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NUVEEN INSURED TAX-FREE BOND FUND, INC.
333 WEST WACKER DRIVE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60606
July 2, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549-1004
Attention: Filing Disk
Re: Nuveen Insured Tax-Free Bond Fund, Inc.
Registration Statement of Form N-1A
File No. 33-8372 (Post-Effective Amendment No. 19)
File No. 811-4821 (Amendment No. 20)
Gentlemen:
Nuveen Insured Tax-Free Bond Fund, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby
certifies, pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the Securities Act of 1933, that (i) the
form of prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would have been
filed under paragraph (b) or (c) of Rule 497 would not have differed from that
contained in the above captioned, most recently filed amendment to the
registration statement of the Registrant (the "Amendment"), and (ii) the text of
the Amendment has been filed electronically.
Nuveen Insured Tax-Free Bond Fund, Inc.
By: /s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman
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Gifford R. Zimmerman, Vice President
