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        As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 1999
    
                                                               File No. 33-86330

                         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.  5                                  [X]
                                 -----
    
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
   
     Amendment No.  6                                                 [X]
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                    HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
                                SEPARATE ACCOUNT SIX
                             (Exact Name of Registrant)

                    HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY 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
                                   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 May 3, 1999 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
     ---
          60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
     ---
          on _______, 1999 pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
     ---
          this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for 
     ---  a previously filed post-effective amendment.
    

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PURSUANT TO RULE 24F-2(a)(1) UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, THE
REGISTRANT HAS REGISTERED AN INDEFINITE AMOUNT OF SECURITIES.  




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                                CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
                               PURSUANT TO RULE 495(a)


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

 1.  Cover Page                           Cover Page

 2.  Definitions                          Glossary of Special Terms

 3.  Synopsis or Highlights               Summary

 4.  Condensed Financial Information      Statement of Additional Information

 5.  General Description of Registrant,   The Contract; The Separate Account;
     Depositor, and Portfolio Companies   The Fixed Account; Hartford Life and
                                          Annuity Insurance Company; The  Funds;
                                          General Matters 

 6.  Deductions                           Charges Under the Contract

 7.  General Description of Annuity       Operation of the Contract
     Contracts                            Accumulation Period; Death Benefit;
                                          The Contract; The Separate Account;
                                          General Matters 

 8.  Annuity Period                       Settlement Provisions

 9.  Death Benefit                        Death Benefit

10.  Purchases and Contract Value         Operation of the Contract/ 
                                          Accumulation Period

11.  Redemptions                          Operation of the
                                          Contract/Accumulation Period

12.  Taxes                                Federal Tax Considerations

13.  Legal Proceedings                    General Matters - Legal Proceedings

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

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15.  Cover Page                           Part B; Statement of Additional    
                                          Information

16.  Table of Contents                    Tables of Contents

17.  General Information and              Introduction 
     History

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

20.  Underwriters                         Distribution of Contracts

21.  Calculation of Performance Data      Calculation of Yield and Return

22.  Annuity Payments                     Settlement Provisions
     
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 Depositor    Common Control with the
     or Registrant                        Depositor or Registrant

27.  Number of Contract Owners            Number of Contract Owners

28.  Indemnification                      Indemnification

29.  Principal Underwriters               Principal Underwriters

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

31.  Management Services                  Management Services

32.  Undertakings                         Undertakings

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HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
Hartford Pathmaker Variable Annuity
SEPARATE ACCOUNT SIX
P. O. BOX 5085
Hartford, Connecticut 06102-5085
Telephone:  1-800-862-6668 (Contract Owners)
            1-800-862-7155 (Registered Representatives)

This prospectus describes information you should know before you purchase Series
II of Hartford Pathmaker variable annuity.  Please read it carefully. 

The Hartford Pathmaker variable annuity is a contract between you and Hartford
Life and Annuity Insurance Company where you agree to make at least one Premium
Payment to us and we agree to make a series of Annuity Payouts at a later date. 
This Annuity is a flexible premium, tax-deferred, variable annuity offered to
both individuals and groups.  It is: 

- -    Flexible, because you may add Premium Payments at any time.  
- -    Tax-deferred, which means you don't pay taxes until you take money out or
     until we start to make Annuity Payouts. 
- -    Variable, because the value of your Annuity will fluctuate with the
     performance of the underlying funds.

At the time you purchase your Annuity, you allocate your Premium Payment to
"Sub-Accounts".  These are subdivisions of our Separate Account, an account that
keeps your Annuity assets separate from our company assets. The Sub-Accounts
then purchase shares of mutual funds set up exclusively for variable annuity or
variable life insurance products.  These funds are not the same mutual funds
that you buy through your stockbroker or through a retail mutual fund.  They may
have similar investment strategies and the same portfolio managers as retail
mutual funds.  This Annuity offers you Funds with investment strategies ranging
from conservative to aggressive and you may pick those Funds that meet your
investment goals and risk tolerance.  The Sub-Accounts and the Funds are listed
below:

- -    One Group Investment Trust Bond Sub-Account which purchases shares of the
     One Group Investment Trust-Registered Trademark- Bond Portfolio
- -    One Group Investment Trust Diversified Equity Sub-Account which purchases
     shares of the One Group Investment Trust Diversified Equity Portfolio
- -    One Group Investment Trust Diversified Mid Cap Sub-Account which purchases
     shares of the One Group Investment Trust Mid Cap Portfolio
- -    One Group Investment Trust Large Cap Growth Sub-Account which purchases
     shares of the One Group Investment Trust Large Cap Growth Portfolio
- -    One Group Investment Trust Mid Cap Value Sub-Account which purchases shares
     of the One Group Investment Trust Mid Cap Value Portfolio
    

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- -    Putnam Diversified Income Sub-Account which purchases Class IA shares of
     Putnam VT Diversified Income Fund of Putnam Variable Trust
- -    Putnam Global Asset Allocation Sub-Account which purchases Class IA shares
     of of Putnam VT Global Asset Allocation Fund of Putnam Variable Trust
- -    Putnam Global Growth Sub-Account which purchases Class IA shares of Putnam
     VT Global Growth Fund of Putnam Variable Trust
- -    Putnam Growth and Income Sub-Account which purchases Class IA shares of
     Putnam VT Growth and Income Fund of Putnam Variable Trust
- -    Putnam Income Sub-Account (formerly Putnam U.S. Government and High Quality
     Bond Sub-Account) which purchases Class IA shares of Putnam VT Income Fund
     (formerly Putnam VT U.S. Government and High Quality Bond Fund) of Putnam
     Variable Trust
- -    Putnam International Growth Sub-Account which purchases Class IA shares of
     Putnam VT International Growth Fund of Putnam Variable Trust
- -    Putnam Money Market Sub-Account which purchases Class IA shares of Putnam
     VT Money Market Fund of Putnam Variable Trust
- -    Putnam New Opportunities Sub-Account which purchases Class IA shares of
     Putnam VT New Opportunities Fund of Putnam Variable Trust

You may also allocate some or all of your Premium Payment to the "Fixed
Accumulation Feature", which pays an interest rate guaranteed for a certain time
period from the time the Premium Payment is made. Premium Payments allocated to
the Fixed Accumulation Feature are not segregated from our company assets like
the assets of the Separate Account.

If you decide to buy this Annuity, you should keep this prospectus for your
records.  You can also call us at 1-800-862-6668 to get a Statement of
Additional Information, free of charge. The Statement of Additional Information
contains more information about this Annuity and, like this prospectus, is filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").  We have included the Table
of Contents for the Statement of Additional Information at the end of this
prospectus.  

Although we file the prospectus and the Statement of Additional information with
the SEC, the SEC doesn't approve or disapprove these securities or determine if
the information is truthful or complete.  Anyone who represents that the SEC
does these things may be guilty of a criminal offense.  This Prospectus and the
Statement of Additional Information can also be obtained from the SEC's website
(HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV).

This Annuity IS NOT:
- -    A bank deposit or obligation
- -    Federally insured
- -    Endorsed by any bank or governmental agency
    

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This Annuity may not be available for sale in all states.

Prospectus Dated: May 3, 1999

Statement of Additional Information Dated: May 3, 1999
    

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                                  TABLE OF CONTENTS

<TABLE>
<S>                                                                               <C>
Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Fee Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Annual Fund Operating Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Accumulation Unit Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

General Contract Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
     Hartford Life And Annuity Insurance Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

The Separate Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
     The Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

The Investment Advisers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Performance Related Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

The Fixed Accumulation Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

The Contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
     Purchases And Contract Value. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
     Charges And Fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
     Death Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
     Surrenders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Annuity Payouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Other Programs Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Other Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
</TABLE>
    

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<TABLE>
<S>                                                                                <C>
     Legal Matters And Experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
     More Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Federal Tax Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Appendix I - Information Regarding Tax-Qualified Retirement Plans. . . . . . . . . 51

Table of Contents to Statement of Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
</TABLE>
    

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                                     DEFINITIONS

These terms are capitalized when used throughout this prospectus.  Please refer
to these defined terms if you have any questions as you read your prospectus.

ACCOUNT:  Any of the Sub-Accounts or Fixed Accumulation Feature.

ACCUMULATION UNITS: If you allocate your Premium Payment to any of the
Sub-Accounts, we will convert those payments into Accumulation Units in the
selected Sub-Accounts.  Accumulation Units are valued at the end of each
Valuation Day and are used to calculate the value of your Contract prior to
Annuitization.

ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE: The daily price of Accumulation Units on any Valuation
Day.

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COMPANY: Our location and overnight mailing address
is: 200 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, Connecticut 06089.  Our standard mailing
address is: Investment Product Services, P.O. Box 5085, Hartford, CT 06102-5085.

ANNIVERSARY VALUE: The value equal to the Contract Value as of 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.

ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE: An annual $30 charge deducted on a Contract Anniversary
or upon full Surrender if the Contract Value at either of those times is less
than $50,000. The charge is deducted proportionately from each Account in which
you are invested.

ANNUAL WITHDRAWAL AMOUNT: This is the amount you can Surrender per Contract Year
without paying a Contingent Deferred Sales Charge.  This amount is
non-cumulative, meaning that it cannot be carried over from one year to the
next.

ANNUITANT:  The person on whose life the Contract is based.  The Annuitant may
not be changed after your Contract is issued.

ANNUITY COMMENCEMENT DATE: The date we start to make Annuity Payouts.

ANNUITY PAYOUT: The money we pay out after the Annuity Commencement Date for the
duration and frequency you select.

ANNUITY PAYOUT OPTION: Any of the options available for payout after the Annuity
Commencement Date or death of the Contract Owner or Annuitant.

ANNUITY UNIT: The unit of measure we use to calculate the value of your Annuity
Payouts under a variable dollar amount Annuity Payout Option.
    

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ANNUITY UNIT VALUE: The daily price of Annuity Units on any Valuation Day.

BENEFICIARY:  The person(s) entitled to receive a Death Benefit upon the death
of the Contract Owner or Annuitant.

CHARITABLE REMAINDER TRUST: An irrevocable trust, where an individual donor
makes a gift to the trust, and in return receives an income tax deduction.  In
addition, the individual donor has the right to receive a percentage of the
trust earnings for a specified period of time.

CODE:  The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

COMMUTED VALUE: The present value of any remaining guaranteed Annuity Payouts.

CONTINGENT ANNUITANT: The person you may designate to become the Annuitant if
the original Annuitant dies before the Annuity Commencement Date.  You must name
a Contingent Annuitant before the original Annuitant's death. 

CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGE: The deferred sales charge that may apply when
you make a full or partial Surrender.

CONTRACT: The individual Annuity contract and any endorsements or riders.  Group
participants and some individuals will receive a certificate rather than a
contract.

CONTRACT ANNIVERSARY: The anniversary of the date we issued your Contract.  If
the Contract Anniversary falls on a Non-Valuation Day, then the Contract
Anniversary will be the next Valuation Day.

CONTRACT VALUE: The total value of the Accounts on any Valuation Day.  
     
CONTRACT YEAR: Any 12 month period between Contract Anniversaries, beginning
with the date the Contract was issued.

DEATH BENEFIT: The amount payable after the Contract Owner or the Annuitant
dies.

DOLLAR COST AVERAGING: A program that allows you to systematically make
transfers between Accounts available in your Contract.

FIXED ACCUMULATION FEATURE: Part of our General Account, where you may allocate
all or a portion of your Contract Value.  In your Contract, this is defined as
the "Fixed Account".

GENERAL ACCOUNT: The General Account includes our company assets and any money
you have invested in the Fixed Accumulation Feature.
    

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HARTFORD, WE OR OUR: Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company.  Only Hartford
is a capitalized term in the prospectus.

JOINT ANNUITANT: The person on whose life Annuity Payouts are based if the
Annuitant dies after Annuitization.  You may name a Joint Annuitant only if your
Annuity Payout Option provides for a survivor.  The Joint Annuitant may not be
changed.

MAXIMUM ANNIVERSARY VALUE: This is the highest Anniversary Value prior to the
deceased's 81st birthday or the date of death, if earlier.

NET INVESTMENT FACTOR: This is used to measure the investment performance of a
Sub-Account from one Valuation Day to the next, and is also used to calculate
your Annuity Payout amount.

NON-VALUATION DAY: Any day the New York Stock Exchange is not open for trading.

PAYEE:  The person or party you designate to receive Annuity Payouts. 

PREMIUM PAYMENT: Money sent to us to be invested in your Annuity.

PREMIUM TAX: A tax charged by a state or municipality on Premium Payments.  

REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION: A federal requirement that individuals age 70 1/2
and older must take a distribution from their tax-qualified retirement account
by December 31, each year.  For employer sponsored Qualified Contracts, the
individual must begin taking distributions at the age of 701/2 or upon
retirement, whichever comes later.

SUB-ACCOUNT VALUE: The value on or before the Annuity Calculation Date, which is
determined on any day by multiplying the number of Accumulation Units by the
Accumulation Unit Value for that Sub-Account.

SURRENDER:  A complete or partial withdrawal from your Contract.

SURRENDER VALUE: The amount we pay you if you terminate your Contract before the
Annuity Commencement Date.  The Surrender Value is equal to the Contract Value
minus any applicable charges. 

VALUATION DAY: Every day the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading. 
Values of the Separate Account are determined as of the close of the New York
Stock Exchange, generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

VALUATION PERIOD: The time span between the close of trading on the New York
Stock Exchange from one Valuation Day to the next.
    

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                                      FEE TABLE
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTION EXPENSES  
     SALES LOAD IMPOSED ON PURCHASES (as a percentage of                
                                      Premium Payments). . . . . . . . .None
<S>                                                                     <C>
     DEFERRED SALES CHARGE (as a percentage of amounts Surrendered)
          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
SEPARATE ACCOUNT ANNUAL EXPENSES (as a percentage of average 
Sub-Account Value)
     MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK CHARGE                                 1.25%
     Administrative Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.15%
     Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.40%
</TABLE>

(1)  Length of time from Premium Payment. 
(2)  An annual $30 charge deducted on a Contract Anniversary or upon full
     Surrender if the Contract Value at either of those times is less than
     $50,000. The charge is deducted proportionately from each Account in which
     you are invested.

The purpose of this table is to assist you in understanding various fees and
charges you will pay directly or indirectly. The table reflects expenses of the
Separate Account and underlying Funds. Premium Taxes, if any, have been taken
into account.  This EXAMPLE should not be considered a representation of past or
future expenses and actual expenses may be greater or less than those shown. 
The Annual Maintenance Fee has been reflected in the Example by a method
intended to show the "average" impact of the Annual Maintenance Fee on an
investment in the Separate Account.  We do this by approximating an "average"
0.06% annual charge. 

                            ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
                       (As a percentage of average net assets)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                          MANAGEMENT    OTHER     TOTAL FUND
                                             FEES      EXPENSES   OPERATING
                                          INCLUDING                EXPENSES
                                            WAIVERS               INCLUDING
                                                                   WAIVERS 
<S>                                       <C>          <C>        <C>
 One Group Investment Trust Bond
   Portfolio(1)(2)(3)....................   0.470%      0.280%      0.750%
 One Group Investment Trust Diversified
 Equity Portfolio(1)(2)(3)...............   0.700%      0.250%      0.950%
 One Group Investment Trust Diversified
   Mid Cap Portfolio(1)(2)(3)............   0.730%      0.220%      0.950%
 One Group Investment Trust Large Cap
   Growth Portfolio(2)(3)................   0.650%      0.240%      0.890%
 One Group Investment Trust Mid Cap        
   Value Portfolio(1)(2)(3)..............   0.710%      0.240%      0.950%
 Putnam Diversified Income Fund..........   0.670%      0.110%      0.780%
 Putnam Global Growth Fund...............   0.600%      0.120%      0.720%
 Putnam Global Asset Allocation Fund.....   0.650%      0.130%      0.780%
</TABLE>
    

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<S>                                         <C>         <C>         <C>
 Putnam Growth and Income Fund...........   0.460%      0.040%      0.500%
 Putnam Income Fund......................   0.600%      0.070%      0.670%
 Putnam International Growth Fund........   0.800%      0.270%      1.070%
 Putnam Money Market Fund................   0.450%      0.080%      0.530%
 Putnam New Opportunities................   0.560%      0.050%      0.610%
</TABLE>

(1) The fees and expenses described above include certain management fee 
    waivers made by Banc One Investment Advisors Corporation. Total Fund 
    Operating Expenses are based on annualized estimates of such expenses
    to be incurred in the current fiscal year. Without those waivers the
    following would be applicable:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    TOTAL FUND
                                           MANAGEMENT                OPERATING
                                              FEES                   EXPENSES
                                             BEFORE        OTHER      BEFORE
                                             WAIVERS     EXPENSES     WAIVERS
<S>                                        <C>           <C>        <C>
 One Group Investment Trust Bond Portfolio   0.600%       0.280%      0.880%
 One  Group  Investment  Trust Diversified  
   Equity Portfolio                          0.740%       0.250%      0.990%
 One  Group  Investment  Trust Diversified  
   Mid Cap Portfolio                         0.740%       0.220%      0.960%
 One  Group Investment Trust Mid Cap Value  
   Portfolio                                 0.740%       0.240%      0.980%
</TABLE>


(2)  On March 31, 1999, the following portfolios of the Trust were substituted 
     for the following Pegasus Variable funds in the Contract.

     One Group Investment Trust Portfolio        Pegasus Variable Fund

     1.   Bond Portfolio                         1.   Bond Fund
     2.   Large Cap Growth Portfolio             2.   Growth Fund
     3.   Diversified Mid Cap Portfolio          3.   Mid Cap Opportunity Fund
     4.   Mid Cap Value Portfolio                4.   Intrinsic Value Fund
     5.   Diversified Equity Portfolio           5.   Growth and Value Fund


     With the exception of the Large Cap Growth Portfolio, the Pegasus 
     Variable Funds are the surviving funds for accounting purposes.

(3)  These figures are estimates of Management Fees and Other Expenses for 
     the current year based on Management Agreements and voluntary expense 
     limit undertakings in effect as of the date of this prospectus.

    

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EXAMPLE

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<CAPTION>

               If you Surrender your Contract at    If you annuitize your Contract at the   If you do not Surrender your Contract,
               the end of the applicable time       end of the applicable time period you   you would pay the following expenses
               period you would pay the following   would pay the following expenses on a   on a $1,000 investment, assuming a 5%
               expenses on a $1,000 investment,     $1,000 investment, assuming a 5%        annual return on assets:
               assuming a 5% annual return on       annual return on assets:

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> 

ONE GROUP           $ 77       $115      $156      $257       $ 22     $ 69      $119    $256      $ 23    $ 70     $120    $257
   INVESTMENT
   TRUST BOND
   PORTFOLIO
ONE GROUP             79        121       166       277         24       75       129     276        25      76      130     277
   INVESTMENT
   TRUST
   DIVERSIFIED
   EQUITY
   PORTFOLIO
ONE GROUP             79        121       166       277         24       75       129     276        25      76      130     277
   INVESTMENT
   TRUST
   DIVERSIFIED
   MID-CAP
   PORTFOLIO
ONE GROUP             78        119       163       271         23       74       126     270        24      74      127     271
   INVESTMENT
   TRUST LARGE
   CAP GROWTH
   PORTFOLIO
ONE GROUP             79        121       166       277         24       75       129     276        25      76      130     277
   INVESTMENT
   TRUST MID-CAP
   VALUE PORTFOLIO
PUTNAM NEW            75        111       148       242         21       65       112     241        21      66      112     242
   OPPORTUNITIES
PUTNAM                80        125       172       289         25       79       135     289        26      80      136     289
   INTERNATIONAL
   GROWTH
PUTNAM GLOBAL         76        114       154       253         22       68       117     253        22      69      118     253
   GROWTH
PUTNAM GLOBAL         77        116       157       260         22       70       120     259        23      71      121     260
   ASSET
   ALLOCATION
PUTNAM GROWTH AND     74        107       143       230         19       61       106     229        20      62      107     230
   INCOME
PUTNAM                83        121       161       260         22       70       120     259        23      71      121     260
   DIVERSIFIED
   INCOME
PUTNAM INCOME         76        112       151       248         21       67       115     247        22      67      115     248
PUTNAM MONEY          74        108       144       233         20       62       108     233        20      63      108     233
   MARKET

</TABLE>


    

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                               ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUES
             (For an Accumulation Unit outstanding throughout the period)

The following information has been derived from the audited financial 
statements of the Separate Account, which have been audited by Arthur 
Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as indicated in their report 
with respect thereto, and should be read in conjunction with those statements
which are included in the Statement of Additional Information, which is 
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus.  There is no information for 
One Group Large Cap Growth Sub-Account because as of December 31, 1998, this 
Sub-Account had not commenced operation.

                               Year Ended December 31,
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                                       1998        1997       1996       1995
                                       ----        ----       ----       ----
<S>                                    <C>         <C>        <C>        <C>
 ONE GROUP INVESTMENT TRUST BOND
 SUB-ACCOUNT
  (Inception date May 1, 1997)
 Accumulation Unit Value at            $10.725     $10.000       -         -
 beginning
 of period
 Accumulation Unit Value at end of     $11.490     $10.725       -         -
 period
 Number Accumulation Units               5,095       2,990
 outstanding at end of period
 (in thousands)
 ONE GROUP INVESTMENT TRUST
 DIVERSIFIED EQUITY SUB-ACCOUNT
 (Inception date February 15,
 1995)
 Accumulation Unit Value at            $17.128     $13.702  $11.700      $10.000
 beginning of period
 Accumulation Unit Value at end of     $19.107     $17.128  $13.702      $11.700
 period
 Number Accumulation Units               3,063       2,207      577      270,551
 outstanding at end of period
 (in thousands)
 ONE GROUP INVESTMENT TRUST
 DIVERSIFIED MID-CAP SUB-ACCOUNT 
 (Inception date February 15,
 1995)
 Accumulation Unit Value at            $16.841     $13.485  $10.983      $10.000
 beginning of period
 Accumulation Unit Value at end of     $17.421     $16.841  $13.485      $10.983
 period
 Number Accumulation Units                 989         641      632      402,309
 outstanding at end of period
 (in thousands)
 ONE GROUP MID-CAP VALUE SUB-
 ACCOUNT (Inception date May 1,
 1997)
 Accumulation Unit Value at            $11.588     $10.000       -         -
 beginning of period
 Accumulation Unit Value at end of     $11.048     $11.588       -         -
 period
 Number Accumulation Units               1,984       1,151
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<S>                                    <C>         <C>        <C>        <C>
 outstanding at end of period
 (in thousands)
 PUTNAM NEW OPPORTUNITIES SUB-
 ACCOUNT 
 (Inception date May 1, 1997)
 Accumulation Unit Value at            $12.739     $10.000       -         -
 beginning of period
 Accumulation Unit Value at end        $15.625     $12.739       -         -
 of period                            
 Number Accumulation Units                 531         373       -         -
 outstanding at end of period
 (in thousands)
 PUTNAM INTERNATIONAL GROWTH SUB-
 ACCOUNT 
 (Inception date May 1, 1997)
 Accumulation Unit Value at            $10.988     $10.000       -         -
 beginning of period
 Accumulation Unit Value at end        $12.861     $10.988       -         -
 of period                             
 Number Accumulation Units               1,638       1,191       -         -
 outstanding at end of period
 (in thousands)
 PUTNAM GLOBAL GROWTH SUB-ACCOUNT
 (Inception date February 15,
 1995)
 Accumulation Unit Value at            $15.341     $13.607    $11.773    $10.000
 beginning of period
 Accumulation Unit Value at end        $19.623     $15.341    $13.607    $11.733
 of period                            
 Number Accumulation Units                  55          49         37     21,336
 PUTNAM GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION
 SUB-ACCOUNT 
 (Inception date February 15,
 1995)
 Accumulation Unit Value at end        $15.731     $13.330    11.692     $10.000
 of period                             
 Accumulation Unit Value at end of     $17.611     $15.731    $13.330    $11.692
 period
 Number Accumulation Units                 116         115        554    332,770
 outstanding at end of period
 (in thousands)
 PUTNAM GROWTH AND INCOME SUB-
 ACCOUNT (Inception date May 1,
 1997)
 Accumulation Unit Value at            $11.632     $10.000       -         -
 beginning of period
 Accumulation Unit Value at end 
 of period. . . . . . . . . . . . .    $13.239     $11.632       -         -
 Number Accumulation Units                 202         109       -         -
 outstanding at end of period
 (in thousands)
 PUTNAM DIVERSIFIED SUB-ACCOUNT
 (Inception date 
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<TABLE>
<S>                                    <C>         <C>        <C>        <C>
 February 15, 1995)
 Accumulation Unit Value at            $12.706     $12.000    $11.184    $10.000
 beginning of period
 Accumulation Unit Value at end 
 of period                             $12.358     $12.706    $12.000     11.184
 Number Accumulation Units                  74          64         255    91,387
 outstanding at end of period
 (in thousands). . . . . . . . 
 PUTNAM INCOME SUB-ACCOUNT
 (Inception date February 15,
 1995)
 Accumulation Unit Value at            $12.270     $11.453    $11.341    $10.000
 beginning of period
 Accumulation Unit Value at end        $13.097     $12.270    $11.453    $11.341
 of period. . . . . . . . . . .
 Number Accumulation Units                  93          57        215    115,951
 outstanding at end of period
 (in thousands)
 PUTNAM MONEY MARKET SUB-ACCOUNT 
 (Inception date May 1, 1997)
 Accumulation Unit Value at             $1.025      $10.000      -         -
 beginning of period
 Accumulation Unit Value at end         $1.064       $1.025      -         -
 of period. . . . . . . . . . .
 Number Accumulation Units               1,570          752      -         -
 outstanding at end of period
 (in thousands)
</TABLE>
    

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                                      HIGHLIGHTS

HOW DO I PURCHASE THIS ANNUITY?   

