SELECT ADVISORS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST
NSAR-B, 1996-03-15
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010 A00AA01 SIGNATURE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
010 B00AA01 8-41134
010 C01AA01 BOSTON
010 C02AA01 MA
010 C03AA01 02116
011 A00AA01 SIGNATURE BROKER-DEALER SERVICES, INC.
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011 C03AA01 02116
012 A00AA01 INVESTORS BANK & TRUST COMPANY
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012 C01AA01 BOSTON
012 C02AA01 MA
012 C03AA01 02111
013 A00AA01 COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.
013 B01AA01 BOSTON
013 B02AA01 MA
013 B03AA01 02109
015 A00AA01 INVESTORS BANK & TRUST COMPANY
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015 C03AA01 02111
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020 A000002 MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH INC
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020 A000003 INSTINET
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020 A000004 MORGAN STANLEY INT'L LONDON
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020 A000006 JAMES CAPEL & CO
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022 A000002 SALOMON BROTHERS, INC
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022 D000002       373
022 A000003 PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INC
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022 A000005 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
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022 A000007 LEHMAN BROTHERS INC
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022 A000009 MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH
022 B000009 13-5674085
022 C000009       928
022 D000009       410
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<PAGE>      PAGE  12
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008 A000302 HARBOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY INC.
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<PAGE>      PAGE  20
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<PAGE>      PAGE  22
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<PAGE>      PAGE  23
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<PAGE>      PAGE  24
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TITLE       ASSISTANT TREASURER 
 


<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE> 6
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial data extracted from the Emerging Growth
Portfolio Annual Report dated December 31, 1995 and is qualified in its entirety
by reference to such Annual Report.
</LEGEND>
<CIK> 0000920547
<NAME> SELECT ADVISORS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST
<SERIES>
     <NUMBER>  1
     <NAME>    TOUCHSTONE EMERGING GROWTH PORTFOLIO
       
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<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE> 6
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial data extracted from the International
Equity Portfolio Annual Report dated December 31, 1995 and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to such Annual Report.
</LEGEND>
<CIK> 0000920547
<NAME> SELECT ADVSISORS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST
<SERIES>
     <NUMBER>  2
     <NAME>    TOUCHSTONE INTERNATIONAL EQUITY PORTFOLIO
       
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</TABLE>

<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE> 6
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial data extracted from the Balanced
Portfolio Annual Report dated December 31, 1995 and is qualified in its entirety
by reference to such annual report.
</LEGEND>
<CIK> 0000920547
<NAME> SELECT ADVISORS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST
<SERIES>
     <NUMBER>  3
     <NAME>    TOUCHSTONE BALANCED PORTFOLIO
       
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</TABLE>

<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE> 6
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial data extracted from the Income
Opportunity Portfolio Annual Report dated December 31, 1995 and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to such Annual Report.
</LEGEND>
<CIK> 0000920547
<NAME> SELECT ADVISORS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST
<SERIES>
     <NUMBER>  4
     <NAME>    TOUCHSTONE INCOME OPPORTUNITY PORTFOLIO
       
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</TABLE>

<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE> 6
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial data extracted from the Standby Income
Portfolio Annual Report dated December 31, 1995 and is qualified in its entirety
by reference to such Annual Report.
</LEGEND>
<CIK> 0000920547
<NAME> SELLECT ADVISORS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST
<SERIES>
     <NUMBER>  5
     <NAME>    TOUCHSTONE STANDBY INCOME PORTFOLIO
       
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                        REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


To the Investors and Trustees of
Select Advisors Variable Insurance Trust:

In planning and performing  our audit of the financial  statements and financial
highlights  of Select  Advisors  Variable  Trust (the  "Trust")  (consisting  of
Emerging Growth Portfolio,  International Equity Portfolio,  Balanced Portfolio,
Income  Opportunity  Portfolio and Standby Income  Portfolio) for the year ended
December 31, 1995,  we  considered  its internal  control  structure,  including
procedures  for  safeguarding  securities,  in order to  determine  our auditing
procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements
and financial  highlights and to comply with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not
to provide assurance on the internal control structure.

The management of the Trust is responsible for  establishing  and maintaining an
internal control  structure.  In fulfilling this  responsibility,  estimates and
judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related
costs  of  internal  control  structure  policies  and  procedures.  Two  of the
objectives  of an internal  control  structure  are to provide  management  with
reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that assets are safeguarded against loss
from  unauthorized  use or  disposition  and that  transactions  are executed in
accordance  with  management's  authorization  and  recorded  properly to permit
preparation  of financial  statements  in  conformity  with  generally  accepted
accounting principles.

Because of inherent  limitations in any internal  control  structure,  errors or
irregularities may occur and not be detected. Also, projection of any evaluation
of the  structure  to future  periods  is subject to the risk that it may become
inadequate  because of changes in  conditions or that the  effectiveness  of the
design and operation may deteriorate.

Our  consideration  of the  internal  control  structure  would not  necessarily
disclose all matters in the internal  control  structure  that might be material
weaknesses  under standards  established by the American  Institute of Certified
Public  Accountants.  A material  weakness is a condition in which the design or
operation of the specific internal control structure elements does not reduce to
a relatively  low level the risk that errors or  irregularities  in amounts that
would  be  material  in  relation  to the  financial  statements  and  financial
highlights being audited may occur and not be detected within a timely period by
employees in the normal course of performing their assigned functions.  However,
we  noted  no  matters  involving  the  internal  control  structure,  including
procedures  for  safeguarding  securities,  that  we  consider  to  be  material
weaknesses, as defined above, as of December 31, 1995.

This report is intended  solely for the information and use of management of the
Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                                    Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

Boston, Massachusetts
February 16, 1996



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