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[LETTERHEAD OF IL ANNUITY AND INSURANCE COMPANY]
May 14, 1997
VIA EDGARLINK
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Re: IL Annuity and Insurance Company
IL Annuity and Insurance Co. Separate Account 1
Post-Effective Amendment No. 6
File No. 33-89028
Dear Commissioners:
On behalf of IL Annuity and Insurance Company (the "Company")
and IL Annuity and Insurance Co. Separate Account 1 (the "Account"), we are
filing a certification pursuant to paragraph (j) of Rule 497 under the
Securities Act of 1933. In this regard, we certify that the form of prospectus
and statement of additional information for certain deferred variable annuity
contracts offered by the Company through the Account otherwise required to be
filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 would not have differed from the form of
prospectus and statement of additional information contained in Post-Effective
Amendment No. 6 to the Form N-4 registration statement for the Account (the
"Amendment"). The Amendment was filed electronically with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 30, 1998 via EDGARLINK.
Sincerely,
/s/ Janis B. Funk
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Janis B. Funk
