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PARAGON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
Dated January 7, 2000
This page supplements Paragon Life Insurance Company's variable product
prospectuses as set forth below. Please keep this supplement with your
prospectus for future reference.
On January 6, 2000, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) completed its
acquisition of GenAmerica Corporation, parent company of General American Life
Insurance Company. The acquisition of General American does not affect policy
benefits or any other terms or conditions under your contract. Immediately
following the transaction, General American received financial and claims paying
rating upgrades from the four major rating agencies.
MetLife, headquartered in New York City since 1868, is a leading provider of
insurance and financial products and services to individual and group customers.
