UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 23, 2012
HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
| CONNECTICUT | 001-32293 | 06-0974148 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
200 HOPMEADOW STREET, SIMSBURY, CONNECTICUT | 06089 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (860) 547-5000
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 8.01 Other Events
On March 21, 2012, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (“The Hartford”) announced that it will focus on its Property and Casualty, Group Benefits and Mutual Fund businesses, place its Individual Annuity business into runoff and pursue sales or other strategic alternatives for the Individual Life, Woodbury Financial Services and Retirement Plans businesses. As a result, Hartford Life Insurance Company (the “Company”), a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of The Hartford, and its subsidiaries will cease selling their individual annuity products in the second quarter of 2012 and are pursuing sales or other strategic alternatives for their Individual Life, Woodbury Financial Services and Retirement Plans businesses.
The Company has revised applicable sections of the Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 (the “2011 Form 10-K”) solely to reflect a subsequent event footnote related to this announcement. No other information in the Company’s 2011 Form 10-K has been updated for events or developments that occurred subsequent to the filing of the 2011 Form 10-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The revised Financial Statements and Supplementary Data are filed as exhibits hereto and are incorporated herein by reference. The information in this Form 8-K, including the exhibits, should be read in conjunction with the 2011 Form 10-K and subsequent SEC filings.
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| 23.01 | Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP. | |
| 99.01 | Part II, Item 8. Revised Financial Statements and Supplementary Data as of, and for the period ending, December 31, 2011. [1] | |
| 101.INS | XBRL Instance Document. | |
| 101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema. | |
| 101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase. | |
| 101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase. | |
| 101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase. | |
| 101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase. | |
| [1] | Financial statements in this exhibit are now our historical financial statements. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Hartford Life Insurance Company (Registrant) | ||||||
Date: April 23, 2012 | /s/ Beth A. Bombara | |||||
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| Beth A. Bombara | ||||||
| Senior Vice President and Controller | ||||||
| (Chief accounting officer and duly | ||||||
| authorized signatory) |
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EXHIBITS INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 23.01 | Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP. | |
| 99.01 | Part II, Item 8. Revised Financial Statements and Supplementary Data as of, and for the period ending, December 31, 2011. [1] | |
| 101.INS | XBRL Instance Document. | |
| 101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema. | |
| 101.CAL | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase. | |
| 101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase. | |
| 101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase. | |
| 101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase. | |
| [1] | Financial statements in this exhibit are now our historical financial statements. |
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