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  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 20, 1998.
    
                                                             File No. 33-73570
                                                                      811-4372
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D. C. 20549

                                    FORM N-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
   
     Pre-Effective Amendment No.                                       [ ]
     Post-Effective Amendment No.  22                                  [X]
    
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

   
     Amendment No.  82                                                 [X]
    
                           HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                                 SEPARATE ACCOUNT TWO
                              (Exact Name of Registrant)

                           HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                                 (Name of Depositor)

                                    P.O. BOX 2999
                               HARTFORD, CT  06104-2999
                      (Address of Depositor's Principal Offices)
   
                                    (860) 843-6733
                 (Depositor's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
    
   
                               Marianne O'Doherty, Esq.
                                    HARTFORD LIFE 
                                    P.O. BOX 2999
                               HARTFORD, CT  06104-2999
                       (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
    
 It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
   
       ___     immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
       _X_     on February 20, 1998 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
       ___     60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
       ___     on February 20, 1998 pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
       ___     this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date
               for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
    
PURSUANT TO RULE 24F-2(a)(1) 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. 
   
The purpose of this post-effective amendment no. 22 to the registration
statement on Form N-4 (File No. 33-73570) is to add the attached prospectus
which describes The Director Select, an individual and group tax deferred
variable annuity contract to the registration statement.  This post-effective
amendment no. 22 does not supersede post-effective amendment no. 21 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 16, 1997.
    
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                               CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
                              PURSUANT TO RULE 495(a)


          N-4 ITEM NO.                       PROSPECTUS HEADING
          -----------------------            ----------------------------------

     1.   Cover Page                         Hartford Life Insurance Company -
                                             Separate Account Two

     2.   Definitions                        Glossary of Special Terms

     3.   Synopsis or Highlights             Introduction

     4.   Condensed Financial                Yield Information
          Information

     5.   General Description of             Hartford, Separate Account Two,
          Registrant                         the Fixed Account, and the Funds

     6.   Deductions                         Charges Under the Contract 

     7.   General Description of             The Contracts, Separate Account,
          Annuity Contracts                  the Fixed Account, and Surrender
                                             Benefits

     8.   Annuity Period                     Annuity Benefits

     9.   Death Benefit                      Death Benefits

     10.  Purchases and Contract Value       The Contract, Contracts Offered,
                                             Premium Payments and Initial
                                             Allocations and Contract Value
     
     11.  Redemptions                        Surrender Benefits

     12.  Taxes                              Federal Tax Considerations

     13.  Legal Proceedings                  Legal Matters & Experts

     14.  Table of Contents of the           Table of Contents to
          Statement of Additional            Statement of Additional
          Information                        Information

     15.  Cover Page                         Part B; Statement of Additional
                                             Information

     16.  Table of Contents                  Table of Contents

     17.  General Information and History    Introduction

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     18.  Services                           None
     
     19.  Purchase of Securities             Distribution of Contracts
          being Offered

     20.  Underwriters                       Distribution of Contracts

     21.  Calculation of Performance Data    Calculation of Yield and Return

     22.  Annuity Payments                   Annuity Benefits
     
     23.  Financial Statements               Financial Statements

     24.  Financial Statements and           Financial Statements and
          Exhibits                           Exhibits

     25.  Directors and Officers of the      Directors and Officers of the
          Depositor                          Depositor

     26.  Persons Controlled by or Under     Persons Controlled by or Under
          Common Control with the            Common Control with the Depositor
          Depositor or Registrant            or Registrant

     27.  Number of Contract Owners          Number of Contract Owners

     28.  Indemnification                    Indemnification

     29.  Principal Underwriters             Principal Underwriters

     30.  Location of Accounts and           Location of Accounts and Records
          Records

     31.  Management Services                Management Services

     32.  Undertakings                       Undertakings 

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                              THE DIRECTOR SELECT
                             SEPARATE ACCOUNT TWO
                        HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                                 P.O. BOX 5085
                       HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06102-5085
                      TELEPHONE: 1-800-862-6668 (CONTRACT
                                    OWNERS)
[LOGO]            1-800-862-7155 (INVESTMENT REPRESENTATIVES)
 
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This Prospectus describes The Director Select, an individual and group tax
deferred variable annuity contract, designed for retirement planning purposes
("Contracts").
    
 
   
The Contracts are issued by Hartford Life Insurance Company ("Hartford").
Payments for the Contracts will be held in Hartford Life Insurance Company
Separate Account Two (the "Separate Account") or in the Fixed Account of
Hartford. Allocations to and transfers to and from the Fixed Account are not
permitted in certain states.
    
 
   
The following Sub-Accounts are available under the Contracts. Opposite each
Sub-Account is the name of the underlying investment for that Sub-Account:
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<S>                                           <C>  <C>
Mentor Perpetual International Sub-Account    --   shares of Mentor Perpetual VIP International Portfolio of
                                                   the Mentor Variable Investment Portfolios ("Mentor
                                                   Perpetual International Portfolio")
Mentor Capital Growth Sub-Account             --   shares of the Mentor VIP Capital Growth Portfolio of the
                                                   Mentor Variable Investment Portfolios ("Mentor Capital
                                                   Growth Portfolio")
Mentor Growth Sub-Account                     --   shares of the Mentor VIP Growth Portfolio of the Mentor
                                                   Variable Investment Portfolios ("Mentor Growth Portfolio")
Advisers Fund Sub-Account                     --   shares of Class IA of Hartford Advisers Fund, Inc.
                                                   ("Advisers Fund")
Bond Fund Sub-Account                         --   shares of Class IA of Hartford Bond Fund, Inc. ("Bond
                                                   Fund")
Capital Appreciation Fund Sub-Account         --   shares of Class IA of Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund,
                                                   Inc. ("Capital Appreciation Fund")
Dividend and Growth Fund Sub-Account          --   shares of Class IA of Hartford Dividend and Growth Fund,
                                                   Inc. ("Dividend and Growth Fund")
Index Fund Sub-Account                        --   shares of Class IA of Hartford Index Fund, Inc. ("Index
                                                   Fund")
International Advisers Fund Sub-Account       --   shares of Class IA Hartford International Advisers Fund,
                                                   Inc. ("International Advisers Fund")
International Opportunities Fund Sub-Account  --   shares of Class IA of Hartford International Opportunities
                                                   Fund, Inc. ("International Opportunities Fund")
MidCap Fund Sub-Account                       --   shares of Class IA of Hartford MidCap Fund, Inc. ("MidCap
                                                   Fund")
Money Market Fund Sub-Account                 --   shares of Class IA of HVA Money Market Fund, Inc. ("Money
                                                   Market Fund")
Mortgage Securities Fund Sub-Account          --   shares of Class IA Hartford Mortgage Securities Fund, Inc.
                                                   ("Mortgage Securities Fund")
Small Company Fund Sub-Account                --   shares of Class IA of Hartford Small Company Fund, Inc.
                                                   ("Small Company Fund")
Stock Fund Sub-Account                        --   shares of Class IA of Hartford Stock Fund, Inc. ("Stock
                                                   Fund")
</TABLE>
    
 
   
This Prospectus sets forth the information concerning the Separate Account and
the Fixed Account, where available, that investors should know before investing.
This Prospectus should be kept for future reference. Additional information
about the Separate Account and the Fixed Account has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and is available without charge upon request.
To obtain the Statement of Additional Information send a written request to, or
call Hartford Life Insurance Company, Attn: Individual Annuity Services, P.O.
Box 5085, Hartford, CT 06102-5085. The Table of Contents for the Statement of
Additional Information may be found on page 29 of this Prospectus. The Statement
of Additional Information is incorporated by reference to this Prospectus.
    
 
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VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACTS ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OBLIGATIONS OF, OR ENDORSED OR
GUARANTEED BY, ANY BANK, NOR ARE THEY FEDERALLY INSURED OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED
BY THE FDIC, THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, OR ANY OTHER AGENCY; THEY ARE SUBJECT TO
INVESTMENT RISKS, INCLUDING POSSIBLE LOSS OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT INVESTED.
    
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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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PROSPECTUS DATED: FEBRUARY 20, 1998
    
   
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DATED: FEBRUARY 20, 1998
    
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2                                                HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         PAGE
                                                                         ----
 <S>                                                                     <C>
 GLOSSARY OF SPECIAL TERMS.............................................     3
 FEE TABLE.............................................................     5
 ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUES..............................................     7
 INTRODUCTION..........................................................     8
 HARTFORD, SEPARATE ACCOUNT TWO, THE FIXED ACCOUNT AND THE FUNDS.......     8
   Hartford Life Insurance Company.....................................     8
   Separate Account Two................................................     9
   The Funds...........................................................     9
   The Fixed Account...................................................    11
   Performance Related Information.....................................    12
 THE CONTRACTS.........................................................    13
   Contracts Offered...................................................    13
   Premium Payments and Initial Allocations............................    13
   Contract Value......................................................    14
   Transfers Between Sub-Accounts/Fixed Account........................    14
   Charges Under the Contract..........................................    15
   Waiver of Sales Charge..............................................    17
   Death Benefits......................................................    17
   Surrender Benefits..................................................    18
   Annuity Benefits....................................................    19
   Other Information...................................................    21
 FEDERAL TAX CONSIDERATIONS............................................    21
   A. General..........................................................    21
   B. Taxation of Hartford and the Separate Account....................    21
   C. Taxation of Annuities -- General Provisions Affecting Purchasers
    other than Qualified Retirement Plans..............................    21
   D. Federal Income Tax Withholding...................................    24
   E. General Provisions Affecting Qualified Retirement Plans..........    24
   F. Annuity Purchases by Nonresident Aliens and Foreign
    Corporations.......................................................    25
 MISCELLANEOUS.........................................................    25
   How Contracts Are Sold..............................................    25
   Legal Matters and Experts...........................................    25
   Additional Information..............................................    25
 APPENDIX I -- INFORMATION REGARDING TAX-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS....    26
 TABLE OF CONTENTS TO STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION..............    29
</TABLE>
    
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HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY                                                3
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                           GLOSSARY OF SPECIAL TERMS
    
 
   
ACCUMULATION UNIT: An accounting unit of measure used to calculate values before
Annuity payments begin.
    
 
   
ANNUAL WITHDRAWAL AMOUNT: The amount which can be withdrawn in any Contract Year
prior to incurring surrender charges.
    
 
   
ANNUITANT: The person or Participant upon whose life the Contract is issued.
    
 
   
ANNUITY: A series of payments for life, or for life with a minimum number of
payments or a determinable sum guaranteed, or for a joint lifetime and
thereafter during the lifetime of the survivor, or for a designated period.
    
 
   
ANNUITY COMMENCEMENT DATE: The date on which Annuity payments are to commence.
Under a group unallocated Contract, the date for each Participant is determined
by the Contract Owner in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
    
 
   
ANNUITY UNIT: An accounting unit of measure used to calculate the value of
Annuity payments.
    
 
   
BENEFICIARY: The person(s) who receive Contract Values in the event of the
Annuitant's or Contract Owner's death under certain conditions. Under a group
unallocated Contract, the person named by the Participant within the Plan
documents/enrollment forms who is entitled to receive benefits in case of the
death of the Participant.
    
 
   
CODE: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
    
 
   
COMMISSION: Securities and Exchange Commission.
    
 
   
CONTINGENT ANNUITANT: The person so designated by the Contract Owner, who upon
the Annuitant's death, prior to the Annuity Commencement Date, becomes the
Annuitant.
    
 
   
CONTRACT ANNIVERSARY: The anniversary of the Contract Date.
    
 
   
CONTRACT OWNER(S): The owner(s) of the Contract, trustee or other entity,
sometimes herein referred to as "you".
    
 
   
CONTRACT VALUE: The aggregate value of any Sub-Account Accumulation Units held
under the Contract plus the value of the Fixed Account.
    
 
   
CONTRACT YEAR: A period of 12 months commencing with the Contract Date or any
anniversary thereof.
    
 
   
DEATH BENEFIT: The amount payable upon the death of a Contract Owner, Annuitant
or Participant, in the case of group Contracts, before annuity payments have
commenced.
    
 
   
FIXED ACCOUNT: Part of the General Account of Hartford to which a Contract Owner
may allocate all or a portion of his Premium Payment or Contract Value.
    
 
   
FIXED ANNUITY: An Annuity providing for guaranteed payments which remain fixed
in amount throughout the payment period and which do not vary with the
investment experience of a separate account.
    
 
   
FUNDS: The Funds described commencing on page 9 of this Prospectus and any
additional Funds which may be made available from time to time.
    
 
   
GENERAL ACCOUNT: The General Account of Hartford which consists of all assets of
the Hartford other than those allocated to the separate accounts of the
Hartford.
    
 
   
HARTFORD: Hartford Life Insurance Company.
    
 
   
HOME OFFICE OF THE COMPANY: Currently located at 200 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury,
CT. All correspondence concerning this Contract should be sent to P.O. Box 5085,
Hartford, CT 06102-5085, Attn: Individual Annuity Services.
    
 
   
MAXIMUM ANNIVERSARY VALUE: Value used in determining the Death Benefit. It is
based on a series of calculations of Account Values on Contract Anniversaries,
premium payments and partial surrenders, as described on page 17.
    
 
   
NON-QUALIFIED CONTRACT: A Contract which is not part of a tax-qualified
retirement plan or arrangement which qualifies for special tax treatment under
the Code.
    
 
   
PARTICIPANT (FOR GROUP UNALLOCATED CONTRACTS ONLY): Any eligible employee of an
Employer/Contract Owner participating in the Plan.
    
 
   
PLAN: A voluntary plan of an employer or other person which qualifies for
special tax treatment under the Code.
    
 
   
PREMIUM PAYMENT: The payment made to Hartford pursuant to the terms of the
Contract.
    
 
   
PREMIUM TAX: A tax on premiums charged by a state or municipality on Premium
Payments or Contract Values.
    
 
   
QUALIFIED CONTRACT: A Contract which is part of a tax-qualified retirement plan
or arrangement which qualifies for special tax treatment under the Code, such as
an employer-sponsored Section401(k) plan or an Individual Retirement Annuity
(IRA).
    
 
   
SEPARATE ACCOUNT: The Hartford separate account entitled "Hartford Life
Insurance Company Separate Account Two".
    
 
   
SUB-ACCOUNT: Accounts established within the Separate Account with respect to a
Fund.
    
 
   
TERMINATION VALUE: The Contract Value upon termination of the Contract prior to
the Annuity Commencement Date, less any applicable Premium Taxes, the Annual
Maintenance Fee and any applicable contingent deferred sales charges.
    
 
   
UNALLOCATED CONTRACTS: Contracts issued to employers, or other entity, as
Contract Owner under which no allocation of Contract Values is made for a
specific Participant. The Plans will be responsible for the individual
allocations.
    
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4                                                HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
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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.
    
 
   
VARIABLE ANNUITY: An Annuity providing for payments varying in amount in
accordance with the investment experience of the assets of the Separate Account.
    
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HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY                                                5
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                                   FEE TABLE
                                    SUMMARY
    
 
   
                        Contract Owner Transaction Expenses
                               (All Sub-Accounts)
    
 
   
<TABLE>
 <S>                                                                 <C>
 Sales Load Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of premium
   payments).......................................................    None
 Exchange Fee......................................................  $    0
 Deferred Sales Load (as a percentage of amounts withdrawn)
     First Year (1)................................................       6%
     Second Year...................................................       6%
     Third Year....................................................       5%
     Fourth Year...................................................       5%
     Fifth Year....................................................       4%
     Sixth Year....................................................       3%
     Seventh Year..................................................       2%
     Eighth Year...................................................       0%
 Annual Maintenance Fee (2)........................................  $   30
 Annual Expenses -- Separate Account (as percentage of average
   account value)
     Mortality and Expense Risk....................................   1.250%
</TABLE>
    
 
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(1) Length of time from premium payment.
    
 
   
(2) The Annual Maintenance Fee is a single $30 charge on the Contract. It is
    deducted proportionally from the investment options in use at the time of
    the charge. Pursuant to requirements of the 1940 Act, the Annual Maintenance
    Fees have been reflected in the Examples by a method intended to show the
    average impact of the Annual Maintenance Fee on an investment in the
    Separate Account. The Annual Maintenance Fee is deducted only when the
    accumulated value is $50,000 or less. In the Example below, the Annual
    Maintenance Fee is approximately 0.06% annual asset charge based on the
    experience of the Contracts.
    
 
   
                         Annual Fund Operating Expenses
                         (as percentage of net assets)
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                        TOTAL FUND
                                                  MANAGEMENT   OTHER    OPERATING
                                                     FEES     EXPENSES   EXPENSES
                                                  ----------  --------  ----------
 <S>                                              <C>         <C>       <C>
 Mentor Perpetual International Portfolio
   (1)(2)........................................   1.000%     0.550%     1.550%
 Mentor Capital Growth Portfolio (1)(2)..........   0.800%     0.250%     1.050%
 Mentor Growth Portfolio (1)(2)..................   0.700%     0.250%     0.950%
 Bond Fund.......................................   0.490%     0.020%     0.510%
 Stock Fund......................................   0.430%     0.020%     0.450%
 Money Market Fund...............................   0.425%     0.015%     0.440%
 Advisers Fund...................................   0.610%     0.020%     0.630%
 Capital Appreciation Fund.......................   0.620%     0.020%     0.640%
 Mortgage Securities Fund........................   0.425%     0.025%     0.450%
 Index Fund......................................   0.375%     0.015%     0.390%
 International Opportunities Fund................   0.680%     0.090%     0.770%
 Dividend & Growth Fund..........................   0.660%     0.020%     0.680%
 International Advisers Fund.....................   0.750%     0.120%     0.870%
 MidCap Fund (3).................................   0.750%     0.040%     0.790%
 Small Company Fund..............................   0.750%     0.020%     0.770%
</TABLE>
    
 
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(1) Each of Mentor Perpetual International Portfolio, Mentor Capital Growth
    Portfolio, and Mentor Growth Portfolio is a new mutual fund. Operating
    expenses are estimated based on the expenses the Portfolios expect to incur
    during their first year of operation.
    
 
   
(2) Each of Mentor Perpetual International Portfolio, Mentor Capital Growth
    Portfolio, and Mentor Growth Portfolio has adopted a distribution plan
    pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
    Under the plans, a Portfolio may pay fees at an annual rate of up to 0.25%
    of the Portfolio's average daily net assets. None of the Portfolios
    currently make payments under the plans, though they may do so at any time
    in the future.
    
 
   
(3) Hartford MidCap Fund is a new Fund. Operating expenses are based on
    annualized estimates of such expenses to be incurred in the current fiscal
    year.
    
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6                                                HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
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EXAMPLE
    
   
<TABLE>
 <S>                           <C>    <C>     <C>     <C>        <C>    <C>     <C>     <C>        <C>    <C>     <C>     <C>
                               If you surrender your Contract    If you annuitize your Contract    If you do not surrender your
                               at the end of the applicable      at the end of the applicable      Contract: you would pay the
                               time period, you would pay the    time period, you would pay the    following expenses on a $1,000
                               following expenses on a $1,000    following expenses on a $1,000    investment, assuming a 5%
                               investment, assuming a 5%         investment, assuming a 5%         annual return on assets:
                               annual return on assets:          annual return on assets:
 
<CAPTION>
 SUB-ACCOUNT                   1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS   1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS   1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
                               ------ ------- ------- --------   ------ ------- ------- --------   ------ ------- ------- --------
 <S>                           <C>    <C>     <C>     <C>        <C>    <C>     <C>     <C>        <C>    <C>     <C>     <C>
 Mentor Perpetual
   International..............  $ 89   $ 139     N/A      N/A     $ 29   $  89     N/A      N/A     $ 29   $  89     N/A      N/A
 Mentor Capital Growth........    84     124     N/A      N/A       24      74     N/A      N/A       24      74     N/A      N/A
 Mentor Growth................    83     121     N/A      N/A       23      71     N/A      N/A       23      71     N/A      N/A
 Bond Fund....................    79     107   $ 139    $ 214       18      57   $  98    $ 213       19      57   $  99    $ 214
 Stock Fund...................    78     106     136      208       17      55      95      207       18      56      96      208
 Money Market Fund............    78     105     135      208       17      55      95      206       18      55      95      207
 Advisers Fund................    80     111     145      227       19      61     104      226       20      61     105      227
 Capital Appreciation Fund....    80     111     146      228       19      61     105      227       20      61     106      228
 Mortgage Securities Fund.....    78     106     136      208       17      55      95      207       18      56      96      208
 Index Fund...................    77     104     132      201       17      53      92      200       17      54      92      201
 International Opportunities
   Fund.......................    81     116     152      242       21      65     112      241       21      66     112      242
 Dividend & Growth Fund.......    80     113     148      232       20      62     107      232       20      63     108      232
 International Advisers
   Fund.......................    82     119     158      252       22      68     117      252       22      69     118      252
 MidCap Fund..................    81     116     N/A      N/A       21      66     N/A      N/A       21      66     N/A      N/A
 Small Company Fund...........    81     116     152      242       21      65     112      241       21      66     112      242
</TABLE>
    
 
   
    The purpose of this table is to assist the Contract Owner in understanding
various costs and expenses that a Contract Owner will bear directly or
indirectly. The table reflects expenses of the Separate Account and underlying
Funds. Premium taxes may also be applicable.
    
 
   
    This EXAMPLE should not be considered a representation of past or future
expenses and actual expenses may be greater or less than those shown.
    
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HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY                                                7
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                            ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUES
          (FOR AN ACCUMULATION UNIT OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD)
    
 
   
    The following information has been examined by Arthur Andersen LLP,
independent public accountants, whose report thereon is included in the
Statement of Additional information, which is incorporated by reference to this
Prospectus. No information is included for the MidCap Fund Sub-Account, Mentor
Perpetual International, Mentor Capital Growth and Mentor Growth Sub-Accounts
because as of December 31, 1996, the Sub-Account had not commenced operations.
    
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                         ---------------------------------------------------------------
                                          1996    1995       1994      1993    1992    1991      1990
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<S>                                      <C>     <C>      <C>         <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>
BOND FUND SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................  $1.880  $1.607      $1.694   $1.556  $1.493  $1.298     $1.212
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $1.922  $1.880      $1.607   $1.694  $1.556  $1.493     $1.298
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)...........  96,857  99,377      85,397   79,080  41,204  25,267     14,753
STOCK FUND SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................  $2.887  $2.180      $2.250   $1.993  $1.834  $1.490     $1.569
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $3.546  $2.887      $2.180   $2.250  $1.993  $1.834     $1.490
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)........... 333,176 285,640     248,563  203,873 121,100  72,780     31,149
MONEY MARKET FUND SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................  $1.528  $1.462      $1.424   $1.401  $1.369  $1.307     $1.225
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $1.587  $1.528      $1.462   $1.424  $1.401  $1.369     $1.307
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)........... 151,978 102,635     138,396  102,328  78,664  60,774     67,059
ADVISERS FUND SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................  $2.523  $1.991      $2.072   $1.870  $1.748  $1.470     $1.470
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $2.905  $2.523      $1.991   $2.072  $1.870  $1.748     $1.470
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)........... 953,998 888,803     858,014  688,865 295,387 166,408    101,758
U.S. GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND
 SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................  $1.468  $1.409      $1.376   $1.357  $1.331  $1.276     $1.202
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $1.521  $1.468      $1.409   $1.376  $1.357  $1.331     $1.276
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)...........      46      48          48       52     161     213        243
CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................  $3.364  $2.615      $2.583   $2.165  $1.874  $1.231     $1.400
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $4.010  $3.364      $2.615   $2.583  $2.165  $1.874     $1.231
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)........... 330,580 292,671     220,936  160,934  75,653  39,031     10,501
MORTGAGE SECURITIES FUND SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................  $1.878  $1.637      $1.685   $1.604  $1.552  $1.370     $1.264
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $1.949  $1.878      $1.637   $1.685  $1.604  $1.552     $1.370
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)...........  89,098 101,881     112,417  138,666  98,494  46,464     18,632
INDEX FUND SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................  $2.359  $1.750      $1.755   $1.629  $1.544  $1.207     $1.274
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $2.845  $2.359      $1.750   $1.755  $1.629  $1.544     $1.207
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)...........  87,611  65,954      50,799   46,504  29,723  15,975     10,015
INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND
 SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $1.329  $1.181      $1.220   $0.924  $0.979  $0.877     $1.000(c)
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $1,482  $1.329      $1.181   $1.220  $0.924  $0.979     $0.877
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)........... 266,962 238,086     246,259  132,795  32,597  13,109      2,892
DIVIDEND & GROWTH FUND SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................  $1.359  $1.009      $1.000(d)
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $1.650  $1.359      $1.009
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)........... 190,958  83,506      29,146
INTERNATIONAL ADVISERS FUND SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................  $1.146  $1,000(e)
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $1.266  $1.146
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)...........  23,174   6,577
SMALL COMPANY FUND SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................  $0.000  $0.000(f)
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $1.066  $0.000
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)...........  12,563      --
 
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BOND FUND SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................  $1.095  $1.031     $1.044      $1.000(a)
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $1.212  $1.095     $1.031      $1.044
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)...........   9,267   5,786      3,576         802
STOCK FUND SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................  $1.261  $1.073     $1.031      $1.000(a)
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $1.569  $1.261     $1.073      $1.031
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)...........  30,096   9.158      9,229       1,250
MONEY MARKET FUND SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................  $1.136  $1.071     $1.019      $1.000(a)
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $1.225  $1.136     $1.071      $1.019
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)...........  28,291  29,043     11,633         243
ADVISERS FUND SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................  $1.223  $1.085     $1.036      $1.000(a)
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $1.470  $1.223     $1.085      $1.036
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)...........  79,738  56.584     56,332       9,405
U.S. GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND
 SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................  $1.122  $1.062     $1.018      $1.000(a)
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $1.202  $1.122     $1.062      $1.018
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)...........     297     281        187          10
CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................  $1.142  $0.916     $0.969      $1.000(a)
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $1.400  $1.142     $0.916      $0.969
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)...........   8,041   3,606      2,989         431
MORTGAGE SECURITIES FUND SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................  $1.132  $1.057     $1.043      $1.000(a)
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $1.264  $1.132     $1.057      $1.043
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)...........  12,248  11,061      9,397       3,773
INDEX FUND SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................  $0.989  $0.862     $1.000(b)         --
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................  $1.274  $0.989     $0.862          --
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)...........   6,306   2,868      1,758          --
INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND
 SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................      --      --         --          --
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................      --      --         --          --
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)...........      --      --         --          --
DIVIDEND & GROWTH FUND SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)...........
INTERNATIONAL ADVISERS FUND SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)...........
SMALL COMPANY FUND SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation unit value at beginning of
 period.................................
Accumulation unit value at end of
 period.................................
Number accumulation units outstanding at
 end of period (in thousands)...........
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(a) Inception date August 1, 1986.
    
 
   
(b) Inception date May 1, 1987.
    
 
   
(c) Inception date July 2, 1990.
    
 
   
(d) Inception date March 8, 1994.
    
 
   
(e) Inception date March 1, 1995.
    
 
   
(f) Inception date August 9, 1996.
    
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8                                                HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
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                                  INTRODUCTION
    
 
   
    This Prospectus has been designed to provide you with the necessary
information to make a decision on purchasing an individual or group tax deferred
Variable Annuity Contract offered by Hartford Life Insurance Company
("Hartford") in the Fixed Account and/or a series of Separate Account Two. (See
"Hartford Life Insurance Company," page 8; "The Contracts," page 13; and "The
Separate Account," page 9.) Please read the Glossary of Special Terms on pages 3
and 4 prior to reading this Prospectus to familiarize yourself with the terms
being used.
    
 
   
    The Contracts are available for purchase by individuals and groups on both a
non-qualified and qualified basis. The maximum issue age for the Contract is 85
years old. (See "The Contracts," page 13.) Generally, the minimum initial
Premium Payment is $1,000. Thereafter, the minimum payment is $500. There is no
deduction for sales expenses from Premium Payments when made. A deduction will
be made for state Premium Taxes for Contracts sold in certain states. (See
"Charges Under the Contract," page 15.)
    
 
   
    Generally, the Contracts are purchased by completing and submitting an
application or an order to purchase, along with the initial Premium Payment, to
Hartford for its approval. Generally, a Contract Owner may exercise his right to
cancel the Contract within ten days of delivery of the Contract by returning the
Contract to Hartford at its Home Office. If the Contract Owner exercises his
right to cancel, Hartford will return either the Contract Value or the original
Premium Payments to the Contract Owner. The duration of the right to cancel
period and Hartford's obligation to either return the Contract Value of the
original Premium Payment will depend on state law.
    
 
   
    The investment options for the Contracts are the Mentor VIP Perpetual
International Portfolio, Mentor VIP Capital Growth Portfolio, Mentor VIP Growth
Portfolio, 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 Advisers Fund, Inc., Hartford
International Opportunities Fund, Inc., Hartford MidCap Fund, Inc., Hartford
Mortgage Securities Fund, Inc., Hartford Small Company Fund, Inc., Hartford
Stock Fund, Inc., HVA Money Market Fund, Inc., and such other funds as shall be
offered from time to time (the "Funds"), and the Fixed Account. (See "The
Funds," page 9, and "The Fixed Account," page 11.) With certain limitations,
Contract Owners may allocate their Premium Payments and Contract Values to one
or a combination of these investment options and transfer among the investment
options. (See "Transfers Between Sub-Accounts/Fixed Account," page 14.)
    
 
   
    An Annual Maintenance Fee in the amount of $30.00 is deducted from Contract
Values each Contract Year (not applicable to Contracts with Account Values of
$50,000 or more or under other circumstances at the sole discretion of Hartford)
and there is a 1.25% per annum mortality and expense risk charge applied against
all Contract Values held in the Separate Account. (See "Charges Under the
Contract," page 15). Finally, the Funds are subject to certain fees, charges and
expenses (see the Funds' prospectus attached hereto).
    
 
   
    The Contracts may be surrendered, or portions of the value of the Contracts
may be withdrawn, at any time prior to the Annuity Commencement Date. (See
"Surrender Benefits," page 18.) However, a contingent deferred sales charge may
be assessed against Contract Values when they are surrendered. Contingent
deferred sales charges will not be assessed in certain instances, including
withdrawals up to the annual withdrawal amount and the payment of Death
Benefits. (See "Charges Under the Contract," page 15.)
    
 
   
    The Contract provides for a minimum Death Benefit in the event of the death
of the Annuitant or Contract Owner before Annuity payments have commenced (see
"Death Benefits," page 17). Various annuity options are available under the
Contract for election by the Contract Owner on either a fixed or variable basis.
In the absence of an annuity option election, the Contract Value (less
applicable Premium Taxes) will be applied on the Annuity Commencement Date to
provide a life annuity with 120 monthly payments certain (see "Annuity
Benefits," page 19).
    
 
   
    The Contract may be sold directly to certain individuals under certain
circumstances that do not involve payment of any sales compensation to a
registered representative. In such case, Hartford will credit the Contract with
an additional 5.0% of the premium payment. This additional percentage of premium
payment in no way affects present or future charges, rights, benefits or current
values of other Contract Owners. The following class of individuals are eligible
for this feature: (1) current or retired officers, directors, trustees and
employees (and their families) of the ultimate parent and affiliates of
Hartford; and (2) employees and registered representatives (and their families)
of registered broker-dealers (or financial institutions affiliated therewith)
that have a sales agreement with Hartford and its principal underwriter to sell
the Contracts.
    
 
   
                           HARTFORD, SEPARATE ACCOUNT
                            TWO, THE FIXED ACCOUNT,
                                 AND THE FUNDS
    
 
   
                        HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
    
 
   
    Hartford Life Insurance Company ("Hartford") is a stock life insurance
company engaged in the business of writing health and life insurance, both
individual and
    
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HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY                                                9
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group, in all states of the United States and the District of Columbia. Hartford
was originally incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts on June 5, 1902, 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 controlled by The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., one of
the largest financial service providers in the United States.
    
 
   
                                HARTFORD RATING
    
 
   
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                  EFFECTIVE
                   DATE OF
RATING AGENCY       RATING      RATING          BASIS OF RATING
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A.M. Best and                              Financial soundness and
Company, Inc....      9/9/97          A+   operating performance.
Standard &
Poor's..........     1/23/98         AA    Claims paying ability
Duff & Phelps...     1/23/98         AA+   Claims paying ability
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                              SEPARATE ACCOUNT TWO
    
 
   
    The Separate Account was established on June 2, 1986. It is the Separate
Account in which Hartford sets aside and invests the assets attributable to
variable annuity Contracts, including the Contracts sold under this Prospectus.
Separate Account assets are held by Hartford under a safekeeping arrangement.
Although the Separate Account is an integral part of Hartford, it is registered
as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940. This
registration does not, however, involve Commission supervision of the management
or the investment practices or policies of the Separate Account or Hartford. The
Separate Account meets the definition of "separate account" under federal
securities law.
    
 
   
    Your investment in the Separate Account is allocated to one or more
Sub-Accounts as per your specifications. Each Sub-Account is invested
exclusively in the assets of one underlying Fund. Hartford reserves the right,
subject to compliance with the law, to substitute the shares of any other
registered investment company for the shares of any Fund already purchased or to
be purchased in the future by the Separate Account provided that the
substitution has been approved by the Commission.
    
 
   
    Net Premium Payments and proceeds of transfers between Sub-Accounts are
applied to purchase shares in the appropriate Fund at net asset value determined
as of the end of the Valuation Period during which the payments were received or
the transfer made. All distributions from the Fund are reinvested at net asset
value. The value of your investment will therefore vary in accordance with the
net income and fluctuation in the individual investments within the underlying
Fund portfolio or portfolios. During the Variable Annuity payout period, both
your Annuity payments and reserve values will vary in accordance with these
factors.
    
 
   
    Under Connecticut law, the assets of the Separate Account attributable to
the Contracts offered under this Prospectus are held for the benefit of the
owners of, and the persons entitled to payments under, those Contracts. Income,
gains, and losses, whether or not realized, from assets allocated to the
Separate Account, are, in accordance with the Contracts, credited to or charged
against the Separate Account. Also, the assets in the Separate Account are not
chargeable with liabilities arising out of any other business Hartford may
conduct. Contract Values allocated to the Separate Account is not affected by
the rate of return of Hartford's General Account, nor by the investment
performance of any of Hartford's other separate accounts. The Separate Account
may be subject to liabilities arising from a Sub-Account of the Separate Account
whose assets are attributable to other variable annuity Contracts or variable
life insurance policies offered by the Separate Account which are not described
in this Prospectus. However, all obligations arising under the Contracts are
general corporate obligations of Hartford.
    
 
   
    Hartford does not guarantee the investment results of the Separate Accounts
or any of the underlying investments. There is no assurance that the value of a
Contract during the years prior to retirement or the aggregate amount of the
Variable Annuity payments will equal the total of Premium Payments made under
the Contract. Since each underlying Fund has different investment objectives,
each is subject to different risks. These risks are more fully described in the
accompanying Funds' prospectus.
    
 
   
                                   THE FUNDS
    
 
   
    The Mentor VIP Perpetual International Portfolio, Mentor VIP Capital Growth
Portfolio and Mentor VIP Growth Portfolio are series of Mentor Variable
Investment Portfolios, a Massachusetts business trust. Mentor Perpetual
Advisors, LLC is the investment advisor to the Mentor Perpetual International
Portfolio. Mentor Perpetual Advisors is an investment advisory firm organized in
1995 and owned equally by Perpetual plc, a diversified financial services
holding company, and Mentor Investment Advisors, LLC ("Mentor Advisors"). Mentor
Advisors is the investment advisor to the Mentor Capital Growth Portfolio and
Mentor Growth Portfolio. Mentor Advisors is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mentor
Investment Group LLC, which in turn is a subsidiary of Wheat First Butcher
Singer, Inc. Wheat First Butcher Singer is a wholly owned subsidiary of First
Union Corporation, a leading financial services company with approximately $157
billion in assets and $12 billion in total stockholders' equity as of December
31, 1997. EVEREN Capital Corporation currently has a 20% ownership in Mentor
Investment Group and may acquire additional ownership based principally on the
amount of
    
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10                                               HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
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Mentor Investment Group's revenues attributable to clients of EVEREN Securities,
Inc. and its affiliates.
    
 
   
    The 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 Advisers Fund, Inc., Hartford International
Opportunities Fund, Inc., Hartford MidCap Fund, Inc., Hartford Mortgage
Securities Fund, Inc., Hartford Small Company Fund, Inc., Hartford Stock Fund,
Inc., HVA Money Market Fund, Inc., are sponsored by Hartford and are
incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland. HL Investment Advisors,
Inc. ("HL Advisors") serves as the investment adviser to each of the Hartford
Funds.
    
 
   
    Wellington Management Company, L.L.P. serves as sub-investment adviser for
Hartford Advisers Fund, Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund, Hartford Dividend
and Growth Fund, Hartford International Advisers Fund, Hartford International
Opportunities Fund, Hartford MidCap Fund, Hartford Small Company Fund and
Hartford Stock Fund.
    
 
   
    In addition, The Hartford Investment Management Company, Inc. ("HIMCO"),
serves as sub-investment adviser for the Hartford Bond Fund, Hartford Index
Fund, Hartford Mortgage Securities Fund and HVA Money Market Fund.
    
 
   
    A full description of the Funds, their investment policies and restrictions,
risks, charges and expenses and all other aspects of their operation is
contained in the accompanying Funds' Prospectus which should be read in
conjunction with this Prospectus before investing and in the Funds' Statement of
Additional Information which may be ordered from Hartford. The Funds may not be
available in all states.
    
 
   
    The investment objectives of each of the Funds are as follows:
    
 
   
 MENTOR VIP PERPETUAL INTERNATIONAL PORTFOLIO:
    
 
   
    Seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing in a
diversified portfolio of securities of issuers located outside the United
States. The Portfolio's investments will normally include common stocks,
preferred stocks, securities convertible into commons stocks or preferred
stocks, and warrants to purchase common stocks or preferred stocks. The
Portfolio may also invest to a lesser extent in debt securities and other types
of investments if the investment adviser believe that they would help achieve
the Portfolio's objective.
    
 
   
 MENTOR VIP CAPITAL GROWTH PORTFOLIO:
    
 
   
    Seeks to provide long-term appreciation of capital by investing in a wide
variety of securities which the investment advisor believes offers the potential
for capital appreciation over both the immediate and long term.
    
 
   
 MENTOR VIP GROWTH PORTFOLIO:
    
 
   
    Seeks to provide long-term growth of capital through a diversified portfolio
of equity securities. Although the Portfolio may invest in companies of any
size, the Portfolio invests principally in common stocks of small to mid-sized
companies.
    
 
   
 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 or "BB" by S&P) 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.*
    
 
   
 HARTFORD INTERNATIONAL ADVISERS FUND, INC.
    
 
   
    Seeks maximum long-term total rate of return consistent with prudent
investment risk by investing in a portfolio of equity, debt and money market
securities. Securities in which the Fund invests primarily will be denominated
in non-U.S. currencies and will be traded in non-U.S. markets.
    
 
   
* "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.
  THE 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 LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY                                               11
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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 MIDCAP FUND, INC.
    
 
   
    Seeks to achieve long-term capital growth through capital appreciation by
investing primarily in equity securities.
    
 
   
 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 SMALL COMPANY FUND, INC.
    
 
   
    Seeks growth of capital by investing primarily in equity securities selected
on the basis of potential for capital appreciation.
    
 
   
 HARTFORD STOCK FUND, INC.
    
 
   
    Seeks long-term capital growth primarily through capital appreciation, with
income as 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.
    
 
   
    VOTING RIGHTS -- Hartford is the legal owner of all Fund shares held in the
Separate Account. As the owner, Hartford has the right to vote at the Funds'
shareholder meetings. However, to the extent required by federal securities laws
or regulations, Hartford will:
    
 
   
1.  Vote all Fund shares attributable to a Contract according to instructions
    received from the Contract Owner, and
    
 
   
2.  Vote shares attributable to a Contract for which no voting instructions are
    received in the same proportion as shares for which instructions are
    received.
    
 
   
    If any federal securities laws or regulations, or their present
interpretation change to permit Hartford to vote Fund shares in its own right,
Hartford may elect to do so. Hartford will notify you of any Fund shareholders'
meeting if the shares held for your account may be voted at such meetings.
Hartford will send proxy materials and a form of instruction by means of which
you can instruct Hartford with respect to the voting of the Fund shares held for
your account.
    
 
   
    In connection with the voting of Fund shares held by it, Hartford will
arrange for the handling and tallying of proxies received from Contract Owners.
Hartford as such, shall have no right, except as hereinafter provided, to vote
any Fund shares held by it hereunder which may be registered in its name or the
names of its nominees. Hartford will, however, vote the Fund shares held by it
in accordance with the instructions received from the Contract Owners for whose
accounts the Fund shares are held. If a Contract Owner desires to attend any
meeting at which shares held for the Contract Owner's benefit may be voted, the
Contract Owner may request Hartford to furnish a proxy or otherwise arrange for
the exercise of voting rights with respect to the Fund shares held for such
Contract Owner's account. Hartford will vote shares for which no instructions
have been given and shares which are not attributable to Contract Owners (i.e.
shares owned by Hartford) in the same proportion as it votes shares of that Fund
for which it has received instructions. During the Annuity period under a
Contract the number of votes will decrease as the assets held to fund Annuity
benefits decrease.
    
 
   
    The Funds are available only to serve as the underlying investment for
variable annuity and variable life insurance Contracts issued by Hartford. It is
conceivable that in the future it may be disadvantageous for variable annuity
separate accounts and variable life insurance separate accounts to invest in the
Funds simultaneously. Although Hartford and the Funds do not currently foresee
any such disadvantages either to variable annuity Contract Owners or to variable
life insurance Policy Owners, the Funds' Board of Directors intends to monitor
events in order to identify any material conflicts between such Contract Owners
and Policy Owners and to determine what action, if any, should be taken in
response thereto. If the Board of Directors of the Funds were to conclude that
separate funds should be established for variable life and variable annuity
separate accounts, the variable annuity Contract Owners would not bear any
expenses attendant to the establishment of such separate funds.
    
 
   
                               THE FIXED ACCOUNT
    
 
   
    THAT PORTION OF THE CONTRACT 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.
    
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12                                               HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
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    Premium Payments and Contract 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.
    
 
   
    Currently, Hartford guarantees that it will credit interest at a rate of not
less than 3% per year, compounded annually, to amounts allocated to the Fixed
Account under the Contracts. However, Hartford reserves the right to change the
rate according to state insurance law. Hartford may credit interest at a rate in
excess of 3% per year. There is no specific formula for the determination of
excess interest credits. Some of the factors that the Company 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 the Company's investments, regulatory and
tax requirements and competitive factors. ANY INTEREST CREDITED TO AMOUNTS
ALLOCATED TO THE FIXED ACCOUNT IN EXCESS OF 3% PER YEAR WILL BE DETERMINED IN
THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE COMPANY. THE OWNER ASSUMES THE RISK THAT INTEREST
CREDITED TO FIXED ACCOUNT ALLOCATIONS MAY NOT EXCEED THE MINIMUM GUARANTEE OF 3%
FOR ANY GIVEN YEAR.
    
 
   
    From time to time, Hartford may credit increased interest rates to Contract
Owners under certain programs established at the discretion of Hartford.
Effective August 6, 1997, Contract Owners may enroll in a special preauthorized
transfer program known as Hartford's Dollar Cost Averaging Bonus Program (the
"Program"). Under this Program, Contract Owners who enroll may allocate a
minimum of $5,000 of their Premium Payment into the Program and preauthorize
between 3 and 12 monthly transfers to any of the Sub-Accounts. Contract Owners
enrolled in the Program will receive an increased interest rate guaranteed for a
12 month period.
    
 
   
    The preauthorized transfers will begin on or about 15 days following receipt
of an initial Program Premium Payment. That Premium Payment plus any subsequent
Premium Payments and any accrued interest will be completely transferred into
the Sub-Accounts within twelve months of receipt of the initial Program Premium
Payment. This will be accomplished by equal monthly transfers for the period
selected, and a final transfer of the entire amount remaining in the Program.
    
 
   
    Any subsequent Premium Payments received by Hartford within the period
selected for transfer will be allocated to the Sub-Accounts over the remainder
of the transfer period. If, while the Program is still in effect but the
transfer period has expired, a subsequent Premium Payment of $5,000 is received
by Hartford, a new Program cycle will be initiated. Unless instructed otherwise,
Hartford will allocate that Premium Payment in the same number of transfers and
into the same Sub-Accounts as the previous election. If, while the Program is
still in effect but the transfer period has expired, a subsequent Premium
Payment of less than $5,000 is received by Hartford, the entire amount will be
credited with the non-Program interest rate then in effect for the Fixed
Account.
    
 
   
    If complete Program enrollment instructions are not received by Hartford
within 15 days of receipt of the initial Program Premium Payment, the Program
will be voided and the entire balance in the Program will be credited with the
non-Program interest rate then in effect for the Fixed Account.
    
 
   
    The Contract Owner may elect to terminate the preauthorized transfers by
calling or writing Hartford of their intent to cancel their enrollment in the
Program. Upon cancellation of enrollment in the Program the Contract Owner will
no longer receive the increased interest rate. Hartford reserves the right to
discontinue, modify or amend the Program or any other interest rate program
established by Hartford. Any change to the Program will not affect Contract
Owners currently enrolled in the Program.
    
 
   
                        PERFORMANCE RELATED INFORMATION
    
 
   
    The Separate Account may advertise certain performance related information
concerning its Sub-Accounts. Performance information about a Sub-Account is
based on the Sub-Account's past performance only and is no indication of future
performance.
    
 
   
    The Mentor Perpetual International Portfolio, Mentor Capital Growth
Portfolio, Mentor Growth Portfolio, Hartford Advisers Fund, Hartford Bond Fund,
Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc., Hartford Dividend and Growth Fund,
Hartford Index Fund, Hartford International Advisers Fund, Hartford
International Opportunities Fund, Hartford MidCap Fund, Hartford Mortgage
Securities Fund, Hartford Small Company Fund, Hartford Stock Fund, and HVA Money
Market Fund Sub-Accounts may include total return in advertisements or other
sales material.
    
 
   
    When a Sub-Account advertises its standardized total return, it will usually
be calculated for one year, five years, and ten years or some other relevant
periods if the Sub-Account has not been in existence for at least ten years.
Total return is measured by comparing the value of an investment in the
Sub-Account at the beginning of the relevant period to the value of the
investment at the end of the period (assuming the deduction of any contingent
deferred sales charge which would be payable if the investment were redeemed at
the end of the period).
    
 
   
    In addition to the standardized total return, the Sub-Account may advertise
a non-standardized total return. This figure will usually be calculated for one
year, five years, and
    
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ten years or other periods. Non-standardized total return is measured in the
same manner as the standardized total return described above, except that the
contingent deferred sales charge and the Annual Maintenance Fee are not
deducted. Therefore, non-standardized total return for a Sub-Account is higher
than standardized total return for a Sub-Account.
    
 
   
    The Hartford Bond Fund and Hartford Mortgage Securities Fund Sub-Accounts
may advertise yield in addition to total return. The yield will be computed in
the following manner: The net investment income per unit earned during a recent
one month period, divided by the unit value on the last day of the period. This
figure reflects the recurring charges at the Separate Account level including
the annual maintenance fee.
    
 
   
    The HVA Money Market Fund Sub-Account may advertise yield and effective
yield. The yield of a Sub-Account is based upon the income earned by the
Sub-Account over a seven-day period and then annualized, i.e. the income earned
in the period is assumed to be earned every seven days over a 52-week period and
stated as a percentage of the investment. Effective yield is calculated
similarly but when annualized, the income earned by the investment is assumed to
be reinvested in Sub-Account units and thus compounded in the course of a
52-week period. Yield and effective yield reflect the recurring charges at the
Separate Account level including the annual maintenance fee.
    
 
   
    The Separate Account may also disclose yield, standard total return, and
non-standard total return for periods prior to the date the Separate Account
commenced operations. For periods prior to the date the Separate Account
commenced operations, performance information for the Sub-Accounts will be
calculated based on the performance of the underlying Funds and the assumption
that the Sub-Accounts were in existence for the same periods as those of the
underlying Funds, with a level of charges equal to those currently assessed
against the Sub-Accounts.
    
 
   
    Hartford may provide information on various topics to Contract Owners and
prospective Contract Owners in advertising, sales literature or other materials.
These topics may include the relationship between sectors of the economy and the
economy as a whole and its effect on various securities markets, investment
strategies and techniques (such as value investing, dollar cost averaging and
asset allocation), the advantages and disadvantages of investing in tax-
advantaged and taxable instruments, customer profiles and hypothetical purchase
scenarios, financial management and tax and retirement planning, and other
investment alternatives, including comparisons between the Contracts and the
characteristics of and market for such alternatives.
    
