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UNITED STATES
 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
 PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
 THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 19, 2011
 
The Phoenix Companies, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Delaware
 
001-16517
 
06-1599088
(State or other jurisdiction
 of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
 Identification No.)

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

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (860) 403-5000

 (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
     
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Item 8.01    Other Events.

On December 19, 2011, The Phoenix Companies, Inc. issued a press release announcing that its subsidiary, Phoenix Life Insurance Company, has entered into a reinsurance agreement placed by Nomura Reinsurance Intermediary, Inc. with its affiliated Guernsey incorporated cell company.  The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
Exhibit

The following exhibit is furnished herewith:

99           Press Release of The Phoenix Companies, Inc. dated December 19, 2011.
 
 
 
 
 
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 SIGNATURES
 
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
         
 
THE PHOENIX COMPANIES, INC.  
 
     
Date: December 19, 2011 
By:  
/s/ Peter A. Hofmann
 
  Name:  Peter A. Hofmann  
  Title:   Senior Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial  Officer
 
       

 
 
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