Rule 497(e)
File No. 811-1737
GREAT-WEST VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT A
OF GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY
Insert on cover page of prospectus:
Effective November 1, 1996, the Investment Adviser of Great-West Variable
Annuity Account A will be GW
Capital Management, Inc. As of that date, references in the prospectus to The
Great-West Life Assurance
Company as Investment Adviser to Variable Annuity Account A are deleted and
replaced with GW Capital
Management, Inc. GW Capital Management, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Great-West Life &
Annuity Insurance Company.