Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5)
                                                             File No. 333-112244

Pricing Supplement No. 60 dated March 14, 2005.
(To Prospectus dated September 7, 2004 and Prospectus
Supplement dated September 7, 2004)
This Pricing Supplement consists of 2 pages.

                         HARTFORD LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                                    DEPOSITOR

                            FIXED RATE INCOMENOTES(sm)
                                 ISSUED THROUGH

                   HARTFORD LIFE GLOBAL FUNDING TRUST 2005-039

                     5.25% CALLABLE NOTES DUE MARCH 15, 2025


The description in this pricing  supplement of the particular terms of the 5.25%
IncomeNotes(sm) offered hereby and the Funding  Agreement  sold by Hartford Life
Insurance  Company to the Trust specified herein  supplements the description of
the general  terms and  provisions of the notes and the funding  agreements  set
forth  in the  accompanying  prospectus  and  prospectus  supplement,  to  which
reference is hereby made.


                        PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE NOTES


                                                                                 
Principal Amount:             $740,000.00              Interest Rate:                     5.25%

Price to Public:              100%                     Issuance Date:                     March 17, 2005

Net Proceeds to Trust:        $721,500.00              Stated Maturity Date:              March 15, 2025

Agent's Discount:             2.50%                    Initial Interest Payment Date:     September 15, 2005

CUSIP Number:                 41659FCF9                Interest Payment Frequency:        Semi-Annually

Day Count Convention:         30/360                   Regular Record Dates:              15 days prior to an Interest Payment Date.





                                                    
Optional Redemption:   Yes [X] No [ ]                  The Survivor's Option  [X] is   [ ] is not  available
  Optional Redemption Date: March 15, 2009 or any          Annual Put Limitation:  $1 million or 1%
    Interest Payment Date thereafter.                      Individual Put Limitation:  $250,000
  Initial Redemption Percentage:   100%                    Trust Put Limitation:  N/A
  Annual Percentage Reduction:     N/A
  Redemption may be: [X] In whole only.                Authorized Denominations:  $1,000 integral amounts.
                     [ ] In whole or in part.

Securities Exchange Listing: None.

Special Tax Considerations:  None.                     Other Provisions Relating to the Notes: None.


Agents : Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., Banc of America
Securities LLC, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Citigroup, HSBC, JPMorgan, Merrill
Lynch & Co., Morgan Stanley, Raymond James, RBC Dain Rauscher, Inc., Scott &
Stringfellow, Inc., UBS Financial Services, Inc., Wachovia Securities, WM
Financial Services







                  INFORMATION RELATING TO THE FUNDING AGREEMENT


                                                    
Funding Agreement Provider: Hartford Life Insurance Company





                                                                                 
Funding Agreement:            FA-405039                Interest Rate:                     5.25%

Contract Payment:             $740,015.00              Effective Date:                    March 17, 2005

Deposit Amount :              $721,515.00              Stated Maturity Date:              March 15, 2025
(if different from Contract Payment

Day Count Convention:         30/360                   Initial Interest Payment Date:     September 15, 2005

Special Tax Considerations:   None.                    Interest Payment Frequency:        Semi-Annually




                                                    
Optional Redemption:   Yes [X]   No [ ]                Survivor Option:  Under the Funding Agreement, Hartford Life
Optional Redemption Date:   March 15, 2009 or any             Insurance Company  [X]  is   [ ] is not required
    Interest Payment Date thereafter.                         to provide the Trust with amounts it needs to
  Initial Redemption Percentage: 100%                         honor valid exercises of the Survivor's Option.
  Annual Percentage Reduction:   N/A
  Redemption may be:  [X]  In  whole only.             Other Provisions Relating to the Funding Agreement:   None.
                      [ ]  In whole or in part.


Note: The Opinion regarding the  enforceability of the Funding Agreement and the
related  Consent of Counsel  for  Hartford  Life  Insurance  Company is given by
Jonathan Mercier, Counsel.



  INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE RATINGS OF THE NOTES AND THE FUNDING AGREEMENT

It is  anticipated  that,  as of March 17, 2005,  both the Notes and the Funding
Agreement will be rated by the indicated rating agencies as follows:

                  Standard & Poor's:  AA-            Moody's: Aa3

The Moody's rating also extends to the Program under which the Notes are issued.