 
   
                                 THE CONTRACTS
    
 
   
                               CONTRACTS OFFERED
    
 
   
    The Contracts are individual or group tax-deferred Variable Annuity
Contracts designed for retirement planning purposes and may be purchased by any
individual, group or trust, including any trustee or custodian for a retirement
plan qualified under Sections 401(a) or 403(a) of the Code; annuity purchase
plans adopted by public school systems and certain tax-exempt organizations
according to Section 403(b) of the Code; Individual Retirement Annuities adopted
according to Section 408 of the Code; employee pension plans established for
employees by a state, a political subdivision of a state, or an agency or
instrumentality of either a state or a political subdivision of a state, and
certain eligible deferred compensation plans as defined in Section 457 of the
Code ("Qualified Contracts").
    
 
   
                    PREMIUM PAYMENTS AND INITIAL ALLOCATIONS
    
 
   
    The minimum initial Premium Payment is $1,000. Thereafter, the minimum
Premium Payment is $500. Certain plans may make smaller periodic payments. Each
Premium Payment may be split among the various Sub-Accounts and/or the Fixed
Account subject to minimum amounts then in effect.
    
 
   
    REFUND RIGHTS -- If you are not satisfied with your purchase you may cancel
the Contract by returning it within ten days (or longer in some states) after
you receive it. A written request for cancellation must accompany the Contract.
In such event, Hartford will, without deduction for any charges normally
assessed thereunder, pay you an amount equal to the Contract Value on the date
of receipt of the request for cancellation. You bear the investment risk during
the period prior to the Company's receipt of request for cancellation. Hartford
will refund the premium paid only for individual retirement annuities (if
returned within seven days of receipt) and in those states where required by
law.
    
 
   
    CREDITING AND VALUATION -- The balance of the initial Premium Payment
remaining after the deduction of any applicable Premium Tax is credited to your
Contract within two business days of receipt of a properly completed application
or an order to purchase a Contract and the initial Premium Payment by Hartford
at its Home Office, P. O. Box 5085, Hartford, CT 06102-5085. It will be credited
to the Sub-Account(s) and/or the Fixed Account in accordance with your election.
If the application or other information is incomplete when received, the balance
of the initial Premium Payment, after deduction of any applicable Premium Tax,
will be credited to the Sub-Account(s) or the Fixed Account within five business
days of receipt. If the initial Premium Payment is not credited within five
business
    
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days, the Premium Payment will be immediately returned unless you have been
informed of the delay and request that the Premium Payment not be returned.
    
 
   
    The number of Accumulation Units in each Sub-Account to be credited to a
Contract will be determined by dividing the portion of the Premium Payment being
credited to each Sub-Account by the value of an Accumulation Unit in that
Sub-Account on that date.
    
 
   
    Subsequent Premium Payments are priced on the Valuation Day received by
Hartford in its Home Office, or other designated administrative offices.
    
 
   
                                 CONTRACT VALUE
    
 
   
    The value of the Sub-Account investments under your Contract at any time
prior to the commencement of Annuity payments can be determined by multiplying
the total number of Accumulation Units credited to your Contract in each
Sub-Account by the then current Accumulation Unit values for the applicable
Sub-Account. The value of the Fixed Account under your Contract will be the
amount allocated to the Fixed Account plus interest credited.
    
 
   
    You will be advised at least semiannually of the number of Accumulation
Units credited to each Sub-Account, the current Accumulation Unit values, the
Fixed Account value, and the total value of your Contract.
    
 
   
    ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUES -- The Accumulation Unit value for each Sub-Account
will vary to reflect the investment experience of the applicable Fund and 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 (a) the net
asset value per share of the corresponding Fund at the end of the Valuation
Period (plus the per share amount of any dividends or capital gains distributed
by that Fund if the ex-dividend date occurs 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, (b) minus the mortality and expense risk
charge and the administration charge described below. You should refer to the
prospectus for each of the Funds which accompanies this Prospectus for a
description of how the assets of each Fund are valued since each determination
has a direct bearing on the Accumulation Unit value of the Sub-Account and
therefore the value of a Contract. The Accumulation Unit Value is affected by
the performance of the underlying Fund(s), expenses and deduction of the charges
described in this Prospectus.
    
 
   
    VALUATION OF FUND SHARES -- The shares of the Fund are valued at net asset
value on each Valuation Day. A complete description of the valuation method used
in valuing Fund shares may be found in the accompanying Funds= prospectus.
    
 
   
    VALUATION OF THE FIXED ACCOUNT -- Hartford will determine the value of the
Fixed Account by crediting interest to amounts allocated to the Fixed Account.
    
 
   
                  TRANSFERS BETWEEN SUB-ACCOUNTS/FIXED ACCOUNT
    
 
   
    You may transfer the values of your Sub-Account allocations from one or more
Sub-Accounts to another free of charge. However, Hartford reserves the right to
limit the number of transfers to twelve (12) per Contract Year, with no two (2)
transfers occurring on consecutive Valuation Days. Transfers by telephone may be
made by a Contract Owner or by the attorney-in-fact pursuant to a power of
attorney by calling (800) 862-6668 or by the agent of record by calling (800)
862-7155. Telephone transfers may not be permitted by some states for their
residents who purchase variable annuities.
    
 
   
    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. Hartford will employ reasonable procedures to
confirm that instructions communicated by telephone are genuine; otherwise,
Hartford may be liable for any losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent
instructions. The procedures Hartford follows for transactions initiated by
telephone include requirements that callers provide certain information for
identification purposes. All transfer instructions by telephone are tape
recorded.
    
 
   
    Hartford may permit the Contract Owner to preauthorize transfers among
Sub-Accounts and between Sub-Accounts and the Fixed Account under certain
circumstances. Transfers between the Sub-Accounts may be made both before and
after Annuity payments commence (limited to once a quarter) provided that the
minimum allocation to any Sub-Account may not be less than $500. No minimum
balance is required in any Sub-Account.
    
 
   
    It is the responsibility of the Contract Owner or Participant to verify the
accuracy of all confirmations of transfers and to promptly advise Hartford of
any inaccuracies within one business day of receipt of the confirmation.
Hartford will send the Contract Owner a confirmation of the transfer within five
days from the date of any instruction.
    
 
   
    Transfers from the Fixed Account into a Sub-Account may be made at any time
during the Contract Year. The maximum amount which may be transferred from the
Fixed Account during any Contract Year is the greater of 30% of the Fixed
Account balance as of the last Contract Anniversary or the greatest amount of
any prior transfer from the Fixed Account. If Hartford permits preauthorized
transfers from the Fixed Account to the Sub-Accounts, this restriction
    
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is inapplicable. Also, if any interest rate is renewed at a rate of at least one
percentage point less than the previous rate, the Contract Owner may elect to
transfer up to 100% of the funds receiving the reduced rate within 60 days of
notification of the interest rate decrease. Generally, transfers may not be made
from any Sub-Account into the Fixed Account for the six-month period following
any transfer from the Fixed Account into one or more of the Sub-Accounts.
Hartford reserves the right to modify the limitations on transfers from the
Fixed Account and to defer transfers from the Fixed Account for up to six months
from the date of request.
    
 
   
    Subject to the exceptions set forth in the following two paragraphs, the
right to reallocate Contract Values is subject to modification if Hartford
determines, in its sole opinion, that the exercise of that right by one or more
Contract Owners is, or would be, to the disadvantage of other Contract Owners.
Any modification could be applied to transfers to or from some or all of the
Sub-Accounts and the Fixed Account and could include, but not be limited to, the
requirement of a minimum time period between each transfer, not accepting
transfer requests of an agent acting under a power of attorney on behalf of more
than one Contract Owner, or limiting the dollar amount that may be transferred
between the Sub-Accounts and the Fixed Account by a Contract Owner at any one
time. Such restrictions may be applied in any manner reasonably designed to
prevent any use of the transfer right which is considered by Hartford to be to
the disadvantage of other Contract Owners.
    
 
   
    For Contracts issued in the State of New York, the reservation of rights set
forth in the preceding paragraph is limited to (i) requiring up to a maximum of
10 Valuation Days between each transfer: (ii) limiting the amount to be
transferred on any one Valuation Day to no more than $2 million; and (iii) upon
30 days prior written notice, to only accepting transfer instructions from the
Contract Owner and not from the Contract Owner's representative, agent or person
acting under a power of attorney for the Contract Owner.
    
 
   
    Currently, and with respect to Contracts issued in all states, the only
restriction in effect is that Hartford will not accept instructions from agents
acting under a power of attorney of multiple Contract Owners whose accounts
aggregate more than $2 million, unless the agent has entered into a third party
transfer services agreement with Hartford.
    
 
   
                           CHARGES UNDER THE CONTRACT
    
 
   
CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGES
    
 
   
    There is no deduction for sales expenses from Premium Payments when made.
However, a contingent deferred sales charge may be assessed against Contract
Values when they are surrendered. The length of time from receipt of a Premium
Payment to the time of surrender determines the contingent deferred sales
charge. Premium payments will be deemed to be surrendered in the order in which
they were received.
    
 
   
    A Contract Owner who chooses to surrender a Contract in full who has not yet
withdrawn the Annual Withdrawal Amount during the current Contract Year (as
described at page 16 below under the sub-heading "Payments Not Subject to Sales
Charges") may, depending upon the amount of investment gain experienced under
the Contract, reduce the amount of any contingent deferred sales charge paid by
first withdrawing the Annual Withdrawal Amount and then requesting a full
surrender of the Contract. Currently, regardless of whether a Contract Owner
first requests a partial withdrawal of the Annual Withdrawal Amount, upon
receiving a request for a full surrender of a Contract, Hartford assesses any
applicable contingent deferred sales charge against the surrender proceeds
representing the lesser of: (1) aggregate Premium Payments not previously
withdrawn; and (2) the Contract Value, less the Annual Withdrawal Amount
available at the time of the full surrender, less the Annual Maintenance Fee.
    
 
   
PAYMENTS SUBJECT TO SALES CHARGES DURING THE FIRST SEVEN CONTRACT YEARS
    
 
   
    During the first seven Contract years, a contingent deferred sales charge
will be assessed against the surrender of the Premium Payments. All surrenders
will be first from Premium Payments and then from other Contract Values.
    
 
   
AFTER THE SEVENTH CONTRACT YEAR
    
 
   
    After the seventh Contract year, all surrenders will first be from earnings
and then from premium payments. A contingent deferred sales charge will not be
assessed against the surrender of earnings. If an amount equal to all earnings
has been surrendered, a contingent deferred sales charge will not be assessed
against premium payments received more than seven years prior to surrender, but
will be assessed against premium payments received less than seven years prior
to surrender.
    
 
   
    The charge is a percentage of the amount withdrawn (not to exceed the
aggregate amount of the Premium Payments made) and equals:
    
 
   
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          2                     6%
          3                     5%
          4                     5%
          5                     4%
          6                     3%
          7                     2%
      8 or more                 0%
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    PAYMENTS NOT SUBJECT TO SALES CHARGES -- During the first seven Contract
Years, on a non-cumulative basis, a Contract Owner may make a partial surrender
of Contract Values of up to 10% of the aggregate Premium Payments made to the
Contract (as determined on the date of the requested withdrawal) without the
application of the contingent deferred sales charge. After the seventh Contract
year, the Contract Owner may make a partial surrender of 10% of premium payments
made during the seven years prior to the surrender and 100% of the Contract
Value less the premium payments made during the seven years prior to the
surrender. The amount which can be withdrawn in any Contract Year prior to
incurring sales charges is the "Annual Withdrawal Amount." An Extended
Withdrawal Privilege rider allows an Annuitant who attains age 70 1/2 under a
Qualified Plan to withdraw an amount in excess of the Annual Withdrawal Amount
to comply with IRS minimum distribution rules.
    
 
   
    Certain plans or programs may have different withdrawal privileges. Any such
withdrawal will be deemed to be from Contract Values other than Premium
Payments. From time to time, Hartford may permit the Contract Owner to
preauthorize partial surrenders subject to certain limitations then in effect.
Additional surrenders or any surrender of the Contract Values in excess of such
amount in any Contract Year during the period when contingent deferred sales
charges are applicable will be subject to the appropriate charge.
    
 
   
    No contingent deferred sales charges otherwise applicable will be assessed
in the event of death of the Annuitant, death of the Contract Owner or if
payments are made under an Annuity option (other than a surrender out of Option
4) provided for under the Contract.
    
 
   
    PURPOSE OF SALES CHARGES -- The contingent deferred sales charges are used
to cover expenses relating to the sale and distribution of the Contracts,
including commissions paid to any distribution organization and its sales
personnel, the cost of preparing sales literature and other promotional
activities. To the extent that these charges do not cover such distribution
expenses they will be borne by Hartford from its general assets, including
surplus. The surplus might include profits resulting from unused mortality and
expense risk charges.
    
 
   
    MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK CHARGE -- Although Variable Annuity payments made
under the Contracts will vary in accordance with the investment performance of
the underlying Fund shares held in the Sub-Account(s), the payments will not be
affected by (a) Hartford's actual mortality experience among Annuitants before
or after the Annuity Commencement Date or (b) Hartford's actual expenses, if
greater than the deductions provided for in the Contracts because of the expense
and mortality undertakings by Hartford.
    
 
   
    For assuming these risks under the Contracts, Hartford will make a daily
charge at the rate of 1.25% per annum against all Contract Values held in the
Sub-Accounts during the life of the Contract (estimated at .90% for mortality
and .35% for expense).
    
 
   
    The mortality undertakings provided by Hartford under the Contracts,
assuming the selection of one of the forms of life Annuities, is to make monthly
Annuity payments (determined in accordance with the 1983a Individual Annuity
Mortality Table and other provisions contained in the Contract) to Annuitants
regardless of how long an Annuitant may live, and regardless of how long all
Annuitants as a group may live. Hartford also assumes the liability for payment
of a minimum Death Benefit under the Contract.
    
 
   
    The mortality undertakings are based on Hartford's determination of expected
mortality rates among all Annuitants. If actual experience among Annuitants
during the Annuity payment period deviates from Hartford's actuarial
determination of expected mortality rates among Annuitants because, as a group,
their longevity is longer than anticipated, Hartford must provide amounts from
its general funds to fulfill its Contract obligations. Hartford will bear the
loss in such a situation. Also, in the event of the death of an Annuitant or
Contract Owner before the commencement of Annuity payments, whichever is
earlier, Hartford can, in periods of declining value or in periods where the
contingent deferred sales loads would have been applicable, experience a loss
resulting from the assumption of the mortality risk relative to the guaranteed
Death Benefit.
    
 
   
    In providing an expense undertaking, Hartford assumes the risk that the
contingent deferred sales charges and the Annual Maintenance Fee for maintaining
the Contracts prior to the Annuity Commencement Date may be insufficient to
cover the actual cost of providing such items.
    
 
   
    ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE -- Each year, on each Contract Anniversary on or
before the Annuity Commencement Date, Hartford will deduct an Annual Maintenance
Fee, if applicable, from Contract Values to reimburse it for expenses relating
to the maintenance of the Contract, the Fixed Account, and the Sub-Account(s)
thereunder. If during a Contract Year the Contract is surrendered for its full
value, Hartford will deduct the Annual Maintenance Fee at the time of such
surrender. The fee is a flat fee which will be due in the full amount regardless
of the time of the Contract Year that Contract Values are surrendered. The
Annual Maintenance Fee is $30.00 per Contract Year for Contracts with less than
$50,000 Contract Value on the Contract Anniversary. The deduction will be made
pro rata according to the value in each Sub-Account and the Fixed Account under
a Contract.
    
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    PREMIUM TAXES -- A deduction is also made for Premium Tax, if applicable,
imposed by a state or other governmental entity. Certain states impose a Premium
Tax, currently ranging up to 3.5%. Some states assess the tax at the time
purchase payments are made; others assess the tax at the time of annuitization.
Hartford will pay Premium Taxes at the time imposed under applicable law. At its
sole discretion, Hartford may deduct Premium Taxes at the time Hartford pays
such taxes to the applicable taxing authorities, at the time the Contract is
surrendered, or at the time the Contract annuitizes.
    
 
   
    EXCEPTIONS -- Hartford may offer, in its discretion, reduced fees and
charges including, but not limited to, the contingent deferred sales charges,
the mortality and expense risk charge and the maintenance fee for certain sales
(including employer sponsored savings plans) under circumstances which may
result in savings of certain costs and expenses. Reductions in these fees and
charges will not be unfairly discriminatory against any Contract Owner.
    
 
   
                             WAIVER OF SALES CHARGE
    
 
   
    Hartford will waive any contingent deferred sales charges applicable to a
partial or full surrender of the Contract Value if the Annuitant is confined, at
the recommendation of a physician, for medically necessary reasons, for at least
180 calendar days to: a hospital recognized as a general hospital by the proper
authority of the state in which it is located; or a hospital recognized as a
general hospital by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals; or a
facility certified as a hospital or long-term care facility; or a nursing home
licensed by the state in which it is located and offers the services of a
registered nurse 24 hours a day.
    
 
   
    The Annuitant cannot be confined at the time the Contract was purchased in
order to receive the waiver and the Contract Owner(s) must have been the
Contract Owner(s) continuously since the Contract issue date; must provide
written proof of confinement satisfactory to Hartford; and must requests the
partial or full surrender of the Contract Value within 91 calendar days of the
last day of confinement.
    
 
   
    This contingent deferred charge waiver may not be available in all states.
Please contact your registered representative or Hartford to determine state
availability.
    
 
   
                                 DEATH BENEFITS
    
 
   
    The Contract provides that, in the event the Annuitant dies before the
selected Annuity Commencement Date, the Contingent Annuitant will become the
Annuitant. If (1) the Annuitant dies before the Annuity Commencement Date and
either (a) there is no designated Contingent Annuitant or (b) the Contingent
Annuitant predeceases the Annuitant, or (2) if any Contract Owner dies before
the Annuity Commencement Date, the Beneficiary as determined under the Contract
Control Provisions, will receive the Death Benefit as determined on the date of
receipt of due proof of death by Hartford in its Home Office. With regard to
Joint Contract Owners, at the first death of a joint Contract Owner prior to the
Annuity Commencement Date, the Beneficiary will be the surviving Contract Owner
notwithstanding that the beneficiary designation may be different.
    
 
   
    GUARANTEED DEATH BENEFIT -- If the Annuitant dies before the Annuity
Commencement Date and there is no designated Contingent Annuitant surviving, or
if the Contract Owner dies before the Annuity Commencement Date, the Beneficiary
will receive the greatest of (a) the Contract Value determined as of the day
written proof of death of such person is received by Hartford, or (b) 100% of
the total Premium Payments made to such Contract, reduced by the dollar amount
of any partial surrenders since the issue date, or (c) the Maximum Anniversary
Value immediately preceding the date of death. The Maximum Anniversary Value is
equal to the greatest Anniversary Value attained from the following:
    
 
   
    As of the date of receipt of due proof of death, Hartford will calculate an
Anniversary Value for each Contract Anniversary prior to the deceased's attained
age 81. The Anniversary Value is equal to the Contract Value on a Contract
Anniversary, increased by the dollar amount of any premium payments made since
that anniversary and reduced by the dollar amount of any partial surrenders
since that anniversary.
    
 
   
    If the Annuitant or Contract Owner, as applicable, dies after the Annuity
Commencement Date, then the Death Benefit will equal the present value of any
remaining payments under the elected Annuity Option. In computing such present
value for the portion of such remaining payments attributable to the Separate
Account, Hartford will assume a net investment rate of 5.0% per year.
    
 
   
    PAYMENT OF DEATH BENEFIT -- Death Benefit proceeds will remain invested in
the Separate Account in accordance with the allocation instructions given by the
Contract Owner until the proceeds are paid or Hartford receives new instructions
from the Beneficiary. The Death Benefit may be taken in one sum, payable within
seven days after the date Due Proof of Death is received, or under any of the
settlement options then being offered by the Company provided, however, that:
(a) in the event of the death of any Contract Owner prior to the Annuity
Commencement Date, the entire interest in the Contract will be distributed
within five years after the death of the Contract Owner and (b) in the event of
the death of any Contract Owner or Annuitant which occurs on or after the
Annuity Commencement Date, any remaining interest in the Contract will be paid
at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution in effect at the time of
death, or, if the benefit is payable over a period not extending beyond the life
expectancy of the Beneficiary or
    
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over the life of the Beneficiary, such distribution must commence within one
year of the date of death. The proceeds due on the death may be applied to
provide variable payments, fixed payments, or a combination of variable and
fixed payments. However, in the event of the Contract Owner's death where the
sole Beneficiary is the spouse of the Contract Owner and the Annuitant or
Contingent Annuitant is living, such spouse may elect, in lieu of receiving the
death benefit, to be treated as the Contract Owner. The Contract Value and the
Maximum Anniversary Value of the Contract will be unaffected by treating the
spouse as the Contract Owner.
    
 
   
    If the Contract is owned by a corporation or other non-individual, the Death
Benefit payable upon the death of the Annuitant prior to the Annuity
Commencement Date will be payable only as one sum or under the same settlement
options and in the same manner as if an individual Contract Owner died on the
date of the Annuitant's death.
    
 
   
    There may be postponement in the payment of Death Benefits whenever (a) the
New York Stock Exchange is closed, except for holidays or weekends, or trading
on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted as determined by the Commission;
(b) the Commission permits postponement and so orders; or (c) the Commission
determines that an emergency exists making valuation of the amounts or disposal
of securities not reasonably practicable.
    
 
   
    GROUP UNALLOCATED CONTRACTS -- Hartford requires that detailed accounting of
cumulative purchase payments, cumulative gross surrenders, and current Contract
Value attached to each Plan Participant be submitted on an annual basis by the
Contract Owner. Failure to submit accurate data satisfactory to Hartford will
give Hartford the right to terminate this extension of benefits.
    
 
   
                               SURRENDER BENEFITS
    
   
 
    
 
   
    FULL SURRENDERS -- At any time prior to the Annuity Commencement Date (and
after the Annuity Commencement Date with respect to values applied to Option 4
or 5), the Contract Owner has the right to terminate the Contract. In such
event, the Termination Value of the Contract may be taken in the form of a lump
sum cash settlement.
    
 
   
    Under any of the Annuity options excluding Options 4 and 5, no surrenders
are permitted after Annuity payments commence. Only full surrenders are allowed
out of Option 4 and any such surrender will be subject to contingent deferred
sales charges, if applicable. Full or partial withdrawals may be made from
Option 5 at any time and contingent deferred sales charges will not be applied.
    
 
   
    The Termination Value of the Contract is equal to the Contract Value less
any applicable Premium Taxes, the Annual Maintenance Fee if applicable and any
applicable contingent deferred sales charges. The Termination Value may be more
or less than the amount of the Premium Payments made to a Contract.
    
 
   
    PARTIAL SURRENDERS -- The Contract Owner may make a partial surrender of
Contract Values at any time prior to the Annuity Commencement Date so long as
the amount surrendered is at least equal to the minimum amount rules then in
effect. Additionally, if the remaining Contract Value following a surrender is
less than $500 ($1,000 in New York), Hartford will terminate the Contract and
pay the Termination Value. For Contracts issued in Texas, there is an additional
requirement that the Contract will not be terminated when the remaining Contract
Value after a surrender is less than $500 unless there were no Premium Payments
made during the previous two Contract Years.
    
 
   
    In requesting a partial withdrawal you should specify the Sub-Account(s)
and/or the Fixed Account from which the partial withdrawal is to be taken.
Otherwise, such withdrawal and any applicable contingent deferred sales charges
will be effected on a pro rata basis according to the value in the Fixed Account
and each Sub-Account under a Contract.
    
 
   
    Hartford may permit the Contract Owner to preauthorize partial surrenders
subject to certain limitations then in effect.
    
 
   
    PAYMENT OF SURRENDER BENEFITS -- Payment on any request for a full or
partial surrender from the Sub-Accounts will be made as soon as possible and in
any event no later than seven days after the written request is received by
Hartford at its Home Office, Attn: Individual Annuity Services, P.O. Box 5085,
Hartford, CT 06102-5085. Hartford may defer payment of any amounts from the
Fixed Account for up to six months from the date of the request for surrender.
If Hartford defers payment for more than 30 days (10 working days in New York),
Hartford will pay interest of at least 3% per annum on the amount deferred.
    
 
   
    There may be postponement in the payment of Surrender Benefits whenever (a)
the New York Stock Exchange is closed, except for holidays or weekends, or
trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted as determined by the
Commission; (b) the Commission permits postponement and so orders; or (c) the
Commission determines that an emergency exists making valuation of the amounts
or disposal of securities not reasonably practicable.
    
 
   
CERTAIN QUALIFIED CONTRACT SURRENDERS -- THERE ARE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON
SECTION 403(B) TAX SHELTERED ANNUITIES. AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1988, ALL SECTION
403(B) ANNUITIES HAVE LIMITS ON FULL AND PARTIAL SURRENDERS. CONTRIBUTIONS TO
THE CONTRACT MADE AFTER DECEMBER 31, 1988 AND ANY INCREASES IN CASH VALUE AFTER
DECEMBER 31, 1988 MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED UNLESS THE CONTRACT OWNER/
    
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EMPLOYEE HAS A) ATTAINED AGE 59 1/2, B) SEPARATED FROM SERVICE, C) DIED, D)
BECOME DISABLED OR E) EXPERIENCED FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. (CASH VALUE INCREASES MAY
NOT BE DISTRIBUTED PRIOR TO AGE 59 1/2 FOR HARDSHIPS.)
    
 
   
    DISTRIBUTIONS PRIOR TO AGE 59 1/2 DUE TO FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SEPARATION
FROM SERVICE MAY STILL BE SUBJECT TO A PENALTY TAX OF 10%.
    
 
   
    HARTFORD WILL NOT ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY IN DETERMINING WHETHER A
WITHDRAWAL IS PERMISSIBLE, WITH OR WITHOUT TAX PENALTY, IN ANY PARTICULAR
SITUATION; OR IN MONITORING WITHDRAWAL REQUESTS REGARDING PRE OR POST JANUARY 1,
1989 ACCOUNT VALUES.
    
 
   
    ANY SUCH FULL OR PARTIAL SURRENDER DESCRIBED ABOVE MAY AFFECT THE CONTINUING
TAX QUALIFIED STATUS OF SOME CONTRACTS OR PLANS AND MAY RESULT IN ADVERSE TAX
CONSEQUENCES TO THE CONTRACT OWNER. THE CONTRACT OWNER, THEREFORE, SHOULD
CONSULT WITH HIS TAX ADVISER BEFORE UNDERTAKING ANY SUCH SURRENDER. (SEE
"FEDERAL TAX CONSIDERATIONS" COMMENCING ON PAGE 21.)
    
 
   
                                ANNUITY BENEFITS
    
 
   
    You select an Annuity Commencement Date and an Annuity option which may be
on a fixed or variable basis, or a combination thereof. The Annuity Commencement
Date will not be deferred beyond the Annuitant's 90th birthday (85th birthday in
some states, 100th birthday if sold as part of a Charitable Remainder Trust).
The Annuity Commencement Date and/or the Annuity option may be changed from time
to time, but any change must be at least 30 days prior to the date on which
Annuity payments are scheduled to begin. The Contract allows the Contract Owner
to change the Sub-Accounts on which variable payments are based after payments
have commenced once every three months. Any Fixed Annuity allocation may not be
changed.
    
 
   
ANNUITY OPTIONS
    
 
   
    The Contract contains the five optional Annuity forms described below.
Options 2, 4, and 5 are available to Qualified Contracts only if the guaranteed
payment period is less than the life expectancy of the Annuitant at the time the
option becomes effective. Such life expectancy shall be computed on the basis of
the mortality table prescribed by the IRS, or if none is prescribed, the
mortality table then in use by Hartford. With respect to Non-Qualified
Contracts, if you do not elect otherwise, payments in most states will
automatically begin at the Annuitant's age 90 (with the exception of states that
do not allow deferral past age 85) under Option 2 with 120 monthly payments
certain. For Qualified Contracts and Contracts issued in Texas, if you do not
elect otherwise, payments will begin automatically at the Annuitant's age 90
under Option 1 to provide a life Annuity. After the Annuity Commencement Date,
the Annuity option elected may not be changed.
    
 
   
    Under any of the Annuity options excluding Options 4 and 5, no surrenders
are permitted after Annuity payments commence. Only full surrenders are allowed
out of Option 4 and any such surrender will be subject to contingent deferred
sales charges, if applicable. Full or partial withdrawals may be made from
Option 5 at any time and contingent deferred sales charges will not be applied.
    
 
   
    OPTION 1 -- Life Annuity
    
 
   
    A life Annuity is an Annuity payable during the lifetime of the Annuitant
and terminating with the last payment due preceding the death of the Annuitant.
This option offers the largest payment amount of any of the life Annuity options
since there is no guarantee of a minimum number of payments nor a provision for
a Death Benefit payable to a Beneficiary. It would be possible under this option
for an Annuitant to receive only one Annuity payment if he died prior to the due
date of the second Annuity payment, two if he died before the date of the third
Annuity payment, etc.
    
 
   
    OPTION 2 -- Life Annuity with 120, 180 or 240 Monthly Payments Certain
    
 
   
    This Annuity option is an Annuity payable monthly during the lifetime of an
Annuitant with the provision that payments will be made for a minimum of 120,
180 or 240 months, as elected. If, at the death of the Annuitant, payments have
been made for less than the minimum elected number of months, then the present
value as of the date of the Annuitant's death, of any remaining guaranteed
payments will be paid in one sum to the Beneficiary or Beneficiaries designated
unless other provisions have been made and approved by Hartford.
    
 
   
    OPTION 3 -- Joint and Last Survivor Annuity
    
 
   
    An Annuity payable monthly during the joint lifetime of the Annuitant and a
designated second person, and thereafter during the remaining lifetime of the
survivor, ceasing with the last payment prior to the death of the survivor.
Based on the options currently offered by Hartford, the Annuitant may elect that
the payment to the survivor be less than the payment made during the joint
lifetime of the Annuitant and a designated second person.
    
 
   
    It would be possible under this option for an Annuitant and designated
second person to receive only one payment in the event of the common or
simultaneous death of the parties prior to the due date for the second payment
and so on.
    
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    OPTION 4 -- Payments for a Designated Period
    
 
   
    An amount payable monthly for the number of years selected which may be from
5 to 30 years. Under this option, you may, at any time, surrender the Contract
and receive, within seven days, the Termination Value of the Contract as
determined by Hartford.
    
 
   
    In the event of the Annuitant's death prior to the end of the designated
period, the present value as of the date of the Annuitant's death, of any
remaining guaranteed payments will be paid in one sum to the Beneficiary or
Beneficiaries designated unless other provisions have been made and approved by
Hartford.
    
 
   
    Option 4 is an option that does not involve life contingencies and thus no
mortality guarantee. Charges made for the mortality undertaking under the
Contracts thus provide no real benefit to a Contract Owner.
    
 
   
    OPTION 5 -- Death Benefit Remaining with Hartford
    
 
   
    Proceeds from the Death Benefit may be left with Hartford for a period not
to exceed five years from the date of the Contract Owner's death prior to the
Annuity Commencement Date. These proceeds will remain in the Sub-Account(s) to
which they were allocated at the time of death unless the Beneficiary elects to
reallocate them. Full or partial withdrawals may be made at any time. In the
event of withdrawals, the remaining value will equal the Contract Value of the
proceeds left with Hartford, minus any withdrawals.
    
 
   
    Hartford may offer other annuity options from time to time.
    
 
   
    VARIABLE AND FIXED ANNUITY PAYMENTS -- When an Annuity is effected under a
Contract, unless otherwise specified, Contract Values (less applicable Premium
Taxes) held in the Sub-Accounts will be applied to provide a Variable Annuity
based on the pro rata amount in the various Sub-Accounts. Fixed Account Contract
Values will be applied to provide a Fixed Annuity. YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THE
QUESTION OF ALLOCATION OF CONTRACT VALUES (LESS APPLICABLE PREMIUM TAXES) AMONG
SUB-ACCOUNTS OF THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT AND THE GENERAL ACCOUNT OF HARTFORD TO MAKE
CERTAIN THAT ANNUITY PAYMENTS ARE BASED ON THE INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVE BEST
SUITED TO YOUR NEEDS FOR RETIREMENT.
    
 
   
    The minimum monthly Annuity payment is $50.00. No election may be made which
results in a first payment of less than $50.00. If at any time Annuity payments
are or become less than $50.00, Hartford has the right to change the frequency
of payment to intervals that will result in payments of at least $50.00. For New
York Contracts, the minimum monthly Annuity payment is $20.00.
    
 
   
    When Annuity payments are to commence, the value of the Contract is
determined as the sum of (1) the value of the Fixed Account no earlier than the
close of business on the fifth Valuation Day preceding the date the first
Annuity payment is due plus (2) the product of (a) the value of the Accumulation
Unit of each Sub-Account on that same day and (b) the number of Accumulation
Units credited to each Sub-Account as of the date the Annuity is to commence.
    
 
   
    The first payment under any option should be made on the 15th day of the
month immediately following approval of the claim for settlement. Subsequent
payments shall be made on the 15th day of each subsequent month in accordance
with the manner of payment selected.
    
 
   
    VARIABLE ANNUITY -- The Contract contains tables indicating the minimum
dollar amount of the first monthly payment under the optional variable forms of
Annuity for each $1,000 of value of a Sub-Account under a Contract. The first
monthly payment varies according to the form and type of Variable Payment
Annuity selected. The Contract contains Variable Payment Annuity tables derived
from the 1983a Individual Annuity Mortality Table with ages set back one year
and with an assumed investment rate ("A.I.R.") of 5% per annum. The total first
monthly Variable Annuity payment is determined by multiplying the value
(expressed in thousands of dollars) of a Sub-Account (less any applicable
Premium Taxes) by the amount of the first monthly payment per $1,000 of value
obtained from the tables in the Contracts.
    
 
   
    The amount of the first monthly Variable Annuity payment is divided by the
value of an Annuity Unit for the appropriate Sub-Account no earlier than the
close of business on the fifth Valuation Day preceding the day on which the
payment is due in order to determine the number of Annuity Units represented by
the first payment. This number of Annuity Units remains fixed during the Annuity
payment period, and in each subsequent month the dollar amount of the Variable
Annuity payment is determined by multiplying this fixed number of Annuity Units
by the then current Annuity Unit value.
    
 
   
    The value of the Annuity Unit for each Sub-Account in the Separate Account
for any day is determined by multiplying the value for the preceding day by the
product of (1) the net investment factor for the day for which the Annuity Unit
value is being calculated, and (2) a factor to neutralize the assumed investment
rate of 5.00% per annum. The Annuity Unit value used in calculating the amount
of the Variable Annuity payments will be based on an Annuity Unit value
determined as of the close of business on a day no earlier than the fifth
Valuation Day preceding the date of the Annuity payment.
    
 
   
    LEVEL VARIABLE ANNUITY PAYMENTS WOULD BE PRODUCED IF THE INVESTMENT RATE
REMAINED CONSTANT AND EQUAL TO THE A.I.R.
    
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IN FACT, PAYMENTS WILL VARY UP OR DOWN AS THE INVESTMENT RATE VARIES UP OR DOWN
FROM THE A.I.R.
    
 
   
    FIXED ANNUITY -- Fixed Annuity payments are determined at annuitization by
multiplying the Contract Value (less applicable Premium Taxes) by a rate to be
determined by Hartford which is no less than the rate specified in the Fixed
Payment Annuity tables in the Contract. The Annuity payment will remain level
for the duration of the Annuity.
    
 
   
                               OTHER INFORMATION
    
   
 
    
 
   
    ASSIGNMENT -- Ownership of a Contract described herein is generally
assignable. However, if the Contracts are issued pursuant to some form of
Qualified Plan, it is possible that the ownership of the Contracts may not be
transferred or assigned depending on the type of tax-qualified retirement plan
involved. An assignment of a Non-Qualified Contract may subject the Contract
values or assignment proceeds to income taxes and certain penalty taxes.
    
 
   
    CONTRACT MODIFICATION -- The Annuitant may not be changed; however, the
Contingent Annuitant may be changed at any time prior to the Annuity
Commencement Date by written notice to the Company.
    
 
   
    Hartford reserves the right to modify the Contract, but only if such
modification: (i) is necessary to make the Contract or the Separate Account
comply with any law or regulation issued by a governmental agency to which
Hartford is subject; or (ii) is necessary to assure continued qualification of
the Contract under the Code or other federal or state laws relating to
retirement annuities or annuity Contracts; or (iii) is necessary to reflect a
change in the operation of the Separate Account or the Sub-Account(s) or (iv)
provides additional Separate Account options or (v) withdraws Separate Account
options. In the event of any such modification Hartford will provide notice to
the Contract Owner or to the payee(s) during the Annuity period. Hartford may
also make appropriate endorsement in the Contract to reflect such modification.
    
 
   
                           FEDERAL TAX CONSIDERATIONS
    
 
   
  A. GENERAL
    
 
   
    SINCE THE TAX LAW IS COMPLEX AND SINCE TAX CONSEQUENCES WILL VARY ACCORDING
TO THE ACTUAL STATUS OF THE CONTRACT OWNER INVOLVED AND THE TYPE OF PLAN UNDER
WHICH THE CONTRACT IS PURCHASED, LEGAL AND TAX ADVICE MAY BE NEEDED BY A PERSON,
TRUSTEE, 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. The discussion
here and in Appendix I, commencing on page 26, is based on Hartford's
understanding of existing federal income tax laws as they are currently
interpreted.
    
 
   
  B. TAXATION OF HARTFORD AND
     THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT
    
 
   
    The Separate Account is taxed as part of Hartford which is taxed as a life
insurance company in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code"). Accordingly, the Separate Account will not be taxed as a
"regulated investment company" under subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code.
Investment income and any realized capital gains on the assets of the Separate
Account are reinvested and are taken into account in determining the value of
the Accumulation and Annuity Units (See "Accumulation Unit Values" commencing on
page 7). As a result, such investment income and realized capital gains are
automatically applied to increase reserves under the Contract.
    
 
   
    No taxes are due on interest, dividends and short-term or long-term capital
gains earned by the Separate Account with respect to Qualified or Non-Qualified
Contracts.
    
 
   
  C. TAXATION OF ANNUITIES -- GENERAL
     PROVISIONS AFFECTING PURCHASERS OTHER
     THAN QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS
    
 
   
    Section 72 of the Code governs the taxation of annuities in general.
    
 
   
 1. NON-NATURAL PERSONS, CORPORATIONS, ETC.
    
 
   
    Section 72 contains provisions for Contract Owners which are non-natural
persons. Non-natural persons include corporations, trusts, and partnerships. The
annual net increase in the value of the Contract is currently includable in the
gross income of a non-natural person unless the non-natural person holds the
Contract as an agent for a natural person. There is an exception from current
inclusion for certain annuities held in tax-qualified retirement arrangements,
certain annuities held by structured settlement companies, certain annuities
held by an employer with respect to a terminated tax-qualified retirement plan
and certain immediate annuities. A non-natural person which is a tax-exempt
entity for federal tax purposes will not be subject to income tax as a result of
this provision.
    
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    If the Contract Owner is not an individual, the primary Annuitant shall be
treated as the Contract Owner for purposes of making distributions which are
required to be made upon the death of the Contract Owner. If there is a change
in the primary Annuitant, such change shall be treated as the death of the
Contract Owner.
    
 
   
 2. OTHER CONTRACT OWNERS (NATURAL PERSONS).
    
 
   
    A Contract Owner is not taxed on increases in the value of the Contract
until an amount is received or deemed received, e.g., in the form of a lump sum
payment (full or partial value of a Contract) or as Annuity payments under the
settlement option elected.
    
 
   
    The provisions of Section 72 of the Code concerning distributions are
summarized briefly below. Also summarized are special rules affecting
distributions from Contracts obtained in a tax-free exchange for other annuity
contracts or life insurance contracts which were purchased prior to August 14,
1982.
    
 
   
   A.DISTRIBUTIONS PRIOR TO THE ANNUITY COMMENCEMENT DATE.
    
 
   
i.  Total premium payments less amounts received which were not includable in
    gross income equal the "investment in the contract" under Section 72 of the
    Code.
    
 
   
ii.  To the extent that the value of the Contract (ignoring any surrender
    charges except on a full surrender) exceeds the "investment in the
    contract," such excess constitutes the "income on the contract."
    
 
   
iii. Any amount received or deemed received prior to the Annuity Commencement
    Date (e.g., upon a partial surrender) is deemed to come first from any such
    "income on the contract" and then from "investment in the contract," and for
    these purposes such "income on the contract" shall be computed by reference
    to any aggregation rule in subparagraph 2.c., below. As a result, any such
    amount received or deemed received (1) shall be includable in gross income
    to the extent that such amount does not exceed any such "income on the
    contract," and (2) shall not be includable in gross income to the extent
    that such amount does exceed any such "income on the contract." If at the
    time that any amount is received or deemed received there is no "income on
    the contract" (e.g., because the gross value of the Contract does not exceed
    the "investment in the contract" and no aggregation rule applies), then such
    amount received or deemed received will not be includable in gross income,
    and will simply reduce the "investment in the contract."
    
 
   
iv.  The receipt of any amount as a loan under the Contract or the assignment or
    pledge of any portion of the value of the Contract shall be treated as an
    amount received for purposes of this subparagraph a. and the next
    subparagraph b.
    
 
   
v.  In general, the transfer of the Contract, without full and adequate
    consideration, will be treated as an amount received for purposes of this
    subparagraph a. and the next subparagraph b. This transfer rule does not
    apply, however, to certain transfers of property between spouses or incident
    to divorce.
    
 
   
   B.DISTRIBUTIONS AFTER ANNUITY COMMENCEMENT DATE.
    
 
   
    Annuity payments made periodically after the Annuity Commencement Date are
includable in gross income to the extent the payments exceed the amount
determined by the application of the ratio of the "investment in the contract"
to the total amount of the payments to be made after the Annuity Commencement
Date (the "exclusion ratio").
    
 
   
i.  When the total of amounts excluded from income by application of the
    exclusion ratio is equal to the investment in the contract as of the Annuity
    Commencement Date, any additional payments (including surrenders) will be
    entirely includable in gross income.
    
 
   
ii.  If the annuity payments cease by reason of the death of the Annuitant and,
    as of the date of death, the amount of annuity payments excluded from gross
    income by the exclusion ratio does not exceed the investment in the contract
    as of the Annuity Commencement Date, then the remaining portion of
    unrecovered investment shall be allowed as a deduction for the last taxable
    year of the Annuitant.
    
 
   
iii. Generally, nonperiodic amounts received or deemed received after the
    Annuity Commencement Date are not entitled to any exclusion ratio and shall
    be fully includable in gross income. However, upon a full surrender after
    such date, only the excess of the amount received (after any surrender
    charge) over the remaining "investment in the contract" shall be includable
    in gross income (except to the extent that the aggregation rule referred to
    in the next subparagraph c. may apply).
    
 
   
   C.AGGREGATION OF TWO OR MORE ANNUITY CONTRACTS.
    
 
   
    Contracts issued after October 21, 1988 by the same insurer (or affiliated
insurer) to the same Contract Owner within the same calendar year (other than
certain contracts held in connection with a tax-qualified retirement
arrangement) will be treated as one annuity Contract for the purpose of
determining the taxation of distributions prior to the Annuity Commencement
Date. An annuity contract received in a tax-free exchange for another annuity
contract or life insurance contract may be treated as a new Contract for this
purpose. Hartford believes that for any annuity subject to such aggregation, the
values under the Contracts and the investment in the contracts will be added
together to determine the taxation under subparagraph 2.a., above, of amounts
received or deemed received prior to the Annuity Commencement Date. Withdrawals
will first be treated as withdrawals of income until all of the income from all
such Contracts is withdrawn. As of the date of this
    
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Prospectus, there are no regulations interpreting this provision.
    
 
   
   D.10% PENALTY TAX -- APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN WITHDRAWALS AND ANNUITY PAYMENTS.
    
 
   
i.  If any amount is received or deemed received on the Contract (before or
    after the Annuity Commencement Date), the Code applies a penalty tax equal
    to ten percent of the portion of the amount includable in gross income,
    unless an exception applies.
    
 
   
ii.  The 10% penalty tax will not apply to the following distributions
    (exceptions vary based upon the precise plan involved):
    
 
   
    1.  Distributions made on or after the date the recipient has attained the
        age of 59 1/2.
    
 
   
    2.  Distributions made on or after the death of the holder or where the
        holder is not an individual, the death of the primary annuitant.
    
 
   
    3.  Distributions attributable to a recipient's becoming disabled.
    
 
   
    4.  A distribution that is part of a scheduled series of substantially equal
        periodic payments for the life (or life expectancy) of the recipient (or
        the joint lives or life expectancies of the recipient and the
        recipient's Beneficiary).
    
 
   
    5.  Distributions of amounts which are allocable to the "investment in the
        contract" prior to August 14, 1982 (see next subparagraph e.).
    
 
   
   E.SPECIAL PROVISIONS AFFECTING CONTRACTS OBTAINED THROUGH A TAX-FREE EXCHANGE
     OF OTHER ANNUITY OR LIFE INSURANCE CONTRACTS PURCHASED PRIOR TO AUGUST 14,
     1982.
    
 
   
    If the Contract was obtained by a tax-free exchange of a life insurance or
annuity contract purchased prior to August 14, 1982, then any amount received or
deemed received prior to the Annuity Commencement Date shall be deemed to come
(1) first from the amount of the "investment in the contract" prior to August
14, 1982 ("pre-8/14/82 investment") carried over from the prior Contract, (2)
then from the portion of the "income on the contract" (carried over to, as well
as accumulating in, the successor Contract) that is attributable to such
pre-8/14/82 investment, (3) then from the remaining "income on the contract" and
(4) last from the remaining "investment in the contract." As a result, to the
extent that such amount received or deemed received does not exceed such
pre-8/14/82 investment, such amount is not includable in gross income. In
addition, to the extent that such amount received or deemed received does not
exceed the sum of (a) such pre-8/14/82 investment and (b) the "income on the
contract" attributable thereto, such amount is not subject to the 10% penalty
tax. In all other respects, amounts received or deemed received from such post-
exchange Contracts are generally subject to the rules described in this
subparagraph 3.
    
 
   
   F.REQUIRED DISTRIBUTIONS
    
 
   
i.  Death of Contract Owner or Primary Annuitant
    
 
   
    Subject to the alternative election or spouse beneficiary provisions in ii
or iii below:
    
 
   
    1.  If any Contract Owner dies on or after the Annuity Commencement Date and
        before the entire interest in the Contract has been distributed, the
        remaining portion of such interest shall be distributed at least as
        rapidly as under the method of distribution being used as of the date of
        such death;
    
 
   
    2.  If any Contract Owner dies before the Annuity Commencement Date, the
        entire interest in the Contract will be distributed within 5 years after
        such death; and
    
 
   
    3.  If the Contract Owner is not an individual, then for purposes of 1. or
        2. above, the primary annuitant under the Contract shall be treated as
        the Contract Owner, and any change in the primary annuitant shall be
        treated as the death of the Contract Owner. The primary annuitant is the
        individual, the events in the life of whom are of primary importance in
        affecting the timing or amount of the payout under the Contract.
    
 
   
ii.  Alternative Election to Satisfy Distribution Requirements
    If any portion of the interest of a Contract Owner described in i. above is
    payable to or for the benefit of a designated beneficiary, such beneficiary
    may elect to have the portion distributed over a period that does not extend
    beyond the life or life expectancy of the beneficiary. The election and
    payments must begin within a year of the death.
    
 
   
iii. Spouse Beneficiary
    If any portion of the interest of a Contract Owner is payable to or for the
    benefit of his or her spouse, and the Annuitant or Contingent Annuitant is
    living, such spouse shall be treated as the Contract Owner of such portion
    for purposes of section i. above.
    
 
   
 3. DIVERSIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
    
 
   
    Section 817 of the Code provides that a variable annuity contract will not
be treated as an annuity 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 an annuity contract, the Contract Owner will be
subject to income tax on the annual increases in cash value.
    
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    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 contract 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.
    
 
   
 4. OWNERSHIP OF THE ASSETS IN THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT.
    
 
   
    In order for a variable annuity 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 for tax purposes. The Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") has issued several
rulings which discuss investor control. The IRS has ruled that certain incidents
of ownership by the contract owner, such as the ability to select and control
investments in a separate account, could 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.
    
