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FORM 10-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
(Mark One)
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ____________ to ______________
Commission file number 1-12749
HARTFORD LIFE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 06-1470915
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
200 HOPMEADOW STREET, SIMSBURY, CONNECTICUT 06089 (Address of
principal executive offices)
(860) 525-8555
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act: the following, which
are registered on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.:
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
7.2% Trust Preferred Securities, Series A, issued by Hartford Life
Capital I
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No[ ]
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained to the best
of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [ X ]
As of February 26, 1999, there were outstanding 25,928,071 shares of Class A
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, and 114,000,000 of Class B Common
Stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the registrant. The aggregate market value
of the shares of the registrant's common equity held by non-affiliates of the
registrant was $1,494,568,592 based on the closing price of $58.00 per share of
Class A Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on February 26, 1999.
Documents Incorporated by Reference:
Portions of the Registrant's definitive proxy statement for its 1999 annual
meeting of shareholders are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form
10-K.
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[HARTFORD LIFE LOGO]
Hartford Life, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Hartford Life) is a leading financial
services and insurance organization providing investment products such as
variable annuities and mutual funds, individual and corporate owned life
insurance and employee benefits products.
A majority owned subsidiary of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.,
Hartford Life is the nation's largest writer of individual variable annuities,
the number two writer of group disability insurance, a top provider of
individual variable life insurance and offers the fastest growing
non-proprietary family of mutual funds.
CONTENTS
ITEM DESCRIPTION PAGE
PART I 1 Business of Hartford Life 3
2 Properties 12
3 Legal Proceedings 12
4 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders 12
PART II 5 Market for Hartford Life's Common Stock and Related
Stockholder Matters 12
6 Selected Financial Data 13
7 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations 14
7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 35
8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 35
9 Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting
and Financial Disclosure 35
PART III 10 Directors and Executive Officers of Hartford Life 35
11 Executive Compensation 35
12 Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management 35
13 Certain Relationships and Related Transactions 35
PART IV 14 Exhibits, Financial Statements, Schedules and Reports on Form
8-K 35
Signatures II-1
Exhibits Index II-2
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PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS OF HARTFORD LIFE
(Dollar amounts in millions, except for share data, unless otherwise stated)
GENERAL
Hartford Life, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Hartford Life" or the "Company"), an
indirect subsidiary of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The
Hartford), is headquartered in Simsbury, Connecticut, and is a leading financial
services and insurance organization. Hartford Life provides (i) investment
products, such as annuities, including individual variable annuities and fixed
market value adjusted (MVA) annuities, deferred compensation and retirement plan
services and mutual funds for the savings and retirement needs of over 1 million
customers, (ii) life insurance for income protection and estate planning to
approximately 500,000 customers, (iii) employee benefits products such as group
life and group disability insurance for the benefit of millions of individuals
and (iv) corporate owned life insurance. According to the latest publicly
available data, with respect to the United States, the Company is the largest
writer of individual variable annuities based on sales for the year ended
December 31, 1998; the second largest writer of group disability insurance and
the third largest writer of group life insurance both based on premiums written
for the nine months ended September 30, 1998; as well as, the fourth largest
consolidated life insurance company based on statutory assets as of December 31,
1997. In addition, the Company has the fastest growing non-proprietary family of
mutual funds. The Company's strong position in each of its core businesses
provides an opportunity to increase the sale of Hartford Life's products and
services as individuals increasingly save and plan for retirement, protect
themselves and their families against disability or death and prepare their
estates for an efficient transfer of wealth between generations.
Hartford Life strives to maintain and enhance its position as a market leader
within the financial services industry and to maximize shareholder value. The
Company has pursued a strategy of developing and selling diverse and innovative
products through multiple distribution channels, continuously developing and
expanding those distribution channels, achieving cost efficiencies through
economies of scale and improved technology, maintaining effective risk
management and prudent underwriting techniques and capitalizing on its brand
name and customer recognition of The Hartford Stag Logo, one of the most
recognized symbols in the financial services industry. In the past year, the
Company's total assets under management, which includes assets invested in the
Company's retail mutual funds, increased 22% to $124.5 billion and total
stockholders' equity was $2.5 billion as of December 31, 1998. In addition,
Hartford Life generated $5.8 billion in revenues and $386 in net income in 1998.
The Company's return on shareholders' equity, excluding net unrealized capital
gains on securities, was 18.7% in 1998.
ORGANIZATION
Hartford Life, Inc., a Delaware corporation, was formed in December 1996 as a
direct subsidiary of Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company (HA&I) and an
indirect subsidiary of The Hartford. Pursuant to an initial public offering (the
"IPO") of 26 million shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock on May 22,
1997, Hartford Life became a publicly traded company representing approximately
18.6% of the equity ownership in the Company. Additional information regarding
the organization of the business and the IPO may be found in Notes 1 and 3 of
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, respectively.
As a holding company, Hartford Life, Inc. has no significant business operations
of its own and, therefore, primarily relies on the dividends from its insurance
company subsidiaries, which are primarily domiciled in Connecticut, as the
principal source of cash to meet its obligations (primarily debt obligations)
and pay stockholder dividends. Statutory net income and statutory capital and
surplus, key determinants in the amount of dividend capacity available in the
insurance company subsidiaries, have grown significantly over the past several
years. Statutory net income was $265 in 1998, 19% higher than in 1997 and more
than three and one-half times the level in 1994. Statutory capital and surplus
as of December 31, 1998 was $2.0 billion, more than 50% above the level as of
December 31, 1996. Additional information regarding the cash flow and liquidity
needs of Hartford Life, Inc. may be found in the Capital Resources and Liquidity
section of the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations (MD&A).
DISTRIBUTION
Hartford Life utilizes a multiple channel distribution network which provides a
distinct competitive advantage in selling products and services to a broad
cross-section of customers throughout varying economic and market cycles. In
particular, the Company has developed an extensive network of banks and
broker-dealers, which is one of the largest in the industry, including over
1,350 national and regional broker-dealers and approximately 450 banks.
Consistent with this strategy, in August 1998, the Company purchased all of the
outstanding shares of PLANCO Financial Services, Inc. and its affiliate, PLANCO,
Incorporated (collectively, "PLANCO"), the nation's largest wholesaler of
individual annuities and the Company's primary wholesale distributor of its
Director(R) variable annuity (the number one selling retail variable annuity in
the United States) and retail mutual funds, thus securing an important
distribution channel. This broad network has enabled the Company to introduce
new products and services in an effective manner and allows the
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Company significant opportunity to access its customer base. Hartford Life sells
variable annuities, mutual funds, fixed MVA annuities, variable life insurance
and retirement plan services through its broker-dealer and bank distribution
systems.
PRODUCTS
Hartford Life provides its customers an innovative and diverse mix of products
and services directed at serving people's needs throughout the different stages
of their lives and during varying economic cycles. The Company offers a variety
of products including variable annuities, retail mutual funds, individual life
insurance and group life and disability insurance. The Company regularly
introduces new and innovative products and services to the market.
CUSTOMER SERVICE, TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMIES OF SCALE
Hartford Life maintains advantageous economies of scale and operating
efficiencies due to its continued growth, attention to expense management and
commitment to customer service and technology. These advantages allow the
Company to competitively price its products for its distribution network and
policyholders. The Company has achieved operating efficiencies as expenses
associated with its individual annuity products as a percentage of total
individual annuity account value continue to decline from prior year levels. In
addition, the Company utilizes computer technology to enhance communications
within the Company and throughout its distribution network in order to improve
the Company's efficiency in marketing, selling and servicing its products; and,
as a result, provides high-quality customer service. In recognition of
excellence in customer service for variable annuities, Hartford Life and Putnam
Financial Services, Inc. (Putnam) have been awarded the Annuity Service Award by
DALBAR Inc., a recognized independent financial services research organization,
for three consecutive years. Additional information related to Hartford Life's
technology in respect of Year 2000 issues may be found in the Regulatory
Initiatives and Contingencies section of the MD&A.
RISK MANAGEMENT
Hartford Life's product designs, prudent underwriting standards and risk
management techniques protect it against disintermediation risk and greater than
expected mortality and morbidity experience. As of December 31, 1998, the
Company had limited exposure to disintermediation risk on approximately 99% of
its insurance liabilities through the use of non-guaranteed separate accounts,
MVA features, policy loans, surrender charges and non-surrenderability
provisions. With respect to the Company's individual annuities, 97% of the
related total account value was subject to surrender charges as of December 31,
1998. The Company effectively utilizes prudent underwriting to select and price
insurance risks and regularly monitors mortality and morbidity assumptions to
determine if experience remains consistent with these assumptions and to ensure
that its product pricing remains appropriate. The Company also enforces
disciplined claims management to protect itself against greater than expected
morbidity experience.
BRAND NAME AND FINANCIAL STRENGTH
The Hartford Stag Logo is one of the most recognized symbols in the insurance
and financial services industry. This brand recognition, coupled with a strong
balance sheet and sound ratings, has enabled the Company to establish the
reputation and financial strength necessary to maintain distribution
relationships, make strategic acquisitions and enhance important alliances, and
generate new customer sales. Pursuant to a Master Intercompany Agreement with
The Hartford, the Company has been granted a perpetual non-exclusive license to
use the Stag Logo in connection with the sale of Hartford Life's products and
services. However, in the event that The Hartford reduces its beneficial
ownership below 50% of the combined voting power of the Company's then
outstanding securities, the license may be revoked upon the later of the fifth
anniversary of the date of consummation of the Company's IPO of its Class A
Common Stock or one year after receipt by the Company of written notice of The
Hartford's intention to revoke the license.
REPORTING SEGMENTS
Hartford Life has the following reportable operating segments: Investment
Products, Individual Life, Employee Benefits and Corporate Owned Life Insurance
(COLI). The Company includes in "Other" corporate items not directly allocable
to any of its reportable segments as well as its international operations. The
following is a description of each segment, including a discussion of principal
products, methods of distribution and competitive environments. Additional
information on Hartford Life's segments may be found in the MD&A on pages 14 to
34 and Note 17 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
INVESTMENT PRODUCTS
The Investment Products segment focuses on the savings and retirement needs of
the growing number of individuals who are preparing for retirement or have
already retired through the sale of individual annuities and other investment
products. The individual annuity products offered include individual variable
annuities, fixed MVA annuities and fixed and variable immediate annuities. The
other investment products offered include mutual funds, deferred compensation
and retirement plan services for municipal governments, teachers, hospitals and
corporations; structured settlement contracts and other special purpose annuity
contracts; and, investment management services. From 1994 to 1998 this segment's
separate account assets grew to $74.5 billion from $21.4 billion, a compounded
annual growth rate of 37%. This growth has been driven primarily by strong net
cash flow of individual variable
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annuities, the result of a high volume of sales and favorable persistency, as
well as significant market appreciation in the separate accounts of the
Company's individual and group variable annuities. Investment Products generated
revenues of $1.8 billion and $1.5 billion in 1998 and 1997, respectively. Net
income in the Investment Products segment was $266 in 1998, a 32% increase over
1997.
Hartford Life is the market leader in the annuity industry and was the number
one writer of individual variable annuities for the years ended December 31,
1998 and 1997, with total individual annuity sales of $10.0 billion and $10.2
billion, respectively. The Company sells both variable and fixed individual
annuity products, through a wide distribution network of national and regional
broker-dealer organizations, banks and other financial institutions and
independent financial advisors. Individual variable annuity sales were $9.9
billion and $9.7 billion in 1998 and 1997, respectively. The Company was ranked
the number one writer of individual variable annuities in the United States for
1998 according to Variable Annuity and Research Data Service (VARDS) and the
number one seller of individual variable annuities through banks, according to
Kenneth Kehrer and Associates.
The Company's total account value related to individual annuity products was
$70.8 billion as of December 31, 1998. Of the total account value, $62.2
billion, or 88%, related to individual variable annuity products and $8.6
billion, or 12%, related primarily to fixed MVA annuity products.
Hartford Life is also beginning to emerge as a significant participant in the
retail mutual fund business. The Company surpassed $1.0 billion in assets under
management in January 1998, only eighteen months after it first entered this
market. According to Strategic Insight, this made Hartford Life the fastest
non-proprietary fund family in history to reach this level. During 1998, the
Company had mutual fund sales of $1.6 billion bringing total mutual fund assets
under management to $2.5 billion as of December 31, 1998.
The Company is among the top providers of retirement products and services,
including asset management and plan administration, to municipalities pursuant
to Section 457 and plans to corporations under Section 401(k) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (herein after referred to as "Section 457" and
"Section 401(k)", respectively). The Company presently administers over 1,200
Section 457 plans and over 750 Section 401(k) plans. The Company also provides
products and services to plans created under Section 403(b) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (herein after referred to as "Section 403(b)"),
as well as structured settlement contracts and terminal funding products.
Products
Individual Variable Annuities -- Hartford Life earns fees for managing variable
annuity assets and maintaining policyholder accounts, which are based on the
policyholders' account values. The Company uses specified portions of the
periodic premiums of a customer to purchase units in one or more mutual funds,
as directed by the customer, who then assumes the investment performance risks
and rewards. As a result, variable annuities permit policyholders to choose
aggressive or conservative investment strategies as they deem appropriate
without affecting the composition and quality of assets in the Company's general
account. These products offer the policyholder a variety of equity and fixed
income options, as well as the ability to earn a guaranteed rate of interest in
the general account of the Company. The Company offers an enhanced guaranteed
rate of interest for a specified period of time (no longer than twelve months)
if the policyholder elects to dollar-cost average (DCA) funds from the Company's
general account into one or more non-guaranteed separate accounts. Due to this
enhanced rate and the volatility experienced in the overall equity markets, this
option has become very popular with policyholders. Deposits of varying amounts
may be made at regular or irregular intervals and the value of these assets
fluctuates in accordance with the investment performance of the funds selected
by the policyholder. To encourage persistency, the Company's individual variable
annuities are subject to withdrawal restrictions and surrender charges ranging
initially from 6% to 7% of the contract's face amount which reduce to zero on a
sliding scale, usually within seven policy years. In 1998, significant
volatility experienced by the equity markets did not cause increased levels of
variable annuity surrenders demonstrating that policyholders are aware of the
long-term nature of these products. Individual variable annuity account value of
$62.2 billion as of December 31, 1998, has grown significantly from $9.7 billion
as of December 31, 1993 due to strong net cash flow, the result of a high level
of sales and consistent low levels of surrenders, coupled with significant
market appreciation in both the equity and fixed income allocations of the
policyholders' account value. Approximately 94% of the individual variable
annuity account value was held in non-guaranteed separate accounts as of
December 31, 1998.
The assets underlying the Company's variable annuities are managed both
internally and by outside money managers, while the Company provides all policy
administration services. The Company utilizes a select group of money managers,
such as Wellington Management Company, LLP (Wellington), Putnam, and Dean Witter
InterCapital, Inc., who have an interest in the continued growth in sales of the
Company's products and greatly enhance the marketability of the Company's
annuities and the strength of its product offerings. Two of the industry's four
leading variable annuities, The Director and Putnam Hartford Capital Manager
Variable Annuity (based on sales for the year ended 1998) are sponsored by
Hartford Life and are managed in part by Wellington and Putnam, respectively.
Fixed MVA Annuities -- Fixed MVA annuities are fixed rate annuity contracts
which guarantee a specific sum of money to be paid in the future, either as a
lump sum or as monthly income. In the event that a policyholder surrenders a
policy prior to the end of the guarantee period, the MVA feature increases or
decreases the cash surrender value of the annuity in respect of any interest
rate decreases or increases, respectively, thereby protecting the Company from
losses due to higher interest rates at the time of surrender.
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The amount of payment will not fluctuate due to adverse changes in the Company's
investment return, mortality experience or expenses. The Company's primary fixed
MVA annuities have terms varying from one to ten years with an average term of
approximately seven years. Sales of the Company's fixed MVA annuities have been
relatively minor over the past two years due to the low interest rate
environment. Account value of fixed MVA annuities was $8.6 billion and $9.3
billion as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
Mutual Funds -- In September 1996, the Company launched a new family of retail
mutual funds. In its second year of existence, the Company's family of
non-proprietary mutual funds was designated the fastest growing in United States
history according to a 1998 report by Strategic Insight, an industry research
organization. These funds are managed by Wellington and Hartford Investment
Management Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Hartford. The Company has
entered into agreements with over 400 financial services firms to distribute
these mutual funds.
Retirement Plans -- With respect to retirement products and services, Section
457 plans comprise approximately 80% of the related assets under management.
These assets have traditionally been held in the Company's general account, but
increasingly plan beneficiaries are transferring assets into mutual funds held
in separate accounts. The Company offers a number of different funds, both fixed
income and equity, to the employees in Section 457 plans. Generally, the Company
manages the fixed income plans and certain other outside money managers act as
advisors to the equity funds offered in Section 457 plans administered by the
Company. The Company also sells Section 401(k) products targeting the small and
medium case markets since the Company believes these markets are underpenetrated
in comparison to the large case market. Additionally, the Company markets
Section 403(b) products for teachers and hospitals.
Institutional Liabilities -- Hartford Life also sells structured settlement
contracts, which provide for periodic payments to an injured person or survivor
for a generally determinable number of years, typically in settlement of a claim
under a liability policy in lieu of a lump sum settlement. The Company's
structured settlements are sold through The Hartford's property-casualty
insurance operations as well as specialty brokers. The Company also markets
other annuity contracts for special purposes such as the funding of terminated
defined benefit pension plans. In addition, the Company offers guaranteed
investment contracts (GIC) business. Prior to 1995, the Company was a sizable
participant in the GIC market, selling over $5.0 billion in new business from
1992 through 1994. The Company decided in 1995, after a thorough review of the
GIC market, to de-emphasize its GIC product. Correspondingly, from 1996 through
1998, the Company sold less than $1.0 billion in new GIC business.
Marketing and Distribution
The Investment Products distribution network has been developed based on
management's strategy of utilizing multiple and competing distribution channels
in an effort to achieve the broadest distribution and reach target customers.
The success of the Company's marketing and distribution system depends on its
product offerings, fund performance, successful utilization of wholesaling
organizations, relationships with national and regional broker-dealer firms,
banks and other financial institutions, and independent financial advisors
(through which the sale of the Company's individual annuities to customers is
consummated) and quality of customer service.
Hartford Life maintains a network of approximately 1,350 broker-dealers and
approximately 450 banks (including 23 of the 25 largest banks in the United
States) through the use of wholesaling organizations and strategic alliances,
principally PLANCO and Putnam. The Company periodically negotiates provisions
and terms of its relationships with unaffiliated parties and there can be no
assurance that such terms will remain acceptable to the Company or such third
parties. In August 1998, the Company completed the purchase of all outstanding
shares of PLANCO, a primary distributor of the Company's individual annuity and
mutual funds. PLANCO is the nation's largest wholesaler of individual annuities
and has played a significant role in Hartford Life's growth over the past
decade. As a wholesaler, PLANCO distributes Hartford Life's fixed and variable
annuities, mutual funds and single premium variable life insurance, as well as
providing sales support to registered representatives, financial planners and
broker-dealers at brokerage firms and banks across the United States. The
acquisition secures an important distribution channel for the Company and gives
the Company a wholesale distribution platform which it can expand in terms of
both the number of individuals wholesaling its products and the portfolio of
products in which they wholesale. In addition, the Company uses internal
personnel with extensive experience in the Section 457 market, as well as access
to the Section 401(k) market, to sell its products and services in the deferred
compensation and retirement plan market.
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Competition
The Investment Products segment competes with numerous other insurance companies
as well as certain banks, securities brokerage firms, investment advisors and
other financial intermediaries marketing annuities, mutual funds and other
retirement-oriented products. As the industry continues to consolidate, some of
these companies have or will gain greater financial strength and resources than
Hartford Life. In particular, national banks may become more significant
competitors in the future for insurers who sell annuities as a result of court
decisions and regulatory actions, particularly the recent Financial Services Act
of 1998 (H.R. 10) which is being proposed in Congress. Product sales are
affected by competitive factors such as investment performance ratings, product
design, visibility in the marketplace, financial strength ratings, distribution
capabilities, levels of charges and credited rates, reputation and customer
service.
INDIVIDUAL LIFE
The Individual Life segment, which focuses on the high end estate and business
planning markets, sells a variety of products including variable life, universal
life, interest-sensitive whole life and term life insurance. The Company's in
force block also includes whole life, which was sold in prior years, and
modified guaranteed whole life, which was acquired from Fidelity Bankers Life
Insurance Company in 1993 and Pacific Standard Life Insurance Company in 1994.
Life insurance in force increased to $61.1 billion from $55.4 billion as of
December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively, and account value grew 19% to $4.5
billion in 1998 from $3.8 billion in 1997. The Individual Life segment generated
revenues of $567 and $510 in 1998 and 1997, respectively. Net income in the
Individual Life segment was $65 in 1998, a 16% increase over 1997.
Products
The recent trend in the individual life industry has been a shift away from
traditional products and fixed universal life insurance towards variable life
(including variable universal life) insurance products. Hartford Life has been
on the leading edge of this industry trend and is now a top five writer of new
variable life sales according to Tillinghast-Towers Perrin. In 1998, of the
Company's new sales of Individual Life insurance, 78% was variable life and 18%
was either universal life or interest-sensitive life. The Company also sold a
small amount of term life insurance.
Variable Life -- Variable life insurance provides a return linked to an
underlying investment portfolio and the Company allows policyholders to
determine their desired asset mix among a variety of underlying mutual funds. As
the return on the investment portfolio increases or decreases, as the case may
be, the death benefit or surrender value of the variable life policy may
increase or decrease. The Company's single premium variable life product
provides a death benefit to the policy beneficiary based on a single premium
deposit. The Company's second-to-die products are distinguished from other
products in that two lives are insured rather than one, and the policy proceeds
are paid upon the second death of the two insureds. Second-to-die policies are
frequently used in estate planning, often to fund estate taxes for a married
couple. Variable life account values were $1.7 billion and $1.1 billion as of
December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
Universal Life and Interest-Sensitive Whole Life -- Universal life and
interest-sensitive whole life insurance coverages provide life insurance with
adjustable rates of return based on current interest rates. The Company offers
both flexible and fixed premium policies and provides policyholders with
flexibility in the available coverage, the timing and amount of premium payments
and the amount of the death benefit provided there are sufficient policy funds
to cover all policy charges for the coming period. Universal life and
interest-sensitive whole life represented 18% of new annualized premium sales of
individual life insurance in 1998. The Company also sells universal life
insurance policies with a second-to-die feature similar to that of the variable
life insurance product offered. Universal life and interest-sensitive whole life
account values were $2.0 billion and $1.9 billion as of December 31, 1998 and
1997, respectively.
Marketing and Distribution
Consistent with the Company's strategy to access multiple distribution outlets,
the Individual Life distribution organization has been developed to penetrate a
multitude of retail sales channels. These include independent life insurance
sales professionals; agents of other companies; national, regional and
independent broker-dealers; banks; and property-casualty insurance
organizations. The primary organization used to wholesale Hartford Life's
products to these outlets is a group of highly qualified life insurance
professionals with specialized training in sophisticated life insurance sales,
particularly as it pertains to estate and business planning. These individuals
are generally employees of Hartford Life, who are managed through a regional
sales office system. The Company has grown this organization rapidly the past
few years, to 160 individuals, and expects to continue to increase the number of
wholesalers in the future.
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Competition
The Individual Life segment competes with over 2,000 life insurance companies in
the United States, as well as other financial intermediaries marketing insurance
products. Competitive factors related to this segment are primarily the breadth
and quality of life insurance products offered, competitiveness of pricing,
relationships with third-party distributors and the quality of underwriting and
customer service.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
The Employee Benefits segment primarily sells group life and group disability
insurance, as well as other products, including stop loss and supplementary
medical coverage to employers and employer sponsored plans, accidental death and
dismemberment, travel accident, long-term care insurance and other special risk
coverages to employers and associations. The Company also offers disability
underwriting, administration, claims processing services and reinsurance to
other insurers and self-funded employer plans. According to the latest results
published by Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association (LIMRA), the
Company was the second largest provider of group disability insurance and the
third largest writer of group life insurance in the United States for the nine
months ended September 30, 1998. Generally, policies sold in this segment are
term insurance, typically with one- or two-year rate guarantees. This allows the
Company to make adjustments in rate or terms of its policies in order to
minimize the adverse effect of various market trends. In the disability market,
the Company focuses on strong underwriting and claims management to derive a
competitive advantage. Employee Benefits generated premiums of $1.6 billion in
1998 of which $637 was attributable to group disability coverage and $557 was
attributable to group life coverage. As of December 31, 1998, the Company's
Consolidated Balance Sheet included disability reserves of $1.6 billion and
group life reserves of $511. The Employee Benefits segment generated revenues of
$1.8 billion and $1.7 billion in 1998 and 1997, respectively. Net income in the
Employee Benefits segment was $71 in 1998, a 22% increase over 1997.
Products
Group Disability -- Hartford Life is one of the largest participants in the
"large case" market of the group disability insurance business. The large case
market, as defined by the Company, generally consists of group disability
policies covering over 1,000 employees in a particular company. The Company is
continuing to expand its operations in the "small" and "medium case" group
markets, emphasizing name recognition and reputation as well as the Company's
managed disability approach to claims and administration. The Company's efforts
in the group disability market focus on early intervention, return-to-work
programs, reduction of long-term disability claims and successful
rehabilitation. The focus of new disability products introduced is to provide
incentives for employees to return to independence. The Company also works with
disability claimants to improve the receipt rate of Social Security offsets
(i.e. reducing payment of benefits by the amount of Social Security payments
received).
Hartford Life has concentrated on a managed disability approach, which
emphasizes early claimant intervention in an effort to facilitate a disabled
claimant's return to work and thereby contain costs. This approach, coupled with
an individualized approach to claim servicing, and an incentive to contain
costs, leads to an overall reduction in the cost of disability coverage for
employers. The Company's short-term disability benefit plans provide a weekly
benefit amount (typically 60% to 70% of the employee's earned income up to a
specified maximum benefit) to insured employees when they are unable to work due
to an accident or illness. Long-term disability insurance provides a monthly
benefit for those periods of time not covered by a short-term disability
benefits plan when insured employees are unable to work due to disability.