You must complete our application or order request and submit it to us for
approval with your first Premium Payment.  Your first Premium Payment must be at
least $1,000 and subsequent Premium Payments must be at least $500, unless you
take advantage of our InvestEase Program-Registered Trademark- or are part of
certain retirement plans.

- -    For a limited time, usually within ten days after you receive your
     Contract, you may cancel your Annuity without paying a Contingent Deferred
     Sales Charge.  You may bear the investment risk for your Premium Payment
     prior to our receipt of your request for cancellation.

WHAT TYPE OF SALES CHARGE WILL I PAY?

You don't pay a sales charge when you purchase your Annuity.  We may charge you
a Contingent Deferred Sales Charge when you partially or fully Surrender your
Annuity. The Contingent Deferred Sales Charge will depend on the length of time
the Premium Payment you made has been in your Annuity.  If the amount you paid
has been in your Annuity:

- -    For less than two years, the charge is 6%.
- -    For more than two years and less than four years, the charge is 5%. 
- -    For more than four years and less than five years, the charge is 4%.
- -    For more than five years and less than six years, the charge is 3%
- -    For more than six years and less than seven years, the charge is 2%.

You won't be charged a Contingent Deferred Sales Charge on:
- -    The Annual Withdrawal Amount
- -    Premium Payments or earnings that have been in your Annuity for more than
     seven years.  
- -    Distributions made due to death 
- -    Most payments we make to you as part of your Annuity Payout
 
IS THERE AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE?

We deduct this $30.00 fee each year on your Contract Anniversary or when you
fully Surrender your Annuity, if, on either of those dates, the value of your
Annuity is less than $50,000.

WHAT CHARGES WILL I PAY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS?
 
In addition to the Annual Maintenance Fee, you pay three other types of 
charges each year.  The first type of charge is the fee you pay for 
insurance.  This charge is:

A mortality and expense risk charge that is subtracted daily and is equal to an
annual charge of 1.25% of your Contract Value invested in the Funds. 

The second type of charge is the fee you pay for administration. This charge 
is:

An administration fee of .15% of the Contract Values held in the Separate 
Account.

    

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The third type of charge is the fee you pay for the Funds.

Currently, Fund charges range from 0.500% to 1.070% annually of the average 
daily value of the amount you have invested in the Funds.  See the Annual 
Fund Operating Expenses table for more complete information and the Funds' 
prospectuses accompanying this prospectus.

CAN I TAKE OUT ANY OF MY MONEY?

You may Surrender all or part of the amounts you have invested at any time
before we start making Annuity Payouts, or after Annuity Payouts begin under the
Payment for a Designated Period Annuity Payout Option.

- -    You may have to pay income tax on the money you take out and, if you
     Surrender before you are age 59 1/2, you may have to pay an income tax
     penalty.
- -    You may have to pay a Contingent Deferred Sales Charge on the money you
     Surrender.

WILL HARTFORD PAY A DEATH BENEFIT?  

There is a Death Benefit if the Contract Owner, joint owner or the Annuitant die
before we begin to make Annuity Payouts.  The Death Benefit will be calculated
as of the date we receive a certified death certificate or other legal document
acceptable to us and will be the greater of:

- -    The total Premium Payments you have made to us minus any amounts you have
     Surrendered, or
- -    The Contract Value of your Annuity, or
- -    Your Maximum Anniversary Value, which is described below.

The Maximum Anniversary Value is based on a series of calculations on Contract
Anniversaries of Contract Values, Premium Payments and partial Surrenders.  We
will calculate an Anniversary Value for each Contract Anniversary prior to the
deceased's 81st birthday or date of death, whichever is earlier.  The
Anniversary Value is equal to the Contract Value as of 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.  The Maximum Anniversary Value is equal to the greatest
Anniversary Value attained from this series of calculations.

This Death Benefit amount will remain invested in the Sub-Accounts according to
your last instructions and will fluctuate with the performance of the underlying
Funds.

WHAT ANNUITY PAYOUT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE?  

When it comes time for us to make payouts, you may choose one of the following
Annuity Payout Options: Option 1 - Life Annuity, Option 2 - Life Annuity with
120, 180 or 240 Monthly Payments Certain, Option 3- Joint and Last Survivor Life
Annuity and Option 4: Payments For a Designated Period.   We may make other
Annuity Payout Options available at any time.
    

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You must begin to take payouts by the Annuitant's 90th birthday.  If you do not
tell us what Annuity Payout Option you want before that time, we will make
payments under Option 2 - Life Annuity with 120 Monthly Payments Certain.

                             GENERAL CONTRACT INFORMATION

                     HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY

Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company is a stock life insurance company
engaged in the business of writing life insurance and annuities, both individual
and group, in all states of the United States, the District of Columbia and
Puerto Rico, except New York. On January 1, 1998, Hartford's name changed from
ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company to Hartford Life and Annuity
Insurance Company.  We were originally incorporated under the laws of Wisconsin
on January 9, 1956, and subsequently redomiciled to Connecticut.  Our offices
are located in Simsbury, Connecticut; however, our mailing address is P.O. Box
2999, Hartford, CT  06104-2999. We are ultimately controlled by The Hartford
Financial Services Group, Inc., one of the largest financial service providers
in the United States.

HARTFORD'S RATINGS

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<CAPTION>
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      Rating Agency             Effective     Rating  Basis of Rating
                             Date of Rating
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                          <C>               <C>    <C>
A.M. Best and Company, Inc.    1/1/99            A+   Financial performance
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Standard & Poor's              6/1/98           AA    Insurer financial strength
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Duff & Phelps                12/21/98           AA+   Claims paying ability
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

                                 THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT

The Separate Account is where we set aside and invest the assets of some of our
annuity contracts, including this Contract. The Separate Account was established
on October 28, 1994 and is registered as a unit investment trust under the
Investment Company Act of 1940.  This registration does not involve supervision
by the Commission of the management or the investment practices of the Separate
Account or Hartford.  The Separate Account meets the definition of "Separate
Account" under federal securities law.  This Separate Account holds only assets
for variable annuity contracts.  The Separate Account:
- -    Holds assets for the benefit of you and other Contract Owners, and the  
     persons entitled to the payments described in the Contract. 
- -    Is not subject to the liabilities arising out of any other business
     Hartford may conduct.
- -    Is not affected by the rate of return of Hartford's General Account or by
     the investment performance of any of Hartford's other Separate Accounts.  
- -    May be subject to liabilities from a Sub-Account of the Separate Account
     which holds assets of other variable annuity contracts offered by the
     Separate Account which are not described in this
    

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     Prospectus.
- -    Is credited with income and gains, and takes losses, whether or not
     realized, from the assets it holds.

We do not guarantee the investment results of the Separate Account.  There is no
assurance that the value of your Annuity will equal the total of the payments
you make to us.

                                      THE FUNDS

The Funds may be managed in styles similar to the funds of other open-end
investment companies which are managed by the same investment advisers and whose
shares are generally offered to the public.  These other funds may, however,
employ different investment practices and may invest in securities different
from those in which the Funds invest, are not the same funds as the Funds and
have different performance fees and expenses than the Funds.  
   
We do not guarantee the investment results of any of the underlying Funds. 
Since each underlying Fund has different investment objectives, each is subject
to different risks.  These risks and the Funds' expenses, policies and
procedures are more fully described in the accompanying Funds' prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information, which you may order from us.  The Funds'
prospectus should be read in conjunction with this prospectus before investing.

The Funds may not be available in all states.

The investment goals of each of the Funds are as follows: 

ONE GROUP INVESTMENT TRUST BOND PORTFOLIO 
Seeks to maximize total return by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio
of intermediate and long term debt securities.  

ONE GROUP INVESTMENT TRUST DIVERSIFIED EQUITY PORTFOLIO 
Seeks long term capital growth and growth of income with a secondary objective
of providing a moderate level of current income. 

ONE GROUP INVESTMENT TRUST DIVERSIFIED MID CAP PORTFOLIO 
Seeks long term capital growth by investing primarily in equity securities of
companies with intermediate capitalizations. 
     
ONE GROUP INVESTMENT TRUST LARGE CAP GROWTH PORTFOLIO 
Seeks long-term capital appreciation and growth of income by investing primarily
in equity securities. 
     
ONE GROUP INVESTMENT TRUST MID CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO 
Seeks capital appreciation with the secondary goal of achieving current income
by investing primarily in equity securities.  

PUTNAM VT DIVERSIFIED INCOME FUND
Seeks high current income consistent with capital preservation by investing in
the following three
    

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sectors of the fixed income securities markets: a U.S. Government and Investment
Grade Sector, a High Yield Sector (which invests primarily in securities
commonly known as "junk bonds"), and an International Sector. See the special
considerations for investments in high yield securities described in the Fund
prospectus. 

PUTNAM VT GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION FUND
Seeks a high level of long-term total return consistent with preservation of
capital by investing in U.S. equities, international equities, U.S. fixed income
securities, and international fixed income securities. 

PUTNAM VT GLOBAL GROWTH FUND
Seeks capital appreciation through a globally diversified portfolio of common
stocks. 

PUTNAM VT GROWTH AND INCOME FUND
Seeks capital growth and current income by investing primarily in common stocks
that offer potential for capital growth, current income, or both. 

PUTNAM VT INCOME FUND  (formerly Putnam VT U.S. Government and High Quality Bond
Fund) Seeks high current income consistent with what Putnam Management believes
to be prudent risk.  The Fund will normally invest mostly in bonds and other
debt securities, and, to a lesser degree, in preferred stocks.

PUTNAM VT INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND
Seeks capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of
companies located in a country other than the United States. 

PUTNAM VT MONEY MARKET FUND
Seeks as high a rate of current income as Putnam Management believes is
consistent with preservation of capital and maintenance of liquidity by
investing in high-quality money market instruments. 

PUTNAM VT NEW OPPORTUNITIES FUND
Seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing principally in common stocks
of companies in sectors of the economy which Putnam Management believes possess
above-average long-term growth potential. 
   
The Funds are available to serve as the underlying investment for variable
annuity or variable life contracts.  A full description of the Funds, their
investment objectives, policies and restrictions, risks, charges and expenses
and other aspects of their operation is contained in the accompanying
prospectuses, which should be read in conjunction with this Prospectus before
investing.  Not all funds described in the Funds' prospectuses are available in
this Contract.  

                               THE INVESTMENT ADVISERS

Investment advisory services to One Group Investment Trust Bond Portfolio, One
Group Investment Trust Diversified Equity Portfolio, One Group Investment Trust
Diversified Mid Cap Portfolio, One Group Investment Trust Large Cap Growth
Portfolio and One Group Investment Trust Mid Cap 
    

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Value Portfolio are provided by Banc One Investment Advisors Corporation ("Banc
One Investment Advisors").  Banc One Investment Advisors makes the investment
decisions for the assets of the Portfolios and continuously reviews, supervises
and administers the Portfolios' investment program, subject to the supervision
of, and policies established by, the Board of Trustees.  Banc One Investment
Advisors is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of BANK ONE CORPORATION.  The
Portfolios' shares are not sponsored, endorsed or guaranteed by, and do not
constitute obligations or deposits of any bank affiliate of BANC ONE CORPORATION
and are not insured by the FDIC or issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government
or any of its agencies.

As of December 31, 1998 Banc One Investment Advisors managed over $54 billion 
in assets.

Prior to March 31, 1999, First Chicago NBD Investment Management Company 
("FCNIMCO") provided investment management services to the Predecessor Funds 
of the Bond Fund, the Diversified Mid Cap Portfolio, the Mid Cap Value 
Portfolio, and the Diversified Equity Portfolio. FCNIMCO is an indirect 
subsidiary of BANK ONE CORPORATION and an affiliate of Banc One Investment 
Advisors.

The Putnam Diversified Income, Putnam Global Asset, Putnam Global Growth, Putnam
Growth and Income, Putnam Income, Putnam International Growth, Putnam Money
Market and Putnam New Opportunities Sub-Accounts purchase shares of Putnam
Variable Trust, an open-end series investment company with multiple portfolios
("Funds").  Putnam Investment Management, Inc. ("Putnam Management") serves as
the investment manager for the Funds.  Putnam Management is ultimately
controlled by Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a publicly owned holding company
whose principal businesses are international insurance brokerage and employee
benefit consulting.

Subject to the general oversight of the Trustees of Putnam Variable Trust,
Putnam Management manages the Funds' portfolios in accordance with their stated
investment objectives and policies, makes investment decisions for the Funds,
places orders to purchase and sell securities on behalf of the Funds, and
administers the affairs of the Funds. For its services, the Funds pay Putnam
Management a quarterly fee. See the accompanying Funds prospectus for a more
complete description of Putnam Management and the respective fees of the Funds.

MIXED AND SHARED FUNDING - Shares of the Funds may be sold to our other separate
accounts and our insurance company affiliates or other unaffiliated insurance
companies to serve as the underlying investment for both variable annuity
contracts and variable life insurance policies, a practice known as "mixed and
shared funding." As a result, there is a possibility that a material conflict
may arise between the interests of Contract Owners, and of owners of other
contracts whose contract values are allocated to one or more of these other
separate accounts investing in any one of the Funds. In the event of any such
material conflicts, we will consider what action may be appropriate, including
removing the Fund from the Separate Account or replacing the Fund with another
underlying fund. There are certain risks associated with mixed and shared
funding, as disclosed in the Funds' prospectus.

VOTING RIGHTS - We are the legal owners of all Fund shares held in the Separate
Account and we have the right to vote at the Fund's shareholder meetings.  To
the extent required by federal securities laws or regulations, we will: 
- -    Notify you of any Fund shareholders' meeting if the shares held for your
     Contract may be voted. 
- -    Send proxy materials and a form of instructions that you can use to tell us
     how to vote the Fund shares held for your Contract.
- -    Arrange for the handling and tallying of proxies received from Contract
     Owners.
- -    Vote all Fund shares attributable to your Contract according to
     instructions received from you, and 
- -    Vote all Fund shares for which no voting instructions are received in the
     same proportion as 
    

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     shares for which instructions have been received.

If any federal securities laws or regulations, or their present interpretation,
change to permit us to vote Fund shares on our own, we may decide to do so. You
may attend any Shareholder Meeting at which shares held for your Contract may be
voted.  After we begin to make Annuity Payouts to you, the number of votes you
have will decrease.  

SUBSTITUTIONS, ADDITIONS, OR DELETIONS OF FUNDS - We reserve the right, subject
to any applicable law, to make certain changes to the Funds offered under Your
Contract.  We may, in our sole discretion, establish new Funds.  New Funds will
be made available to existing Contract Owners as we determine appropriate.  We
may also close one or more Funds to additional Payments or transfers from
existing Sub-Accounts.

We reserve the right to eliminate the shares of any of the Funds for any reason
and to substitute shares of another registered investment company for the shares
of any Fund already purchased or to be purchased in the future by the Separate
Account. To the extent required by the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940
Act"), substitutions of shares attributable to your interest in a Fund will not
be made until we have the approval of the Commission and we have notified you of
the change.

In the event of any substitution or change, we may, by appropriate endorsement,
make any changes in the Contract necessary or appropriate to reflect the
substitution or change.  If we decide that it is in the best interest of the
Contracts Owners, the Separate Account may be operated as a management company
under the 1940 Act or any other form permitted by law, may be de-registered
under the 1940 Act in the event such registration is no longer required, or may
be combined with one or more other Separate Accounts.

                           PERFORMANCE RELATED INFORMATION

The Separate Account may advertise certain performance-related information
concerning the 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. 

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. 

The Separate Account may also advertise NON-STANDARD TOTAL RETURNS THAT PRE-DATE
THE INCEPTION DATE OF THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT.  These non-standardized total
returns are calculated by assuming that the Sub-Accounts have been in existence
for the same periods as the underlying Funds and by taking deductions for
charges equal to those currently assessed against the Sub-Accounts.  These
non-standardized returns must be accompanied by standardized total returns.

If applicable, the Sub-Accounts may advertise YIELD IN ADDITION TO TOTAL RETURN.
The yield will be 
    

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computed in the following manner: The net investment income per unit earned
during a recent one month period is divided by the unit value on the last day of
the period. This figure includes the recurring charges at the Separate Account
level including the Annual Maintenance Fee. 

The 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 include the recurring charges at the Separate Account level
including the Annual Maintenance Fee. 

The Separate Account may also disclose YIELD for periods prior to the date the
Separate Account commenced operations. For these periods, 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.  No yield disclosure
for periods prior to the date of the Separate Account will be used without the
yield disclosure for periods as of the inception of the Separate Account.

We 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 systematic investing, Dollar Cost Averaging
and asset allocation), the advantages and disadvantages of investing in
tax-deferred and taxable instruments, customer profiles and hypothetical
purchase scenarios, financial management and tax and retirement planning, and
other investment alternatives, including comparisons between the Contract and
the characteristics of and market for such alternatives. 

                            THE FIXED ACCUMULATION FEATURE

IMPORTANT INFORMATION YOU SHOULD KNOW: THIS PORTION OF THE PROSPECTUS RELATING
TO THE FIXED ACCUMULATION FEATURE IS NOT REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933 ("1933 ACT") AND THE FIXED ACCUMULATION FEATURE IS NOT REGISTERED AS AN
INVESTMENT COMPANY UNDER THE 1940 ACT.  THE FIXED ACCUMULATION FEATURE OR ANY OF
ITS INTERESTS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OR RESTRICTIONS OF THE 1933 ACT
OR THE 1940 ACT, AND THE STAFF OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT
REVIEWED THE DISCLOSURE REGARDING THE FIXED ACCUMULATION FEATURE. THE FOLLOWING
DISCLOSURE ABOUT THE FIXED ACCUMULATION FEATURE MAY BE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN
GENERALLY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS REGARDING THE
ACCURACY AND COMPLETENESS OF DISCLOSURE. 

Premium Payments and Contract Values allocated to the Fixed Accumulation Feature
become a part of our General Account assets.  We invest the assets of the
General Account according to the laws governing the investments of insurance
company General Accounts.  

Currently, we guarantee that we will credit interest at a rate of not less than
3% per year, compounded 
    

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annually, to amounts you allocate to the Fixed Accumulation Feature.  We reserve
the right to change the rate subject only to applicable state insurance law. We
may credit interest at a rate in excess of 3% per year.  We will periodically
publish the Fixed Accumulation Feature interest rates currently in effect. There
is no specific formula for determining interest rates. Some of the factors that
we may consider in determining whether to credit excess interest are; general
economic trends, rates of return currently available and anticipated on our
investments, regulatory and tax requirements and competitive factors. We will
account for any deductions, Surrenders or transfers from the Fixed Accumulation
Feature on a "first-in first-out" basis.  

IMPORTANT:  ANY INTEREST CREDITED TO AMOUNTS YOU ALLOCATE TO THE FIXED
ACCUMULATION FEATURE IN EXCESS OF 3% PER YEAR WILL BE DETERMINED AT OUR SOLE
DISCRETION.  YOU ASSUME THE RISK THAT INTEREST CREDITED TO THE FIXED
ACCUMULATION FEATURE MAY NOT EXCEED THE MINIMUM GUARANTEE OF 3% FOR ANY GIVEN
YEAR. 

From time to time, we may credit increased interest rates under certain programs
established in our sole discretion.  

DOLLAR COST AVERAGING PLUS ("DCA PLUS") PROGRAMS: Currently, you may enroll in a
special pre-authorized transfer program known as our DCA Plus Program (the
"Program"). Under this Program, Contract Owners who enroll may allocate a
minimum of $5,000 of their Premium Payment into the Program (we may allow a
lower minimum Premium Payment for qualified plan transfers or rollovers,
including IRAs) and pre-authorize transfers to any of the Sub-Accounts under
either the 6-Month Transfer Program or 12-Month Transfer Program. The 6-Month
Transfer Program and the 12-Month Transfer Program will generally have different
credited interest rates.  Under the 6-Month Transfer Program, the interest rate
can accrue up to 6 months and all Premium Payments and accrued interest must be
transferred from the Program to the selected Sub-Accounts in 3 to 6 months. 
Under the 12-Month Transfer Program, the interest rate can accrue up to 12
months and all Premium Payments and accrued interest must be transferred to the
selected Sub-Accounts in 7 to 12 months.  This will be accomplished by monthly
transfers for the period selected and a final transfer of the entire amount
remaining in the Program. 

The pre-authorized transfers will begin within 15 days of receipt of the Program
payment provided we receive complete enrollment instructions. If we do not
receive complete Program enrollment instructions within 15 days of receipt of
the initial Program payment, the Program will be voided and the entire balance
in the Program will be transferred to the Accounts designated by you.  If you do
not designate an Account, you will receive the Fixed Accumulation Feature's
current effective interest rate.  Any subsequent payments we receive within the
Program period selected will be allocated to the Sub-Accounts over the remainder
of that Program transfer period.

You may elect to terminate the pre-authorized transfers by calling or writing us
of your intent to cancel enrollment in the Program. Upon cancellation, you will
no longer receive the Program interest rate and unless we receive instructions
to the contrary, the amounts remaining in the Program may accrue the interest
rate currently in effect for the Fixed Accumulation Feature. 

We reserve the right to discontinue, modify or amend the Program or any other
interest rate program we establish.  Any change to the Program will not affect
Contract Owners currently enrolled in the 
    

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Program. This Program may not be available in all states; please contact us to
determine if it is available in your state.

You may only have one DCA program in place at one time.  The Fixed Accumulation
Feature and Dollar Cost Averaging Plus Program are not available in Oregon.

                                    THE CONTRACT
                                          
                            PURCHASES AND CONTRACT VALUE

WHAT TYPES OF CONTRACTS ARE AVAILABLE?

The Contract is an individual or group tax-deferred variable annuity contract. 
It is 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 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.

The examples above represent Qualified Contracts, as defined by the Code.  In
addition, individuals and trusts can also purchase Contracts that are not part
of a tax qualified retirement plan.  These are known as Non-Qualified Contracts.

HOW DO I PURCHASE A CONTRACT?

You may purchase a Contract by completing and submitting an application or an
order request along with an initial Premium Payment. For most Contracts, the
minimum Premium Payment is $1,000.  For additional Premium Payments, the minimum
Premium Payment is $500.  Under certain situations, we may allow smaller Premium
Payments, for example, if you enroll in our InvestEase Program or are part of
certain tax qualified retirement plans.  Prior approval is required for Premium
Payments of $1,000,000 or more.

You and your Annuitant must not be older than age 85 on the date that your
Contract is issued

You must be of legal age in the state where the Contract is being purchased or a
guardian must act on your behalf. 

HOW ARE PREMIUM PAYMENTS APPLIED TO MY CONTRACT?

Your initial Premium Payment will be invested within two Valuation Days of our
receipt of a properly completed application or an order request and the Premium
Payment.  If we receive your subsequent Premium Payment before the close of the
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York Stock Exchange, it will be priced on the same Valuation Day. If we receive
your Premium Payment after the close of the New York Stock Exchange, it will be
processed on the next Valuation Day.  If we receive your Premium Payment on a
Non-Valuation Day, the amount will be invested on the next Valuation Day. 
Unless we receive new instructions, we will invest the Premium Payment based on
your last allocation instructions.  We will send you a confirmation when we
invest your Premium Payment.

If the request or other information accompanying the Premium Payment is
incomplete when received, we will hold the money in a non-interest bearing
account for up to five Valuation Days while we try to obtain complete
information.  If we cannot obtain the information within five Valuation Days, we
will either return the Premium Payment and explain why the Premium Payment could
not be processed or keep the Premium Payment if you authorize us to keep it
until your provide the necessary information.

CAN I CANCEL MY CONTRACT AFTER I PURCHASE IT?

We want you to be satisfied with the Contract you have purchased.  We urge you
to closely examine its provisions.  If for any reason you are not satisfied with
your Contract, simply return it within ten days after you receive it with a
written request for cancellation that indicates your tax-withholding
instructions. In some states, you may be allowed more time to cancel your
Contract.   We will not deduct any Contingent Deferred Sales Charges during this
time.  We may require additional information, including a signature guarantee,
before we can cancel your Contract.

You bear the investment risk from the time the Contract is issued until we
receive your complete cancellation request.  

The amount we pay you upon cancellation depends on the requirements of the state
where you purchased your Contract, the method of purchase, the type of Contract
you purchased and your age.  

HOW IS THE VALUE OF MY CONTRACT CALCULATED BEFORE THE ANNUITY COMMENCEMENT DATE?

The Contract Value is the sum of all Accounts.  There are two things that affect
your Sub-Account value:  (1) the number of Accumulation Units and (2) the
Accumulation Unit Value.  The Sub-Account value is determined by multiplying the
number of Accumulation Units by the Accumulation Unit Value. Therefore, on any
Valuation Day your Contract Value reflects the investment performance of the
Sub-Accounts and will fluctuate with the performance of the underlying Funds.

When Premium Payments are credited to your Sub-Accounts, they are converted into
Accumulation Units by dividing the amount of your Premium Payments, minus any
Premium Taxes, by the Accumulation Unit Value for that day. The more Premium
Payments you put into your Contract, the more Accumulation Units you will own. 
You decrease the number of Accumulation Units you have by requesting Surrenders,
transferring money out of an Account, settling a Death Benefit claim or by
annuitizing your Contract.

To determine the current Accumulation Unit Value, we take the prior Valuation
Day's Accumulation Unit Value and multiply it by the Net Investment Factor for
the current Valuation Day.
    

