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September 28, 1999
VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
RE: Separate Account D of Paragon Life Insurance Company
(File No. 333-80393)
Gentlemen:
On behalf of the above-referenced registrant, and in lieu of filing a
prospectus pursuant to Rule 497(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act"), I hereby certify pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Act that the
form of prospectus that would have been filed under Rule 497(b) would not have
differed from the prospectus contained in the registrant's registration
statement which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission via EDGAR
on September 1, 1999, and became effective September 22, 1999.
If you have any questions, please contact the undersigned at
(202) 383-0261.
Sincerely,
/s/ Lloyd F. Bernard
Lloyd F. Bernard
Cc: Elizabeth A. Rich
