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HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
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HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
SEPARATE ACCOUNT TWO (DC-II)
TAX SHELTERED ANNUITY/INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ANNUITY
PROSPECTUS DATED: MAY 1, 1997
SUPPLEMENT DATED: JANUARY 8, 1998
Effective January 1, 1998, Acacia Capital Corporation was renamed Calvert
Variable Series, Inc. and its Calvert Responsibly Invested Balanced Portfolio
was renamed Calvert Social Balanced Portfolio. All references in the Prospectus
to the Acacia Capital Corporation and Calvert Responsibly Invested Balanced
Portfolio should be changed to reflect the new name.
HV-2214
33-59541