PHL Variable Insurance Company Rehabilitation
PHL Variable Insurance Company and its subsidiaries, Concord Re, Inc. and Palisado Re, Inc. (collectively, “PHL”) entered rehabilitation proceedings in the Connecticut Superior Court on May 20, 2024, in response to PHL’s hazardous financial condition. Rehabilitation is a court proceeding that a company’s state insurance commissioner may initiate to take control of the company if it is in a hazardous financial condition. The goal of a rehabilitation proceeding is to develop a rehabilitation plan that maximizes the value of assets and equitably administers the business for the benefit of all policy and annuity holders.
Specifically, the Court appointed the Connecticut Insurance Commissioner as PHL’s Rehabilitator, who assumed control of the Company’s assets and will administer them under the Court’s supervision. The Commissioner is also empowered to take the necessary or appropriate actions approved by the Court to rehabilitate PHL.
On June 25, 2024, the Court finalized the moratorium terms, which limit payments and transactions under some policies during the rehabilitation proceeding. The moratorium allows PHL to mitigate the high outflow of claim payments during the rehabilitation. For most PHL policy and annuity holders, the moratorium will not have any immediate effect on recurring payments and death benefits. Life insurance and annuity holders have received a letter detailing any restrictions on their policies.
On July 21, 2025, the Rehabilitator proposed modifications to the moratorium. The proposed modifications seek to ease the current restrictions imposed by the moratorium on owners of certain non-variable universal life insurance policies and certain owners of fixed indexed annuities. If the proposed modifications are approved by the Court following a hearing on October 21, 2025, PHL will send an individualized election package to all eligible policy and annuity holders. Eligible policyholders and annuity holders will have 45 days from the date of mailing to make their elections.
Policy and annuity holders, as well as other stakeholders, can get answers to questions by calling 1-877-800-2445. The call center is open Monday through Friday, 9 AM - 5:30 PM ET. You may also access the docket of all PHL-related court information at any time during the PHL rehabilitation proceeding.
The Department will continue to update this page as information becomes available. Register here to receive an email notification when new information is added.
Important Information
- General
- (Revised) PHL Frequently Asked Questions, which will be periodically updated. Last updated: September 2, 2025.
- The Department’s Insurance Company Receiverships information webpage.
- Commencement of PHL Rehabilitation (May 2024)
- Moratorium and Hardship Requests
- Hardship Request for Exemption from Moratorium (May 20, 2024)
- Summary of Moratorium Order (June 25, 2024)
- Notice of Motion for Modification of Moratorium Order (July 31, 2025)
- (Revised) Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the Motion for Modification of Moratorium Order. Last updated: September 2, 2025.
- Status Report Frequently Asked Questions
Court Documents:
NOTE: Only certain court documents are directly linked below. All court filings can be accessed using the linked docket below.
- Rehabilitator's Motion for a Moratorium on Certain Benefit Payments and Transactions (May 17, 2024)
- Order of Rehabilitation and Appointment of State Insurance Commissioner as Rehabilitator (May 20, 2024)
- Moratorium Order (June 25, 2024)
- First Accounting and Status Report (November 20, 2024)
- Second Accounting and Status Report (May 20, 2025)
- (New) Rehabilitator’s Motion to Modify Moratorium Order (July 21, 2025)
- (New) Rehabilitator’s Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion to Modify Moratorium Order (July 21, 2025)
- Notice Order (Regarding Motion for Modification of Moratorium Order) (July 30, 2025)
- In the matter of PHL Variable Insurance Company, Inc., et al.
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