<PAGE>
[LETTERHEAD OF AEGON]
September 10, 1998
VIA EDGAR
- ----------------------------------
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Providian Life and Health Insurance Company Separate Account V -
Personal Manager Variable Annuity
File No. 33-72838, 811-6564, CIK 884067
Rule 30b2-1 Filing
Commissioners:
As required by Rule 30d-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the "Act"), Providian Life and Health Insurance Company Separate Account V, a
unit investment trust registered under the Act, mailed to its contract owners
the semi-annual report for the following underlying management investment
companies: Variable Insurance Products Fund, Variable Insurance Products Fund
II, Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund and Strong Variable Insurance Products
Funds. This filing constitutes the filing of those reports as required by Rule
30b2-1 under the Act.
Pursuant to Rule 30d-1 under the Act, the following semi-annual reports were
filed with the Commission via EDGAR on the dates indicated:
. Variable Insurance Products Fund (CIK: 356494) filed August 21, 1998
. Variable Insurance Products Fund II (CIK: 831016) filed August 21, 1998
. Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund (CIK: 813383) filed August 24, 1998
. Strong Variable Insurance Products Funds (CIK: 883644) filed
August 31, 1998
To the extent necessary, these filings are incorporated herein by reference.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Gregory E. Miller-Breetz
Gregory E. Miller-Breetz
Assistant General Counsel
