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Lincoln Benefit Life Company
1221 N Street, Suite 200
Lincoln, Nebraska  68508


VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION

September 7, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549

RE:   Lincoln Benefit Life Variable Annuity Account ("Registrant")
      File No. 811-07924

Members of the Commission:

On behalf of Lincoln Benefit Life Company and Lincoln Benefit Life Variable Annuity Account, we hereby submit, pursuant to Rule 30b2-1(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”), that the semi-annual reports for the following underlying funds for the period ended June 30, 2016, have been submitted to contract owners.

Fund Company
1940 Act Registration No.
The Alger Portfolios
811-05550
Deutsche Investments VIT Funds
811-07507
Deutsche Variable Series I
811-04257
Deutsche Variable Series II
811-05002
Federated Insurance Series
811-08042
Variable Insurance Products Fund
811-03329
Variable Insurance Products Fund II
811-05511
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust
811-08361
AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds)
811-07452
Janus Aspen Series
811-07736
JPMorgan Insurance Trust
811-07874
Lazard Retirement Series, Inc.
811-08071
Legg Mason Partners Variable Equity Trust
811-21128
Legg Mason Partners Variable Income Trust
811-06310
MFS Variable Insurance Trust
811-08326
Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds
811-04108
Panorama Series Fund
811-03255
PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust
811-08399
Putnam Variable Trust
811-05346
Rydex Variable Trust
811-08821
T. Rowe Price Equity Series, Inc.
811-07143
T. Rowe Price International Series, Inc.
811-07145
The Universal Institutional Funds, Inc.
811-07607
VanEck VIP Trust
811-05083
Wells Fargo Variable Trust
811-09255

Some of the funds included in each Fund Company’s semi-annual report filings may not be available under every contract offered by the Registrant.  We understand that the funds have filed or will file these reports with the Commission.
 
You may direct any questions regarding this filing to the undersigned at (203) 653-3895.
 
Very truly yours,

 
/s/Leigh McKegney
Leigh McKegney
Chief Legal Officer,
Secretary and Vice President