Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) File No. 333-123441 Pricing Supplement No. 51 dated September 12, 2005. (To Prospectus dated April 15, 2005 and Prospectus Supplement dated May 5, 2005) This Pricing Supplement consists of 2 pages. Hartford Life Insurance Company Depositor Fixed Rate IncomeNotes(sm) Issued through Hartford Life Global Funding Trust 2005-111 5.00% Callable Notes due December 15, 2014 The description in this pricing supplement of the particular terms of the 5.00% 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: $2,769,000.00 Interest Rate: 5.00% Price to Public: 100% Issuance Date: September 15, 2005 Net Proceeds to Trust: $2,728,850.00 Stated Maturity Date: December 15, 2014 Agent's Discount: 1.45% Initial Interest Payment Date: December 15, 2005 CUSIP Number: 41659FFE9 Interest Payment Frequency: Quarterly Day Count Convention: 30/360 Regular Record Dates: 15 days prior to any Interest Payment Date. Optional Redemption: Yes [X] No [ ] The Survivor's Option [X] is [ ] is Optional Redemption Date: September 15, not available 2007 or any Interest Payment Date Annual Put Limitation: $1 million thereafter. or 1% Initial Redemption Percentage: 100% Individual Put Limitation: $250,000 Annual Percentage Reduction: N/A Trust Put Limitation: N/A Redemption may be: [X] In whole only. [ ] In whole or in Authorized Denominations: $1,000 part. integral amounts. Securities Exchange Listing: None. Special Tax Considerations: None. Other Provisions Relating to the Notes: None. 1 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-405111 Interest Rate: 5.00% Contract Payment: $2,769,015.00 Effective Date: September 15, 2005 Deposit Amount: $2,728,865.00 Stated Maturity Date: December 15, (if different from Contract Payment) 2014 Day Count Convention: 30/360 Initial Interest Payment Date: December 15, 2005 Special Tax Considerations: None. Interest Payment Frequency: Quarterly Optional Redemption: Yes [X] No [ ] Survivor Option: Under the Funding Optional Redemption Date: September 15, Agreement, Hartford Life Insurance 2007 or any Interest Payment Date Company [X] is [ ] is not required thereafter. to provide the Trust with amounts Initial Redemption Percentage: 100% it needs to honor valid exercises Annual Percentage Reduction: N/A of the Survivor's Option. Redemption may be: [X] In whole only. [ ] In whole or in part. Other Provisions Relating to the Funding Agreement: None. INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE RATINGS OF THE NOTES AND THE FUNDING AGREEMENT It is anticipated that, as of September 15, 2005, the Notes will be rated by the indicated rating agencies as follows: Standard & Poor's: AA- Moody's: Aa3 A.M. Best: aa- Fitch: AA The Moody's rating also extends to the Program under which the Notes are issued. It is anticipated that, as of September 15, 2005, the Funding Agreement will be rated by the indicated rating agencies as follows: Standard & Poor's: AA- Moody's: Aa3 A.M. Best: aa- Fitch: AA