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The Net Investment Factor is used to measure the investment performance of a
Sub-Account from one Valuation Day to the next.  The Net Investment Factor for
each Sub-Account equals:
- -    The net asset value per share of each Fund held in the Sub-Account at the
     end of the current Valuation Day divided by
- -    The net asset value per share of each Fund held in the Sub-Account at the
     end of the prior Valuation Day; minus
- -    The daily mortality and expense risk charge adjusted for the number of days
     in the period, and any other applicable charge.

We will send you a statement in each calendar quarter, which tells you how many
Accumulation Units you have, their value and your total Contract Value.

CAN I TRANSFER FROM ONE SUB-ACCOUNT TO ANOTHER?

TRANSFERS BETWEEN SUB-ACCOUNTS -You may transfer from one Sub-Account to another
before and after the Annuity Commencement Date at no extra charge. Your transfer
request will be processed on the day that it is received as long as it is
received on a Valuation Day before the close of the New York Stock Exchange.
Otherwise, your request will be processed on the following Valuation Day.  We
will send you a confirmation when we process your transfer. You are responsible
for verifying transfer confirmations and promptly advising us of any errors
within 30 days of receiving the confirmation.

SUB-ACCOUNT TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS - We reserve the right to limit the number of
transfers to 12 per Contract Year, with no transfers occurring on consecutive
Valuation Days. We also have the right to restrict transfers if we believe that
the transfers could have an adverse effect on other Contract Owners.  In all
states except Florida, Maryland and Oregon, we may:
- -    Require a minimum time period between each transfer, 
- -    Limit the dollar amount that may be transferred on any one Valuation Day,
     and
- -    Not accept transfer requests from an agent acting under a power of attorney
     for more than one Contract Owner.

We also have a restriction in place that involves individuals who act under a
power of attorney for multiple Contract Owners.  If the value of the Contract
Owners' Accounts add up to more than $2 million, we will not accept transfer
instructions from the power of attorney unless the power of attorney has entered
into a Third Party Transfer Services Agreement with us.

Some states may have different restrictions.
 
FIXED ACCUMULATION FEATURE TRANSFERS: During each Contract Year, you may make
transfers out of the Fixed Accumulation Feature to Sub-Accounts. All transfer
allocations must be in whole numbers (e.g., 1%).  You may transfer either:
- -    30% of your total amount in the Fixed Accumulation Feature, or 
- -    An amount equal to the largest previous transfer.  

These transfer limits do not include transfers done through Dollar Cost
Averaging or the DCA Plus

    

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Program.  

If your interest rate renews at a rate at least 1% lower than your prior
interest rate, you may transfer an amount equal to up to 100% of the amount to
be invested at the renewal rate. You must make this transfer request within 60
days of being notified of the renewal rate.  

FIXED ACCUMULATION FEATURE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS - We reserve the right to defer
transfers from the Fixed Accumulation Feature for up to 6 months from the date
of your request.  After any transfer, you must wait six months before moving
Sub-Account Values back to the Fixed Accumulation Feature.

TELEPHONE TRANSFERS - In most states, you can make transfers by calling us at
(800) 862-6668. Hartford, our agents or our affiliates are NOT responsible for
losses resulting from telephone requests that we believe are genuine. We will
use reasonable procedures to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine,
including requiring that callers provide certain identification information and
recording all telephone transfer instructions.

POWER OF ATTORNEY - You may authorize another person to make transfers on your
behalf by submitting a completed Power of Attorney form.  Once we have the
completed form on file, we will accept transfer instructions, subject to our
transfer restrictions, from your designated third party until we receive new
instructions in writing from you. You will not be able to make transfers or
other changes to your Contract if you have authorized someone else to act under
a Power of Attorney.

                                   CHARGES AND FEES

There are 6 charges and fees associated with the Contract:

1.   THE CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGE 

The Contingent Deferred Sales Charge covers some of the expenses relating to the
sale and distribution of the Contract, including commissions paid to registered
representatives and the cost of preparing sales literature and other promotional
activities.

We assess a Contingent Deferred Sales Charge when you request a full or partial
Surrender.  The percentage of the Contingent Deferred Sales Charge is based on
how long your Premium Payments have been in the Contract.  The Contingent
Deferred Sales Charge will not exceed the total amount of the Premium Payments
made.  Each Premium Payment has its own Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
schedule.  Premium Payments are Surrendered in the order in which they were
received.  The longer you leave your Premium Payments in the Contract, the lower
the Contingent Deferred Sales Charge will be when you Surrender.

The Contingent Deferred Sales Charge is a percentage of the amount Surrendered
and is equal to: 
    

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                              NUMBER OF       CONTINGENT
                              YEARS FROM       DEFERRED
                               PREMIUM          SALES
                               PAYMENT          CHARGE
                              <S>             <C>
                                  1              6%
                                  2              6%
                                  3              5%
                                  4              5%
                                  5              4%
                                  6              3%
                                  7              2%
                                  8 or           0%
                                 more
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THE FOLLOWING SURRENDERS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO A CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGE:

- -    ANNUAL WITHDRAWAL AMOUNT: During the first seven years from each Premium
     Payment, you may, each Contract Year, take partial Surrenders up to 10% 
     of the total Premium Payments.  If you do not take 10% one year, you may 
     not take more than 10% the next year. These amounts are different for 
     group unallocated Contracts and Contracts issued to a Charitable 
     Remainder Trust.

- -    SURRENDERS MADE FROM PREMIUM PAYMENTS INVESTED FOR MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS.
     After the seventh Contract Year, you may take the total of: (a) all of 
     your earnings, and (b) all Premium Payments held in your Contract for 
     more than seven years, and (c) 10% of Premium Payments made during the 
     last seven years.

UNDER THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS, THE CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGE IS WAIVED:

- -    Upon eligible confinement as described in the Waiver of Sales Charge Rider.
     For Contracts purchased on or after September 29, 1997, we will waive 
     any Contingent Deferred Sales Charge applicable to a partial or full 
     Surrender if you, the joint owner or the Annuitant, is confined for at 
     least 180 calendar days to a: (a) facility recognized as a general 
     hospital by the proper authority of the state in which it is located; or 
     (b) facility recognized as a general hospital by the Joint Commission on 
     the Accreditation of Hospitals; or (c) facility certified as a hospital 
     or long-term care facility; or (d) nursing home licensed by the state in 
     which it is located and offers the services of a registered nurse 24 
     hours a day. If you, the joint owner or the Annuitant is confined when 
     you purchase the Contract, this waiver is not available.  For it to 
     apply, you must: (a) have owned the Contract continuously since it was 
     issued, (b) provide written proof of confinement satisfactory to us, and 
     (c) request the Surrender within 90 calendar days of the last day of 
     confinement. This waiver may not be available in all states. Please 
     contact your Registered Representative or us to determine if it is 
     available for you. 

- -    For Required Minimum Distributions. This allows Annuitants who are age 70
     1/2 or older, with a Contract held under an Individual Retirement 
     Account or 403(b) plan, to Surrender an amount equal to the Required 
     Minimum Distribution for the Contract without a Contingent Deferred 
     Sales Charge. All requests for Required Minimum Distributions must be in 
     writing.
- -    On or after the Annuitant's 90th birthday.
- -    For disabled participants enrolled in a group unallocated, tax qualified
     retirement plan.  With our approval and under certain conditions,
     participants who become disabled can receive Surrenders
    

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free of Contingent Deferred Sales Charge. 

THE FOLLOWING SITUATIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO A CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGE:

- -    Upon death of the Annuitant or Contract Owner.  No Contingent Deferred
     Sales Charge will be deducted if the Annuitant or Contract Owner dies,
     unless the Contract Owner is not a natural person (e.g. a trust).  
- -    Upon Annuitization. The Contingent Deferred Sales Charge is not deducted
     when you annuitize the Contract.  We will charge a Contingent Deferred
     Sales Charge if the Contract is fully Surrendered during the Contingent
     Deferred Sales Charge period under an Annuity Payout Option which allows
     Surrenders.
- -    Upon cancellation during the Right to Cancel Period

2.   MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK CHARGE

For assuming mortality and expense risks under the Contract, we deduct a 
daily charge at the rate of 1.25% per year of Sub-Account Value (estimated at 
 .90% for mortality and .35% for expenses). The mortality and expense risk 
charge is broken into charges for mortality risks and for an expense risk:

- -    MORTALITY RISK - There are two types of mortality risks that we assume,
     those made while your Premium Payments are accumulating and those made 
     once Annuity Payouts have begun
     
     During the period your Premium Payments are accumulating, we are 
     required to cover any difference between the Death Benefit paid and the 
     Surrender Value.  These differences may occur during periods of 
     declining value or in periods where the Contingent Deferred Sales 
     Charges would have been applicable.  The risk that we bear during this 
     period is that actual mortality rates, in aggregate, may exceed expected 
     mortality rates.
     
     Once Annuity Payouts have begun, we may be required to make Annuity 
     Payouts as long as the Annuitant is living, regardless of how long the
     Annuitant lives.  We would be required to make these payments if the 
     Payout Option chosen is the Life Annuity, Life Annuity With Payments for
     a Period Certain or Joint and Last Survivor Life Annuity Payout Option.
     The risk that we bear during this period is that the actual mortality 
     rates, in aggregate, may be lower than the expected mortality rates.

- -    EXPENSE RISK - We also bear an expense risk that the Contingent Deferred
     Sales Charges and the Annual Maintenance Fee collected before the Annuity
     Commencement Date may not be enough to cover the actual cost of selling,
     distributing and administering the Contract.

Although variable Annuity Payouts will fluctuate with the performance of the
underlying Fund selected, your Annuity Payouts will NOT be affected by (a) the
actual mortality experience of our Annuitants, or (b) our actual expenses if
they are greater than the deductions stated in the Contract.  Because we cannot
be certain how long our Annuitants will live, we charge this percentage fee
based on the mortality tables currently in use.  The mortality and expense risk
charge enables us to
    

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keep our commitments and to pay you as planned.  

3.   ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE 

The Annual Maintenance Fee is a flat fee that is deducted from your Contract
Value to reimburse us for expenses relating to the administrative maintenance of
the Contract and the Accounts.  The annual $30 charge is deducted on a Contract
Anniversary or when the Contract is fully Surrendered if the Contract Value at
either of those times is less than $50,000. The charge is deducted
proportionately from each Account in which you are invested.

WHEN IS THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE WAIVED?

We will waive the Annual Maintenance Fee if your Contract Value is $50,000 or
more on your Contract Anniversary or when you fully Surrender your Contract.  In
addition, we will waive one Annual Maintenance Fee for Contract Owners who own
more than one Contract with a combined Contract Value between $50,000 and
$100,000.  If you have multiple Contracts with a combined Contract Value of
$100,000 or greater, we will waive the Annual Maintenance Fee on all Contracts. 
However, we reserve the right to limit the number of waivers to a total of six
Contracts.  We also reserve the right to waive the Annual Maintenance Fee under
certain other conditions.

4.   ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE - For administration, we apply a daily charge at 
the rate of .15% per year against all Contract Values held in the Separate 
Account during both the accumulation and annuity phases of the Contract. 
There is not necessarily a relationship between the amount of administrative 
charge imposed on a given Contract and the amount of expenses that may be 
attributable to that Contract; expenses may be more or less than the charge.

5.   PREMIUM TAXES

We deduct Premium Taxes, if required, by a state or other government agency.
Some states collect the taxes when Premium Payments are made; others collect at
Annuitization.  Since we pay Premium Taxes when they are required by applicable
law, we may deduct them from your Contract when we pay the taxes, upon
Surrender, or on the Annuity Commencement Date. The Premium Tax rate varies by
state or municipality.  Currently, the maximum rate charged by any state is 3.5%
and 4% in Puerto Rico.

6.   CHARGES AGAINST THE FUNDS

The Separate Account purchases shares of the Funds at net asset value.  The net
asset value of the Fund reflects investment advisory fees and administrative
expenses already deducted from the assets of the Funds.  These charges are
described in the Funds' prospectuses accompanying this prospectus.

WE MAY OFFER, IN OUR DISCRETION, REDUCED FEES AND CHARGES INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGES, THE MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK
CHARGE, AND THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE, FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTS (INCLUDING
EMPLOYER SPONSORED SAVINGS PLANS) WHICH MAY RESULT IN DECREASED COSTS AND
EXPENSES.  REDUCTIONS IN THESE FEES AND CHARGES WILL NOT BE UNFAIRLY
DISCRIMINATORY AGAINST ANY CONTRACT OWNER.

                                   DEATH BENEFIT

WHAT IS THE DEATH BENEFIT AND HOW IS IT CALCULATED?
    

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The Death Benefit is the amount we will pay upon the death of the Contract Owner
or the Annuitant.  The Death Benefit is calculated when we receive a certified
death certificate or other legal document acceptable to us. 

The calculated Death Benefit will remain invested in the same Accounts,
according to the Contract Owner's last instructions until we receive complete
written settlement instructions from the Beneficiary.  Therefore, the Death
Benefit amount will fluctuate with the performance of the underlying Funds. 
When there is more than one Beneficiary, we will calculate the Accumulation
Units for each Sub-account and the dollar amount for the Fixed Accumulation
Feature for each Beneficiary's portion of the proceeds.

If death occurs before the Annuity Commencement Date, the Death Benefit is the
greatest of:
- -    The Contract Value on the date the death certificate or other legal
     document acceptable to us is received; or
- -    100% of all Premium Payments paid into the Contract minus any partial
     Surrenders; or
- -    The Maximum Anniversary Value, which is described below.

The Maximum Anniversary Value is based on a series of calculations on Contract
Anniversaries of Contract Values, Premium Payments and partial Surrenders.  We
will calculate an Anniversary Value for each Contract Anniversary prior to the
deceased's 81st birthday or date of death, whichever is earlier.  The
Anniversary Value is equal to the Contract Value as of 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.  The Maximum Anniversary Value is equal to the greatest
Anniversary Value attained from this series of calculations.

The Maximum Anniversary Value is only calculated until the earlier of the
Contract Owner or Annuitant's 81st birthday or death. 

HOW IS THE DEATH BENEFIT PAID?

The Death Benefit may be taken in one lump sum or under any of the Annuity
Payout Options then being offered by us.  On the date we receive complete
instructions from the Beneficiary, we will compute the Death Benefit amount to
be paid out or applied to a selected Annuity Payout Option. When there is more
than one Beneficiary, we will calculate the Death Benefit amount for each
Beneficiary's portion of the proceeds and then pay it out or apply it to a
selected Annuity Payout Option according to each Beneficiary's instructions.  If
we receive the complete instructions on a Non-Valuation Day, computations will
take place on the next Valuation Day.

The Beneficiary may elect under the Annuity Proceeds Settlement Option "Death
Benefit Remaining with the Company" to leave proceeds from the Death Benefit
with us for up to five years from the date of the Contract Owner's death if the
Contract Owner died before the Annuity Commencement Date.  Once we receive a
certified death certificate or other legal documents acceptable to us, the
Beneficiary can: (a) make Sub-Account transfers and (b) take Surrenders without
paying Contingent Deferred Sales Charges. 
    

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REQUIRED DISTRIBUTIONS: If the Contract Owner dies before the Annuity
Commencement Date, the Death Benefit must be distributed within five years after
death.  The Beneficiary can choose any Annuity Payout Option that results in
complete Annuity Payout within five years.   

If the Contract Owner dies on or after the Annuity Commencement Date under an
Annuity Payout Option with a Death Benefit, any remaining value must be
distributed at least as rapidly as under the payment method being used as of the
Contract Owner's death.  

If the Contract Owner is not an individual (e.g. a trust), then the original
Annuitant will be treated as the Contract Owner in the situations described
above and any change in the original Annuitant will be treated as the death of
the Contract Owner.

WHO WILL RECEIVE THE DEATH BENEFIT?

The distribution of the Death Benefit is based on whether death is before, on or
after the Annuity Commencement Date.

IF DEATH OCCURS BEFORE THE ANNUITY COMMENCEMENT DATE:
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- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 IF THE DECEASED IS       AND...            AND...           THEN THE...
 THE...
<S>                       <C>               <C>              <C>
 Contract Owner           There is a        The Annuitant    Joint Contract
                          surviving joint   is living or     Owner receives the
                          Contract Owner    deceased         Death Benefit.

 Contract Owner           There is no       The Annuitant    Designated
                          surviving joint   is living or     Beneficiary
                          Contract Owner    deceased         receives the Death
                                                             Benefit.

 Contract Owner           There is no       The Annuitant    Contract Owner's
                          surviving joint   is living or     estate receives
                          Contract Owner    deceased         the Death Benefit.
                          and the
                          Beneficiary
                          predeceases the
                          Contract Owner

 Annuitant                The Contract      There is no      Death Benefit is
                          Owner is living   named            paid to the
                                            Contingent       Contract Owner and
                                            Annuitant        not the designated
                                                             Beneficiary.

 Annuitant                The Contract      The Contingent   Contingent
                          Owner is living   Annuitant is     Annuitant becomes
                                            living           the Annuitant, and
                                                             the Contract
                                                             continues.
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IF DEATH OCCURS ON OR AFTER THE ANNUITY COMMENCEMENT DATE:
    

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 IF THE DECEASED IS THE...  AND...           THEN THE...
<S>                         <C>              <C>
 Contract Owner             The Annuitant    Designated
                            is living        Beneficiary becomes
                                             the Contract Owner

 Annuitant                  The Contract     Contract Owner
                            Owner is         receives the Death
                            living           Benefit.  

 Annuitant                  The Annuitant    Designated
                            is also the      Beneficiary receives
                            Contract Owner   the Death Benefit.
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THESE ARE THE MOST COMMON DEATH BENEFIT SCENARIOS, HOWEVER, THERE ARE OTHERS.
SOME OF THE ANNUITY PAYOUT OPTIONS MAY NOT RESULT IN A DEATH BENEFIT PAYOUT.  IF
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE AND ANY OTHER SCENARIOS, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR
REGISTERED REPRESENTATIVE OR US.

WHAT SHOULD THE BENEFICIARY CONSIDER? 

ALTERNATIVES TO THE REQUIRED DISTRIBUTIONS: The selection of an Annuity Payout
Option and the timing of the selection will have an impact on the tax treatment
of the Death Benefit.  To receive favorable tax treatment, the Annuity Payout
Option selected: (a) cannot extend beyond the Beneficiary's life or life
expectancy, and (b) must begin within one year of the date of death.

If these conditions are NOT met, the Death Benefit will be treated as a lump sum
payment for tax purposes.  This sum will be taxable in the year in which it is
considered received.

SPOUSAL CONTRACT CONTINUATION - If the Beneficiary is the Contract Owner's
spouse, the Beneficiary may elect to continue the Contract as the contract
owner, receive the death benefit in one lump sum payment or elect an Annuity
Payout Option.  This is available only once for each Contract. 

                                     SURRENDERS

WHAT KINDS OF SURRENDERS ARE AVAILABLE?

FULL SURRENDERS BEFORE THE ANNUITY COMMENCEMENT DATE: When you Surrender your
Contract before the Annuity Commencement Date, the Surrender Value of the
Contract will be made in a lump sum payment.  The Surrender Value is the
Contract Value minus any applicable Premium Taxes, Contingent Deferred Sales
Charges and the Annual Maintenance Fee.  The Surrender Value may be more or less
than the amount of the Premium Payments made to a Contract.

PARTIAL SURRENDERS BEFORE THE ANNUITY COMMENCEMENT DATE: You may request a
partial Surrender of Contract Values at any time before the Annuity Commencement
Date.  There are two restrictions:
- -    The partial Surrender amount must be at least equal to $100, our current
     minimum for partial Surrenders, and 
- -    The Contract must have a minimum Contract Value of $500 after the
     Surrender. We reserve the right to close your Contract and pay the full
     Surrender Value if the Contract Value is under the minimum after the
     Surrender.  If your Contract was issued in Texas, a remaining value of $500
     is
    

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     not required to continue the Contract if Premium Payments were made in the
     last two Contract Years.

FULL SURRENDERS AFTER THE ANNUITY COMMENCEMENT DATE: You may Surrender your
Contract on or after the Annuity Commencement Date only if you selected the
Payment For a Period Certain Annuity Payout Option.  Under this option, we pay
you the Commuted Value of your Contract minus any applicable Contingent Deferred
Sales Charges.  The Commuted Value is determined on the day we receive your
written request for Surrender. 

PARTIAL SURRENDERS ARE PERMITTED AFTER THE ANNUITY COMMENCEMENT DATE IF YOU
ELECT THE PAYMENTS FOR PERIOD CERTAIN ANNUITY PAYOUT OPTION, BUT CHECK WITH YOUR
TAX ADVISOR BECAUSE THERE MAY BE ADVERSE TAX CONSEQUENCES.

HOW DO I REQUEST A SURRENDER?

Requests for full Surrenders must be in writing.  Requests for partial
Surrenders can be made in writing or by telephone.  We will send your money
within seven days of receiving complete instructions.  However, we may postpone
payment of Surrenders whenever: (a) the New York Stock Exchange is closed, (b)
trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted by the SEC, (b) the SEC
permits and orders postponement or (c) the SEC determines that an emergency
exists to restrict valuation. 

WRITTEN REQUESTS - To request a full or partial Surrender, complete a Surrender
Form or send us a letter, signed by you, stating:
- -    the dollar amount that you want to receive, either before or after we
     withhold taxes and deduct for any applicable charges,
- -    your tax withholding amount or percentage, if any, and 
- -    your mailing address.  

If there are joint Contract Owners, both must authorize all Surrenders.  For a
partial Surrender, specify the Accounts that you want your Surrender to come
from, otherwise, the Surrender will be taken in proportion to the value in each
Account.  

TELEPHONE REQUESTS: To request a partial Surrender by telephone, we must have
received your completed Telephone Redemption Program Enrollment Form. If there
are joint Contract Owners, both must sign this form.  By signing the form, you
authorize us to accept telephone instructions for partial Surrenders from either
Contract Owner. Telephone authorization will remain in effect until we receive a
written cancellation notice from you or your joint Contract Owner, we
discontinue the program; or you are no longer the owner of the Contract.  There
are some restrictions on telephone surrenders, please call us with any
questions.

We may record telephone calls and use other procedures to verify information and
confirm that instructions are genuine.  We will not be liable for losses or
expenses arising from telephone instructions reasonably believed to be genuine.
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Telephone Surrender instructions received before the close of the New York Stock
Exchange will be processed on that Valuation Day.  Otherwise, your request will
be processed on the next Valuation Day.

COMPLETING A POWER OF ATTORNEY FORM FOR ANOTHER PERSON TO ACT ON YOUR BEHALF MAY
PREVENT YOU FROM MAKING SURRENDERS VIA TELEPHONE. 

WHAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ABOUT TAXES?

There are certain tax consequences associated with Surrenders:

PRIOR TO AGE 59 1/2: If you make a Surrender prior to age 59 1/2, there may be
adverse tax consequences including a10% federal income tax penalty on the
taxable portion of the Surrender payment.  Surrendering before age 59 1/2 may
also affect the continuing tax-qualified status of some Contracts.

WE DO NOT MONITOR SURRENDER REQUESTS.  TO DETERMINE WHETHER A SURRENDER IS
PERMISSIBLE, WITH OR WITHOUT FEDERAL INCOME TAX PENALTY, PLEASE CONSULT YOUR
PERSONAL TAX ADVISOR.

MORE THAN ONE CONTRACT ISSUED IN THE SAME CALENDER YEAR:

If you own more than one contract issued by us or our affiliates in the same
calendar year, then these contracts may be treated as one contract for the
purpose of determining the taxation of distributions prior to the Annuity
Commencement Date.  Please consult your tax adviser for additional information.

INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 403(b) ANNUITIES - As of December 31, 1988, all
section 403(b) annuities have limits on full and partial Surrenders. 
Contributions to your Contract made after December 31, 1988 and any increases in
cash value after December 31, 1988 may not be distributed unless you are: (a)
age 59 1/2, (b) no longer employed, (c) deceased, (d) disabled, or (e)
experiencing a financial hardship (cash value increases may not be distributed
for hardships prior to age 59 1/2).  Distributions prior to age 59 1/2 due to
financial hardship; unemployment or retirement may still be subject to a penalty
tax of 10%.

WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSULT WITH YOUR TAX ADVISER BEFORE MAKING ANY SURRENDERS. 
PLEASE SEE THE "FEDERAL TAX CONSIDERATIONS" SECTION FOR MORE INFORMATION.

                                  ANNUITY PAYOUTS

THIS SECTION DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE BEGIN TO MAKE REGULAR ANNUITY
PAYOUTS FROM YOUR CONTRACT.  YOU, AS THE CONTRACT OWNER, SHOULD ANSWER FIVE
QUESTIONS:

     1.   When do you want Annuity Payouts to begin?
     2.   What Annuity Payout Option do you want to use?
     3.   How often do you want to receive Annuity Payouts?
     4.   What is the Assumed Investment Rate?
    

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     5.   Do you want fixed dollar amount or variable dollar amount Annuity
          Payouts?

Please check with your financial advisor to select the Annuity Payout Option
that best meets your income needs.

1.   WHEN DO YOU WANT ANNUITY PAYOUTS TO BEGIN?

You select an Annuity Commencement Date when you purchase your Contract or at
any time before you begin receiving Annuity Payouts. You may change the Annuity
Commencement Date by notifying us within thirty days prior to the date. The
Annuity Commencement Date cannot be deferred beyond the 15th day of the month of
the Annuitant's 90th birthday.  If this Contract is issued to the trustee of a
Charitable Remainder Trust, the Annuity Commencement Date may be deferred to the
Annuitant's 100th birthday.

The Annuity Calculation Date is when the amount of your Annuity Payout is
determined.  This occurs within five Valuation Days before your selected Annuity
Commencement Date.  

