CIGNA VARIABLE PRODUCTS GROUP
1380 MAIN STREET
SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 01103
May 2, 1996
VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: CIGNA Variable Products Group
(CIGNA Variable Products Money Market Fund)
(CIGNA Variable Products S&P 500 Index Fund)
(1933 Act Registration No. 33-20333)
(1940 Act File No. 811-5480)
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933 Act"), CIGNA Variable Products Group (the
"Trust"), on behalf of its series of shares known as CIGNA
Variable Products Money Market Fund and CIGNA Variable Products
S&P 500 Index Fund, 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. 13 to the Trust's Registration
Statement on Form N-1A, constituting the most recent
amendment to the Trust's Registration Statement on
Form N-1A; and
(2) the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 to the
Trust's Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed
electronically via EDGAR with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 29, 1996.
Sincerely,
CIGNA VARIABLE PRODUCTS GROUP, on behalf of its series of
shares known as CIGNA Variable Products Money Market Fund and
CIGNA Variable Products S&P 500 Index Fund
By: ___________________________________
Jeffrey S. Winer
Its: Vice President and Secretary
