Alas, the N.Y. Times has proclaimed that Hartford, Connecticut is no longer “the insurance capital of the world.” In 1810 the Hartford Fire Insurance Co., now called the Hartford Financial Services Group, was the first to form, and is one of two remaining insurance firms still headquartered there. The Phoenix Companies, established in 1850, is the other. Mergers and acquisitions caused five companies to move their headquarters out of state. At least Hartford gets to hang onto the title of capital of Connecticut.