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SELECT DIMENSIONS LIFE
HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
SUPPLEMENT DATED JUNE 19, 1998 TO THE PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 1998
FOR SELECT DIMENSIONS LIFE INSURANCE
Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover & Co., the parent company of Dean
Witter InterCapital Inc., has been renamed Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.
All references in the current Prospectus in The Investment Advisers section
to "Morgan Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover & Co." or "MSDWD" are changed to
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.
Effective June 22, 1998, Dean Witter Select Dimensions Investment Series will
be renamed Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Select Dimensions Investment Series.
All references in the current Prospectus to "Dean Witter Select Dimensions
Investment Series" are changed to Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Select
Dimensions Investment Series and all references in the current Prospectus to
"Dean Witter Portfolios" are changed to "Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Portfolios."
Effective June 22, 1998, Dean Witter InterCapital Inc., is the Investment
Manager for the Money Market Portfolio, the North American Government
Securities Portfolio, the Diversified Income Portfolio, the Balanced Growth
Portfolio, the Utilities Portfolio, the Dividend Growth Portfolio, the
Value-Added Market Portfolio, the Growth Portfolio, the American Value
Portfolio, the Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio, the Global Equity Portfolio, the
Developing Growth Portfolio, and the Emerging Markets Portfolio of the Dean
Witter Select Dimensions Investment Series will be renamed Morgan Stanley
Dean Witter Advisors Inc. All references in the current Prospectus to "Dean
Witter InterCapital, Inc." "InterCapital" or "the Investment Manager" are
changed to Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Advisors Inc.
Effective June 22, 1998, Dean Witter Services Company Inc., a subsidiary of
InterCapital that performs certain administrative services for the Dean Witter
Portfolios, will be renamed Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Services Company Inc. All
references in the current Prospectus to "Dean Witter Services Company Inc." are
changed to Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Services Company Inc.
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