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 15, 2004


                           The Phoenix Companies, Inc.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)



                                                                                         
              Delaware                                  1-16517                                06-1599088
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    (State or Other Jurisdiction                (Commission File Number)                      (IRS Employer
         of Incorporation)                                                                 Identification No.)


               One American Row, Hartford, CT                                          06102-5056
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          (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                                     (Zip Code)


         Registrant's telephone number, including area code:                             (860) 403-5000
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                                 NOT APPLICABLE
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)





ITEM 9.       REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

              On March 15, 2004 The Phoenix Companies, Inc. announced in a news
release that it had filed its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2003 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and that,
due to a change in accounting methodology related to the Company's accounting
for certain collateralized obligations pools and for the adoption of a new
accounting standard, FIN 46-R, such report includes revisions to previously
reported 2003, 2002 and 2001 net income and certain balance sheet amounts. Based
on those revisions, we have made conforming changes to our latest Financial
Supplement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

ITEM 7.       EXHIBITS

              99.1 Revised Financial Supplement.





                                   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 hereunto duly authorized.

                           THE PHOENIX COMPANIES, INC.

Date: March 15, 2004       By:  /s/ Scott R. Lindquist
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                                Name:  Scott R. Lindquist
                                Title: Senior Vice President, Finance and
                                       Chief Accounting Officer