HRG Group Inc Fund Company Profile

Description

HRG Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides various branded consumer products. The company operates through four segments: Consumer Products, Insurance, Energy, and Asset Management. Its product portfolio includes consumer batteries, such as alkaline and zinc carbon batteries, nickel metal hydride rechargeable batteries and chargers, hearing aid batteries, other specialty batteries, and portable lighting products; small appliances comprising small kitchen appliances and home product appliances; and pet supplies consisting of dog and cat treats, small animal food, clean up and training aids, health and grooming products, and aquariums and aquatic health supplies. The company’s product portfolio also comprises hardware and home improvement products, including residential locksets, door hardware, and plumbing products; home and garden control products, such as household insecticides, insect and animal repellent products, and insect and weed control solutions; auto care products; and personal care products comprising electric shaving and grooming products, and hair care appliances and accessories. HRG Group, Inc. offers its products under various brand names. The company sells its products through retailers, wholesalers and distributors, construction companies, hearing aid professionals, industrial distributors, and original equipment manufacturers. In addition, it provides life insurance and annuity products through independent agents and general agents; long-term reinsurance to specialty insurance sector of fixed, deferred, and payout annuities; asset management services; and secured asset-based loans to various industries, as well as engages in owning, operating, acquiring, exploiting, and developing conventional oil and natural gas assets in the United States. The company was formerly known as Harbinger Group Inc. and changed its name to HRG Group, Inc. in March 2015. HRG Group, Inc. was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in New York, New York.