Allstate Life Insurance Co Of New York POS AM Prospectus update (post-effective amendment)

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE CO OF NEW YORK

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2020

FILE NO.333-224078

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORMS-1

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2

TO

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

NEW YORK		36-2608394
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
	6311

(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)

878 VETERAN’S MEMORIAL HIGHWAY

SUITE 400

HAUPPAUGE, NEW YORK 11788

(631)357-8920

(Address, including zip code, and telephone Number, including area code, of registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

CT CORPORATION SYSTEM

111 EIGHTH AVENUE

13TH FLOOR

NEW YORK, NY 10011

(212)894-8800

(Name, address, including zip code, Address and Telephone Number, including area code, of Agent for Service)

COPIES TO:

ANGELA K. FONTANA

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

2775 SANDERS ROAD SUITE A2E

NORTHBROOK, IL 60062

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the Public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. ☒

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, anon-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act. ☐

Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company	☐
Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of each class of securities being registered	Amount to be registered (1)	Proposed maximum offering price per unit	Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (1)	Amount of registration fee (2)
Deferred annuity interests and participating interests therein	$N/A	$(1)	$N/A	$N/A

(1) The Contract does not provide for a predetermined amount or number of units.

(2) By filing dated April 2, 2018, Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York registered $13,245,861 of deferred annuity interests and participating interests therein. Because a filing fee of $1,539 previously had been paid with respect to those interests, there was no filing fee due under that Registration Statement. Registrant continues that offering in this Post-Effective Amendment to that Registration Statement.

This Registration Statement contains a combined prospectus under Rule 429 under the Securities Act of 1933 which relates to the FormS-1 registration statement (File Nos.333-224078 and333-203177), filed on April 2, 2018 and April 1, 2015, respectively, by Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York. Upon effectiveness, this Registration Statement will also act as a post-effective amendment to such earlier registration statement.

Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the

Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a), may determine.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any State securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

Allstate Distributors, L.L.C. (“ADLLC”) serves as distributor of the securities registered herein. The securities offered herein are sold on a continuous basis, and there is no specific end date for the offering. ADLLC, an affiliate of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate Life Insurance Company. ADLLC is a registered broker dealer under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. ADLLC is not required to sell any specific number or dollar amount of securities, but will use its best efforts to sell the securities offered. Commissions earned by ADLLC are described in the notes to the insurer financial statements, under the heading “Broker-Dealer Agreements.” The prospectuses, dated as of the date indicated therein, by which the securities registered in this FormS-1 are described, are included in this registration statement.

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

Supplement Dated May 1, 2020

To the following Prospectuses, as supplemented

ALLSTATE PROVIDER PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 2002

SELECT DIRECTIONS PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL 30, 2005

AIM LIFETIME PLUS PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL 30, 2005

AIM LIFETIME PLUS II PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL 30, 2005

CUSTOM PORTFOLIO PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL 30, 2005

The following information supplements the prospectus for your variable annuity contract issued by Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York.

INDEX

Item 3	Risk Factors	1
Item 11(a)	Description of Business	8
Item 11(b)	Description of Property	9
Item 11(c)	Legal Proceedings	9
Item 11(e)	Financial Statements and Notes to Financial Statements	10
Item 11(f)	Selected Financial Data	67
Item 11(h)	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	67
Item 11(i)	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	99
Item 11(j)	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	99
Item 11(k)	Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons	99
Item 11(l)	Corporate Governance	102
Item 11(m)	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management	103
Item 11(n)	Transactions with Related Persons, Promoters and Certain Control Persons	105
Other Information		106

Item 3(c). Risk Factors

Forward-Looking Statements

This document contains “forward-looking statements” that anticipate results based on our estimates, assumptions and plans that are subject to uncertainty. These statements are made subject to the safe-harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements do not relate strictly to historical or current facts and may be identified by their use of words like “plans,” “seeks,” “expects,” “will,” “should,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “believes,” “likely,” “targets” and other words with similar meanings. These statements may address, among other things, our strategy for growth, product development, investment results, regulatory approvals, market position, expenses, financial results, litigation and reserves. We believe that these statements are based on reasonable estimates, assumptions and plans. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events or developments. In addition, forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks or uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those communicated in these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those described in the Risk Factors below and elsewhere in this document and those described from time to time in our other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

Risks are categorized by (1) insurance and financial services, (2) business, strategy and operations and (3) macro, regulatory and risk environment. Many risks may affect more than one category and are included where the impact is most significant. Consider these cautionary statements carefully together with other factors discussed elsewhere in this document, in filings with the SEC or in materials incorporated therein by reference.

Insurance and financial services

Changes in reserve estimates and amortization of deferred acquisition costs (“DAC”) could materially affect our results of operations and financial condition

We use long-term assumptions, including future investment yields, mortality, morbidity, persistency and expenses in pricing and valuation. If experience differs significantly from assumptions, adjustments to reserves and amortization of DAC may be required that could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

We may not be able to mitigate the capital impact associated with statutory reserving and capital requirements

Regulatory capital and reserving requirements affect the amount of capital required. Changes to capital or reserving requirements or regulatory interpretations may result in holding additional capital and could require us to increase prices, reduce our sales of certain products, and/or accept a return on equity below original levels assumed in pricing.

A downgrade in financial strength ratings may have an adverse effect on our business

Financial strength ratings are important factors in establishing the competitive position of insurance companies. Rating agencies could downgrade or change the outlook on our ratings due to:

• Changes in statutory capital

• Changes in a rating agency’s determination of the amount of capital required to maintain a particular rating

• Increases in the perceived risk of our investment portfolio, a reduced confidence in management or our business strategy, as well as a number of other considerations that may or may not be under our control

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A downgrade in our ratings could have a material effect on our sales, competitiveness, retention, the marketability of our product offerings, liquidity, results of operations and financial condition.

Changes in tax laws may adversely affect profitability of life insurance products

Changes in taxation of life insurance products could reduce sales and result in the surrender of some existing contracts and policies, which may have a material effect on our profitability and financial condition.

Our investment portfolio is subject to market risk and declines in quality which may adversely affect investment income and cause realized and unrealized losses

We continually evaluate investment management strategies since we are subject to risk of loss due to adverse changes in interest rates, credit spreads, equity prices, real estate values, currency exchange rates and liquidity. Adverse changes may occur due to changes in monetary and fiscal policy and the economic climate, liquidity of a market or market segment, investor return expectations and/or risk tolerance, insolvency or financial distress of key market makers or participants, or changes in market perceptions of credit worthiness. Adverse changes in market conditions could cause the value of our investments to decrease significantly and impact our results of operations and financial condition.

Our investments are subject to risks associated with economic and capital market conditions and factors that may be unique to our portfolio, including:

• General weakening of the economy, which is typically reflected through higher credit spreads and lower equity valuations

• Declines in credit quality

• Declines in market interest rates, credit spreads or sustained low interest rates could lead to further declines in portfolio yields and investment income

• Increases in market interest rates, credit spreads or a decrease in liquidity could have an adverse effect on the value of our fixed income securities that form a substantial majority of our investment portfolio

• Weak performance of general partners and underlying investments unrelated to general market or economic conditions could lead to declines in investment income and cause realized losses in our limited partnership interests

• Concentration in any particular issuer, industry, collateral type, group of related industries, geographic sector or risk type

The amount and timing of net investment income, capital contributions and distributions from our performance-based investments, which primarily includes limited partnership interests, can fluctuate significantly due to the underlying investments’ performance or changes in market or economic conditions. Additionally, these investments are less liquid than similar, publicly-traded investments and a decline in market liquidity could impact our ability to sell them at their current carrying values.

Determination of the fair value and the amount of realized capital losses recorded for impairments of investments includes subjective judgments and could materially impact our results of operations and financial condition

The valuation of the portfolio is subjective, and the value of assets may differ from the actual amount received upon the sale of an asset. The degree of judgment required in determining fair values increases when:

• Market observable information is less readily available

• The use of different valuation assumptions may have a material effect on the assets’ fair values

• Changing market conditions could materially affect the fair value of investments

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The determination of the amount of realized capital losses recorded for impairments varies by investment type and is based on ongoing evaluation and assessment of known and inherent risks associated with the respective asset class or investment.

Such evaluations and assessments are highly judgmental and are revised as conditions change and new information becomes available.

We update our evaluations regularly and reflect changes in other-than-temporary impairments in our results of operations. Our conclusions may ultimately prove to be incorrect as assumptions, facts and circumstances change. Historical trends may not be indicative of future impairments and additional impairments may need to be recorded in the future.

Changes in market interest rates or performance-based investment returns may lead to a significant decrease in the profitability of our spread-based products

Spread-based products, such as fixed annuities, are dependent upon maintaining profitable spreads between investment returns and interest crediting rates. When market interest rates decrease or remain at low levels, investment income may decline. Lowering interest crediting rates on some products in such an environment can partially offset decreases in investment yield. However, these changes could be limited by regulatory minimum rates or contractual minimum rate guarantees on many contracts and may not match the timing or magnitude of changes in investment yields.

Increases in market interest rates can lead to increased surrenders at a time when fixed income investment asset values are lower due to the increase in interest rates. Liquidating investments to fund surrenders could result in a loss that would adversely impact results of operations.

Business, strategy and operations

We operate in markets that are highly competitive and may be impacted by new or changing technologies

Markets in which we operate are highly competitive, and we must continually allocate resources to refine and improve products and services to remain competitive.

There is a significant competition for producers such as exclusive financial specialists. Growth and retention may be materially affected if we are unable to attract and retain effective producers or if those producers further emphasize sales ofnon-life insurance products. Similarly, growth and retention may be impacted if customer preferences change, including customer demand for direct distribution channels or an increase inpoint-of-sale distribution channels.

Technological changes may also impact the ways in which we interact and do business with our customers. For example, changing customer preferences may drive a need to redesign our products or distribution model and the way we interact with customers. We may not be able to respond effectively to these changes, which could have a material effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

Many voluntary benefits contracts are renewed annually. There is a risk that employers may be able to obtain more favorable terms from competitors than they could by renewing coverage with us. These competitive pressures may adversely affect the renewal of these contracts, as well as our ability to sell products.

Reinsurance may be unavailable at current levels and prices, which may limit our ability to write new business

Market conditions beyond our control impact the availability and cost of the reinsurance we purchase. Reinsurance may not remain continuously available to us to the same extent and on the same terms and rates as is

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currently available. If we cannot maintain our current level of reinsurance or purchase new reinsurance protection in amounts we consider sufficient at acceptable prices, we would have to either accept an increase in our risk exposure, reduce our insurance exposure or seek other alternatives.

Reinsurance subjects us to counterparty risk and may not be adequate to protect us against losses arising from ceded insurance

Collecting from reinsurers is subject to uncertainty arising from whether reinsurers or their affiliates have the financial capacity and willingness to make payments under the terms of a reinsurance treaty or contract. Our inability to recover from a reinsurer could have a material effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

Divestitures of businesses may not produce anticipated benefits resulting in operating difficulties

We may divest portions of our businesses either through a sale or financial arrangements. These transactions may result in continued financial involvement in the divested businesses, such as through reinsurance, guarantees or other financial arrangements, following the transaction. If the acquiring companies do not perform under the arrangements, our financial results could be negatively impacted.

We may be subject to the risks and costs associated with intellectual property infringement, misappropriation and third-party claims

We rely on a combination of contractual rights and copyright, trademark, patent and trade secret laws to establish and protect our intellectual property. Third parties may infringe or misappropriate our intellectual property. We may have to litigate to enforce and protect intellectual property and to determine its scope, validity or enforceability, which could divert significant resources and prove unsuccessful. An inability to protect intellectual property or an inability to successfully defend against a claim of intellectual property infringement could have a material effect on our business.

We may be subject to claims by third parties for patent, trademark or copyright infringement or breach of usage rights. Any such claims and any resulting litigation could result in significant expense and liability. If third-party providers or we are found to have infringed a third-party intellectual property right, either of us could be enjoined from providing certain products or services or from utilizing and benefiting from certain methods, processes, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets or licenses. Alternatively, we could be required to enter into costly licensing arrangements with third parties or implement a costly work-around. Any of these scenarios could have a material effect on our business and results of operations.

Macro, regulatory and risk environment

Conditions in the global economy and capital markets could adversely affect our business and results of operations

Global economic and capital market conditions could adversely impact demand for our products, returns on our investment portfolio and results of operations. The conditions that would have the largest impact on our business include;

• Low or negative economic growth

• Sustained low interest rates

• Rising inflation

• Substantial increases in delinquencies or defaults on debt

• Significant downturns in the market value or liquidity of our investment portfolio

• Reduced consumer spending and business investment

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Stressed conditions, volatility and disruptions in global capital markets or financial asset classes could adversely affect our investment portfolio.

Adverse capital and credit market conditions may significantly affect our ability to meet liquidity needs or obtain credit on acceptable terms

In periods of extreme volatility and disruption in the capital and credit markets, liquidity and credit capacity may be severely restricted. Our access to additional financing depends on a variety of factors such as market conditions, the general availability of credit, the overall availability of credit to our industry, our credit ratings and credit capacity, as well as lenders’ perception of our long- or short-term financial prospects. In such circumstances, our ability to obtain capital to fund operating expenses may be limited, and the cost of any such capital may be significant.

A large-scale pandemic, the occurrence of terrorism or military actions may have an adverse effect on our business

A large-scale pandemic (such as coronavirus or COVID-19), the occurrence of terrorism or military and other actions, may result in loss of life, property damage, and disruptions to commerce and reduced economic activity. Some of the assets in our investment portfolio may be adversely affected by declines in the equity markets, changes in interest rates, reduced liquidity and economic activity caused by a large-scale pandemic. Additionally, a large-scale pandemic or terrorist act could have a material effect on sales, liquidity and operating results.

The failure in cyber or other information security controls, as well as the occurrence of events unanticipated in our disaster recovery processes and business continuity planning, could result in a loss or disclosure of confidential information, damage to our reputation, additional costs and impair our ability to conduct business effectively

We depend heavily on computer systems, mathematical algorithms and data to perform necessary business functions. There are threats that could impact our ability to protect our data and systems; if the threats are successful, they could impact confidentiality, integrity and availability:

• Confidentiality - protecting our data from disclosure to unauthorized parties

• Integrity - ensuring data is not changed accidentally or without authorization and is accurate

• Availability - ensuring our data and systems are accessible to meet our business needs

We collect, use, store or transmit a large amount of confidential, proprietary and other information (including personal information of customers or employees) in connection with the operation of our business. Systems are subject to increased attempted cyberattacks and unauthorized access, such as physical and electronicbreak-ins or unauthorized tampering.

We constantly defend against threats to our data and systems, including malware and computer virus attacks, unauthorized access, system failures and disruptions. Events like these could jeopardize the information processed and stored in, and transmitted through, our computer systems and networks, or otherwise cause interruptions or malfunctions in our operations, which could result in damage to our reputation, financial losses, litigation, increased costs, regulatory penalties and/or customer dissatisfaction.

These risks may increase in the future as threats become more sophisticated and we develop additional remote connectivity solutions to serve our employees and customers and build and maintain an integrated digital enterprise. Our increased use of third-party services (e.g., cloud technology and software as a service) can make it more difficult to identify and respond to cyberattacks in any of the above situations. Third parties to whom we outsource certain functions are also subject to these risks.

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Personal information is subject to an increasing number of federal, state, local and international laws and regulations regarding privacy and data security, as well as contractual commitments. Any failure or perceived failure by us to comply with such obligations may result in governmental enforcement actions and fines, litigation or public statements against us by consumer advocacy groups or others and could cause our employees and customers to lose trust in us, which could have an adverse effect on our reputation and business.

The occurrence of a disaster, such as a natural catastrophe, pandemic, industrial accident, blackout, terrorist attack, war, cyberattack, computer virus, insider threat, unanticipated problems with our disaster recovery processes, or a support failure from external providers, could have an adverse effect on our ability to conduct business and on our results of operations and financial condition, particularly if those events affect our computer-based data processing, transmission, storage, and retrieval systems or destroy data. If a significant number of employees were unavailable in the event of a disaster, our ability to effectively conduct business could be severely compromised. Our systems are also subject to compromise from internal threats.

We are subject to extensive regulation, and potential further restrictive regulation may increase operating costs and limit growth

We operate in the highly regulated insurance sector and are subject to extensive laws and regulations that are complex and subject to change. Changes may lead to additional expenses, increased legal exposure, increased reserve or capital requirements limiting our ability to grow or to achieve targeted profitability. Moreover, laws and regulations are administered and enforced by governmental authorities that exercise interpretive latitude, including state insurance regulators; state securities administrators; state attorneys general as well as federal agencies including the SEC, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, the Department of Labor, and the U.S. Department of Justice. Consequently, compliance with one regulator’s or enforcement authority’s interpretation of a legal issue may not result in compliance with another’s interpretation of the same issue.

In addition, there is risk that one regulator’s or enforcement authority’s interpretation of a legal issue may change to our detriment. There is also a risk that changes in the overall legal environment may cause us to change our views regarding the actions we need to take from a legal risk management perspective. This could necessitate changes to our practices that may adversely impact our business. In some cases, state insurance laws and regulations are generally intended to protect or benefit purchasers or users of insurance products. These laws and regulations may limit our ability to grow or to improve the profitability of our business.

Regulatory reforms, and the more stringent application of existing regulations, may make it more expensive for us to conduct our business

The federal government has enacted comprehensive regulatory reforms for financial services entities. As part of a larger effort to strengthen the regulation of the financial services market, certain reforms are applicable to the insurance industry.

The Federal Insurance Office (“FIO”) and Financial Stability Oversight Council (“FSOC”) were established and the federal government may enact reforms that affect the state insurance regulatory framework. The potential impact of state or federal measures that change the nature or scope of insurance and financial regulation is uncertain but may make it more expensive for us to conduct business and limit our ability to grow or achieve profitability.

Losses from legal and regulatory actions may be material to our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition

From time to time, we are involved in various legal actions, some of which involve claims for substantial or indeterminate amounts. We are also involved in various regulatory actions and inquiries, including market conduct exams by state insurance regulatory agencies. In the event of an unfavorable outcome in any of these matters, the ultimate liability may be more than amounts currently accrued, and may be material to our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

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Changes in or the application of accounting standards issued by standard-setting bodies and changes in tax laws may adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition

Our financial statements are subject to the application of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which are periodically revised, interpreted and/or expanded. Accordingly, we may be required to adopt new guidance or interpretations, which may have a material effect on our results of operations and financial condition and could adversely impact financial strength ratings.

• Pending changes to accounting for long-duration insurance contracts such as traditional life, life-contingent immediate annuities and certain voluntary accident and health insurance products will have a material effect on reserves and could adversely impact financial strength ratings

• Realization of our deferred tax assets assumes that we can fully utilize the deductions recognized for tax purposes; we may recognize additional tax expense if these assets are not fully utilized

• New tax legislative initiatives may be enacted that may impact our effective tax rate and could adversely affect our tax positions or tax liabilities

Loss of key vendor relationships or failure of a vendor to protect our data, confidential and proprietary information, or personal information of our customers or employees could adversely affect our operations

We rely on services and products provided by many vendors in the U.S. and abroad. These include, vendors of computer hardware, software, cloud technology and software as a service, as well as vendors and/or outsourcing of services such as:

• Call center services

• Human resource benefits management

• Information technology support

• Investment management services

If any vendor becomes unable to continue to provide products or services, or fails to protect our confidential, proprietary, and other information, we may suffer operational impairments and financial losses.

Our ability to attract, develop, and retain talent to maintain appropriate staffing levels, and establish a successful work culture is critical to our success

Competition from within the insurance industry and from other industries, including the technology sector, for qualified employees with highly specialized knowledge in areas such as underwriting, data and analytics, technology ande-commerce has often been intense and we have experienced increased competition in hiring and retaining employees.

Factors that affect our ability to attract and retain such employees include:

• Compensation and benefits

• Training andre-skilling programs

• Reputation as a successful business with a culture of fair hiring, and of training and promoting qualified employees

• Recognize and respond to changing trends and other circumstances that affect employees

The unexpected loss of key personnel could have a material adverse impact on our business because of the loss of their skills, knowledge of our products and offerings and years of industry experience and, in some cases, the difficulty of promptly finding qualified replacement personnel.

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Misconduct or fraudulent acts by employees, agents and third parties may expose us to financial loss, disruption of business, regulatory assessments and reputational harm

The company and the insurance industry are inherently susceptible to past and future misconduct or fraudulent activities by employees, representative agents, vendors, customers and other third parties. These activities could include:

• Fraud against the company, its employees and its customers through illegal or prohibited activities

• Unauthorized acts or representations, unauthorized use or disclosure of personal or proprietary information, deception, and misappropriation of funds or other benefits

Item 11(a). Description of Business

Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York (“Allstate Life of New York” or “ALNY”) was incorporated in 1967 as a stock life insurance company under the laws of the State of New York. In 1984, Allstate Life of New York was purchased by Allstate Life Insurance Company (“ALIC”). Allstate Life of New York is a wholly owned subsidiary of ALIC, a stock life insurance company incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois. ALIC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate Insurance Company (“AIC”), a stock property-liability insurance company organized under the laws of the State of Illinois. All of the outstanding stock of AIC is owned by Allstate Insurance Holdings, LLC, which is wholly owned by The Allstate Corporation (the “Corporation”), a publicly owned holding company incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Allstate Corporation is one of the largest publicly held personal lines insurers in the United States. Widely known through the “You’re In Good Hands With Allstate^®” slogan, Allstate is the third largest personal property and casualty insurer in the United States on the basis of 2018 statutory direct premiums written according to A.M. Best.

In our reports, we occasionally refer to statutory financial information. All domestic United States insurance companies are required to prepare statutory-basis financial statements. As a result, industry data is available that enables comparisons between insurance companies, including competitors that are not required to prepare financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. We frequently use industry publications containing statutory financial information to assess our competitive position.

Products and distribution

We sell traditional, interest-sensitive and variable life insurance and voluntary accident and health insurance products to customers in the state of New York. We sell products through Allstate exclusive agents and exclusive financial specialists, and workplace enrolling independent agents. We previously offered and continue to have in force deferred fixed annuities and immediate fixed annuities (including standard andsub-standard structured settlements).

The table below lists our current distribution channels with the associated products and target customers.

Distribution Channels	Proprietary Products	Target Customers
Allstate exclusive agencies and exclusive financial specialists	Term life insurance Whole life insurance Interest-sensitive life insurance Variable life insurance	Middle market consumers with family and financial protection needs
Workplace enrolling independent agents and benefits brokers	Workplace voluntary accident and health insurance: Short-term disability income insurance Accident and critical illness insurance	Middle market consumers with family financial protection needs employed by small, medium, and large size firms

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We compete on a variety of factors, including product offerings, brand recognition, financial strength and ratings, price, distribution and customer service. The market for life insurance continues to be highly fragmented and competitive. As of December 31, 2018, there were approximately 350 groups of life insurance companies in the United States.

Allstate Life of New York is subject to extensive regulation, primarily, but not exclusively, from the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”). The method, extent and substance of such regulation generally has its source in statutes that establish standards and requirements for conducting the business of insurance and that delegate regulatory authority to the NYDFS. These rules have a substantial effect on our business and relate to a wide variety of matters, including insurer solvency and statutory surplus sufficiency, reserve adequacy, insurance company licensing and examination, agent licensing, agent and broker compensation, policy forms, rate setting, the nature and amount of investments, claims practices, participation in guaranty funds, transactions with affiliates, the payment of dividends, underwriting standards, statutory accounting methods, trade practices, privacy regulation and data security, corporate governance and risk management.

In July 2018, the NYDFS issued a final regulation adopting a “best interest” standard for the sale of life and annuity products in New York. The regulation was effective on August 1, 2019 for annuity products and February 1, 2020 for life products. This regulation may result in changes to our distribution and compensation practices, which may impact results of operations.

Further, the NYDFS has issued cybersecurity regulations for financial services institutions, including banking and insurance entities, that impose a variety of detailed security measures on covered entities.

In addition, state legislators and insurance regulators continue to examine the appropriate nature and scope of state insurance regulation. For a discussion of statutory financial information, see Note 13 of the financial statements included in Item 11(e). For a discussion of regulatory contingencies, see Note 11 of the financial statements included in Item 11(e). Notes 11 and 13 are incorporated in this Item 11(a) by reference.

As part of an effort to strengthen the regulation of the financial services market, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) was enacted in 2010. Dodd-Frank created the Federal Insurance Office (“FIO”) within the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The FIO monitors the insurance industry, provides advice to the Financial Stability Oversight Council (“FSOC”), represents the U.S. on international insurance matters, and studies the current regulatory system.

Additional regulations or new requirements may emerge from the activities of various regulatory entities, including the Federal Reserve Board, FIO, FSOC, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”), and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (“IAIS”), that are evaluating solvency and capital standards for insurance company groups. In addition, the NAIC has adopted amendments to its model holding company law that have been adopted by some jurisdictions. The outcome of these actions is uncertain; however, these actions may result in changes in the level of capital and liquidity required by insurance holding companies.

We cannot predict whether any specific state or federal measures will be adopted to change the nature or scope of the regulation of insurance or what effect any such measures would have on Allstate Life of New York.

Item 11(b). Description of Property

Allstate Life of New York occupies office space in Hauppauge, New York, and Northbrook, Illinois, that is owned or leased by Allstate Insurance Company. Expenses associated with these facilities are allocated to us. We believe that these facilities are suitable and adequate for our current operations.

Item 11(c). Legal Proceedings

Information required for Item 11(c) is incorporated by reference to the discussion under the heading “Regulation and compliance” in Note 11 of the financial statements included in Item 11(e).

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Item 11(e). Financial Statements and Notes to Financial Statements

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Shareholder of

Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York

Hauppauge, New York

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying Statements of Financial Position of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York (the “Company”), an affiliate of The Allstate Corporation, as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the related Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income, Shareholder’s Equity, and Cash Flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”).

In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, ScheduleI-Summary of Investments Other Than Investments in Related Parties, ScheduleIV-Reinsurance, and ScheduleV-Valuation Allowances and Qualifying Accounts, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

Change in Accounting Principle

As discussed in Note 2 to the financial statements, the Company changed its presentation and method of accounting for the recognition and measurement of financial assets and financial liabilities on January 1, 2018, due to the adoption of FASB Accounting Standards UpdateNo. 2016-01,Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic825-10).

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Chicago, Illinois

March 6, 2020

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 1995.

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ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

	Year Ended December 31,
($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Revenues
Premiums (net of reinsurance ceded of $10,600, $11,054, and $11,481)	$	108,452		$	103,447		$	90,941
Contract charges (net of reinsurance ceded of $7,945, $8,279, and $7,954)		77,314			77,194			76,171
Other revenue		1,186			1,414			924
Net investment income		256,006			287,883			310,695
Realized capital gains and losses:
Total other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) losses		(1,202	)		(68	)		(6,263	)
OTTI losses reclassified to (from) other comprehensive income		1,033			(217	)		893
Net OTTI losses recognized in earnings		(169	)		(285	)		(5,370	)
Sales and valuation changes on equity investments and derivatives		106,796			(20,269	)		71,702
Total realized capital gains and losses		106,627			(20,554	)		66,332
Total revenues		549,585			449,384			545,063
Costs and expenses
Contract benefits (net of reinsurance ceded of $13,687, $11,016, and $8,055)		259,013			237,578			230,493
Interest credited to contractholder funds (net of reinsurance ceded of $4,307, $4,533, and $4,805)		86,464			91,482			97,377
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs		30,396			16,299			16,992
Operating costs and expenses		45,162			45,964			42,753
Total costs and expenses		421,035			391,323			387,615
Income from operations before income tax expense (benefit)		128,550			58,061			157,448
Income tax expense (benefit)		30,926			12,827			(46,735	)
Net income		97,624			45,234			204,183
Other comprehensive income (loss),after-tax
Change in unrealized net capital gains and losses		67,612			(50,575	)		(66,210	)
Change in unrealized foreign currency translation adjustments		(3,131	)		98			2,409
Other comprehensive income (loss),after-tax		64,481			(50,477	)		(63,801	)
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	162,105		$	(5,243	)	$	140,382

See notes to financial statements.

