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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 1997
File No. 333-07471
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO FORM S-6
FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OF
SECURITIES OF UNIT INVESTMENT TRUSTS REGISTERED ON
FORM N-8B-2
A. Exact name of trust: Separate Account VL I
B. Name of depositor: ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company
C. Complete address of depositor's principal executive offices:
P.O. Box 2999
Hartford, CT 06104-2999
D. Name and complete address of agent for service:
Margaret E. Hankard, Esq.
Hartford Life Insurance Companies
P.O. Box 2999
Hartford, CT 06104-2999
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
____ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
_X__ on May 1, 1997 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
____ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
____ on May 1, 1997 pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
____ this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for
a previously filed post-effective amendment.
E. Title and amount of securities being registered: Pursuant to Rule 24f-2
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has registered
an indefinite amount of securities. The Rule 24f-2 Notice for the
Registrant's most recent fiscal year was filed on or about
February 28, 1997.
F. Proposed maximum aggregate offering price to the public of the securities
being registered: Not yet determined.
G. Amount of filing fee: Not applicable.
H. Approximate date of proposed public offering: As soon as practicable after
the effective date of this registration statement.
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RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN
FORM N-8B-2 AND PROSPECTUS
ITEM NO. OF
FORM N-8B-2 CAPTION IN PROSPECTUS
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1. Cover page
2. Cover page
3. Not applicable
4. The Company; Distribution of the Policies
5. Summary - Separate Account VL I; Separate Account VL I -
General
6. Separate Account VL I - General
7. Not required by Form S-6
8. Not required by Form S-6
9. Legal Proceedings
10. Summary; Separate Account VL I - Funds; The Policy -
Application for a Policy; Detailed Description of Policy
Benefits and Provisions; Other Matters - Voting Rights,
Dividends
11. Summary; Separate Account VL I - Funds
12. Summary; Separate Account VL I - Funds
13. Deductions and Charges from the Account Value; Distribution
of the Policies; Federal Tax Considerations
14. Detailed Description of Policy Benefits and Provisions -
Application for a Policy
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ITEM NO. OF
FORM N-8B-2 CAPTION IN PROSPECTUS
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15. Detailed Description of Policy Benefits and Provisions -
Allocation of Premium Payments
16. Separate Account VL I - Funds; Detailed Description of
Policy Benefits and Provisions - Allocation of Premium
Payments
17. Summary; Detailed Description of Policy Benefits and
Provisions - Cash Value and Amount Payable on Surrender of
the Policy, The Right to Examine or Exchange the Policy
and Surrender/Continuation Options.
18. Separate Account VL I - Funds; Deduction and Charges from
the Account Value; Federal Tax Considerations
19. Other Matters - Statements to Policy Owners
20. Not applicable
21. Detailed Description of Policy Benefits and Provisions -
Policy Loans
22. Not applicable
23. Safekeeping of the Separate Account Assets
24. Other Matters - Assignment
25. The Company
26. Not applicable
27. The Company
28. The Company; Management
29. The Company
30. Not applicable
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ITEM NO. OF
FORM N-8B-2 CAPTION IN PROSPECTUS
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31. Not applicable
32. Not applicable
33. Not applicable
34. Not applicable
35. Distribution of the Policies
36. Not required by Form S-6
37. Not applicable
38. Distribution of the Policies
39. The Company; Distribution of the Policies
40. Not applicable
41. The Company; Distribution of the Policies
42. Not applicable
43. Not applicable
44. Detailed Description of Policy Benefits and Provisions
- Allocation of Premium Payments
45. Not applicable
46. Detailed Description of Policy Benefits and Provision -
Cash Value
47. Separate Account VL I - Funds
48. Cover page; The Company
49. Not applicable
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ITEM NO. OF
FORM N-8B-2 CAPTION IN PROSPECTUS
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50. Separate Account VL I - General
51. Summary; The Company; Detailed Description of Policy
Benefits and Provisions; Other Matters - Beneficiary
52. Separate Account VL I - Funds, Investment Advisers
53. Federal Tax Considerations
54. Not applicable
55. Not applicable
56. Not required by Form S-6
57. Not required by Form S-6
58. Not required by Form S-6
59. Not required by Form S-6
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STAG VARIABLE LIFE ARTISAN
FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE
POLICIES
PROSPECTUS DATED: MAY 1, 1997
ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE
COMPANY
P.O. BOX 2999
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06104-2999
[LOGO] TELEPHONE: 1-800-231-5453
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This Prospectus describes a flexible premium variable life insurance policy (the
"Policy") offered by ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company
("Hartford") to applicants generally between ages 0 and 80. The Policy allows
considerable flexibility in selecting the timing and amount of premium payments
for the chosen amount of Death Benefit.
The Policy provides for a Death Benefit payable at the death of the Insured. The
Policy Owner may select one of three Death Benefit Options; a level amount equal
to the Face Amount ("Option A"), a variable amount equal to the Face Amount plus
the Account Value ("Option B"), or an increasing amount equal to the Face Amount
plus a return of premium ("Option C"). The required minimum initial Face Amount
is generally $25,000.
Under all three options, the Policy has Account Values which increase with the
payment of each premium and which decrease to reflect fees and charges made by
Hartford. These fees and charges vary depending on such factors as the Face
Amount, the age of the Insured and the level of the premium paid. The Account
Value of a Policy will fluctuate to reflect the investment experience of the
Funds to which the premium payment(s) has been allocated. The Policy Owner bears
the investment risk for all amounts so allocated.
If a Policy is surrendered during the first two Policy Years, the Cash Surrender
Value may be adjusted upward to reflect a reduced Surrender Charge.
There is no guaranteed minimum Account Value for a Policy. However, if the Death
Benefit guarantee is in effect (see "Detailed Description of Policy Benefits and
Provisions -- Death Benefit," page 13), the Policy will not lapse due to poor
investment performance.
The initial Net Premium will be allocated to Hartford Money Market Sub-Account
and after the Right to Examine Period has expired, to one or more of the
Sub-Accounts or to the Fixed Account as specified in the Policy Owner's
application. The Funds underlying the Sub-Accounts presently are: Hartford
Advisers Fund, Inc., Hartford Bond Fund, Inc., Hartford Capital Appreciation
Fund, Inc., Hartford Dividend and Growth Fund, Inc., Hartford Index Fund, Inc.,
Hartford International Opportunities Fund, Inc., Hartford Mortgage Securities
Fund, Inc., Hartford Stock Fund, Inc. and HVA Money Market Fund, Inc. (the
"Hartford Funds") of Hartford Mutual Funds, each of which is managed by HL
Investment Advisors, Inc.; Putnam VT Diversified Income Fund, Putnam VT Global
Growth Fund, Putnam VT Growth and Income Fund, Putnam VT High Yield Fund, Putnam
VT Money Market Fund, Putnam VT New Opportunities Fund, Putnam VT Global Asset
Allocation Fund, Putnam VT U.S. Government and High Quality Bond Fund, Putnam VT
Utilities Growth and Income Fund and Putnam VT Voyager Fund (the "Putnam Funds")
of Putnam Variable Trust, each of which is managed by Putnam Investment
Management, Inc. ("Putnam Management"); and the VIP Equity-Income Portfolio and
VIP Overseas Portfolio of the Variable Insurance Products Fund and the VIP II
Asset Manager Portfolio of the Variable Insurance Products Fund II, each of
which is managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company (the "Fidelity VIP
Funds," and collectively with the Hartford Funds and the Putnam Funds, the
"Funds").
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IT MAY NOT BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO PURCHASE FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE
AS A REPLACEMENT FOR YOUR CURRENT LIFE INSURANCE OR IF YOU ALREADY OWN A
FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE POLICY.
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THIS PROSPECTUS IS VALID ONLY IF ACCOMPANIED BY THE CURRENT PROSPECTUSES OF THE
APPLICABLE ELIGIBLE FUNDS WHICH CONTAIN A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THOSE FUNDS. ALL
PROSPECTUSES SHOULD BE READ AND RETAINED FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE
ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE
CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SPECIAL TERMS......................................................... 4
SUMMARY............................................................... 6
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF POLICY BENEFITS AND PROVISIONS................ 9
General............................................................. 9
Premium............................................................. 9
Premium Payment Flexibility....................................... 9
Allocation of Premium Payments.................................... 9
Accumulation Units................................................ 10
Accumulation Unit Values.......................................... 10
Premium Limitation................................................ 10
Account Values...................................................... 10
Amount Payable on Surrender of the Policy......................... 10
Sales Load Refund................................................. 11
Withdrawals....................................................... 11
Transfers of Account Value.......................................... 11
Amount and Frequency of Transfers................................. 11
Transfers to or from Sub-Accounts................................. 11
Transfers from the Fixed Account.................................. 11
Dollar Cost Averaging Option...................................... 12
Policy Loans........................................................ 12
Preferred Loan.................................................... 12
Loan Interest..................................................... 12
Credited Interest................................................. 12
Loan Repayments................................................... 12
Termination Due to Excessive Indebtedness......................... 12
Effect of Loans on Account Value.................................. 12
Death Benefit....................................................... 13
Death Benefit Options............................................. 13
Option Change..................................................... 13
Death Benefit Guarantee........................................... 13
Minimum Death Benefit............................................. 13
Increases and Decreases in Face Amount............................ 14
Benefits at Maturity................................................ 14
Lapse and Reinstatement............................................. 14
Policy Lapse and Grace Period..................................... 14
Death Benefit Guarantee Default and Grace Period.................. 14
Reinstatement..................................................... 15
The Right to Examine or Exchange the Policy......................... 15
Withdrawal.......................................................... 15
Administrative Expense Surrender Charge........................... 15
Sales Surrender Charge............................................ 15
Valuation of Payments and Transfers............................... 16
Application for a Policy............................................ 16
Reduced Charges for Eligible Groups................................. 16
Deductions from the Premium......................................... 16
Premium Tax Charge and Federal Tax Charge......................... 16
Front-End Sales Load.............................................. 16
Examples of Front-End Sales Loads/Impact of Refund of Sales
Load............................................................. 17
Deductions and Charges from the Account Value....................... 18
Monthly Deduction Amounts......................................... 18
Charges Against the Funds......................................... 19
Taxes............................................................. 20
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SEPARATE ACCOUNT VL I................................................. 20
General............................................................. 20
Funds............................................................... 20
Hartford Funds.................................................... 20
Putnam Funds...................................................... 21
Fidelity VIP Funds................................................ 21
Investment Adviser.................................................. 22
Hartford Funds.................................................... 22
Putnam Funds...................................................... 23
Fidelity VIP Funds................................................ 23
THE FIXED ACCOUNT..................................................... 23
OTHER MATTERS......................................................... 23
Voting Rights....................................................... 23
Statements to Policy Owners......................................... 24
Limit on Right to Contest........................................... 24
Misstatement as to Age.............................................. 24
Payment Options..................................................... 24
Beneficiary......................................................... 25
Assignment.......................................................... 25
Dividends........................................................... 25
SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS................................................. 25
Maturity Date Extension Rider....................................... 25
Term Insurance Rider................................................ 25
Deduction Amount Waiver Rider....................................... 25
Waiver of Specified Amount Disability Benefit Rider................. 25
Accidental Death Benefit Rider...................................... 25
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS...................................... 26
DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICY............................................ 27
SAFEKEEPING OF SEPARATE ACCOUNT VL I'S ASSETS......................... 27
FEDERAL TAX CONSIDERATIONS............................................ 27
General............................................................. 27
Taxation of Hartford and the Separate Account....................... 28
Income Taxation of Contract Benefits................................ 28
Modified Endowment Contracts........................................ 28
Estate and Generation Skipping Taxes................................ 28
Diversification Requirements........................................ 29
Ownership of the Assets in the Separate Account..................... 29
Life Insurance Purchased for Use in Split Dollar Arrangements....... 29
Federal Income Tax Withholding...................................... 30
Non-Individual Ownership of Contracts............................... 30
Other............................................................... 30
Life Insurance Purchases by Nonresident Aliens and Foreign
Corporations....................................................... 30
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS..................................................... 30
LEGAL MATTERS......................................................... 30
EXPERTS............................................................... 30
REGISTRATION STATEMENT................................................ 31
APPENDIX A -- ILLUSTRATION OF DEATH BENEFITS, ACCOUNT VALUES AND CASH
SURRENDER VALUES.................................................... 32
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS..................................................
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THE POLICIES MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE IN ALL STATES.
THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH
SUCH OFFERING MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY MADE. NO DEALER OR OTHER PERSON IS AUTHORIZED
TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
OFFERING OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE,
SUCH OTHER INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED ON.
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SPECIAL TERMS
As used in this Prospectus, the following terms have the indicated meanings:
ACCOUNT VALUE: An amount used to determine certain Policy benefits and charges
equal to the total of all amounts in the Fixed Account, the Loan Account and the
Sub-Accounts.
ACCUMULATION UNIT: An accounting unit of measure used to calculate the value of
a Sub-Account.
CASH SURRENDER VALUE: The Cash Value less all Indebtedness.
CASH VALUE: The Account Value less any applicable Surrender Charges.
CODE: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
COST OF INSURANCE: An amount deducted as part of the Monthly Deduction Amount to
help cover Hartford's anticipated mortality costs and other expenses.
CUMULATIVE DEATH BENEFIT GUARANTEE PREMIUM: The premium required to maintain the
Death Benefit guarantee.
DATE OF ISSUE: The date from which the Suicide and Incontestability provisions
are measured.
DEATH BENEFIT: On the Policy Date, the Death Benefit equals the Face Amount.
Thereafter, it may change in accordance with the terms of the Death Benefit
Option provision, the Minimum Death Benefit provision, the Death Benefit
Guarantee provision and the Withdrawals provision.
DEATH BENEFIT GUARANTEE PREMIUM: The amount of monthly premium shown in the
Policy's specifications page required to keep the Death Benefit guarantee
available and used to calculate the Cumulative Death Benefit Guarantee Premium.
DEATH BENEFIT OPTION: The Death Benefit Option in effect determines how the
Death Benefit is calculated. The three Death Benefit Options provided are
described in the Death Benefit section of this Prospectus.
DEATH PROCEEDS: The amount which We will pay on the death of the Insured. This
amount equals the Death Benefit less any Indebtedness and less any due and
unpaid Monthly Deduction Amount occurring during a Grace Period.
FACE AMOUNT: On the Policy Date, the Face Amount equals the initial Face Amount.
The Face Amount may be increased or decreased, in accordance with the terms of
the Policy.
FIXED ACCOUNT: Portion of Account Value invested in the General Account of
Hartford.
FIXED ACCOUNT MINIMUM CREDITED RATE: The minimum rate credited to amounts
allocated to the Fixed Account.
FUNDS: The registered open-end management investment companies in which assets
of the Separate Account may be invested.
GENERAL ACCOUNT: All assets of Hartford other than those allocated to its
separate accounts.
GRACE PERIOD: The 61 day period between the day Your policy goes into default
and the day on which Your policy terminates.
HARTFORD: ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company.
IN WRITING: In a written form satisfactory to Us.
INDEBTEDNESS: All loans taken on the Policy, plus any interest due or accrued
minus any loan repayments.
INSURED: The person on whose life the Policy is issued.
ISSUE AGE: As of the Policy Date, the age of the Insured on his/her last
birthday.
LOAN ACCOUNT: An account established for any amounts transferred from the Fixed
Account and Sub-Accounts as a result of loans. Amounts are held as collateral
and are credited with interest at the Fixed Account Minimum Credited Rate.
Amounts are not subject to the investment experience of the Separate Account.
MONTHLY ACTIVITY DATE: The Policy Date and the same date in each succeeding
month as the Policy Date except that, whenever the Monthly Activity Date falls
on a date other than a Valuation Day, the Monthly Activity Date will be deemed
the next Valuation Day.
MONTHLY DEDUCTION AMOUNT: The charges deducted from the Account Value on the
Monthly Activity Date.
NATIONAL SERVICE CENTER: Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
NET PREMIUM: The amount of premium credited to the Account Value. It is the
premium paid minus any deductions from premium.
OPTION C LIMIT: The maximum amount that will be returned in addition to the Face
Amount under the Option C (Return of Premium) Death Benefit. See the Policy's
specifications page.
PLANNED PREMIUM: The amount of premium that You intend to pay as indicated on
the application and shown on the Policy's specifications page.
POLICY: A flexible premium variable life insurance policy issued by Hartford, as
described in this Prospectus.
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POLICY ANNIVERSARY: An anniversary of the Policy Date.
POLICY DATE: The date from which Policy Anniversaries and Policy Years are
determined.
POLICY OWNER: The person having rights to benefits under the Policy during the
lifetime of the Insured; the Policy Owner may or may not be the Insured.
POLICY YEARS: Annual periods computed from the Policy Date.
PREFERRED LOAN: A portion of the Indebtedness on which a lower interest rate is
charged.
PRO RATA BASIS: An allocation method based on the proportion of the Account
Value in the Fixed Account and each Sub-Account.
SCHEDULED MATURITY DATE: The date on which the Policy will mature, unless
extended by rider.
SEPARATE ACCOUNT: An account established by Hartford to separate the assets
funding the Policy from other assets of Hartford; in this case, "Separate
Account VL I."
SUB-ACCOUNT: The subdivisions of the Separate Account.
SURRENDER CHARGE: A charge that may be assessed if the Face Amount is decreased
or You surrender the Policy.
VALUATION DAY: Every day the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading. The
value of the Separate Account is determined at the close of the New York Stock
Exchange (currently 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on such days.
VALUATION PERIOD: The period between the close of business on successive
Valuation Days.
WE, US, OUR: ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company.
YOU, YOUR: The Policy Owner.
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SUMMARY
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The flexible premium variable life insurance Policy offered by this
Prospectus is funded by a Fixed Account and Separate Account VL I, a separate
account established by Hartford pursuant to Connecticut insurance law and
organized as a unit investment trust registered under the Investment Company Act
of 1940. Separate Account VL I is presently comprised of 22 sub-accounts (the
"Sub-Accounts" and each individually a "Sub-Account"), each of which invests
exclusively in one of the underlying Funds. If an initial premium is submitted
with an application for a Policy, it will be allocated to the Hartford Money
Market Sub-Account. At a later date, the values in the Hartford Money Market
Sub-Account will be allocated to one or more of the Sub-Accounts or the Fixed
Account as specified in the Policy Owner's application. This later date is the
latest of: (1) 45 days after the application is signed; (2) ten days after We
mail or personally deliver a Notice of Withdrawal Right; (3) ten days after We
receive the premium; and (4) the date We receive the final requirement to put
the Policy in force. The Policy is credited with units ("Accumulation Units") in
each selected Sub-Account, the assets of which are invested in the applicable
Fund. A Policy Owner may transfer amounts invested among the Sub-Accounts and
the Fixed Account subject to a transfer charge. See "Detailed Description of
Policy Benefits and Provisions -- Transfers of Account Value," page 11.
The Policy is first and foremost a life insurance policy with death
benefits, cash values and other features traditionally associated with life
insurance. The Policy is called "flexible premium" because, once the desired
level and pattern of death benefits have been determined, You have considerable
flexibility in choosing the timing and amount of premium to be paid. The Policy
is called "variable" because, unlike the fixed benefits of an ordinary whole
life insurance policy, the Account Value will, and the Death Benefit may,
increase or decrease depending on the investment experience of the Funds to
which the Net Premium(s) has been allocated.
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POLICY DESIGN OPTIONS
The Policy is designed to be flexible to give You the ability to select
options that are tailor-made for Your specific life insurance needs.
The Policy design options fall into three major categories:
1. Death Benefit Options -- These allow You to select various levels and
patterns of Death Benefits.
2. Investment Options -- Currently, the Policy offers 23 investment options
from which to choose. You can allocate Your Account Value among up to nine
of these options. (Hartford reserves the right to increase the number of
allocable investment options to more than nine.) These include the
twenty-two variable Sub-Accounts and the Fixed Account.
3. Premium Options -- You have the flexibility to choose, within limits, the
amount and frequency of premium payments.
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DEATH BENEFIT
The Policy features three Death Benefit Options. The Death Benefit can be
level and equal to the Face Amount ("Option A"), fluctuate and equal the Face
Amount plus Return of Account Value ("Option B") or increase and equal the Face
Amount plus the sum of premium paid, subject to the Option C Limit ("Option C").
At the death of the Insured, We will pay the Death Proceeds to the Beneficiary.
The Death Proceeds equal the Death Benefit less any Indebtedness under the
Policy and less any due and unpaid Monthly Deduction Amount occurring during a
Grace Period. See "Detailed Description of Policy Benefits and Provisions --
Death Benefit," page 13.
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PREMIUM
You have considerable flexibility as to when and in what amounts You pay
premiums. Prior to issue, You choose a Planned Premium, within a range
determined by Hartford based on the Face Amount and sex of the Insured (except
where unisex rates apply), Issue Age and risk classification.
The Policy will not lapse as long as the Cash Surrender Value is sufficient
to cover the Monthly Deduction Amounts or the Death Benefit guarantee is
available. See "Detailed Description of Policy Benefits and Provisions -- Lapse
and Reinstatement," page 14.
The minimum premium is $50. We reserve the right to refund the excess
premium that would cause the Policy to fail to meet the definition of life
insurance under the Code. We reserve the right to require evidence of
insurability for any premium that results in an increase in the Death Benefit
greater than the amount of the premium. Any premium in excess of $1,000,000 is
subject to Hartford's approval.
There are circumstances (usually if a Policy Owner wants to prefund future
benefits in seven years or less) when the Policy may become a Modified Endowment
Contract under federal tax law. If it does, loans and other predeath
distributions are includable in gross income on an income-first basis. A 10%
penalty tax may be imposed on income distributed before the Policy Owner attains
age 59 1/2. You are advised to consult a qualified tax adviser before taking
steps that may affect whether the Policy becomes a Modified
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Endowment Contract. See "Federal Tax Considerations -- Modified Endowment
Contracts," page 28, for a discussion of the "seven-pay test."
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SEPARATE ACCOUNT VL I
Separate Account VL I is a separate account established by Hartford pursuant
to the insurance laws of the State of Connecticut and organized as a registered
unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Separate Account
VL I meets the definition of "separate account" under federal securities law.
Separate Account VL I is comprised of Sub-Accounts, each of which invests
exclusively in one of the Funds. Each Hartford Fund is organized as a
corporation under the laws of the State of Maryland and is a diversified
open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940. The Putnam Funds are portfolios of Putnam Variable Trust (formerly
named Putnam Capital Manager Trust ), a Massachusetts business trust organized
on September 24, 1987 that is an open-end, series investment company with
multiple portfolios or funds registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940. The Fidelity VIP Funds are portfolios of the Variable Insurance Products
Fund and the Variable Insurance Products Fund II, two diversified open-end
management investment companies, each with multiple portfolios and organized as
a Massachusetts business trust. The VIP Equity-Income Portfolio and the VIP
Overseas Portfolio are portfolios of the Variable Insurance Products Fund,
organized on November 13, 1981. The VIP II Asset Manager Portfolio is a
portfolio of the Variable Insurance Products Fund II, organized on March 21,
1988. Registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940 does not involve
supervision of the management or investment practices or policies by the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The shares of the Funds are sold to Separate
Account VL I and to other separate accounts of Hartford or its affiliates which
fund similar annuity or life insurance products.
Currently, the Funds are Hartford Advisers Fund, Inc., Hartford Bond Fund,
Inc., Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc., Hartford Dividend and Growth
Fund, Inc., Hartford Index Fund, Inc., Hartford International Opportunities
Fund, Inc., Hartford Mortgage Securities Fund, Inc., Hartford Stock Fund, Inc.
and HVA Money Market Fund, Inc.; Putnam VT Diversified Income Fund, Putnam VT
Global Growth Fund, Putnam VT Growth and Income Fund, Putnam VT High Yield Fund,
Putnam VT Money Market Fund, Putnam VT New Opportunities Fund, Putnam VT Global
Asset Allocation Fund, Putnam VT U.S. Government and High Quality Bond Fund,
Putnam VT Utilities Growth and Income Fund and Putnam VT Voyager Fund; and the
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio, VIP Overseas Portfolio and VIP II Asset Manager
Portfolio. Applicants should read the prospectus for each of the Funds
accompanying this Prospectus in connection with the purchase of a Policy. The
investment objectives of each of the Funds are as set forth in "Separate Account
VL I," page 20.
The investment adviser for the Hartford Funds is HL Investment Advisors,
Inc. ("HL Advisors"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hartford Life Insurance
Company. HL Advisors retains Wellington Investment Management, L.L.P. as an
sub-investment adviser with respect to certain of the Hartford Funds. In
addition, HL Advisors has entered an investment services agreement with Hartford
Investment Management Company, Inc. ("HIMCO") for the provision of investment
services for certain of the Hartford Funds. The Putnam Funds are advised by
Putnam Management, a subsidiary of The Putnam Investments, Inc. The Fidelity VIP
Funds are managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company. See "Separate
Account VL I," page 20.
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FIXED ACCOUNT
Premium payments and Account Values allocated to the Fixed Account become
part of the general assets of Hartford. Hartford invests the assets of the
General Account in accordance with applicable law governing the investments of
insurance company general accounts.
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DEDUCTIONS FROM THE PREMIUM
Before allocating the premium to the Account Value, a deduction as a
percentage of premium is made for the premium tax and federal tax charge and
front-end sales load. The amount of each premium allocated to the Account Value
is Your Net Premium.
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PREMIUM TAX CHARGE AND
FEDERAL TAX CHARGE
We deduct, as a premium tax charge, a percentage of each premium to cover
premium-based taxes assessed against Hartford by a state or other governmental
entity. This percentage will vary depending on the tax rates in effect there and
is based on the actual tax imposed. The range is generally between 0% and 4%.
We also deduct a current charge of 1.25% of each premium for federal taxes
imposed under Section 848 of the Code.
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FRONT-END SALES LOAD
The front-end sales load is a charge deducted from each premium payment. The
current and maximum front-end sales load for premium is 5.0% in the first Policy
Year and 2.0% in Policy Years 2 through 10. After Policy Year 10, the front-end
sales load is currently 0%. We reserve the right to charge a maximum of 2.0%.
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DEDUCTIONS AND CHARGES FROM
THE ACCOUNT VALUE
On each Monthly Activity Date, We will subtract the Monthly Deduction Amount
from Your Account Value. This will be taken on a Pro Rata Basis from the Fixed
Account and Sub-Accounts.
The Monthly Deduction Amount equals:
1. the Cost of Insurance; plus
2. the Monthly Administrative Charge; plus
3. the Mortality and Expense Risk Charge; plus
4. the charges for additional benefits provided by rider, if any.
Hartford may also set up a provision for income taxes against the assets of
Separate Account VL I. See "Detailed Description of Policy Benefits and
Provisions -- Deductions and Charges from the Account Value," page 18, and
"Federal Tax Considerations," page 27.
Applicants should review the prospectuses for the Funds which accompany this
Prospectus for a description of the charges assessed against the assets of each
of the Funds.
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ACCOUNT VALUE
As with many other types of insurance policies, each Policy will have an
Account Value. The Account Value of a Policy will increase to reflect interest
credited to the Fixed Account and Loan Account (when applicable) and any premium
payments. The Account Value of a Policy will decrease to reflect deductions for
the Monthly Deduction Amount and any withdrawals. The Account Value of a Policy
will vary to reflect the investment experience of the underlying Funds. There is
no minimum guaranteed Account Value and the Policy Owner bears the risk of the
investment in the Funds. However, if the Death Benefit guarantee is available,
the Policy will not lapse due to poor investment performance. See "Detailed
Description of Policy Benefits and Provisions -- Account Values," page 10.
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POLICY LOAN
A Policy Owner may obtain a cash loan from Hartford. The loan is secured by
the Policy. At the time a loan is requested, the Indebtedness (including the
currently applied for loan) may not exceed the Cash Surrender Value. See
"Detailed Description of Policy Benefits and Provisions -- Policy Loans," page
12.
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CHARGES AGAINST THE FUNDS
Separate Account VL I purchases shares of the Funds at net asset value. The
net asset value of the Fund shares reflects investment advisory fees and
administrative and other expenses already deducted from the assets of the Funds.
These charges are described herein. See "Detailed Description of Policy Benefits
and Provisions -- Deductions and Charges from the Account Value -- Charges
Against the Funds," page 19.
The following table shows total fund operating expenses for the year ending
December 31, 1996 for the Funds:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
TOTAL FUND
MANAGEMENT OTHER OPERATING
FUND NAME FEES EXPENSES EXPENSES
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Hartford Advisers Fund......... 0.615% 0.017% 0.632%
Hartford Bond Fund............. 0.490% 0.030% 0.520%
Hartford Capital Appreciation
Fund.......................... 0.629% 0.017% 0.646%
Hartford Dividend and Growth
Fund.......................... 0.709% 0.017% 0.726%
Hartford Index Fund............ 0.374% 0.019% 0.393%
Hartford International
Opportunities Fund............ 0.691% 0.095% 0.786%
Hartford Mortgage Securities
Fund.......................... 0.424% 0.029% 0.453%
Hartford Stock Fund............ 0.441% 0.016% 0.457%
HVA Money Market Fund.......... 0.423% 0.021% 0.444%
Putnam VT Diversified Income
Fund.......................... 0.70% 0.13% 0.83%
Putnam VT Global Asset
Allocation Fund............... 0.68% 0.15% 0.83%
Putnam VT Global Growth Fund... 0.60% 0.16% 0.76%
Putnam VT Growth and Income
Fund.......................... 0.49% 0.05% 0.54%
Putnam VT High Yield Fund...... 0.68% 0.08% 0.76%
Putnam VT Money Market Fund
(1)........................... 0.45% 0.10% 0.55%
Putnam VT New Opportunities
Fund.......................... 0.63% 0.09% 0.72%
Putnam VT U.S. Government and
High Quality Bond Fund........ 0.62% 0.07% 0.69%
Putnam VT Utilities Growth and
Income Fund (2)............... 0.69% 0.09% 0.78%
Putnam VT Voyager Fund......... 0.57% 0.06% 0.63%
Fidelity VIP Equity-Income
Portfolio..................... 0.51% 0.07% 0.58%
Fidelity VIP Overseas
Portfolio..................... 0.76% 0.17% 0.93%
Fidelity VIP II Asset Manager
Portfolio (3)................. 0.64% 0.10% 0.74%
</TABLE>
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(1) Other expenses for Putnam VT Money Market Fund have been restated to reflect
the cost of certain insurance purchased by such Fund. See "Putnam VT Money
Market Fund -- Insurance" in the Fund's prospectus
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accompanying this Prospectus. Actual other expenses and total Fund operating
expenses were 0.08% and 0.53%, respectively.
