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SUPPLEMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 30, 1999
TO PROSPECTUS AND STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
DATED MAY 1, 1999
PINNACLE FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE ANNUITY
NATIONAL INTEGRITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
THE FOLLOWING SUPPLEMENTS INFORMATION IN THE PROSPECTUS UNDER "YOUR INVESTMENT
OPTIONS" IN PART I, SECTION 3.
Effective October 5, 1999, shares of Fidelity's Variable Insurance Products
Fund, Variable Insurance Products Fund II and Variable Insurance Products
Fund III (the "VIP Funds"), managed by Fidelity Management and Research
Company, will no longer be available as a Variable Account Option to National
Integrity Life Insurance Company's variable annuity contractholders who
purchase on or after that date. This action does not affect existing
contractholders; contractholders of variable annuities in effect on October
4, 1999 continue to be permitted to reallocate investments in the VIP Funds,
redeem investments in the VIP Funds or make additions to the VIP Funds.
THIS SUPPLEMENT MODIFIES THE PROSPECTUS AND SHOULD BE READ AND RETAINED.
