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[logo] LUTHERAN
BROTHERHOOD
May 1, 2000
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, 2000
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 and
statement of additional information that would have been filed by the
Registrant pursuant to 497(c) upon the effectiveness of Post-Effective
Amendment No. 12 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form N-4
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 28, 2000.
Please direct any comments or questions concerning this certificate to me at
(612) 340-7005.
Sincerely,
LB VARIABLE INSURANCE ACCOUNT I
(Registrant)
By LUTHERAN BROTHERHOOD
(Depositor)
By: /s/ John C. Bjork
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John C. Bjork
Assistant Secretary
and Counsel
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