(2) On July 11, 1996, shareholders approved an increase in the fees payable to
Putnam Management under the management contract for Putnam VT Utilities
Growth and Income Fund. The management fees and total expenses shown in the
table have been restated to reflect the increase. Actual management fees and
total expenses were 0.64% and 0.73%, respectively.
(3) A portion of the brokerage commissions that certain funds pay was used to
reduce fund expenses. In addition, certain funds have entered into
arrangements with their custodian and transfer agent whereby interest earned
on uninvested cash balances was used to reduce custodian and transfer agent
expenses. Absent these reductions, the total operating expenses presented in
the table would have been 0.56% for Fidelity VIP Equity Income Portfolio,
0.92% for Fidelity VIP Overseas Portfolio and 0.73% for Fidelity VIP II
Asset Manager Portfolio.
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THE RIGHT TO EXAMINE OR
EXCHANGE THE POLICY
An applicant has a limited right to return his or her Policy for
cancellation. If the applicant returns the Policy within: (1) ten days after
delivery of the Policy; (2) ten days after We mail or personally deliver a
Notice of Withdrawal Right; or (3) 45 days after completion of the application,
whichever is latest (subject to applicable state regulation), Hartford will
return to the applicant, within seven days thereafter, the greater of the
premium paid, less any Indebtedness, or the sum of (1) the Account Value, less
any Indebtedness, on the date the returned Policy is received by Hartford or its
agent and (2) any deductions under Policy or by the Funds for taxes, charges or
fees.
In addition, once the Policy is in effect it may be exchanged during the
first 24 months after its Date of Issue for a non-variable life insurance policy
offered by Us on the life of the Insured without submitting proof of
insurability.
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SURRENDER
At any time prior to the Scheduled Maturity Date, provided the Policy has a
Cash Surrender Value, you may surrender the Policy. During the first 15 Policy
Years, a Surrender Charge will apply. The Surrender Charge consists of two
component charges: an administrative expenses surrender charge and a sales
surrender charge. See "Detailed Description of Policy Benefits and Provisions --
Withdrawal," page 15.
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TAX CONSEQUENCES
The current federal tax law generally excludes all death benefit payments
from the gross income of the Policy beneficiary. See "Federal Tax
Considerations," page 27.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF POLICY
BENEFITS AND PROVISIONS
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This Prospectus describes a flexible premium variable life insurance policy
that has considerable flexibility in selecting the timing and amount of premium
payments.
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PREMIUM
PREMIUM PAYMENT FLEXIBILITY
You have considerable flexibility as to when and in what amounts You pay
premiums.
Prior to issue, You can choose a Planned Premium, within a range determined
by Hartford based on the Face Amount and the Insured's sex (except where unisex
rates apply), Issue Age and risk classification. We will send You premium
notices for Planned Premium. The notices may be sent on an annual, semi-annual
or quarterly basis. You may also have premiums automatically deducted from Your
checking account on a monthly basis. The Planned Premium and payment mode You
selected are shown on the Policy's specifications page. You may change the
Planned Premium at any time, subject to Our minimum amount rules then in effect.
The Policy will not lapse as long as the Cash Surrender Value is sufficient
to cover the Monthly Deduction Amounts or the Death Benefit guarantee is
available. See, also, "-- Lapse and Reinstatement," page 14, for more details.
ALLOCATION OF PREMIUM PAYMENTS
The initial Net Premium will be allocated to the Hartford Money Market
Sub-Account on the later of the Policy Date or the date We receive the premium.
The value in this Hartford Money Market Sub-Account will then be allocated
to the Fixed Account and Sub-Accounts according to the premium allocation
specified in the application on the latest of: (1) 45 days after the application
is signed; (2) ten days after We receive the premium; (3) ten days after We mail
or personally deliver a Notice of Withdrawal Right; and (4) the date We receive
the final requirement to put the Policy in force ("free-look end date").
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Any additional Net Premium received prior to the free-look end date will be
allocated to the Hartford Money Market Sub-Account.
You may change Your premium allocation by request In Writing. Portions
allocated to the Fixed Account and Sub-Accounts must be whole percentages.
Subsequent Net Premiums will be allocated to the Fixed Account and Sub-Accounts
according to Your most recent instructions, subject to the following. Currently,
the Account Value may be allocated to no more than nine Sub-Accounts. (Hartford
reserves the right to increase the number of allocable investment options to
more than nine.) If We receive a premium and Your most recent allocation
instructions would violate this requirement, We will allocate the Net Premium to
the Fixed Account and Sub-Accounts on a Pro-Rata Basis.
You will receive several different types of notification as to what Your
current premium allocation is. The initial allocation chosen by the Policy Owner
is shown in the Policy. Each transactional confirmation received after a premium
payment will show how that Net Premium has been allocated. In addition, each
quarterly statement summarizes the current premium allocation in effect for that
Policy.
ACCUMULATION UNITS
Net Premium allocated to the Sub-Accounts are used to credit Accumulation
Units to those Sub-Accounts.
The number of Accumulation Units in each Sub-Account to be credited to a
Policy (including the initial allocation to Hartford Money Market Sub-Account
and the amount credited to the Fixed Account, will be determined first by
multiplying the Net Premium by the appropriate allocation percentage to
determine the portion to be invested in the Fixed Account or Sub-Account. Each
portion to be invested in a Sub-Account is then divided by the Accumulation Unit
Value of that particular Sub-Account next computed following receipt of the
payment.
ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUES
The Accumulation Unit Value for each Sub-Account will vary to reflect the
investment experience of the applicable Fund. It will be determined on each
Valuation Day by multiplying the Accumulation Unit Value of the particular
Sub-Account on the preceding Valuation Day by a Net Investment Factor for that
Sub-Account for the Valuation Period then ended. The Net Investment Factor for
each of the Sub-Accounts is equal to the net asset value per share of the
corresponding Fund at the end of the Valuation Period (plus the per share amount
of any dividend or capital gain distributions paid by that Fund in the Valuation
Period then ended) divided by the net asset value per share of the corresponding
Fund at the beginning of the Valuation Period.
All valuations in connection with a Policy, e.g., with respect to
determining Account Value, in connection with Policy loans, or in calculation of
Death Benefits or with respect to determining the number of Accumulation Units
to be credited to a Policy with each premium payment, other than the initial
premium payment, will be made on the date the request or payment is received by
Hartford at the National Service Center if such date is a Valuation Day;
otherwise such determination will be made on the next succeeding date which is a
Valuation Day.
PREMIUM LIMITATION
If a premium is received which would cause the Policy to fail to meet the
definition of a life insurance contract in accordance with the Code, We reserve
the right to refund the excess premium. We will refund such premium and interest
thereon within 60 days after the end of a Policy Year.
We reserve the right to require evidence of insurability for any premium
that results in an increase in the Death Benefit greater than the amount of the
premium.
The minimum subsequent premium is $50. Any premium in excess of $1,000,000
is subject to Hartford's approval.
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ACCOUNT VALUES
The Policy will have an Account Value. There is no minimum guaranteed
Account Value. The Account Value of a Policy changes on a daily basis and will
be computed on each Valuation Day. The Account Value of a Policy will increase
to reflect interest credited to the Fixed Account and Loan Account (when
applicable) and any premium payments. The Account Value will decrease to reflect
deductions for the Monthly Deduction Amount and any withdrawals. The Account
Value will vary to reflect the investment experience of the underlying Funds.
The Account Value of a particular Policy is related to the net asset value
of the Funds associated with the Sub-Accounts, if any, to which premium payments
on the Policy have been allocated. The Account Value in the Sub-Accounts on any
Valuation Day is calculated by multiplying the number of Accumulation Units in
each Sub-Account as of the Valuation Day by the current Accumulation Unit Value
of that Sub-Account and then summing the result for all the Sub-Accounts. The
Account Value of a Policy equals the Account Value in the Sub-Accounts plus the
value of the Fixed and Loan Accounts. The Cash Value equals the Account Value
less any applicable Surrender Charges. The Cash Surrender Value, which is the
net amount available upon surrender of the Policy, is the Cash Value less any
Indebtedness. See "-- Premium -- Accumulation Unit Values," page 10.
AMOUNT PAYABLE ON SURRENDER OF THE POLICY
As long as the Policy is in effect, a Policy Owner may elect, without the
consent of the beneficiary (provided the designation of beneficiary is not
irrevocable), to fully surrender the Policy. Upon surrender, the Policy Owner
will
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receive the Cash Surrender Value determined as of the day Hartford receives the
Policy Owner's written request or the date requested by the Policy Owner,
whichever is later. The Cash Surrender Value equals the Cash Value less any
Indebtedness. The Policy will terminate on the date of receipt of the request In
Writing, or the date the Policy Owner requests the surrender to be effective,
whichever is later.
SALES LOAD REFUND
If a Policy is surrendered during the first two Policy Years, the Cash
Surrender Value may be adjusted upward to reflect a reduced Surrender Charge.
For purposes of the Policy, the reduction in Surrender Charge will be equal to
the excess, if any, of the sum of the actual front-end sales load and the
Surrender Charge to date over the sum of 30% of payments in aggregate amount
less than or equal to one Guideline Annual Premium plus 10% of payments in
aggregate amount greater than one Guideline Annual Premium but not more than two
Guideline Annual Premiums.
For purposes of the Policy, "Guideline Annual Premium" means the level
annual premium payment necessary to provide the future benefits under the Policy
through maturity, based on certain assumptions specified under the federal
securities laws. These assumptions include mortality charges based on the 1980
Commissioners' Standard Ordinary Smoker or Non-Smoker (CSO) Table, an assumed
annual net rate of return of 5% per year and deduction of the fees and charges
specified in the Policy. The Guideline Annual Premium is only used in limiting
front-end sales loads and Surrender Charges.
WITHDRAWALS
One withdrawal is allowed each calendar month. The minimum withdrawal
allowed is $500. The maximum withdrawal is the Cash Surrender Value less $1,000.
If the Death Benefit Option then in effect is Option A or Option C, the Face
Amount is decreased by an amount equal to the reduction in the Account Value
resulting from the withdrawal. The minimum Face Amount required after a
withdrawal is subject to Our rules then in effect. Unless specified otherwise,
the withdrawal will be deducted on a Pro Rata Basis from the Fixed Account and
the Sub-Accounts. Currently, Hartford does not impose a withdrawal charge.
However, Hartford reserves the right to impose a withdrawal charge of up to $10.
In addition, a Surrender Charge will be deducted from the Account Value
equal to the proportion of the current Surrender Charge represented by the
amount of the withdrawal to the Account Value immediately prior to the
withdrawal.
Any decrease in the Face Amount resulting from a withdrawal may result in a
partial Surrender Charge. See "-- Death Benefit -- Increases and Decreases in
Face Amount," page 14.
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TRANSFERS OF ACCOUNT VALUE
AMOUNT AND FREQUENCY OF TRANSFERS
Upon request and as long as the Policy is in effect, You may transfer
amounts among the Fixed Account and Sub-Accounts. Transfers may be made by
request In Writing or by calling Our National Service Center toll free at
1-800-231-5453. Transfers by telephone may be made by the agent of record or by
the attorney-in-fact pursuant to a power of attorney. Telephone transfers may
not be permitted in some states. The policy of Hartford and its agents and
affiliates is that they will not be responsible for losses resulting from acting
upon telephone requests reasonably believed to be genuine. We will employ
reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions communicated by telephone are
genuine; otherwise, We may be liable for any losses due to unauthorized or
fraudulent instructions. The procedures We follow for transactions initiated by
telephone include requirements that callers provide certain identifying
information for themselves (if not the Policy Owner) and the Policy Owner. All
transfer instructions by telephone are tape recorded.
The amounts which may be transferred and the number of transfers will be
limited by Our rules then in effect.
Currently there are no restrictions on transfers other than those described
below. There is no charge currently for the first transfer in any calendar
month. Each transfer in excess of one per calendar month is subject to a
Transfer Charge of up to $25.
We reserve the right at a future date to limit the size of transfers and
remaining balances, and to limit the number and frequency of transfers.
TRANSFERS TO OR FROM SUB-ACCOUNTS
You may request to transfer some or all of Your Account Value between the
Sub-Accounts. When You request a transfer, the number of Accumulation Units
credited to the Sub-Account from which the transfer was made will be reduced and
the number of Accumulation Units credited to the Sub-Account You requested will
be increased.
The amount of the increase or decrease will be determined by dividing:
1. the amount transferred by,
2. the Accumulation Unit Value for the respective Sub-Account determined as of
the next Valuation Day after We receive Your transfer request.
TRANSFERS FROM THE FIXED ACCOUNT
In addition to the conditions above, transfers from the Fixed Account are
subject to the following:
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1. the transfer must occur during the 30-day period following each Policy
Anniversary; and
2. if the Accumulated Value in Your Fixed Account exceeds $1,000, the amount
transferred in any Policy Year may be no larger than 25% of the Accumulated
Value in the Fixed Account on the date of transfer. We reserve the right to
modify the restrictions on transfers from the Fixed Account.
DOLLAR COST AVERAGING OPTION
You may elect to allocate Your Net Premiums among the Sub-Accounts and the
Fixed Account pursuant to the dollar cost averaging (DCA) option. If You choose
the DCA option, Net Premiums will be deposited into the Hartford Money Market
Sub-Account. Each month, amounts will be withdrawn from that Sub-Account and
allocated to the other investment options according to Your allocation
instructions. The transfer date will be the monthly anniversary of Your first
transfer under Your initial DCA election. The first transfer will commence
within five business days after Hartford receives Your initial election, either
In Writing or by telephone, subject to the telephone transfer procedures
described above. The dollar amount will be allocated to the investment options
that You specify, in the proportions that You specify. If, on any transfer date,
Your Cash Value allocated to the Hartford Money Market Account is less than the
amount You have elected to transfer, Your DCA program will end. You may also
cancel Your DCA election by notice In Writing to Hartford or by calling Our
National Service Center at 1-800-231-5453.
The main objective of a DCA program is to minimize the impact of short-term
price fluctuations. Since the same dollar amount is transferred to other
investment options at set intervals, DCA allows You to purchase more
Accumulation Units when prices are low and fewer Accumulation Units when prices
are high. Therefore, a lower average cost per Accumulation Unit may be achieved
over the long-term. A DCA program allows Policy Owners to take advantage of
market fluctuations. However, it is important to understand that a DCA program
does not assure a profit or protect against loss in a declining market. Policy
Owners who choose the DCA option should be individuals who have the financial
ability to continue making investments through periods of low price levels.
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POLICY LOANS
As long as the Policy is in effect, a Policy Owner may obtain, without the
consent of the beneficiary (provided the designation of beneficiary is not
irrevocable), a cash loan from Hartford. The total Indebtedness at the time of
the new loan (including the accrued interest on prior loans plus the currently
applied for loan) may not exceed the Cash Surrender Value. The minimum loan
amount is $500.
The amount of each loan will be transferred on a Pro Rata Basis from the
Fixed Account and each of the Sub-Accounts (unless the Policy Owner specifies
otherwise) to the Loan Account. The Loan Account is a mechanism used to ensure
that any outstanding Indebtedness remains fully secured by the Account Value.
PREFERRED LOAN
If, at any time after the tenth Policy Anniversary, the Account Value
exceeds the total of all premium paid since issue, a Preferred Loan is
available. The amount available for a Preferred Loan is the amount by which the
Account Value exceeds total premiums paid. The amount of the Loan Account which
equals a Preferred Loan will be credited with interest at a rate equal to the
Fixed Account Minimum Credited Rate. The amount of Indebtedness that qualifies
as a Preferred Loan is determined on each Monthly Activity Date. A lower
interest rate is charged to Preferred Loans than to the rest of your
Indebtedness, if any.
LOAN INTEREST
Interest will accrue on Indebtedness on a daily basis. The table below shows
the interest rate We will charge on Your Indebtedness.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FIXED ACCOUNT
PORTION OF MINIMUM CREDITED
POLICY YEAR INDEBTEDNESS RATE PLUS
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<S> <C> <C>
1-10 All Indebtedness 2%
11 and later Preferred loans (if any) 0%
All Indebtedness in excess
of Preferred Loans 1%
</TABLE>
CREDITED INTEREST
Any amounts in the Loan Account will be credited with interest at a rate
equal to the Fixed Account Minimum Credited Rate.
LOAN REPAYMENTS
You can repay all or any part of the entire Indebtedness at any time while
Your Policy is in force. Each loan repayment must be at least $50. An amount
equal to the loan repayment will be deducted from the Loan Account and will be
allocated among the Fixed Account and Sub-Accounts in the same percentage as
premium are allocated.
TERMINATION DUE TO EXCESSIVE INDEBTEDNESS
If total Indebtedness equals or exceeds the Cash Value on any Monthly
Activity Date, the Policy will terminate. See "-- Lapse and Reinstatement," page
14.
EFFECT OF LOANS ON ACCOUNT VALUE
A loan, whether or not repaid, will have a permanent effect on the Account
Value because the investment results of each Sub-Account will apply only to the
amount remaining in such Sub-Accounts. In addition, the rate of interest
credited to the Fixed Account may be greater than
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the Fixed Account Minimum Credited Rate. The longer a loan is outstanding, the
greater the effect, whether favorable or unfavorable, is likely to be. If the
Fixed Account and the Sub-Accounts earn more than the annual interest rate for
funds held in the Loan Account, a Policy Owner's Account Value will not increase
as rapidly as it would have had no loan been made. If the Fixed Account and the
Sub-Accounts earn less than the annual interest rate for funds held in the Loan
Account, the Policy Owner's Account Value will be greater than it would have
been had no loan been made. Also, if not repaid, the aggregate amount of the
outstanding loan (i.e., the Indebtedness) will reduce the Death Proceeds and
Cash Surrender Value otherwise payable.
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DEATH BENEFIT
The Policy provides for the payment of the Death Proceeds to the named
beneficiary when the Insured dies. The Death Proceeds payable to the beneficiary
equal the Death Benefit less any Indebtedness and less any due and unpaid
Monthly Deduction Amount occurring during a Grace Period. The Death Benefit
depends on the Death Benefit Option selected by You, the minimum Death Benefit
provision and whether or not the Death Benefit guarantee is available. All or
part of the Death Proceeds may be paid in cash or applied under a "Payment
Option." See "Other Matters -- Payment Options," page 23.
DEATH BENEFIT OPTIONS
There are three Death Benefit Options: the Level Death Benefit Option
("Option A"), the Return of Account Value Death Benefit Option ("Option B") and
the Return of Premium Death Benefit Option ("Option C"). Subject to the minimum
Death Benefit described below, the Death Benefits under each option are:
1. Under Option A, the Death Benefit is equal to the Face Amount.
2. Under Option B, the Death Benefit is equal to the Face Amount plus the
Account Value.
3. Under Option C, the Death Benefit is equal to the Face Amount plus the
lesser of: (a) the sum of the premium paid and (b) the Option C Limit.
OPTION CHANGE
You may change Your Death Benefit Option by notifying Us In Writing of the
change. Such change will become effective on the Monthly Activity Date following
the date we receive Your request. If a change to Option A is elected, the Face
Amount will become that amount available as a Death Benefit immediately prior to
the option change. If a change to Option B is elected, the Face Amount will
become that amount available as a Death Benefit immediately prior to the option
change, reduced by the then-current Account Value. Changing your Death Benefit
Option may result in a Surrender Charge. (See "-- Increases and Decreases in
Face Amount," page 14.) You should consult a competent tax adviser regarding the
possible adverse tax consequences resulting from a change in your Death Benefit
Option.
DEATH BENEFIT GUARANTEE
The Death Benefit guarantee will keep the Policy in force, regardless of the
Policy's investment performance as long as the following conditions are met:
1. the Policy is in the first ten Policy Years (except in certain states where
a period less than ten years may apply); and
2. on each Monthly Activity Date during that period, the cumulative premium
paid into the Policy, less Indebtedness and less any withdrawals, equals or
exceeds the Cumulative Death Benefit Guarantee premium on that date.
If the Face Amount has not been increased or decreased, the Cumulative Death
Benefit Guarantee Premium is:
1. the Cumulative Death Benefit Guarantee Premium on the previous Monthly
Activity Date; plus
2. the current Monthly Death Benefit Guarantee Premium shown on the Policy
specifications page.
The Monthly Death Benefit Guarantee Premium will be adjusted to reflect any
increases or decreases in the Face Amount during the Death Benefit guarantee
period. We will send You a schedule showing the new Monthly Death Benefit
Guarantee Premium required for this period and the Death Benefit Guarantee
Premium received to date.
While the Death Benefit guarantee is available, the Death Benefit will be
the Face Amount, regardless of the Death Benefit Option.
MINIMUM DEATH BENEFIT
The Policy has a minimum Death Benefit feature which automatically increases
the Death Benefit so that it will never be less than the Account Value
multiplied by the Minimum Death Benefit Percentage specified in the Policy. This
percentage varies according to the Insured's Issue Age, the Policy Year, sex
(where unisex rates are not used) and insurance class.
EXAMPLES OF THE MINIMUM DEATH BENEFIT:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
A B
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<S> <C> <C>
Face Amount............................ $ 100,000 $ 100,000
Account Value on Date of Death......... 46,500 34,000
Specified Percentage................... 250% 250%
Death Benefit Option................... Level Level
</TABLE>
In Example A, the minimum Death Benefit equals $116,250, i.e., the greater
of $100,000 (the Face Amount) or $116,250 (the Account Value at the Date of
Death of $46,500, multiplied by the specified percentage of 250%).
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This amount less any outstanding Indebtedness constitutes the Death Proceeds
which We would pay to the beneficiary.
In Example B, the minimum Death Benefit is $100,000, i.e., the greater of
$100,000 (the Face Amount) or $85,000 (the Account Value of $34,000, multiplied
by the specified percentage of 250%).
INCREASES AND DECREASES IN FACE AMOUNT
At any time after the first Policy Year, You may make a request In Writing
to change the Face Amount. The minimum amount by which the Face Amount can be
increased or decreased is based on Our rules then in effect. We reserve the
right to limit the number of increases or decreases made under the Policy to not
more than one in any 12 month period.
A decrease in the Face Amount will be effective on the Monthly Activity Date
following the date We receive Your request. The remaining Face Amount must not
be less than that allowed by Our minimum rules then in effect. If You ask to
decrease Your Face Amount below the Initial Face Amount, a Surrender Charge may
be assessed, equal to:
1. the Surrender Charge applicable to the current Policy Year; multiplied by
2. the percentage described below.
The percentage used to determine the Surrender Charge will be calculated by:
1. subtracting the requested Face Amount from the lowest Face Amount prior to
the request; and
2. dividing that difference by the lowest Face Amount prior to the request.
The Surrender Charge assessed will be deducted from Your Account Value on
the Monthly Activity Date effective for the decrease.
All requests to increase the Face Amount must be applied for on a new
application and accompanied by the Policy. All requests will be subject to
evidence of insurability satisfactory to Us. Any increase approved by Us will be
effective on the date shown on the new Policy specifications page, provided that
the Monthly Deduction Amount for the first month after the effective date of
increase is made.
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BENEFITS AT MATURITY
If the Insured is living on the Scheduled Maturity Date, on surrender of the
Policy to Hartford, Hartford will pay to the Policy Owner the Cash Surrender
Value. On the Scheduled Maturity Date, unless extended by rider, the Policy will
terminate and Hartford will have no further obligations under the Policy.
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LAPSE AND REINSTATEMENT
POLICY LAPSE AND GRACE PERIOD
During the first Policy Year, the Policy will be in default on any Monthly
Activity Date on which the Account Value less Indebtedness is not sufficient to
cover the Monthly Deduction Amount.
During the second Policy Year, the Policy will be in default on any Monthly
Activity Date on which the Account Value less Indebtedness less one-half of the
Surrender Charge for the second Policy Year is not sufficient to cover the
Monthly Deduction Amount.
During the third Policy Year and thereafter, the Policy will be in default
on any Monthly Activity Date if the Cash Surrender Value is not sufficient to
cover the Monthly Deduction Amount.
A 61-day period, called the "Grace Period," will begin from the date of
default. Hartford will mail the Policy Owner and any assignee written notice of
the amount of premium that will be required to continue the Policy in force. The
premium required will be no greater than the amount required to pay Monthly
Deduction Amounts during the Grace Period plus three additional Monthly
Deduction Amounts. Unless the Death Benefit guarantee is available, the Policy
will terminate without value if the required premium is not paid by the end of
the Grace Period. If the Death Benefit guarantee is available and sufficient
premium has not been paid by the end of the Grace Period, the Death Benefit will
be reduced to the Face Amount and any Policy riders will no longer be in force.
If the Insured dies during the Grace Period, We will pay the Death Proceeds.
DEATH BENEFIT GUARANTEE DEFAULT AND GRACE PERIOD
On every Monthly Activity Date during the Death Benefit guarantee period, We
will compare the cumulative premium received, less Indebtedness, less
withdrawals, to the Cumulative Death Benefit Guarantee Premium for the Death
Benefit guarantee period in effect.
If the cumulative premiums received, less Indebtedness, less withdrawals,
are less than the Cumulative Death Benefit Guarantee Premium, the Death Benefit
guarantee will be deemed to be in default as of that Monthly Activity Date, and
the Grace Period will begin. We will mail the Policy Owner and any assignee
written notice of the amount of premium required to continue the Death Benefit
guarantee.
At the end of the Grace Period, the Death Benefit guarantee will be removed
from the Policy if We have not received the amount of the required premium.
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REINSTATEMENT
Unless the Policy has been surrendered for its Cash Surrender Value, the
Policy may be reinstated prior to the Scheduled Maturity Date, provided:
1. You make Your request In Writing within five years from the termination
date;
2. satisfactory evidence of insurability is submitted;
3. any Indebtedness existing at the time of termination is repaid or carried
over to the reinstated Policy; and
4. You pay a premium sufficient to cover ( a) all Monthly Deduction Amounts
that are due and unpaid during the Grace Period and (b) the sum of Monthly
Deduction Amounts for the next three months after the date of reinstatement.
The Account Value on the reinstatement date will equal:
1. The Cash Value at the time of termination; plus
2. Net Premium derived from premium paid at the time of reinstatement; minus
3. the Monthly Deduction Amounts that were due and unpaid during the Policy
Grace Period; plus
4. the Surrender Charge at the time of reinstatement. The Surrender Charge is
based on the duration from the original Policy Date.
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THE RIGHT TO EXAMINE OR EXCHANGE THE POLICY
An applicant has a limited right to return a Policy for cancellation. If the
Policy is returned, by mail or personal delivery to Hartford or to the agent who
sold the Policy, to be canceled within ten days after delivery of the Policy to
the Policy Owner, within ten days of Hartford's mailing or personal delivery of
a Notice of Right to Withdraw, or within 45 days of completion of the Policy
application (whichever is later, and subject to applicable state regulation),
Hartford will return to the applicant, within seven days thereafter, the greater
of the premium paid, less any Indebtedness, or the sum of (1) the Account Value,
less any Indebtedness, on the date the returned Policy is received by Hartford
or its agent and (2) any deductions under the Policy or by the Funds for taxes,
charges or fees.
Once the Policy is in effect, it may be exchanged, during the first 24
months after its issuance, for a non-variable life insurance policy offered by
Us or an affiliate. No evidence of insurability will be required. The new policy
will have an amount at risk which equals or is less than the amount at risk in
effect on the date of exchange. Premium under the new policy will be based on
the same risk classification as this Policy. An exchange of the Policy under
these circumstances should be a tax-free transaction under Section 1035 of the
Code.
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WITHDRAWAL
At any time prior to the Scheduled Maturity Date, provided the Policy has a
Cash Surrender Value, You may surrender the Policy or withdraw money from it.
During the first 15 Policy Years, a Surrender Charge will apply. The Surrender
Charge consists of two component charges: an administrative expense surrender
charge and a sales surrender charge.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE SURRENDER CHARGE
The Administrative Expense Surrender Charge varies by the Insured's age on
the Date of Issue. Your sales representative can provide you with the actual
Administrative Expense Surrender Charge that applies to your Issue Age. The
following table represents the Administrative Expense Surrender Charge for a
person age 45 on the Date of Issue:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
POLICY AMOUNT PER $1,000 OF POLICY AMOUNT PER $1,000 OF
YEAR INITIAL FACE AMOUNT YEAR INITIAL FACE AMOUNT
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
1 $ 5.00 9 $ 3.18
2 $ 5.00 10 $ 2.73
3 $ 5.00 11 $ 2.27
4 $ 5.00 12 $ 1.82
5 $ 5.00 13 $ 1.36
6 $ 4.55 14 $ 0.91
7 $ 4.09 15 $ 0.45
8 $ 3.64 16 $ 0.00
</TABLE>
The amount of the charge remains level for five Policy Years. After the
fifth Policy Anniversary, the charge decreases uniformly each month until the
end of the fifteenth Policy Year when it is zero.
The Administrative Expense Surrender Charge is designed to cover the
administrative expenses associated with underwriting and issuing a Policy,
including the costs of processing applications, conducting medical examinations,
determining insurability and the Insured's underwriting class and establishing
policy records.
The sum of the Administrative Expense Surrender Charge and the Monthly
Administrative Charge will not exceed the cost Hartford incurs in providing
administrative services under the Policy. Hartford does not expect to profit
from the Administrative Expense Surrender Charge.
SALES SURRENDER CHARGE
The Sales Surrender Charge varies by the Insured's age on the Date of Issue.
Your sales representative can provide you with the actual Sales Surrender Charge
that applies to
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your Issue Age. The following table represents the Sales Surrender Charge for a
person age 45 on the Date of Issue:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
POLICY AMOUNT PER $1,000 OF POLICY AMOUNT PER $1,000 OF
YEAR INITIAL FACE AMOUNT YEAR INITIAL FACE AMOUNT
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
1 $ 7.00 9 $ 4.45
2 $ 7.00 10 $ 3.82
3 $ 7.00 11 $ 3.18
4 $ 7.00 12 $ 2.55
5 $ 7.00 13 $ 1.91
6 $ 6.36 14 $ 1.27
7 $ 5.73 15 $ 0.64
8 $ 5.09 16 $ 0.00
</TABLE>
The amount of the charge remains level for five Policy Years. After the
fifth Policy Anniversary, the charge decreases uniformly each month until the
end of the fifteenth Policy Year, when it is zero.
