SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT


                        PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)

                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)  March 16, 1998

                 Trans-World Insurance Company d/b/a Educaid and
                    ClassNotes Inc. (as Sellers) on behalf of
                    ClassNotes Trust 1997-I, Series 1998-1


                                ClassNotes, Inc.
                          TRANS-WORLD INSURANCE COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Delaware                    333-47757              22-3400682
         ARIZONA                     333-18877              86-0255348
(State or other                     (Commission            (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of incorporation)      File Number)            ID Number)


  3301 C STREET, SUITE 100-M, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA       95816
 (Address of principal executive offices)                (Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number,
 including area code:                             (916) 446-5000


                  N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Item 5.   OTHER EVENTS

The consolidated financial statements of Ambac Assurance Corporation and its
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and December 31, 1995 and for the three
years ended December 31, 1996, prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, included in the Current Report on Form 8-K of Ambac
Financial Group, Inc. (formerly AMBAC Inc.) (which was filed with the Commission
on March 12, 1997; Commission File Number 1-10777) and the consolidated
financial statements of Ambac Assurance Corporation and its subsidiaries as of
September 30, 1997, and for each of the nine month periods ended September 30,
1997 and September 30, 1996, included in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of
Ambac Financial Group, Inc. for the period ended September 30, 1997 (which was
filed with the Commission on November 14, 1997) are hereby incorporated by
reference in (i) this Current Report on Form 8-K; (ii) the registration
statements (Nos. 333-18877 and 333-47757) on Form S-3 of ClassNotes Inc. and
Trans-World Insurance Company d/b/a Educaid; and (iii) the Prospectus Supplement
for the ClassNotes Trust 1997-I, Series 1998-1 and shall be deemed to be part 
hereof and thereof.

Item 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION
         AND EXHIBITS.

         (c)  EXHIBITS

              EXHIBIT NO.

              23.1   Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP,
                     dated as of March 16, 1998 in connection
                     with the consolidated financial statements of Ambac 
                     Assurance Corporation and Subsidiaries.

              23.2   Consent of Rhoads & Sinon LLP, dated
                     March 13, 1998.

                                   SIGNATURES



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 thereunto duly authorized.


                             CLASSNOTES TRUST 1997-I SERIES-1

                             By:


                             TRANS-WORLD INSURANCE COMPANY, Seller
                             CLASSNOTES INC., Seller


                              By:/S/ MICHAEL BENOFF
                                 Name: Michael Benoff
                                 Title: Senior Vice President

Dated:  March 16, 1998

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


EXHIBIT         DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT                         PAGE NO.

23.1            Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP,
                dated as of March 16, 1998......................  5

23.2            Consent of Rhoads & Sinon LLP.....................6