 
   
  D. FEDERAL INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING
    
 
   
    The portion of a distribution which is taxable income to the recipient will
be subject to federal income tax withholding, pursuant to Section 3405 of the
Code. The application of this provision is summarized below:
    
 
   
 1. NON-PERIODIC DISTRIBUTIONS.
    
 
   
    The portion of a non-periodic distribution which constitutes taxable income
will be subject to federal income tax withholding unless the recipient elects
not to have taxes withheld. If an election not to have taxes withheld is not
provided, 10% of the taxable distribution will be withheld as federal income
tax. Election forms will be provided at the time distributions are requested. If
the necessary election forms are not submitted to Hartford, Hartford will
automatically withhold 10% of the taxable distribution.
    
 
   
 2.PERIODIC DISTRIBUTIONS (DISTRIBUTIONS PAYABLE OVER A PERIOD GREATER THAN ONE
   YEAR).
    
 
   
    The portion of a periodic distribution which constitutes taxable income will
be subject to federal income tax withholding as if the recipient were married
claiming three exemptions, unless the recipient elects otherwise. A recipient
may elect not to have income taxes withheld or to have income taxes withheld at
a different rate by providing a completed election form. Election forms will be
provided at the time distributions are requested.
    
 
   
  E. GENERAL PROVISIONS AFFECTING
     TAX-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS
    
 
   
    The Contract may be used for a number of tax-qualified retirement plans. If
the Contract is being purchased with respect to some form of tax-qualified
retirement plan, please refer to Appendix I commencing on page 26 for
information relative to the types of plans for which it may be used and the
general explanation of the tax features of such plans.
    
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  F. ANNUITY PURCHASES BY NONRESIDENT
    ALIENS AND FOREIGN CORPORATIONS
    
 
   
    The discussion above provides general information regarding U.S. federal
income tax consequences to annuity 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 annuity distributions at a
30% rate, unless a lower treaty rate applies. In addition, purchasers may be
subject to state premium tax, other 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 an annuity purchase.
    
 
   
                                 MISCELLANEOUS
    
 
   
                             HOW CONTRACTS ARE SOLD
    
 
   
    Hartford Securities Distribution Company, Inc. ("HSD") serves as Principal
Underwriter for the securities issued with respect to the Separate Account. HSD
is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hartford. The principal business address of HSD
is the same as that of Hartford.
    
 
   
    The securities will be sold by salesperson of HSD who represent Hartford as
insurance and variable annuity agents and who are registered representatives of
Broker-Dealers who have entered into distribution agreements with HSD. HSD is
registered with the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as a
Broker-Dealer and is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc.
    
 
   
    Commissions will be paid by Hartford and will not be more than 6% of Premium
Payments. From time to time, Hartford may pay or permit other promotional
incentives, in cash or credit or other compensation.
    
 
   
                           LEGAL MATTERS AND EXPERTS
    
 
   
    There are no material legal proceedings pending to which the Separate
Account is a party.
    
 
   
    Counsel with respect to federal laws and regulations applicable to the issue
and sale of the Contracts and with respect to Connecticut law is Lynda Godkin,
General Counsel, Hartford Life Insurance Companies, P.O. Box 2999, Hartford,
Connecticut 06104-2999.
    
 
   
    The audited financial statements and financial statement schedules 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 financial statements of Hartford Life Insurance Company (the
Depositor), which includes an explanatory paragraph with respect to the change
in method of accounting for debt and equity securities as of January 1, 1994, as
discussed in Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The principal
business address of Arthur Andersen LLP is One Financial Plaza, Hartford,
Connecticut 06103.
    
 
   
                             ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
    
 
   
    Inquiries will be answered by calling your representative or by writing:
    
 
   
Hartford Life Insurance Company
Attn: Individual Annuity Services
P.O. Box 5085
Hartford, Connecticut 06102-5085.
Telephone:(800) 862-6668 (Contract Owners)
          (800) 862-7155 (Investment Representatives)
    
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                                   APPENDIX I
              INFORMATION REGARDING TAX-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS
    
 
   
    The tax rules applicable to tax qualified contract owners, including
restrictions on contributions and distributions, taxation of distributions and
tax penalties, vary according to the type of plan as well as the terms and
conditions of the plan itself. Various tax penalties may apply to contributions
in excess of specified limits, to distributions in excess of specified limits,
distributions which do not satisfy certain requirements and certain other
transactions with respect to qualified plans. Accordingly, this summary provides
only general information about the tax rules associated with use of the Contract
by a qualified plan. Contract owners, plan participants and beneficiaries are
cautioned that the rights and benefits of any person to benefits are controlled
by the terms and conditions of the plan regardless of the terms and conditions
of the Contract. Some qualified plans are subject to distribution and other
requirements which are not incorporated into Hartford's administrative
procedures. Owners, participants, and beneficiaries are responsible for
determining that contributions, distributions and other transactions comply with
applicable law. Because of the complexity of these rules, owners, participants
and beneficiaries are encouraged to consult their own tax advisors as to
specific tax consequences.
    
 
   
  A. TAX-QUALIFIED PENSION OR
     PROFIT-SHARING PLANS
    
 
   
    Provisions of the Code permit eligible employers to establish tax-qualified
pension or profit sharing plans (described in Section 401(a) and 401(k), if
applicable, and exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code), and
Simplified Employee Pension Plans (described in Section 408(k)). Such plans are
subject to limitations on the amount that may be contributed, the persons who
may be eligible and the time when distributions must commence. Employers
intending to use these contracts in connection with such plans should seek
competent tax and other legal advice.
    
 
   
  B. TAX SHELTERED ANNUITIES
     UNDER SECTION 403(B)
    
 
   
    Section 403(b) of the Code permits public school employees and employees of
certain types of charitable, educational and scientific organizations specified
in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code to purchase annuity contracts, and, subject to
certain limitations, exclude such contributions from gross income. Generally,
such contributions may not exceed the lesser of $9,500 or 20% of the employees
"includable compensation" for his most recent full year of employment, subject
to other adjustments. Special provisions may allow some employees to elect a
different overall limitation.
    
 
   
    Tax-sheltered annuity programs under Section 403(b) are subject to a
PROHIBITION AGAINST DISTRIBUTIONS FROM THE CONTRACT ATTRIBUTABLE TO
CONTRIBUTIONS MADE PURSUANT TO A SALARY REDUCTION AGREEMENT unless such
distribution is made:
    
 
   
(1) after the participating employee attains age 59 1/2;
    
 
   
(2) upon separation from service;
    
 
   
(3) upon death or disability; or
    
 
   
(4) in the case of hardship (and in the case of hardship, any income
    attributable to such contributions may not be distributed).
    
 
   
    Generally, the above restrictions do not apply to distributions attributable
to cash values or other amounts held under a Section 403(b) contract as of
December 31, 1988.
    
 
   
  C. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS
     UNDER SECTION 457
    
 
   
    Employees and independent contractors performing services for eligible
governmental or other tax-exempt employers may have contributions made to
Eligible Deferred Compensation Plans of their employers in accordance with the
employer's plan and Section 457 of the Code. Section 457 places limitations on
contributions to Eligible Deferred Compensation Plans maintained by a State or
other tax-exempt organization. ("State" means a State, a political sub-division
of a State, and an agency or instrumentality of a State or political
sub-division of a State.) Generally, the limitation is 33 1/3% of includable
compensation (typically 25% of gross compensation) or $7,500 (indexed),
whichever is less. Such a plan may also provide for additional "catch-up"
deferrals during the three taxable years ending before a participant attains
normal retirement age.
    
 
   
    An employee electing to participate in an Eligible Deferred Compensation
Plan should understand that his or her rights and benefits are governed strictly
by the terms of the plan and that the employer is the legal owner of any
contract issued with respect to the plan. The employer, as owner of the
contract(s), retains all voting and redemption rights which may accrue to the
contract(s) issued with respect to the plan. The participating employee should
look to the terms of his or her plan for any charges in regard to participating
therein other than those disclosed in this
    
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Prospectus. Participants should also be aware that effective August 20, 1996,
the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 requires that all assets and
income of an Eligible Deferred Compensation Plan established by a governmental
employer which is a State, a political subdivision of a State, or any agency or
instrumentality of a State or political subdivision of a State, must be held in
trust (or under certain specified annuity contracts or custodial accounts) for
the exclusive benefit of Participants and their Beneficiaries. Special
transition rules apply to such governmental Eligible Deferred Compensation Plans
already in existence on August 20, 1996, and provide that such plans need not
establish a trust before January 1, 1999. However, this requirement does not
apply to amounts under an Eligible Deferred Compensation Plan of a tax-exempt
(non-governmental) organization and such amounts will be subject to the claims
of such tax-exempt employer's general creditors.
    
 
   
    In general, distributions from an Eligible Deferred Compensation Plan are
prohibited under Section 457 of the Code unless made after the participating
employee attains age 70 1/2, separates from service, dies, or suffers an
unforeseeable financial emergency. Present federal tax law does not allow
tax-free transfers or rollovers for amounts accumulated in a Section 457 plan
except for transfers to other Section 457 plans in limited cases.
    
 
   
  D. INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ANNUITIES
     UNDER SECTION 408
    
 
   
    Section 408 of the Code permits eligible individuals to establish individual
retirement programs through the purchase of Individual Retirement Annuities
("IRAs"). IRAs are subject to limitations on the amount that may be contributed,
the contributions that may be deducted from gross income, the persons who may be
eligible and the time when distributions may commence. Also, distributions from
certain qualified plans may be "rolled-over" on a tax-deferred basis into an
IRA.
    
 
   
    IRAs generally may not invest in life insurance contracts. However, an
annuity that is used as an IRA may provide a death benefit that equals the
greater of the premiums paid and the annuity's cash value. The Contract offers
an enhanced Death Benefit that may exceed the greater of the Contract Value and
total Premium Payments less prior surrenders. For Contracts issued in most
states, Hartford has obtained approval from the Internal Revenue Service to use
the Contract as an IRA. For Contracts issued in New York, Hartford has asked the
Internal Revenue Service to approve use of the Contract as an IRA, but there is
no assurance that approval will be granted.
    
 
   
    Special rollover rules apply to SIMPLE IRAs. Amounts can be rolled over from
one SIMPLE IRA to another SIMPLE IRA. However, amounts can be rolled over from a
SIMPLE IRA to a regular IRA only after two years have expired since the
participant first commenced participation in the SIMPLE IRA. Amounts cannot be
rolled over to a SIMPLE IRA from a qualified plan or a regular IRA.
    
 
   
    Effective after December 31, 1997, the Contract can be offered as ROTH IRAs
under Section 408A of the Code. Contributions to a ROTH IRA are not deductible.
Subject to special limitations, a distribution from a regular IRA may be rolled
over to a ROTH IRA. However, a rollover to a ROTH IRA is not excludable from
gross income. If certain specified conditions are met, qualified distributions
from a ROTH IRA are tax-free.
    
 
   
  E. TAX PENALTIES
    
 
   
    Distributions from retirement plans are generally taxed under Section 72 of
the Code. Under these rules, a portion of each distribution may be excludable
from income. The excludable amount is the portion of the distribution which
bears the same ratio as the after-tax contributions bear to the expected return.
    
 
   
 1. PREMATURE DISTRIBUTION
    
 
   
    Distributions from a qualified plan before the Participant attains age
59 1/2 are generally subject to an additional tax equal to 10% of the taxable
portion of the distribution. The 10% penalty does not apply to distributions
made after the employee's death, on account of disability, for eligible medical
expenses and distributions in the form of a life annuity and, except in the case
of an IRA, certain distributions after separation from service after age 55. For
these purposes, "life annuity" means a scheduled series of substantially equal
periodic payments for the life or life expectancy of the Participant (or the
joint lives or life expectancies of the Participant and Beneficiary).
    
 
   
    In addition, effective for distributions made from an IRA after December 31,
1997, there is no such penalty tax on distributions that do not exceed the
amount of certain qualifying higher education expenses, as defined by Section
72(t)(7) of the Code, or which are qualified first-time home buyer distributions
meeting the requirements of Section 72(t)(8) of the Code.
    
 
   
    If you are a participant in a SIMPLE IRA plan, you should be aware that the
10% penalty tax described above is increased to 25% with respect to non-exempt
premature distributions made from your SIMPLE IRA during the first two years
following the date you first commenced participation in any SIMPLE IRA plan of
your employer.
    
 
   
 2. MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION TAX
    
 
   
    If the amount distributed is less than the minimum required distribution for
the year, the Participant is subject to a 50% tax on the amount that was not
properly distributed.
    
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    An individual's interest in a tax-qualified retirement plan must generally
be distributed, or begin to be distributed, not later than April 1 of the
calendar year following the later of (i) the calendar year in which the
individual attains age 70 1/2 or (ii) the calendar year in which the individual
retires from service with the employer sponsoring the plan ("required beginning
date"). However, the required beginning date for an individual who is a five (5)
percent owner (as defined in the Code), or who is the owner of an IRA, is April
1 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the individual
attains age 70 1/2. The entire interest of the Participant must be distributed
beginning no later than this required beginning date over a period which may not
extend beyond a maximum of the life expectancy of the Participant and a
designated Beneficiary. Each annual distribution must equal or exceed a "minimum
distribution amount" which is determined by dividing the account balance by the
applicable life expectancy. This account balance is generally based upon the
account value as of the close of business on the last day of the previous
calendar year. In addition, minimum distribution incidental benefit rules may
require a larger annual distribution.
    
 
   
    If an individual dies before reaching his or her required beginning date,
the individual's entire interest must generally be distributed within five years
of the individual's death. However, this rule will be deemed satisfied, if
distributions begin before the close of the calendar year following the
individual's death to a designated Beneficiary (or over a period not extending
beyond the life expectancy of the beneficiary). If the Beneficiary is the
individual's surviving spouse, distributions may be delayed until the individual
would have attained age 70 1/2.
    
 
   
    If an individual dies after reaching his or her required beginning date or
after distributions have commenced, the individual's interest must generally be
distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution in effect at
the time of the individual's death.
    
 
   
 3. EXCESS DISTRIBUTION TAX
    
 
   
    If the aggregate distributions from all IRAs and certain other tax-qualified
retirement plans in a calendar year exceed the greater of (i) $150,000, or (ii)
$112,500 as indexed for inflation, a penalty tax of 15% is generally imposed on
the excess portion of the distribution.
    
 
   
 4. WITHHOLDING
    
 
   
    In general, distributions from IRAs and plans described in Section 457 of
the Code are subject to regular wage withholding rules.
    
 
   
    Periodic distributions from other tax-qualified retirement plans that are
made for a specified period of ten or more years or for the life or life
expectancy of the Participant (or the joint lives or life expectancies of the
Participant and the Beneficiary) are generally subject to federal income tax
withholding as if the recipient were married claiming three exemptions, unless
the recipient elects otherwise. The recipient of periodic distributions may
generally elect not to have withholding apply or to have income taxes withheld
at a different rate by providing a completed election form.
    
 
   
    Other distributions from such other tax-qualified retirement plans are
generally subject to mandatory income tax withholding at the flat rate of 20%,
unless such distributions are:
    
 
   
(a) the non-taxable portion of the distribution;
    
 
   
(b) required minimum distributions; or
    
 
   
(c) direct transfer distributions.
    
 
   
    Direct transfer distributions are direct payments to an IRA or to another
eligible retirement plan under Section 401(a)(31) of the Code.
    
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 CALCULATION OF YIELD AND RETURN.........................................
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This form must be completed for all tax sheltered annuities.
    
 
   
                     SECTION 403(b)(11) ACKNOWLEDGMENT FORM
    
 
   
    The Hartford variable annuity Contract which you have recently purchased is
subject to certain restrictions imposed by the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
Contributions to the Contract after December 31, 1988 and any increases in cash
value after December 31, 1988 may not be distributed to you unless you have:
    
 
   
    a. attained age 59 1/2,
    
 
   
    b. separated from service,
    
 
   
    c. died, or
    
 
   
    d. become disabled.
    
 
   
Distributions of post December 31, 1988 contributions (excluding any income
thereon) may also be made if you have experienced a financial hardship.
    
 
   
Also, there may be a 10% penalty tax for distributions made prior to age 59 1/2
because of financial hardship or separation from service.
    
 
   
Also, please be aware that your 403(b) Plan may also offer other financial
alternatives other than the Hartford variable annuity. Please refer to your
Plan.
    
 
   
    Please complete the following and return to:
    
 
   
    Hartford Life Insurance Company
    Individual Annuity Services
    P.O. Box 5085
    Hartford, CT 06102-5085
    
 
   
Name of Contract Owner/Participant
    
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Address
    
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City or Plan/School District
    
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Date:
    
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Contract No:
    
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Signature:
    
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    To Obtain a Statement of Additional Information, please complete the form
below and mail to:
    
 
   
    Hartford Life Insurance Company
    Attn: Individual Annuity Services
    P.O. Box 5085
    Hartford, CT 06102-5085
    
 
   
    Please send a Statement of Additional Information for The Director Select to
me at the following address:
    
 
   
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                                        PART B
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                        STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

                          HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                                SEPARATE ACCOUNT TWO


This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus.  The information
contained herein should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus.

To obtain a Prospectus, send a written request to Hartford Life Insurance
Company Attn:  Individual Annuity Services, P.O. Box 5085, Hartford, CT 
06102-5085.





Date of Prospectus:  February 20, 1998

Date of Statement of Additional Information:  February 20, 1998

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INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

DESCRIPTION OF HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

SAFEKEEPING OF ASSETS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

DISTRIBUTION OF CONTRACTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

CALCULATION OF YIELD AND RETURN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

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                                    INTRODUCTION

The individual and group tax-deferred variable annuity Contracts described in
the Prospectus are designed to provide Annuity benefits to individuals who have
established or wish to establish retirement programs which may or may not
qualify for special federal income tax treatment.  The Annuitant under these
Contracts may receive Annuity benefits in accordance with the Annuity option
selected and the retirement program, if any, under which the Contracts have been
purchased.  Annuity payments under a Contract will begin on a particular future
date which may be selected at any time under the Contract or automatically when
the Annuitant reaches age 90 except in certain states where deferral past age 85
is not permitted.  There are several alternative annuity payment options
available under the Contract (see "Optional Annuity Forms," commencing on page).

The Premium Payments under a Contract, less any applicable Premium Taxes, will
be applied to the Separate Account and/or the Fixed Account.  Accordingly, the
net Premium Payment under the Contract will be applied to purchase interests in
one or more of the Hartford Bond Fund, Hartford Stock Fund,  HVA Money Market
Fund (for qualified Contracts issued prior to May 1, 1987), Hartford Advisers
Fund, Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund, Inc., Hartford Dividend and Growth,
Hartford Index Fund, Hartford International Advisers Fund, Hartford
International Opportunities Fund, Hartford MidCap Fund, Hartford Mortgage
Securities Fund, and Hartford Small Company Fund Sub-Accounts.

Shares of the Funds are purchased by the Separate Account without the imposition
of a sales charge.  The value of a Contract depends on the value of the shares
of the Fund held by the Separate Account pursuant to that Contract.  As a
result, the Contract Owner bears the investment risk since market value of the
shares may increase or decrease.

The Contracts provide that in the event the Annuitant dies before the selected
Annuity Commencement Date, the Contingent Annuitant will become the Annuitant. 
If the Annuitant dies before the Annuity Commencement Date and there is no
designated Contingent Annuitant, or the Contingent Annuitant predeceases the
Annuitant, or if the Contract Owner dies before the Annuity Commencement Date
the Beneficiary will receive the Contract Value determined on the date of
receipt of due proof of death by Hartford Life Insurance Company ("Hartford") in
its Home Office.  If, upon death prior to the Annuity Commencement Date,  the
Annuitant or Contract Owner, as applicable, had not attained his 90th birthday,
the Beneficiary will receive the greater of (a) the Contract Value determined as
of the day Hartford receives written due proof of death of such person, or (b)
100% of the total Premium Payments made to such Contract, reduced by any prior
surrenders, or (c) the Maximum Anniversary Value immediately preceding the date
of death established up to age 80, adjusted for additions and surrenders. (See
"Death Benefits" commencing on page     of the Prospectus).

                   DESCRIPTION OF HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Hartford Life Insurance Company ("Hartford") is a stock life insurance company
engaged in the 

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business of writing life insurance, both individual and group, in all states of
the United States and the District of Columbia.  Hartford was originally
incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts on June 5, 1902, 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 ultimately controlled by The Hartford Financial
Services Group, Inc., one of the largest financial service providers in the
United States.

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A.M. Best and Company,       9/9/97           A+       Financial soundness and
Inc.                                                   operating performance.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Standard & Poor's           1/23/98           AA       Claims paying ability
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Duff & Phelps               1/23/98           AA+      Claims paying ability
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>


                               SAFEKEEPING OF ASSETS

Title to the assets of the Separate Account is held by Hartford.  The assets are
kept physically segregated and are held separate and apart from Hartford's
general corporate assets.  Records are maintained of all purchases and
redemptions of Fund shares held in each of the Sub-Accounts.

                           INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

The audited financial statements and financial statement schedules included in
this Statement of Additional Information 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 financial statements of
Hartford Life Insurance Company (the Depositor), which includes an explanatory
paragraph with respect to the change in method of accounting for debt and equity
securities as of January 1, 1994, as discussed in Note 2 of Notes to
Consolidated Financial Statements.  The principal business address of Arthur
Andersen LLP is One Financial Plaza, Hartford, Connecticut 06103.

                             DISTRIBUTION OF CONTRACTS

Hartford Securities Distribution Company, Inc. ("HSD") serves as principal
underwriter for the securities issued with respect to the Separate Account and
will offer the Contracts on a continuous basis.   

HSD is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hartford.  The principal business address of
HSD is the 

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                                         -5-


same as Hartford.

The securities will be sold by salespersons of HSD, who represent Hartford as
insurance and Variable Annuity agents and who are registered representatives of
Broker-Dealers who have entered into distribution agreements with HSD.

HSD is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 as a Broker-Dealer and is a member of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD").


                           CALCULATION OF YIELD AND RETURN

YIELD OF THE HVA MONEY MARKET FUND SUB-ACCOUNT.  As summarized in the Prospectus
under the heading "Performance Related Information," the yield of the HVA Money
Market Fund Sub-Account for a seven day period (the "base period") will be
computed by determining the "net change in value" (calculated as set forth
below) of a hypothetical account having a balance of one accumulation unit of
the Sub-Account at the beginning of the period, subtracting a hypothetical
charge reflecting deductions from Contract Owner accounts, and dividing the
difference by the value of the account at the beginning of the base period to
obtain the base period return, and then multiplying the base period return by
365/7 with the resulting yield figure carried to the nearest hundredth of one
percent.  Net changes in value of a hypothetical account will include net
investment income of the account (accrued daily dividends as declared by the
underlying funds, less daily expense charges of the account) for the period, but
will not include realized gains or losses or unrealized appreciation or
depreciation on the underlying fund shares.

The effective yield is calculated by compounding the base period return by
adding 1, raising the sum to a power equal to 365/7 and subtracting 1 from the
result, according to the following formula:
                                                365/7
     Effective Yield = [(Base Period Return + 1)     ] - 1

The HVA Money Market Fund Sub-Account's yield and effective yield will vary in
response to fluctuations in interest rates and in the expenses of the
Sub-Account.

THE CURRENT YIELD AND EFFECTIVE YIELD REFLECT RECURRING CHARGES ON THE SEPARATE
ACCOUNT LEVEL, INCLUDING THE MAXIMUM ANNUAL POLICY FEE.

HVA MONEY MARKET FUND SUB-ACCOUNT

The yield and effective yield for the seven day period ending December 31, 1996
for the HVA Money Market Fund Sub-Account was as follows:

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                  ($30 annual policy fee)

<S>                       <C>
Yield                     3.85%
Effective Yield           3.93%

</TABLE>

YIELDS OF HARTFORD BOND FUND AND HARTFORD MORTGAGE SECURITIES FUND SUB-ACCOUNTS.
As summarized in the Prospectus under the heading "Performance Related
Information," yields of these two Sub-Accounts will be computed by annualizing a
recent month's net investment income, divided by a Fund share's net asset value
on the last trading day of that month.  Net changes in the value of a
hypothetical account will assume the change in the underlying mutual fund's "net
asset value per share" for the same period in addition to the daily expense
charge assessed, at the sub-account level for the respective period.  The
Hartford Bond Fund and Hartford Mortgage Securities Fund Sub-Accounts' yields
will vary from time to time depending upon market conditions and, the
composition of the underlying funds' portfolios.  Yield should also be
considered relative to changes in the value of the Sub-Accounts' shares and to
the relative risks associated with the investment objectives and policies of the
Hartford Bond Fund and Hartford Mortgage Securities Fund.

The yield reflects recurring charges on the Separate Account level, including
the annual policy fee.

HARTFORD BOND FUND AND 
HARTFORD MORTGAGE SECURITIES FUND SUB-ACCOUNTS

Yield calculations of the Sub-Accounts used for illustration purposes reflect
the interest earned by the Sub-Accounts, less applicable asset charges assessed
against a Contract Owner's account over the base period.  Yield quotations based
on a 30 day period ended December 31, 1996 were computed by dividing the
dividends and interests earned during the period by the maximum offering price
per unit on the last day of the period, according to the following formula:

Example:
                                                             6
Current Yield Formula for the Sub-Account  2[((A-B)/(CD) + 1)  - 1]

Where     A = Dividends and interest earned during the period.
          B = Expenses accrued for the period (net of reimbursements).
          C = The average daily number of units outstanding during the period
                   that were entitled to receive dividends.
          D = The maximum offering price per unit on the last day of the period.

Hartford Bond Fund
     Yield =  4.94% 

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                                         -7-

Hartford Mortgage Securities Fund
     Yield = 5.35%

At any time in the future, yields and total return may be higher or lower than
past yields and there can be no assurance that any historical results will
continue.

The method of calculating yields described above for these Sub-Accounts differs
from the method used by the Sub-Accounts prior to May 1, 1988.  The denominator
of the fraction used to calculate yield was previously the average unit value
for the period calculated.  That denominator will hereafter be the unit value of
the Sub-Accounts on the last trading day of the period calculated.

CALCULATION OF TOTAL RETURN.  As summarized in the Prospectus under the heading
"Performance Related Information," total return is a measure of the change in
value of an investment in a Sub-Account over the period covered.  The formula
for total return used herein includes three steps: (1) calculating the value of
the hypothetical initial investment of $1,000 as of the end of the period by
multiplying the total number of units owned at the end of the period by the unit
value per unit on the last trading day of the period; (2) assuming redemption at
the end of the period and deducting any applicable contingent deferred sales
charge and (3) dividing this account value for the hypothetical investor by the
initial $1,000 investment and annualizing the result for periods of less than
one year.  Total return will be calculated for one year, five years and ten
years or some other relevant periods if a Sub-Account has not been in existence
for at least ten years.

The following are the standardized average annual total return quotations for 
the Sub-Accounts for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996.  No information 
is included for the Mentor VIP Perpetual International Portfolio, Mentor VIP 
Capital Growth Portfolio, Mentor VIP Growth Portfolio, and Hartford MidCap 
Fund because as of December 31, 1996, the Sub-Accounts have not commenced 
operations.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                     Since
Sub-Accounts                         Inception     1 Year    5 Year     10 Year
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                  <C>           <C>       <C>       <C>
Hartford Advisers Fund               9.12%          6.14%     7.34%      8.62%

Hartford Bond Fund                   5.57%        (6.76)%     1.55%      3.68%

Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund   14.42%        10.20%    13.53%     13.14%

Hartford Dividend and Growth Fund    15.07%        12.39%       n/a        n/a

Hartford Index Fund                  8.88%         11.58%     9.68%        n/a

Hartford International Advisers
Fund                                 7.57%          1.41%       n/a        n/a

Hartford International
Opportunities Fund                   2.68%          2.53%     5.21%        n/a

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<CAPTION>

                                     Since
Sub-Accounts                         Inception     1 Year    5 Year     10 Year
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                  <C>           <C>       <C>       <C>
Hartford Mortgage Securities Fund    5.60%        (5.23)%     0.93%      3.90%

Hartford Small Company Fund          (5.58)%          n/a       n/a        n/a

Hartford Stock Fund                  11.74%        13.83%    10.91%     11.02%
</TABLE>

In addition to the standardized total return, the Sub-Account may advertise a
non-standardized total return.  This figure will usually be calculated for one
year, five years, and ten years or other periods. Non-standardized total return
is measured in the same manner as the standardized total return described above,
except that the contingent deferred sales charge and the Annual Maintenance Fee
are not deducted.  Therefore, non-standardized total return for a Sub-Account is
higher than standardized total return for a Sub-Account.

The following are the non-standardized annualized total return quotations for 
the Sub-Accounts for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996.  No information 
is included for the Mentor VIP Perpetual International Portfolio, Mentor VIP 
Capital Growth Portfolio, Mentor VIP Growth Portfolio, and Hartford MidCap 
Fund because as of December 31, 1996, the Sub-Accounts have not commenced 
operations.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                     Since
Sub-Accounts                         Inception     1 Year    5 Year    10 Year
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                  <C>           <C>       <C>       <C>
Hartford Advisers Fund               11.06%        15.14%     10.7%     10.86%

Hartford Bond Fund                   7.63%          2.24%     5.19%       6.3%

Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund   15.97%         19.2%    16.44%     15.26%

Hartford Dividend and Growth Fund    19.33%        21.39%       n/a        n/a

Hartford Index Fund                  11.42%        20.58%    13.01%        n/a

Hartford International Advisers
Fund                                 13.71%        10.41%       n/a        n/a

Hartford International
Opportunities Fund                   6.24%         11.53%     8.66%        n/

Hartford Mortgage Securities Fund    7.73%          3.77%     4.65%      6.45%

Hartford Small Company Fund          16.67%           n/a       n/a        n/a

Hartford Stock Fund                  13.15%        22.83%     14.1%     13.15%
</TABLE>

                              PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS

YIELD AND TOTAL RETURN.  Each Sub-Account may from time to time include its
total return in advertisements or in information furnished to present or
prospective shareholders.  Each 

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Sub-Account may from time to time include its yield and total return in
advertisements or information furnished to present or prospective shareholders. 
Each Sub-Account may from time to time include in advertisements its total
return (and yield in the case of certain Sub-Accounts) the ranking of those
performance figures relative to such figures for groups of other annuities
analyzed by Lipper Analytical Services and Morningstar, Inc. as having the same
investment objectives.

The total return and yield may also be used to compare the performance of the
Sub-Accounts against certain widely acknowledged outside standards or indices
for stock and bond market performance.  The Standard & Poor's Composite Index of
500 Stocks (the "S&P 500") is a market value-weighted and unmanaged index
showing the changes in the aggregate market value of 500 stocks relative to the
base period 1941-43.  The S&P 500 is composed almost entirely of common stocks
of companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, although the common stocks
of a few companies listed on the American Stock Exchange or traded
over-the-counter are included.  The 500 companies represented include 400
industrial, 60 transportation and 40 financial services concerns.  The S&P 500
represents about 80% of the market value of all issues traded on the New York
Stock Exchange.

The NASDAQ-OTC Composite Price Index (The "NASDAQ Index") is a market
value-weighted and unmanaged index showing the changes in the aggregate market
value of approximately 3,500 stocks relative to the base measure of 100.00 on
February 5, 1971.  The NASDAQ Index is composed entirely of common stocks of
companies traded over-the-counter and often through the National Association of
Securities Dealers Automated Quotations ("NASDAQ") system.  Only those
over-the-counter stocks having only one market maker or traded on exchanges are
excluded.

The Morgan Stanley Capital International EAFE Index (the "EAFE Index") is an
unmanaged index, which includes over 1,000 companies representing the stock
markets of Europe,  Australia, New Zealand, and the Far East.  The EAFE Index is
weighted by market capitalization, and therefore, it has a heavy representation
in countries with large stock markets, such as Japan.

The Shearson Lehman Government Bond Index (the "SL Government Index") is a
measure of the market value of all public obligations of the U.S. Treasury; all
publicly issued debt of all agencies of the U.S. Government and all
quasi-federal corporations; and all corporate debt guaranteed by the U.S.
Government.  Mortgage-backed securities, flower bonds and foreign targeted
issues are not included in the SL Government Index.

The Shearson Lehman Government/Corporate Bond Index (the "SL
Government/Corporate Index") is a measure of the market value of approximately
5,300 bonds with a face value currently in excess of $1.3 trillion.  To be
included in the SL Government/Corporate Index, an issue must have amounts
outstanding in excess of $1 million, have at least one year to maturity and be
rated "Baa" or higher ("investment grade") by a nationally recognized rating
agency.

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                                         -10-


The Composite Index for Hartford Advisers Fund is comprised of the S&P 500
(55%), the Lehman Government/Corporate Bond Index (35%), both mentioned above,
and 90 Day U.S. Treasury Bills (10%).

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                                HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
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                         PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
                                    ITEM 1.
                              FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
    The following unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of
Hartford Life Insurance Company and its subsidiaries (the "Company") have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
reflect, in the opinion of management, all adjustments which are of normal
recurring nature necessary to present fairly the financial position, the results
of operations and the cash flows for the periods presented. Certain
reclassifications of prior year results were made to conform to current
presentation. Interim results are not indicative of the results which may be
expected for any other interim period or the full year. Certain statements
contained in this discussion, other than statements of historical fact, are
forward-looking statements. These statements are made pursuant to the safe
harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The
forward-looking statements are made based upon management's expectations and
beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effect on the
Company. There can be no assurance that future developments will be in
accordance with management's expectations or that the effect of these future
developments on the Company will be those anticipated by management. Actual
results could differ materially from those expected by the Company, depending on
the outcome of certain factors, including those described with the
forward-looking statements. For a description of accounting policies, see Note 1
to Consolidated Financial Statements in the 1996 Form 10-K. The Company is an
indirect subsidiary of Hartford Life, Inc. ("HLI"). Accordingly, the financial
statements presented below are a partial disclosure of HLI's financial
statements. For a full disclosure of HLI's operations, refer to the HLI Form
10-Q, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, for the quarter
ended September 30, 1997.
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HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES                              
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                  CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                                 (IN MILLIONS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        QUARTER
                                                         ENDED        SIX MONTHS
                                                       SEPTEMBER         ENDED
                                                          30,        SEPTEMBER 30,
                                                      -----------   ---------------
                                                      1997   1996    1997     1996
                                                      ----   ----   ------   ------
                                                      (UNAUDITED)     (UNAUDITED)
 <S>                                                  <C>    <C>    <C>      <C>
 Revenues
   Premiums and other considerations...............   $360   $319   $  993   $1,262
   Net investment income...........................    319    355      978    1,006
   Net realized capital gains (losses).............     --   (202)       4     (203)
                                                      ----   ----   ------   ------
     Total Revenues................................    679    472    1,975    2,065
                                                      ----   ----   ------   ------
 Benefits, Claims and Expenses
   Benefits, claims and claim adjustment
    expenses.......................................    318    447      970    1,235
   Amortization of deferred policy acquisition
    costs..........................................     80     68      252      197
   Dividends to policyholders......................     47     63      119      410
   Other insurance expenses........................    105     58      295      256
                                                      ----   ----   ------   ------
     Total benefits, claims and expenses...........    550    636    1,636    2,098
                                                      ----   ----   ------   ------
   Income (loss) before income tax expense.........    129   (164)     339      (33)
   Income tax expense (benefit)....................     48    (58)     121      (13)
                                                      ----   ----   ------   ------
 Net income (loss).................................   $ 81   $(106) $  218   $  (20)
                                                      ----   ----   ------   ------
                                                      ----   ----   ------   ------
</TABLE>
 
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                                HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
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                     CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
                        (IN MILLIONS EXCEPT SHARE DATA)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       SEPTEMBER
                                                          30,        DECEMBER 31,
                                                         1997            1996
                                                      -----------    ------------
                                                      (UNAUDITED)
 <S>                                                  <C>            <C>
 Assets
   Investments:
   Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair
    value (amortized cost $13,849 and $13,579).....     $14,046        $13,624
   Equity securities, available for sale, at fair
    value..........................................         155            119
   Mortgage loans, at outstanding balance..........          --              2
   Policy loans, at outstanding balance............       3,747          3,836
   Other investments, at cost......................          48             54
                                                      -----------    ------------
     Total investments.............................      17,996         17,635
   Cash............................................          53             43
   Premiums and amounts receivable.................         134            137
   Reinsurance recoverable.........................       6,356          6,259
   Accrued investment income.......................         359            407
   Deferred policy acquisition costs...............       3,156          2,760
   Deferred income tax.............................         431            474
   Other assets....................................         246            357
   Separate account assets.........................      64,020         49,690
                                                      -----------    ------------
     Total assets..................................     $92,751        $77,762
                                                      -----------    ------------
                                                      -----------    ------------
 Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
   Future policy benefits..........................     $ 3,124        $ 2,474
   Other policyholder funds........................      21,168         22,134
   Other liabilities...............................       2,224          1,572
   Separate account liabilities....................      64,020         49,690
                                                      -----------    ------------
     Total liabilities.............................      90,536         75,870
                                                      -----------    ------------
                                                      -----------    ------------
   Common stock--authorized 1,000 shares, $5,690
    par value, issued and outstanding 1,000
    shares.........................................           6              6
   Additional paid-in capital......................       1,045          1,045
   Unrealized gain on securities, net of tax.......         135             30
   Retained earnings...............................       1,029            811
                                                      -----------    ------------
     Total stockholders' equity....................       2,215          1,892
                                                      -----------    ------------
   Total liabilities and stockholders' equity......     $92,751        $77,762
                                                      -----------    ------------
                                                      -----------    ------------
</TABLE>
 
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HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES                              
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                CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                                 (IN MILLIONS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             NINE MONTHS ENDED
                                               SEPTEMBER 30,
                                            --------------------
                                              1997        1996
                                            --------    --------
                                                (UNAUDITED)
 <S>                                        <C>         <C>
 Operating Activities:
   Net income (loss).....................   $    218    $    (20)
   Adjustments to net income (loss):
     Net realized capital (gains)
      losses.............................         (4)        203
     Net increase in deferred policy
      acquisition costs..................       (396)       (399)
     Net amortization of premium on fixed
      maturities.........................          5           6
     Increase in deferred income tax
      benefit............................        (14)       (188)
     Decrease in premiums and amounts
      receivable.........................          3          75
     Decrease in other assets............        169          15
     Increase in reinsurance
      recoverable........................       (310)       (254)
     Increase in liability for future
      policy benefits....................        650         278
     Increase in other liabilities.......        131         116
     Decrease in accrued investment
      income.............................         48          --
                                            --------    --------
       Cash provided by (used for)
       operating activities..............        500        (168)
                                            --------    --------
 Investing Activities:
   Purchases of fixed maturities
    investments..........................     (4,628)     (4,111)
   Sales of fixed maturities
    investments..........................      3,039       2,450
   Maturities and principal paydowns of
    fixed maturities investments.........      1,643       2,124
   Net sales (purchases) of other
    investments..........................         32        (339)
   Net (purchases) sales of short-term
    investments..........................        (70)        328
                                            --------    --------
       Cash provided by investing
       activities........................         16         452
                                            --------    --------
 Financing Activities:
   Net disbursements for investment and
    universal life-type contracts charged
    from policyholder accounts...........       (506)       (316)
   Capital contribution..................         --          38
                                            --------    --------
       Cash used for financing
       activities........................       (506)       (278)
                                            --------    --------
   Net increase in cash..................         10           6
   Cash at beginning of period...........         43          46
                                            --------    --------
 Cash at end of period...................   $     53    $     52
                                            --------    --------
                                            --------    --------
</TABLE>
 
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                                HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
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              NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                  (UNAUDITED)
 
 NOTE 1. HARTFORD LIFE INC. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
 
    On February 10, 1997, HLI, an indirect parent of the Company, filed a
registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as amended,
relating to the Initial Public Offering ("IPO") of up to 20% of HLI's Class A
common stock. Pursuant to the IPO on May 22, 1997, HLI sold to the public 26
million shares at $28.25 per share and received net proceeds of $687. Of the
proceeds, $527 was used to retire debt related to HLI's promissory notes
outstanding and the line of credit discussed in the note below with the
remaining $160 contributed to HLI's insurance subsidiaries to be used for
working capital and other general corporate purposes.
 
    The 26 million shares sold from the IPO represent approximately 18.6% of the
equity ownership in HLI and approximately 4.4% of the combined voting power of
HLI's Class A and Class B Common Stock. The Hartford Financial Services Group,
Inc. ("The Hartford"), an indirect parent of HLI, owns all of the 114 million
outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock of HLI, representing 81.4% of the
equity ownership in HLI and approximately 95.6% of the combined voting power of
HLI's Class A and Class B Common Stock. Holders of Class A Common Stock
generally have identical rights to the holders of Class B Common Stock except
that the holders of Class A Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share
while holders of Class B Common Stock are entitled to five votes per share on
all matters submitted to a vote of the HLI stockholders.
 
 NOTE 2. HARTFORD LIFE INC. DEBT OFFERING
 
    On February 7, 1997, HLI declared a dividend of $1,184 payable to its direct
parent, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company ("HA&I"). As a result, HLI
borrowed $1,084 on February 18, 1997, pursuant to a $1,300 line of credit, with
interest payable at the two-month Eurodollar rate plus 15 basis points, which,
together with a promissory note in the amount of $100, was paid as a dividend to
HA&I on February 20, 1997. Of the $1,184 dividend, $893 constituted a repayment
of the portion of HLI's third party indebtedness internally allocated, for
financial reporting purposes, to HLI's insurance subsidiaries (the "Allocated
Advances"). In addition, on April 4, 1997, HLI declared and paid a dividend of
$25 to its parent in the form of a promissory note. Subsequently, $12 of this
note was forgiven in the form of a capital contribution from HA&I.
 
    On February 14, 1997, HLI filed a shelf registration statement for the
issuance and sale of up to $1.0 billion in the aggregate of senior debt
securities, subordinated debt securities and preferred stock. On June 17, 1997,
HLI issued $650 of unsecured redeemable long-term debt in the form of notes and
debentures. Of this amount, $200 was in the form of 6.90% notes due June 15,
2004, $200 of 7.10% notes due June 15, 2007, and $250 of 7.65% debentures due
June 15, 2027. Interest on each of the notes and debentures is payable
semi-annually on June 15 and December 15, of each year, commencing December 15,
1997. HLI also issued $50 of short-term debt in the form of commercial paper. Of
the proceeds from this issuance, $670 was used to retire the remaining balance
on the $1,300 line of credit with the remainder being used for working capital
and other general corporate purposes. Subsequently, HLI reduced the capacity of
the line of credit from $1,300 to $250, which will be primarily used to support
the commercial paper program.
 
 NOTE 3. CONTINGENCIES
 
(A) LITIGATION
 
    The Company is involved in pending and threatened litigation in the normal
course of its business in which claims for monetary and punitive damages have
been asserted. Although there can be no assurances, management, at the present
time, does not anticipate that the ultimate liability arising from such pending
or threatened litigation will have a material effect on the financial condition
or operating results of the Company.
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HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES                              
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                    ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S NARRATIVE ANALYSIS
                            OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
                                 (IN MILLIONS)
           QUARTER AND NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 AND 1996
 
SEGMENT RESULTS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          NINE MONTHS ENDED
                                     QUARTER ENDED
                                     SEPTEMBER 30,          SEPTEMBER 30,
                                 ----------------------  --------------------
                                    1997        1996       1997       1996
                                    -----     ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                              <C>          <C>        <C>        <C>
Annuity........................   $      56   $      40  $     148  $     110
Individual Life Insurance......          15          11         38         30
Employee Benefits..............           8           8         23         22
Guaranteed Investment
  Contracts....................          --        (184)        --       (214)
Corporate Operation............           2          19          9         32
                                        ---   ---------  ---------  ---------
Net Income (Loss)..............   $      81   $    (106) $     218  $     (20)
                                        ---   ---------  ---------  ---------
                                        ---   ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    Net income was $81 and $218 for the third quarter and nine months ended
September 30, 1997, as compared to a loss of $106 and $20 for the same periods
in 1996. Included in the results for the third quarter and nine months ended
September 30, 1996, are after-tax losses, primarily related to Closed Book GRC,
of $179 and $210. Excluding these after-tax losses, operating income increased
$8, or 11%, and $28, or 15%, for the third quarter and nine months ended
September 30, 1997, compared to the same periods in 1996. Net income in the
Annuity segment increased due to higher fee income on growing account values as
well as strong new business sales. Net income in the Individual Life Insurance
segment increased due to cost of insurance charges and other fee income on a
growing block of life insurance in-force. Guaranteed Investment Contracts
reported no net income in the third quarter of 1997 consistent with management's
expectations that net income (loss) subsequent to 1996 will be immaterial.
 
ANNUITY
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                     QUARTER ENDED       NINE MONTHS ENDED
                                     SEPTEMBER 30,         SEPTEMBER 30,
                                  --------------------  --------------------
                                    1997       1996       1997       1996
                                  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                               <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
Revenues........................  $     336  $     241  $     924  $     707
Expenses........................        280        201        776        597
                                  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Net Income......................  $      56  $      40  $     148  $     110
                                  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    Revenues, which are primarily comprised of investment income and fees earned
on assets under management, grew $95 or 39%, to $336 in the third quarter of
1997 and $217 or 31%, to $924 for the nine months ended September 30, 1997,
compared to the same periods in 1996. This growth resulted from an increase in
the average account value, primarily driven by individual variable annuities, of
$15.4 billion, or 36%, to $57.9 billion as of September 30, 1997 from $42.5
billion as of September 30, 1996, as a result of strong sales and market
appreciation in the separate account assets. Individual annuity sales were
approximately $2.6 billion and $7.6 billion for the third quarter and nine
months ended September 30, 1997, respectively, as compared to sales of $2.4
billion and $7.4 billion, respectively, for the same periods in 1996. Growth in
the assets under management by this segment also resulted in increased expenses
related to other insurance expenses, amortization of deferred policy acquisition
costs and taxes. Expenses increased $79, or 39%, to $280 in the third quarter of
1997 and $179, or 30%, to $776 for the nine months ended September 30, 1997,
compared to the same periods in 1996. Net income increased $16, or 40%, to $56
in the third quarter of 1997 and $38, or 35%, to $148 for the nine months ended
September 30, 1997, compared to the same periods in 1996.
 
INDIVIDUAL LIFE INSURANCE
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                     QUARTER ENDED       NINE MONTHS ENDED
                                     SEPTEMBER 30,         SEPTEMBER 30,
                                  --------------------  --------------------
                                    1997       1996       1997       1996
                                  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                               <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
Revenues........................  $     122  $     107  $     358  $     323
Expenses........................        107         96        320        293
                                  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Net Income......................  $      15  $      11  $      38  $      30
                                  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    Revenues increased $15, or 14%, to $122 in the third quarter of 1997 and
$35, or 11%, to $358 for the nine months ended September 30, 1997, over the
comparable periods in 1996. In the first quarter of 1996, a block of business
was assumed from Investors Equity which increased 1996 revenues by $9. Excluding
this transaction, year to date revenues increased $44, or 14% over prior year.
This growth was driven by increased cost of insurance charges and other fee
income earned on this growing block of business. Life insurance in-force grew
approximately $3 billion, or 6%, for September 30, 1997 over the prior period,
primarily due to sales of variable life products. Expenses in this segment
increased $11 or 11%, and $27 or 9%, for the third quarter and nine months ended
September 30, 1997, over the same periods in 1996, consistent with this growing
block of business. As a result, net income increased $4, or 36%, to $15 in the
third quarter of 1997 and $8, or 27%, to $38 for the nine months ended September
30, 1997, compared to the same periods in 1996.
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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                     QUARTER ENDED       NINE MONTHS ENDED
                                     SEPTEMBER 30,         SEPTEMBER 30,
                                  --------------------  --------------------
                                    1997       1996       1997       1996
                                  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                               <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
Revenues........................  $     150  $     223  $     471  $     976
Expenses........................        142        215        448        954
                                  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Net Income......................  $       8  $       8  $      23  $      22
                                  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    Revenues declined $73, or 33%, to $150 in the third quarter of 1997 and
$505, or 52%, for the nine months ended September 30, 1997, as compared to the
same periods in 1996. This decline is mainly related to the passage of the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, which effectively
eliminated all future sales of leveraged COLI due to the phase out of the
interest deduction on policy loans by 1998. The Company continues to write
variable COLI. Expenses declined $73, or 34%, in the third quarter of 1997 and
$506, or 53%, for the nine months ended September 30, 1997, as compared to the
same periods in 1996. Significant declines in benefits, claims and claim
adjustment expenses and policyholder dividends are the result of the decline of
the block of COLI business. As a result, net income was unchanged for the third
quarter of 1997, as compared to the same periods in 1996 and increased $1, or
5%, for the nine months ended September 30, 1997, as compared to the same
periods in 1996.
 
GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CONTRACTS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          NINE MONTHS ENDED
                                     QUARTER ENDED
                                     SEPTEMBER 30,          SEPTEMBER 30,
                                 ----------------------  --------------------
                                    1997        1996       1997       1996
                                    -----     ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                              <C>          <C>        <C>        <C>
Revenues.......................   $      62   $    (163) $     196  $     (23)
Expenses.......................          62          21        196        191
                                        ---   ---------  ---------  ---------
Net Income (Loss)..............   $       0   $    (184) $       0  $    (214)
                                        ---   ---------  ---------  ---------
                                        ---   ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    This segment reported no net income for the nine months ended September 30,
1997, as compared to losses of $184 and $214 for the same periods last year.
Exclusive of after-tax realized losses and other charges taken in the third
quarter of 1996 related to Closed Book GRC, this segment had an operating loss
of $15 and $45 for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 1996.
These results are consistent with management's expectations that net income
(loss) from Closed Book GRC in the years subsequent to 1996 will be immaterial
based on the Company's current projections for the performance of the assets and
liabilities associated with Closed Book GRC due to actions taken in the third
quarter of 1996. However, no assurance can be given that, under certain
unanticipated economic circumstances which results in the Company's assumptions
being proven inaccurate, further losses in respect of Closed Book GRC will not
occur in the future.
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                    REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
To Hartford Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries:
 
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Hartford Life
Insurance Company (a Connecticut corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of
Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company) and subsidiaries as of December
31, 1996 and 1995, and the related consolidated statements of income,
stockholder's equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 1996. These consolidated financial statements and the
schedules referred to below are the responsibility of Hartford Life Insurance
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
consolidated financial statements and schedules 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.
 
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of
Hartford Life Insurance Company and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and
1995, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the
three years in the period ended December 31, 1996 in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles.
 
As discussed in Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Hartford
Life Insurance Company adopted a new accounting standard promulgated by the
Financial Accounting Standards Board, changing its method of accounting, as of
January 1, 1994, for debt and equity securities.
 
Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
consolidated financial statements taken as a whole. The schedules listed in the
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedules are presented for
purposes of complying with the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and
are not a required part of the basic consolidated financial statements. These
schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits
of the basic consolidated financial statements and, in our opinion, fairly state
in all material respects the financial data required to be set forth therein in
relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole.
 
                                         ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
 
Hartford, Connecticut
February 10, 1997
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                       CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        FOR THE YEARS ENDED
                                                            DECEMBER 31,
                                                      ------------------------
                                                       1996     1995     1994
                                                      ------   ------   ------
                                                               ($000)
 <S>                                                  <C>      <C>      <C>
 Revenues
   Premiums and other considerations...............   $1,705   $1,487   $1,100
   Net investment income...........................    1,397    1,328    1,292
   Net realized capital (losses) gains.............     (213)     (11)       7
                                                      ------   ------   ------
     Total Revenues................................    2,889    2,804    2,399
                                                      ------   ------   ------
 Benefits, Claims and Expenses
   Benefits, claims and claim adjustment
    expenses.......................................    1,535    1,422    1,405
   Amortization of deferred policy acquisition
    costs..........................................      234      199      145
   Dividends to policyholders......................      635      675      419
   Other insurance expenses........................      427      317      227
                                                      ------   ------   ------
     Total Benefits, Claims and Expenses...........    2,831    2,613    2,196
                                                      ------   ------   ------
   Income before income tax expense................       58      191      203
   Income tax expense..............................       20       62       65
                                                      ------   ------   ------
 Net income........................................   $   38   $  129   $  138
                                                      ------   ------   ------
                                                      ------   ------   ------
</TABLE>
 
The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part
                            of the above statements.
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HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES                              
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                          CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       AS OF DECEMBER
                                                             31,
                                                      -----------------
                                                       1996      1995
                                                      -------   -------
 <S>                                                  <C>       <C>
                                                        (IN MILLIONS
                                                        EXCEPT SHARE
                                                            DATA)
 Assets
   Investments
   Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair
    value (amortized cost $13,579 and $14,440).....   $13,624   $14,400
   Equity securities, available for sale, at fair
    value..........................................       119        63
   Policy loans, at outstanding balance............     3,836     3,381
   Mortgage loans, at outstanding balance..........         2       265
   Other investments, at cost......................        54       156
                                                      -------   -------
     Total investments.............................    17,635    18,265
   Cash............................................        43        46
   Premiums and amounts receivable.................       137       165
   Accrued investment income.......................       407       394
   Reinsurance recoverable.........................     6,066     6,221
   Deferred policy acquisition costs...............     2,760     2,188
   Deferred income tax.............................       474       420
   Other assets....................................       357       234
   Separate account assets.........................    49,690    36,264
                                                      -------   -------
     Total assets..................................   $77,569   $64,197
                                                      -------   -------
                                                      -------   -------
 
 Liabilities
   Future policy benefits..........................   $ 2,281   $ 2,373
   Other policyholder funds........................    22,134    22,598
   Other liabilities...............................     1,572     1,233
   Separate account liabilities....................    49,690    36,264
                                                      -------   -------
     Total liabilities.............................    75,677    62,468
                                                      -------   -------
 
 Stockholder's Equity
   Common stock, $5,690 par value, 1,000 shares
    authorized, issued and outstanding.............         6         6
   Capital surplus.................................     1,045     1,007
   Net unrealized capital gain (loss) on
    investments, net of tax........................        30       (57)
   Retained earnings...............................       811       773
                                                      -------   -------
     Total stockholder's equity....................     1,892     1,729
                                                      -------   -------
   Total liabilities and stockholder's equity......   $77,569   $64,197
                                                      -------   -------
                                                      -------   -------
</TABLE>
 
The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part
                            of the above statements.
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                CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                       NET UNREALIZED
                                                                        CAPITAL GAIN
                                                                         (LOSS) ON                       TOTAL
                                            COMMON      CAPITAL         INVESTMENTS,     RETAINED    STOCKHOLDER'S
                                            STOCK       SURPLUS          NET OF TAX      EARNINGS       EQUITY
                                            ------   --------------    --------------    --------    -------------
 <S>                                        <C>      <C>               <C>               <C>         <C>
                                                                        (IN MILLIONS)
 Balance, December 31, 1993..............     $6         $  676            $  (5)          $516         $1,193
   Net income............................     --             --               --            138            138
   Dividends declared on common stock....     --             --               --            (10)           (10)
   Capital contribution..................     --            150               --             --            150
   Change in net unrealized capital loss
    on investments, net of tax(1)........     --             --             (649)            --           (649)
                                              --
                                                         ------           ------         --------       ------
 Balance, December 31, 1994..............      6            826             (654)           644            822
   Net income............................     --             --               --            129            129
   Capital contribution..................     --            181               --             --            181
   Change in net unrealized capital gain
    on investments, net of tax...........     --             --              597             --            597
                                              --
                                                         ------           ------         --------       ------
 Balance, December 31, 1995..............      6          1,007              (57)           773          1,729
   Net income............................     --             --               --             38             38
   Capital contribution..................     --             38               --             --             38
   Change in net unrealized capital gain
    on investments, net of tax...........     --             --               87             --             87
                                              --
                                                         ------           ------         --------       ------
 Balance, December 31, 1996..............     $6         $1,045            $  30           $811         $1,892
                                              --
                                              --
                                                         ------           ------         --------       ------
                                                         ------           ------         --------       ------
</TABLE>
 
- ------------------------
 
(1) The 1994 change in net unrealized capital loss on investments, net of tax,
    includes a gain of $91 due to the adoption of SFAS No. 115 as discussed in
    Note 2(b) of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part
                            of the above statements.
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                     CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                            FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                            --------------------------------
                                              1996        1995        1994
                                            --------    --------    --------
 <S>                                        <C>         <C>         <C>
                                                     (IN MILLIONS)
 Operating Activities
   Net income............................   $     38    $    129    $    138
   Adjustments to net income:
   Net realized capital losses (gains) on
    sale of investments..................        213          11          (7)
   Net amortization of premium on fixed
    maturities...........................         14          21          41
   Increase in deferred income taxes.....       (102)       (172)       (128)
   Increase in deferred policy
    acquisition costs....................       (572)       (379)       (441)
   Decrease (increase) in premiums and
    amounts receivable...................         10         (81)         10
   Increase in accrued investment
    income...............................        (13)        (16)       (106)
   (Increase) decrease in other assets...       (132)       (177)        101
   Decrease (increase) in reinsurance
    recoverable..........................        179         (35)         75
   (Decrease) increase in liability for
    future policy benefits...............        (92)        483         224
   Increase in other liabilities.........        477         281         191
                                            --------    --------    --------
     Cash provided by operating
      activities.........................         20          65          98
                                            --------    --------    --------
 Investing Activities
   Purchases of fixed maturity
    investments..........................     (5,747)     (6,228)     (9,127)
   Sales of fixed maturity investments...      3,459       4,845       5,713
   Maturities and principal paydowns of
    fixed maturity investments...........      2,693       1,741       1,931
   Net purchase of other investments.....       (107)       (871)     (1,338)
   Net sales (purchases) of short-term
    investments..........................         84         (24)        135
                                            --------    --------    --------
     Cash provided by (used for)
      investing activities...............        382        (537)     (2,686)
                                            --------    --------    --------
 Financing Activities
   Capital contribution..................         38          --         150
   Dividends paid........................         --          --         (10)
   Net (disbursements for) receipts from
    investment and universal life-type
    contracts (charged from) credited to
    policyholder accounts................       (443)        498       2,467
                                            --------    --------    --------
     Cash (used for) provided by
      financing activities...............       (405)        498       2,607
                                            --------    --------    --------
   Net (decrease) increase in cash.......         (3)         26          19
   Cash--beginning of year...............         46          20           1
                                            --------    --------    --------
 Cash--end of year.......................   $     43    $     46    $     20
                                            --------    --------    --------
                                            --------    --------    --------
</TABLE>
 
The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part
                            of the above statements.
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                   NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                               DECEMBER 31, 1996
                                 (IN MILLIONS)
 
 1. ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
 
    These consolidated financial statements include Hartford Life Insurance
Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (the "Company"), ITT Hartford Life and
Annuity Insurance Company ("ILA") and ITT Hartford International Life
Reassurance Corporation ("HLRe"), formerly American Skandia Life Reinsurance
Corporation. The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hartford Life and
Accident Insurance Company ("HLA"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hartford Life,
Inc. ("Hartford Life"), a direct subsidiary of Hartford Accident and Indemnity
Company, an indirect subsidiary of ITT Hartford Group, Inc. ("The Hartford").
Hartford Life was formed on December 13, 1996 and capitalized on December 16,
1996 with the contribution of all the outstanding common stock of HLA. On
February 10, 1997, The Hartford, the ultimate parent of Hartford Life, announced
its intention to sell up to 20% of Hartford Life during the second quarter of
1997. Management believes that this transaction will not have a material impact
on the operations of the Company (See Note 11).
 
    On December 19, 1995, ITT Industries, Inc. (formerly ITT Corporation)("ITT")
distributed all the outstanding shares of capital stock of The Hartford to ITT
stockholders of record on such date (the transactions relating to such
distribution are referred to herein as the "ITT Spin-off"). As a result of the
ITT Spin-off, The Hartford became an independent, publicly traded company.
 
    The Company is a leading insurance and financial services company which
provides: (a) investment products such as individual variable annuities and
fixed market value adjusted annuities, deferred compensation plan services and
mutual funds for savings and retirement needs; (b) life insurance for income
protection and estate planning; and (c) employee benefits products such as
corporate owned life insurance.
 
 2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
(A) BASIS OF PRESENTATION
 
    These financial statements present the financial position, results of
operations and cash flows of the Company, and all material intercompany
transactions and balances between Hartford Life Insurance Company and its
subsidiaries have been eliminated. The consolidated financial statements are
prepared on a basis of generally accepted accounting principles which differ
materially from the statutory accounting prescribed by various insurance
regulatory authorities.
 
    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 and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
(B) CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
 
    On November 14, 1996, the Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF") reached a
consensus on Issue No. 96-12, "Recognition of Interest Income and Balance Sheet
Classification of Structured Notes". This Issue requires companies to record
income on certain structured securities on a retrospective interest method. The
Company adopted EITF No. 96-12 for structured securities acquired after November
14, 1996. Adoption of EITF No. 96-12 did not have a material effect on the
Company's financial condition or results of operations.
 
    In June 1996, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 125, "Accounting for
Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishment of Liabilities".
This statement established criteria for determining whether transferred assets
should be accounted for as sales or secured borrowings. Subsequently, in
December 1996, the FASB issued SFAS No. 127, "Deferral of Effective Date of
Certain Provisions of FASB Statement No. 125", which defers the effective date
of certain provisions of SFAS No. 125 for one year. Adoption of SFAS No. 125 is
not expected to have a material effect on the Company's financial condition or
results of operations.
 
    In October 1995, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation", which is effective in 1996. As permitted by SFAS No. 123, the
Company continues to measure compensation costs of employee stock option plans
(relating to options on common stock of The Hartford) using the intrinsic value
method prescribed by Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25. As of February
10, 1997, the Company had not adopted an employee stock compensation plan.
Certain officers of the Company participate in The Hartford's stock option plan.
 
    Compensation costs allocated by The Hartford to the Company, as well as pro
forma compensation costs as determined under SFAS No. 123, were immaterial to
the results of operations for 1996 and 1995.
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    Effective January 1, 1994, the Company adopted SFAS No. 115, "Accounting for
Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities". The new standard requires,
among other things, that securities 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 effect those
intentions. The classification determines the appropriate accounting carrying
value (cost basis or fair value) and, in the case of fair value, whether the
fair value difference from cost, net of tax, impacts stockholder's equity
directly or is reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Income. Investments
in equity securities had previously been and continue to be recorded at fair
value with the corresponding after-tax impact included in stockholder's equity.
Under SFAS No. 115, the Company's fixed maturity investments are classified as
"available-for-sale" and, accordingly, these investments are reflected at fair
value with the corresponding impact included as a component of stockholder's
equity designated as "Net unrealized capital gain (loss) on investments, net of
tax." As with the underlying investment security, unrealized capital gains and
losses on derivative financial instruments are considered in determining the
fair value of the portfolios. The impact of adoption was an increase to
stockholder's equity of $91 million. The Company's cash flows were not impacted
by this change in accounting principle.
 
(C) REVENUE RECOGNITION
 
    Revenues for universal life policies and investment products consist of
policy charges for the cost of insurance, policy administration and surrender
charges assessed to policy account balances and are recognized in the period in
which services are provided. Premiums for traditional life insurance policies
are recognized as revenues when they are due from policyholders.
 
(D) FUTURE POLICY BENEFITS AND OTHER POLICYHOLDER FUNDS
 
    Liabilities for future policy benefits are computed by the net level premium
method using interest rate assumptions varying from 3% to 11% and withdrawal and
mortality assumptions appropriate at the time the policies were issued.
Liabilities for universal life-type and investment contracts are stated at
policyholder account values before surrender charges.
 
(E) DEFERRED POLICY ACQUISITION COSTS
 
    Policy acquisition costs, including commissions and certain underwriting
expenses associated with acquiring business, are deferred and amortized over the
estimated lives of the contracts, generally 20 years. Generally, acquisition
costs are deferred and amortized using the retrospective deposit method. Under
the retrospective deposit method, acquisition costs are amortized in proportion
to the present value of expected gross profits from surrender charges,
investment, mortality and expense margins. Actual gross profits can vary from
management's estimates resulting in increases or decreases in the rate of
amortization. Management periodically updates these estimates, when appropriate,
and evaluates the recoverability of the deferred acquisition cost asset. When
appropriate, management revises its assumptions on the estimated gross profits
of these contracts and the cumulative amortization for the books of business are
reestimated and readjusted by a cumulative charge or credit to income.
 
(F) POLICYHOLDER REALIZED CAPITAL GAINS AND LOSSES
 
    Realized capital gains and losses on security transactions associated with
the Company's immediate participation guaranteed contracts are excluded from
revenues and deferred, since under the terms of the contracts the realized gains
and losses will be credited to policyholders in future years as they are
entitled to receive them.
 
(G) FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION
 
    Foreign currency translation gains and losses are reflected in stockholder's
equity. Balance sheet accounts are translated at the exchange rates in effect at
each year end and income statement accounts are translated at the average rates
of exchange prevailing during the year. The national currencies of international
operations are generally their functional currencies.
 
(H) INVESTMENTS
 
    The Company's investments in fixed maturities include bonds, redeemable
preferred stock and commercial paper which are classified as
"available-for-sale" and accordingly are carried at fair value with the
after-tax difference from cost reflected as a component of stockholder's equity
designated as "Net unrealized capital gain (loss) on investments, net of tax".
Equity securities, which include common and non-redeemable preferred stocks, are
carried at fair value with the after-tax difference from cost reflected in
stockholder's equity. Policy and mortgage loans are each carried at their
outstanding balance which approximates fair value. Investments in partnerships
and trusts are carried at cost. Net realized capital gains (losses), after
deducting the policyholders' share, are reported as a component of revenue and
are determined on a specific identification basis.
 
    The Company's accounting policy for impairment recognition requires
recognition of an other than temporary impairment charge on a security if it is
determined that the Company is unable to recover all amounts due under the
contractual obligations of the security. In addition, the Company has
established specific criteria to be used in the impairment evaluation of an
individual portfolio of assets. Specifically, if the asset portfolio is
supporting a runoff operation, is forced to be liquidated prior to maturity to
meet liability commitments, and has fair value below amortized cost, which will
not materially fluctuate as a result of future
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interest rate changes, then an other than temporary impairment condition has
been determined to have occurred. Each individual security within that portfolio
is evaluated to determine whether or not it is impaired. Once an impairment
charge has been recorded, the Company then continues to review the individual
impaired securities for appropriate valuation on an ongoing basis.
 
    During 1996, it was determined that certain individual securities within the
investment portfolio supporting the Company's closed block of guaranteed rate
contracts ("Closed Book GRC") were impaired. With the initiation of certain
hedge transactions, which eliminated the possibility that the fair value of the
Closed Book GRC investments would recover to their current amortized cost, an
other than temporary impairment loss of $88 after tax was determined to have
occurred and was recorded.
 
(I) DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
 
    The Company uses a variety of derivative financial instruments including
swaps, caps, floors, forwards and exchange traded financial futures and options
as part of an overall risk management strategy. These instruments are used as a
means of hedging exposure to price, foreign currency and/or interest rate risk
on anticipated investment purchases or existing assets and liabilities. The
Company does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading
purposes. The Company's accounting for derivative financial instruments used to
manage risk is in accordance with the concepts established in SFAS No. 80,
"Accounting for Futures Contracts," SFAS No. 52, "Foreign Currency Translation",
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Statement of Position 86-2,
"Accounting for Options", and various EITF pronouncements. Written options are,
in all cases, used in conjunction with other assets and derivatives as part of
the Company's asset/liability management strategies. Derivative instruments are
carried at values consistent with the asset or liability being hedged.
Derivatives used to hedge fixed maturities or equities are carried at fair value
with the after-tax difference from cost reflected in stockholder's equity.
Derivatives used to hedge other invested assets or liabilities are carried at
cost.
 
    Derivatives must be designated at inception as a hedge and measured for
effectiveness both at inception and on an ongoing basis. The Company's minimum
correlation threshold for hedge designation is 80%. If correlation, which is
assessed monthly and measured based on a rolling three month average, falls
below 80%, hedge accounting will be terminated. Derivatives used to create a
synthetic asset must meet synthetic accounting criteria including designation at
inception and consistency of terms between the synthetic and the instrument
being replicated. Interest rate swaps are the primary type of derivatives used
to convert London interbank offered quotations for U.S. dollar deposits
("LIBOR") based variable rate instruments to fixed rate instruments. Synthetic
instrument accounting, consistent with industry practice, provides that the
synthetic asset is accounted for like the financial instrument it is intended to
replicate. Derivatives which fail to meet risk management criteria are marked to
market with the impact reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Income.
 
    Gains or losses on financial futures contracts entered into in anticipation
of the future receipt of product cash flows are deferred and, at the time of the
ultimate purchase, reflected as an adjustment to the cost basis of the purchased
asset. Gains or losses on futures used in invested asset risk management are
deferred and adjusted into the cost basis of the hedged asset when the futures
contracts are closed, except for futures used in duration hedging which are
deferred and are adjusted into the cost basis on a quarterly basis. The
adjustments to the cost basis are amortized into investment income over the
remaining asset life.
 
    Open forward commitment contracts are marked to market through stockholder's
equity. Such contracts are recorded at settlement by recording the purchase of
the specified securities at the previously committed price. Gains or losses
resulting from the termination of the forward commitment contracts before the
delivery of the securities are recognized immediately in the Consolidated
Statements of Income as a component of net investment income.
 
    The cost of purchased options and/or premiums received on covered written
options, entered into as part of an asset/liability management strategy, is/are
adjusted into the cost basis of the underlying asset or liability and amortized
over the remaining life of the hedge. Gains or losses on expiration or
termination of the hedge are adjusted into the basis of the underlying asset or
liability and amortized over the remaining asset life. The Company had no
written options as of December 31, 1996 and 1995.
 
    Interest rate swaps involve the periodic exchange of payments without the
exchange of underlying principal or notional amounts. Net receipts or payments
are accrued and recognized over the life of the swap agreement as an adjustment
to income. Should the swap be terminated, the gain or loss is adjusted into the
basis of the asset or liability and amortized over the remaining life. Should
the hedged asset be sold or liability terminated without terminating the swap
position, any swap gains or losses are immediately recognized in earnings.
Interest rate swaps purchased in anticipation of an asset purchase (an
"anticipatory transaction") are recognized consistent with the underlying asset
components such that the settlement component is recognized in the Consolidated
Statements of Income while the change in market value is recognized as an
unrealized gain or loss.
 
    Premiums paid on purchased floor or cap agreements and the premium received
on issued floor or cap agreements (used for risk management) are adjusted into
the
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basis of the applicable asset and amortized over the asset life. Gains or losses
on termination of such positions are adjusted into the basis of the asset or
liability and amortized over the remaining asset life. Net payments are
recognized as an adjustment to income or basis adjusted and amortized depending
on the specific hedge strategy.
 
    Forward exchange contracts and foreign currency swaps are accounted for in
accordance with SFAS No. 52.
(J) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
    Transactions of the Company with HLA and its affiliates relate principally
to tax settlements, reinsurance, insurance coverage, rental and service fees and
payment of dividends and capital contributions. In addition, certain affiliated
insurance companies purchased group annuity contracts from the Company to fund
pension costs and claim annuities to settle casualty claims. Substantially all
general insurance expenses related to the Company, including rent and employee
benefit plan expenses, are initially paid by Hartford Fire Insurance Company, an
indirect subsidiary of The Hartford ("Hartford Fire"). Direct expenses are
allocated to the Company using specific identification, and indirect expenses
are allocated using other applicable methods. Indirect expenses include those
for corporate areas which, depending on the type, are allocated based on either
a percentage of direct expenses or on utilization. Indirect expenses allocated
to the Company by Hartford Fire were $40, $45 and $41 in 1996, 1995 and 1994,
respectively. Management of the Company believes that the methods used are
reasonable. In addition, the Company was charged its share of costs allocated to
The Hartford by ITT prior to the ITT Spin-off, which were immaterial in 1995 and
1994. The Company had a receivable from The Hartford of $1 and a payable to The
Hartford of $2 at December 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively.
    In 1996, the Company ceded approximately $33.3 billion of group life
insurance in force and $318 million of disability premium to HLA and assumed
$8.5 billion of individual life insurance in force from HLA.
 
    On June 30, 1995, the ownership of ITT Lyndon Insurance Company was
transferred to the Company via a capital contribution of $181 million,
representing the net assets of the company. Also, in 1996, the Company received
a capital contribution of $37.5 million from its parent HLA.
 
(K) DIVIDENDS TO POLICYHOLDERS
 
    Certain life insurance policies contain dividend payment provisions that
enable the policyholder to participate in the earnings of the life insurance
subsidiaries of the Company. The participating insurance in force accounted for
44%, 41%, and 43% in 1996, 1995, and 1994, respectively, of total life insurance
in force.
 
 3. INVESTMENTS
 
(A) COMPONENTS OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                     YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                 -------------------------------
                                   1996       1995       1994
                                 ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                              <C>        <C>        <C>
Interest income................  $   1,452  $   1,338  $   1,247
(Losses) income from other
 investments...................        (42)         1         54
                                 ---------  ---------  ---------
Gross investment income........      1,410      1,339      1,301
Less: Investment expenses......         13         11          9
                                 ---------  ---------  ---------
Net investment income..........  $   1,397  $   1,328  $   1,292
                                 ---------  ---------  ---------
                                 ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
(B) COMPONENTS OF NET REALIZED CAPITAL GAINS (LOSSES)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                     YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                 -------------------------------
                                   1996       1995       1994
                                 ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                              <C>        <C>        <C>
Fixed maturities...............  $    (201) $      23  $     (34)
Equity securities..............          2         (6)       (11)
Real estate and other..........         (4)       (25)        47
Less: (Increase) decrease in
 liability to policyholders for
 realized capital gains
 (losses)......................        (10)        (3)         5
                                 ---------  ---------  ---------
Net realized capital (losses)
 gains.........................  $    (213) $     (11) $       7
                                 ---------  ---------  ---------
                                 ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
(C) NET UNREALIZED CAPITAL GAINS (LOSSES) ON EQUITY SECURITIES
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                         YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                   -----------------------------------
                                      1996         1995        1994
                                      -----        -----     ---------
<S>                                <C>          <C>          <C>
Gross unrealized gains...........   $      13    $       4   $       2
Gross unrealized losses..........          (1)          (2)        (11)
                                          ---          ---   ---------
Net unrealized capital gains
 (losses)........................          12            2          (9)
Deferred income tax liability
 (asset).........................           4            1          (3)
                                          ---          ---   ---------
Net unrealized capital gains
 (losses), after tax.............           8            1          (6)
Balance beginning of year........           1           (6)         (5)
                                          ---          ---   ---------
Change in net unrealized capital
 gains (losses) on investments...   $       7    $       7   $      (1)
                                          ---          ---   ---------
                                          ---          ---   ---------
</TABLE>
 
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(D) NET UNREALIZED CAPITAL GAINS (LOSSES) ON FIXED MATURITIES
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                         --------------------------
                                                          1996     1995      1994
                                                         ------   ------   --------
<S>                                                      <C>      <C>      <C>
Gross unrealized gains.................................  $  386   $  529   $    150
Gross unrealized losses................................    (341)    (569)    (1,185)
Unrealized (gains) losses credited to policyholders....     (11)     (52)        37
                                                         ------   ------   --------
Net unrealized capital gains (losses)..................      34      (92)      (998)
Deferred income tax liability (asset)..................      12      (34)      (350)
                                                         ------   ------   --------
Net unrealized capital gains (losses), after tax.......      22      (58)      (648)
Balance beginning of year..............................     (58)    (648)       161
                                                         ------   ------   --------
Change in net unrealized capital gains (losses) on
 investments...........................................  $   80   $  590   $   (809)
                                                         ------   ------   --------
                                                         ------   ------   --------
</TABLE>
 
(E) COMPONENTS OF FIXED MATURITIES 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)............................  $  166   $ 12  $   (3)  $   175
U.S. government and government agencies and authorities
 (guaranteed and sponsored)--asset-backed..............   1,970    161    (128)    2,003
States, municipalities and political subdivisions......     373      6     (11)      368
International governments..............................     281     12      (4)      289
Public utilities.......................................     877     12      (8)      881
All other corporate including international............   4,656    120    (107)    4,669
All other corporate--asset-backed......................   3,601     49     (59)    3,591
Short-term investments.................................   1,655     14     (21)    1,648
                                                         -------  ----  ------   -------
    Total fixed maturities.............................  $13,579  $386  $ (341)  $13,624
                                                         -------  ----  ------   -------
                                                         -------  ----  ------   -------
 
<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)............................  $  502   $  4  $   (9)  $   497
U.S. government and government agencies and authorities
 (guaranteed and sponsored)--asset-backed..............   3,568    210    (387)    3,391
States, municipalities and political subdivisions......     201      4      (3)      202
International governments..............................     291     19      (4)      306
Public utilities.......................................     949     29      (2)      976
All other corporate including international............   3,065     76     (55)    3,086
All other corporate--asset-backed......................   5,056    187    (109)    5,134
Short-term investments.................................     808     --      --       808
                                                         -------  ----  ------   -------
    Total fixed maturities.............................  $14,440  $529  $ (569)  $14,400
                                                         -------  ----  ------   -------
                                                         -------  ----  ------   -------
</TABLE>
 
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    The amortized cost and fair value of fixed maturities at December 31, 1996,
by maturity, are shown below. Asset-backed securities, including mortgage-backed
securities and collateralized mortgage obligations, are distributed to maturity
year based on the Company's estimates of the rate of future prepayments of
principal over the remaining lives of such securities. These estimates are
developed using prepayment speeds reported in broker consensus data and can be
expected to vary from actual experience. Expected maturities differ from
contractual maturities due to call or prepayment provisions.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         MATURITY           AMORTIZED COST  FAIR VALUE
- --------------------------  --------------  -----------
<S>                         <C>             <C>
One year or less..........    $    2,632     $   2,642
Over one year through five
 years....................         5,871         5,928
Over five years through
 ten years................         3,320         3,311
Over ten years............         1,756         1,743
                                 -------    -----------
    Total.................    $   13,579     $  13,624
                                 -------    -----------
                                 -------    -----------
</TABLE>
 
    Sales of fixed maturities excluding short-term fixed maturities for the
years ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994 resulted in proceeds of $3,459,
$4,848 and $5,708, respectively, resulting in gross realized capital gains of
$87, $91 and $71, respectively, and gross realized capital losses (including
investment writedowns) of $298, $72 and $100, respectively, not including
policyholder gains and losses. Sales of equity securities for the years ended
December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994 resulted in proceeds of $74, $64 and $159,
respectively, resulting in gross realized capital gains of $2, $28 and $3,
respectively, and gross realized capital losses of $0, $59 and $14,
respectively, not including policyholder gains and losses.
 
(F) CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK
 
    As of December 31, 1996, the Company had a reinsurance recoverable of $3.8
billion from Mutual Benefit Life Assurance Corporation ("Mutual Benefit"),
supported by assets in a security trust of $3.8 billion (including policy loans
of $3.3 billion). The risk of Mutual Benefit becoming insolvent is mitigated by
the reinsurance agreement's requirement that the assets be kept in a security
trust with the Company as sole beneficiary. Excluding investments in U.S.
government and agencies, the Company has no other significant concentrations of
credit risk in fixed maturities.
 
(G) DERIVATIVE INVESTMENTS
 
    Derivatives play an important role in facilitating the management of
interest rate risk, creating opportunities to fund product obligations hedging
against indexation risks that affect the value of certain liabilities and
adjusting broad investment risk characteristics when dictated by significant
changes in market risks. As an end user of derivatives, the Company uses a
variety of derivative financial instruments, including swaps, caps, floors,
forwards and exchange traded financial futures and options in order to hedge
exposure to price, foreign currency and/or interest rate risk on anticipated
investment purchases or existing assets and liabilities. The notional amounts of
derivative contracts represent the basis upon which pay and receive amounts are
calculated and are not reflective of credit risk for derivative contracts.
Credit risk for derivative contracts is limited to the amounts calculated to be
due to the Company on such contracts. The Company believes it maintains prudent
policies regarding the financial stability and credit standing of its major
counterparties and typically requires credit enhancement provisions to further
limit its credit risk. Many of these derivative contracts are bilateral
agreements that are not assignable without the consent of the relevant
counterparty. Notional amounts pertaining to derivative financial instruments
totaled $9.9 billion and $8.8 billion at December 31, 1996 and 1995,
respectively ($7.4 billion and $7.1 billion related to life insurance
investments and $2.5 billion and $1.7 billion related to life insurance
liabilities at December 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively).
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    The following table summarizes the Company's derivatives, segregated by
major categories, as of December 31, 1996 and 1995:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             AMOUNTS HEDGED (NOTIONAL AMOUNTS) (EXCLUDING
                                                                                          LIABILITY HEDGES)
                                                                          --------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                   PURCHASED
                                                                            TOTAL    ISSUED CAPS   OPTIONS,
                                                                          CARRYING        &         CAPS &
1996                                                                        VALUE     FLOORS(C)    FLOORS(D)    FUTURES(E)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------  ---------  -----------  -----------  -------------
<S>                                                                       <C>        <C>          <C>          <C>
Asset-backed securities (excluding inverse floaters and anticipatory)...  $   5,242   $     500    $   2,454     $      --
Inverse floaters(a).....................................................        352          98          856            --
Anticipatory(g).........................................................         --          --           --           132
Other bonds and notes...................................................      7,369         425          440             5
Short-term investments..................................................        661          --           --            --
                                                                          ---------  -----------  -----------        -----
    Total fixed maturities..............................................     13,624       1,023        3,750           137
Equity securities, policy loans and other investments...................      4,011          --           --            --
                                                                          ---------  -----------  -----------        -----
    Total investments...................................................  $  17,635   $   1,023    $   3,750     $     137
                                                                          ---------  -----------  -----------        -----
                                                                          ---------  -----------  -----------        -----
    Total derivatives-fair value(b).....................................              $     (10)   $      35     $      --
                                                                                     -----------  -----------        -----
                                                                                     -----------  -----------        -----
 
<CAPTION>
 
                                                                             AMOUNTS HEDGED (NOTIONAL AMOUNTS) (EXCLUDING
                                                                                          LIABILITY HEDGES)
                                                                          --------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                   PURCHASED
                                                                            TOTAL    ISSUED CAPS   OPTIONS,
                                                                          CARRYING        &         CAPS &
1995                                                                        VALUE     FLOORS(C)    FLOORS(D)    FUTURES(E)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------  ---------  -----------  -----------  -------------
<S>                                                                       <C>        <C>          <C>          <C>
Asset-backed securities (excluding inverse floaters and anticipatory)...  $   5,764   $     118    $   3,133     $     322
Inverse floaters(a).....................................................        711         560          354             6
Anticipatory(g).........................................................         --          --           --           213
Other bonds and notes...................................................      7,118          33           66           322
Short-term investments..................................................        807          --           --            --
                                                                          ---------  -----------  -----------        -----
    Total fixed maturities..............................................     14,400         711        3,553           863
Equity securities, policy loans and other investments...................      3,865          --           --            --
                                                                          ---------  -----------  -----------        -----
    Total investments...................................................  $  18,265   $     711    $   3,553     $     863
                                                                          ---------  -----------  -----------        -----
                                                                          ---------  -----------  -----------        -----
    Total derivatives-fair value(b).....................................              $     (32)   $      46     $      --
                                                                                     -----------  -----------        -----
                                                                                     -----------  -----------        -----
 
<CAPTION>
 
                                                                           INTEREST      FOREIGN       TOTAL
                                                                             RATE       CURRENCY     NOTIONAL
1996                                                                       SWAPS(H)     SWAPS(F)      AMOUNT
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----------  -----------
<S>                                                                       <C>          <C>          <C>
Asset-backed securities (excluding inverse floaters and anticipatory)...   $     941    $      --    $   3,895
Inverse floaters(a).....................................................         346           --        1,300
Anticipatory(g).........................................................          --           --          132
Other bonds and notes...................................................       1,079          125        2,074
Short-term investments..................................................          --           --           --
                                                                          -----------       -----   -----------
    Total fixed maturities..............................................       2,366          125        7,401
Equity securities, policy loans and other investments...................          19           --           19
                                                                          -----------       -----   -----------
    Total investments...................................................   $   2,385    $     125    $   7,420
                                                                          -----------       -----   -----------
                                                                          -----------       -----   -----------
    Total derivatives-fair value(b).....................................   $     (25)   $      (9)   $      (9)
                                                                          -----------       -----   -----------
                                                                          -----------       -----   -----------
 
                                                                           INTEREST      FOREIGN       TOTAL
                                                                             RATE       CURRENCY     NOTIONAL
1995                                                                       SWAPS(H)     SWAPS(F)      AMOUNT
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----------  -----------
<S>                                                                       <C>          <C>          <C>
Asset-backed securities (excluding inverse floaters and anticipatory)...   $     290    $      --    $   3,863
Inverse floaters(a).....................................................         681           --        1,601
Anticipatory(g).........................................................          25           --          238
Other bonds and notes...................................................         757          187        1,365
Short-term investments..................................................          --           --           --
                                                                          -----------       -----   -----------
    Total fixed maturities..............................................       1,753          187        7,067
Equity securities, policy loans and other investments...................          18           --           18
                                                                          -----------       -----   -----------
    Total investments...................................................   $   1,771    $     187    $   7,085
                                                                          -----------       -----   -----------
                                                                          -----------       -----   -----------
    Total derivatives-fair value(b).....................................   $    (108)   $     (24)   $    (118)
                                                                          -----------       -----   -----------
                                                                          -----------       -----   -----------
</TABLE>
 
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(a) Inverse floaters are variations of collateralized mortgage obligations
    ("CMOs") for which the coupon rates move inversely with an index rate such
    as LIBOR. The risk to principal is considered negligible as the underlying
    collateral for the securities is guaranteed or sponsored by government
    agencies. To address the volatility risk created by the coupon variability,
    the Company uses a variety of derivative instruments, primarily interest
    rate swaps and purchased caps and floors.
 
(b) The fair value of derivative instruments including swaps, caps, floors,
    futures, options and forward commitments, was determined using a pricing
    model which is validated through quarterly comparison to dealer quoted
    market prices, for 1996 and dealer quoted prices for 1995.
 
(c) The 1996 data includes issued caps of $433 with a weighted average strike
    rate of 8.21% (ranging from 7.0% to 9.5%) and over 93% maturing in 2000
    through 2005. In addition, issued floors totaled $590, had a weighted
    average strike rate of 5.17% (ranging from 5.00% to 7.85%) with all of them
    maturing by the end of 2005. The 1995 data includes issued caps of $475 with
    a weighted average strike rate of 8.5% (ranging from 7.0% to 10.4%) and over
    85% maturing in 2000 through 2004. In addition, issued floors totaled $236,
    had a weighted average strike rate of 8.1% (ranging from 5.3% to 10.9%) and
    mature through 2007, with 76% maturing by 2004.
 
(d) The 1996 data includes purchased floors of $2.4 billion and purchased caps
    of $1.3 billion. The floors had a weighted average strike rate of 5.84%
    (ranging from 3.70% to 7.85%) and over 87% mature in 1997 through 1999. The
    options mature in 1997. The caps had a weighted average strike rate of 7.59%
    (ranging from 4.40% to 10.125%) and over 76% mature in 1997 through 2001.
    The 1995 data includes purchased floors of $1.8 billion and purchased caps
    of $1.7 billion. The floors had a weighted average strike price of 5.8%
    (ranging from 3.7% to 6.8%) and over 85% mature in 1997 through 1999. The
    caps had a weighted average strike price of 7.5% (ranging from 4.5% and
    10.1%) and over 82% mature in 1997 through 1999.
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(e) As of December 31, 1996 and 1995, over 39% and 95%, respectively, of the
    notional futures contracts, expire within one year.
 
(f) As of December 31, 1996 and 1995, over 42% and 25%, respectively, of the
    Company's foreign currency swaps, expire within one year; the balance mature
    over the succeeding 4 to 5 years.
 
(g) Deferred gains and losses on anticipatory transactions are included in the
    carrying value of bond investments in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. At
    the time of the ultimate purchase, they are reflected as a basis adjustment
    to the purchased asset. At December 31, 1996, the Company had $1 million in
    net deferred gains for futures, interest rate swaps and purchased options.
    The Company expects to basis adjust $1 million of the deferred gains in
    1997. At December 31, 1995, the Company had $5.3 million in net deferred
    gains for futures, interest rate swaps and purchased options.
 
(h) The following table summarizes the maturities by notional value of interest
    rate swaps outstanding at December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the related
    weighted average interest pay rate or receive rate. The variable rates
    represent spot rates (primarily 90 day LIBOR), as of December 31, 1996 and
    1995. Such variable rates have been calculated assuming that the spot rates
    remain unchanged throughout the life of the interest rate swaps.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1996                                                             1997         1998         1999         2000         2001
- ------------------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
<S>                                                           <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>
  PAY FIXED/RECEIVE VARIABLE
    Notional Value                                                   $--         $50          $125          $35         $125
    Weighted Average Pay Rate                                         --          5.7 %        5.9 %        5.5 %        5.5%
    Weighted Average Receive Rate                                     --          3.2 %         --          6.5 %        6.4%
  PAY VARIABLE/RECEIVE FIXED
    Notional Value                                                   $86          $25         $486          $74         $582
    Weighted Average Pay Rate                                        7.5 %         --          6.4 %        6.7 %        7.0%
    Weighted Average Receive Rate                                    5.6 %         --          5.6 %        5.7 %        6.2%
  PAY VARIABLE/RECEIVE DIFFERENT VARIABLE
    Notional Value                                                   $19          $15          $--         $200          $--
    Weighted Average Pay Rate                                        5.9 %        5.7 %         --          6.4 %         --
    Weighted Average Receive Rate                                    3.7 %        5.5 %         --          5.0 %         --
    Total Interest Rate Swaps                                       $105          $90         $611         $309         $707
    Total Weighted Average Pay Rate                                  7.2 %        5.7 %        6.3 %        6.4 %        6.7%
    Total Weighted Average Receive Rate                              5.2 %        3.8 %        4.3 %        5.4 %        6.3%
 
<CAPTION>
 
1995                                                             1996         1997         1998         1999         2000
- ------------------------------------------------------------  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
<S>                                                           <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>
  PAY FIXED/RECEIVE VARIABLE
    Notional Value                                                  $15           $50          $--         $453          $31
    Weighted Average Pay Rate                                        5.0 %        7.2 %         --          8.1 %        7.1%
    Weighted Average Receive Rate                                    5.8 %        5.9 %         --          5.8 %        5.7%
  PAY VARIABLE/RECEIVE FIXED
    Notional Value                                                  $100          $68          $25          $25          $35
    Weighted Average Pay Rate                                        5.9 %        8.6 %        5.9 %         --          5.9%
    Weighted Average Receive Rate                                    2.4 %        7.9 %        4.0 %         --          6.5%
  PAY VARIABLE/RECEIVE DIFFERENT VARIABLE
    Notional Value                                                   $50          $18          $36          $12         $200
    Weighted Average Pay Rate                                        5.8 %         --          3.7 %        3.5 %        4.5%
    Weighted Average Receive Rate                                    5.4 %         --          5.6 %        5.2 %        6.8%
    Total Interest Rate Swaps                                       $165         $136          $61         $490         $266
    Total Weighted Average Pay Rate                                  5.8 %        7.8 %        4.6 %        7.6 %        5.0%
    Total Weighted Average Receive Rate                              3.6 %        7.2 %        4.9 %        5.4 %        6.6%
 
<CAPTION>
                                                                                            LATEST
1996                                                           THEREAFTER       TOTAL      MATURITY
- ------------------------------------------------------------  -------------  -----------  -----------
<S>                                                           <C>            <C>          <C>
  PAY FIXED/RECEIVE VARIABLE
    Notional Value                                                   $170          $505         2003
    Weighted Average Pay Rate                                         5.7  %        5.7 %
    Weighted Average Receive Rate                                     6.9  %        4.7 %
  PAY VARIABLE/RECEIVE FIXED
    Notional Value                                                   $349        $1,602         2007
    Weighted Average Pay Rate                                         6.9  %        6.8 %
    Weighted Average Receive Rate                                     5.9  %        5.9 %
  PAY VARIABLE/RECEIVE DIFFERENT VARIABLE
    Notional Value                                                    $44          $278         2003
    Weighted Average Pay Rate                                        12.9  %        7.4 %
    Weighted Average Receive Rate                                     6.4  %        5.2 %
    Total Interest Rate Swaps                                        $563        $2,385         2007
    Total Weighted Average Pay Rate                                   7.0  %        6.6 %
    Total Weighted Average Receive Rate                               6.3  %        5.5 %
                                                                                            LATEST
1995                                                           THEREAFTER       TOTAL      MATURITY
- ------------------------------------------------------------  -------------  -----------  -----------
<S>                                                           <C>            <C>          <C>
  PAY FIXED/RECEIVE VARIABLE
    Notional Value                                                   $229          $778         2004
    Weighted Average Pay Rate                                         7.8  %        7.8 %
    Weighted Average Receive Rate                                     5.9  %        5.9 %
  PAY VARIABLE/RECEIVE FIXED
    Notional Value                                                   $190          $443         2007
    Weighted Average Pay Rate                                         5.4  %        5.4 %
    Weighted Average Receive Rate                                     6.9  %        6.9 %
  PAY VARIABLE/RECEIVE DIFFERENT VARIABLE
    Notional Value                                                   $234          $550         2004
    Weighted Average Pay Rate                                        16.3  %        5.7 %
    Weighted Average Receive Rate                                     5.9  %        6.4 %
    Total Interest Rate Swaps                                        $653        $1,771         2007
    Total Weighted Average Pay Rate                                   7.3  %        6.9 %
    Total Weighted Average Receive Rate                               6.3  %        5.8 %
</TABLE>
 
    In addition, interest rate sensitivity related to certain Company insurance
liabilities was altered primarily through interest rate swap agreements. The
notional amount of the liability agreements in which the Company generally pays
one variable rate in exchange for another was $2.4 billion and $1.7 billion at
December 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively. As of December 31, 1996, the weighted
average pay rate was 5.6% and the weighted average receive rate was 6.5%. These
agreements mature at various times through 2001.
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                                HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
    A reconciliation between notional amounts at December 31, 1995 and 1996 by
derivative type and strategy is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                        BY DERIVATIVE TYPE
                                                                           ---------------------------------------------
                                                                               12/31/95                     MATURITIES/
                                                                            NOTIONAL AMOUNT    ADDITIONS   TERMINATIONS
                                                                           -----------------  -----------  -------------
<S>                                                                        <C>                <C>          <C>
Caps.....................................................................      $   2,184       $   1,286     $   1,715
Floors...................................................................          2,180           2,053         1,065
Options..................................................................             --              10            --
Swaps/Forwards...........................................................          3,566           3,989         2,694
Futures..................................................................            863           2,092         2,818
                                                                                  ------      -----------       ------
    Total................................................................      $   8,793       $   9,430     $   8,292
                                                                                  ------      -----------       ------
                                                                                  ------      -----------       ------
 
<CAPTION>
 
                                                                                            BY STRATEGY
                                                                           ---------------------------------------------
                                                                               12/31/95                     MATURITIES/
                                                                            NOTIONAL AMOUNT    ADDITIONS   TERMINATIONS
                                                                           -----------------  -----------  -------------
<S>                                                                        <C>                <C>          <C>
Liability................................................................      $   1,708       $   1,940     $   1,137
Anticipatory.............................................................            238             516           622
Asset....................................................................          2,984           1,265         2,137
Portfolio................................................................          3,863           5,709         4,396
                                                                                  ------      -----------       ------
    Total................................................................      $   8,793       $   9,430     $   8,292
                                                                                  ------      -----------       ------
                                                                                  ------      -----------       ------
 
<CAPTION>
 
                                                                               12/31/96
                                                                            NOTIONAL AMOUNT
                                                                           -----------------
<S>                                                                        <C>
Caps.....................................................................      $   1,755
Floors...................................................................          3,168
Options..................................................................             10
Swaps/Forwards...........................................................          4,861
Futures..................................................................            137
                                                                                  ------
    Total................................................................      $   9,931
                                                                                  ------
                                                                                  ------
 
                                                                               12/31/96
                                                                            NOTIONAL AMOUNT
                                                                           -----------------
<S>                                                                        <C>
Liability................................................................      $   2,511
Anticipatory.............................................................            132
Asset....................................................................          2,112
Portfolio................................................................          5,176
                                                                                  ------
    Total................................................................      $   9,931
                                                                                  ------
                                                                                  ------
</TABLE>
 
(H) FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  AS OF DECEMBER 31,    AS OF DECEMBER 31,
                                                                                         1996                  1995
                                                                                 --------------------  --------------------
                                                                                 CARRYING     FAIR     CARRYING     FAIR
                                                                                  AMOUNT      VALUE     AMOUNT      VALUE
                                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                              <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
ASSETS
  Fixed maturities.............................................................  $  13,624  $  13,624  $  14,400  $  14,400
  Equity securities............................................................        119        119         63         63
  Policy loans.................................................................      3,836      3,836      3,381      3,381
  Mortgage loans...............................................................          2          2        265        265
  Investments in partnerships and trust........................................         48         48         94         97
  Other........................................................................          6         56         62         62
LIABILITIES
  Other policy benefits........................................................  $  11,707  $  11,469  $  12,727  $  12,767
</TABLE>
 
    The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value
of each class of financial instrument: fair value for fixed maturities and
equity securities approximate those quotations published by applicable stock
exchanges or received from other reliable sources; policy and mortgage loan
carrying amounts approximate fair value; investments in partnerships and trusts
are based on external market valuations from partnership and trust managements;
fair value of derivative instruments, including swaps, caps, floors, futures,
and forward commitments, is determined by using a pricing model which is
validated through quarterly comparison to dealer quoted market prices; and other
policy benefits payable for investment type contracts are determined by
estimating future cash flows discounted at the year end market rate.
 
