-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, SBE+wthdZv4jmOSrKs+Ny/3JmCAy8RquZwQgMbiIabEOgLYzZlxTsf8ioBm/o/cF rGZb7j5C3vDckzmw0BhblQ== 0000950144-01-504478.txt : 20010716 0000950144-01-504478.hdr.sgml : 20010716 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950144-01-504478 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20010701 ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 20010713 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FORTIS BENEFITS INSURANCE CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000823533 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 810170040 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-37576 FILM NUMBER: 1680833 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 BIELENBERG DRIVE CITY: WOODBURY STATE: MN ZIP: 55125 BUSINESS PHONE: 6517384000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 64284 CITY: ST PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55164 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920329 8-K 1 g70492e8-k.htm FORTIS BENEFITS INSURANCE COMPANY e8-k

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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):   July 1, 2001

FORTIS BENEFITS INSURANCE COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant
as Specified in Charter)

         
Minnesota 33-46620 81-0170040
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)		 (Commission
File Number) 		(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
     
576 Bielenberg Drive, Woodbury, MN 55125
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (651) 738-4000

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Item 2. Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

     Effective as of July 1, 2001, Fortis Benefits Insurance Company, a Minnesota insurance company (the “Registrant” or “FBIC”), completed a merger in which Pierce National Life Insurance Company, a California insurance company (“PNL”), merged with and into FBIC (the “Merger”). Immediately prior to the Merger, both FBIC and PNL were indirect wholly owned subsidiaries of Fortis, Inc., a Nevada corporation and a holding company for certain insurance companies in the United States. The Merger was completed as part of an internal reorganization being effected by Fortis, Inc. with respect to certain of its life and health insurance companies.

     As of March 31, 2001, PNL had assets of approximately $811,889,000, liabilities of approximately $731,010,000, and statutory surplus of approximately $80,879,000. The insurance regulatory authorities of the States of California and Minnesota approved the transaction.

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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.

       
FORTIS BENEFITS INSURANCE COMPANY
 
 
 
By: /s/  Larry Cains
Name:    Larry Cains
Title:      Treasurer
 
 
 
Dated:  July 13, 2001

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