UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: SAFECO Insurance Company of America
Address: SAFECO Plaza
Seattle, WA 98185
13F File Number: 28-169
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: Ronald Spaulding
Title: Vice President
Phone: 206-545-5734
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
Ronald Spaulding Seattle, Washington May 12, 1999
Report Type (Check only one):
[ ] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT
[X] 13F NOTICE
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
Form 13F File Number Name
28-167 SAFECO Corporation
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934.
