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[DIVERSIFIED INVESTMENT ADVISORS LETTERHEAD]
October 25, 1996
Securities and Exchange Commission
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Diversified Investors Variable Funds
Post Effective Amendment No. 5 to Registration
Statement on Form N-4; Registration Nos. 33-73734 and 811-8264
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 Act"), Diversified Investors Variable Funds hereby certifies that:
1. the form of prospectus and statement of additional information that would
have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the 1933 Act would not have
differed from that contained in Post Effective Amendment No. 5 to its
Registration Statement on Form N-4, and
2. the text of Post Effective Amendment No. 5 to Registration Statement on Form
N-4 was filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
April 30, 1996.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Catherine A. Mohr
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Catherine A. Mohr
Vice President