UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 06/30/99
Check here if Amendment [ ]; Amendment Number:
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ ] 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 AUGUST 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)
(13F File No. 28-5184).