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ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

	December 31,
($ in thousands, except par value data)	2019			2018
Assets
Investments
Fixed income securities, at fair value (amortized cost $4,023,107 and $4,375,110)	$	4,434,362		$	4,530,344
Mortgage loans		733,258			696,062
Equity securities, at fair value (cost $233,118 and $177,229)		274,133			184,970
Limited partnership interests		386,310			382,853
Short-term, at fair value (amortized cost $224,111 and $88,552)		224,098			88,548
Policy loans		38,583			39,374
Other		5,237			653
Total investments		6,095,981			5,922,804
Cash		9,273			8,479
Deferred policy acquisition costs		124,118			155,887
Reinsurance recoverable		229,759			234,733
Accrued investment income		46,846			50,219
Current income taxes receivable		—			3,944
Other assets		399,126			191,373
Reinsurance receivable from parent		1,218			—
Separate Accounts		265,546			241,710
Total assets	$	7,171,867		$	6,809,149
Liabilities
Contractholder funds	$	2,547,968		$	2,681,300
Reserve for life-contingent contract benefits		2,411,809			2,232,136
Current income taxes payable		31,713			—
Deferred income taxes		154,849			143,606
Other liabilities and accrued expenses		188,362			99,387
Payable to affiliates, net		4,973			6,312
Reinsurance payable to parent		—			156
Separate Accounts		265,546			241,710
Total liabilities		5,605,220			5,404,607
Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Note 11)
Shareholder’s Equity
Common stock, $25 par value, 100 thousand shares authorized, issued and outstanding		2,500			2,500
Additional capitalpaid-in		140,529			140,529
Retained income		1,299,868			1,202,244
Accumulated other comprehensive income:
Unrealized net capital gains and losses:
Unrealized net capital gains and losses on fixed income securities with OTTI		664			1,185
Other unrealized net capital gains and losses		324,055			121,407
Unrealized adjustment to DAC, DSI and insurance reserves		(200,010	)		(65,495	)
Total unrealized net capital gains and losses		124,709			57,097
Unrealized foreign currency translation adjustments		(959	)		2,172
Total accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”)		123,750			59,269
Total shareholder’s equity		1,566,647			1,404,542
Total liabilities and shareholder’s equity	$	7,171,867		$	6,809,149

See notes to financial statements.

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ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY

	Year Ended December 31,
($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Common stock	$	2,500		$	2,500		$	2,500
Additional capitalpaid-in		140,529			140,529			140,529
Retained income
Balance, beginning of year		1,202,244			1,117,020			938,217
Net income		97,624			45,234			204,183
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		—			39,990			—
Reclassification of tax effects due to change in accounting principle		—			—			(25,380	)
Balance, end of year		1,299,868			1,202,244			1,117,020
Accumulated other comprehensive income
Balance, beginning of year		59,269			143,219			181,640
Change in unrealized net capital gains and losses		67,612			(50,575	)		(66,210	)
Change in unrealized foreign currency translation adjustments		(3,131	)		98			2,409
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle		—			(33,473	)		—
Reclassification of tax effects due to change in accounting principle		—			—			25,380
Balance, end of year		123,750			59,269			143,219
Total shareholder’s equity	$	1,566,647		$	1,404,542		$	1,403,268

See notes to financial statements.

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ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	Year Ended December 31,
($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	$	97,624		$	45,234		$	204,183
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Amortization and othernon-cash items		(27,136	)		(27,152	)		(30,014	)
Realized capital gains and losses		(106,627	)		20,554			(66,332	)
Interest credited to contractholder funds		86,464			91,482			97,377
Changes in:
Policy benefits and other insurance reserves		(29,174	)		(46,890	)		(17,780	)
Deferred policy acquisition costs		13,625			(3,278	)		(7,530	)
Income taxes		29,817			(3,424	)		(53,734	)
Other operating assets and liabilities		14,996			15,481			(28,736	)
Net cash provided by operating activities		79,589			92,007			97,434
Cash flows from investing activities
Proceeds from sales
Fixed income securities		295,930			292,026			192,227
Equity securities		141,893			165,147			125,416
Limited partnership interests		25,195			31,337			77,017
Investment collections
Fixed income securities		345,540			334,019			298,852
Mortgage loans		76,582			50,627			65,183
Investment purchases
Fixed income securities		(411,139	)		(421,643	)		(477,765	)
Equity securities		(190,441	)		(171,271	)		(68,002	)
Limited partnership interests		(41,881	)		(56,986	)		(67,015	)
Mortgage loans		(113,712	)		(116,996	)		(78,783	)
Change in short-term investments, net		(46,116	)		12,231			3,104
Change in policy loans and other investments, net		1,228			576			1,440
Net cash provided by investing activities		83,079			119,067			71,674
Cash flows from financing activities
Contractholder fund deposits		95,390			96,954			97,287
Contractholder fund withdrawals		(257,264	)		(304,412	)		(274,887	)
Other		—			—			(2,400	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(161,874	)		(207,458	)		(180,000	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash		794			3,616			(10,892	)
Cash at beginning of year		8,479			4,863			15,755
Cash at end of year	$	9,273		$	8,479		$	4,863

See notes to financial statements.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. General

Basis of presentation

The accompanying financial statements include the accounts of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York (the “Company”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate Life Insurance Company (“ALIC”), which is wholly owned by Allstate Insurance Company (“AIC”). AIC is wholly owned by Allstate Insurance Holdings, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Allstate Corporation (the “Corporation”). These financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The Company operates as a single segment entity based on the manner in which the Company uses financial information to evaluate business performance and to determine the allocation of resources.

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“Tax Legislation”) became effective, permanently reducing the U.S. corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% beginning January 1, 2018. As a result, the corporate tax rate is not comparable between periods.

Nature of operations

The Company offers traditional, interest-sensitive and variable life insurance and voluntary accident and health insurance products to customers in the State of New York. The Company distributes its products through Allstate exclusive agencies and exclusive financial specialists, and workplace enrolling independent agents and benefits brokers. The Company previously offered and continues to have in force fixed annuities such as deferred and immediate annuities. The Company also previously offered variable annuities and all of this business is reinsured.

The following table summarizes premiums and contract charges by product.

($ in thousands)	2019			2018		2017
Premiums
Traditional life insurance	$	61,980		$	59,185	$	55,996
Accident and health insurance		46,472			44,262		34,945
Total premiums		108,452			103,447		90,941
Contract charges
Interest-sensitive life insurance		77,324			76,931		76,103
Fixed annuities		(10	)		263		68
Total contract charges		77,314			77,194		76,171
Total premiums and contract charges	$	185,766		$	180,641	$	167,112

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Investments

Fixed income securities include bonds, asset-backed securities (“ABS”) and mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”). MBS includes residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities that were previously disclosed

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separately. Fixed income securities, which may be sold prior to their contractual maturity, are designated asavailable-for-sale and are carried at fair value. The difference between amortized cost and fair value, net of deferred income taxes and related deferred policy acquisition costs (“DAC”), deferred sales inducement costs (“DSI”) and reserves for life-contingent contract benefits, is reflected as a component of AOCI. Cash received from calls and make-whole payments is reflected as a component of proceeds from sales and cash received from maturities andpay-downs is reflected as a component of investment collections within the Statements of Cash Flows.

Mortgage loans are carried at unpaid principal balances, net of unamortized premium or discount and valuation allowances. Valuation allowances are established for impaired loans when it is probable that contractual principal and interest will not be collected.

Equity securities primarily include common stocks, exchange traded funds,non-redeemable preferred stocks and real estate investment trust equity investments. Certain exchange traded funds have fixed income securities as their underlying investments. Equity securities are carried at fair value. Due to the adoption of a new accounting standard for the recognition and measurement of financial assets and financial liabilities, the periodic change in fair value of equity securities is recognized within realized capital gains and losses on the Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income effective January 1, 2018. As a result, 2017 net investment income and net realized capital gains and losses are not comparable to other periods presented.

Investments in limited partnership interests are primarily accounted for in accordance with the equity method of accounting (“EMA”) and include interests in private equity funds, real estate funds and other funds. Investments in limited partnership interests purchased prior to January 1, 2018 where the Company’s interest is so minor that it exercises virtually no influence over operating and financial policies are accounted for at fair value primarily utilizing the net asset value (“NAV”) as a practical expedient to determine fair value.

Short-term investments, including money market funds, commercial paper, U.S. Treasury bills and other short-term investments, are carried at fair value. Policy loans are carried at unpaid principal balances. Other investments consist of derivatives. Derivatives are carried at fair value.

Investment income primarily consists of interest, dividends, income from limited partnership interests, and income from certain derivative transactions. Interest is recognized on an accrual basis using the effective yield method and dividends are recorded at theex-dividend date. Interest income for ABS and MBS is determined considering estimatedpay-downs, including prepayments, obtained from third party data sources and internal estimates. Actual prepayment experience is periodically reviewed and effective yields are recalculated when differences arise between the prepayments originally anticipated and the actual prepayments received and currently anticipated. For ABS and MBS of high credit quality with fixed interest rates, the effective yield is recalculated on a retrospective basis. For all others, the effective yield is recalculated on a prospective basis. Accrual of income is suspended for other-than-temporarily impaired fixed income securities when the timing and amount of cash flows expected to be received is not reasonably estimable. Accrual of income is suspended for mortgage loans that are in default or when full and timely collection of principal and interest payments is not probable. Cash receipts on investments on nonaccrual status are generally recorded as a reduction of carrying value. Income from limited partnership interests carried at fair value is recognized based upon the changes in fair value of the investee’s equity primarily determined using NAV. Income from EMA limited partnership interests is recognized based on the Company’s share of the partnerships’ earnings. Income from EMA limited partnership interests is generally recognized on a three month delay due to the availability of the related financial statements from investees.

Realized capital gains and losses include gains and losses on investment sales, write-downs in value due to other-than-temporary declines in fair value, adjustments to valuation allowances on mortgage loans, valuation changes of equity investments, including equity securities and certain limited partnerships where the underlying assets are predominately public equity securities, and periodic changes in fair value and settlements of certain

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derivatives including hedge ineffectiveness. Realized capital gains and losses on investment sales are determined on a specific identification basis.

Derivative and embedded derivative financial instruments

Derivative financial instruments include equity futures, options, interest rate caps, foreign currency forwards and a reinvestment related risk transfer reinsurance agreement with ALIC that meets the accounting definition of a derivative (see Note 4). Derivatives required to be separated from the host instrument and accounted for as derivative financial instruments (“subject to bifurcation”) are embedded in equity-indexed life contracts and reinsured variable annuity contracts.

All derivatives are accounted for on a fair value basis and reported as other investments, other assets, other liabilities and accrued expenses or contractholder funds. The income statement effects of derivatives, including fair value gains and losses and accrued periodic settlements, are reported either in realized capital gains and losses or in a single line item together with the results of the associated asset or liability for which risks are being managed. Embedded derivative instruments subject to bifurcation are also accounted for on a fair value basis and are reported together with the host contract. The change in fair value of derivatives embedded in life and annuity product contracts and subject to bifurcation is reported in contract benefits or interest credited to contractholder funds. Cash flows from embedded derivatives subject to bifurcation are reported consistently with the host contracts within the Statements of Cash Flows. Cash flows from other derivatives are reported in cash flows from investing activities within the Statements of Cash Flows.

Securities loaned

The Company’s business activities include securities lending transactions, which are used primarily to generate net investment income. The proceeds received in conjunction with securities lending transactions can be reinvested in short-term investments or fixed income securities. These transactions are short-term in nature, usually 30 days or less.

The Company receives cash collateral for securities loaned in an amount generally equal to 102% and 105% of the fair value of domestic and foreign securities, respectively, and records the related obligations to return the collateral in other liabilities and accrued expenses. The carrying value of these obligations approximates fair value because of their relatively short-term nature. The Company monitors the market value of securities loaned on a daily basis and obtains additional collateral as necessary under the terms of the agreements to mitigate counterparty credit risk. The Company maintains the right and ability to repossess the securities loaned on short notice.

Recognition of premium revenues and contract charges, and related benefits and interest credited

Traditional life insurance products consist principally of products with fixed and guaranteed premiums and benefits, primarily term and whole life insurance products. Voluntary accident and health insurance products are expected to remain in force for an extended period and therefore are primarily classified as long-duration contracts. Premiums from these products are recognized as revenue when due from policyholders. Benefits are reflected in contract benefits and recognized over the life of the policy in relation to premiums.

Immediate annuities with life contingencies, including certain structured settlement annuities, provide benefits over a period that extends beyond the period during which premiums are collected. Premiums from these products are recognized as revenue when received at the inception of the contract. Benefits are recognized in relation to premiums with the establishment of a reserve. The change in reserve over time is recorded in contract benefits and primarily relates to accumulation at the discount rate and annuitant mortality. Profits from these policies come primarily from investment income, which is recognized over the life of the contract.

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Interest-sensitive life contracts, such as universal life and single premium life, are insurance contracts whose terms are not fixed and guaranteed. The terms that may be changed include premiums paid by the contractholder, interest credited to the contractholder account balance and contract charges assessed against the contractholder account balance. Premiums from these contracts are reported as contractholder fund deposits. Contract charges consist of fees assessed against the contractholder account balance for the cost of insurance (mortality risk), contract administration and surrender of the contract prior to contractually specified dates. These contract charges are recognized as revenue when assessed against the contractholder account balance. Contract benefits include life-contingent benefit payments in excess of the contractholder account balance.

Contracts that do not subject the Company to significant risk arising from mortality or morbidity are referred to as investment contracts. Fixed annuities, including market value adjusted annuities and immediate annuities without life contingencies, are considered investment contracts. Consideration received for such contracts is reported as contractholder fund deposits. Contract charges for investment contracts consist of fees assessed against the contractholder account balance for maintenance, administration and surrender of the contract prior to contractually specified dates, and are recognized when assessed against the contractholder account balance.

Interest credited to contractholder funds represents interest accrued or paid on interest-sensitive life and investment contracts. Crediting rates for certain fixed annuities and interest-sensitive life contracts are adjusted periodically by the Company to reflect current market conditions subject to contractually guaranteed minimum rates. Crediting rates for indexed life contracts are generally based on an equity index, such as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (“S&P 500”). Interest credited also includes amortization of DSI expenses. DSI is amortized into interest credited using the same method used to amortize DAC.

Contract charges for variable life and variable annuity products consist of fees assessed against the contractholder account balances for contract maintenance, administration, mortality, expense and surrender of the contract prior to contractually specified dates. Contract benefits incurred for variable annuity products include guaranteed minimum death, income, withdrawal and accumulation benefits. All of the Company’s variable annuity business is ceded through reinsurance agreements and the contract charges and contract benefits related thereto are reported net of reinsurance ceded.

Other revenue presentation

Other revenue represents gross dealer concessions received in connection with sales ofnon-proprietary products by Allstate exclusive agencies and exclusive financial specialists. Other revenue is recognized when performance obligations are fulfilled.

Deferred policy acquisition and sales inducement costs

Costs that are related directly to the successful acquisition of new or renewal life insurance policies are deferred and recorded as DAC. These costs are principally agency’s and brokers’ remuneration and certain underwriting expenses. DSI costs, which are deferred and recorded as other assets, relate to sales inducements offered on sales to new customers, principally on interest-sensitive life contracts. These sales inducements are primarily in the form of additional credits to the customer’s account balance or enhancements to interest credited for a specified period which are in excess of the rates currently being credited to similar contracts without sales inducements. All other acquisition costs are expensed as incurred and included in operating costs and expenses. Amortization of DAC is included in amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs and is described in more detail below. DSI is amortized into income using the same methodology and assumptions as DAC and is included in interest credited to contractholder funds.

For traditional life and voluntary accident and health insurance, DAC is amortized over the premium paying period of the related policies in proportion to the estimated revenues on such business. Assumptions used in the

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amortization of DAC and reserve calculations are established at the time the policy is issued and are generally not revised during the life of the policy. Any deviations from projected business in force resulting from actual policy terminations differing from expected levels and any estimated premium deficiencies may result in a change to the rate of amortization in the period such events occur. Generally, the amortization periods for these policies approximates the estimated lives of the policies. The Company periodically reviews the recoverability of DAC using actual experience and current assumptions. Prior to fourth quarter 2017, the Company evaluated traditional life insurance products and immediate annuities with life contingencies on an aggregate basis. Beginning in fourth quarter 2017, traditional life insurance products, immediate annuities with life contingencies, and voluntary accident and health insurance products are reviewed individually. If actual experience and current assumptions are adverse compared to the original assumptions and a premium deficiency is determined to exist, any remaining unamortized DAC balance would be expensed to the extent not recoverable and the establishment of a premium deficiency reserve may be required for any remaining deficiency.

For interest-sensitive life insurance, DAC and DSI are amortized in proportion to the incidence of the total present value of gross profits, which includes both actual historical gross profits (“AGP”) and estimated future gross profits (“EGP”) expected to be earned over the estimated lives of the contracts. The amortization is net of interest on the prior period DAC balance using rates established at the inception of the contracts. Actual amortization periods generally range from15-30 years; however, incorporating estimates of the rate of customer surrenders, partial withdrawals and deaths generally results in the majority of the DAC being amortized during the surrender charge period, which is typically10-20 years for interest-sensitive life. The rate of DAC and DSI amortization is reestimated and adjusted by a cumulative charge or credit to income when there is a difference between the incidence of actual versus expected gross profits in a reporting period or when there is a change in total EGP. When DAC or DSI amortization or a component of gross profits for a quarterly period is potentially negative (which would result in an increase of the DAC or DSI balance) as a result of negative AGP, the specific facts and circumstances surrounding the potential negative amortization are considered to determine whether it is appropriate for recognition in the financial statements. Negative amortization is only recorded when the increased DAC or DSI balance is determined to be recoverable based on facts and circumstances. Recapitalization of DAC and DSI is limited to the originally deferred costs plus interest.

AGP and EGP primarily consist of the following components: contract charges for the cost of insurance less mortality costs and other benefits; investment income and realized capital gains and losses less interest credited; and surrender and other contract charges less maintenance expenses. The principal assumptions for determining the amount of EGP are mortality, persistency, expenses, investment returns, including capital gains and losses on assets supporting contract liabilities, interest crediting rates to contractholders, and the effects of any hedges. For products whose supporting investments are exposed to capital losses in excess of the Company’s expectations which may cause periodic AGP to become temporarily negative, EGP and AGP utilized in DAC and DSI amortization may be modified to exclude the excess capital losses.

The Company performs quarterly reviews of DAC and DSI recoverability for interest-sensitive life contracts using current assumptions. If a change in the amount of EGP is significant, it could result in the unamortized DAC or DSI not being recoverable, resulting in a charge which is included as a component of amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs or interest credited to contractholder funds, respectively.

The DAC and DSI balances presented include adjustments to reflect the amount by which the amortization of DAC and DSI would increase or decrease if the unrealized capital gains or losses in the respective product investment portfolios were actually realized. The adjustments are recorded net of tax in AOCI. DAC, DSI and deferred income taxes determined on unrealized capital gains and losses and reported in AOCI recognize the impact on shareholder’s equity consistently with the amounts that would be recognized in the income statement on realized capital gains and losses.

Customers of the Company may exchange one insurance policy or investment contract for another offered by the Company, or make modifications to an existing investment or life contract issued by the Company. These

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transactions are identified as internal replacements for accounting purposes. Internal replacement transactions determined to result in replacement contracts that are substantially unchanged from the replaced contracts are accounted for as continuations of the replaced contracts. Unamortized DAC and DSI related to the replaced contracts continue to be deferred and amortized in connection with the replacement contracts. For interest-sensitive life contracts, the EGP of the replacement contracts are treated as a revision to the EGP of the replaced contracts in the determination of amortization of DAC and DSI. For traditional life insurance policies, any changes to unamortized DAC that result from replacement contracts are treated as prospective revisions. Any costs associated with the issuance of replacement contracts are characterized as maintenance costs and expensed as incurred. Internal replacement transactions determined to result in a substantial change to the replaced contracts are accounted for as an extinguishment of the replaced contracts, and any unamortized DAC and DSI related to the replaced contracts are eliminated with a corresponding charge to amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs or interest credited to contractholder funds, respectively.

Reinsurance

In the normal course of business, the Company seeks to limit aggregate and single exposure to losses on large risks by purchasing reinsurance. The Company has also used reinsurance to effect the disposition of certain blocks of business. The amounts reported as reinsurance recoverables include amounts billed to reinsurers on losses paid as well as estimates of amounts expected to be recovered from reinsurers on insurance liabilities and contractholder funds that have not yet been paid. Reinsurance recoverables on unpaid losses are estimated based upon assumptions consistent with those used in establishing the liabilities related to the underlying reinsured contracts. Insurance liabilities are reported gross of reinsurance recoverables. Reinsurance premiums are generally reflected in income in a manner consistent with the recognition of premiums on the reinsured contracts. Reinsurance does not extinguish the Company’s primary liability under the policies written. Therefore, the Company regularly evaluates the financial condition of its reinsurers and establishes allowances for uncollectible reinsurance as appropriate.

The Company has a reinsurance treaty with ALIC through which it cedes reinvestment related risk on its structured settlement annuities. The terms of the treaty meet the accounting definition of a derivative. Accordingly, the treaty is recorded in the Statement of Financial Position at fair value. Changes in the fair value of the treaty, premiums paid to ALIC and settlements received from ALIC are recognized in realized capital gains and losses.

Income taxes

Income taxes are accounted for using the asset and liability method under which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities at the enacted tax rates. The principal assets and liabilities giving rise to such differences are investments (including unrealized capital gains and losses), insurance reserves and DAC. A deferred tax asset valuation allowance is established when it is more likely than not such assets will not be realized. The Company recognizes interest expense related to income tax matters in income tax expense and penalties in operating costs and expenses.

Reserve for life-contingent contract benefits

The reserve for life-contingent contract benefits payable under insurance policies, including traditional life insurance, life-contingent immediate annuities and voluntary accident and health insurance products, is computed on the basis of long-term actuarial assumptions of future investment yields, mortality, morbidity, policy terminations and expenses. These assumptions, which for traditional life insurance are applied using the net level premium method, include provisions for adverse deviation and generally vary by characteristics such as type of coverage, year of issue and policy duration. The assumptions are established at the time the policy is issued and are generally not changed during the life of the policy. The Company periodically reviews the adequacy of

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reserves using actual experience and current assumptions. If actual experience and current assumptions are adverse compared to the original assumptions and a premium deficiency is determined to exist, any remaining unamortized DAC balance would be expensed to the extent not recoverable and the establishment of a premium deficiency reserve may be required for any remaining deficiency. In 2019 and 2018, the Company’s reviews concluded that no premium deficiency adjustments were necessary. Prior to fourth quarter 2017, the Company evaluated traditional life insurance products and immediate annuities with life contingencies on an aggregate basis. Beginning in fourth quarter 2017, traditional life insurance products, immediate annuities with life contingencies, and voluntary accident and health insurance are reviewed individually. The Company also reviews these policies for circumstances where projected profits would be recognized in early years followed by projected losses in later years. If this circumstance exists, the Company will accrue a liability, during the period of profits, to offset the losses at such time as the future losses are expected to commence using a method updated prospectively over time. To the extent that unrealized gains on fixed income securities would result in a premium deficiency if those gains were realized, the related increase in reserves for certain immediate annuities with life contingencies is recorded net of tax as a reduction of unrealized net capital gains included in AOCI.

Contractholder funds

Contractholder funds represent interest-bearing liabilities arising from the sale of products such as interest-sensitive life insurance and fixed annuities. Contractholder funds primarily comprise cumulative deposits received and interest credited to the contractholder less cumulative contract benefits, surrenders, withdrawals and contract charges for mortality or administrative expenses. Contractholder funds also include reserves for secondary guarantees on interest-sensitive life insurance and certain fixed annuity contracts and reserves for certain guarantees on reinsured variable annuity contracts.

Separate accounts

Separate accounts assets are carried at fair value. The assets of the separate accounts are legally segregated and available only to settle separate accounts contract obligations. Separate accounts liabilities represent the contractholders’ claims to the related assets and are carried at an amount equal to the separate accounts assets. Investment income and realized capital gains and losses of the separate accounts accrue directly to the contractholders and therefore are not included in the Company’s Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. Deposits to and surrenders and withdrawals from the separate accounts are reflected in separate accounts liabilities and are not included in cash flows.

Absent any contract provision wherein the Company provides a guarantee, variable annuity and variable life insurance contractholders bear the investment risk that the separate accounts’ funds may not meet their stated investment objectives. All of the Company’s variable annuity business was reinsured beginning in 2006.

Off-balance sheet financial instruments

Commitments to invest, commitments to purchase private placement securities, commitments to extend mortgage loans and financial guarantees haveoff-balance sheet risk because their contractual amounts are not recorded in the Company’s Statements of Financial Position (see Note 7 and Note 11).

Adopted accounting standard

Accounting for Hedging Activities

Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted new Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) guidance intended to better align hedge accounting with an organization’s risk management activities. The new guidance expands hedge accounting to nonfinancial and financial risk components and revises the measurement methodologies. Separate presentation of hedge ineffectiveness is eliminated with the intention to provide greater

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transparency to the full impact of hedging by requiring presentation of the results of the hedged item and hedging instrument in a single financial statement line item. In addition, the amendments were designed to reduce complexity by simplifying hedge effectiveness testing. The adoption had no impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

Pending accounting standards

Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments

In June 2016, the FASB issued guidance which revises the credit loss recognition criteria for certain financial assets measured at amortized cost, including reinsurance recoverables. The new guidance replaces the existing incurred loss recognition model with an expected loss recognition model. The objective of the expected credit loss model is for a reporting entity to recognize its estimate of expected credit losses for affected financial assets in a valuation allowance that when deducted from the amortized cost basis of the related financial assets results in a net carrying value at the amount expected to be collected. The reporting entity must consider all relevant information available when estimating expected credit losses, including details about past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts over the life of an asset. Financial assets may be evaluated individually or on a pooled basis when they share similar risk characteristics. The measurement of credit losses foravailable-for-sale debt securities measured at fair value is not affected except that credit losses recognized are limited to the amount by which fair value is below amortized cost and the carrying value adjustment is recognized through a valuation allowance which may change over time but once recorded cannot subsequently be reduced to an amount below zero. The guidance is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, and for most affected instruments must be adopted using a modified retrospective approach, with a cumulative effect adjustment recorded to beginning retained income.

The Company’s implementation activities, which are being finalized, include review and validation of models, methodologies, data inputs and assumptions to be used to estimate expected credit losses. The implementation impacts relate primarily to the Company’s commercial mortgage loans and reinsurance recoverables and are dependent on economic conditions and judgments at the date of adoption. Based on the economic conditions at the date of adoption and the balances at the reporting date, the Company estimates the application of the current expected credit loss requirements will result in total valuation allowances for credit losses of approximately $12 million as of the date of adoption. After consideration of existing valuation allowances maintained prior to adoption of the new guidance, the Company expects to recognize a cumulative-effect decrease in retained income of approximately $6 million,after-tax, to adjust existing valuation allowances to the basis in the new requirements.

Accounting for Long-Duration Insurance Contracts

In August 2018, the FASB issued guidance revising the accounting for certain long-duration insurance contracts. The new guidance introduces material changes to the measurement of the Company’s reserves for traditional life, life-contingent immediate annuities and certain voluntary accident and health insurance products.

Under the new guidance, measurement assumptions, including those for mortality, morbidity and policy terminations, will be required to be reviewed and updated at least annually. The effect of updating measurement assumptions other than the discount rate are required to be measured on a retrospective basis and reported in net income. In addition, reserves under the new guidance are required to be discounted using an upper medium grade fixed income instrument yield required to be updated through OCI at each reporting date. Current GAAP requires reserves to utilize assumptions set at policy issuance unless updated current assumptions indicate that recorded reserves are deficient.

The new guidance also requires DAC and other capitalized balances currently amortized in proportion to premiums or gross profits to be amortized on a constant level basis over the expected term for all long-duration

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insurance contracts. DAC will not be subject to loss recognition testing but will be reduced when actual lapse experience exceeds expected experience. The new guidance will no longer require adjustments to DAC and DSI related to unrealized gains and losses on investment securities supporting the related business.

All market risk benefit product features will be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recorded in net income with the exception of changes in the fair value attributable to changes in the reporting entity’s own credit risk, which are required to be recognized in OCI. Substantially all of the Company’s market risk benefits are reinsured and therefore these impacts are not expected to be material to the Company.

The new guidance will be included in the comparable financial statements issued in reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2021, thereby requiring restatement of prior periods presented. Early adoption is permitted. The new guidance will be applied to affected contracts and DAC on the basis of existing carrying amounts at the earliest period presented or retrospectively using actual historical experience as of contract inception. The new guidance for market risk benefits is required to be adopted retrospectively.