The Sales Surrender Charges is designed to cover expenses relating to the
sale and distribution of the Policy, including commissions paid to any sales
personnel, the cost of preparing sales literature and other promotional
activities.
VALUATION OF PAYMENTS AND TRANSFERS
We value the Policy on every Valuation Day.
We will pay Death Proceeds, Cash Surrender Values, Withdrawals and loan
amounts allocable to the Sub-Accounts within seven days after We receive all the
information needed to process the payment, unless the New York Stock Exchange is
closed for other than a regular holiday or weekend, trading is restricted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") or the SEC declares that an emergency
exists.
Hartford may defer payment of any amounts allocated to the Fixed Account for
up to six months from the date on which We receive the request.
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APPLICATION FOR A POLICY
Individuals wishing to purchase a Policy must submit an application to
Hartford. Within limits, an applicant may choose the initial Face Amount.
Policies generally will be issued only on the lives of Insureds between the ages
of 0 and 80 who supply evidence of insurability satisfactory to Hartford.
Acceptance is subject to Hartford's underwriting rules, and Hartford reserves
the right to reject an application for any reason.
The Policy will be effective on the Policy Date only after Hartford has
received all outstanding delivery requirements and received the initial premium.
The Policy Date is the date used to determine all future cyclical transactions
on the Policy, e.g., Monthly Activity Date, Policy Months and Policy Years.
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REDUCED CHARGES FOR ELIGIBLE GROUPS
Certain of the charges and deductions described below may be reduced for a
Policy issued in connection with a specific plan in accordance with Our rules in
effect as of the date an application for a Policy is approved. To qualify for
such a reduction, a plan must satisfy certain criteria as to, for example, the
size of the plan, the expected number of participants and the anticipated
premium payment from the plan. Generally, the sales contacts and effort,
administrative costs and mortality cost per Policy vary based on such factors as
the size of the plan, the purposes for which the Policy is purchased and certain
characteristics for the plan's members. The amount of reduction and the criteria
for qualification are a reflection of the reduced sales effort and
administrative costs resulting from, and the different mortality experience
expected as a result of, sales to qualifying plans. We may modify from time to
time on a uniform basis both the amounts of reductions and the criteria for
qualification. Reductions in these charges will not be unfairly discriminatory
against any person, including the affected Policy Owners funded by Separate
Account VL I.
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DEDUCTIONS FROM THE PREMIUM
Before the allocation of the premium to the Account Value, a deduction is
made for the premium tax and federal tax charge and front-end sales load. The
amount of each premium allocated to the Account Value is Your Net Premium.
PREMIUM TAX CHARGE AND FEDERAL TAX CHARGE
We deduct, as a premium tax charge, a percentage of each premium to cover
premium-based taxes assessed against Hartford by a state or other governmental
entity. This percentage will vary by locale depending on the tax rates in effect
there and is based on the actual tax imposed. The range is generally between 0%
and 4%.
We also deduct a 1.25% charge from each premium payment to cover the
estimated costs to Us of the federal income tax treatment of the Policy's
deferred acquisition costs under Section 848 of the Code. We have determined
that this charge is reasonable in relation to our increased federal income tax
burden under the Code resulting from the receipt of premium.
The Federal Tax Charge is a factor Hartford must use when computing the
maximum sales load chargeable under SEC rules.
FRONT-END SALES LOAD
The front-end sales load is a charge deducted from each premium. The current
and maximum front-end sales load for all premium is 5.0% in the first Policy
Year and 2.0% for Policy Years 2 through 10. After Policy Year 10, the front-end
sales load is currently 0%. We reserve the right to charge a maximum of 2.0%.
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EXAMPLES OF FRONT-END SALES LOADS/IMPACT OF REFUND OF SALES LOAD
An example of the actual front-end sales loads and the impact of the load
refund, if any (see "-- Account Values -- Sales Load Refund," page 11), for a
Policy is shown below. This example uses the same specific information (i.e.,
Issue Age, Face Amount, premium level, etc.) as the illustration on page 33 of
this Prospectus.
<TABLE>
<S> <C>
Death Benefit Option: Level
Face Amount: $250,000
Charges Assumed: Current
Issue Age/Sex/Class: 45/Male/Preferred
Guideline Annual Premium: $4,483.41
Annual Planned Premium: $3,250.00
Assumed Gross Annual Investment Return 0%
</TABLE>
The "Total Cumulative Sales Load If Surrendered" column on the far right of
the table below represents the sum of all loads which would have been assessed
since the issue of the Policy, assuming a surrender of the Policy at the end of
the corresponding Policy Year.
This is:
(1) The sum of the cumulative front-end sales load; plus
(2) the actual Surrender Charge for that Policy Year; minus
(3) the sales load refund, if any, applicable to that Policy Year.
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Additional Charges/Credits if Surrendered
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CUMULATIVE TOTAL
FRONT-END MAXIMUM YEAR END ACTUAL SALES SALES CUMULATIVE
POLICY SALES SURRENDER ACCOUNT SURRENDER SURRENDER LOAD SALES LOAD IF
YEAR LOAD CHARGE VALUE CHARGE CHARGES REFUND SURRENDERED**
- ---------- ----------- ----------- --------- ----------- ----------- --------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1 65 3,000 1,880 1,880 630 0 695
2 130 3,000 3,849 3,000 1,750 333 1,547
3 195 3,000 5,724 3,000 1,750 0 1,945
4 260 3,000 7,498 3,000 1,750 0 2,010
5 325 3,000 9247 3,000 1,750 0 2,075
6 390 2,727 10,887 2,727 1,590 0 1,980
7 455 2,455 12,433 2,455 1,433 0 1,888
8 520 2,183 13,878 2,183 1,273 0 1,793
9 585 1,910 15,212 1,910 1,113 0 1,698
10 650 1,638 16,429 1,638 955 0 1,605
11 715 1,363 17,807 1,363 795 0 1,510
12 780 1,090 19,172 1,090 638 0 1,418
13 845 818 20,385 818 478 0 1,323
14 910 545 21,431 545 318 0 1,228
15 975 273 22,292 273 160 0 1,135
16 1040 0 22,949 0 0 0 1,040
</TABLE>
*The Actual Surrender Charge assessed is the smaller of:
(a) The contractual maximum Surrender Charge, or
(b) Year-End Account Value.
**The "Total Cumulative Sales Load If Surrendered" column assumes a
surrender of the Policy at the end of that Policy Year and is:
(a) The cumulative front-end sales load; plus
(b) Sales Surrender Charge; minus
(c) sales load refund.
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DEDUCTIONS AND CHARGES FROM
THE ACCOUNT VALUE
MONTHLY DEDUCTION AMOUNTS
On the Policy Date and on each subsequent Monthly Activity Date, Hartford
will deduct an amount (the "Monthly Deduction Amount") from the Account Value to
cover certain charges and expenses incurred in connection with a Policy. Each
Monthly Deduction Amount will be deducted on a Pro Rata Basis from the Fixed
Account and each of the Sub-Accounts. The Monthly Deduction Amount will vary
from month to month.
The Monthly Deduction Amount equals:
1. the charge for the Cost of Insurance; plus
2. the Monthly Administrative charge; plus
3. the Mortality and Expense Risk Charge; plus
4. the charges for additional benefits provided by rider.
1. COST OF INSURANCE CHARGE
The charge for the Cost of Insurance is equal to:
(a) the Cost of Insurance rate per $1,000; multiplied by
(b) the amount at risk; divided by
(c) $1,000.
The amount at risk equals the Death Benefit less the Account Value on that
date, prior to assessing the Monthly Deduction Amount.
A charge for a special insurance class rating of an Insured may be made
against the Account Value, if applicable. This charge is to compensate
Hartford for the additional mortality risk associated with individuals in
these classes.
The Cost of Insurance charge is to cover Hartford's anticipated mortality
costs and other expenses. For standard risks, the Cost of Insurance rates
will not exceed those based on the 1980 Commissioners' Standard Ordinary
Mortality Smoker or Nonsmoker Table, age last birthday. A table of
guaranteed Cost of Insurance rates per $1,000 will be included in each
Policy; however, Hartford reserves the right to use rates less than those
shown in the table. Substandard risks will be charged a higher Cost of
Insurance rate that will not exceed rates based on a multiple of the 1980
Commissioners' Standard Ordinary Mortality Smoker or Nonsmoker Table, age
last birthday. The multiple will be based on the Insured's risk class.
Hartford will determine the Cost of Insurance rate at the start of each
Policy Year. Any changes in the Cost of Insurance rate will be made
uniformly for all Insureds of the same issue age, sex and risk class and
whose coverage has been in force for the same length of time. No change in
insurance class or cost will occur on account of deterioration of the
Insured's health.
Because the Account Value and the Death Benefit under a Policy may vary
from month to month, the Cost of Insurance charge may also vary on each
Monthly Activity Date.
2. MONTHLY ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE
Hartford will assess a Monthly Administrative Charge to reimburse Hartford
for administrative costs in connection with the Policy. The current Monthly
Administrative Fee is $25 per month for the first Policy Year, $10 per month
in Policy Year 2 through 10 and $5 per month in Policy Years 11 and later,
not to exceed $7.50 per month in Policy Years 11 and later.
The sum of the Monthly Administrative Charge and the Administrative
Expense Surrender Charge will not exceed the cost Hartford incurs in
providing administrative services under the Policy.
3. MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK CHARGE
A charge is made for mortality and expense risks assumed by Hartford.
Hartford may profit from this charge. See, also, "-- Account Values," page
10.
The current Mortality and Expense Risk Charge for any Monthly Activity
Date is equal to:
(a) the current Mortality and Expense Risk Rate; multiplied by
(b) the portion of the Account Value allocated to the Sub-Accounts on
the Monthly Activity Date prior to assessing the Monthly Deduction Amount.
The current and guaranteed Mortality and Expense Risk Rate for the first
ten Policy Years is 0.80% (.067% per month). After the tenth Policy Year,
the current rate is 0.25% (.021% per month), with a maximum Rate of 0.50%
(.042% per month).
The mortality risk assumed is that the Cost of Insurance charges specified
in the Policy will be insufficient to meet actual claims. The expense risk
assumed is that expenses incurred in issuing and administering the Policy
will exceed the administrative charges set in the Policy. Hartford may
profit from the mortality and expense risk charge and may use any profits
for any proper purpose, including any difference between the cost it incurs
in distributing the Policy and the proceeds of the front-end sales load.
4. RIDER CHARGE
If the Policy includes riders, a charge is made applicable to the riders
from the Account Value on each Monthly Activity Date. The charge applicable
to these riders is to compensate Hartford for anticipated cost of providing
these benefits and are specified on the applicable rider. The riders
available are described on page 25 under "Supplemental Benefits" section.
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CHARGES AGAINST THE FUNDS
The investment advisers charge the Funds an investment management fee on a
daily basis as compensation for services. The following Table shows the fee
charged for each Fund available for investment by Policy Owners.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ANNUAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE AS A
HARTFORD FUNDS PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE DAILY NET ASSETS
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<S> <C>
Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc.,
Hartford Advisers Fund, Inc.,
Hartford International Opportunities Fund, Inc.,
Hartford Dividend and Growth Fund, Inc.................................. .575% of the first $250 million of average net assets
.525% of the next $250 million of average net assets
.475% of the next $250 million of average net assets
.425% of any amount over $1.0 billion
Hartford Bond Fund, Inc.,
Hartford Stock Fund, Inc................................................ 325% of the first $250 million of average net assets
.300% of the next $250 million of average net assets
.275% of the next $250 million of average net assets
.250% of any amount over $1.0 billion
Hartford Index Fund, Inc.................................................. .20%
Hartford Mortgage Securities Fund, Inc.,
HVA Money Market Fund, Inc.............................................. .25%
<CAPTION>
ANNUAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE AS A
PUTNAM FUNDS PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE DAILY NET ASSETS
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<S> <C>
Putnam VT Diversified Income Fund,
Putnam VT Global Asset Allocation Fund,
Putnam VT High Yield Fund,
Putnam VT New Opportunities Fund,
Putnam VT Utilities Growth and Income Fund,
Putnam VT Voyager Fund.................................................. .70% of the first $500 million of average net assets
.60% of the next $500 million of average net assets
.55% of the next $500 million of average net assets
.50% of the next $5 billion of average net assets
.475% of the next $5 billion of average net assets
.455% of the next $5 billion of average net assets
.44% of the next $5 billion of average net assets
.43% of any excess thereafter
Putnam VT Money Market Fund............................................... .45% of the first $500 million of average net assets
.35% of the next $500 million of average net assets
.30% of the next $500 million of average net assets
.25% of the next $5 billion of average net assets
.225% of the next $5 billion of average net assets
.205% of the next $5 billion of average net assets
.19% of the next $5 billion of average net assets
.18% of any excess thereafter
Putnam VT Growth and Income Fund and Putnam VT U.S. Government and High
Quality Bond Fund....................................................... .65% of the first $500 million of average net assets
.55% of the next $500 million of average net assets
.50% of the next $500 million of average net assets
.45% of the next $5 billion of average net assets
.425% of the next $5 billion of average net assets
.405% of the next $5 billion of average net assets
.39% of the next $5 billion of average net assets
.38% of any excess thereafter
Putnam VT Global Growth Fund.............................................. .60% of average net assets
<CAPTION>
ANNUAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEE AS A
FIDELITY VIP FUNDS PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE DAILY NET ASSETS
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<S> <C>
VIP Equity-Income Portfolio............................................... .52%
VIP Overseas Portfolio.................................................... .77%
VIP II Asset Manager Portfolio............................................ .72%
</TABLE>
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TAXES
Currently, no charge is made to Separate Account VL I for federal, state and
local taxes that may be allocable to Separate Account VL I. A change in the
applicable federal, state or local tax laws which impose tax on Hartford and/or
Separate Account VL I may result in a charge against the Policy in the future.
Charges for other taxes, if any, allocable to Separate Account VL I may also be
made.
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THE COMPANY
ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company ("Hartford") is a stock life
insurance company engaged in the business of writing life insurance and
annuities, both individual and group, in all states of the United States and the
District of Columbia, except New York. On January 1, 1998, Hartford's name will
change to Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company. Hartford was originally
incorporated under the laws of Wisconsin on January 9, 1956, and was
subsequently redomiciled to Connecticut. Its offices are located in Simsbury,
Connecticut; however, its mailing address is P.O. Box 2999, Hartford, CT
06104-2999. Hartford is a subsidiary of Hartford Fire Insurance Company, one of
the largest multiple lines insurance carriers in the United States. Hartford is
ultimately owned by ITT Hartford Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Subject to
shareholder approval on May 2, 1997, the name of ITT Hartford Group, Inc. will
change to The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
Hartford is rated A+ (superior) by A.M. Best and Company, Inc. , on the
basis of its financial soundness and operating performance. Hartford is rated AA
by Standard & Poor's and AA+ by Duff and Phelps on the basis of its claims
paying ability. These ratings do not apply to the investment performance of the
Sub-Accounts of the Separate Account. The ratings apply to Hartford's ability to
meet its insurance obligations, including those described in this Prospectus.
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SEPARATE ACCOUNT VL I
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Separate Account VL I is a separate account of Hartford established on
September 18, 1992 pursuant to the insurance laws of the State of Connecticut
and organized as a unit investment trust registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Separate Account
VL I meets the definition of "separate account" under federal securities law.
Under Connecticut law, the assets of Separate Account VL I are held exclusively
for the benefit of Policy Owners and
persons entitled to payments under the Policy. The assets for Separate Account
VL I are not chargeable with liabilities arising out of any other business which
Hartford may conduct.
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FUNDS
The assets of each Sub-Account of Separate Account VL I are invested
exclusively in one of the Funds. A Policy Owner may allocate premium payments
among the Sub-Accounts. Policy Owners should review the following brief
descriptions of the investment objectives of each of the Funds in connection
with that allocation. There is no guarantee that any of the Funds will achieve
its stated objectives. Policy Owners are also advised to read the prospectus for
each of the Funds accompanying this Prospectus for more detailed information.
HARTFORD FUNDS
HARTFORD ADVISERS FUND, INC.
Seeks maximum long term total rate of return consistent with prudent
investment risk by investing in common stock and other equity securities, bonds
and other debt securities, and money market instruments.
HARTFORD BOND FUND, INC.
Seeks maximum current income consistent with preservation of capital by
investing primarily in fixed-income securities. Up to 20% of the total assets of
this Fund may be invested in debt securities rated in the highest category below
investment grade ("Ba" by Moody's Investor Services, Inc. or "BB" by Standard &
Poor's) or, if unrated, are determined to be of comparable quality by the Fund's
investment adviser. Securities rated below investment grade are commonly
referred to as "high yield-high risk securities" or "junk bonds." For more
information concerning the risks associated with investing in such securities,
please refer to the section in the accompanying prospectus for the Hartford
Funds entitled "Hartford Bond Fund, Inc. -- Investment Policies."
HARTFORD CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND, INC.
Seeks growth of capital by investing in securities selected solely on the
basis of potential for capital appreciation; income, if any, is an incidental
consideration.
HARTFORD DIVIDEND AND GROWTH FUND, INC.
Seeks a high level of current income consistent with growth of capital and
reasonable investment risk.
HARTFORD INDEX FUND, INC.
Seeks to provide investment results which approximate the price and yield
performance of publicly-traded common stocks in the aggregate, as represented by
the Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Stock Price Index.*
*"STANDARD & POOR'S-REGISTERED TRADEMARK-", "S&P-REGISTERED TRADEMARK-", "S&P
500-REGISTERED TRADEMARK-", "STANDARD & POOR'S 500" AND "500" ARE TRADEMARKS OF
THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC. AND HAVE BEEN LICENSED FOR USE BY HARTFORD LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY AND AFFILIATES. THE HARTFORD INDEX FUND, INC. ("INDEX FUND")
IS NOT SPONSORED, ENDORSED, SOLD OR PROMOTED BY STANDARD & POOR'S AND STANDARD &
POOR'S MAKES NO REPRESENTATION REGARDING THE ADVISABILITY OF INVESTING IN THE
INDEX FUND.
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HARTFORD INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC.
Seeks long-term total rate of return consistent with prudent investment risk
through investment primarily in equity securities issued by non-U.S. companies.
HARTFORD MORTGAGE SECURITIES FUND, INC.
Seeks maximum current income consistent with safety of principal and
maintenance of liquidity by investing primarily in mortgage-related securities,
including securities issued by the Government National Mortgage Association.
HARTFORD STOCK FUND, INC.
Seeks long-term capital growth primarily through capital appreciation, with
income a secondary consideration, by investing primarily in equity securities.
HVA MONEY MARKET FUND, INC.
Seeks maximum current income consistent with liquidity and preservation of
capital.
PUTNAM FUNDS
PUTNAM VT DIVERSIFIED INCOME FUND
Seeks high current income consistent with capital preservation by investing
in the following three sectors of the fixed income securities markets: a U.S.
Government Sector, a High Yield Sector (which invests primarily in securities
commonly known as "junk bonds"), and an International Sector. See the special
considerations for investments in high yield securities described in the Fund
prospectus.
PUTNAM VT GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION FUND
Seeks a high level of long-term total return consistent with preservation of
capital by investing in U.S. equities, international equities, U.S. fixed income
securities, and international fixed income securities.
PUTNAM VT GLOBAL GROWTH FUND
Seeks capital appreciation through a globally diversified portfolio of
common stocks.
PUTNAM VT GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
Seeks capital growth and current income by investing primarily in common
stocks that offer potential for capital growth, current income, or both.
PUTNAM VT HIGH YIELD FUND
Seeks high current income and, when consistent with this objective, a
secondary objective of capital growth, by investing primarily in high-yielding,
lower-rated fixed income securities, constituting a portfolio which Putnam
Management believes does not involve undue risk to income or principal. See the
special considerations for investments in high yield securities described in the
Fund prospectus.
PUTNAM VT MONEY MARKET FUND
Seeks as high a rate of current income as Putnam Management believes is
consistent with preservation of capital and maintenance of liquidity by
investing in high-quality money market instruments.
PUTNAM VT NEW OPPORTUNITIES FUND
Seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing principally in common
stocks of companies in sectors of the economy which Putnam Management believes
possess above average long-term growth potential.
PUTNAM VT U.S. GOVERNMENT AND HIGH QUALITY BOND FUND
Seeks current income consistent with preservation of capital by investing
primarily in securities issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the
U.S. Government or by its agencies or instrumentalities and in other debt
obligations rated at least A by a nationally recognized security rating agency
such as Standard & Poor's or Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or, if not rated,
determined by Putnam Management to be of comparable quality.
PUTNAM VT UTILITIES GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
Seeks capital growth and current income by concentrating its investments in
securities issued by companies in the public utilities industries.
PUTNAM VT VOYAGER FUND
Seeks capital appreciation by investing primarily in common stocks of
companies that Putnam Management believes have potential for capital
appreciation that is significantly greater than that of market averages.
FIDELITY VIP FUNDS
FIDELITY VIP EQUITY-INCOME PORTFOLIO
Seeks reasonable income by investing primarily in income-producing equity
securities. In choosing these securities, the Portfolio will also consider the
potential for capital appreciation. The Portfolio's goal is to achieve a yield
which exceeds the composite yield on the securities comprising the Standard &
Poor's Daily Stock Price Index of 500 Common Stocks.
In addition, the Portfolio may invest in high yield, lower-rated securities
(commonly referred to as "junk bonds") which are subject to greater risk than
investments in higher-rated securities. For a further discussion of lower-rated
securities, see "Risks of Lower-Rated Debt Securities" in the Fidelity
prospectus for this Portfolio.
FIDELITY VIP OVERSEAS PORTFOLIO
Seeks long-term growth of capital primarily through investments in foreign
securities and provide a means for aggressive investors to diversify their own
portfolios by participating in companies and economies outside of the United
States.
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In addition, the Portfolio may invest in high yield, lower-rated securities
(commonly referred to as "junk bonds") which are subject to greater risk than
investments in higher-rated securities. For a further discussion of lower-rated
securities, see "Risks of Lower-Rated Debt Securities" in the Fidelity
prospectus for this Portfolio.
FIDELITY VIP II ASSET MANAGER PORTFOLIO
Seeks high total return with reduced risk over the long-term by allocating
its assets among stocks, bonds and short-term fixed-income instruments.
In addition, the Portfolio may invest in high yield, lower-rated securities
(commonly referred to as "junk bonds") which are subject to greater risk than
investments in higher-rated securities. For a further discussion of lower-rated
securities, see "Risks of Lower-Rated Debt Securities" in the Fidelity
prospectus for this Portfolio.
The Hartford Funds are organized as corporations under the laws of the State
of Maryland and are registered as diversified open-end management companies
under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Putnam Funds are portfolios of the
Putnam Variable Trust (formerly named the Putnam Capital Manager Trust), which
is organized as a business trust under the laws of Massachusetts as an open-end
series investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Fidelity
VIP Funds are portfolios of the Variable Insurance Products Fund and the
Variable Insurance Products Fund II, two diversified open-end management
investment companies, each with multiple portfolios and organized as a
Massachusetts business trust. The VIP Equity-Income Portfolio and the VIP
Overseas Portfolio are portfolios of the Variable Insurance Products Fund. The
VIP II Asset Manager Portfolio is a portfolio of the Variable Insurance Products
Fund II.
Each Fund continually issues an unlimited number of full and fractional
shares of beneficial interest in the Fund. Such shares are offered to separate
accounts, including Separate Account VL I, established by Hartford or one of its
affiliated companies specifically to fund the Policy and other policies issued
by Hartford or its affiliates as permitted by the Investment Company Act of
1940.
It is conceivable that in the future it may be disadvantageous for variable
life insurance separate accounts and variable annuity separate accounts to
invest in the Funds simultaneously. Although neither Hartford nor the Funds
currently foresee any such disadvantages either to variable life insurance
Policy Owners or to variable annuity Policy Owners, the Board of Directors
intend for the Hartford Funds and the Board of Trustees for the Putnam Funds and
the Fidelity VIP Funds (collectively the "Board") to monitor events in order to
identify any material conflicts between such Policy Owners and to determine what
action, if any, should be taken in response thereto. If the Boards were to
conclude that separate funds should be established for variable life and
variable life insurance separate accounts, Hartford will bear the attendant
expenses.
All investment income of and other distributions to each Sub-Account of
Separate Account VL I arising from the applicable Fund are reinvested in shares
of that Fund at net asset value. The income and both realized gains or losses on
the assets of each Sub-Account of Separate Account VL I are therefore separate
and are credited to or charged against the Sub-Account without regard to income,
gains or losses from any other Sub-Account or from any other business of
Hartford. Hartford will purchase shares in the Funds in connection with premium
payments allocated to the applicable Sub-Account in accordance with Policy
Owners' directions and will redeem shares in the Funds to meet Policy
obligations or make adjustments in reserves, if any. The Funds are required to
redeem Fund shares at net asset value and generally to make payment within seven
days.
Hartford reserves the right, subject to compliance with the law as then in
effect, to make additions to, deletions from, or substitutions for Separate
Account VL I and its Sub-Accounts which fund the Policy. If shares of any of the
Funds should no longer be available for investment, or if, in the judgment of
Hartford's management, further investment in shares of any Fund should become
inappropriate in view of the purposes of the Policy, Hartford may substitute
shares of another Fund for shares already purchased, or to be purchased in the
future, under the Policy. No substitution of securities will take place without
notice to and consent of Policy Owners and without prior approval of the
Securities and Exchange Commission to the extent required by the Investment
Company Act of 1940. Subject to Policy Owner approval, if required, Hartford
also reserves the right to end the registration under the Investment Company Act
of 1940 of Separate Account VL I or any other separate accounts of which it is
the depositor which may fund the Policy.
Each Fund is subject to certain investment restrictions which may not be
changed without the approval of a majority of the shareholders of the Fund. See
the prospectus for each of the Funds accompanying this Prospectus.
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INVESTMENT ADVISER
HARTFORD FUNDS
The investment adviser for each of the Hartford Funds is HL Investment
Advisors, Inc. ("HL Advisors"), Hartford Plaza, Hartford, Connecticut 06115. HL
Advisors provides investment advice and, in general, supervises the management
and investment program of the Hartford Funds pursuant to an Investment Advisory
Agreement entered into with each of the Funds, for which HL Advisors receives a
fee.
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HL Advisors has entered into an investment services agreement with HIMCO, an
affiliate of Hartford organized under Connecticut law, pursuant to which HIMCO
provides certain investment services to Hartford Bond Fund, Hartford Index Fund,
Hartford Mortgage Securities Fund and HVA Money Market Fund.
Wellington Management serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Hartford
Advisers Fund, Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund, Hartford Dividend and Growth
Fund, Hartford International Opportunities Fund and Hartford Stock Fund.
Wellington Management is a professional investment counseling firm which
provides investment services to investment companies, other institutions and
individuals. Wellington Management is organized as a private Massachusetts
partnership and its predecessor organizations have provided investment advisory
services to investment companies since 1933 and to investment counseling clients
since 1960. See the prospectus for each of the Funds accompanying this
Prospectus for a more complete description of HIMCO and Wellington Management
and their respective fees.
PUTNAM FUNDS
Putnam Management, One Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109,
serves as the investment manager for the Putnam Funds. An affiliate, the Putnam
Advisory Company, Inc. manages domestic and foreign institutional accounts and
mutual funds. Another affiliate, Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, provides
investment advice to institutional clients under its banking and fiduciary
policies. Putnam Management and its affiliates are wholly-owned subsidiaries of
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a publicly owned holding company whose
principal businesses are international insurance brokerage and employee benefit
consulting.
FIDELITY VIP FUNDS
The Fidelity VIP Funds are managed by Fidelity Management & Research Company
("Fidelity Management"), whose principal business address is 82 Devonshire
Street, Boston, Massachusetts. Fidelity Management is one of America's largest
investment management organizations. It is composed of a number of different
companies, which provide a variety of financial services and products. Fidelity
Management is the original Fidelity company, founded in 1946. It provides a
number of mutual funds and other clients with investment research and portfolio
management services. Various Fidelity companies perform certain activities
required to operate Variable Insurance Products Fund and Variable Insurance
Products Fund II.
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THE FIXED ACCOUNT
THAT PORTION OF THE POLICY RELATING TO THE FIXED ACCOUNT IS NOT REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ("1933 ACT") AND THE FIXED ACCOUNT IS NOT
REGISTERED AS AN INVESTMENT COMPANY UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
("1940 ACT"). ACCORDINGLY, NEITHER THE FIXED ACCOUNT NOR ANY INTERESTS THEREIN
ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OR RESTRICTIONS OF THE 1933 ACT OR THE 1940 ACT,
AND THE DISCLOSURE REGARDING THE FIXED ACCOUNT HAS NOT BEEN REVIEWED BY THE
STAFF OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THE FOLLOWING DISCLOSURE ABOUT
THE FIXED ACCOUNT MAY BE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN GENERALLY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF
THE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS REGARDING THE ACCURACY AND COMPLETENESS OF
DISCLOSURE.
Premium Payments and Account Values allocated to the Fixed Account become a
part of the general assets of Hartford. Hartford invests the assets of the
General Account in accordance with applicable law governing the investments of
insurance company general accounts.
The Fixed Account Minimum Credited Rate is shown in the Contract. Currently,
Hartford guarantees that it will credit interest at a rate of not less than 4%
per year, compounded annually, to amounts allocated to the Fixed Account under
the Policy. Hartford may credit interest at a rate in excess of the Fixed
Account Minimum Credited Rate, however, Hartford is not obligated to credit any
interest in excess of the Fixed Account Minimum Credited Rate. There is no
specific formula for the determination of excess interest credits. Some of the
factors that Hartford may consider in determining whether to credit excess
interest to amounts allocated to the Fixed Account and the amount thereof, are
general economic trends, rates of return currently available and anticipated on
Hartford's investments, regulatory and tax requirements and competitive factors.