 4. INCOME TAX
 
    Hartford Life and The Hartford have entered into a tax sharing agreement
under which each member, including the Company, 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 Hartford Life for 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 consolidated federal income tax return. The
Company will continue to remit to (receive from) The Hartford a current income
tax provision (benefit) computed in accordance with such tax sharing agreement.
The Company's effective tax rate was 35%, 32% and 32% in 1996, 1995 and 1994,
respectively.
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HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES                              
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
    Income tax expense was as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                        FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER
                                                     31,
                                       -------------------------------
                                         1996       1995       1994
                                       ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                    <C>        <C>        <C>
 Current.............................  $     122  $     211  $     185
  Deferred...........................       (102)      (149)      (120)
                                       ---------  ---------  ---------
    Total............................  $      20  $      62  $      65
                                       ---------  ---------  ---------
                                       ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    A reconciliation of the tax provision at the U.S. federal statutory rate to
the provision for income taxes was as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                        FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER
                                                     31,
                                       -------------------------------
                                         1996       1995       1994
                                       ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                    <C>        <C>        <C>
 Tax provision at U.S. statutory
  rate...............................  $      20  $      67  $      71
  Tax-exempt income..................         --         (3)        (3)
  Foreign tax credit.................         --         (4)        (1)
  Other..............................         --          2         (2)
                                       ---------  ---------  ---------
    Total............................  $      20  $      62  $      65
                                       ---------  ---------  ---------
                                       ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    Income taxes paid were $189, $162 and $244 in 1996, 1995 and 1994,
respectively. The current tax refund due from The Hartford to the Company was
$72 and $8 as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively.
 
    Deferred tax assets (liabilities) included the following:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       AS OF
                                                    DECEMBER 31,
                                                --------------------
                                                  1996       1995
                                                ---------  ---------
<S>                                             <C>        <C>
Tax return deferred acquisition costs.........  $     514  $     410
Financial statement deferred acquisition costs
 and reserves.................................       (242)       138
Employee benefits.............................          8          8
Unrealized (gain) loss on investments.........        (16)        32
Investments and other.........................        210       (168)
                                                ---------  ---------
    Total.....................................  $     474  $     420
                                                ---------  ---------
                                                ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    Prior to the Tax Reform Act of 1984, the Life Insurance Company Income Tax
Act of 1959 permitted the deferral from taxation of a portion of statutory
income under certain circumstances. In such circumstances, the deferred income
was accumulated in a "Policyholders' Surplus Account" and will be taxable in the
future only under conditions which management considers to be remote; therefore,
no Federal income taxes have been provided on this deferred income. The balance
for tax return purposes of the Policyholders' Surplus Account as of December 31,
1996 was $37.
 
 5. REINSURANCE
 
    The Company cedes insurance to non-affiliated insurers in order to limit its
maximum loss. Such transfer does not relieve the Company of its primary
liability. The Company also assumes insurance from other insurers.
 
    Life insurance net retained premiums were comprised of the following:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                         YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                     -------------------------------
                                       1996       1995       1994
                                     ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                  <C>        <C>        <C>
Gross premiums.....................  $   1,834  $   1,545  $   1,316
Insurance assumed..................        173        591        299
Insurance ceded....................       (302)      (649)      (515)
                                     ---------  ---------  ---------
    Total..........................  $   1,705  $   1,487  $   1,100
                                     ---------  ---------  ---------
                                     ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
    Life reinsurance recoveries, which reduced death and other benefits, for the
years ended December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994 approximated $140, $220 and $164,
respectively.
 
    In December 1994, the Company ceded to a third party $1.0 billion in
individual fixed and variable annuities on a modified coinsurance basis. In
December 1995, the Company ceded approximately $1.2 billion in individual
variable annuities on a modified coinsurance basis to a third party. These
transactions did not have a material impact on consolidated net income.
 
    In May 1994, the Company assumed the life insurance policies and the
individual annuities of Pacific Standard with reserves and account values of
approximately $434 million. The Company received cash and investment grade
assets to support the life insurance and individual annuity contract obligations
assumed.
 
 6. PENSION PLANS AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS
 
    The Company's employees are included in Hartford Fire's noncontributory
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, as amended, and the maximum amount that
can be deducted for Federal income tax purposes. Generally, pension costs are
funded through the purchase of the Company's group pension contracts. The cost
to the Company was approximately $5, $2 and $2 in 1996, 1995 and 1994,
respectively.
 
    The Company also provides, through Hartford Fire, certain health care and
life insurance benefits for eligible retired employees. A substantial portion of
the Company's employees may become eligible for these benefits upon retirement.
The Company's contribution for health care benefits will depend on the retiree's
date of retirement and years of service. In addition, the plan has a defined
dollar cap which limits average Company contributions. 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.
Postretirement health care and life insurance benefits
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                                HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
expense, allocated by The Hartford, was immaterial for 1996, 1995 and 1994,
respectively.
 
    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 6.0% in
the year 2001. Increasing the health care trend rates by one percent per year
would have an immaterial impact on the accumulated postretirement benefit
obligation and the annual expense. To the extent that the actual experience
differs from the inherent assumptions, the effect will be amortized over the
average future service of the covered employees.
 
 7. BUSINESS SEGMENT INFORMATION
 
    The Company sells financial products such as fixed and variable annuities,
retirement plan services, and life insurance on both an individual and a group
basis. The Company divides its core businesses into three segments: Investment
Products, Individual Life Insurance and Employee Benefits. In addition, the
Company also maintains a corporate operation and also classifies certain of its
business as Runoff operations. The Investment Products segment offers individual
variable annuities and fixed market value adjusted annuities, deferred
compensation and retirement plan services, mutual funds, investment management
services and other financial products. The Individual Life Insurance segment
sells a variety of individual life insurance products, including variable life,
universal life, and interest-sensitive whole life policies. The Employee
Benefits segment sells corporate owned life insurance. Through its corporate
operation, the Company reports net investment income on assets representing
surplus not assigned to any of its business segments and certain other revenues
and expenses not specifically allocable to any of its business segments. The
Company's Runoff operations are comprised of Closed Book GRC. With the exception
of Closed Book GRC, net realized capital gains and losses are recognized in the
period of realization but are allocated to the segments utilizing durations of
the segment portfolios.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                          YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                      -------------------------------
                                        1996       1995       1994
                                      ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                   <C>        <C>        <C>
REVENUES
  Investment Products...............  $   1,013  $     759  $     594
  Individual Life Insurance.........        440        383        375
  Employee Benefits.................      1,366      1,273        919
  Corporate Operations..............         81         52         30
  Runoff Operations.................        (11)       337        481
                                      ---------  ---------  ---------
    Total Revenues..................  $   2,889  $   2,804  $   2,399
                                      ---------  ---------  ---------
                                      ---------  ---------  ---------
 
<CAPTION>
 
                                          YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                      -------------------------------
                                        1996       1995       1994
                                      ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                   <C>        <C>        <C>
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE
  Investment Products...............  $     230  $     172  $     127
  Individual Life Insurance.........         68         56         39
  Employee Benefits.................         43         37         27
  Corporate Operations..............         65         16          8
  Runoff Operations.................       (348)       (90)         2
                                      ---------  ---------  ---------
    Income Before Income Tax
     Expense........................  $      58  $     191  $     203
                                      ---------  ---------  ---------
                                      ---------  ---------  ---------
<CAPTION>
 
                                          YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                      -------------------------------
                                        1996       1995       1994
                                      ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                   <C>        <C>        <C>
ASSETS
  Investment Products...............  $  53,743  $  40,624  $  29,115
  Individual Life Insurance.........      3,753      3,173      2,808
  Employee Benefits.................     14,515     13,494      7,847
  Corporate Operations..............      1,891      1,729        822
  Runoff Operations.................      3,667      5,177      7,257
                                      ---------  ---------  ---------
    Total Assets....................  $  77,569  $  64,197  $  47,849
                                      ---------  ---------  ---------
                                      ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
 8. STATUTORY NET INCOME AND SURPLUS
 
    A significant percentage of the consolidated statutory surplus is
permanently reinvested or is subject to various state regulatory restrictions
which limit the payment of dividends without prior approval. The total amount of
statutory dividends which may be paid by the insurance subsidiaries of the
Company in 1997, without prior approval, is estimated to be $121 million.
Statutory net income and surplus as of and for the years ended December 31 were:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                              1996       1995       1994
                            ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                         <C>        <C>        <C>
Statutory net income......  $     144  $     112  $      58
Statutory surplus.........  $   1,207  $   1,125  $     941
</TABLE>
 
    The insurance subsidiaries of the Company prepare their statutory financial
statements in accordance with accounting practices prescribed by the State of
Connecticut Insurance Department. Prescribed statutory accounting practices
include publications of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
("NAIC"), as well as state laws, regulations, and general administrative rules.
 
 9. SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
 
    The Company maintained separate account assets and liabilities totaling
$49.7 billion and $36.3 billion at December 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively,
which are reported at fair value. Separate account assets are segregated from
other investments, and investment income and gains and losses accrue directly to
the policyholder. Separate accounts reflect two categories of risk assumption:
non-guaranteed separate accounts totaling $39.4 billion and $25.9 billion at
December 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively, wherein the policyholder assumes the
investment risk, and
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HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES                              
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
guaranteed separate account assets totaling $10.3 billion at December 31, 1996
and 1995, wherein the Company contractually guarantees either a minimum return
or account value to the policyholder. Included in the non-guaranteed category
are policy loans totaling $2.0 billion and $1.7 billion at December 31, 1996 and
1995, respectively. Investment income (including investment gains and losses)
and interest credited to policyholders on separate account assets are not
reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Income. Separate account management
fees, net of minimum guarantees, were $538, $387 and $256 in 1996, 1995 and
1994, respectively.
 
    The guaranteed separate accounts include modified guaranteed individual
annuity and modified guaranteed life insurance. The average credited interest
rate on these contracts was 6.53% at December 31, 1996. The assets that support
these liabilities were comprised of $10.2 billion in fixed maturities at
December 31, 1996. The portfolios are segregated from other investments and are
managed so as to minimize liquidity and interest rate risk. To minimize the risk
of disintermediation associated with early withdrawals, individual annuity and
modified guaranteed life insurance contracts carry a graded surrender charge as
well as a market value adjustment. Additional investment risk is hedged using a
variety of derivatives which totaled $0.1 billion in carrying value and $2.4
billion in notional amounts at December 31, 1996.
 
 10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
 
    Under insurance guaranty fund laws existing in each state, the District of
Columbia and Puerto Rico, insurers licensed to do business can be assessed by
state insurance guaranty associations for certain obligations of insolvent
insurance companies to policyholders and claimants. Recent regulatory actions
against certain large life insurers encountering financial difficulty have
prompted various state insurance guaranty associations to begin assessing life
insurance companies for the deemed losses. Most of these laws do provide,
however, that an assessment may be excused or deferred if it would threaten an
insurer's solvency and further provide annual limits on such assessments. A
large part of the assessments paid by the Company's insurance subsidiaries
pursuant to these laws may be used as credits for a portion of the Company's
insurance subsidiaries' premium taxes. The Company paid guaranty fund
assessments of approximately $11, $10 and $8 in 1996, 1995 and 1994,
respectively, of which $5, $6 and $4 were estimated to be creditable against
premium taxes.
 
    The Company is a defendant in various lawsuits arising in the ordinary
course of business. In the opinion of management, the resolution of these
matters is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company's
business, financial position, or results of operations.
 
    The rent paid to Hartford Fire for the space occupied by the Company was $3
in 1996, 1995, and 1994. The Company expects to pay annual rent of $7 in 1997,
1998, and 1999, respectively, $12 in 2000 and 2001, and $96 thereafter, over the
remaining term of the sublease, which expires on December 31, 2009. Rental
expense is recognized on a level basis over the term of the sublease and
amounted to approximately $8 in 1996, 1995 and 1994.
 
 11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
 
    On February 10, 1997, Hartford Life filed a registration statement with the
Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the U.S. and international
offerings of shares of Class A common stock (the "Equity Offerings")
representing up to 20% ownership of Hartford Life. After completion of the
Equity Offerings, The Hartford would own all of the shares of Class B Common
Stock (after reclassification of Hartford Life's common stock into Class B
Common Stock prior to March 31, 1997). Hartford Life intends to use the
estimated net proceeds of the Equity Offerings to make a capital contribution to
its insurance subsidiaries, to reduce its third-party indebtedness and for other
general corporate purposes.
 
    The Hartford has advised the Company that its current intent is to continue
to beneficially own at least 80% of Hartford Life, but it is under no
contractual obligation to do so, except for a limited period. Provided that The
Hartford continues to beneficially own at least 80% of the combined voting power
or the value of the outstanding capital stock of Hartford Life, Hartford Life
will be included for federal income tax purposes in the controlled group of
which The Hartford is the common parent. Each member of a controlled group is
jointly and severally liable for pension funding and pension termination
liabilities of each other member of the controlled group, as well as certain
benefit plan taxes. Accordingly, the Company could be liable for pension
funding, pension termination liabilities and certain other pension related
excise taxes as well as other taxes of another member of The Hartford controlled
group in the event any such liability is incurred, and not discharged, by such
other member.
 
    In connection with the proposed Equity Offerings, Hartford Life plans to
enter into formal agreements, including a master intercompany agreement,
investment management agreements and a new tax sharing agreement, with The
Hartford covering such matters as corporate services, approval of certain
corporate activities, registration rights, owned and leased space, allocation of
expenses, taxes and liabilities, investment advisory services, use of trademarks
and certain other corporate matters. As part of the master intercompany
agreement, Hartford Life would agree to remit to The Hartford 30% of any shared
liabilities for which The Hartford is responsible in respect of the ITT
Spin-off, 30% of any taxes which may be assessed to The Hartford relating to the
ITT Spin-off and will indemnify The
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                                HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Hartford for certain other tax liabilities. As of December 31, 1996 there was no
known liability associated with the ITT Spin-off. Such agreements are meant to
maintain the relationship between Hartford Life and The Hartford in a manner
consistent in all material respects with past practice. As a result, management
believes these agreements should not have a material impact on the results of
operations of the Company.
 
    In addition, under insurance company holding laws, agreements between
Hartford Life's insurance subsidiaries and The Hartford must be fair and
reasonable and may be subject to the approval of applicable insurance
commissioners. The agreements will be intended to maintain the relationship
between Hartford Life and The Hartford in a manner generally consistent with
past practices. However, none of these arrangements will result from
arm's-length negotiations and, therefore, the prices charged to Hartford Life
and its subsidiaries for services provided under these arrangements may be
higher or lower than prices that may be charged by third parties.
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HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES                              
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                HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
  SCHEDULE I -- SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS (OTHER THAN INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATES)
                            AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1996
                                 (IN MILLIONS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                               ESTIMATED
                                                                                                                 FAIR
TYPE OF INVESTMENT                                                                                   COST        VALUE
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ---------  -----------
<S>                                                                                                <C>        <C>
Fixed Maturities
Bonds and Notes
  U.S. Government and government agencies and authorities
   (guaranteed sponsored)........................................................................  $     166   $     175
  U.S. Government and government agencies and authorities
   (guaranteed sponsored)--asset-backed..........................................................      1,970       2,003
States, municipalities and political subdivisions................................................        373         368
International governments........................................................................        281         289
Public utilities.................................................................................        877         881
All other corporate including international......................................................      4,656       4,669
All other corporate--asset-backed................................................................      3,601       3,591
Short-term investments...........................................................................      1,655       1,648
                                                                                                   ---------  -----------
Total Fixed Maturities...........................................................................  $  13,579   $  13,624
Equity Securities
Common Stocks--industrial, miscellaneous, and all other..........................................        110         119
Total Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities.....................................................  $  13,689   $  13,743
Other Investments
Policy Loans.....................................................................................      3,836       3,836
Mortgage Loans...................................................................................          2           2
Investments in partnerships and trusts...........................................................         48          48
Futures, options, and miscellaneous..............................................................          6          56
Total Other Investments..........................................................................      3,892       3,942
                                                                                                   ---------  -----------
Total Investments................................................................................  $  17,581   $  17,685
                                                                                                   ---------  -----------
                                                                                                   ---------  -----------
 
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                     AMOUNT AT
                                                                                                    WHICH SHOWN
                                                                                                        ON
TYPE OF INVESTMENT                                                                                 BALANCE SHEET
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------
<S>                                                                                                <C>
Fixed Maturities
Bonds and Notes
  U.S. Government and government agencies and authorities
   (guaranteed sponsored)........................................................................   $       175
  U.S. Government and government agencies and authorities
   (guaranteed sponsored)--asset-backed..........................................................         2,003
States, municipalities and political subdivisions................................................           368
International governments........................................................................           289
Public utilities.................................................................................           881
All other corporate including international......................................................         4,669
All other corporate--asset-backed................................................................         3,591
Short-term investments...........................................................................         1,648
                                                                                                   -------------
Total Fixed Maturities...........................................................................   $    13,624
Equity Securities
Common Stocks--industrial, miscellaneous, and all other..........................................           119
Total Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities.....................................................   $    13,743
Other Investments
Policy Loans.....................................................................................         3,836
Mortgage Loans...................................................................................             2
Investments in partnerships and trusts...........................................................            48
Futures, options, and miscellaneous..............................................................             6
Total Other Investments..........................................................................         3,892
                                                                                                   -------------
Total Investments................................................................................   $    17,635
                                                                                                   -------------
                                                                                                   -------------
</TABLE>
 
    Note: The fair values for short-term investments approximate cost.
<PAGE>
                                HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
              SCHEDULE III -- SUPPLEMENTARY INSURANCE INFORMATION
              FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996, 1995 AND 1994
                                 (IN MILLIONS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                        FUTURE POLICY
                                                                                      BENEFITS, UNPAID     OTHER POLICY
                                                                                         CLAIMS AND         CLAIMS AND
                                                                   DEFERRED POLICY    CLAIM ADJUSTMENT       BENEFITS
SEGMENT                                                           ACQUISITION COSTS       EXPENSES            PAYABLE
- ----------------------------------------------------------------  -----------------  -------------------  ---------------
<S>                                                               <C>                <C>                  <C>
1996
Investment Products.............................................      $   2,030           $   1,554          $   6,599
Individual Life Insurance.......................................            730                 346              2,160
Employee Benefits...............................................             --                 381              9,834
Corporate Operations............................................             --                  --                 --
Runoff Operations...............................................             --                  --              3,541
                                                                         ------              ------            -------
Consolidated Operations.........................................      $   2,760           $   2,281          $  22,134
                                                                         ------              ------            -------
                                                                         ------              ------            -------
 
1995
Investment Products.............................................      $   1,561           $   1,314          $   6,204
Individual Life Insurance.......................................            615                 706              1,932
Employee Benefits...............................................             12                 325              9,285
Corporate Operations............................................             --                  --                 --
Runoff Operations...............................................             --                  28              5,177
                                                                         ------              ------            -------
Consolidated Operations.........................................      $   2,188           $   2,373          $  22,598
                                                                         ------              ------            -------
                                                                         ------              ------            -------
 
1994
Investment Products.............................................      $   1,244           $     895          $   4,617
Individual Life Insurance.......................................            565                 582              2,543
Employee Benefits...............................................             --                 369              6,911
Corporate Operations............................................             --                  --                 --
Runoff Operations...............................................             --                  44              7,257
                                                                         ------              ------            -------
Consolidated Operations.........................................      $   1,809           $   1,890          $  21,328
                                                                         ------              ------            -------
                                                                         ------              ------            -------
 
<CAPTION>
 
                                                                                      BENEFITS CLAIMS,    AMORTIZATION OF
                                                                    NET REALIZED          AND CLAIM       DEFERRED POLICY
                                                                  CAPITAL (LOSSES)       ADJUSTMENT         ACQUISITION
SEGMENT                                                                 GAINS             EXPENSES             COSTS
- ----------------------------------------------------------------  -----------------  -------------------  ---------------
<S>                                                               <C>                <C>                  <C>
1996
Investment Products.............................................      $      --           $     451          $     175
Individual Life Insurance.......................................             --                 245                 59
Employee Benefits...............................................             --                 546                 --
Corporate Operations............................................              6                  --                 --
Runoff Operations...............................................           (219)                293                 --
                                                                         ------              ------            -------
Consolidated Operations.........................................      $    (213)          $   1,535          $     234
                                                                         ------              ------            -------
                                                                         ------              ------            -------
 
1995
Investment Products.............................................      $      --           $     349          $     117
Individual Life Insurance.......................................             --                 127                 70
Employee Benefits...............................................             --                 496                 --
Corporate Operations............................................            (11)                 33                 --
Runoff Operations...............................................             --                 417                 12
                                                                         ------              ------            -------
Consolidated Operations.........................................      $     (11)          $   1,422          $     199
                                                                         ------              ------            -------
                                                                         ------              ------            -------
 
1994
Investment Products.............................................      $      --           $     383          $      90
Individual Life Insurance.......................................             --                 179                 51
Employee Benefits...............................................             --                 376                 --
Corporate Operations............................................              7                  --                 --
Runoff Operations...............................................             --                 467                  4
                                                                         ------              ------            -------
Consolidated Operations.........................................      $       7           $   1,405          $     145
                                                                         ------              ------            -------
                                                                         ------              ------            -------
 
<CAPTION>
 
                                                                   PREMIUMS AND        NET
                                                                       OTHER       INVESTMENT
SEGMENT                                                           CONSIDERATIONS     INCOME
- ----------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------  -----------
<S>                                                               <C>              <C>
1996
Investment Products.............................................     $     536      $     477
Individual Life Insurance.......................................           287            153
Employee Benefits...............................................           881            485
Corporate Operations............................................            --             75
Runoff Operations...............................................             1            207
                                                                        ------     -----------
Consolidated Operations.........................................     $   1,705      $   1,397
                                                                        ------     -----------
                                                                        ------     -----------
1995
Investment Products.............................................     $     319      $     436
Individual Life Insurance.......................................           246            137
Employee Benefits...............................................           922            351
Corporate Operations............................................            --             67
Runoff Operations...............................................            --            337
                                                                        ------     -----------
Consolidated Operations.........................................     $   1,487      $   1,328
                                                                        ------     -----------
                                                                        ------     -----------
1994
Investment Products.............................................     $     263      $     330
Individual Life Insurance.......................................           268            108
Employee Benefits...............................................           569            350
Corporate Operations............................................            --             23
Runoff Operations...............................................            --            481
                                                                        ------     -----------
Consolidated Operations.........................................     $   1,100      $   1,292
                                                                        ------     -----------
                                                                        ------     -----------
 
                                                                   DIVIDENDS TO       OTHER
SEGMENT                                                            POLICYHOLDERS    EXPENSES
- ----------------------------------------------------------------  ---------------  -----------
<S>                                                               <C>              <C>
1996
Investment Products.............................................     $      --      $     156
Individual Life Insurance.......................................            --             68
Employee Benefits...............................................           635            143
Corporate Operations............................................            --             16
Runoff Operations...............................................            --             44
                                                                        ------     -----------
Consolidated Operations.........................................     $     635      $     427
                                                                        ------     -----------
                                                                        ------     -----------
1995
Investment Products.............................................     $      --      $     115
Individual Life Insurance.......................................            --             55
Employee Benefits...............................................           675            138
Corporate Operations............................................            --             11
Runoff Operations...............................................            --             (2)
                                                                        ------     -----------
Consolidated Operations.........................................     $     675      $     317
                                                                        ------     -----------
                                                                        ------     -----------
1994
Investment Products.............................................     $      --      $     (31)
Individual Life Insurance.......................................            --            107
Employee Benefits...............................................           419            100
Corporate Operations............................................            --             43
Runoff Operations...............................................            --              8
                                                                        ------     -----------
Consolidated Operations.........................................     $     419      $     227
                                                                        ------     -----------
                                                                        ------     -----------
</TABLE>
 
<PAGE>
HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES                              
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
                           SCHEDULE IV -- REINSURANCE
                                 (IN MILLIONS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                      PERCENTAGE
                                                                   ASSUMED            OF
                                                         CEDED TO   FROM              AMOUNT
                                                GROSS     OTHER     OTHER     NET     ASSUMED
                                                AMOUNT   COMPANIES COMPANIES  AMOUNT  TO NET
                                               --------  --------  -------  --------  ------
<S>                                            <C>       <C>       <C>      <C>       <C>
Year Ended December 31, 1996
Life Insurance in Force......................  $177,094  $106,146  $31,957  $102,905   31.1%
                                               --------  --------  -------  --------
Insurance Revenues
  Life Insurance and Annuities...............  $  1,801  $  298    $ 169    $  1,672   10.1%
  Accident and Health Insurance..............        33       4        4          33   12.1%
                                               --------  --------  -------  --------
Total........................................  $  1,834  $  302    $ 173    $  1,705   10.1%
                                               --------  --------  -------  --------
                                               --------  --------  -------  --------
For the Year Ended December 31, 1995
Life Insurance in Force......................  $182,716  $112,774  $26,996  $ 96,938   27.8%
                                               --------  --------  -------  --------
Insurance Revenues
  Life Insurance and Annuities...............  $  1,232  $  325    $ 574    $  1,481   38.8%
  Accident and Health Insurance..............       313     324       17           6  283.3%
                                               --------  --------  -------  --------
Total........................................  $  1,545  $  649    $ 591    $  1,487   39.7%
                                               --------  --------  -------  --------
                                               --------  --------  -------  --------
For the Year Ended December 31, 1994
Life Insurance in Force......................  $136,929  $87,553   $35,016  $ 84,392   41.5%
                                               --------  --------  -------  --------
Insurance Revenues
  Life Insurance and Annuities...............  $  1,008  $  211    $ 294    $  1,091   26.9%
  Accident and Health Insurance..............       308     304        5           9   55.6%
                                               --------  --------  -------  --------
Total........................................  $  1,316  $  515    $ 299    $  1,100   27.2%
                                               --------  --------  -------  --------
                                               --------  --------  -------  --------
</TABLE>
<PAGE>

SEPARATE ACCOUNT TWO
HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES
DECEMBER 31, 1997
(unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                       CAPITAL
                                                             BOND           STOCK       MONEY MARKET    ADVISERS     APPRECIATION
                                                             FUND            FUND           FUND          FUND           FUND
                                                           SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT
                                                          ------------    ------------   ------------  ------------   ------------
<S>                                   <C>                  <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>

ASSETS:
Investments:
  Hartford Bond Fund, Inc.
    Shares                             247,499,723
    Cost                            $  253,083,385
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      $  259,813,825         -              -              -             -     
  Hartford Stock Fund, Inc.
    Shares                             374,857,245
    Cost                            $1,173,736,795
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .               -      $1,920,516,246         -              -             -     
  HVA Money Market Fund, Inc.
    Shares                             272,966,390
    Cost                            $  272,966,390
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              -              -      $  272,966,391         -             -     
  Hartford Advisers Fund, Inc.
    Shares                           1,491,552,528
    Cost                            $2,591,402,860
  Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              -             -               -      $3,768,774,383        -     
  Hartford Capital Appreciation 
   Fund, Inc.
    Shares                             415,593,994
    Cost                            $1,257,699,390
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              -              -              -              -       $1,832,651,898
  Hartford Mortgage Securities 
   Fund, Inc.
    Shares                             179,511,713
    Cost                            $  193,568,873
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              -              -              -              -             -     
  Hartford Index Fund, Inc.
    Shares                             151,557,359
    Cost                            $  287,142,719
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              -              -              -              -             -     
  Hartford International 
   Opportunities Fund, Inc.
    Shares                             311,169,612
    Cost                            $  361,503,992
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              -              -              -              -             -     
  Hartford Dividend and Growth
   Fund, Inc.
    Shares                             350,043,844
    Cost                            $  514,135,894
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              -              -              -              -             -     
  Calvert Responsibly Invested 
   Balanced Fund
    Shares                               1,696,915
    Cost                            $    2,797,362
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              -              -              -              -             -     
  Due From Hartford Life 
   Insurance Company                                           518,403        112,566     34,154,974        676,279        125,009
  Receivable from fund shares sold                                1985     13,427,572              4            549     13,688,014
                                                           -----------  -------------    -----------  -------------  -------------
  Total Assets                                             260,334,213  1,934,056,384    307,121,369  3,769,451,211  1,846,464,921
                                                           -----------  -------------    -----------  -------------  -------------
                                                           -----------  -------------    -----------  -------------  -------------

LIABILITIES:

  Due to Hartford Life Insurance
   Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                1986     13,427,494             74            434    13,688,077
  Payable for fund shares purchased  . . . . . . .             518,529        112,502     34,149,813         682895       124,245
                                                           -----------  -------------    -----------  -------------  -------------
  Total Liabilities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             520,515     13,539,996     34,149,887        683,329    13,812,322
                                                            -----------  -------------    -----------  -------------  ------------
  Net Assets (variable annuity 
   contract liabilities) . . . . . . . . . . . . .         259,813,698  1,920,516,388    272,971,482  3,768,767,882 1,832,652,599
                                                           -----------  -------------    -----------  ------------- -------------
                                                           -----------  -------------    -----------  ------------- -------------
DEFERRED ANNUITY CONTRACTS IN THE
 ACCUMULATION PERIOD:
GROUP SUB-ACCOUNTS:
  Units Owned by Participants  . . . . . . . . . .         117,246,799    390,370,165    156,707,359  1,042,209,184   369,306,028
  Unit Values* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        $   2.215956   $   4.919731   $   1.741919  $    3.616134  $   4.962423

</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                           CALVERT
                                                             MORTGAGE     INTERNATIONAL     DIVIDEND      RESPONSIBLY     INVESTED
                                                            SECURITIES         INDEX     OPPORTUNITES     AND GROWTH     BALANCED
PORTFOLIO                                                       FUND          FUND           FUND            FUND           FUND
                                                             SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT
                                                           ------------    ------------   ------------  ------------   ------------
<S>                                                        <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>
ASSETS:
Investments:
  Hartford Bond Fund, Inc.
    Shares                             247,499,723
    Cost                            $  253,083,385
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              -              -              -              -             -     
  Hartford Stock Fund, Inc.
    Shares                             374,857,245
    Cost                            $1,173,736,795
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              -              -              -              -             -     
  HVA Money Market Fund, Inc.
    Shares                             272,966,390
    Cost                            $  272,966,390
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              -              -              -              -             -     
  Hartford Advisers Fund, Inc.
    Shares                           1,491,552,528
    Cost                            $2,591,402,860
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              -              -              -              -             -     
  Hartford Capital Appreciation 
   Fund, Inc.
    Shares                             415,593,994
    Cost                            $1,257,699,390
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              -              -              -              -             -     
  Hartford Mortgage Securities
    Fund, Inc.
    Shares                             179,511,713
    Cost                            $  193,568,873
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      $  194,551,382         -              -              -             -     
  Hartford Index Fund, Inc.
    Shares                             151,557,359
    Cost                            $  287,142,719
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              -      $  436,137,978         -              -             -     
  Hartford International
   Opportunities Fund, Inc.
    Shares                             311,169,612
    Cost                            $  361,503,992
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              -              -      $  402,795,681         -             -     
  Hartford Dividend and Growth
    Fund, Inc.
    Shares                             350,043,844
    Cost                            $  514,135,894
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              -              -              -       $ 683,400,396        -     
  Calvert Responsibly Invested 
   Balanced Fund
    Shares                               1,696,915
    Cost                                $2,797,362
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              -              -              -              -       $  3,363,286
  Due From Hartford Life Insurance Company . . . .              99,558         51,061         34,677      1,066,302         2,763
  Receivable from fund shares sold . . . . . . . .             142,887        6870325        108,721            182        -     
                                                           ------------    -----------    -----------    -----------     --------- 
   Total Assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         194,793,827    443,059,364    402,939,079    684,466,880     3,366,049
                                                           ------------    -----------    -----------    -----------     --------- 
LIABILITIES:

  Due to Hartford Life Insurance Company   . . . .             144,327        6872618        109,361            147        -     
  Payable for fund shares purchased  . . . . . . .              93,705         51,032         34,705      1,067,308         2,139
                                                          ------------    -----------    -----------    -----------     ---------
  Total Liabilities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             238,032      6,923,650        144,066      1,067,455         2,139
                                                          ------------    -----------    -----------    -----------     ---------
  Net Assets (variable annuity contract liabilities)       194,555,795    436,135,714    402,795,013    683,399,425     3,363,910
                                                          ------------    -----------    -----------    -----------     ---------
                                                          ------------    -----------    -----------    -----------     ---------

DEFERRED ANNUITY CONTRACTS IN THE ACCUMULATION PERIOD:
GROUP SUB-ACCOUNTS:
  Units Owned by Participants  . . . . . . . . . .          90,231,729    117,445,076    274,035,560    318,689,851     1,403,902
  Unit Values  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         $  2.156179    $  3.713529    $  1.469864    $  2.144403   $  2.396115

</TABLE>

*  Unit value amounts represent an average of individual unit values, which
   differ within each sub-account
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.


<PAGE>

SEPARATE ACCOUNT TWO
HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES
DECEMBER 31, 1997
(unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                        INTERNATIONAL     SMALL                     SMITH BARNEY    SMITH BARNEY
                                                           ADVISERS      COMPANY         MID CAP   DAILY DIVIDEND   APPRECIATION
                                                             FUND          FUND           FUND          FUND           FUND
                                                          SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT
                                                         -------------   ------------   ------------  ------------   ------------
<S>                                                        <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>
ASSETS:
Investments:
  International Advisers Fund.
    Shares                             48,879,214
    Cost                            $  56,417,985
    Market Value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        $  57,422,859          -              -              -             -    
  Small Company Fund
    Shares                             59,385,385
    Cost                            $  69,986,701
    Market Value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                -      $  71,393,763          -              -             -    
  Mid Cap Fund
    Shares                              8,067,718
    Cost                            $   8,836,979
    Market Value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                -              -       $  9,173,875          -             -    
  Smith Barney Daily Dividend
    Fund
    Shares                                507,910
    Cost                            $     507,910
    Market Value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                -              -              -         $  507,912         -    
  Smith Barney Appreciation Fund
    Shares                                 12,256
    Cost                            $      87,371
    Market Value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                -              -              -              -       $  170,562 
    Shares                                 37,076
    Cost                            $      37,076
    Market Value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                -              -              -              -             -    
  TCI Advantage Fund, Inc.
    Shares                                 37,657
    Cost                            $     232,898
    Market Value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                -              -              -              -             -    
  TCI Growth Fund, Inc.
    Shares                                153,878
    Cost                            $   1,711,391
    Market Value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                -              -              -              -             -    
  Fidelity VIP Overseas  Fund,
    Fund
    Shares                                103,298
    Cost                            $   1,861,058
    Market Value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                -              -              -              -             -    
  Fidelity VIP II Asset Manager
    Fund
    Shares                                176,732
    Cost                            $   2,826,562
    Market Value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                -              -              -              1,205         -    
  Due From Hartford Life Insurance
   Company  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              25,458        175,566         48,940         26,690          -    
  Receivable from fund shares sold  . . . . . . .                   9             16              1            162           120
                                                            ----------     ----------      ---------        -------       --------
  Total Assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           57,448,326     71,569,345      9,222,816        535,969       170,682
                                                            ----------     ----------      ---------        -------       --------
LIABILITIES:

  Due to Hartford Life Insurance Company. . . . .                    8             19              1            200           109
  Payable for fund shares purchased . . . . . . .               25,945        175,691         48,925          26757            -
                                                           -----------     ----------      ---------      ----------    ----------
  Total Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .               25,953        175,710         48,926         26,957           109
                                                           -----------     ----------      ---------      ----------    ----------
  Net Assets (variable annuity contract 
   liabilities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           57,422,373     71,393,635      9,173,890        509,012       170,573
                                                           -----------     ----------      ---------      ----------    ----------
                                                           -----------     ----------      ---------      ----------    ----------

DEFERRED ANNUITY CONTRACTS IN THE ACCUMULATION PERIOD:
GROUP SUB-ACCOUNTS:
  Units Owned by Participants . . . . . . . . . .           43,536,336     57,266,927      8,363,890        178,904        18,335
  Unit Values*  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .          $  1.318953    $  1.246682    $  1.096845    $  2.845168   $  9.303319

</TABLE>

<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                           SMITH BARNEY                                  FIDELITY      FIDELITY
                                                            GOVERNMENT        TCI           TCI            VIP          VIP II
                                                           AND AGENCIES     ADVANTAGE      GROWTH        OVERSEAS    ASSET MANAGER
                                                               FUND           FUND          FUND           FUND          FUND
                                                            SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT
                                                           -------------   -----------   -----------    -----------   -----------
<S>                                                        <C>             <C>           <C>            <C>          <C>
ASSETS:
Investments:
  International Advisers Fund.
    Shares                                48,879,214
    Cost                                $ 56,417,985
    Market Value   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             -              -              -              -             -    
  Small Company Fund
    Shares                                59,385,385
    Cost                                $ 69,986,701
    Market Value   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             -              -              -              -             -    
  Mid Cap Fund
    Shares                                 8,067,718
    Cost                                $  8,836,979
    Market Value   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             -              -              -              -             -    
  Smith Barney Daily Dividend Fund
    Shares                                   507,910
    Cost                                $    507,910
    Market Value   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             -              -              -              -             -    
  Smith Barney Appreciation Fund 
    Shares                                    12,256
    Cost                                $     87,371
    Market Value   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             -              -              -              -             -    
  Smith Barney Government & Agencies
    Fund, Inc.
    Shares                                    37,076
    Cost                                $     37,076
    Market Value   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         $  37,076          -              -              -             -    
  TCI Advantage Fund, Inc.
    Shares                                    37,657
    Cost                                $    232,898
    Market Value   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             -         $  248,536          -              -             -    
  TCI Growth Fund, Inc.
    Shares                                   153,878
    Cost                                $  1,711,391
    Market Value   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             -              -       $  1,489,538          -             -    
  Fidelity VIP Overseas  Fund, Inc.
    Shares                                   103,298
    Cost                                $  1,861,058
    Market Value   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             -              -              -       $  1,983,322         -    
  Fidelity VIP II Asset Manager Fund
    Shares                                   176,732
    Cost                                   2,826,562
    Market Value   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             -              -              -              -      $  3,182,950
  Dividends  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                96          -              -             -              -    
  Due From Hartford Life Insurance Company . . . . .                 0            283              0         22,788         -    
  Receivable from fund shares sold . . . . . . . . .                24              0          1,383              0         7,523
                                                           -----------     ----------      ---------      ----------    ----------
  Total Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            37,196        248,819      1,490,921      2,006,110     3,190,473
                                                           -----------     ----------      ---------      ----------    ----------

LIABILITIES:

  Due to Hartford Life Insurance Company . . . . . .                32              0          1,366              0         -    
  Payable for fund shares purchased  . . . . . . . .            -                283              0         22,827         7,110
  Total Liabilities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .                32            283          1,366         22,827         7,110
                                                           -----------     ----------      ---------      ----------    ----------
  Net Assets (variable annuity contract liabilities)            37,164        248,536      1,489,555      1,983,283     3,183,363
                                                           -----------     ----------      ---------      ----------    ----------
                                                           -----------     ----------      ---------      ----------    ----------

DEFERRED ANNUITY CONTRACTS IN THE ACCUMULATION PERIOD:
GROUP SUB-ACCOUNTS:
  Units Owned by Participants  . . . . . . . . . . .            14,846        196,632      1,526,713      1,562,891     2,172,118
  Unit Values* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       $  2.503304    $  1.263965    $  0.975662    $  1.268984   $  1.465557
</TABLE>

*  Unit value amounts represent an average of individual unit values, which 
   differ within each sub-account
THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THESE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

<PAGE>

SEPARATE ACCOUNT TWO
HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES
DECEMBER 31, 1997
(unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                          FIDELITY       FIDELITY        
                                                           VIP II          VIP             BB&T
                                                         CONTRAFUND       GROWTH         GROWTH &       AM SOUTH
                                                            FUND           FUND         INCOME FUND       FUND
                                                        SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT
                                                        -----------   ------------    -------------   ------------
<S>                                                      <C>            <C>             <C>            <C>
ASSETS:
Investments:
  Fidelity VIP II Contrafund Fund
    Shares                                 599,344
    Cost                                $9,253,467
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     $  11,950,919          -              -              -    
  Fidelity VIP Growth Fund
    Shares                                 295,397
    Cost                                $9,068,124
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             -      $  10,959,230          -              -    
B&T Growth & Income Fund
    Shares                                 545,238
    Cost                              $  6,067,937
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             -              -       $  6,477,421          -    
  AM South Fund
    Shares                                 233,814
    Cost                                $2,359,717
    Market Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             -              -              -       $  2,391,912
  Due From Hartford Life Insurance Company . . . .            57,573          3,133         11,400           6464
  Receivable from fund shares sold . . . . . . . .                 0              0              0              0
                                                         -----------     ----------      ---------      ----------
  Total Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        12,008,492     10,962,363      6,488,821      2,398,376
                                                         -----------     ----------      ---------      ----------
LIABILITIES:

  Due to Hartford Life Insurance Company . . . . .                 0              0              0              0
  Payable for fund shares purchased. . . . . . . .            57,479          3,071         11,401           6460
                                                         -----------     ----------      ---------      ----------
  Total Liabilities  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .            57,479          3,071         11,401          6,460
                                                         -----------     ----------      ---------      ----------
  Net Assets (variable annuity contract liabilities)      11,951,013     10,959,292      6,477,420       2,391,916
                                                         -----------     ----------      ---------      ----------
                                                         -----------     ----------      ---------      ----------

DEFERRED ANNUITY CONTRACTS IN THE ACCUMULATION PERIOD:
GROUP SUB-ACCOUNTS:
  Units Owned by Participants  . . . . . . . . . .         7,406,970      7,394,900      5,443,658      2,337,620
  Unit Values* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       $  1.613482    $  1.482007    $  1.189902    $  1.023227
</TABLE>

*  Unit value amounts represent an average of individual unit values, which 
   differ within each sub-account

<PAGE>


SEPARATE ACCOUNT TWO
HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997
(unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                           U.S.
                                                                                                        GOVERNMENT      CAPITAL
                                              BOND           STOCK      MONEY MARKET     ADVISERS      MONEY MARKET   APPRECIATION
                                              FUND           FUND           FUND           FUND           FUND           FUND
                                          SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT
                                          -----------     -----------    -----------    -----------    -----------    -----------
<S>                                       <C>            <C>             <C>           <C>             <C>          <C>
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income (loss) . . . . .  $ 11,019,416   $  (2,935,865)  $ 10,784,226  $   37,143,572  $    25,629  $  (11,455,350)
  Capital gains income                            -          71,973,235           810     132,116,765          -       109,478,655
  Net realized gain (loss) on security
    transactions . . . . . . . . . . . .           255        7,289,586          -          2,139,465          -             7,182
  Net unrealized appreciation
    (depreciation) of investments
    during the period  . . . . . . . . .     10,817,750      342,122,986          -        509,939,322          -       201,258,352
                                            -----------     -----------    -----------    -----------    -----------   -----------
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets 
    resulting from operations  . . . . .     21,837,421      418,449,942    10,785,036     681,339,124       25,629
                                             ----------      -----------    ----------     -----------    -----------   -----------

UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
  Purchases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     29,620,926      214,221,897    57,315,563     369,427,771       67,056     203,909,621
  Net transfers  . . . . . . . . . . . .     18,685,422       45,818,250    (8,931,051)     30,381,568   (1,191,242)     (8,505,640)
  Surrenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    (20,401,234)    (105,286,896)  (69,314,784)   (214,356,706)    (226,996)    (98,367,491)
  Net annuity transactions . . . . . . .        341,131          602,328       283,150       1,269,040     (266,968)        526,848
                                            -----------      ------------   -----------    -----------  -----------     -----------
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets 
    resulting from unit transactions . .    28,246,245      155,355,579   (20,647,122)    186,721,673   (1,618,150)     97,563,338
                                            -----------      -----------   ------------    -----------   ----------     -----------
  Total increase (decrease) in net assets    50,083,666      573,805,521    (9,862,086)    868,060,797   (1,592,521)    396,852,177
                                            -----------      -----------   ------------    -----------   ----------    ------------
NET ASSETS:
  Beginning of period  . . . . . . . . .    209,730,032   1,346,710,867   282,833,568   2,900,707,085    1,592,521    1,435,800,422
                                           ------------   -------------   ------------  --------------   ----------   -------------
  End of period  . . . . . . . . . . . .   $259,813,698  $1,920,516,388  $272,971,482  $3,768,767,882  $     -       $1,832,652,599
                                           ------------  --------------   ------------  --------------   ----------   -------------
                                           ------------  --------------   ------------  --------------   ----------   -------------
</TABLE>

HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997
(unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                           CALVERT
                                                                                                        RESPONSIBLY
                                              MORTGAGE                    INTERNATIONAL     DIVIDEND      INVESTED
                                             SECURITIES        INDEX      OPPORTUNITES    AND GROWTH      BALANCED
                                                FUND           FUND            FUND           FUND          FUND
                                             SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT
                                           -------------  -------------- -------------- --------------  ------------
<S>                                          <C>             <C>           <C>
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income (loss) . . . . .   $  9,178,166     $  617,136  $  (1,558,192)  $  3,305,556     $  36,766
  Capital gains income . . . . . . . . .          -         22,884,800     30,519,853     10,150,532       160,014
  Net realized gain(loss) on security
    transactions . . . . . . . . . . . .         33,272        192,233         19,827         (9,109)       (2,131)
  Net unrealized appreciation
    (depreciation) of investments
    during the period  . . . . . . . . .      5,151,655     68,857,136    (32,942,919)   113,231,881       296,021
                                           -------------  -------------- -------------- --------------  ------------
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets 
    resulting from operations  . . . . .     14,363,093     92,551,305     (3,961,431)   126,678,860       490,670
                                           -------------  -------------- -------------- --------------  ------------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
  Purchases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      8,252,990     67,939,985     39,878,947    160,676,150       470,443
  Net transfers  . . . . . . . . . . . .     (9,849,182)    30,489,344    (16,048,004)    92,104,698        39,186
  Surrenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    (17,981,550)   (20,933,709)   (28,055,392)   (21,203,713)     (273,570)
  Net annuity transactions . . . . . . .        (20,961)     1,285,769        184,899        809,657       (24,048)
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets 
    resulting from unit transactions . .    (19,598,703)    78,781,389     (4,039,550)   232,386,792       212,011
                                           -------------  -------------- -------------- --------------  ------------
  Total increase (decrease) in net assets    (5,235,610)   171,332,694     (8,000,981)   359,065,652       702,681
                                           -------------  -------------- -------------- --------------  ------------
NET ASSETS:                                            
  Beginning of period  . . . . . . . . .    199,791,405    264,803,020    410,795,994    324,333,920     2,661,229
  End of period  . . . . . . . . . . . .  $ 194,555,795  $ 436,135,714  $ 402,795,013  $ 683,399,572   $ 3,363,910
                                           -------------  -------------- -------------- --------------  ------------
                                           -------------  -------------- -------------- --------------  ------------

</TABLE>

<PAGE>

HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY     
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS  
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
(unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                        U.S.
                                                                                                     GOVERNMENT     CAPITAL
                                            BOND           STOCK     MONEY MARKET     ADVISERS     MONEY MARKET  APPRECIATION
                                            FUND           FUND          FUND           FUND           FUND         FUND
                                        SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT
                                        -----------    -----------   ------------    -----------   ----------    ------------
<S>                                   <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>             <C>          <C>         
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income (loss) . . . . $ 10,412,614   $   4,107,642   $ 9,440,440   $  43,421,909   $  55,409    $ (6,751,158)
  Capital gains income . . . . . . . .                   41,100,004    53,115,059      70,324,118 
  Net realized gain(loss) on 
    security transactions  . . . . . .                     (262,277)    3,161,056       1,874,522   2,065,427
  Net unrealized appreciation
    (depreciation) of investments
    during the period  . . . . . . . .   (5,517,884)    189,613,138   276,364,776     154,074,827 
                                        -------------  -------------- -------------- --------------  -----------  ------------
  Net increase (decrease) in net
    assets resulting from operations .    4,632,453     237,981,840     9,440,440     374,776,266      55,409      219,713,214
                                        -------------  -------------- -------------- --------------  -----------  ------------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
  Purchases  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   27,446,873     174,128,189    70,557,174     322,583,889     216,658      200,411,434
  Net transfers  . . . . . . . . . . .  (16,819,459)     27,816,288    67,229,895      (3,947,049)   (124,960)         495,679
  Surrenders . . . . . . . . . . . . .  (16,860,465)    (57,921,128)  (52,794,253)   (150,653,853)    (77,729)     (60,449,676)
  Net annuity transactions . . . . . .      (32,192)       (176,096)     (239,109)        730,038     (18,734)         658,118
  Net increase (decrease) in net 
    assets resulting from unit 
    transactions . . . . . . . . . . .   (6,265,243)    143,847,253    84,753,707     168,713,025      (4,765)
                                        -------------  -------------- ------------ -------------- -----------  ---------------
  Total increase (decrease) in 
    net assets . . . . . . . . . . . .   (1,632,790)    381,829,093    94,194,147     543,489,291      50,644      360,828,769
                                        -------------  -------------- ------------ -------------- -----------  ---------------
NET ASSETS:                                            
  Beginning of period  . . . . . . . .  211,362,822     964,881,773   188,639,420   2,357,217,792   1,541,877    1,074,971,652
                                        ------------- --------------  ------------ -------------- -----------  ---------------
  End of period                        $209,730,032  $1,346,710,866  $282,833,567  $2,900,707,083  $1,592,521   $1,435,800,421
                                        ------------- -------------- ------------- -------------- -----------  ---------------
                                        ------------- -------------- ------------- -------------- -----------  ---------------