All Annuity Payouts, regardless of frequency, will occur on the same day of the
month as the Annuity Commencement Date.  After the initial payout, if an Annuity
Payout date falls on a Non-Valuation Day, the Annuity Payout is computed on the
prior Valuation Day.  If the Annuity Payout date does not occur in a given month
due to a leap year or months with only 28 days (i.e. the 31st), the Annuity
Payout will be computed on the last Valuation Day of the month.

2.   WHICH ANNUITY PAYOUT OPTION DO YOU WANT TO USE?

Your Contract contains the Annuity Payout Options described below.  The Annuity
Proceeds Settlement Option is an option that can be elected by the Beneficiary
after the death of the Contract Owner and is described in the "Death Benefit"
section. We may at times offer other Annuity Payout Options.

OPTION 1: LIFE ANNUITY - We make Annuity Payouts as long as the Annuitant is
living.  When the Annuitant dies, we stop making Annuity Payouts.  A Payee would
receive only one Annuity Payout if the Annuitant dies after the first payout,
two Annuity Payouts if the Annuitant dies after the second payout, and so forth.

OPTION 2 - LIFE ANNUITY WITH 120, 180 OR 240 MONTHLY PAYMENTS CERTAIN - We make
monthly Annuity Payouts during the lifetime of the Annuitant but Annuity Payouts
are at least guaranteed for a minimum of 120, 180 or 240 months, as you elect.
If, at the death of the Annuitant, Annuity Payouts have been made for less than
the minimum elected number of months, then the Commuted Value as of the date of
the Annuitant's death will be paid in one sum to the Beneficiary. 

OPTION 3 - JOINT AND LAST SURVIVOR LIFE ANNUITY - We will make Annuity Payouts 
as long as the Annuitant and Joint Annuitant are living.  When one Annuitant
dies, we continue to make Annuity Payouts to the other Annuitant until that 
second Annuitant dies.  When choosing this option, you must decide what will 
happen to the Annuity Payouts; either fixed or variable, after the first 
Annuitant dies. You must select Annuity Payouts that: 
    

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     -    Remain the same at 100%, or
     -    Decrease to 66.67%, or 
     -    Decrease to 50%.

For variable Annuity Payouts, these percentages represent Annuity Units; for
fixed Annuity Payouts, they represent actual dollar amounts. The percentage will
also impact the Annuity Payout amount we pay while both Annuitants are living. 
If you pick a lower percentage, your original Annuity Payouts will be higher
while both Annuitants are alive.

OPTION 4 - PAYMENTS FOR A DESIGNATED PERIOD - We will make Annuity Payouts for
the number of years that you select.  You can select between 5 years and 30
years. 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:  

     -    YOU CANNOT SURRENDER YOUR CONTRACT ONCE ANNUITY PAYOUTS BEGIN, UNLESS
          YOU HAVE SELECTED THE PAYMENTS FOR A DESIGNATED PERIOD ANNUITY PAYOUT
          OPTION.  A CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGE MAY BE DEDUCTED. 
     -    For Non-Qualified Contracts, if you do not elect an Annuity Payout
          Option, fixed Annuity Payouts will automatically begin on the Annuity
          Commencement Date under the Life Annuity with 120,180 or 240 Monthly
          Payments Certain Annuity Payout Option with payouts for 120 months.  
     -    For Qualified Contracts and Contracts issued in Texas, if you do not
          elect an Annuity Payout Option, fixed Annuity Payouts will begin
          automatically on the Annuity Commencement Date, under the Annuity
          Payout Option 1 - Life Annuity. 

3.   HOW OFTEN DO YOU WANT THE PAYEE TO RECEIVE ANNUITY PAYOUTS?

In addition to selecting an Annuity Commencement Date and an Annuity Payout
Option, you must also decide how often you want the Payee to receive Annuity
Payouts.  You may choose to receive Annuity Payouts:
     -    monthly,
     -    quarterly,
     -    semi-annually, or
     -    annually.
       
Once you select a frequency, it cannot be changed.  If you do not make a
selection, the Payee will receive monthly Annuity Payouts.  You must select a
frequency that results in an Annuity Payout of at least $50.  If the amount
falls below $50, we have the right to change the frequency to bring the Annuity
Payout up to at least $50.  

4.   WHAT IS THE ASSUMED INVESTMENT RATE?

The Assumed Investment Return is the investment return used to calculate
variable Annuity Payouts. The Assumed Investment Return for your Annuity is 5%. 
The first Annuity Payout will be based upon a 5% Assumed Investment Return.  The
remaining Annuity Payouts will fluctuate based on the
    

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actual investment results of the Sub-Accounts.

5.   DO YOU WANT ANNUITY PAYOUTS TO BE FIXED-DOLLAR AMOUNT OR VARIABLE-DOLLAR
     AMOUNT?

You may choose an Annuity Payout Option with fixed-dollar amounts or
variable-dollar amounts, depending on your income needs.

FIXED-DOLLAR AMOUNT ANNUITY PAYOUTS - Once a fixed-dollar amount Annuity Payout
begins, you cannot change your selection to receive variable-dollar amount
Annuity Payout.  You will receive equal fixed-dollar amount Annuity Payouts
throughout the Annuity Payout period.  Fixed-dollar amount Annuity Payout
amounts are determined by multiplying the Contract Value, minus any applicable
Premium Taxes, by an Annuity rate. The annuity rate is set by us and is not less
than the rate specified in the fixed-dollar amount Annuity Payout Option tables
in your Contract.

VARIABLE-DOLLAR AMOUNT ANNUITY PAYOUTS - A variable-dollar amount Annuity Payout
is based on the investment performance of the Sub-Accounts. The variable-dollar
amount Annuity Payouts may fluctuate with the performance of the underlying
Funds. To begin making variable-dollar amount Annuity Payouts, we convert the
first Annuity Payout amount to a set number of Annuity Units and then price
those units to determine the Annuity Payout amount.  The number of Annuity Units
that determines the Annuity Payout amount remains fixed unless you transfer
units between Sub-Accounts.

The dollar amount of the first variable Annuity Payout depends on:
     -    the Annuity Payout Option chosen,
     -    the Annuitant's attained age and gender (if applicable),and, 
     -    the applicable annuity purchase rates based on the 1983a Individual
          Annuity Mortality table
     -    the Assumed Investment Return

The total amount of the first variable-dollar amount Annuity Payout is
determined by dividing the Contract Value minus any applicable Premium Taxes, by
$1,000 and multiplying the result by the payment factor defined in the Contract
for the selected Annuity Payout Option.

The dollar amount of each subsequent variable-dollar amount Annuity Payout is
equal to the total of:

Annuity Units for each Sub-Account multiplied by Annuity Unit Value of each
Sub-Account.  

The Annuity Unit Value of each Sub-Account for any Valuation Period is equal to
the Accumulation Unit Value Net Investment Factor for the current Valuation
Period multiplied by the Annuity Unit factor, multiplied by the Annuity Unit
Value for the preceding Valuation Period.

TRANSFER OF ANNUITY UNITS: After the Annuity Calculation Date, you may transfer
dollar amounts of Annuity Units from one Sub-Account to another.  On the day you
make a transfer, the dollar amounts are equal for both Sub-Accounts and the
number of Annuity Units will be different.  We will transfer the dollar amount
of your Annuity Units the day we receive your written request if received
    

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before the close of the New York Stock Exchange. Otherwise, the transfer will be
made on the next Valuation Day.

                              OTHER PROGRAMS AVAILABLE

INVESTEASE-Registered Trademark- PROGRAM - InvestEase-Registered Trademark- is
an electronic transfer program that allows you to have money automatically
transferred from your checking or savings account, and invested in your
Contract.  It is available for Premium Payments made after your initial Premium
Payment.  The minimum amount for each transfer is $50.  You can elect to have
transfers occur either monthly or quarterly, and they can be made into any
Account available in your Contract.

AUTOMATIC INCOME PROGRAM - The Automatic Income Program allows you to Surrender
up to 10% of your total Premium Payments each Contract Year.  We can Surrender
from the Accounts you select systematically on a monthly, quarterly, semiannual,
or annual basis.  The Automatic Income Program may change based on your
instructions after your seventh Contract Year. 

ASSET ALLOCATION PROGRAM - Asset Allocation is a program that allows you to
choose an allocation for your Sub-Accounts to help you reach your investment
goals.  Some Contracts offer model allocations with pre-selected Sub-Accounts
and percentages that have been established for each type of investor - ranging
from conservative to aggressive.  Over time, Sub-Account performance may cause
your Contract's allocation percentages to change, but under the Asset Allocation
Program, your Sub-Account allocations are rebalanced to the percentages in the
current model you have chosen.  You can transfer freely between allocation
models up to twelve times per year.  You can also allocate a portion of your
investment to Sub-Accounts that may not be part of the model.  You can only
participate in one asset allocation model at a time.

ASSET REBALANCING - Asset Rebalancing is another type of asset allocation
program in which you customize your Sub-Accounts to meet your investment needs. 
You select the Sub-Accounts and the percentages you want allocated to each
Sub-Account. Based on the frequency you select, your model will automatically
rebalance to the original percentages chosen. You can transfer freely between
models up to twelve times per year. You can also allocate a portion of your
investment to Sub-Accounts that are not part of the model.  You can only
participate in one asset rebalancing model at a time.
 
                                 OTHER INFORMATION

ASSIGNMENT - Ownership of this Contract is generally assignable. However, if the
Contract is issued to a tax qualified retirement plan, it is possible that the
ownership of the Contract may not be transferred or assigned.  An assignment of
a Non-Qualified Contract may subject the Contract Values or Surrender Value to
income taxes and certain penalty taxes. 

CONTRACT MODIFICATION - The Annuitant may not be changed. However, if the
Annuitant is still living, the Contingent Annuitant may be changed at any time
prior to the Annuity Commencement Date by sending us written notice.  We may
modify the Contract, but no modification will effect the amount or term of any
Contract unless a modification is required to conform the Contract to applicable
Federal or State law.  No modification will effect the method by which Contract
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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 registered with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as a Broker-Dealer and is 
a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. HSD is an 
affiliate of ours.  Both HSD and Hartford are ultimately controlled by The 
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. The principal business address of HSD 
is the same as ours. The securities will be sold by individuals who represent 
us as insurance agents and who are registered representatives of 
Broker-Dealers that have entered into distribution agreements with HSD. 

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. 

Broker-dealers or financial institutions are compensated according to a 
schedule set forth by HSD and any applicable rules or regulations for variable 
insurance compensation. Compensation is generally based on Premium Payments 
made by policyholders or Contract Owners.  This compensation is usually paid 
from the sales charges described in this Prospectus.
     
In addition, a broker-dealer or financial institution may also receive 
additional compensation for, among other things, training, marketing or other 
services provided. HSD, its affiliates or Hartford may also make compensation 
arrangements with certain broker-dealers or financial institutions based on 
total sales by the broker-dealer or financial institution of insurance 
products. These payments, which may be different for different broker-dealers 
or financial institutions, will be made by HSD, its affiliates or Hartford out 
of their own assets and will not effect the amounts paid by the policyholders 
or Contract Owners to purchase, hold or Surrender variable insurance products.

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 their financial institutions) 
that have a sales agreement with Hartford and its principal underwriter to 
sell the Contracts.

                                     YEAR 2000

IN GENERAL  The Year 2000 issue relates to the ability or inability of 
computer hardware, software and other information technology (IT) systems, as 
well as non-IT systems, such as equipment and machinery with imbedded chips 
and microprocessors, to properly process information and data containing or 
related to dates beginning with the year 2000 and beyond.  The Year 2000 issue 
exists because, historically, many IT and non-IT systems that are in use today 
were developed years ago when a year was identified using a two-digit date 
field rather than a four-digit date field.  As information and data containing 
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systems, these systems may recognize the year 2000 as "1900", or not at 
all, which may result in systems processing information incorrectly.  This, in 
turn, may significantly and adversely affect the integrity and reliability of 
information databases of IT systems, may cause the malfunctioning of certain 
non-IT systems, and may result in a wide variety of adverse consequences to a 
company.  In addition, Year 2000 problems that occur with third parties with 
which a company does business, such as suppliers, computer vendors, 
distributors and others, may also adversely affect any given company.

The integrity and reliability of Hartford's IT systems, as well as the 
reliability of its non-IT systems, are integral aspects of Hartford's 
business. Hartford issues insurance policies, annuities, mutual funds and 
other financial products to individual and business customers, nearly all of 
which contain date sensitive data, such as policy expiration dates, birth 
dates and premium payment dates.  In addition, various IT systems support 
communications and other systems that integrate Hartford's various business 
segments and field offices. Hartford also has business relationships with 
numerous third parties that affect virtually all aspects of Hartford's 
business, including, without limitation, suppliers, computer hardware and 
software vendors, insurance agents and brokers, securities broker-dealers and 
other distributors of financial products, many of which provide date sensitive 
data to Hartford, and whose operations are important to Hartford's business.

INTERNAL YEAR 2000 EFFORTS AND TIMETABLE  Beginning in 1990, Hartford began 
working on making its IT systems Year 2000 ready, either through installing 
new programs or replacing systems.  Since January 1998, Hartford's Year 2000 
efforts have focused on the remaining Year 2000 issues related to IT and 
non-IT systems in all of Hartford's business segments. These Year 2000 efforts 
include the following five main initiatives: (1) identifying and assessing 
Year 2000 issues; (2) taking actions to remediate IT and non-IT systems so 
that they are Year 2000 ready; (3) testing IT and non-IT systems for Year 2000 
readiness; (4) deploying such remediated and tested systems back into their 
respective production environments; and (5) conducting internal and external 
integrated testing of such systems.  As of December 31, 1998, Hartford 
substantially completed initiatives (1) through (4) of its internal Year 2000 
efforts.  Hartford has begun initiative (5) and management currently 
anticipates that such activity will continue into the fourth quarter of 1999. 

THIRD PARTY YEAR 2000 EFFORTS AND TIMETABLE  Hartford's Year 2000 efforts 
include assessing the potential impact on Hartford of third parties' Year 2000 
readiness.  Hartford's third party Year 2000 efforts include the following 
three main initiatives: (1) identifying third parties which have significant 
business relationships with Hartford, including, without limitation, insurance 
agents, brokers, third party administrators, banks and other distributors and 
servicers of financial products, and inquiring of such third parties regarding 
their Year 2000 readiness; (2) evaluating such third parties' responses to 
Hartford's inquiries; and (3) based on the evaluation of third party responses 
(or a third party's failure to respond) and the significance of the business 
relationship, conducting additional activities with respect to third parties 
as determined to be necessary in each case. These activities may include 
conducting additional inquiries, more in-depth evaluations of Year 2000 
readiness and plans, and integrated IT systems testing.  Hartford has 
completed the first third party initiative and, as of early 1999, had 
substantially completed evaluating third party responses received. Hartford 
has begun conducting the additional activities described in initiative (3) and 
management currently anticipates that it will continue to do so through the 
end of 1999.  However, notwithstanding these third party Year 2000 efforts, 
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Hartford cannot currently determine to what extent future operating results may
be adversely affected by the failure of these third parties to adequately
address their Year 2000 issues.

YEAR 2000 COSTS  The costs of Hartford's Year 2000 program that were incurred
through the year ended December 31, 1997 were not material to Hartford's
financial condition or results of operations. The after-tax costs of Hartford's
Year 2000 efforts for the year ended December 31, 1998 were approximately $3
million. Management currently estimates that after-tax costs related to the Year
2000 program to be incurred in 1999 will be less than $10 million. These costs
are being expensed as incurred. 

RISKS AND CONTINGENCY PLANS  If significant Year 2000 problems arise, including
problems arising with third parties, failures of  IT and non-IT systems could
occur, which in turn could result in substantial interruptions in Hartford's
business. In addition, Hartford's investing activities are an important aspect
of its business and Hartford may be exposed to the risk that issuers of
investments held by it will be adversely impacted by Year 2000 issues.  Given
the uncertain nature of Year 2000 problems that may arise, especially those
related to the readiness of third parties discussed above, management cannot
determine at this time whether the consequences of Year 2000 related problems
that could arise will have a material impact on Hartford's financial condition
or results of operations.  

Hartford is in the process of developing certain contingency plans so that if, 
despite its Year 2000 efforts, Year 2000 problems ultimately arise, the impact 
of such problems may be avoided or minimized. These contingency plans are 
being developed based on, among other things, known or reasonably anticipated 
circumstances and potential vulnerabilities. The contingency planning also 
includes assessing the dependency of Hartford's business on third parties and 
their Year 2000 readiness. Hartford currently anticipates that internal and 
external contingency plans will be substantially complete by the end of the 
second quarter of 1999. However, in many contexts, Year 2000 issues are 
dynamic, and ongoing assessments of business functions, vulnerabilities and 
risks must be made.  As such, new contingency plans may be needed in the 
future and/or existing plans may need to be modified as circumstances warrant.

                             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, 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Hartford Life 
and Annuity Insurance Company, P.O. Box 2999, Hartford, Connecticut 
06104-2999. 

The audited financial statements included in this 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 the report on the statutory financial statements of 
Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company which states the statutory 
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with statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the National 
Association of Insurance Commissioners and the State of Connecticut Insurance 
Department, and are not presented in accordance with generally accepted 
accounting principles.  The principal business address of Arthur Andersen LLP 
is One Financial Plaza, Hartford, Connecticut 06103.

                                  MORE INFORMATION

You may call your Representative if you have any questions or write or call us
at the address below:

Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company
Attn: Individual Annuity Services
P.O. Box 5085
Hartford, Connecticut 06102-5085.
Telephone:     (800) 862-6668 (Contract Owners)
               (800) 862-7155 (Registered Representatives)

                              FEDERAL TAX CONSIDERATIONS

What are some of the federal tax consequences which affect these Contracts?

A.   GENERAL

Since federal tax law is complex, the tax consequences of purchasing this
contract will vary depending on your situation. You may need tax or legal advice
to help you determine whether purchasing this contract is right for you.

Our general discussion of the tax treatment of this contract is based on our 
understanding of federal income tax laws as they are currently interpreted.  A 
detailed description of all federal income tax consequences regarding the 
purchase of this contract cannot be made in the prospectus. We also do not 
discuss state, municipal or other tax laws that may apply to this contract.  
For detailed information, you should consult with a qualified tax adviser 
familiar with your situation.  

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 "Value of Accumulation Units").  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.
    

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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.  

          NON-NATURAL PERSONS, CORPORATIONS, ETC. Code Section 72 contains 
          provisions for contract owners which are not natural persons. 
          Non-natural persons include corporations, trusts, limited liability 
          companies, partnerships and other types of legal entities.  The tax 
          rules for contracts owned by non-natural persons are different from 
          the rules for contracts owned by individuals. For example, the 
          annual net increase in the value of the contract is currently 
          includible 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 are additional exceptions from current inclusion for:

          -    certain annuities held by structured settlement companies,
     
          -    certain annuities held by an employer with respect to a
               terminated 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.

          If the contract owner is a non-natural person, the primary annuitant
          is treated as the contract owner in applying mandatory distribution
          rules.  These rules require that certain distributions be made upon
          the death of the contract owner.  A change in the primary annuitant is
          also 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
    

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                    "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
    

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                    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 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 (not less
                         frequently than annually) for the life (or life
                         expectancy) of the recipient (or the joint lives or
                         life expectancies of the recipient and the recipient's
                         designated 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")
    

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                    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 must be made 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.
    

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                    This spousal continuation shall apply only once for this
                    contract.

3.   DIVERSIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. The Code requires that investments supporting
     your contract be adequately diversified. Code Section 817 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. If a contract is not
     treated as an annuity contract, the contract owner will be subject to
     income tax on annual increases in cash value.

     The Treasury Department's diversification regulations 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 the case of government securities, each government
     agency or instrumentality is 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 still 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.

     We monitor the diversification of investments in the separate accounts and
     test for diversification as required by the Code.  We intend 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 separate
     accounts supporting the contract must be considered to be owned by the
     insurance company and not by the contract owner. It is unclear under what
     circumstances an investor is considered to have enough control over the
     assets in the separate account to be considered the owner of the assets for
     tax purposes.  

     The IRS has issued several rulings discussing investor control. These
     rulings say that certain incidents of ownership by the contract owner, such
     as the ability to select and control investments in a separate account,
     will cause the contract owner to be treated as the owner of the assets for
     tax purposes.
    

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     In its explanation of the diversification regulations, the Treasury
     Department recognized 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, 
     guidance has yet to be issued.  We do not know if additional guidance 
     will be issued.  If guidance is issued, we do not know if it will have a 
     retroactive effect.

     Due to the lack of specific guidance on investor control, there is some
     uncertainty about when a contract owner is considered the owner of the
     assets for tax purposes.  We reserve the right to modify the contract, as
     necessary, to prevent you from being considered the owner of assets in the
     separate account.

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 there is no election to waive withholding, 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.  A recipient may elect not to have income taxes withheld
          or 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 QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS

The Contract may be used for a number of qualified retirement plans.  If the
Contract is being purchased with respect to some form of qualified retirement
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information relative to the types of plans for which it may be used and the
general explanation of the tax features of such plans.

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 adviser regarding U.S.,
state, and foreign taxation with respect to an annuity purchase.
    

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     APPENDIX I - INFORMATION REGARDING TAX-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS

This summary does not attempt to provide more than general information about the
federal income tax rules associated with use of a Contract by a tax-qualified
retirement plan. Because of the complexity of the federal tax rules, owners,
participants and beneficiaries are encouraged to consult their own tax advisors
as to specific tax consequences. 

The federal tax rules applicable to owners of Contracts under tax-qualified
retirement plans vary according to the type of plan as well as the terms and
conditions of the plan itself. Contract owners, plan participants and
beneficiaries are cautioned that the rights and benefits of any person may be
controlled by the terms and conditions of the tax-qualified retirement plan
itself, regardless of the terms and conditions of a Contract. We are not bound
by the terms and conditions of such plans to the extent such terms conflict with
a Contract, unless we specifically consent to be bound.  

Some tax-qualified retirement plans are subject to distribution and other
requirements that are not incorporated into our administrative procedures. 
Contract owners, participants and beneficiaries are responsible for determining
that contributions, distributions and other transactions comply with applicable
law.  Tax penalties may apply to transactions with respect to tax-qualified
retirement plans if applicable federal income tax rules and restrictions are not
carefully observed.

We do not currently offer the Contracts in connection with all of the types of
tax-qualified retirement plans discussed below and may not offer the Contracts
for all types of tax-qualified retirement plans in the future.  

1.   TAX-QUALIFIED PENSION OR PROFIT-SHARING PLANS  Eligible employers can
     establish certain tax-qualified pension and profit-sharing plans under
     section 401 of the Code. Rules under section 401(k) of the Code govern
     certain "cash or deferred arrangements" under such plans. Rules under
     section 408(k) govern "simplified employee pensions".  Tax-qualified
     pension and profit-sharing plans are subject to limitations on the amount
     that may be contributed, the persons who may be eligible to participate and
     the time when distributions must commence.  Employers intending to use the
     Contracts in connection with tax-qualified pension or profit-sharing plans
     should seek competent tax and other legal advice.

2.   TAX SHELTERED ANNUITIES UNDER SECTION 403(b)  Public schools and certain
     types of charitable, educational and scientific organizations, as specified
     in section 501(c)(3) of the Code, can purchase tax-sheltered annuity
     contracts for their employees.  Tax-deferred contributions can be made to
     tax-sheltered annuity contracts under section 403(b) of the Code, subject
     to certain limitations.  Generally, such contributions may not exceed the
     lesser of $10,000 (indexed) or 20% of the employee's "includable
     compensation" for such employee's most recent full year of employment,
     subject to other adjustments. Special provisions under the Code 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:
    

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- -  after the participating employee attains age 59 1/2;
     
- -  upon separation from service;
    


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- -    upon death or disability; or

- -    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.

3.   DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS UNDER SECTION 457 A governmental employer or
     a tax-exempt employer other than a governmental unit can establish a
     Deferred Compensation Plan under section 457 of the Code.  For these
     purposes, a "governmental employer" is a State, a political subdivision of
     a State, or an agency or an instrumentality of a State or political
     subdivision of a State.  Employees and independent contractors performing
     services for a governmental or tax-exempt employer can elect to have
     contributions made to a Deferred Compensation Plan of their employer in
     accordance with the employer's plan and section 457 of the Code.

     Deferred Compensation Plans that meet the requirements of section 457(b) 
     of the Code are called "eligible" Deferred Compensation Plans.  Section 
     457(b) limits the amount of contributions that can be made to an eligible 
     Deferred Compensation Plan on behalf of a participant.  Generally, the 
     limitation on contributions is 33 1/3% of a participant's includable 
     compensation (typically 25% of gross compensation) or, for 1999, $8,000 
     (indexed), whichever is less.  The plan may provide for additional 
     "catch-up" contributions during the three taxable years ending before the 
     year in which the participant attains normal retirement age.

     All of the assets and income of an eligible Deferred Compensation Plan 
     established by a governmental employer after August 20, 1996, must be 
     held in trust for the exclusive benefit of participants and their 
     beneficiaries. For this purpose, custodial accounts and certain annuity 
     contracts are treated as trusts.  Eligible Deferred Compensation Plans 
     that were in existence on August 20, 1996 may be amended to satisfy the 
     trust and exclusive benefit requirements any time prior to January 1, 
     1999, and must be amended not later than that date to continue to 
     receive favorable tax treatment.  The requirement of a trust does not 
     apply to amounts under a Deferred Compensation Plan of a tax-exempt 
     (non-governmental) employer.  In addition, the requirement of a trust 
     does not apply to amounts under a Deferred Compensation Plan of a 
     governmental employer if the Deferred Compensation Plan is not an 
     eligible plan within the meaning of section 457(b) of the Code.  In the 
     absence of such a trust, amounts under the plan will be subject to the 
     claims of the 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 as defined in the Code.  
    

