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VEDDER, PRICE, KAUFMAN & KAMMHOLZ
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May 5, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Horace Mann Life Insurance Company Separate Account ("Registrant")
File Nos. 002-24256 and 811-01343
To The Commission:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) of Regulation C, under the Securities Act of
1933, in lieu of filing under paragraph (c) of Rule 497, on behalf of the
Registrant, we hereby certify that (1) the form of Prospectus dated May 1, 1999
and Statement of Additional Information dated May 1, 1999 for the above-
captioned Registrant that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497
does not differ from that contained in the most recent registration statement or
amendment and (2) the text of the most recent registration statement or
amendment has been filed electronically.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Mark L. Winget
Mark L. Winget
MLW/sp
