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September 14, 1999
VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Peoples Benefit Life 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"), Peoples Benefit Life 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 Funds, Inc.. 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 27, 1999
. Variable Insurance Products Fund II (CIK: 831016) filed August 27, 1999
. Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund (CIK: 813383) filed August 30, 1999
. Strong Variable Insurance Funds, Inc. (CIK: 883644) filed September 7, 1999
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