ANY INTEREST CREDITED TO AMOUNTS ALLOCATED TO THE FIXED ACCOUNT IN EXCESS OF THE
FIXED ACCOUNT MINIMUM CREDITED RATE WILL BE DETERMINED IN THE SOLE DISCRETION OF
HARTFORD. THE POLICY OWNER ASSUMES THE RISK THAT INTEREST CREDITED TO FIXED
ACCOUNT ALLOCATIONS MAY NOT EXCEED THE FIXED ACCOUNT MINIMUM CREDITED RATE.
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OTHER MATTERS
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In accordance with its view of presently applicable law, Hartford will vote
the shares of the Funds at regular and special meetings of the shareholders of
the Funds in accordance with instructions from Policy Owners (or the assignee of
the Policy, as the case may be) having a voting interest in Separate Account VL
I. The number of shares held in the
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Separate Account which are allocable to each Policy Owner is determined by
dividing the Policy Owner's interest in each Sub-Account by the net asset value
of the applicable shares of the Funds. Hartford will vote shares for which no
instructions have been given and shares which are not allocable to Policy Owners
(i.e., shares owned by Hartford) in the same proportion as it votes shares for
which it has received instructions. If the Investment Company Act of 1940 or any
rule promulgated thereunder should be amended, however, or if Hartford's present
interpretation should change and, as a result, Hartford determines it is
permitted to vote the shares of the Funds in its own right, it may elect to do
so.
The voting interests of the Policy Owner (or the assignee) in the Funds will
be determined as follows: Policy Owners may cast one vote for each full or
fractional Accumulation Unit owned under the Policy and allocated to a
Sub-Account the assets of which are invested in the particular Fund on the
record date for the shareholder meeting for that Fund. If, however, a Policy
Owner has taken a loan secured by the Policy, amounts transferred from the Sub-
Account(s) to the Loan Account(s) in connection with the loan (see "Detailed
Description of Policy Benefits and Provisions -- Policy Loans," page 12) will
not be considered in determining the voting interests of the Policy Owner.
Policy Owners should review the prospectuses for the Funds which accompany this
Prospectus to determine matters on which shareholders may vote.
Hartford may, when required by state insurance regulatory authorities,
disregard voting instructions if the instructions require that the shares be
voted so as to cause a change in the sub-classification or investment objective
of one or more of the Funds or to approve or disapprove an investment advisory
policy for the Funds. In addition, Hartford itself may disregard voting
instructions in favor of changes initiated by a Policy Owner in the investment
policy or the investment adviser of the Funds if Hartford reasonably disapproves
of such changes. A change would be disapproved only if the proposed change is
contrary to state law or prohibited by state regulatory authorities. In the
event Hartford does disregard voting instructions, a summary of that action and
the reasons for such action will be included in the next periodic report to
Policy Owners.
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STATEMENTS TO POLICY OWNERS
We will send You a statement at least once each Policy Year, showing:
1. the current Account Value, Cash Surrender Value and Face Amount;
2. the premium paid, Monthly Deduction Amounts and loans since the last report;
3. the amount of any Indebtedness;
4. notifications required by the provisions of the Policy; and
5. any other information required by the Insurance Department of the State
where the Policy was delivered.
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LIMIT ON RIGHT TO CONTEST
Hartford may not contest the validity of the Policy after it has been in
effect during the lifetime of the Insured for two years from the Issue Date. If
the Policy is reinstated, the two-year period is measured from the date of
reinstatement. In addition, if the Insured commits suicide in the two-year
period, or such period as specified in state law, the benefit payable will be
limited to the premium paid less any Indebtedness and withdrawals.
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MISSTATEMENT AS TO AGE
If the age of an Insured is incorrectly stated, the amount of Death Benefit
will be appropriately adjusted as specified in the Policy.
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PAYMENT OPTIONS
Proceeds under the Policy may be paid in a lump sum or may be applied to one
of Hartford's payment options. The minimum amount that may be placed under a
payment option is subject to the then current rules of Hartford. Once payments
under Options 2, 3 or 4 commence, no surrender of the Policy may be made for the
purpose of receiving a lump sum settlement in lieu of the life insurance
payments. The following options are available under the Policy.
FIRST OPTION -- Interest Income
Payments of interest at the rate We declare, but not less than 3 1/2% per
year, on the amount applied under this option.
SECOND OPTION -- Income of Fixed Amount
Equal payments of the amount chosen until the amount applied under this
option, with interest of not less than 3 1/2% per year, is exhausted. The final
payment will be for the balance remaining.
THIRD OPTION -- Payments for a Fixed Period
An amount payable monthly for the number of years selected which may be from
1 to 30 years.
FOURTH OPTION -- Life Income
LIFE ANNUITY -- an annuity payable monthly during the lifetime of the
annuitant and terminating with the last monthly payment due preceding the
death of the annuitant.
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LIFE ANNUITY WITH 120 MONTHLY PAYMENTS CERTAIN -- an annuity providing
monthly income to the annuitant for a fixed period of 120 months and for as
long thereafter as the annuitant shall live.
The Tables in the Policy provide for guaranteed dollar amounts of monthly
payments for each $1,000 applied under the four Payment Options. Under the
Fourth Option, the amount of each payment will depend upon the age of the
Annuitant at the time the first payment is due. If any periodic payment due any
payee is less than $200, Hartford may make payments less often.
The Table for the Fourth Option is based on the 1983a Individual Annuity
Mortality Table set back one year and a net investment rate of 3.5% per annum.
The Tables for the First, Second and Third Options are based on a net investment
rate of 3.5% per annum. Hartford may, however, from time to time, at Our
discretion if mortality appears more favorable and interest rates justify, apply
other tables which will result in higher monthly payments for each $1,000
applied under one or more of the four Payment Options.
Hartford will make any other arrangements for income payments as may be
agreed on.
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BENEFICIARY
The applicant names the beneficiary in the application for the Policy. The
Policy Owner may change the beneficiary (unless irrevocably named) during the
lifetime of the Insured by written request to Hartford. If no beneficiary is
living when the Insured dies, the Death Proceeds will be paid to the Policy
Owner if living; otherwise to the Policy Owner's estate.
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ASSIGNMENT
The Policy may be assigned as collateral for a loan or other obligation.
Hartford is not responsible for any payment made or action taken before receipt
of written notice of such assignment. Proof of interest must be filed with any
claim under a collateral assignment.
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DIVIDENDS
No dividends will be paid under the Policy.
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SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS
The following supplemental benefits, which are subject to the restrictions
and limitations set forth therein, are among the options that may be included in
a Policy by rider. The Monthly Deduction Amount will be increased to include the
charges for any rider.
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MATURITY DATE EXTENSION RIDER
We will extend the Scheduled Maturity Date (the date on which the Policy
will mature) to the date of the death of the Insured regardless of the age of
the Insured. Certain Death Benefit and premium restrictions apply. See "Federal
Tax Considerations -- Income Taxation of Policy Benefits," page 28.
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TERM INSURANCE RIDER
We will pay an amount upon the death of a designated insured person other
than the Insured Person while this Policy remains in force.
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DEDUCTION AMOUNT WAIVER RIDER
Subject to certain age and underwriting restrictions, the Policy may include
a Deduction Amount Waiver Rider. This rider provides for the waiver of the
Policy's Monthly Deduction Amounts in the event of total disability prior to the
Insured reaching Attained Age 65 and continuing for at least six months. The
number of Monthly Deduction Amounts waived depends on the Insured's Attained Age
when the disability began. If this rider is added, the Monthly Deduction Amounts
will be increased to include the charges for this rider.
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WAIVER OF SPECIFIED AMOUNT
DISABILITY BENEFIT RIDER
If the Insured becomes totally disabled, We will credit the Policy with a
premium equal to the Specified Amount Disability Benefit for as long as the
Insured remains totally disabled, subject to certain qualifications and
restrictions.
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ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDER
Subject to certain age and underwriting requirements, the Policy may include
an Accidental Death Benefit Rider. This rider provides for an increase in the
amount paid upon the death of the Insured if the death results from an accident.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
POSITION WITH HARTFORD LIFE, OTHER BUSINESS PROFESSION, VOCATION OR EMPLOYMENT
NAME, AGE YEAR OF ELECTION FOR PAST 5 YEARS; OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS
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<S> <C> <C>
Wendell J. Bossen 63 Vice President, 1995** Vice President (1992-Present), Hartford Life Insurance
Company; Executive Vice President (1984) Mutual Benefit.
Gregory A. Boyko 45 Vice President, 1995 Vice President & Controller (1995-Present), Hartford Life
Insurance Company; Chief Financial Officer (1994-1995),
IMG American Life; Senior Vice President (1992-1994),
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Peter W. Cummins 60 Vice President, 1993 Vice President, Individual Annuity Operations
(1989-Present), Hartford.
Ann M. deRaismes 46 Vice President, 1997 Vice President (1994-Present); Assistant Vice President
(1992-1994); Director of Human Resources (1991-1997),
Hartford Life Insurance Company.
James R. Dooley 60 Vice President, 1973 Vice President, Director Information Services
(1973-Present), Hartford.
Timothy M. Fitch 44 Vice President, 1995 Vice President, (1995-Present);Assistant Vice President
(1993-1995); Director (1991-1993), Hartford Life
Insurance Company.
Bruce D. Gardner 46 Director, 1991* Vice President (1996-Present); General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary (1991-1995), Hartford Life Insurance
Company.
Joseph H. Gareau 50 Executive Vice President & Senior Vice President & Chief Investment Officer
Chief Investment Officer, 1993 (1992-1993), Hartford; Senior Vice President & Chief
Director, 1993* Investment Officer (1992), Hartford Insurance Group.
Donald J. Gillette 51 Vice President, 1993 Vice President, Director of Marketing (1991-Present),
Hartford.
Lynda Godkin 43 General Counsel, 1996 Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Corporate Secretary, 1995 (1995-1996); Assistant General Counsel and Secretary
(1994-1995); Counsel (1990-1994), Hartford Life
Insurance Company.
Lois W. Grady 52 Vice President, 1993 Assistant Vice President (1988-1993), Hartford Life
Insurance Company.
David A. Hall 43 Senior Vice President & Senior Vice President & Actuary (1993-Present), Hartford.
Actuary, 1993
Robert A. Kerzner 45 Vice President, 1994 Vice President (1994-Present); Regional Vice President
(1991-1994), Hartford.
William B. Malchodi, Jr. 46 Vice President, 1994 Vice President (1994-Present); Director of Taxes
Director of Taxes, 1992 (1992-Present), Hartford Insurance Group.
Thomas M. Marra 38 Executive Vice President & Senior Vice President & Director, Individual Life and
Director, Individual Life and Annuity Division (1993-1996); Director of Individual
Annuity Division, 1996 Annuities (1991-1993), Hartford.
Director, 1994*
Steven L. Mattieson 52 Vice President, 1984 Vice President, Director of New Business (1984-Present),
Hartford.
Joseph J. Noto 45 Vice President, 1989 President and Director (1994-Present), American Maturity
Life Insurance Company; Vice President (1989-Present),
Hartford Life Insurance Company.
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
POSITION WITH HARTFORD LIFE, OTHER BUSINESS PROFESSION, VOCATION OR EMPLOYMENT
NAME, AGE YEAR OF ELECTION FOR PAST 5 YEARS; OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS
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<S> <C> <C>
Craig D. Raymond 36 Vice President, 1993 Assistant Vice President (1992-1993); Actuary (1989-1994),
Chief Actuary, 1994 Hartford Life Insurance Company.
David T. Schrandt 49 Vice President, 1987 Vice President, Treasurer and Controller (1987-Present),
Treasurer, 1987 Hartford.
Lowndes A. Smith 57 President, 1989 President & Chief Operating Officer (1989-Present),
Chief Executive Officer, 1993 Hartford Life Insurance Company.
Director, 1985*
Lizabeth H. Zlatkus 37 Vice President, 1994 Vice President, Director Business Operations
Director, 1994* (1994-Present), Assistant Vice President, Director
Executive Operations (1992-1994), Hartford Life
Insurance Company.
</TABLE>
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* Denotes date of election to Board of Directors.
** ITT Hartford Affiliated Company.
Unless otherwise indicated, the principal business address of each the above
individuals is P.O. Box 2999, Hartford, CT 06104-2999.
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DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICY
Hartford intends to sell the Policy in all jurisdictions where it is
licensed to do business. The Policy will be sold by life insurance sales
representatives who represent Hartford and who are registered representatives of
Hartford Equity Sales Company, Inc. ("HESCO"), 200 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury,
Connecticut 06089, or certain other independent registered Broker-Dealers. Any
sales representative or employee will be qualified to sell variable life
insurance policies under applicable federal and state laws. Each Broker-Dealer
is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and all are members of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. HESCO is the principal underwriter for the Policy.
During the first Policy Year, the maximum sales commission payable to Hartford
agents, independent registered insurance brokers, and other registered Broker-
Dealers, is 45% of the premium paid up to a Target Premium, 2.0% of premium paid
between the Target Premium and a 2nd Tier Target Premium and 1.0% of premium
paid in excess of the 2nd Tier Target Premium. In Policy Years 2 and later,
sales representative commissions will not exceed 2.0% of the premiums paid. In
addition, expense allowances may be paid. The sales representative may be
required to return all or a portion of the commissions paid if the Policy
terminates prior to the first Policy Anniversary.
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SAFEKEEPING OF SEPARATE
ACCOUNT VL I'S ASSETS
The assets of the Separate Account are held by Hartford. The assets of the
Separate Account are kept physically segregated and held separate and apart from
the General Account of Hartford. Hartford maintains records of all purchases and
redemptions of shares of the Fund. Additional protection for the assets of the
Separate Account is afforded by Hartford's blanket fidelity bond issued by Aetna
Casualty and Surety Company, in the aggregate amount of $50 million, covering
all of the officers and employees of Hartford.
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FEDERAL TAX CONSIDERATIONS
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SINCE THE TAX LAW IS COMPLEX AND SINCE TAX CONSEQUENCES WILL VARY ACCORDING
TO THE ACTUAL STATUS OF THE CONTRACT OWNER INVOLVED, LEGAL AND TAX ADVICE MAY BE
NEEDED BY A PERSON, EMPLOYER OR OTHER ENTITY CONTEMPLATING THE PURCHASE OF A
CONTRACT DESCRIBED HEREIN.
It should be understood that any detailed description of the federal income
tax consequences regarding the purchase of these Contracts cannot be made in
this Prospectus and that special tax rules may be applicable with respect to
certain purchase situations not discussed herein. In addition, no attempt is
made here to consider any applicable state or other tax laws. For detailed
information, a qualified tax adviser should always be consulted. This discussion
of federaltax considerations is based upon Hartford's understanding of current
federal income tax laws as they are currently interpreted.
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TAXATION OF HARTFORD AND
THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT
The Separate Account is taxed as a part of Hartford which is taxed as a life
insurance company under Subchapter L of the Internal Revenue Code ("Code").
Accordingly, the Separate Account will not be taxed as a "regulated investment
company" under Subchapter M of the Code. Investment income and realized capital
gains on the assets of the Separate Account (the underlying Funds) are
reinvested and are taken into account in determining the value of the
Accumulation Units (see "Detailed Description of Policy Benefits and
Provisions-- Account Values," page 10). As a result, such investment income and
realized capital gains are automatically applied to increase reserves under the
Contract.
Hartford does not expect to incur any federal income tax on the earnings or
realized capital gains attributable to the Separate Account. Based upon this
expectation, no charge is currently being made to the Separate Account for
federal income taxes. If Hartford incurs income taxes attributable to the
Separate Account or determines that such taxes will be incurred, it may assess a
charge for such taxes against the Separate Account.
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INCOME TAXATION OF CONTRACT BENEFITS
For federal income tax purposes, the Contracts should be treated as life
insurance contracts under Section 7702 of the Code. The death benefit under a
life insurance contract is generally excluded from the gross income of the
beneficiary. Also, a life insurance Contract Owner is generally not taxed on
increments in the contract value until the Contract is partially or completely
surrendered. Section 7702 limits the amount of premium that may be invested in a
Contract that is treated as life insurance. Hartford intends to monitor premium
levels to assure compliance with the Section 7702 requirements.
During the first fifteen Contract Years, an "income first" rule generally
applies to distributions of cash required to be made under Code Section 7702
because of a reduction in benefits under the Contract.
The Maturity Date Extension Rider allows a Contract Owner to extend the
Maturity Date to the date of the Insured's death. If the Maturity Date of the
Contract is extended by rider, Hartford believes that the Contract will continue
to be treated as a life insurance contract for federal income tax purposes after
the scheduled Maturity Date. However, due to the lack of specific guidance on
this issue, the result is not certain. If the Contract is not treated as a life
insurance contract for federal income tax purposes after the scheduled Maturity
Date, among other things, the Death Proceeds may be taxable to the recipient.
The Contract Owner should consult a qualified tax adviser regarding the possible
adverse tax consequences resulting from an extension of the scheduled Maturity
Date.
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MODIFIED ENDOWMENT CONTRACTS
A life insurance contract is treated as a "modified endowment contract"
under Section 7702A of the Code if it meets the definition of life insurance in
Section 7702 but fails the "seven-pay" test of Section 7702A. The seven-pay test
provides that premium cannot be paid at a rate more rapidly than that allowed by
the payment of seven annual premiums using specified computational rules
provided in Section 7702A(c). The large single premium permitted under the
Contract does not meet the specified computational rules for the "seven-pay
test" under Section 7702A(c). Therefore, the Contract will generally be treated
as a modified endowment contract for federal income tax purposes. However, an
exchange under Section 1035 of the Code of a life insurance contract issued
before June 21, 1988 will not cause the new Contract to be treated as a modified
endowment contract if no additional premiums are paid and there is no change in
the death benefit as the result of the exchange.
A contract that is classified as modified endowment contract is generally
eligible for the beneficial tax treatment accorded to life insurance. That is,
the death benefit is excluded from income and increments in value are not
subject to current taxation. However, a loan, distributions or other amounts
received from a modified endowment contract during the life of the Insured will
be taxed to the extent of any accumulated income in the contract (generally, the
excess of account value over premiums paid). Amounts that are taxable
withdrawals will be subject to a 10% additional tax, with certain exceptions.
All modified endowment contracts that are issued within any calendar year to
the same Contract Owner by one company or its affiliates shall be treated as one
modified endowment contract in determining the taxable portion of any loan or
distributions.
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ESTATE AND GENERATION SKIPPING TAXES
When the Insured dies, the Death Proceeds will generally be includible in
the Contract Owner's estate for purposes of federal estate tax if the last
surviving Insured owned the Contract. If the Contract Owner was not the last
surviving Insured, the fair market value of the Contract would be included in
the Contract Owner's estate upon the Contract Owner's death. Nothing would be
includible in the last surviving Insured's estate if he or she neither retained
incidents of ownership at death nor had given up ownership within three years
before death.
Federal estate tax is integrated with federal gift tax under a unified rate
schedule. In general, estates less than
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$600,000 will not incur a federal estate tax liability. In addition, an
unlimited marital deduction may be available for federal estate and gift tax
purposes. The unlimited marital deduction permits the deferral of taxes until
the death of the surviving spouse (when the Death Proceeds would be available to
pay taxes due and other expenses incurred).
If the Contract Owner (whether or not he or she is an Insured) transfers
ownership of the Contract to someone two or more generations younger, the
transfer may be subject to the generation-skipping transfer tax, the taxable
amount being the value of the Contract. The generation-skipping transfer tax
provisions generally apply to transfers which would be subject to the gift and
estate tax rules. Individuals are generally allowed an aggregate generation
skipping transfer exemption of $1 million. Because these rules are complex, the
Contract Owner should consult with a qualified tax adviser for specific
information if ownership is passing to younger generations.
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DIVERSIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
Section 817 of the Code provides that a variable life insurance contract
(other than a pension plan policy) will not be treated as a life insurance
contract for any period during which the investments made by the separate
account or underlying fund are not adequately diversified in accordance with
regulations prescribed by the Treasury Department. If a Contract is not treated
as a life insurance contract, the Contract Owner will be subject to income tax
on the annual increases in cash value.
The Treasury Department has issued diversification regulations which
generally require, among other things, that no more than 55% of the value of the
total assets of the segregated asset account underlying a variable contract is
represented by any one investment, no more than 70% is represented by any two
investments, no more than 80% is represented by any three investments, and no
more than 90% is represented by any four investments. In determining whether the
diversification standards are met, all securities of the same issuer, all
interests in the same real property project, and all interests in the same
commodity are each treated as a single investment. In addition, in the case of
government securities, each government agency or instrumentality shall be
treated as a separate issuer.
A separate account must be in compliance with the diversification standards
on the last day of each calendar quarter or within 30 days after the quarter
ends. If an insurance company inadvertently fails to meet the diversification
requirements, the company may comply within a reasonable period and avoid the
taxation of policy income on an ongoing basis. However, either the company or
the Contract Owner must agree to pay the tax due for the period during which the
diversification requirements were not met.
Hartford monitors the diversification of investments in the separate
accounts and tests for diversification as required by the Code. Hartford intends
to administer all contracts subject to the diversification requirements in a
manner that will maintain adequate diversification.
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OWNERSHIP OF THE ASSETS IN
THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT
In order for a variable life insurance contract to qualify for tax deferral,
assets in the segregated asset accounts supporting the variable contract must be
considered to be owned by the insurance company and not by the variable contract
owner. The Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") has issued several rulings which
discuss investor control. The IRS has ruled that incidents of ownership by the
contract owner, such as the ability to select and control investments in a
separate account, will cause the contract owner to be treated as the owner of
the assets for tax purposes.
Further, in the explanation to the temporary Section 817 diversification
regulations, the Treasury Department noted that the temporary regulations "do
not provide guidance concerning the circumstances in which investor control of
the investments of a segregated asset account may cause the investor, rather
than the insurance company, to be treated as the owner of the assets in the
account." The explanation further indicates that "the temporary regulations
provide that in appropriate cases a segregated asset account may include
multiple sub-accounts, but do not specify the extent to which policyholders may
direct their investments to particular sub-accounts without being treated as the
owners of the underlying assets. Guidance on this and other issues will be
provided in regulations or revenue rulings under section 817(d), relating to the
definition of variable contract." The final regulations issued under Section 817
did not provide guidance regarding investor control, and as of the date of this
Prospectus, no other such guidance has been issued. Further, Hartford does not
know if or in what form such guidance will be issued. In addition, although
regulations are generally issued with prospective effect, it is possible that
regulations may be issued with retroactive effect. Due to the lack of specific
guidance regarding the issue of investor control, there is necessarily some
uncertainty regarding whether a Contract Owner could be considered the owner of
the assets for tax purposes. Hartford reserves the right to modify the
contracts, as necessary, to prevent Contract Owners from being considered the
owners of the assets in the separate accounts.
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LIFE INSURANCE PURCHASED FOR USE IN
SPLIT DOLLAR ARRANGEMENTS
On January 26, 1996, the IRS released a technical advice memorandum ("TAM")
on the taxability of life insurance policies used in certain split dollar
arrangements.
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A TAM, issued by the National Office of the IRS, provides advice as to the
internal revenue laws, regulations, and related statutes with respect to a
specific set of facts and a specific taxpayer. In the TAM, among other things,
the IRS concluded that an employee was subject to current taxation on the excess
of the cash surrender value of the policy over the premiums to be returned to
the employer. Purchasers of life insurance policies to be used in split dollar
arrangements are strongly advised to consult with a qualified tax adviser to
determine the tax treatment resulting from such an arrangement.
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FEDERAL INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING
If any amounts are deemed to be current taxable income to the Contract
Owner, such amounts will be subject to federal income tax withholding and
reporting, pursuant to the Code.
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NON-INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP OF CONTRACTS
Legislation has recently been proposed which would limit certain of the tax
advantages now afforded non-individual owners of life insurance contracts.
Prospective Contract Owners which are not individuals should consult a tax
adviser to determine the status of this proposed legislation and its potential
impact on the purchaser.
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OTHER
Federal estate tax, state and local estate, inheritance and other tax
consequences of ownership, or receipt of Contract proceeds depend on the
circumstances of each Contract Owner or beneficiary. A tax adviser should be
consulted to determine the impact of these taxes.
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LIFE INSURANCE PURCHASES BY NONRESIDENT
ALIENS AND FOREIGN CORPORATIONS
The discussion above provides general information regarding U.S. federal
income tax consequences to life insurance purchasers that are U.S. citizens or
residents. Purchasers that are not U.S. citizens or residents will generally be
subject to U.S. federal income tax and withholding on taxable distributions from
life insurance policies at a 30% rate, unless a lower treaty rate applies. In
addition, purchasers may be subject to state and/or municipal taxes and taxes
that may be imposed by the purchaser's country of citizenship or residence.
Prospective purchasers are advised to consult with a qualified tax advisor
regarding U.S. state, and foreign taxation with respect to a life insurance
policy purchase.
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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
There are no pending material legal proceedings affecting the Policy,
Separate Account VL I or any of the Funds.
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LEGAL MATTERS
Legal matters in connection with the issue and sale of the flexible premium
variable life insurance policies described in this Prospectus and the
organization of Hartford, its authority to issue the Policy under Connecticut
law and the validity of the forms of the Policy under Connecticut law and legal
matters relating to the federal securities and income tax laws have been passed
on by Lynda Godkin, General Counsel of Hartford.
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EXPERTS
The audited financial statements included in this Prospectus and elsewhere
in the registration statement have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP,
independent public accountants, as indicated in their reports with respect
thereto, and are included herein in reliance upon the authority of said firm as
experts in giving said reports. Reference is made to said report on the
statutory-basis financial statements of ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance
Company which states the statutory-basis financial statements are presented in
accordance with statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the
National Association of Insurance Commissioners and the State of Connecticut
Insurance Department, not presented in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. Reference is made to said report on the statutory-basis
financial statements of ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company (the
Depositor), which includes an explanatory paragraph with respect to the change
in valuation method in determining aggregate reserves for future benefits in
1994, as discussed in Note 1 of Notes to Statutory Financial Statements. The
principal business address of Arthur Andersen LLP is One Financial Plaza,
Hartford, CT 06103.
The hypothetical Policy illustrations have been approved by Ken A. McCullum,
FSA, and MAAA, Director of Individual Life Product Development, and are included
in this Prospectus in reliance upon his opinion as to their reasonableness.
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT
A registration statement has been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended. This Prospectus does not
contain all information set forth in the registration statement, its amendments
and exhibits, to all of which reference is made for further information
concerning Separate Account VL I, Hartford, and the Policy.
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APPENDIX A
ILLUSTRATION OF DEATH BENEFITS, ACCOUNT VALUES
AND CASH SURRENDER VALUES
The tables in Appendix A illustrate the way in which a Policy operates. They
show how the death benefit and surrender value could vary over an extended
period of time assuming hypothetical gross rates of return equal to constant
after tax annual rates of 0%, 6% and 12%. The illustrations assume the
following: a male, preferred, age 55, and a female, preferred, age 50, with
$1,000,000 of Face Amount and a premium of $15,500 paid in all years; a male,
preferred, age 55, and a female, preferred, age 50, with $750,000 of Face Amount
and $250,000 of Face Amount and a premium of $7,500 paid in all years; a male,
preferred, age 65, and a female, preferred, age 65, with $1,000,000 of Face
Amount and a premium of $27,000 paid for in all years; and a male, preferred,
age 65, and a female, preferred, age 65 with $750,000 of Face Amount and
$250,000 of Supplemental Face Amount and a premium of $21,500 paid in all years.
The death benefit and surrender value for a Policy would be different from
those shown if the rates of return averaged 0%, 6% and 12% over a period of
years, but also fluctuated above or below those averages for individual Policy
Years. They would also differ if any contract loan were made during the period
of time illustrated.
The tables reflect the deductions of current Policy charges and guaranteed
Policy charges for a single gross interest rate. The death benefits and
surrender values would change if the current Cost of Insurance charges change.
The amounts shown for the death benefit and surrender value as of the end of
each Policy Year take into account an average daily charge equal to an annual
charge of 0.70% of the average daily net assets of the Funds for investment
advisory and administrative services fees. The gross annual investment return
rates of 0%, 6% and 12% on the Fund's assets are equal to net annual investment
return rates (net of the 0.70% average daily charge) of -.70%, 5.30% and 11.30%,
respectively.
In addition, the death benefit and surrender value as of the end of each
Policy Year take into account the front-end sales load, federal tax charge,
premium tax charge, Cost of Insurance Charge, Monthly Administrative Fee, Issue
Charge, and Mortality and Expense Risk Charge. For purpose of the illustrations
in this Prospectus, the premium tax charge and federal tax charge is assumed to
be an average of 3.5%.
The hypothetical returns shown in the tables are without any tax charges
that may be allocable to the Separate Account in the future. In order to produce
after tax returns of 0%, 6%, and 12%, the Separate Account would have to earn a
sufficient amount in excess of 0% or 6% or 12% to cover any tax charges (see
"Detailed Description of Policy Benefits and Provisions -- Deductions and
Charges from the Account Value -- Taxes," page 20).
The "Premium Paid Plus Interest" column of each table shows the amount which
would accumulate if the initial premium was invested to earn interest, after
taxes of 5% per year, compounded annually.
Hartford will furnish upon request, a comparable illustration reflecting the
proposed insureds age, risk classification, Face Amount or initial premium
requested, and reflecting guaranteed Cost of Insurance rates. Hartford will also
furnish an additional similar illustration reflecting current Cost of Insurance
rates which may be less than, but never greater than, the guaranteed Cost of
Insurance rates.