Employees may receive total or partial disability benefits. Most of these
policies usually begin providing benefits following a 90- or 180-day waiting
period and continue providing benefits until the employee reaches age 65-70.
Long-term disability benefits are paid monthly and are limited to a portion,
generally 50-70%, of the employee's earned income up to a specified maximum
benefit.
Group Life -- Group term life insurance provides term coverage to employees and
their dependents for a specified period and has no accumulation of cash values.
The Company offers innovative options for its basic group life insurance
coverage, including portability of coverage and a living benefit option, whereby
terminally ill policyholders can receive death benefits prior to their death. In
addition, the Company offers employee groups accidental death and dismemberment
coverage.
Other -- Hartford Life also provides long-term care, travel accident, hospital
indemnity, Medicare Supplement and other coverages primarily to individual
members of various associations as well as employee groups. The Company provides
excess of loss medical coverage (known as "stop loss" insurance) to employers
who self-fund their medical plans and pay claims using the services of a third
party administrator.
Marketing and Distribution
Hartford Life uses an experienced group of Company employees, managed through a
regional sales office system, to distribute its group insurance products and
services through a variety of distribution outlets. The Company sells its
product line to employers through brokers, consultants and third-party
administrators as well as to multiple employer groups through its relationships
with trade associations.
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Competition
Competitive factors primarily affecting Employee Benefits are the variety and
quality of products offered, the price quoted for coverage and services, the
Company's relationships with its third-party distributors and the quality of
customer service. Employee Benefits competes with numerous other insurance
companies and other financial intermediaries marketing insurance products.
However, many of these businesses have relatively high barriers to entry and
have had very few new entrants over the past few years, while other major
carriers have exited the market.
CORPORATE OWNED LIFE INSURANCE (COLI)
Hartford Life is a leader in the COLI market, which includes life insurance
policies purchased by a company on the lives of its employees, with the company
named as the beneficiary under the policy. Until the Health Insurance
Portability Act of 1996 (HIPA Act of 1996), the Company sold two principal types
of COLI, leveraged and variable products. Leveraged COLI is a fixed premium life
insurance policy owned by a company or a trust sponsored by a company. The HIPA
Act of 1996 phased out the deductibility of interest on policy loans under
leveraged COLI at the end of 1998, thus virtually eliminating all future sales
of leveraged COLI. Variable COLI continues to be a product used by employers to
fund non-qualified benefits or other post-employment benefit liabilities.
Products marketed in this segment also include coverage owned by employees under
business sold through corporate sponsorship. During 1998, the Company recorded
$4.1 billion of deposits of new variable COLI business, increasing variable COLI
account value to $13.0 billion as of December 31, 1998 compared to $8.5 billion
as of December 31, 1997.
In November 1998, Hartford Life recaptured an in force block of leveraged COLI
business from MBL Life Assurance Co. of New Jersey (MBL Life). The transaction
was consummated through the assignment of a reinsurance arrangement between
Hartford Life and MBL Life to a Hartford Life subsidiary. Hartford Life
originally assumed the life insurance block in 1992 from Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance Company (Mutual Benefit Life), which was placed in court-supervised
rehabilitation in 1991, and reinsured a portion of those polices back to MBL
Life. MBL Life, previously a Mutual Benefit Life subsidiary, operates under the
Rehabilitation Plan for Mutual Benefit Life. Primarily as a result of this
transaction, leveraged COLI account value increased to $7.4 billion as of
December 31, 1998 compared to $3.8 billion as of December 31, 1997. This also
impacted COLI revenues, which were $1.6 billion and $980 in 1998 and 1997,
respectively. COLI segment earnings, however, declined 11%, to $24 in 1998, due
to reduced profits on the block of leveraged COLI the Company had prior to the
HIPA Act of 1996.
OTHER MATTERS
RESERVES
In accordance with applicable insurance regulations under which Hartford Life
operates, life insurance subsidiaries of the Company establish and carry as
liabilities actuarially determined reserves which are calculated to meet
Hartford Life's future obligations. Reserves for life insurance and disability
contracts are based on actuarially recognized methods using prescribed morbidity
and mortality tables in general use in the United States, which are modified to
reflect Hartford Life's actual experience when appropriate. These reserves are
computed at amounts that, with additions from premiums to be received and with
interest on such reserves compounded annually at certain assumed rates, are
expected to be sufficient to meet the Company's policy obligations at their
maturities or in the event of an insured's death. Reserves also include unearned
premiums, premium deposits, claims incurred but not reported and claims reported
but not yet paid. Reserves for assumed reinsurance are computed on bases
essentially comparable to direct insurance reserves.
For Hartford Life's universal life and interest-sensitive whole life policies,
reserves are set according to premiums collected, plus interest credited, less
charges. Other fixed death benefit and individual life reserves are based on
assumed investment yield, persistency, mortality and morbidity as per commonly
used actuarial tables, expenses and margins for adverse deviations. For the
Company's group disability policies, the level of reserves is based on a variety
of factors including particular diagnoses, termination rates and benefit
payments.
The persistency of Hartford Life's annuity and other interest-sensitive life
insurance reserves is enhanced by policy restrictions on the withdrawal of
funds. Withdrawals in excess of allowable penalty-free amounts are assessed a
surrender charge during a penalty period, which is usually at least seven years.
Such surrender charge is initially a percentage of the accumulation value, which
varies by product, and generally decreases gradually during the penalty period.
Surrender charges are set at levels to protect the Company from loss on early
terminations and to reduce the likelihood of policyholders terminating their
policies during periods of increasing interest rates, thereby lengthening the
effective duration of policy liabilities and improving the Company's ability to
maintain profitability on such policies.
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Hartford Life's reserves comply, in all material respects, with state insurance
department statutory accounting practices; however, in the Company's
Consolidated Financial Statements, life insurance reserves are determined in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, which may vary from
statutory accounting practices.
REGULATION AND PREMIUM RATES
Insurance companies are subject to comprehensive and detailed regulation and
supervision throughout the United States. The extent of such regulation varies,
but generally has its source in statutes which delegate regulatory, supervisory
and administrative powers to state insurance departments. Such powers relate to,
among other things, the standards of solvency which must be met and maintained;
the licensing of insurers and their agents; the nature of and limitations on
investments; premium rates; claim handling and trade practices; restrictions on
the size of risks which may be insured under a single policy; deposits of
securities for the benefit of policyholders; approval of policy forms; periodic
examinations of the affairs of companies; annual and other reports required to
be filed on the financial condition of companies or for other purposes; fixing
maximum interest rates on life insurance policy loans and minimum rates for
accumulation of surrender values; and, the adequacy of reserves and other
necessary provisions for unearned premiums, unpaid claims and claim adjustment
expenses and other liabilities, both reported and unreported.
Most states have enacted legislation which regulates insurance holding company
systems such as Hartford Life. This legislation provides that each insurance
company in the system is required to register with the insurance department of
its state of domicile and furnish information concerning the operations of
companies within the holding company system which may materially affect the
operations, management or financial condition of the insurers within the system.
All transactions within a holding company system affecting insurers must be fair
and equitable. Notice to the insurance departments is required prior to the
consummation of transactions affecting the ownership or control of an insurer
and of certain material transactions between an insurer and any entity in its
holding company system. In addition, certain of such transactions cannot be
consummated without the applicable insurance department's prior approval.
REINSURANCE
In accordance with normal industry practice, Hartford Life is involved in both
the cession and assumption of insurance with other insurance and reinsurance
companies. As of December 31, 1998, the maximum amount of life insurance
retained on any one life by any of the life operations is approximately $2.5,
excluding accidental death benefits.
INVESTMENT OPERATIONS
The Company's investment operations are managed by its investment strategy group
which reports directly to senior management of the Company. Hartford Life's
investments have been separated into specific portfolios which support specific
classes of product liabilities. The investment strategy group works closely with
the product lines to develop investment guidelines, including duration targets,
asset allocation and convexity constraints, asset/liability mismatch tolerances
and return objectives, to ensure that the product line's individual risk and
return objectives are met. The Company's primary investment objective for its
general account and guaranteed separate accounts is to maximize after-tax
returns consistent with acceptable risk parameters, including the management of
the interest rate sensitivity of invested assets to that of policyholder
obligations.
For further discussion of Hartford Life's investment operations and the
Company's approach to managing investment risk, see the Investments section and
the Capital Markets Risk Management section of the MD&A, as well as Notes 2(e),
2(f) and 4 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
RATINGS
Reference is made to the Capital Resources and Liquidity section of the MD&A
under "Ratings".
RISK-BASED CAPITAL
Reference is made to the Capital Resources and Liquidity section of the MD&A
under "Risk-Based Capital".
LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES
Reference is made to the Regulatory Initiatives and Contingencies section of the
MD&A under "Legislative Initiatives".
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INSOLVENCY FUND
Reference is made to the Regulatory Initiatives and Contingencies section of the
MD&A under "Insolvency Fund".
NAIC PROPOSALS
Reference is made to the Regulatory Initiatives and Contingencies section of the
MD&A under "NAIC Proposals".
DEPENDENCE ON CERTAIN THIRD PARTY RELATIONSHIPS
Reference is made to the Regulatory Initiatives and Contingencies section of the
MD&A under "Dependence on Certain Third Party Relationships".
YEAR 2000
Reference is made to the Regulatory Initiatives and Contingencies section of the
MD&A under "Year 2000".
EMPLOYEES
Hartford Life had approximately 4,500 employees at February 26, 1999.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF HARTFORD LIFE
Information about the executive officers of Hartford Life who are also directors
and/or nominees for election as directors is set forth in Hartford Life's 1999
Proxy Statement. In addition to those executive officers who are listed in the
1999 Proxy Statement, listed below are other Company executive officers:
GREGORY A. BOYKO, 47, is Senior Vice President and Director of the Company's
international operations since November 1997. He joined Hartford Life in 1995 as
Controller. In 1996, he became the Company's Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer, which position he held until August 1998. He previously worked at ING
America Life Insurance Company where he held the position of Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer. His prior experience included positions
at Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company (CML), where he progressed from
Controller of CML to Chief Financial Officer of Connecticut Mutual Insurance
Services. Mr. Boyko holds a Juris Doctor degree and is a Certified Public
Accountant, Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant. He is
a member of the Connecticut and American Bar Associations and the Connecticut
Society of Certified Public Accountants.
DAVID T. FOY, 32, is Senior Vice President, Director of Finance and Treasurer.
Mr. Foy was appointed to his current position in August 1998. He joined Hartford
Life in 1993 in the individual annuity product management area and assumed the
position of Director of Strategic Planning in 1995. He was promoted to Assistant
Vice President and Director of Finance in 1997. He began his career in 1989 at
Milliman & Robertson, an actuarial consulting firm. He is a Fellow of the
Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries.
LYNDA GODKIN, 44, is Senior Vice President and General Counsel. She joined
Hartford Life in 1990 as Counsel for the Employee Benefits Segment. In 1994 she
was named Assistant General Counsel and Director of Hartford Life's Law
Department. In 1996 she was named General Counsel of Hartford Life. She
previously practiced law at CIGNA Corporation. She began her legal career in
1981 at the law firm of Day, Berry & Howard in Hartford, Connecticut. She is a
member of the Connecticut and American Bar Associations.
RAYMOND P. WELNICKI, 50, is Senior Vice President and heads the Strategic
Operations Unit since February 1999. He joined Hartford Life in 1992 as Actuary,
Director of Group Actuarial and Long-Term Care. He was named Vice President of
Hartford Life in 1993. He served as Senior Vice President and Director of
Employee Benefits since 1994. Prior to 1992, he was employed with Aetna Life &
Casualty Company as Assistant Vice President, Issues and Strategic Management.
He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries.
LIZABETH H. ZLATKUS, 40, is Senior Vice President and Director of Employee
Benefits since February 1999. Ms. Zlatkus has held positions of increasing
responsibility since joining The Hartford in 1983. She was named Senior Vice
President and Director of Group Life and Disability in 1997. Prior to that time,
she served as Vice President and Director of Risk Management and Business
Operations. She began her career at Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Company. She
became a Certified Public Accountant in 1982.
DAVID M. ZNAMIEROWSKI, 38, is Senior Vice President and Director of
Investment Strategy. Mr. Znamierowski joined Hartford Life in 1996 as
Director of Risk Management. Previously, he held various positions with
Aetna Life & Casualty Company, including Vice President, Investment Strategy
and Policy. From 1986 through 1991, Mr. Znamierowski held positions with
Salomon Brothers Inc.
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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
Hartford Life's principal executive offices are located in Simsbury,
Connecticut. The Company's home office complex consists of approximately 615
thousand square feet, and is leased from a third party by Hartford Fire
Insurance Company (Hartford Fire), an indirect subsidiary of The Hartford. This
lease expires in the year 2009. Expenses associated with these offices are
allocated on a direct and indirect basis to Hartford Life by Hartford Fire.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Hartford Life is involved in pending and threatened litigation in the normal
course of its business in which claims for monetary and punitive damages have
been asserted. Although there can be no assurances, at the present time the
Company does not anticipate that the ultimate liability arising from such
pending or threatened litigation, after consideration of provisions made for
potential losses and costs of defense, will have a material adverse effect on
the financial condition or operating results of the Company.
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
No matter was submitted to a vote of security holders of Hartford Life during
the fourth quarter of the fiscal year covered by this report.
PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR HARTFORD LIFE'S COMMON STOCK AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
Hartford Life's Class A Common Stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) under the trading symbol "HLI". Hartford Life's Class B Common Stock is
held by Hartford Accident and Indemnity Insurance Company (HA&I), an indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary of The Hartford. As such, the Class B Common Stock is
not listed on any exchange and there is no established public trading market for
it.
The following table presents high and low closing prices for the Class A Common
Stock of Hartford Life on the NYSE for the periods indicated, and the quarterly
dividends declared per share on Class A and Class B Common Stock:
1998 1997
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1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr. 1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
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Common Stock Price
High ............... $50.00 $56.94 $62.19 $58.38 N/A $37.50 $41.75 $45.31
Low ................ $40.00 $46.75 $42.25 $33.88 N/A $32.13 $33.94 $34.63
Dividends Declared (1) $ 0.09 $ 0.09 $ 0.09 $ 0.09 -- -- $ 0.09 $ 0.09
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(1) Dividends declared exclude amounts paid to Hartford Life's parent prior to
the Company's initial public offering.
N/A - Not applicable.
As of February 26, 1999, there were approximately 600 shareholders of record of
Hartford Life's Class A Common Stock and HA&I was the only holder of Class B
Common Stock.
Dividend decisions will be based on, and affected by, a number of factors,
including the operating results and financial requirements of Hartford Life on a
stand-alone basis and the impact of regulatory restrictions discussed in the
Liquidity Requirements section of the Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A).
There are also various legal limitations governing the extent to which Hartford
Life's insurance subsidiaries may pay dividends, extend credit or otherwise
provide funds to Hartford Life, Inc. as discussed in the Capital Resources and
Liquidity section of the MD&A under "Liquidity Requirements".
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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
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(In millions, except for per share data) 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994
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BALANCE SHEET DATA (1)
General account invested assets $ 24,882 $ 20,970 $19,830 $20,072 $18,078
Separate account assets (2) 90,628 69,362 49,770 36,296 22,847
All other assets 6,512 10,648 10,333 9,594 9,324
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TOTAL ASSETS $122,022 $100,980 $79,933 $65,962 $50,249
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Policy liabilities $ 25,484 $ 26,078 $26,239 $26,318 $25,208
Separate account liabilities (2) 90,628 69,362 49,770 36,296 22,847
Allocated advances from parent (3) -- -- 893 732 525
Debt (3) 650 700 -- -- --
Company obligated mandatorily
redeemable preferred
securities of subsidiary trust
holding solely parent
junior subordinated debentures (4) 250 -- -- -- --
All other liabilities 2,517 2,696 1,757 1,439 1,283
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TOTAL LIABILITIES $119,529 $ 98,836 $78,659 $64,785 $49,863
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TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY $ 2,493 $ 2,144 $ 1,274 $ 1,177 $ 386
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INCOME STATEMENT DATA (1)
Total revenues $ 5,788 $ 4,699 $ 4,384 $ 4,090 $ 3,543
Total expenses 5,402 4,393 4,360 3,940 3,392
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NET INCOME (5) $ 386 $ 306 $ 24 $ 150 $ 151
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EARNINGS PER SHARE DATA
Basic earnings per share (6) $ 2.76 $ 2.28 $ 0.19 $ -- $ --
Diluted earnings per share (6) $ 2.75 $ 2.28 $ 0.19 $ -- $ --
Dividends declared per common share (7) $ 0.36 $ 0.18 $ -- $ -- $ --
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(1) On November 10, 1998, the Company recaptured an in force block of
corporate owned life insurance (COLI) business from MBL Life Assurance Co.
of New Jersey (MBL Life). For additional information, see the COLI section
as well as the MBL Recapture discussion under "Purchases of Affiliates and
Other" within the Capital Resources and Liquidity section of the
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations (MD&A).
(2) Includes both non-guaranteed and guaranteed separate accounts.
(3) For financial reporting purposes, the Company has treated certain amounts
previously allocated by The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The
Hartford) to the Company's life insurance subsidiaries as allocated
advances from parent. Cash received in respect of allocated advances from
parent was used to support the growth of the life insurance subsidiaries.
For additional information, see Note 7 of Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements.
(4) On June 29, 1998, Hartford Life Capital I, a special purpose Delaware
trust formed by Hartford Life, issued 10,000,000, 7.2% Trust Preferred
Securities, Series A (Series A Preferred Securities). The proceeds from
the sale of the Series A Preferred Securities were used to acquire $250 of
7.2% Series A Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures (Junior
Subordinated Debentures) issued by Hartford Life. For additional
information, see Note 8 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
(5) 1996 includes realized losses of $225 primarily resulting from actions
taken in the third quarter of 1996 related to the Company's guaranteed
investment contract business. For additional information, see the
Investment Products section of the MD&A.
(6) Pro forma effect on basic and diluted earnings per share has been given
for the 1997 and 1996 periods presented for the conversion of 1,000 shares
of common stock into 114 million shares of Class B Common Stock, which
occurred on April 3, 1997, prior to the Company's initial public offering
(IPO). For information regarding the IPO and earnings per share data, see
Notes 3 and 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements,
respectively.
(7) Dividends per common share represent amounts declared subsequent to the
Company's IPO on May 22, 1997. (For information regarding the IPO, see
Note 3 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.) The table does not
include dividends paid to the parent in periods prior to the IPO.
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
(Dollar amounts in millions, except for share data, unless otherwise stated)
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial
Statements and related Notes beginning on page F-1.
Certain statements contained in this discussion, other than statements of
historical fact, are forward-looking statements. These statements are made
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 and include estimates and assumptions related to economic,
competitive and legislative developments. These forward-looking statements are
subject to change and uncertainty which are, in many instances, beyond the
Company's control and have been made based upon management's expectations and
beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effect on Hartford
Life, Inc. and subsidiaries ("Hartford Life" or the "Company"). There can be no
assurance that future developments will be in accordance with management's
expectations or that the effect of future developments on Hartford Life will be
those anticipated by management. Actual results could differ materially from
those expected by the Company, depending on the outcome of certain factors,
including those described in the forward-looking statements.
Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year financial information to
conform to the current year presentation.
INDEX
Consolidated Results of Operations 14 Investments 20
Investment Products 16 Capital Markets Risk Management 22
Individual Life 17 Capital Resources and Liquidity 30
Employee Benefits 18 Regulatory Initiatives and Contingencies 32
Corporate Owned Life Insurance (COLI) 19 Effect of Inflation 34
Reserves 20 Accounting Standards 34
CONSOLIDATED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Hartford Life is a leading financial services and insurance company providing
investment products such as variable and fixed annuities, retirement plan
services and mutual funds; individual and corporate owned life insurance; and,
employee benefit products such as group life and disability insurance.
The Company derives its revenues principally from: (a) asset management fees on
separate accounts and mutual fund assets and mortality and expense fees; (b)
fully insured premiums; (c) net investment income on general account assets;
and, (d) certain other fees earned by the Company. Asset management fees and
mortality and expense fees are primarily generated from separate account assets
which are deposited with the Company through the sale of variable annuity and
variable life products and from mutual fund sales. Premium revenues are derived
primarily from the sale of group life and group disability insurance products.
Hartford Life's operating expenses primarily consist of interest credited to
policyholders on general account liabilities, insurance benefits provided,
dividends to policyholders, costs of selling and servicing the various products
offered by the Company, and other general business expenses. Hartford Life's
profitability depends largely on the amount of assets under management, the
level of fully insured premiums, the adequacy of product pricing and
underwriting discipline, and its ability to earn target spreads between earned
investment rates on general account assets and credited rates to customers.
OPERATING SUMMARY
1998 1997 1996
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Premiums and other considerations $ 3,833 $ 3,163 $ 3,069
Net investment income 1,955 1,536 1,534
Net realized capital losses -- -- (219)
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TOTAL REVENUES 5,788 4,699 4,384
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Benefits, claims and claim adjustment expenses 3,227 2,671 2,727
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs 441 345 241
Dividends to policyholders 330 241 635
Other expenses 1,205 962 750
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TOTAL BENEFITS, CLAIMS AND EXPENSES 5,203 4,219 4,353
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INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE 585 480 31
Income tax expense 199 174 7
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NET INCOME $ 386 $ 306 $ 24
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Hartford Life has the following reportable segments: Investment Products,
Individual Life, Employee Benefits and Corporate Owned Life Insurance (COLI).
The Company reports in "Other" corporate items not directly allocable to any of
its segments, principally interest expense, as well as its international
operations, which are primarily located in Latin America. For information
regarding the Company's reportable segments as they relate to SFAS No. 131, see
Note 17 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Revenues increased $1.1 billion, or 23%, to $5.8 billion in 1998 from $4.7
billion in 1997. The increase was due in part to the continued growth in
revenues in Investment Products of $274 and Individual Life of $57 as a result
of higher aggregate fees earned on growth in account values due to strong sales
and equity market appreciation. Additionally, Employee Benefits revenues
increased $109 primarily due to strong sales and good persistency. Also
contributing to the increase were COLI revenues which grew $587 primarily due to
the recapture of an in force block of COLI business (referred to as "MBL
Recapture") previously ceded to MBL Life Assurance Co. of New Jersey (MBL Life)
transacted in the fourth quarter 1998.
Total benefits, claims and expenses increased $984, or 23%, to $5.2 billion in
1998 from $4.2 billion in 1997. Benefits, claims and claim adjustment expenses
increased $556 and dividends to policyholders increased $89 which were primarily
attributable to the COLI segment where benefits, claims and claim adjustment
expenses increased $485 and dividends to policyholders increased $89 primarily
related to the MBL Recapture. In addition, increased benefits, claims and claim
adjustment expenses in Employee Benefits of $34 and Individual Life of $18 were
associated with the growth in these segments. Higher amortization of deferred
policy acquisition costs (DPAC) of $96 in 1998 was a result of the large volume
of sales in Investment Products and Individual Life in the past several years.
Also, other expenses increased $243 in 1998 as a result of higher commissions
and operating expenses in Investment Products and Employee Benefits primarily
related to the growth in these segments.
Revenues increased $315, or 7%, to $4.7 billion in 1997 from $4.4 billion in
1996. This increase was primarily due to Investment Products, where revenues
increased $503 in 1997 from 1996 as a result of fee income earned on growth in
separate account assets due to strong annuity sales and equity market
appreciation. Investment Products revenues were also impacted by the guaranteed
investment contract (GIC) business, where revenues increased $205, primarily as
a result of net realized capital losses in the third quarter of 1996.
Additionally, revenues in Employee Benefits increased $237 due to sales growth.
Higher revenues in Individual Life of $38, reflecting the impact of applying
cost of insurance charges and variable life fees to a larger block of business,
also contributed to the increase. Partially offsetting these increases was a
decrease in COLI revenues of $380 due to the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPA Act of 1996), which phased out the
deductibility of interest expense on policy loans by the end of 1998, virtually
eliminating all new sales of leveraged COLI.
Total benefits, claims and expenses decreased $134 in 1997 as compared to 1996.
This decrease was primarily driven by COLI, where dividends to policyholders
declined $394 in 1997 due to the HIPA Act of 1996, as discussed above. Partially
offsetting this decrease was an increase in benefits, claims and expenses of
$215 in Employee Benefits associated with the growth in this segment.
Additionally, benefits, claims and expenses increased $67 in Investment Products
primarily related to individual annuity products, partially offset by declines
related to GIC business.
Net income totaled $386 in 1998 as compared to $306 in 1997 and $24 in 1996. The
improvement in earnings for both comparative periods was primarily driven by
higher aggregate fee income earned on growth in the Company's account values due
to strong sales and equity market appreciation in Investment Products and
Individual Life. Additionally, the improvement in earnings for these comparative
periods was impacted by strong sales and favorable mortality and morbidity
experience in Employee Benefits. Also contributing to the improvement in 1997
was the reduction in losses resulting from actions taken in the third quarter of
1996 related to the Company's GIC business.
OUTLOOK
Management believes that it has developed and implemented strategies to maintain
and enhance its position as a market leader within the financial services
industry, to continue the Company's asset and fully insured premium growth and
to maximize shareholder value. Hartford Life's strong market position in each of
its primary businesses, coupled with the growth potential management believes
exists in its markets, provides opportunities to increase sales of the Company's
products and services as individuals increasingly save and plan for retirement,
protect themselves and their families against disability or death and prepare
their estates for an efficient transfer of wealth between generations.
Certain proposed legislative initiatives which could impact Hartford Life are
discussed in the Regulatory Initiatives and Contingencies section.
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SEGMENT RESULTS
Below is a summary of net income (loss) by segment.
1998 1997 1996
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Investment Products $ 266 $ 202 $ (80)
Individual Life 65 56 44
Employee Benefits 71 58 45
Corporate Owned Life Insurance 24 27 26
Other (40) (37) (11)
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NET INCOME $ 386 $ 306 $ 24
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A description of each segment as well as an analysis of the operating results
summarized above is included on the following pages. Reserves and Investments
are discussed in separate sections.
