SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Form 11-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996
Commission file number 0-8590
A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different
from that of the issuer named below: Equitable of Iowa Companies Deferred
Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan and Trust.
B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the
address of its principal executive office:
Equitable of Iowa Companies
604 Locust Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
PROVIDED INFORMATION
1) Plan financial statements and schedules prepared in accordance with
the financial reporting requirements of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act are attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and by this reference are
incorporated herein.
2) Consent of Independent Auditors is attached hereto as Exhibit 2 and
by this reference is incorporated herein.
SIGNATURES
The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the administrator of the employee benefit plan has duly caused this
annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
EQUITABLE OF IOWA COMPANIES
DEFERRED PROFIT SHARING AND RETIREMENT
SAVINGS PLAN AND TRUST
By: Equitable of Iowa Companies,
Administrator
Date: June 25, 1997 By: /s/ Fred S. Hubbell
___________________________
Fred S. Hubbell
President
Exhibit 2
Consent of Independent Auditors
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
(Form S-8 No. 33-57484) pertaining to the Equitable of Iowa Companies Deferred
Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan and Trust of our report dated
June 23, 1997, with respect to the financial statements and schedules of the
Equitable of Iowa Companies Deferred Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings
Plan and Trust included in this Annual Report (Form 11-K) for the year ended
December 31, 1996.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Des Moines, Iowa
June 23, 1997
