AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE CO SEPARATE ACCOUNT D
497, 1998-02-06
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                    AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                              SEPARATE ACCOUNT D
                               GENERATIONS (TM)
                COMBINATION FIXED AND VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACT
                       SUPPLEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 6, 1998
                        TO PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 1997
              AS SUPPLEMENTED OCTOBER 14, 1997, OCTOBER 28, 1997
                             AND JANUARY 20, 1998


Effective  February  6,  1998,  American  General  Life  Insurance  Company is
changing the enhanced rate described in the January 20, 1997 supplement to the
prospectus,  as described  below,  and is changing  the name of the  automatic
transfer plan to which the enhanced rate applies, as follows:

1.    CHANGE OF PROSPECTUS LANGUAGE WITH RESPECT TO AUTOMATIC TRANSFER PLAN

ON PAGE 20, THE FOURTH AND FIFTH SENTENCES OF THE FOURTH PARAGRAPH ARE CHANGED
TO READ:

      UNDER SUCH PLANS,  KNOWN AS "SPECIAL  AUTOMATIC TRANSFER PLANS," WE WILL
      ESTABLISH THE PERIOD OF TIME OVER WHICH EQUAL MONTHLY  TRANSFERS WILL BE
      MADE, AND WE MAY OFFER A HIGHER GUARANTEED INTEREST RATE, SET FORTH IN A
      PROSPECTUS  SUPPLEMENT,  THAN WOULD  OTHERWISE BE AVAILABLE  FOR ANOTHER
      GUARANTEE  PERIOD  OF THE  SAME  DURATION  THAT IS NOT  OFFERED  UNDER A
      SPECIAL AUTOMATIC TRANSFER PLAN.  TRANSFERS UNDER ALL AUTOMATIC TRANSFER
      PLANS WILL NOT COUNT  TOWARDS THE TWELVE FREE  TRANSFERS  EACH  CONTRACT
      YEAR, AND WILL NOT INCUR A $25 CHARGE.

2.    CHANGE OF ENHANCED RATE

      ENHANCED  RATE--THE  GUARANTEED  INTEREST RATE FOR THE GUARANTEE  PERIOD
      THAT IS PRESENTLY  AVAILABLE UNDER THE SPECIAL AUTOMATIC  TRANSFER PLAN,
      REFERRED  TO ON PAGE 20 OF THE  PROSPECTUS,  IS 3.00%  GREATER  THAN THE
      GUARANTEED  INTEREST  RATE FOR A GUARANTEE  PERIOD OF THE SAME  DURATION
      THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE UNDER SUCH SPECIAL AUTOMATIC TRANSFER PLAN.


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                    AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                              SEPARATE ACCOUNT D
                               GENERATIONS (TM)
                COMBINATION FIXED AND VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACT
                       SUPPLEMENT DATED FEBRUARY 6, 1998
                        TO PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 1997
                AS SUPPLEMENTED MAY 27, 1997, OCTOBER 14, 1997
                             AND JANUARY 20, 1998


Effective  February  6,  1998,  American  General  Life  Insurance  Company is
changing the enhanced rate described in the January 20, 1997 supplement to the
prospectus,  as described  below,  and is changing  the name of the  automatic
transfer plan to which the enhanced rate applies, as follows:

1.    CHANGE OF PROSPECTUS LANGUAGE WITH RESPECT TO AUTOMATIC TRANSFER PLAN

ON PAGE 20, THE FOURTH AND FIFTH SENTENCES OF THE FOURTH PARAGRAPH ARE CHANGED
TO READ:

      UNDER SUCH PLANS,  KNOWN AS "SPECIAL  AUTOMATIC TRANSFER PLANS," WE WILL
      ESTABLISH THE PERIOD OF TIME OVER WHICH EQUAL MONTHLY  TRANSFERS WILL BE
      MADE, AND WE MAY OFFER A HIGHER GUARANTEED INTEREST RATE, SET FORTH IN A
      PROSPECTUS  SUPPLEMENT,  THAN WOULD  OTHERWISE BE AVAILABLE  FOR ANOTHER
      GUARANTEE  PERIOD  OF THE  SAME  DURATION  THAT IS NOT  OFFERED  UNDER A
      SPECIAL AUTOMATIC TRANSFER PLAN.  TRANSFERS UNDER ALL AUTOMATIC TRANSFER
      PLANS WILL NOT COUNT  TOWARDS THE TWELVE FREE  TRANSFERS  EACH  CONTRACT
      YEAR, AND WILL NOT INCUR A $25 CHARGE.

2.    CHANGE OF ENHANCED RATE

      ENHANCED  RATE--THE  GUARANTEED  INTEREST RATE FOR THE GUARANTEE  PERIOD
      THAT IS PRESENTLY  AVAILABLE UNDER THE SPECIAL AUTOMATIC  TRANSFER PLAN,
      REFERRED  TO ON PAGE 20 OF THE  PROSPECTUS,  IS 3.00%  GREATER  THAN THE
      GUARANTEED  INTEREST  RATE FOR A GUARANTEE  PERIOD OF THE SAME  DURATION
      THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE UNDER SUCH SPECIAL AUTOMATIC TRANSFER PLAN.



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