UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 09/30/99
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[ ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings entries.
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: FORTIS, INC.
Address: One Chase Manhattan Plaza
New York, NY 10005
13F File Number: 28-5174
The institutional investment manager filing this report
and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent
that the person signing the report is authorized to
submit it, that all information contained herein is
true, correct and complete, and that it is understood
that all required items, statements, schedules, lists,
and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting
Manager:
Name: SCOTT R. PLUMMER
Title: VICE PRESIDENT, ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL &
ASSISTANT SECRETARY, FORTIS ADVISERS, INC.
Phone: (651) 738-5602
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/S/ SCOTT R. PLUMMER WOODBURY, MN NOVEMBER 1, 1999
[Signature] [City, State] [Date]
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ ] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all
holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this
report.)
[x] 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported
are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other
reporting manager(s).)
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a
portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are
reported in this report and a portion are reported by other
reporting manager(s).)
Fortis Advisers, Inc. (13F File No. 28-1542) is an wholly-
owned subsidiary of Fortis, Inc. (13F File No. 28-5174).
Fortis Inc. and Fortis International, N.V. (13F File No. 28-
5186) are wholly-owned subsidiaries of AMEV/VSB 1990 N.V.
(13F File No. 28-5190). Sycamore Insurance Holding, N.V.
(13F File No. 28-5188) is an indirectly owned subsidiary of
AMEV/VSB 1990 N.V. which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of AG
1990 (Nederland) B.V. (13F File No. 28-5192), Fortis (B)
(13F File No. 28-5182), and Fortis (NL) N.V. (13F
