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[logo] LUTHERAN
BROTHERHOOD
May 2, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
Branch of Document Control
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
RE: LB Variable Insurance Account I - File Nos. 33-72386 and 811-8174
("the Registrant"); Prospectus dated May 1, 1997
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant hereby certifies that the form of the captioned prospectus that
would have been filed by the Registrant pursuant to 497(c) upon the
effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the Registrant's
registration statement on Form S-6 would not have differed from that
contained in said Amendment, which is the most recent amendment to such
registration statement and was filed electronically on April 29, 1997.
Please direct any comments or questions concerning this certificate to the
undersigned at (612) 340-5727.
Sincerely,
LB VARIABLE INSURANCE ACCOUNT I
(Registrant)
By LUTHERAN BROTHERHOOD
(Depositor)
By: /s/ James M. Odland
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James M. Odland
Assistant Vice President
and Assistant Secretary
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