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March 10, 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
Advisor's Edge Variable Annuity, Advisor's Edge Select Variable Annuity,
Dimensional Variable Annuity and PGA Retirement Annuity
File No.33-80958, 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
annual report for the following underlying management investment companies:
Endeavor Series Trust; DFA Investment Dimensions Group, Inc.; Federated
Insurance Series; Montgomery Funds III; PB Series Trust; SteinRoe Variable
Investment Trust; Strong Variable Insurance Funds, Inc.; Wanger Advisors Trust
and Warburg Pincus Trust. 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 annual reports were filed
with the Commission via EDGAR on the dates indicated:
. Endeavor Series Trust (CIK: 847254) filed March 5, 1999
. DFA Investment Dimensions Group, Inc. (CIK: 355437) filed February 5, 1999
. Federated Insurance Series (CIK: 912577) filed February 26, 1999
. Montgomery Funds III (CIK: 930648) filed February 26, 1999
. PB Series Trust (CIK: 1026222) filed February 23, 1999
. SteinRoe Variable Investment Trust (CIK: 815425) filed February 26, 1999
. Strong Variable Insurance Funds, Inc. (CIK: 883644) filed March 4, 1999
. Wanger Advisors Trust (CIK: 929521) filed March 5, 1999
. Warburg Pincus Trust (CIK: 941568) filed February 22, 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
