Putnam Investments Bank's Annuity Programs include Hartford Variable Annuities and Allstate Variable Annuities. The Hartford Financial Services Group is one of the nation's largest life insurance organizations and a leading provider of variable annuities. For all new contracts, ten Putnam sub accounts are now available as part of The Director M suite of variable annuities. The Putnam Hartford Capital Manager variable annuities closed to new accounts on May, 2, 2005. Existing account holders may continue to make deposits to their contracts.