The Company is evaluating the anticipated impacts of applying the new guidance to both retained income and AOCI. The requirements of the new guidance represent a material change from existing GAAP, however, the underlying economics of the business and related cash flows are unchanged. The Company is evaluating the specific impacts of adopting the new guidance and anticipates the financial statement impact of adopting the new guidance to be material, largely attributed to the impact of transitioning to a discount rate based on an upper-medium grade fixed income investment yield and updates to mortality assumptions. The Company expects the most significant impacts will occur in therun-off annuity business. The revised accounting for DAC will be applied prospectively using the new model and any DAC effects existing in AOCI as a result of applying existing GAAP at the date of adoption will be reversed.

Simplifications to the Accounting for Income Taxes

In December 2019, the FASB issued amendments to simplify the accounting for income taxes. The amendments eliminate certain exceptions in the existing guidance including those related to intraperiod tax allocation and deferred tax liability recognition when changes in control of equity method and foreign subsidiary investments occur. The amendments require recognition of the effect of an enacted change in tax laws or rates in the interim period that includes the enactment date, provide an option to not allocate taxes to a legal entity that is not subject to tax as well as other minor changes. The amendments are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2020. The new guidance specifies which amendments should be applied prospectively, retrospective to all periods presented or on a modified retrospective basis through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained income as of the beginning of the year of adoption. The impact of adoption is not expected to be material to the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

3. Supplemental Cash Flow Information

Non-cash investing activities include $8.0 million, $8.2 million and $1.5 million related to mergers and exchanges completed with equity securities and fixed income securities, and modifications of certain mortgage loans in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Liabilities for collateral received in conjunction with the Company’s securities lending program were $158.1 million, $69.8 million and $59.1 million as of December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and are reported in other liabilities and accrued expenses.

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The accompanying cash flows are included in cash flows from operating activities in the Statements of Cash Flows along with the activities resulting from management of the proceeds, which for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Net change in proceeds managed
Net change in short-term investments	$	(88,323	)	$	(10,721	)	$	1,864
Operating cash flow (used) provided	$	(88,323	)	$	(10,721	)	$	1,864
Net change in liabilities
Liabilities for collateral, beginning of year	$	(69,788	)	$	(59,067	)	$	(60,931	)
Liabilities for collateral, end of year		(158,111	)		(69,788	)		(59,067	)
Operating cash flow provided (used)	$	88,323		$	10,721		$	(1,864	)

4. Related Party Transactions

Business operations

The Company uses services performed by AIC, ALIC and other affiliates, and business facilities owned or leased and operated by AIC in conducting its business activities. In addition, the Company shares the services of employees with AIC. The Company reimburses its affiliates for the operating expenses incurred on behalf of the Company. The Company is charged for the cost of these operating expenses based on the level of services provided. Operating expenses, including compensation, retirement and other benefit programs (see Note 14), allocated to the Company were $45.0 million, $46.2 million and $46.3 million in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. A portion of these expenses relate to the acquisition of business, which are deferred and amortized into income as described in Note 2.

Structured settlement annuities

The Company previously issued structured settlement annuities, a type of immediate annuity, to fund structured settlements in matters involving AIC. In most cases, these annuities were issued under a “qualified assignment” whereby Allstate Assignment Company and prior to July 1, 2001 Allstate Settlement Corporation (“ASC”), both wholly owned subsidiaries of ALIC, purchased annuities from the Company and assumed AIC’s obligation to make future payments.

AIC issued surety bonds to guarantee the payment of structured settlement benefits assumed by ASC (from both AIC andnon-related parties) and funded by certain annuity contracts issued by the Company through June 30, 2001. ASC entered into a General Indemnity Agreement pursuant to which it indemnified AIC for any liabilities associated with the surety bonds and gave AIC certain collateral security rights with respect to the annuities and certain other rights in the event of any defaults covered by the surety bonds. ALIC guaranteed the payment of structured settlement benefits on all contracts issued on or after July 1, 2001. Reserves recorded by the Company for annuities that are guaranteed by the surety bonds of AIC were $1.42 billion as of both December 31, 2019 and 2018. Reserves recorded by the Company for annuities that are guaranteed by ALIC were $559.5 million and $574.9 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Broker-Dealer agreements

The Company receives distribution services from Allstate Financial Services, LLC, an affiliated broker-dealer company, for certain annuity and variable life insurance contracts sold by Allstate exclusive agencies and exclusive financial specialists. For these services, the Company incurred commission and other distribution expenses of $317 thousand, $215 thousand and $259 thousand in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

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The Company has a service agreement with Allstate Distributors, LLC (“ADLLC”), a broker-dealer company owned by ALIC, whereby ADLLC promotes and markets products sold by the Company. In return for these services, the Company recorded expense of $3 thousand, $5 thousand and $6 thousand in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Reinsurance

The Company has reinsurance agreements with ALIC whereby a portion of the Company’s premiums and policy benefits are ceded to ALIC (see Note 9).

The Company has a reinsurance treaty (the “structured settlement annuity reinsurance agreement”) through which it cedes reinvestment related risk on its structured settlement annuities to ALIC. Under the terms of the treaty, the Company pays a premium to ALIC that varies with the aggregate structured settlement annuity statutory reserve balance. In return, ALIC guarantees that the yield on the portion of the Company’s investment portfolio that supports structured settlement annuity liabilities will not fall below contractually determined rates. The Company ceded premium related to structured settlement annuities to ALIC of $4.2 million, $3.4 million and $3.5 million in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The Company received settlements from ALIC of $1.0 million, zero and zero in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the carrying value of the structured settlement reinsurance treaty was $231.5 million and $169.4 million, respectively, which is recorded in other assets. The premiums ceded and changes in the fair value of the reinsurance treaty are reflected as a component of realized capital gains and losses as the treaty is recorded as a derivative instrument. In 2019, ALIC established a trust for the benefit of the Company and will maintain it with assets equal to or greater than the Company’s statutory-basis cession. As of December 31, 2019, the trust held $1.45 billion of investments.

Income taxes

The Company is a party to a federal income tax allocation agreement with the Corporation (see Note 12).

Intercompany loan agreement

The Company has an intercompany loan agreement with the Corporation. The amount of intercompany loans available to the Company is at the discretion of the Corporation. The maximum amount of loans the Corporation will have outstanding to all its eligible subsidiaries at any given point in time is limited to $1.00 billion. The Corporation may use commercial paper borrowings, bank lines of credit and securities lending to fund intercompany borrowings. The Company had no amounts outstanding under the intercompany loan agreement as of December 31, 2019 or 2018.

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5. Investments

Fair values

The amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses and fair value for fixed income securities are as follows:

	Amortized cost		Gross unrealized					Fair value
($ in thousands)			Gains		Losses
December 31, 2019
U.S. government and agencies	$	43,280	$	9,534	$	—		$	52,814
Municipal		433,038		119,242		—			552,280
Corporate		3,400,471		277,338		(2,564	)		3,675,245
Foreign government		133,635		6,531		—			140,166
MBS		12,683		1,174		—			13,857
Total fixed income securities	$	4,023,107	$	413,819	$	(2,564	)	$	4,434,362
December 31, 2018
U.S. government and agencies	$	76,070	$	9,394	$	—		$	85,464
Municipal		615,511		88,530		(118	)		703,923
Corporate		3,514,421		118,369		(69,959	)		3,562,831
Foreign government		128,926		7,896		—			136,822
ABS		19,906		—		(18	)		19,888
MBS		20,276		1,166		(26	)		21,416
Total fixed income securities	$	4,375,110	$	225,355	$	(70,121	)	$	4,530,344

Scheduled maturities

The scheduled maturities for fixed income securities are as follows:

	As of December 31, 2019
($ in thousands)	Amortized cost		Fair value
Due in one year or less	$	319,944	$	322,640
Due after one year through five years		1,257,931		1,320,313
Due after five years through ten years		1,613,303		1,733,809
Due after ten years		819,246		1,043,743
		4,010,424		4,420,505
MBS		12,683		13,857
Total	$	4,023,107	$	4,434,362

Actual maturities may differ from those scheduled as a result of calls and make-whole payments by the issuers. MBS is shown separately because of the potential for prepayment of principal prior to contractual maturity dates.

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Net investment income

Net investment income for the years ended December 31 is as follows:

($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Fixed income securities	$	208,816		$	214,039		$	228,507
Mortgage loans		32,566			30,920			28,263
Equity securities		4,283			5,565			5,465
Limited partnership interests		15,348			43,365			53,917
Short-term investments		4,393			2,966			1,200
Policy loans		2,343			2,339			2,443
Investment income, before expense		267,749			299,194			319,795
Investment expense		(11,743	)		(11,311	)		(9,100	)
Net investment income	$	256,006		$	287,883		$	310,695

Realized capital gains and losses

Realized capital gains (losses) by asset type for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Fixed income securities	$	1,389		$	(1,306	)	$	5,436
Mortgage loans		—			466			1,128
Equity securities		40,780			(16,364	)		799
Limited partnership interests		5,383			(3,895	)		6,451
Derivatives		59,087			638			52,506
Short-term investments		(12	)		(93	)		12
Realized capital gains (losses)	$	106,627		$	(20,554	)	$	66,332

Realized capital gains (losses) by transaction type for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Impairment write-downs	$	(169	)	$	(285	)	$	(5,370	)
Sales		4,698			(1,548	)		19,196
Valuation of equity investments(1)		43,011			(19,359	)		—
Valuation and settlements of derivative instruments		59,087			638			52,506
Realized capital gains (losses)	$	106,627		$	(20,554	)	$	66,332

⁽¹⁾ Includes valuation of equity securities and certain limited partnership interests where the underlying assets are predominately public equity securities.

Sales of fixed income securities resulted in gross gains of $4.9 million, $4.4 million, and $19.8 million and gross losses of $3.3 million, $5.4 million and $8.2 million during 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

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The following table presents the netpre-tax appreciation (decline) recognized in net income of equity securities and limited partnership interests carried at fair value that are still held as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

	For the years ended December 31,
($ in thousands)	2019		2018
Equity securities	$	29,558	$	(12,897	)
Limited partnership interests carried at fair value		9,165		16,968
Total	$	38,723	$	4,071

OTTI losses by asset type for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

	2019								2018									2017
($ in thousands)	Gross			Included in OCI		Net			Gross			Included in OCI			Net			Gross			Included in OCI		Net
Fixed income securities:
Corporate	$	—		$	—	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	—		$	(1,481	)	$	—	$	(1,481	)
MBS		(1,202	)		1,033		(169	)		(68	)		(217	)		(285	)		(2,338	)		893		(1,445	)
Total fixed income securities		(1,202	)		1,033		(169	)		(68	)		(217	)		(285	)		(3,819	)		893		(2,926	)
Equity securities		—			—		—			—			—			—			(2,422	)		—		(2,422	)
Limited partnership interests		—			—		—			—			—			—			(22	)		—		(22	)
OTTI losses	$	(1,202	)	$	1,033	$	(169	)	$	(68	)	$	(217	)	$	(285	)	$	(6,263	)	$	893	$	(5,370	)

The total amount of OTTI losses included in AOCI at the time of impairment for fixed income securities, which were not included in earnings, are presented in the following table.

($ in thousands)	December 31, 2019			December 31, 2018
MBS(1)	$	(1,188	)	$	(358	)

⁽¹⁾  The amounts exclude $2.0 million and $1.9 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, of net unrealized gains related to changes in valuation of the fixed income securities subsequent to the impairment measurement date.

Rollforwards of the cumulative credit losses recognized in earnings for fixed income securities held as of December 31 are as follows:

($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Beginning balance	$	(2,684	)	$	(3,192	)	$	(4,594	)
Additional credit loss for securities previously other-than-temporarily impaired		(169	)		(285	)		(128	)
Additional credit loss for securities not previously other-than-temporarily impaired		—			—			(2,798	)
Reduction in credit loss for securities disposed or collected		1,740			793			4,328
Ending balance	$	(1,113	)	$	(2,684	)	$	(3,192	)

The Company uses its best estimate of future cash flows expected to be collected from the fixed income security, discounted at the security’s original or current effective rate, as appropriate, to calculate a recovery value

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and determine whether a credit loss exists. The determination of cash flow estimates is inherently subjective, and methodologies may vary depending on facts and circumstances specific to the security. All reasonably available information relevant to the collectability of the security, including past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable assumptions and forecasts, are considered when developing the estimate of cash flows expected to be collected. That information generally includes, but is not limited to, the remaining payment terms of the security, prepayment speeds, foreign exchange rates, the financial condition and future earnings potential of the issue or issuer, expected defaults, expected recoveries, the value of underlying collateral, vintage, geographic concentration of underlying collateral, available reserves or escrows, current subordination levels, third party guarantees and other credit enhancements. Other information, such as industry analyst reports and forecasts, sector credit ratings, financial condition of the bond insurer for insured fixed income securities, and other market data relevant to the realizability of contractual cash flows, may also be considered. The estimated fair value of collateral will be used to estimate recovery value if the Company determines that the security is dependent on the liquidation of collateral for ultimate settlement. If the estimated recovery value is less than the amortized cost of the security, a credit loss exists and an OTTI for the difference between the estimated recovery value and amortized cost is recorded in earnings. The portion of the unrealized loss related to factors other than credit remains classified in AOCI. If the Company determines that the fixed income security does not have sufficient cash flow or other information to estimate a recovery value for the security, the Company may conclude that the entire decline in fair value is deemed to be credit related and the loss is recorded in earnings.

Unrealized net capital gains and losses

Unrealized net capital gains and losses included in AOCI are as follows:

($ in thousands)	Fair value		Gross unrealized					Unrealized net gains (losses)
December 31, 2019			Gains		Losses
Fixed income securities	$	4,434,362	$	413,819	$	(2,564	)	$	411,255
Short-term investments		224,098		4		(17	)		(13	)
EMA limited partnerships(1)									(205	)
Unrealized net capital gains and losses,pre-tax									411,037
Amounts recognized for:
Insurance reserves(2)									(231,357	)
DAC and DSI(3)									(21,820	)
Amounts recognized									(253,177	)
Deferred income taxes									(33,151	)
Unrealized net capital gains and losses,after-tax								$	124,709
December 31, 2018
Fixed income securities	$	4,530,344	$	225,355	$	(70,121	)	$	155,234
Short-term investments		88,548		—		(4	)		(4	)
EMA limited partnerships									(50	)
Unrealized net capital gains and losses,pre-tax									155,180
Amounts recognized for:
Insurance reserves									(80,628	)
DAC and DSI									(2,277	)
Amounts recognized									(82,905	)
Deferred income taxes									(15,178	)
Unrealized net capital gains and losses,after-tax								$	57,097

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⁽¹⁾  Unrealized net capital gains and losses for limited partnership interests represent the Company’s share of EMA limited partnerships’ OCI. Fair value and gross unrealized gains and losses are not applicable.

⁽²⁾  The insurance reserves adjustment represents the amount by which the reserve balance would increase if the net unrealized gains in the applicable product portfolios were realized and reinvested at lower interest rates, resulting in a premium deficiency. This adjustment primarily relates to structured settlement annuities with life contingencies (a type of immediate annuities with life contingencies).

⁽³⁾  The DAC and DSI adjustment balance represents the amount by which the amortization of DAC and DSI would increase or decrease if the unrealized gains or losses in the respective product portfolios were realized.

Change in unrealized net capital gains and losses

The change in unrealized net capital gains and losses for the years ended December 31 is as follows:

($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Fixed income securities	$	256,021		$	(212,483	)	$	29,700
Equity securities(1)		—			—			32,927
Short-term investments		(9	)		9			(12	)
EMA limited partnerships		(155	)		(40	)		51
Total		255,857			(212,514	)		62,666
Amounts recognized for:
Insurance reserves		(150,729	)		141,714			(165,992	)
DAC and DSI		(19,543	)		6,780			1,465
Amounts recognized		(170,272	)		148,494			(164,527	)
Deferred income taxes		(17,973	)		13,445			60,664
Increase (decrease) in unrealized net capital gains and losses,after-tax	$	67,612		$	(50,575	)	$	(41,197	)

⁽¹⁾  Upon adoption of the recognition and measurement accounting standard on January 1, 2018, $42.4 million ofpre-tax unrealized net capital gains for equity securities were reclassified from AOCI to retained income.

Portfolio monitoring

The Company has a comprehensive portfolio monitoring process to identify and evaluate each fixed income security whose carrying value may be other-than-temporarily impaired.

For each fixed income security in an unrealized loss position, the Company assesses whether management with the appropriate authorityhas made the decision to sell or whether it is more likely than not the Company will be required to sell the security before recovery of the amortized cost basis for reasons such as liquidity, contractual or regulatory purposes. If a security meets either of these criteria, the security’s decline in fair value is considered other than temporary and is recorded in earnings.

If the Company has not made the decision to sell the fixed income security and it is not more likely than not the Company will be required to sell the fixed income security before recovery of its amortized cost basis, the Company evaluates whether it expects to receive cash flows sufficient to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security. The Company calculates the estimated recovery value by discounting the best estimate of future cash flows at the security’s original or current effective rate, as appropriate, and compares this to the amortized cost of the security. If the Company does not expect to receive cash flows sufficient to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the fixed income security, the credit loss component of the impairment is recorded in earnings, with the remaining amount of the unrealized loss related to other factors recognized in OCI.

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The Company’s portfolio monitoring process includes a quarterly review of all securities to identify instances where the fair value of a security compared to its amortized cost is below established thresholds. The process also includes the monitoring of other impairment indicators such as ratings, ratings downgrades and payment defaults. The securities identified, in addition to other securities for which the Company may have a concern, are evaluated for potential OTTI using all reasonably available information relevant to the collectability or recovery of the security. Inherent in the Company’s evaluation of OTTI for these securities are assumptions and estimates about the financial condition and future earnings potential of the issue or issuer. Some of the factors that may be considered in evaluating whether a decline in fair value is other than temporary are: 1) the financial condition, near-term and long-term prospects of the issue or issuer, including relevant industry specific market conditions and trends, geographic location and implications of rating agency actions and offering prices; 2) the specific reasons that a security is in an unrealized loss position, including overall market conditions which could affect liquidity; and 3) the length of time and extent to which the fair value has been less than amortized cost.

The following table summarizes the gross unrealized losses and fair value of securities by the length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position.

($ in thousands)	Less than 12 months							12 months or more							Total unrealized losses
	Number of issues		Fair value		Unrealized losses			Number of issues		Fair value		Unrealized losses
December 31, 2019
Fixed income securities
Corporate		44	$	104,484	$	(815	)		17	$	31,900	$	(1,749	)	$	(2,564	)
MBS		2		38		—			2		1		—			—
Total fixed income securities		46	$	104,522	$	(815	)		19	$	31,901	$	(1,749	)	$	(2,564	)
Investment grade fixed income securities		22	$	82,142	$	(347	)		3	$	9,845	$	(130	)	$	(477	)
Below investment grade fixed income securities		24		22,380		(468	)		16		22,056		(1,619	)		(2,087	)
Total fixed income securities		46	$	104,522	$	(815	)		19	$	31,901	$	(1,749	)	$	(2,564	)
December 31, 2018
Fixed income securities
Municipal		1	$	9,371	$	(11	)		1	$	4,893	$	(107	)	$	(118	)
Corporate		451		1,308,566		(40,510	)		123		480,729		(29,449	)		(69,959	)
ABS		1		10,010		(9	)		1		9,878		(9	)		(18	)
MBS		90		1,086		(5	)		20		939		(21	)		(26	)
Total fixed income securities		543	$	1,329,033	$	(40,535	)		145	$	496,439	$	(29,586	)	$	(70,121	)
Investment grade fixed income securities		309	$	1,111,745	$	(27,375	)		122	$	470,388	$	(26,471	)	$	(53,846	)
Below investment grade fixed income securities		234		217,288		(13,160	)		23		26,051		(3,115	)		(16,275	)
Total fixed income securities		543	$	1,329,033	$	(40,535	)		145	$	496,439	$	(29,586	)	$	(70,121	)

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The following table summarizes gross unrealized losses by unrealized loss position and credit quality as of December 31, 2019.

($ in thousands)	Investment grade			Below investment grade			Total
Fixed income securities with unrealized loss position less than 20% of amortized cost (1) (2)	$	(477	)	$	(1,722	)	$	(2,199	)
Fixed income securities with unrealized loss position greater than or equal to 20% of amortized cost(3) (4)		—			(365	)		(365	)
Total unrealized losses	$	(477	)	$	(2,087	)	$	(2,564	)

⁽¹⁾  Below investment grade fixed income securities include $468 thousand that have been in an unrealized loss position for less than twelve months.

⁽²⁾  Related to securities with an unrealized loss position less than 20% of amortized cost, the degree of which suggests that these securities do not pose a high risk of being other-than-temporarily impaired.

⁽³⁾  No below investment grade fixed income securities have been in an unrealized loss position for a period of twelve or more consecutive months.

⁽⁴⁾  Evaluated based on factors such as discounted cash flows and the financial condition and near-term and long-term prospects of the issue or issuer and were determined to have adequate resources to fulfill contractual obligations.

Investment grade is defined as a security having a rating of Aaa, Aa, A or Baa from Moody’s, a rating of AAA, AA, A or BBB from S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”), a comparable rating from another nationally recognized rating agency, or a comparable internal rating if an externally provided rating is not available. Market prices for certain securities may have credit spreads which imply higher or lower credit quality than the current third-party rating. Unrealized losses on investment grade securities are principally related to an increase in market yields which may include increased risk-free interest rates and/or wider credit spreads since the time of initial purchase. The unrealized losses are expected to reverse as the securities approach maturity.

ABS and MBS in an unrealized loss position were evaluated based on actual and projected collateral losses relative to the securities’ positions in the respective securitization trusts, security specific expectations of cash flows, and credit ratings. This evaluation also takes into consideration credit enhancement, measured in terms of (i) subordination from other classes of securities in the trust that are contractually obligated to absorb losses before the class of security the Company owns, and (ii) the expected impact of other structural features embedded in the securitization trust beneficial to the class of securities the Company owns, such as overcollateralization and excess spread. Municipal bonds in an unrealized loss position were evaluated based on the underlying credit quality of the primary obligor, obligation type and quality of the underlying assets.

As of December 31, 2019, the Company has not made the decision to sell and it is not more likely than not the Company will be required to sell fixed income securities with unrealized losses before recovery of the amortized cost basis.

Limited partnerships

Investments in limited partnership interests include interests in private equity funds, real estate funds and other funds. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the carrying value of EMA limited partnerships totaled $277.2 million and $278.1 million, respectively, and limited partnerships carried at fair value totaled $109.1 million and $104.8 million, respectively. Principal factors influencing carrying value appreciation or decline include operating performance, comparable public company earnings multiples, capitalization rates and the economic environment. For equity method limited partnerships, the Company recognizes an impairment loss

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when evidence demonstrates that the loss is other than temporary. Evidence of a loss in value that is other than temporary may include the absence of an ability to recover the carrying amount of the investment or the inability of the investee to sustain a level of earnings that would justify the carrying amount of the investment. Changes in fair value limited partnerships are recorded through net investment income and therefore are not tested for impairment.

Mortgage loans

The Company’s mortgage loans are commercial mortgage loans collateralized by a variety of commercial real estate property types located across the United States and totaled, net of valuation allowance, $733.3 million and $696.1 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Substantially all of the commercial mortgage loans arenon-recourse to the borrower.

The following table shows the principal geographic distribution of commercial real estate represented in the Company’s mortgage loan portfolio. No other state represented more than 5% of the portfolio as of December 31.

(% of mortgage loan portfolio carrying value)	2019			2018
Texas		19.9	%		16.1	%
California		16.7			18.4
North Carolina		8.2			8.8
Utah		5.9			2.1
Nevada		5.8			6.3
New Jersey		5.6			6.6
Illinois		5.5			6.1

The types of properties collateralizing the mortgage loans as of December 31 are as follows:

(% of mortgage loan portfolio carrying value)	2019			2018
Apartment complex		32.6	%		31.3	%
Office buildings		27.4			27.2
Warehouse		16.5			15.7
Retail		15.6			17.3
Other		7.9			8.5
Total		100.0	%		100.0	%

The contractual maturities of the mortgage loan portfolio as of December 31, 2019 are as follows:

($ in thousands)	Number of loans		Carrying value		Percent
2020		2	$	7,235		1.0	%
2021		9		57,821		7.9
2022		10		61,004		8.3
2023		14		111,481		15.2
Thereafter		62		495,717		67.6
Total		97	$	733,258		100.0	%

Mortgage loans are evaluated for impairment on a specific loan basis through a quarterly credit monitoring process and review of key credit quality indicators. Mortgage loans are considered impaired when it is probable that the Company will not collect the contractual principal and interest. Valuation allowances are established for impaired loans to reduce the carrying value to the fair value of the collateral less costs to sell or the present value of the loan’s expected future repayment cash flows discounted at the loan’s original effective interest rate.

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Impaired mortgage loans may not have a valuation allowance when the fair value of the collateral less costs to sell is higher than the carrying value. Valuation allowances are adjusted for subsequent changes in the fair value of the collateral less costs to sell or present value of the loan’s expected future repayment cash flows. Mortgage loans are charged off against their corresponding valuation allowances when there is no reasonable expectation of recovery. The impairment evaluation isnon-statistical in respect to the aggregate portfolio but considers facts and circumstances attributable to each loan. It is not considered probable that additional impairment losses, beyond those identified on a specific loan basis, have been incurred as of December 31, 2019.

Accrual of income is suspended for mortgage loans that are in default or when full and timely collection of principal and interest payments is not probable. Cash receipts on mortgage loans on nonaccrual status are generally recorded as a reduction of carrying value.

Debt service coverage ratio is considered a key credit quality indicator when mortgage loans are evaluated for impairment. Debt service coverage ratio represents the amount of estimated cash flows from the property available to the borrower to meet principal and interest payment obligations. Debt service coverage ratio estimates are updated annually or more frequently if conditions are warranted based on the Company’s credit monitoring process.

The following table reflects the carrying value ofnon-impaired mortgage loans summarized by debt service coverage ratio distribution as of December 31.

	2019						2018
($ in thousands) Debt service coverage ratio distribution	Fixed rate mortgage loans		Variable rate mortgage loans		Total		Fixed rate mortgage loans		Variable rate mortgage loans		Total
Below 1.0	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
1.0 - 1.25		48,780		—		48,780		25,447		—		25,447
1.26 - 1.50		221,384		—		221,384		189,063		—		189,063
Above 1.50		434,675		28,419		463,094		453,153		28,399		481,552
Totalnon-impaired mortgage loans	$	704,839	$	28,419	$	733,258	$	667,663	$	28,399	$	696,062

Mortgage loans with a debt service coverage ratio below 1.0 that are not considered impaired primarily relate to instances where the borrower has the financial capacity to fund the revenue shortfalls from the properties for the foreseeable term, the decrease in cash flows from the properties is considered temporary, or there are other risk mitigating circumstances such as additional collateral, escrow balances or borrower guarantees.

There were no impaired mortgage loans and no valuation allowances as of December 31, 2019 or 2018. Payments on all mortgage loans were current as of December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017.

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Municipal bonds

The Company maintains a diversified portfolio of municipal bonds which totaled $552.3 million and $703.9 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The municipal bond portfolio includes general obligations of state and local issuers and revenue bonds (includingpre-refunded bonds, which are bonds for which an irrevocable trust has been established to fund the remaining payments of principal and interest). The following table shows the principal geographic distribution of municipal bond issuers represented in the Company’s portfolio as of December 31. No other state represents more than 5% of the portfolio.

(% of municipal bond portfolio carrying value)	2019			2018
California		33.3	%		28.1	%
Texas		10.8			12.2
Oregon		10.6			7.6
Illinois		8.0			5.9

Short-term investments

Short-term investments, including money market funds, commercial paper, U.S. Treasury bills and other short-term investments, are carried at fair value. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the fair value of short-term investments totaled $224.1 million and $88.5 million, respectively.

Policy loans

Policy loans are carried at unpaid principal balances. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the carrying value of policy loans totaled $38.6 million and $39.4 million, respectively.

Other investments

Other investments consist of derivatives. Derivatives are carried at fair value. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the fair value of derivatives totaled $5.2 million and $653 thousand, respectively.

Concentration of credit risk

As of December 31, 2019, the Company is not exposed to any credit concentration risk of a single issuer and its affiliates greater than 10% of the Company’s shareholder’s equity, other than the U.S. government and its agencies.

