Horace Mann Life Insurance Company Separate Account
                             #1 Horace Mann Plaza
                         Springfield, IL  62715-0001

                                  May 2, 1996

By EDGAR



Attn: Filing Desk
Insurance Products Division
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549

RE:  Horace Mann Life Insurance Company Separate Account
     File Nos. 2-24256 and 811-1343
     Request for Amendment Withdrawal

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule #477 of the Securities Act of 1933 we would like to withdraw a 
filing for Horace Mann Life Insurance Company Separate Account. In error it was 
filed under an incorrect form type. It was later filed under Form Type 485BPOS.

Please withdraw accession number 0000950131-96-001862, form type 486BPOS, filed 
May 1, 1996 and accepted at 5:08 p.m. (17:08).

Please call the undersigned at (217) 788-5757 if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

/s/ Ann Caparros

Ann Caparros