Annual Report (Form 10-K), fiscal year 1993

Item 1. Business.
The Registrant is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., a corporation whose common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The information set forth under the caption "A. History and Business" in the preliminary prospectus contained in Registrant's registration statement filed March 31, 1994, pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, File No. 33-60288 (the "Prospectus"), is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.



Item 2. Properties.
The information set forth under the caption "J. Properties" in the Prospectus is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
The information set forth under the caption "Legal Proceedings" in the Prospectus is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 4.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Information called for by this item is omitted pursuant to General Instruction J. of Form 10-K.
PART II
Item 5.

Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters.
The Registrant is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch Insurance Group, Inc., which is the sole record holder of Registrant's shares. Therefore, there is no public trading market for Registrant's common stock. The Registrant has declared no cash dividends on its common stock at any time during the two most recent fiscal years. Under laws applicable to insurance companies domiciled in the State of New York, the Registrant's ability to pay dividends on its common stock is restricted. See Note 5 to the Registrant's financial statements.
Item 6.

Item 6. Selected Financial Data.
Information called for by this item is omitted pursuant to General Instruction J. of Form 10-K.
Item 7.

Item 7. Management's Narrative Analysis of Results of Operations.
The information set forth under the caption "C. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the Prospectus is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.


Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
The financial statements of Registrant are set forth in Part IV hereof and are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
Not applicable.
PART III
Information called for by items 10 through 13 of this part is omitted pursuant to General Instruction J. of Form 10-K.
PART IV
Item 14.







Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K.
(a) Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(1) The following financial statements of the Registrant are filed as part of this report:
a. Independent Auditors' Report dated February 28, 1994.
b. Balance Sheets at December 31, 1993 and 1992.
c. Statements of Earnings for the Years Ended December 31, 1993, 1992 and 1991.
d. Statements of Stockholder's Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 1993, 1992 and 1991.
e. Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 1993, 1992 and 1991.
f. Notes to Financial Statements for the Years Ended December 31, 1993, 1992 and 1991.
(2) The following exhibits are filed as part of this report as indicated below:
3.1 Certificate of Amendment and Restatement of Charter of Royal Tandem Life Insurance Company. (In-
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corporated by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-34562, filed April 26, 1990.)
3.2 By-Laws of Royal Tandem Life Insurance Company. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-34562, filed April 26, 1990.)
3.3 Certificate of Amendment of the Charter of ML Life Insurance Company of New York. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(c) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-34562, filed March 30, 1992.)
3.4 By-Laws of ML Life Insurance Company of New York. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(d) to Post- Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-34562, filed March 30, 1992.)
4.1 Modified Guaranteed Annuity Contract. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-34562, filed October 16, 1990.)
4.2 Modified Guaranteed Annuity Contract Application. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(b) to Pre- Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-34562, filed October 16, 1990.)
4.3 Qualified Retirement Plan Endorsement. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(c) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-34562, filed October 16, 1990.)
4.4 IRA Endorsement. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(d) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-34562, filed October 16, 1990.)
4.5 Company Name Change Endorsement. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(e) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-34562, filed March 30, 1992.)
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4.6 IRA Endorsement, MLNY009 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(d)(2) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-60288, filed March 31, 1994).
10.1 General Agency Agreement between Royal Tandem Life Insurance Company and Merrill Lynch Life Agency Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(a) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-34562, filed October 16, 1990.)
10.2 Investment Management Agreement by and between Royal Tandem Life Insurance Company and Equitable Capital Management Corporation. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(b) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-34562, filed October 16, 1990.)
10.3 Shareholders' Agreement by and among The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States and Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and Tandem Financial Group, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(c) to Pre- Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-34562, filed October 16, 1990.)
10.4 Service Agreement by and between Royal Tandem Life Insurance Company and Tandem Financial Group, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(d) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-34562, filed October 16, 1990.)
10.5 Service Agreement by and between Tandem Financial Group, Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(e) to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-34562, filed October 16, 1990.)
10.6 Form of Investment Management Agreement by and between Royal Tandem Life Insurance Company and Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(f) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-34562, filed March 7, 1991.)
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10.7 Assumption Reinsurance Agreement between Merrill Lynch Life Insurance Company, Tandem Insurance Group, Inc. and Royal Tandem Life Insurance Company and Family Life Insurance Company. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(g) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-34562, filed March 30, 1992.)
10.8 Indemnity Agreement between ML Life Insurance Company of New York and Merrill Lynch Life Agency, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(h) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-34562, filed March 30, 1992.)
10.9 Amended General Agency Agreement between ML Life Insurance Company of New York and Merrill Lynch Life Agency, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(i) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-34562, filed March 30, 1992.)
10.10 Amended Management Agreement between ML Life Insurance Company of New York and Merrill Lynch Asset Management, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(j) to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-60288, filed March 30, 1993.)
25.1 Power of attorney of Frederick J.C. Butler. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25(a) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-60288, filed March 31, 1994.)
25.2 Power of attorney of Michael P. Cogswell. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25(b) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-60288, filed March 31, 1994.)
25.3 Power of attorney of Sandra K. Cox. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25(c) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-60288, filed March 31, 1994.)
25.4 Power of attorney of Joseph E. Crowne. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25(d) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's
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registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-60288, filed March 31, 1994.)
25.5 Power of attorney of David M. Dunford. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25(e) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-60288, filed March 31, 1994.)
25.6 Power of attorney of John C.R. Hele. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25(f) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-60288, filed March 31, 1994.)
25.7 Power of attorney of Robert L. Israeloff. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25(g) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-60288, filed March 31, 1994.)
25.8 Power of attorney of Allen N. Jones. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25(h) to Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-60288, filed March 31, 1994.)
25.9 Power of attorney of Cynthia L. Kahn. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25(i) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-60288, filed March 31, 1994.)
25.10 Power of attorney of Robert A. King. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25(j) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-60288, filed March 31, 1994.)
25.11 Power of attorney of Irving M. Pollack. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25(k) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-60288, filed March 31, 1994.)
25.12 Power of attorney of Barry G. Skolnick. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25(l) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-60288, filed March 31, 1994.)
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25.13 Power of attorney of William A. Wilde. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25(m) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-60288, filed March 31, 1994.)
25.14 Power of attorney of Anthony J. Vespa. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25(n) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-60288, filed March 31, 1994.)
28.1 Preliminary prospectus contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's registration statement, filed on March 31, 1994, pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, File No. 33-60288.
(3) Not applicable.
(b) Reports on Form 8-K.
No reports on Form 8-K have been filed during the last quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993.
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Independent Auditors' Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Balance Sheets at December 31, 1993 and 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Statements of Earnings for the Years Ended December 31, 1993, 1992 and 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Statements of Stockholder's Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 1993, 1992 and 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 1993, 1992 and 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Notes to Financial Statements for the Years Ended December 31, 1993, 1992 and 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
*Signing in his own capacity and as Attorney-in-Fact.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED WITH REPORTS FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(D) OF THE ACT BY REGISTRANTS WHICH HAVE NOT REGISTERED SECURITIES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE ACT.
No annual report covering the Registrant's last fiscal year or proxy material has been or will be sent to Registrant's security holder.
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