VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL INSURED INCOME TRUST SER 44, 485BPOS, EX-99.1.1, 2000-06-26

VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL INSURED INCOME TRUST SER 44
485BPOS, EX-99.1.1, 2000-06-26

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               Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants

   We have issued our report dated April 28, 2000 accompanying the financial
statements of Van Kampen American Capital Insured Income Trust, Intermediate
Series 44 and Series 45 as of February 29, 2000, and for the period then ended,
contained in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to Form S-6.

   We consent to the use of the aforementioned report in the Post-Effective
Amendment and to the use of our name as it appears under the caption "Auditors".

                                                  Grant Thornton LLP

Chicago, Illinois
June 26, 2000