofﬁce
employees set up shop in a con-
ference room to organize some
150 employees, who delivered
supplies and equipment by car
and ferry to get temporary New
York-area ofﬁces up and running
within a week. Left to right, 
Leslie Cyrulik, automation project
manager, corporate real estate; 
Sarah Blount, director, client 
services, enterprise technologies
services; Mark Gauvain, assistant
vice president, property-casualty 
e-business; Tony Abate, vice presi-
dent, IT acquisitions; Franca Lewis,
assistant director, information 
technology; and Patrice Chandler,
assistant procurement administra-
tive manager, procurement.