INVESTMENT PRODUCTS
OPERATING SUMMARY
1998 1997 1996
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Premiums and other considerations $ 1,045 $ 771 $ 541
Net investment income 739 739 685
Net realized capital losses -- -- (219)
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TOTAL REVENUES 1,784 1,510 1,007
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Benefits, claims and claim adjustment expenses 671 677 748
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs 326 250 175
Other expenses 376 269 206
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TOTAL BENEFITS, CLAIMS AND EXPENSES 1,373 1,196 1,129
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INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT) 411 314 (122)
Income tax expense (benefit) 145 112 (42)
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NET INCOME (LOSS) $ 266 $ 202 $ (80)
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The Investment Products segment focuses on the savings and retirement needs of
the growing number of individuals who are preparing for retirement or have
already retired through the sale of individual annuities and other investment
products. The individual annuity products offered include individual variable
annuities, fixed market value adjusted annuites (MVA) annuities and fixed and
variable immediate annuities. The other investment products offered include
retail mutual funds, deferred compensation and retirement plan services for
municipal governments, teachers, hospitals and corporations; structured
settlement contracts and other special purpose annuity contracts; and,
investment management services. The Company sells both variable and fixed
individual annuity products through a wide distribution network of national and
regional broker-dealer organizations, banks and other financial institutions,
and independent financial advisors. The Company was ranked the number one writer
of individual variable annuities in the United States for 1998 according to
Variable Annuity and Research Data Service (VARDS) and the number one seller of
individual variable annuities through banks, according to Kenneth Kehrer and
Associates.
Revenues increased $274, or 18%, to $1.8 billion in 1998 from $1.5 billion in
1997. Driven primarily by the individual annuity operation, this improvement was
a result of higher aggregate fees earned on growth in account values due to
strong net cash flow resulting from a high volume of sales and favorable
persistency as well as significant equity market appreciation in the Company's
separate accounts. Fee income related to individual variable annuity products
increased $236 as related average account values grew $14.9 billion, or 38%, to
$54.6 billion in 1998 from $39.7 billion in 1997. This growth was a result of
strong individual variable annuity sales of $9.9 billion in 1998 as well as
equity market appreciation. In addition, fee income from other investment
products increased $60 primarily as a result of growth in the Company's mutual
fund operations, where assets under management increased $1.5 billion in 1998 to
$2.5 billion as compared to $972 in 1997.
Total benefits, claims and expenses increased $177, or 15%, to $1.4 billion in
1998 from $1.2 billion in 1997 as a result of the continued growth in this
segment. Other expenses increased $107 in 1998 as compared to 1997 primarily due
to growth in the mutual funds and individual annuity operations. Amortization of
DPAC grew $76 primarily due to individual annuity products as sales remained
strong. A 38% growth in average variable annuity account value in 1998, coupled
with a reduction in individual annuity operating expenses as a percentage of
total individual annuity account value to 23 basis points in 1998 from 25 basis
points in 1997, contributed to the increase in net income of $64, or 32%, to
$266 in 1998 from $202 in 1997.
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Revenues increased $503, or 50%, to $1.5 billion in 1997 from $1.0 billion in
1996. This increase was primarily driven by the individual annuity operation,
whose revenues increased $253, reflecting a substantial improvement in aggregate
fees earned as a result of this segment's growing account values. Average
individual variable annuity account values increased $13.1 billion, or 49%, to
$39.7 billion in 1997 from $26.6 billion in 1996, primarily due to strong net
cash flow resulting from a high volume of sales and favorable persistency as
well as significant equity market appreciation in the Company's separate
accounts. In addition, within other investment products, $205 of the segment's
increase in revenues was related to GIC business, which was primarily impacted
by $219 of net realized capital losses primarily resulting from actions taken in
the third quarter of 1996. Associated with strong sales and continued growth in
this segment, benefits, claims and expenses grew $67, or 6%, over the prior
year. A 27% growth in total average account value in 1997, coupled with
operating efficiencies and a reduction in losses of $225 primarily as a result
of actions taken in the third quarter of 1996 related to the Company's GIC
business, increased net income $282 to $202 in 1997 from $(80) in 1996.
OUTLOOK
The market for retirement products continues to expand as individuals
increasingly save and plan for retirement. Demographic trends suggest that as
the baby boom generation matures, a significant portion of the United States
population will allocate a greater percentage of their disposable incomes to
saving for their retirement years due to uncertainty surrounding the Social
Security system and increases in average life expectancy. As this market grows,
particularly for variable annuities and mutual funds, new companies are
continually entering the market and aggressively seeking distribution
capabilities and pursuing market share. This trend is not expected to subside,
particularly in light of pending legislation to deregulate the financial
services industry.
Management believes that it has developed and implemented strategies to maintain
and enhance its position as a market leader in the financial services industry.
INDIVIDUAL LIFE
OPERATING SUMMARY
1998 1997 1996
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Premiums and other considerations $378 $339 $313
Net investment income 189 171 159
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TOTAL REVENUES 567 510 472
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Benefits, claims and claim adjustment expenses 269 251 266
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs 108 87 63
Dividends to policyholders 1 1 1
Other expenses 88 84 74
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TOTAL BENEFITS, CLAIMS AND EXPENSES 466 423 404
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INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE 101 87 68
Income tax expense 36 31 24
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NET INCOME $ 65 $ 56 $ 44
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The Individual Life segment, which focuses on the high end estate and business
planning markets, sells a variety of life insurance products, including variable
life, universal life, interest-sensitive whole life and term life insurance.
Revenues in 1998 increased $57, or 11%, to $567 from $510 in 1997, reflecting
the impact of applying cost of insurance charges and variable life fees on the
growing block of variable life insurance. Variable life average account values
increased $562, or 67%, to $1.4 billion in 1998 from $840 in 1997 due to strong
sales and equity market appreciation. In 1998, higher variable life sales of
$29, or 30%, constituted the majority of increased total sales over 1997. Total
benefits, claims and expenses increased $43, or 10%, to $466 in 1998 from $423
in 1997. This increase was the result of an increase in amortization of DPAC of
$21 and benefits, claims and claim adjustment expenses of $18 in 1998 related to
the growth in this segment. As a result of growth in account values, primarily
variable life, net income increased $9, or 16%, in 1998 as compared to 1997.
Revenues in 1997 increased $38, or 8%, to $510 from $472 in 1996. In the first
quarter of 1996, a block of business was assumed from Investors Equity Life
Insurance Company (IEL) which increased 1996 revenues by $9. Excluding this
transaction, 1997 revenues increased $47, or 10%, as compared to 1996,
reflecting the impact of applying cost of insurance charges and variable life
fees to a larger block of business. Total account values increased $555, or 17%,
to $3.8 billion in 1997 from $3.2 billion in 1996. Sales were $140 in 1997, an
increase of 8% over 1996. Variable life sales constituted 70%, or $98, of total
1997 sales and grew $23, or 31%, over 1996 levels. Total benefits, claims and
expenses increased $19, or 5%, to $423 in 1997 from $404 in 1996. Total
benefits, claims and expenses, excluding IEL, increased $28, or 7%, in 1997.
This increase was primarily driven by an increase in amortization of DPAC of $24
in 1997 related to the growth in new variable life business. The growth in this
segment's account values, particularly variable life, along with favorable
mortality experience, contributed to an increase in net income of $12, or 27%,
in 1997 from 1996.
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OUTLOOK
Management believes that the Company's strong market position will provide
opportunities for growth in this segment as individuals increasingly prepare
their estates for an efficient transfer of wealth between generations.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
OPERATING SUMMARY
1998 1997 1996
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Premiums and other considerations $1,629 $1,538 $1,329
Net investment income 180 162 134
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TOTAL REVENUES 1,809 1,700 1,463
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Benefits, claims and claim adjustment expenses 1,335 1,301 1,140
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs 7 6 4
Other expenses 369 303 251
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TOTAL BENEFITS, CLAIMS AND EXPENSES 1,711 1,610 1,395
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INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE 98 90 68
Income tax expense 27 32 23
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NET INCOME $ 71 $ 58 $ 45
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The Employee Benefits segment primarily sells group life and group disability
insurance as well as other products including, stop loss and supplementary
medical coverage to employers and employer sponsored plans, accidental death and
dismemberment, travel accident, long-term care insurance and other special risk
coverages to employers and associations. The Company also offers disability
underwriting, administration, claims processing services and reinsurance to
other insurers and self-funded employer plans. According to the latest results
published by Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association (LIMRA), the
Company was the second largest provider of group disability insurance and the
third largest writer of group life insurance in the United States for the nine
months ended September 30, 1998.
Revenues increased $109, or 6%, to $1.8 billion in 1998 as compared to $1.7
billion in 1997. This increase was driven by growth in fully insured premiums,
excluding buyouts, which increased $181, or 13%, in 1998. This increase was
primarily due to group life and group disability, where ongoing premiums
increased $69 and $55, respectively, in 1998 as compared to 1997 due to strong
sales and good persistency. Sales of fully insured business, excluding buyouts,
were $397 in 1998, an increase of $68, or 21%, over 1997; of which, group life
and group disability business were each $148 in 1998, an increase of $26 and
$23, respectively, as compared to 1997.
Total benefits, claims and expenses increased $101, or 6%, to $1.7 billion in
1998 from $1.6 billion in 1997. The increase was the result of higher benefits,
claims and claim adjustment expenses, which, excluding buyouts, increased $121
due to the growth in this segment; however, the ratio of benefits, claims and
claim adjustment expenses as a percentage of premiums and other considerations
(excluding buyouts) improved to 81.5% in 1998 from 83.2% in 1997. This
improvement was partially offset by an increase in other expenses of $66,
whereby other expenses as a percentage of premiums and other considerations,
excluding buyouts, increased to 23.3% in 1998 from 21.5% in 1997. This trend is
due to the Company's continued investment in claims management initiatives which
result in higher operating expenses, but improve benefits, claims and claim
adjustment expenses.
The segment's effective income tax rate was reduced to 28% in 1998 as compared
to 36% in 1997 as a result of increasing the level of investment in tax-exempt
securities, which resulted in an improvement in the after-tax investment yield
to 5.2% in 1998 from 5.0% in 1997, even though the rate of interest for
marketable securities decreased during 1998.
As a result of increased premium revenue, an improved after-tax investment yield
and favorable mortality and morbidity experience, Employee Benefits net income
grew $13, or 22%, to $71 in 1998 from $58 in 1997.
Revenues increased $237, or 16%, to $1.7 billion in 1997 as compared to $1.5
billion in 1996. This increase was due to growth in fully insured premiums,
excluding buyouts, attributable to group disability business of $107, or 25%,
and group life business of $79, or 19%, in 1997 as compared to 1996. Sales of
fully insured business, excluding buyouts, increased $91, or 38%, to $329 in
1997 as compared to 1996. Included in the 1997 results are group disability and
group life premiums of $89 and $16, respectively, as a result of the acquisition
of a block of business from the United States branch of Confederation Life
Insurance Company. The 1996 results include $78 of group disability premiums and
$23 of group life premiums related to the acquisition of a block of business
from North American Life Assurance Company of Toronto. Benefits, claims and
expenses increased $215, or 15%, to $1.6 billion in 1997 from $1.4 billion in
1996 primarily attributable to growth in the Company's group life and group
disability business. As a result of the premium growth in this segment, net
income grew $13, or 29%, to $58 in 1997 from $45 in 1996.
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OUTLOOK
As employers continue to offer benefit plans in order to attract and retain
valued employees, management expects that the need for group life and group
disability insurance will continue to expand and believes the Company is well
positioned to take advantage of this growth potential.
CORPORATE OWNED LIFE INSURANCE (COLI)
OPERATING SUMMARY
1998 1997 1996
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Premiums and other considerations $ 774 $ 551 $ 880
Net investment income 793 429 480
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TOTAL REVENUES 1,567 980 1,360
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Benefits, claims and claim adjustment expenses 924 439 545
Dividends to policyholders 329 240 634
Other expenses 278 259 144
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TOTAL BENEFITS, CLAIMS AND EXPENSES 1,531 938 1,323
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INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE 36 42 37
Income tax expense 12 15 11
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NET INCOME $ 24 $ 27 $ 26
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Hartford Life is a leader in the COLI market, which includes life insurance
policies purchased by a company on the lives of its employees, with the company
named as the beneficiary under the policy. Until the HIPA Act of 1996, the
Company sold two principal types of COLI business, leveraged and variable
products. Leveraged COLI is a fixed premium life insurance policy owned by a
company or a trust sponsored by a company. The HIPA Act of 1996 phased out the
deductibility of interest on policy loans under leveraged COLI at the end of
1998, virtually eliminating all future sales of this product. Variable COLI
continues to be a product used by employers to fund non-qualified benefits or
other post-employment benefit liabilities. Products marketed in this segment
also include coverage owned by employees under business sold through corporate
sponsorship.
Revenues in this operation increased $587, or 60%, to $1.6 billion in 1998 from
$980 in 1997. This increase was primarily related to the recapture of an in
force block of COLI business, previously ceded to MBL Life, which was transacted
in the fourth quarter 1998. (For additional information regarding the MBL
Recapture, see "Purchases of Affiliates and Other" under the Capital Resources
and Liquidity section.) The MBL Recapture, which was retroactive to January 1,
1998, resulted in an increase in COLI revenues of $624 and is comprised of $245
of premiums and other considerations and $379 of net investment income. Higher
fee income on the segment's growing block of variable COLI account values also
contributed to the increase in revenues. Partially offsetting these increases
was a decline in premiums and other considerations on leveraged COLI as that
block of business continues to decline due to the implications of the HIPA Act
of 1996 (discussed above).
Benefits, claims and expenses increased $593, or 63%, to $1.5 billion in 1998
from $938 in 1997. The MBL Recapture resulted in an increase in benefits, claims
and expenses of $624 and is comprised of $478 of benefits, claims and other
expenses and $146 of dividends to policyholders. The increase in benefits,
claims and expenses was also a result of the growth in the segment's variable
COLI block of business, which was partially offset by a decrease in benefits,
claims and expenses related to leveraged COLI.
Net income declined $3, or 11%, to $24 in 1998 from $27 in 1997 as the growth in
the Company's variable COLI business was offset by the declining block of
leveraged COLI the Company had prior to passage of the HIPA Act of 1996. The MBL
Recapture had no impact on earnings in 1998.
COLI revenues decreased $380, or 28%, to $980 in 1997 from $1.4 billion in 1996.
COLI expenses also declined, primarily due to a $394 decrease in dividends to
policyholders. These decreases were primarily the result of the HIPA Act of 1996
discussed above. Net income of $27 in 1997 was consistent with 1996 results.
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OUTLOOK
The focus of this segment is variable COLI, which continues to be a product
generally used by employers to fund non-qualified benefits or other
post-employment benefit liabilities. The leveraged COLI product has been an
important contributor to Hartford Life's profitability in recent years and will
continue to contribute to the profitability of Hartford Life in the future,
although the level of profit is expected to decline. COLI is subject to a
changing legislative and regulatory environment that could have a material
adverse affect on its business.
Certain proposed legislative initiatives which could impact Hartford Life are
discussed in the Regulatory Initiatives and Contingencies section.
RESERVES
In accordance with applicable insurance regulations under which Hartford Life
operates, life insurance subsidiaries of the Company establish and carry as
liabilities actuarially determined reserves which are calculated to meet
Hartford Life's future obligations. Reserves for life insurance and disability
contracts are based on actuarially recognized methods using prescribed morbidity
and mortality tables in general use in the United States, which are modified to
reflect Hartford Life's actual experience when appropriate. These reserves are
computed at amounts that, with additions from premiums to be received and with
interest on such reserves compounded annually at certain assumed rates, are
expected to be sufficient to meet the Company's policy obligations at their
maturities or in the event of an insured's death. Reserves include unearned
premiums, premium deposits, claims incurred but not reported and claims reported
but not yet paid. Reserves for assumed reinsurance are computed on bases
essentially comparable to direct insurance reserves.
INVESTMENTS
GENERAL
The Company's investments are managed by its investment strategy group, which
consists of a risk management unit and a portfolio management unit and reports
directly to senior management of the Company. The risk management unit is
responsible for monitoring and managing the Company's asset/liability profile
and establishing investment objectives and guidelines. The portfolio management
unit is responsible for determining, within specified risk tolerances and
investment guidelines, the appropriate asset allocation, duration, and convexity
characteristics of the Company's general account and guaranteed separate account
investment portfolios. The Hartford Investment Management Company, a wholly
owned subsidiary of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., executes the
investment plan of the investment strategy group, including the identification
and purchase of securities that fulfill the objectives of the strategy group.
The primary investment objective of the Company's general account and guaranteed
separate accounts is to maximize after-tax returns consistent with acceptable
risk parameters (including the management of the interest rate sensitivity of
invested assets relative to that of policyholder obligations). The Company does
not hold any financial instruments purchased for trading purposes. The Company
is exposed to two primary sources of investment risk: credit risk, relating to
the uncertainty associated with an obligor's continued ability to make timely
payment of principal and/or interest, and interest rate risk, relating to the
market price and/or cash flow variability associated with changes in market
yield curves. See the Capital Markets Risk Management section for further
discussion of the Company's approach to managing these investment risks.
The Company's separate accounts reflect two categories of risk assumption:
non-guaranteed separate accounts totaling $80.6 billion and $58.7 billion as of
December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively, wherein the policyholder assumes
substantially all the investment risk and reward, and guaranteed separate
accounts totaling $10.0 billion and $10.7 billion as of December 31, 1998 and,
1997, respectively, wherein Hartford Life contractually guarantees either a
minimum return or account value to the policyholder. Non-guaranteed separate
account products include variable annuities, variable life insurance contracts
and COLI. Guaranteed separate account products primarily consist of modified
guaranteed individual annuities and modified guaranteed life insurance and
generally include market value adjustment features to mitigate the risk of
disintermediation.
The Company's general account consists of a diversified portfolio of
investments. Although all the assets of the general account support all the
Company's liabilities, the Company's investment strategy group has developed
separate investment portfolios for specific classes of product liabilities
within the general account. The strategy group works closely with the business
lines to develop specific investment guidelines, including duration targets,
asset allocation and convexity constraints, asset/liability mismatch tolerances
and return objectives for each product line in order to achieve each product
line's individual risk and return objectives.
Invested assets in the Company's general account totaled $24.9 billion as of
December 31, 1998 and were comprised of $17.7 billion of fixed maturities, $6.7
billion of policy loans and other investments of $503. As of December 31, 1997,
general account invested assets totaled $21.0 billion and were comprised of
$16.8 billion of fixed maturities, $3.8 billion of policy loans and other
investments of $363. Policy loans, which had a weighted-average interest rate of
9.9% and 11.2%, as of December 31, 1998 and 1997,
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respectively, increased primarily as a result of the MBL Recapture. These loans
are secured by the cash value of the underlying life insurance policies and do
not mature in a conventional sense, but expire in conjunction with the related
policy liabilities.
The following table sets forth by type the fixed maturity securities held in the
Company's general account as of December 31, 1998 and 1997.
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FIXED MATURITIES BY TYPE FAIR VALUE PERCENT FAIR VALUE PERCENT
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Corporate $ 7,898 44.6% $ 7,970 47.3%
Asset backed securities 2,465 13.9% 3,199 19.0%
Short-term 2,119 12.0% 1,395 8.3%
Commercial mortgage backed securities 2,036 11.5% 1,606 9.5%
Municipal - tax-exempt 916 5.2% 171 1.0%
Collateralized mortgage obligations 831 4.7% 978 5.8%
Government/Government agencies - foreign 530 3.0% 502 3.0%
Mortgage backed securities - agency 503 2.9% 514 3.1%
Municipal - taxable 223 1.3% 267 1.6%
Government/Government agencies - U.S. 166 0.9% 241 1.4%
Redeemable preferred stock 5 -- 5 --
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TOTAL FIXED MATURITIES $17,692 100.0% $16,848 100.0%
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During 1998, the Company, in executing its investment strategy, increased its
allocation to municipal tax-exempt securities with the objective of increasing
after-tax yields, and also increased its allocation to commercial mortgage
backed securities while decreasing its allocation to asset backed securities.
The increase in short-term investments as of December 31, 1998 as compared to
1997 was impacted by the settlement of the MBL Recapture in the fourth quarter
1998 (as discussed in the COLI section), which resulted in short-term investment
proceeds of approximately $300.
Approximately 22.8% and 22.6% of the Company's fixed maturity portfolio was
invested in private placement securities (including Rule 144A offerings) as of
December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively. Private placement securities are
generally less liquid than public securities; however, covenants for private
placements are designed to mitigate liquidity risk. Most of the private
placement securities in the Company's portfolio are rated by nationally
recognized rating organizations. For further discussion of the Company's
investment credit policies, see the Capital Markets Risk Management section
under "Credit Risk".
INVESTMENT RESULTS
The table below summarizes Hartford Life's investment results for the past three
years.
(Before-tax) 1998 1997 1996
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Net investment income - excluding policy loan income $1,166 $1,111 $ 1,057
Policy loan income 789 425 477
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Net investment income - total $1,955 $1,536 $ 1,534
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Yield on average invested assets (1) 7.9% 7.6% 7.7%
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Net realized capital losses $ -- $ -- $ (219)
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(1) Represents net investment income (excluding net realized capital
losses) divided by average invested assets at cost (fixed maturities at
amortized cost). In 1998, average invested assets were calculated
assuming the MBL Recapture proceeds were received on January 1, 1998.
Total net investment income, before-tax, increased $419, or 27%, to $2.0 billion
in 1998 from $1.5 billion in 1997, principally due to an increase in policy loan
income of $364 which is primarily due to the MBL Recapture. (For additional
information on the MBL Recapture, see the COLI section.) Yields on average
invested assets, before-tax, increased to 7.9% in 1998 from 7.6% in 1997
primarily due to the increase in policy loan income that resulted from the MBL
Recapture as well as an increase in fixed maturities rated BBB. There were no
net realized capital gains or losses for the years ended December 31, 1998 and
1997. During 1998, realized capital gains from the sale of fixed maturities and
equity securities were offset by realized capital losses, including $21,
after-tax, related to the other than temporary impairment charge associated with
asset backed securities securitized and serviced by Commercial Financial
Services, Inc. (CFS). (For additional information on CFS, see Note 16,
Commitments and Contingencies, of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.)
Total net investment income, before-tax, totaled $1.5 billion in 1997, unchanged
from 1996. Total yields on average invested assets, before-tax, decreased to
7.6% in 1997 from 7.7% in 1996 primarily attributable to declining market
interest rates. In 1996, net realized capital losses of $219 were primarily
attributable to the writedown and sale of certain securities within the
Company's GIC business.
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CAPITAL MARKETS RISK MANAGEMENT
As described below, credit risk and market risk are the primary sources of
investment risk to the Company. The following discussion identifies the
Company's policies and procedures for managing these risks and monitoring the
results of the Company's risk management activities.
CREDIT RISK
Hartford Life has established investment credit policies that focus on the
credit quality of obligors and counterparties, limit credit concentrations,
encourage diversification and require frequent creditworthiness reviews.
Investment activity, including setting of policy and defining acceptable risk
levels, is subject to regular review and approval by senior management and
frequent review by Hartford Life's Finance Committee.
The Company invests primarily in securities rated investment grade and has
established exposure limits, diversification standards and review procedures for
all credit risks including borrower, issuer and counterparty. Creditworthiness
of specific obligors is determined by an internal credit evaluation supplemented
by consideration of external determinants of creditworthiness, typically ratings
assigned by nationally recognized ratings agencies. Obligor, asset sector and
industry concentrations are subject to established limits and monitored at
regular intervals.
The following table identifies fixed maturity securities for the Company's
operations by credit quality. The ratings referenced in the tables are based on
the ratings of nationally recognized rating organizations or, if not rated,
assigned based on the Company's internal analysis of such securities.
As of December 31, 1998 and 1997, over 98% of the fixed maturity portfolio,
including guaranteed separate accounts, was invested in investment-grade
securities.
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FIXED MATURITIES BY CREDIT QUALITY FAIR VALUE PERCENT FAIR VALUE PERCENT
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U.S. Government/Government agencies $ 2,596 9.5% $ 2,907 10.7%
AAA 3,542 12.9% 3,974 14.6%
AA 2,674 9.7% 2,967 10.9%
A 8,878 32.3% 9,351 34.3%
BBB 7,019 25.6% 5,966 21.9%
BB & below 492 1.8% 205 0.7%
Short-term 2,265 8.2% 1,869 6.9%
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TOTAL FIXED MATURITIES $27,466 100.0% $27,239 100.0%
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The Company also maintains credit policies regarding the financial stability and
credit standing of its major derivatives' counterparties and typically requires
credit enhancement provisions to further reduce its credit risk. Credit risk for
derivatives contracts is limited to the amounts calculated to be due to the
Company on such contracts based on current market conditions and potential
payment obligations between the Company and its counterparties. Credit exposures
are quantified weekly and netted, and collateral is pledged to or held by the
Company to the extent the current value of derivatives exceeds exposure policy
thresholds.
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MARKET RISK
Hartford Life's general and guaranteed separate account exposure to market risk
relates to the market price and/or cash flow variability associated with changes
in market interest rates. The following discussion focuses on the Company's
exposure to interest rate risk, asset/liability management strategies utilized
to manage this risk, and characteristics of the Company's insurance liabilities
and their sensitivity to movements in interest rates.
INTEREST RATE RISK
Changes in interest rates can potentially impact the Company's profitability.
Under certain circumstances of interest rate volatility, the Company could be
exposed to disintermediation risk and reduction in net interest rate spread or
profit margins. For non-guaranteed separate accounts, the Company's exposure is
not significant since the policyholder assumes substantially all of the
investment risk.
The Company's general account and guaranteed separate account investment
portfolios primarily consist of investment grade, fixed maturity securities,
including corporate bonds, asset backed securities, collateralized mortgage
obligations and mortgage backed securities. The fair value of these and the
Company's other invested assets fluctuates depending on the interest rate
environment and other general economic conditions. During periods of declining
interest rates, paydowns on mortgage backed securities and collateralized
mortgage obligations increase as the underlying mortgages are prepaid. In
addition, during such periods, the Company generally will not be able to
reinvest the proceeds of any such prepayments at comparable yields. Conversely,
during periods of rising interest rates, the rate of prepayments generally
declines exposing the Company to the possibility of asset/liability cash flow
and yield mismatch. For a discussion of the Company's risk management techniques
to manage this market risk, see "Asset/Liability Management Strategies Used to
Manage Market Risk" below.