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FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE
DEATH BENEFIT OPTION: LEVEL
$250,000 FACE AMOUNT
ISSUE AGE 45 MALE PREFERRED
$3,250 PLANNED PREMIUM
ASSUMING HYPOTHETICAL GROSS ANNUAL INVESTMENT RETURN OF 0% (-0.70% NET)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CURRENT CHARGES* GUARANTEED CHARGES**
PREMIUMS ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
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CONTRACT AT 5% INTEREST ACCOUNT SURRENDER DEATH ACCOUNT SURRENDER DEATH
YEAR PER YEAR VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1 3,413 1,880 0*** 250,000 1,880 0*** 250,000
2 6,996 3,849 849*** 250,000 3,849 849*** 250,000
3 10,758 5,724 2,724 250,000 5,724 2,724 250,000
4 14,708 7,499 4,499 250,000 7,499 4,499 250,000
5 18,856 9,247 6,247 250,000 9,168 6,168 250,000
6 23,212 10,887 8,160 250,000 10,724 7,997 250,000
7 27,785 12,433 9,979 250,000 12,153 9,699 250,000
8 32,586 13,878 11,696 250,000 13,442 11,260 250,000
9 37,628 15,212 13,303 250,000 14,576 12,667 250,000
10 42,922 16,430 14,794 250,000 15,539 13,903 250,000
11 48,481 17,808 16,444 250,000 16,400 15,036 250,000
12 54,317 19,173 18,082 250,000 17,063 15,972 250,000
13 60,446 20,386 19,568 250,000 17,519 16,701 250,000
14 66,880 21,432 20,887 250,000 17,746 17,200 250,000
15 73,637 22,293 22,020 250,000 17,717 17,444 250,000
16 80,731 22,950 22,950 250,000 17,402 17,402 250,000
17 88,180 23,380 23,380 250,000 16,767 16,767 250,000
18 96,002 23,549 23,549 250,000 15,762 15,762 250,000
19 104,214 23,423 23,423 250,000 14,332 14,332 250,000
20 112,838 22,968 22,968 250,000 12,423 12,423 250,000
25 162,869 15,834 15,834 250,000 -- -- --
35 308,218 -- -- -- -- -- --
</TABLE>
* THESE VALUES REFLECT INVESTMENT RESULTS USING CURRENT COST OF INSURANCE
RATES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, AND MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK RATES.
** THESE VALUES REFLECT INVESTMENT RESULTS USING GUARANTEED COST OF INSURANCE
RATES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, AND MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK RATES.
*** IF YOU SURRENDER YOUR POLICY DURING THE FIRST TWO POLICY YEARS, YOU WILL
RECEIVE A REFUND IN ADDITION TO THE CASH SURRENDER VALUES SHOWN. THE REFUND
PLUS THE CASH SURRENDER VALUE WOULD BE $0 IN YEAR ONE AND $1,182 IN YEAR
TWO.
THESE VALUES REFLECT CURRENT FRONT-END SALES LOADS OF 2% IN YEARS 1 THROUGH 10
AND 0% THEREAFTER, AND GUARANTEED FRONT-END SALES LOADS OF 2% IN ALL YEARS. THE
SURRENDER CHARGE EFFECTIVE IN ANY YEAR CAN BE DETERMINED BY SUBTRACTING THE CASH
SURRENDER VALUE FROM THE ACCOUNT VALUE.
THE DEATH BENEFIT MAY, AND THE ACCOUNT VALUES AND CASH SURRENDER VALUES WILL,
DIFFER IF PREMIUMS ARE PAID IN DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OR FREQUENCIES.
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RESULTS SHOWN ABOVE AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE INVESTMENT RESULTS. ACTUAL INVESTMENT RESULTS MAY BE MORE OR LESS
THAN THOSE SHOWN. THE DEATH BENEFIT, ACCOUNT VALUE AND CASH SURRENDER VALUE FOR
A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE SHOWN IF ACTUAL INVESTMENT RETURN
APPLICABLE TO THE POLICY AVERAGE 0% OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS, BUT ALSO FLUCTUATED
ABOVE OR BELOW THAT AVERAGE FOR INDIVIDUAL POLICY YEARS. THE DEATH BENEFIT,
ACCOUNT VALUE AND CASH SURRENDER VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD ALSO BE DIFFERENT FROM
THOSE SHOWN, DEPENDING ON THE INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE TO THE SEPARATE
ACCOUNTS AND THE RATES OF RETURN OF THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT IF THE ACTUAL RATES OF
INVESTMENT RETURN APPLICABLE TO THE POLICY AVERAGED 0%, BUT VARIED ABOVE OR
BELOW THAT AVERAGE FOR THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE THAT
THIS HYPOTHETICAL RATE OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE YEAR OR SUSTAINED
OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
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FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE
DEATH BENEFIT OPTION: LEVEL
$250,000 FACE AMOUNT
ISSUE AGE 45 MALE PREFERRED
$3,250 PLANNED PREMIUM
ASSUMING HYPOTHETICAL GROSS ANNUAL INVESTMENT RETURN OF 6% (5.30% NET)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CURRENT CHARGES* GUARANTEED CHARGES**
PREMIUMS ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
END OF ACCUMULATED CASH CASH
CONTRACT AT 5% INTEREST ACCOUNT SURRENDER DEATH ACCOUNT SURRENDER DEATH
YEAR PER YEAR VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1 3,413 2,026 0*** 250,000 2,026 0*** 250,000
2 6,996 4,265 1,265*** 250,000 4,265 1,265*** 250,000
3 10,758 6,537 3,537 250,000 6,537 3,537 250,000
4 14,708 8,838 5,838 250,000 8,838 5,838 250,000
5 18,856 11,245 8,245 250,000 11,164 8,164 250,000
6 23,212 13,679 10,951 250,000 13,507 10,779 250,000
7 27,785 16,155 13,700 250,000 15,853 13,399 250,000
8 32,586 18,667 16,485 250,000 18,190 16,008 250,000
9 37,628 21,208 19,299 250,000 20,499 18,590 250,000
10 42,922 23,773 22,136 250,000 22,768 21,132 250,000
11 48,481 26,695 25,331 250,000 25,087 23,723 250,000
12 54,317 29,776 28,685 250,000 27,345 26,254 250,000
13 60,446 32,888 32,070 250,000 29,530 28,712 250,000
14 66,880 36,022 35,477 250,000 31,620 31,074 250,000
15 73,637 39,164 38,891 250,000 33,587 33,314 250,000
16 80,731 42,299 42,299 250,000 35,399 35,399 250,000
17 88,180 45,411 45,411 250,000 37,021 37,021 250,000
18 96,002 48,474 48,474 250,000 38,399 38,399 250,000
19 104,214 51,461 51,461 250,000 39,477 39,477 250,000
20 112,838 54,344 54,344 250,000 40,195 40,195 250,000
25 162,869 67,606 67,606 250,000 35,927 35,927 250,000
35 308,218 56,169 56,169 250,000 -- -- --
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<C> <S>
* THESE VALUES REFLECT INVESTMENT RESULTS USING CURRENT COST OF INSURANCE
RATES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, AND MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK RATES.
** THESE VALUES REFLECT INVESTMENT RESULTS USING GUARANTEED COST OF INSURANCE
RATES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, AND MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK RATES.
*** IF YOU SURRENDER YOUR POLICY DURING THE FIRST TWO POLICY YEARS, YOU WILL
RECEIVE A REFUND IN ADDITION TO THE CASH SURRENDER VALUES SHOWN. THE REFUND
PLUS THE CASH SURRENDER VALUE WOULD BE $0 IN YEAR ONE AND $1,598 IN YEAR
TWO.
THESE VALUES REFLECT CURRENT FRONT-END SALES LOADS OF 2% IN YEARS 1 THROUGH
10 AND 0% THEREAFTER, AND GUARANTEED FRONT-END SALES LOADS OF 2% IN ALL
YEARS. THE SURRENDER CHARGE EFFECTIVE IN ANY YEAR CAN BE DETERMINED BY
SUBTRACTING THE CASH SURRENDER VALUE FROM THE ACCOUNT VALUE.
THE DEATH BENEFIT MAY, AND THE ACCOUNT VALUES AND CASH SURRENDER VALUES
WILL, DIFFER IF PREMIUMS ARE PAID IN DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OR FREQUENCIES.
</TABLE>
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RESULTS SHOWN ABOVE AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE INVESTMENT RESULTS. ACTUAL INVESTMENT RESULTS MAY BE MORE OR LESS
THAN THOSE SHOWN. THE DEATH BENEFIT, ACCOUNT VALUE AND CASH SURRENDER VALUE FOR
A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE SHOWN IF ACTUAL INVESTMENT RETURN
APPLICABLE TO THE POLICY AVERAGE 6% OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS, BUT ALSO FLUCTUATED
ABOVE OR BELOW THAT AVERAGE FOR INDIVIDUAL POLICY YEARS. THE DEATH BENEFIT,
ACCOUNT VALUE AND CASH SURRENDER VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD ALSO BE DIFFERENT FROM
THOSE SHOWN, DEPENDING ON THE INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE TO THE SEPARATE
ACCOUNTS AND THE RATES OF RETURN OF THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT IF THE ACTUAL RATES OF
INVESTMENT RETURN APPLICABLE TO THE POLICY AVERAGED 6%, BUT VARIED ABOVE OR
BELOW THAT AVERAGE FOR THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE THAT
THIS HYPOTHETICAL RATE OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE YEAR OR SUSTAINED
OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
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FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE
DEATH BENEFIT OPTION: LEVEL
$250,000 FACE AMOUNT
ISSUE AGE 45 MALE PREFERRED
$3,250 PLANNED PREMIUM
ASSUMING HYPOTHETICAL GROSS ANNUAL INVESTMENT RETURN OF 12% (11.30% NET)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CURRENT CHARGES* GUARANTEED CHARGES**
PREMIUMS ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
END OF ACCUMULATED CASH CASH
CONTRACT AT 5% INTEREST ACCOUNT SURRENDER DEATH ACCOUNT SURRENDER DEATH
YEAR PER YEAR VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT
------- -------------- ---------- ----------- --------- ---------- ----------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1 3,413 2,173 0*** 250,000 2,173 0*** 250,000
2 6,996 4,698 1,698*** 250,000 4,698 1,698*** 250,000
3 10,758 7,420 4,420 250,000 7,420 4,420 250,000
4 14,708 10,354 7,354 250,000 10,354 7,354 250,000
5 18,856 13,600 10,600 250,000 13,517 10,517 250,000
6 23,212 17,105 14,378 250,000 16,925 14,198 250,000
7 27,785 20,915 18,461 250,000 20,953 18,138 250,000
8 32,586 25,056 22,874 250,000 24,536 22,354 250,000
9 37,628 29,555 27,646 250,000 28,771 26,862 250,000
10 42,922 34,448 32,811 250,000 33,320 31,683 250,000
11 48,481 40,192 38,828 250,000 38,356 36,992 250,000
12 54,317 46,602 45,511 250,000 43,795 42,704 250,000
13 60,446 53,630 52,812 250,000 49,681 48,863 250,000
14 66,880 61,343 60,797 250,000 56,060 55,514 250,000
15 73,637 69,816 69,543 250,000 62,978 62,706 250,000
16 80,731 79,138 79,138 250,000 70,493 70,493 250,000
17 88,180 89,413 89,413 250,000 78,670 78,670 250,000
18 96,002 100,753 100,753 250,000 87,580 87,580 250,000
19 104,214 113,294 113,294 250,000 97,308 97,308 250,000
20 112,838 127,202 127,202 250,000 107,966 107,966 250,000
25 162,869 226,451 226,451 262,684 181,362 181,362 250,000
35 308,218 681,261 681,261 715,324 531,828 531,828 558,419
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<C> <S>
* THESE VALUES REFLECT INVESTMENT RESULTS USING CURRENT COST OF INSURANCE
RATES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, AND MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK RATES.
** THESE VALUES REFLECT INVESTMENT RESULTS USING GUARANTEED COST OF INSURANCE
RATES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, AND MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK RATES.
*** IF YOU SURRENDER YOUR POLICY DURING THE FIRST TWO POLICY YEARS, YOU WILL
RECEIVE A REFUND IN ADDITION TO THE CASH SURRENDER VALUES SHOWN. THE REFUND
PLUS THE CASH SURRENDER VALUE WOULD BE $13 IN YEAR ONE AND $2,031 IN YEAR
TWO.
THESE VALUES REFLECT CURRENT FRONT-END SALES LOADS OF 2% IN YEARS 1 THROUGH
10 AND 0% THEREAFTER, AND GUARANTEED FRONT-END SALES LOADS OF 2% IN ALL
YEARS. THE SURRENDER CHARGE EFFECTIVE IN ANY YEAR CAN BE DETERMINED BY
SUBTRACTING THE CASH SURRENDER VALUE FROM THE ACCOUNT VALUE.
THE DEATH BENEFIT MAY, AND THE ACCOUNT VALUES AND CASH SURRENDER VALUES
WILL, DIFFER IF PREMIUMS ARE PAID IN DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OR FREQUENCIES.
</TABLE>
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RESULTS SHOWN ABOVE AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE INVESTMENT RESULTS. ACTUAL INVESTMENT RESULTS MAY BE MORE OR LESS
THAN THOSE SHOWN. THE DEATH BENEFIT, ACCOUNT VALUE AND CASH SURRENDER VALUE FOR
A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE SHOWN IF ACTUAL INVESTMENT RETURN
APPLICABLE TO THE POLICY AVERAGE 12% OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS, BUT ALSO FLUCTUATED
ABOVE OR BELOW THAT AVERAGE FOR INDIVIDUAL POLICY YEARS. THE DEATH BENEFIT,
ACCOUNT VALUE AND CASH SURRENDER VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD ALSO BE DIFFERENT FROM
THOSE SHOWN, DEPENDING ON THE INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE TO THE SEPARATE
ACCOUNTS AND THE RATES OF RETURN OF THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT IF THE ACTUAL RATES OF
INVESTMENT RETURN APPLICABLE TO THE POLICY AVERAGED 12%, BUT VARIED ABOVE OR
BELOW THAT AVERAGE FOR THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE THAT
THIS HYPOTHETICAL RATE OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE YEAR OR SUSTAINED
OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
<PAGE>
36 ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE
DEATH BENEFIT OPTION: RETURN OF ACCOUNT VALUE
$250,000 FACE AMOUNT
ISSUE AGE 45 MALE PREFERRED
$3,250 PLANNED PREMIUM
ASSUMING HYPOTHETICAL GROSS ANNUAL INVESTMENT RETURN OF 0% (-0.70% NET)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CURRENT CHARGES* GUARANTEED CHARGES**
PREMIUMS ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
END OF ACCUMULATED CASH CASH
CONTRACT AT 5% INTEREST ACCOUNT SURRENDER DEATH ACCOUNT SURRENDER DEATH
YEAR PER YEAR VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT
------- -------------- --------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1 3,413 1,872 0*** 251,872 1,872 0*** 251,872
2 6,996 3,824 824*** 253,824 3,824 824*** 253,824
3 10,758 5,674 2,674 255,674 5,674 2,674 255,674
4 14,708 7,414 4,414 257,414 7,414 4,414 257,414
5 18,856 9,120 6,120 259,120 9,038 6,038 259,038
6 23,212 10,707 7,979 260,707 10,537 7,809 260,537
7 27,785 12,189 9,734 262,189 11,896 9,442 261,896
8 32,586 13,557 11,375 263,557 13,101 10,920 263,101
9 37,628 14,802 12,893 264,802 14,135 12,226 264,135
10 42,922 15,916 14,279 265,916 14,982 13,346 264,982
11 48,481 17,176 15,812 267,176 15,705 14,342 265,705
12 54,317 18,414 17,323 268,414 16,211 15,120 266,211
13 60,446 19,480 18,661 269,480 16,490 15,672 266,490
14 66,880 20,355 19,810 270,355 16,520 15,974 266,520
15 73,637 21,020 20,748 271,020 16,273 16,000 266,273
16 80,731 21,454 21,454 271,454 15,721 15,721 265,721
17 88,180 21,634 21,634 271,634 14,833 14,833 264,833
18 96,002 21,523 21,523 271,523 13,560 13,560 263,560
19 104,214 21,085 21,085 271,085 11,856 11,856 261,856
20 112,838 20,290 20,290 270,290 9,675 9,675 259,675
25 162,869 11,274 11,274 261,274 -- -- --
35 308,218 -- -- -- -- -- --
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<C> <S>
* THESE VALUES REFLECT INVESTMENT RESULTS USING CURRENT COST OF INSURANCE
RATES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, AND MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK RATES.
** THESE VALUES REFLECT INVESTMENT RESULTS USING GUARANTEED COST OF INSURANCE
RATES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, AND MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK RATES.
*** IF YOU SURRENDER YOUR POLICY DURING THE FIRST TWO POLICY YEARS, YOU WILL
RECEIVE A REFUND IN ADDITION TO THE CASH SURRENDER VALUES SHOWN. THE REFUND
PLUS THE CASH SURRENDER VALUE WOULD BE $0 IN YEAR ONE AND $824 IN YEAR TWO.
THESE VALUES REFLECT CURRENT FRONT-END SALES LOADS OF 2% IN YEARS 1 THROUGH
10 AND 0% THEREAFTER, AND GUARANTEED FRONT-END SALES LOADS OF 2% IN ALL
YEARS. THE SURRENDER CHARGE EFFECTIVE IN ANY YEAR CAN BE DETERMINED BY
SUBTRACTING THE CASH SURRENDER VALUE FROM THE ACCOUNT VALUE.
THE DEATH BENEFIT MAY, AND THE ACCOUNT VALUES AND CASH SURRENDER VALUES
WILL, DIFFER IF PREMIUMS ARE PAID IN DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OR FREQUENCIES.
</TABLE>
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RESULTS SHOWN ABOVE AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE INVESTMENT RESULTS. ACTUAL INVESTMENT RESULTS MAY BE MORE OR LESS
THAN THOSE SHOWN. THE DEATH BENEFIT, ACCOUNT VALUE AND CASH SURRENDER VALUE FOR
A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE SHOWN IF ACTUAL INVESTMENT RETURN
APPLICABLE TO THE POLICY AVERAGE 0% OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS, BUT ALSO FLUCTUATED
ABOVE OR BELOW THAT AVERAGE FOR INDIVIDUAL POLICY YEARS. THE DEATH BENEFIT,
ACCOUNT VALUE AND CASH SURRENDER VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD ALSO BE DIFFERENT FROM
THOSE SHOWN, DEPENDING ON THE INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE TO THE SEPARATE
ACCOUNTS AND THE RATES OF RETURN OF THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT IF THE ACTUAL RATES OF
INVESTMENT RETURN APPLICABLE TO THE POLICY AVERAGED 0%, BUT VARIED ABOVE OR
BELOW THAT AVERAGE FOR THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE THAT
THIS HYPOTHETICAL RATE OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE YEAR OR SUSTAINED
OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
<PAGE>
ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY 37
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE
DEATH BENEFIT OPTION: RETURN OF ACCOUNT VALUE
$250,000 FACE AMOUNT
ISSUE AGE 45 MALE PREFERRED
$3,250 PLANNED PREMIUM
ASSUMING HYPOTHETICAL GROSS ANNUAL INVESTMENT RETURN OF 6% (5.30% NET)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CURRENT CHARGES* GUARANTEED CHARGES**
PREMIUMS ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
END OF ACCUMULATED CASH CASH
CONTRACT AT 5% INTEREST ACCOUNT SURRENDER DEATH ACCOUNT SURRENDER DEATH
YEAR PER YEAR VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT
------- -------------- --------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1 3,413 2,017 0 252,017 2,017 0*** 252,017
2 6,996 4,237 1,237*** 254,237 4,237 1,237*** 254,237
3 10,758 6,479 3,479 256,479 6,479 3,479 256,479
4 14,708 8,736 5,736 258,736 8,736 5,736 258,736
5 18,856 11,087 8,087 261,087 11,002 8,002 261,002
6 23,212 13,444 10,717 263,444 13,264 10,537 263,264
7 27,785 15,824 13,369 265,824 15,506 13,052 265,506
8 32,586 18,215 16,033 268,215 17,710 15,528 267,710
9 37,628 20,606 18,697 270,606 19,854 17,945 269,854
10 42,922 22,988 21,352 272,988 21,916 20,280 271,916
11 48,481 25,690 24,326 275,690 23,980 22,616 273,980
12 54,317 28,518 27,427 278,518 25,926 24,835 275,926
13 60,446 31,321 30,503 281,321 27,737 26,919 277,737
14 66,880 34,080 33,535 284,080 29,380 28,835 279,380
15 73,637 36,770 36,497 286,770 30,817 30,545 280,817
16 80,731 39,363 39,363 289,363 32,005 32,005 282,005
17 88,180 41,828 41,828 291,828 32,895 32,895 282,895
18 96,002 44,119 44,119 294,119 33,421 33,421 283,421
19 104,214 46,188 46,188 296,188 33,509 33,509 283,509
20 112,838 47,986 47,986 297,986 33,088 33,088 283,088
25 162,869 52,781 52,781 302,781 20,679 20,679 270,679
35 308,218 -- -- -- -- -- --
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<C> <S>
* THESE VALUES REFLECT INVESTMENT RESULTS USING CURRENT COST OF INSURANCE
RATES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, AND MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK RATES.
** THESE VALUES REFLECT INVESTMENT RESULTS USING GUARANTEED COST OF INSURANCE
RATES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, AND MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK RATES.
*** IF YOU SURRENDER YOUR POLICY DURING THE FIRST TWO POLICY YEARS, YOU WILL
RECEIVE A REFUND IN ADDITION TO THE CASH SURRENDER VALUES SHOWN. THE REFUND
PLUS THE CASH SURRENDER VALUE WOULD BE $0 IN YEAR ONE AND $1,237 IN YEAR
TWO.
THESE VALUES REFLECT CURRENT FRONT-END SALES LOADS OF 2% IN YEARS 1 THROUGH
10 AND 0% THEREAFTER, AND GUARANTEED FRONT-END SALES LOADS OF 2% IN ALL
YEARS. THE SURRENDER CHARGE EFFECTIVE IN ANY YEAR CAN BE DETERMINED BY
SUBTRACTING THE CASH SURRENDER VALUE FROM THE ACCOUNT VALUE.
THE DEATH BENEFIT MAY, AND THE ACCOUNT VALUES AND CASH SURRENDER VALUES
WILL, DIFFER IF PREMIUMS ARE PAID IN DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OR FREQUENCIES.
</TABLE>
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RESULTS SHOWN ABOVE AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE INVESTMENT RESULTS. ACTUAL INVESTMENT RESULTS MAY BE MORE OR LESS
THAN THOSE SHOWN. THE DEATH BENEFIT, ACCOUNT VALUE AND CASH SURRENDER VALUE FOR
A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE SHOWN IF ACTUAL INVESTMENT RETURN
APPLICABLE TO THE POLICY AVERAGE 6% OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS, BUT ALSO FLUCTUATED
ABOVE OR BELOW THAT AVERAGE FOR INDIVIDUAL POLICY YEARS. THE DEATH BENEFIT,
ACCOUNT VALUE AND CASH SURRENDER VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD ALSO BE DIFFERENT FROM
THOSE SHOWN, DEPENDING ON THE INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE TO THE SEPARATE
ACCOUNTS AND THE RATES OF RETURN OF THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT IF THE ACTUAL RATES OF
INVESTMENT RETURN APPLICABLE TO THE POLICY AVERAGED 6%, BUT VARIED ABOVE OR
BELOW THAT AVERAGE FOR THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE THAT
THIS HYPOTHETICAL RATE OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE YEAR OR SUSTAINED
OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
<PAGE>
38 ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE
DEATH BENEFIT OPTION: RETURN OF ACCOUNT VALUE
$250,000 FACE AMOUNT
ISSUE AGE 45 MALE PREFERRED
$3,250 PLANNED PREMIUM
ASSUMING HYPOTHETICAL GROSS ANNUAL INVESTMENT RETURN OF 12% (11.30% NET)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CURRENT CHARGES* GUARANTEED CHARGES**
PREMIUMS ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
END OF ACCUMULATED CASH CASH
CONTRACT AT 5% INTEREST ACCOUNT SURRENDER DEATH ACCOUNT SURRENDER DEATH
YEAR PER YEAR VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT
------- -------------- ---------- ----------- --------- ---------- ----------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1 3,413 2,163 0*** 252,163 2,163 0*** 252,163
2 6,996 4,668 1,668*** 254,668 4,668 1,668*** 254,668
3 10,758 7,354 4,354 257,354 7,354 4,354 257,354
4 14,708 10,233 7,233 260,233 10,233 7,233 260,233
5 18,856 13,404 10,404 263,404 13,316 10,316 263,316
6 23,212 16,804 14,076 266,804 16,613 13,885 266,613
7 27,785 20,472 18,017 270,472 20,128 17,673 270,128
8 32,586 24,425 22,243 274,425 23,866 21,685 273,866
9 37,628 28,679 26,770 278,679 27,831 25,922 277,831
10 42,922 33,258 31,621 283,258 32,026 30,390 282,026
11 48,481 38,601 37,237 288,601 36,600 35,236 286,600
12 54,317 44,523 43,432 294,523 41,442 40,351 291,442
13 60,446 50,925 50,107 300,925 46,570 45,752 296,570
14 66,880 57,842 57,297 307,842 51,987 51,441 301,987
15 73,637 65,307 65,034 315,307 57,692 57,420 307,692
16 80,731 73,355 73,355 323,355 63,683 63,683 313,683
17 88,180 82,024 82,024 332,024 69,952 69,952 319,952
18 96,002 91,340 91,340 341,340 76,475 76,475 326,475
19 104,214 101,336 101,336 351,336 83,222 83,222 333,222
20 112,838 112,046 112,046 362,046 90,166 90,166 340,166
25 162,869 179,944 179,944 429,944 126,697 126,697 376,697
35 308,218 396,129 396,129 646,129 163,484 163,484 413,484
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<C> <S>
* THESE VALUES REFLECT INVESTMENT RESULTS USING CURRENT COST OF INSURANCE
RATES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, AND MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK RATES.
** THESE VALUES REFLECT INVESTMENT RESULTS USING GUARANTEED COST OF INSURANCE
RATES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, AND MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK RATES.
*** IF YOU SURRENDER YOUR POLICY DURING THE FIRST TWO POLICY YEARS, YOU WILL
RECEIVE A REFUND IN ADDITION TO THE CASH SURRENDER VALUES SHOWN. THE REFUND
PLUS THE CASH SURRENDER VALUE WOULD BE $3 IN YEAR ONE AND $1,668 IN YEAR
TWO.
THESE VALUES REFLECT CURRENT FRONT-END SALES LOADS OF 2% IN YEARS 1 THROUGH
10 AND 0% THEREAFTER, AND GUARANTEED FRONT-END SALES LOADS OF 2% IN ALL
YEARS. THE SURRENDER CHARGE EFFECTIVE IN ANY YEAR CAN BE DETERMINED BY
SUBTRACTING THE CASH SURRENDER VALUE FROM THE ACCOUNT VALUE.
THE DEATH BENEFIT MAY, AND THE ACCOUNT VALUES AND CASH SURRENDER VALUES
WILL, DIFFER IF PREMIUMS ARE PAID IN DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OR FREQUENCIES.
</TABLE>
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RESULTS SHOWN ABOVE AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE INVESTMENT RESULTS. ACTUAL INVESTMENT RESULTS MAY BE MORE OR LESS
THAN THOSE SHOWN. THE DEATH BENEFIT, ACCOUNT VALUE AND CASH SURRENDER VALUE FOR
A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE SHOWN IF ACTUAL INVESTMENT RETURN
APPLICABLE TO THE POLICY AVERAGE 12% OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS, BUT ALSO FLUCTUATED
ABOVE OR BELOW THAT AVERAGE FOR INDIVIDUAL POLICY YEARS. THE DEATH BENEFIT,
ACCOUNT VALUE AND CASH SURRENDER VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD ALSO BE DIFFERENT FROM
THOSE SHOWN, DEPENDING ON THE INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE TO THE SEPARATE
ACCOUNTS AND THE RATES OF RETURN OF THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT IF THE ACTUAL RATES OF
INVESTMENT RETURN APPLICABLE TO THE POLICY AVERAGED 12%, BUT VARIED ABOVE OR
BELOW THAT AVERAGE FOR THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE THAT
THIS HYPOTHETICAL RATE OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE YEAR OR SUSTAINED
OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
<PAGE>
ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY 39
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE
DEATH BENEFIT OPTION: RETURN OF PREMIUM
$250,000 FACE AMOUNT
ISSUE AGE 45 MALE PREFERRED
$3,250 PLANNED PREMIUM
ASSUMING HYPOTHETICAL GROSS ANNUAL INVESTMENT RETURN OF 0% (-0.70% NET)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CURRENT CHARGES* GUARANTEED CHARGES**
PREMIUMS ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
END OF ACCUMULATED CASH CASH
CONTRACT AT 5% INTEREST ACCOUNT SURRENDER DEATH ACCOUNT SURRENDER DEATH
YEAR PER YEAR VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT
------- -------------- --------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1 3,413 1,869 0*** 253,250 1,869 0*** 253,250
2 6,996 3,814 814*** 256,500 3,814 814*** 256,500
3 10,758 5,650 2,650 259,750 5,650 2,650 259,750
4 14,708 7,369 4,369 263,000 7,369 4,369 263,000
5 18,856 9,048 6,048 266,250 8,964 5,964 266,250
6 23,212 10,597 7,870 269,500 10,422 7,695 269,500
7 27,785 12,031 9,577 272,750 11,727 9,273 272,750
8 32,586 13,339 11,157 276,000 12,861 10,680 276,000
9 37,628 14,507 12,598 279,250 13,802 11,893 279,250
10 42,922 15,525 13,889 282,500 14,531 12,895 282,500
11 48,481 16,671 15,307 285,750 15,102 13,738 285,750
12 54,317 17,782 16,691 289,000 15,416 14,325 289,000
13 60,446 18,692 17,874 292,250 15,456 14,638 292,250
14 66,880 19,378 18,832 295,500 15,188 14,642 295,500
15 73,637 19,812 19,539 298,750 14,572 14,299 298,750
16 80,731 19,964 19,964 302,000 13,562 13,562 302,000
17 88,180 19,799 19,799 305,250 12,106 12,106 305,250
18 96,002 19,265 19,265 308,500 10,128 10,128 308,500
19 104,214 18,308 18,308 311,750 7,547 7,547 311,750
20 112,838 16,873 16,873 315,000 4,275 4,275 315,000
25 162,869 2,178 2,178 331,250 -- -- --
35 308,218 -- -- -- -- -- --
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<C> <S>
* THESE VALUES REFLECT INVESTMENT RESULTS USING CURRENT COST OF INSURANCE
RATES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, AND MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK RATES.
** THESE VALUES REFLECT INVESTMENT RESULTS USING GUARANTEED COST OF INSURANCE
RATES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, AND MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK RATES.
