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[EQUALIZATION] 0
[DISTRIBUTIONS-OF-INCOME] 296
[DISTRIBUTIONS-OF-GAINS] 0
[DISTRIBUTIONS-OTHER] 0
[NUMBER-OF-SHARES-SOLD] 0
[NUMBER-OF-SHARES-REDEEMED] 0
[SHARES-REINVESTED] 23
[NET-CHANGE-IN-ASSETS] 31322
[ACCUMULATED-NII-PRIOR] 296
[ACCUMULATED-GAINS-PRIOR] (90)
[OVERDISTRIB-NII-PRIOR] 0
[OVERDIST-NET-GAINS-PRIOR] 0
[GROSS-ADVISORY-FEES] 1519
[INTEREST-EXPENSE] 0
[GROSS-EXPENSE] 16382
[AVERAGE-NET-ASSETS] 161752
[PER-SHARE-NAV-BEGIN] 10.44
[PER-SHARE-NII] 0.093
[PER-SHARE-GAIN-APPREC] 2.380
[PER-SHARE-DIVIDEND] 0
[PER-SHARE-DISTRIBUTIONS] 0.023
[RETURNS-OF-CAPITAL] 0
[PER-SHARE-NAV-END] 12.89
[EXPENSE-RATIO] 1.20
[AVG-DEBT-OUTSTANDING] 0
[AVG-DEBT-PER-SHARE] 0
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors
of Manning & Napier Insurance Fund, Inc:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements and financial
highlights of Manning & Napier Insurance Fund, Inc. for the period ended
December 31, 1997, we considered its internal control, including control
activities for safeguarding securities, in order to determine our auditing
procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial
statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N_SAR, not to provide
assurance on the internal control.
The management of Manning & Napier Insurance Fund, Inc. is responsible for
establishing and maintaining internal control. In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess
the expected benefits and related costs of controls. Generally, controls that
are relevant to an audit pertain to an entitys objective of preparing
financial statements for external purposes that are fairly presented in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. These controls
include the safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use or
disposition.
Because of inherent limitations in internal control, errors or fraud may occur
and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation of internal control to
future periods is subject to the risk that it may become inadequate because of
changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of the design and operation
may deteriorate.
Our consideration of the internal control would not necessarily disclose all
matters in the internal control that might be material weaknesses under
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants. A material weakness is a condition in which the design or
operation of one or more internal control components does not reduce to a
relatively low level the risk that errors or fraud in amounts that would be
material in relation to the financial statements being audited may occur and
not be detected within a timely period by employees in the normal course of
performing their assigned functions. However, we noted no matters involving
the internal control, including controls for safeguarding securities, that we
consider material weaknesses as defined above.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, the
Board of Directors of Manning & Napier Fund, Inc. and the Securities and
Exchange Commission,
Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
Boston, Massachusetts
January 23, 1998
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[ARTICLE] 6
[LEGEND]
[RESTATED]
[CIK] 0001003369
[NAME] MANNING & NAPIER INSURANCE FUND, INC.
[SERIES]
[NAME] MANNING & NAPIER SMALL CAP PORTFOLIO
[NUMBER] 6
[MULTIPLIER] 1
[CURRENCY] 1
[FISCAL-YEAR-END] DEC-31-1997
[PERIOD-START] JAN-01-1997
[PERIOD-END] DEC-31-1997
[PERIOD-TYPE] 12-MOS
[EXCHANGE-RATE] 1
[INVESTMENTS-AT-COST] 160112
[INVESTMENTS-AT-VALUE] 158611
[RECEIVABLES] 13197
[ASSETS-OTHER] 0
[OTHER-ITEMS-ASSETS] 0
[TOTAL-ASSETS] 171808
[PAYABLE-FOR-SECURITIES] 0
[SENIOR-LONG-TERM-DEBT] 0
[OTHER-ITEMS-LIABILITIES] 15010
[TOTAL-LIABILITIES] 15010
[SENIOR-EQUITY] 0
[PAID-IN-CAPITAL-COMMON] 130840
[SHARES-COMMON-STOCK] 12921
[SHARES-COMMON-PRIOR] 12913
[ACCUMULATED-NII-CURRENT] 0
[OVERDISTRIBUTION-NII] 0
[ACCUMULATED-NET-GAINS] 27459
[OVERDISTRIBUTION-GAINS] 0
[ACCUM-APPREC-OR-DEPREC] (1501)
[NET-ASSETS] 156798
[DIVIDEND-INCOME] 752
[INTEREST-INCOME] 753
[OTHER-INCOME] 1546
[EXPENSES-NET] 1859
[NET-INVESTMENT-INCOME] 1192
[REALIZED-GAINS-CURRENT] 28497
[APPREC-INCREASE-CURRENT] (11265)
[NET-CHANGE-FROM-OPS] 18424
[EQUALIZATION] 0
[DISTRIBUTIONS-OF-INCOME] 113
[DISTRIBUTIONS-OF-GAINS] 0
[DISTRIBUTIONS-OTHER] 0
[NUMBER-OF-SHARES-SOLD] 0
[NUMBER-OF-SHARES-REDEEMED] 0
[SHARES-REINVESTED] 8
[NET-CHANGE-IN-ASSETS] 18424
[ACCUMULATED-NII-PRIOR] 113
[ACCUMULATED-GAINS-PRIOR] (684)
[OVERDISTRIB-NII-PRIOR] 0
[OVERDIST-NET-GAINS-PRIOR] 0
[GROSS-ADVISORY-FEES] 1548
[INTEREST-EXPENSE] 0
[GROSS-EXPENSE] 16411
[AVERAGE-NET-ASSETS] 165765
[PER-SHARE-NAV-BEGIN] 10.72
[PER-SHARE-NII] (0.027)
[PER-SHARE-GAIN-APPREC] 1.446
[PER-SHARE-DIVIDEND] 0
[PER-SHARE-DISTRIBUTIONS] 0.009
[RETURNS-OF-CAPITAL] 0
[PER-SHARE-NAV-END] 12.13
[EXPENSE-RATIO] 1.20
[AVG-DEBT-OUTSTANDING] 0
[AVG-DEBT-PER-SHARE] 0