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     Under present federal tax law, amounts accumulated in a Deferred
     Compensation Plan under section 457 of the Code cannot be transferred or
     rolled over on a tax-deferred basis except for certain transfers to other
     Deferred Compensation Plans under section 457 in limited cases.

4.   INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ANNUITIES ("IRAS") UNDER SECTION 408  

     TRADITIONAL IRAS.  Eligible individuals can establish individual retirement
     programs under section 408 of the Code through the purchase of an IRA. 
     Section 408 imposes limits with respect to IRAs, including limits on the
     amount that may be contributed to an IRA, the amount of such contributions
     that may be deducted from taxable income, the persons who may be eligible
     to contribute to an IRA, and the time when distributions commence from an
     IRA.  Distributions from certain tax-qualified retirement plans may be
     "rolled-over" to an IRA on a tax-deferred basis.

     SIMPLE IRAS.  Eligible employees may establish SIMPLE IRAs in connection
     with a SIMPLE IRA plan of an employer under section 408(p) of the Code. 
     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 Traditional IRA only after two years have
     expired since the employee first commenced participation in the employer's
     SIMPLE IRA plan.  Amounts cannot be rolled over to a SIMPLE IRA from a
     qualified plan or a Traditional IRA.  Hartford is a non-designated
     financial institution for purposes of the SIMPLE IRA rules.

     ROTH IRAS.  Eligible individuals may establish Roth IRAs under section 408A
     of the Code.  Contributions to a Roth IRA are not deductible.  Subject to
     special limitations, a Traditional IRA may be converted into a Roth IRA or
     a distribution from a Traditional IRA may be rolled over to a Roth IRA. 
     However, a conversion or a rollover from a Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA is
     not excludable from gross income.  If certain conditions are met, qualified
     distributions from a Roth IRA are tax-free.

5.   FEDERAL TAX PENALTIES AND WITHHOLDING  Distributions from tax-qualified
     retirement plans are generally taxed as ordinary income 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 that bears the same ratio as the after-tax contributions bear
     to the expected return. 
          
     (a)  PENALTY TAX ON EARLY DISTRIBUTIONS  Section 72(t) of the Code imposes
          an additional penalty tax equal to 10% of the taxable portion of a
          distribution from certain tax-qualified retirement plans.  However,
          the 10% penalty tax does not apply to a distributions that is:  
     
          -    Made on or after the date on which the employee reaches age 
               59 1/2;

          -    Made to a beneficiary (or to the estate of the employee) on or
               after the death of the employee;

          -    Attributable to the employee's becoming disabled (as defined in
               the Code); 

          -    Part of a series of substantially equal periodic payments (not
               less frequently than annually) made for the life (or life
               expectancy) of the employee or the joint lives (or joint life
               expectancies) of the employee and his or her designated
               beneficiary; 
    

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          -    Except in the case of an IRA, made to an employee after
               separation from service after reaching age 55; or

          -    Not greater than the amount allowable as a deduction to the
               employee for eligible medical expenses during the taxable year.

     In addition, the 10% penalty tax does not apply to a distribution from an
     IRA that is:

          -    Made after separation from employment to an unemployed IRA owner
               for health insurance premiums, if certain conditions are met;

          -    Not in excess of the amount of certain qualifying higher
               education expenses, as defined by section 72(t)(7) of the Code;
               or

          -    A qualified first-time homebuyer distribution meeting the
               requirements specified at 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 is increased to 25% with respect to
          non-exempt early 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.

     (b)  MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION PENALTY TAX  If the amount distributed is less
          than the minimum required distribution for the year, the Participant
          is subject to a 50% penalty tax on the amount that was not properly
          distributed.

          An individual's interest in a tax-qualified retirement plan generally
          must be distributed, or begin to be distributed, not later than the
          Required Beginning Date.  Generally, the Required Beginning Date is
          April 1 of the calendar year following the later of: 
          
- -    the calendar year in which the individual attains age 70 1/2; or 
          
- -    the calendar year in which the individual retires from service with the
     employer sponsoring the plan.  

          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 the Required Beginning Date over:

- -    the life of the Participant or the lives of the Participant and the
     Participant's designated beneficiary, or

- -    over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of the Participant
     or the joint life expectancy of the Participant and the Participant's
     designated beneficiary.
    

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          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 and distribution is over the life of such 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.

     (c)  WITHHOLDING  In general, regular wage withholding rules apply to 
          distributions from IRAs and plans described in section 457 of the 
          Code. Periodic distributions from other tax-qualified retirement 
          plans that are made for a specified period of 10 or more years or 
          for the life or life expectancy of the participant (or the joint 
          lives or life expectancies of the participant and beneficiary) are 
          generally subject to federal income tax withholding as if the 
          recipient were married claiming three exemptions. 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. 

          Mandatory federal income tax withholding at a flat rate of 20% will
          generally apply to other distributions from such other tax-qualified
          retirement plans unless such distributions are:

- -    the non-taxable portion of the distribution;

- -    required minimum distributions; or

- -    direct transfer distributions.

          Direct transfer distributions are direct payments to an IRA or to
          another eligible retirement plan under Code section 401(a)(31).

Certain states require withholding of state taxes when federal income tax is
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   Description of Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company
   Safekeeping of Assets
   Independent Public Accountants
   Distribution of Contracts
   Calculation of Yield and Return
   Performance Comparisons
   Financial Statements
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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 that 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 Pathmaker Variable Annuity.  Please refer
to your Plan.

Please complete the following and return to:

Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company
Individual Annuity Services
P.O. Box 5085
Hartford, CT 06102-5085

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To obtain a Statement of Additional Information, please complete the form below
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     Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company
     Attn:  Individual Annuity Services
     P.O. Box 5085
     Hartford, CT 06102-5085


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                                     PART B


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                       STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
   
                   HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
                              SEPARATE ACCOUNT SIX
                       HARTFORD PATHMAKER VARIABLE ANNUITY
    

   
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 and Annuity 
Insurance Company, Attn: Annuity Marketing Services, P.O. Box 5085, Hartford, 
CT  06104-5085.
    
   
Date of Prospectus:  May 3, 1999
    
   
Date of Statement of Additional Information:  May 3, 1999
    









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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DESCRIPTION OF HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY
  INSURANCE COMPANY......................................................

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

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

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

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

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

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.....................................................
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          DESCRIPTION OF HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
   
Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company is a stock life insurance company 
engaged in the business of writing life insurance and annuities, both 
individual and group, in all states of the United States, the District of 
Columbia and Puerto Rico, except New York. On January 1, 1998, Hartford's 
name changed from ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company to Hartford 
Life and Annuity Insurance Company. We were originally incorporated under the 
laws of Wisconsin on January 9, 1956, and subsequently redomiciled to 
Connecticut. Our offices are located in Simsbury, Connecticut; however, our 
mailing address is P.O. Box 2999, Hartford, CT 06104-2999. We are ultimately 
controlled by The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., one of the largest 
financial service providers in the United States.
    

                               HARTFORD'S RATINGS
   
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       Rating Agency                 Effective           Rating           Basis of Rating
                                   Date of Rating
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A.M. Best and Company, Inc.            1/1/99               A+        Financial performance
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Standard & Poor's                      6/1/98               AA        Insurer financial strength
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Duff & Phelps                         12/21/98              AA+       Claims paying ability
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                              SAFEKEEPING OF ASSETS

Title to the assets of the Separate Account is held by Hartford. These 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 included in this 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 the report on the statutory financial statements of 
Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company which states the statutory 
financial statements are presented in accordance with statutory accounting 
practices prescribed or permitted by the National Association of Insurance 
Commissioners and the State of Connecticut Insurance Department, and are not 
presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The 
principal business address of Arthur Andersen LLP is One Financial Plaza, 
Hartford, Connecticut 06103.
    

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                            DISTRIBUTION OF CONTRACTS
   
Hartford Securities Distribution Company, Inc. ("HSD") serves as Principal 
Underwriter for the securities issued with respect to the Separate Account. 
HSD is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as a Broker-Dealer and is a member of the 
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. HSD is an affiliate of ours. 
Both HSD and Hartford are ultimately controlled by The Hartford Financial 
Services Group, Inc. The principal business address of HSD is the same as 
ours. The securities will be sold by individuals who represent us as 
insurance agents and who are registered representatives of Broker-Dealers 
that have entered into distribution agreements with HSD.
    
   
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.
    
   
Broker-dealers or financial institutions are compensated according to a 
schedule set forth by HSD and any applicable rules or regulations for 
variable insurance compensation. Compensation is generally based on Premium 
Payments made by policyholders or Contract Owners. This compensation is 
usually paid from the sales charges described in the prospectus.
    
   
In addition, a broker-dealer or financial institution may also receive 
additional compensation for, among other things, training, marketing or other 
services provided. HSD, its affiliates or Hartford may also make compensation 
arrangements with certain broker-dealers or financial institutions based on 
total sales by the broker-dealer or financial institution of insurance 
products. These payments, which may be different for different broker-dealers 
or financial institutions, will be made by HSD, its affiliates or Hartford 
out of their own assets and will not effect the amounts paid by the 
policyholders or Contract Owners to purchase, hold or Surrender variable 
insurance products.
    
   
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 their financial 
institutions) that have a sales agreement with Hartford and its principal 
underwriter to sell the Contracts.
    

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Hartford currently pays HSD underwriting commissions for its role as 
Principal Underwriter of all variable annuities associated with this Separate 
Account.  For the past three years, the aggregate dollar amount of 
underwriting commissions paid to and retained by HSD in its role as Principal 
Underwriter has been: 1998: $1,976,242;1997: $2,492,803; and 1996: 
$1,311,897.  HSD has retained none of these commissions.
    

                         CALCULATION OF YIELD AND RETURN
   
YIELD OF THE PUTNAM MONEY MARKET FUND SUB-ACCOUNT. As summarized in the 
prospectus under the heading "Performance Related Information," the yield of 
the Sub-Account for a seven day period (the "base period") will be computed 
by determining the "net change in value" of a hypothetical account having a 
balance of one unit at the beginning of the period, dividing the net change 
in account value by the value of the account at the beginning of the base 
period to obtain the base period return, and 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 dividends as declared 
by the underlying funds, less expense and Contract 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 PUTNAM 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 MAINTENANCE FEE.

   
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SUB-ACCOUNT                             YIELD              EFFECTIVE YIELD
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Putnam Money Market *                   3.50%                   3.56%
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* Yield and effective yield for the seven day period ending December 31, 1998.
    
   
YIELDS OF PEGASUS BOND, PUTNAM GROWTH AND INCOME, PUTNAM GLOBAL ASSET 
ALLOCATION, PUTNAM INCOME, AND PUTNAM DIVERSIFIED INCOME SUB-ACCOUNTS. As 
summarized in the prospectus under the heading "Performance Related 
Information," yields of the above 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 


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addition to the daily expense charge assessed, at the sub-account level for 
the respective period. The 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 underlying Fund.
    

THE YIELD REFLECTS RECURRING CHARGES ON THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT LEVEL, INCLUDING 
THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE.
   
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 were computed by dividing the dividends 
and interest earned during the period by the maximum offering price per unit 
on the last day of the period, according to the following formula:
    

Example:

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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.
    

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.

   
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SUB-ACCOUNT                                                        YIELD
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Putnam Growth and Income **                                        0.16%
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Putnam Global Asset Allocation **                                  0.72%
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Putnam Income **                                                   4.53%
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Putnam Diversified Income **                                       6.03%
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** Yield quotation based on a 30-day period ended December 31, 1998.

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
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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.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, the standardized average annual 
total return quotations for the Sub-Accounts listed below were as follows:

             STANDARDIZED AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN FOR YEAR ENDED
                               DECEMBER 31, 1998
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SUB-ACCOUNT                         INCEPTION       1 YEAR          5 YEAR          10 YEAR       SINCE INCEPTION
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One Group Investment Trust
Diversified Mid-Cap                  2/15/95         -5.56%          N/A              N/A             12.39%
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One Group Investment Trust
Large Cap                            2/15/95         29.06%          N/A              N/A             20.91%
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One Group Investment Trust
Diversified Equity                   2/15/95          2.56%          N/A              N/A             15.42%
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One Group Investment Trust
Mid-Cap Value                        5/1/97         -13.66%          N/A              N/A              -.69%
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One Group Investment Trust Bond      5/1/97          -1.87%          N/A              N/A              1.63%
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Putnam Diversified Income            4/3/95         -11.58%          N/A              N/A              1.63%
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Putnam Global Asset Allocation       4/3/95           2.95%          N/A              N/A             12.74%
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Putnam Global Growth                 4/3/95          18.91%          N/A              N/A             16.26%
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Putnam Growth & Income               5/1/97           4.81%          N/A              N/A             11.71%
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Putnam International Growth          5/1/97           8.04%          N/A              N/A              9.67%
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Putnam Money Market                  5/1/97          -5.26%          N/A              N/A             -3.45%
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Putnam New Opportunities             5/1/97          13.65%          N/A              N/A             24.46%
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Putnam Income                        4/3/95          -2.25%          N/A              N/A              3.25%
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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 and the time periods used to 
calculate return are based on the inception date of the underlying Funds. 
Therefore, non-standardized total return for a Sub-Account is higher than 
standardized total return for a Sub-Account.

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, the non-standardized annualized 
total return quotations for the Sub-Accounts listed below were as follows:

           NON-STANDARDIZED ANNUALIZED TOTAL RETURN THAT PRE-DATE THE
             INCEPTION DATE OF THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT FOR YEAR ENDED
                                DECEMBER 31, 1998
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SUB-ACCOUNT                         INCEPTION       1 YEAR          5 YEAR          10 YEAR       SINCE INCEPTION
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<S>                                 <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>           <C>
One Group Investment Trust
Diversified Mid-Cap                 2/15/95          3.44%          N/A               N/A             15.95%
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One Group Investment Trust
Large Cap                           2/15/95         38.06%          N/A               N/A             24.31%
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One Group Investment Trust
Diversified Equity                  2/15/95         11.56%          N/A               N/A             18.85%
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One Group Investment Trust           
Mid-Cap Value                        5/1/97         -4.66%          N/A               N/A              6.16%
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One Group Investment Trust Bond      5/1/97          7.13%          N/A               N/A              8.68%
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Putnam Diversified Income            4/3/95         -2.74%          N/A              N/A               5.81%
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Putnam Global Asset Allocation       4/3/95         11.95%           N/A              N/A             16.30%
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Putnam Global Growth                 4/3/95         27.91%           N/A              N/A             19.70%
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Putnam Growth & Income               5/1/97         13.81%           N/A              N/A             18.31%
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Putnam International Growth          5/1/97         17.04%           N/A              N/A             16.28%
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Putnam Money Market                  5/1/97          3.74%           N/A              N/A              3.78%
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Putnam New Opportunities             5/1/97         22.65%           N/A              N/A             30.67%
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Putnam Income                        4/3/95          6.75%           N/A              N/A              7.46%
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                             PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS

YIELD AND TOTAL RETURN. 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. Index performance is not representative of the performance of 
the Sub-Account to which it is compared and is not adjusted for commissions 
and other costs. Portfolio holdings of the Sub-Account will differ from those 
of the index to which it is compared. Performance comparison indices include 
the following:

The Consumer Price Index, prepared by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, is 
a commonly used measure of the rate of inflation. The index shows the average 
change in the cost of selected consumer goods and services and does not 
represent a return on an investment vehicle.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is an unmanaged list of 30 common stocks 
frequently used as a general measure of stock market performance. Its 
performance figures reflect changes of market prices and reinvestment of all 
distributions.

Lehman Brothers Corporate Bond Index is an unmanaged list of publicly issued, 
fixed-rate, non-convertible investment-grade domestic corporate debt 
securities frequently used as a general measure of the performance of 
fixed-income securities. The average quality of bonds included in the index 
may be higher than the average quality of those bonds in which High Yield 
Fund customarily invests. The index does not include bonds in certain of the 
lower rating classifications in which the Fund may invest. The performance 
figures of the index reflect changes in market prices and reinvestment of all 
interest payments.

The Lehman Brothers 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.


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The Lehman Brothers 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. The index does not include bonds in certain of the lower-rating 
classifications in which High Yield Fund invests. Its performance figures 
reflect changes in market prices and reinvestment of all interest payments.

Morgan Stanley Capital International World Index is an unmanaged list of 
approximately 1,450 equity securities listed on the stock exchanges of the 
United States, Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the Far East, with 
all values expressed in U.S. dollars. Performance figures reflect changes in 
market prices and reinvestment of distributions net of withholding taxes. The 
securities in the index change over time to maintain representativeness.

The NASDAQ-OTC Industrial Average (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. Its performance figures reflect changes of market 
prices but do not reflect reinvestment of cash dividends.

Salomon Brothers Long-Term High-Grade Corporate Bond Index is an unmanaged 
list of publicly traded corporate bonds having a rating of at least AA by 
Standard & Poor's or Aa by Moody's and is frequently used as general measure 
of the performance of fixed-income securities. The average quality of bonds 
included in the index may be higher than the average quality of those bonds 
in which a Fund may customarily invests. The index does not include bonds in 
certain of the lower rating classifications in which the Fund may invest. 
Performance figures for the index reflect changes of market prices and 
reinvestment of all distributions.

The Salomon Brothers 7-10 Year Government Bond Index is an unmanaged list of 
U.S. Government and government agency securities with maturities of 7 to 10 
years. Performance figures for the index reflect changes of market prices and 
reinvestment of all interest payments.

The Standard & Poor's Composite Index of 500 stocks (the "S&P 500") is a 
market value-weighted and unmanaged index showing changes in the aggregate 


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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. Its performance 
figures reflect changes of market prices and reinvestment of all regular cash 
dividends.

The Standard & Poor's 40 Utilities Index is unmanaged list of 40 utility 
stocks. The Index assumes reinvestment of all distributions and reflects 
changes in market prices but does not take into account brokerage commissions 
or other fees.


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                   REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

TO HARTFORD LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
SEPARATE ACCOUNT SIX AND TO THE
OWNERS OF UNITS OF INTEREST THEREIN:

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of
Hartford Life & Annuity Insurance Company Separate Account Six (Putnam Global
Growth Fund, Putnam Growth and Income Fund, Putnam Global Asset Allocation Fund,
Putnam U.S. Government & High Quality Bond Fund, Putnam New Opportunities Fund,
Putnam Money Market Fund, Putnam Diversified Income Fund, Putnam International
Growth Fund, Pegasus Growth and Value Fund, Pegasus Mid-Cap Opportunity Fund,
Pegasus Growth Fund, Pegasus Intrinsic Value Fund, and Pegasus Bond Fund),
collectively, the Account as of December 31, 1998, and the related statements of
operations and the statements of changes in net assets for the periods
presented. 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 the Account as of December 31,
1998, and the results of their operations and the changes in their net assets
for the periods presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.


                                           ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

Hartford, Connecticut
February 16, 1999

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SEPARATE ACCOUNT SIX
HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY


STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
December 31, 1998

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                                                                                                    Putnam
                                                                                        Putnam        U.S.
                                                              Putnam       Putnam       Global     Government     Putnam
                                                              Global     Growth and     Asset         and           New
                                                              Growth       Income     Allocation   High Quality Opportunities
                                                               Fund         Fund         Fund       Bond Fund       Fund
                                                            Sub-Account  Sub-Account  Sub-Account  Sub-Account   Sub-Account
<S>                                                        <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>
Assets:
  Investments:
     Putnam VT Global Growth Fund
       Shares              53,098
       Cost           $   855,718
       Market Value                                        $ 1,076,820           --           --           --           --
     Putnam VT Growth and Income Fund
       Shares              93,145
       Cost           $ 2,543,075
       Market Value                                                 --   $2,679,793           --           --           --
     Putnam VT Global Asset Allocation Fund
       Shares             108,086
       Cost           $ 1,606,053
       Market Value                                                 --           --   $2,048,222           --           --
     Putnam VT U. S. Government & High Quality Bond Fund
       Shares              88,391
       Cost           $ 1,148,959
       Market Value                                                 --           --           --   $1,213,611           --
     Putnam VT New Opportunities Fund
       Shares             318,933
       Cost           $ 6,454,038
       Market Value                                                 --           --           --           --   $8,311,402
     Putnam VT Money Market Fund
       Shares           1,669,914
       Cost           $ 1,669,914
       Market Value                                                 --           --           --           --           --
     Putnam VT Diversified Income Fund
       Shares              87,230
       Cost           $   919,438
       Market Value                                                 --           --           --           --           --
     Putnam VT International Growth Fund
       Shares           1,559,376
       Cost           $18,517,047
       Market Value                                                 --           --           --           --           --

  Due from Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company           3,238        6,156           --           --        6,997
  Receivable from fund shares sold                                  --           --           78           47           --
  Total Assets                                               1,080,058    2,685,949    2,048,300    1,213,658    8,318,399
Liabilities:
  Due to Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company                --           --           78           47           --
  Payable for fund shares purchased                              3,238        6,156           --           --        6,999
  Total Liabilities                                        $     3,238   $    6,156   $       78   $       47   $    6,999
  Net Assets (variable annuity contract liabilities)       $ 1,076,820   $2,679,793   $2,048,222   $1,213,611   $8,311,400

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                                                           Putnam      Putnam        Putnam
                                                           Money     Diversified  International
                                                           Market      Income        Growth
                                                            Fund        Fund          Fund
                                                         Sub-Account Sub-Account   Sub-Account
<S>                                                      <C>         <C>          <C>
Assets:
  Investments:
     Putnam VT Global Growth Fund
       Shares              53,098
       Cost           $   855,718
       Market Value                                               --         --            --
     Putnam VT Growth and Income Fund
       Shares              93,145
       Cost           $ 2,543,075
       Market Value                                               --         --            --
     Putnam VT Global Asset Allocation Fund
       Shares             108,086
       Cost           $ 1,606,053
       Market Value                                               --         --            --
     Putnam VT U. S. Government & High Quality Bond Fund
       Shares              88,391
       Cost           $ 1,148,959
       Market Value                                               --         --            --
     Putnam VT New Opportunities Fund
       Shares             318,933
       Cost           $ 6,454,038
       Market Value                                               --         --            --
     Putnam VT Money Market Fund
       Shares           1,669,914
       Cost           $ 1,669,914
       Market Value                                      $ 1,669,914         --            --
     Putnam VT Diversified Income Fund
       Shares              87,230
       Cost           $   919,438
       Market Value                                               --   $915,046            --
     Putnam VT International Growth Fund
       Shares           1,559,376
       Cost           $18,517,047
       Market Value                                               --         --   $21,082,761
  Due from Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company            --         --        14,523
  Receivable from fund shares sold                                64         35            --
  Total Assets                                             1,669,978    915,081    21,097,284
Liabilities:
  Due to Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company              65         35            --
  Payable for fund shares purchased                               --         --        14,524
  Total Liabilities                                      $        65   $     35   $    14,524
  Net Assets (variable annuity contract liabilities)     $ 1,669,913   $915,046   $21,082,760
</TABLE>


  The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

<PAGE>

SEPARATE ACCOUNT SIX
HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY


STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES -- (Continued)
December 31, 1998

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           Pegasus       Pegasus                     Pegasus
                                                            Growth       Mid-Cap       Pegasus      Intrinsic      Pegasus
                                                          and Value    Opportunity     Growth         Value          Bond
                                                             Fund          Fund         Fund          Fund           Fund
                                                         Sub-Account   Sub-Account   Sub-Account   Sub-Account    Sub-Account
<S>                                                      <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
Assets:
  Investments:
     Pegasus Growth and Value Fund
       Shares           3,289,879
       Cost           $49,713,788
       Market Value                                      $58,559,845            --            --            --            --
     Pegasus Mid-Cap Opportunity Fund
       Shares           1,168,401
       Cost           $15,269,704
       Market Value                                               --   $17,245,600            --            --            --
     Pegasus Growth Fund
       Shares           1,115,928
       Cost           $14,594,476
       Market Value                                               --            --   $23,992,453            --            --
     Pegasus Intrinsic Value Fund
       Shares           2,050,722
       Cost           $22,461,628
       Market Value                                               --            --            --   $21,942,725            --
     Pegasus Bond Fund
       Shares           5,459,605
       Cost           $56,530,578
       Market Value                                               --            --            --            --   $58,581,557
  Due from Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company        39,357         9,482        15,394        14,470        31,181
  Receivable from fund shares sold                                --            --            --            --            --
  Total Assets                                            58,599,202    17,255,082    24,007,847    21,957,195    58,612,738
Liabilities:
  Due to Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company              --            --            --            --            --
  Payable for fund shares purchased                           29,615         9,498        12,150        14,471        31,730
  Total Liabilities                                           29,615         9,498        12,150        14,471        31,730
  Net Assets (variable annuity contract liabilities)     $58,569,587   $17,245,584   $23,995,697   $21,942,724   $58,581,008
</TABLE>


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
<PAGE>

SEPARATE ACCOUNT SIX
HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY


STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES -- (Continued)
December 31, 1998

