UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 6/30/2000
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 11, 2000
[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 a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Fortis, Inc. (13F File No. 28-5174). Fortis Inc. is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Fortis Insurance N.V. (13F File No. 28-5689), Fortis Funding
Company B.V. (13F File No. 28-5681), Fortis (US) Funding Partners I LP
(13F File No. 28-5693), and Fortis (US) Funding Partners II LP (13F File
No. 28-5691). Fortis Insurance N.V. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fortis
Bank N.V. (13F File No. 28-5697) and Fortis N.V. (formerly known as AMEV/VSB
1990 N.V. (13F File No. 28-5190). Fortis Bank N.V. is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Fortis SA/NV (13F File No. 28-5695). Fortis SA/NV and Fortis
N.V. (13F File No. 28-5190) are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Fortis (B)
(13F File No. 28-5182) and Fortis (NL) (13F File No. 28-5184).
