[Keyport Life Insurance Company letterhead]
Keyport Life Insurance Company
125 High Street
Boston, MA 02110
(617) 526-1400
May 19, 1998
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Ffth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Certification pursuant to Rule 497(j)
Variable Account A ("Registrant")
Files No. 333-1043 and 811-7543
Commissioners:
Pursuant to paragraph (j) of Rule 497 of Regulation C under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Rule 497"), in lieu of
filing under paragraph (c) of Rule 497, I hereby certify that the
forms of prospectus and statement of additional information for
the above-captioned Registrant, each dated May 19, 1998, that
would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497, do not
differ from those contained in the most recent amendment to the
Registration Statement on Form N-4, being Post-Effective
Amendment No. 12, and that Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 was
filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission
via EDGAR on or about May 8, 1998.
Sincerely,
/s/Elizabeth B. Love
Elizabeth B. Love
Attorney
