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Mail Stop 6010
Via Facsimile and U.S. Mail

September 27, 2005

Mr. Roy T. K. Thung
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Independence Corp.
485 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022

      Re:      American Independence Corp.
       Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
	            File No. 001-05270

Dear Mr. Thung:

      We have reviewed your August 23, 2005 response to our July
22,
2005 letter and have the following comments. In our comments, we
ask
you to provide us with information so we may better understand
your
disclosure.  After reviewing this information, we may raise
additional comments.

	Please understand that the purpose of our review process is
to
assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure
requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing.
We look forward to working with you in these respects.  We welcome
any questions you may have about our comments or any other aspect
of
our review.  Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed
at
the end of this letter.

Management`s Discussion and Analysis
Critical Accounting Policies, page 14

1. Please refer to prior comments 1 and 2. Your proposed
disclosure
does not include a discussion and quantification of the historical
accuracy of your estimates of loss and loss expenses, their
sensitivity to changes in key assumptions and the expected
likelihood
of material changes in the future. Please provide us this
information
in disclosure-type format.

Outlook, page 24

2. Please refer to prior comment 4. Your proposed disclosure does
not
appear to facilitate investors` determination of the likelihood
that
your past performance is indicative of future performance. It does
not discuss or quantify how the key factors underlying the
significant increase in business written by IHC in 2004 and the
corresponding 59% increase in your premiums impact your expected
revenue and operating results for 2005. Please explain to us and
quantify, in disclosure-type format, the impact of these key
factors
on your expected revenues and operating results.
Consolidated Financial Statements

General

3. Please refer to prior comment 5. Your proposed disclosure omits
separate captions for insurance benefits, claims and reserves
corresponding to the business assumed from IHC, as disclosed in
Note
18 to your 2004 Form 10-K.  Please provide us this information for
all applicable financial statement captions in a disclosure-type
format.

Note 18. Reinsurance, page 62

4.         Please refer to prior comment 7. Your current
disclosure
omits discussion of the types and primary terms of your
reinsurance
contracts with IHC and a quantification of the impact on your
profitability of changes in the principal terms of these
reinsurance
agreements under Rule 7-03(a) (13)(c) of Regulation S-X. Please
provide us this information in disclosure-type format.

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            Please respond to these comments within 10 business
days
or tell us when you will provide us with a response.  Your letter
should key your responses to our comments.  Detailed letters
greatly
facilitate our review.  Please file your letter on EDGAR under the
form type label CORRESP.

           You may contact Frank Wyman, Staff Accountant, at 202-
551-
3660 or Don Abbott, Senior Staff Accountant, at 202-551-3608, if
you
have questions regarding the comments.  In this regard, do not
hesitate to contact me, at (202) 551-3679.

								Sincerely,

								Jim B. Rosenberg
							Senior Assistant Chief
      Accountant
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Mr. Roy T. K. Thung
American Independence Corp.
September 27, 2005
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