Securities loaned

The Company’s business activities include securities lending programs with third parties, mostly large banks. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, fixed income and equity securities with a carrying value of $152.3 million and $66.6 million, respectively, were on loan under these agreements. Interest income on collateral, net of fees, was $342 thousand, $286 thousand and $235 thousand in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Other investment information

Included in fixed income securities are below investment grade assets totaling $406.0 million and $279.2 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

As of December 31, 2019, fixed income securities with a carrying value of $2.2 million were on deposit with regulatory authorities as required by law.

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As of December 31, 2019, there were no fixed income securities or other investments that werenon-income producing.

6. Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The hierarchy for inputs used in determining fair value maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that observable inputs be used when available. Assets and liabilities recorded on the Statements of Financial Position at fair value are categorized in the fair value hierarchy based on the observability of inputs to the valuation techniques as follows:

Level 1: Assets and liabilities whose values are based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market that the Company can access.

Level 2: Assets and liabilities whose values are based on the following:

(a) Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;

(b) Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; or

(c) Valuation models whose inputs are observable, directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3: Assets and liabilities whose values are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. Unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s estimates of the assumptions that market participants would use in valuing the assets and liabilities.

The availability of observable inputs varies by instrument. In situations where fair value is based on internally developed pricing models or inputs that are unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. The degree of judgment exercised by the Company in determining fair value is typically greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. In many instances, valuation inputs used to measure fair value fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. The category level in the fair value hierarchy is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Company uses prices and inputs that are current as of the measurement date, including during periods of market disruption. In periods of market disruption, the ability to observe prices and inputs may be reduced for many instruments.

The Company is responsible for the determination of fair value and the supporting assumptions and methodologies. The Company gains assurance that assets and liabilities are appropriately valued through the execution of various processes and controls designed to ensure the overall reasonableness and consistent application of valuation methodologies, including inputs and assumptions, and compliance with accounting standards. For fair values received from third parties or internally estimated, the Company’s processes and controls are designed to ensure that the valuation methodologies are appropriate and consistently applied, the inputs and assumptions are reasonable and consistent with the objective of determining fair value, and the fair values are accurately recorded. For example, on a continuing basis, the Company assesses the reasonableness of individual fair values that have stale security prices or that exceed certain thresholds as compared to previous fair values received from valuation service providers or brokers or derived from internal models. The Company performs procedures to understand and assess the methodologies, processes and controls of valuation service providers. In addition, the Company may validate the reasonableness of fair values by comparing information obtained from valuation service providers or brokers to other third party valuation sources for selected securities. The Company performs ongoing price validation procedures such as back-testing of actual sales, which corroborate the various inputs used in internal models to market observable data. When fair value determinations are expected to be more variable, the Company validates them through reviews by members of management who have relevant expertise and who are independent of those charged with executing investment transactions.

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The Company has two types of situations where investments are classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(1) Specific inputs significant to the fair value estimation models are not market observable. This primarily occurs in the Company’s use of broker quotes to value certain securities where the inputs have not been corroborated to be market observable, and the use of valuation models that use significantnon-market observable inputs.

(2) Quotes continue to be received from independent third-party valuation service providers and all significant inputs are market observable; however, there has been a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for the asset when compared to normal market activity such that the degree of market observability has declined to a point where categorization as a Level 3 measurement is considered appropriate. The indicators considered in determining whether a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for a specific asset has occurred include the level of new issuances in the primary market, trading volume in the secondary market, the level of credit spreads over historical levels, applicablebid-ask spreads, and price consensus among market participants and other pricing sources.

Certain assets are not carried at fair value on a recurring basis, including investments such as mortgage loans and policy loans. Accordingly, such investments are only included in the fair value hierarchy disclosure when the investment is subject to remeasurement at fair value after initial recognition and the resulting remeasurement is reflected in the financial statements.

In determining fair value, the Company principally uses the market approach which generally utilizes market transaction data for the same or similar instruments. To a lesser extent, the Company uses the income approach which involves determining fair values from discounted cash flow methodologies. For the majority of Level 2 and Level 3 valuations, a combination of the market and income approaches is used.

Summary of significant inputs and valuation techniques for Level 2 and Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis

Level 2 measurements

• Fixed income securities:

U.S. government and agencies, municipal, corporate - public and foreign government:The primary inputs to the valuation include quoted prices for identical or similar assets in markets that are not active, contractual cash flows, benchmark yields and credit spreads.

Corporate - privately placed:Privately placed are valued using a discounted cash flow model that is widely accepted in the financial services industry and uses market observable inputs and inputs derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data. The primary inputs to the discounted cash flow model include an interest rate yield curve, as well as published credit spreads for similar assets in markets that are not active that incorporate the credit quality and industry sector of the issuer.

Corporate - privately placed also includes redeemable preferred stock that are valued using quoted prices for identical or similar assets in markets that are not active, contractual cash flows, benchmark yields, underlying stock prices and credit spreads.

ABS and MBS:The primary inputs to the valuation include quoted prices for identical or similar assets in markets that are not active, contractual cash flows, benchmark yields, collateral performance and credit spreads. Certain ABS are valued based onnon-binding broker quotes whose inputs have been corroborated to be market observable. ABS and residential MBS include prepayment speeds as a primary input for valuation.

• Equity securities: The primary inputs to the valuation include quoted prices or quoted net asset values for identical or similar assets in markets that are not active.

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• Short-term:The primary inputs to the valuation include quoted prices for identical or similar assets in markets that are not active, contractual cash flows, benchmark yields and credit spreads.

• Other investments: Free-standing exchange listed derivatives that are not actively traded are valued based on quoted prices for identical instruments in markets that are not active.

Over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives, including foreign exchange forward contracts and options, are valued using models that rely on inputs such as currency rates that are observable for substantially the full term of the contract. The valuation techniques underlying the models are widely accepted in the financial services industry and do not involve significant judgment.

Level 3 measurements

• Fixed income securities:

Municipal:Comprise municipal bonds that are not rated by third-party credit rating agencies. The primary inputs to the valuation of these municipal bonds include quoted prices for identical or similar assets in markets that exhibit less liquidity relative to those markets supporting Level 2 fair value measurements, contractual cash flows, benchmark yields and credit spreads. Also included are municipal bonds valued based onnon-binding broker quotes where the inputs have not been corroborated to be market observable.

Corporate - public and privately placed:Primarily valued based onnon-binding broker quotes where the inputs have not been corroborated to be market observable. Other inputs for corporate fixed income securities include an interest rate yield curve, as well as published credit spreads for similar assets that incorporate the credit quality and industry sector of the issuer.

• Equity securities:The primary inputs to the valuation include quoted prices or quoted net asset values for identical or similar assets in markets that exhibit less liquidity relative to those markets supporting Level 2 fair value measurements.

• Other investments:Certain OTC derivatives, such as interest rate caps, are valued using models that are widely accepted in the financial services industry. These are categorized as Level 3 as a result of the significance ofnon-market observable inputs such as volatility. Other primary inputs include interest rate yield curves.

• Other assets:Includes a structured settlement annuity reinsurance agreement accounted for as a derivative instrument that is valued internally. The model primarily uses stochastically determined cash flows, ultimate reinvestment spreads and applicable market data, such as interest rate and volatility assumptions. This item is categorized as Level 3 as a result of the significance ofnon-market observable inputs.

• Contractholder funds:Derivatives embedded in certain life and annuity contracts are valued internally using models widely accepted in the financial services industry that determine a single best estimate of fair value for the embedded derivatives within a block of contractholder liabilities. The models primarily use stochastically determined cash flows based on the contractual elements of embedded derivatives, projected option cost and applicable market data, such as interest rate yield curves and equity index volatility assumptions. These are categorized as Level 3 as a result of the significance ofnon-market observable inputs.

Investments excluded from the fair value hierarchy

Limited partnerships carried at fair value, which do not have readily determinable fair values, use NAV provided by the investees and are excluded from the fair value hierarchy. These investments are generally not redeemable by the investees and generally cannot be sold without approval of the general partner. The Company

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receives distributions of income and proceeds from the liquidation of the underlying assets of the investees, which usually takes place in years4-9 of the typical contractual life of10-12 years. As of December 31, 2019, the Company has commitments to invest $29.6 million in these limited partnership interests.

The following table summarizes the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of December 31, 2019.

($ in thousands)	Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1)			Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)			Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)			Counterparty and cash collateral netting			Balance as of December 31, 2019
Assets
Fixed income securities:
U.S. government and agencies	$	2,250		$	50,564		$	—					$	52,814
Municipal		—			530,584			21,696						552,280
Corporate - public		—			2,688,680			5,221						2,693,901
Corporate - privately placed		—			962,072			19,272						981,344
Foreign government		—			140,166			—						140,166
MBS		—			13,857			—						13,857
Total fixed income securities		2,250			4,385,923			46,189						4,434,362
Equity securities		265,195			858			8,080						274,133
Short-term investments		124,763			99,335			—						224,098
Other investments: Free-standing derivatives		—			6,008			75		$	(846	)		5,237
Separate account assets		265,546			—			—						265,546
Other assets		—			—			231,491						231,491
Total recurring basis assets	$	657,754		$	4,492,124		$	285,835		$	(846	)	$	5,434,867
% of total assets at fair value		12.1	%		82.6	%		5.3	%		—	%		100.0	%
Investments reported at NAV														109,066
Total													$	5,543,933
Liabilities
Contractholder funds: Derivatives embedded in life and annuity contracts	$	—		$	—		$	(16,653	)				$	(16,653	)
Other liabilities: Free-standing derivatives		—			(2,920	)		—		$	15			(2,905	)
Total recurring basis liabilities	$	—		$	(2,920	)	$	(16,653	)	$	15		$	(19,558	)
% of total liabilities at fair value		—	%		15.0	%		85.1	%		(0.1	)%		100.0	%

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The following table summarizes the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of December 31, 2018.

($ in thousands)	Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1)			Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)			Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)			Counterparty and cash collateral netting			Balance as of December 31, 2018
Assets
Fixed income securities:
U.S. government and agencies	$	36,299		$	49,165		$	—					$	85,464
Municipal		—			683,102			20,821						703,923
Corporate - public		—			2,437,942			6,761						2,444,703
Corporate - privately placed		—			1,106,938			11,190						1,118,128
Foreign government		—			136,822			—						136,822
ABS		—			19,888			—						19,888
MBS		—			21,416			—						21,416
Total fixed income securities		36,299			4,455,273			38,772						4,530,344
Equity securities		172,077			731			12,162						184,970
Short-term investments		50,353			38,195			—						88,548
Other investments: Free-standing derivatives		—			1,240			394		$	(981	)		653
Separate account assets		241,710						—						241,710
Other assets		1			—			169,386						169,387
Total recurring basis assets	$	500,440		$	4,495,439		$	220,714		$	(981	)	$	5,215,612
% of total assets at fair value		9.6	%		86.2	%		4.2	%		—	%		100.0	%
Investments reported at NAV														104,778
Total													$	5,320,390
Liabilities
Contractholder funds:��Derivatives embedded in life and annuity contracts	$	—		$	—			$ (3,801)					$	(3,801	)
Other liabilities: Free-standing derivatives		—			(192	)		—		$	11			(181	)
Total recurring basis liabilities	$	—		$	(192	)		$ (3,801)		$	11		$	(3,982	)
% of total liabilities at fair value		—	%		4.8	%		95.5	%		(0.3	)%		100.0	%

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The following table summarizes quantitative information about the significant unobservable inputs used in Level 3 fair value measurements.

($ in thousands)	Fair value			Valuation technique		Unobservable input		Range		Weighted average
December 31, 2019
Other assets – Structured settlement annuity reinsurance agreement	$	231,491			Stochastic cash flow model		Ultimate reinvestment spreads		129.8 - 203.6 basis points		165.7 basis points
Derivatives embedded in life contracts – equity-indexed and forward starting options	$	(14,239	)		Stochastic cash flow model		Projected option cost		3.9 - 4.2%		4.00%
December 31, 2018
Other assets – Structured settlement annuity reinsurance agreement	$	169,386			Stochastic cash flow model		Ultimate reinvestment spreads		129.8 - 218.6 basis points		169.3 basis points

If the ultimate reinvestment spreads increased (decreased), it would result in a lower (higher) fair value for the structured settlement annuity reinsurance agreement. The embedded derivatives are equity-indexed and forward starting options in certain life products that provide customers with interest crediting rates based on the performance of the S&P 500. If the projected option cost increased (decreased), it would result in a higher (lower) liability fair value.

As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, Level 3 fair value measurements of fixed income securities total $46.2 million and $38.8 million, respectively, and include $8.4 million and $33.4 million, respectively, of securities valued based onnon-binding broker quotes where the inputs have not been corroborated to be market observable. As the Company does not develop the Level 3 fair value unobservable inputs for these fixed income securities, they are not included in the table above. However, an increase (decrease) in credit spreads for fixed income securities valued based onnon-binding broker quotes would result in a lower (higher) fair value.

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The following table presents the rollforward of Level 3 assets and liabilities held at fair value during the year ended December 31, 2019.

($ in thousands)				Total gains (losses) included in:
	Balance as of December 31, 2018			Net income			OCI			Transfers into Level 3			Transfers out of Level 3
Assets
Fixed income securities:
Municipal	$	20,821		$	—		$	1,695		$	—		$	—
Corporate - public		6,761			1			542			—			(2,083	)
Corporate - privately placed		11,190			6			422			13,987			—
Total fixed income securities		38,772			7			2,659			13,987			(2,083	)
Equity securities		12,162			2,653			—			—			(16	)
Free-standing derivatives, net		394			(200	)		—			—			—
Other assets		169,386			62,105			—			—			—
Total recurring Level 3 assets	$	220,714		$	64,565		$	2,659		$	13,987		$	(2,099	)
Liabilities
Contractholder funds: Derivatives embedded in life and annuity contracts	$	(3,801	)	$	(1,664	)	$	—		$	(10,128	)	$	—
Total recurring Level 3 liabilities	$	(3,801	)	$	(1,664	)	$	—		$	(10,128	)	$	—
	Purchases			Sales			Issues			Settlements			Balance as of December 31, 2019
Assets
Fixed income securities:
Municipal	$	—		$	(820	)	$	—		$	—		$	21,696
Corporate - public		—			—			—			—			5,221
Corporate - privately placed		—			—			—			(6,333	)		19,272
Total fixed income securities		—			(820	)		—			(6,333	)		46,189
Equity securities		210			(6,768	)		—			(161	)		8,080
Free-standing derivatives, net		18			—			—			(137	)		75	(1)
Other assets		—			—			—			—			231,491
Total recurring Level 3 assets	$	228		$	(7,588	)	$	—		$	(6,631	)	$	285,835
Liabilities
Contractholder funds: Derivatives embedded in life and annuity contracts	$	—		$	—		$	(1,283	)	$	223		$	(16,653	)
Total recurring Level 3 liabilities	$	—		$	—		$	(1,283	)	$	223		$	(16,653	)

⁽¹⁾ Comprises $75 thousand of assets

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The following table presents the total Level 3 gains (losses) included in net income for the year ended December 31, 2019.

($ in thousands)	Net investment income			Realized capital gains and losses		Contract benefits		Interest credited to contractholder funds			Total
Components of net income	$	(535	)	$	65,100	$	987	$	(2,651	)	$	62,901

The following table presents the rollforward of Level 3 assets and liabilities held at fair value during the year ended December 31, 2018.

($ in thousands)				Total gains (losses) included in:
	Balance as of December 31, 2017			Net income		OCI			Transfers into Level 3		Transfers out of Level 3
Assets
Fixed income securities:
Municipal	$	21,178		$	—	$	(357	)	$	—	$	—
Corporate - public		7,312			1		(383	)		—		—
Corporate - privately placed		55,979			4		(639	)		—		(22,957	)
ABS		15,205			—		(205	)		—		—
Total fixed income securities		99,674			5		(1,584	)		—		(22,957	)
Equity securities		7,159			2,600		(5	)		—		—
Free-standing derivatives, net		336			65		—			—		—
Other assets		166,290			3,096		—			—		—
Total recurring Level 3 assets	$	273,459		$	5,766	$	(1,589	)	$	—	$	(22,957	)
Liabilities
Contractholder funds: Derivatives embedded in life and annuity contracts	$	(4,796	)	$	995	$	—		$	—	$	—
Total recurring Level 3 liabilities	$	(4,796	)	$	995	$	—		$	—	$	—

	Purchases		Sales			Issues		Settlements			Balance as of December 31, 2018
Assets
Fixed income securities:
Municipal	$	—	$	—		$	—	$	—		$	20,821
Corporate - public		—		—			—		(169	)		6,761
Corporate - privately placed		—		—			—		(21,197	)		11,190
ABS		—		—			—		(15,000	)		—
Total fixed income securities		—		—			—		(36,366	)		38,772
Equity securities		3,723		(1,315	)		—		—			12,162
Free-standing derivatives, net		66		—			—		(73	)		394	(1)
Other assets		—		—			—		—			169,386
Total recurring Level 3 assets	$	3,789	$	(1,315	)	$	—	$	(36,439	)	$	220,714
Liabilities
Contractholder funds: Derivatives embedded in life and annuity contracts	$	—	$	—		$	—	$	—		$	(3,801	)
Total recurring Level 3 liabilities	$	—	$	—		$	—	$	—		$	(3,801	)

⁽¹⁾ Comprises $394 thousand of assets

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The following table presents the total Level 3 gains (losses) included in net income for the year ended December 31, 2018.

($ in thousands)	Net investment income		Realized capital gains and losses		Contract benefits			Interest credited to contractholder funds		Total
Components of net income	$	3	$	5,763	$	(326	)	$	1,321	$	6.761

The following table presents the rollforward of Level 3 assets and liabilities held at fair value during the year ended December 31, 2017.

				Total gains (losses) included in:
($ in thousands)	Balance as of December 31, 2016			Net income			OCI			Transfers into Level 3		Transfers out of Level 3
Assets
Fixed income securities:
Municipal	$	22,723		$	15		$	347		$	—	$	—
Corporate - public		4,091			—			(64	)		—		(1,565	)
Corporate - privately placed		75,713			4,080			(4,520	)		—		—
ABS		14,803			—			402			—		—
Total fixed income securities		117,330			4,095			(3,835	)		—		(1,565	)
Equity securities		5,920			585			492			—		(275	)
Free-standing derivatives, net		311			(54	)		—			—		—
Other assets		109,578			56,712			—			—		—
Total recurring Level 3 assets	$	233,139		$	61,338		$	(3,343	)	$	—	$	(1,840	)
Liabilities
Contractholder funds: Derivatives embedded in life and annuity contracts	$	(7,177	)	$	2,381		$	—		$	—	$	—
Total recurring Level 3 liabilities	$	(7,177	)	$	2,381		$	—		$	—	$	—

	Purchases		Sales			Issues		Settlements			Balance as of December 31, 2017
Assets
Fixed income securities:
Municipal	$	—	$	—		$	—	$	(1,907	)	$	21,178
Corporate - public		4,989		—			—		(139	)		7,312
Corporate - privately placed		1		(18,000	)		—		(1,295	)		55,979
ABS		—		—			—		—			15,205
Total fixed income securities		4,990		(18,000	)		—		(3,341	)		99,674
Equity securities		1,018		(581	)		—		—			7,159
Free-standing derivatives, net		127		—			—		(48	)		336	(1)
Other assets		—		—			—		—			166,290
Total recurring Level 3 assets	$	6,135	$	(18,581	)	$	—	$	(3,389	)	$	273,459
Liabilities
Contractholder funds: Derivatives embedded in life and annuity contracts	$	—	$	—		$	—	$	—		$	(4,796	)
Total recurring Level 3 liabilities	$	—	$	—		$	—	$	—		$	(4,796	)

⁽¹⁾ Comprises $336 thousand of assets

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The following table presents the total Level 3 gains (losses) included in net income for the year ended December 31, 2017.

($ in thousands)	Net investment income		Realized capital gains and losses		Contract benefits		Interest credited to contractholder funds			Total
Components of net income	$	606	$	60,732	$	2,937	$	(556	)	$	63,719

Transfers between level categorizations may occur due to changes in the availability of market observable inputs, which generally are caused by changes in market conditions such as liquidity, trading volume orbid-ask spreads. Transfers between level categorizations may also occur due to changes in the valuation source, including situations where a fair value quote is not provided by the Company’s independent third-party valuation service provider resulting in the price becoming stale or replaced with a broker quote whose inputs have not been corroborated to be market observable. This situation will result in, the transfer of a security into Level 3. Transfers in and out of level categorizations are reported as having occurred at the beginning of the quarter in which the transfer occurred. Therefore, for all transfers into Level 3, all realized and changes in unrealized gains and losses in the quarter of transfer are reflected in the Level 3 rollforward table.

There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during 2019, 2018 or 2017.

Transfers into Level 3 during 2019, 2018 and 2017 included situations where a quote was not provided by the Company’s independent third-party valuation service provider and as a result the price was stale or had been replaced with a broker quote where the inputs had not been corroborated to be market observable resulting in the security being classified as Level 3. Transfers into Level 3 during 2019 also included derivatives embedded in equity-indexed universal life contracts due to refinements in the valuation modeling resulting in an increase in significance ofnon-market observable inputs. Transfers out of Level 3 during 2019, 2018 and 2017 included situations where a broker quote was used in the prior period and a quote became available from the Company’s independent third-party valuation service provider in the current period. A quote utilizing the new pricing source was not available as of the prior period, and any gains or losses related to the change in valuation source for individual securities were not significant.

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The table below provides valuation changes included in net income for Level 3 assets and liabilities held as of December 31.

($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Assets
Fixed income securities:
Municipal	$	—		$	—		$	15
Corporate		3			3			5
Total fixed income securities		3			3			20
Free-standing derivatives, net		(200	)		65			(55	)
Equity securities		82			2,594			586
Other assets		62,105			3,096			56,712
Total recurring Level 3 assets	$	61,990		$	5,758		$	57,263
Liabilities
Contractholder funds: Derivatives embedded in life and annuity contracts	$	(1,664	)	$	995		$	2,381
Total recurring Level 3 liabilities	$	(1,664	)	$	995		$	2,381
Total included in net income	$	60,326		$	6,753		$	59,644
Components of net income
Net investment income	$	(535	)	$	3		$	606
Realized capital gains and losses		62,525			5,755			56,657
Contract benefits		987			(326	)		2,937
Interest credited to contractholder funds		(2,651	)		1,321			(556	)
Total included in net income	$	60,326		$	6,753		$	59,644

Presented below are the carrying values and fair value estimates of financial instruments not carried at fair value.

($ in thousands)			December 31, 2019				December 31, 2018
Financial Assets	Fair value level		Carrying value		Fair value		Carrying value		Fair value
Mortgage loans		Level 3	$	733,258	$	764,201	$	696,062	$	699,936
Financial Liabilities
Contractholder funds on investment contracts		Level 3	$	1,605,574	$	1,730,341	$	1,755,866	$	1,821,641
Liability for collateral		Level 2		158,111		158,111		69,788		69,788

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7. Derivative Financial Instruments andOff-balance sheet Financial Instruments

The Company uses derivatives for risk reduction focused on managing the risks with certain assets and liabilities arising from the potential adverse impacts from changes in risk-free interest rates, changes in equity market valuations and foreign currency fluctuations.

Asset-liability management is a risk management strategy that is principally employed to balance the respective interest-rate sensitivities of the Company’s assets and liabilities. Depending upon the attributes of the assets acquired and liabilities issued, derivative instruments such as interest rate caps are utilized to change the interest rate characteristics of existing assets and liabilities to ensure the relationship is maintained within specified ranges and to reduce exposure to rising or falling interest rates. Futures and options are used for hedging the equity exposure contained in the Company’s equity indexed life product contracts that offer equity returns to contractholders. Foreign currency forwards are primarily used by the Company to reduce the foreign currency risk associated with holding foreign currency denominated investments. The Company also has a reinsurance treaty that is recorded as a derivative instrument, under which it primarily cedes reinvestment related risk on its structured settlement annuities to ALIC.

The Company also has derivatives embedded innon-derivative host contracts that are required to be separated from the host contracts and accounted for at fair value with changes in fair value of embedded derivatives reported in net income. The Company’s primary embedded derivatives are guaranteed minimum accumulation and withdrawal benefits in reinsured variable annuity contracts, and equity options in life product contracts, which provide returns linked to equity indices to contractholders.

The notional amounts specified in the contracts are used to calculate the exchange of contractual payments under the agreements and are generally not representative of the potential for gain or loss on these agreements.

Fair value, which is equal to the carrying value, is the estimated amount that the Company would receive or pay to terminate the derivative contracts at the reporting date. The carrying value amounts for OTC derivatives are further adjusted for the effects, if any, of enforceable master netting agreements and are presented on a net basis, by counterparty agreement, in the Statements of Financial Position.

Non-hedge accounting is generally used for “portfolio” level hedging strategies where the terms of the individual hedged items do not meet the strict homogeneity requirements to permit the application of hedge accounting. Fornon-hedge derivatives, net income includes changes in fair value and accrued periodic settlements, when applicable. With the exception ofnon-hedge embedded derivatives, all of the Company’s derivatives are evaluated for their ongoing effectiveness as either accounting hedge ornon-hedge derivative financial instruments on at least a quarterly basis.

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The following table provides a summary of the volume and fair value positions of derivative instruments as well as their reporting location in the Statement of Financial Position as of December 31, 2019. None of these derivatives are designated as accounting hedging instruments.

			Volume(1)
($ in thousands, except number of contracts)	Balance sheet location		Notional amount		Number of contracts		Fair value, net			Gross asset		Gross liability
Asset derivatives
Equity and index contracts
Options		Other investments	$	—		140	$	5,232		$	5,232	$	—
Other contracts
Structured settlement annuity reinsurance agreement		Other assets		—		n/a		231,491			231,491		—
Total asset derivatives			$	—		140	$	236,723		$	236,723	$	—
Liability derivatives
Interest rate contracts
Interest rate cap agreements		Other liabilities & accrued expenses	$	13,400		n/a	$	75		$	75	$	—
Equity and index contracts
Options		Other liabilities & accrued expenses		—		139		(2,832	)		—		(2,832	)
Futures		Other liabilities & accrued expenses		—		1		—			—		—
Foreign currency contracts
Foreign currency forwards		Other liabilities & accrued expenses		17,984		n/a		683			771		(88	)
Embedded derivative financial instruments
Guaranteed accumulation benefits		Contractholder funds		23,629		n/a		(1,987	)		—		(1,987	)
Guaranteed withdrawal benefits		Contractholder funds		15,369		n/a		(427	)		—		(427	)
Equity-indexed options in life product contracts		Contractholder funds		43,855		n/a		(14,239	)		—		(14,239	)
Total liability derivatives				114,237		140		(18,727	)	$	846	$	(19,573	)
Total derivatives			$	114,237		280	$	217,996

⁽¹⁾ Volume for OTC derivative contracts is represented by their notional amounts. Volume for exchange traded derivatives is represented by the number of contracts, which is the basis on which they are traded. (n/a = not applicable)

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The following table provides a summary of the volume and fair value positions of derivative instruments as well as their reporting location in the Statement of Financial Position as of December 31, 2018. None of these derivatives are designated as accounting hedging instruments.

			Volume
($ in thousands, except number of contracts)	Balance sheet location		Notional amount		Number of contracts		Fair value, net			Gross asset		Gross liability
Asset derivatives
Interest rate contracts
Interest rate cap agreements		Other investments	$	1,500		n/a	$	17		$	17	$	—
Equity and index contracts
Options		Other investments		—		122		556			556		—
Futures		Other assets		—		1		1			1		—
Foreign currency contracts
Foreign currency forwards		Other investments		16,091		n/a		670			684		(14	)
Other contracts
Structured settlement annuity reinsurance agreement		Other assets		—		n/a		169,386			169,386		—
Total asset derivatives			$	17,591		123	$	170,630		$	170,644	$	(14	)
Liability derivatives
Interest rate contracts
Interest rate cap agreements		Other liabilities & accrued expenses	$	12,600		n/a	$	377		$	377	$	—
Equity and index contracts
Options		Other liabilities & accrued expenses		—		121		(178	)		—		(178	)
Embedded derivative financial instruments
Guaranteed accumulation benefits		Contractholder funds		25,381		n/a		(3,003	)		—		(3,003	)
Guaranteed withdrawal benefits		Contractholder funds		14,507		n/a		(398	)		—		(398	)
Equity-indexed options in life product contracts		Contractholder funds		36,265		n/a		(400	)		—		(400	)
Total liability derivatives				88,753		121		(3,602	)	$	377	$	(3,979	)
Total derivatives			$	106,344		244	$	167,028

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The following table provides gross and net amounts for the Company’s OTC derivatives, all of which are subject to enforceable master netting agreements.