As described above, the Company holds a significant fixed maturity portfolio,
which includes both fixed and variable rate features. The following table
reflects the principal amounts of the fixed and variable rate fixed maturity
portfolio, along with the respective weighted average coupons by estimated
maturity year as of December 31, 1998. Comparative totals are included for
December 31, 1997. Expected maturities differ from contractual maturities due to
call or prepayment provisions. The weighted average coupon on variable rate
securities is based on spot rates as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and is
primarily based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). Callable bonds and
notes are distributed to either call dates or maturity, depending on which date
produces the most conservative yield. Asset backed securities, collateralized
mortgage obligations and mortgage backed securities are distributed to maturity
year based on estimates of the rate of future prepayments of principal over the
remaining life of the securities. These estimates are developed using prepayment
speeds provided in broker consensus data. Such estimates are derived from
prepayment speeds previously experienced at the interest rate levels projected
for the underlying collateral. Actual prepayment experience may vary from these
estimates. Financial instruments with certain leverage features have been
included in each of the fixed maturity categories. These instruments have not
been separately displayed because they were immaterial to the Company's
investment portfolio.
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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Thereafter TOTAL Total
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BONDS AND NOTES - CALLABLE
Fixed Rate
Par value $ 49 $ 31 $ 53 $ 40 $ 56 $ 854 $ 1,083 $ 706
Weighted average coupon 7.8% 7.3% 5.8% 7.1% 8.4% 5.1% 5.6% 6.0%
Fair value $ 1,080 $ 668
Variable Rate
Par value $ 40 $ 52 $ 39 $ 14 $ -- $ 937 $ 1,082 $ 1,167
Weighted average coupon 6.7% 7.3% 5.4% 5.9% -- 5.9% 6.0% 6.5%
Fair value $ 982 $ 1,106
BONDS AND NOTES - OTHER
Fixed Rate
Par value $ 2,871 $ 1,352 1,291 $ 988 $ 1,087 $ 7,701 $ 15,290 $ 14,999
Weighted average coupon 6.6% 7.0% 7.4% 7.5% 6.8% 5.7% 6.3% 5.9%
Fair value $ 15,315 $ 14,815
Variable Rate
Par value $ 90 $ 176 $ 14 $ 81 $ 90 $ 702 $ 1,153 $ 1,309
Weighted average coupon 5.1% 5.9% 5.4% 5.4% 5.4% 5.9% 5.8% 5.3%
Fair value $ 1,114 $ 1,352
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES
Fixed Rate
Par value $ 472 $ 442 $ 436 $ 209 $ 145 $ 449 $ 2,153 $ 2,288
Weighted average coupon 6.7% 6.9% 6.8% 6.7% 6.4% 6.9% 6.8% 7.0%
Fair value $ 2,074 $ 2,325
Variable Rate
Par value $ 187 $ 256 $ 356 $ 208 $ 193 $ 530 $ 1,730 $ 1,959
Weighted average coupon 6.1% 6.1% 6.3% 5.9% 6.6% 6.0% 6.1% 6.4%
Fair value $ 1,683 $ 1,959
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE
OBLIGATIONS
Fixed Rate
Par value $ 456 $ 400 $ 167 $ 129 $ 88 $ 185 $ 1,425 $ 1,739
Weighted average coupon 6.0% 6.0% 6.0% 6.7% 7.0% 7.2% 6.5% 5.9%
Fair value $ 1,371 $ 1,695
Variable Rate
Par value $ 43 $ 20 $ 8 $ 6 $ 6 $ 183 $ 266 $ 446
Weighted average coupon 6.3% 6.8% 7.2% 8.4% 8.4% 6.0% 6.2% 7.3%
Fair value $ 264 $ 424
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE BACKED
SECURITIES
Fixed Rate
Par value $ 53 $ 112 $ 133 $ 139 $ 96 $ 1,234 $ 1,767 $ 1,448
Weighted average coupon 7.6% 6.7% 7.6% 7.1% 6.8% 7.1% 7.1% 7.3%
Fair value $ 1,784 $ 1,441
Variable Rate
Par value $ 109 $ 235 $ 50 $ 135 $ 132 $ 499 $ 1,160 $ 810
Weighted average coupon 6.7% 6.6% 7.0% 6.3% 6.9% 6.9% 6.7% 7.0%
Fair value $ 1,075 $ 821
MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES
Fixed Rate
Par value $ 88 $ 82 $ 73 $ 60 $ 52 $ 368 $ 723 $ 576
Weighted average coupon 7.1% 6.9% 6.7% 6.7% 6.7% 8.3% 7.6% 7.3%
Fair value $ 682 $ 590
Variable Rate
Par value $ 1 $ 2 $ 1 $ 1 $ 1 $ 5 $ 11 $ 24
Weighted average coupon 7.8% 8.4% 8.6% 8.6% 8.6% 8.8% 8.6% 6.5%
Fair value $ 10 $ 24
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The table below provides information as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 on debt
obligations and reflects principal cash flows and related weighted average
interest rate by maturity year.
1998 1997
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Thereafter TOTAL Total
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SHORT-TERM DEBT
Fixed Rate
Amount $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 50
Weighted average effective interest rate -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.8%
Fair value $ -- $ 50
LONG-TERM DEBT
Fixed Rate
Amount $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 650 $ 650 $ 650
Weighted average effective interest rate -- -- -- -- -- 7.4% 7.4% 7.4%
Fair value $ 710 $ 674
TruPS (1)
Fixed Rate
Amount $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 250 $ 250 $ --
Weighted average effective interest rate -- -- -- -- -- 7.4% 7.4% --
Fair value $ 254 $ --
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(1) Represents company obligated mandatorily redeemable preferred
securities of subsidiary trust holding solely parent junior
subordinated debentures.
ASSET/LIABILITY MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES USED TO MANAGE MARKET RISK
The Company employs several risk management tools to quantify and manage market
risk arising from its investments and interest sensitive liabilities. For
certain portfolios, management monitors the changes in present value between
assets and liabilities resulting from various interest rate scenarios using
integrated asset/liability measurement systems and a proprietary system that
simulates the impacts of parallel and non-parallel yield curve shifts. Based on
this current and prospective information, management implements risk reducing
techniques to improve the match between assets and liabilities.
Derivatives play an important role in facilitating the management of interest
rate risk, creating opportunities to efficiently fund obligations, hedge against
risks that affect the value of certain liabilities and adjust broad investment
risk characteristics as a result of any significant changes in market risks. The
Company uses a variety of derivatives, including swaps, caps, floors, forwards
and exchange-traded financial futures and options, in order to hedge exposure
primarily to interest rate risk on anticipated investment purchases or existing
assets and liabilities. The Company does not make a market or trade derivatives
for the express purpose of earning trading profits. The Company's derivative
program is monitored by an internal compliance unit and is reviewed frequently
by senior management and reported to Hartford Life's Finance Committee. The
notional amounts of derivative contracts, which represent the basis upon which
pay or receive amounts are calculated and are not reflective of credit risk,
totaled $11.2 billion as of December 31, 1998 ($6.0 billion related to insurance
investments and $5.2 billion related to life insurance liabilities). As of
December 31, 1997, the notional amounts pertaining to derivatives totaled $10.9
billion ($6.6 billion related to insurance investments and $4.3 billion related
to life insurance liabilities).
The strategies described below are used to manage the aforementioned risks.
Anticipatory Hedging -- For certain liabilities, the Company commits to the
price of the product prior to receipt of the associated premium or deposit.
Anticipatory hedges are routinely executed to offset the impact of changes in
asset prices arising from interest rate changes pending the receipt of premium
or deposit and the subsequent purchase of an asset. These hedges involve taking
a long position in interest rate futures or entering into an interest rate swap
with duration characteristics equivalent to the associated liabilities or
anticipated investments. The notional amount of anticipatory hedges as of
December 31, 1998 and 1997 was $712 and $255, respectively.
Liability Hedging -- Several products obligate the Company to credit a return to
the contract holder which is indexed to a market rate. To hedge risks associated
with these products, the Company typically enters into interest rate swaps to
convert the contract rate into a rate that trades in a more liquid and efficient
market. This hedging strategy enables the Company to customize contract terms
and conditions to customer objectives and satisfies the operation's
asset/liability matching policy. Additionally, interest rate swaps are used to
convert certain fixed contract rates into floating rates, thereby allowing them
to be appropriately matched against floating rate assets. The notional amount of
derivatives used for liability hedges as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 was $5.2
billion and $4.3 billion, respectively.
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Asset Hedging -- To meet the various policyholder obligations and to provide
cost effective prudent investment risk diversification, the Company may combine
two or more financial instruments to achieve the investment characteristics of a
fixed maturity security or that match an associated liability. The use of
derivative instruments in this regard effectively transfers unwanted investment
risks or attributes to others. The selection of the appropriate derivative
instruments depends on the investment risk, the liquidity and efficiency of the
market, and the asset and liability characteristics. The notional amount of
asset hedges as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 was $3.8 billion and $3.2 billion,
respectively.
Portfolio Hedging -- The Company periodically compares the duration and
convexity of its portfolios of assets to their corresponding liabilities and
enters into portfolio hedges to reduce any difference to desired levels.
Portfolio hedges reduce the mismatch between assets and liabilities and offset
the potential impact to cash flows caused by changes in interest rates. The
notional amount of portfolio hedges as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 was $1.5
billion and $3.1 billion, respectively.
The following tables provide information as of December 31, 1998, with
comparative totals for December 31, 1997, on derivative instruments used in
accordance with the aforementioned hedging strategies. For interest rate swaps,
caps and floors, the tables present notional amounts with weighted average pay
and received rates for swaps and weighted average strike rates for caps and
floors by maturity year. For interest rate futures, the table presents contract
amount and weighted average settlement price by expected maturity year.
1998 1997
INTEREST RATE SWAPS 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Thereafter TOTAL Total
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Pay Fixed/Receive Variable
Notional value $ 125 $ 96 $ 148 $ 222 $ 110 $ 682 $ 1,383 $ 874
Weighted average pay rate 6.1% 5.0% 6.1% 5.1% 5.9% 6.1% 5.9% 6.5%
Weighted average receive rate 5.7% 5.4% 5.3% 5.4% 5.4% 5.4% 5.4% 6.1%
Fair value $ (66) $ (19)
Pay Variable/Receive Fixed
Notional value $ 975 $ 552 $ 274 $ 379 $ 605 $ 2,140 $ 4,925 $ 4,212
Weighted average pay rate 5.3% 5.3% 5.3% 5.3% 5.3% 5.3% 5.3% 5.9%
Weighted average receive rate 6.5% 6.5% 7.2% 6.4% 5.8% 6.2% 6.3% 6.9%
Fair value $ 160 $ 172
Pay Variable/Receive Different
Variable
Notional value $ 157 $ 210 $ 91 $ 235 $ 83 $ 627 $ 1,403 $ 1,581
Weighted average pay rate 5.4% 5.5% 5.4% 5.0% 4.9% 5.5% 5.2% 6.4%
Weighted average receive rate 6.8% 5.5% 7.3% 5.2% 4.9% 5.8% 5.8% 6.7%
Fair value $ (2) $ (3)
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1998 1997
INTEREST RATE CAPS - LIBOR BASED (1) 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Thereafter TOTAL Total
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Purchased
Notional value $-- $ -- $ 5 $ -- $ 11 $ 26 $ 42 $ 43
Weighted average strike rate -- -- 5.9% -- 5.3% 5.1% 5.2% 5.2%
(4.0 - 5.9%)
Fair value $ 1 $ 3
Notional value $-- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 35 $ 35 $ 85
Weighted average strike rate
(6.0 - 7.9%) -- -- -- -- -- 6.6% 6.6% 6.8%
Fair value $ 1 $ 1
Notional value $-- $ -- $ -- $ 10 $ 68 $ 122 $ 200 $ 260
Weighted average strike rate
(8.0 - 9.9%) -- -- -- 8.9% 8.6% 8.4% 8.5% 8.5%
Fair value $ 1 $ 2
Notional value $ 5 $10 $ -- $ 26 $ -- $ -- $ 41 $ 52
Weighted average strike rate 11.8% 11.5% -- 10.1% -- -- 10.7% 10.9%
(10.0 - 11.9%)
Fair value $ -- $ --
Issued
Notional value $-- $-- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 13 $ 13 $ 63
Weighted average strike rate -- -- -- -- -- 7.2% 7.2% 7.0%
(6.0 - 7.9%)
Fair value $ -- $ --
Notional value $-- $-- $ -- $ -- $ 7 $ 6 $ 13 $ 17
Weighted average strike rate
(8.0 - 9.9%) -- -- -- -- 8.2% 8.6% 8.3% 8.5%
Fair value $ -- $ --
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(1) LIBOR represents the London Interbank Offered Rate.
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1998 1997
INTEREST RATE CAPS - CMT BASED (1) 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Thereafter TOTAL Total
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Purchased
Notional value $ -- $ 344 $ -- $ -- $ 250 $ 17 $ 611 $ 561
Weighted average strike rate
(6.0 - 7.9%) -- 7.8% -- -- 7.7% 7.0% 7.7% 7.6%
Fair value $ -- $ --
Notional value $ -- $ -- $ 100 $ 100 $ 250 $ 500 $ 950 $ 295
Weighted average strike rate
(8.0 - 9.9%) -- -- 8.0% 9.5% 8.7% 8.7% 8.7% 8.5%
Fair value $ 1 $ --
Issued
Notional value $ -- $ 344 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 17 $ 361 $ 361
Weighted average strike rate
(6.0 - 7.9%) -- 7.8% -- -- -- 7.5% 7.8% 7.8%
Fair value $ -- $ --
Notional value $ -- $ -- $ 100 $ 100 $ -- $ -- $ 200 $ 200
Weighted average strike rate
(8.0 - 9.9%) -- -- 8.0% 9.5% -- -- 8.8% 8.8%
Fair value $ -- $ --
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(1) CMT represents the Constant Maturity Treasury rate.
1998 1997
INTEREST RATE FLOORS - LIBOR BASED 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Thereafter TOTAL Total
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Purchased
Notional value $ 100 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 100 $ 100
Weighted average strike rate (4.0 - 5.9%) 4.2% -- -- -- -- -- 4.2% 4.2%
Fair value $ -- $ --
Notional value $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 65 $ 65 $ 65
Weighted average strike rate (6.0 - 7.9%) -- -- -- -- -- 7.0% 7.0% 7.0%
Fair value $ 7 $ 5
Issued
Notional value $ -- $ 10 $ 10 $ 36 $ 68 $ 116 $ 240 $ 263
Weighted average strike rate (4.0 - 5.9%) -- 5.1% 4.9% 5.3% 5.4% 5.3% 5.3% 5.3%
Fair value $ (7) $ (4)
Notional value $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 27 $ 27 $ 27
Weighted average strike rate (6.0 - 7.9%) -- -- -- -- -- 7.8% 7.8% 7.8%
Fair value $ (4) $ (3)
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1998 1997
INTEREST RATE FLOORS - CMT BASED 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Thereafter TOTAL Total
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Purchased
Notional value $ -- $ 100 $ -- $ -- $ 150 $ -- $ 250 $550
Weighted average strike rate (4.0 - 5.9%) -- 5.8% -- -- 5.5% -- 5.6% 5.7%
Fair value $ 8 $ 4
Notional value $ 40 $ 10 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 50 $631
Weighted average strike rate (6.0 - 7.9%) 6.5% 6.0% -- -- -- -- 6.4% 6.1%
Fair value $ 1 $ 9
Issued
Notional value $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $540
Weighted average strike rate (4.0 - 5.9%) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.0%
Fair value $ -- $ (2)
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1998 1997
INTEREST RATE FUTURES 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Thereafter TOTAL Total
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Long
Contract amount / Notional $ 12 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 12 $ 19
Weighted average settlement
price $ 106 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 106 $ 121
Short
Contract amount / Notional $ 220 $ 20 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 240 $ 50
Weighted average settlement
price $ 127 $ 95 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 124 $ 94
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Note: Fair value is not applicable.
LIFE INSURANCE LIABILITY CHARACTERISTICS
Hartford Life's insurance liabilities, other than non-guaranteed separate
accounts, are primarily related to accumulation vehicles such as fixed or
variable annuities and investment contracts and other insurance products such as
long-term disability and term life insurance.
Asset Accumulation Vehicles
While interest rate risk associated with these insurance products has been
reduced through the use of market value adjustment features and surrender
charges, the primary risk associated with these products is that the spread
between investment return and credited rate may not be sufficient to earn
targeted returns.
Fixed Rate -- Products in this category require the Company to pay a fixed rate
for a certain period of time. The cash flows are not interest sensitive because
the products are written with a market value adjustment feature and the
liabilities have protection against the early withdrawal of funds through
surrender charges. Product examples include fixed rate annuities with a market
value adjustment and fixed rate guaranteed investment contracts. Contract
duration is dependent on the policyholder's choice of guarantee period.
Indexed -- Products in this category are similar to the fixed rate asset
accumulation vehicles but require the Company to pay a rate that is determined
by an external index. The amount and/or timing of cash flows will therefore vary
based on the level of the particular index. The primary risks inherent in these
products are similar to the fixed rate asset accumulation vehicles, with an
additional risk that changes in the index may adversely affect profitability.
Product examples include indexed-guaranteed investment contracts with an
estimated duration of up to two years.
Interest Credited -- Products in this category credit interest to policyholders,
subject to market conditions and minimum guarantees. Policyholders may surrender
at book value but are subject to surrender charges for an initial period.
Product examples include universal life contracts and the general account
portion of the Company's variable annuity products. Liability duration is short-
to intermediate-term.
Other Insurance Products
Long-term Pay Out Liabilities -- Products in this category are long-term in
nature and may contain significant actuarial (including mortality and morbidity)
pricing and cash flow risks. The cash flows associated with these policy
liabilities are not interest rate sensitive but do vary based on the timing and
amount of benefit payments. The primary risks associated with these products are
that the benefits will exceed expected actuarial pricing and/or that the actual
timing of the cash flows will differ from those anticipated resulting in an
investment return lower than that assumed in pricing. Product examples include
structured settlement contracts, on-benefit annuities (i.e., the annuitant is
currently receiving benefits thereon) and long-term disability contracts.
Contract duration is generally 6 to 10 years.
Short-term Pay Out Liabilities -- These liabilities are short-term in nature
with a duration of less than one year. The primary risks associated with these
products are determined by the non-investment contingencies such as mortality or
morbidity and the variability in the timing of the expected cash flows.
Liquidity is of greater concern than for the long-term pay out liabilities.
Products include individual and group term life insurance contracts and
short-term disability contracts.
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Management of the duration of investments with respective policyholder
obligations is an explicit objective of the Company's management strategy. The
estimated cash flows of insurance policy liabilities based upon internal
actuarial assumptions as of December 31, 1998 are reflected in the table below
by expected maturity year. Comparative totals are included for December 31,
1997.
(Dollars in billions)
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1998 1997
DESCRIPTION (1) 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Thereafter TOTAL Total
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Fixed rate asset accumulation vehicles $ 2.1 $ 1.8 $ 1.3 $ 0.7 $ 1.4 $ 3.6 $10.9 $12.7
Weighted average credited rate 6.6% 7.0% 6.8% 6.4% 5.4% 7.0% 6.6% 6.8%
Indexed asset accumulation vehicles $ 0.2 $ 0.1 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 0.3 $ 0.2
Weighted average credited rate 5.2% 5.1% -- -- -- -- 5.1% 5.9%
Interest credited asset
accumulation vehicles $ 5.0 $ 0.7 $ 0.9 $ 0.6 $ 0.5 $ 5.6 $13.3 $10.8
Weighted average credited rate 5.9% 5.7% 5.7% 5.9% 5.9% 5.9% 5.9% 5.8%
Long-term pay out liabilities $ 0.4 $ 0.4 $ 0.2 $ 0.2 $ 0.2 $ 1.3 $ 2.7 $ 2.3
Short-term pay out liabilities $ 0.7 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- $ 0.7 $ 0.5
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(1) As of December 31, 1998 and 1997, the fair value of the Company's
investment contracts, including guaranteed separate accounts, was $21.7
billion and $21.9 billion, respectively.
CURRENCY EXCHANGE RISK
Hartford Life's international holdings as of December 31, 1998 totaled
approximately $100, which are primarily located in Latin America and are
inherently affected by currency fluctuations. The Company's primary currency
exposure relates to the Brazilian real and the Argentine peso and is not
expected to have a material impact on the Company's liquidity or financial
condition.
SENSITIVITY TO CHANGES IN INTEREST RATES
For liabilities whose cash flows are not substantially affected by changes in
interest rates (fixed liabilities) and where investment experience is
substantially absorbed by the Company, the sensitivity of the net economic value
(discounted present value of asset cash flows less the discounted present value
of liability cash flows) of those portfolios to 100 basis point shifts in
interest rates is shown in the table below. These fixed liabilities represent
approximately 60% of the Company's general and guaranteed separate account
liabilities at both December 31, 1998 and 1997. The remaining liabilities
generally allow the Company significant flexibility to adjust credited rates to
reflect actual investment experience and thereby pass through a substantial
portion of actual investment experience to the policyholder. The fixed liability
portfolios are managed and monitored relative to defined objectives and are
analyzed regularly by management for internal risk management purposes using
scenario simulation techniques, and evaluated annually consistent with
regulatory requirements.
CHANGE IN NET ECONOMIC
VALUE
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Basis Point Shift -100 +100
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DECEMBER 31, 1998
Amount $ 7 $ (16)
Percent of liability
value 0.05% (0.1)%
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DECEMBER 31, 1997
Amount $ 5 $ (10)
Percent of liability
value 0.03% (0.06)%
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CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY
Capital resources and liquidity represent the overall financial strength of
Hartford Life and its ability to generate strong cash flows from each of the
business segments and borrow funds at competitive rates to meet operating and
growth needs. The Company maintained cash and short-term investments totaling
$2.2 billion, $1.5 billion and $837 as of December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996,
respectively. The capital structure of Hartford Life consists of debt and
equity, and is summarized as follows:
1998 1997 1996
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Short-term debt $ -- $ 50 $ --
Long-term debt 650 650 --
Company obligated mandatorily redeemable preferred
securities of subsidiary trust holding solely
parent junior subordinated debentures (TruPS) 250 -- --
Allocated advances from parent -- -- 893
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TOTAL DEBT $ 900 $ 700 $ 893
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Equity excluding net unrealized capital gains on
securities, net of tax $2,230 $1,907 $1,245
Net unrealized capital gains on securities, net of tax 263 237 29
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TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY $2,493 $2,144 $1,274
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TOTAL CAPITALIZATION (1) $3,130 $2,607 $2,138
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Debt to equity (1) 40% 37% 72%
Debt to capitalization (1) 29% 27% 42%
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(1) Excludes net unrealized capital gains on securities, net of tax.
CAPITALIZATION
The Company's total capitalization, excluding net unrealized capital gains on
securities, net of tax, increased $523, or 20%, in 1998 and $469, or 22%, in
1997. In 1998, the increase was primarily the result of net income of $386 and
the issuance of TruPS of $250, which were partially offset by the retirement of
$50 in commercial paper, dividends declared of $50 and the repurchase of
treasury stock, net of reissuances, of $8. In 1997, the increase was primarily
the result of net income of $306 and net proceeds from the IPO of $687, which
were partially offset by a net reduction in debt of $193 and dividends of $341.
As a result, both the debt to equity and debt to capitalization ratios (both
exclude net unrealized capital gains on securities, net of tax) increased to 40%
and 29% as of December 31, 1998, respectively, from 37% and 27% as of December
31, 1997, respectively.
INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
For a discussion of Hartford Life's IPO, see Note 3 of Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements.
DEBT
For a discussion of Debt, see Note 7 of Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements.
COMPANY OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SECURITIES OF SUBSIDIARY
TRUST HOLDING SOLELY PARENT JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
For a discussion of Company Obligated Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred
Securities of Subsidiary Trust Holding Solely Parent Junior Subordinated
Debentures, see Note 8 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
DIVIDENDS
In 1998, a total of $50 in dividends was declared to holders of Class A and
Class B Common Stock. See "Debt" discussion above for 1997 dividend payments
made prior to the IPO.
Dividend decisions will be based on, and affected by, a number of factors,
including the operating results and financial requirements of Hartford Life on a
stand-alone basis and the impact of the regulatory restrictions discussed in
Liquidity Requirements below.
As a holding company, Hartford Life, Inc. has no significant business operations
of its own and, therefore, primarily relies on the dividends from its insurance
company subsidiaries, which are primarily domiciled in Connecticut, as the
principal source of cash to meet its obligations (primarily debt obligations)
and pay stockholder dividends. Hartford Life, Inc. received dividends from its
regulated life insurance subsidiaries of $76 in 1998. Statutory net income and
statutory capital and surplus, key determinants in the amount of dividend
capacity available in the insurance company subsidiaries, has grown
significantly over the past several years.
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Statutory net income was $265 in 1998, 19% higher than in 1997 and more than
three and one-half times the level in 1994. Statutory capital and surplus as of
December 31, 1998 was $2.0 billion, more than 50% above the level as of December
31, 1996.
TREASURY STOCK
During 1998, to make shares available to employees pursuant to stock-based
benefit plans, the Company repurchased 285,000 shares of its Class A Common
Stock in the open market at a total cost of $15. Shares repurchased in the open
market are carried at cost and reflected as a reduction to stockholders' equity.
Treasury shares subsequently reissued are reduced from treasury stock on a
weighted average cost basis. The Company currently intends to purchase
additional shares of its Class A Common Stock to make shares available for its
various employee stock-based benefit plans.
RATINGS
The following table summarizes Hartford Life's significant U.S. member
companies' financial ratings from the major independent rating organizations as
of February 17, 1999:
DUFF & STANDARD &
A.M. BEST PHELPS MOODY'S POOR'S
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INSURANCE RATINGS
Hartford Life Insurance A+ AA+ Aa3 AA
Company
Hartford Life and A+ AA+ Aa3 AA
Accident
Hartford Life and A+ AA+ Aa3 AA
Annuity
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OTHER RATINGS
Hartford Life, Inc.