*** IF YOU SURRENDER YOUR POLICY DURING THE FIRST TWO POLICY YEARS, YOU WILL
RECEIVE A REFUND IN ADDITION TO THE CASH SURRENDER VALUES SHOWN. THE REFUND
PLUS THE CASH SURRENDER VALUE WOULD BE $0 IN YEAR ONE AND $1,147 IN YEAR
TWO.
THESE VALUES REFLECT CURRENT FRONT-END SALES LOADS OF 2% IN YEARS 1 THROUGH
10 AND 0% THEREAFTER, AND GUARANTEED FRONT-END SALES LOADS OF 2% IN ALL
YEARS. THE SURRENDER CHARGE EFFECTIVE IN ANY YEAR CAN BE DETERMINED BY
SUBTRACTING THE CASH SURRENDER VALUE FROM THE ACCOUNT VALUE.
THE DEATH BENEFIT MAY, AND THE ACCOUNT VALUES AND CASH SURRENDER VALUES
WILL, DIFFER IF PREMIUMS ARE PAID IN DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OR FREQUENCIES.
</TABLE>
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RESULTS SHOWN ABOVE AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE INVESTMENT RESULTS. ACTUAL INVESTMENT RESULTS MAY BE MORE OR LESS
THAN THOSE SHOWN. THE DEATH BENEFIT, ACCOUNT VALUE AND CASH SURRENDER VALUE FOR
A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE SHOWN IF ACTUAL INVESTMENT RETURN
APPLICABLE TO THE POLICY AVERAGE 0% OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS, BUT ALSO FLUCTUATED
ABOVE OR BELOW THAT AVERAGE FOR INDIVIDUAL POLICY YEARS. THE DEATH BENEFIT,
ACCOUNT VALUE AND CASH SURRENDER VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD ALSO BE DIFFERENT FROM
THOSE SHOWN, DEPENDING ON THE INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE TO THE SEPARATE
ACCOUNTS AND THE RATES OF RETURN OF THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT IF THE ACTUAL RATES OF
INVESTMENT RETURN APPLICABLE TO THE POLICY AVERAGED 0%, BUT VARIED ABOVE OR
BELOW THAT AVERAGE FOR THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE THAT
THIS HYPOTHETICAL RATE OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE YEAR OR SUSTAINED
OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
<PAGE>
40 ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE
DEATH BENEFIT OPTION: RETURN OF PREMIUM
$250,000 FACE AMOUNT
ISSUE AGE 45 MALE PREFERRED
$3,250 PLANNED PREMIUM
ASSUMING HYPOTHETICAL GROSS ANNUAL INVESTMENT RETURN OF 6% (5.30% NET)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CURRENT CHARGES* GUARANTEED CHARGES**
PREMIUMS ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
END OF ACCUMULATED CASH CASH
CONTRACT AT 5% INTEREST ACCOUNT SURRENDER DEATH ACCOUNT SURRENDER DEATH
YEAR PER YEAR VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT
------- -------------- --------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1 3,413 2,015 0*** 253,250 2,015 0*** 253,250
2 6,996 4,228 1,228*** 256,500 4,228 1,228*** 256,500
3 10,758 6,458 3,458 259,750 6,458 3,458 259,750
4 14,708 8,697 5,697 263,000 8,697 5,697 263,000
5 18,856 11,024 8,024 266,250 10,938 7,938 266,250
6 23,212 13,351 10,623 269,500 13,166 10,438 269,500
7 27,785 15,691 13,237 272,750 15,364 12,910 272,750
8 32,586 18,034 15,852 276,000 17,511 15,330 276,000
9 37,628 20,366 18,457 279,250 19,583 17,674 279,250
10 42,922 22,676 21,040 282,500 21,555 19,918 282,500
11 48,481 25,293 23,930 285,750 23,503 22,139 285,750
12 54,317 28,028 26,937 289,000 25,305 24,214 289,000
13 60,446 30,723 29,905 292,250 26,938 26,120 292,250
14 66,880 33,355 32,809 295,500 28,361 27,816 295,500
15 73,637 35,895 35,622 298,750 29,525 29,252 298,750
16 80,731 38,311 38,311 302,000 30,373 30,373 302,000
17 88,180 40,567 40,567 305,250 30,840 30,840 305,250
18 96,002 42,608 42,608 308,500 30,833 30,833 308,500
19 104,214 44,376 44,376 311,750 30,252 30,252 311,750
20 112,838 45,808 45,808 315,000 28,983 28,983 315,000
25 162,869 47,286 47,286 331,250 7,380 7,380 331,250
35 308,218 -- -- -- -- -- --
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<C> <S>
* THESE VALUES REFLECT INVESTMENT RESULTS USING CURRENT COST OF INSURANCE
RATES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, AND MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK RATES.
** THESE VALUES REFLECT INVESTMENT RESULTS USING GUARANTEED COST OF INSURANCE
RATES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, AND MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK RATES.
*** IF YOU SURRENDER YOUR POLICY DURING THE FIRST TWO POLICY YEARS, YOU WILL
RECEIVE A REFUND IN ADDITION TO THE CASH SURRENDER VALUES SHOWN. THE REFUND
PLUS THE CASH SURRENDER VALUE WOULD BE $0 IN YEAR ONE AND $1,561 IN YEAR
TWO.
THESE VALUES REFLECT CURRENT FRONT-END SALES LOADS OF 2% IN YEARS 1 THROUGH
10 AND 0% THEREAFTER, AND GUARANTEED FRONT-END SALES LOADS OF 2% IN ALL
YEARS. THE SURRENDER CHARGE EFFECTIVE IN ANY YEAR CAN BE DETERMINED BY
SUBTRACTING THE CASH SURRENDER VALUE FROM THE ACCOUNT VALUE.
THE DEATH BENEFIT MAY, AND THE ACCOUNT VALUES AND CASH SURRENDER VALUES
WILL, DIFFER IF PREMIUMS ARE PAID IN DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OR FREQUENCIES.
</TABLE>
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RESULTS SHOWN ABOVE AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE INVESTMENT RESULTS. ACTUAL INVESTMENT RESULTS MAY BE MORE OR LESS
THAN THOSE SHOWN. THE DEATH BENEFIT, ACCOUNT VALUE AND CASH SURRENDER VALUE FOR
A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE SHOWN IF ACTUAL INVESTMENT RETURN
APPLICABLE TO THE POLICY AVERAGE 6% OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS, BUT ALSO FLUCTUATED
ABOVE OR BELOW THAT AVERAGE FOR INDIVIDUAL POLICY YEARS. THE DEATH BENEFIT,
ACCOUNT VALUE AND CASH SURRENDER VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD ALSO BE DIFFERENT FROM
THOSE SHOWN, DEPENDING ON THE INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE TO THE SEPARATE
ACCOUNTS AND THE RATES OF RETURN OF THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT IF THE ACTUAL RATES OF
INVESTMENT RETURN APPLICABLE TO THE POLICY AVERAGED 6%, BUT VARIED ABOVE OR
BELOW THAT AVERAGE FOR THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE THAT
THIS HYPOTHETICAL RATE OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE YEAR OR SUSTAINED
OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
<PAGE>
ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY 41
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE
DEATH BENEFIT OPTION: RETURN OF PREMIUM
$250,000 FACE AMOUNT
ISSUE AGE 45 MALE PREFERRED
$3,250 PLANNED PREMIUM
ASSUMING HYPOTHETICAL GROSS ANNUAL INVESTMENT RETURN OF 12% (11.30% NET)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CURRENT CHARGES* GUARANTEED CHARGES**
PREMIUMS ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
END OF ACCUMULATED CASH CASH
CONTRACT AT 5% INTEREST ACCOUNT SURRENDER DEATH ACCOUNT SURRENDER DEATH
YEAR PER YEAR VALUE VALUE BENEFIT VALUE VALUE BENEFIT
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
1 3,413 2,161 0*** 253,250 2,161 0*** 253,250
2 6,996 4,660 1,660*** 256,500 4,660 1,660*** 256,500
3 10,758 7,336 4,336 259,750 7,336 4,336 259,750
4 14,708 10,200 7,200 263,000 10,200 7,200 263,000
5 18,856 13,354 10,354 266,250 13,265 10,265 266,250
6 23,212 16,734 14,007 269,500 16,540 13,812 269,500
7 27,785 20,380 17,926 272,750 20,030 17,575 272,750
8 32,586 24,311 22,130 276,000 23,742 21,560 276,000
9 37,628 28,546 26,637 279,250 27,678 25,769 279,250
10 42,922 33,109 31,472 282,500 31,848 30,211 282,500
11 48,481 38,445 37,082 285,750 36,400 35,037 285,750
12 54,317 44,377 43,286 289,000 41,234 40,143 289,000
13 60,446 50,815 49,997 292,250 46,370 45,552 292,250
14 66,880 57,806 57,261 295,500 51,824 51,278 295,500
15 73,637 65,399 65,126 298,750 57,605 57,332 298,750
16 80,731 73,650 73,650 302,000 63,727 63,727 302,000
17 88,180 82,624 82,624 305,250 70,204 70,204 305,250
18 96,002 92,386 92,386 308,500 77,036 77,036 308,500
19 104,214 103,015 103,015 311,750 84,229 84,229 311,750
20 112,838 114,607 114,607 315,000 91,796 91,796 315,000
25 162,869 193,638 193,638 331,250 136,356 136,356 331,250
35 308,218 570,676 570,676 599,209 290,693 290,693 363,750
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<C> <S>
* THESE VALUES REFLECT INVESTMENT RESULTS USING CURRENT COST OF INSURANCE
RATES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, AND MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK RATES.
** THESE VALUES REFLECT INVESTMENT RESULTS USING GUARANTEED COST OF INSURANCE
RATES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, AND MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK RATES.
*** IF YOU SURRENDER YOUR POLICY DURING THE FIRST TWO POLICY YEARS, YOU WILL
RECEIVE A REFUND IN ADDITION TO THE CASH SURRENDER VALUES SHOWN. THE REFUND
PLUS THE CASH SURRENDER VALUE WOULD BE $1 IN YEAR ONE AND $1,993 IN YEAR
TWO.
THESE VALUES REFLECT CURRENT FRONT-END SALES LOADS OF 2% IN YEARS 1 THROUGH
10 AND 0% THEREAFTER, AND GUARANTEED FRONT-END SALES LOADS OF 2% IN ALL
YEARS. THE SURRENDER CHARGE EFFECTIVE IN ANY YEAR CAN BE DETERMINED BY
SUBTRACTING THE CASH SURRENDER VALUE FROM THE ACCOUNT VALUE.
THE DEATH BENEFIT MAY, AND THE ACCOUNT VALUES AND CASH SURRENDER VALUES
WILL, DIFFER IF PREMIUMS ARE PAID IN DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OR FREQUENCIES.
</TABLE>
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RESULTS SHOWN ABOVE AND ELSEWHERE IN THIS
PROSPECTUS ARE ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE DEEMED A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE INVESTMENT RESULTS. ACTUAL INVESTMENT RESULTS MAY BE MORE OR LESS
THAN THOSE SHOWN. THE DEATH BENEFIT, ACCOUNT VALUE AND CASH SURRENDER VALUE FOR
A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE SHOWN IF ACTUAL INVESTMENT RETURN
APPLICABLE TO THE POLICY AVERAGE 12% OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS, BUT ALSO FLUCTUATED
ABOVE OR BELOW THAT AVERAGE FOR INDIVIDUAL POLICY YEARS. THE DEATH BENEFIT,
ACCOUNT VALUE AND CASH SURRENDER VALUE FOR A POLICY WOULD ALSO BE DIFFERENT FROM
THOSE SHOWN, DEPENDING ON THE INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS MADE TO THE SEPARATE
ACCOUNTS AND THE RATES OF RETURN OF THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT IF THE ACTUAL RATES OF
INVESTMENT RETURN APPLICABLE TO THE POLICY AVERAGED 12%, BUT VARIED ABOVE OR
BELOW THAT AVERAGE FOR THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE THAT
THIS HYPOTHETICAL RATE OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE YEAR OR SUSTAINED
OVER ANY PERIOD OF TIME.
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ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Directors of
ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company:
We have audited the accompanying statutory-basis balance sheets of ITT Hartford
Life and Annuity Insurance Company (a Connecticut Corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of Hartford Life Insurance Company) (the Company) as of December 31,
1996 and 1995, and the related statutory-basis statements of income, changes in
capital and surplus, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 1996. These financial statements are the responsibility of
the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
statutory-basis financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
The Company presents its financial statements in conformity with statutory
accounting practices as described in Note 1 of notes to statutory-basis
financial statements. When statutory-basis financial statements are presented
for purposes other than for filing with a regulatory agency, generally accepted
auditing standards require that an auditors' report on them state whether they
are presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. The
accounting practices used by the Company vary from generally accepted accounting
principles as explained and quantified in Note 1. In our opinion, because the
differences in accounting practices as described in Note 1 are material, the
statutory-basis financial statements referred to above do not present fairly, in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, the financial position
of the Company as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the results of its
operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 1996.
However, in our opinion, the statutory-basis financial statements referred to
above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the
Company as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the results of its operations and
its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1996
in conformity with statutory accounting practices as described in Note 1.
As discussed in Note 1 of notes to statutory financial statements, during 1994,
the Company changed its valuation method in determining aggregate reserves for
future benefits.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
February 10, 1997
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ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
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STATUTORY BASIS STATEMENTS OF INCOME
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FOR THE YEARS ENDED
DECEMBER 31,
----------------------------------
1996 1995 1994
---------- ---------- ----------
($000)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues
Premiums and Annuity Considerations.... $ 250,244 $ 165,792 $ 442,173
Annuity and Other Fund Deposits........ 1,897,347 1,087,661 608,685
Net Investment Income.................. 98,441 78,787 29,012
Commissions and Expense Allowances on
Reinsurance Ceded..................... 370,637 183,380 154,527
Reserve Adjustment on Reinsurance
Ceded................................. 3,864,395 1,879,785 1,266,926
Other Revenues......................... 161,906 140,796 41,857
---------- ---------- ----------
Total Revenues....................... 6,642,970 3,536,201 2,543,180
---------- ---------- ----------
Benefits and Expenses
Death and Annuity Benefits............. 60,111 53,029 7,948
Surrenders and Other Benefit
Payments.............................. 276,720 221,392 181,749
Commissions and Other Expenses......... 491,720 236,202 186,303
Increase in Reserves for Future
Benefits.............................. 27,351 94,253 416,748
Increase in Liability for Premium and
Other Deposit Funds................... 207,156 460,124 182,934
Net Transfers to Separate Accounts..... 5,492,964 2,414,669 1,541,419
---------- ---------- ----------
Total Benefits and Expenses.......... 6,556,022 3,479,669 2,517,101
---------- ---------- ----------
Net Gain from Operations Before Federal
Income Tax Expense...................... 86,948 56,532 26,079
Federal Income Tax Expense............. 19,360 14,048 24,038
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Net Gain from Operations................. 67,588 42,484 2,041
Net Realized Capital Gains (Losses).... 407 374 (2)
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Net Income............................... $ 67,995 $ 42,858 $ 2,039
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</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
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STATUTORY BASIS BALANCE SHEETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
AS OF DECEMBER 31,
-----------------------
1996 1995
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<S> <C> <C>
($000)
Assets
Bonds........................................... $ 1,268,480 $1,226,489
Common Stocks................................... 44,996 39,776
Policy Loans.................................... 28,853 22,521
Cash and Short-Term Investments................. 176,830 173,304
Other Invested Assets........................... 2,858 13,432
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Total Cash and Invested Assets................ 1,522,017 1,475,522
----------- ----------
Investment Income Due and Accrued............... 14,555 18,021
Premium Balances Receivable..................... 373 402
Receivables from Affiliates..................... 257 8,182
Other Assets.................................... 19,099 25,907
Separate Account Assets......................... 14,619,324 7,324,910
----------- ----------
Total Assets.................................. $16,175,625 $8,852,944
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Liabilities
Aggregate Reserves for Future Benefits.......... $ 571,970 $ 542,082
Policy and Contract Claims...................... 6,806 8,223
Liability for Premium and Other Deposit Funds... 1,155,143 948,361
Asset Valuation Reserve......................... 7,442 8,010
Payable to Affiliates........................... 10,022 3,682
Other Liabilities............................... (498,195) (220,658)
Separate Account Liabilities.................... 14,619,324 7,324,910
----------- ----------
Total Liabilities............................. 15,872,512 8,614,610
----------- ----------
Capital and Surplus
Common Stock.................................... 2,500 2,500
Gross Paid-In and Contributed Surplus........... 226,043 226,043
Unassigned Funds................................ 74,570 9,791
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Total Capital and Surplus..................... 303,113 238,334
----------- ----------
Total Liabilities and Capital and Surplus....... $16,175,625 $8,852,944
----------- ----------
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</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
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STATUTORY BASIS STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN CAPITAL AND SURPLUS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
----------------------------------
1996 1995 1994
--------- --------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
($000)
Capital and Surplus -- Beginning of
Year................................... $ 238,334 $ 91,285 $ 88,693
--------- --------- --------
Net Income............................ 67,995 42,858 2,039
Change in Net Unrealized Capital
(Losses) Gains on Common Stocks...... (5,171) 1,709 (133)
Change in Asset Valuation Reserve..... 568 (5,588) (1,356)
Change in Non-Admitted Assets......... 1,387 (1,944) (8,599)
Change in Reserve (Valuation Basis)... -- -- 10,659
Aggregate Write-ins for Surplus....... -- 8,080 (18)
Dividends to Shareholder.............. -- (10,000) --
Paid-In Surplus....................... -- 111,934 --
--------- --------- --------
Change in Capital and Surplus....... 64,779 147,049 2,592
--------- --------- --------
Capital and Surplus -- End of Year...... $ 303,113 $ 238,334 $ 91,285
--------- --------- --------
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</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
<PAGE>
ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
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STATUTORY BASIS STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
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1996 1995 1994
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
($000)
Operations
Premiums, Annuity Considerations and
Other Fund Deposits.................. $ 2,147,627 $ 1,253,511 $ 1,050,493
Net Investment Income................. 106,178 78,328 24,519
Other Revenues........................ 4,396,892 2,253,466 1,515,700
----------- ----------- -----------
Total Revenues...................... 6,650,697 3,585,305 2,590,712
----------- ----------- -----------
Benefits Paid......................... 338,998 277,965 181,205
Federal Income Taxes Paid on
Operations........................... 28,857 208,423 20,634
Other Expenses........................ 6,254,139 2,664,385 1,832,905
----------- ----------- -----------
Total Benefits and Expenses......... 6,621,994 3,150,773 2,034,744
----------- ----------- -----------
Net Cash from Operations............ 28,703 434,532 555,968
----------- ----------- -----------
Proceeds from Investments
Bonds................................. 871,019 287,941 87,747
Common Stocks......................... 72,100 52 --
Other................................. 10 28 40
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Total Investment Proceeds........... 943,129 288,021 87,787
----------- ----------- -----------
Taxes (Paid) Received on Capital (Gains)
Losses................................. (936) (226) 96
Paid-In Surplus......................... -- 111,934 --
Other Cash Provided..................... 41,998 28,199 30,554
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Total Proceeds...................... 1,012,894 862,460 674,405
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Cost of Investments Acquired
Bonds................................. 914,523 720,521 595,181
Common Stocks......................... 82,495 35,794 808
Miscellaneous Applications............ 130 2,146 2,523
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Total Investments Acquired.......... 997,148 758,461 598,512
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Other Cash Applied
Dividends Paid to Shareholders........ -- 10,000 --
Other................................. 12,220 5,007 24,813
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Total Other Cash Applied............ 12,220 15,007 24,813
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Total Applications................ 1,009,368 773,468 623,325
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Net Change in Cash and Short-Term
Investments............................ 3,526 88,992 51,080
Cash and Short-Term Investments,
Beginning of Year...................... 173,304 84,312 33,232
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Cash and Short-Term Investments, End of
Year................................... $ 176,830 $ 173,304 $ 84,312
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</TABLE>
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 1996
(AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED)
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1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
ORGANIZATION
ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company ("ILA" or "the Company"),
formerly known as ITT Life Insurance Corporation, is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Hartford Life Insurance Company ("HLIC"), which is an indirect subsidiary of
Hartford Life, Inc. ("Hartford Life"), which is ultimately owned by ITT Hartford
Group, Inc. ("The Hartford"), formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of ITT
Corporation ("ITT"). On February 10, 1997, The Hartford announced its plans to
sell up to 20% of Hartford Life to the public. On December 19, 1995, ITT
Corporation distributed all the outstanding shares of The Hartford to ITT
shareholders of record in an action known herein as the "Distribution". As a
result of the Distribution, The Hartford became an independent, publicly traded
company. During 1996, ILA re-domesticated from the State of Wisconsin to the
State of Connecticut.
ILA offers a complete line of ordinary and universal life insurance,
individual annuities and certain supplemental accident and health benefit
coverages.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The accompanying ILA statutory-basis financial statements were prepared in
conformity with statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the
National Association of Insurance Commissioners ("NAIC") and the State of
Connecticut Department of Insurance.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with statutory
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and
the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual
results could differ from those estimates.
Statutory accounting practices and generally accepted accounting principles
("GAAP") differ in certain significant respects. These differences principally
involve:
(1) treatment of policy acquisition costs (commissions, underwriting and
selling expenses, premium taxes, etc.) which are charged to expense when
incurred for statutory purposes rather than on a pro-rata basis over the
expected life of the policy;
(2) recognition of premium revenues, which for statutory purposes are
generally recorded as collected or when due during the premium paying period
of the contract and which for GAAP purposes, generally, for universal life
policies and investment products, are only recorded for policy charges for
the cost of insurance, policy administration and surrender charges assessed
to policy account balances. Also, for GAAP purposes, premiums for
traditional life insurance policies are recognized as revenues when they are
due from policyholders and the retrospective deposit method is used in
accounting for universal life and other types of contracts where the payment
pattern is irregular or surrender charges are a significant source of
profit. The prospective deposit method is used for GAAP purposes where
investment margins are the primary source of profit;
(3) development of liabilities for future policy benefits, which for
statutory purposes predominantly use interest rate and mortality assumptions
prescribed by the NAIC which may vary considerably from interest and
mortality assumptions used for GAAP financial reporting;
(4) providing for income taxes based on current taxable income (tax return)
only for statutory purposes, rather than establishing additional assets or
liabilities for deferred Federal income taxes to recognize the tax effect
related to reporting revenues and expenses in different periods for
financial reporting and tax return purposes;
(5) excluding certain GAAP assets designated as non-admitted assets (e.g.,
past due agents' balances and furniture and equipment) from the balance
sheet for statutory purposes by directly charging surplus;
(6) establishing accruals for post-retirement and post-employment health
care benefits on an option basis, using a twenty year phase-in approach,
whereas GAAP liabilities are required to be recorded;
(7) establishing a formula reserve for realized and unrealized losses due to
default and equity risk associated with certain invested assets (Asset
Valuation Reserve); as well as the deferral and amortization of realized
gains and losses, motivated by changes in interest rates during the period
the asset is held, into income over the remaining life to maturity of the
asset sold (Interest Maintenance Reserve); whereas on a GAAP basis, no such
formula reserve is required and
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realized gains and losses are recognized in the period the asset is sold;
(8) the reporting of reserves and benefits net of reinsurance ceded, where
risk transfer has taken place; whereas on a GAAP basis, reserves are
reported gross of reinsurance with reserve credits presented as recoverable
assets;
(9) the reporting of fixed maturities at amortized cost, whereas GAAP
requires that fixed maturities be classified as "held-to-maturity",
"available-for-sale" or "trading", based on the Company's intentions with
respect to the ultimate disposition of the security and its ability to
affect those intentions. The Company's fixed maturities were classified on a
GAAP basis as "available-for- sale" and accordingly, those investments were
reflected at fair value with the corresponding impact included as a
component of Stockholder's Equity designated as "Net unrealized capital
(loss)/ gain on investments, net of tax". For statutory reporting purposes,
Net Unrealized Capital Losses (Gains) on Common Stocks represent unrealized
losses (gains) on common stock reported at fair value; and
(10) separate account liabilities are valued on the Commissioner's Annuity
Reserve Valuation Method ("CARVM"), with the surplus generated recorded as a
liability to the general account (and a contra liability on the balance
sheet of the general account), whereas GAAP liabilities are valued at
account value.
As of and for the years ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994, the
significant differences between statutory and GAAP basis net income and capital
and surplus for the Company are summarized as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
GAAP Net Income................ $ 41,202 $ 38,821 $ 23,295
Amortization and deferral of
policy acquisition costs...... (341,572) (174,341) (117,863)
Change in unearned revenue
reserve....................... 55,504 32,300 24,494
Deferred taxes................. 2,090 2,801 (9,267)
Separate accounts.............. 306,978 146,635 75,941
Other, net..................... 3,793 (3,358) 5,439
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Statutory Net Income........... $ 67,995 $ 42,858 $ 2,039
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</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
GAAP Capital and Surplus....... $ 503,887 $ 455,541 $ 199,785
Deferred policy acquisition
costs......................... (938,114) (596,542) (422,201)
Unearned revenue reserve....... 130,148 74,644 42,344
Deferred taxes................. 12,823 1,493 13,257
Separate accounts.............. 640,101 333,123 186,488
Asset valuation reserve........ (7,442) (8,010) (2,422)
Unrealized gain (loss) on
bonds......................... 5,112 (1,696) 21,918
Adjustment relating to Lyndon
contribution (see Note 3)..... (41,277) (41,277) --
Other, net..................... (2,125) 21,058 52,116
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Statutory Capital and
Surplus....................... $ 303,113 $ 238,334 $ 91,285
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</TABLE>
AGGREGATE RESERVES AND LIABILITIES FOR PREMIUM AND OTHER DEPOSIT FUNDS
Aggregate reserves for payment of future life, health and annuity benefits
were computed in accordance with actuarial standards. Reserves for life
insurance policies are generally based on the 1958 and 1980 Commissioner's
Standard Ordinary Mortality Tables and various valuation rates ranging from 2.5%
to 5%. Accumulation and on-benefit annuity reserves are based principally on
individual annuity tables at various rates ranging from 2.5% to 8.75% and using
CARVM. Accident and health reserves are established using a two year preliminary
term method and morbidity tables based on Company experience.
ILA has established separate accounts to segregate the assets and
liabilities of certain annuity contracts that must be segregated from the
Company's general assets under the terms of the contracts. The assets consist
primarily of marketable securities reported at market value. Premiums, benefits
and expenses of these contracts are reported in the Statutory Basis Statements
of Income.
During 1994, the Company changed the valuation method on aggregate reserves
for future benefits resulting in a $10.7 million increase in surplus. The new
valuation method is in accordance with presently accepted actuarial standards.
INVESTMENTS
Investments in bonds are carried at amortized cost. Bonds which are deemed
ineligible to be held at amortized cost by the NAIC Securities Valuation Office
("SVO")are carried at the appropriate SVO published value. When a permanent
reduction in the value of publicly traded securities occurs, the decrease is
reported as a realized loss and the carrying value is adjusted accordingly.
Common stocks are carried at market value with the difference from cost
reflected in surplus. Other invested assets are generally recorded at fair
value.
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ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
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Changes in net unrealized capital (losses)/gains on common stocks are
reported as (reductions)/additions of surplus. The Asset Valuation Reserve
("AVR") is designed to provide a standardized reserving process for realized and
unrealized losses due to default and equity risks associated with invested
assets. The reserve decreased by $568 in 1996 and increased by $5,588 and $1,356
in 1995 and 1994, respectively. Additionally, the Interest Maintenance Reserve
("IMR") captures net realized capital gains and losses, net of applicable income
taxes, resulting from changes in interest rates and amortizes these gains or
losses into income over the remaining life of the mortgage loan or bond sold.
Realized capital gains and losses, net of taxes not included in IMR are reported
in the Statutory Basis Statements of Income. Realized investment gains and
losses are determined on a specific identification basis. The amount of net
capital gains reclassified from the IMR was $1,413 and $39 in 1996 and 1995,
respectively, and the amount of net capital losses was $67 in 1994. The amount
of income amortized was $392, $256 and $114 in 1996, 1995 and 1994,
respectively.
OTHER LIABILITIES
The amount reflected in other liabilities includes a receivable from the
separate accounts of $640 million and $333 million as of December 31, 1996 and
1995, respectively. The balances are classified in accordance with NAIC
accounting practices.
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2. INVESTMENTS
(A) COMPONENTS OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Interest income from
bonds.................... $ 89,940 $ 76,100 $ 28,335
Interest income from
policy loans............. 1,846 1,504 454
Interest and dividends
from other investments... 7,864 2,288 1,069
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Gross investment income... 99,650 79,892 29,858
Less: investment
expenses................. 1,209 1,105 846
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Net investment income..... $ 98,441 $ 78,787 $ 29,012
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(B) COMPONENTS OF NET UNREALIZED CAPITAL (LOSSES) GAINS ON COMMON STOCKS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Gross unrealized capital gains
at end of year............... $ 713 $ 1,724 $ 75
Gross unrealized capital
losses at end of year........ (4,160) -- (60)
--------- --------- ---------
Net unrealized capital
(losses) gains............... (3,447) 1,724 15
Balance at beginning of
year......................... 1,724 15 148
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Change in net unrealized
capital (losses) gains on
common stocks................ $ (5,171) $ 1,709 $ (133)
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</TABLE>
(C) COMPONENTS OF NET UNREALIZED CAPITAL (LOSSES) GAINS ON BONDS AND SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
---------- ---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Gross unrealized
capital gains at end
of year............... $ 11,821 $ 22,251 $ 986
Gross unrealized
capital losses at end
of year............... (3,842) (1,374) (34,718)
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Net unrealized capital
gains (losses) after
tax................... 7,979 20,877 (33,732)
Balance at beginning of
year.................. 20,877 (33,732) 5,232
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Change in net
unrealized capital
(losses) gains on
bonds and short-term
investments........... $ (12,898) $ 54,609 $ (38,964)
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</TABLE>
(D) COMPONENTS OF NET REALIZED CAPITAL GAINS (LOSSES)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
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<S> <C> <C> <C>
Bonds and short-term
investments.................... $ 2,756 $ 156 $ (101)
Common stocks................... 0 52 0
Real estate and other........... 0 0 34
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Realized capital gains
(losses)....................... 2,756 208 (67)
Capital gains taxes (benefit)... 936 (205) 2
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Net realized capital gains
(losses) after tax............. 1,820 413 (69)
Less: IMR capital gains
(losses)....................... 1,413 39 (67)
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Net realized capital gains
(losses)....................... $ 407 $ 374 $ (2)
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</TABLE>
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(E) OFF-BALANCE SHEET INVESTMENTS
The Company had no significant financial instruments with off-balance sheet
risk as of December 31, 1996 and 1995.