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               Units
                                                                             Owned by          Unit           Contract
                                                                           Participants       Price          Liability
<S>                                                                        <C>             <C>             <C>
GROUP Deferred annuity contracts in the accumulation period:
   Putnam Global Growth Fund...........................................         54,877     $ 19.622520     $  1,076,820
   Putnam Growth and Income Fund.......................................        202,213       13.238990        2,677,090
   Putnam Global Asset Allocation Fund.................................        116,307       17.610500        2,048,222
   Putnam U.S. Government and High Quality Bond Fund...................         92,661       13.097365        1,213,611
   Putnam New Opportunities Fund.......................................        531,614       15.625160        8,306,550
   Putnam Money Market Fund............................................      1,569,739        1.063816        1,669,913
   Putnam Diversified Income Fund......................................         74,045       12.357920          915,046
   Putnam International Growth Fund....................................      1,637,732       12.860680       21,062,349
   Pegasus Growth and Value Fund.......................................      3,062,656       19.107450       58,519,551
   Pegasus Mid-Cap Opportunity Fund....................................        989,272       17.420610       17,233,714
   Pegasus Growth Fund.................................................      1,059,919       22.615710       23,970,810
   Pegasus Intrinsic Value Fund........................................      1,984,567       11.048350       21,926,192
   Pegasus Bond Fund...................................................      5,094,803       11.490440       58,541,550
 Sub-total.............................................................                                    $219,161,418
GROUP Annuity contracts in the annuity period:
   Putnam Growth and Income Fund.......................................            204       13.238990     $      2,703
   Putnam New Opportunities Fund.......................................            310       15.625160            4,850
   Putnam International Growth Fund....................................          1,587       12.860680           20,411
   Pegasus Growth and Value Fund.......................................          2,619       19.107450           50,036
   Pegasus Mid-Cap Opportunity Fund....................................            681       17.420610           11,870
   Pegasus Growth Fund.................................................            110       22.615710           24,887
   Pegasus Intrinsic Value Fund........................................          1,496       11.048350           16,532
   Pegasus Bond Fund...................................................          3,434       11.490440           39,458
 Sub-total.............................................................                                         170,747
 Grand Total:..........................................................                                    $219,332,165
</TABLE>


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
<PAGE>

SEPARATE ACCOUNT SIX
HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY


STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the Year Ended December 31, 1998

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              Putnam          Putnam          Putnam
                                                              Putnam          Growth       Global Asset   U.S. Government
                                                           Global Growth    and Income      Allocation     & High Quality
                                                               Fund            Fund            Fund          Bond Fund
                                                            Sub-Account     Sub-Account     Sub-Account     Sub-Account
<S>                                                        <C>              <C>            <C>            <C>
Investment income:
  Dividends                                                  $  22,340       $  28,411       $  41,279       $ 39,895
Expenses:
  Mortality and expense undertakings                           (12,803)        (28,193)        (26,701)       (12,000)
  Net investment income (loss)                                   9,537             218          14,578         27,895
Capital gains income                                           111,701         185,466         177,309          1,038
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments:
  Net realized gain (loss) on security transactions                291            (452)         (2,963)           698
  Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
     investments during the period                             102,969          66,310          24,984         25,250
  Net gain (loss) on investments                               103,260          65,858          22,021         25,948
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
    from operations                                          $ 224,498       $ 251,542       $ 213,908       $ 54,881

<CAPTION>

                                                            Putnam          Putnam          Putnam           Putnam
                                                              New            Money        Diversified     International
                                                         Opportunities       Market         Income            Growth
                                                             Fund            Fund           Fund              Fund
                                                          Sub-Account     Sub-Account    Sub-Account       Sub-Account
<S>                                                      <C>              <C>            <C>             <C>
Investment income:
  Dividends                                               $        --       $ 52,074       $ 39,335       $    74,675
Expenses:
  Mortality and expense undertakings                          (89,174)       (14,451)       (13,372)         (246,605)
  Net investment income (loss)                                (89,174)        37,623         25,963          (171,930)
Capital gains income                                           75,909             --         16,707                --
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments:
  Net realized gain (loss) on security transactions           110,479             --         (3,176)          265,348
  Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
     investments during the period                          1,399,894             --        (70,486)        2,795,996
  Net gain (loss) on investments                            1,510,373             --        (73,662)        3,061,344
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
    from operations                                       $ 1,497,108       $ 37,623       $(30,992)      $ 2,889,414
</TABLE>


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
<PAGE>

SEPARATE ACCOUNT SIX
HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY


STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS -- (Continued)
For the Year Ended December 31, 1998

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                 Pegasus       Pegasus                    Pegasus
                                                                 Growth        Mid-Cap       Pegasus      Intrinsic     Pegasus
                                                                and Value    Opportunity     Growth        Value         Bond
                                                                  Fund          Fund          Fund          Fund         Fund
                                                               Sub-Account   Sub-Account   Sub-Account   Sub-Account   Sub-Account
<S>                                                            <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
Investment income:
  Dividends                                                    $   349,157    $      --    $        --   $   335,603   $ 2,483,029
Expenses:
  Mortality and expense undertakings                              (678,447)    (193,150)      (273,885)     (244,584)     (638,418)
  Net investment income (loss)                                    (329,290)    (193,150)      (273,885)       91,019     1,844,611
Capital gains income                                             1,305,090      336,801         42,400       433,762        54,563
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments:
  Net realized gain (loss) on security transactions                 13,890        5,967        476,908          (822)       75,140
  Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments
    during the period                                            4,446,694      464,536      6,521,570    (1,469,803)    1,274,499
     Net gain (loss) on investments                              4,460,584      470,503      6,998,478    (1,470,625)    1,349,639
     Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
       from operations                                         $ 5,436,384    $ 614,154    $ 6,766,993   $  (945,844)  $ 3,248,813
</TABLE>


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
<PAGE>

SEPARATE ACCOUNT SIX
HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY


STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
For the Years Ended December 31, 1998 and 1997

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              Putnam         Putnam            Putnam
                                                              Putnam          Growth       Global Asset   U.S. Government
                                                          Global Growth     and Income      Allocation     & High Quality
                                                               Fund            Fund            Fund          Bond Fund
                                                           Sub-Account     Sub-Account     Sub-Account      Sub-Account
<S>                                                       <C>              <C>             <C>            <C>
For the Year Ended December 31, 1998
Operations:
  Net investment income (loss)                             $     9,537     $       218     $    14,578     $    27,895
  Capital gains income                                         111,701         185,466         177,309           1,038
  Net realized gain (loss) on security transactions                291            (452)         (2,963)            698
  Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
    investments during the period                              102,969          66,310          24,984          25,250
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
    from operations                                            224,498         251,542         213,908          54,881
Unit transactions:
  Purchases                                                     46,437         793,410          32,458         190,099
  Net transfers                                                 78,461         442,997          67,284         375,196
  Surrenders for benefits payment and fees                     (31,351)        (83,110)        (69,394)       (109,112)
  Net annuity transactions                                          --           2,449              --              --
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
    from unit transactions                                      93,547       1,155,746          30,348         456,183
  Total increase (decrease) in net assets                      318,045       1,407,288         244,256         511,064
Net assets:
  Beginning of Year                                            758,775       1,272,505       1,803,966         702,547
  End of Year                                              $ 1,076,820     $ 2,679,793     $ 2,048,222     $ 1,213,611
For the Year Ended December 31, 1997
Operations:
  Net investment income (loss)                             $     4,124     $    (7,292)    $   202,829     $   156,146
  Capital gains income                                          14,810              --         463,905              --
  Net realized gain (loss) on security transactions             13,653             116         769,450         (52,503)

  Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
    investments during the period                               52,462          70,409        (348,873)         (4,804)
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
    from operations                                             85,049          63,233       1,087,311          98,839
Unit transactions:
  Purchases                                                    285,116         884,913       1,097,790         652,973
  Net transfers                                                (90,194)        348,182      (7,521,042)     (2,366,168)
  Surrenders for benefits payment and fees                     (29,493)        (23,823)       (245,162)       (141,774)
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
    from unit transactions                                     165,429       1,209,272      (6,668,414)     (1,854,969)
  Total increase (decrease) in net assets                      250,478       1,272,505      (5,581,103)     (1,756,130)
Net assets:
  Beginning of Year                                            508,297              --       7,385,069       2,458,677
  End of Year                                              $   758,775     $ 1,272,505     $ 1,803,966     $   702,547

<CAPTION>

                                                           Putnam          Putnam          Putnam          Putnam
                                                             New           Money        Diversified     International
                                                        Opportunities      Market         Income            Growth
                                                             Fund           Fund         Fund Sub-           Fund
                                                         Sub-Account     Sub-Account      Account         Sub-Account
<S>                                                     <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>
For the Year Ended December 31, 1998
Operations:
  Net investment income (loss)                          $   (89,174)    $    37,623     $    25,963     $   (171,930)
  Capital gains income                                       75,909              --          16,707               --
  Net realized gain (loss) on security transactions         110,479              --          (3,176)         265,348
  Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
    investments during the period                         1,399,894              --         (70,486)       2,795,996
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
    from operations                                       1,497,108          37,623         (30,992)       2,889,414
Unit transactions:
  Purchases                                               2,065,296          31,059         104,583        4,248,398
  Net transfers                                             294,750       1,049,744          80,334        1,667,912
  Surrenders for benefits payment and fees                 (301,272)       (219,528)        (55,847)        (829,696)
  Net annuity transactions                                    4,138              --              --           17,813
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
    from unit transactions                                2,062,912         861,275         129,070        5,104,427
  Total increase (decrease) in net assets                 3,560,020         898,898          98,078        7,993,841
Net assets:
  Beginning of Year                                       4,751,380         771,015         816,968       13,088,919
  End of Year                                           $ 8,311,400     $ 1,669,913     $   915,046     $ 21,082,760
For the Year Ended December 31, 1997
Operations:
  Net investment income (loss)                          $   (29,035)    $    13,768     $   181,200     $    108,854
  Capital gains income                                           --              --          33,403               --
  Net realized gain (loss) on security transactions           2,226              --          (6,775)            (658)
  Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
    investments during the period                           457,470              --         (85,983)        (230,282)
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
    from operations                                         430,661          13,768         121,845         (122,086)
Unit transactions:
  Purchases                                               1,636,610         217,499       1,212,370        4,400,400
  Net transfers                                           2,761,489         616,768      (3,477,675)       9,006,077
  Surrenders for benefits payment and fees                  (77,380)        (77,020)       (105,409)        (195,472)
  Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
    from unit transactions                                4,320,719         757,247      (2,370,714)      13,211,005
  Total increase (decrease) in net assets                 4,751,380         771,015      (2,248,869)      13,088,919
Net assets:
  Beginning of Year                                              --              --       3,065,837               --
  End of Year                                           $ 4,751,380     $   771,015     $   816,968     $ 13,088,919
</TABLE>


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
<PAGE>

SEPARATE ACCOUNT SIX
HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY


STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS -- (Continued) 
For the Years Ended December 31, 1998 and 1997

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               Pegasus          Pegasus                           Pegasus
                                                               Growth           Mid-Cap          Pegasus         Intrinsic
                                                              and Value       Opportunity        Growth            Value
                                                                Fund             Fund             Fund             Fund
                                                            Sub-Account      Sub-Account      Sub-Account       Sub-Account
 <S>                                                       <C>              <C>              <C>               <C>
 For the Year Ended December 31, 1998
 Operations:
   Net investment income (loss)                            $  (329,290)     $  (193,150)     $  (273,885)      $    91,019
   Capital gains income                                      1,305,090          336,801           42,400           433,762
   Net realized gain (loss) on security transactions            13,890            5,967          476,908              (822)

   Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
     investments during the period                           4,446,694          464,536        6,521,570        (1,469,803)
   Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
     from operations                                         5,436,384          614,154        6,766,993          (945,844)
 Unit transactions:
   Purchases                                                11,774,494        3,563,145        4,753,176         4,542,105
   Net transfers                                             5,997,435        2,904,407       (1,623,013)        5,818,595
   Surrenders for benefit payments and fees                 (2,489,809)        (644,796)        (918,207)         (832,038)
   Net annuity transactions                                     46,105           12,144           19,094            17,963
   Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
     from unit transactions                                 15,328,225        5,834,900        2,231,050         9,546,625
   Total increase (decrease) in net assets                  20,764,609        6,449,054        8,998,043         8,600,781
 Net assets:
   Beginning of Year                                        37,804,978       10,796,530       14,997,654        13,341,943
   End of Year                                             $58,569,587      $17,245,584      $23,995,697       $21,942,724
 For the Year Ended December 31, 1997
 Operations:
   Net investment income (loss)                            $  (114,063)     $  (122,241)      $ (152,233)      $    22,796
   Capital gains income                                        766,624        1,590,529        1,076,636            45,262
   Net realized gain (loss) on security transactions            (3,216)         501,302          623,125            (1,872)
   Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
     investments during the period                           3,560,218          189,167        1,161,170           950,900
   Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
     from operations                                         4,209,563        2,158,757        2,708,698         1,017,086
 Unit transactions:
   Purchases                                                13,843,170        4,429,654        6,126,101         4,633,265
   Net transfers                                            12,589,078       (3,940,241)      (4,245,608)        7,904,486
   Surrenders for benefit payments and fees                   (736,816)        (378,113)        (464,118)         (212,894)
   Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
     from unit transactions                                 25,695,432          111,300        1,416,375        12,324,857
   Total increase (decrease) in net assets                  29,904,995        2,270,057        4,125,073        13,341,943
 Net assets:
   Beginning of Year                                         7,899,983        8,526,473       10,872,581                --
   End of Year                                             $37,804,978      $10,796,530      $14,997,654       $13,341,943

<CAPTION>

                                                                                  Pegasus
                                                                 Pegasus          Money            Pegasus
                                                                  Bond            Market       Managed Assets
                                                                  Fund             Fund        Balanced Fund
                                                               Sub-Account      Sub-Account      Sub-Account
 <S>                                                          <C>               <C>            <C>
 For the Year Ended December 31, 1998
 Operations:
   Net investment income (loss)                               $ 1,844,611              --                --
   Capital gains income                                            54,563              --                --
   Net realized gain (loss) on security transactions               75,140              --                --
   Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
     investments during the period                              1,274,499              --                --
   Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
     from operations                                            3,248,813              --                --
 Unit transactions:
   Purchases                                                   13,411,848              --                --
   Net transfers                                               12,556,284              --                --
   Surrenders for benefit payments and fees                    (2,742,073)             --                --
   Net annuity transactions                                        37,197              --                --
   Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
     from unit transactions                                    23,263,256              --                --
   Total increase (decrease) in net assets                     26,512,069              --                --
 Net assets:
   Beginning of Year                                           32,068,939              --                --
   End of Year                                                $58,581,008      $        0      $          0
 For the Year Ended December 31, 1997
 Operations:
   Net investment income (loss)                               $   642,777      $   23,014      $      7,548
   Capital gains income                                            19,484              --           180,913
   Net realized gain (loss) on security transactions               (2,027)             --         2,663,920
   Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
     investments during the period                                776,480              --        (1,086,285)
   Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
     from operations                                            1,436,714          23,014         1,766,096
 Unit transactions:
   Purchases                                                   12,346,781         126,745         4,616,463
   Net transfers                                               18,871,440      (1,462,029)      (24,292,348)
   Surrenders for benefit payments and fees                      (585,996)        (31,103)         (486,478)
   Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
     from unit transactions                                    30,632,225      (1,366,387)      (20,162,363)
   Total increase (decrease) in net assets                     32,068,939      (1,343,373)      (18,396,267)
 Net assets:
   Beginning of Year                                                   --       1,343,373        18,396,267
   End of Year                                                $32,068,939      $        0      $          0
</TABLE>


The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
<PAGE>

SEPARATE ACCOUNT SIX
HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY



NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 1998



1.  Organization:

    Separate Account Six (the Account) is a separate investment account within
    Hartford Life & Annuity 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 those
        dividends from the Funds which is characterized as capital gains under
        tax regulations.

    b)  Security Valuation--

        The investments in shares of the Putnam Variable Trust Funds (Putnam VT
        Global Growth Fund, Putnam VT Global Asset Allocation Fund, Putnam VT
        U.S. Government and High Quality Bond Fund, Putnam VT Diversified Income
        Fund, Putnam VT Growth and Income Fund, Putnam VT New Opportunities
        Fund, Putnam VT Money Market Fund and Putnam VT International Growth
        Fund) or the Pegasus Variable Annuity Funds (Intrinsic Value Fund,
        Growth and Value Fund, Mid-Cap Opportunity Fund, Growth Fund and Bond
        Fund) are valued at the closing net asset value per share as determined
        by the appropriate Fund as of December 31, 1998.

    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--

<PAGE>

        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. The Company also provides administrative services and
        receives an annual fee of 0.15% 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.


<PAGE>
HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY                                  F-1
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                    REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
To the Board of Directors of
Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company:
 
We have audited the accompanying statutory balance sheets of Hartford Life and
Annuity Insurance Company (a Connecticut Corporation and wholly owned subsidiary
of Hartford Life Insurance Company) (the Company) as of December 31, 1998 and
1997, and the related statutory statements of operations, changes in capital and
surplus, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December
31, 1998. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these statutory
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.
 
The Company presents its financial statements in conformity with statutory
accounting practices as described in Note 1 of notes to statutory financial
statements. When statutory financial statements are presented for purposes other
than for filing with a regulatory agency, generally accepted auditing standards
require that an auditors' report on them state whether they are presented in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. The accounting
practices used by the Company vary from generally accepted accounting principles
as explained and quantified in Note 1.
 
In our opinion, because of the effects of the matter discussed in the preceding
paragraph, the statutory financial statements referred to above do not present
fairly, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, the
financial position of the Company as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the
results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the
period ended December 31, 1998.
 
However, in our opinion, the statutory financial statements referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company
as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the results of its operations and its cash
flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1998 in
conformity with statutory accounting practices as described in Note 1.
 
                                         ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
 
Hartford, Connecticut
January 26, 1999
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F-2                                  HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
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                                 BALANCE SHEETS
                               (STATUTORY BASIS)
                                     ($000)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         AS OF DECEMBER 31,
                                                      -------------------------
                                                         1998          1997
                                                      -----------   -----------
 <S>                                                  <C>           <C>
 Assets
   Bonds...........................................   $ 1,453,792   $ 1,501,311
   Common stocks...................................        40,650        64,408
   Mortgage loans..................................        59,548        85,103
   Policy loans....................................        47,212        36,533
   Cash and short-term investments.................       469,955       309,432
   Other invested assets...........................         2,188        20,942
                                                      -----------   -----------
     Total cash and invested assets................     2,073,345     2,017,729
   Investment income due and accrued...............        20,126        15,878
   Premium balances receivable.....................           333           389
   Receivables from affiliates.....................            --         1,269
   Other assets....................................        45,358        22,788
   Separate account assets.........................    32,876,278    23,208,728
                                                      -----------   -----------
     Total Assets..................................   $35,015,440   $25,266,781
                                                      -----------   -----------
                                                      -----------   -----------
 Liabilities
   Aggregate reserves for future benefits..........   $   579,140   $   605,183
   Policy and contract claims......................         5,667         5,672
   Liability for premium and other deposit funds...     2,011,672     1,795,149
   Asset valuation reserve.........................        21,782        13,670
   Payable to affiliates...........................        19,271        20,972
   Other liabilities...............................      (974,882)     (754,393)
   Separate account liabilities....................    32,876,278    23,208,728
                                                      -----------   -----------
     Total liabilities.............................    34,538,928    24,894,981
                                                      -----------   -----------
 Capital and Surplus
   Common stock....................................         2,500         2,500
   Gross paid-in and contributed surplus...........       226,043       226,043
   Unassigned funds................................       247,969       143,257
                                                      -----------   -----------
     Total capital and surplus.....................       476,512       371,800
                                                      -----------   -----------
 Total liabilities, capital and surplus............   $35,015,440   $25,266,781
                                                      -----------   -----------
                                                      -----------   -----------
</TABLE>
 
                 The accompanying notes are an integral part of
                  these statutory basis financial statements.
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HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY                                  F-3
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                            STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                               (STATUTORY BASIS)
                                     ($000)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                      ---------------------------------------
                                                         1998          1997          1996
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
 <S>                                                  <C>           <C>           <C>
 Revenues
   Premiums and annuity considerations.............   $   469,343   $   296,645   $   250,244
   Annuity and other fund deposits.................     2,051,251     1,981,246     1,897,347
   Net investment income...........................       129,982       102,285        98,441
   Commissions and expense allowances on
    reinsurance ceded..............................       444,241       396,921       370,637
   Reserve adjustment on reinsurance ceded.........     3,185,590     3,672,076     3,864,395
   Other revenues..................................       458,190       288,632       161,906
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
     Total revenues................................     6,738,597     6,737,805     6,642,970
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
 Benefits and expenses
   Death and annuity benefits......................        43,390        66,176        60,194
   Disability and other benefit payments...........         6,114         7,316         6,555
   Surrenders......................................       739,663       454,417       270,165
   Commissions and other expenses..................       666,515       564,077       491,637
   Increase (Decrease) in aggregate reserves for
    future benefits................................       (26,043)       33,213        27,351
   Increase in liability for premium and other
    deposit funds..................................       216,523       640,006       207,156
   Net transfers to separate accounts..............     4,956,007     4,914,980     5,492,964
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
     Total benefits and expenses...................     6,602,169     6,680,185     6,556,022
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
 Net gain from operations
   Before federal income tax (benefit) expense.....       136,428        57,620        86,948
   Federal income tax (benefit) expense............        35,887       (14,878)       19,360
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
 Net gain from operations..........................       100,541        72,498        67,588
   Net realized capital gains, after tax...........         2,085         1,544           407
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
 Net income........................................   $   102,626   $    74,042   $    67,995
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
</TABLE>
 
                 The accompanying notes are an integral part of
                  these statutory basis financial statements.
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                  STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN CAPITAL AND SURPLUS
                               (STATUTORY BASIS)
                                     ($000)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                      ---------------------------------------
                                                         1998          1997          1996
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
 <S>                                                  <C>           <C>           <C>
 Common stock,
   Beginning and end of year.......................   $     2,500   $     2,500   $     2,500
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
 Gross paid-in and contributed surplus,
   Beginning and end of year.......................   $   226,043   $   226,043   $   226,043
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
 Unassigned funds
   Balance, beginning of year......................   $   143,257   $    74,570   $     9,791
   Net income......................................       102,626        74,042        67,995
   Change in net unrealized capital gains (losses)
    on common stocks and other invested assets.....         1,688         2,186        (5,171)
   Change in asset valuation reserve...............        (8,112)       (6,228)          568
   Change in non-admitted assets...................        (1,277)       (1,313)        1,387
   Credit on reinsurance ceded.....................         9,787            --            --
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
   Balance, end of year............................   $   247,969   $   143,257   $    74,570
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
 Capital and surplus,
   End of year.....................................   $   476,512   $   371,800   $   303,113
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
</TABLE>
 
                 The accompanying notes are an integral part of
                  these statutory basis financial statements.
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HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY                                  F-5
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                            STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                               (STATUTORY BASIS)
                                     ($000)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                      ---------------------------------------
                                                         1998          1997          1996
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
 <S>                                                  <C>           <C>           <C>
 Operations
   Premiums and annuity considerations.............   $ 2,520,655   $ 2,277,874   $ 2,147,627
   Investment income...............................       127,425       101,991       106,178
   Other income....................................     4,092,964     4,381,718     4,396,892
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
     Total income..................................     6,741,044     6,761,583     6,650,697
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
   Benefits paid...................................       790,051       529,733       338,998
   Federal income taxes (received) paid on
    operations.....................................        25,780       (14,499)       28,857
   Other expenses..................................     5,859,063     5,754,725     6,254,139
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
     Total benefits and expenses...................     6,674,894     6,269,959     6,621,994
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
     Net cash from operations......................        66,150       491,624        28,703
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
 Proceeds from investments
   Bonds...........................................       633,926       614,413       871,019
   Common stocks...................................        34,010        11,481        72,100
   Mortgage loans..................................        85,275            --            --
   Other...........................................           127           152            10
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
     Net investment proceeds.......................       753,338       626,046       943,129
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
   Taxes paid on capital gains.....................            --            --           936
   Other cash provided.............................         1,269            --        41,998
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
     Total proceeds................................       820,757     1,117,670     1,012,894
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
 Cost of investments acquired
   Bonds...........................................       586,913       848,267       914,523
   Common stocks...................................         7,012        28,302        82,495
   Mortgage loans..................................        59,702        85,103            --
   Other...........................................         1,168        18,548           130
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
     Total investments acquired....................       654,795       980,220       997,148
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
 Other cash applied
   Other...........................................         5,439         4,848        12,220
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
     Total other cash applied......................         5,439         4,848        12,220
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
     Total applications............................       660,234       985,068     1,009,368
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
 Net change in cash and short-term investments.....       160,523       132,602         3,526
 Cash and short-term investments, beginning of
  year.............................................       309,432       176,830       173,304
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
 Cash and short-term investments, end of year......   $   469,955   $   309,432   $   176,830
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
                                                      -----------   -----------   -----------
</TABLE>
 
                 The accompanying notes are an integral part of
                  these statutory basis financial statements.
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                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                               (STATUTORY BASIS)
                               DECEMBER 31, 1998
                 (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED)
 
 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
 
ORGANIZATION
 
    Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company ("ILA" or "the Company"),
formerly known as ITT Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company, is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Hartford Life Insurance Company ("HLIC"), which is an
indirect subsidiary of Hartford Life, Inc. ("HLI"), which is majority owned by
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. ("The Hartford"), formerly a wholly
owned subsidiary of ITT Corporation ("ITT"). On February 10, 1997, HLI filed a
registration statement, as amended, with the Securities and Exchange Commission
relating to the initial public offering of HLI Class A Common Stock (the
"Offering"). Pursuant to the Offering on May 22, 1997, HLI sold to the public 26
million shares, representing 18.6% of the equity ownership of HLI. On December
19, 1995, ITT Corporation distributed all the outstanding shares of The Hartford
to ITT shareholders of record in an action known herein as the "Distribution".
As a result of the Distribution, The Hartford became an independent, publicly
traded company. During 1996, ILA re-domesticated from the State of Wisconsin to
the State of Connecticut.
 
