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March 15, 1999
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: PFL Retirement Builder Variable Annuity Account
File No. 811-07689, CIK 0001016809
Rule 30b2-1 Filing
Commissioners:
As required by Rule 30d-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the "Act"), PFL Retirement Builder Variable Annuity Account, a unit investment
trust registered under the Act, recently mailed to its contract owners the
annual report for the following underlying management investment companies:
Variable Insurance Products Fund, Variable Insurance Products Fund II, Variable
Insurance Products Fund III, AIM Variable Insurance Funds, Inc., Dreyfus Stock
Index Fund, Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, MFS Variable Insurance Trust,
Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, WRL Series, Fund, Inc., Evergreen Variable
Trust, Federated Insurance Series, and Putnam Variable Trust. This filing
constitutes the filing of those reports as required by Rule 30b2-1 under the
Act.
Pursuant to Rule 30d-1 under the Act, on February 19, 1999, Variable Insurance
Products Fund filed its annual report with the Commission via EDGAR (CIK:
356494); on February 19, 1999, Variable Insurance Products Fund II filed its
annual report with the Commission via EDGAR (CIK: 831016); on February 19, 1999,
Variable Insurance Products Fund III filed its annual report with the Commission
via EDGAR (CIK: 927384); on March 3, 1999, AIM Variable Insurance Funds, Inc.
filed its annual report with the Commission via EDGAR (CIK: 896435); on March 1,
1999, Dreyfus Stock Index Fund filed its annual report with the Commission via
EDGAR (CIK: 846800); on February 23, 1999, Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
filed its annual report with the Commission via EDGAR (CIK: 813383); on March 1,
1999, MFS Variable Insurance Trust filed its annual report with the Commission
via EDGAR (CIK: 918571); on March 9, 1999, Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds
filed its annual report with the Commission via EDGAR (CIK: 752737); on February
26, 1999, WRL Series Fund, Inc. filed its annual report with the Commission via
EDGAR (CIK: 778207); on February 25, 1999, Evergreen Variable Trust filed its
annual report with the Commission via EDGAR (CIK: 928754); on February 26, 1999,
Federated Insurance Series filed its annual report with the Commission via EDGAR
(CIK: 912577); and on March 1, 1999, Putnam Variable Trust filed its annual
report with the Commission via EDGAR (CIK: 822671). To the extent necessary,
these filings are incorporated herein by reference.
Very truly yours,
PFL Life Insurance Company
/s/ Frank A. Camp
Frank A. Camp
Division General Counsel
Financial Markets Division
