[Transamerica Life Insurance and Annuity Company]

March 15, 2004

Securities and Exchange Commission

450 Fifth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20549

RE: Separate Account VA-7 of TALIAC

File No. 333-57697, 811-08835, CIK 1044604

Rule 30b2-1 Filing

Dear Sir or Madam:

As required by Rule 30d-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), Separate Account VA-7 of TALIAC, a unit investment trust registered under the Act, mailed to its contract owners the annual report for the following underlying management investment companies: AEGON/Transamerica Series Fund, Inc.; The Alger American Fund; AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund, Inc.; Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund; Janus Aspen Series; MFS^® Variable Insurance Trust^SM; The Universal Institutional Funds, Inc.; PIMCO Advisors VIT; and PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust. This filing constitutes the filing of those reports as required by Rule 30b2-1 under the Act.

Pursuant to Rule 30d-1 under the Act, the following annual reports were filed with the Commission via EDGAR on the dates indicated:

• AEGON/Transamerica Series, Fund (CIK: 778207) filed March 4, 2004

• The Alger American Fund (CIK: 832566) filed March 3, 2004

• AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund, Inc. (CIK:825316) filed March 10, 2004

• Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund (CIK: 813383) filed February 24, 2004

• Janus Aspen Series (CIK: 906185) filed February 27, 2004

• MFS^® Variable Insurance Trust^SM (CIK: 918571) filed March 5, 2004

• The Universal Institutional Funds, Inc. (CIK: 1011378) filed March 8, 2004

• PIMCO Advisors VIT (CIK: 923185) filed March 10, 2004

• PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust (CIK: 1047304) filed March 10, 2004

To the extent necessary, these filings are incorporated herein by reference.

Very truly yours,

/s/    Brenda D. Sneed        

Brenda D. Sneed

Assistant General Counsel