</TABLE>

HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY                        
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS                     
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996                   
(unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                            CALVERT
                                                                                                        RESPONSIBLY 
                                              MORTGAGE                    INTERNATIONAL     DIVIDEND      INVESTED
                                             SECURITIES        INDEX      OPPORTUNITES    AND GROWTH      BALANCED
                                                FUND           FUND            FUND           FUND          FUND
                                             SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT
                                             ------------ -------------   ------------  -------------   --------------
<S>                                             <C>            <C>           <C>            <C>              <C>

OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income (loss). . . . .   $  10,767,099   $  1,795,519   $  2,571,271   $  2,667,791     $  29,407
  Capital gains income  . . . . . . . .       3,292,866      9,589,596      2,810,352       140,994 
  Net realized gain(loss) on 
    security transactions . . . . . . .        (435,741)       140,503         91,466         (3,931)        6,518
  Net unrealized appreciation
    (depreciation) of investments                      
    during the period . . . . . . . . .      (2,844,443)    36,167,970     28,439,913     38,471,770        78,661
                                            -------------   ------------  -------------   ------------ --------------
  Net increase (decrease) in net 
    assets resulting from operations  .       7,486,915     41,396,858     40,692,246     43,945,982       255,580
                                            -------------   ------------  -------------   ------------ --------------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:                                     
  Purchases . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       9,051,920     47,675,352     43,044,896     99,649,393       501,957
  Net transfers . . . . . . . . . . . .     (19,016,015)    21,152,822     20,223,935     73,409,821        86,346
  Surrenders  . . . . . . . . . . . . .     (19,091,976)   (10,892,469)   (21,614,763)    (8,580,693)      (81,242)
  Net annuity transactions  . . . . . .         (55,176)        75,085        141,714        330,214       135,085
                                            -------------   ------------  -------------   ------------ --------------
  Net increase (decrease) in net 
    assets resulting from unit 
    transactions  . . . . . . . . . . .     (29,111,247)    58,010,790     41,795,782    164,808,735       642,146
                                            -------------   ------------  -------------   ------------ --------------
  Total increase (decrease) in 
    net assets  . . . . . . . . . . . .     (21,624,332)    99,407,648     82,488,028    208,754,717       897,726
    
NET ASSETS:                                    
  Beginning of period . . . . . . . . .      221,415,737    165,395,371    328,307,966    115,579,204     1,763,503
                                            -------------   ------------  -------------   ------------ --------------
  End of period . . . . . . . . . . . .   $  199,791,405 $  264,803,019 $  410,795,994 $  324,333,921  $  2,661,229
                                            -------------   ------------  -------------   ------------ --------------
                                            -------------   ------------  -------------   ------------ --------------

</TABLE>

<PAGE>

SEPARATE ACCOUNT TWO
HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN ASSETS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997
(unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                         SMITH BARNEY                 SMITH BARNEY
                                            INTERNATIONAL      SMALL                        DAILY      SMITH BARNEY    GOVERNMENT
                                             ADVISERS         COMPANY        MID CAP       DIVIDEND    APPRECIATION   AND AGENCIES
                                               FUND           FUND            FUND           FUND          FUND           FUND
                                             SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT
                                             -----------   ------------   -----------     -----------   -----------   ------------
<S>                                      <C>            <C>             <C>            <C>            <C>           <C>
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income (loss). . . . .   $  1,035,994    $  (457,120)    $  (12,661)     $  21,390        $  687       $  1,594
  Capital gains income  . . . . . . . .        110,732      3,307,195              -              -         2,341              -
  Net realized gain(loss) on 
    security transactions . . . . . . .         13,808        (36,223)        (2,185)             -         6,810              -
  Net unrealized appreciation
    (depreciation) of investments
    during the period . . . . . . . . .         118,913      1,332,603        336,895             -          8,816              -
                                           ------------  -------------   ------------    ----------     ----------    -----------
  Net increase (decrease) in net 
    assets resulting from operations  .       1,279,447      4,146,455        322,049         21,390        38,654          1,594
                                           ------------  -------------   ------------    ----------     ----------    -----------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
  Purchases . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      18,887,741     24,742,079      2,088,623              -             -              -
  Net transfers . . . . . . . . . . . .       9,531,179     30,544,670      6,774,154              -             -              -
  Surrenders  . . . . . . . . . . . . .      (2,110,213)    (1,630,264)       (10,936)       (93,309)      (40,942)        (4,272)
  Net annuity transactions  . . . . . .          25,045         44,603              -              -             -              -
                                           ------------  -------------   ------------    ----------     ----------    -----------
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets 
    resulting from unit transactions  .      26,333,752     53,701,088      8,851,841        (93,309)      (40,942)        (4,272)
                                           ------------  -------------   ------------    ----------     ----------    -----------
  Total increase (decrease) in 
    net assets  . . . . . . . . . . . .      27,613,199     57,847,543      9,173,890        (71,919)       (2,288)        (2,678)

NET ASSETS:                                            
  Beginning of period . . . . . . . . .      29,809,174     13,546,092              -        580,931       172,861         39,842
                                           ------------  -------------   ------------    ----------     ----------    -----------
  End of period . . . . . . . . . . . .   $  57,422,373  $  71,393,635   $  9,173,890     $  509,012    $  170,573      $  37,164
                                           ------------  -------------   ------------    -----------    ----------    -----------
                                           ------------  -------------   ------------    -----------    ----------    -----------

</TABLE>


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              FIDELITY        FIDELITY           FIDELITY
                                                 TCI             TCI            VIP            VIP II             VIP II
                                               ADVANTAGE        GROWTH        OVERSEAS      ASSET MANAGER       CONTRAFUND
                                                 FUND            FUND           FUND            FUND              FUND
                                              SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT        SUB-ACCOUNT
                                            --------------   -------------  -------------  ----------------    --------------
<S>                                       <C>              <C>             <C>            <C>                <C>
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income (loss) . . . . .         $  294       $  (16,454)      $  1,193      $  35,331        $  (56,464)
  Capital gains income . . . . . . . . .         10,139           22,619         84,101        165,196           160,741
  Net realized gain(loss) on 
    security transactions  . . . . . . .             86           (3,879)           (12)            45            14,539
  Net unrealized appreciation
    (depreciation) of investments
    during the period  . . . . . . . . .          9,915          (72,938)        40,887        211,417         1,769,331
                                            -----------       ----------     ----------     ----------        ----------
  Net increase (decrease) in net 
    assets resulting from operations . .         20,434          (70,652)       126,169        411,989         1,888,147 
                                            -----------       ----------     ----------     ----------        ----------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
  Purchases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         58,061          288,638        250,279        414,106         1,500,382 
  Net transfers  . . . . . . . . . . . .         10,557          172,057        574,420        661,341         2,277,620 
  Surrenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . .        (12,377)         (38,911)       (28,174)      (138,088)         (387,184)
  Net annuity transactions . . . . . . .           (735)            (568)             -              -               453 
                                            -----------       ----------     ----------     ----------        ----------
  Net increase (decrease) in net
    assets resulting from unit
    transactions . . . . . . . . . . . .        55,506          421,216        796,525        937,359         3,391,271 
                                            -----------       ----------     ----------     ----------        ----------
  Total increase (decrease) in net assets        75,940          350,564        922,694      1,349,348         5,279,418 
                                
NET ASSETS:                     
  Beginning of period  . . . . . . . . .        172,596        1,138,991      1,060,589      1,834,015         6,671,595 
                                            -----------       ----------     ----------     ----------        ----------
  End of period  . . . . . . . . . . . .     $  248,536     $  1,489,555   $  1,983,283   $  3,183,363       $11,951,013
                                            -----------       ----------     ----------     ----------        ----------
                                            -----------       ----------     ----------     ----------        ----------
</TABLE>


<TABLE>
                                                                                                                    SMITH BARNEY
                                           INTERNATIONAL     SMALL         DAILY       SMITH BARNEY  SMITH BARNEY    GOVERNMENT
                                            ADVISERS        COMPANY       MID CAP        DIVIDEND    APPRECIATION   AND AGENCIES
                                              FUND           FUND          FUND            FUND          FUND           FUND
                                           SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT
                                          -------------  -----------    -----------    ------------  ------------   -------------
<S>                                       <C>             <C>             <C>            <C>             <C>           <C>
OPERATIONS:                                        
  Net investment income (loss) . . . . .     $  644,546     $  (17,678)    $        -      $  22,053     $  15,035       $  1,646
  Capital gains income . . . . . . . . .        595,787              -              -              -             -              -
  Net realized gain(loss) on 
    security transactions  . . . . . . .         (3,562)           922              -              -           174              -
  Net unrealized appreciation
    (depreciation) of investments
    during the period  . . . . . . . . .        708,119         74,459              -              -        11,776              -
                                          -------------   ------------    ------------    ----------    ----------      ---------
  Net increase (decrease) in net 
    assets resulting from operations . .      1,944,890         57,703              -         22,053        26,985          1,646
                                          -------------   ------------    ------------    ----------    ----------      ---------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
  Purchases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     10,618,419      4,333,960              -             25             -              -
  Net transfers  . . . . . . . . . . . .     10,257,798      9,203,248              -              -             -              -
  Surrenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       (609,471)       (48,819)             -        (10,494)       (2,558)        (4,273)
  Net annuity transactions . . . . . . .              -              -              -              -             -              -
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets 
    resulting from unit transactions . .     20,266,746     13,488,389              -        (10,469)       (2,558)        (4,273)
                                          -------------   ------------    ------------    ----------    ----------      ---------
  Total increase (decrease) in
    net assets . . . . . . . . . . . . .     22,211,636     13,546,092              -         11,584        24,427         (2,627)
NET ASSETS:                                            
  Beginning of period  . . . . . . . . .      7,597,538              -              -        569,347       148,434         42,469
                                          -------------   ------------    ------------    ----------    ----------      ---------
  End of period  . . . . . . . . . . . .  $  29,809,174  $  13,546,092     $    -         $  580,931    $  172,861      $  39,842
                                          -------------   ------------    ------------    ----------    ----------      ---------
                                          -------------   ------------    ------------    ----------    ----------      ---------
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              FIDELITY        FIDELITY       FIDELITY
                                                  TCI            TCI             VIP           VIP II          VIP II
                                               ADVANTAGE       GROWTH         OVERSEAS      ASSET MANAGER    CONTRAFUND
                                                 FUND           FUND            FUND            FUND           FUND
                                              SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT      SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT
                                             -------------  -------------   -------------  --------------- -------------
<S>                                        <C>             <C>             <C>            <C>             <C>
OPERATIONS:                                                                                                
  Net investment income (loss) . . . . .       $  5,374       $  86,878       $  (4,777)      $  14,241     $  (35,654)
  Capital gains income . . . . . . . . .              -               -           4,080               -              -
  Net realized gain(loss) on
    security transactions  . . . . . . .           (110)            527             985             (71)          (377)
  Net unrealized appreciation
    (depreciation) of investments                                                                     
    during the period  . . . . . . . . .          4,528        (155,560)         77,918         126,112        910,896
                                               ----------     -----------       ---------      ----------     ----------
  Net increase (decrease) in net
  assets resulting from operations . . .          9,792         (68,155)         78,206         140,282        874,865
                                               ----------     -----------       ---------      ----------     ----------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:                                                                                         
  Purchases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .         52,991         278,606         196,292         268,755        928,554
                                                 63,519         248,714         626,400       1,181,511      3,162,455
  Surrenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . .           (218)        (13,223)        (27,202)        (95,811)      (279,972)
  Net annuity transactions . . . . . . .           (410)           (374)              -               -              -
                                               ----------     -----------       ---------      ----------     ----------
  Net increase (decrease) in net                                                                           
    assets resulting from unit transactions     115,882         513,723         795,490       1,354,455      3,811,037
                                             ----------     -----------       ---------      ----------     ----------
  Total increase (decrease) in net assets       125,674         445,568         873,696       1,494,737      4,685,902

NET ASSETS:
  Beginning of period  . . . . . . . . .         46,922         693,422         186,893         339,278      1,985,693
                                             ----------     -----------       ---------      ----------     ----------
  End of period  . . . . . . . . . . . .     $  172,596    $  1,138,990    $  1,060,589    $  1,834,015    $ 6,671,595
                                             ----------     -----------       ---------      ----------     ----------
                                             ----------     -----------       ---------      ----------     ----------

</TABLE>
<PAGE>

SEPARATE ACCOUNT TWO
HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN ASSETS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997
(unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                              FIDELITY        BB&T
                                                VIP          GROWTH
                                               GROWTH        & INCOME       AM SOUTH
                                                FUND           FUND           FUND
                                             SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT
                                             -----------    -----------    ------------
<S>                                        <C>            <C>            <C>
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income (loss) . . . . .     $  (61,783)     $  22,704       $  1,732
  Capital gains income . . . . . . . . .        217,749            662          -    
  Net realized gain(loss) on 
    security transactions  . . . . . . .         10,890          -                 (1)
  Net unrealized appreciation
    (depreciation) of investments
    during the period  . . . . . . . . .      1,505,289        409,485         32,196
                                            -----------     ----------      ---------
  Net increase (decrease) in net 
    assets resulting from operations . .      1,672,145        432,851         33,927
                                            -----------     ----------      ---------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
  Purchases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      1,531,624      5,104,417      2,100,608
  Net transfers  . . . . . . . . . . . .      1,162,806      1,006,220        259,438
  Surrenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       (425,385)       (66,068)        (2,057)
  Net annuity transactions . . . . . . .          2,237              -              -    
                                            -----------     ----------      ---------
  Net increase (decrease) in net 
    assets resulting from unit transactions   2,271,282      6,044,569      2,357,989
                                            -----------     ----------      ---------
  Total increase (decrease) in net assets     3,943,427      6,477,420      2,391,916

NET ASSETS:
  Beginning of period  . . . . . . . . .      7,015,865          -              -    
                                            -----------     ----------      ---------
  End of period  . . . . . . . . . . . .  $  10,959,292   $  6,477,420   $  2,391,916
                                            -----------     ----------      ---------
                                            -----------     ----------      ---------
</TABLE>
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997
(unaudited)
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------






<TABLE>
<CAPTION>



                                              FIDELITY         BB&T
                                                VIP           GROWTH
                                               GROWTH        & INCOME       AM SOUTH
                                                FUND           FUND          FUND
                                             SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT
                                            -------------  -------------  -------------
<S>                                        <C>            <C>             <C>
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income (loss) . . . . .      $  10,178       $      -      $       -    
  Capital gains income . . . . . . . . .        115,329              -              -    
  Net realized gain(loss) on 
    security transactions  . . . . . . .         (6,795)             -              -    
  Net unrealized appreciation
    (depreciation) of investments
    during the period  . . . . . . . . .        420,263              -              -    
                                            -----------      ---------       --------
  Net increase (decrease) in net 
    assets resulting from operations . .        538,975              -              -    
                                            -----------      ---------       --------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
  Purchases  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      1,249,738              -              -    
  Net transfers  . . . . . . . . . . . .      3,357,091              -              -    
  Surrenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . .       (334,425)             -              -    
  Net annuity transactions . . . . . . .              -              -              -    
  Net increase (decrease) in net 
    assets resulting from unit transactions   4,272,404              -              -    
                                            -----------      ---------       --------
  Total increase (decrease) in net assets     4,811,379              -              -

NET ASSETS:
  Beginning of period  . . . . . . . . .      2,204,486              -              -
                                            -----------      ---------       --------
  End of period  . . . . . . . . . . . .   $  7,015,865       $      -      $       -
                                            -----------      ---------       --------
                                            -----------      ---------       --------
</TABLE>

<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SEPARATE ACCOUNT TWO
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997
(unaudited)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                         U.S.
                                                                                                      GOVERNMENT       CAPITAL
                                              BOND          STOCK       MONEY MARKET     ADVISERS     MONEY MARKET   APPRECIATION
                                              FUND          FUND            FUND           FUND          FUND           FUND
                                           SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT
                                          ------------- -------------  -------------   -------------  ------------- -------------
<S>                                   <C>              <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>           
INVESTMENT INCOME:

  Dividends  . . . . . . . . . . . .   $  13,782,574     $ 17,650,510   $ 14,080,473  $  79,142,050     $  33,636  $   9,029,656

EXPENSES:
  Mortality and expense
  undertakings . . . . . . . . . . .     (2,763,158)     (20,586,375)    (3,296,247)   (41,998,478)       (8,007)   (20,485,006)
                                       -------------    -------------  -------------  -------------     ---------   ------------
    Net investment income (loss) . .      11,019,416       (2,935,865)    10,784,226     37,143,572        25,629    (11,455,350)
                                       -------------    -------------  -------------  -------------     ---------   ------------
CAPITAL GAINS INCOME                               -           71,973,235            810    132,116,765         -    109,478,655
                                       -------------    -------------  -------------  -------------     ---------   ------------
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN 
(LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS:                              
  Net realized gain (loss) on 
    security transactions  . . . . .             255        7,289,586              -      2,139,465         -              7,182
  Net unrealized appreciation 
    (depreciation) of investments 
    during the period  . . . . . . .       10,817,750      342,122,986              -    509,939,322         -        201,258,352
                                       -------------    -------------  -------------  -------------     ---------   ------------
  Net gain (loss) on investments . .      10,818,005      349,412,572              -    512,078,787         -        201,265,534
                                       -------------    -------------  -------------  -------------     ---------   ------------
  Net increase (decrease) in net 
    assets resulting
    from operations  . . . . . . . .    $ 21,837,421    $ 418,449,942  $  10,785,036  $ 681,339,124     $  25,629  $ 299,288,839
                                       -------------    -------------  -------------  -------------     ---------   ------------
                                       -------------    -------------  -------------  -------------     ---------   ------------


</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                                CALVERT
                                                                                                              RESPONSIBLY
                                              MORTGAGE                    INTERNATIONAL     DIVIDEND            INVESTED
                                             SECURITIES        INDEX      OPPORTUNITES    AND GROWTH       BALANCED PORTFOLIO
                                                FUND           FUND           FUND           FUND                FUND
                                             SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT         SUB-ACCOUNT
                                            ------------- -------------  --------------  -------------    --------------------
<S>                                      <C>              <C>            <C>            <C>             <C>
INVESTMENT INCOME:                                     
    
  Dividends  . . . . . . . . . . . .      $  11,550,014   $  5,032,537   $  3,742,107   $  9,602,065     $  73,766
    
EXPENSES:                                              
  Mortality and expense
  undertakings . . . . . . . . . . .         (2,371,848)    (4,415,401)    (5,300,299)    (6,296,509)      (37,000)
                                          -------------   ------------   ------------   ------------     ---------
    Net investment income (loss) . .          9,178,166        617,136     (1,558,192)     3,305,556        36,766
                                          -------------   ------------   ------------   ------------     ---------
CAPITAL GAINS INCOME                                  -     22,884,800     30,519,853     10,150,532       160,014
                                          -------------   ------------   ------------   ------------     ---------
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN 
(LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS:                                 
  Net realized gain (loss) on 
    security transactions  . . . . .             33,272        192,233         19,827         (9,109)       (2,131)
  Net unrealized appreciation 
    (depreciation) of investments 
    during the period  . . . . . . .          5,151,655     68,857,136    (32,942,919)   113,231,881       296,021
                                          -------------   ------------   ------------   ------------     ---------
  Net gain (loss) on investments . .          5,184,927     69,049,369    (32,923,092)   113,222,772       293,890
                                          -------------   ------------   ------------   ------------     ---------
  Net increase (decrease) in net 
    assets resulting
    from operations  . . . . . . . .      $  14,363,093  $  92,551,305  $  (3,961,431) $ 126,678,860    $  490,670
                                          -------------   ------------   ------------   ------------     ---------
                                          -------------   ------------   ------------   ------------     ---------

</TABLE>

<PAGE>

SEPARATE ACCOUNT TWO
HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997
(unaudited)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                         SMITH BARNEY                 SMITH BARNEY
                                             INTERNATIONAL      SMALL                       DAILY      SMITH BARNEY    GOVERNMENT
                                              ADVISERS         COMPANY        MID CAP      DIVIDEND    APPRECIATION    & AGENCIES
                                                FUND           FUND            FUND          FUND          FUND           FUND
                                              SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUN     SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT
                                              ------------  ------------   ------------  ------------   ------------   ----------
<S>                                           <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>
INVESTMENT INCOME:
  Dividends  . . . . . . . . . . . .       $  1,605,717      $  32,487       $  8,146      $  26,755      $  2,394      $  1,998 
    
EXPENSES:
  Mortality and expense
  undertakings . . . . . . . . . . .           (569,723)      (489,607)       (20,807)        (5,365)       (1,707)          (404)
                                             -----------     ----------       ---------      --------      --------
  Net investment income (loss) . . .          1,035,994       (457,120)       (12,661)        21,390           687          1,594
                                             -----------     ----------       ---------      ---------     --------
CAPITAL GAINS INCOME                            110,732      3,307,195              0              0        22,341              0
                                             -----------     ----------       ---------      ---------     --------     ---------
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN 
(LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS:
  Net realized gain (loss) on 
    security transactions  . . . . .             13,808        (36,223)        (2,185)             0         6,810              0
  Net unrealized appreciation 
    (depreciation) of investments 
    during the period  . . . . . . .            118,913      1,332,603        336,895              0         8,816              0
                                               --------      ---------        --------         ----------   -------     ---------
  Net gain (loss) on investments . .            132,721      1,296,380        334,710              0        15,626              0
                                               --------      ---------        --------         ----------   -------     ---------
  Net increase (decrease) in net 
    assets resulting from operations       $  1,279,447   $  4,146,455     $  322,049        $  21,390   $  38,654       $  1,594
                                           ------------   ------------     -----------       ----------  ----------     ---------
                                           ------------   ------------     -----------       ----------  ----------     ---------

</TABLE>

HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997
(unaudited)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                        FIDELITY        FIDELITY          FIDELITY
                                                         TCI             TCI               VIP           VIP II            VIP II
                                                      ADVANTAGE        GROWTH            OVERSEAS      ASSET MANGER     CONTRAFUND
                                                        FUND             FUND              FUND           FUND             FUND
                                                    SUB-ACCOUNT       SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT        SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT
                                                    ------------      ------------   ------------        ------------    -----------
<S>                                                 <C>            <C>            <C>                   <C>            <C>

INVESTMENT INCOME:

  Dividends  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .              $  2,818           $   -          $  21,186           $  65,855  $   60,821

EXPENSES:
  Mortality and expense undertakings . .                (2,524)          (16,454)        (19,993)            (30,524)    (117,285)
                                                      ---------          --------        --------            --------    ---------


  Net investment income (loss) . . . . .                   294           (16,454)          1,193              35,331      (56,464)
                                                      ---------          --------        --------            --------    ---------
CAPITAL GAINS INCOME                                    10,139            22,619          84,101             165,196      160,741
                                                      ---------          --------        --------            --------    ---------
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN
(LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS:
  Net realized gain (loss)
    on security transactions . . . . . .                    86            (3,879)            (12)                 45        14,539
  Net unrealized appreciation 
    (depreciation) of investments 
    during the period  . . . . . . . . .                 9,915           (72,938)         40,887             211,417     1,769,331
                                                      ---------          --------        --------            --------    ---------
  Net gain (loss) on investments . . . .                10,001           (76,817)         40,875             211,462     1,783,870
                                                      ---------          --------        --------            --------    ---------
  Net increase (decrease) in net 
    assets resulting from operations . .             $  20,434        $  (70,652)     $  126,169         $   411,989   $ 1,888,147 
                                                      ---------          --------        --------            --------    ---------
                                                      ---------          --------        --------            --------    ---------
</TABLE>

<PAGE>

SEPARATE ACCOUNT TWO
HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997
(unaudited)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       FIDELITY         BB&T
                                                         VIP           GROWTH
                                                       GROWTH        AND INCOME      AM SOUTH
                                                        FUND           FUND            FUND
                                                     SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT
                                                     -----------   ------------   -----------
<S>                                                     <C>           <C>           <C>
INVESTMENT INCOME:

  Dividends  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             $  48,646      $  43,938       $  4,389

EXPENSES:
  Mortality and expense undertakings . .              (110,429)       (21,234)        (2,657)
                                                     ----------      ---------      ---------
    Net investment income (loss) . . . .               (61,783)        22,704          1,732
                                                     ----------      ---------      ---------
CAPITAL GAINS INCOME                                   217,749            662              0
                                                     ----------      ---------      ---------

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN 
(LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS:
  Net realized gain (loss) on 
    security transactions  . . . . . . .                10,890              0             (1)
  Net unrealized appreciation 
    (depreciation) of investments 
    during the period  . . . . . . . . .             1,505,289        409,485         32,196
                                                     ----------      ---------      ---------

  Net gain (loss) on investments . . . .             1,516,179        409,485         32,195
                                                     ----------      ---------      ---------
  Net increase (decrease) in net 
    assets resulting from operations . .          $  1,672,145     $  432,851      $  33,927
                                                     ----------      ---------      ---------
                                                     ----------      ---------      ---------

</TABLE>


<PAGE>
 SEPARATE ACCOUNT TWO
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
 NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 DECEMBER 31, 1997
 
 1.  ORGANIZATION:
 
    Separate Account Two (the Account) is a separate investment account within
    Hartford Life 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. 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 annuity contractholders of the Company in various
    mutual funds (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. Dividend 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 mutual funds are 
        valued at the closing net asset value per share as determined by the 
        appropriate Fund as of December 31, 1997.
 
    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:
 
    a)  MORTALITY AND EXPENSE UNDERTAKINGS--The Company, as issuer of variable
        annuity contracts, provides the mortality and expense undertakings and,
        with respect to the Account, receives a maximum annual fee of up to
        1.25% of the Account's average daily net assets.
 
    b)  DEDUCTION OF ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE--Annual maintenance fees are
        deducted through termination of units of interest from applicable
        contract owners' accounts, in accordance with the terms of the
        contracts.
 
 4.  HARTFORD U.S GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET FUND:
 
    On June 27, 1997, the Hartford U.S. Government Money Market Fund was merged
    with the HVA Money Market Fund. Accordingly, all contractholder account
    values held in the Hartford U.S. Government Money Market Fund were exchanged
    for equivalent account values of HVA Money Market Fund on June 27, 1997.
 
<PAGE>
                                                 HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   
                    REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
    
 
   
To Hartford Life Insurance Company
Separate Account Two and to the
Owners of Units of Interest Therein:
    
 
   
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Hartford
Life Insurance Company Separate Account Two (the Account) as of December 31,
1996, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended and
statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then
ended. 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 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.
    
 
   
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of Hartford Life Insurance Company
Separate Account Two as of December 31, 1996, the results of its operations for
the year then ended and the changes in its net assets for each of the two years
in the period then ended in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
    
 
   
                                         ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
    
   
Hartford, Connecticut
February 14, 1997
    
<PAGE>
HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
 Separate Account Two
 
   
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
DECEMBER 31, 1996
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            MONEY
                            BOND FUND      STOCK FUND    MARKET FUND
                           SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT
                           ------------  --------------  ------------
<S>                        <C>           <C>             <C>
ASSETS:
Investments:
  Hartford Bond Fund,
   Inc.
    Shares                           209,901,213
    Cost                            $213,818,503
    Market Value.........  $209,731,192        --             --
  Hartford Stock Fund,
   Inc.
    Shares                           325,077,171
    Cost                            $942,043,980
    Market Value.........       --       $1,346,700,441       --
  HVA Money Market Fund,
   Inc.
    Shares                           282,828,485
    Cost                            $282,828,485
    Market Value.........       --             --        $282,828,485
  Hartford Advisers Fund,
   Inc.
    Shares                         1,337,021,547
    Cost                          $2,233,276,156
    Market Value.........       --             --             --
  Hartford U.S.
   Government Money
   Market Fund, Inc.
    Shares                             1,592,137
    Cost                              $1,592,137
    Market Value.........       --             --             --
  Hartford Capital
   Appreciation Fund,
   Inc.
    Shares                           366,806,192
    Cost                          $1,062,106,327
    Market Value.........       --             --             --
  Hartford Mortgage
   Securities Fund, Inc.
    Shares                           189,233,708
    Cost                            $203,956,416
    Market Value.........       --             --             --
  Hartford Index Fund,
   Inc.
    Shares                           111,179,449
    Cost                            $184,665,755
    Market Value.........       --             --             --
  Hartford International
   Opportunities Fund,
   Inc.
    Shares                           291,990,802
    Cost                            $336,561,408
    Market Value.........       --             --             --
  Hartford Dividend and
   Growth Fund, Inc.
    Shares                           209,596,491
    Cost                            $268,301,179
    Market Value.........       --             --             --
  Due from Hartford Life
   Insurance Company.....       389,971        --           1,275,023
  Receivable from fund
   shares sold...........       --            1,214,364       --
                           ------------  --------------  ------------
  Total Assets...........   210,121,163   1,347,914,805   284,103,508
                           ------------  --------------  ------------
LIABILITIES:
  Due to Hartford Life
   Insurance Company.....       --            1,203,942       --
  Payable for fund shares
   purchased.............       391,131        --           1,269,939
                           ------------  --------------  ------------
  Total Liabilities......       391,131       1,203,942     1,269,939
                           ------------  --------------  ------------
  Net Assets (variable
   annuity contract
   liabilities)..........  $209,730,032  $1,346,710,863  $282,833,569
                           ------------  --------------  ------------
                           ------------  --------------  ------------
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   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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<CAPTION>
                                                                                      MORTGAGE                    INTERNATIONAL
                                             U.S. GOVERNMENT          CAPITAL        SECURITIES                   OPPORTUNITIES
                           ADVISERS FUND    MONEY MARKET FUND    APPRECIATION FUND      FUND        INDEX FUND        FUND
                            SUB-ACCOUNT        SUB-ACCOUNT          SUB-ACCOUNT      SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT
                          ---------------  -------------------   -----------------  -------------  ------------ -----------------
<S>                       <C>              <C>                   <C>                <C>            <C>          <C>
ASSETS:
Investments:
  Hartford Bond Fund,
   Inc.
    Shares                           209,901,213
    Cost                            $213,818,503
    Market Value.........       --               --                    --                --             --            --
  Hartford Stock Fund,
   Inc.
    Shares                           325,077,171
    Cost                            $942,043,980
    Market Value.........       --               --                    --                --             --            --
  HVA Money Market Fund,
   Inc.
    Shares                           282,828,485
    Cost                            $282,828,485
    Market Value.........       --               --                    --                --             --            --
  Hartford Advisers Fund,
   Inc.
    Shares                         1,337,021,547
    Cost                          $2,233,276,156
    Market Value.........  $2,900,708,354        --                    --                --             --            --
  Hartford U.S.
   Government Money
   Market Fund, Inc.
    Shares                             1,592,137
    Cost                              $1,592,137
    Market Value.........       --             $1,592,137              --                --             --            --
  Hartford Capital
   Appreciation Fund,
   Inc.
    Shares                           366,806,192
    Cost                          $1,062,106,327
    Market Value.........       --               --               $1,435,800,482         --             --            --
  Hartford Mortgage
   Securities Fund, Inc.
    Shares                           189,233,708
    Cost                            $203,956,416
    Market Value.........       --               --                    --           $199,787,272        --            --
  Hartford Index Fund,
   Inc.
    Shares                           111,179,449
    Cost                            $184,665,755
    Market Value.........       --               --                    --                --        $264,803,879       --
  Hartford International
   Opportunities Fund,
   Inc.
    Shares                           291,990,802
    Cost                            $336,561,408
    Market Value.........       --               --                    --                --             --        $410,796,017
  Hartford Dividend and
   Growth Fund, Inc.
    Shares                           209,596,491
    Cost                            $268,301,179
    Market Value.........       --               --                    --                --             --            --
  Due from Hartford Life
   Insurance Company.....       --               --                    --                --             --            --
  Receivable from fund
   shares sold...........           7,791           3,686                505,615           6,461        195,459        294,275
                          ---------------  -------------------   -----------------  -------------  ------------ -----------------
  Total Assets...........   2,900,716,145       1,595,823          1,436,306,097     199,793,733    264,999,338    411,090,292
                          ---------------  -------------------   -----------------  -------------  ------------ -----------------
LIABILITIES:
  Due to Hartford Life
   Insurance Company.....           9,064           3,303                505,676           2,327        196,318        294,299
  Payable for fund shares
   purchased.............       --               --                    --                --             --            --
                          ---------------  -------------------   -----------------  -------------  ------------ -----------------
  Total Liabilities......           9,064           3,303                505,676           2,327        196,318        294,299
                          ---------------  -------------------   -----------------  -------------  ------------ -----------------
  Net Assets (variable
   annuity contract
   liabilities)..........  $2,900,707,081      $1,592,520         $1,435,800,421    $199,791,406   $264,803,020   $410,795,993
                          ---------------  -------------------   -----------------  -------------  ------------ -----------------
                          ---------------  -------------------   -----------------  -------------  ------------ -----------------
 
<CAPTION>
 
                           DIVIDEND AND
                           GROWTH FUND
                           SUB-ACCOUNT
                           ------------
<S>                       <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 U.S.
   Government Money
   Market 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.........  $324,333,800
  Due from Hartford Life
   Insurance Company.....      278,410
  Receivable from fund
   shares sold...........      --
                           ------------
  Total Assets...........  324,612,210
                           ------------
LIABILITIES:
  Due to Hartford Life
   Insurance Company.....      --
  Payable for fund shares
   purchased.............      278,289
                           ------------
  Total Liabilities......      278,289
                           ------------
  Net Assets (variable
   annuity contract
   liabilities)..........  $324,333,921
                           ------------
                           ------------
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                               CALVERT
                             RESPONSIBLY
                              INVESTED
                              BALANCED       INTERNATIONAL       SMALL            SMITH BARNEY
                              PORTFOLIO      ADVISERS FUND   COMPANY FUND    CASH PORTFOLIO CLASS A
                             SUB-ACCOUNT      SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT         SUB-ACCOUNT
                           ---------------   -------------   -------------   ----------------------
<S>                        <C>               <C>             <C>             <C>
ASSETS:
Investments:
  Calvert Responsibly
   Invested Balanced
   Portfolio
    Shares                          1,499,952
    Cost                          $ 2,391,011
    Market Value.........    $2,660,914           --              --               --
  Hartford International
   Advisers Fund, Inc.
    Shares                         25,549,431
    Cost                          $28,919,492
    Market Value.........       --            $29,805,457         --               --
  Hartford Small Company
   Fund, Inc.
    Shares                         12,669,842
    Cost                          $13,471,629
    Market Value.........       --                --          $13,546,087          --
  Smith Barney Cash
   Portfolio Class A
    Shares                            580,242
    Cost                          $  580,242
    Market Value.........       --                --              --               $580,243
  Smith Barney
   Appreciation Fund,
   Inc.
    Shares                             13,454
    Cost                          $   98,474
    Market Value.........       --                --              --               --
  Smith Barney Government
   Portfolio Class A
    Shares                             39,801
    Cost                          $   39,801
    Market Value.........       --                --              --               --
  TCI Advantage Fund
    Shares                             27,440
    Cost                          $  166,872
    Market Value.........       --                --              --               --
  TCI Growth Fund
    Shares                            111,230
    Cost                          $ 1,287,905
    Market Value.........       --                --              --               --
  Fidelity VIP Overseas
   Portfolio
    Shares                             56,298
    Cost                          $  979,269
    Market Value.........       --                --              --               --
  Fidelity VIP II Asset
   Manager Portfolio
    Shares                            108,305
    Cost                          $ 1,688,636
    Market Value.........       --                --              --               --
  Fidelity VIP II
   Contrafund Portfolio
    Shares                            402,873
    Cost                          $ 5,743,454
    Market Value.........       --                --              --               --
  Fidelity VIP Growth
   Portfolio
    Shares                            225,301
    Cost                          $ 6,630,047
    Market Value.........       --                --              --               --
  Dividends receivable...       --                --              --                    689
  Due from Hartford Life
   Insurance Company.....        20,342           233,723         306,594          --
  Receivable from fund
   shares sold...........       --                --              --                  1,097
                           ---------------   -------------   -------------         --------
  Total Assets...........     2,681,256        30,039,180      13,852,681           582,029
                           ---------------   -------------   -------------         --------
LIABILITIES:
  Due to Hartford Life
   Insurance Company.....       --                --              --                  1,098
  Payable for fund shares
   purchased.............        20,027           230,006         306,589          --
                           ---------------   -------------   -------------         --------
  Total Liabilities......        20,027           230,006         306,589             1,098
                           ---------------   -------------   -------------         --------
  Net Assets (variable
   annuity contract
   liabilities)..........    $2,661,229       $29,809,174     $13,546,092          $580,931
                           ---------------   -------------   -------------         --------
                           ---------------   -------------   -------------         --------
</TABLE>
    
 
   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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<CAPTION>
                           SMITH BARNEY        SMITH BARNEY                                            FIDELITY VIP
                           APPRECIATION    GOVERNMENT PORTFOLIO          TCI                TCI          OVERSEAS
                               FUND              CLASS A            ADVANTAGE FUND      GROWTH FUND     PORTFOLIO
                            SUB-ACCOUNT        SUB-ACCOUNT           SUB-ACCOUNT        SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT
                          ---------------  --------------------   ------------------  ---------------  ------------
<S>                       <C>              <C>                    <C>                 <C>              <C>
ASSETS:
Investments:
  Calvert Responsibly
   Invested Balanced
   Portfolio
    Shares                          1,499,952
    Cost                          $ 2,391,011
    Market Value.........     --                 --                     --                  --            --
  Hartford International
   Advisers Fund, Inc.
    Shares                         25,549,431
    Cost                          $28,919,492
    Market Value.........     --                 --                     --                  --            --
  Hartford Small Company
   Fund, Inc.
    Shares                         12,669,842
    Cost                          $13,471,629
    Market Value.........     --                 --                     --                  --            --
  Smith Barney Cash
   Portfolio Class A
    Shares                            580,242
    Cost                          $  580,242
    Market Value.........     --                 --                     --                  --            --
  Smith Barney
   Appreciation Fund,
   Inc.
    Shares                             13,454
    Cost                          $   98,474
    Market Value.........  $  172,850            --                     --                  --            --
  Smith Barney Government
   Portfolio Class A
    Shares                             39,801
    Cost                          $   39,801
    Market Value.........     --                $   39,801              --                  --            --
  TCI Advantage Fund
    Shares                             27,440
    Cost                          $  166,872
    Market Value.........     --                 --                  $    172,596           --            --
  TCI Growth Fund
    Shares                            111,230
    Cost                          $ 1,287,905
    Market Value.........     --                 --                     --              $  1,138,990      --
  Fidelity VIP Overseas
   Portfolio
    Shares                             56,298
    Cost                          $  979,269
    Market Value.........     --                 --                     --                  --         $1,060,645
  Fidelity VIP II Asset
   Manager Portfolio
    Shares                            108,305
    Cost                          $ 1,688,636
    Market Value.........     --                 --                     --                  --            --
  Fidelity VIP II
   Contrafund Portfolio
    Shares                            402,873
    Cost                          $ 5,743,454
    Market Value.........     --                 --                     --                  --            --
  Fidelity VIP Growth
   Portfolio
    Shares                            225,301
    Cost                          $ 6,630,047
    Market Value.........     --                 --                     --                  --            --
  Dividends receivable...     --                        56              --                  --            --
  Due from Hartford Life
   Insurance Company.....     --                 --                           113              1,084         318
  Receivable from fund
   shares sold...........         123                   17              --                  --            --
                          ---------------          -------               --------     ---------------  ------------
  Total Assets...........     172,973               39,874                172,709          1,140,074   1,060,963
                          ---------------          -------               --------     ---------------  ------------
LIABILITIES:
  Due to Hartford Life
   Insurance Company.....         112                   32              --                  --            --
  Payable for fund shares
   purchased.............     --                 --                           114              1,084         374
                          ---------------          -------               --------     ---------------  ------------
  Total Liabilities......         112                   32                    114              1,084         374
                          ---------------          -------               --------     ---------------  ------------
  Net Assets (variable
   annuity contract
   liabilities)..........  $  172,861           $   39,842           $    172,595       $  1,138,990   $1,060,589
                          ---------------          -------               --------     ---------------  ------------
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<CAPTION>
                                              FIDELITY VIP
                            FIDELITY VIP II        II        FIDELITY VIP
                             ASSET MANAGER     CONTRAFUND       GROWTH
                               PORTFOLIO        PORTFOLIO      PORTFOLIO
                              SUB-ACCOUNT      SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT
                           -----------------  -------------  -------------
<S>                       <C>                 <C>            <C>
ASSETS:
Investments:
  Calvert Responsibly
   Invested Balanced
   Portfolio
 
    Shares
 
    Cost
    Market Value.........        --                --             --
  Hartford International
   Advisers Fund, Inc.
 
    Shares
 
    Cost
    Market Value.........        --                --             --
  Hartford Small Company
   Fund, Inc.
 
    Shares
 
    Cost
    Market Value.........        --                --             --
  Smith Barney Cash
   Portfolio Class A
 
    Shares
 
    Cost
    Market Value.........        --                --             --
  Smith Barney
   Appreciation Fund,
   Inc.
 