(F) CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK
Excluding U.S. government and government agency investments, the Company is
not exposed to any significant concentration of credit risk.
(G) BONDS, SHORT-TERM AND COMMON STOCK INVESTMENTS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1996
------------------------------------------------
GROSS UNREALIZED
AMORTIZED -------------------- FAIR
COST GAINS LOSSES VALUE
------------ --------- --------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
U.S. government and government agencies and authorities:
(Guaranteed and sponsored)............................................. $ 58,761 $ 6 $ (195) $ 58,572
(Guaranteed and sponsored) -- asset-backed............................. 78,237 1,477 (609) 79,105
States, municipalities and political subdivisions........................ 25,958 163 (2) 26,119
International governments................................................ 7,447 205 -- 7,652
Public utilities......................................................... 70,116 396 (424) 70,088
All other corporate...................................................... 410,530 6,357 (1,355) 415,532
All other corporate -- asset-backed...................................... 485,953 2,654 (1,081) 487,526
Short-term investments................................................... 148,094 -- (66) 148,028
Certificates of deposit.................................................. 83,378 563 (110) 83,831
Parents, subsidiaries and affiliates..................................... 48,100 -- -- 48,100
------------ --------- --------- ------------
Total bonds and short-term investments................................. $ 1,416,574 $ 11,821 $ (3,842) $ 1,424,553
------------ --------- --------- ------------
------------ --------- --------- ------------
Common stock -- unaffiliated............................................. $ 13,064 $ 713 $ 0 $ 13,777
Common stock -- affiliated............................................... 35,379 0 4,160 31,219
------------ --------- --------- ------------
Total common stocks...................................................... $ 48,443 $ 713 $ 4,160 $ 44,996
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</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1995
----------------------------------------------------
GROSS UNREALIZED
AMORTIZED ------------------------ FAIR
COST GAINS LOSSES VALUE
------------ ----------- ----------- ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
U.S. government and government agencies and authorities:
(Guaranteed and sponsored)........................................... $ 44,268 $ 14 $ (248) $ 44,034
(Guaranteed and sponsored) -- asset-backed........................... 176,160 4,644 (682) 180,122
States, municipalities and political subdivisions...................... 16,948 38 (6) 16,980
International governments.............................................. 5,402 441 -- 5,843
Public utilities....................................................... 108,083 1,652 (90) 109,645
All other corporate.................................................... 374,058 8,145 (248) 381,955
All other corporate -- asset-backed.................................... 410,197 5,841 (89) 415,949
Short-term investments................................................. 139,011 18 -- 139,029
Certificates of deposit................................................ 91,373 1,458 (11) 92,820
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Total bonds and short-term investments............................... $ 1,365,500 $ 22,251 $ (1,374) $ 1,386,377
------------ ----------- ----------- ------------
------------ ----------- ----------- ------------
Common stock -- unaffiliated........................................... $ 2,668 $ 555 $ -- $ 3,223
Common stock -- affiliated............................................. 35,384 1,169 -- 36,553
------------ ----------- ----------- ------------
Total common stocks.................................................. $ 38,052 $ 1,724 $ -- $ 39,776
------------ ----------- ----------- ------------
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</TABLE>
The amortized cost and estimated market value of bonds and short-term
investments at December 31, 1996 by management's anticipated maturity are shown
below. Asset-backed securities are distributed to maturity year based on ILA's
estimate of the rate of future prepayments of principal
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over the remaining life of the securities. Expected maturities differ from
contractual maturities reflecting borrowers' rights to call or prepay their
obligations.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ESTIMATED
AMORTIZED FAIR
MATURITY COST VALUE
- ------------------------------ ------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C>
Due in one year or less....... $ 478,095 $ 478,852
Due after one year through
five years................... 622,805 623,105
Due after five years through
ten years.................... 259,479 265,681
Due after ten years........... 56,195 56,915
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Total....................... $ 1,416,574 $ 1,424,553
</TABLE>
Proceeds from sales of investments in bonds and short-term investments
during 1996, 1995 and 1994 were $668,078, $313,961 and $117,912, respectively,
resulting in gross realized gains of $3,675, $1,419 and $518, respectively, and
gross realized losses of $919, $1,263 and $619, respectively, before transfers
to IMR. The Company had realized gains of $52 during 1995 from a capital gain
distribution.
(H) FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
BALANCE SHEET ITEMS (IN MILLIONS):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995
---------------------- ----------------------
CARRYING FAIR CARRYING FAIR
AMOUNT VALUE AMOUNT VALUE
----------- --------- ----------- ---------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Assets
Bonds and short-term
investments......... $ 1,417 $ 1,425 $ 1,366 $ 1,386
Common stocks........ 45 45 40 40
Policy loans......... 29 29 23 23
Other invested
assets.............. 3 3 13 13
Liabilities
Liabilities on
investment
contracts........... $ 1,245 $ 1,191 $ 1,031 $ 981
</TABLE>
The carrying amounts for policy loans approximates fair value. The
liabilities are determined by forecasting future cash flows and discounting the
forecasted cash flows at current market rates.
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3. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Transactions between the Company and its affiliates within The Hartford
relate principally to tax settlements, reinsurance, service fees, capital
contributions and payments of dividends.
On June 30, 1995, the assets of Lyndon Insurance Company were contributed to
ILA. As a result, ILA received approximately $365 million in bonds and short-
term investments, common stocks and cash, $28 million in policy reserves, $187
million of current tax liability, $26 million in IMR, $8 million in AVR (offset
by an aggregate write-in to surplus), and $4 million of other liabilities. The
assets in excess of liabilities of $112 million were recorded as an increase to
paid-in surplus.
For additional information, see Note 5.
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4. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES
The Company and The Hartford have entered into a tax sharing agreement under
which each member in the consolidated U.S. Federal income tax return will make
payments between them such that, with respect to any period, the amount of taxes
to be paid by the Company, subject to certain adjustments, generally will be
determined as though the Company were to file separate federal, state and local
income tax returns.
As long as The Hartford continues to beneficially own, directly or
indirectly, at least 80% of the combined voting power and 80% of the value of
the outstanding capital stock of Hartford Life, the Company will be included for
Federal income tax purposes in the consolidated group of which The Hartford is
the common parent. It is the current intention of The Hartford and its
subsidiaries to continue to file a single consolidated Federal income tax
return. The Company will continue to remit (receive from) The Hartford a current
income tax provision (benefit) computed in accordance with such tax sharing
agreement. Federal income taxes paid by the Company were $29,792, $215,921 and
$20,538 in 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively. The effective tax rate was 22%,
25% and 92% in 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively. The following schedule
provides a reconciliation of the tax provision at the U.S. Federal Statutory
rate to Federal income tax expense (in millions).
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
--------- --------- -----
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Tax provision at U.S. Federal statutory rate..... $ 30 $ 20 $ 9
Tax deferred acquisition costs................... 27 8 8
Statutory to tax reserve differences............. -- 3 5
Unrealized (gain)/loss on separate accounts...... (21) (13) 2
Investments and other............................ (17) (4) --
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Federal income tax expense....................... $ 19 $ 14 $ 24
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</TABLE>
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5. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS AND SHAREHOLDER
DIVIDEND RESTRICTIONS
The maximum amount of dividends which can be paid, without prior approval,
by State of Connecticut insurance companies to shareholders is subject to
restrictions relating to statutory surplus. Dividends are paid as determined by
the Board of Directors and are not cumulative. No dividends were paid in 1996 or
1994. ILA paid dividends of $10 million to its parent, HLIC, in 1995. As a
result of the Distribution by ITT, the assets of ITT Lyndon Insurance
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Company (Lyndon) were contributed to ILA in June 1995. Substantially all the
business was removed from Lyndon prior to the contribution. The amount of assets
which exceeded liabilities at the contribution date ($112 million) was included
in paid-in surplus.
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6. PENSION PLANS AND OTHER POST-RETIREMENT
AND POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
The Company's employees are included in The Hartford's non-contributory
defined benefit pension plans. These plans provide pension benefits that are
based on years of service and the employee's compensation during the last ten
years of employment. The Company's funding policy is to contribute annually an
amount between the minimum funding requirements set forth in the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the maximum amount that can be
deducted for Federal income tax purposes. Generally, pension costs are funded
through the purchase of HLIC's group pension contracts. Pension expense was
$358, $1,034, and $1,211 in 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively. Liabilities for
the plan are held by The Hartford.
The Company also participates in The Hartford's Investment and Savings Plan,
which includes a deferred compensation option under IRC section 401(k) and an
ESOP allocation under IRC section 404(k). The liabilities for these plans are
included in the financial statements of The Hartford. The cost to ILA was not
material in 1996, 1995 and 1994.
The Company's employees are included in The Hartford's contributory defined
health care and life insurance benefit plans. These plans provide health care
and life insurance benefits for retired employees. Substantially all employees
may become eligible for those benefits if they reach normal or early retirement
age while still working for the Company. The Company has prefunded a portion of
the health care and life insurance obligations through trust funds where such
prefunding can be accomplished on a tax effective basis. Amounts allocated by
The Hartford for post-retirement health care and life insurance benefits expense
(not including provisions for accrual of post-retirement benefit obligations)
are immaterial. The assumed rate of future increases in the per capita cost of
health care (the health care trend rate) was 9.3% for 1996, decreasing ratably
to 6% in the year 2001. Increasing the health care trend rates by one percent
per year would have an immaterial impact on the accumulated post-retirement
benefit obligation and the annual expense. The cost to ILA was not material in
1996, 1995 and 1994.
Post-employment benefits are primarily comprised of obligations to provide
medical and life insurance to employees on long-term disability. Post-employment
benefit expense was not material in 1996, 1995 and 1994.
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7. REINSURANCE
The Company cedes insurance to non-affiliated insurers in order to limit its
maximum loss. Such transfer does not relieve ILA of its primary liability. ILA
also assumes insurance from other insurers.
Life insurance net retained premiums were comprised of the following:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996 1995 1994
---------- ---------- ----------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Direct premiums................... $ 226,612 $ 159,918 $ 133,180
Premiums assumed.................. 33,817 13,299 960
Premiums ceded.................... (10,185) (7,425) 308,033
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Premiums and annuity
considerations................... $ 250,244 $ 165,792 $ 442,173
---------- ---------- ----------
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</TABLE>
The Company ceded to a third party, on a modified coinsurance basis, 80% of
the variable annuity business written in 1994. The ceded business includes both
general and separate account liabilities. As a result of the agreement, in
December 1994, ILA transferred approximately $1,352 million in assets and
liabilities. The financial impact of the cession was an increase of
approximately $15 million to net income and surplus in 1994.
In November 1994, the Company ceded, on a modified coinsurance basis, 30% of
the separate account variable annuity business distributed by Paine Webber to
Paine Webber Life Insurance Company ("PWLIC"). As a result of the agreement, ILA
transferred approximately $24 million in assets and liabilities to PWLIC. The
financial impact of the cession was an increase of approximately $765 to net
income and surplus in 1994.
In October 1994, the agreement, effective December 1990, which required ILA
to coinsure 90% of all existing and new business, excluding variable annuity
business, written by the Company to HLIC, was terminated. As a result of the
termination, ILA received approximately $430 million in assets and liabilities
from HLIC. The impact of the transaction was a decrease of approximately $15
million to net income and surplus in 1994.
In November 1993, ILA acquired, through an assumption reinsurance
transaction, substantially all of the individual fixed and variable annuity
business of Hartford Life and Accident, an affiliate. As a result of this
transaction, the assets and liabilities of the Company increased approximately
$1 billion, substantially all of which was transferred to the separate accounts
of the Company. The remaining assets and liabilities (approximately $41 million)
were transferred in October 1995. The impact of these transactions on net income
and surplus was not significant.
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8. SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
The Company maintains separate account assets and liabilities totaling $14.6
billion and $7.3 billion at December 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively. Separate
account assets are reported at fair value and separate account liabilities are
determined in accordance with CARVM, which approximates the market value less
applicable surrender charges. Separate account assets are segregated from other
investments, the policyholder assumes the investment risk, and the investment
income and gains and losses accrue directly to the policyholder. Separate
account management fees, net of minimum guarantees, were $144 million, $72
million and $42 million in 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively, and are recorded
as a component of other revenues on the Statutory Basis Statements of Income.
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9. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
As of December 31, 1996 and 1995, the Company had no material contingent
liabilities, nor had the Company committed any surplus funds for any contingent
liabilities or arrangements. The Company is involved in various legal actions
which have arisen in the normal course of its business. In the opinion of
management, the ultimate liability with respect to such lawsuits as well as
other contingencies is not considered to be material in relation to the results
of operations and financial position of the Company.
Under insurance guaranty laws in most states, insurers doing business
therein can be assessed up to prescribed limits for policyholder losses incurred
by insolvent companies. The amount of any future assessments on ILA under these
laws cannot be reasonably estimated. Most of the laws do provide, however, that
an assessment may be excused or deferred if it would threaten an insurer's own
financial strength. Additionally, guaranty fund assessments are used to reduce
state premium taxes paid by the Company in certain states. ILA paid guaranty
fund assessments of $1,262, $1,684 and $583 in 1996, 1995 and 1994,
respectively. ILA incurred guaranteed fund expense of $548, $0 and $0 in 1996,
1995 and 1994, respectively.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
To ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company
Separate Account Variable Life One and to the
Owners of Units of Interest Therein:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of the Bond
Fund Sub-Account, Stock Fund Sub-Account, Money Market Fund Sub-Account,
Advisers Fund Sub-Account, Capital Appreciation Fund Sub-Account, Mortgage
Securities Fund Sub-Account, Index Fund Sub-Account, International Opportunities
Fund Sub-Account, Dividend and Growth Fund Sub-Account, Fidelity VIP Equity
Income Portfolio Sub-Account, Fidelity VIP Overseas Portfolio Sub-Account and
Fidelity VIP II Asset Manager Portfolio Sub-Account (constituting ITT Hartford
Life and Annuity Insurance Company Separate Account Variable Life One) (the
Accounts) as of December 31, 1996, and the related statements of operations and
changes in net assets for the period from inception, October 3, 1996, to
December 31, 1996. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Accounts' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of the Bond Fund Sub-Account,
Stock Fund Sub-Account, Money Market Fund Sub-Account, Advisers Fund
Sub-Account, Capital Appreciation Fund Sub-Account, Mortgage Securities Fund
Sub-Account, Index Fund Sub-Account, International Opportunities Fund
Sub-Account, Dividend and Growth Fund Sub-Account, Fidelity VIP Equity Income
Portfolio Sub-Account, Fidelity VIP Overseas Portfolio Sub-Account and Fidelity
VIP II Asset Manager Portfolio Sub-Account (constituting ITT Hartford Life and
Annuity Insurance Company Separate Account Variable Life One) as of December 31,
1996, the results of its operations and the changes in its net assets for the
period from inception, October 3, 1996, to December 31, 1996, in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
February 14, 1997
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Separate Account Variable Life One
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
DECEMBER 31, 1996
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MONEY
BOND FUND STOCK FUND MARKET FUND ADVISERS FUND
SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT
----------- ----------- ----------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Investments:
Hartford Bond Fund,
Inc.
Shares 1,145
Cost $1,132
Market Value......... $ 1,144 -- -- --
Hartford Stock Fund,
Inc.
Shares 298
Cost $1,173
Market Value......... -- $ 1,234 -- --
HVA Money Market Fund,
Inc.
Shares 411,950
Cost $411,950
Market Value: -- -- $ 411,950 --
Hartford Advisers Fund,
Inc.
Shares 486
Cost $1,007
Market Value......... -- -- -- $ 1,055
Hartford Capital
Appreciation Fund,
Inc.
Shares 692
Cost $2,664
Market Value......... -- -- -- --
Hartford Mortgage
Securities Fund, Inc.
Shares 971
Cost $1,014
Market Value......... -- -- -- --
Hartford Index Fund,
Inc.
Shares 478
Cost $1,074
Market Value......... -- -- -- --
Hartford International
Opportunities Fund,
Inc.
Shares 3,027
Cost $4,190
Market Value......... -- -- -- --
Hartford Dividend and
Growth Fund, Inc.
Shares 2,863
Cost $4,419
Market Value......... -- -- -- --
Fidelity VIP Equity
Income Portfolio
Shares 85
Cost $1,730
Market Value......... -- -- -- --
Fidelity VIP Overseas
Portfolio
Shares 55
Cost $1,000
Market Value......... -- -- -- --
Fidelity VIP II Asset
Manager Portfolio
Shares 62
Cost $1,000
Market Value......... -- -- -- --
Due from ITT Hartford
Life and Annuity
Insurance Company..... -- -- 227,457 --
Receivable from shares
sold.................. -- -- -- --
----------- ----------- ----------- -------------
Total Assets........... 1,144 1,234 639,407 1,055
----------- ----------- ----------- -------------
LIABILITIES:
Due to ITT Hartford
Life and Annuity
Insurance Company..... -- -- -- --
Payable for fund shares
purchased -- -- 227,391 --
----------- ----------- ----------- -------------
Total Liabilities...... -- -- 227,391 --
----------- ----------- ----------- -------------
Net Assets (variable
annuity contract
liabilities).......... $ 1,144 $ 1,234 $ 412,016 $ 1,055
----------- ----------- ----------- -------------
----------- ----------- ----------- -------------
DEFERRED ANNUITY
CONTRACTS IN THE
ACCUMULATION PERIOD:
GROUP SUB-ACCOUNTS:
Units Owned by
Participants.......... 927 690 350,368 674
Unit Price............. $1.233518 $1.789555 $1.175949 $ 1.563874
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CAPITAL MORTGAGE INTERNATIONAL DIVIDEND AND
APPRECIATION FUND SECURITIES FUND INDEX FUND OPPORTUNITIES FUND GROWTH FUND
SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT
----------------- --------------- ----------- ------------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Investments:
Hartford Bond Fund,
Inc.
Shares 1,145
Cost $1,132
Market Value......... -- -- -- -- --
Hartford Stock Fund,
Inc.
Shares 298
Cost $1,173
Market Value......... -- -- -- -- --
HVA Money Market Fund,
Inc.
Shares 411,950
Cost $411,950
Market Value: -- -- -- -- --
Hartford Advisers Fund,
Inc.
Shares 486
Cost $1,007
Market Value......... -- -- -- -- --
Hartford Capital
Appreciation Fund,
Inc.
Shares 692
Cost $2,664
Market Value......... $ 2,710 -- -- -- --
Hartford Mortgage
Securities Fund, Inc.
Shares 971
Cost $1,014
Market Value......... -- $ 1,025 -- -- --
Hartford Index Fund,
Inc.
Shares 478
Cost $1,074
Market Value......... -- -- $ 1,139 -- --
Hartford International
Opportunities Fund,
Inc.
Shares 3,027
Cost $4,190
Market Value......... -- -- -- $ 4,258 --
Hartford Dividend and
Growth Fund, Inc.
Shares 2,863
Cost $4,419
Market Value......... -- -- -- -- $ 4,431
Fidelity VIP Equity
Income Portfolio
Shares 85
Cost $1,730
Market Value......... -- -- -- -- --
Fidelity VIP Overseas
Portfolio
Shares 55
Cost $1,000
Market Value......... -- -- -- -- --
Fidelity VIP II Asset
Manager Portfolio
Shares 62
Cost $1,000
Market Value......... -- -- -- -- --
Due from ITT Hartford
Life and Annuity
Insurance Company..... -- -- -- -- --
Receivable from shares
sold.................. -- -- -- -- --
----------------- --------------- ----------- ---------- ------------
Total Assets........... 2,710 1,025 1,139 4,258 4,431
----------------- --------------- ----------- ---------- ------------
LIABILITIES:
Due to ITT Hartford
Life and Annuity
Insurance Company..... -- -- -- -- --
Payable for fund shares
purchased -- -- -- -- --
----------------- --------------- ----------- ---------- ------------
Total Liabilities...... -- -- -- -- --
----------------- --------------- ----------- ---------- ------------
Net Assets (variable
annuity contract
liabilities).......... $ 2,710 $ 1,025 $ 1,139 $ 4,258 $ 4,431
----------------- --------------- ----------- ---------- ------------
----------------- --------------- ----------- ---------- ------------
DEFERRED ANNUITY
CONTRACTS IN THE
ACCUMULATION PERIOD:
GROUP SUB-ACCOUNTS:
Units Owned by
Participants.......... 1,552 828 650 2,846 2,924
Unit Price............. $ 1.745910 $ 1.237827 $1.752378 $1.496455 $1.515489
<CAPTION>
FIDELITY VIP FIDELITY VIP II
FIDELITY VIP OVERSEAS ASSET MANAGER
EQUITY INCOME PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO
SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT
----------------------- ------------- ------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
ASSETS
Investments:
Hartford Bond Fund,
Inc.
Shares
Cost
Market Value......... -- -- --
Hartford Stock Fund,
Inc.
Shares
Cost
Market Value......... -- -- --
HVA Money Market Fund,
Inc.
Shares
Cost
Market Value: -- -- --
Hartford Advisers Fund,
Inc.
Shares
Cost
Market Value......... -- -- --
Hartford Capital
Appreciation Fund,
Inc.
Shares
Cost
Market Value......... -- -- --
Hartford Mortgage
Securities Fund, Inc.
Shares
Cost
Market Value......... -- -- --
Hartford Index Fund,
Inc.
Shares
Cost
Market Value......... -- -- --
Hartford International
Opportunities Fund,
Inc.
Shares
Cost
Market Value......... -- -- --
Hartford Dividend and
Growth Fund, Inc.
Shares
Cost
Market Value......... -- -- --
Fidelity VIP Equity
Income Portfolio
Shares
Cost
Market Value......... $ 1,784 -- --
Fidelity VIP Overseas
Portfolio
Shares
Cost
Market Value......... -- $ 1,044 --
Fidelity VIP II Asset
Manager Portfolio
Shares
Cost
Market Value......... -- -- $ 1,050
Due from ITT Hartford
Life and Annuity
Insurance Company..... 12 -- --
Receivable from shares
sold.................. -- -- --
---------- ------------- ----------
Total Assets........... 1,796 1,044 1,050
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LIABILITIES:
Due to ITT Hartford
Life and Annuity
Insurance Company..... -- -- --
Payable for fund shares
purchased 12 -- --
---------- ------------- ----------
Total Liabilities...... 12 -- --
---------- ------------- ----------
Net Assets (variable
annuity contract
liabilities).......... $ 1,784 $ 1,044 $ 1,050
---------- ------------- ----------
---------- ------------- ----------
DEFERRED ANNUITY
CONTRACTS IN THE
ACCUMULATION PERIOD:
GROUP SUB-ACCOUNTS:
Units Owned by
Participants.......... 1,302 859 832
Unit Price............. $ 1.370219 $1.215706 $1.261761
</TABLE>
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SEPARATE ACCOUNT VARIABLE LIFE ONE
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE PERIOD FROM INCEPTION, OCTOBER 3, 1996, TO DECEMBER 31, 1996
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MONEY
BOND FUND STOCK FUND MARKET FUND ADVISERS FUND
SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT
----------- ----------- ----------- -------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
INVESTMENT INCOME:
Dividends.............. $ 17 $ 3 $ 137 $ 7
--- --- ----- ---
Net investment income
(loss).............. 17 3 137 7
--- --- ----- ---
CAPITAL GAINS INCOME..... -- -- -- --
--- --- ----- ---
NET REALIZED AND
UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS:
Net realized gain
(loss) on security
transactions.......... -- -- -- --
Net unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) of
investments during the
period................ 12 61 -- 48
--- --- ----- ---
Net realized and
unrealized gain
(loss) on
investments......... 12 61 -- 48
--- --- ----- ---
Net increase
(decrease) in net
assets resulting
from operations..... $ 29 $ 64 $ 137 $ 55
--- --- ----- ---
--- --- ----- ---
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CAPITAL MORTGAGE INTERNATIONAL DIVIDEND AND
APPRECIATION FUND SECURITIES FUND INDEX FUND OPPORTUNITIES FUND GROWTH FUND
SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT
----------------- --------------- ----------- ------------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
INVESTMENT INCOME:
Dividends.............. $ 3 $ 14 $ 5 $ 8 $ 11
--- --- --- --- ---
Net investment income
(loss).............. 3 14 5 8 11
--- --- --- --- ---
CAPITAL GAINS INCOME..... -- -- -- -- --
--- --- --- --- ---
NET REALIZED AND
UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS:
Net realized gain
(loss) on security
transactions.......... -- -- -- -- --
Net unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) of
investments during the
period................ 46 11 65 68 12
--- --- --- --- ---
Net realized and
unrealized gain
(loss) on
investments......... 46 11 65 68 12
--- --- --- --- ---
Net increase
(decrease) in net
assets resulting
from operations..... $ 49 $ 25 $ 70 $ 76 $ 23
--- --- --- --- ---
--- --- --- --- ---
<CAPTION>
FIDELITY VIP FIDELITY VIP FIDELITY VIP II
EQUITY INCOME OVERSEAS ASSET MANAGER
PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO
SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT
------------------ ------------- ----------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
INVESTMENT INCOME:
Dividends.............. $ -- $ -- $ --
--- --- ---
Net investment income
(loss).............. -- -- --
--- --- ---
CAPITAL GAINS INCOME..... -- -- --
--- --- ---
NET REALIZED AND
UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
ON INVESTMENTS:
Net realized gain
(loss) on security
transactions.......... -- -- --
Net unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) of
investments during the
period................ 54 44 50
--- --- ---
Net realized and
unrealized gain
(loss) on
investments......... 54 44 50
--- --- ---
Net increase
(decrease) in net
assets resulting
from operations..... $ 54 $ 44 $ 50
--- --- ---
--- --- ---
</TABLE>
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HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 46
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Separate Account Variable Life One
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
FOR THE PERIOD FROM INCEPTION, OCTOBER 3, 1996, TO DECEMBER 31, 1996
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
MONEY
BOND FUND STOCK FUND MARKET FUND ADVISERS FUND
SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT
----------- ----------- ----------- --------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
OPERATIONS:
Net investment income
(loss)................ $ 17 $ 3 $ 137 $ 7
Net unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) of
investments during the
period................ 12 61 -- 48
----------- ----------- ----------- ------
Net increase (decrease)
in net assets
resulting from
operations............ 29 64 137 55
----------- ----------- ----------- ------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
Purchases.............. 1,000 1,000 436,756 1,000
Net transfers.......... 115 170 (18,268) --
Surrenders............. -- -- (2,162) --
Cost of insurance...... -- -- (4,447) --
----------- ----------- ----------- ------
Net increase (decrease)
in net assets
resulting from unit
transactions.......... 1,115 1,170 411,879 1,000
----------- ----------- ----------- ------
Total increase
(decrease) in net
assets................ 1,144 1,234 412,016 1,055
NET ASSETS:
Beginning of period.... -- -- -- --
----------- ----------- ----------- ------
End of period.......... $1,144 $1,234 $ 412,016 $1,055
----------- ----------- ----------- ------
----------- ----------- ----------- ------
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 47
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CAPTIAL MORTGAGE INTERNATIONAL DIVIDEND AND
APPRECIATION FUND SECURITIES FUND INDEX FUND OPPORTUNITIES FUND GROWTH FUND
SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT
----------------- --------------- ----------- ------------------ ------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
OPERATIONS:
Net investment income
(loss)................ $ 3 $ 14 $ 5 $ 8 $ 11
Net unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) of
investments during the
period................ 46 11 65 68 12
------ ------ ----------- ------ ------
Net increase (decrease)
in net assets
resulting from
operations............ 49 25 70 76 23
------ ------ ----------- ------ ------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
Purchases.............. 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
Net transfers.......... 1,661 -- 69 3,182 3,436
Surrenders............. -- -- -- -- (11)
Cost of insurance...... -- -- -- -- (17)
------ ------ ----------- ------ ------
Net increase (decrease)
in net assets
resulting from unit
transactions.......... 2,661 1,000 1,069 4,182 4,408
------ ------ ----------- ------ ------
Total increase
(decrease) in net
assets................ 2,710 1,025 1,139 4,258 4,431
NET ASSETS:
Beginning of period.... -- -- -- -- --
------ ------ ----------- ------ ------
End of period.......... $2,710 $1,025 $1,139 $4,258 $4,431
------ ------ ----------- ------ ------
------ ------ ----------- ------ ------
<CAPTION>
FIDELITY VIP FIDELITY VIP FIDELITY VIP II
EQUITY INCOME PORTFOLIO OVERSEAS PORTFOLIO ASSET MANAGER PORTFOLIO
SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT SUB-ACCOUNT
----------------------- ------------------ -----------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
OPERATIONS:
Net investment income
(loss)................ --$ -$- --$
Net unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) of
investments during the
period................ 54 44 50
------ ------ ------
Net increase (decrease)
in net assets
resulting from
operations............ 54 44 50
------ ------ ------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
Purchases.............. 1,000 1,000 1,000
Net transfers.......... 760 -- --
Surrenders............. (13) -- --
Cost of insurance...... (17) -- --
------ ------ ------
Net increase (decrease)
in net assets
resulting from unit
transactions.......... 1,730 1,000 1,000
------ ------ ------
Total increase
(decrease) in net
assets................ 1,784 -- --
NET ASSETS:
Beginning of period.... -- -- --
------ ------ ------
End of period.......... $1,784 $1,044 $1,050
------ ------ ------
------ ------ ------
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
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SEPARATE ACCOUNT VARIABLE LIFE ONE
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 1996
- ---------------------------------------------------
1. ORGANIZATION:
Separate Account Variable Life One (the Account) is a separate investment
account within ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company (the Company) and
is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a unit
investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The
Account consists of twenty two sub-accounts. These financial statements include
twelve sub-accounts which invest solely in Hartford Mutual Funds and Fidelity
Mutual Funds (the Funds). The other ten sub-accounts, which invest in the Putnam
Variable Trust Funds, are presented in separate financial statements. Both the
Company and the Account are subject to supervision and regulation by the
Department of Insurance of the State of Connecticut and the SEC. The Account
invests deposits by variable life contractholders of the Company in the Funds as
directed by the contractholders.
