UNITED STATES
                   SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                        Washington, D.C.  20549

                                FORM 13F

                           FORM 13F COVER PAGE

Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:  September 30, 2002

Check here if Amendment  (  ); Amendment Number:
This Amendment  (Check only one.):	(  ) is a restatement.
						(  ) adds new holdings entries.

Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:

Name:		Nationwide Life Insurance Company
Address:	One Nationwide Plaza
		Columbus, OH  43215

13F File Number:	028-04791

The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person
by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the
report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained
herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that
all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are
considered integral parts of this form.


Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:

Name:		Edwin P. McCausland, Jr.
Title:	Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
Phone:	(614)249-5445
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:

	Edwin P. McCausland, Jr.	Columbus, Ohio	October 10, 2002


Report Type (Check only one.):

(  )		13F HOLDINGS REPORT.

( X)		13F NOTICE.

(  )		13F COMBINATION REPORT.

List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:

	Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company


I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934




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Number of Other Included Managers:

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List of Other Included Managers:

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