[Ropes & Gray LLP Letterhead]
September 2, 2009
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549-7010
| Re: | The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. |
Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2008
Filed February 27, 2009
Form 10-Q for the Quarterly Period Ending March 31, 2009
Filed May 8, 2009
Schedule 14A Filed March 27, 2009
File No. 001-13754
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc., this letter is to confirm our telephone conversation Wednesday afternoon, September 2, 2009 with Mr. Peklenk, Staff Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission, where we advised Mr. Peklenk that our response to the staff’s comment letter dated August 21, 2009 would be provided on or before September 18, 2009.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Julie H. Jones
Julie H. Jones
| Cc: | J. Kendall Huber, Esq. |
Warren E. Barnes
Patricia Norton-Gatto