    Shares
 
    Cost
    Market Value.........        --                --             --
  Smith Barney Government
   Portfolio Class A
 
    Shares
 
    Cost
    Market Value.........        --                --             --
  TCI Advantage Fund
 
    Shares
 
    Cost
    Market Value.........        --                --             --
  TCI Growth Fund
 
    Shares
 
    Cost
    Market Value.........        --                --             --
  Fidelity VIP Overseas
   Portfolio
 
    Shares
 
    Cost
    Market Value.........        --                --             --
  Fidelity VIP II Asset
   Manager Portfolio
 
    Shares
 
    Cost
    Market Value.........    $  1,833,607          --             --
  Fidelity VIP II
   Contrafund Portfolio
 
    Shares
 
    Cost
    Market Value.........        --           $  6,671,576        --
  Fidelity VIP Growth
   Portfolio
 
    Shares
 
    Cost
    Market Value.........        --                --        $  7,015,865
  Dividends receivable...        --                --             --
  Due from Hartford Life
   Insurance Company.....           1,331            7,363          5,867
  Receivable from fund
   shares sold...........        --                --             --
                           -----------------  -------------  -------------
  Total Assets...........       1,834,938        6,678,939      7,021,732
                           -----------------  -------------  -------------
LIABILITIES:
  Due to Hartford Life
   Insurance Company.....        --                --             --
  Payable for fund shares
   purchased.............             923            7,344          5,867
                           -----------------  -------------  -------------
  Total Liabilities......             923            7,344          5,867
                           -----------------  -------------  -------------
  Net Assets (variable
   annuity contract
   liabilities)..........    $  1,834,015     $  6,671,595   $  7,015,865
                           -----------------  -------------  -------------
                           -----------------  -------------  -------------
</TABLE>
    
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DECEMBER 31, 1996
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        UNITS
                                                       OWNED BY       UNIT        CONTRACT
                                                     PARTICIPANTS     PRICE      LIABILITY
                                                     ------------   ---------  --------------
 DEFERRED ANNUITY CONTRACTS IN THE ACCUMULATION
  PERIOD:
 <S>                                                 <C>            <C>        <C>
 INDIVIDUAL SUB-ACCOUNTS:
   Bond Fund Qualified 1.00%.......................       286,137   $3.705223  $    1,060,201
   Bond Fund Non-Qualified 1.00%...................     2,004,675    3.648889       7,314,837
   Bond Fund 1.25%.................................    96,857,176    1.922173     186,176,248
   Bond Fund .25%..................................        58,462    1.279841          74,822
   Stock Fund Qualified 1.00%......................       829,845    6.828860       5,666,897
   Stock Fund Non-Qualified 1.00%..................     3,406,617    6.529899      22,244,866
   Stock Fund 1.25%................................   333,175,709    3.546656   1,181,659,627
   Stock Fund .25%.................................     1,094,565    1.863616       2,039,847
   Money Market Fund Qualified 1.00%...............     1,361,999    2.465145       3,357,527
   Money Market Fund Non-Qualified 1.00%...........    13,210,943    2.466312      32,582,307
   Money Market Fund 1.25%.........................   151,978,017    1.586516     241,115,556
   Money Market Fund .25%..........................       107,272    1.177980         126,364
   Advisers Fund Qualified 1.00%...................     3,530,743    4.341094      15,327,287
   Advisers Fund Non-Qualified 1.00%...............    12,468,636    4.341094      54,127,522
   Advisers Fund 1.25%.............................   953,997,531    2.905301   2,771,649,980
   Advisers Fund .25%..............................     1,035,316    1.620437       1,677,664
   U.S. Government Money Market Fund Qualified
    1.00%..........................................        13,096    1.964748          25,730
   U.S. Government Money Market Fund 1.25%.........        46,108    1.520714          70,117
   Capital Appreciation Fund Qualified 1.00%.......       887,736    6.732095       5,976,324
   Capital Appreciation Fund Non-Qualified 1.00%...     2,634,097    6.728893      17,724,557
   Capital Appreciation Fund 1.25%.................   330,579,796    4.010163   1,325,678,867
   Capital Appreciation Growth Fund .25%...........     2,393,968    1.929665       4,619,555
   Mortgage Securities Fund Qualified 1.00%........       754,527    2.494635       1,882,270
   Mortgage Securities Fund Non-Qualified 1.00%....     8,165,242    2.494635      20,369,299
   Mortgage Securities Fund 1.25%..................    89,097,727    1.948580     173,614,049
   Mortgage Securities Fund .25%...................        16,088    1.259955          20,270
   Index Fund 1.00%................................        38,885    1.121353          43,604
   Index Fund Non-Qualified 1.00%..................       105,698    1.121353         118,525
   Index Fund 1.25%................................    87,611,122    2.845170     249,268,537
   Index Fund .25%.................................       208,930    1.823336         380,949
   International Opportunities Fund Qualified
    1.00%..........................................       374,127    1.506694         563,694
   International Opportunities Fund Non-Qualified
    1.00%..........................................     1,951,162    1.506641       2,939,701
   International Opportunities Fund 1.25%..........   266,961,904    1.482397     395,743,525
   International Opportunities Fund .25%...........       796,396    1.658799       1,321,061
   Dividend and Growth Fund Qualified 1.00%........       291,489    1.661695         484,366
   Dividend and Growth Fund Non-Qualified 1.00%....     1,241,381    1.661695       2,062,797
   Dividend and Growth Fund 1.25%..................   190,957,704    1.650056     315,090,906
   Dividend and Growth Fund .25%...................       278,866    1.697062         473,253
   International Advisers Fund 1.00%...............        18,539    1.271482          23,572
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   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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<CAPTION>
                                                        UNITS
                                                       OWNED BY       UNIT        CONTRACT
                                                     PARTICIPANTS     PRICE      LIABILITY
                                                     ------------   ---------  --------------
 INDIVIDUAL SUB-ACCOUNTS -- (CONTINUED)
 <S>                                                 <C>            <C>        <C>
   International Advisers Fund Non-Qualified
    1.00%..........................................       347,573   $1.271482  $      441,933
   International Advisers Fund 1.25%...............    23,174,203    1.265665      29,330,778
   International Advisers Fund .25%................        10,000    1.289112          12,891
   Hartford Small Company Fund 1.00%...............        10,000    1.067381          10,674
   Hartford Small Company Fund Non-Qualified
    1.00%..........................................       109,746    1.067381         117,140
   Hartford Small Company Fund 1.25%...............    12,562,718    1.066345      13,396,192
   Hartford Small Company Fund .25%................        20,632    1.070487          22,086
   Smith Barney Cash Portfolio Class A Qualified
    1.00%..........................................        78,105    2.668734         208,440
   Smith Barney Cash Portfolio Class A
    Non-Qualified 1.00%............................       134,883    2.761578         372,491
   Smith Barney Appreciation Fund, Inc. Qualified
    1.00%..........................................        23,313    7.414916         172,861
   Smith Barney Government Portfolio Class A
    Qualified 1.00%................................        16,556    2.406571          39,842
                                                                               --------------
   Sub-total Individual Sub-Accounts...............                             7,088,822,408
                                                                               --------------
 GROUP SUB-ACCOUNTS:
   Bond Fund Qualified 1.00% QP....................     1,156,525    4.339730       5,019,007
   Bond Fund 1.25% DCII............................     1,655,052    4.186875       6,929,497
   Bond Fund .15% DCII.............................       305,789    3.988350       1,219,594
   Stock Fund Qualified 1.00% QP...................     3,371,997   11.419696      38,507,182
   Stock Fund Qualified .825% QP...................     1,236,665    9.187655      11,362,056
   Stock Fund Non-Qualified 1.00% NQ...............        84,854    8.960086         760,298
   Stock Fund Non-Qualified .825% NQ...............       789,689    9.203794       7,268,133
   Stock Fund 1.25% DCII...........................     4,885,027   11.016763      53,817,180
   Stock Fund .15% DCII............................       873,948    8.647926       7,557,838
   Money Market Fund Qualified .375% QP............         2,493    3.094168           7,714
   Money Market Fund 1.25% DCII....................     1,332,772    2.724852       3,631,605
   Money Market Fund .15% DCII.....................       321,329    2.679247         860,920
   Advisers Fund 1.25% DCII........................    10,504,581    4.201072      44,130,500
   Advisers Fund .15% DCII.........................       603,382    4.875465       2,941,770
   U.S. Government Money Market Fund 1.25% DCII....       586,557    1.898594       1,113,633
   U.S. Government Money Market Fund .15% DCII.....        54,540    2.211389         120,609
   Capital Appreciation Fund 1.25% DCII............    10,979,149    6.532522      71,721,533
   Capital Appreciation Fund .15% DCII.............       783,105    7.500897       5,873,989
   Mortgage Securities Fund 1.25% DCII.............     1,140,765    2.421049       2,761,848
   Mortgage Securities Fund .15% DCII..............       143,045    2.761199         394,976
   Index Fund 1.25% DCII...........................     4,377,886    2.848016      12,468,289
   Index Fund .15% DCII............................       354,223    3.118020       1,104,474
   International Opportunities Fund 1.25% DCII.....     5,995,783    1.482607       8,889,390
   International Opportunities Fund .15% DCII......       437,734    1.592168         696,947
   Dividend and Growth Fund........................     3,874,337    1.484086       5,749,849
   Calvert Responsibly Invested Balanced Portfolio
    1.25% DCII.....................................     1,192,706    2.020652       2,410,043
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DECEMBER 31, 1996
    
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        UNITS
                                                       OWNED BY       UNIT        CONTRACT
                                                     PARTICIPANTS     PRICE      LIABILITY
                                                     ------------   ---------  --------------
 GROUP SUB-ACCOUNTS -- (CONTINUED)
 <S>                                                 <C>            <C>        <C>
   TCI Advantage Portfolio.........................       144,148   $1.134354  $      163,515
   TCI Growth Fund Portfolio.......................     1,107,888    1.021217       1,131,394
   Fidelity VIP Overseas Portfolio.................       920,778    1.151840       1,060,589
   Fidelity VIP II Asset Manager Portfolio.........     1,491,046    1.230019       1,834,015
   Fidelity VIP II Contrafund Portfolio............     5,069,393    1.316054       6,671,595
   Fidelity VIP II Growth Portfolio................     5,773,053    1.215278       7,015,865
                                                                               --------------
   Sub-total Group Sub-Accounts....................                               315,195,847
                                                                               --------------
 TOTAL ACCUMULATION PERIOD.........................                             7,404,018,255
                                                                               --------------
 ANNUITY CONTRACTS IN THE ANNUITY PERIOD:
 INDIVIDUAL SUB-ACCOUNTS:
   Bond Fund Non-Qualified 1.00%...................            27    3.648889              99
   Bond Fund 1.25%.................................       183,085    1.922173         351,921
   Stock Fund Non-Qualified 1.00%..................         9,504    6.529899          62,059
   Stock Fund 1.25%................................       305,133    3.546656       1,082,200
   Money Market Fund Qualified 1.00%...............        12,037    2.465145          29,672
   Money Market Fund Non-Qualified 1.00%...........        90,874    2.466312         224,124
   Money Market Fund 1.25%.........................       293,556    1.586516         465,731
   Advisers Fund Qualified 1.00%...................         4,038    4.341094          17,529
   Advisers Fund Non-Qualified 1.00%...............        61,575    4.341094         267,305
   Advisers Fund 1.25%.............................       863,489    2.905301       2,508,695
   U.S. Government Money Market Fund Qualified
    1.00%..........................................        10,951    1.964748          21,515
   Capital Appreciation Fund Non-Qualified 1.00%...         3,442    6.728893          23,158
   Capital Appreciation Fund 1.25%.................       150,348    4.010163         602,921
   Mortgage Securities Fund Non-Qualified 1.00%....        80,072    2.494635         199,751
   Mortgage Securities Fund 1.25%..................        81,728    1.948580         159,253
   Index Fund 1.25%................................        53,288    2.845170         151,614
   International Opportunities Fund 1.25%..........       184,639    1.482397         273,708
   Dividend and Growth Fund 1.25%..................       120,079    1.650056         198,136
                                                                               --------------
   Sub-total Individual Sub-Accounts...............                                 6,639,391
                                                                               --------------
 GROUP SUB-ACCOUNTS:
   Bond Fund Qualified 1.00% QP....................        68,667    4.339730         297,996
   Bond Fund 1.25% DCII............................       290,717    4.186875       1,217,195
   Bond Fund 1.00% DCII............................        11,681    4.322597          50,493
   Bond Fund .15% DCII.............................         4,544    3.988350          18,122
   Stock Fund Qualified 1.00% QP...................       228,666   11.419696       2,611,302
   Stock Fund Qualified .825% QP...................        50,529    9.187655         464,243
   Stock Fund Non-Qualified 1.00% NQ...............           569    8.960086           5,099
   Stock Fund Non-Qualified .825% NQ...............        50,740    9.203794         467,004
</TABLE>
    
 
   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                        UNITS
                                                       OWNED BY       UNIT        CONTRACT
                                                     PARTICIPANTS     PRICE      LIABILITY
                                                     ------------   ---------  --------------
 GROUP SUB-ACCOUNTS -- (CONTINUED)
 <S>                                                 <C>            <C>        <C>
   Stock Fund 1.25% DCII...........................       997,034   $11.016763 $   10,984,089
   Stock Fund 1.00% DCII...........................         3,994   11.383947          45,472
   Stock Fund .15% DCII............................        12,196    8.647926         105,471
   Money Market Fund 1.25% DCII....................       158,559    2.724852         432,049
   Advisers Fund 1.25% DCII........................     1,889,915    4.201072       7,939,668
   Advisers Fund .15% DCII.........................        24,441    4.875465         119,161
   U.S. Government Money Market Fund 1.25% DCII....       126,892    1.898594         240,916
   Capital Appreciation Fund 1.25% DCII............       537,157    6.532522       3,508,989
   Capital Appreciation Fund .15% DCII.............         9,403    7.500897          70,528
   Mortgage Securities Fund 1.25% DCII.............       160,959    2.421049         389,689
   Index Fund 1.25% DCII...........................       440,396    2.848016       1,254,255
   Index Fund .15% DCII............................         4,097    3.118020          12,773
   International Opportunities Fund 1.25% DCII.....       227,628    1.482607         337,483
   International Opportunities Fund .15% DCII......        19,146    1.592168          30,484
   Dividend and Growth Fund........................       185,039    1.484086         274,614
   Calvert Responsibly Invested Balanced Portfolio
    1.25% DCII.....................................       124,309    2.020652         251,186
   TCI Advantage Fund..............................         8,005    1.134354           9,080
   TCI Growth Fund.................................         7,438    1.021217           7,596
                                                                               --------------
   Sub-total Group Sub-Accounts....................                                31,144,957
                                                                               --------------
 TOTAL ANNUITY PERIOD..............................                                37,784,348
                                                                               --------------
 GRAND TOTAL.......................................                            $7,441,802,603
                                                                               --------------
                                                                               --------------
</TABLE>
    
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           MONEY
                            BOND FUND      STOCK FUND   MARKET FUND
                           SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT
                           ------------   ------------  -----------
<S>                        <C>            <C>           <C>
INVESTMENT INCOME:
  Dividends..............  $ 12,893,843   $ 18,086,005  $12,430,899
EXPENSES:
  Mortality and expense
   undertakings..........    (2,481,229)   (13,978,363)  (2,990,459)
                           ------------   ------------  -----------
    Net investment income
     (loss)..............    10,412,614      4,107,642    9,440,440
                           ------------   ------------  -----------
CAPITAL GAINS INCOME.....       --          41,100,004      --
                           ------------   ------------  -----------
NET REALIZED AND
  UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
  ON INVESTMENTS:
  Net realized gain
   (loss) on security
   transactions..........      (262,277)     3,161,056      --
  Net unrealized
   appreciation
   (depreciation) of
   investments during the
   period................    (5,517,884)   189,613,138      --
                           ------------   ------------  -----------
    Net realized and
     unrealized gain
     (loss) on
     investments.........    (5,780,161)   192,774,194      --
                           ------------   ------------  -----------
    Net increase
     (decrease) in net
     assets resulting
     from operations.....  $  4,632,453   $237,981,840  $ 9,440,440
                           ------------   ------------  -----------
                           ------------   ------------  -----------
</TABLE>
    
 
   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             U.S. GOVERNMENT           CAPITAL           MORTGAGE
                           ADVISERS FUND    MONEY MARKET FUND     APPRECIATION FUND   SECURITIES FUND
                            SUB-ACCOUNT        SUB-ACCOUNT           SUB-ACCOUNT        SUB-ACCOUNT
                           -------------   --------------------   -----------------   ---------------
<S>                        <C>             <C>                    <C>                 <C>
INVESTMENT INCOME:
  Dividends..............  $  75,797,664         $ 73,159           $  8,578,529        $13,309,238
EXPENSES:
  Mortality and expense
   undertakings..........    (32,375,755)         (17,750)           (15,329,687)        (2,542,139)
                           -------------         --------         -----------------   ---------------
    Net investment income
     (loss)..............     43,421,909           55,409             (6,751,158)        10,767,099
                           -------------         --------         -----------------   ---------------
CAPITAL GAINS INCOME.....     53,115,059         --                   70,324,118           --
                           -------------         --------         -----------------   ---------------
NET REALIZED AND
  UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
  ON INVESTMENTS:
  Net realized gain
   (loss) on security
   transactions..........      1,874,522         --                    2,065,427           (435,741)
  Net unrealized
   appreciation
   (depreciation) of
   investments during the
   period................    276,364,776         --                  154,074,827         (2,844,443)
                           -------------         --------         -----------------   ---------------
    Net realized and
     unrealized gain
     (loss) on
     investments.........    278,239,298         --                  156,140,254         (3,280,184)
                           -------------         --------         -----------------   ---------------
    Net increase
     (decrease) in net
     assets resulting
     from operations.....  $ 374,776,266         $ 55,409           $219,713,214        $ 7,486,915
                           -------------         --------         -----------------   ---------------
                           -------------         --------         -----------------   ---------------
 
<CAPTION>
                                           INTERNATIONAL      DIVIDEND AND
                            INDEX FUND   OPPORTUNITIES FUND   GROWTH FUND
                           SUB-ACCOUNT      SUB-ACCOUNT       SUB-ACCOUNT
                           ------------  ------------------   ------------
<S>                        <C>           <C>                  <C>
INVESTMENT INCOME:
  Dividends..............  $  4,491,244     $ 7,252,292       $  5,391,238
EXPENSES:
  Mortality and expense
   undertakings..........    (2,695,725)     (4,681,021)        (2,723,447)
                           ------------  ------------------   ------------
    Net investment income
     (loss)..............     1,795,519       2,571,271          2,667,791
                           ------------  ------------------   ------------
CAPITAL GAINS INCOME.....     3,292,866       9,589,596          2,810,352
                           ------------  ------------------   ------------
NET REALIZED AND
  UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
  ON INVESTMENTS:
  Net realized gain
   (loss) on security
   transactions..........       140,503          91,466             (3,931)
  Net unrealized
   appreciation
   (depreciation) of
   investments during the
   period................    36,167,970      28,439,913         38,471,770
                           ------------  ------------------   ------------
    Net realized and
     unrealized gain
     (loss) on
     investments.........    36,308,473      28,531,379         38,467,839
                           ------------  ------------------   ------------
    Net increase
     (decrease) in net
     assets resulting
     from operations.....  $ 41,396,858     $40,692,246       $ 43,945,982
                           ------------  ------------------   ------------
                           ------------  ------------------   ------------
</TABLE>
    
 
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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS -- (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                 CALVERT                                                  SMITH BARNEY
                           RESPONSIBLY INVESTED   INTERNATIONAL         SMALL            CASH PORTFOLIO
                            BALANCED PORTFOLIO    ADVISERS FUND      COMPANY FUND            CLASS A
                               SUB-ACCOUNT         SUB-ACCOUNT       SUB-ACCOUNT*          SUB-ACCOUNT
                           --------------------   -------------   ------------------   -------------------
<S>                        <C>                    <C>             <C>                  <C>
INVESTMENT INCOME:
  Dividends..............        $ 57,279          $  879,182          $ 9,954               $27,809
EXPENSES:
  Mortality and expense
   undertakings..........         (27,872)           (234,636)         (27,632)               (5,756)
                                 --------         -------------        -------               -------
    Net investment income
     (loss)..............          29,407             644,546          (17,678)               22,053
                                 --------         -------------        -------               -------
CAPITAL GAINS INCOME.....         140,994             595,787          --                   --
                                 --------         -------------        -------               -------
NET REALIZED AND
  UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
  ON INVESTMENTS:
  Net realized gain
   (loss) on security
   transactions..........           6,518              (3,562)             922              --
  Net unrealized
   appreciation
   (depreciation) of
   investments during the
   period................          78,661             708,119           74,459              --
                                 --------         -------------        -------               -------
    Net realized and
     unrealized gain
     (loss) on
     investments.........          85,179             704,557           75,381              --
                                 --------         -------------        -------               -------
    Net increase
     (decrease) in net
     assets resulting
     from operations.....        $255,580          $1,944,890          $57,703               $22,053
                                 --------         -------------        -------               -------
                                 --------         -------------        -------               -------
</TABLE>
    
 
   
* From inception, August 9, 1996, to December 31, 1996.
    
 
   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                               SMITH BARNEY
                                                GOVERNMENT                                  FIDELITY VIP    FIDELITY VIP II
                            SMITH BARNEY        PORTFOLIO           TCI            TCI        OVERSEAS       ASSET MANAGER
                          APPRECIATION FUND      CLASS A       ADVANTAGE FUND  GROWTH FUND    PORTFOLIO        PORTFOLIO
                             SUB-ACCOUNT       SUB-ACCOUNT      SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT   SUB-ACCOUNT      SUB-ACCOUNT
                          -----------------   --------------   --------------  -----------  -------------  ------------------
<S>                       <C>                 <C>              <C>             <C>          <C>            <C>
INVESTMENT INCOME:
  Dividends..............      $16,634            $2,077           $6,903       $ 100,570      $ 3,709          $ 27,849
EXPENSES:
  Mortality and expense
   undertakings..........       (1,599)             (431)          (1,529)        (13,692)      (8,486)          (13,608)
                               -------            ------           ------      -----------  -------------       --------
    Net investment income
     (loss)..............       15,035             1,646            5,374          86,878       (4,777)           14,241
                               -------            ------           ------      -----------  -------------       --------
CAPITAL GAINS INCOME.....      --                 --               --              --            4,080          --
                               -------            ------           ------      -----------  -------------       --------
NET REALIZED AND
  UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
  ON INVESTMENTS:
  Net realized gain
   (loss) on security
   transactions..........          174            --                 (110)            527          985               (71)
  Net unrealized
   appreciation
   (depreciation) of
   investments during the
   period................       11,776            --                4,528        (155,560)      77,918           126,112
                               -------            ------           ------      -----------  -------------       --------
    Net realized and
     unrealized gain
     (loss) on
     investments.........       11,950            --                4,418        (155,033)      78,903           126,041
                               -------            ------           ------      -----------  -------------       --------
    Net increase
     (decrease) in net
     assets resulting
     from operations.....      $26,985            $1,646           $9,792       $ (68,155)     $78,206          $140,282
                               -------            ------           ------      -----------  -------------       --------
                               -------            ------           ------      -----------  -------------       --------
 
<CAPTION>
                                             FIDELITY
                           FIDELITY VIP II      VIP
                             CONTRAFUND       GROWTH
                              PORTFOLIO      PORTFOLIO
                             SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT
                           ---------------  -----------
<S>                       <C>               <C>
INVESTMENT INCOME:
  Dividends..............     $ 21,249       $ 73,883
EXPENSES:
  Mortality and expense
   undertakings..........      (56,903)       (63,705)
                           ---------------  -----------
    Net investment income
     (loss)..............      (35,654)        10,178
                           ---------------  -----------
CAPITAL GAINS INCOME.....      --             115,329
                           ---------------  -----------
NET REALIZED AND
  UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)
  ON INVESTMENTS:
  Net realized gain
   (loss) on security
   transactions..........         (377)        (6,795)
  Net unrealized
   appreciation
   (depreciation) of
   investments during the
   period................      910,896        420,263
                           ---------------  -----------
    Net realized and
     unrealized gain
     (loss) on
     investments.........      910,519        413,468
                           ---------------  -----------
    Net increase
     (decrease) in net
     assets resulting
     from operations.....     $874,865       $538,975
                           ---------------  -----------
                           ---------------  -----------
</TABLE>
    
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             MONEY
                            BOND FUND      STOCK FUND     MARKET FUND
                           SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT
                           ------------  --------------  -------------
<S>                        <C>           <C>             <C>
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income
   (loss)................  $ 10,412,614  $    4,107,642  $   9,440,440
  Capital gains income...       --           41,100,004       --
  Net realized gain
   (loss) on security
   transactions..........      (262,277)      3,161,056       --
  Net unrealized
   appreciation
   (depreciation) of
   investments during the
   period................    (5,517,884)    189,613,138       --
                           ------------  --------------  -------------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from
   operations............     4,632,453     237,981,840      9,440,440
                           ------------  --------------  -------------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
  Purchases..............    27,446,873     174,128,189     70,557,174
  Net transfers..........   (16,819,459)     27,816,288     67,229,895
  Surrenders.............   (16,860,465)    (57,921,128)   (52,794,253)
  Net annuity
   transactions..........       (32,192)       (176,096)      (239,109)
                           ------------  --------------  -------------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from unit
   transactions..........    (6,265,243)    143,847,253     84,753,707
                           ------------  --------------  -------------
  Total increase
   (decrease) in net
   assets................    (1,632,790)    381,829,093     94,194,147
NET ASSETS:
  Beginning of period....   211,362,822     964,881,770    188,639,422
                           ------------  --------------  -------------
  End of period..........  $209,730,032  $1,346,710,863  $ 282,833,569
                           ------------  --------------  -------------
                           ------------  --------------  -------------
 
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
 
                                                             MONEY
                            BOND FUND      STOCK FUND     MARKET FUND
                           SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT
                           ------------  --------------  -------------
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income
   (loss)................  $  9,356,706  $    8,102,133  $   9,540,693
  Capital gains income...       --           26,305,598       --
  Net realized gain
   (loss) on security
   transactions..........       117,877       2,168,121       --
  Net unrealized
   appreciation
   (depreciation) of
   investments during the
   period................    18,122,724     184,154,644       --
                           ------------  --------------  -------------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from
   operations............    27,597,307     220,730,496      9,540,693
                           ------------  --------------  -------------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
  Purchases..............    18,860,293     101,236,958     48,515,026
  Net transfers..........    17,461,966      34,337,542    (83,703,644)
  Surrenders.............   (12,010,919)    (38,089,217)   (27,263,647)
  Net annuity
   transactions..........       (33,972)        563,526       (138,249)
                           ------------  --------------  -------------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from unit
   transactions..........    24,277,368      98,048,809    (62,590,514)
                           ------------  --------------  -------------
  Total increase
   (decrease) in net
   assets................    51,874,675     318,779,305    (53,049,821)
NET ASSETS:
  Beginning of period....   159,488,147     646,102,465    241,689,243
                           ------------  --------------  -------------
  End of period..........  $211,362,822  $  964,881,770  $ 188,639,422
                           ------------  --------------  -------------
                           ------------  --------------  -------------
</TABLE>
    
 
   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                            U.S. GOVERNMENT         CAPITAL         MORTGAGE                     INTERNATIONAL
                           ADVISERS FUND   MONEY MARKET FUND   APPRECIATION FUND SECURITIES FUND  INDEX FUND   OPPORTUNITIES FUND
                            SUB-ACCOUNT       SUB-ACCOUNT         SUB-ACCOUNT      SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT
                          --------------- -------------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ------------------
<S>                       <C>             <C>                  <C>               <C>             <C>           <C>
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income
   (loss)................ $    43,421,909      $   55,409       $   (6,751,158)   $ 10,767,099   $   1,795,519    $  2,571,271
  Capital gains income...      53,115,059       --                  70,324,118        --             3,292,866       9,589,596
  Net realized gain
   (loss) on security
   transactions..........       1,874,522       --                   2,065,427        (435,741)        140,503          91,466
  Net unrealized
   appreciation
   (depreciation) of
   investments during the
   period................     276,364,776       --                 154,074,827      (2,844,443)     36,167,970      28,439,913
                          ---------------     -----------      ----------------- --------------- ------------- ------------------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from
   operations............     374,776,266          55,409          219,713,214       7,486,915      41,396,858      40,692,246
                          ---------------     -----------      ----------------- --------------- ------------- ------------------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
  Purchases..............     322,583,889         216,658          200,411,434       9,051,920      47,675,352      43,044,896
  Net transfers..........      (3,947,049)        (124,960)            495,679     (19,016,015)     21,152,822      20,223,935
  Surrenders.............    (150,653,853)         (77,729)        (60,449,676)    (19,091,976)    (10,892,469)     (21,614,763)
  Net annuity
   transactions..........         730,038         (18,734)             658,118         (55,176)         75,085         141,714
                          ---------------     -----------      ----------------- --------------- ------------- ------------------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from unit
   transactions..........     168,713,025          (4,765)         141,115,555     (29,111,247)     58,010,790      41,795,782
                          ---------------     -----------      ----------------- --------------- ------------- ------------------
  Total increase
   (decrease) in net
   assets................     543,489,291          50,644          360,828,769     (21,624,332)     99,407,648      82,488,028
NET ASSETS:
  Beginning of period....   2,357,217,790       1,541,876        1,074,971,652     221,415,738     165,395,372     328,307,965
                          ---------------     -----------      ----------------- --------------- ------------- ------------------
  End of period.......... $ 2,900,707,081      $1,592,520       $1,435,800,421    $199,791,406   $ 264,803,020    $410,795,993
                          ---------------     -----------      ----------------- --------------- ------------- ------------------
                          ---------------     -----------      ----------------- --------------- ------------- ------------------
 
                                            U.S. GOVERNMENT         CAPITAL         MORTGAGE                     INTERNATIONAL
                           ADVISERS FUND   MONEY MARKET FUND   APPRECIATION FUND SECURITIES FUND  INDEX FUND   OPPORTUNITIES FUND
                            SUB-ACCOUNT       SUB-ACCOUNT         SUB-ACCOUNT      SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT
                          --------------- -------------------- ----------------- --------------- ------------- ------------------
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income
   (loss)................ $    47,996,996      $   56,945       $   (2,372,963)   $ 11,548,045   $   1,542,554    $  1,106,594
  Capital gains income...      21,614,744       --                  34,687,769        --                38,706       2,695,768
  Net realized gain
   (loss) on security
   transactions..........       1,643,658       --                   2,276,572        (490,628)        969,630        (488,089)
  Net unrealized
   appreciation
   (depreciation) of
   investments during the
   period................     410,209,012       --                 168,562,628      18,815,991      34,721,169      32,521,726
                          ---------------     -----------      ----------------- --------------- ------------- ------------------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from
   operations............     481,464,410          56,945          203,154,006      29,873,408      37,272,059      35,835,999
                          ---------------     -----------      ----------------- --------------- ------------- ------------------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
  Purchases..............     189,985,618         247,760          164,142,420       9,787,879      22,856,837      27,669,493
  Net transfers..........      (5,608,414)          17,612         104,275,366     (15,085,789)     14,885,934     (24,115,834)
  Surrenders.............    (110,192,361)         (76,250)        (29,551,158)    (16,689,694)     (4,088,509)     (12,086,298)
  Net annuity
   transactions..........         487,625          84,208              482,089          13,331          84,999         124,982
                          ---------------     -----------      ----------------- --------------- ------------- ------------------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from unit
   transactions..........      74,672,468         273,330          239,348,717     (21,974,273)     33,739,261      (8,407,657)
                          ---------------     -----------      ----------------- --------------- ------------- ------------------
  Total increase
   (decrease) in net
   assets................     556,136,878         330,275          442,502,723       7,899,135      71,011,320      27,428,342
NET ASSETS:
  Beginning of period....   1,801,080,912       1,211,601          632,468,929     213,516,603      94,384,052     300,879,623
                          ---------------     -----------      ----------------- --------------- ------------- ------------------
  End of period.......... $ 2,357,217,790      $1,541,876       $1,074,971,652    $221,415,738   $ 165,395,372    $328,307,965
                          ---------------     -----------      ----------------- --------------- ------------- ------------------
                          ---------------     -----------      ----------------- --------------- ------------- ------------------
 
<CAPTION>
                           DIVIDEND AND
                            GROWTH FUND
                            SUB-ACCOUNT
                           -------------
<S>                      <C>
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income
   (loss)................  $  2,667,791
  Capital gains income...     2,810,352
  Net realized gain
   (loss) on security
   transactions..........        (3,931)
  Net unrealized
   appreciation
   (depreciation) of
   investments during the
   period................    38,471,770
                           -------------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from
   operations............    43,945,982
                           -------------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
  Purchases..............    99,649,393
  Net transfers..........    73,409,821
  Surrenders.............    (8,580,693)
  Net annuity
   transactions..........       330,214
                           -------------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from unit
   transactions..........   164,808,735
                           -------------
  Total increase
   (decrease) in net
   assets................   208,754,717
NET ASSETS:
  Beginning of period....   115,579,204
                           -------------
  End of period..........  $324,333,921
                           -------------
                           -------------
                           DIVIDEND AND
                            GROWTH FUND
                            SUB-ACCOUNT
                           -------------
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income
   (loss)................  $  1,044,698
  Capital gains income...       --
  Net realized gain
   (loss) on security
   transactions..........         4,933
  Net unrealized
   appreciation
   (depreciation) of
   investments during the
   period................    18,047,295
                           -------------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from
   operations............    19,096,926
                           -------------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
  Purchases..............    37,005,986
  Net transfers..........    31,702,670
  Surrenders.............    (2,159,189)
  Net annuity
   transactions..........        77,507
                           -------------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from unit
   transactions..........    66,626,974
                           -------------
  Total increase
   (decrease) in net
   assets................    85,723,900
NET ASSETS:
  Beginning of period....    29,855,304
                           -------------
  End of period..........  $115,579,204
                           -------------
                           -------------
</TABLE>
    
 
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HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
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 SEPARATE ACCOUNT TWO
 
   
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS -- (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                               CALVERT
                             RESPONSIBLY
                              INVESTED
                              BALANCED       INTERNATIONAL         SMALL             SMITH BARNEY
                              PORTFOLIO      ADVISERS FUND      COMPANY FUND      DAILY DIVIDEND FUND
                             SUB-ACCOUNT      SUB-ACCOUNT      SUB-ACCOUNT***         SUB-ACCOUNT
                           ---------------   -------------   ------------------   -------------------
<S>                        <C>               <C>             <C>                  <C>
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income
   (loss)................    $     29,407    $    644,546       $   (17,678)           $ 22,053
  Capital gains income...         140,994         595,787          --                  --
  Net realized gain
   (loss) on security
   transactions..........           6,518          (3,562)              922            --
  Net unrealized
   appreciation
   (depreciation) of
   investments during the
   period................          78,661         708,119            74,459            --
                           ---------------   -------------   ------------------        --------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from
   operations............         255,580       1,944,890            57,703              22,053
                           ---------------   -------------   ------------------        --------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
  Purchases..............         501,957      10,618,419         4,333,960                  25
  Net transfers..........          86,346      10,257,798         9,203,248            --
  Surrenders.............         (81,242)       (609,471)          (48,819)            (10,494)
  Net annuity
   transactions..........         135,085         --               --                  --
                           ---------------   -------------   ------------------        --------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from unit
   transactions..........         642,146      20,266,746        13,488,389             (10,469)
                           ---------------   -------------   ------------------        --------
  Total increase
   (decrease) in net
   assets................         897,726      22,211,636        13,546,092              11,584
NET ASSETS:
  Beginning of period....       1,763,503       7,597,538          --                   569,347
                           ---------------   -------------   ------------------        --------
  End of period..........    $  2,661,229    $ 29,809,174       $13,546,092            $580,931
                           ---------------   -------------   ------------------        --------
                           ---------------   -------------   ------------------        --------
 
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS -- (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
 
                               CALVERT
                             RESPONSIBLY
                              INVESTED                          SMITH BARNEY
                              BALANCED       INTERNATIONAL     CASH PORTFOLIO        SMITH BARNEY
                              PORTFOLIO      ADVISERS FUND        CLASS A          APPRECIATION FUND
                             SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT*       SUB-ACCOUNT           SUB-ACCOUNT
                           ---------------   -------------   ------------------   -------------------
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income
   (loss)................    $     87,446    $    164,074       $    26,340            $  1,041
  Capital gains income...          50,438         --               --                    11,468
  Net realized gain
   (loss) on security
   transactions..........           1,044           6,279          --                       148
  Net unrealized
   appreciation
   (depreciation) of
   investments during the
   period................         184,034         177,844          --                    20,104
                           ---------------   -------------   ------------------        --------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from
   operations............         322,962         348,197            26,340              32,761
                           ---------------   -------------   ------------------        --------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
  Purchases..............         394,157       2,632,312          --                        50
  Net transfers..........          19,199       4,663,681           (10,709)           --
  Surrenders.............         (28,010)        (46,652)          (92,200)             (1,598)
  Net annuity
   transactions..........          30,857         --               --                  --
                           ---------------   -------------   ------------------        --------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from unit
   transactions..........         416,203       7,249,341          (102,909)             (1,548)
                           ---------------   -------------   ------------------        --------
  Total increase
   (decrease) in net
   assets................         739,165       7,597,538           (76,569)             31,213
NET ASSETS:
  Beginning of period....       1,024,338         --                645,916             117,221
                           ---------------   -------------   ------------------        --------
  End of period..........    $  1,763,503    $  7,597,538       $   569,347            $148,434
                           ---------------   -------------   ------------------        --------
                           ---------------   -------------   ------------------        --------
</TABLE>
    
 
   
  * From inception, March 31, 1995, to December 31, 1995.
    
   
 ** From inception, July 1, 1995, to December 31, 1995.
    
   
*** From inception, August 9, 1996, to December 31, 1996.
    
 
   The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                               SMITH BARNEY
                                                GOVERNMENT          TCI                        FIDELITY VIP      FIDELITY VIP II
                            SMITH BARNEY        PORTFOLIO        ADVANTAGE         TCI           OVERSEAS         ASSET MANAGER
                          APPRECIATION FUND      CLASS A            FUND       GROWTH FUND      PORTFOLIO           PORTFOLIO
                             SUB-ACCOUNT       SUB-ACCOUNT      SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT         SUB-ACCOUNT
                          -----------------   --------------   --------------  -----------  ------------------  ------------------
<S>                       <C>                 <C>              <C>             <C>          <C>                 <C>
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income
   (loss)................     $ 15,035           $ 1,646          $  5,374     $   86,878       $   (4,777)         $   14,241
  Capital gains income...      --                 --               --              --                4,080            --
  Net realized gain
   (loss) on security
   transactions..........          174            --                  (110)           527              985                 (71)
  Net unrealized
   appreciation
   (depreciation) of
   investments during the
   period................       11,776            --                 4,528       (155,560)          77,918             126,112
                              --------           -------       --------------  -----------  ------------------  ------------------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from
   operations............       26,985             1,646             9,792        (68,155)          78,206             140,282
                              --------           -------       --------------  -----------  ------------------  ------------------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
  Purchases..............      --                 --                52,991        278,606          196,292             268,755
  Net transfers..........      --                 --                63,519        248,714          626,400           1,181,511
  Surrenders.............       (2,558)           (4,273)             (218)       (13,223)         (27,202)            (95,811)
  Net annuity
   transactions..........      --                 --                  (410)          (374)        --                  --
                              --------           -------       --------------  -----------  ------------------  ------------------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from unit
   transactions..........       (2,558)           (4,273)          115,882        513,723          795,490           1,354,455
                              --------           -------       --------------  -----------  ------------------  ------------------
  Total increase
   (decrease) in net
   assets................       24,427            (2,627)          125,674        445,568          873,696           1,494,737
NET ASSETS:
  Beginning of period....      148,434            42,469            46,921        693,422          186,893             339,278
                              --------           -------       --------------  -----------  ------------------  ------------------
  End of period..........     $172,861           $39,842          $172,595     $1,138,990       $1,060,589          $1,834,015
                              --------           -------       --------------  -----------  ------------------  ------------------
                              --------           -------       --------------  -----------  ------------------  ------------------
 
                            SMITH BARNEY                                        FIDELITY
                             GOVERNMENT                                            VIP       FIDELITY VIP II     FIDELITY VIP II
                              PORTFOLIO            TCI              TCI         OVERSEAS      ASSET MANAGER         CONTRAFUND
                               CLASS A        ADVANTAGE FUND    GROWTH FUND     PORTFOLIO       PORTFOLIO           PORTFOLIO
                             SUB-ACCOUNT       SUB-ACCOUNT     SUB-ACCOUNT**   SUB-ACCOUNT**   SUB- ACCOUNT**     SUB- ACCOUNT**
                          -----------------   --------------   --------------  -----------  ------------------  ------------------
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income
   (loss)................     $  1,938           $   549          $ (2,133)    $     (491)      $   (1,491)         $   19,233
  Capital gains income...      --                 --               --              --             --                  --
  Net realized gain
   (loss) on security
   transactions..........      --                    (90)              938           (240)             456                (577)
  Net unrealized
   appreciation
   (depreciation) of
   investments during the
   period................      --                  1,195             6,645          3,459           18,860              17,225
                              --------           -------       --------------  -----------  ------------------  ------------------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from
   operations............        1,938             1,654             5,450          2,728           17,825              35,881
                              --------           -------       --------------  -----------  ------------------  ------------------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
  Purchases..............      --                 15,135            30,024         21,829           32,160              89,641
  Net transfers..........      --                 40,646           669,352        172,761          300,031           1,871,915
  Surrenders.............       (7,562)          (19,236)          (20,127)       (10,425)         (10,738)            (11,744)
  Net annuity
   transactions..........      --                  8,722             8,723         --             --                  --
                              --------           -------       --------------  -----------  ------------------  ------------------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from unit
   transactions..........       (7,562)           45,267           687,972        184,165          321,453           1,949,812
                              --------           -------       --------------  -----------  ------------------  ------------------
  Total increase
   (decrease) in net
   assets................       (5,624)           46,921           693,422        186,893          339,278           1,985,693
NET ASSETS:
  Beginning of period....       48,093            --               --              --             --                  --
                              --------           -------       --------------  -----------  ------------------  ------------------
  End of period..........     $ 42,469           $46,921          $693,422     $  186,893       $  339,278          $1,985,693
                              --------           -------       --------------  -----------  ------------------  ------------------
                              --------           -------       --------------  -----------  ------------------  ------------------
 
<CAPTION>
                                             FIDELITY
                           FIDELITY VIP II      VIP
                             CONTRAFUND       GROWTH
                              PORTFOLIO      PORTFOLIO
                             SUB-ACCOUNT    SUB-ACCOUNT
                           ---------------  -----------
<S>                       <C>               <C>
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income
   (loss)................    $  (35,654)    $   10,178
  Capital gains income...       --             115,329
  Net realized gain
   (loss) on security
   transactions..........          (377)        (6,795)
  Net unrealized
   appreciation
   (depreciation) of
   investments during the
   period................       910,896        420,263
                           ---------------  -----------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from
   operations............       874,865        538,975
                           ---------------  -----------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
  Purchases..............       928,554      1,249,738
  Net transfers..........     3,162,455      3,357,091
  Surrenders.............      (279,972)      (334,425)
  Net annuity
   transactions..........       --              --
                           ---------------  -----------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from unit
   transactions..........     3,811,037      4,272,404
                           ---------------  -----------
  Total increase
   (decrease) in net
   assets................     4,685,902      4,811,379
NET ASSETS:
  Beginning of period....     1,985,693      2,204,486
                           ---------------  -----------
  End of period..........    $6,671,595     $7,015,865
                           ---------------  -----------
                           ---------------  -----------
 
                            FIDELITY VIP
                               GROWTH
                              PORTFOLIO
                            SUB-ACCOUNT**
                           ---------------
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income
   (loss)................    $   (6,603)
  Capital gains income...       --
  Net realized gain
   (loss) on security
   transactions..........        (2,056)
  Net unrealized
   appreciation
   (depreciation) of
   investments during the
   period................       (34,445)
                           ---------------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from
   operations............       (43,104)
                           ---------------
UNIT TRANSACTIONS:
  Purchases..............       120,267
  Net transfers..........     2,148,417
  Surrenders.............       (21,094)
  Net annuity
   transactions..........       --
                           ---------------
  Net increase (decrease)
   in net assets
   resulting from unit
   transactions..........     2,247,590
                           ---------------
  Total increase
   (decrease) in net
   assets................     2,204,486
NET ASSETS:
  Beginning of period....       --
                           ---------------
  End of period..........    $2,204,486
                           ---------------
                           ---------------
</TABLE>
    
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                                                 HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
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                              SEPARATE ACCOUNT TWO
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                               DECEMBER 31, 1996
 
   
- ---------------------------------------------------
    
 1. ORGANIZATION:
 
   
Separate Account Two (the Account) is a separate investment account within
Hartford Life 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. 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
annuity contractholders of the Company in various mutual funds (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 Hartford, Smith
        Barney, TCI, Fidelity and Calvert Responsibily Invested Series mutual
        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:
 
   
    a)  MORTALITY AND EXPENSE UNDERTAKINGS--The Company, as issuer of variable
        annuity contracts, provides the mortality and expense undertakings and,
        with respect to the Account, receives a maximum annual fee of up to
        1.25% of the Account's average daily net assets.
    
 
   
    b)  DEDUCTION OF ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE--Annual maintenance fees are
        deducted through termination of units of interest from applicable
        contract owners' accounts, in accordance with the terms of the
        contracts.
    
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                                       PART C
                                          
                                          

<PAGE>

                                 OTHER INFORMATION

Item 24.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (a)  All financial statements are included in Part A and Part B of the
          Registration Statement.

     (b)  (1)  Resolution of the Board of Directors of Hartford Life Insurance
               Company ("Hartford") authorizing the establishment of the
               Separate Account.(1)

          (2)  Not applicable.  

          (3)  (a)  Principal Underwriter Agreement.(2)

          (3)  (b)  Form of Dealer Agreement.(2)

          (4)  Form of Individual Flexible Premium Variable Annuity Contract.(1)

          (5)  Form of Application.(1)

          (6)  (a)  Articles of Incorporation of Hartford.(3)

          (6)  (b)  Bylaws of Hartford.(1)

          (7)  Not applicable.
   
          (8)  Form of Fund Participation Agreement.

          (9)  Opinion and Consent of Lynda Godkin, Senior Vice President,
               General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary.

          (10) Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Public Accountants.

          (11) No financial statements are omitted.

          (12) Not applicable.


- ------------------------------
(1)  Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2, to the
     Registration Statement File No. 33-73570, dated May 1, 1995.

(2)  Incorporated by reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 3, to the
     Registration Statement File No. 33-73570, dated April 29, 1996.

(3)  Incorporated by reference to Post Effective Amendment No. 19, to the
     Registration Statement File No. 33-73570, filed on April 14, 1997.

<PAGE>

          (13) Not applicable.

          (14) Not applicable.

          (15) Copy of Power of Attorney.

          (16) Organizational Chart.

Item 25.  Directors and Officers of the Depositor

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME                        POSITION WITH HARTFORD
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                         <C>
Wendell J. Bossen           Vice President

Gregory A. Boyko            Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
                            and Treasurer, Director*

Peter W. Cummins            Senior Vice President

Ann M. de Raismes           Senior Vice President

Timothy M. Fitch            Vice President and Actuary

Bruce D. Gardner            Vice President

J. Richard Garrett          Vice President and Assistant Treasurer

John P. Ginnetti            Executive Vice President & Director of Asset
                            Management Services, Director*

William A. Godfrey, III     Senior Vice President

Lynda Godkin                Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
                            Corporate Secretary, Director*

Lois W. Grady               Vice President 

Christopher Graham          Vice President

David A. Hall               Vice President and Actuary

Stephen T. Joyce            Vice President

Robert A. Kerzner           Vice President

Steven M. Maher             Vice President and Actuary

William B. Malchodi, Jr.    Vice President and Director of Taxes

<PAGE>

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NAME                        POSITION WITH HARTFORD
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thomas M. Marra             Executive Vice President and Director, Individual
                            Life and Annuity Division, Director*    

Robert F. Nolan             Senior Vice President

Joseph J. Noto              Vice President

Michael C. O'Halloran       Vice President

Craig R. Raymond            Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary

Donald A. Salama            Vice President

Timothy P. Schiltz          Vice President

Lowndes A. Smith            President and Chief Executive Officer, Director*

Edward A. Sweeney           Vice President

Raymond P. Welnicki         Senior Vice President and Director, Employee
                            Benefit Division, Director*

Walter C. Welsh             Senior Vice President

Lizabeth H. Zlatkus         Senior Vice President, Director*

David M. Znamierowski       Senior Vice President
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</TABLE>

Unless otherwise indicated, the principal business address of each the above
individuals is P.O. Box 2999, Hartford, CT 06104-2999.

*Denotes Board of Directors.

Item 26.  Persons Controlled By or Under Common Control with the Depositor or
          Registrant

          Filed herewith as Exhibit 16.
 
Item 27.  Number of Contract Owners
   
          As of February 20, 1998, there were 155,444 Contract Owners.
    
Item 28.  Indemnification

          Under Section 33-772 of the Connecticut General Statutes, unless
          limited by its certificate of incorporation, the Registrant must
          indemnify a director who was wholly successful, on the merits or
          otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he was a party
          because he is or was a director of the corporation against reasonable

<PAGE>

          expenses incurred by him in connection with the proceeding.

          The Registrant may indemnify an individual made a party to a
          proceeding because he is or was a director against liability incurred
          in the proceeding 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 Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no
          reason to believe his conduct was unlawful. Conn. Gen. Stat. Section
          33-771(a). Additionally, pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. Section 33-776,
          the Registrant may indemnify officers and employees or agents for
          liability incurred and for any expenses to which they becomes subject
          by reason of being or having been an employees or officers of the
          Registrant.  Connecticut law does not prescribe standards for the
          indemnification of officers, employees and agents and expressly states
          that their indemnification may be broader than the right of
          indemnification granted to directors. 

          The foregoing statements are specifically made subject to the detailed
          provisions of Section 33-770 et seq.
          
          Notwithstanding the fact that Connecticut law obligates the Registrant
          to indemnify a only a director that was successful on the merits in a
          suit, under Article VIII, Section 1 of the Registrant's bylaws, the
          Registrant must indemnify both directors and officers of the
          Registrant for (1) any claims and liabilities to which they become
          subject by reason of being or having been a directors or officers of
          the company and legal and (2) other expenses incurred in defending
          against such claims, in each case, to the extent such is consistent
          with statutory provisions.

          Additionally, the directors and officers of Hartford and Hartford
          Securities Distribution Company, Inc. ("HSD") are covered under a
          directors and officers liability insurance policy issued to The
          Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries.  Such
          policy will reimburse the Registrant for any payments that it shall
          make to directors and officers pursuant to law and will, subject to
          certain exclusions contained in the policy, further pay any other
          costs, charges and expenses and settlements and judgments arising from
          any proceeding involving any director or officer of the Registrant in
          his past or present capacity as such, and for which he may be liable,
          except as to any liabilities arising from acts that are deemed to be
          uninsurable.

          Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
          Securities Act of 1933 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 

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          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.


Item 29.  Principal Underwriters

          (a)  HSD acts as principal underwriter for the following investment
               companies:

          Hartford Life Insurance Company - Separate Account One
          Hartford Life Insurance Company - Separate Account Two 
          Hartford Life Insurance Company - Separate Account Two (DC Variable
            Account I)
          Hartford Life Insurance Company - Separate Account Two (DC Variable
            Account II)
          Hartford Life Insurance Company - Separate Account Two (QP Variable
            Account)
          Hartford Life Insurance Company - Separate Account Two (Variable
            Account "A")
          Hartford Life Insurance Company - Separate Account Two (NQ Variable
            Account)
          Hartford Life Insurance Company - Putnam Capital Manager Trust
            Separate Account 
          Hartford Life Insurance Company - Separate Account Three
          Hartford Life Insurance Company - Separate Account Five
          ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company - Separate Account One
          ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company - Putnam Capital 
            Manager Trust Separate Account Two
          ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company - Separate Account
            Three
          ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company - Separate Account
            Five 
          ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company - Separate Account Six
          American Maturity Life Insurance Company - Separate Account AMLVA

     (b)  Directors and Officers of HSD


            Name and Principal            Positions and Offices
            Business Address              With  Underwriter
            ------------------            ---------------------

            Lowndes A. Smith              President and Chief Executive Officer,
                                          Director
            John P. Ginnetti              Executive Vice President, Director
            Thomas M. Marra               Executive Vice President, Director
            Peter W. Cummins              Senior Vice President
            Lynda Godkin                  Senior Vice President, General Counsel
                                          and Corporate Secretary
            Donald E. Waggaman, Jr.       Treasurer
            George R. Jay                 Controller
            Paul E. Olson                 Supervising Registered Principal
            James Cubanski                Assistant Secretary
            Stephen T. Joyce              Assistant Secretary

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            Glen J. Kvadus                Assistant Secretary
            Edward M. Ryan, Jr.           Assistant Secretary

            Unless otherwise indicated, the principal business address of each
            the above individuals is P.O. Box 2999, Hartford, CT 06104-2999.

Item 30.  Location of Accounts and Records

          All of the accounts, books, records or other documents required to be
          kept by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and rules
          thereunder, are maintained by Hartford at 200 Hopmeadow Street,
          Simsbury, Connecticut 06089.

Item 31.  Management Services

          All management contracts are discussed in Part A and Part B of this
          Registration Statement.

Item 32.  Undertakings

          (a)  The Registrant hereby undertakes to file a post-effective
               amendment to this Registration Statement as frequently as is
               necessary to ensure that the audited financial statements in the
               Registration Statement are never more than 16 months old so long
               as payments under the variable annuity Contracts may be accepted.

          (b)  The Registrant hereby undertakes to include either (1) as part of
               any application to purchase a Contract offered by the Prospectus,
               a space that an applicant can check to request a Statement of
               Additional Information, or (2) a post card or similar written
               communication affixed to or included in the Prospectus that the
               applicant can remove to send for a Statement of Additional
               Information.

          (c)  The Registrant hereby undertakes to deliver any Statement of
               Additional Information and any financial statements required to
               be made available under this Form promptly upon written or oral
               request.

          (d)  Hartford hereby represents that the aggregate fees and charges
               under the Contract are reasonable in relation to the services
               rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks
               assumed by Hartford.

          The Registrant is relying on the no-action letter issued by the
          Division of Investment Management to American Counsel of Life
          Insurance, Ref. No. IP-6-88, November 28, 1988.  The Registrant has
          complied with conditions one through four of the no-action letter.

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                                     SIGNATURES

As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of
1940, the Registrant has caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf, in the City of Hartford, and State of Connecticut on this 19 day of
February, 1997.

HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
SEPARATE ACCOUNT TWO
      (Registrant)

*By: /s/ Thomas M. Marra                         *By: /s/ Marianne O'Doherty
     --------------------------------                 --------------------------
     Thomas M. Marra, Executive Vice President        Marianne O'Doherty
       and Director, Individual Life and Annuity      Attorney-in-Fact
       Division, Director

HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
      (Depositor)

*By: /s/ Thomas M. Marra
     --------------------------------
     Thomas M. Marra, Executive Vice President
       and Director, Individual Life and Annuity
       Division, Director

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons and in the
capacity and on the date indicated.

