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Direct Dial (314) 444-0647
Fax # (314) 444-0510
1 May 1998
MATTHEW P. MCCAULEY
VICE PRESIDENT
ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL
mmccauley@ genam.com
VIA EDGAR
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Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Security Equity Life Insurance Company
Separate Account 26
File Nos. 33-87248 and 811-8888
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), Security Equity Life Insurance Company Separate Account 26
(the "Registrant") hereby certifies that: (i) the form of Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed under Rule 497(c)
of the Securities Act would not have differed from that contained in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 filed to the Registrant's Registration Statement,
and (ii) the text of the Post-Effective Amendment was filed electronically via
EDGAR.
If you have any questions regarding this filing, please call me at
(314) 444-0647.
Very truly yours,
Matthew P. McCauley
cc: Stephen E. Roth, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, L.L.P.