    ILA offers a complete line of ordinary and universal life insurance,
individual annuities and certain supplemental accident and health benefit
coverages.
 
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
 
    The accompanying ILA statutory basis financial statements were prepared in
conformity with statutory accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the
National Association of Insurance Commissioners ("NAIC"), the State of
Connecticut Department of Insurance and the State of Wisconsin for the 1996
period, as applicable. Certain prior year amounts and balances have been
reclassified to conform with current year presentation.
 
    Current prescribed statutory accounting practices include accounting
publications of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners ("NAIC"), as
well as state laws, regulations and general administrative rules. Permitted
statutory accounting practices encompass accounting practices approved by State
Insurance Departments. The Company does not follow any permitted statutory
accounting practices that have a material effect on statutory surplus, statutory
net income or risk-based capital.
 
    Final approval of the NAIC's proposed "Comprehensive Guide" on statutory
accounting principles was distributed in 1998. The requirements are effective
January 1, 2001, and are not expected to have a material impact on statutory
surplus of the Company.
 
    The preparation of financial statements in conformity with statutory
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 reported period. Actual
results could differ from those estimates. The most significant estimates
include those used in determining the liability for aggregate reserves for
future benefits and the liability for premium and other deposit funds. Although
some variability is inherent in these estimates, management believes the amounts
provided are adequate.
 
    Statutory accounting practices and generally accepted accounting principles
("GAAP") differ in certain significant respects. These differences principally
involve:
 
(1) treatment of policy acquisition costs (commissions, underwriting and selling
    expenses, premium taxes, etc.) which are charged to expense when incurred
    for statutory purposes rather than on a pro-rata basis over the expected
    life of the policy for GAAP purposes;
 
(2) recognition of premium revenues, which for statutory purposes are generally
    recorded as collected or when due during the premium paying period of the
    contract and which for GAAP purposes, for universal life policies and
    investment products, generally, are only recorded for policy charges for the
    cost of insurance, policy administration and surrender charges assessed to
    policy account balances. Also, for GAAP purposes, premiums for traditional
    life insurance policies are recognized as revenues when they are due from
    policyholders and the retrospective deposit method is used in accounting for
    universal life and other types of contracts where the payment pattern is
    irregular or surrender charges are a significant source of profit. The
    prospective deposit method is used for GAAP purposes where investment
    margins are the primary source of profit;
 
(3) development of liabilities for future policy benefits, which for statutory
    purposes predominantly use interest rate and mortality assumptions
    prescribed by the NAIC which may vary considerably from interest and
    mortality assumptions used for GAAP financial reporting;
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HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY                                  F-7
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(4) providing for income taxes based on current taxable income (tax return) only
    for statutory purposes, rather than establishing additional assets or
    liabilities for deferred Federal income taxes to recognize the tax effect
    related to reporting revenues and expenses in different periods for
    financial reporting and tax return purposes;
 
(5) excluding certain GAAP assets designated as non-admitted assets (e.g.,
    negative Interest Maintenance Reserve, past due agents' balances and
    furniture and equipment) from the balance sheet for statutory purposes by
    directly charging surplus;
 
(6) establishing accruals for post-retirement and post-employment health care
    benefits currently, or using a twenty year phase-in approach, whereas GAAP
    liabilities are recorded upon adoption of the applicable standard;
 
(7) establishing a formula reserve for realized and unrealized losses due to
    default and equity risk associated with certain invested assets (Asset
    Valuation Reserve); as well as the deferral and amortization of realized
    gains and losses, motivated by changes in interest rates during the period
    the asset is held, into income over the remaining life to maturity of the
    asset sold (Interest Maintenance Reserve); whereas on a GAAP basis, no such
    formula reserve is required and realized gains and losses are recognized in
    the period the asset is sold;
(8) the reporting of reserves and benefits net of reinsurance ceded, where risk
    transfer has taken place, whereas on a GAAP basis, reserves are reported
    gross of reinsurance with reserve credits presented as recoverable assets;
    as well as, the accounting for retroactive reinsurance which is immediately
    charged to surplus for statutory accounting purposes whereas GAAP precludes
    immediate gain recognition unless the ceding enterprise's liability to its
    policyholders is extinguished; as well as reinsurance ceded that fails to
    meet GAAP risk transfer guidelines would result in deposit accounting for
    GAAP where as for statutory, reserves ceded and assumed would be reflected
    in the statutory basis statements of operations;
 
(9) the reporting of fixed maturities at amortized cost, whereas GAAP requires
    that fixed maturities 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
    affect those intentions. The Company's bonds were classified on a GAAP basis
    as "available-for-sale" and accordingly, those investments and common stocks
    were reflected at fair value with the corresponding impact included as a
    component of Stockholder's Equity designated as "Net unrealized capital
    gains (losses) on securities net of tax". For statutory reporting purposes,
    Change in Net Unrealized Capital Gains (Losses) on Common Stocks and Other
    Invested Assets includes the change in unrealized gains (losses) on common
    stock reported at fair value; and
 
(10) separate account liabilities are valued on the Commissioner's Annuity
    Reserve Valuation Method ("CARVM"), with the surplus generated recorded as a
    liability to the general account (and a contra liability on the balance
    sheet of the general account), whereas GAAP liabilities are valued at
    account value.
 
    As of and for the years ended December 31, the significant differences
between Statutory and GAAP basis net income and capital and surplus for the
Company are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                         1998          1997          1996
                                     ------------  ------------  ------------
<S>                                  <C>           <C>           <C>
GAAP Net Income....................  $     74,525  $     58,050  $     41,202
Amortization and deferral of policy
 acquisition costs, net............      (331,882)     (345,657)     (341,571)
Change in unearned revenue
 reserve...........................        22,131         4,641        55,504
Deferred taxes.....................         2,476        47,092         2,090
Separate accounts..................       259,287       282,818       306,978
Asset impairments and
 write-downs.......................        17,250            --            --
Benefit reserve adjustment.........        32,759        24,666        (1,013)
Deposit accounting for Lyndon
 reinsurance (Note 3)..............        24,627            --            --
Other, net.........................         1,453         2,432         4,805
                                     ------------  ------------  ------------
Statutory Net Income...............  $    102,626  $     74,042  $     67,995
                                     ------------  ------------  ------------
                                     ------------  ------------  ------------
GAAP Capital and Surplus...........  $    648,097  $    570,469  $    503,887
Deferred policy acquisition
 costs.............................    (1,615,653)   (1,283,771)     (938,114)
Unearned revenue reserve...........       156,920       134,789       130,148
Deferred taxes.....................        68,936        64,522        12,823
Separate accounts..................     1,183,642       924,355       640,101
Asset impairments and
 write-downs.......................        17,250            --            --
Unrealized gains on bonds..........       (26,119)      (21,451)       (7,978)
Benefit reserve adjustment.........        65,029        16,378         7,035
Asset valuation reserve............       (21,782)      (13,670)       (7,442)
Adjustment relating to Lyndon
 contribution (Note 3).............            --       (23,671)      (36,126)
Other, net.........................           192         3,850        (1,221)
                                     ------------  ------------  ------------
Statutory Capital and Surplus......  $    476,512  $    371,800  $    303,113
                                     ------------  ------------  ------------
                                     ------------  ------------  ------------
</TABLE>
 
    As more fully described in Note 3, Lyndon Insurance Company (Lyndon) was
contributed to the Company on June 30, 1995. The GAAP net assets contributed
exceeded the statutory basis net assets by $41,277 as of December 31, 1995,
relating primarily to statutory reserves for future
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benefits, GAAP deposit accounting receivables and deferred tax liabilities. In
1998, the majority of the former Lyndon's assumed business was recaptured by the
unaffiliated direct writer.
 
AGGREGATE RESERVES FOR FUTURE BENEFITS AND LIABILITY FOR PREMIUM AND OTHER
DEPOSIT FUNDS
 
    Aggregate reserves for payment of future life, health and annuity benefits
were computed in accordance with actuarial standards. Reserves for life
insurance policies are generally based on the 1958 and 1980 Commissioner's
Standard Ordinary Mortality Tables and various valuation rates ranging from 2.5%
to 6%. Accumulation and on-benefit annuity reserves are based principally on
individual annuity tables at various rates ranging from 2.5% to 8.75% and using
CARVM. Accident and health reserves are established using a two year preliminary
term method and morbidity tables based on Company experience.
 
    ILA has established separate accounts to segregate the assets and
liabilities of certain annuity contracts that must be segregated from the
Company's general assets under the terms of the contracts. The assets consist
primarily of marketable securities reported at market value. Premiums, benefits
and expenses of these contracts are reported in the statutory basis statements
of operations.
 
INVESTMENTS
 
    Investments in bonds are carried at amortized cost. Bonds that are deemed
ineligible to be held at amortized cost by the NAIC Securities Valuation Office
("SVO") are carried at the appropriate SVO published value. When a permanent
reduction in the value of publicly traded securities occurs, the decrease is
reported as a realized loss and the carrying value is adjusted accordingly.
Short-term investments consist of money market funds and are stated at cost,
which approximates fair value. Common stocks are carried at fair value with the
current year change in the difference from cost reflected in surplus. Other
invested assets are generally recorded at fair value.
 
    The Company uses a variety of derivative financial instruments as part of an
overall risk management strategy. These instruments, including interest rate and
foreign currency swaps, caps, and floors are used as a means of hedging exposure
to price, foreign currency and/or interest rate risk on planned investment
purchases or existing assets and liabilities. The Company does not hold or issue
derivative financial instruments for trading purposes. Derivatives must be
designated at inception as a hedge measured for effectiveness both at inception
and on an ongoing basis. The Company's correlation threshold for hedge
designation is 80% to 120%. If correlation, which is assessed monthly and
measured based on a rolling three month average, falls outside the 80% to 120%
range, hedge accounting will be terminated.
 
    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 net investment income. Should the swap be terminated the gains or losses are
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 net investment income. Interest rate swaps purchased in
anticipation of an asset purchase ("anticipatory transaction") are recognized
consistent with the underlying asset components such that the settlement
component is recognized in the statutory basis statements of operations while
the change in market value is recognized as an unrealized gain or loss. Foreign
currency swaps are similar to interest rate swaps except there is an initial
exchange of principal in two currencies and an agreement to re-exchange the
currencies at a future date, at an agreed upon exchange rate.
 
    Premiums paid on purchased floor or cap agreements and the premium received
on issued cap or floor agreements (used for risk management) are adjusted into
the 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.
 
    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. Consistent with industry
practice, synthetic instruments are accounted for like the financial instrument
they are intended to replicate. Derivatives which fail to meet risk management
criteria subsequent to acquisition, are accounted for at fair market value with
the impact reflected in the statutory basis statements of operations.
 
    Open forward commitment contracts are marked to market through surplus. Such
contracts are accounted for at settlement by recording the purchase of specified
securities at the previously committed price. Gains or losses resulting from
termination of the forward commitment contracts before the delivery of the
securities are recognized immediately in the statutory basis statements of
operations as a component of Net Realized Capital Gains, after tax.
 
    The Asset Valuation Reserve ("AVR") is designed to provide a standardized
reserving process for realized and unrealized losses due to default and equity
risks associated with invested assets. The reserve increased $8,112 and $6,228
in 1998 and 1997, respectively and decreased $(568) in 1996. Additionally, the
Interest Maintenance Reserve ("IMR") captures net realized capital gains and
losses, net
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of applicable income taxes, resulting from changes in interest rates and
amortizes these gains or losses into income over the life of the mortgage loan
or bond sold. The IMR balance as of December 31, 1998 and December 31, 1997 was
$452 and $(193), respectively and is reflected in Other Liabilities and as a
component of non-admitted assets in Unassigned Funds for each of the years then
ended. For the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996, amortization of IMR
is included in Other Revenues and was $(207), $(85) and $(392), respectively.
Realized capital gains and losses, net of taxes not included in IMR are reported
in the statutory basis statements of operations. Realized investment gains and
losses are determined on a specific identification basis.
 
OTHER LIABILITIES
 
    The amount reflected in other liabilities includes a receivable from the
separate accounts of $1,187 million and $923 million as of December 31, 1998 and
1997, respectively. The balances are classified in accordance with NAIC
prescribed practices.
MORTGAGE LOANS
 
    Mortgage loans, which are carried at cost and approximate fair value,
include investments in assets backed by mortgage loan pools.
 2. INVESTMENTS:
 
(A) COMPONENTS OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                      1998        1997       1996
                                   ----------  ----------  ---------
<S>                                <C>         <C>         <C>
Interest income from bonds and
 short-term investments..........  $  123,370  $  100,475  $  89,940
Interest income from policy
 loans...........................       3,133       1,958      1,846
Interest and dividends from other
 investments.....................       4,482       1,005      7,864
                                   ----------  ----------  ---------
Gross investment income..........     130,985     103,438     99,650
Less: investment expenses........       1,003       1,153      1,209
                                   ----------  ----------  ---------
Net investment income............  $  129,982  $  102,285  $  98,441
                                   ----------  ----------  ---------
                                   ----------  ----------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
(B) COMPONENTS OF NET UNREALIZED CAPITAL GAINS (LOSSES) ON COMMON STOCKS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                    1998       1997       1996
                                  ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                               <C>        <C>        <C>
Gross unrealized capital gains..  $   2,204  $     537  $     713
Gross unrealized capital
 losses.........................     (1,871)    (1,820)    (4,160)
                                  ---------  ---------  ---------
Net unrealized capital
 (losses)/gains.................        333     (1,283)    (3,447)
Balance, beginning of year......     (1,283)    (3,447)     1,724
                                  ---------  ---------  ---------
Change in net unrealized capital
 gains (losses) on Common
 stocks.........................  $   1,616  $   2,164  $  (5,171)
                                  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                  ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
(C) COMPONENTS OF NET UNREALIZED CAPITAL GAINS (LOSSES) ON BONDS AND SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                   1998       1997        1996
                                ----------  ---------  ----------
<S>                             <C>         <C>        <C>
Gross unrealized capital
 gains........................  $   10,905  $  23,357  $   11,821
Gross unrealized capital
 losses.......................        (833)    (1,906)     (3,842)
                                ----------  ---------  ----------
Net unrealized capital
 gains........................      10,072     21,451       7,979
Balance, beginning of year....      21,451      7,979      20,877
                                ----------  ---------  ----------
Change in net unrealized
 capital gains on bonds and
 short-term investments.......  $  (11,379) $  13,472  $  (12,898)
                                ----------  ---------  ----------
                                ----------  ---------  ----------
</TABLE>
 
(D) COMPONENTS OF NET REALIZED CAPITAL GAINS (LOSSES)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                        1998       1997       1996
                                      ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                   <C>        <C>        <C>
Bonds and short-term investments....  $   1,314  $    (120) $   2,756
Common stocks.......................      1,624         --         --
Real estate and other...............         (1)       114         --
                                      ---------  ---------  ---------
Realized capital (losses) gains.....      2,937         (6)     2,756
Capital gains (benefit) tax.........         --       (831)       936
                                      ---------  ---------  ---------
Net realized capital gains..........      2,937        825      1,820
Amounts transferred to IMR..........        852       (719)     1,413
                                      ---------  ---------  ---------
Net realized capital gains..........  $   2,085  $   1,544  $     407
                                      ---------  ---------  ---------
                                      ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
(E) OFF-BALANCE SHEET INVESTMENTS
 
    The Company had no significant financial instruments with off-balance sheet
risk as of December 31, 1998.
 
(F) CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK
 
    The Company has invested in securities of a single issuer, Bankers Trust
Corporation, in an amount greater than 10% of the Company's statutory capital
and surplus. The statement value of this investment was $105,221 as of December
31, 1998. The NAIC ratings on these holdings were 1z and 2. Excluding this and
U.S. government and government agency investments, the Company had no other
significant concentrations of credit risk as of December 31, 1998.
 
<PAGE>
F-10                                 HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
(G) BONDS, SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS AND COMMON STOCKS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                         1998
                                                                   ------------------------------------------------
                                                                                 GROSS        GROSS
                                                                   AMORTIZED   UNREALIZED   UNREALIZED   ESTIMATED
                                                                      COST       GAINS        LOSSES     FAIR VALUE
                                                                   ----------  ----------   ----------   ----------
<S>                                                                <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>
U.S. government and government agencies and authorities:
  -- Guaranteed and sponsored....................................  $    4,982   $    35       $  (2)     $    5,015
  -- Guaranteed and sponsored -- asset-backed....................      75,615        --          --          75,615
States, municipalities and political subdivisions................      10,402       415          --          10,817
International governments........................................       7,466       568          --           8,034
Public utilities.................................................      94,475     1,330         (39)         95,766
All other corporate..............................................     607,679     8,473        (792)        615,360
All other corporate -- asset-backed..............................     505,900        --          --         505,900
Short-term investments...........................................     343,783        --          --         343,783
Certificates of deposit..........................................     130,216        84          --         130,300
Parents, subsidiaries and affiliates.............................     117,057        --          --         117,057
                                                                   ----------  ----------   ----------   ----------
Total bonds and short-term investments...........................  $1,897,575   $10,905       $(833)     $1,907,647
                                                                   ----------  ----------   ----------   ----------
                                                                   ----------  ----------   ----------   ----------
</TABLE>
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 GROSS        GROSS
                                                                               UNREALIZED   UNREALIZED   ESTIMATED
                                                                     COST        GAINS        LOSSES     FAIR VALUE
                                                                   ---------   ----------   ----------   ----------
<S>                                                                <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>
    Common stock -- unaffiliated.................................   $ 4,933      $  290      $   (50)     $ 5,173
    Common stock -- affiliated...................................    35,384       1,914       (1,821)      35,477
                                                                   ---------   ----------   ----------   ----------
    Total common stocks..........................................   $40,317      $2,204      $(1,871)     $40,650
                                                                   ---------   ----------   ----------   ----------
                                                                   ---------   ----------   ----------   ----------
</TABLE>
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                         1997
                                                                   ------------------------------------------------
                                                                                 GROSS        GROSS
                                                                   AMORTIZED   UNREALIZED   UNREALIZED   ESTIMATED
                                                                      COST       GAINS        LOSSES     FAIR VALUE
                                                                   ----------  ----------   ----------   ----------
<S>                                                                <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>
U.S. government and government agencies and authorities:
  -- Guaranteed and sponsored....................................  $   11,114   $    55      $   (51)    $   11,118
  -- Guaranteed and sponsored -- asset-backed....................      55,506     1,056         (269)        56,293
States, municipalities and political subdivisions................      26,404       329           --         26,733
International governments........................................       7,609       500           --          8,109
Public utilities.................................................      73,024       754         (132)        73,646
All other corporate..............................................     517,715    14,110         (704)       531,121
All other corporate -- asset-backed..............................     630,069     5,005         (739)       634,335
Short-term investments...........................................     277,330        33           (8)       277,355
Certificates of deposit..........................................      93,770     1,515           (3)        95,282
Parents, subsidiaries and affiliates.............................      86,100        --           --         86,100
                                                                   ----------  ----------   ----------   ----------
Total bonds and short-term investments...........................  $1,778,641   $23,357      $(1,906)    $1,800,092
                                                                   ----------  ----------   ----------   ----------
                                                                   ----------  ----------   ----------   ----------
</TABLE>
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 GROSS        GROSS
                                                                               UNREALIZED   UNREALIZED   ESTIMATED
                                                                     COST        GAINS        LOSSES     FAIR VALUE
                                                                   ---------   ----------   ----------   ----------
<S>                                                                <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>
    Common stock -- unaffiliated.................................   $30,307       $537       $    --      $30,844
    Common stock -- affiliated...................................    35,384         --        (1,820)      33,564
                                                                   ---------     -----      ----------   ----------
    Total common stocks..........................................   $65,691       $537       $(1,820)     $64,408
                                                                   ---------     -----      ----------   ----------
                                                                   ---------     -----      ----------   ----------
</TABLE>
 
    The amortized cost and estimated fair value of bonds and short-term
investments as of December 31, 1998 by estimated maturity year are shown below.
Asset-backed securities, including mortgage backed securities and
collaterialized mortgage obligations, are distributed to maturity year based on
ILA's estimates of the rate of future prepayments of principal over the
remaining lives of the securities. Expected maturities differ from contractual
maturities due to call or repayment provisions.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                      AMORTIZED     ESTIMATED
             MATURITY                    COST       FAIR VALUE
- -----------------------------------  ------------  ------------
<S>                                  <C>           <C>
One year or less...................  $    788,845  $    792,826
Over one year through five years...       689,025       692,811
Over five years through ten
 years.............................       308,661       310,357
Over ten years.....................       111,044       111,653
                                     ------------  ------------
Total..............................  $  1,897,575  $  1,907,647
                                     ------------  ------------
                                     ------------  ------------
</TABLE>
 
<PAGE>
HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY                                 F-11
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
    Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments in bonds and short-term
investments during 1998, 1997 and 1996 were $1,354,563, $1,435,820 and
$1,139,073, respectively, resulting in gross realized gains of $1,705, $964 and
$3,675, respectively, and gross realized losses of $391, $1,084 and $919,
respectively, before transfers to IMR.
 
(H) FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS BALANCE SHEET ITEMS (IN MILLIONS):
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                1998                        1997
                                     --------------------------  --------------------------
                                       CARRYING     ESTIMATED      CARRYING     ESTIMATED
                                        AMOUNT      FAIR VALUE      AMOUNT      FAIR VALUE
                                     ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------
<S>                                  <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
ASSETS
  Bonds and short-term
   investments.....................  $     1,898   $     1,908   $     1,779   $     1,800
  Common stocks....................           41            41            64            64
  Policy loans.....................           47            47            37            37
  Mortgage loans...................           60            60            85            85
  Other invested assets............            2             2            21            21
LIABILITIES
  Liabilities on investment
   contracts.......................  $     2,053   $     2,129   $     1,911   $     1,835
</TABLE>
 
    The estimated fair value of bonds and short-term investments was determined
by the Company primarily using NAIC market values. The carrying amounts for
policy loans approximates fair value. The fair value of mortgage loans was
determined by discounting future expected cash flows using interest rates
currently being offered for similar loans. The fair value of liabilities on
investment contracts is determined by forecasting future cash flows and
discounting the forecasted cash flows at current market interest rates.
 
 3. AGGREGATE RESERVES FOR FUTURE BENEFITS
 
    The Company's existing reserves consist of life, health, annuity and
supplementary contracts. The Company cedes and assumes insurance to and from
non-affiliated insurers in order to limit its maximum loss. Such transfers do
not relieve the Company or the unaffiliated reinsured of their primary
liabilities. The Company cedes to RGA Reinsurance Company and its affiliate
Employers Reassurance Corporation, on a modified coinsurance basis, 80% of the
variable annuity business written since 1994 and 100% of the variable life and
variable universal life excess sales load refund obligation effective 1998.
There were no material reinsurance recoverables from reinsurers outstanding as
of, and for the years ended, December 31, 1998 and 1997.
 
    A summary of reinsurance information as of and for the years ended December
31, follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1998                                    DIRECT       ASSUMED        CEDED          NET
- -----------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------
<S>                                  <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
Premium and Annuity
 Considerations....................  $    483,328  $     24,954  $    (38,939) $    469,343
Death, Annuity, Disability and
 Other Benefits....................  $     64,331  $      1,574  $    (16,401) $     49,504
Surrenders.........................  $    739,663  $         --  $         --  $    739,663
Aggregate Reserves for Future
 Benefits..........................  $    713,425  $         --  $   (134,285) $    579,140
Policy and Contract Claims.........  $      5,895  $         85  $       (313) $      5,667
 
<CAPTION>
 
1997                                    DIRECT       ASSUMED        CEDED          NET
- -----------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------
<S>                                  <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
Premium and Annuity
 Considerations....................  $    266,427  $     51,630  $    (21,412) $    296,645
Death, Annuity, Disability and
 Other Benefits....................  $     79,779  $        839  $     (7,126) $     73,492
Surrenders.........................  $    454,417  $         --  $         --  $    454,417
Aggregate Reserves for Future
 Benefits..........................  $    651,820  $         --  $    (46,637) $    605,183
Policy and Contract Claims.........  $      5,861  $        157  $       (346) $      5,672
<CAPTION>
 
1996                                    DIRECT       ASSUMED        CEDED          NET
- -----------------------------------  ------------  ------------  ------------  ------------
<S>                                  <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
Premium and Annuity
 Considerations....................  $    226,612  $     33,817  $    (10,185) $    250,244
Death, Annuity, Disability and
 Other Benefits....................  $     34,950  $     35,138  $     (3,339) $     66,749
Surrenders.........................  $    270,165  $         --  $         --  $    270,165
</TABLE>
 
    In connection with the distribution described in Note 1, on June 30, 1995,
the assets of Lyndon were contributed to the Company. The statutory basis assets
in excess of statutory basis liabilities was approximately $112 million and was
reflected as an increase in Gross Paid-In and Contributed Surplus at December
31, 1995. In 1998, the majority of former Lyndon's assumed business was
recaptured by the unaffiliated direct writer. A ceding commission of $25,622 and
change in reserve of $26,404 for the year ended December 31, 1998, is reflected
in Other Revenue and Increase/(Decrease) in Aggregate Reserves for Future
Benefits in the statutory basis statements of operations, respectively.
<PAGE>
F-12                                 HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
    Analysis of Annuity Actuarial Reserves and Deposit Liabilities by Withdrawal
Characteristics as of December 31, 1998 (including general and separate account
liabilities) are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                          % OF
SUBJECT TO DISCRETIONARY WITHDRAWAL:        AMOUNT        TOTAL
- ---------------------------------------  -------------  ---------
<S>                                      <C>            <C>
With market value adjustment...........  $       4,563       0.0%
At book value less current surrender
 charge of 5% or more..................      1,378,056       4.1%
At market value........................     31,087,511      93.8%
                                         -------------  ---------
Total with adjustment or at market
 value.................................     32,470,130      97.9%
At book value without adjustment
 (minimal or no charge or
 adjustment)...........................        665,159       2.0%
Not subject to discretionary
 withdrawal............................         19,739       0.1%
                                         -------------  ---------
Reinsurance ceded......................     33,155,028
    Total, net.........................  $  33,155,028
                                         -------------
                                         -------------
</TABLE>
 
 4. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:
 
    Transactions between the Company and its affiliates within The Hartford
relate principally to tax settlements, reinsurance, rental and service fees,
capital contributions and payments of dividends. The Company has also invested
in bonds of its affiliates, Hartford Financial Services Corporation and HL
Investment Advisors, Inc., and common stock of its subsidiary, ITT Hartford
Life, LTD.
 
