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Corporate Insurance
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May 4, 2000
VIA EDGAR
Office of Insurance Products
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: Certification Pursuant to Rule 497(j)
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company
CG Corporate Insurance Variable Life Separate Account 02
File Number 333-01741
Commissioners:
On behalf of Connecticut General Life Insurance Company and its CG Corporate
Insurance Variable Life Separate Account 02 I hereby certify that the form of
prospectus that would have been filed under Rule 497(b) would not have differed
from that contained in the most recent registration amendment and that the text
of the most recent registration amendment has been filed electronically.
Please feel free to phone the undersigned at (860) 534-4134 with any questions.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Michelle Kunzman
Michelle Kunzman
Assistant Vice President