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                                                           Exhibit EX-99.906CERT

     Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States
                                      Code)

In connection with the attached report of Insured Municipal Income Fund Inc.
(the "Registrant") on Form N-CSR (the "Report"), each of the undersigned
officers of the Registrant does hereby certify that, to the best of such
officer's knowledge:

     1)   the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
          15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
          amended;

     2)   the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
          material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
          of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in the Report.


Dated:  December 8, 2005
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By:     /s/ W. Douglas Beck
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        W. Douglas Beck
        President


Dated:  December 8, 2005
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By:     /s/ Thomas Disbrow
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        Thomas Disbrow
        Vice President and Treasurer

This certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure
document.