 5. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES:
 
    The Company and The Hartford have entered into a tax sharing agreement under
which each member 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 the Company, subject to certain adjustments, generally will be
determined as though the Company were filing separate Federal, state and local
income tax returns.
 
    As long as The Hartford continues to own at least 80% of the combined voting
power and 80% of the value of the outstanding capital stock of HLI, 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 intention of The Hartford and
its non-life subsidiaries to file a single consolidated Federal income tax
return. The life insurance companies will file a separate consolidated Federal
income tax return. Federal income taxes (received) paid by the Company for
operations and capital gains were $25,780, $(14,499) and $29,793 in 1998, 1997
and 1996, respectively. The effective tax rate was 26%, (26)% and 22% in 1998,
1997 and 1996, respectively.
 
    The Company is currently under audit by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
for the three year tax period ending 1995. The audit is not yet complete. As of
December 31, 1998, the Company does not currently expect any material
adjustments to arise from this audit.
 
    The following schedule provides a reconciliation of the tax provision at the
U.S. Federal Statutory rate to Federal income tax (benefit) expense (in
millions):
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                              1998       1997       1996
                                            ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                         <C>        <C>        <C>
Tax provision at U.S. Federal statutory
 rate.....................................  $      48  $      20  $      30
Tax deferred acquisition costs............         25         25         27
Statutory to tax reserve differences......          8          1         --
Unrealized gain on separate accounts......        (41)       (44)       (21)
Investments and other.....................         (4)       (17)       (17)
                                            ---------  ---------  ---------
Federal income tax (benefit) expense......  $      36  $     (15) $      19
                                            ---------  ---------  ---------
                                            ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
 
 6.CAPITAL AND SURPLUS AND SHAREHOLDER DIVIDEND RESTRICTIONS:
 
    The maximum amount of dividends which can be paid, without prior approval,
by State of Connecticut insurance companies to shareholders is generally
restricted to the greater of 10% of surplus as of the preceding December 31st or
the net gain from operations for the previous year. Dividends are paid as
determined by the Board of Directors and are not cumulative. No dividends were
paid in 1998, 1997 and 1996. The amount available for dividend in 1999 is
$100,541.
 
 7. PENSION PLANS AND OTHER POST-RETIREMENT AND POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS:
 
    HLI's employees are included in The Hartford's non-contributory 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. HLI'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 U.S. Federal income tax purposes. Generally, pension costs are funded
through the purchase of affiliated group pension contracts. The cost to HLI was
approximately $9,000 in 1998 and $7,000 in both 1997 and 1996.
 
    HLI also provides, through The Hartford, certain health care and life
insurance benefits for eligible retired employees. A substantial portion of
HLI's employees may become eligible for these benefits upon retirement. HLI'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. HLI 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
<PAGE>
HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY                                 F-13
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
benefits expense, allocated by The Hartford, was immaterial to the results of
operations for 1998, 1997 and 1996.
 
    The assumed rate in the per capita cost of health care (the health care
trend rate) was 7.8% for 1998, decreasing ratably to 5.0% in the year 2003.
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 covered employees.
 
 8. SEPARATE ACCOUNTS:
 
    The Company maintains separate account assets and liabilities totaling $32.9
billion and $23.2 billion as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
Separate account assets are reported at fair value and separate account
liabilities are determined in accordance with CARVM, which approximates the
market value less applicable surrender charges. Separate account assets are
segregated from other investments, the policyholder assumes the investment risk,
and the investment income and gains and losses accrue directly to the
policyholder. Separate account management fees, net of minimum guarantees, were
$360 million, $252 million and $144 million in 1998, 1997 and 1996,
respectively, and are recorded as a component of other revenues on the statutory
basis statements of operations.
 
 9. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES:
 
    As of December 31, 1998, the Company had no material contingent liabilities,
nor had the Company committed any surplus funds for any contingent liabilities
or arrangements. 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, at the present
time the Company does not anticipate that the ultimate liability arising from
such pending or threatened litigation, after consideration of provisions made
for potential losses and costs of defense, will have a material adverse effect
on the statutory capital and surplus of the Company.
 
    As discussed in Note 5, issues may potentially be raised by the IRS in
future audits of open years. Management does not believe that possible audit
adjustments will have a material effect on the statutory capital and surplus of
the Company.
 
    Under insurance guaranty fund laws in each state, insurers licensed to do
business can be assessed up to prescribed limits for policyholder losses
incurred by insolvent companies. The amount of any future assessments on ILA
under these laws cannot be reasonably estimated. Most of the laws do provide,
however, that an assessment may be excused or deferred if it would threaten an
insurer's own financial strength. Additionally, guaranty fund assessments are
used to reduce state premium taxes paid by the Company in certain states. ILA
paid guaranty fund assessments of $1,043, $1,544 and $1,262 in 1998, 1997 and
1996, respectively. ILA incurred guaranteed fund expense of $548 in 1998, 1997
and 1996.
<PAGE>










                                       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 the Hartford Life and
               Annuity Insurance Company ("Hartford") authorizing the
               establishment of the Separate Account.(1)

          (2)  Not applicable.   

          (3)  (a)  Principal Underwriter Agreement.

               (b)  Form of Dealer Agreement.(2)

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

          (5)  Form of Application.(2)

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

          (6)  (b)  Bylaws of Hartford.(2)

          (7)  Not applicable.

          (8)  Form of Share Purchase Agreement by the Registrant and Woodward
               Variable Annuity Fund.(1)

          (9)  Opinion and Consent of Lynda Godkin, Senior Vice President,
               General Counsel & 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. 1, to the
     Registration Statement File No. 33-86330, dated May 1, 1995.

(2)  Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2, to the
     Registration Statement File No. 33-86330, dated May 1, 1996.

(3)  Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 4, to the
     Registration Statement File No. 33-86330, dated April 15, 1998.

<PAGE>

                                     -2-

          (13) Not applicable.
          
          (14) Not applicable.

          (15) Copy of Power of Attorney.

          (16) Organizational Chart.

Item 25.  Directors and Officers of the Depositor

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NAME, AGE                     POSITION WITH HARTFORD
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wendell J. Bossen             Vice President
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Gregory A. Boyko              Senior Vice President, Director*
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Peter W. Cummins              Senior Vice President
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Timothy M. Fitch              Vice President & Actuary
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mary Jane B. Fortin           Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 David T. Foy                  Senior Vice President & Treasurer
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Lynda Godkin                  Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and
                               Corporate Secretary, Director*
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Lois W. Grady                 Senior Vice President    
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Stephen T. Joyce              Vice President
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Michael D. Keeler             Vice President
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Robert A. Kerzner             Senior Vice President
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thomas M. Marra               Executive Vice President, Director*     
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Steven L. Matthiesen          Vice President
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Craig R. Raymond              Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Lowndes A. Smith              President and Chief Executive Officer, Director*
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 David M. Znamierowski         Senior Vice President, Director*
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

     *Denotes date of election to 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 March 31, 1999 there were 5,128 Contract Owners.

<PAGE>

                                     -3-

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 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 only a director that was successful on the merits in a suit, under
Article VIII, Section 2 of the Registrant's bylaws, the Registrant must
indemnify both directors and officers of the Registrant who are parties or
threatened to be parties to a legal proceeding by reason of his being or having
been a director or officer of the Registrant for any expenses 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 company, and with respect to criminal proceedings, had no
reason to believe his conduct was unlawful.  Unless otherwise mandated by a
court, no indemnification shall be made if such officer or director is adjudged
to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the
Registrant.

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.

<PAGE>

                                     -4-

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 (the "Act") may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, 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
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
          Hartford Life Insurance Company - Separate Account Seven
          Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company - Separate Account One
          Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company - Putnam Capital Manager
            Trust Separate Account Two
          Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company - Separate Account Three
          Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company - Separate Account Five 
          Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company - Separate Account Six
          Alpine Life Insurance Company - Separate Account One
          Alpine Life Insurance Company - Separate Account Two
          American Maturity Life Insurance Company - Separate Account AMLVA
          Royal Life Insurance Company - Separate Account One
          Royal Life Insurance Company - Separate Account Two

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                                     -5-

     (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
          Thomas M. Marra               Executive Vice President, Director
          Robert A. Kerzner             Executive Vice President
          Lynda Godkin                  Senior Vice President, General Counsel
                                        and Corporate Secretary, Director
          Peter W. Cummins              Senior Vice President
          David T. Foy                  Treasurer
          George R. Jay                 Controller
     
          Unless otherwise indicated, the principal business address of
          each of the above individuals is P. O. Box 2999, Hartford, Connecticut
          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.

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                                     -6-

     (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 Contracts 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 Council of Life
          Insurance, Ref. No. IP-6-88, November 28, 1988.  The Registrant has
          complied with the provisions 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 certifies that it meets all the requirements for
effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933 and duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf, in the City of Hartford, and State of Connecticut on this 9th day
of April, 1999.

HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY - 
SEPARATE ACCOUNT SIX
          (Registrant)

*By: Thomas M. Marra                                *By: /s/ Marianne O'Doherty
    ------------------------------------------          -----------------------
     Thomas M. Marra, Executive Vice President             Marianne O'Doherty
                                                           Attorney-in-Fact

HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
    (Depositor)

*By: Thomas M. Marra
- ----------------------------------------------
     Thomas M. Marra, Executive Vice President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons and in the capacities and on
the dates indicated.

Gregory A. Boyko, Senior Vice President, 
   Director*                                By: /s/ Marianne O'Doherty
Lynda Godkin, Senior Vice President,           -----------------------
   General Counsel & Corporate Secretary,        Marianne O'Doherty
   Director*                                     Attorney-in-Fact
Thomas Marra, Executive Vice    
   President, Director*                     Dated: April 9, 1999
Lowndes A. Smith, President &           
   Chief Operating Officer, Director *
David M. Znamierowski, Vice President,                 
   Director *                        
                             

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                                   EXHIBIT INDEX

(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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                                                                      EXHIBIT 9

                                                                  [LOGO]
                                                                  HARTFORD LIFE

April 9, 1999

                                             Lynda Godkin
                                             Senior Vice President, General
                                             Counsel & Corporate Secretary

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

RE:  SEPARATE ACCOUNT SIX 
     HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
     FILE NO. 33-86330

Dear Sir/Madam:

I have acted as General Counsel to Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company
(the "Company"), a Connecticut insurance company, and Hartford Life and Annuity
Insurance Company Separate Account Six (the "Account") in connection 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 Contracts.

2.   The Account is a duly authorized and validly 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
Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company
April 9, 1999
Page 2


4.   The Contracts, when issued as contemplated by the Form N-4 
     Registration Statement, will constitute legal, validly issued and 
     binding obligations of the Company.

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,

/s/Lynda Godkin

Lynda Godkin


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                                     EXHIBIT 10

                                 ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP

                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our reports
(and to all references to our Firm) included or made a part of this Registration
Statement File No. 33-86330 for Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company
Separate Account Six on Form N-4.


                                        /s/ Arthur Andersen LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
April 23, 1999


<PAGE>

                   HARTFORD LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY

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

                               Gregory A. Boyko
                                 David T. Foy
                                 Lynda Godkin
                                Thomas M. Marra
                                Lowndes A. Smith
                             David M. Znamierowski


do hereby jointly and severally authorize Lynda Godkin, Christine Repasy, 
Marianne O'Doherty, Thomas S. Clark and Brian Lord to sign as their agent, 
any Registration Statement, pre-effective amendment, post-effective amendment 
and any application for exemptive relief of the Hartford Life and Annuity 
Insurance Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment 
Company Act of 1940, and do hereby ratify any such signatures heretofore made 
by such persons.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Power of Attorney for 
the purpose herein set forth.

/s/ Gregory A. Boyko                    Dated as of January 15, 1999
- ------------------------------
Gregory A. Boyko

/s/ David T. Foy                        Dated as of January 15, 1999
- ------------------------------
David T. Foy

/s/ Lynda Godkin                        Dated as of January 15, 1999
- ------------------------------
Lynda Godkin

/s/ Thomas M. Marra                     Dated as of January 15, 1999
- ------------------------------
Thomas M. Marra

/s/ Lowndes A. Smith                    Dated as of January 15, 1999
- ------------------------------
Lowndes A. Smith

/s/ David M. Znamierowski               Dated as of January 15, 1999
- ------------------------------
David M. Znamierowski


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                                                     ORGANIZATIONAL CHART


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<S>                                                                                        <C>

                                           THE HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
                                                           (DELAWARE)
                                                                |
                                                                ---------------------------------------------
                                                     NUTMEG INSURANCE COMPANY                               |
                                                           (CONNECTICUT)                         THE HARTFORD INVESTMENT
                                                                |                                   MANAGEMENT COMPANY
                                                 HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY                         (DELAWARE)
                                                           (CONNECTICUT)                                    |
                                                                |                                           |
                                            HARTFORD ACCIDENT AND INDEMNITY COMPANY                HARTFORD INVESTMENT
                                                           (CONNECTICUT)                              SERVICES, INC.
                                                                |                                      (CONNECTICUT)
                                                       HARTFORD LIFE, INC.
                                                           (DELAWARE)
                                                                |
                                           HARTFORD LIFE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY
                                                           (CONNECTICUT)
                                                                |
                                                                |
                                                                |
        -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        |          |       |              |                   |                |               |             |             |
ITT HARTFORD LIFE  |       |              |                   |                |               |           HLIC         PLANCO
INTERNATIONAL LTD. |       |              |                   |                |               |          CANADA       FINANCIAL
  (CONNECTICUT)    |       |              |                   |                |               |      HOLDINGS, INC.   SERVICES,
        |          |       |              |                   |                |               |        (CANADA)     INCORPORATED
        |          |       |              |                   |                |               |             |     (PENNSYLVANIA)
        |          |       |              |                   |                |               |             |             |
        |          |  ALPINE LIFE  HARTFORD FINANCIAL   HARTFORD LIFE       HARTFORD        AMERICAN         |             |
        |          |   INSURANCE     SERVICES LIFE    INSURANCE COMPANY    FINANCIAL      MATURITY LIFE      |             |
        |          |    COMPANY      INSURANCE CO.      (CONNECTICUT)    SERVICES, LLC  INSURANCE COMPANY    |             |
        |          | (CONNECTICUT)   (CONNECTICUT)            |           (DELAWARE)      (CONNECTICUT)      |      PLANCO, INC.
        |          |                                          |                |               |             |     (PENNSYLVANIA)
        |          |      -------------------------------------                |       AML FINANCIAL, INC.   |
  HARTFORD CALMA   |      |                 |                 |                |         (CONNECTICUT)       |
    COMPANY        | ROYAL LIFE          HARTFORD          HARTFORD            |                         HARTFORD
   (FLORIDA)       | INSURANCE         INTERNATIONAL       LIFE AND            |                       LIFE INSURANCE
                   |  COMPANY        LIFE REASSURANCE   ANNUITY INSURANCE      |                         COMPANY 
                   | OF AMERICA            CORP.           COMPANY             |                         OF CANADA
                   |(CONNECTICUT)      (CONNECTICUT)     (CONNECTICUT)         |                          (CANADA)
                   |                                          |                |
                   |                                          |                |
                   |                                     ITT HARTFORD          |
                   |                                      LIFE, LTD.           |
                   |                                      (BERMUDA)            |
                   |                                                           |
                   |                                                           |
         ----------|         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         |                   |                     |                     |                  |                            |
   INTERNATIONAL           MS FUND          HL INVESTMENT           HARTFORD       HARTFORD SECURITIES        HARTFORD COMP. EMP.
     CORPORATE         AMERICA 1993-K       ADVISORS, LLC         EQUITY SALES        DISTRIBUTION              BENEFITS SERVICE
MARKETING GROUP, INC.     SPE, INC.         (CONNECTICUT)         COMPANY, INC.       COMPANY, INC.                  COMPANY
   (CONNECTICUT)         (DELAWARE)              |                (CONNECTICUT)       (CONNECTICUT)                (CONNECTICUT)
         |                                       |
         |                                       |
   THE EVERGREEN                         HARTFORD INVESTMENT
    GROUP, INC.                          FINANCIAL SERVICES
    (NEW YORK)                                 COMPANY
                                              (DELAWARE)
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<S>                                                                                        <C>

                                           THE HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
                                                           (DELAWARE)
                                                                |
                                                     NUTMEG INSURANCE COMPANY
                                                           (CONNECTICUT)
                                                                |
                                                 HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
                                                           (CONNECTICUT)
                                                                |
     ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     |           |                                              |
     |           |                                       ITT HARTFORD LIFE                
     |           |                                -------INTERNATIONAL LTD.
     |           |                                |       (CONNECTICUT)
     |           |                                |             |         
     |           |                                |        ITT HARTFORD    
     |           |                                |    ----SUDAMERICANA    
     |           |                                |   |     HOLDING S.A.    
     |           |                                |   |    (ARGENTINA)     
     |           |                                |   |------------------------------------------------------
     |           |                                |   |                               |                      |
     |           |                                |   |        HARTFORD            GALICIA              INSTITUTO DE
     |           |                                |   |        SEGUROS          VIDA COMPANIA        SALTA COMPANIA DE
     |           |                                |   |--------DE VIDA         DE SEGUROS S.A.      SEGUROS DE VIDA S.A.
     |           |                                |   |       (URUGUAY)          (ARGENTINA)            (ARGENTINA)
     |           |                                |   |    
     |           |             ICATU              |   |      ITT HARTFORD   
     |           |            HARTFORD            |   |-----SEGUROS DE VIDA 
     |           |          SEGUROS S.A.----------|   |       (ARGENTINA)
     |           |            (BRAZIL)            |   |                     
     |           |                |               |   |                     
     |           |                |               |   |      ITT HARTFORD   
     |           |   -- ----------|               |   |------SEGUROS DE    
     |           |   |            |               |   |       RETIRO S.A.   
     |           |   |            |               |   |       (ARGENTINA)   
     |-----------|----------------|---------------|---|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     |           |   |            |               |   |
     |           |   |      ICATU HARTFORD        |   |  CONSULTORA DE CAPITALES
     |           |   |     FUNDO DE PENSAO        |   |   S.A. SOCIEDAD GERENTE
     |           |   |         (BRAZIL)           |   |----DE FONDOS COMUNES
     |           |   |            |               |   |      DE ENVERSION
     |           |   |            |               |   |       (ARGENTINA)
     |           |   |      ICATU HARTFORD        |   |
     |           |   |    CAPITALIZACAO S.A.      |   |          CLARIDAD
     |           |   |         (BRAZIL)           |   |     ADMINISTRADORA DE
     |           |   |            |               |   |---FONDOS DE JUBILACIONES
     |           |   |        BRAZILCAP           |   |      Y PENSIONES S.A.
     |           |   |     CAPITALIZACAO S.A.     |   |       (ARGENTINA)
     |           |   |         (BRAZIL)           |   |
     |           |   |                            |   |
     |           |    --------------------------  |   |
     |           |---------------              |  |   |
     |                          |              |  |   |
HARTFORD FIRE               HARTFORD FIRE      |  |   |------- SEGPOOL S.A.
INTERNATIONAL------------INTERNATIONAL, LTD.   |  |   |        (ARGENTINA)
(GERMANY) GMBH              (CONNECTICUT)      |  |   |
(WEST GERMANY)                                 |  |   |
                                               |  |   |
                           ICATU HARTFORD      |  |   |         THESIS S.A.
                            ADMINISTRACAO      |  |   |-------- (ARGENTINA)
                          DE BENEFICIOS LTDA-- |  |   |
                              (BRAZIL)            |   |
                                                  |   |
                                  -----------------   |
                                  |                   |
                                 CAB                  |--------- U.O.R., S.A.
                             CORPORATION                         (ARGENTINA)
                       (BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS)       

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<S>                                                                                        <C>
                                           THE HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.
                                                           (DELAWARE)
                                                                |
                                                     NUTMEG INSURANCE COMPANY
                                                           (CONNECTICUT)
                                                                |
                                                 HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
                                                           (CONNECTICUT)
                                                                |
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                                                                      |                         |
                                                                                         THE HARTFORD INTERNATIONAL             |
                |-----------------------------------------------------------------------FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.          |
                |                                 |                    |                          (DELAWARE)                    |
                |                                 |                    |         ----------------------|-----------------       |
                |                                 |                    |         |                     |         |       |      |
             ZWOLSCHE                             |                    |    ITT HARTFORD         LONDON AND      |   HARTFORD   |
          ALGEMEENE N.V.                          |                    | INTERNATIONAL, LTD.     EDINBURGH       | EUROPE, INC. |
          (NETHERLANDS)                           |                    |       (U.K.)       INSURANCE GROUP, LTD.|  (DELAWARE)  |
                |                                 |                    |                           (U.K.)        |              |
                |                                 |                    |                             |           |              |
                |                                 |                    |                -------------            |              |
                |                                 |                    |                |                        |              |
                |                           ITT ASSURANCES      HARTFORD INTERNATIONAL  |    LONDON AND          --ITT ERCOS    |
                |                              S.A.              INSURANCE CO., N.V.    |---  EDINBURGH           DE SEGUROS Y  |
                |    ZWOLSCHE ALGEMEENE      (FRANCE)                (BELGIUM)          | INSURANCE CO., LTD.    REASEGUROS S.A.|
                |----SCHADEVERZEKERING                                   |              |        (U.K.)             (SPAIN)     |
        --------|          N.V.-----------------------------------       |              |            |                          |
        |       |      (NETHERLANDS)                              |      |              |            |                          |
       Z.A.     |                                                 |      |              |   EXCESS INSURANCE                    |
- --VERZEKERINGEN |                                                 |      |              |     COMPANY LTD.                      |
|      N.V.     |      ZWOLSCHE ALGEMEENE                         |      |              |        (U.K.)                         |
|  (BELGIUM)    |------HERVERZEKERING B.V.                        |      |              |                                       |
|   |      -----|        (NETHERLANDS)                            |      |              |      LONDON AND                       |
|   |     |     |                                                 |      |              |--- EDINBURGH LIFE                     |
| Z.A. LUX S.A. |                                                 |      |              |  ASSURANCE CO., LTD.                  |
| (LUXEMBURG)   |    ZWOLSCHE ALGEMEENE                           |      |              |         (U.K.)                        |
|               |--LEVENS-VERZEKERING N.V.------------            |      |              |                                       |
|               |      (NETHERLANDS)                 |            |      |              |                                       |
- ----------------|------------------------------------|------------|------|--------------|---------------------------------------|
|               |                                    |            |      |              |                                       |
|       --------                                     |            |      |              |                                       |
|       |       |                                    |            |      |              |                                       |
|   ZWOLSCHE    |    ZWOLSCHE ALGEMEENE       ZWOLSCHE ALGEMEENE  |      |              |                                       |
|  ALGEMEENE    |-----HYPOTHEKEN N.V.        BELEGGINGEN III B.V. |      |              |                                       |
|  EUROPA B.V.  |      (NETHERLANDS)             (NETHERLANDS)    |      |              |                                       |
| (NETHERLANDS) |                                       ----------       |              |                                       |
- --------|       |                                       |                |              |                                       |
                |      EXPLOITATIEMAAT-          BELEGGINGSMAAT-         |              |                                       |
                |-----   SCHAPPIJ                 SCHAPPIJ               |              |                                       |
                |      BUIZERDLAAN B.V.          BUIZERDLAAN B.V.        |              |                                       |
                |        (NETHERLANDS)             (NETHERLANDS)         |              |                                       |
                |                                                        |              |                                       |
                |                                                        |              |                                  -----
                |          HOLLAND                                       |              |--------------------------        |
                |---- BELEGGINGSGROEP B.V.                               |              |                          |       |
                        (NETHERLANDS)                                    |              |-----------------         |       |
                                                                         |       -------|                 |        |       |
                                                                         |       |      |                 |        |       |
                                                                         |       |      |                 |        |       |
                                                                    F.A. KNIGHT  |  MACALISTER &    LONDON AND     | HARTFORD FIRE
                                                                     & SON N.V.  |  DUNDAS, LTD.     EDINBURGH     | INTERNATIONAL
                                                                     (BELGIUM)   |   (SCOTLAND)     TRUSTEES, LTD. |   SERVICIOS
                                                                                 |                    (U.K.)       |    (SPAIN)
                                                                                  -------------------------        -----------
                                                                                        |                 |                |
                                                                                    FENCOURT           QUOTEL        LONDON AND
                                                                                  PRINTERS, LTD.      INSURANCE       EDINBURGH
                                                                                     (U.K.)         SYSTEMS, LTD.  SERVICES, LTD.
                                                                                                       (U.K.)           (U.K.)
                                                                                                          |
                                                                                                      EUROSURE
                                                                                                      INSURANCE
                                                                                                    MARKETING, LTD.
                                                                                                        (U.K.)

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