Senior debt a+ A+ A2 A
Commercial paper - D-1 P-1 A-1
Hartford Life Capital I
Trust preferred a+ A a2 BBB+
securities
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Ratings are an important factor in establishing the competitive position of an
insurance company such as Hartford Life. There can be no assurance that the
Company's ratings will continue for any given period of time or that they will
not be changed. In the event that the Company's ratings are downgraded, the
level of sales or the persistency of the Company's block of in force business
may be adversely impacted.
LIQUIDITY REQUIREMENTS
The liquidity requirements of Hartford Life have been and will continue to be
met by funds from operations as well as the issuance of commercial paper, debt
securities and bank borrowings. The principal sources of funds are premiums and
investment income as well as maturities and sales of invested assets. Hartford
Life is a holding company which receives operating cash flow in the form of
dividends from its subsidiaries, enabling it to service its debt.
Dividends to Hartford Life, Inc. from its subsidiaries are subject to
restriction. The payment of dividends by Connecticut-domiciled insurers is
limited under the insurance holding company laws of Connecticut. Hartford Life
and Accident (HLA), a direct subsidiary of the Company, adheres to these laws,
which require notice to and approval by the state insurance commissioner for the
declaration or payment of any dividend, which together with other dividends or
distributions made within the preceding twelve months, exceeds the greater of
(i) 10% of the insurer's policyholder surplus as of December 31 of the preceding
year or (ii) net income (or net gain from operations, if such company is a life
insurance company) for the twelve-month period ending on the thirty-first day of
December last preceding, in each case determined under statutory insurance
accounting policies. In addition, if any dividend of a Connecticut-domiciled
insurer exceeds the insurer's earned surplus, it requires the prior approval of
the Connecticut Insurance Commissioner. The total amount of statutory dividends
which may be paid by the insurance subsidiaries of the Company without prior
approval in 1999 is estimated to be $201.
The insurance holding company laws of the other jurisdictions in which Hartford
Life's insurance subsidiaries are incorporated or deemed commercially domiciled
generally contain similar (although in certain instances somewhat more
restrictive) limitations on the payment of dividends.
The primary uses of funds are to pay claims, policy benefits, operating expenses
and commissions, and to purchase new investments. In addition, Hartford Life
carries a significant short-term investment position and accordingly does not
anticipate selling intermediate-
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and long-term fixed maturity investments to meet any liquidity needs. For a
discussion of the Company's investment objectives and strategies, see the
Investments section.
RISK-BASED CAPITAL
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) adopted regulations
establishing minimum capitalization requirements based on Risk-Based Capital
(RBC) formulas for life insurance companies (effective December 31, 1993). The
requirements consist of formulas which identify companies that are
undercapitalized and require specific regulatory actions. The RBC formula for
life insurance companies establishes capital requirements relating to insurance,
business, asset and interest rate risks. The RBC ratios for each of the major
life insurance subsidiaries are in excess of 200% as of December 31, 1998.
CASH FLOW
1998 1997 1996
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Cash provided by operating
activities $ 667 $ 1,147 $ 338
Cash provided by (used for)
investing activities 87 (650) 58
Cash used for financing activities (803) (480) (394)
Cash - end of year 36 88 72
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In 1998, the change in cash provided by operating activities was primarily the
result of timing in the settlement of receivables and payables as well as an
increase in income taxes paid. The change in cash provided by or used for
investing activities primarily reflects a decrease in policy loans resulting
from the reduction of COLI account values in conjunction with the decline of the
block of leveraged COLI offset by the investment of cash from operating and
financing activities. The change in cash used for financing activities was
primarily due to declines in GIC and COLI account values as well as proceeds
from the IPO in May 1997, partially offset by changes in debt, dividends paid
and proceeds from the TruPS offering.
During 1997, cash provided by operating activities increased from the prior year
due primarily to growth in the Individual Life segment and the Employee Benefits
segment. The change in cash used for investing activities primarily reflects the
investment of cash from operating activities. The change in cash used for
financing activities was primarily due to declines in investment-type contracts
and changes in debt and dividends paid to the Company's parent, which were
partially offset by proceeds from the IPO.
Operating cash flows in the periods presented have been more than adequate to
meet liquidity requirements.
PURCHASES OF AFFILIATES AND OTHER
Planco -- On August 26, 1998, the Company completed the purchase of all
outstanding shares of PLANCO Financial Services, Inc. and its affiliate, PLANCO,
Incorporated (collectively, "PLANCO"). PLANCO, a primary distributor of the
Company's annuities and mutual funds, is the nation's largest wholesaler of
individual annuities and has played a significant role in Hartford Life's growth
over the past decade. As a wholesaler, PLANCO distributes Hartford Life's fixed
and variable annuities, mutual funds and single premium variable life insurance,
as well as providing sales support to registered representatives, financial
planners and broker-dealers at brokerage firms and banks across the United
States. The acquisition has been accounted for as a purchase and accordingly,
the results of PLANCO's operations have been included in the Company's
consolidated financial statements from the closing date of the transaction.
MBL Recapture -- On November 10, 1998, the Company recaptured an in force block
of COLI business (referred to as "MBL Recapture") previously ceded to MBL Life
Assurance Co. of New Jersey (MBL Life), as well as purchased the outstanding
interest in International Corporate Marketing Group, Inc. (ICMG), which was
previously 40% owned by MBL Life. The transaction was consummated through the
assignment of a reinsurance arrangement between Hartford Life and MBL Life to a
Hartford Life subsidiary. Hartford Life originally assumed the life insurance
block in 1992 from Mutual Benefit Life, which was placed in court-supervised
rehabilitation in 1991, and reinsured a portion of those polices back to MBL
Life. MBL Life, previously a Mutual Benefit Life subsidiary, operates under the
Rehabilitation Plan for Mutual Benefit Life. The MBL Recapture has been recorded
retroactive to January 1, 1998 with respect to results of operations. The
transaction resulted in a decrease in reinsurance recoverables of $4.5 billion
with an offset primarily in policy loans and other investments.
REGULATORY INITIATIVES AND CONTINGENCIES
LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES
Although the Federal government does not directly regulate the insurance
business, Federal initiatives often have an impact on the insurance industry in
a variety of ways. Current and proposed Federal measures which may significantly
affect the life insurance business include tax law changes affecting the tax
treatment of life insurance products and its impact on the relative desirability
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various personal investment vehicles, medical testing for insurability, and
proposed legislation to prohibit the use of gender in determining insurance and
pension rates and benefits. In particular, President Clinton's 1999 Federal
Budget Proposal currently contains certain recommendations for modifying tax
rules related to the treatment of COLI by contractholders which, if enacted as
described, could have a material adverse impact on the Company's sales of these
products. The budget proposal also includes provisions which would result in a
significant increase in the "DAC tax" on certain of the Company's products and
would apply a tax to the Company's policyholder surplus account. (For further
discussion on policyholder surplus accounts and related tax treatment as of
December 31, 1998, see Note 14 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.)
It is too early to determine whether these tax proposals will ultimately be
enacted by Congress. Therefore, the potential impact to the Company's financial
condition or results of operations cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.
INSOLVENCY FUND
See Note 16 (b) of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
NAIC PROPOSALS
The NAIC has been developing several model laws and regulations, including a
Model Investment Law and amendments to the Model Holding Company System
Regulatory Act (the "Holding Act Amendments"). The Model Investment Law defines
the investments which are permissible for life insurers to hold, and the Holding
Act Amendments address the types of activities in which subsidiaries and
affiliates may engage. The NAIC adopted these models in 1997 and 1996, but the
laws have not been enacted for insurance companies domiciled in the State of
Connecticut, such as Hartford Life. Even if enacted in Connecticut or other
states in which Hartford Life's subsidiaries are domiciled, it is expected that
these laws will neither significantly change Hartford Life's investment
strategies nor have any material adverse effect on Hartford Life's liquidity or
financial position.
The NAIC adopted the Codification of Statutory Accounting Principles (SAP) in
March 1998. The proposed effective date for the statutory accounting guidance is
January 1, 2001. It is expected that Hartford Life's domiciliary state will
adopt the SAP and the Company will make the necessary changes required for
implementation. These changes are not anticipated to have a material impact on
the statutory financial statements of Hartford Life.
DEPENDENCE ON CERTAIN THIRD PARTY RELATIONSHIPS
Hartford Life distributes its annuity and life insurance products through a
variety of distribution channels, including broker-dealers, banks, wholesalers,
its own internal sales force and other third party marketing organizations. The
Company periodically negotiates provisions and renewals of these relationships
and there can be no assurance that such terms will remain acceptable to the
Company or such service providers. An interruption in the Company's continuing
relationship with certain of these third parties could materially affect the
Company's ability to market its products.
YEAR 2000
In General
The Year 2000 issue relates to the ability or inability of computer hardware,
software and other information technology (IT) systems, as well as non-IT
systems, such as equipment and machinery with imbedded chips and
microprocessors, to properly process information and data containing or related
to dates beginning with the year 2000 and beyond. The Year 2000 issue exists
because, historically, many IT and non-IT systems that are in use today were
developed years ago when a year was identified using a two-digit date field
rather than a four-digit date field. As information and data containing or
related to the century date are introduced to date sensitive systems, these
systems may recognize the year 2000 as "1900", or not at all, which may result
in systems processing information incorrectly. This, in turn, may significantly
and adversely affect the integrity and reliability of information databases of
IT systems, may cause the malfunctioning of certain non-IT systems, and may
result in a wide variety of adverse consequences to a company. In addition, Year
2000 problems that occur with third parties with which a company does business,
such as suppliers, computer vendors, distributors and others, may also adversely
affect any given company.
The integrity and reliability of Hartford Life's IT systems, as well as the
reliability of its non-IT systems, are integral aspects of Hartford Life's
business. Hartford Life issues insurance policies, annuities, mutual funds and
other financial products to individual and business customers, nearly all of
which contain date sensitive data, such as policy expiration dates, birth dates
and premium payment dates. In addition, various IT systems support
communications and other systems that integrate Hartford Life's various business
segments and field offices, including Hartford Life's foreign operations.
Hartford Life also has business relationships with numerous third parties that
affect virtually all aspects of Hartford Life's business, including, without
limitation, suppliers, computer hardware and software vendors, insurance agents
and brokers, securities broker-dealers and other distributors of financial
products, many of which provide date sensitive data to Hartford Life, and whose
operations are important to Hartford Life's business.
Internal Year 2000 Efforts and Timetable
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Beginning in 1990, Hartford Life began working on making its IT systems Year
2000 ready, either through installing new programs or replacing systems. Since
January 1998, Hartford Life's Year 2000 efforts have focused on the remaining
Year 2000 issues related to IT and non-IT systems in all of Hartford Life's
business segments. These Year 2000 efforts include the following five main
initiatives: (1) identifying and assessing Year 2000 issues; (2) taking actions
to remediate IT and non-IT systems so that they are Year 2000 ready; (3) testing
IT and non-IT systems for Year 2000 readiness; (4) deploying such remediated and
tested systems back into their respective production environments; and (5)
conducting internal and external integrated testing of such systems. As of
December 31, 1998, Hartford Life substantially completed initiatives (1) through
(4) of its internal Year 2000 efforts. Hartford Life has begun initiative (5)
and management currently anticipates that such activity will continue into the
fourth quarter of 1999.
Third Party Year 2000 Efforts and Timetable
Hartford Life's Year 2000 efforts include assessing the potential impact on
Hartford Life of third parties' Year 2000 readiness. Hartford Life's third party
Year 2000 efforts include the following three main initiatives: (1) identifying
third parties which have significant business relationships with Hartford Life,
including, without limitation, insurance agents, brokers, third party
administrators, banks and other distributors and servicers of financial
products, and inquiring of such third parties regarding their Year 2000
readiness; (2) evaluating such third parties' responses to Hartford Life's
inquiries; and (3) based on the evaluation of third party responses (or a third
party's failure to respond) and the significance of the business relationship,
conducting additional activities with respect to third parties as determined to
be necessary in each case. These activities may include conducting additional
inquiries, more in-depth evaluations of Year 2000 readiness and plans, and
integrated IT systems testing. Hartford Life has completed the first third party
initiative and, as of early 1999, had substantially completed evaluating third
party responses received. Hartford Life has begun conducting the additional
activities described in initiative (3) and management currently anticipates that
it will continue to do so through the end of 1999. However, notwithstanding
these third party Year 2000 efforts, Hartford Life does not have control over
these third parties and, as a result, Hartford Life cannot currently determine
to what extent future operating results may be adversely affected by the failure
of these third parties to adequately address their Year 2000 issues.
Year 2000 Costs
The costs of Hartford Life's Year 2000 program that were incurred through the
year ended December 31, 1997 were not material to Hartford Life's financial
condition or results of operations. The after-tax costs of Hartford Life's Year
2000 efforts for the year ended December 31, 1998 were approximately $4.
Management currently estimates that after-tax costs related to the Year 2000
program to be incurred in 1999 will be less than $10. These costs are being
expensed as incurred.
Risks and Contingency Plans
If significant Year 2000 problems arise, including problems arising with third
parties, failures of IT and non-IT systems could occur, which in turn could
result in substantial interruptions in Hartford Life's business. In addition,
Hartford Life's investing activities are an important aspect of its business and
Hartford Life may be exposed to the risk that issuers of investments held by it
will be adversely impacted by Year 2000 issues. Given the uncertain nature of
Year 2000 problems that may arise, especially those related to the readiness of
third parties discussed above, management cannot determine at this time whether
the consequences of Year 2000 related problems that could arise will have a
material impact on Hartford Life's financial condition or results of operations.
Hartford Life is in the process of developing certain contingency plans so that
if, despite its Year 2000 efforts, Year 2000 problems ultimately arise, the
impact of such problems may be avoided or minimized. These contingency plans are
being developed based on, among other things, known or reasonably anticipated
circumstances and potential vulnerabilities. The contingency planning also
includes assessing the dependency of Hartford Life's business on third parties
and their Year 2000 readiness. Hartford Life currently anticipates that internal
and external contingency plans will be substantially complete by the end of the
second quarter of 1999. However, in many contexts, Year 2000 issues are dynamic,
and ongoing assessments of business functions, vulnerabilities and risks must be
made. As such, new contingency plans may be needed in the future and/or existing
plans may need to be modified as circumstances warrant.
EFFECT OF INFLATION
The rate of inflation as measured by the change in the average consumer price
index has not had a material effect on the revenues or operating results of
Hartford Life during the three most recent fiscal years.
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
For a discussion of accounting standards, see Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements.
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
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The information called for by Item 7A is set forth in the Capital Markets Risk
Management section of the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
See Index to Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedules elsewhere herein.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF HARTFORD LIFE
Certain of the information called for by Item 10 is set forth in the definitive
proxy statement for the 1999 annual meeting of shareholders (the "Proxy
Statement") filed or to be filed by Hartford Life with the Securities and
Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by
this Form 10-K under the caption "Item 1. Election of Directors" and "The Board
of Directors and Its Committees" and is incorporated herein by reference.
Additional information required by Item 10 regarding Hartford Life's executive
officers is set forth in Item 1 of this Form 10-K under the caption "Executive
Officers of Hartford Life" and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The information called for by Item 11 is set forth in the Proxy Statement under
the captions "Compensation of Executive Officers", "The Board of Directors and
its Committees - Directors' Compensation" and "Compensation Committee Interlocks
and Insider Participation" and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT
The information called for by Item 12 is set forth in the Proxy Statement under
the caption "Stock Ownership of Directors, Executive Officers and Certain
Shareholders" and is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
The information called for by Item 13 is set forth in the Proxy Statement under
the caption "Certain Relationships with The Hartford" and is incorporated herein
by reference.
PART IV
ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) Documents filed as a part of this report:
1. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. See Index to Consolidated Financial
Statements and Schedules elsewhere herein.
2. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES. See Index to Consolidated
Financial Statement and Schedules elsewhere herein.
3. EXHIBITS. See Exhibit Index elsewhere herein.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K - None.
(c) See Item 14(a)(3).
(d) See Item 14(a)(2).
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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES
Page(s)
Report of Management F-1
Report of Independent Public Accountants F-2
Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996 F-3
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 F-4
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity for the years ended
December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996 F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 1998,
1997 and 1996 F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-7 - 27
Schedule I -- Summary of Investments - Other Than Investments in Affiliates S-1
Schedule II -- Condensed Financial Information of Hartford Life, Inc. S-2 - 3
Schedule III -- Supplementary Insurance Information S-4
Schedule IV -- Reinsurance S-5
Schedule V -- Valuation and Qualifying Accounts S-6
REPORT OF MANAGEMENT
The management of Hartford Life, Inc. (Hartford Life) is responsible for the
preparation and integrity of information contained in the accompanying
Consolidated Financial Statements and other sections of the Annual Report. The
Consolidated Financial Statements are prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, and, where necessary, include amounts that are
based on management's informed judgments and estimates. Management believes
these consolidated statements present fairly Hartford Life's financial position
and results of operations, and, that any other information contained in the
Annual Report is consistent with the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Management has made available Hartford Life's financial records and related data
to Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, in order for them to
perform an audit of Hartford Life's Consolidated Financial Statements. Their
report appears on page F-2.
An essential element in meeting management's financial responsibilities is
Hartford Life's system of internal controls. These controls, which include
accounting controls and the internal auditing program, are designed to provide
reasonable assurance that assets are safeguarded, and transactions are properly
authorized, executed and recorded. The controls, which are documented and
communicated to employees in the form of written codes of conduct and policies
and procedures, provide for careful selection of personnel and for appropriate
division of responsibility. Management continually monitors for compliance,
while Hartford Life's internal auditors independently assess the effectiveness
of the controls and make recommendations for improvement. Also, Arthur Andersen
LLP took into consideration Hartford Life's system of internal controls in
determining the nature, timing and extent of their audit tests.
Another important element is management's recognition of its responsibility for
fostering a strong, ethical climate, thereby ensuring that Hartford Life's
affairs are transacted according to the highest standards of personal and
professional conduct. Hartford Life has a long-standing reputation of integrity
in business conduct and utilizes communication and education to create and
fortify a strong compliance culture.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Hartford Life (the
"Committee"), composed of non-employee directors, meets periodically with the
external and internal auditors to evaluate the effectiveness of work performed
by them in discharging their respective responsibilities and to ensure their
independence and free access to the Committee.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
TO HARTFORD LIFE, INC.:
We have audited the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets of Hartford Life,
Inc. (Hartford Life) (a Delaware corporation) and subsidiaries as of December
31, 1998 and 1997, and the related Consolidated Statements of Income, Changes in
Stockholders' Equity and Cash Flows for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 1998. These Consolidated Financial Statements and the
schedules referred to below are the responsibility of Hartford Life's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial
statements and schedules based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the Consolidated Financial Statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Hartford Life and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 1998 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole. The schedules listed in the Index to
Consolidated Financial Statements and Schedules are presented for the purpose of
complying with the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and are not part
of the basic financial statements. These schedules have been subjected to the
auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and,
in our opinion, fairly state in all material respects the financial data
required to be set forth therein in relation to the basic financial statements
taken as a whole.
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
January 26, 1999
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HARTFORD LIFE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
For the years ended December 31,
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(In millions, except for per share data) 1998 1997 1996
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REVENUES
Premiums and other considerations $3,833 $3,163 $ 3,069
Net investment income 1,955 1,536 1,534
Net realized capital losses -- -- (219)
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TOTAL REVENUES 5,788 4,699 4,384
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BENEFITS, CLAIMS AND EXPENSES
Benefits, claims and claim adjustment expenses 3,227 2,671 2,727
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs 441 345 241
Dividends to policyholders 330 241 635
Interest expense 58 58 55
Other expenses 1,147 904 695
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TOTAL BENEFITS, CLAIMS AND EXPENSES 5,203 4,219 4,353
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INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE 585 480 31
Income tax expense 199 174 7
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NET INCOME $ 386 $ 306 $ 24
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Basic earnings per share (1) $ 2.76 $ 2.28 $ 0.19
Diluted earnings per share (1) $ 2.75 $ 2.28 $ 0.19
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Weighted average common shares outstanding (1) 140.0 134.0 125.0
Weighted average common shares outstanding and
dilutive potential common shares (1) 140.2 134.1 125.0
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Cash dividends declared per share (2) $ 0.36 $ 0.18 $ --
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(1) Pro forma in 1997 and 1996; see Note 10 of Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements for further explanation.
(2) Cash dividends declared exclude amounts paid to the Company's parent prior
to the Company's Initial Public Offering (May 22, 1997).
SEE NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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HARTFORD LIFE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
As of December 31,
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(In millions, except for share data) 1998 1997
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ASSETS
Investments
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value
(amortized cost of $17,271 and $16,475) $ 17,692 $ 16,848
Equity securities, at fair value 140 181
Policy loans, at outstanding balance 6,687 3,759
Other investments, at cost 363 182
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Total investments 24,882 20,970
Cash 36 88
Premiums receivable and agents' balances 166 147
Reinsurance recoverables 900 5,765
Deferred policy acquisition costs 3,842 3,361
Deferred income tax 456 397
Other assets 1,112 890
Separate account assets 90,628 69,362
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TOTAL ASSETS $ 122,022 $ 100,980
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LIABILITIES
Future policy benefits $ 5,717 $ 4,939
Other policyholder funds 19,767 21,139
Short-term debt -- 50
Long-term debt 650 650
Company obligated mandatorily redeemable preferred securities
of subsidiary trust holding solely parent junior
subordinated debentures 250 --
Other liabilities 2,517 2,696
Separate account liabilities 90,628 69,362
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TOTAL LIABILITIES 119,529 98,836
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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Class A common stock - 600,000,000 shares authorized;
26,077,320 and 26,061,837 shares issued, par value $0.01 -- --
Class B common stock - 600,000,000 shares authorized;
114,000,000 shares issued and outstanding, par value $0.01 1 1
Capital surplus 1,281 1,283
Treasury stock, at cost - 161,984 and 35,684 shares (9) (1)
Accumulated other comprehensive income
Net unrealized capital gains on securities, net of tax 263 237
Cumulative translation adjustments (7) (4)
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Total accumulated other comprehensive income 256 233
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Retained earnings 964 628
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TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY 2,493 2,144
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY $ 122,022 $ 100,980
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SEE NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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HARTFORD LIFE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
ACCUMULATED OTHER
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
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NET
UNREALIZED
CAPITAL
GAINS
(LOSSES)
CLASS A CLASS B TREASURY ON CUMULATIVE TOTAL
COMMON COMMON CAPITAL STOCK, SECURITIES, TRANSLATION RETAINED STOCKHOLDERS
(In millions) STOCK STOCK SURPLUS AT COST NET OF TAX ADJUSTMENTS EARNINGS EQUITY
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1998
Balance, December 31, 1997 $ -- $1 $ 1,283 $ (1) $ 237 $(4) $ 628 $ 2,144
Comprehensive income
Net income -- - -- -- -- -- 386 386
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Other comprehensive income, net of
tax (1)
Changes in net unrealized
capital gains on securities (2) -- - -- -- 26 -- -- 26
Cumulative translation
adjustments -- - -- -- -- (3) -- (3)
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Total other comprehensive income 23
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Total comprehensive income 409
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Dividends -- - -- -- -- -- (50) (50)
Issuance of shares under incentive
and stock purchase plans -- - (2) 7 -- -- -- 5
Treasury stock acquired -- - -- (15) -- -- -- (15)
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BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1998 $ -- $1 $ 1,281 $ (9) $ 263 $(7) $ 964 $ 2,493
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1997
Balance, December 31, 1996 $ -- $- $ 585 $ -- $ 29 $(3) $ 663 $ 1,274
Comprehensive income
Net income -- - -- -- -- -- 306 306
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Other comprehensive income, net of
tax (1) Changes in net unrealized
capital gains on securities (2) -- - -- -- 208 -- -- 208
Cumulative translation
adjustments -- - -- -- -- (1) -- (1)
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Total other comprehensive income 207
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Total comprehensive income 513
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Issuance of Class A Common Stock -- - 687 -- -- -- -- 687
Conversion to Class B Common Stock -- 1 (1) -- -- -- -- --
Capital contribution -- - 12 -- -- -- -- 12
Dividends -- - -- -- -- -- (341) (341)
Issuance of shares under incentive
and
stock purchase plans -- - -- 3 -- -- -- 3
Treasury stock acquired -- - -- (4) -- -- -- (4)
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BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1997 $ -- $1 $ 1,283 $ (1) $ 237 $(4) $ 628 $ 2,144
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1996
Balance, December 31, 1995 $ -- $- $ 585 $ -- $ (44) $(3) $ 639 $ 1,177
Comprehensive income
Net income -- - -- -- -- -- 24 24
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Other comprehensive income, net of
tax (1)
Changes in net unrealized
capital gains
(losses) on securities (2) -- - -- -- 73 -- -- 73
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Total other comprehensive income 73
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Total comprehensive income 97
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BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 1996 $ -- $- $ 585 $ -- $ 29 $(3) $ 663 $ 1,274
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(1) Net unrealized capital gains on securities is reflected net of tax of $14,
$112 and $39 as of December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively. There
is no tax effect on cumulative translation adjustments.
(2) There was no reclassification adjustment for after-tax gains (losses)
realized in net income for the years ended December 31, 1998 and 1997.
December 31, 1996 is net of a $142 reclassification adjustment for
after-tax losses realized in net income.