				Offsets
($ in thousands)	Gross amount			Counter- party netting			Cash collateral (received) pledged			Net amount on balance sheet			Securities collateral (received) pledged		Net amount
December 31, 2019
Asset derivatives	$	846		$	(846	)	$	—		$	—		$	—	$	—
Liability derivatives		(88	)		846			(831	)		(73	)		—		(73	)
December 31, 2018
Asset derivatives	$	1,078		$	(391	)	$	(590	)	$	97		$	—	$	97
Liability derivatives		(14	)		391			(380	)		(3	)		—		(3	)

The following tables present gains and losses from valuation and settlements reported on derivatives in the Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.

($ in thousands)	Realized capital gains and losses			Contract benefits			Interest credited to contractholder funds			Total gain (loss) recognized in net income on derivatives
2019
Interest rate contracts	$	(200	)	$	—		$	—		$	(200	)
Equity and index contracts		1			—			1,987			1,988
Embedded derivative financial instruments		—			987			(3,711	)		(2,724	)
Foreign currency contracts		364			—			—			364
Other contracts - structured settlement annuity reinsurance agreement		58,922			—			—			58,922
Total	$	59,087		$	987		$	(1,724	)	$	58,350
2018
Interest rate contracts	$	65		$	—		$	—		$	65
Equity and index contracts		—			—			(768	)		(768	)
Embedded derivative financial instruments		—			(326	)		1,321			995
Foreign currency contracts		887			—			—			887
Other contracts - structured settlement annuity reinsurance agreement		(314	)		—			—			(314	)
Total	$	638		$	(326	)	$	553		$	865
2017
Interest rate contracts	$	(54	)	$	—		$	—		$	(54	)
Equity and index contracts		—			—			1,289			1,289
Embedded derivative financial instruments		—			2,937			(556	)		2,381
Foreign currency contracts		(697	)		—			—			(697	)
Other contracts - structured settlement annuity reinsurance agreement		53,257			—			—			53,257
Total	$	52,506		$	2,937		$	733		$	56,176

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The Company manages its exposure to credit risk by utilizing highly rated counterparties, establishing risk control limits, executing legally enforceable master netting agreements (“MNAs”) and obtaining collateral where appropriate. The Company uses MNAs for OTC derivative transactions that permit either party to net payments due for transactions and collateral is either pledged or obtained when certain predetermined exposure limits are exceeded. As of December 31, 2019, counterparties pledged $831 thousand in collateral to the Company posted under MNA’s for contracts without credit-risk contingent features. The Company did not pledge any collateral under MNA’s. The Company has not incurred any losses on derivative financial instruments due to counterparty nonperformance. Other derivatives, including futures and option contracts, are traded on organized exchanges which require margin deposits and guarantee the execution of trades, thereby mitigating any potential credit risk.

Counterparty credit exposure represents the Company’s potential loss if all of the counterparties concurrently fail to perform under the contractual terms of the contracts and all collateral, if any, becomes worthless. This exposure is measured by the fair value of OTC derivative contracts with a positive fair value at the reporting date reduced by the effect, if any, of legally enforceable master netting agreements.

The following table summarizes the counterparty credit exposure as of December 31 by counterparty credit rating as it relates to the Company’s OTC derivatives.

	2019								2018
($ in thousands) Rating(1)	Number of counter- parties		Notional amount (2)		Credit exposure (2)		Exposure, net of collateral (2)		Number of counter- parties		Notional amount (2)		Credit exposure (2)		Exposure, net of collateral (2)
A+		2	$	30,670	$	770	$	—		2	$	30,191	$	1,064	$	97

⁽¹⁾ Allstate uses the lower of S&P or Moody’s long-term debt issuer ratings.

⁽²⁾ Only OTC derivatives with a net positive fair value are included for each counterparty.

For certain exchange traded derivatives, margin deposits are required as well as daily cash settlements of margin accounts. As of December 31, 2019, the Company pledged $291 thousand in the form of margin deposits.

Market risk is the risk that the Company will incur losses due to adverse changes in market rates and prices. Market risk exists for all of the derivative financial instruments the Company currently holds, as these instruments may become less valuable due to adverse changes in market conditions. To limit this risk, the Company’s senior management has established risk control limits. In addition, changes in fair value of the derivative financial instruments that the Company uses for risk management purposes are generally offset by the change in the fair value or cash flows of the hedged risk component of the related assets, liabilities or forecasted transactions.

Certain of the Company’s derivative instruments contain credit-risk-contingent termination events, cross-default provisions and credit support annex agreements. Credit-risk-contingent termination events allow the counterparties to terminate the derivative agreement or a specific trade on certain dates if the Company’s financial strength credit ratings by Moody’s or S&P fall below a certain level. Credit-risk-contingent cross-default provisions allow the counterparties to terminate the derivative agreement if the Company defaults bypre-determined threshold amounts on certain debt instruments. Credit-risk-contingent credit support annex agreements specify the amount of collateral the Company must post to counterparties based on the Company’s financial strength credit ratings by Moody’s or S&P, or in the event the Company is no longer rated by either Moody’s or S&P.

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The following summarizes the fair value of derivative instruments with termination, cross-default or collateral credit-risk-contingent features that are in a liability position as of December 31, as well as the fair value of assets that are netted against the liability in accordance with provisions within legally enforceable MNAs.

($ in thousands)	2019			2018
Gross liability fair value of contracts containing credit-risk-contingent features	$	83		$	—
Gross asset fair value of contracts containing credit-risk-contingent features and subject to MNAs		(70	)		—
Maximum amount of additional exposure for contracts with credit-risk-contingent features if all features were triggered concurrently	$	13		$	—

Off-balance sheet financial instruments

The contractual amounts ofoff-balance sheet financial instruments as of December 31 are as follows:

($ in thousands)	2019		2018
Commitments to invest in limited partnership interests	$	127,515	$	153,719
Commitments to extend mortgage loans		13,000		10,000
Private placement commitments		15,000		—

In the preceding table, the contractual amounts represent the amount at risk if the contract is fully drawn upon, the counterparty defaults and the value of any underlying security becomes worthless. Unless noted otherwise, the Company does not require collateral or other security to supportoff-balance sheet financial instruments with credit risk.

Commitments to invest in limited partnership interests represent agreements to acquire new or additional participation in certain limited partnership investments. The Company enters into these agreements in the normal course of business. Because the investments in limited partnerships are not actively traded, it is not practical to estimate the fair value of these commitments.

Commitments to extend mortgage loans are agreements to lend to a borrower provided there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. The Company enters into these agreements to commit to future loan fundings at predetermined interest rates. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses. The fair value of these commitments is insignificant.

Private placement commitments represent commitments to purchase private placement private equity securities at a future date. The Company enters into these agreements in the normal course of business. The fair value of these commitments generally cannot be estimated on the date the commitment is made as the terms and conditions of the underlying private placement securities are not yet final. Because the private equity securities are not actively traded, it is not practical to estimate fair value of the commitments.

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8. Reserve for Life-Contingent Contract Benefits and Contractholder Funds

As of December 31, the reserve for life-contingent contract benefits consists of the following:

($ in thousands)	2019		2018
Immediate fixed annuities:
Structured settlement annuities	$	2,051,363	$	1,882,914
Other immediate fixed annuities		61,039		63,774
Traditional life insurance		265,971		258,336
Accident and health insurance		32,261		25,360
Other		1,175		1,752
Total reserve for life-contingent contract benefits	$	2,411,809	$	2,232,136

The following table highlights the key assumptions generally used in calculating the reserve for life-contingent contract benefits.

Product	Mortality	Interest rate	Estimation method
Structured settlement annuities	U.S. population with projected calendar year improvements; mortality rates adjusted for each impaired life based on reduction in life expectancy	Interest rate assumptions range from 3.8% to 7.0%	Present value of contractually specified future benefits
Other immediate fixed annuities	1983 individual annuity mortality table; Annuity 2000 mortality table with internal modifications; Annuity 2000 mortality table	Interest rate assumptions range from 0.6% to 5.4%	Present value of expected future benefits based on historical experience
Traditional life insurance	Actual company experience plus loading	Interest rate assumptions range from 3.0% to 8.0%	Net level premium reserve method using the Company’s withdrawal experience rates; includes reserves for unpaid claims
Accident and health insurance	Actual company experience plus loading	Interest rate assumptions range from 3.5% to 6.0%	Unearned premium; additional contract reserves for mortality risk and unpaid claims
Other: Variable annuity guaranteed minimum death benefits(1)	Annuity 2012 mortality table with internal modifications	Interest rate assumptions range from 2.0% to 5.8%	Projected benefit ratio applied to cumulative assessments

⁽¹⁾ In 2006, the Company disposed of its variable annuity business through a reinsurance agreement with The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. (collectively “Prudential”).

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To the extent that unrealized gains on fixed income securities would result in a premium deficiency had those gains actually been realized, an insurance reserves adjustment is recorded for certain immediate annuities with life contingencies. This liability is included in the reserve for life-contingent contract benefits with respect to this unrealized deficiency. The offset to this liability is recorded as a reduction of the unrealized net capital gains included in AOCI. This liability was $231.4 million and $80.6 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

As of December 31, contractholder funds consist of the following:

($ in thousands)	2019		2018
Interest-sensitive life insurance	$	756,995	$	740,694
Investment contracts:
Fixed annuities		1,741,488		1,896,222
Other investment contracts		49,485		44,384
Total contractholder funds	$	2,547,968	$	2,681,300

The following table highlights the key contract provisions relating to contractholder funds.

Product	Interest rate	Withdrawal/surrender charges
Interest-sensitive life insurance	Interest rates credited range from 0.0% to 10.0% for equity-indexed life (whose returns are indexed to the S&P 500) and 2.0% to 5.1% for all other products	Either a percentage of account balance or dollar amount grading off generally over 20 years
Fixed annuities	Interest rates credited range from 0.6% to 7.0% for immediate annuities and 1.0% to 5.0% for other fixed annuities	Either a declining or a level percentage charge generally over ten years or less. Additionally, approximately 12.2% of fixed annuities are subject to market value adjustment for discretionary withdrawals
Other investment contracts: Guaranteed minimum income, accumulation and withdrawal benefits on variable annuities(1)and secondary guarantees on interest-sensitive life insurance and fixed annuities	Interest rates used in establishing reserves range from 1.7% to 10.3%	Withdrawal and surrender charges are based on the terms of the related interest-sensitive life insurance or fixed annuity contract

⁽¹⁾ In 2006, the Company disposed of its variable annuity business through a reinsurance agreement with Prudential.

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Contractholder funds activity for the years ended December 31 is as follows:

($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Balance, beginning of year	$	2,681,300		$	2,874,884		$	3,018,733
Deposits		104,850			107,606			103,107
Interest credited		86,338			91,430			97,355
Benefits		(104,681	)		(114,006	)		(108,819	)
Surrenders and partial withdrawals		(152,898	)		(190,873	)		(166,388	)
Contract charges		(75,879	)		(75,483	)		(74,733	)
Net transfers from separate accounts		88			256			54
Other adjustments		8,850			(12,514	)		5,575
Balance, end of year	$	2,547,968		$	2,681,300		$	2,874,884

The Company offered various guarantees to variable annuity contractholders. In 2006, the Company disposed of its variable annuity business through a reinsurance agreement with Prudential. Liabilities for variable contract guarantees related to death benefits are included in the reserve for life-contingent contract benefits and the liabilities related to the income, withdrawal and accumulation benefits are included in contractholder funds. All liabilities for variable contract guarantees are reported on a gross basis on the balance sheet with a corresponding reinsurance recoverable asset.

Absent any contract provision wherein the Company guarantees either a minimum return or account value upon death, a specified contract anniversary date, partial withdrawal or annuitization, variable annuity and variable life insurance contractholders bear the investment risk that the separate accounts’ funds may not meet their stated investment objectives. The account balances of variable annuity contracts’ separate accounts with guarantees included $222.2 million and $202.2 million of equity, fixed income and balanced mutual funds and $21.7 million and $21.5 million of money market mutual funds as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

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The table below presents information regarding the Company’s variable annuity contracts with guarantees. The Company’s variable annuity contracts may offer more than one type of guarantee in each contract; therefore, the sum of amounts listed exceeds the total account balances of variable annuity contracts’ separate accounts with guarantees.

	As of December 31,
($ in thousands)	2019		2018
In the event of death
Separate account value	$	243,833	$	223,651
Net amount at risk(1)	$	4,392	$	16,137
Average attained age of contractholders		68 years		67 years
At annuitization (includes income benefit guarantees)
Separate account value	$	18,849	$	16,873
Net amount at risk(2)	$	1,750	$	2,898
Weighted average waiting period until annuitization options available		None		None
For cumulative periodic withdrawals
Separate account value	$	15,173	$	13,989
Net amount at risk(3)	$	421	$	485
Accumulation at specified dates
Separate account value	$	24,033	$	25,272
Net amount at risk(4)	$	224	$	849
Weighted average waiting period until guarantee date		3 years		3 years

⁽¹⁾ Defined as the estimated current guaranteed minimum death benefit in excess of the current account balance as of the balance sheet date.

⁽²⁾ Defined as the estimated present value of the guaranteed minimum annuity payments in excess of the current account balance.

⁽³⁾ Defined as the estimated current guaranteed minimum withdrawal balance (initial deposit) in excess of the current account balance as of the balance sheet date.

⁽⁴⁾ Defined as the estimated present value of the guaranteed minimum accumulation balance in excess of the current account balance.

The liability for death and income benefit guarantees is equal to a benefit ratio multiplied by the cumulative contract charges earned, plus accrued interest less contract excess guarantee benefit payments. The benefit ratio is calculated as the estimated present value of all expected contract excess guarantee benefits divided by the present value of all expected contract charges. The establishment of reserves for these guarantees requires the projection of future fund values, mortality, persistency and customer benefit utilization rates. These assumptions are periodically reviewed and updated. For guarantees related to death benefits, benefits represent the projected excess guaranteed minimum death benefit payments. For guarantees related to income benefits, benefits represent the present value of the minimum guaranteed annuitization benefits in excess of the projected account balance at the time of annuitization.

Projected benefits and contract charges used in determining the liability for certain guarantees are developed using models and stochastic scenarios that are also used in the development of estimated expected gross profits. Underlying assumptions for the liability related to income benefits include assumed future annuitization elections based on factors such as the extent of benefit to the potential annuitant, eligibility conditions and the annuitant’s attained age. The liability for guarantees isre-evaluated periodically, and adjustments are made to the liability balance through a charge or credit to contract benefits.

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Guarantees related to withdrawal and accumulation benefits are considered to be derivative financial instruments; therefore, the liability for these benefits is established based on its fair value.

The following table summarizes the liabilities for guarantees.

($ in thousands)	Liability for guarantees related to death benefits and interest-sensitive life products			Liability for guarantees related to income benefits			Liability for guarantees related to accumulation and withdrawal benefits		Total
Balance, December 31, 2018(1)	$	30,674		$	572		$	3,401	$	34,647
Less reinsurance recoverables		1,752			568			3,401		5,721
Net balance as of December 31, 2018		28,922			4			—		28,926
Incurred guarantee benefits		4,412			(1	)		—		4,411
Paid guarantee benefits		(388	)		—			—		(388	)
Net change		4,024			(1	)		—		4,023
Net balance as of December 31, 2019		32,946			3			—		32,949
Plus reinsurance recoverables		1,189			333			2,414		3,936
Balance, December 31, 2019(2)	$	34,135		$	336		$	2,414	$	36,885
Balance, December 31, 2017(3)	$	27,927		$	462		$	3,075	$	31,464
Less reinsurance recoverables		1,340			457			3,075		4,872
Net balance as of December 31, 2017		26,587			5			—		26,592
Incurred guarantee benefits		2,585			(1	)		—		2,584
Paid guarantee benefits		(250	)		—			—		(250	)
Net change		2,335			(1	)		—		2,334
Net balance as of December 31, 2018		28,922			4			—		28,926
Plus reinsurance recoverables		1,752			568			3,401		5,721
Balance, December 31, 2018(4)	$	30,674		$	572		$	3,401	$	34,647

⁽¹⁾ Included in the total liability balance as of December 31, 2018 are reserves for variable annuity death benefits of $1.8 million, variable annuity income benefits of $0.6 million, variable annuity accumulation benefits of $3.0 million, variable annuity withdrawal benefits of $0.4 million and other guarantees of $28.8 million.

⁽²⁾ Included in the total liability balance as of December 31, 2019 are reserves for variable annuity death benefits of $1.2 million, variable annuity income benefits of $0.3 million, variable annuity accumulation benefits of $2.0 million, variable annuity withdrawal benefits of $0.4 million and other guarantees of $33.0 million.

⁽³⁾ Included in the total liability balance as of December 31, 2017 are reserves for variable annuity death benefits of $1.3 million, variable annuity income benefits of $0.5 million, variable annuity accumulation benefits of $2.8 million, variable annuity withdrawal benefits of $0.3 million and other guarantees of $26.6 million.

9. Reinsurance

The Company reinsures certain of its risks to unaffiliated reinsurers and ALIC under yearly renewable term, coinsurance and modified coinsurance agreements. These agreements result in a passing of the agreed-upon percentage of risk to the reinsurer in exchange for negotiated reinsurance premium payments. Modified coinsurance is similar to coinsurance, except that the cash and investments that support the liability for contract benefits are not transferred to the assuming company and settlements are made on a net basis between the companies.

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As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, for certain term life insurance policies, the Company ceded up to 90% of the mortality risk depending on the year of policy issuance. Further, the Company cedes the mortality risk associated with coverage in excess of $2.0 million per life to ALIC. Prior to July 1, 2013, the Company ceded mortality risk in excess of $250 thousand per life to ALIC.

In addition, the Company has used reinsurance to effect the disposition of certain blocks of business. The Company had reinsurance recoverables of $166.9 million and $170.6 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, due from Prudential related to the disposal of its variable annuity business that was effected through reinsurance agreements.

The amounts ceded to Prudential for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

($ in thousands)	2019			2018		2017
Premiums and contract charges	$	4,797		$	5,189	$	5,401
Contract benefits		(890	)		1,459		(3,251	)
Interest credited to contractholder funds		4,307			4,533		4,805
Operating costs and expenses		867			868		943

As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company had reinsurance recoverables of $579 thousand and $722 thousand, respectively, due from a subsidiary of Citigroup (Triton Insurance Company) in connection with the disposition of the direct response distribution business in 2003.

As of December 31, 2019, the gross life insurance in force was $43.09 billion of which $482.9 million and $8.10 billion were ceded to affiliated and unaffiliated reinsurers, respectively.

The effects of reinsurance on premiums and contract charges for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Direct	$	203,614		$	199,289		$	185,875
Assumed -non-affiliate		697			685			672
Ceded
Affiliate		(2,186	)		(1,972	)		(1,730	)
Non-affiliate		(16,359	)		(17,361	)		(17,705	)
Premiums and contract charges, net of reinsurance	$	185,766		$	180,641		$	167,112

The effects of reinsurance on contract benefits for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Direct	$	272,200		$	248,008		$	237,998
Assumed -non-affiliate		500			586			550
Ceded
Affiliate		(2,354	)		(55	)		(882	)
Non-affiliate		(11,333	)		(10,961	)		(7,173	)
Contract benefits, net of reinsurance	$	259,013		$	237,578		$	230,493

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The effects of reinsurance on interest credited to contractholder funds for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Direct	$	90,758		$	96,002		$	102,164
Assumed -non-affiliate		13			13			18
Ceded -non-affiliate		(4,307	)		(4,533	)		(4,805	)
Interest credited to contractholder funds, net of reinsurance	$	86,464		$	91,482		$	97,377

In addition to amounts included in the table above are reinsurance premiums ceded to ALIC of $4.2 million, $3.4 million and $3.5 million and settlements received from ALIC of $1.0 million, zero and zero in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively, under the terms of the structured settlement annuity reinsurance agreement (see Note 4).

10. Deferred Policy Acquisition and Sales Inducement Costs

Deferred policy acquisition costs for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Balance, beginning of year	$	155,887		$	146,333		$	137,358
Acquisition costs deferred		16,771			19,577			24,522
Amortization charged to income		(30,396	)		(16,299	)		(16,992	)
Effect of unrealized gains and losses		(18,144	)		6,276			1,445
Balance, end of year	$	124,118		$	155,887		$	146,333

DSI activity, which primarily relates to interest-sensitive life contracts, for the years ended December 31 was as follows:

($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Balance, beginning of year	$	2,391		$	2,278		$	2,265
Sales inducements deferred		125			128			167
Amortization charged to income		(251	)		(181	)		(188	)
Effect of unrealized gains and losses		(489	)		166			34
Balance, end of year	$	1,776		$	2,391		$	2,278

11. Guarantees and Contingent Liabilities Guaranty funds

Under state insurance guaranty fund laws, insurers doing business in a state can be assessed, up to prescribed limits, for certain obligations of insolvent insurance companies to policyholders and claimants. Amounts assessed to each company are typically related to its proportion of business written in each state. The Company’s policy is to accrue assessments when the entity for which the insolvency relates has met its state of domicile’s statutory definition of insolvency and the amount of the loss is reasonably estimable. In most states, the definition is met with a declaration of financial insolvency by a court of competent jurisdiction. In certain states there must also be a final order of liquidation. Since most states allow a credit against premium or other state related taxes for assessments, an asset is recorded based on paid and accrued assessments for the amount the Company expects to recover on the respective state’s tax return and is realized over the period allocated by each state. As of both December 31, 2019 and 2018, the liability balance included in other liabilities and accrued expenses was $759 thousand. The related premium tax offsets included in other assets were $916 thousand and $1.1 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

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Guarantees

In the normal course of business, the Company provides standard indemnifications to contractual counterparties in connection with numerous transactions, including acquisitions and divestitures. The types of indemnifications typically provided include indemnifications for breaches of representations and warranties, taxes and certain other liabilities, such as third party lawsuits. The indemnification clauses are often standard contractual terms and are entered into in the normal course of business based on an assessment that the risk of loss would be remote. The terms of the indemnifications vary in duration and nature. In many cases, the maximum obligation is not explicitly stated and the contingencies triggering the obligation to indemnify have not occurred and are not expected to occur. Consequently, the maximum amount of the obligation under such indemnifications is not determinable. Historically, the Company has not made any material payments pursuant to these obligations.

The aggregate liability balance related to all guarantees was not material as of December 31, 2019.

Regulation and compliance

The Company is subject to extensive laws, regulations and regulatory actions. From time to time, regulatory authorities or legislative bodies seek to impose additional regulations regarding agency and broker compensation, regulate the nature of and amount of investments, impose fines and penalties for unintended errors or mistakes, impose additional regulations regarding cybersecurity and privacy, and otherwise expand overall regulation of insurance products and the insurance industry. In addition, the Company is subject to laws and regulations administered and enforced by federal agencies, international agencies, and other organizations, including but not limited to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and the U.S. Department of Justice. The Company has established procedures and policies to facilitate compliance with laws and regulations, to foster prudent business operations, and to support financial reporting. The Company routinely reviews its practices to validate compliance with laws and regulations and with internal procedures and policies. As a result of these reviews, from time to time the Company may decide to modify some of its procedures and policies. Such modifications, and the reviews that led to them, may be accompanied by payments being made and costs being incurred. The ultimate changes and eventual effects of these actions on the Company’s business, if any, are uncertain.

12. Income Taxes

The Company joins with the Corporation and its other subsidiaries (the “Allstate Group”) in the filing of a consolidated federal income tax return and is party to a federal income tax allocation agreement (the “Allstate Tax Sharing Agreement”). Under the Allstate Tax Sharing Agreement, the Company pays to or receives from the Corporation the amount, if any, by which the Allstate Group’s federal income tax liability is affected by virtue of inclusion of the Company in the consolidated federal income tax return. Effectively, this results in the Company’s annual income tax provision being computed, with adjustments, as if the Company filed a separate return.

Deferred income taxes result from temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the financial statements that will result in taxable or deductible amounts in future years. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted through income tax expense as changes in tax laws or rates are enacted.

In 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) is expected to complete their audit of the Allstate Group’s 2015 and 2016 federal income tax returns and begin the 2017 and 2018 tax year examinations. The 2013 and 2014 federal income tax return audit is complete through the exam phase and is expected to be finalized in 2020. Any adjustments that may result from IRS examinations of the Allstate Group’s tax return are not expected to have a material effect on the financial statements.

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The Company recognizes tax positions in the financial statements only when it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained on examination by the relevant taxing authority based on the technical merits of the position. A position that meets this standard is measured at the largest amount of benefit that will more likely than not be realized on settlement. A liability is established for differences between positions taken in a tax return and amounts recognized in the financial statements.

The Company had no liability for unrecognized tax benefits as of December 31, 2019, 2018 or 2017, and believes it is reasonably possible that the liability balance will not significantly increase within the next twelve months. No amounts have been accrued for interest or penalties.

The components of the deferred income tax assets and liabilities as of December 31 are as follows:

($ in thousands)	2019			2018
Deferred tax assets
Unrealized foreign currency translation adjustments on limited partnerships	$	317		$	—
Accrued liabilities		25			25
Other assets		20			5
Total deferred tax assets		362			30
Deferred tax liabilities
Investments		(78,081	)		(75,864	)
Unrealized net capital gains		(33,151	)		(15,178	)
Life and annuity reserves		(29,048	)		(32,450	)
DAC		(14,447	)		(18,713	)
Other liabilities		(484	)		(858	)
Unrealized foreign currency translation adjustments on limited partnerships		—			(573	)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(155,211	)		(143,636	)
Net deferred tax liability	$	(154,849	)	$	(143,606	)

Although realization is not assured, management believes it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will be realized based on the Company’s assessment that the deductions ultimately recognized for tax purposes will be fully utilized.

The components of income tax expense (benefit) for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

($ in thousands)	2019			2018		2017
Current	$	36,766		$	11,257	$	12,837
Deferred		(5,840	)		1,570		(59,572	)
Total income tax expense (benefit)	$	30,926		$	12,827	$	(46,735	)

The Company paid income taxes of $1.0 million, $16.0 million and $6.8 million in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

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A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the effective income tax rate on income from operations for the years ended December 31 is as follows:

	2019			2018			2017
Statutory federal income tax rate - expense		21.0	%		21.0	%		35.0	%
State income taxes		1.8			5.4			0.7
Tax Legislation benefit		—			(3.9	)		(65.1	)
Adjustments to prior year tax liabilities		1.4			(0.1	)		—
Other		(0.1	)		(0.3	)		(0.3	)
Effective income tax rate - expense (benefit)		24.1	%		22.1	%		(29.7	)%

13. Statutory Financial Information and Dividend Limitations

The Company prepares its statutory-basis financial statements in conformity with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”). Prescribed statutory accounting practices include a variety of publications of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”), as well as state laws, regulations and general administrative rules. Permitted statutory accounting practices encompass all accounting practices not so prescribed.

The State of New York requires insurance companies domiciled in its state to prepare statutory-basis financial statements in conformity with the NAIC Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual, subject to any deviations prescribed or permitted by the NYDFS. Statutory accounting practices differ from GAAP primarily since they require charging policy acquisition and certain sales inducement costs to expense as incurred, establishing life insurance reserves based on different actuarial assumptions, and valuing certain investments and establishing deferred taxes on a different basis.

Statutory net (loss) income was $(34.0) million, $68.0 million and $50.8 million in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Statutory capital and surplus was $614.2 million and $644.5 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Dividend Limitations

The ability of the Company to pay dividends is dependent on business conditions, income, cash requirements and other relevant factors. The payment of shareholder dividends by the Company without the prior approval of the NYDFS is limited to formula amounts based on capital and surplus and net gain from operations excluding realized capital gains and losses, determined in conformity with statutory accounting practices, as well as the timing and amount of dividends paid in the preceding twelve months. The Company did not pay any dividends in 2019. The maximum amount of dividends the Company will be able to pay without prior NYDFS approval at a given point in time during 2020 is $61.4 million. Any dividend must be paid out of unassigned surplus excluding unrealized appreciation from investments, which totaled $373.7 million as of December 31, 2019, and cannot result in capital and surplus being less than the minimum amount required by law.

Under state insurance laws, insurance companies are required to maintain paid up capital of not less than the minimum capital requirement applicable to the types of insurance they are authorized to write. Insurance companies are also subject to risk-based capital (“RBC”) requirements adopted by state insurance regulators. A company’s “authorized control level RBC” is calculated using various factors applied to certain financial balances and activity. Companies that do not maintain adjusted statutory capital and surplus at a level in excess of the company action level RBC, which is two times authorized control level RBC, are required to take specified actions. Company action level RBC is significantly in excess of the minimum capital requirements. Total adjusted statutory capital and surplus and authorized control level RBC of the Company were $639.3 million and $88.9 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2019.

