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DEAN WITTER SELECT DIMENSIONS LIFE
SEPARATE ACCOUNT FIVE
HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
SUPPLEMENT DATED JANUARY 15, 1997
TO THE DEAN WITTER SELECT DIMENSIONS LIFE MODIFIED SINGLE PREMIUM
VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE CONTRACT
PROSPECTUS DATED DECEMBER 20, 1996
The third paragraph on page 1 should read as follows:
Generally, the minimum initial premium ITT Hartford will accept is
$10,000. The initial premium will be allocated to the Money Market
Portfolio. After the Right to Cancel Period has expired, the amount so
allocated will be transferred to the Portfolios specified in the
Contract Owner's application. The following underlying investment
portfolios ("Portfolios") of the Dean Witter Select Dimensions
Investment Series are available under the Contracts: the Money Market
Portfolio, the North American Government Securities Portfolio, the
Diversified Income Portfolio, the Balanced Portfolio, the Utilities
Portfolio, the Dividend Growth Portfolio, the Value-Added Market
Portfolio, the Core Equity Portfolio, the American Value Portfolio, the
Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio, the Global Equity Portfolio, the Developing
Growth Portfolio, and the Emerging Markets Portfolio.
The fourth paragraph on page 10 should be replaced to read as follows:
Currently, the Portfolios of the Dean Witter Select Dimensions
Investment Series available under the Contracts are: the Money Market
Portfolio, the North American Government Securities Portfolio, the
Diversified Income Portfolio, the Balanced Portfolio, the Utilities
Portfolio, the Dividend Growth Portfolio, the Value-Added Market
Portfolio, the Core Equity Portfolio, the American Value Portfolio, the
Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio, the Global Equity Portfolio, the Developing
Growth Portfolio, and the Emerging Markets Portfolio. Applicants should
read the prospectus for the Portfolios accompanying this prospectus in
connection with the purchase of a Contract. The investment objectives of
the Portfolios are as set forth in "The Separate Account," page .
The paragraph titled "American Value Portfolio" under the section titled "The
Portfolios" on page 14 should be replaced with the following:
AMERICAN VALUE PORTFOLIO
Seeks long-term capital growth with an effort to reduce volatility, by
investing principally in common stock of companies in industries which,
at the time of the investment, are believed to be attractively valued
given their above average relative earnings growth potential at that
time.
The section titled "The Portfolios" on page 14 should contain the following
additional paragraph:
MID-CAP GROWTH PORTFOLIO
Seeks long-term capital growth by investing primarily in equity
securities of "mid-cap" companies (that is, companies whose equity
market capitalization falls within the range of $250 million to $5
million).
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