CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to Registration
Statement No. 333-148564 of Hartford Life Insurance Company Separate Account
Seven on Form N-4, of our report February 11, 2009 (April 29, 2009 as to the
effects of the change in reporting entity structure and the retrospective
adoption of FASB Statement No. 160, NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS IN CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS described in Note 1 and Note 17) (which report expresses an
unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the
Company's change in its method of accounting for the fair value measurement of
financial instruments in 2008), relating to Hartford Life Insurance Company as
of December 31, 2008 and 2007 and for each of the three years in the period
ended December 31, 2008, and of our report dated February 18, 2009, relating to
the statements of assets and liabilities of Hartford Life Insurance Company
Separate Account Seven as of December 31, 2008, and the related statements of
operations and changes in net assets for the respective stated periods then
ended, both appearing in the Statement of Additional Information, which is part
of such Registration Statement, and to the reference to us under the heading
"Experts" in such Statement of Additional Information.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
August 14, 2009