SEE NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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HARTFORD LIFE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the years ended December 31,
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(In millions) 1998 1997 1996
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OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income $ 386 $ 306 $ 24
ADJUSTMENTS TO RECONCILE NET INCOME TO NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING
ACTIVITIES
Depreciation and amortization 30 23 12
Net realized capital losses -- -- 219
(Increase) decrease in premiums receivable and agents' balances (19) 23 (13)
(Decrease) increase in other liabilities (4) 258 433
Change in receivables, payables and accruals 67 77 2
Increase (decrease) in accrued taxes 43 143 (90)
(Increase) decrease in deferred income tax (71) 37 (137)
Increase in deferred policy acquisition costs (481) (561) (580)
Increase in future policy benefits 778 956 472
Increase in reinsurance recoverables and other related assets (62) (115) (4)
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NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES 667 1,147 338
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INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchases of investments (7,846) (8,499) (7,438)
Sales of investments 6,247 5,360 4,604
Maturity of investments 1,885 2,513 2,890
Purchases of affiliates and other (199) (24) 2
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NET CASH PROVIDED BY (USED FOR) INVESTING ACTIVITIES 87 (650) 58
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES
(Decrease) increase in short-term debt (50) 50 --
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt -- 650 --
(Decrease) increase in allocated advances from parent -- (893) 115
Proceeds from issuance of company obligated mandatorily
redeemable preferred securities of subsidiary trust holding solely
parent junior subordinated debentures 250 -- --
Dividends paid (38) (329) (19)
Net disbursements for investment and universal life-type contracts charged
against policyholder accounts (957) (644) (490)
Net proceeds from the sale of common stock -- 687 --
Acquisition of treasury stock, net (8) (1) --
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NET CASH USED FOR FINANCING ACTIVITIES (803) (480) (394)
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Net (decrease) increase in cash (49) 17 2
Impact of foreign exchange (3) (1) --
Cash - beginning of year 88 72 70
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CASH - END OF YEAR $ 36 $ 88 $ 72
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SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
NET CASH PAID DURING THE YEAR FOR
Income taxes $ 257 $ 45 $ 166
Interest $ 54 $ 55 $ 55
NONCASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Capital contribution $ -- $ 12 $ --
Increase in allocated advances from parent for other assets $ -- $ -- $ 46
In 1998, due to the recapture of an in force block of business previously ceded
to MBL Life Assurance Co. of New Jersey, reinsurance recoverables of $4,546 were
exchanged for the fair value of assets comprised of $4,354 in policy loans and
$192 in other assets.
SEE NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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HARTFORD LIFE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Dollar amounts in millions, except for share data, unless otherwise stated)
1. ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
Hartford Life, Inc. (a Delaware corporation) together with its consolidated
subsidiaries ("Hartford Life" or the "Company") is a leading financial services
and insurance organization which provides, primarily in the United States, pre-
and post-retirement savings and mutual funds, estate planning and employee
benefits products. Hartford Life was formed on December 13, 1996 and capitalized
on December 16, 1996 with the contribution of all the outstanding common stock
of Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company (HLA). Pursuant to an initial
public offering ("IPO" or "the Offering") of 26 million shares of the Company's
Class A Common Stock on May 22, 1997, Hartford Life became a publicly traded
company (see Note 3). The Company is a direct subsidiary of Hartford Accident
and Indemnity Company (HA&I) and is ultimately a subsidiary of The Hartford
Financial Services Group, Inc. (The Hartford). On December 19, 1995, ITT
Industries, Inc. (formerly ITT Corporation) (ITT) distributed all the
outstanding shares of capital stock of The Hartford to ITT stockholders of
record on such date (the transactions relating to such distribution are referred
to herein as the "ITT Spin-off"). As a result of the ITT Spin-off, The Hartford
became an independent, publicly traded company. Hartford Life, Inc. is a holding
company and as such has no material business of its own.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
(a) BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements present the financial
position, results of operations and cash flows of Hartford Life, Inc. and
subsidiaries, including HLA, on the basis of historical cost, in a manner
similar to pooling of interests accounting. HLA owns all outstanding shares of
ITT Hartford Life Insurance Company of Canada, Hartford Financial Services, LLC
and Hartford Life Insurance Company, which in turn owns all outstanding shares
of Hartford Life and Annuity Insurance Company and Hartford International Life
Reassurance Corporation.
These financial statements present the financial position, results of operations
and cash flows of Hartford Life as if it were a separate entity for all periods
presented. All material intercompany transactions and balances between Hartford
Life, its subsidiaries and affiliates have been eliminated. The Consolidated
Financial Statements are prepared on the basis of generally accepted accounting
principles which differ materially from the statutory accounting practices
prescribed by various insurance regulatory authorities.
The preparation of financial statements, in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles, requires management to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and
the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
Actual results could differ from those estimates. The most significant estimates
include those used in determining deferred policy acquisition costs and the
liability for future policy benefits and other policyholder funds. Although some
variability is inherent in these estimates, management believes the amounts
provided are adequate.
Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year financial information to
conform to the current year presentation.
(b) CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
In November 1998, the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) reached consensus on
Issue No. 98-15, "Structured Notes Acquired for a Specific Investment Strategy".
This EITF issue requires companies to account for structured notes acquired for
a specific investment strategy, as a unit. Affected companies that entered into
these notes prior to September 25, 1998 are required to either restate prior
period financial statements to conform with the prescribed unit accounting model
or disclose the related impact on earnings for all periods presented and
cumulatively over the life of the instruments had the registrant accounted for
the structure as a unit. Based upon recently prescribed current generally
accepted accounting principles for such types of transactions entered into after
September 24, 1998, there was no additional earnings impact to the Company
related to combined structured note transactions. As of December 31, 1998, the
Company does not hold any combined structured notes.
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In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities". The new standard establishes accounting and
reporting guidance for derivative instruments, including certain derivative
instruments embedded in other contracts. The standard requires, among other
things, that all derivatives be carried on the balance sheet at fair value. The
standard also specifies hedge accounting criteria under which a derivative can
qualify for special accounting. In order to receive special accounting, the
derivative instrument must qualify as either a hedge of the fair value or the
variability of the cash flow of a qualified asset or liability. Special
accounting for qualifying hedges provides for matching the timing of gain or
loss recognition on the hedging instrument with the recognition of the
corresponding changes in value of the hedged item. SFAS No. 133 will be
effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 1999. Initial application
for Hartford Life will begin for the first quarter of the year 2000. While
Hartford Life is currently in the process of quantifying the impact of SFAS No.
133, the Company is reviewing its derivative holdings in order to take actions
needed to minimize potential volatility, while at the same time maintaining the
economic protection needed to support the goals of its business.
In March 1998, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
issued Statement of Position (SOP) No. 98-1, "Accounting for the Costs of
Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use". The SOP provides
guidance on accounting for the costs of internal use software and in determining
whether the software is for internal use. The SOP defines internal use software
as software that is acquired, internally developed, or modified solely to meet
internal needs and identifies stages of software development and accounting for
the related costs incurred during the stages. This statement is effective for
fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1998 and is not expected to have a
material impact on the Company's financial condition or results of operations.
Effective January 1, 1998, the Company adopted SFAS No. 130, "Reporting
Comprehensive Income", which establishes standards for reporting and display of
comprehensive income and its components in a full set of general purpose
financial statements. The objective of this statement is to report a measure of
all changes in equity of an enterprise that result from transactions and other
economic events of the period other than transactions with owners. Comprehensive
income is the total of net income and all other non-owner changes in equity.
Accordingly, the Company has reported comprehensive income in the Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity.
In December 1997, the AICPA issued SOP No. 97-3, "Accounting by Insurance and
Other Enterprises for Insurance Related Assessments". This SOP provides guidance
on accounting by insurance and other enterprises for assessments related to
insurance activities. Specifically, the SOP provides guidance on when a guaranty
fund or other assessment should be recognized, how to measure the liability, and
what information should be disclosed. This SOP will be effective for fiscal
years beginning after December 15, 1998. Adoption of SOP 97-3 is not expected to
have a material impact on the Company's financial condition or results of
operations.
In June 1997, the FASB issued SFAS No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an
Enterprise and Related Information". The new standard requires public business
enterprises to disclose certain financial and descriptive information about
reportable operating segments in annual financial statements and in condensed
financial statements of interim periods. Operating segments are components of an
enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is
evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker deciding how to
allocate resources and assessing performance. SFAS No. 131 also establishes
standards for related disclosures about products and services, geographic areas
and major customers. The Company adopted SFAS No. 131 in 1998. For additional
information, see Note 17.
In February 1997, the FASB issued SFAS No. 128, "Earnings per Share". This
statement established new standards for computing and presenting earnings per
share (EPS) and applies to entities with publicly held common stock or potential
common stock. This statement simplifies the standards for computing earnings per
share previously found in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 15, "Earnings
per Share", and makes them comparable to international EPS standards. It
replaces the presentation of primary EPS with the presentation of basic EPS. It
also requires dual presentation of basic and diluted EPS on the face of the
income statement for all entities with complex capital structures and requires a
reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the basic EPS computation to
the numerator and denominator of the diluted EPS computation. This statement is
effective for financial statements for both interim and annual periods ending
after December 15, 1997. For additional information, see Note 10.
On November 14, 1996, the EITF reached a consensus on Issue No. 96-12,
"Recognition of Interest Income and Balance Sheet Classification of Structured
Notes". This EITF issue requires companies to record income on certain
structured securities on a retrospective interest method. The Company adopted
EITF No. 96-12 for structured securities acquired after November 14, 1996.
Adoption of EITF No. 96-12 did not have a material effect on the Company's
financial condition or results of operations.
In June 1996, the FASB issued SFAS No. 125, "Accounting for Transfers and
Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishment of Liabilities", which is
effective for transfers and servicing of financial assets and extinguishments of
liabilities occurring after December 31, 1996. This statement established
criteria for determining whether transferred assets should be accounted for as
sales or secured borrowings. Adoption of SFAS No. 125 did not have a material
effect on the Company's financial condition or results of operations.
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Effective January 1, 1996, Hartford Life adopted SFAS No. 121, "Accounting for
the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of
". This statement establishes accounting standards for the impairment of
long-lived assets, certain identifiable intangibles and goodwill related to
those assets to be held and used and for long-lived assets and certain
identifiable intangibles to be disposed. Adoption of SFAS No. 121 did not have a
material effect on the Company's financial condition or results of operations.
The Company's cash flows were not impacted by these changes in accounting
principles.
(c) REVENUE RECOGNITION
Revenues for investment products and universal life-type policies consist of
policy charges for policy administration, cost of insurance and surrender
charges assessed to policy account balances and are recognized in the period in
which services are provided. Premiums for traditional life insurance and
disability policies are recognized as revenues when they are due from
policyholders.
(d) FUTURE POLICY BENEFITS AND OTHER POLICYHOLDER FUNDS
Liabilities for future policy benefits are computed by the net level premium
method using interest rate assumptions varying from 3% to 11% and withdrawal and
mortality assumptions appropriate at the time the policies were issued. Claim
reserves, which are the result of sales of group long-term and short-term
disability, stop loss and Medicare Supplement, are stated at amounts determined
by estimates on individual cases and estimates of unreported claims based on
past experience. Liabilities for universal life-type and investment contracts
are stated at policyholder account values before surrender charges.
(e) INVESTMENTS
Hartford Life's investments in fixed maturities include bonds and commercial
paper which are considered "available for sale" and accordingly are carried at
fair value with the after-tax difference from cost reflected as a component of
stockholders' equity designated "net unrealized capital gains (losses) on
securities, net of tax". Equity securities, which include common and
non-redeemable preferred stocks, are carried at fair values with the after-tax
difference from cost reflected in stockholders' equity. Policy loans are carried
at outstanding balance which approximates fair value. Realized capital gains and
losses on security transactions associated with the Company's immediate
participation guaranteed contracts are excluded from revenues and deferred over
the expected maturity of the securities, since under the terms of the contracts
the realized gains and losses will be credited to policyholders in future years
as they are entitled to receive them. Net realized capital gains and losses,
excluding those related to immediate participation guaranteed contracts, are
reported as a component of revenue and are determined on a specific
identification basis.
The Company's accounting policy for impairment requires recognition of an other
than temporary impairment charge on a security if it is determined that the
Company is unable to recover all amounts due under the contractual obligations
of the security. In addition, for securities expected to be sold, an other than
temporary impairment charge is recognized if the Company does not expect the
fair value of a security to recover to cost or amortized cost prior to the
expected date of sale. Once an impairment charge has been recorded, the Company
then continues to review the other than temporarily impaired securities for
additional impairment, if necessary.
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(f) DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
Hartford Life uses a variety of derivative instruments, including swaps, caps,
floors, forwards and exchange traded financial futures and options as part of an
overall risk management strategy. These instruments are used as a means of
hedging exposure to price, foreign currency and/or interest rate risk on planned
investment purchases or existing assets and liabilities. Hartford Life does not
hold or issue derivative instruments for trading purposes. Hartford Life's
accounting for derivative instruments used to manage risk is in accordance with
the concepts established in SFAS No. 80, "Accounting for Futures Contracts",
SFAS No. 52, "Foreign Currency Translation", AICPA SOP 86-2, "Accounting for
Options" and various EITF pronouncements. Written options are used, in all cases
in conjunction with other assets and derivatives, as part of the Company's asset
and liability management strategy. Derivative instruments are carried at values
consistent with the asset or liability being hedged. Derivative instruments used
to hedge fixed maturities or equity securities are carried at fair value with
the after-tax difference from cost reflected in stockholders' equity. Derivative
instruments used to hedge other invested assets or liabilities are carried at
cost. For a discussion of SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments
and Hedging Activities", issued in June 1998, see (b) Changes in Accounting
Principles.
Derivative instruments must be designated at inception as a hedge and measured
for effectiveness both at inception and on an ongoing basis. Hartford Life's
correlation threshold for hedge designation is 80% to 120%. If correlation,
which is assessed monthly and measured based on a rolling three month average,
falls outside the 80% to 120% range, hedge accounting will be terminated.
Derivative instruments used to create a synthetic asset must meet synthetic
accounting criteria, including designation at inception and consistency of terms
between the synthetic and the instrument being replicated. Consistent with
industry practice, synthetic instruments are accounted for like the financial
instrument they are intended to replicate. Derivative instruments which fail to
meet risk management criteria, subsequent to acquisition, are marked to market
with the impact reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Income.
Gains or losses on financial futures contracts entered into in anticipation of
the investment of future receipt of product cash flows are deferred and, at the
time of the ultimate investment purchase, reflected as an adjustment to the cost
basis of the purchased asset. Gains or losses on futures used in invested asset
risk management are deferred and adjusted into the cost basis of the hedged
asset when the contract futures are closed, except for futures used in duration
hedging which are deferred and basis adjusted on a quarterly basis. The basis
adjustments are amortized into net investment income over the remaining asset
life.
Open forward commitment contracts are marked to market through stockholders'
equity. Such contracts are accounted for at settlement by recording the purchase
of the specified securities at the previously committed price. Gains or losses
resulting from the termination of forward commitment contracts before the
delivery of the securities are recognized immediately in the Consolidated
Statements of Income as a component of net investment income.
The cost of options entered into as part of a risk management strategy are basis
adjusted to the underlying asset or liability and amortized over the remaining
life of the option. Gains or losses on expiration or termination are adjusted
into the basis of the underlying asset or liability and amortized over the
remaining asset life.
Interest rate swaps involve the periodic exchange of payments without the
exchange of underlying principal or notional amounts. Net receipts or payments
are accrued and recognized over the life of the swap agreement as an adjustment
to investment income. Should the swap be terminated, the gain or loss is
adjusted into the basis of the asset or liability and amortized over the
remaining life. Should the hedged asset be sold or liability terminated without
terminating the swap position, any swap gains or losses are immediately
recognized in net investment income. Interest rate swaps purchased in
anticipation of an asset purchase (anticipatory transaction) are recognized
consistent with the underlying asset components such that the settlement
component is recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Income while the
change in market value is recognized as an unrealized capital gain or loss.
Premiums paid on purchased floor or cap agreements and the premium received on
issued cap or floor agreements (used for risk management) are adjusted into the
basis of the applicable asset and amortized over the asset life. Gains or losses
on termination of such positions are adjusted into the basis of the asset or
liability and amortized over the remaining asset life. Net payments are
recognized as an adjustment to income or basis adjusted and amortized depending
on the specific hedge strategy.
Forward exchange contracts and foreign currency swaps are accounted for in
accordance with SFAS No. 52. Changes in the spot rate of instruments designated
as hedges of the net investment in a foreign subsidiary are reflected in the
cumulative translation adjustments component of stockholders' equity. Cash flows
from futures, options, and swaps, accounted for as hedges, are included with the
cash flows of the item being hedged.
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(g) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
Hartford Life maintains separate account assets and liabilities which are
reported at fair value. Separate account assets are segregated from other
investments. Separate accounts reflect two categories of risk assumption:
non-guaranteed separate accounts, wherein the policyholder assumes the
investment risk and rewards, and guaranteed separate account assets, wherein the
Company contractually guarantees either a minimum return or account value to the
policyholder.
(h) DEFERRED POLICY ACQUISITION COSTS
Policy acquisition costs, which include commissions and certain underwriting
expenses associated with acquiring business, are deferred and amortized over the
estimated lives of the contracts, usually 20 years. Generally, acquisition costs
are deferred and amortized using the retrospective deposit method. Under the
retrospective deposit method, acquisition costs are amortized in proportion to
the present value of expected gross profits from surrender charges, investment
charges, mortality and expense margins. Actual gross profits can vary from
management's estimates resulting in increases or decreases in the rate of
amortization. Management periodically updates these estimates, when appropriate,
and evaluates the recoverability of the deferred acquisition cost asset. When
appropriate, management revises its assumptions on the estimated gross profits
of these contracts and the cumulative amortization for the books of business are
re-estimated and adjusted by a cumulative charge or credit to income.
Acquisition costs and their related deferral are included in the Company's other
expenses as follows:
1998 1997 1996
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Commissions $ 1,202 $ 1,073 $ 949
Deferred acquisition costs (908) (881) (836)
Other 853 712 582
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Total other expenses $ 1,147 $ 904 $ 695
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(i) CLAIM RESERVES
The following table displays the development of claim reserves (included in
future policy benefits on the Consolidated Balance Sheets) resulting primarily
from group disability products as of December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996:
1998 1997 1996
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CLAIM RESERVES, JANUARY 1 $ 1,746 $ 1,496 $ 1,254
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Less: Reinsurance recoverables, January 1 71 53 35
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Incurred expenses related to:
Current year 902 890 799
Prior years (48) (51) (66)
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Total incurred 854 839 733
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Paid expenses related to:
Current year 334 274 236
Prior years 382 333 273
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Total paid 716 607 509
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Add: Reinsurance recoverables, December 31 125 71 53
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CLAIM RESERVES, DECEMBER 31 $ 1,938 $ 1,746 $ 1,496
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(j) FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION
Foreign currency translation gains and losses are reflected in stockholders'
equity. Balance sheet accounts are translated at the exchange rates in effect at
each year end and income statement accounts are translated at the average rates
of exchange prevailing during the year. The national currencies of international
operations are generally their functional currencies.
(k) DIVIDENDS TO POLICYHOLDERS
Certain life insurance policies contain dividend payment provisions that enable
the policyholder to participate in the earnings on that participating block of
business of the life insurance subsidiaries of the Company. The participating
insurance in force accounted for 44%, 33% and 25% in 1998, 1997 and 1996,
respectively, of total insurance in force.
3. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
Pursuant to the Offering on May 22, 1997, Hartford Life sold to the public 26
million shares of Class A Common Stock at $28.25 per share and received
proceeds, net of offering expenses, of $687. Of the proceeds, $527 was used to
retire promissory notes outstanding and the line of credit discussed in Note 7,
and the remaining $160 was contributed to the Company's insurance subsidiaries
to be used for growth in the Company's core businesses.
The 26 million shares sold in the Offering represented approximately 18.6% of
the equity ownership in Hartford Life and approximately 4.4% of the combined
voting power of Hartford Life's Class A and Class B Common Stock. The Hartford
owns all of the 114 million outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock of
Hartford Life, representing approximately 81.4% of the equity ownership in the
Company and approximately 95.6% of the combined voting power of Hartford Life's
Class A and Class B Common Stock. Holders of Class A Common Stock generally have
identical rights to the holders of Class B Common Stock except that the holders
of Class A Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share while holders of
Class B Common Stock are entitled to five votes per share on all matters
submitted to a vote of the Company's stockholders.
On April 3, 1997, the Company reclassified the authorized shares of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company into Class B Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share (the "Class B Common Stock"), and authorized Class A
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Class A Common Stock") and
preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Preferred Stock").
Holders of Class A Common Stock are entitled to receive ratably such dividends,
if any, as may be declared by the Board of Directors, subject to any
preferential dividend rights of any outstanding Preferred Stock, and generally
have identical voting rights and vote together (not as separate classes), except
that holders of Class A Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share while
holders of Class B Common Stock are entitled to five votes per share. Also, each
share of Class B Common Stock is convertible into a share of Class A Common
Stock (a) upon the transfer of such share of Class B Common Stock by the holder
thereof to a non-affiliate (except where the shares of Class B Common Stock so
transferred represent 50% or more of all the outstanding shares of common stock,
calculated without regard to the difference in voting rights between the classes
of common stock) or (b) in the event that the number of shares of outstanding
Class B Common Stock is less than 50% of all the common stock then outstanding.
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4. INVESTMENTS AND DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
For the years ended December 31,
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1998 1997 1996
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(a) COMPONENTS OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME
Interest income from fixed maturities $ 1,129 $ 1,094 $ 1,040
Interest income from policy loans 789 425 477
Income from other investments 53 35 32
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Gross investment income 1,971 1,554 1,549
Less: Investment expenses 16 18 15
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NET INVESTMENT INCOME $ 1,955 $ 1,536 $ 1,534
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(b) COMPONENTS OF NET REALIZED CAPITAL GAINS (LOSSES)
Fixed maturities $ (31) $ (11) $ (214)
Equity securities 21 12 2
Real estate and other 10 (1) (4)
Less: Decrease in liability to policyholders for realized capital gains -- -- (3)
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NET REALIZED CAPITAL LOSSES $ -- $ -- $ (219)
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(c) NET UNREALIZED CAPITAL GAINS (LOSSES) ON EQUITY SECURITIES
Gross unrealized capital gains $ 17 $ 22 $ 7
Gross unrealized capital losses (1) -- (1)
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Net unrealized capital gains 16 22 6
Deferred income tax expense 5 8 2
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Net unrealized capital gains, net of tax 11 14 4
Balance - beginning of year 14 4 2
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NET CHANGE IN UNREALIZED CAPITAL GAINS ON EQUITY SECURITIES $ (3) $ 10 $ 2
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(d) NET UNREALIZED CAPITAL GAINS (LOSSES) ON FIXED MATURITIES
Gross unrealized capital gains $ 546 $ 461 $ 425
Gross unrealized capital losses (125) (88) (373)
Unrealized capital gains credited to policyholders (32) (30) (13)
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Net unrealized capital gains 389 343 39
Deferred income tax expense 137 120 14
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Net unrealized capital gains, net of tax 252 223 25
Balance - beginning of year 223 25 (46)
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NET CHANGE IN UNREALIZED CAPITAL GAINS (LOSSES) ON FIXED MATURITIES $ 29 $ 198 $ 71
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(e) FIXED MATURITY INVESTMENTS
As of December 31, 1998
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Gross Gross
Amortized Unrealized Unrealized
Cost Gains Losses Fair Value
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U.S. Government and Government agencies and authorities
(guaranteed and sponsored) $ 164 $ 2 $ -- $ 166
U.S. Government and Government agencies and authorities
(guaranteed and sponsored) - asset-backed 1,138 24 (8) 1,154
States, municipalities and political subdivisions 1,107 33 (1) 1,139
International governments 497 43 (10) 530
Public utilities 935 37 (3) 969
All other corporate including international 6,170 320 (47) 6,443
All other corporate - asset backed 4,654 74 (47) 4,681
Short-term investments 2,017 1 (1) 2,017
Certificates of deposit 584 12 (8) 588
Redeemable preferred stock 5 - - 5
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TOTAL FIXED MATURITIES $17,271 $546 $(125) $17,692
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As of December 31, 1997
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Gross Gross
Amortized Unrealized Unrealized
Cost Gains Losses Fair Value
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U.S. Government and Government agencies and authorities
(guaranteed and sponsored) $ 239 $ 3 $ (1) $ 241
U.S. Government and Government agencies and authorities
(guaranteed and sponsored) - asset-backed 1,366 70 (36) 1,400
States, municipalities and political subdivisions 429 10 (1) 438
International governments 472 33 (3) 502
Public utilities 989 30 (3) 1,016
All other corporate including international 6,058 252 (29) 6,281
All other corporate - asset backed 4,855 53 (10) 4,898
Short-term investments 1,394 -- -- 1,394
Certificates of deposit 668 10 (5) 673
Redeemable preferred stock 5 -- -- 5
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TOTAL FIXED MATURITIES $16,475 $461 $(88) $16,848
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The amortized cost and estimated fair value of fixed maturity investments as of
December 31, 1998 by estimated maturity year are shown below. Expected
maturities differ from contractual maturities due to call or prepayment
provisions. Asset backed securities, including mortgage backed securities and
collateralized mortgage obligations, are distributed to maturity year based on
the Company's estimates of the rate of future prepayments of principal over the
remaining lives of the securities. These estimates are developed using
prepayment speeds provided in broker consensus data. Such estimates are derived
from prepayment speeds experienced at the interest rate levels projected for the
applicable underlying collateral and can be expected to vary from actual
experience.
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MATURITY Amortized Cost Fair Value
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One year or less $ 3,297 $ 3,319
Over one year through five years 5,326 5,404
Over five years through ten years 4,008 4,125
Over ten years 4,640 4,844
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TOTAL $17,271 $17,692
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Sales of fixed maturities, excluding short-term fixed maturities, for the years
ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996 resulted in proceeds of $4.4 billion,
$5.2 billion and $4.0 billion, gross realized capital gains of $121, $175 and
$102, gross realized capital losses (including writedowns) of $152, $186 and
$316, respectively. In 1996, gross realized capital losses includes an other
than temporary impairment of $137 related to the Company's block of guaranteed
investment contract business written prior to 1995, which could not recover to
amortized cost prior to sale. Sales of equity security investments for the years
ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996 resulted in proceeds of $39, $132 and $74
and gross realized capital gains of $21, $12 and $2, respectively, and no gross
realized capital losses for all periods.
(f) CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK
The Company is not exposed to any significant concentration of credit risk in
fixed maturities of a single issuer greater than 10% of stockholders' equity.
