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          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):
                   January 25, 2001


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


Minnesota                                     33-71690
113-2699219
(State or Other Jurisdiction       (Commission
(I.R.S. Employer
  of Incorporation)           File Number)
Identification No.)


308 Maltbie Street, Suite 200 - Syracuse, NY      13204
    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)


  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
                    (315) 451-0066


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


Item 5.        Other Events.

     On January 25, 2001, Fortis, Inc. agreed to sell
(the "Sale") its Fortis Financial Group division (the
"Division") to the Hartford Financial Services Group,
Inc. ("The Hartford").  The Division includes, among
other blocks of business, certain individual life
insurance policies (including variable universal life
policies) and all annuity contracts (collectively, the
"Insurance Contracts") written by First Fortis Life
Insurance Company (the "Company").  Certain of the
Insurance Contracts permit investment in, among other
investment options, various series of the Fortis Series
Fund (the "Fund").

     To effect the Sale as it relates to the Company,
Hartford Life Insurance Company, an indirect wholly
owned subsidiary of The Hartford, will reinsure the
Insurance Contracts on a 100% coinsurance basis and
perform administration of such Insurance Contracts.  In
addition, Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company,
another indirect wholly owned subsidiary of The
Hartford, will purchase all of the outstanding stock of
Fortis Advisers, Inc., which is the investment adviser
for the Fund.  Thus, upon completion of the Sale,
Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company will own
and control Fortis Advisers, Inc. and its subsidiaries,
including Fortis Investors, Inc., which is the
principal distributor of the Fund.

     Consummation of the Sale is subject to various
regulatory and other approvals.  Following the Sale,
the Fund expects to enter into new investment advisory,
subadvisory and distribution agreements with affiliates
of The Hartford.  Such new agreements will require
approvals subsequent to the closing of the Sale by the
Fund's board of directors and shareholders and by
Insurance Contract holders to the extent required by
law.


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.


                         FIRST FORTIS LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY


                         By:       /s/ Larry M. Cains
                              Larry M. Cains
                              Treasurer (Principal
Accounting and
                              Principal Financial
Officer)


Dated:    February 5, 2001


Form8-K-FFL

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