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14. Benefit Plans

Pension and other postretirement plans

Defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement plans, sponsored by the Corporation, cover most full-time employees, certain part-time employees and employee-agents. Benefits under the pension plans are based upon the employee’s length of service and eligible annual compensation. The Corporation also provides a medical coverage subsidy for eligible employees hired before January 1, 2003, including their eligible dependents, when they retire. The cost allocated to the Company for these plans was $609 thousand, $439 thousand and $1.2 million in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

The Corporation has reserved the right to modify or terminate its benefit plans at any time and for any reason.

Allstate 401(k) Savings Plan

Employees of AIC are eligible to become members of the Allstate 401(k) Savings Plan (“Allstate Plan”). The Corporation’s contributions are based on the Corporation’s matching obligation. The cost allocated to the Company for the Allstate Plan was $953 thousand, $1.0 million and $895 thousand in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

15. Other Comprehensive Income

The components of other comprehensive income (loss) on apre-tax andafter-tax basis for the years ended December 31 are as follows:

	2019									2018									2017
($ in thousands)	Pre-tax			Tax			After-tax			Pre-tax			Tax			After-tax			Pre-tax			Tax			After-tax
Unrealized net holding gains and losses arising during the period, net of related offsets	$	86,980		$	(18,266	)	$	68,714		$	(65,379	)	$	13,730		$	(51,649	)	$	(89,152	)	$	31,203		$	(57,949	)
Less: reclassification adjustment of realized capital gains and losses		1,395			(293	)		1,102			(1,359	)		285			(1,074	)		12,710			(4,449	)		8,261
Unrealized net capital gains and losses		85,585			(17,973	)		67,612			(64,020	)		13,445			(50,575	)		(101,862	)		35,652			(66,210	)
Unrealized foreign currency translation adjustments		(3,963	)		832			(3,131	)		124			(26	)		98			3,706			(1,297	)		2,409
Other comprehensive income (loss)	$	81,622		$	(17,141	)	$	64,481		$	(63,896	)	$	13,419		$	(50,477	)	$	(98,156	)	$	34,355		$	(63,801	)

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SCHEDULE I - SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS

OTHER THAN INVESTMENTS IN RELATED PARTIES

DECEMBER 31, 2019

($ in thousands)	Cost/ amortized cost		Fair value		Amount shown in the Balance Sheet
Type of investment
Fixed maturities:
Bonds:
United States government, government agencies and authorities	$	43,280	$	52,814	$	52,814
States, municipalities and political subdivisions		433,038		552,280		552,280
Foreign governments		133,635		140,166		140,166
Public utilities		601,930		673,843		673,843
All other corporate bonds		2,798,541		3,001,402		3,001,402
Mortgage-backed securities		12,683		13,857		13,857
Total fixed maturities		4,023,107	$	4,434,362		4,434,362
Equity securities:
Common stocks:
Public utilities		3,117	$	4,172		4,172
Banks, trusts and insurance companies		16,061		21,053		21,053
Industrial, miscellaneous and all other		211,902		246,529		246,529
Nonredeemable preferred stocks		2,038		2,379		2,379
Total equity securities		233,118	$	274,133		274,133
Mortgage loans on real estate (none acquired in satisfaction of debt)		733,258	$	764,201		733,258
Policy loans		38,583				38,583
Derivative instruments		5,237	$	5,237		5,237
Limited partnership interests		386,310				386,310
Short-term investments		224,111	$	224,098		224,098
Total investments	$	5,643,724			$	6,095,981

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SCHEDULE IV - REINSURANCE

($ in thousands)	Gross amount		Ceded to other companies (1)		Assumed from other companies		Net amount		Percentage of amount assumed to net
Year ended December 31, 2019
Life insurance in force	$	42,654,371	$	8,581,710	$	436,841	$	34,509,502		1.3	%
Premiums and contract charges:
Life insurance	$	156,192	$	17,595	$	697	$	139,294		0.5	%
Accident and health insurance		47,422		950		—		46,472		—	%
Total premiums and contract charges	$	203,614	$	18,545	$	697	$	185,766		0.4	%
Year ended December 31, 2018
Life insurance in force	$	42,502,450	$	8,914,558	$	455,594	$	34,043,486		1.3	%
Premiums and contract charges:
Life insurance	$	154,016	$	18,322	$	685	$	136,379		0.5	%
Accident and health insurance		45,273		1,011		—		44,262		—	%
Total premiums and contract charges	$	199,289	$	19,333	$	685	$	180,641		0.4	%
Year ended December 31, 2017
Life insurance in force	$	41,866,862	$	9,142,525	$	467,937	$	33,192,274		1.4	%
Premiums and contract charges:
Life insurance	$	149,811	$	18,316	$	672	$	132,167		0.5	%
Accident and health insurance		36,064		1,119		—		34,945		—	%
Total premiums and contract charges	$	185,875	$	19,435	$	672	$	167,112		0.4	%

⁽¹⁾ No reinsurance or coinsurance income was netted against premiums ceded in 2019, 2018 or 2017.

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SCHEDULE V - VALUATION ALLOWANCES AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

			Additions
($ in thousands) Description	Balance as of beginning of period		Charged to costs and expenses		Other additions		Deductions		Balance as of end of period
Year ended December 31, 2019
Allowance for reinsurance recoverables	$	—	$	34	$	—	$	—	$	34
Allowance for estimated losses on mortgage loans		—		—		—		—		—
Year ended December 31, 2018
Allowance for estimated losses on mortgage loans	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Year ended December 31, 2017
Allowance for estimated losses on mortgage loans	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—

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Item 11(f). Selected Financial Data

5-YEAR SUMMARY OF SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

($ in thousands)	2019		2018			2017		2016		2015
Operating Results
Premiums	$	108,452	$	103,447		$	90,941	$	68,581	$	63,218
Contract charges		77,314		77,194			76,171		76,009		74,948
Other revenue		1,186		1,414			924		814		809
Net investment income		256,006		287,883			310,695		295,845		311,244
Realized capital gains and losses		106,627		(20,554	)		66,332		1,639		27,118
Total revenues		549,585		449,384			545,063		442,888		477,337
Net income		97,624		45,234			204,183		51,401		73,360
Financial Position
Investments	$	6,095,981	$	5,922,804		$	6,236,118	$	6,170,502	$	6,242,048
Total assets		7,171,867		6,809,149			7,173,492		7,054,572		7,139,017
Reserve for life-contingent contract benefits and contractholder funds		4,959,777		4,913,436			5,223,850		5,159,621		5,281,203
Shareholder’s equity		1,566,647		1,404,542			1,403,268		1,262,886		1,185,793

Item 11(h). Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

OVERVIEW

The following discussion highlights significant factors influencing the financial position and results of operations of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York (referred to in this document as “we,” “our,” “us,” the “Company” or “ALNY”). It should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes found under Item 11(e) contained herein. We operate as a single segment entity based on the manner in which we use financial information to evaluate business performance and to determine the allocation of resources.

The most important factors we monitor to evaluate the financial condition and performance of our company include:

• For operations: benefit and investment spread, asset-liability matching, expenses, net income, new business sales, and premiums and contract charges.

• For investments: exposure to market risk, asset allocation, credit quality/experience, total return, net investment income, cash flows, realized capital gains and losses, unrealized capital gains and losses, stability of long-term returns, and asset and liability duration.

• For financial condition: liquidity, financial strength ratings, capital position, and return on equity.

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) generally discusses 2019 and 2018 results andyear-to-year comparisons between 2019 and 2018. Discussions of 2017 results andyear-to-year comparisons between 2018 and 2017 that are not included in this MD&A can be found in Item 11(h) of our registration statement on FormS-1, filed April 1, 2019.

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OPERATIONS

Overview and strategy

We currently sell traditional, interest-sensitive and variable life insurance and voluntary accident and health insurance products. We serve customers through Allstate exclusive agencies and exclusive financial specialists and workplace enrolling independent agents and benefits brokers. We previously offered and continue to have in force deferred fixed annuities and immediate fixed annuities. We also previously offered variable annuities which are reinsured.

Our overall strategy is to broaden Allstate’s customer relationships and value proposition. We also distributenon-proprietary retirement products offered by third-party providers. Our target customers are middle market consumers with family and financial protection needs.

Our product positioning provides solutions to help meet customer needs during various phases of life. Term and whole life insurance products offer basic life protection solutions. Universal life and retirement products cover more advanced needs. Allstate exclusive agencies partner with exclusive financial specialists to deliver life and retirement solutions to their customers. These specialists have expertise with advanced life and retirement cases and other more complex customer needs. Successful partnerships assist agencies with building stronger and deeper customer relationships. Improvements in sales education and technology are being made to ensure agencies have the tools and information needed to help customers meet their needs and build personal relationships.

Allstate Benefits (Allstate’s workplace distribution business) is among the industry leaders in the growing voluntary benefits market, offering a broad range of products through workplace enrollment, including critical illness, accident and short-term disability. Allstate Benefits uses ALNY to write its business in New York. Products are offered through independent agents, benefits brokers and Allstate exclusive agencies. Allstate Benefits is differentiated through its broad product portfolio, flexible enrollment solutions, strong national accounts team and well-recognized brand. Allstate Benefits’ strategy for growth is to deliver substantially more value through innovative products and technology, tailored solutions and exceptional service. Initiatives are focused on expanding intonon-traditional products and becoming an integrated digital enterprise through investments in future-state technologies and data and analytics capabilities.

We discontinued the sale of annuities over an eight year period from 2006 to 2014, reflecting our expectations of declining returns. As a result, the declining volume of business is managed with a focus on increasing lifetime economic value. Both the deferred and immediate annuity businesses have been adversely impacted by the historically low interest rate environment. Our immediate annuity business has also been impacted by medical advancements that have resulted in annuitants living longer than anticipated when many of these contracts were originated. We focus on the distinct risk and return profiles of the specific products when developing investment and liability management strategies. The level of legacy deferred annuities in force has been significantly reduced and the investment portfolio and crediting rates are proactively managed to improve profitability of the business while providing appropriate levels of liquidity. The investment portfolio supporting our immediate annuities is managed to ensure the assets match the characteristics of the liabilities and provide the long-term returns needed to support this business. To better match the long-term nature of our immediate annuities, we use performance-based investments (primarily limited partnership investments) in which we have ownership interests and a greater proportion of return is derived from idiosyncratic assets or operating performance. We continue to review strategic options to reduce exposure and improve returns of the business. As a result, we may take additional operational and financial actions that offer return improvement and risk reduction opportunities.

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Summary analysis Summarized financial data for the years ended December 31 is presented in the following table.

($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Revenues
Premiums	$	108,452		$	103,447		$	90,941
Contract charges		77,314			77,194			76,171
Other revenue		1,186			1,414			924
Net investment income		256,006			287,883			310,695
Realized capital gains and losses		106,627			(20,554	)		66,332
Total revenues		549,585			449,384			545,063
Costs and expenses
Contract benefits		(259,013	)		(237,578	)		(230,493	)
Interest credited to contractholder funds		(86,464	)		(91,482	)		(97,377	)
Amortization of DAC		(30,396	)		(16,299	)		(16,992	)
Operating costs and expenses		(45,162	)		(45,964	)		(42,753	)
Total costs and expenses		(421,035	)		(391,323	)		(387,615	)
Income tax (expense) benefit		(30,926	)		(12,827	)		46,735
Net income	$	97,624		$	45,234		$	204,183

Net income increased $52.4 million in 2019 compared to 2018. 2018 results include a net tax benefit of $2.2 million related to the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 (“Tax Legislation”). Excluding the impact of the Tax Legislation in 2018, net income increased $54.6 million in 2019 compared to 2018, primarily due to net realized capital gains in 2019 compared to net realized capital losses in 2018, partially offset by lower net investment income, higher contract benefits and increased amortization of DAC.

Analysis of revenuesTotal revenues increased 22.3% or $100.2 million in 2019 compared to 2018, primarily due to net realized capital gains in 2019 compared to net realized capital losses in 2018 and higher premiums, partially offset by lower net investment income.

Premiumsrepresent revenues generated from traditional life insurance, accident and health insurance products, and immediate annuities with life contingencies that have significant mortality or morbidity risk.

Contract chargesare revenues generated from interest-sensitive and variable life insurance and fixed annuities for which deposits are classified as contractholder funds or separate account liabilities. Contract charges are assessed against the contractholder account values for maintenance, administration, cost of insurance and surrender prior to contractually specified dates.

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The following table summarizes premiums and contract charges by product for the years ended December 31.

($ in thousands)	2019			2018		2017
Underwritten products
Traditional life insurance premiums	$	61,980		$	59,185	$	55,996
Accident and health insurance premiums		46,472			44,262		34,945
Interest-sensitive life insurance contract charges		77,324			76,931		76,103
Subtotal		185,776			180,378		167,044
Annuities
Fixed annuity contract charges		(10	)		263		68
Premiums and contract charges(1)	$	185,766		$	180,641	$	167,112

⁽¹⁾ Contract charges related to the cost of insurance totaled $55.6 million, $54.5 million and $53.6 million in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Premiums and contract charges increased 2.8% or $5.1 million in 2019 compared to 2018, primarily due to higher premiums on traditional life insurance and growth in voluntary accident and health insurance.

Other revenue decreased 16.1% or $228 thousand in 2019 compared to 2018, primarily due to lower gross dealer concessions earned on Allstate agencies’ sales ofnon-proprietary fixed annuities.

Analysis of costs and expensesTotal costs and expenses increased 7.6% or $29.7 million in 2019 compared to 2018, primarily due to higher contract benefits and higher amortization of DAC, partially offset by lower interest credited to contractholder funds.

Contract benefitsincreased 9.0% or $21.4 million in 2019 compared to 2018, primarily due to worse immediate annuity mortality experience and higher claim experience on voluntary accident and health insurance and interest-sensitive life insurance, partially offset by favorable mortality experience on traditional life insurance.

Our annual review of assumptions in 2019 resulted in a $256 thousand increase in reserves primarily for secondary guarantees on interest-sensitive life insurance due to decreased projected interest rates that result in lower projected policyholder account values which increases benefits on guaranteed products. In 2018, the review resulted in a $978 thousand decrease in reserves, primarily for secondary guarantees on interest-sensitive life insurance due to lower projected exposure to secondary guarantees resulting from higher interest credited to policyholders.

As of December 31, 2019, our premium deficiency and profits followed by losses evaluations concluded that no adjustments were required to be recognized. For further detail on these evaluations, see Reserve for life-contingent contract benefits estimation in the Application of Critical Accounting Estimates section.

We analyze our mortality and morbidity results using the difference between premiums and contract charges earned for the cost of insurance and contract benefits excluding the portion related to the implied interest on immediate annuities with life contingencies (“benefit spread”). This implied interest totaled $112.2 million and $113.7 million in 2019 and 2018, respectively.

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The benefit spread by product group for the years ended December 31 is disclosed in the following table.

($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Life insurance	$	38,194		$	34,246		$	37,028
Accident and health insurance		6,660			12,554			13,058
Annuities		(27,608	)		(12,815	)		(21,883	)
Total benefit spread	$	17,246		$	33,985		$	28,203

Benefit spread decreased 49.3% or $16.7 million in 2019 compared to 2018, primarily due to worse immediate annuity mortality experience and higher claim experience on voluntary accident and health insurance and interest-sensitive life insurance, partially offset by favorable mortality experience on traditional life insurance.

Interest credited to contractholder fundsdecreased 5.5% or $5.0 million in 2019 compared to 2018, primarily due to lower average contractholder funds, partially offset by valuation changes on derivatives embedded in equity-indexed life contracts that are not hedged. Valuation changes on derivatives embedded in equity-indexed life contracts that are not hedged increased interest credited to contractholder funds by $568 thousand in 2019 compared to zero in 2018.

In order to analyze the impact of net investment income and interest credited to contractholders on net income, we monitor the difference between net investment income and the sum of interest credited to contractholder funds and the implied interest on immediate annuities with life contingencies, which is included as a component of contract benefits on the Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (“investment spread”).

Investment spread totaled $57.3 million, $82.8 million and $99.2 million in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Investment spread decreased 30.7% or $25.4 million in 2019 compared to 2018, primarily due to lower net investment income, mainly from limited partnership interests, partially offset by lower interest credited to contractholder funds.

To further analyze investment spreads, the following table summarizes the weighted average investment yield on assets supporting product liabilities and capital, interest crediting rates and investment spreads. Investment spreads may vary significantly between periods due to the variability in investment income, particularly for immediate fixed annuities where the investment portfolio includes performance-based investments.

	Weighted average investment yield									Weighted average interest crediting rate									Weighted average investment spreads
	2019			2018			2017			2019			2018			2017			2019			2018			2017
Interest-sensitive life insurance		4.7	%		4.7	%		5.1	%		3.7	%		3.7	%		3.8	%		1.0	%		1.0	%		1.3	%
Deferred fixed annuities		3.8			3.7			3.8			2.8			2.7			2.7			1.0			1.0			1.1
Immediate fixed annuities with and without life contingencies		5.3			6.6			7.5			5.9			6.0			6.1			(0.6	)		0.6			1.4
Investments supporting capital, traditional life and other products		3.4			3.5			3.6			n/a			n/a			n/a			n/a			n/a			n/a

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Amortization of DAC The components of amortization of DAC for the years ended December 31 are summarized in the following table.

($ in thousands)	2019		2018			2017
Amortization of DAC before amortization relating to realized capital gains and losses, valuation changes on embedded derivatives that are not hedged and changes in assumptions	$	27,498	$	15,771		$	16,738
Amortization relating to realized capital gains and losses (1) and valuation changes on embedded derivatives that are not hedged		476		933			2,181
Amortization acceleration (deceleration) for changes in assumptions (“DAC unlocking”)		2,422		(405	)		(1,927	)
Total amortization of DAC	$	30,396	$	16,299		$	16,992

⁽¹⁾  The impact of realized capital gains and losses on amortization of DAC is dependent upon the relationship between the assets that give rise to the gain or loss and the product liability supported by the assets. Fluctuations result from changes in the impact of realized capital gains and losses on actual and expected gross profits.

Amortization of DAC increased 86.5% or $14.1 million in 2019 compared to 2018, primarily due to amortization related to thenon-renewal of a large underperforming voluntary benefits account and amortization acceleration for changes in assumptions in 2019 compared to a deceleration in 2018.

Our annual comprehensive review of assumptions underlying estimated future gross profits for our interest-sensitive life contracts covers assumptions for mortality, persistency, expenses, investment returns, including capital gains and losses, interest crediting rates to policyholders, and the effect of any hedges. An assessment is made of future projections to ensure the reported DAC balances reflect current expectations.

In 2019, the review resulted in an acceleration of DAC amortization (decrease to income) of $2.4 million related to interest sensitive life insurance. The acceleration related to the investment margin component of estimated gross profits and was due to lower projected future interest rates and investment returns compared to our previous expectations. The acceleration related to benefit margin was primarily due to more refined policy level information and assumptions.

In 2018, the review resulted in a deceleration of DAC amortization (increase to income) of $405 thousand. The deceleration primarily related to the benefit margin component of estimated gross profits and was due to a decrease in projected mortality. This was partially offset by DAC amortization acceleration (decrease to income) for changes in the investment margin due to lower projected investment returns.

For additional detail related to the DAC annual review, see the Application of Critical Accounting Estimates section of this document.

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The changes in DAC for the years ended December 31 are detailed in the following table.

	Traditional life and accident and health						Interest-sensitive life insurance						Total
($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2019			2018			2019			2018
Beginning balance	$	65,076		$	59,469		$	90,811		$	86,864		$	155,887		$	146,333
Acquisition costs deferred		9,816			12,226			6,955			7,351			16,771			19,577
Amortization of DAC before amortization relating to realized capital gains and losses, valuation changes on embedded derivatives not hedged and changes in assumptions(1)		(18,433	)		(6,619	)		(9,065	)		(9,152	)		(27,498	)		(15,771	)
Amortization relating to realized capital gains and losses and valuation changes on embedded derivatives not hedged(1)		—			—			(476	)		(933	)		(476	)		(933	)
Amortization (acceleration) deceleration for changes in assumptions (“DAC unlocking”)(1)		—			—			(2,422	)		405			(2,422	)		405
Effect of unrealized capital gains and losses (2)		—			—			(18,144	)		6,276			(18,144	)		6,276
Ending balance	$	56,459		$	65,076		$	67,659		$	90,811		$	124,118		$	155,887

⁽¹⁾  Included as a component of amortization of DAC on the Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.

⁽²⁾  Represents the change in the DAC adjustment for unrealized capital gains and losses. The DAC adjustment represents the amount by which the amortization of DAC would increase or decrease if the unrealized gains and losses in the respective product portfolios were realized.

Operating costs and expenses decreased 1.7% or 802 thousand in 2019 compared to 2018, primarily due to lower employee-related expenses.

Analysis of reserves and contractholder funds

The following table summarizes our product liabilities as of December 31.

($ in thousands)	2019		2018		2017
Traditional life insurance	$	265,971	$	258,336	$	242,197
Accident and health insurance		32,261		25,360		20,222
Immediate fixed annuities with life contingencies
Sub-standard structured settlements(1)		1,416,305		1,274,723		1,390,407
Standard structured settlements and SPIA(2)		696,097		671,965		694,800
Other		1,175		1,752		1,340
Reserve for life-contingent contract benefits	$	2,411,809	$	2,232,136	$	2,348,966
Interest-sensitive life insurance	$	756,995	$	740,694	$	744,610
Deferred fixed annuities		1,372,890		1,496,565		1,666,064
Immediate fixed annuities without life contingencies		368,598		399,657		425,150
Other		49,485		44,384		39,060
Contractholder funds	$	2,547,968	$	2,681,300	$	2,874,884

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⁽¹⁾  Comprises structured settlement annuities for annuitants with severe injuries or other health impairments which increased their expected mortality rate at the time the annuity was issued(“sub-standard structured settlements”).Sub-standard structured settlements comprise 14% of our immediate annuity policies in force and 67% of the immediate annuity reserve for life-contingent contract benefits.

⁽²⁾  Comprises structured settlement annuities for annuitants with standard life expectancy (“standard structured settlements”) and single premium immediate annuities (“SPIA”) with life contingencies.

Contractholder fundsrepresent interest-bearing liabilities arising from the sale of products such as interest-sensitive life insurance and fixed annuities. The balance of contractholder funds is equal to the cumulative deposits received and interest credited to the contractholder less cumulative contract benefits, surrenders, withdrawals and contract charges for mortality or administrative expenses.

The following table shows the changes in contractholder funds for the years ended December 31.

($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Contractholder funds, beginning balance	$	2,681,300		$	2,874,884		$	3,018,733
Deposits
Interest-sensitive life insurance		102,233			104,466			97,505
Fixed annuities		2,617			3,140			5,602
Total deposits		104,850			107,606			103,107
Interest credited		86,338			91,430			97,355
Benefits, withdrawals and other adjustments
Benefits		(104,681	)		(114,006	)		(108,819	)
Surrenders and partial withdrawals		(152,898	)		(190,873	)		(166,388	)
Contract charges		(75,879	)		(75,483	)		(74,733	)
Net transfers from separate accounts		88			256			54
Other adjustments(1)		8,850			(12,514	)		5,575
Total benefits, withdrawals and other adjustments		(324,520	)		(392,620	)		(344,311	)
Contractholder funds, ending balance	$	2,547,968		$	2,681,300		$	2,874,884

⁽¹⁾  The table above illustrates the changes in contractholder funds, which are presented gross of reinsurance recoverables on the Statements of Financial Position. The table above is intended to supplement our discussion and analysis of revenues, which are presented net of reinsurance on the Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. As a result, the net change in contractholder funds associated with products reinsured is reflected as a component of the other adjustments line.

Contractholder funds decreased 5.0% in 2019, primarily due to the continued runoff of our deferred fixed annuity business. We discontinued the sale of proprietary annuities, but still accept additional deposits on existing contracts.

Surrenders and partial withdrawals decreased 19.9% or $38.0 million in 2019 compared to 2018. 2018 had elevated surrenders on fixed annuities resulting from an increased number of contracts reaching the30-45 day period during which there is no surrender charge. The surrender and partial withdrawal rate, based on the beginning of year contractholder funds, was 7.3% in 2019 compared to 8.5% in 2018.

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Reinsurance Ceded

In the normal course of business, we seek to limit aggregate and single exposure to losses on large risks by purchasing reinsurance. In addition, we have used reinsurance to effect the disposition of certain blocks of business. We retain primary liability as a direct insurer for all risks ceded to reinsurers. As of December 31, 2019, 20% of our face amount of life insurance in force was reinsured. Additionally, we ceded all of the risk associated with our variable annuity business to Prudential Insurance Company of America.

Our reinsurance recoverables, summarized by reinsurer as of December 31, are shown in the following table.

($ in thousands)	S&P financial strength rating (1)		Reinsurance recoverable on paid and unpaid benefits
			2019		2018
Prudential Insurance Company of America		AA-	$	166,876	$	170,632
Transamerica Life Group		AA-		40,682		40,855
Swiss Re Life and Health America, Inc.		AA-		9,755		9,656
RGA Reinsurance Company		AA-		6,790		7,568
Canada Life		AA		2,460		2,108
Security Life of Denver		A+		899		1,035
SCOR Global Life		AA-		565		800
Triton Insurance Company(2)		N/A		577		719
American United Life Insurance Company		AA-		472		679
Allstate Life Insurance Company(3)		A-		268		243
Scottish Re (U.S.), Inc.(4)		N/A		190		193
Metropolitan Life		AA-		93		93
General Re		AA+		71		89
Minnesota Mutual		AA-		38		38
Mutual of Omaha		AA-		23		24
Total			$	229,759	$	234,732

⁽¹⁾  N/A reflects no S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) rating available.

⁽²⁾  A.M. Best rating is B++.

⁽³⁾  Affiliate company.

⁽⁴⁾  In December 2018, the Delaware Insurance Commissioner placed Scottish Re (U.S.), Inc. under regulatory supervision and in March 2019, the reinsurer was placed in rehabilitation. We have been permitted to exercise certain setoff rights while the parties address any potential disputes.

We continuously monitor the creditworthiness of reinsurers in order to determine our risk of recoverability on an individual and aggregate basis, and a provision for uncollectible reinsurance is recorded if needed. No amounts have been deemed unrecoverable in the three-years ended December 31, 2019, except for an allowance related to Scottish Re (U.S.), Inc. that was established in 2019.

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INVESTMENTS

Overview and strategyThe return on our investment portfolio is an important component of our ability to offer good value to customers. We identify a strategic asset allocation which considers both the nature of the liabilities and the risk and return characteristics of the various asset classes in which we invest. This allocation is informed by our long-term and market expectations, as well as other considerations such as risk appetite, portfolio diversification, duration, desired liquidity and capital. Within appropriate ranges relative to strategic allocations, tactical allocations are made in consideration of prevailing and potential future market conditions. We manage risks that involve uncertainty related to interest rates, credit spreads, equity returns and currency exchange rates.

Our portfolio is comprised of assets chosen to generate returns to support corresponding liabilities, within an asset-liability framework that targets an appropriate return on capital. For shorter-term annuity liability cash flows and life insurance liabilities, we invest primarily in fixed income securities and commercial mortgage loans with maturity profiles aligned with liability cash flow requirements. For longer-term immediate annuity liability cash flows, we invest primarily in performance-based investments, such as limited partnerships, and public equity securities.

We utilize two primary strategies to manage risks and returns and to position our portfolio to take advantage of market opportunities while attempting to mitigate adverse effects. As strategies and market conditions evolve, the asset allocation may change or assets may be moved between strategies.

Market-basedstrategy includes investments primarily in public fixed income and equity securities. It seeks to deliver predictable earnings aligned to business needs and take advantage of short-term opportunities primarily through public and private fixed income investments and public equity securities.

Performance-based strategy seeks to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns and supplement market risk with idiosyncratic risk. Returns are impacted by a variety of factors including general macroeconomic and public market conditions as public benchmarks are often used in the valuation of underlying investments. Variability in earnings will also result from the performance of the underlying assets or business and the timing of sales of those investments. Earnings from the sales of investments may be recorded as net investment income or realized capital gains and losses. The portfolio, which primarily includes private equity and real estate with a majority being limited partnerships, is diversified across a number of characteristics, including managers or partners, vintage years, strategies, geographies (including international) and industry sectors or property types. These investments are generally illiquid in nature, often require specialized expertise, typically involve a third party manager, and often enhance returns and income through transformation at the company or property level. A portion of these investments seek returns in markets or asset classes that are dislocated or special situations, primarily in private markets.

