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<DESCRIPTION>CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
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                                                                       Exhibit n

                         Consent of Independent Auditors

     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to
the use of our report dated March 8, 2002 in the Registration Statement (Form
N-2) of the Nuveen Insured Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission in this Registration Statement under the
Securities Act of 1933 and in this Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (File No. 811-09475).

                                        /s/ Ernst & Young LLP



Chicago, Illinois
March 26, 2002

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