May 11, 1998



VIA EDGARLINK

Michael Koffler
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20549

         Re:      Transamerica Variable Insurance Fund, Inc.

On May 7, 1998, a 485BPOS filing was incorrectly made for Transamerica  Variable
Insurance Fund Inc.,  Post-Effective Amendment No. 7. Per instruction from Bruce
MacNeil,  and pursuant to Rule 477 of the  Securities  Act, I hereby  request an
Amendment Withdrawal for this filing.

The EDGARLink Submission information for this filing is as follows:

COMPANY: TRANSAMERICA VARIABLE INSURANCE FUND INC.
FORM TYPE:        485BPOS
NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS: 2
RECEIVED DATE: 07-MAY-1998 13:38
ACCEPTED DATE: 07-MAY-1998 13:43
FILING DATE: 07-MAY-1998 13:38
TEST FILING:  NO
CONFIRMING COPY:  NO
ACCESSION NUMBER:  0001002786-98-000009
FILE NUMBER:  033-99016

If you  should  have any  questions,  please  feel free to  contact  me at (213)
741-6442.

Sincerely,



Gina Grusman
Securities Filing Coordinator