Portfolio compositionThe composition of the investment portfolio is presented in the following table.

($ in thousands)	December 31, 2019		Percent to total
Fixed income securities(1)	$	4,434,362		72.8	%
Mortgage loans		733,258		12.0
Equity securities(2)		274,133		4.5
Limited partnership interests		386,310		6.3
Short-term investments(3)		224,098		3.7
Policy loans		38,583		0.6
Other		5,237		0.1
Total	$	6,095,981		100.0	%

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⁽¹⁾  Fixed income securities are carried at fair value. Amortized cost basis for these securities was $4.02 billion.

⁽²⁾  Equity securities are carried at fair value. The fair value of equity securities held as of December 31, 2019 was $41.0 million in excess of cost. These net gains were primarily concentrated in the consumer goods and technology sectors and in fixed income exchange traded funds.

⁽³⁾  Short-term investments are carried at fair value.

Investments totaled $6.10 billion as of December 31, 2019, increasing from $5.92 billion as of December 31, 2018, primarily due to higher fixed income and equity valuations and positive operating cash flows, partially offset by net reductions in contractholder funds.

Beginning January 1, 2018, equity securities are reported at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in realized capital gains and losses. Limited partnerships previously reported using the cost method are reported at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net investment income. As a result, 2017 net investment income and net realized capital gains and losses are not comparable to other periods presented.

Portfolio composition by investment strategyThe following table presents the investment portfolio by strategy as of December 31, 2019.

($ in thousands)	Market- based			Performance- based			Total
Fixed income securities	$	4,433,548		$	814		$	4,434,362
Mortgage loans		733,258			—			733,258
Equity securities		266,053			8,080			274,133
Limited partnership interests		10,733			375,577			386,310
Short-term investments		224,098			—			224,098
Policy loans		38,583			—			38,583
Other		5,237			—			5,237
Total	$	5,711,510		$	384,471		$	6,095,981
% of total		93.7	%		6.3	%		100.0	%
Unrealized net capital gains (losses)
Fixed income securities	$	411,286		$	(31	)	$	411,255
Limited partnership interests		—			(205	)		(205	)
Short-term investments		(13	)		—			(13	)
Total	$	411,273		$	(236	)	$	411,037

During 2019, strategic actions focused on optimizing portfolio yield, return and risk in the low interest rate environment. We maintained the maturity profile of fixed income securities in our portfolio. Invested assets and market-based income declined with reductions in contractholder funds. Performance-based investments and equity securities will continue to be allocated primarily to the longer-term immediate annuity liabilities to reduce the risk that investment returns are below levels required to meet their funding needs while shorter-term annuity liabilities will be invested in market-based investments.

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Fixed income securities by type are listed in the following table.

($ in thousands)	Fair value as of December 31, 2019		Fair value as of December 31, 2018
U.S. government and agencies	$	52,814	$	85,464
Municipal		552,280		703,923
Corporate		3,675,245		3,562,831
Foreign government		140,166		136,822
Asset-backed securities (“ABS”)		—		19,888
Mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”)		13,857		21,416
Total fixed income securities	$	4,434,362	$	4,530,344

Fixed income securities are rated by third party credit rating agencies and/or are internally rated. As of December 31, 2019, 90.8% of the fixed income securities portfolio was rated investment grade, which is defined as a security having a rating of Aaa, Aa, A or Baa from Moody’s, a rating of AAA, AA, A or BBB from S&P, a comparable rating from another nationally recognized rating agency, or a comparable internal rating if an externally provided rating is not available. Credit ratings below these designations are considered lower credit quality or below investment grade, which includes high yield bonds. Market prices for certain securities may have credit spreads which imply higher or lower credit quality than the current third party rating. Our initial investment decisions and ongoing monitoring procedures for fixed income securities are based on a thorough due diligence process which includes, but is not limited to, an assessment of the credit quality, sector, structure, and liquidity risks of each issue.

The following table summarizes the fair value and unrealized net capital gains (losses) for fixed income securities by credit quality as of December 31, 2019.

	Investment grade				Below investment grade						Total
($ in thousands)	Fair value		Unrealized gain (loss)		Fair value		Unrealized gain (loss)		Fair value		Unrealized gain (loss)		Percent rated investment grade
U.S. government and agencies	$	52,814	$	9,534	$	—	$	—	$	52,814	$	9,534		100.0	%
Municipal		552,280		119,242		—		—		552,280		119,242		100.0
Corporate
Public		2,508,875		209,051		185,026		6,498		2,693,901		215,549		93.1
Privately placed		766,692		53,875		214,652		5,350		981,344		59,225		78.1
Total corporate		3,275,567		262,926		399,678		11,848		3,675,245		274,774		89.1
Foreign government		140,166		6,531		—		—		140,166		6,531		100.0
MBS		7,494		303		6,363		871		13,857		1,174		54.1
Total fixed income securities	$	4,028,321	$	398,536	$	406,041	$	12,719	$	4,434,362	$	411,255		90.8

Municipal bonds include general obligations of state and local issuers and revenue bonds (includingpre-refunded bonds, which are bonds for which an irrevocable trust has been established to fund the remaining payments of principal and interest).

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Our practice for acquiring and monitoring municipal bonds is predominantly based on the underlying credit quality of the primary obligor. We currently rely on the primary obligor to pay all contractual cash flows and are not relying on bond insurers for payments. As a result of downgrades in the insurers’ credit ratings, the ratings of the insured municipal bonds generally reflect the underlying ratings of the primary obligor.

Corporate bonds include publicly traded and privately placed securities. Privately placed securities primarily consist of corporate issued senior debt securities that are directly negotiated with the borrower or are in unregistered form.

Our portfolio of privately placed securities is diversified by issuer, industry sector and country. The portfolio is made up of 242 issuers. Privately placed corporate obligations may contain structural security features such as financial covenants and call protections that provide investors greater protection against credit deterioration, reinvestment risk or fluctuations in interest rates than those typically found in publicly registered debt securities. Additionally, investments in these securities are made after due diligence of the issuer, typically including discussions with senior management andon-site visits to company facilities. Ongoing monitoring includes direct periodic dialog with senior management of the issuer and continuous monitoring of operating performance and financial position. Every issue not rated by an independent rating agency is internally rated with a formal rating affirmation at least once a year.

Our corporate bonds portfolio includes $399.7 million of below investment grade bonds, $214.7 million of which are privately placed. These securities are diversified by issuer and industry sector. The below investment grade corporate bonds portfolio is made up of 200 issuers. We employ fundamental analyses of issuers and sectors along with macro and asset class views to identify investment opportunities. This results in a portfolio with broad exposure to the high yield market with an emphasis on idiosyncratic positions reflective of our views of market conditions and opportunities.

Foreign government securities include 94.9% backed by the U.S. government and the remaining 5.1% are in Canadian governmental and provincial securities.

ABS and MBS are structured securities that are primarily collateralized by consumer or corporate borrowings and residential and commercial real estate loans. The cash flows from the underlying collateral paid to the securitization trust are generally applied in apre-determined order and are designed so that each security issued by the trust, typically referred to as a “class”, qualifies for a specific original rating.

For example, the “senior” portion or “top” of the capital structure, or rating class, which would originally qualify for a rating of Aaa typically has priority in receiving principal repayments on the underlying collateral and retains this priority until the class is paid in full. In a sequential structure, underlying collateral principal repayments are directed to the most senior rated Aaa class in the structure until paid in full, after which principal repayments are directed to the next most senior Aaa class in the structure until it is paid in full. Senior Aaa classes generally share any losses from the underlying collateral on apro-rata basis after losses are absorbed by classes with lower original ratings.

The payment priority and class subordination included in these securities serves as credit enhancement for holders of the senior or top portions of the structures. These securities continue to retain the payment priority features that existed at the origination of the securitization trust. Other forms of credit enhancement may include structural features embedded in the securitization trust, such as overcollateralization, excess spread and bond insurance. The underlying collateral may contain fixed interest rates, variable interest rates (such as adjustable rate mortgages), or both fixed and variable rate features.

ABS includes collateralized debt obligations, consumer and other ABS. Credit risk is managed by monitoring the performance of the underlying collateral. Many of the securities in the ABS portfolio have credit enhancement with features such as overcollateralization, subordinated structures, reserve funds, guarantees and/or insurance.

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MBSincludes residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”). RMBS is subject to interest rate risk, but unlike other fixed income securities, is additionally subject to prepayment risk from the underlying residential mortgage loans. RMBS consists of a U.S. Agency portfolio having collateral issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies and anon-agency portfolio consisting of securities collateralized by Prime, Alt-A and Subprime loans.CMBS investments are traditional conduit transactions collateralized by commercial mortgage loans, broadly diversified across property types and geographical area.

Mortgage loansmainlycomprise loans secured by first mortgages on developed commercial real estate. Key considerations used to manage our exposure include property type and geographic diversification. For further detail on our mortgage loan portfolio, see Note 5 of the financial statements in Item 11(e).

Equity securitiesprimarily include common stocks, exchange traded and mutual funds,non-redeemable preferred stocks and real estate investment trust equity investments. Certain exchange traded and mutual funds have fixed income securities as their underlying investments.

Limited partnership interests include $358.7 million of private equity funds interests, $16.9 million of real estate funds interests and $10.7 million of other funds interests as of December 31, 2019. We have commitments to invest additional amounts in limited partnership interests totaling $127.5 million as of December 31, 2019.

Short-term investmentsprimarily comprise money market funds, commercial paper, U.S. Treasury bills and other short-term investments, including securities lending collateral of $158.2 million.

Policy loans are carried at unpaid principal balances.

Other investments comprise $5.2 million of derivatives as of December 31, 2019. For further detail on our use of derivatives, see Note 7 of the financial statements in Item 11(e).

The following table presents unrealized net capital gains (losses) as of December 31.

($ in thousands)	2019			2018
U.S. government and agencies	$	9,534		$	9,394
Municipal		119,242			88,412
Corporate		274,774			48,410
Foreign government		6,531			7,896
ABS		—			(18	)
MBS		1,174			1,140
Fixed income securities		411,255			155,234
Short-term investments		(13	)		(4	)
Equity method of accounting (“EMA”) limited partnerships		(205	)		(50	)
Unrealized net capital gains and losses,pre-tax	$	411,037		$	155,180

Fixed income portfolio monitoringis a comprehensive process to identify and evaluate each security that may be other-than-temporarily impaired. The process includes a quarterly review of all securities to identify instances where the fair value of a security compared to its amortized cost is below established thresholds. The process also includes the monitoring of other impairment indicators such as ratings, ratings downgrades and payment defaults. The securities

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identified, in addition to other securities for which we may have a concern, are evaluated for potential other-than-temporary impairment using all reasonably available information relevant to the collectability or recovery of the security. Inherent in our evaluation of other-than-temporary impairment for these fixed income securities are assumptions and estimates about the financial condition and future earnings potential of the issue or issuer.

Some of the factors that may be considered in evaluating whether a decline in fair value is other than temporary are:

1) Financial condition, near-term and long-term prospects of the issue or issuer, including relevant industry specific market conditions and trends, geographic location and implications of rating agency actions and offering prices

2) Specific reasons that a security is in an unrealized loss position, including overall market conditions which could affect liquidity

3) Length of time and extent to which the fair value has been less than amortized cost or cost. All investments in an unrealized loss position as of December 31, 2019 were included in our portfolio monitoring process for determining whether declines in value were other than temporary.

The following table presents gross unrealized gains (losses) on fixed income securities as of December 31.

($ in thousands)	2019			2018
Gross unrealized gains	$	413,819		$	225,355
Gross unrealized losses		(2,564	)		(70,121	)
Unrealized net capital gains and losses	$	411,255		$	155,234

Fixed income valuations increased primarily due to a decrease in risk-free interest rates and tighter credit spreads.

Gross unrealized gains (losses) on fixed income securities by type as of December 31, 2019 are provided in the following table.

	Amortized cost		Gross unrealized					Fair value
($ in thousands)			Gains		Losses
Corporate	$	3,400,471	$	277,338	$	(2,564	)	$	3,675,245
U.S. government and agencies		43,280		9,534		—			52,814
Municipal		433,038		119,242		—			552,280
Foreign government		133,635		6,531		—			140,166
MBS		12,683		1,174		—			13,857
Total fixed income securities	$	4,023,107	$	413,819	$	(2,564	)	$	4,434,362

The consumer goods, utilities and capital goods sectors comprise 30%, 18% and 12%, respectively, of the carrying value of our corporate fixed income securities portfolio as of December 31, 2019. The energy, utilities and consumer goods sectors comprise 35%, 27% and 22%, respectively, of the gross unrealized losses of our corporate fixed income securities portfolio as of December 31, 2019. In general, the gross unrealized losses are related to an increase in market yields, which may include increased risk-free interest rates and/or wider credit spreads since the time of initial purchase. Similarly, gross unrealized gains reflect a decrease in market yields since the time of initial purchase.

As of December 31, 2019, we have not made the decision to sell and it is not more likely than not we will be required to sell fixed income securities with unrealized losses before recovery of the amortized cost basis.

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Net investment incomeThe following table presents net investment income for the years ended December 31.

($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Fixed income securities	$	208,816		$	214,039		$	228,507
Mortgage loans		32,566			30,920			28,263
Equity securities		4,283			5,565			5,465
Limited partnership interests		15,348			43,365			53,917
Short-term investments		4,393			2,966			1,200
Policy loans		2,343			2,339			2,443
Investment income, before expense		267,749			299,194			319,795
Investment expense(1)(2)		(11,743	)		(11,311	)		(9,100	)
Net investment income	$	256,006		$	287,883		$	310,695
Market-based	$	252,842		$	255,689		$	265,203
Performance-based		14,907			43,505			54,592
Investment income, before expense	$	267,749		$	299,194		$	319,795

⁽¹⁾  Investment expense includes zero in both 2019 and 2018 and $7 thousand in 2017 of investee level expenses. Investee level expenses include depreciation and asset level operating expenses.

⁽²⁾  Investment expense includes $2.5 million, $1.5 million and $475 thousand related to the portion of reinvestment income on securities lending collateral paid to the counterparties in 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Net investment income decreased 11.1% or $31.9 million in 2019 compared to 2018, primarily due to lower performance-based investment results, primarily from limited partnerships, and lower average investment balances.

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Performance-based investments primarily include private equity and real estate. The following table presents investment income for performance-based investments for the years ended December 31.

($ in thousands)	2019			2018		2017
Limited partnerships
Private equity	$	14,617		$	43,264	$	50,924
Real estate		731			101		2,993
Performance-based - limited partnerships		15,348			43,365		53,917
Non-limited partnerships
Private equity		(441	)		140		675
Real estate		—			—		—
Performance-based -non-limited partnerships		(441	)		140		675
Total
Private equity		14,176			43,404		51,599
Real estate		731			101		2,993
Total performance-based	$	14,907		$	43,505	$	54,592
Investee level expenses(1)	$	—		$	—	$	(7	)

⁽¹⁾ Investee level expenses include depreciation and asset level operating expenses reported in investment expense.

Performance-based investment income decreased 65.7% or $28.6 million in 2019 compared to 2018 primarily due to lower asset appreciation related to private equity investments and lower valuations on two private equity investments totaling $7.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2019.

Performance-based investment results and income can vary significantly between periods and are influenced by economic conditions, equity market performance, comparable public company earnings multiples, capitalization rates, operating performance of the underlying investments and the timing of asset sales.

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Realized capital gains and lossesThe following table presents the components of realized capital gains (losses) and the related tax effect for the years ended December 31.

($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Impairment write-downs:
Fixed income securities	$	(169	)	$	(285	)	$	(2,926	)
Equity securities		—			—			(2,422	)
Limited partnership interests		—			—			(22	)
Total impairment write-downs		(169	)		(285	)		(5,370	)
Sales		4,698			(1,548	)		19,196
Valuation of equity investments - appreciation (decline):
Equity securities		40,780			(16,364	)		—
Limited partnerships(1)		2,231			(2,995	)		—
Total valuation of equity investments		43,011			(19,359	)		—
Valuation and settlements of derivative instruments		59,087			638			52,506
Realized capital gains (losses),pre-tax		106,627			(20,554	)		66,332
Income tax (expense) benefit		(22,392	)		4,316			(24,366	)
Realized capital gains (losses),after-tax	$	84,235		$	(16,238	)	$	41,966
Market-based	$	100,112		$	(23,400	)	$	69,009
Performance-based		6,515			2,846			(2,677	)
Realized capital gains (losses),pre-tax	$	106,627		$	(20,554	)	$	66,332

⁽¹⁾ Relates to limited partnerships where the underlying assets are predominately public equity securities.

Net realized capital gains in 2019 related primarily to gains on valuation and settlements of derivative instruments and increased valuation of equity investments. Net realized capital losses in 2018 related primarily to decreased valuation of equity investments and sales of fixed income securities.

Impairment write-downs in 2019 and 2018 related to investment-specific circumstances.

Salesin 2019 related primarily to gains from limited partnerships, as well as fixed income securities in connection with ongoing portfolio management. Sales in 2018 related primarily to fixed income securities in connection with ongoing portfolio management.

Valuation and settlements of derivative instrumentsin 2019 related primarily to the change in fair value of the structured settlement annuity reinsurance agreement. The net realized capital gains on derivative instruments in 2018 primarily comprised gains on foreign currency contracts due to the strengthening of the U.S. dollar.

The table below presents realized capital gains (losses) for performance-based investments for the years ended December 31.

($ in thousands)	2019		2018			2017
Impairment write-downs	$	—	$	—		$	(21	)
Sales		3,155		(897	)		(1,959	)
Valuation of equity investments		2,996		2,856			—
Valuation and settlements of derivative instruments		364		887			(697	)
Total performance-based	$	6,515	$	2,846		$	(2,677	)

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MARKET RISK

Market risk is the risk that we will incur losses due to adverse changes in interest rates, credit spreads, equity prices, commodity prices or currency exchange rates. Adverse changes to these rates and prices may occur due to changes in fiscal policy, the economic climate, the liquidity of a market or market segment, insolvency or financial distress of key market makers or participants or changes in market perceptions of credit worthiness and/or risk tolerance. Our primary market risk exposures are to changes in interest rates, credit spreads and equity prices. We also have direct and indirect exposure to commodity price changes through our diversified investments in infrastructure and energy primarily held in limited partnership interests.

The active management of market risk is integral to our results of operations. We may use the following approaches to manage exposure to market risk within defined tolerance ranges: 1) rebalancing existing asset or liability portfolios, 2) changing the type of investments purchased in the future and 3) using derivative instruments to modify the market risk characteristics of existing assets and liabilities or assets expected to be purchased.

Overview In formulating and implementing guidelines for investing funds, we seek to earn attractive risk adjusted returns that enhance our ability to offer competitive rates and prices to customers while contributing to stable profits and long-term capital growth. Accordingly, our investment decisions and objectives are informed by the underlying risks and product profiles.

Investment policies define the overall framework for managing market and other investment risks, including accountability and controls over risk management activities. These investment activities follow policies that have been approved by our board of directors and which specify the investment limits and strategies that are appropriate given the liquidity, surplus, product profile and regulatory requirements. Executive oversight of investment activities is conducted primarily through our board of directors and investment committee. Asset-liability management (“ALM”) policies further define the overall framework for managing market and investment risks and are approved by our board of directors. ALM focuses on strategies to enhance yields, mitigate market risks and optimize capital to improve profitability and returns while incorporating future expected cash requirements to repay liabilities. These ALM policies specify limits, ranges and/or targets for investments that best meet business objectives in light of the unique demands and characteristics of the product liabilities and are intended to result in a prudent, methodical and effective adjudication of market risk and return.

We use widely-accepted quantitative and qualitative approaches to measure, monitor and manage market risk. We evaluate our market risk exposure using multiple measures including but not limited to duration,value-at-risk, scenario analysis and sensitivity analysis. Duration measures the price sensitivity of assets and liabilities to changes in interest rates. For example, if interest rates increase 100 basis points, the fair value of an asset with a duration of 5 is expected to decrease in value by 5%.Value-at-risk is a statistical estimate of the probability that the change in fair value of a portfolio will exceed a certain amount over a given time horizon. Scenario analysis estimates the potential changes in the fair value of a portfolio that could occur under hypothetical market conditions defined by changes to multiple market risk factors: interest rates, credit spreads, equity prices or currency exchange rates. Sensitivity analysis estimates the potential changes in the fair value of a portfolio that could occur under different hypothetical shocks to a market risk factor. The selection of measures used in our sensitivity analysis should not be construed as our prediction of future market events, but only as an illustration of the potential effect of such an event. In general, we establish investment portfolio asset allocation and market risk limits based upon a combination of these measures. The asset allocation limits place restrictions on the total funds that may be invested within an asset class. Comprehensiveday-to-day management of market risk within defined tolerance ranges occurs as portfolio managers buy and sell within their respective markets based upon the acceptable boundaries established by investment policies. Although we apply a similar overall philosophy to market risk, the underlying business frameworks and the accounting and regulatory environments may differ between our products and therefore affect investment decisions and risk parameters.

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Interest rate risk is the risk that we will incur a loss due to adverse changes in interest rates relative to the characteristics of our interest-bearing assets and liabilities. Interest rate risk includes risks related to changes in U.S. Treasury yields and other key risk-free reference yields. This risk arises from many of our primary activities, as we invest substantial funds in interest-sensitive assets and issue interest-sensitive liabilities. Changes in interest rates can have favorable and unfavorable effects on our results. For example, increases in rates can improve investment income, but decrease the fair value of our fixed income securities portfolio and increase policyholder surrenders requiring us to liquidate assets. Decreases in rates could increase the fair value of our fixed income securities portfolio while decreasing investment income due to reinvesting at lower market yields and acceleratingpay-downs and prepayments of certain investments.

We manage the interest rate risk in our assets relative to the interest rate risk in our liabilities and our assessment of overall economic and capital risk. One of the measures used to quantify this exposure is duration. The difference in the duration of our assets relative to our liabilities is our duration gap. To calculate the duration gap between assets and liabilities, we project asset and liability cash flows and calculate their net present value using a risk-free market interest rate adjusted for credit quality, sector attributes, liquidity and other specific risks. Duration is calculated by revaluing these cash flows at alternative interest rates and determining the percentage change in aggregate fair value. The cash flows used in this calculation include the expected maturity and repricing characteristics of our derivative financial instruments, all other financial instruments, and certain other items including annuity liabilities and other interest-sensitive liabilities. The projections include assumptions (based upon historical market experience and our experience) that reflect the effect of changing interest rates on the prepayment, lapse, leverage and/or option features of instruments, where applicable. The preceding assumptions relate primarily to callable municipal and corporate bonds, fixed rate single and flexible premium deferred annuities, mortgage-backed securities and municipal housing bonds.

As of December 31, 2019, the difference between our asset and liability duration was a (9.93) gap compared to a (5.96) gap as of December 31, 2018. A negative duration gap indicates that the fair value of our liabilities is more sensitive to interest rate movements than the fair value of our assets, while a positive duration gap indicates that the fair value of our assets is more sensitive to interest rate movements than the fair value of our liabilities. We may have a positive or negative duration gap, as the duration of our assets and liabilities vary based on the characteristics of the products in force and investing activity.

Shorter-term annuity liability cash flows are invested in market-based investments to generate cash flows that will fund future claims, benefits and expenses, and that will earn stable returns across a wide variety of interest rate and economic scenarios. To reduce the risk that investment returns are below levels required to meet the funding needs of longer-term liabilities, we are executing our performance-based strategy that supplements market risk with idiosyncratic risk. We are using these investments, in addition to public equity securities, to support our long-term annuity liability cash flows. Performance-based investments and public equity securities are generally not interest-bearing; accordingly, using them to support interest-bearing liabilities contributes toward a negative duration gap.

Based upon the information and assumptions used in the duration calculation, and market interest rates as of December 31, 2019, we estimate that a 100 basis point immediate, parallel increase in interest rates (“rate shock”) would increase the net fair value of the assets and liabilities by $389.6 million, compared to an increase of $241.3 million as of December 31, 2018, reflecting year to year changes in duration and the amount of assets and liabilities. The estimate excludes traditional and interest-sensitive life insurance and accident and health insurance products that are not considered financial instruments. The assets supporting these products totaled $1.40 billion and $1.22 billion as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Based on assumptions described above, these assets would decrease in value by $71.4 million as of December 31, 2019 compared to a decrease of $58.9 million as of December 31, 2018.

To the extent that conditions differ from the assumptions we used in these calculations, duration and rate shock measures could be significantly impacted. Additionally, our calculations assume the current relationship

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between short-term and long-term interest rates (the term structure of interest rates) will remain constant over time. As a result, these calculations may not fully capture the effect ofnon-parallel changes in the term structure of interest rates and/or large changes in interest rates.

Credit spread riskis the risk that we will incur a loss due to adverse changes in credit spreads (“spreads”). Credit spread is the additional yield on fixed income securities and loans above the risk-free rate (typically referenced as the yield on U.S. Treasury securities) that market participants require to compensate them for assuming credit, liquidity and/or prepayment risks. The magnitude of the spread will depend on the likelihood that a particular issuer will default (“credit risk”). This risk arises from many of our primary activities, as we invest substantial funds in spread-sensitive fixed income assets.

We manage the spread risk in our assets. One of the measures used to quantify this exposure is spread duration. Spread duration measures the price sensitivity of the assets to changes in spreads. For example, if spreads increase 100 basis points, the fair value of an asset exhibiting a spread duration of 5 is expected to decrease in value by 5%.

Spread duration is calculated similarly to interest rate duration. As of December 31, 2019, the spread duration was 5.31, compared to 5.00 as of December 31, 2018. Based upon the information and assumptions we use in this spread duration calculation, and market spreads as of December 31, 2019, we estimate that a 100 basis point immediate, parallel increase in spreads across all asset classes, industry sectors and credit ratings would decrease the net fair value of the assets by $277.3 million compared to $257.0 million as of December 31, 2018.

Equity price risk is the risk that we will incur losses due to adverse changes in the general levels of the markets. As of December 31, 2019, we held $178.2 million in equity securities, excluding those with fixed income securities as their underlying investments, and limited partnership interests where the underlying assets are predominately public equity securities, compared to $173.7 million as of December 31, 2018. As of December 31, 2019, these investments had an equity market portfolio beta of 1.05, compared to a beta of 1.04 as of December 31, 2018. Beta represents a widely used methodology to describe, quantitatively, an investment’s market risk characteristics relative to an index such as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Price Index (“S&P 500”). Based upon the information and assumptions we used to calculate beta as of December 31, 2019, we estimate that an immediate increase or decrease in the S&P 500 of 10% would increase or decrease the net fair value of these investments by $18.7 million, compared to $18.1 million as of December 31, 2018.

As of December 31, 2019, we held $375.6 million in limited partnership interests excluding those limited partnership interests where the underlying assets are predominately public equity securities compared to $374.6 million as of December 31, 2018. These investments are primarily comprised of private equity and real estate funds. These investments are idiosyncratic in nature and a greater portion of the return is derived from asset operating performance. They are not actively traded, and valuation changes typically reflect the performance of the underlying asset. Based upon the information and assumptions used as of both December 31, 2019 and 2018, we estimate that a 10% immediate increase or decrease in private market valuations would increase or decrease the net fair value of these limited partnership interests by $38 thousand.

For limited partnership interests, quarterly changes in fair values may not be highly correlated to equity indices in the short term and changes in value of these investments are generally recognized on a three-month delay due to the availability of the related investee financial statements. The illustrations noted above may not reflect our actual experience if the future composition of the portfolio (hence its beta) and correlation relationships differ from the historical relationships.

As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, we had separate account assets, related to variable annuity and variable life contracts with account values totaling $265.5 million and $241.7 million, respectively. Equity risk exists for contract charges based on separate account balances and guarantees for death and/or income benefits provided by our variable products. In 2006, we disposed of all of the variable annuity business through reinsurance

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agreements with The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a subsidiary of Prudential Financial Inc. and therefore mitigated this aspect of our risk. Equity risk for our variable life business relates to contract charges and policyholder benefits. Total variable life contract charges for both 2019 and 2018 were $1.3 million. Separate account liabilities related to variable life contracts were $15.8 million and $13.2 million as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, we had $46.7 million and $36.5 million, respectively, in equity-indexed life liabilities that provide customers with interest crediting rates based on the performance of the S&P 500. We hedge the majority of the risk associated with these liabilities using equity-indexed options and futures and eurodollar futures, maintaining risk within specifiedvalue-at-risk limits.

