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May 16, 2000
VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION
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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: United Investors Universal Life Variable Account (File No. 333-26505)
Rule 497(j) Certification
Commissioners:
On behalf of United Investors Universal Life Variable Account (the
"Account") and in lieu of filing with the Commission the form of prospectus
dated May 1, 2000 that was used in connection with the offering by United
Investors Life Insurance Company (the "Company") of certain flexible premium
variable life insurance policies funded through the Account, the Company hereby
certifies that:
(1) the form of prospectus that would have been filed pursuant to Rule
497(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act") would not
have differed from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 4
to the Account's registration statement under the 1933 Act ("PEA 4")
on Form S-6, as filed with the Commission on April 26, 2000; and
(2) The text of PEA 4 has been filed with the Commission electronically.
Please call Cathy C. Pilcher at (205) 325-4307 if you have questions or
comments regarding this filing.
UNITED INVESTORS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By: /s/ John H. Livingston
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John H. Livingston, Esquire
Secretary and Counsel
cc: Frederick R. Bellamy