Gregory A. Boyko, Senior Vice President,
  Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer,
  Director *                                     *By: /s/ Marianne O'Doherty
John P. Ginnetti, Executive Vice                      ----------------------
  President and Director, Asset Management            Marianne O'Doherty
  Services, Director *                                Attorney-in-Fact
Lynda Godkin, Senior Vice President, General
  Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Director*     Dated: February 19, 1998
Thomas M. Marra, Executive Vice
  President and Director, Individual Life and
  Annuity Division, Director * 
Lowndes A. Smith, President and
  Chief Executive Officer, Director*
Raymond P. Welnicki, Senior Vice
  President and Director, Employee Benefit
  Division, Director *
Lizabeth H. Zlatkus, Senior Vice President,
  Director *

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                                   EXHIBIT INDEX


(8)    Form of Fund Participation Agreement.

(9)    Opinion and Consent of Lynda Godkin, Senior Vice President, General
       Counsel and Corporate Secretary.

(10)   Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Independent Public Accountants.

(15)   Copy of Power of Attorney.

(16)   Organizational Chart.


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                              PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

     THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this __th day of June, 1997, by 
and among Hartford Life Insurance Company, Inc.,  a  Connecticut Corporation 
(hereinafter the "Company"), on its own behalf and on behalf of each separate 
account of the Company (hereinafter the "Separate Account") named in Schedule 
One to this Agreement, as may be amended from time to 
time,__________________, an open-end diversified management investment 
company organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
(hereinafter the "Fund") and ______________________________, a registered 
broker-dealer and organized as a __________________ corporation,  
(hereinafter the "Underwriter") and ________________________________, a 
registered investment advisor and organized as a  
______________________corportion (hereinafter, the "Advisor").  

     WHEREAS, the Fund engages in business as an open-end diversified, 
management investment company and was established for the purpose of serving 
as the investment vehicle for separate accounts established for variable life 
insurance contracts and variable annuity contracts to be offered by insurance 
companies, and;

     WHEREAS, beneficial interests in the Fund are divided into several 
series of shares, each representing the interest in a particular managed 
portfolio of securities and other assets (the "Portfolios"); and

     WHEREAS, the Fund has obtained an order from the Securities & Exchange 
Commission (alternatively referred to as the "SEC" or the "Commission"), 
dated__________________ (File No. _________  ), granting participating 
insurance companies and variable annuity separate accounts and variable life 
insurance separate accounts relief from the provisions of Sections 9(a), 
13(a), 15(a), and 15(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, 
(hereinafter the "1940 Act") and Rules 6e-2(b)(15) and 6e-3(T)(b)(15) 
thereunder, to the extent necessary to permit shares of the Fund to be sold 
to and held by variable annuity separate accounts and variable life insurance 
separate accounts of both affiliated and unaffiliated participating insurance 
companies and qualified pension and retirement plans (hereinafter the "Mixed 
and Shared Funding Exemptive Order"), and ;

          WHEREAS, the Fund is registered as an open-end management 
investment company under the 1940 Act and its shares are registered under the 
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (hereinafter the "1933 Act"), and;

          WHEREAS, the Company has registered or will register certain 
variable annuity contracts (the "Contracts") under the 1933 Act, and;

          WHEREAS, the Separate Account is a duly organized, validly existing
segregated asset account, established by resolution of the Board of Directors 
of the

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Company under the insurance laws of the State of Connecticut to set aside and 
invest assets attributable to the Contracts, and;

          WHEREAS, the Company has registered the Separate Account as a unit 
investment trust under the 1940 Act, and; 

          WHEREAS, the Underwriter is registered as a broker-dealer with the 
SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (hereinafter the 
"1934 Act"), and is a member in good standing of the National Association of 
Securities Dealers, Inc. (hereinafter "NASD"), and;

          WHEREAS, to the extent permitted by applicable insurance laws and 
regulations, the Company intends to purchase shares in the portfolios named 
in Schedule 2 on behalf of the Separate Account to fund the Contracts and the 
Underwriter is authorized to sell such shares to unit investment trusts such 
as the Separate Account at net asset value, and;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of their mutual promises, the 
Company, the Fund and the Underwriter agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.  SALE OF FUND SHARES

     1.1  The Underwriter agrees to sell to the Company those shares of the 
Fund which the Company orders on behalf of the Separate Account, executing 
such orders on a daily basis at the net asset value next computed after 
receipt and acceptance by the Fund or its designee of the order for the 
shares of the Fund. For purposes of this Section, the Company shall be the 
designee of the Fund for receipt of such orders from each Separate Account 
and receipt by such designee shall constitute receipt by the Fund; provided 
that the Fund receives notice of such order by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the 
next following Business Day. "Business Day" shall mean any day on which the 
New York Stock Exchange is open for trading and on which the Fund calculates 
its net asset value pursuant to the rules of the SEC.

     1.2  The Company shall pay for Fund shares on the next Business Day 
after it places an order to purchase Fund shares in accordance with this 
Section. Payment shall be in federal funds transmitted by wire.  

     1.3  The Fund agrees to make its shares available indefinitely for 
purchase at the applicable net asset value per share by the Company on those 
days on which the Fund calculates its net asset value pursuant to rules of 
the SEC; provided, however, that the Board of Trustees of the Fund 
(hereinafter the "Trustees") may refuse to sell shares of any Portfolio to 
any person, or suspend or terminate the offering of shares of any Portfolio 
if such action is required by law or by regulatory authorities having 


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jurisdiction or is, in the sole discretion of the Directors, acting in good 
faith and in light of their fiduciary duties under federal and any applicable 
state laws, necessary in the best interests of the shareholders of any 
Portfolio.

     1.4  The Fund and the Underwriter agree that shares of the Fund will be 
sold only to participating insurance companies and their separate accounts, 
qualified pension and retirement plans or such other persons as are permitted 
under applicable provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, 
(the "Internal Revenue Code"), and regulations promulgated thereunder, the 
sale to which will not impair the tax treatment currently afforded the 
contracts.  No shares of any Portfolio will be sold to the general public.  

     1.5  The Fund and the Underwriter will not sell Fund shares to any 
insurance company or separate account unless an agreement containing 
provisions substantially the same as Articles I, III, V, and VII of this 
Agreement are in effect to govern such sales.  The Fund shall make available 
upon-written request from the Company:

          A.   a list of all other participating insurance companies, and,

          B.   a copy of the Participation Agreement executed by any other 
               participating insurance company.

     1.6  The Fund agrees to redeem for cash, upon the Company's request, any 
full or fractional shares of the Fund held by the Company, executing such 
requests on a daily basis at the net asset value next computed after receipt 
and acceptance by the Fund or its designee of the request for redemption.  
For purposes of this Section 1.6, the Company shall be the designee of the 
Fund for receipt of requests for redemption from each Separate Account and 
receipt by such designee shall constitute receipt by the Fund; provided the 
Fund receives notice of request for redemption by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on 
the next following Business Day.  Payment shall be in federal funds 
transmitted by wire to the Company's Separate Account as designated by the 
Company in writing from time to time, on the same Business Day the Fund 
receives notice of the redemption order from the Company.  

     1.7  The Company agrees to purchase and redeem the shares of the 
Portfolios named in Schedule Two offered by the then current prospectus of 
the Fund in accordance with the provisions of such prospectus.  

     1.8  Issuance and transfer of the Fund's shares will be by book entry 
only. Stock certificates will not be issued to the Company or any Separate 
Account. Purchase and redemption orders for Fund shares will be recorded in 
an appropriate title for each Separate Account or the appropriate subaccount 
of each Separate Account.

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     1.9  The Fund shall furnish notice as soon as reasonably practicable to 
the Company of any income, dividends or capital gain distributions payable on 
the Fund's shares.  The Company hereby elects to receive all such dividends 
and distributions as are payable on the Portfolio shares in the form of 
additional shares of that Portfolio.  The Company reserves the right to 
revoke this election and to receive all such dividends and distributions in 
cash.  The Fund shall notify the Company of the number of shares so issued as 
payment of such dividends and distributions.

     1.10 The Fund shall make the net asset value per share for each 
Portfolio available to the Company on a daily basis as soon as reasonably 
practical after the net asset value per share is calculated and shall use its 
best efforts to make such net asset value per share available by 5:30 p.m., 
Eastern Time, each business day.  

ARTICLE II.  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     2.1  The Company represents and warrants that the Contracts are or will 
be registered under the 1933 Act and that the Contracts will be issued and 
sold in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws.  The Company 
further represents and warrants that it is an insurance company duly 
organized and in good standing under applicable law and that it has legally 
and validly established each Separate Account as a segregated asset account 
under applicable state law and has registered each Separate Account as a unit 
investment trust in accordance with the provisions of the 1940 Act to serve 
as segregated investment accounts for the Contracts, and that it will 
maintain such registration for so long as any Contracts are outstanding.  The 
Company shall amend the registration statement under the 1933 Act for the 
Contracts and the registration statement under the 1940 Act for the Separate 
Account from time to time as required in order to effect the continuous 
offering of the Contracts or as may otherwise be required by applicable law.  
The Company shall register and qualify the Contracts for sale in accordance 
with securities laws of the various states only if and to the extent deemed 
necessary by the Company.  

     2.2  Subject to Article VI hereof, the Company represents that it 
believes that the Contracts are currently and at the time of issuance will be 
treated as annuity contracts under applicable provisions of the Internal 
Revenue Code that it will make every effort to maintain such treatment and 
that it will notify the Fund and the Underwriter immediately upon having a 
reasonable basis for believing that the Contracts have ceased to be so 
treated or that they might not be so treated in the future.  

     2.3  The Fund represents and warrants that Fund shares sold pursuant to 
this Agreement shall be registered under the 1933 Act and duly authorized for 
issuance in accordance with applicable law and that the Fund is and shall 
remain registered under the 1940 Act for as long as the Fund shares are sold. 
The Fund shall amend the

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registration statement for its shares under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act 
from time to time as required in order to effect the continuous offering of 
its shares.  The Fund shall register and qualify the shares for sales in 
accordance with the laws of the various states only if and to the extent 
deemed advisable by the Fund or the Underwriter.  

     2.4  The Fund represents that it is currently qualified as a Regulated 
Investment Company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and that 
it will make every effort to maintain such qualification (under Subchapter M 
or any successor or similar provision) and that it will notify the Company 
immediately upon having a reasonable basis for believing that it has ceased 
to so qualify or that it might not so qualify in the future.  

     2.5  The Fund represents that its investment objectives, policies and 
restrictions comply with applicable state investment laws as they may apply 
to the Fund.  To the extent feasible and consistent with market conditions, 
the Fund will adjust its investments to comply with the insurance and other 
applicable laws of the Company's state of domicile upon written notice from 
the Company of such requirements and proposed adjustments, it being agreed 
and understood that in any such case the Fund shall be allowed a reasonable 
period of time under the circumstances after receipt of such notice to make 
any such adjustment.  The Company alone shall be responsible for informing 
the Fund of any additional restrictions imposed by state laws which are 
applicable to the Fund.  

     2.6  The Fund currently does not intend to make any payments to finance 
distribution expenses pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act or otherwise, 
although it may make such payments in the future.  To the extent that it 
decides to finance distribution expenses pursuant to Rule 12b-1, the Fund 
undertakes to have its Board of Trustees, a majority of whom are not 
interested persons of the Fund, formulate and approve any plan under Rule 
12b-1 to finance distribution expenses.  The Fund shall notify the Company 
immediately upon determining to finance distribution expenses pursuant to 
Rule 12b-1.

     2.7  The Underwriter represents and warrants that it is a member in good 
standing of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., ("NASD") 
and is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC.  The Underwriter further 
represents that it will sell and distribute the Fund shares in accordance 
with all applicable federal and state securities laws, including without 
limitation the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, and the 1940 Act.

     2.8  The Fund represents that it is lawfully organized and validly 
existing under the laws of Massachusetts and that it does and will comply 
with applicable provisions of the 1940 Act.  


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     2.9  The Underwriter represents and warrants that the Fund's Investment 
Adviser is and shall remain duly registered under all applicable federal and 
state securities laws and that the adviser will perform its obligations to 
the Fund in accordance with any applicable state and federal securities laws. 

     2.10 The Fund and Underwriter represent and warrant that all of their 
directors, officers, employees, investment advisers, and other 
individuals/entities having access to the funds and/or securities of the Fund 
are and continue to be at all times covered by a blanket fidelity bond or 
similar coverage for the benefit of the Fund in an amount not less than the 
minimal coverage as required currently by Rule 17g-(1) of the 1940 Act or 
related provisions as may be promulgated from time to time.  The aforesaid 
Bond includes coverage for larceny and embezzlement and is issued by a 
reputable bonding company.  

     2.11 The Company represents and warrants that all of its directors, 
officers, employees, investment advisers, and other individuals/entities 
dealing with the money and/or securities of the Fund are covered by a blanket 
fidelity bond or similar coverage in an amount not less than $5 million.  The 
aforesaid includes coverage for larceny and embezzlement and is issued by a 
reputable bonding company.  The Company agrees that any amounts received 
under such bond in connection with claims that derive from arrangements 
described in this Agreement will be held by the Company for the benefit of 
the Fund.  The Company agrees to make all reasonable efforts to see that this 
bond or another bond containing these provisions is always in effect, and 
agrees to notify the Fund and the Underwriter in the event that such coverage 
no longer applies.  

ARTICLE III. PROSPECTUSES AND PROXY STATEMENTS; VOTING

     3.1  The Underwriter shall provide the Company, at the Company's 
expense, with as many copies of the Fund's current prospectus describing only 
those Portfolios set forth on Schedule Two, as the Company may reasonably 
request for use with prospective contract owners and applicants.  The 
Underwriter shall print and distribute, at the Fund's or Underwriter's 
expense, as many copies of said prospectus as necessary for distribution to 
existing contract owners or participants.  If requested by the Company in 
lieu thereof, the Fund shall provide such documentation including a final 
copy of a current prospectus describing only those Portfolios set forth on 
Schedule Two, set in type at the Fund's expense and other assistance as is 
reasonably necessary in order for the Company at least annually (or more 
frequently if the Fund prospectus is amended more frequently) to have the new 
prospectus for the Contracts and Fund's new prospectus printed together in 
one document, in such case the Fund shall bear its share of expenses as 
described above.  

     3.2  The Fund's prospectus shall state that the Statement of Additional 
Information for the Fund is available from the Underwriter or alternatively 
from the

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Company (or, in the Fund's discretion, the Prospectus shall state that such 
Statement is available from the Fund), and the Underwriter (or the Fund) 
shall provide such Statement, at its expense, to the Company and to any owner 
of or participant under a Contract who requests such Statement or, at the 
Company's expense, to any prospective contract owner and applicant who 
requests such statement.  

     3.3  The Fund, at its expense, shall provide the Company with copies of 
its proxy material, if any, reports to shareholders and other communications 
to shareholders in such quantity as the Company shall reasonably require and 
shall bear the costs of distributing them to existing contract owners or 
participants.

     3.4  If and to the extent required by law the Company shall:

          A.   solicit voting instructions from contract owners or 
               participants;

          B.   vote the Fund shares held in the Separate Account in 
               accordance with instructions received from contract owners or 
               participants; and

          C.   vote Fund shares held in the Separate Account for which no 
               timely instructions have been received, in the same proportion 
               as Fund shares of such Portfolio for which instructions have 
               been received from the Company's contract owners or 
               participants; so long as and to the extent that the SEC 
               continues to interpret the 1940 Act to require pass through 
               voting privileges for variable contract owners.   The Company 
               reserves the right to vote Fund shares held in any segregated 
               asset account in its own right, to the extent permitted by 
               law.  Other participating insurance companies shall be 
               responsible for assuring that each of their separate accounts 
               participating in the Fund calculates voting privileges in a 
               manner consistent with other participating insurance companies 
               and as required by the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive 
               Order.  

     3.5  The Fund will comply with all provisions of the 1940 Act requiring 
voting by shareholders, and in particular as required, the Fund will either 
provide for annual meetings or comply with Section 16(c) of the 1940 Act 
(although the Fund is not one of the trusts described in Section 16(c) of 
that Act) as well as with Sections 16(a) and, if and when applicable, 16(b). 
Further, the Fund will act in accordance with the SEC interpretation of the 
requirements of Section 16(a) with respect to periodic elections of directors 
and with whatever rules the Commission may promulgate with respect thereto.  

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ARTICLE IV.  SALES MATERIAL AND INFORMATION

     4.1  The Company shall furnish, or shall cause to be furnished, to the 
Fund or the Underwriter, each piece of sales literature or other promotional 
material in which the Fund or the Fund's adviser or the Underwriter is named, 
at least fifteen business days prior to its use.  No. such material shall be 
used if the Fund or the Underwriter reasonably objects in writing to such use 
within fifteen business days after receipt of such material.

     4.2  The Company shall not give any information or make any 
representations or statements on behalf of the Fund or concerning the Fund in 
connection with the sale of the Contracts other than the information or 
representations contained in the registration statement or prospectus for the 
Fund shares, as such registration statement and prospectus may be amended or 
supplemented from time to time, or in reports or proxy statements for the 
Fund, or in sales literature or other promotional material approved by the 
Fund or by the Underwriter, except with the permission of the Fund or the 
Underwriter.  The Fund and the Underwriter agree to respond to any request 
for approval on a prompt and timely basis. 

     4.3  The Fund or the Underwriter shall furnish, or shall cause to be 
furnished, to the Company or its designee, each piece of sales literature or 
other promotional material in which the Company or its separate account is 
named, at least fifteen business days prior to its use.  No such material 
shall be used if the Company reasonably objects in writing to such use within 
fifteen business days after receipt of such material. 

     4.4  The Fund and the Underwriter shall not give any information or make 
any representations on behalf of the Company or concerning the Company, each 
Separate Account, or the Contracts other than the information or 
representations contained in a registrations statement or prospectus for the 
Contracts, as such registration statement and prospectus may be amended or 
supplemented from time to time, or in published reports for each Separate 
Account which are in the public domain or approved by the Company for 
distribution to contract owners or participants, or in sales literature or 
other promotional material approved by the Company, except with the 
permission of the company.  The Company agrees to respond to any request for 
approval on a prompt and timely basis.  

     4.5  The Fund will provide to the Company at least one complete copy of 
all registration statements, prospectuses, statements of additional 
information, reports, proxy statements, sales literature and other 
promotional materials, applications for exemptions, requests for no-action 
letters, and all amendments to any of the above, that relate to the Fund or 
its shares, contemporaneously with the filing of such document with the SEC 
or other regulatory authorities. 

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     4.6  The Company will provide to the Fund at least one complete copy of 
all registration statements, prospectuses, statements of additional 
information, reports, solicitations for voting instructions, sales literature 
and other promotional materials, applications for exemptions, requests for no 
action letters, and all amendments to any of the above, that relate to the 
Contracts or each Separate Account, contemporaneously with the filing of such 
document with the SEC or other regulatory authorities. 

     4.7  For purposes of this Article IV, the phrase "sales literature or 
other promotional material" includes, but is not limited to, advertisements 
(such as material published, or designed for use in, a newspaper, magazine, 
or other periodical, radio, television, telephone or tape recording, 
videotape display, signs or billboards, motion pictures, or other public 
media), sales literature (i.e., any written communication distributed or made 
generally available to customers or the public, including brochures 
circulars, research reports, market letters, form letters, seminar texts, 
reprints or excerpts of any other advertisement, sales literature, or 
published article), educational or training materials or other communications 
distributed or made generally available to some or all agents or employees, 
registration statements, prospectuses, statements of additional information, 
shareholder reports, and proxy materials and any other material constituting 
sales literature or advertising under NASD rules, 1940 Act or the 1933 Act.  

     4.8  The Company agrees and acknowledges that the Fund is the sole owner 
of its  the name and mark and that all use of any designation comprised in 
whole or part or such name or mark under this Agreement shall inure to the 
benefit of the Fund. Except as provided in Section 4.1, the Company shall not 
use any such name or mark on its own behalf or on behalf of each Separate 
Account in connection with marketing the Contracts without prior written 
consent of the Fund.  Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, the 
Company shall cease all use of any such name or mark.

ARTICLE V. FEES AND EXPENSES

     5.1  The Fund and Underwriter shall pay no fee or other compensation to 
the Company under this Agreement, except that if the Fund or any Portfolio 
adopts and implements a plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 to finance distribution 
expenses, then, subject to obtaining any required exemptive orders or other 
regulatory approvals, the Underwriter may make payments to the Company or to 
the underwriter for the Contracts if and in amounts agreed to by the 
Under-writer in writing.  Currently, no such payments are contemplated.  

     5.2  All expenses incident to performance by the Fund of this Agreement 
shall be paid by the Fund to the extent permitted by law.  All Fund shares 
will be duly authorized for issuance and registered in accordance with 
applicable federal law and to the extent deemed advisable by the Fund, in 
accordance with applicable state law, prior

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to sale.  The Fund shall bear the expenses for the cost of registration and 
qualification of the Fund's shares, preparation and filing of the Fund's 
prospectus and registration statement, Fund proxy materials and reports, 
setting type, printing and distributing the prospectuses, the proxy materials 
and reports to existing shareholders and contract owners, the preparation of 
all statements and notices required by any federal or state law, all taxes on 
the issuance or transfer of the Fund's shares, and any expenses permitted to 
be paid or assumed by the Fund pursuant to a plan, if any, under Rule 12b-1 
under the 1940 Act.  

ARTICLE VI.  DIVERSIFICATION

     6.1  The Fund will at all times invest money from the Contracts in such 
a manner as to ensure that the Contracts will be treated as variable 
contracts under the Internal Revenue Code and regulations issued thereunder.  
Without limiting the scope of the foregoing, the Fund will comply with 
Section 817(h) of the Internal Revenue Code and Treasury Regulation 1.817-5, 
relating to the diversification requirements for variable annuity, endowment, 
or life insurance contracts and any amendments or other modifications to such 
Section or Regulations.  In the event of a breach of this Article VI by the 
Fund, it will take all reasonable steps: 

          A.   to notify the Company of such breach and

          B.   to adequately diversify the Fund so as to achieve compliance 
               within the grace period afforded by Treasury Regulation 
               1.817-5.  

ARTICLE VII.  POTENTIAL CONFLICTS

     7.1  The Board of Trustees of the Fund (the "Fund Board") will monitor 
the Fund for the existence of any material irreconcilable conflict among the 
interests of the contract owners of all separate accounts investing in the 
Fund. Al irreconcilable material conflict may arise for a variety of reasons, 
including: 

          A.   an action by any state insurance regulatory authority;

          B.   a change in applicable federal or state insurance, tax, or 
               securities laws or regulations, or a public ruling, private 
               letter ruling, no-action or interpretative letter, or any 
               similar action by insurance, tax, or securities regulatory 
               authorities;

          C.   an administrative or judicial decision in any relevant 
               proceeding;

          D.   the manner in which the investments of any portfolio are being 
               managed;

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          E.   a difference in voting instructions given by participating 
               iInsurance companies or by variable annuity contract and 
               variable life insurance contract owners; or 

          F.   a decision by an insurer to disregard the voting instructions 
               of contract owners.  The Board shall promptly inform the 
               Company if it determines that an irreconcilable material 
               conflict exists and the implications thereof.  A majority of 
               the Fund Board shall consist of persons who are not 
               "interested" persons of the Fund. 

     7.2   The Company has reviewed a copy of the Mixed and Shared Funding 
Exemptive Order, and in particular, has reviewed the conditions to the 
requested relief set forth therein.  As set forth in the Mixed and Shared 
Funding Exemptive Order, the Company will report any potential or existing 
conflicts of which it is aware to the Fund Board.  The Company agrees to 
assist the Fund Board in carrying out its responsibilities under the Mixed 
and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, by Providing the Fund Board with all 
information reasonably necessary for the Fund Board to consider any issues 
raised.  This includes, but is not limited to, an obligation by the Company 
to inform the Fund Board whenever contract owner voting instructions are 
disregarded.  The Fund Board shall record in its minutes or other appropriate 
records, all reports received by it and all action with regard to a conflict. 

     7.3  If it is determined by a majority of the Fund Board, or a majority 
of its disinterested Directors, that an irreconcilable material conflict 
exists, the Company other participating insurance companies shall, at their 
expense and tot he extent reasonable practicable (as determined by a majority 
of the disinterested Directors), take whatever steps are necessary to remedy 
or eliminate the irreconcilable material conflict, up to and including:  

          A.    withdrawing the assets allocable to some or all of the 
separate accounts from the Fund or any Portfolio and reinvesting such assets 
in a different investment medium, including (but not limited to) another 
Portfolio of the Fund, or submitting the question whether such segregation 
should be implemented to a vote of all affected contract owners and, as 
appropriate, segregating the assets of any appropriate group (i.e., variable 
annuity contractowners or variable life insurance contractowners, of one or 
more Participating Insurance Companies) that votes in favor of such 
segregation, or offering to the affected contract owners the option of making 
such a change; and 

          B.    establishing a new registered management investment company 
or managed separate account. 

     7.4  If  the Company's disregard of voting instructions could conflict 
with the majority of a contract owner voting instructions, and the Company's 
judgment

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represents a minority position or would preclude a majority vote, the Company 
may be required, at the Fund's election, to withdraw the Separate Account's 
investment in the Fund and terminate this Agreement with respect to such 
Separate Account.  Any such withdrawal and termination shall take place 
within six (6) months after written notice is given that this provision is 
being implemented.  Until such withdrawal and termination is implemented, the 
Underwriter and Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the 
Company for the purchase and redemption of shares of the Fund.  Such 
withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the 
foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of 
disinterested Directors. 

     7.5  If a particular state insurance regulator's decision applicable to 
the Company conflicts with the majority of other state insurance regulators, 
then the Company will withdraw the Separate Account's investment in the Fund 
and terminate this Agreement with respect to such Separate Account within six 
(6) months after the Fund informs the Company in writing that it has 
determined that such decision has created an irreconcilable material 
conflict.  Until such withdrawal and termination is implemented, the 
Underwriter and the Fund shall continue to accept and implement orders by the 
company for the purchase and redemption of shares of the Fund.  Such 
withdrawal and termination shall be limited to the extent required by the 
foregoing material irreconcilable conflict as determined by a majority of 
disinterested Directors.  

     7.6  For purposes of Sections 7.3 through 7.6 of this Agreement, a 
majority of the disinterested members of the Fund Board shall determine 
whether any proposed action adequately remedies any irreconcilable material 
conflict, but in no event will the Fund be required to establish a new 
funding medium for the Contracts.  The Company shall not be required by 
Section 7.3 to establish a new funding medium for the Contracts if any offer 
to do so has been declined by vote of a majority of contractowners materially 
adversely affected by and the irreconcilable material conflict.  

     7.7  The Company shall at least annually submit to the Fund Board such 
reports, materials or data as the Fund Board may reasonably request so that 
the Fund Board may fully carry out the duties imposed upon it as delineated 
in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order, and said reports, materials 
and data shall be submitted more frequently if deemed appropriate by the Fund 
Board.

     7.8  If and to the extent that Rule 6e-2 and Rule 6e-3(T) are amended, or
Rule  6e-3 is adopted, to provide exemptive relief from any provision of the Act
or the rules promulgated thereunder with respect to mixed or shared funding (as
defined in the Mixed and Shared Funding Exemptive Order) on terms and conditions
materially different from those contained in the Mixed and Shared Funding
Exemptive order, (a) the Fund and/or the Participating Insurance Companies, as
appropriate, shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with Rules 6e-2
and 6e-3 (T), as amended, and Rule 6e-3, as adopted, to the extent such rules
are applicable; and (b) Sections 3.4,

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3.5, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 of this Agreement shall continue in effect 
only to the extent that terms and conditions substantially identical to such 
Sections are contained in such Rule(s) as so amended or adopted. 

ARTICLE VIII.  INDEMNIFICATION

     8.1  Indemnification By The Company

          A.   The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Fund, 
the Underwriter, and each of the Fund's or the Underwriter's directors, 
officers, employees or agents and each person, if any, who controls the Fund 
or the Underwriter within the meaning of such terms under the federal 
securities laws (collectively, the "indemnified parties" for purposes of this 
Section 8.1) against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities 
(including amounts paid in settlement with the written consent of the 
Company) or litigation (including reasonable legal and other expenses), to 
which the indemnified parties may become subject under any statute,  
regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, 
damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) or 
settlements:

               (i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statements or 
alleged untrue statements of any material fact contained in the registration 
statement, prospectus or statement of information for the Contracts or 
contained in the Contracts or sales literature or other promotional material 
for the Contracts (or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing), 
or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to 
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to 
make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in 
which they were made; provided that this agreement to indemnify shall not 
apply as to any indemnified party if such statement or omission or such 
alleged statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity 
with information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the Fund for use 
in the registration statement, prospectus or statement of information for the 
Contracts or in the Contracts or sales literature (or any amendment or 
supplement) or otherwise for use in connection with the sale of the Contracts 
or Fund shares; or

              (ii) arise out of or as a result of statements or 
representations by or on behalf of the Company (other than state or 
representations contained in the Fund registration statement, Fund prospectus 
or sales literature or other promotional material of the Fund not supplied by 
the Company or persons under its control) or wrongful conduct of the Company 
or persons under its control, with respect to the sale or distribution of the 
Contracts or Fund shares; or 

             (iii) arise out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue 
statement of a material fact contained in the Fund registration statement, 
Fund

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prospectus, statement of additional information or sales literature or other 
promotional material of the Fund or any amendment thereof or supplement 
thereto or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact 
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not 
misleading in light of the circumstances in which they were made, if such a 
statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with 
information furnished to the Fund by or on behalf of the Company or persons 
under its control; or 

              (iv) arise as a result of any failure by the Company to provide 
the services and furnish the materials or to make any payments under the 
terms of this Agreement; or 

               (v) arise out of any material breach of any representation 
and/or warranty made by the Company in this Agreement or arise out of or 
result from any other material breach by the Company of this Agreement; 
except to the extent provided in Sections 8.1(b) and 8.3 hereof.  This 
indemnification shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may 
otherwise have. 

          B.   No party shall be entitled to indemnification if such loss, 
claim, damage, liability or litigation is due to the willful misfeasance, bad 
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of duty by the party seeking 
indemnification.

          C.   The indemnified parties will promptly notify the Company of 
the commencement of any litigation or proceedings against them in connection 
with the issuance or sale of the Fund shares or the Contracts or the 
operation of the Fund. 

     8.2  Indemnification By the Underwriter

          A.   The Underwriter, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Fund, 
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each of its directors, 
officers, employees or agents and each person, if any, who controls the 
Company within the meaning of such terms under the federal securities laws 
(collectively, the "indemnified parties" for purposes of this Section 8.2) 
against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (including amounts 
paid in settlement with the written consent of the Underwriter) or litigation 
(including reasonable legal and other expenses) to which the indemnified 
parties may become subject under any statute, regulation, at common law or 
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses 
(or actions in respect thereof) or settlements:

               (i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or 
alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the registration 
statement, prospectus or statement of additional information for the Fund or 
sales literature or other promotional material of the Fund (or any amendment 
or supplement to any of the 

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foregoing), or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged 
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or 
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the 
circumstances in which they were made; provided that this agreement to 
indemnify shall not apply as to any indemnified party if such statement or 
omission or such alleged statement or omission was made in reliance upon and 
in conformity with information furnished to the Underwriter or Fund by or on 
behalf of the Company for use in the registration statement, prospectus or 
statement of additional information for the Fund or in sales literature of 
the Fund (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or otherwise for use in 
connection with the sale of the Contracts or Fund shares; or 

              (ii) arise out of or as a result of statements or 
representations (other than statements or representations contained in the 
Contracts or in the Contract or Fund registration statement, the Contract or 
Fund prospectus, statement of additional information, or sales literature or 
other promotional material for the Contracts or of the Fund not supplied by 
the Underwriter or the Fund or persons under the control of the Underwriter 
or the Fund respectively) or wrongful conduct of the Underwriter or the Fund 
or persons under the control of the Underwriter or the Fund respectively, 
with respect to the sale or distribution of the Contracts or Fund shares; or  

             (iii) arise out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue 
statement of a material fact contained in a registration statement, 
prospectus, statement of additional information or sales literature or other 
promotional material covering the Contracts (or any amendment thereof or 
supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a 
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the 
statement or statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances 
in which they were made, if such statement or omission was made in reliance 
upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company by or on 
behalf of the Underwriter or the Fund or persons under the control of the 
Underwriter or the Fund; or  

              (iv) arise as a result of any failure by the Fund to provide 
the services and furnish the materials under the terms of this Agreement 
(including a failure, whether unintentional or in good faith or otherwise, to 
comply with the diversification requirements and procedures related thereto 
specified in Article VI of this Agreement); or 

               (v) arise out of or result from any material breach of any 
representation and/or warranty made by the Underwriter or the Fund in this 
Agreement or arise out of or result from any other material breach of this 
Agreement by the Underwriter or the Fund; except to the extent provided in 
Sections 8.2(b) and 8.3 hereof.  This indemnification shall be in addition to 
any liability which the Underwriter may otherwise have.  

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          B.   No party shall be entitled to indemnification if such loss, 
claim, damage, liability or litigation is due to the willful misfeasance, bad 
faith, gross negligence or reckless  disregard of duty by the party seeking 
indemnification.

          C.    The indemnified parties will promptly notify the Underwriter 
of the commencement of any litigation or proceedings against them in 
connection with the issuance or sale of the Contracts or the operation of the 
Separate Account.  

     8.3.  Indemnification Procedure

          A.   Any person obligation to provide indemnification under this 
Article VIII ("indemnifying party" for the purpose of this Section 8.3) shall 
not be liable under the indemnification provisions of this Article VIII with 
respect to any claim made against a party entitled to indemnification under 
this Article VIII ("indemnified party" for the purpose of  this  Section 8.3) 
unless such indemnified party shall have notified the indemnifying party in 
writing within a reasonable time after the summons or other first legal 
process giving information of the nature of the claim shall have been served 
upon such indemnified party (or after such party shall have received notice 
of such service on any designated agent), but failure to notify the 
indemnifying party of any such claim shall not relieve the indemnifying party 
from any liability which it may have to the indemnified party against whom 
such action is brought under the indemnification provision of this Article 
VIII, except to the extent that the failure to notify results in the failure 
of actual notice to the indemnifying party and such indemnifying party is 
damaged solely as a result of failure to give such notice.  In case any such 
action is brought against the indemnified party, the indemnifying party will 
be entitled to participate, at its own expense, in the defense thereof.  The 
indemnifying party also shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof, with 
counsel satisfactory to the party named in the action.  After notice from the 
indemnifying party to the indemnified party of the indemnifying party's 
election to assume the defense thereof, the indemnified party shall bear the 
fees and expenses of any additional counsel retained by it, and the 
indemnifying party will not be liable to such party under this Agreement for 
any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such party independently 
in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of 
investigation, unless:

               (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall 
have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or 

              (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any 
impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified 
party and representation of both parties  by the same counsel would be 
inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them.  

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The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any 
proceeding effected without its written consent but if settled with such 
consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying 
party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or 
liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.  A successor by law of 
the parties to this Agreement shall be entitled to the benefits of the 
indemnification contained in this Article VIII.  The indemnification 
provisions contained in this Article VIII shall survive any termination of 
this Agreement. 

ARTICLE IX.  APPLICABLE LAW

     9.1  This Agreement shall be construed and the provisions hereof 
interpreted under and in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut.

     9.2  This Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of the 1933, 1934 
and 1940 Acts, and the rules and regulations and rulings thereunder, 
including such exemptions from those statutes, rules and regulations as the 
SEC may grant (including, but not limited to the Mixed and Shared Funding 
Exemptive Order) and the terms hereof shall be interpreted and construed in 
accordance therewith. 

ARTICLE X.  TERMINATION

     10.1 This Agreement shall terminate: 

          A.   at the option of any party upon six months advance written 
notice to the other parties unless otherwise agreed in a separate written 
agreement among the parties; or

           B.   at the option of the Company if shares of the Portfolios 
delineated in Schedule Two are not reasonably available to meet the 
requirements of the Contracts as determined by the Company; or 

          C.   at the option of the Fund upon institutional of formal 
proceedings against the Company by the NASD, the SEC, the insurance 
commission of any state or any other regulatory body regarding the Company's 
duties under this Agreement or related to the sale of the Contracts, the 
administration of the Contracts, the operation of the Separate Account, or 
the purchase of the Fund shares, which would have a material adverse effect 
on the Company's ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement; or  

          D.   at the option of the Company upon institution of formal 
proceedings against the Fund or the Underwriter by the NASD, the SEC, or any 
state securities or insurance department or any other regulatory body, which 
would have a material adverse effect on the Underwriter's or the Fund's 
ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement; or 

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          E.   at the option of the Company or the Fund upon receipt of any 
necessary regulatory approvals or the vote of the contract owners having an 
interest in the Separate Account (or any subaccount) to substitute the shares 
of another investment company  for the corresponding Portfolio shares of the 
Fund in accordance with the terms of the Contracts for which those Portfolio 
shares had been selected to serve as the underlying investment media.  The 
Company will give 30 days prior written notice to the Fund of the date of any 
proposed vote or other action taken to replace the Fund's shares; or 

          F.   at the option of the Company or the Fund upon a determination 
by a majority of the Fund Board, or a majority of the disinterested Fund 
Board members, that an irreconcilable material conflict exists among the 
interests of (i) all contract owners of variable insurance products of all 
separate accounts or (ii) the interests of the Participating Insurance 
Companies investing in the Fund as delineated in Article VII of this 
Agreement; or 

          G.   at the option of the Company if the Fund ceases to qualify as 
a Regulated Investment Company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue 
Code, or under any successor or similar provision, or if the Company 
reasonably believes that the Fund may fail to so qualify; or

          H.    at the option of the Company if the Fund fails to meet the 
diversification requirements specified in Article VI hereof or if the Company 
reasonably believes that the Fund will fail to meet such requirements; or

          I.    at the option of any party to this Agreement, upon another 
party's material breach of any provision of this Agreement; or

          J.    at the option of the Company, if the Company determines in 
its sole judgment exercised in good faith, that either the Fund or the 
Underwriter has suffered a material adverse change in its business, 
operations or financial condition since the date of this Agreement or is the 
subject of material adverse publicity which is likely to have a material 
adverse impact upon the business and operations of the Company; or 

          K.    at the option of the Fund or Underwriter, if the Fund or 
Underwriter respectively, shall determine in its sole judgment exercised in 
good faith, that the Company has suffered a material adverse change in its 
business, operations or financial condition since the date of this Agreement 
or is the subject of material adverse publicity which is likely to have a 
material adverse impact upon the business and operations of the Fund or 
Underwriter; or 

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          L.   subject to the Fund's compliance with Article VI hereof, at 
the option of the Fund in the event any of the Contracts are not issued or 
sold in accordance with applicable requirements of federal and/or state law. 
Termination shall be effective immediately upon such occurrence without 
notice.  

     10.2 Notice Requirement

          A.    In the event that any termination of this Agreement is based 
upon the provisions of Article VII, such prior written notice shall be given 
in advance of the effective date of termination as required by such 
provisions.

          B.    In the event that any termination of this Agreement is based 
upon the provisions of Sections 10.1(b)-(d) or 10.1(g)-(i), prompt written 
notice of the election to terminate this Agreement for cause shall be 
furnished by the party terminating the Agreement to the non-terminating 
parties, with said termination to be effective upon receipt of such notice by 
the non-terminating parties. 

          C.     In the event that any termination of this Agreement is based 
upon the provisions of Sections 10.1(j) or 10.1(k), prior written notice of 
the election to terminate this Agreement for cause shall be furnished by the 
party terminating this Agreement to the non-terminating parties.  Such prior 
written notice shall be given by the party terminating this Agreement to the 
non-terminating parties at least 30 days before the effective date of 
termination.  

     10.3  It is understood and agreed that the right to terminate this 
Agreement pursuant to Section 10.1(a) may be exercised for any reason or for 
no reason.  

     10.4  Effect of Termination

          A.   Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement pursuant to 
Section 10.1 of this Agreement and subject to Section 1.3 of this Agreement, 
the Company may require the Fund and the Underwriter to, continue to make 
available additional shares of the Fund for so long after the termination of 
this Agreement as the Company desires pursuant to the terms and conditions of 
this Agreement as provided in paragraph B below, for all Contracts in effect 
on the effective date of termination of this Agreement (hereinafter referred 
to as "Existing Contracts").  Specifically, without limitation, the owners of 
the Existing Contracts shall be permitted to reallocate investments in the 
Fund, redeem investments in the Fund and/or invest in the Fund upon the 
making of additional purchase payments under the Existing Contracts.  The 
parties agree that this Section 10.4 shall not apply to any terminations 
under Article VII and the effect of such Article VII terminations shall be 
governed by Article VII of this Agreement. 

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          B.    If shares of the Fund continue to be made available after 
termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.4, the provisions 
of this Agreement shall remain in effect except for Section 10.1(a) and 
thereafter the Fund, the Underwriter, or the Company may terminate the 
Agreement, as so continued pursuant to this Section 10.4, upon written notice 
to the other party, such notice to be for a period that is reasonable under 
the circumstances but need not be for more than 90 days. 

     10.5  Except as necessary to implement contract owner initiated or 
approved transactions, or as required by state insurance laws or regulations, 
the Company shall not redeem Fund Shares attributable to the Contracts (as 
opposed to Fund shares attributable to the Company's assets held in the 
Separate Account), and the Company shall not prevent contract owners from 
allocating payments to a Portfolio that was otherwise available under the 
Contracts, until 90 days after the Company shall have notified the Fund or 
Underwriter of its intention to do so. 

ARTICLE XI.  NOTICES

     A.   Any notice shall be deemed duly given only if sent by hand, 
evidenced by written receipt or by certified mail, return receipt requested, 
to the other party at the address of such party set forth below or at such 
other address as such party may from time to time specify in writing to the 
other party.  All notices shall be deemed given three business days after the 
date received or rejected by the addressee.

          If to the Fund:


          If to the Company


          If to the Underwriter

ARTICLE XII.  MISCELLANEOUS

     12.1 All persons dealing with the Fund must look solely to the property 
of the Fund for the enforcement of any claims against the Fund as neither the 
Directors, officers, agents or shareholders assume any personal liability for 
obligations entered into on behalf of the Fund. 

     12.2 Subject to law and regulatory authority, each party hereto shall 
treat as confidential all information reasonably identified as such in 
writing by any other party hereto (including without limitation the names and 
addresses of the owners of the Contracts) and, except as contemplated by this 
Agreement, shall not disclose,

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disseminate or utilize such confidential information until such time as it 
may come into the public domain without the express prior written consent of 
the affected party.  

     12.3 The captions in this Agreement are included for convenience of 
reference only and in no way define or delineate any of the provisions hereof 
or otherwise affect their construction or effect. 

     12.4 This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more 
counterparts, each of which taken together shall constitute one and the same 
instrument. 

     12.5 If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or made invalid by 
a court decision, statute, rule or otherwise, the remainder of the Agreement 
shall not be affected thereby. 

     12.6 This Agreement shall not be assigned by any party hereto without 
the prior written consent of all the parties. 

     12.7 Each party hereto shall cooperate with each other party and all 
appropriate governmental authorities (including without limitation the SEC, 
the NASD and state insurance regulators) and shall permit each other and such 
authorities reasonable access to its books and records in connection with any 
investigation or inquiry relating to this Agreement or the transactions 
contemplated hereby. 

     12.8 Each party represents that the execution and delivery of this 
Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions contemplated herein have 
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or trust action, as 
applicable, by such party and when so executed and delivered this agreement 
will be the valid and binding obligation of such party enforceable in 
accordance with its terms. 

     12.9 The parties to this Agreement may amend the schedules to this 
Agreement from time to time to reflect changes in or relating to the 
Contracts, the Separate Accounts or the Portfolios of the Fund.  

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February 19, 1998                       LYNDA GODKIN
                                        Senior Vice President, General Counsel &
                                        Corporate Secretary


Board of Directors
Hartford Life Insurance Company
200 Hopmeadow Street
Simsbury, CT  06089

RE:  SEPARATE ACCOUNT TWO
     HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
     FILE NO. 33-73570

Dear Sir/Madam:

I have acted as General Counsel to Hartford Life Insurance Company (the
"Company"), a Connecticut insurance company, and Hartford Life Insurance Company
Separate Account Two (the "Account") in Connecticut with the registration of an
indefinite amount of securities in the form of variable annuity contracts (the
"Contracts") with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended.  I have examined such documents (including the Form N-4
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 Contacts.

2.   The Account is a duly authorized and existing separate account established
     pursuant to the provisions of Section 38a-433 of the Connecticut Statutes.

3.   To the extent so provided under the Contracts, 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.

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Board of Directors
February 19, 1998
Page 2

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Form N-4
registration statement for the Contracts and the Account.

Sincerely yours,

/s/ Lynda Godkin

Lynda Godkin

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                                 ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP



                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS



As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our report
(and to all references to our Firm) included in or made a part of this
Registration Statement File No. 33-73570 for Hartford Life Insurance Company
Separate Account Two on Form N-4.


                                                  /s/ Arthur Andersen LLP

Hartford, Connecticut
February 20, 1998


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                           HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                                         AND
                     HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY

                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                  -----------------

                                   Gregory A. Boyko
                                   John P. Ginnetti
                                     Lynda Godkin
                                   Thomas M. Marra
                                   Lowndes A. Smith
                                  Raymond P. Welnicki
                                  Lizabeth H. Zlatkus


do hereby jointly and severally authorize Lynda Godkin, Marianne O'Doherty,
and Leslie T. Soler to sign as their agent, any Registration Statement,
pre-effective amendment, post-effective amendment and any application for
exemptive relief of the Hartford Life Insurance Company and Hartford Life and
Accident 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/ Gregory A. Boyko                  Dated: October 9, 1997
- ---------------------------------------              -------------------------
            Gregory A. Boyko


        /s/ John P. Ginnetti                  Dated: October 9, 1997           
- ---------------------------------------              ------------------------- 
            John P. Ginnetti                  


        /s/ Lynda Godkin                      Dated: October 9, 1997           
- ---------------------------------------              ------------------------- 
            Lynda Godkin


        /s/ Thomas M. Marra                   Dated: October 9, 1997           
- ---------------------------------------              ------------------------- 
            Thomas M. Marra


        /s/ Lowndes A. Smith                  Dated: October 9, 1997           
- ---------------------------------------              ------------------------- 
            Lowndes A. Smith


        /s/ Raymond P. Welnicki               Dated: October 9, 1997           
- ---------------------------------------              ------------------------- 
            Raymond P. Welnicki


        /s/ Lizabeth H. Zlatkus               Dated: October 9, 1997           
- ---------------------------------------              ------------------------- 
            Lizabeth H. Zlatkus



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                                                  (Delaware)
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                                             Nutmeg Insurance Company             The Hartford Investment
                                                  (Connecticut)                       Management Company
                                                       |                                 (Delaware)
                                        Hartford Fire Insurance Company                      |
                                                  (Connecticut)                     Hartford Investment
                                                       |                              Services, Inc.
                                   Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company             (Connecticut)
                                                  (Connecticut)
                                                       |
                                              Hartford Life, Inc.
                                                  (Delaware)
                                                       |
                                 Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company
                                                  (Connecticut)
                                                       |
                                                       |
                                                       |
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Alpine Life    Hartford Financial         Hartford Life        American Maturity      ITT Hartford Canada
Insurance      Services Life              Insurance Company    Life Insurance         Holdings, Inc.
Company        Insurance Co.              (Connecticut)        Company                (Canada)
(New Jersey)   (Connecticut)                        |          (Connecticut)               |
                                                    |               |                      |
                                                    |          AML Financial, Inc.         |
                                                    |          (Connecticut)          Hartford Life
                                                    |                                 Insurance Company
                                                    |                                 of Canada
                                                    |                                 (Canada)
                                                    |
                                                    |
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Hartford Life and Annuity         ITT Hartford International      Hartford Financial Services   Royal Life
Insurance Company                 Life Reassurance Corporation    Corporation                   Insurance
(Connecticut)                     (Connecticut)                   (Delaware)                    Company of
      |                                                               |                         America
      |                                                               |                         (Connecticut)
      |                                                               |
ITT Hartford Life, Ltd.                                               |
(Bermuda)                                                             |
                                                                      |
                                                                      |
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MS Fund         HL Funding       HL Investment    Hartford       Hartford Securities      Hartford-Comp. Emp.
America         Company, Inc.    Advisors, Inc.   Equity Sales   Distribution             Benefit Service
1993-K, Inc.    (Connecticut)    (Connecticut)    Company, Inc.  Company, Inc.            Company
(Delaware)                            |           (Connecticut)  (Connecticut)            (Connecticut)
                                      |
                                 Hartford Investment
                                 Financial Services 
                                 Company
                                 (Delaware)
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