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SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED SEPTEMBER 16, 1996
FOR THE PERSPECTIVE FIXED AND VARIABLE ANNUITY
AND THE PERSPECTIVE PLUS FIXED AND VARIABLE ANNUITY
The following language is added on page 20 before the heading "ERISA
PLANS":
RESTRICTIONS UNDER THE TEXAS OPTIONAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM
Contracts issued to participants in the Texas Optional Retirement
Program ("ORP") contain restrictions required under the Texas
Administrative Code. In accordance with those restrictions, a
participant in the ORP will not be permitted to make withdrawals prior
to such participant's retirement, death, attainment of age 70 1/2 years
or termination of employment in a Texas public institution of higher
education. The foregoing restrictions on withdrawal do not apply in the
event a participant in the ORP transfers the Contract value to another
approved contract or vendor during the period of ORP participation.
This Supplement is dated December 16, 1996.