Exhibit (a)(2)


                    EATON VANCE INSURED MUNICIPAL BOND FUND I

                        AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION OF TRUST


     AMENDMENT, made, to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust made October 3,
2002 (hereinafter called the "Declaration") of EATON VANCE INSURED MUNICIPAL
BOND FUND I, a Massachusetts business trust (hereinafter called the "Trust"), by
the undersigned being at least a majority of the Trustees of the Trust in
office.

     WHEREAS, Section 8.3 of Article VIII of the Declaration empowers the
Trustees of the Trust to amend the Declaration without the vote or consent of
Shareholders to change the name of the Trust;

     WHEREAS, the Trustees of the Trust have deemed it desirable to amend the
Declaration in the following manner to change the name of the Trust, and a
majority of the Trustees are empowered to make, execute and file this Amendment
to the Declaration;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned Trustees do hereby amend the Declaration in
the following manner:

     1.   The caption at the head of the Declaration is hereby amended to read
          as follows:

                   EATON VANCE INSURED MUNICIPAL BOND FUND II

     2.   Article I Section 1.1 of the Declaration is hereby amended to read as
          follows:

                                    ARTICLE I

               Section 1.1.  NAME. The name of the trust created hereby is Eaton
          Vance Insured Municipal Bond Fund II.

     This amendment shall be effective upon execution by all of the Trustees.




     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Trustees have executed this instrument
in full this 14th day of October, 2002.


/s/ Thomas J. Fetter                            /s/ James B. Hawkes
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Thomas J. Fetter                                James B. Hawkes






                        THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS



Suffolk, ss.                Boston, Massachusetts


     Then personally appeared the above named Thomas J. Fetter and James B.
Hawkes, each of whom acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act
and deed.


                                Before me,



                                /s/ Lynn W. Ostberg
                                -----------------------------------
                                My commission expires:

                                November 27, 2003


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The names and addresses of all the Trustees of the Trust are as follows:


Thomas J. Fetter
4 Camelot Court
Cumberland, RI  02864

James B. Hawkes
11 Quincy Park
Beverly, MA  01915

Trust Address:
The Eaton Vance Building
255 State Street
Boston, MA  02109


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