(g) DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
Hartford Life utilizes a variety of derivative instruments, including swaps,
caps, floors, forwards and exchange traded futures and options, in accordance
with Company policy and in order to achieve one of three Company approved
objectives: to hedge risk arising from interest rate, price or currency exchange
rate volatility; to manage liquidity; or, to control transactions costs. The
Company utilizes derivative instruments to manage market risk through four
principal risk management strategies: hedging anticipated transactions, hedging
liability instruments, hedging invested assets and hedging portfolios of assets
and/or liabilities. Hartford Life does not trade in these instruments for the
express purpose of earning trading profits.
The Company maintains a derivatives counterparty exposure policy which
establishes market-based credit limits, favors long-term financial stability and
creditworthiness, and typically requires credit enhancement/credit risk reducing
agreements. Credit risk is measured as the amount owed to Hartford Life based on
current market conditions and potential payment obligations between the Company
and its counterparties. Credit exposures are quantified weekly and netted, and
collateral is pledged to or held by the Company to the extent the current value
of derivatives exceeds exposure policy thresholds.
The Company's derivative program is monitored by an internal compliance unit and
is reviewed by senior management and Hartford Life's Finance Committee of the
Board of Directors. Notional amounts, which represent the basis upon which pay
or receive amounts are calculated and are not reflective of credit risk,
pertaining to derivative financial instruments (excluding the Company's
guaranteed separate account derivative investments), totaled $7.6 billion and
$7.7 billion ($4.9 billion and $5.6 billion related to the Company's
investments, $2.7 billion and $2.1 billion on the Company's liabilities) as of
December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
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The tables below provide a summary of derivative instruments held by Hartford
Life as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, segregated by major investment and
liability category:
1998 AMOUNT HEDGED (NOTIONAL AMOUNTS)
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Total Purchased Interest Foreign Total
Carrying Issued Caps Caps & Futures Rate Currency Notional
ASSETS HEDGED Value & Floors Floors (2) Swaps Swaps (3) Amount
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Asset backed securities (excluding
inverse floaters and anticipatory) $ 5,811 $ -- $203 $ 3 $1,084 $ -- $1,290
Inverse floaters (1) 24 44 55 -- -- -- 99
Anticipatory (4) -- -- -- -- 712 -- 712
Other bonds and notes 9,738 461 597 18 1,599 93 2,768
Short-term investments 2,119 -- -- -- -- -- --
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TOTAL FIXED MATURITIES 17,692 505 855 21 3,395 93 4,869
Equity securities, policy loans and
other investments 7,190 -- -- -- -- -- --
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS $24,882 505 855 21 3,395 93 4,869
OTHER POLICYHOLDER FUNDS $19,767 1,100 50 -- 1,592 -- 2,742
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TOTAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS - NOTIONAL VALUE $ 1,605 $905 $21 $4,987 $ 93 $7,611
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TOTAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS - FAIR VALUE $ (6) $ 19 $-- $ 55 $ (7) $ 61
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1997 AMOUNT HEDGED (NOTIONAL AMOUNTS)
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Total Purchased Interest Foreign Total
Carrying Issued Caps Caps & Futures Rate Currency Notional
ASSETS HEDGED Value & Floors Floors (2) Swaps Swaps (3) Amount
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Asset backed securities (excluding
inverse floaters and anticipatory) $ 6,222 $ 500 $1,419 $28 $ 343 $ -- $2,290
Inverse floaters (1) 75 47 80 -- 25 -- 152
Anticipatory (4) -- -- -- 19 236 -- 255
Other bonds and notes 9,156 497 596 22 1,721 94 2,930
Short-term investments 1,395 -- -- -- -- -- --
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TOTAL FIXED MATURITIES 16,848 1,044 2,095 69 2,325 94 5,627
Equity securities, policy loans and
other investments 4,122 -- -- -- -- -- --
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS $20,970 1,044 2,095 69 2,325 94 5,627
OTHER POLICYHOLDER FUNDS $21,139 10 150 -- 1,889 -- 2,049
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TOTAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS - NOTIONAL VALUE $ 1,054 $2,245 $69 $4,214 $ 94 $7,676
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TOTAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS - FAIR VALUE $ (8) $ 23 $-- $ 37 $ (6) $ 46
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(1) Inverse floaters are variations of collateralized mortgage obligations
(CMO's) for which the coupon rates move inversely with an index rate such
as the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). The risk to principal is
considered negligible as the underlying collateral for the securities is
guaranteed or sponsored by government agencies. To address the volatility
risk created by the coupon variability, the Company uses a variety of
derivative instruments, primarily interest rate swaps, caps and floors.
(2) As of December 31, 1998 and 1997, approximately 5% and 59%, respectively,
of the notional futures contracts expire within one year.
(3) As of December 31, 1998 and 1997, approximately 11% and 16%, respectively,
of foreign currency swaps expire within one year.
(4) Deferred gains and losses on anticipatory transactions are included in the
carrying value of fixed maturities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. At
the time of the ultimate purchase, they are reflected as a basis
adjustment to the purchased asset. As of December 31, 1998, the Company
had $0.6 of deferred gains for interest rate swaps. Hartford Life expects
to basis adjust the entire gain in 1999. As of December 31, 1997, the
Company had $2.7 of net deferred gains for futures and interest rate swaps
which were basis adjusted in 1998.
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The following is a reconciliation of notional amounts by derivative type and
strategy as of December 31, 1998 and 1997:
December 31, 1997 Maturities/ December 31,
Notional Amount Additions Terminations (1) 1998 Notional Amount
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BY DERIVATIVE TYPE
Caps $1,265 $1,000 $ 338 $1,927
Floors 1,899 -- 1,316 583
Swaps/Forwards 4,308 2,570 1,798 5,080
Futures 69 32 80 21
Options 135 50 185 --
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TOTAL $7,676 $3,652 $3,717 $7,611
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BY STRATEGY
Liability $2,049 $1,359 $ 666 $2,742
Anticipatory 255 652 195 712
Asset 2,454 1,396 936 2,914
Portfolio 2,918 245 1,920 1,243
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TOTAL $7,676 $3,652 $3,717 $7,611
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(1) During 1998, the Company had no significant gains or losses on terminations
of hedge positions using derivative financial instruments.
5. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
SFAS No. 107, "Disclosure about Fair Value of Financial Instruments", requires
disclosure of fair value information of financial instruments. For certain
financial instruments where quoted market prices are not available, other
independent valuation techniques and assumptions are used. Because considerable
judgment is used, these estimates are not necessarily indicative of amounts that
could be realized in a current market exchange. SFAS No. 107 excludes certain
financial instruments from disclosure, including insurance contracts. Hartford
Life uses the following methods and assumptions in estimating the fair value of
each class of financial instrument.
Fair value for fixed maturities and marketable equity securities approximates
those quotations published by applicable stock exchanges or received from other
reliable sources.
For policy loans, carrying amounts approximate fair value.
Fair value for other invested assets primarily consists of partnerships and
trusts that are based on external market valuations from partnership and trust
management as well as mortgage loans where carrying amounts approximate fair
value.
Other policyholder funds fair value information is determined by estimating
future cash flows, discounted at the current market rate.
Fair value for long-term debt and TruPS (represents company obligated
mandatorily redeemable preferred securities of subsidiary trust holding solely
parent junior subordinated debentures) is based on external valuation using
discounted future cash flows at current market interest rates.
The fair value of derivative financial instruments, including swaps, caps,
floors, futures, options and forward commitments, is determined using a pricing
model which is validated through periodic comparison to dealer quoted prices.
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The carrying amount and fair values of Hartford Life's financial instruments as
of December 31, 1998 and 1997 were as follows:
1998 1997
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Carrying Amount Fair Value Carrying Amount Fair Value
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ASSETS
Fixed maturities $17,692 $17,692 $16,848 $16,848
Equity securities 140 140 181 181
Policy loans 6,687 6,687 3,759 3,759
Other investments 363 413 182 232
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LIABILITIES
Other policyholder funds (1) $11,723 $11,740 $11,769 $11,755
Short-term debt -- -- 50 50
Long-term debt 650 710 650 674
TruPS 250 254 -- --
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(1) Excludes corporate owned life insurance and universal life insurance
contracts.
6. SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
Hartford Life maintained separate account assets and liabilities totaling $90.6
billion and $69.4 billion as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively, which
are reported at fair value. Separate account assets, which are segregated from
other investments, reflect two categories of risk assumption: non-guaranteed
separate accounts totaling $80.6 billion and $58.7 billion as of December 31,
1998 and 1997, respectively, wherein the policyholder assumes the investment
risk, and guaranteed separate accounts totaling $10.0 and $10.7 billion as of
December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively, wherein Hartford Life contractually
guarantees either a minimum return or account value to the policyholder.
Included in non-guaranteed separate account assets were policy loans totaling
$1.8 billion and $1.9 billion as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
Net investment income (including net realized capital gains and losses) and
interest credited to policyholders on separate account assets are not reflected
in the Consolidated Statements of Income.
Separate account management fees and other revenues were $908, $699 and $538 in
1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively. The guaranteed separate accounts include
fixed market value adjusted (MVA) individual annuity and modified guaranteed
life insurance. The average credited interest rate on these contracts was 6.6%
and 6.5% as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively. The assets that support
these liabilities were comprised of $9.8 billion and $10.4 billion in fixed
maturities as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively. The portfolios are
segregated from other investments and are managed to minimize liquidity and
interest rate risk. In order to minimize the risk of disintermediation
associated with early withdrawals, fixed MVA annuity and modified guaranteed
life insurance contracts carry a graded surrender charge as well as a market
value adjustment. Additional investment risk is hedged using a variety of
derivatives which totaled $41 and $119 in carrying value and $3.6 billion and
$3.2 billion in notional amounts as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
7. DEBT
1998 1997
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Weighted Average Weighted Average
Amount Interest Rate (1) Amount Interest Rate (1)
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SHORT-TERM DEBT
Commercial paper $ - -- $ 50 5.8%
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TOTAL SHORT-TERM DEBT $ - -- $ 50 5.8%
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LONG-TERM DEBT
Notes, due 2004 $ 200 7.0% $ 200 7.0%
Notes, due 2007 200 7.2% 200 7.2%
Notes, due 2027 250 7.8% 250 7.8%
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TOTAL LONG-TERM DEBT $ 650 7.4% $ 650 7.4%
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(1) Represents the weighted average effective interest rate at the end of the
period.
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On February 7, 1997, Hartford Life declared a dividend of $1,184 payable to
HA&I. The Company borrowed $1,084 on February 18, 1997, pursuant to a $1,300
line of credit, with interest payable at the two-month Eurodollar rate plus 15
basis points, which, together with a promissory note in the amount of $100, was
paid as a dividend to HA&I on February 20, 1997. Of the $1,184 dividend, $893
constituted a repayment of the portion of the Company's third party indebtedness
internally allocated, for financial reporting purposes, to the Company's life
insurance subsidiaries (the "Allocated Advances"). Such Allocated Advances were
not treated as liabilities or indebtedness for tax and statutory accounting
purposes. Cash received in respect to Allocated Advances was used to support the
growth of the life insurance subsidiaries and was treated as surplus for
statutory accounting purposes. In addition, on April 4, 1997, the Company
declared and paid a dividend of $25 to its parent in the form of a promissory
note. Subsequently, $12 of this note was forgiven and treated as a capital
contribution from HA&I.
On February 14, 1997, Hartford Life filed a shelf registration statement for the
issuance and sale of up to $1.0 billion in the aggregate of senior debt
securities, subordinated debt securities and preferred stock. On June 12, 1997,
the Company issued $650 of unsecured redeemable long-term debt in the form of
notes and debentures. Of this amount, $200 was in the form of 6.90% notes due
June 15, 2004, $200 of 7.10% notes due June 15, 2007, and $250 of 7.65%
debentures due June 15, 2027. Interest on each of the notes and debentures is
payable semi-annually on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing
December 15, 1997. The Company also issued $50 of short-term debt in the form of
commercial paper which was repaid in the second quarter of 1998. Of the proceeds
from this issuance, $670 was used to retire the remaining balance on the $1,300
line of credit with the remainder being used to fund business growth.
Subsequently, the Company reduced the capacity of its line of credit from $1,300
to $250.
On June 8, 1998, Hartford Life filed an omnibus registration statement with the
Securities and Exchange Commission for the issuance of up to $1.0 billion of
debt and equity securities, including up to $350 of previously registered but
unsold securities. After the issuance of the Company Obligated Mandatorily
Redeemable Preferred Securities of Subsidiary Trust Holding solely Parent Junior
Subordinated Debentures on June 29, 1998, discussed below, Hartford Life had
$750 remaining on this shelf registration as of December 31, 1998.
Interest expense related to short- and long-term debt totaled $49 and $58 for
1998 and 1997, respectively.
8. COMPANY OBLIGATED MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE PREFERRED SECURITIES OF
SUBSIDIARY TRUST HOLDING SOLELY PARENT JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES
On June 29, 1998, Hartford Life Capital I, a special purpose Delaware trust
formed by Hartford Life, issued 10,000,000, 7.2% Trust Preferred Securities,
Series A (Series A Preferred Securities). The proceeds from the sale of the
Series A Preferred Securities were used to acquire $250 of 7.2% Series A Junior
Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures (Junior Subordinated Debentures)
issued by Hartford Life. Hartford Life used the proceeds from the offering for
the retirement of its outstanding commercial paper, strategic acquisitions and
other general corporate purposes.
The Series A Preferred Securities represent undivided beneficial interests in
Hartford Life Capital I's assets, which consist solely of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures. Hartford Life owns all of the beneficial interests
represented by Series A Common Securities of Hartford Life Capital I. Holders of
Series A Preferred Securities are entitled to receive cumulative cash
distributions accruing from June 29, 1998, the date of issuance, and payable
quarterly in arrears commencing July 15, 1998 at the annual rate of 7.2% of the
stated liquidation amount of $25.00 per Series A Preferred Security. The Series
A Preferred Securities are subject to mandatory redemption upon repayment of the
Junior Subordinate Debentures at maturity or upon earlier redemption. Hartford
Life has the right to redeem the Junior Subordinated Debentures on or after June
30, 2003 or earlier upon the occurrence of certain events. Holders of Series A
Preferred Securities generally have no voting rights.
The Junior Subordinated Debentures bear interest at the annual rate of 7.2% of
the principal amount, payable quarterly in arrears commencing June 29, 1998, and
mature on June 30, 2038. The Junior Subordinated Debentures are unsecured and
rank junior and subordinate in right of payment to all present and future senior
debt of Hartford Life and are effectively subordinated to all existing and
future liabilities of its subsidiaries.
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Hartford Life has the right at any time, and from time to time, to defer
payments of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures for a period not
exceeding 20 consecutive quarters up to the debentures' maturity date. During
any such period, interest will continue to accrue and Hartford Life may not
declare or pay any cash dividends or distributions on, or purchase, Hartford
Life's capital stock nor make any principal, interest or premium payments on or
repurchase any debt securities that rank pari passu with or junior to the Junior
Subordinated Debentures. The Company will have the right at any time to dissolve
the Trust and cause the Junior Subordinated Debentures to be distributed to the
holders of the Series A Preferred Securities and the Series A Common Securities.
Hartford Life has guaranteed, on a subordinated basis, all of the Hartford Life
Capital I obligations under the Series A Preferred Securities, including payment
of the redemption price and any accumulated and unpaid distributions upon
dissolution, winding up or liquidation to the extent funds are available.
Interest expense with respect to the Series A Preferred Securities totaled
approximately $9 in 1998.
9. STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(a) PREFERRED STOCK
Hartford Life has 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock authorized, $0.01 par
value. No shares were issued or outstanding as of December 31, 1998.
(b) STATUTORY RESULTS
For the years ended December 31,
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1998 1997 1996
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Statutory net income $ 265 $ 223 $ 171
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Statutory surplus $ 2,010 $ 1,672 $ 1,320
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A significant percentage of the consolidated statutory surplus is permanently
reinvested or is subject to various state regulatory restrictions which limit
the payment of dividends without prior approval. The total amount of statutory
dividends which may be paid by the insurance subsidiaries of the Company in 1999
is estimated to be $201.
The domestic insurance subsidiaries of Hartford Life prepare their statutory
financial statements in accordance with accounting practices prescribed by the
State of Connecticut. Prescribed statutory accounting practices include
publications of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, as well as
state laws, regulations, and general administrative rules.
10. EARNINGS PER SHARE
The Company adopted SFAS No. 128, "Earnings per Share", effective December 15,
1997. Basic earnings per share are computed based upon the weighted average
number of shares outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per share include
the dilutive effect of outstanding options, using the treasury stock method, and
also contingently issuable shares. Under the treasury stock method, it is
assumed that options are exercised and the proceeds will be assumed to be used
to purchase common stock at the average market price for the period. The
difference between the number of shares assumed issued and the number of shares
assumed purchased represents the dilutive shares. Contingently issuable shares
are included upon satisfaction of certain conditions related to contingency.
Earnings per share amounts, on a basic and diluted basis, have been calculated
based upon the weighted average common shares deemed to be outstanding during
the respective periods. For periods prior to the closing of the Company's IPO
(May 22, 1997), outstanding shares are based upon 114 million shares of Class B
Common Stock owned by The Hartford plus an assumed issuance of 11 million shares
of Class A Common Stock (the number of shares that, based upon the IPO price and
the underwriting discounts and expenses payable by the Company, would result in
net proceeds equal to the excess of the amount of the February and April 1997
dividends over the 1996 earnings and the Allocated Advances).
Pro forma effect has been given for the 1997 and 1996 periods presented for the
conversion of 1,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, into 114
million shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, which
occurred on April 3, 1997.
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1998 Income Shares Per Share Amount
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BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE
Amounts available to common shareholders $ 386 140.0 $ 2.76
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DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE
Impact of options and contingently issuable shares -- 0.2
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Amounts available to common shareholders plus assumed conversions $ 386 140.2 $ 2.75
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1997 Income Shares Per Share Amount
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PRO FORMA BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE
Amounts available to common shareholders $ 306 134.0 $ 2.28
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PRO FORMA DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE
Impact of options and contingently issuable shares -- 0.1
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Amounts available to common shareholders plus assumed conversions $ 306 134.1 $ 2.28
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1996 Income Shares Per Share Amount
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PRO FORMA BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE
Amounts available to common shareholders $ 24 125.0 $ 0.19
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PRO FORMA DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE
Impact of options and contingently issuable shares -- --
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Amounts available to common shareholders plus assumed conversions $ 24 125.0 $ 0.19
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If earnings per share was calculated based upon 140 million weighted average
shares outstanding for the 1997 and 1996 periods presented (representing the
weighted average shares outstanding at the time of the IPO, May 22, 1997),
earnings per share would have been $2.18 and $0.17, respectively.
11. STOCK COMPENSATION PLANS
During the second quarter of 1997, the Company adopted the 1997 Hartford Life,
Inc. Incentive Stock Plan (the "Plan"). Under the Plan, options granted may be
either non-qualified options or incentive stock options qualifying under Section
422A of the Internal Revenue Code. The aggregate number of shares of Class A
Common Stock which may be awarded in any one year shall be subject to an annual
limit. The maximum number of shares of Class A Common Stock which may be granted
under the Plan in each year shall be 1.5% of the total issued and outstanding
shares of Hartford Life Class A Common Stock and treasury stock as reported in
the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the preceding year plus unused
portions of such limit from prior years. In addition, no more than 5 million
shares of Class A Common Stock shall be cumulatively available for awards of
incentive stock options under the Plan, and no more than 20% of the total number
of shares on a cumulative basis shall be available for restricted stock and
performance shares.
All options granted have an exercise price equal to the market price of the
Company's stock on the date of grant and an option's maximum term is ten years.
Certain non-performance based options become exercisable upon the attainment of
specified market price appreciation of the Company's common shares or at seven
years after the date of grant, while the remaining non-performance based options
become exercisable over a three year period commencing with the date of grant.
Also included in the Plan are long-term performance awards which become payable
upon the attainment of specific performance goals achieved over a three year
period.
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During the second quarter of 1997, the Company established the Hartford Life,
Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Under this plan, eligible employees of
Hartford Life may purchase Class A Common Stock of the Company at a 15% discount
from the lower of the market price at the beginning or end of the quarterly
offering period. The Company may sell up to 2,700,000 shares of stock to
eligible employees. The Company sold 121,943 and 54,316 shares under the ESPP in
1998 and 1997, respectively. The weighted average fair value of the discount
under the ESPP was $13.80 per share in 1998 and $9.63 per share in 1997.
The Company applies Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25 and related
interpretation in accounting for its stock-based compensation plans.
Accordingly, in the measurement of compensation expense the Company utilizes the
excess of market price over exercise price, on the first date that both the
number of shares and award price are known. The Company does not incur
compensation expense related to its two stock-based compensation plans. Had
compensation cost for the Company's incentive stock plan and ESPP been
determined based on the fair value at the grant dates for awards under those
plans consistent with the method under SFAS No. 123, the Company's net income
and basic and diluted earnings per share would have been reduced to the pro
forma amounts indicated below:
1998 1997
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Net income
As reported $386 $306
Pro forma (1) 379 304
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Basic earnings per share
As reported $2.76 $2.28
Pro forma (1) 2.71 2.27
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Diluted earnings per share
As reported $2.75 $2.28
Pro forma (1) 2.70 2.27
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(1) The pro forma disclosures are not representative of the effects on net
income and earnings per share in future years.
The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of the grant using
the Black-Scholes options-pricing model with the following weighted average
assumptions used for grants in 1998 and 1997: dividend yield of 1.0% for both
1998 and 1997, expected price variability of 33% for 1998 and 29% for 1997,
risk-free interest rates of 4.9% for the 1998 grants and 6.4% for the 1997
grants and expected lives of five years for 1998 and 1997.
A summary of the status of non-qualified options included in the Company's
incentive stock plan as of December 31, 1998 and 1997 and changes during the
year ended December 31, 1998 and through the period ended December 31, 1997 is
presented below:
1998 1997
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Weighted Average Weighted Average
Shares Exercise Price Shares Exercise Price
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Outstanding at beginning of year 422,512 $31.54 -- --
Granted 1,376,375 43.74 450,377 $31.52
Exercised (15,483) 31.10 -- --
Cancelled (17,007) 40.24 (27,865) 31.31
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Outstanding at end of year 1,766,397 $40.96 422,512 $31.54
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Exercisable at end of year 504,562 $37.72 136,532 $31.14
Weighted average fair value of options granted $ 15.13 $ 10.93
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The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and
exercisable as of December 31, 1998:
Options Outstanding Options Exercisable
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Number Outstanding Weighted Average Number Outstanding
Range of as of December 31, Remaining Weighted Average as of December 31, Weighted Average
Exercise Prices 1998 Contractual Life Exercise Price 1998 Exercise Price
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$30.06 - $43.94 1,579,041 9.2 $39.57 504,562 $37.72
$47.50 - $59.38 187,356 9.6 52.65 -- --
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$30.06 - $59.38 1,766,397 9.3 $40.96 504,562 $37.72
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12. POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT AND SAVINGS PLANS
(a) PENSION PLANS
Hartford Life's employees are included in The Hartford's non-contributory
defined benefit pension plans. These plans provide pension benefits that are
based on years of service and the employee's compensation during the last ten
years of employment. The Company's funding policy is to contribute annually an
amount between the minimum funding requirements set forth in the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the maximum amount that
can be deducted for U.S. Federal income tax purposes. Generally, pension costs
are funded through the purchase of the Company's group pension contracts. The
cost to the Company was approximately $9 in 1998 and $7 in both 1997 and 1996.
The Company also provides, through The Hartford, certain health care and life
insurance benefits for eligible retired employees. A substantial portion of the
Company's employees may become eligible for these benefits upon retirement. The
Company's contribution for health care benefits will depend on the retiree's
date of retirement and years of service. In addition, the plan has a defined
dollar cap which limits average Company contributions. The Company has prefunded
a portion of the health care and life insurance obligations through trust funds
where such prefunding can be accomplished on a tax effective basis.
Postretirement health care and life insurance benefits expense, allocated by The
Hartford, was immaterial to the results of operations for 1998, 1997 and 1996.
The assumed rate in the per capita cost of health care (the health care trend
rate) was 7.8% for 1998, decreasing ratably to 5.0% in the year 2003. Increasing
the health care trend rates by one percent per year would have an immaterial
impact on the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation and the annual
expense. To the extent that the actual experience differs from the inherent
assumptions, the effect will be amortized over the average future service of
covered employees.
(b) INVESTMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN
Substantially all employees of the Company are eligible to participate in The
Hartford's Investment and Savings Plan. Under this plan, designated
contributions, which may be invested in Class A Common Stock of Hartford Life or
certain other investments, are matched, up to 3% of compensation, by the
Company. The cost to Hartford Life for the above-mentioned plan was
approximately $6 and $5 in 1998 and 1997, respectively.
13. REINSURANCE
Hartford Life cedes insurance to other insurers in order to limit its maximum
loss. Such transfer does not relieve Hartford Life of its primary liability.
Hartford Life also assumes insurance from other insurers. Failure of reinsurers
to honor their obligations could result in losses to Hartford Life. Hartford
Life evaluates the financial condition of its reinsurers and monitors
concentration of credit risk.
Net premiums and other considerations were comprised of the following:
For the years ended December 31,
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1998 1997 1996
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Gross premiums $ 3,946 $ 3,352 $ 3,077
Assumed 98 165 405
Ceded (211) (354) (413)
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NET PREMIUMS AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS $ 3,833 $ 3,163 $ 3,069
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Life reinsurance recoveries, which reduce death and other benefits, approximated
$119, $205 and $239 for the years ended December 31, 1998, 1997 and 1996,
respectively.
Hartford Life has no significant reinsurance-related concentrations of credit
risk.
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14. INCOME TAX
Hartford Life and The Hartford have entered into a tax sharing agreement under
which each member in the consolidated U.S. Federal income tax return will make
payments between them such that, with respect to any period, the amount of taxes
to be paid by the Company, subject to certain adjustments, generally will be
determined as though the Company were filing separate Federal, state and local
income tax returns.
