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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20101031
FILED AS OF DATE:		20101230
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20101230
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20101230

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NUVEEN INSURED TAX FREE ADVANTAGE MUNICIPAL FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001195737
		IRS NUMBER:				030487030
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

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		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-21213
		FILM NUMBER:		101281771

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		333 WEST WACKER DRIVE
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3129178146
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and
Board of Directors/Trustees of
Nuveen Closed-End Funds

In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of each
of the Nuveen Closed-End Funds listed in Exhibit A attached hereto (the
 Funds ) as of and for the year ended October 31, 2010, in accordance
with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States), we considered the Funds internal control over financial
reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for
designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our
opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements
of Form N-SAR, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
effectiveness of the Funds internal control over financial reporting.
Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

The management of the Funds is responsible for establishing and
maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In
fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are
required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A
funds internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A funds
internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and
procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in
reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
dispositions of the assets of the fund; (2) provide reasonable assurance
that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the fund are being made
only in accordance with authorizations of management and
directors/trustees of the fund; and (3) provide reasonable assurance
regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use
or disposition of a funds assets that could have a material effect on the
financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial
reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of
any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk
that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or
that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may
deteriorate.

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the
design or operation of a control does not allow management or
employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions,
to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness
is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over
financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a
material misstatement of the funds annual or interim financial statements
will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

Our consideration of the Funds internal control over financial reporting
was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not
necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be

material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). However, we noted no
deficiencies in the Funds internal control over financial reporting and its
operation, including controls over safeguarding securities that we
consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of October 31,
2010.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management
and the Board of Directors/Trustees of the Funds and the Securities and
Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used
by anyone other than these specified parties.




/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
December 28, 2010




Exhibit A


Fund

Nuveen Performance Plus Municipal Fund, Inc. (NPP)
Nuveen Municipal Advantage Fund, Inc. (NMA)
Nuveen Municipal Market Opportunity Fund, Inc. (NMO)
Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (NAD)
Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 2 (NXZ)
Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund 3 (NZF)
Nuveen Investment Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. (NQM)
Nuveen Select Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. (NQS)
Nuveen Quality Income Municipal Fund, Inc. (NQU)
Nuveen Premier Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (NPF)
Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund (NMZ)
Nuveen Municipal High Income Opportunity Fund 2 (NMD)
Nuveen Insured Quality Municipal Fund, Inc. (NQI)
Nuveen Insured Municipal Opportunity Fund, Inc. (NIO)
Nuveen Premier Insured Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (NIF)
Nuveen Insured Premium Income Municipal Fund 2 (NPX)
Nuveen Insured Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (NVG)
Nuveen Insured Tax-Free Advantage Municipal Fund (NEA)
Nuveen Premium Income Municipal Fund, Inc. (NPI)
Nuveen Premium Income Municipal Fund 2, Inc. (NPM)
Nuveen Premium Income Municipal Fund 4, Inc. (NPT)
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund, Inc. (NUV)
Nuveen Municipal Value Fund 2 (NUW)
Nuveen Municipal Income Fund, Inc. (NMI)
Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Value Fund (NEV)





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Form N-SAR, Sub-Item 77E
Legal Proceedings



Nuveen Insured Tax-Free Advantage Municipal Fund

333-100320, 811-21213

During 2010, 33 Nuveen leveraged closed-end funds,
including the Nuveen Insured Tax-Free Advantage
Municipal Fund (symbol  NEA ) (hereafter, the
 Registrant ), received a demand letter from a law firm on
behalf of purported holders of common shares of each such
fund, alleging that Nuveen Asset Management, the funds
investment adviser, and the funds officers and Board of
Directors/Trustees breached their fiduciary duties related to
the redemption at par of the funds auction rate preferred
securities (ARPS). In response, the Board established an ad
hoc Demand Committee consisting of certain of its
disinterested and independent Board members to
investigate the claims. The Demand Committee retained
independent counsel to assist it in conducting an extensive
investigation. Based upon its investigation, the Demand
Committee found that it was not in the best interests of
each fund or its shareholders to take the actions suggested
in the demand letters, and recommended that the full Board
reject the demands made in the demand letters. After
reviewing the findings and recommendation of the Demand
Committee, the full Board of each fund unanimously
adopted the Demand Committees recommendation.
Subsequently, the Registrant was named as a nominal
defendant in a purported shareholder derivative complaint
filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois on July
27, 2010. The case is captioned  Safier et al. v. Nuveen
Asset Management et al., No. 10 CH 32166. The plaintiffs
are common shareholders of one or more of 20 Nuveen
funds, including the Registrant. The defendants in these
cases are Nuveen Asset Management, individual current or
former officers and an officer/director of the Nuveen funds,
Nuveen Investments, Inc. and its parent entity.  The
complaint alleges that Nuveen Asset Management and the
individual defendants breached their fiduciary duties to the
common shareholders and to the funds when they caused
the funds to redeem ARPS and that such conduct
constituted corporate waste.  The plaintiffs further allege
that Nuveen Investments, Inc. and its parent entity aided
and abetted the breaches of fiduciary duty. The complaint
seeks a declaration that the defendants have breached their
fiduciary duties, an order directing the defendants not to
redeem any ARPS at their liquidation value using fund
assets, indeterminate monetary damages in favor of the
funds and an award of plaintiffs costs and disbursements
in pursuing the action. Two related lawsuits have been
subsequently filed by the same law firm relating to
additional Nuveen funds and raising the same allegations.
These cases do not involve the Registrant.

The defendants believe the complaints are without merit
and intend to vigorously defend against the charges.


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