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<DESCRIPTION>CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG
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                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to the
use of our report dated November 5, 2002 in the Registration Statement
(Form N-2) and related prospectus and statement of additional information of the
Nuveen Insured Tax-Free Advantage Municipal Fund filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in the Pre-effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration
Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (File No. 333-100320) and in this
Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act
of 1940 (File No. 811-21213).


                                                           /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP


Chicago, Illinios
November 20, 2002


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