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FORM 3UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
HANRAHAN MICHAEL E

(Last)(First)(Middle)
ONE AMERICAN ROW

(Street)
HARTFORDCT06102-5056

(City)(State)(Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/25/2009
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PHOENIX COMPANIES INC/DE [PNX]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director10% Owner
XOfficer (give title below)Other (specify below)
VP & Chief Accounting Officer
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
XForm filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common 7,375.773 (1)
D
 
Common 3,097.543 (2)
I
By 401(k)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy)  (3)03/18/2019(3) Common 5,000 (3) $ 0.53 D  
Explanation of Responses:
1. Includes 4,875.773 shares acquired through The Phoenix Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
2. Represents the Reporting Person's pro rata portion of the stock held in the PNX Common Stock Fund as of the date of the event requiring statement pursuant to the Phoenix Savings and Investment Plan. This information is based on information provided by the Plan Trustee as of that date.
3. The options vest in approximately three equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant.
 
Remarks:
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/s/ John H. Beers, Attorney-in-Fact09/02/2009
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
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POWER OF ATTORNEY


Know all by these presents, that the undersigned (the "Reporting Person") hereby
  constitutes and appoints John H. Beers, Dennis L. Derr and John T. Mulrain, 
Attorneys-in-Fact as the Reporting Person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact 
to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the Reporting Person, in the Reporting 
Person's capacity as an officer or trustee of The Phoenix Companies, Inc. (the 
"Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the Reporting Person 
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 
or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange 
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the 
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, 
and in the best interests of, or legally required by, the Reporting Person.

The Reporting Person hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and 
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, 
necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers 
herein granted, as fully as to all intents and purposes as the Reporting Person 
might or could do if personally present, with full power of Substitution or 
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or 
such attorneys-in-fact substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to 
be done by the virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
  granted.  The Reporting Person acknowledges that the foregoing 
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the Reporting 
Person, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the Reporting 
Person's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934.

This power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the Reporting
  Person is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the 
Reporting Person's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the 
Company, unless earlier revoked by the Reporting Person in a signed writing 
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Reporting Person has caused this Power of Attorney to 
be executed as of this 1st day of September, 2009.



s/ Michael E. Hanrahan


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