1933 Act File No.	33-69268
1940 Act File No.	811-8042

Form N-1A

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933		X
	Pre-Effective Amendment No.
	Post-Effective Amendment No.	61
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940		X
	Amendment No.	62

FEDERATED INSURANCE SERIES

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Federated Investors Funds

4000 Ericsson Drive

Warrendale, PA 15086-7561

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(412) 288-1900

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

John W. McGonigle, Esquire

Federated Investors Tower

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
X	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
	on	pursuant to paragraph (b)
	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
	on	pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
	75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
	on	pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
If appropriate, check the following box:
	This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant, Federated Insurance Series, certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Amendment to its Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on the 15 ^th day of May, 2012.

Federated Insurance Series

BY: /s/ Andrew P. Cross

Andrew P. Cross, Assistant Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following person in the capacity and on the date indicated:

NAME	TITLE	DATE
BY: /s/ Andrew P. Cross Andrew P. Cross, Assistant Secretary	Attorney In Fact For the Persons Listed Below	May 15, 2012
John F. Donahue *	Trustee
John B. Fisher	President
J. Christopher Donahue *	President and Trustee (Principal Executive Officer)
Richard A. Novak*	Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
Nicholas P. Constantakis*	Trustee
John F. Cunningham*	Trustee
Maureen Lally-Green	Trustee
Peter E. Madden*	Trustee
Charles F. Mansfield, Jr.*	Trustee
Thomas O’Neill*	Trustee
John S. Walsh*	Trustee
*By Power of Attorney

Federated Capital Appreciation Fund II

Federated Managed Volatility Fund II

Federated Fund for U. S. Government Securities

Federated High Income Bond Fund II

Federated Kaufmann Fund II

Federated Prime Money Fund II

Federated Quality Bond Fund II

Portfolios of Federated Insurance Series

Post-Effective Amendment No. 61

This Post-Effective Amendment is filed for the sole purpose of submitting the XBRL Interactive Data File exhibits for the Risk/Return Summaries of the above-named Funds filed as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 60 on April 25, 2012. The exhibits filed herewith do not constitute the complete publicly filed disclosure for the Funds, and should be used in conjunction with the complete prospectuses for the Funds.

Exhibit List for Interactive Data File Submissions.

EX-101.INS	INSTANCE
EX-101.SCH	SCHEMA
EX-101.CAL	CALCULATION LINKBASE
EX-101.DEF	DEFINITION LINKBASE
EX-101.LAB	LABEL LINKBASE
EX-101.PRE	PRESENTATION LINKBASE