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UNITED INVESTORS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
RetireMAP Deferred Variable Annuity Policy
Supplement dated September 20, 1999 to Prospectus dated May 1, 1999
The following information supplements and supersedes certain information in the
Fund Management and Fees section of the RetireMAP Prospectus.
Warburg Pincus Trust and Warburg Pincus Trust II.
New Adviser. Effective July 6, 1999, Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC (CSAM)
became the funds' investment adviser as a result of the closing of the
acquisition of Warburg Pincus Asset Management, Inc. by Credit Suisse Group, and
the combination of Warburg Pincus with Credit Suisse's existing U.S. asset
management business.
Please keep this Supplement with your Prospectus dated May 1, 1999, for the
RetireMAP Deferred Variable Annuity Policy.
Form U-1153-D, Ed. 9/99