Exhibit 5.2
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THE HARTFORD
June 22, 2007
To: Board of Directors of Hartford Life Insurance Company
RE: Enforceability of a Funding Agreement Issued to a Certain Trust
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am an attorney with Hartford Life Insurance Company ("Hartford Life"), a
Connecticut life insurance corporation.
I am furnishing this opinion in connection with the issuance by Hartford Life of
the funding agreement listed below (the "Contract") to the trust (the "Trust")
listed below on or about the date of this letter:
CONTRACT CONTRACTHOLDER
Funding Agreement FA407005 Hartford Life Global Funding Trust 2007-005
The Trust was established pursuant to the Hartford Life Global Funding note
issuance program (the "Program") described in that certain registration
statement on Form S-3 (SEC File Number 333-130089, as amended, with an effective
date of March 31, 2006, (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). The Registration Statement describes (i) the
registration and public offering of up to $4,000,000,000, in the aggregate
principal amount of notes (the "Notes") to be issued by a series of trusts and
(ii) the registration of up to $4,000,000,000, or the equivalent amount in one
or more foreign or composite currencies, aggregate principal amount of Hartford
Life's funding agreements (such as the Contract) to be sold to trusts, such as
the Trust described below in connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes.
The Trust is intended to be a trust described in the prospectus dated April 12,
2006 (including the prospectus supplement relating to Medium Term Notes, dated
April 12, 2006), and included in the Registration Statement (together, the
"Prospectus"). Once duly formed, the Trust is authorized to issue no more than a
single series of Notes and to take certain other actions necessary or
appropriate to such issuance. The proceeds from the sale of the series of Notes
are to be used by the Trust to purchase from Hartford Life a funding agreement,
such as the Contract listed above. As described in the Prospectus, the Notes
issued by the Trust are to be secured by the assignment to an indenture trustee
of the Contract and all proceeds from the Contract.
In connection with the foregoing, I, or persons under my supervision, have
examined an original or copies certified to my satisfaction as being a true copy
of the certificate of incorporation and/or direction, bylaws of Hartford Life,
and have reviewed such other corporate records, instruments and other documents
as deemed necessary or appropriate in order to render the opinions set forth
herein. I, or persons under my supervision or direction, have also reviewed, in
unexecuted form, the Contract.
In the examination of various documents, instruments and records, including
without limitation any referred to in this opinion letter, and in connection
with the opinions herein expressed, I have assumed the competency of all
individual signatories, the genuineness of all signatures, submitted as
certified, photostatic or electronic copies, and the authenticity of the
originals of such latter documents.
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Based upon and subject to the foregoing, I am of the opinion that, as of the
date of this letter:
(a) Hartford Life is a Connecticut domiciled insurance company
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of Connecticut as a corporation formed for the
purposes of conducting the business of a life insurance
company. Hartford Life has the necessary corporate authority
to enter into the Contract and to perform its respective
obligations thereunder.
(b) Hartford Life has obtained licenses from the states of
Connecticut and Delaware, which authorize Hartford Life to
conduct life insurance business and to issue insurance
contracts (including the Contract) in those states. Hartford
Life has all necessary authority to execute and to issue such
Contracts under applicable Connecticut and Delaware insurance
laws and regulations and orders and interpretations of the
Connecticut Insurance Department and the Delaware Insurance
Department.
(c) The issuance of the Contract has been approved by all
necessary corporate action on the part of Hartford Life; and
the Contract constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of Hartford Life, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, except to the extent enforceability thereof may be
limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyances,
fraudulent transfers, reorganization, or moratorium or other
similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or
effecting the enforcement of creditors' rights or remedies
generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of
whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law), including the discretion of the court
before which any proceeding may be brought, concepts of good
faith, reasonableness and fair dealing.
I consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange
Commission as an exhibit to the Current Report of Hartford Life on Form 8-K and
to the use of my name in the Prospectus and to the incorporation by reference of
this opinion and consent as exhibits to the Registration Statement filed in
accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Act. In giving the foregoing consents, I
do not thereby admit that I come within the category of persons, whose consent
is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Jonathan Mercier
Jonathan Mercier
Counsel
Hartford Life Insurance Company