FIRST INVESTORS INSURED TAX EXEMPT FUND INC, 497J, 1999-05-05

FIRST INVESTORS INSURED TAX EXEMPT FUND INC
497J, 1999-05-05

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FIRST INVESTORS INSURED TAX EXEMPT FUND, INC.
95 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(212) 858-8126


                                       May 3, 1999


Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, DC 20549

                  Re:  First Investors Insured Tax Exempt Fund, Inc.
                           File Nos. 2-57473 and 811-2923

Gentlemen:

     Pursuant  to Rule 497(j) of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended  (the
"Act"),  First  Investors  Insured Tax Exempt Fund,  Inc.  (the  "Fund")  hereby
certifies:

     (1) The form of Prospectuses  and Statement of Additional  Information that
would have been filed under Rule 497(c) of the Act would not have  differed from
that  contained in  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 33 to the Fund's  Registration
Statement,  the most recent Post-Effective  Amendment filed with the Commission;
and

     (2) The text of  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 33 was filed  electronically
with the Commission.

                                     Very truly yours,

                                     FIRST INVESTORS INSURED TAX
                                     EXEMPT FUND, INC.

                                     By: /s/ C. Durso
                                         ------------------------
                                         C. Durso, Vice President