4 1 form_4insuredmuni4.txt FORM 4 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [_] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* COLONIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Last) (First) (Middle) One Financial Center - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Street) Boston MA 02111 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Colonial Insured Municipal Fund (CFX) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) 04-2271697 ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year October 28, 2002 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [_] Director [_] 10% Owner [_] Officer (give title below) [X] Other (specify below) Investment Adviser to Issuer ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) [X] Form filed by one Reporting Person [_] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person ________________________________________________________________________________ ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ================================================================================

6. 4. 5. Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship 2A. 3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7. Deemed Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of 2. Execution Code ------------------------------- Owned Follow- (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction Date, if (Instr. 8) (A) ing Reported Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date any ------------ Amount or Price Transaction(s) (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) (Instr.3 and 4)(Instr.4) (Instr. 4) ---------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shares of Bene- ficial Interest 10/1728/02 S 21,000 D 15.4007 21,800 D ---------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================

Explanation of Responses: COLONIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES, INC. /s/ Kevin S. Jacobs, Assistant Vice President October 29, 2002 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see instruction 4(b)(v) ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

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