As long as The Hartford continues to own at least 80% of the combined voting
power and 80% of the value of the outstanding capital stock of the Company, the
Company will be included for Federal income tax purposes in the affiliated group
of which The Hartford is the common parent. It is the intention of The Hartford
and its non-life subsidiaries to file a single consolidated Federal income tax
return. The life insurance companies will file a separate consolidated federal
income tax return. The Company's effective tax rate was 34%, 36% and 23% in
1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
Income tax expense is as follows:
For the years ended December 31,
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1998 1997 1996
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Current $ 299 $ 169 $ 134
Deferred (100) 5 (127)
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INCOME TAX EXPENSE $ 199 $ 174 $ 7
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A reconciliation of the tax provision at the U.S. Federal statutory rate to the
provision (benefit) for income taxes is as follows:
For the years ended December 31,
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1998 1997 1996
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Tax provision at the U.S. Federal statutory rate $ 205 $ 168 $ 11
Tax-exempt income (9) - (2)
Other 3 6 (2)
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TOTAL $ 199 $ 174 $ 7
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Deferred tax assets (liabilities) include the following as of December 31:
1998 1997
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Tax basis deferred policy acquisition costs $ 767 $ 651
Financial statement deferred policy acquisition costs and reserves 95 76
Employee benefits 21 24
Net unrealized capital gains on securities (142) (128)
Investments and other (285) (226)
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TOTAL $ 456 $ 397
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Hartford Life had a current tax payable of $71 and $52 as of December 31, 1998
and 1997, respectively.
Prior to the Tax Reform Act of 1984, the Life Insurance Company Income Tax Act
of 1959 permitted the deferral from taxation of a portion of statutory income
under certain circumstances. In these situations, the deferred income was
accumulated in a "Policyholders' Surplus Account" and, based on current tax law,
will be taxable in the future only under conditions which management considers
to be remote; therefore, no Federal income taxes have been provided on this
deferred income. The balance for tax return purposes of the Policyholders'
Surplus Account as of December 31, 1998 was $104.
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15. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Transactions of the Company with HA&I and its affiliates relate principally to
tax settlements, reinsurance, insurance coverage, rental and service fees,
payment of dividends and capital contributions. In addition, certain affiliated
insurance companies purchased group annuity contracts from the Company to fund
pension costs and claim annuities to settle casualty claims. Substantially all
general insurance expenses related to the Company, including rent and employee
benefit plan expenses, are initially paid by The Hartford. Direct expenses are
allocated to the Company using specific identification, and indirect expenses
are allocated using other applicable methods. Indirect expenses include those
for corporate areas which, depending on type, are allocated based on either a
percentage of direct expenses or on utilization. Indirect expenses allocated to
the Company by The Hartford were $72, $53 and $45 in 1998, 1997 and 1996,
respectively. Management believes that the methods used are reasonable. Included
in other liabilities are $54 and $80 due The Hartford as of December 31, 1998
and 1997, respectively.
16. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
(a) LITIGATION
Hartford Life is involved in pending and threatened litigation in the normal
course of its business in which claims for monetary and punitive damages have
been asserted. Although there can be no assurances, at the present time the
Company does not anticipate that the ultimate liability arising from such
pending or threatened litigation, after consideration of provisions made for
potential losses and costs of defense, will have a material adverse effect on
the financial condition or operating results of the Company.
(b) GUARANTY FUNDS
Under insurance guaranty fund laws in each state, the District of Columbia and
Puerto Rico, insurers licensed to do business can be assessed by state insurance
guaranty associations for certain obligations of insolvent insurance companies
to policyholders and claimants. Recent regulatory actions against certain large
life insurers encountering financial difficulty have prompted various state
insurance guaranty associations to begin assessing life insurance companies for
the deemed losses. Most of these laws do provide, however, that an assessment
may be excused or deferred if it would threaten an insurer's solvency and
further provide annual limits on such assessments. Part of the assessments paid
by the Company's insurance subsidiaries pursuant to these laws may be used as
credits for a portion of the Company's insurance subsidiaries' premium taxes.
The Company paid guaranty fund assessments of approximately $9, $15 and $12 in
1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively, of which $4, $5 and $6, respectively, were
estimated to be creditable against premium taxes.
(c) LEASES
The rent paid to Hartford Fire for space occupied by the Company was $14, $13
and $11 in 1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively. Future minimum rental commitments
are as follows:
1999 $ 14
2000 22
2001 22
2002 22
2003 22
Thereafter 133
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TOTAL $ 235
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Rental expense is recognized on a level basis over the term of the primary
sublease, which expires on December 31, 2009, and amounted to approximately $16
in both 1998 and 1997 and $14 in 1996.
(d) TAX MATTERS
Hartford Life's Federal income tax returns are routinely audited by the Internal
Revenue Service. The Company is currently under audit for the years 1993 through
1995, with the audit for the years 1996 through 1997 expected to begin during
early 1999. Management believes that adequate provision has been made in the
financial statements for items that may result from tax examinations and other
tax related matters.
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(e) INVESTMENTS
As of December 31, 1998, Hartford Life held $83 of asset backed securities
securitized and serviced by Commercial Financial Services, Inc. (CFS) of which
$62 were included in the Company's general account and $21 in the Company's
guaranteed separate account. In October 1998, the Company became aware of
allegations of improper activities at CFS. On December 11, 1998, CFS filed for
protection under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. As of December 31, 1998, CFS
continues to service the asset backed securities, which remain current on
payments of principal and interest, however, the Company does not expect to
recover all of its principal investment. Based upon information available in the
fourth quarter 1998, the Company recognized a $29, after-tax, writedown related
to its holdings in CFS of which $21 was related to the Company's general account
assets. The ultimate realizable amount depends on the outcome of the bankruptcy
of CFS and these estimates are therefore subject to material change as new
information becomes available. The Company is presently unable to determine the
amount of further potential loss, if any, related to the securities.
17. SEGMENT INFORMATION
Hartford Life adopted SFAS No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise
and Related Information", during the fourth quarter of 1998. This statement
replaces SFAS No. 14, "Financial Reporting for Segments of a Business
Enterprise", and establishes new standards for reporting information about
operating segments in annual financial statements and in interim financial
reports issued to shareholders. It also establishes standards for related
disclosures about products and services, geographic areas and major customers.
This statement requires that the reportable operating segments be based on the
Company's internal operations. On this basis, Hartford Life's segments represent
strategic operations which offer different products and services as well as
serve different markets.
Hartford Life is organized into four reportable operating segments which include
Investment Products, Individual Life, Employee Benefits and Corporate Owned Life
Insurance (COLI). Investment Products offers individual variable annuities,
fixed market value adjusted (MVA) annuities and fixed and variable immediate
annuities, mutual funds, deferred compensation and retirement plan services,
structured settlement contracts and other special purpose annuity contracts.
Individual Life sells a variety of life insurance products, including variable
life, universal life, interest-sensitive whole life and term life insurance.
Employee Benefits sells group insurance products, including group life and group
disability insurance as well as other products, including stop loss and
supplementary medical coverage to employers and employer sponsored plans,
accidental death and dismemberment, travel accident, long-term care insurance
and other special risk coverages to employers and associations. COLI primarily
offers variable products used by employers to fund non-qualified benefits or
other post-employment benefit obligations as well as leveraged COLI. The Company
includes in "Other" corporate items not directly allocable to any of its
reportable operating segments, principally interest expense, as well as its
international operations.
The accounting policies of the reportable operating segments are the same as
those described in the summary of significant accounting policies in Note 2.
Hartford Life evaluates performance of its segments based on revenues, net
income and the segment's return on allocated capital. The Company charges direct
operating expenses to the appropriate segment and allocates the majority of
indirect expenses to the segments based on an intercompany expense arrangement.
Intersegment revenues are not significant and primarily occur between corporate
and the operating segments. These amounts include interest income on allocated
surplus and the amortization of net realized capital gains and losses through
net investment income utilizing the duration of the segment's investment
portfolios. The Company's revenues are primarily derived from customers within
the United States. The Company's long-lived assets primarily consist of deferred
policy acquisition costs and deferred tax assets from within the United States.
The following table outlines summarized financial information concerning the
Company's segments. The information for 1997 and 1996 has been restated to
conform to the 1998 presentation.
Investment Individual Employee
1998 Products Life Benefits COLI Other Total
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Total revenues $ 1,784 $ 567 $ 1,809 $ 1,567 $ 61 $ 5,788
Net investment income 739 189 180 793 54 1,955
Amortization of deferred
policy acquisition costs 326 108 7 - - 441
Income tax expense (benefit) 145 36 27 12 (21) 199
Net income (loss) 266 65 71 24 (40) 386
Assets 87,706 5,404 3,068 22,631 3,213 122,022
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Investment Individual Employee
1997 Products Life Benefits COLI Other Total
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Total revenues $ 1,510 $ 510 $ 1,700 $ 980 $ (1) $ 4,699
Net investment income 739 171 162 429 35 1,536
Amortization of deferred
policy acquisition costs 250 87 6 - 2 345
Income tax expense (benefit) 112 31 32 15 (16) 174
Net income (loss) 202 56 58 27 (37) 306
Assets 72,799 5,151 2,355 17,800 2,875 100,980
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Investment Individual Employee
1996 Products Life Benefits COLI Other Total
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Total revenues $ 1,007 $ 472 $ 1,463 $ 1,360 $ 82 $ 4,384
Net investment income 685 159 134 480 76 1,534
Amortization of deferred
policy acquisition costs 175 63 4 - (1) 241
Income tax expense (benefit) (42) 24 23 11 (9) 7
Net income (loss) (80) 44 45 26 (11) 24
Assets 57,500 3,968 2,045 14,222 2,198 79,933
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18. QUARTERLY RESULTS FOR 1998 AND 1997 (UNAUDITED)
Three Months Ended
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March 31, June 30, September 30, December 31,
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1998 1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998 1997
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Revenues $ 1,404 $ 1,055 $ 1,155 $ 1,042 $ 1,287 $ 1,058 $ 1,942 $ 1,544
Benefits, claims and expenses 1,275 955 1,013 935 1,135 925 1,780 1,404
Net income 84 63 94 73 100 83 108 87
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Basic earnings per share (1) $ 0.60 $ 0.51 $ 0.67 $ 0.56 $ 0.71 $ 0.59 $ 0.77 $ 0.62
Diluted earnings per share (1) $ 0.60 $ 0.51 $ 0.67 $ 0.56 $ 0.71 $ 0.59 $ 0.77 $ 0.62
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Weighted average common shares
outstanding 140.0 127.1 140.0 130.6 140.0 140.0 139.9 140.0
Weighted average common shares
outstanding and dilutive potential
common shares 140.1 127.1 140.3 130.7 140.2 140.1 140.2 140.1
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(1) Pro forma in 1997; see Note 10.
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HARTFORD LIFE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE I
SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS - OTHER THAN INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATES
(In millions) As of December 31, 1998
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Amount at which
shown on Balance
Type of Investment Cost Fair Value Sheet
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FIXED MATURITIES
Bonds and Notes
U.S. Government and Government agencies and authorities
(guaranteed and sponsored) $ 164 $ 166 $ 166
U.S. Government and Government agencies and authorities
(guaranteed and sponsored) - asset backed 1,138 1,154 1,154
States, municipalities and political subdivisions 1,107 1,139 1,139
Foreign governments 497 530 530
Public utilities 935 969 969
All other corporate including international 6,170 6,443 6,443
All other corporate - asset backed 4,654 4,681 4,681
Short-term investments 2,017 2,017 2,017
Certificates of deposit 584 588 588
Redeemable preferred stock 5 5 5
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TOTAL FIXED MATURITIES 17,271 17,692 17,692
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EQUITY SECURITIES
Common Stocks
Public utilities 5 5 5
Banks, trusts and insurance companies 1 1 1
Industrial and miscellaneous 121 134 134
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TOTAL EQUITY SECURITIES 127 140 140
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TOTAL FIXED MATURITIES AND EQUITY SECURITIES 17,398 17,832 17,832
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POLICY LOANS 6,687 6,687 6,687
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OTHER INVESTMENTS
Mortgage loans on real estate 211 211 211
Other invested assets 152 202 152
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TOTAL OTHER INVESTMENTS 363 413 363
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS $ 24,448 $ 24,932 $ 24,882
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HARTFORD LIFE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE II
CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF HARTFORD LIFE, INC.
(REGISTRANT)
(In millions) As of December 31,
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CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS 1998 1997
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ASSETS
Fixed maturities, available for sale, at fair value
(amortized cost of $2 and $-) $ 2 $ --
Investment in subsidiaries 3,393 2,832
Other assets 4 14
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TOTAL ASSETS 3,399 2,846
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Short-term debt -- 50
Long-term debt 650 650
Company obligated mandatorily redeemable preferred
securities of subsidiary trust holding solely parent
junior subordinated debentures 250 --
Other liabilities 6 2
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TOTAL LIABILITIES 906 702
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY 2,493 2,144
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY $ 3,399 $ 2,846
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(In millions)
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME For the years ended December 31,
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1998 1997 1996
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Earnings of subsidiaries $ 643 $ 538 $ 86
Interest expense 58 58 55
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INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE 585 480 31
Income tax expense 199 174 7
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NET INCOME $ 386 $ 306 $ 24
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The financial information of Hartford Life, Inc. (parent company of Hartford
Life) should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements
and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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SCHEDULE II
CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF HARTFORD LIFE, INC. (CONTINUED)
(REGISTRANT)
(In millions)
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS For the years ended December 31,
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1998 1997 1996
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OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income $ 386 $ 306 $ 24
Undistributed earnings of subsidiaries (348) (279) (5)
Change in other assets and liabilities -- (11) --
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CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES 38 16 19
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INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Purchases of investments (2) -- --
Capital contribution to subsidiary (190) (180) (115)
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CASH USED FOR INVESTING ACTIVITIES (192) (180) (115)
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES
(Decrease) increase in allocated advances from parent -- (893) 115
(Decrease) increase in short-term debt (50) 50 --
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt -- 650 --
Proceeds from issuance of company obligated mandatorily
redeemable preferred securities of subsidiary trust holding
solely parent junior subordinated debentures 250 -- --
Dividends paid (38) (329) (19)
Net proceeds from the sale of common stock -- 687 --
Acquisition of treasury stock, net (8) (1) --
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CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES 154 164 96
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Net change in cash -- -- --
Cash-- beginning of year -- -- --
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CASH-- END OF YEAR $ -- $ -- $ --
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SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
NET CASH ACTIVITY DURING THE YEAR FOR:
Interest expense paid $ 54 $ 55 $ 55
Tax refund received $ 20 $ 17 $ --
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NONCASH FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Capital contribution $ -- $ 12 $ --
Increase in Allocated Advances for fixed assets $ -- $ -- $ 46
Capital contribution to subsidiaries $ -- $ 46 $ --
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HARTFORD LIFE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE III
SUPPLEMENTARY INSURANCE INFORMATION
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998, 1997 AND 1996
(In millions)
Deferred Other
Policy Policy Premiums Net
Acquisition Future Policy -holder and Other Investment Net Realized
Segment Costs Benefits Funds Considerations Income Capital Losses
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1998
Investment Products $2,860 $2,470 $9,226 $ 1,045 $ 739 $ -
Individual Life 958 567 2,307 378 189 -
Employee Benefits 24 2,455 114 1,629 180 -
Corporate Owned Life
Insurance - 225 8,097 774 793 -
Other - - 23 7 54 -
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CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS $3,842 $5,717 $19,767 $ 3,833 $ 1,955 $ -
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1997
Investment Products $2,479 $2,028 $9,621 $ 771 $ 739 $ -
Individual Life 861 566 2,180 339 171 -
Employee Benefits 21 2,261 84 1,538 162 -
Corporate Owned Life
Insurance - 56 9,259 551 429 -
Other - 28 (5) (36) 35 -
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CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS $3,361 $4,939 $21,139 $ 3,163 $ 1,536 $ -
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1996
Investment Products $2,033 $1,507 $10,225 $ 541 $ 685 $ (219)
Individual Life 748 514 2,133 313 159 -
Employee Benefits 18 1,937 72 1,329 134 -
Corporate Owned Life
Insurance - - 9,823 880 480 -
Other 1 28 - 6 76 -
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CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS $2,800 $3,986 $22,253 $ 3,069 $ 1,534 $ (219)
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Benefits, Amortization
Claims and of Deferred
Claim Policy
Adjustment Acquisition Dividends to Other
Segment Expenses Costs Policyholders Expenses*
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1998
Investment Products $ 671 $ 326 $ - $ 376
Individual Life 269 108 1 88
Employee Benefits 1,335 7 - 369
Corporate Owned Life
Insurance 924 - 329 278
Other 28 - - 94
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CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS $3,227 $ 441 $ 330 $1,205
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1997
Investment Products $ 677 $ 250 $ - $ 269
Individual Life 251 87 1 84
Employee Benefits 1,301 6 - 303
Corporate Owned Life
Insurance 439 - 240 259
Other 3 2 - 47
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CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS $2,671 $ 345 $ 241 $ 962
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1996
Investment Products $ 748 $ 175 $ - $ 206
Individual Life 266 63 1 74
Employee Benefits 1,140 4 - 251
Corporate Owned Life
Insurance 545 - 634 144
Other 28 (1) - 75
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CONSOLIDATED OPERATIONS $2,727 $ 241 $ 635 $ 750
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* Includes interest expense.
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HARTFORD LIFE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE IV
REINSURANCE
Assumed
Ceded to From Percentage of
Gross Other Other Net Amount Assumed
(In millions) Amount Companies Companies Amount to Net
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FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998
Life insurance in force $ 515,688 $ 194,092 $ 11,659 $ 333,255 3.5%
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PREMIUMS AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Life insurance and annuities $ 2,839 $ 151 $ 62 $ 2,750 2.3%
Accident and health insurance 1,107 60 36 1,083 3.3%
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TOTAL PREMIUMS AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS $ 3,946 $ 211 $ 98 $ 3,833 2.6%
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FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997
Life insurance in force $ 396,736 $ 172,928 $ 42,729 $ 266,537 16.0%
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PREMIUMS AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Life insurance and annuities $ 2,340 $ 273 $ 58 $ 2,125 2.7%
Accident and health insurance 1,012 81 107 1,038 10.3%
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TOTAL PREMIUMS AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS $ 3,352 $ 354 $ 165 $ 3,163 5.2%
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FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
Life insurance in force $ 300,783 $ 89,388 $ 46,040 $ 257,435 17.9%
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PREMIUMS AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Life insurance and annuities $ 2,338 $ 326 $ 183 $ 2,195 8.3%
Accident and health insurance 739 87 222 874 25.4%
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TOTAL PREMIUMS AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS $ 3,077 $ 413 $ 405 $ 3,069 13.2%
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HARTFORD LIFE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
SCHEDULE V
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
Additions Deductions
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Charged to
Balance Costs and Translation Write-offs/ Balance
(In millions) January 1, Expenses Adjustment Payments/Other December 31,
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1998
Accumulated depreciation of plant,
property and equipment $ 112 $ 34 $ - $ (9) $ 137
1997
Accumulated depreciation of plant,
property and equipment $ 101 $ 17 $ - $ (6) $ 112
1996
Accumulated depreciation of plant,
property and equipment $ 8 $ - $ - $ 93 $ 101
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
HARTFORD LIFE, INC.
By: /S/ Mary Jane B. Fortin
--------------------------------
Mary Jane B. Fortin
Chief Accounting Officer
and Assistant Vice President
Date: March 29, 1999
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/S/ Ramani Ayer Chairman March 29, 1999
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Ramani Ayer
/S/ Lowndes A. Smith Chief Executive Officer, March 29, 1999
- ---------------------------------------- President and Director
Lowndes A. Smith
/s/ Thomas M. Marra Executive Vice President March 29, 1999
- ---------------------------------------- and Director
Thomas M. Marra
/S/ David T. Foy Senior Vice President, March 29, 1999
- ---------------------------------------- Director of Finance and Treasurer
David T. Foy (Chief Financial Officer)
/S/ Mary Jane B. Fortin Chief Accounting Officer March 29, 1999
- ---------------------------------------- and Assistant Vice President
Mary Jane B. Fortin
/S/ Gail Deegan Director March 29, 1999
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Gail Deegan
/S/ Donald R. Frahm Director March 29, 1999
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Donald R. Frahm
/S/ Paul G. Kirk, Jr. Director March 29, 1999
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Paul G. Kirk, Jr.
/S/ Robert E. Patricelli Director March 29, 1999
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Robert E. Patricelli
/S/ H. Patrick Swygert Director March 29, 1999
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H. Patrick Swygert
/S/ DeRoy C. Thomas Director March 29, 1999
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Deroy C. Thomas
/S/ Gordon I. Ulmer Director March 29, 1999
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Gordon I. Ulmer
/S/ David K. Zwiener Director March 29, 1999
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David K. Zwiener
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HARTFORD LIFE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
FORM 10-K
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1998
EXHIBITS INDEX
EXHIBIT #
3.01 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Hartford Life,
Inc. ("Hartford Life" or the "Company") was filed as Exhibit 3.1
to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 dated February
10, 1997 (Registration No. 333-21459) and is incorporated herein by
reference.
3.02 Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company, amended effective
December 18, 1997 was filed as Exhibit 3.02 to the Company's Form
10-K filed for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997 and is
incorporated herein by reference.
4.01 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of
the Company (included as Exhibits 3.01 and 3.02, respectively).
4.02 Senior Indenture, dated as of May 19, 1997, between the Company and
Citibank, N.A., as trustee, with respect to the Company's 6.90%
Notes due June 15, 2004, 7.10% Notes due June 15, 2007, and 7.65%
Debentures due June 15, 2027, was filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Amendment No. 2)
dated May 23, 1997, and is incorporated herein by reference.
4.03 Subordinated Indenture between Hartford Life and Wilmington Trust
Company, as Trustee, dated as of June 1, 1998, is filed herewith.
4.04 First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 29, 1998 between
Hartford Life, as Issuer, and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee,
with respect to 7.2% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest
Debentures, due 2038, is filed herewith.
4.05 Form of Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debenture, Series
A, due 2038, included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.04 filed herewith.
4.06 Declaration of Trust of Hartford Life Capital I, dated as of June
3, 1998 between the Company, as Sponsor, and Wilmington Trust
Company, as Trustee, is filed herewith.
4.07 Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Hartford Life Capital
I, dated as of June 29, 1998 between the Trustee and the Sponsor,
relating to the 7.2% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest
Debentures, Series A, due 2038, is filed herewith.
4.08 Form of Preferred Security Certificate for Hartford Capital I,
included as Exhibit A-1 to Exhibit 4.07 filed herewith.
4.09 Preferred Securities Guarantee Agreement, dated as of June 29, 1998
between Hartford Life, as Guarantor, and Wilmington Trust Company,
as Preferred Guarantee Trustee, relating to Hartford Life Capital
I, is filed herewith.
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10.01 Master Intercompany Agreement among the Company, The Hartford
Financial Services Group, Inc. (formerly known as ITT Hartford
Group, Inc.) (The Hartford) and with respect to Articles VI and
XII, Hartford Fire Insurance Company, was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to
the Company's Form 10-Q filed for the quarterly period ended June
30, 1997 and is incorporated herein by reference.
10.02 Tax Sharing Agreement among The Hartford and its subsidiaries,
including the Company, was filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's
Form 10-Q filed for the quarterly period ended June 30, 1997 and is
incorporated herein by reference.
10.03 Management Agreement among Hartford Life Insurance Company and The
Hartford Investment Management Company, was filed as Exhibit 10.3
to the Company's Form 10-Q filed for the quarterly period ended
June 30, 1997 and is incorporated herein by reference.
10.04 Management Agreement among certain subsidiaries of the Company and
Hartford Investment Services, Inc., was filed as Exhibit 10.4 to
the Company's Form 10-Q filed for the quarterly period ended June
30, 1997 and is incorporated herein by reference.
10.05 Sublease Agreement between Hartford Fire Insurance Company and the
Company, was filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Company's Form 10-Q filed
for the quarterly period ended June 30, 1997 and is incorporated
herein by reference.
10.06 Promissory Note dated February 20, 1997, executed by the Company
for the benefit of Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, was
filed as Exhibit 10.9 to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (Amendment No. 2) dated April 24, 1997 (Registration No.
333-21459) and is incorporated herein by reference.
10.07* 1997 Hartford Life, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan, as amended, was
filed as Exhibit 10.01 to the Company's Form 10-Q filed for the
quarterly period ended September 30, 1998 and is incorporated
herein by reference.
10.08* 1997 Hartford Life, Inc. Deferred Restricted Stock Unit Plan, as
amended, is filed herewith.
10.09* 1997 Hartford Life, Inc. Restricted Stock Plan for Non-Employee
Directors, as amended, is filed herewith.
10.10* The Hartford 1996 Deferred Compensation Plan was filed as Exhibit
10.18 to The Hartford's Form 10-K (File No. 0-19277) for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1998 and is incorporated herein by
reference.
10.11* The Hartford 1997 Senior Executive Severance Pay Plan I was filed
as Exhibit 10.19 to The Hartford's Form 10-K (File No. 0-19277) for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998 and is incorporated herein
by reference.
10.12* The Hartford Executive Severance Pay Plan I was filed as Exhibit
10.20 to The Hartford's Form 10-K (File No. 0-19277) for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 1998 and is incorporated herein by
reference.
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10.13 Promissory Note dated April 4, 1997, executed by the Company for the
benefit of Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, was filed as Exhibit
10.16 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Amendment No. 2)
dated April 24, 1997 (Registration No. 333-21459) and is incorporated
herein by reference.
10.14* Employment Agreement dated July 1, 1997 between the Company and The
Hartford and Lowndes A. Smith was filed as exhibit 10.02 to The
Hartford's Form 10-Q filed for the quarterly period ended September
30, 1997 and is incorporated herein by reference.
10.15* Form of Employment Protection Agreement between the Company and
certain executive officers of the Company was filed as Exhibit
10.12 to the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 1997 and is incorporated herein by reference.
10.16 Amended and restated Credit Agreement dated as of February 9, 1998
among Hartford Life, Inc., the lenders named therein and Citibank,
N.A. as administrative agent was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the
Company's Form 10-Q filed for the quarterly period ended March 31,
1998 and is incorporated herein by reference.
12 Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges is filed herewith.
23 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP to the incorporation by reference
into the Company's Registration Statements on Form S-8 and Form S-3
of the Report of Arthur Andersen LLP contained in this Form 10-K
regarding the audited financial statements is filed herewith.
27 Financial Data Schedule is filed herewith.
* Management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement.
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