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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001193125-09-206277.txt : 20091009
<SEC-HEADER>0001193125-09-206277.hdr.sgml : 20091009
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20091009151700
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-09-206277
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20091009
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20091009

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NUVEEN INSURED DIVIDEND ADVANTAGE MUNICIPAL FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001090116
		IRS NUMBER:				752998730
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31243
		FILM NUMBER:		091113991

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		JOHN NUVEEN & CO INC
		STREET 2:		333 WEST WACKER DRIVE
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3129177794

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		JOHN NUVEEN & CO INC
		STREET 2:		333 WEST WACKER DRIVE
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
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<DESCRIPTION>NUVEEN INSURED DIVIDEND ADVANTAGE MUNICIPAL FUND
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<TITLE>Nuveen Insured Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund</TITLE>
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STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P
STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 8-A </B>
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g)&nbsp;OF THE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>NUVEEN INSURED DIVIDEND ADVANTAGE MUNICIPAL FUND </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B></B><B><I>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</I></B><B> </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P
STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>MASSACHUSETTS</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>75-2998730</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B></B><B><I>(State of Incorporation</I></B><B></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B></B><B><I>or Organization)</I></B><B></B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B></B><B><I>(I.R.S. Employer</I></B><B></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B></B><B><I>Identification No.)</I></B><B></B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>333 West Wacker Drive </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Chicago, Illinois 60606 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B></B><B><I>(Address of
Principal Executive Offices)</I></B><B> </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P
STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Securities to be
registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Act: </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>to be so Registered</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Name of Each Exchange On Which</B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Each Class is to be Registered</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>MuniFund Term Preferred Shares,<BR>$10.00 liquidation preference per share</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>New York Stock Exchange</B></FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to
Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT><B></B> </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective
pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT><B></B> </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-160630 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Act: </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B>NONE </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B></B><B><I>(Title of Class)</I></B><B> </B></FONT></P> <P
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Item&nbsp;1. Description of Registrant&#146;s Securities to be Registered. </U></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The shares (the &#147;Shares&#148;) to be registered hereunder are MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, $10.00 liquidation value per share, of
Nuveen Insured Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund (the &#147;Registrant&#148;). A description of the Shares is contained under the heading &#147;Description of Shares&#148; in the prospectus to be included in an amendment to the Registrant&#146;s
registration statement on Form&nbsp;N-2, which registration statement was filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, on October 9, 2009 (Registration Nos. 333-1606306 and 811-09475,
respectively), and such description is incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Item&nbsp;2. Exhibits. </U></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Under the Instructions as to Exhibits with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed, because no other securities of the
Registrant are registered on the New York Stock Exchange and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date: October 9, 2009 </FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Gifford R. Zimmerman</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Gifford R. Zimmerman</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chief Administrative Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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