[Ropes & Gray LLP Letterhead]
October 29, 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 Thursday morning, October 29, 2009 with Ms. Zukin, Staff Attorney of the Securities and Exchange Commission, where we agreed that it was acceptable to the Staff that our response to the Staff’s comment letter dated October 15, 2009 would be provided on or before November 6, 2009.
| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Julie H. Jones |
| Julie H. Jones |
Cc: | J. Kendall Huber, Esq. | |
| Warren E. Barnes | ||
| Patricia Norton-Gatto |
