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[LETTERHEAD OF GREAT NORTHERN INSURED ANNUITY CORP. APPEARS HERE]
June 3, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Attention: Ms. Cindy J. Rose
Office of Insurance Products and Legal Compliance
Re: Great Northern Insured Annuity Corporation
Registration Statement on Form S-1
File No. 33-78812
Ladies and Gentleman:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the Securities Act of 1933 and in lieu of filing
under paragraph (b) of Rule 497, the Registration hereby certifies that:
1. The form of prospectus that would have been filed under Rule 497(b)
would not have differed from that contained in the most recent amendment
to the above-referenced registration statement, and
2. The text of the most recent amendment to the above-referenced
registration statement has been electronically filed.
Sincerely,
/s/ J. Neil McMurdie
J. Neil McMurdie
Associate Counsel and
Assistant Vice President
