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ROPES & GRAY
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April 26, 1999
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION - VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Barr Rosenberg Variable Insurance Trust (the "Trust");
(File Nos. 333-50529 and 811-08759);
Rule 497(j) Filing
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This letter is being transmitted by means of electronic submission by
the Trust pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "1933 Act"). I hereby certify on behalf of the Trust that the form of
Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed by
the Trust pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the 1933 Act would not have differed
from that contained in the Trust's Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to its
Registration Statement on Form N-1A relating to the Barr Rosenberg VIT Market
Neutral Fund, which was filed by electronic transmission on April 16, 1998.
If you have any questions regarding this filing, please do not
hesitate to contact the undersigned.
Sincerely,
JOHN B. MCGINTY, JR.
John B. McGinty, Jr.
cc: Edward H. Lyman
Harold Arbit
Linda Kuroda
