UNITED STATES

 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

 PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

 THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  April 15, 2014

PHL VARIABLE INSURANCE COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Connecticut	333-20277	06-1045829
(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

NOT APPLICABLE

(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 April 15, 2014, The Phoenix Companies, Inc. (“PNX”), the parent company of PHL Variable Insurance Company (“PHLVIC”), announced that it expects to file its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2012 (the “PNX Form 10-Q”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on or before April 25, 2014.  PNX also announced that PHLVIC expects to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 (the “PHLVIC Form 10-K”) with the SEC on or before April 25, 2014.  PNX and PHLVIC are subject to an Order Instituting Cease-and-Desist Proceedings Pursuant to Section 21C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Making Findings, and Imposing a Cease-and-Desist Order, which was approved by the SEC on March 21, 2014 (the “Order”).  The Order stipulates that the PNX Form 10-Q and the PHLVIC Form 10-K be filed with the SEC by April 15, 2014.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The foregoing contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We intend these forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions of the federal securities laws relating to forward-looking statements.  These forward-looking statements include statements relating to, or representing management’s beliefs about, our future transactions, strategies, operations and financial results, including, without limitation, our expectation to provide information within anticipated timeframes and potential penalties that may result from failure to timely file statutory financial statements with state insurance regulators and failure to comply with the Order. Such forward-looking statements often contain words such as “will,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “plan,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “is targeting,” “may,” “should” and other similar words or expressions. Forward-looking statements are made based upon management’s current expectations and beliefs and are not guarantees of future performance. Our ability to provide updated information about the restatement in the anticipated timeframe, complete the restatement and resume a timely filing schedule with respect to our SEC filings reflecting the restatement is subject to a number of contingencies, including but not limited to, whether we continue to identify errors in our financial statements, whether existing systems and processes can be timely updated, supplemented or replaced, and the number and complexity of, and periods covered by, the reports that we will have to file with the SEC to reflect the restatement. Our actual business, financial condition or results of operations may differ materially from those suggested by forward-looking statements as a result of risks and uncertainties which include, among others, those risks and uncertainties described in any of our other filings with the SEC. Certain other factors which may impact our business, financial condition or results of operations or which may cause actual results to differ from such forward-looking statements are discussed or included in our reports filed with the SEC and are available on our website at www.phoenixwm.com under “Investor Relations”. You are urged to carefully consider all such factors. We do not undertake or plan to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in plans, assumptions, estimates or projections, or other circumstances occurring after the date of this Form 8-K, even if such results, changes or circumstances make it clear that any forward-looking information will not be realized. If we make any future public statements or disclosures which modify or impact any of the forward-looking statements contained in or accompanying this Form 8-K, such statements or disclosures will be deemed to modify or supersede such statements in this Form 8-K.

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.

	PHL VARIABLE INSURANCE COMPANY
Date: April 15, 2014	By:	/s/ Bonnie J. Malley
		Name:	Bonnie J. Malley
		Title:	Executive Vice President
			and Chief Financial Officer