- ---------------------------------------------------
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of the
Account, which are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
in the investment company industry:
a) SECURITY TRANSACTIONS--Security transactions are recorded on the trade
date (date the order to buy or sell is executed). Cost of investments
sold is determined on the basis of identified cost. Dividends and
capital gains income are accrued as of the ex-dividend date. Capital
gains income represents dividends from the Funds which are characterized
as capital gains under tax regulations.
b) SECURITY VALUATION--The investment in shares of the funds are valued at
the closing net asset value per share as determined by the appropriate
Fund as of December 31, 1996.
c) FEDERAL INCOME TAXES--The operations of the Account form a part of, and
are taxed with, the total operations of the Company, which is taxed as
an insurance company under the Internal Revenue Code. Under current law,
no federal income taxes are payable with respect to the operations of
the Account.
d) USE OF ESTIMATES--The preparation of financial statements in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to
make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of
assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and
the reported amounts of income and expenses during the period. Operating
results in the future could vary from the amounts derived from
management's estimates.
- ---------------------------------------------------
3.ADMINISTRATION OF THE ACCOUNT AND
RELATED CHARGES:
In accordance with the terms of the contracts, the Company makes deductions
for mortality and expense undertakings, cost of insurance, administrative fees,
and state premium taxes. These charges are deducted through termination of units
of interest from applicable contractholders' accounts in accordance with the
terms of the contracts.
48
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Report of Independent Public Accountants
To ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company Putnam Capital
Manager Trust Separate Account Variable Life One and to the
Owners of Units of Interest therein:
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of
Diversified Income Fund Sub-Account, Global Asset Allocation Fund Sub-
Account, Global Growth Fund Sub-Account, Growth and Income Fund Sub-
Account, High Yield Fund Sub-Account, New Opportunities Fund Sub-
Account, Money Market Fund Sub-Account, U.S. Government and High Quality
Bond Fund Sub-Account, Utilities Growth and Income Fund Sub-Account and
Voyager Fund Sub-Account (ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance
Company Putnam Capital Manager Trust Separate Account Variable Life One)
(the Account) as of December 31, 1996, and the related statements of
operations and changes in net assets for the period from inception,
October 3, 1996, to December 31, 1996. These financial statements are
the responsibility of the Account's management. Our responsibility is
to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit
to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Diversified
Income Fund Sub-Account, Global Asset Allocation Fund Sub-Account,
Global Growth Fund Sub-Account, Growth and Income Fund Sub-Account, High
Yield Fund Sub-Account, New Opportunities Fund Sub-Account, Money Market
Fund Sub-Account, U.S. Government and High Quality Bond Fund Sub-
Account, Utilities Growth and Income Fund Sub-Account and Voyager Fund
Sub-Account (constituting ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance
Company Putnam Capital Manager Trust Separate Account Variable Life One)
as of December 31, 1996, the results of its operations and the changes
in its net assets for the period from inception, October 3, 1996, to
December 31, 1996, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
February 14, 1997
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
PUTNAM CAPITAL MANAGER TRUST SEPARATE ACCOUNT VARIABLE LIFE ONE -- ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
<CAPTION>
Statement of Assets & Liabilities
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
December 31, 1996 Diversified Global Asset Global Growth High Yield
Income Allocation Growth and Income Fund
Fund Fund Fund Fund Sub-Account
Sub-Account Sub-Account Sub-Account Sub-Account
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Assets
Investments:
.....................................................................................................
Putnam VT Diversified Income Fund
Shares 91
Cost $1,000
.....................................................................................................
Market Value: $1,030 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ --
.....................................................................................................
Putnam VT Global Asset
Allocation Fund
Shares 63
Cost $1,046
.....................................................................................................
Market Value: -- 1,094 -- -- --
.....................................................................................................
Putnam VT Global Growth Fund
Shares 96
Cost $1,562
.....................................................................................................
Market Value: -- -- 1,615 -- --
.....................................................................................................
Putnam VT Growth and Income Fund
Shares 184
Cost $4,486
.....................................................................................................
Market Value: -- -- -- 4,520 --
.....................................................................................................
Putnam VT High Yield Fund
Shares 79
Cost $1,000
.....................................................................................................
Market Value: -- -- -- -- 1,025
.....................................................................................................
Putnam VT Money Market Fund
Shares 1,012
Cost $1,012
.....................................................................................................
Market Value: -- -- -- -- --
.....................................................................................................
Putnam VT New Opportunities Fund
Shares 58
Cost $1,057
.....................................................................................................
Market Value: -- -- -- -- --
.....................................................................................................
Putnam VT U.S. Government and
High Quality Bond Fund
Shares 328
Cost $4,320
.....................................................................................................
Market Value: -- -- -- -- --
.....................................................................................................
Putnam VT Utilities Growth and
Income Fund
Shares 73
Cost $1,000
.....................................................................................................
Market Value: -- -- -- -- --
.....................................................................................................
Putnam VT Voyager Fund
Shares 72
Cost $2,375
.....................................................................................................
Market Value: -- -- -- -- --
.....................................................................................................
Due from ITT Hartford Life
and Annuity Insurance
Company
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Total Assets 1,030 1,094 1,615 4,520 1,025
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Liabilities
Payable for fund shares
purchased -- -- -- -- --
.....................................................................................................
Total Liabilities -- -- -- -- --
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Net Assets (variable
annuity contract
liabilities) $1,030 $1,094 $1,615 $4,520 $1,025
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<CAPTION>
Statement of Assets & Liabilities
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
December 31, 1996 Money New U.S. Govt. Utilities Voyager
Market Opportunities and High Growth Fund
Fund Fund Quality Bond and Income Sub-Account
Sub-Account Sub-Account Fund Fund
Sub-Account Sub-Account
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Assets
Investments:
.....................................................................................................
Putnam VT Diversified Income Fund
Shares 91
Cost $1,000
.....................................................................................................
Market Value: $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ --
.....................................................................................................
Putnam VT Global Asset
Allocation Fund
Shares 63
Cost $1,046
.....................................................................................................
Market Value: -- -- -- -- --
.....................................................................................................
Putnam VT Global Growth Fund
Shares 96
Cost $1,562
.....................................................................................................
Market Value: -- -- -- -- --
.....................................................................................................
Putnam VT Growth and Income Fund
Shares 184
Cost $4,486
.....................................................................................................
Market Value: -- -- -- -- --
.....................................................................................................
Putnam VT High Yield Fund
Shares 79
Cost $1,000
.....................................................................................................
Market Value: -- -- -- -- --
.....................................................................................................
Putnam VT Money Market Fund
Shares 1,012
Cost $1,012
.....................................................................................................
Market Value: 1,012 -- -- -- --
.....................................................................................................
Putnam VT New Opportunities Fund
Shares 58
Cost $1,057
.....................................................................................................
Market Value: -- 995 -- -- --
.....................................................................................................
Putnam VT U.S. Government and
High Quality Bond Fund
Shares 328
Cost $4,320
.....................................................................................................
Market Value: -- -- 4,331 -- --
.....................................................................................................
Putnam VT Utilities Growth and
Income Fund
Shares 73
Cost $1,000
.....................................................................................................
Market Value: -- -- -- 1,073 --
.....................................................................................................
Putnam VT Voyager Fund
Shares 72
Cost $2,375
.....................................................................................................
Market Value: -- -- -- -- 2,347
.....................................................................................................
Due from ITT Hartford Life
and Annuity Insurance
Company
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Total Assets 1,012 995 4,331 1,073 2,347
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Liabilities
Payable for fund shares
purchased -- -- -- -- --
.....................................................................................................
Total Liabilities -- -- -- -- --
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Net Assets (variable
annuity contract
liabilities) $1,012 $995 $4,331 $1,073 $2,347
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</TABLE>
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
PUTNAM CAPITAL MANAGER TRUST SEPARATE ACCOUNT VARIABLE LIFE ONE -- ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
<CAPTION>
Statement of Assets & Liablilites (continued)
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December 31, 1996 Units Unit Contract
Owned by Price Liability
Participants
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Deferred annuity contracts in the accumulation period:
Group Sub-Accounts:
.................................................................................................................
Diversified Income Fund Sub-Account 85 $12.064581 $1,030
.................................................................................................................
Global Asset Allocation Fund Sub-Account 71 15.301933 1,094
.................................................................................................................
Global Growth Fund Sub-Account 102 15.897325 1,615
.................................................................................................................
Growth and Income Fund Sub-Account 254 17.812315 4,520
.................................................................................................................
High Yield Fund Sub-Account 71 14.470063 1,025
.................................................................................................................
Money Market Fund Sub-Account 865 1.170296 1,012
.................................................................................................................
New Opportunities Fund Sub-Account 67 14.831271 995
.................................................................................................................
U.S. Government and High Quality Bond Fund Sub-Account 346 12.504679 4,331
.................................................................................................................
Utilities Growth and Income Fund Sub-Account 72 14.812870 1,073
.................................................................................................................
Voyager Fund Sub-Account 128 18.327403 2,347
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Grand Total $19,042
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</TABLE>
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
PUTNAM CAPITAL MANAGER TRUST SEPARATE ACCOUNT VARIABLE LIFE ONE -- ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
<CAPTION>
Statement of Operations
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For the period from Diversified Global Asset Global Growth
inception October 3, 1996 Income Allocation Growth and Income
to December 31, 1996 Fund Fund Fund Fund
Sub-Account Sub-Account Sub-Account Sub-Account
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Investment Income:
Dividends $-- $-- $-- $--
.........................................................................................................................
Net realized and
unrealized gain (loss)
on investments:
.........................................................................................................................
Net unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) of
investments during
the period 30 48 53 34
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Net increase
(decrease) in net
assets resulting
from operations $30 $48 $53 $34
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<CAPTION>
Statement of Operations (Continued)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For the period from inception High Yield Money New U.S. Govt.
October 3, 1996 to December 31, 1996 Fund Market Opportunities and High
Sub-Account Fund Fund Quality Bond
Sub-Account Sub-Account Fund
Sub-Account
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Investment Income:
Dividends $-- $12 $-- $--
..........................................................................................................................
Net realized and
unrealized gain (loss)
on investments:
. .........................................................................................................................
Net unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) of
investments during
the period 25 -- (62) 11
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Net increase
(decrease) in net
assets resulting
from operations $25 $12 $(62) $11
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<CAPTION>
Statement of Operations (Continued)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For the period from inception Utilities Voyager
October 3, 1996 to December 31, 1996 Growth Fund
and Income Sub-Account
Fund
Sub-Account
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Investment Income:
Dividends $-- $--
.................................................................................
Net realized and
unrealized gain (loss)
on investments:
.................................................................................
Net unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) of
investments during
the period 73 (28)
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Net increase
(decrease) in net
assets resulting
from operations $73 $(28)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
PUTNAM CAPITAL MANAGER TRUST SEPARATE ACCOUNT VARIABLE LIFE ONE -- ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
<CAPTION>
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For the period from Diversified Global Asset Global Growth
inception October 3, 1996 Income Allocation Growth and Income
to December 31, 1996 Fund Fund Fund Fund
Sub-Account Sub-Account Sub-Account Sub-Account
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Operations:
Net investment
income $ -- $ -- $ -- $ --
.........................................................................................................................
Net unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) of
investments during
the period 30 48 53 34
.........................................................................................................................
Net increase (decrease)
in net assets resulting
from operations 30 48 53 34
.........................................................................................................................
Unit transactions:
Purchases 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
.........................................................................................................................
Net transfers -- 46 562 3,515
.........................................................................................................................
Surrenders (12)
.........................................................................................................................
Cost of insurance (17)
.........................................................................................................................
Net increase in
net assets resulting
from unit transactions 1,000 1,046 1,562 4,486
.........................................................................................................................
Total increase
in net assets 1,030 1,094 1,615 4,520
.........................................................................................................................
Net assets:
Beginning of period
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
End of period $1,030 $1,094 $1,615 $4,520
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<CAPTION>
Statement of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For the period from High Yield Money New U.S. Govt.
inception October 3, 1996 Fund Market Opportunities and High
to December 31, 1996 Sub-Account Fund Fund Quality Bond
Sub-Account Sub-Account Fund
Sub-Account
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Operations:
Net investment
income $ -- $ 12 $ -- $ --
..........................................................................................................................
Net unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) of
investments during
the period 25 (62) 11
..........................................................................................................................
Net increase (decrease)
in net assets resulting
from operations 25 12 (62) 11
..........................................................................................................................
Unit transactions:
Purchases 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
..........................................................................................................................
Net transfers -- -- 57 3,320
..........................................................................................................................
Surrenders
..........................................................................................................................
Cost of insurance
..........................................................................................................................
Net increase in
net assets resulting
from unit transactions 1,000 1,000 1,057 4,320
..........................................................................................................................
Total increase
in net assets 1,025 1,012 995 4,331
..........................................................................................................................
Net assets:
Beginning of period
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
End of period $1,025 $1,012 $995 $4,331
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<CAPTION>
Statement of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
For the period from Utilities Voyager
inception October 3, 1996 Growth Fund
to December 31, 1996 and Income Sub-Account
Fund
Sub-Account
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Operations:
Net investment
income $ -- $ --
.................................................................................
Net unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) of
investments during
the period 73 (28)
.................................................................................
Net increase (decrease)
in net assets resulting
from operations 73 (28)
.................................................................................
Unit transactions:
Purchases 1,000 1,000
.................................................................................
Net transfers 1,375
.................................................................................
Surrenders
.................................................................................
Cost of insurance
.................................................................................
Net increase in
net assets resulting
from unit transactions 1,000 2,375
.................................................................................
Total increase
in net assets 1,073 2,347
.................................................................................
Net assets:
Beginning of period
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
End of period $1,073 $2,347
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
<PAGE>
PUTNAM CAPITAL MANAGER TRUST SEPARATE ACCOUNT VARIABLE LIFE ONE --
ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 1996
1. ORGANIZATION:
Separate Account Variable Life One (the Account) is a separate
investment account with ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company
(the Company) and is registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended. The Account consists of twenty two sub-
accounts. These financial statements include ten sub-accounts which
invest solely in the Putnam Variable Trust Funds (the Funds). The other
twelve sub-accounts, which invest in Hartford Mutual Funds and Fidelity
Mutual Funds, are presented in separate financial statements. Both the
Company and the Account are subject to supervision and regulation by the
Department of Insurance of the State of Connecticut and the SEC. The
Account invests deposits by variable life contractholders of the Company
in the Funds as directed by the contractholders.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies of the
Account, which are in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the investment company industry:
A) Security Transactions -- Security transactions are recorded on the
trade date (date the order to buy or sell is executed). Cost of
investments sold is determined on the basis of identified cost.
Dividends and capital gains income are accrued as of the ex-dividend
date. Capital gains income represents dividends from the Funds which are
characterized as capital gains under tax regulations.
B) Security Valuation -- The investments in shares of the Funds are
valued at the closing net asset value per share as determined by the
appropriate Fund as of December 31, 1996.
C) Federal Income Taxes -- The operations of the Account form a part of,
and are taxed with, the total operations of the Company, which is taxed
as an insurance company under the Internal Revenue Code. Under current
law, no federal income taxes are payable with respect to the operations
of the Account.
D) Use of Estimates -- The preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the
period. Operating results in the future could vary from the amounts
derived from management's estimates.
3. ADMINISTRATION OF THE ACCOUNT AND RELATED CHARGES:
In accordance with the terms of the contracts, the Company makes
deductions for mortality and expense undertakings, cost of insurance,
administrative fees, and state premium taxes. These charges are deducted
through termination of units of interest from applicable contract
owners' accounts, in accordance with the terms of the contracts.
<PAGE>
PART II
CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This Registration Statement comprises the following papers and documents:
The facing sheet.
The prospectus consisting of 69 pages.
The undertaking to file reports.
The Rule 484 undertaking.
The signature page.
(1) The following exhibits included herewith correspond to those required by
paragraph A of the instructions for exhibits to Form N-8B-2.
(A1) Resolution of Board of Directors of ITT Hartford Life and Annuity
Insurance Company ("Hartford") authorizing the establishment of
the Separate Account. (1)
(A2) Not applicable.
(A3a) Principal Underwriting Agreement. (2)
(A3b) Form of Selling Agreements. (2)
(A3c) Not applicable.
(A4) Not applicable.
(A5) Form of Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance Policy. (2)
(A6a) Charter of Hartford.
(A6b) Bylaws of Hartford. (2)
(A7) Not applicable.
(A8) Not applicable.
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(1) Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement File No. 33-61267, filed on January 23, 1996.
(2) Incorporated by reference to the Initial Submission to the Registration
Statement File No. 333-07471, filed on July 2, 1996.
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(A9) Not applicable.
(A10) Form of Application for Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance
Policies. (1)
(A11) Memorandum describing transfer and redemption procedures. (2)
(2) Opinion and consent of Lynda Godkin, General Counsel.
(3) No financial statement will be omitted from the Prospectus pursuant to
Instruction 1(b) or (c) of Part I.
(4) Not applicable.
(5) Opinion and consent of Ken A. McCullum, FSA, MAAA.
(6) Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Public Accountants.
(7) Power of Attorney.
(8) Financial Data Schedule.
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REPRESENTATION OF REASONABLENESS OF FEES
ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company ("Hartford") hereby represents
that the aggregate fees and charges under the Policy are reasonable in relation
to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks
assumed by Hartford.
UNDERTAKING TO FILE REPORTS
Subject to the terms and conditions of Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission such supplementary and periodic information,
documents, and reports as may be prescribed by any rule or regulation of the
Commission heretofore or hereafter duly adopted pursuant to authority conferred
in that section.
UNDERTAKINGS AND REPRESENTATIONS AS REQUIRED BY RULE 6e-3(T)
1. Separate Account VL I meets the definition of "Separate Account" under Rule
6e-3(T).
2. Hartford undertakes to keep and make available to the Commission upon
request any documents used to support any representation as to the
reasonableness of fees.
UNDERTAKING ON INDEMNIFICATION
Article VIII of the Bylaws of ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company, a
Connecticut corporation, provides for indemnification of its officers, directors
and employees as follows:
SECTION 1. No person shall be liable to the Company for any loss or damage
suffered by it on account of any action taken or omitted to be taken by him as
director or officer of the Company, or of any other company, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise for which he serves as a director, officer or
employee at the request of the Company, in good faith, if such person (a)
exercised and used the same degree of care and skill as a prudent man would have
exercised or used under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs, or
(b) took or omitted to take such action in reliance upon advice of counsel for
the Company or upon statements made or information furnished by officers or
employees of the Company which he had reasonable grounds to believe to be true.
The foregoing shall not be exclusive of other rights and defenses to which he
may be entitled as a matter of law.
SECTION 2. The Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, (other than one by or in the right of the Company) by reason
of the fact that he is or was a director, officer or employee of the company ,
or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or
employee of another company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonable y incurred by him in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in
a manner he reasonable believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
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reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any
action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a
plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall no, of itself, create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Company, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding had reasonable
cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
SECTION 3. The Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in
its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer or
employee of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a
director, officer or employee of another company, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually
and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of
such action or suit, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, except
that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter
as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or
misconduct in the performance of his duty to the Company unless and only to the
extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine
upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability and in view of all
circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such expenses as such court shall deem proper.
SECTION 4. Expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in defending a civil
or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Company in advance of
the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of any
undertaking by or on behalf of the director or employee to repay such amount
unless it shall ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be indemnified
by the Company as authorized hereby.
SECTION 5. The indemnification provided by this Article shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under
any statute, bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or of disinterested
directors or otherwise, both as to action in an official capacity and as to
action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a
person who has ceased to be a director, officer or employee and shall inure to
the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
The registrant hereby undertakes that insofar as indemnification for
liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant,
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this
Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, and attested, all in the Town of
Simsbury, and State of Connecticut, on the 10th day of April, 1997.
ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE
COMPANY
SEPARATE ACCOUNT VL I
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Gregory A. Boyko
-----------------------------------
Gregory A. Boyko, Vice President &
Controller
ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE
COMPANY
(Depositor)
By: /s/ Gregory A. Boyko
-----------------------------------
Gregory A. Boyko, Vice President &
Controller
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons and in the capacities and on
the dates indicated.
Donald R. Frahm, Director *
Bruce D. Gardner, Director *
Joseph H. Gareau, Executive Vice
President, Chief Investment
Officer, Director *
Joseph Kanarek, Vice President,
Director
Thomas M. Marra, Executive Vice *By: /s/ Lynda Godkin
President, Director * -----------------------------------
Lowndes A. Smith, President, Lynda Godkin
Chief Executive Officer, Attorney-In-Fact
Director *
Lizabeth H. Zlatkus, Vice President Dated: April 10, 1997
Director * -------------------------------
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EXHIBIT INDEX
(1) (A6a) Charter of Hartford.
(2) Opinion and Consent of Lynda Godkin, General Counsel.
(5) Opinion and Consent of Ken A. McCullum, FSA, MAAA.
(6) Consent of Arthur Andersen, LLP.
(7) Copy of Power of Attorney.
(8) Financial Data Schedule.
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EXHIBIT 6(a)
FILING #0001681641 PG 04 OF 05 VOL B-00105
FILED 12/31/1996 10:00 AM PAGE 00897
SECRETARY OF STATE
CONNECTICUT SECRETARY OF THE STATE
CERTIFICATE AMENDING
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
BY ACTIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE SOLE SHAREHOLDER
1. The name of the Corporation is ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE
COMPANY.
2. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is amended by the
following resolution of each of the Board of Directors and the Sole
Shareholder:
RESOLVED, that the Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company, as supplemented and amended to
date, is hereby amended by striking out Section 9 in its entirety
and adding the following Sections 9 and 10. All other sections
of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall
remain unchanged and continue in full force and effect.
"Section 9. The Board of Directors may, at any time, appoint
from among its own members such committees as it
may deem necessary for the proper conduct of the
business of the Company. The Board of Directors
shall be unrestricted as to the powers it may
confer upon such committees."
"Section 10. So much of the charter of said corporation, as
amended, as is inconsistent herewith is repealed,
provided that such repeal shall not invalidate or
otherwise affect any action taken pursuant to the
charter of the corporation, in accordance with its
terms, prior to the effective date of such
repeal."
3. The above resolutions were passed by the Board of Directors and the Sole
Shareholder of the Corporation. The number of shares of the Corporation's
common capital stock entitled to vote thereon was 3,000 and the vote
required for adoption was 2,000 shares. The vote favoring adoption was
3,000 shares, which was the greatest vote required to pass the resolution.
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2
Dated at Simsbury, Connecticut this 30th day of December, 1996.
We hereby declare, under penalty of false statement, that the statements made in
the foregoing Certificate are true.
ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY
INSURANCE COMPANY
/s/Thomas M. Marra
------------------------------------
Thomas M. Marra, Executive Vice
President and Director - Individual
Life and Annuity Division
/s/Lynda Godkin
------------------------------------
Lynda Godkin, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
<PAGE>
CERTIFICATE AMENDING AND RESTATING
THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION BY
ACTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS
The name of the Corporation is ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY.
2. The Certificate of Incorporation is amended and restated by the following
resolution of the Board of Directors and Shareholder of the Corporation.
RESOLVED, that the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as
supplemented and amended to date, is further amended and restated to read
as follows:
Section 1. The name of the Corporation is ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Section 2. The address of the Registered Office of the Corporation is
Hartford Plaza, Hartford, Connecticut 06104-2999.
Section 3. The Corporation is a body politic and corporate and shall
have all the powers granted by the general statutes, as now
enacted or hereinafter amended, to corporations formed under
the Stock Corporation Act.
Section 4. The Corporation shall have the purposes and powers to write
any and all forms of insurance which any other corporation
now or hereafter chartered in Connecticut and empowered to
do an insurance business may now or hereafter lawfully do;
to accept and to cede reinsurance; to issue policies and
contracts for any kind or combination of kinds of insurance;
to issue policies or contracts either with or without
participation in profits; to acquire and hold any or all of
the shares or other securities of any insurance corporation
or any other kind of corporation; and to engage in any
lawful act or activity for which corporations may be formed
under the Stock Corporation Act. The corporation is
authorized to exercise the powers herein granted in any
state, territory or jurisdiction of the United States or
in any foreign country.
Section 5. The Corporation shall obtain a license from the insurance
commissioner prior to the commencement of business and
shall be subject to all general statutes applicable to
insurance companies.
Section 6. The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall
have authority to issue is 3,000 shares consisting of one
class only, designated as Common Shares, of the par value
of $1,250.
Section 7. No shareholder shall, because of his ownership of shares,
have a preemptive or other right to purchase, subscribe for,
or take any part of any shares or any
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2
part of the notes, debentures, bonds, or other securities
convertible into or carrying options or warrants to purchase
shares of this corporation issued, optioned, or sold by it
after its incorporation.
Section 8. The minimum amount of stated capital with which the
corporation shall commence business is One Thousand
Dollars ($1,000.00).
Section 9. So much of the charter of said corporation is amended, as is
inconsistent herewith is repealed, provided such repeal shall
not invalidate or otherwise affect any action taken pursuant
to the charter of the corporation, in accordance with its
terms, prior to the effective date of such repeal.
3. The above resolution was passed by the Board of Directors and the
Shareholder of the Corporation. The number of shares entitled to vote
thereon was 3,000 and the vote required for adoption was 2,000 shares.
The vote favoring adoption was 3,000 which was the greatest vote needed to
pass the resolution.
Dated at Simsbury, Connecticut this 30th day of April, 1996.
We hereby declare, under the penalties of false statement, that the
statements made in the foregoing Certificate are true.
ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND
ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
/s/ Lowndes A. Smith
---------------------------------
Lowndes A. Smith, President
/s/ Lynda Godkin
----------------------------------
Lynda Godkin, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 2
THE [LOGO]
HARTFORD
April 10, 1997 Lynda Godkin
General Counsel & Secretary
Law Department
Board of Directors
ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company
200 Hopmeadow Street
Simsbury, CT 06089
RE: SEPARATE ACCOUNT VL I
ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
FILE NO. 333-07471
Dear Sir/Madam:
I have acted as General Counsel to ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance
Company (the "Company"), a Connecticut insurance company, and ITT Hartford Life
and Annuity Insurance Company Separate Account VL I (the "Account") in
connection with the registration of an indefinite amount of securities in the
form of a flexible premium variable life insurance policy (the "Policy") with
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended. I have examined such documents (including the Form S-6 Registration
Statement) and reviewed such questions of law as I considered necessary and
appropriate, and on the basis of such examination and review, it is my opinion
that:
1. The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing as a stock
life insurance company under the laws of the State of Connecticut and is
duly authorized by the Insurance Department of the State of Connecticut to
issue the Policy.
2. The Account is a duly authorized and validly existing separate account
established pursuant to the provisions of Section 38a-433 of the
Connecticut Statutes.
3. To the extent so provided under the Policy, that portion of the assets of
the Account equal to the reserves and other contract liabilities with
respect to the Account will not be chargeable with liabilities arising out
of any other business that the Company may conduct.
Hartford Life Insurance Companies
200 Hopmeadow Street
Simsbury, CT 06089
860 843 3153
860 843 8665 Fax
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2999
Hartford, CT 06104-2999
<PAGE>
Board of Directors
ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company
April 10, 1997
Page 2
4. The Policy, when issued as contemplated by the Form S-6 Registration
Statement, will constitute legal, validly issued and binding obligations of
the Company.
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Form S-6
Registration Statement for the Policy and the Account.
Sincerely,
/s/ Lynda Godkin
Lynda Godkin
<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 5
[LOGO]
ITT HARTFORD ITT HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANIES
KEN A. MCCULLUM, FSA, MAAA 200 Hopmeadow Street
Assistant Vice President Simsbury, CT 06089
Individual Life Product Development Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2999
Hartford, CT 06104-2999
Telephone (860) 843-3169
Fax (860) 843-5859
April 1, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Dear Sir:
This opinion is furnished in connection with the Form S-6 Registration Statement
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"), of a certain
flexible premium variable life insurance policy (the "Policy") that will be
offered and sold by Hartford Life Insurance Company and certain units of
interest to be issued in connection with the Policy.
The hypothetical illustrations of the Policy used in the Form S-6 Registration
Statement accurately reflect reasonable estimates of projected performance of
the Policy under the stipulated rates of investment return, the contractual
expense deductions and guaranteed cost-of-insurance rates, and utilizing a
reasonable estimation for expected fund operating expenses.
I hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Form S-6
Registration Statement and to the reference to my name under the heading
"Experts" in the Prospectus included as part of such Form S-6 Registration
Statement.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Ken A. McCullum
Ken A. McCullum, FSA, MAAA
Director Individual Life
Product Development
<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 6
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our reports
(and to all references to our Firm) included in or made a part of this
Registration Statement File No. 333-07471 for ITT Hartford Life and Annuity
Insurance Company Separate Account VL I on Form S-6.
/s/ Arthur Andersen LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
April 14, 1997
<PAGE>
ITT HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Donald R. Frahm
Bruce D. Gardner
Joseph H. Gareau
Joseph Kanarek
Thomas M. Marra
Lowndes A. Smith
Lizabeth H. Zlatkus
do hereby jointly and severally authorize Lynda Godkin and/or Margaret E.
Hankard and Marianne O'Doherty to sign as their agent, any Registration
Statement, pre-effective amendment, post-effective amendment and any application
for exemptive relief of the ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company
under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Power of Attorney for the
purpose herein set forth.
/s/Donald R. Frahm /s/Lowndes A. Smith
- -------------------------------------- -----------------------------------
Donald R. Frahm Lowndes A. Smith
/s/Bruce D. Gardner /s/Lizabeth H. Zlatkus
- -------------------------------------- -----------------------------------
Bruce D. Gardner Lizabeth H. Zlatkus
/s/Joseph H. Gareau
- --------------------------------------
Joseph H. Gareau
/s/Joseph Kanarek
- --------------------------------------
Joseph Kanarek
/s/Thomas M. Marra
- --------------------------------------
Thomas M. Marra
Dated: December 3, 1996
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