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April 30, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
RE: CG Variable Annuity Account I-Group Variable Annuities for Qualified
Retirement Plans (1933 Act Registration No. 2-33024)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933
Act"), Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, on behalf of its
above-captioned separate account (the "Account"), hereby certifies that:
(1) the form of prospectus that would have been filed pursuant to Rule
497 (c) under the 1933 Act would not have differed from that contained in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 42 to the Account's Registration Statement on Form
N-4, constituting the most recent amendment to the Account's Registration
Statement on Form N-4; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 42 to the Account's
Registration Statement on Form N-4 was filed electronically via EDGAR with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 24, 1997.
Sincerely,
CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
On behalf of CG Variable Annuity Account I-
Group Variable Annuities for Qualified Retirement Plans
By: /s/ Maria A. Hagan
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Maria A. Hagan
Its: Assistant Vice President