Foreign currency exchange rate riskis the risk that we will incur economic losses due to adverse changes in foreign currency exchange rates. This risk primarily arises from our foreign equity investments, including common stocks and limited partnership interests. We use foreign currency derivative contracts to partially offset this risk.

As of December 31, 2019, we had $110.0 million in foreign currency denominated equity investments, including the impact of foreign currency derivative contracts, and $1.4 million in unhedgednon-U.S. dollar fixed income securities. As of December 31, 2018, we had $105.3 million in foreign currency denominated equity investments and $787 thousand in unhedgednon-U.S. dollar fixed income securities.

Based upon the information and assumptions used, including the impact of foreign currency derivative contracts, as of December 31, 2019, we estimate that a 10% immediate unfavorable change in each of the foreign currency exchange rates to which we are exposed would decrease the value of our foreign currency denominated instruments by $12.8 million, compared with an estimated $10.7 million decrease as of December 31, 2018.

The modeling technique we use to report our currency exposure does not take into account correlation among foreign currency exchange rates. Even though we believe it is very unlikely that all of the foreign currency exchange rates that we are exposed to would simultaneously decrease by 10%, we nonetheless stress test our portfolio under this and other hypothetical extreme adverse market scenarios. Our actual experience may differ from these results because of assumptions we have used or because significant liquidity and market events could occur that we did not foresee.

CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY

Capital resources consist of shareholder’s equity. The following table summarizes our capital resources as of December 31.

($ in thousands)	2019		2018		2017
Common stock, retained income and additional capitalpaid-in	$	1,442,897	$	1,345,273	$	1,260,049
Accumulated other comprehensive income		123,750		59,269		143,219
Total shareholder’s equity	$	1,566,647	$	1,404,542	$	1,403,268

Shareholder’s equityincreased in 2019, primarily due to net income and increased unrealized net capital gains on investments. Shareholder’s equityincreased in 2018, primarily due to net income, partially offset by decreased unrealized net capital gains on investments.

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Financial ratings and strength The following table summarizes our insurance financial strength ratings as of December 31, 2019.

Rating agency	Rating
A.M. Best Company, Inc.		A+
S&P Global Ratings		A+
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.		A2

Our ratings are influenced by many factors including our operating and financial performance, asset quality, liquidity, asset/ liability management, overall portfolio mix, financial leverage (i.e., debt), exposure to risks, the current level of operating leverage, ALIC’s ratings and our strategic integration with Allstate Insurance Company (“AIC”).

In May 2019, A.M. Best affirmed our insurance financial strength rating of A+ and the outlook for the rating is stable. In July 2019, Moody’s downgraded our insurance financial strength rating to A2 from A1 reflecting Moody’s shift to a more standard single rating level positive adjustment for subsidiary company ratings and the outlook for the rating is stable. In December 2019, S&P Global affirmed our insurance financial strength rating of A+ and the outlook for the rating is stable.

We prepare our statutory-basis financial statements in conformity with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the New York State Department of Financial Services. Statutory surplus is a measure that is often used as a basis for determining dividend paying capacity, operating leverage and premium growth capacity, and it is also reviewed by rating agencies in determining their ratings. As of December 31, 2019, our statutory surplus was $614.2 million compared to $644.5 million as of December 31, 2018.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) has developed financial relationships or tests known as the Insurance Regulatory Information System to assist state insurance regulators in monitoring the financial condition of insurance companies and identifying companies that require special attention or actions by state insurance regulators. The NAIC analyzes financial data provided by insurance companies using prescribed ratios, each with defined “usual ranges”. Additional regulatory scrutiny may occur if a company’s ratios fall outside the usual ranges for four or more of the ratios. Three of our ratios are outside of the usual ranges.

Liquidity sources and uses Our potential sources of funds principally include the following.

Potential sources of funds	Potential uses of funds
Receipt of insurance premiums	Payment of contract benefits, surrenders and withdrawals
Contractholder fund deposits	Reinsurance cessions and payments
Reinsurance recoveries	Operating costs and expenses
Receipts of principal, interest and dividends on investments	Purchase of investments
Sales of investments	Repayment of securities lending
Funds from securities lending	Payment or repayment of intercompany loans
Intercompany loans	Dividends and return of capital to parent
Capital contributions from parent	Tax payments/settlements
Tax refunds/settlements

Intercompany loan agreementWe have an intercompany loan agreement with the Corporation. The amount of intercompany loans available to the Company is at the discretion of the Corporation. The maximum amount of

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loans the Corporation will have outstanding to all its eligible subsidiaries at any given point in time is limited to $1.00 billion. The Corporation may use commercial paper borrowings, bank lines of credit and securities lending to fund intercompany borrowings.

Liquidity exposure A portion of our product portfolio, including fixed annuities and interest-sensitive life insurance, is subject to surrender and withdrawal at the discretion of contractholders. Contractholder funds were $2.55 billion as of December 31, 2019. The following table summarizes contractholder funds by their contractual withdrawal provisions.

($ in thousands)	December 31, 2019		Percent to total
Not subject to discretionary withdrawal	$	420,492		16.5	%
Subject to discretionary withdrawal with adjustments(1)		625,050		24.5
Subject to discretionary withdrawal without adjustments		1,502,426		59.0
Total contractholder funds	$	2,547,968		100.0	%

⁽¹⁾ Includes $150.3 million of liabilities with a contractual surrender charge of less than 5% of the account balance.

Certain remote events and circumstances could constrain our or the Corporation’s liquidity. Those events and circumstances include, for example, a catastrophe resulting in extraordinary losses, a downgrade in the Corporation’s senior long-term debt ratings tonon-investment grade status, a downgrade in AIC’s financial strength ratings, or a downgrade in our financial strength ratings. The rating agencies also consider the interdependence of the Corporation’s individually rated entities; therefore, a rating change in one entity could potentially affect the ratings of other related entities.

Cash flows As reflected in our Statements of Cash Flows, lower cash provided by operating activities in 2019 compared to 2018 was primarily due to lower net investment income and increased payments for policy and contract benefits, partially offset by lower tax payments.

Lower cash provided by investing activities in 2019 compared to 2018 was primarily the result of an increase in short-term investments, partially offset by higher collections on mortgage loans.

Lower cash used in financing activities in 2019 compared to 2018 was primarily due to decreased payments for contractholder benefits and withdrawals on fixed annuities.

Contractual obligations and commitmentsOur contractual obligationsas of December 31, 2019 and the payments due by period are shown in the following table.

($ in thousands)	Total		Less than 1 year		1 to 3 years		Over 3 years to 5 years		Over 5 years
Liabilities for collateral(1)	$	158,111	$	158,111	$	—	$	—	$	—
Contractholder funds(2)		4,294,039		301,976		554,090		489,434		2,948,539
Reserve for life-contingent contract benefits(2)		7,771,616		161,052		316,558		314,114		6,979,892
Payable to affiliates, net		4,973		4,973		—		—		—
Other liabilities and accrued expenses(3)(4)		24,451		19,974		2,825		1,652		—
Total contractual cash obligations	$	12,253,190	$	646,086	$	873,473	$	805,200	$	9,928,431

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⁽¹⁾  Liabilities for collateral are typically fully secured with cash or short-term investments. We manage our short-term liquidity position to ensure the availability of a sufficient amount of liquid assets to extinguish short-term liabilities as they come due in the normal course of business, including utilizing potential sources of liquidity as disclosed previously.

⁽²⁾  Contractholder funds represent interest-bearing liabilities arising from the sale of products such as interest-sensitive life and fixed annuities, including immediate annuities without life contingencies. The reserve for life-contingent contract benefits relates primarily to traditional life insurance, immediate annuities with life contingencies and voluntary accident and health insurance. These amounts reflect the present value of estimated cash payments to be made to contractholders and policyholders. Certain of these contracts, such as immediate annuities without life contingencies, involve payment obligations where the amount and timing of the payment are essentially fixed and determinable. These amounts relate to (i) policies or contracts where we are currently making payments and will continue to do so and (ii) contracts where the timing of a portion or all of the payments has been determined by the contract. Other contracts, such as interest-sensitive life, fixed deferred annuities, traditional life insurance and voluntary accident and health insurance, involve payment obligations where a portion or all of the amount and timing of future payments is uncertain. For these contracts, we are not currently making payments and will not make payments until (i) the occurrence of an insurable event such as death or illness or (ii) the occurrence of a payment triggering event such as the surrender or partial withdrawal on a policy or deposit contract, which is outside of our control. For immediate annuities with life contingencies, the amount of future payments is uncertain since payments will continue as long as the annuitant lives. We have estimated the timing of payments related to these contracts based on historical experience and our expectation of future payment patterns. Uncertainties relating to these liabilities include mortality, morbidity, expenses, customer lapse and withdrawal activity, estimated additional deposits for interest-sensitive life contracts, and renewal premium for life policies, which may significantly impact both the timing and amount of future payments. Such cash outflows reflect adjustments for the estimated timing of mortality, retirement, and other appropriate factors, but are undiscounted with respect to interest. As a result, the sum of the cash outflows shown for all years in the table exceeds the corresponding liabilities of $2.55 billion for contractholder funds and $2.41 billion for reserve for life-contingent contract benefits as included in the Statements of Financial Position as of December 31, 2019. The liability amount in the Statements of Financial Position reflects the discounting for interest as well as adjustments for the timing of other factors as described above. Future premium collections are not included in the amounts presented in the table above.

⁽³⁾  Other liabilities primarily include accrued expenses, claim payments and other checks outstanding.

⁽⁴⁾  Balance sheet liabilities not included in the table above include gross deferred tax liabilities of $155.2 million and unearned and advance premiums of $1.4 million. These items were excluded as they do not meet the definition of a contractual liability as we are not contractually obligated to pay these amounts to third parties. Rather, they represent an accounting mechanism that allows us to present our financial statements on an accrual basis. In addition, other liabilities of $5.0 million were not included in the table above because they did not represent a contractual obligation or the amount and timing of their eventual payment was sufficiently uncertain.

Our contractual commitments as of December 31, 2019 and the periods in which the commitments expire are shown in the following table.

($ in thousands)	Total		Less than 1 year		1 to 3 years		Over 3 years to 5 years		Over 5 years
Other commitments - conditional	$	15,000	$	15,000	$	—	$	—	$	—
Other commitments - unconditional		140,515		32,101		23,490		12,522		72,402
Total commitments	$	155,515	$	47,101	$	23,490	$	12,522	$	72,402

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Contractual commitments represent investment commitments such as limited partnership interests and mortgage loans. Limited partnership interests are typically funded over the commitment period which is shorter than the contractual expiration date of the partnership and as a result, the actual timing of the funding may vary.

APPLICATION OF CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to adopt accounting policies and make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the financial statements. The most critical estimates, presented in the order they appear in the Statements of Financial Position, include those used in determining:

• Fair value of financial assets

• Impairment of fixed income securities

• Deferred policy acquisition costs amortization

• Reserve for life-contingent contract benefits estimation

In making these determinations, management makes subjective and complex judgments that frequently require estimates about matters that are inherently uncertain. Many of these policies, estimates and related judgments are common in the insurance and financial services industries; others are specific to our business and operations. It is reasonably likely that changes in these estimates could occur from period to period and result in a material impact on our financial statements.

A summary of each of these critical accounting estimates follows. For a more detailed discussion of the effect of these estimates on our financial statements, and the judgments and assumptions related to these estimates, see the referenced sections of this document. For a more detailed summary of our significant accounting policies, see the notes to the financial statements in Item 11(e).

Fair value of financial assetsFair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. We are responsible for the determination of fair value of financial assets and the supporting assumptions and methodologies. We use independent third-party valuation service providers, broker quotes and internal pricing methods to determine fair values. We obtain or calculate only one single quote or price for each financial instrument.

Valuation service providers typically obtain data about market transactions and other key valuation model inputs from multiple sources and, through the use of proprietary models, produce valuation information in the form of a single fair value for individual fixed income and other securities for which a fair value has been requested under the terms of our agreements. The inputs used by the valuation service providers include, but are not limited to, market prices from recently completed transactions and transactions of comparable securities, interest rate yield curves, credit spreads, liquidity spreads, currency rates, and other information, as applicable. Credit and liquidity spreads are typically implied from completed transactions and transactions of comparable securities. Valuation service providers also use proprietary discounted cash flow models that are widely accepted in the financial services industry and similar to those used by other market participants to value the same financial instruments. The valuation models take into account, among other things, market observable information as of the measurement date, as described above, as well as the specific attributes of the security being valued including its term, interest rate, credit rating, industry sector, and where applicable, collateral quality and other issue or issuer specific information. Executing valuation models effectively requires seasoned professional judgment and experience. For certain equity securities, valuation service providers provide market quotations for completed transactions on the measurement date. In cases where market transactions or other market observable data is limited, the extent to which judgment is applied varies inversely with the availability of market observable information.

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For certain of our financial assets measured at fair value, where our valuation service providers cannot provide fair value determinations, we obtain a singlenon-binding price quote from a broker familiar with the security who, similar to our valuation service providers, may consider transactions or activity in similar securities among other information. The brokers providing price quotes are generally from the brokerage divisions of financial institutions with market making, underwriting and distribution expertise regarding the security subject to valuation.

The fair value of certain financial assets, including privately placed corporate fixed income securities and free-standing derivatives, for which our valuation service providers or brokers do not provide fair value determinations, is developed using valuation methods and models widely accepted in the financial services industry. Our internal pricing methods are primarily based on models using discounted cash flow methodologies that develop a single best estimate of fair value. Our models generally incorporate inputs that we believe are representative of inputs other market participants would use to determine fair value of the same instruments, including yield curves, quoted market prices of comparable securities or instruments, published credit spreads, and other applicable market data as well as instrument-specific characteristics that include, but are not limited to, coupon rates, expected cash flows, sector of the issuer, and call provisions. Because judgment is required in developing the fair values of these financial assets, they may differ from the amount actually received to sell an asset in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Moreover, the use of different valuation assumptions may have a material effect on the financial assets’ fair values.

For most of our financial assets measured at fair value, all significant inputs are based on or corroborated by market observable data and significant management judgment does not affect the periodic determination of fair value. The determination of fair value using discounted cash flow models involves management judgment when significant model inputs are not based on or corroborated by market observable data. However, where market observable data is available, it takes precedence, and as a result, no range of reasonably likely inputs exists from which the basis of a sensitivity analysis could be constructed.

We gain assurance that our financial assets are appropriately valued through the execution of various processes and controls designed to ensure the overall reasonableness and consistent application of valuation methodologies, including inputs and assumptions, and compliance with accounting standards. For fair values received from third parties or internally estimated, our processes and controls are designed to ensure that the valuation methodologies are appropriate and consistently applied, the inputs and assumptions are reasonable and consistent with the objective of determining fair value, and the fair values are accurately recorded. For example, on a continuing basis, we assess the reasonableness of individual fair values that have stale security prices or that exceed certain thresholds as compared to previous fair values received from valuation service providers or brokers or derived from internal models. We perform procedures to understand and assess the methodologies, processes and controls of valuation service providers. In addition, we may validate the reasonableness of fair values by comparing information obtained from valuation service providers or brokers to other third-party valuation sources for selected securities. We perform ongoing price validation procedures such as back-testing of actual sales, which corroborate the various inputs used in internal models to market observable data. When fair value determinations are expected to be more variable, we validate them through reviews by members of management who have relevant expertise and who are independent of those charged with executing investment transactions.

We also perform an analysis to determine whether there has been a significant decrease in the volume and level of activity for the asset when compared to normal market activity, and if so, whether transactions may not be orderly. Among the indicators we consider in determining whether a significant decrease in the volume and level of market activity for a specific asset has occurred include the level of new issuances in the primary market, trading volume in the secondary market, level of credit spreads over historical levels,bid-ask spread, and price consensuses among market participants and sources. If evidence indicates that prices are based on transactions that are not orderly, we place little, if any, weight on the transaction price and will estimate fair value using an internal model. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, we did not adjust fair values provided by our valuation service providers or brokers or substitute them with an internal model for such securities.

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The following table identifies fixed income and equity securities and short-term investments as of December 31, 2019 by source of fair value determination.

($ in thousands)	Fair value		Percent to total
Fair value based on internal sources	$	384,113		7.8	%
Fair value based on external sources(1)		4,548,480		92.2
Total	$	4,932,593		100.0	%

⁽¹⁾ Includes $8.4 million that are valued using broker quotes and $8.9 million that are valued using quoted prices or quoted net asset values from deal sponsors.

For additional detail on fair value measurements, see Note 6 of the financial statements in Item 11(e).

Impairment of fixed income securitiesFor fixed income securities classified asavailable-for-sale, the difference between fair value and amortized cost, net of certain other items and deferred income taxes, is reported as a component of AOCI on the Statements of Financial Position and is not reflected in the operating results of any period until reclassified to net income upon the consummation of a transaction with an unrelated third party or when a write-down is recorded due to an other-than-temporary decline in fair value. We have a comprehensive portfolio monitoring process to identify and evaluate each fixed income security whose carrying value may be other-than-temporarily impaired.

For each fixed income security in an unrealized loss position, we assess whether management with the appropriate authority has made the decision to sell or whether it is more likely than not we will be required to sell the security before recovery of the amortized cost basis for reasons such as liquidity, contractual or regulatory purposes. If a security meets either of these criteria, the security’s decline in fair value is considered other than temporary and is recorded in earnings.

If we have not made the decision to sell the fixed income security and it is not more likely than not we will be required to sell the fixed income security before recovery of its amortized cost basis, we evaluate whether we expect to receive cash flows sufficient to recover the entire amortized cost basis of the security. We use our best estimate of future cash flows expected to be collected from the fixed income security, discounted at the security’s original or current effective rate, as appropriate, to calculate a recovery value and determine whether a credit loss exists. The determination of cash flow estimates is inherently subjective and methodologies may vary depending on facts and circumstances specific to the security. All reasonably available information relevant to the collectability of the security, including past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable assumptions and forecasts, is considered when developing the estimate of cash flows expected to be collected. That information generally includes, but is not limited to, the remaining payment terms of the security, prepayment speeds, foreign exchange rates, the financial condition and future earnings potential of the issue or issuer, expected defaults, expected recoveries, the value of underlying collateral, vintage, geographic concentration, available reserves or escrows, current subordination levels, third party guarantees and other credit enhancements. Other information, such as industry analyst reports and forecasts, sector credit ratings, financial condition of the bond insurer for insured fixed income securities, and other market data relevant to the realizability of contractual cash flows, may also be considered. The estimated fair value of collateral will be used to estimate recovery value if we determine that the security is dependent on the liquidation of collateral for ultimate settlement. If the estimated recovery value is less than the amortized cost of the security, a credit loss exists and an other-than-temporary impairment for the difference between the estimated recovery value and amortized cost is recorded in earnings. The portion of the unrealized loss related to factors other than credit remains classified in AOCI. If we determine that the fixed income security does not have sufficient cash flow or other information to estimate a recovery value for the security, we may conclude that the entire decline in fair value is deemed to be credit related and the loss is recorded in earnings.

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Once assumptions and estimates are made, any number of changes in facts and circumstances could cause us to subsequently determine that a fixed income security is other-than-temporarily impaired, including: 1) general economic conditions that are worse than previously forecast or that have a greater adverse effect on a particular issuer or industry sector than originally estimated; 2) changes in the facts and circumstances related to a particular issue or issuer’s ability to meet all of its contractual obligations; and 3) changes in facts and circumstances that result in management’s decision to sell or result in our assessment that it is more likely than not we will be required to sell before recovery of the amortized cost basis. Changes in assumptions, facts and circumstances could result in additional charges to earnings in future periods to the extent that losses are realized. The charge to earnings, while potentially significant to net income, would not have a significant effect on shareholder’s equity, since our fixed income securities are designated asavailable-for-sale and carried at fair value and as a result, any related unrealized loss, net of deferred income taxes and related DAC, deferred sales inducement costs and reserves for life-contingent contract benefits, would already be reflected as a component of AOCI in shareholder’s equity.

The determination of the amount of other-than-temporary impairment is an inherently subjective process based on periodic evaluations of the factors described above. Such evaluations and assessments are revised as conditions change and new information becomes available. We update our evaluations regularly and reflect changes in other-than-temporary impairments in our results of operations as such evaluations are revised. The use of different methodologies and assumptions in the determination of the amount of other-than-temporary impairments may have a material effect on the amounts recognized and presented within the financial statements.

For additional detail on investment impairments, see Note 5 of the financial statements in Item 11(e).

Deferred policy acquisition costs amortization We incur significant costs in connection with acquiring insurance policies. In accordance with GAAP, costs that are related directly to the successful acquisition of new or renewal insurance policies are deferred and recorded as an asset on the Statements of Financial Position.

DAC related to traditional life and voluntary accident and health insurance is amortized over the premium paying period of the related policies in proportion to the estimated revenues on such business. Significant assumptions relating to estimated premiums, investment returns, as well as mortality, persistency and expenses to administer the business are established at the time the policy is issued and are generally not revised during the life of the policy. The assumptions for determining the timing and amount of DAC amortization are consistent with the assumptions used to calculate the reserve for life-contingent contract benefits. Any deviations from projected business in force resulting from actual policy terminations differing from expected levels and any estimated premium deficiencies may result in a change to the rate of amortization in the period such events occur. Generally, the amortization periods for these policies approximate the estimated lives of the policies. The recovery of DAC is dependent upon the future profitability of the business. We periodically review the adequacy of reserves and recoverability of DAC using actual experience and current assumptions. We evaluate our traditional life insurance products, immediate annuities with life contingencies, and voluntary accident and health insurance products individually. In the event actual experience and current assumptions are adverse compared to the original assumptions and a premium deficiency is determined to exist, any remaining unamortized DAC balance must be expensed to the extent not recoverable and a premium deficiency reserve may be required if the remaining DAC balance is insufficient to absorb the deficiency. In 2019 and 2018, our reviews concluded that no premium deficiency adjustments were necessary. For additional detail on reserve adequacy, see the Reserve for life-contingent contract benefits estimation section.

DAC related to interest-sensitive life insurance is amortized in proportion to the incidence of the total present value of gross profits, which includes both actual historical gross profits (“AGP”) and estimated future gross profits (“EGP”) expected to be earned over the estimated lives of the contracts. The amortization is net of interest on the prior period DAC balance using rates established at the inception of the contracts. Actual amortization periods generally range from15-30 years; however, incorporating estimates of the rate of customer surrenders, partial withdrawals and deaths generally results in the majority of the DAC being amortized during

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the surrender charge period, which is typically10-20 years for interest-sensitive life. The rate of DAC amortization is reestimated and adjusted by a cumulative charge or credit to income when there is a difference between the incidence of actual versus expected gross profits in a reporting period or when there is a change in total EGP.

AGP and EGP primarily consist of the following components: contract charges for the cost of insurance less mortality costs and other benefits (benefit margin); investment income and realized capital gains and losses less interest credited (investment margin); and surrender and other contract charges less maintenance expenses (expense margin). The principal assumptions for determining the amount of EGP are mortality, persistency, expenses, investment returns, including capital gains and losses on assets supporting contract liabilities, interest crediting rates to contractholders, and the effects of any hedges. These assumptions are reasonably likely to have the greatest impact on the amount of DAC amortization. Changes in these assumptions can be offsetting and we are unable to reasonably predict their future movements or offsetting impacts over time.

Each reporting period, DAC amortization is recognized in proportion to AGP for that period adjusted for interest on the prior period DAC balance. This amortization process includes an assessment of AGP compared to EGP, the actual amount of business remaining in force and realized capital gains and losses on investments supporting the product liability. The impact of realized capital gains and losses on amortization of DAC depends upon which product liability is supported by the assets that give rise to the gain or loss. If the AGP is greater than EGP in the period, but the total EGP is unchanged, the amount of DAC amortization will generally increase, resulting in a current period decrease to earnings. The opposite result generally occurs when the AGP is less than the EGP in the period, but the total EGP is unchanged. However, when DAC amortization or a component of gross profits for a quarterly period is potentially negative (which would result in an increase of the DAC balance) as a result of negative AGP, the specific facts and circumstances surrounding the potential negative amortization are considered to determine whether it is appropriate for recognition in the financial statements. Negative amortization is only recorded when the increased DAC balance is determined to be recoverable based on facts and circumstances. For products whose supporting investments are exposed to capital losses in excess of our expectations which may cause periodic AGP to become temporarily negative, EGP and AGP utilized in DAC amortization may be modified to exclude the excess capital losses.

Annually, we review and update the assumptions underlying the projections of EGP, including mortality, persistency, expenses, investment returns, comprising investment income and realized capital gains and losses, interest crediting rates and the effect of any hedges, using our experience and industry experience. At each reporting period, we assess whether any revisions to assumptions used to determine DAC amortization are required. These reviews and updates may result in amortization acceleration or deceleration, which are referred to as “DAC unlocking”. If the update of assumptions causes total EGP to increase, the rate of DAC amortization will generally decrease, resulting in a current period increase to earnings. A decrease to earnings generally occurs when the assumption update causes the total EGP to decrease.

The following table provides the effect on DAC amortization of changes in assumptions relating to the gross profit components of investment margin, benefit margin and expense margin during the years ended December 31.

($ in thousands)	2019			2018			2017
Investment margin	$	903		$	195		$	768
Benefit margin		1,563			(520	)		(2,342	)
Expense margin		(44	)		(80	)		(353	)
Net acceleration (deceleration)	$	2,422		$	(405	)	$	(1,927	)

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In 2019, DAC amortization acceleration for changes in the investment margin component of EGP was due to lower projected future interest rates and investment returns compared to our previous expectations. The acceleration related to benefit margin was primarily due to more refined policy level information and assumptions.

In 2018, DAC amortization acceleration for changes in the investment margin component of EGP related to interest-sensitive life insurance and was due to lower projected investment returns. The deceleration related to benefit margin primarily related to interest-sensitive life insurance and was due to a decrease in projected mortality. The expense margin deceleration primarily related to interest-sensitive life insurance and was due to a decrease in projected expenses.

The following table displays the sensitivity of reasonably likely changes in assumptions included in the gross profit components of investment margin or benefit margin to amortization of the DAC balance as of December 31, 2019.

($ in thousands)	Increase/ (reduction)
Increase in future investment margins of 25 basis points	$	4,810
Decrease in future investment margins of 25 basis points		(5,324	)
Decrease in future life mortality by 1%	$	1,215
Increase in future life mortality by 1%		(1,245	)

Any potential changes in assumptions discussed above are measured without consideration of correlation among assumptions. Therefore, it would be inappropriate to add them together in an attempt to estimate overall variability in amortization.

For additional detail related to DAC, see the Operations section of this document.

Reserve for life-contingent contract benefits estimationDue to the long-term nature of traditional life insurance, life-contingent immediate annuities and voluntary accident and health insurance products, benefits are payable over many years; accordingly, the reserves are calculated as the present value of future expected benefits to be paid, reduced by the present value of future expected net premiums.Long-term actuarial assumptions of future investment yields, mortality, morbidity, policy terminations and expenses are used when establishing the reserve for life-contingent contract benefits payable under these insurance policies. These assumptions, which for traditional life insurance are applied using the net level premium method, include provisions for adverse deviation and generally vary by characteristics such as type of coverage, year of issue and policy duration. Future investment yield assumptions are determined based upon prevailing investment yields as well as estimated reinvestment yields. Mortality, morbidity and policy termination assumptions are based on our experience and industry experience. Expense assumptions include the estimated effects of inflation and expenses to be incurred beyond the premium-paying period. These assumptions are established at the time the policy is issued, are consistent with assumptions for determining DAC amortization for these policies, and are generally not changed during the policy coverage period. However, if actual experience emerges in a manner that is significantly adverse relative to the original assumptions, adjustments to DAC or reserves may be required resulting in a charge to earnings which could have a material effect on our operating results and financial condition.

We periodically review the adequacy of reserves and recoverability of DAC using actual experience and current assumptions. In the event actual experience and current assumptions are adverse compared to the original assumptions and a premium deficiency is determined to exist, any remaining unamortized DAC balance must be expensed to the extent not recoverable and the establishment of a premium deficiency reserve may be required.

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We evaluate our traditional life insurance products, immediate annuities with life contingencies, and voluntary accident and health insurance individually. In 2019 and 2018, our reviews concluded that no premium deficiency adjustments were necessary. As of December 31, 2019, traditional life insurance and voluntary accident and health insurance both have a substantial sufficiency.

As of December 31, 2019, there is marginal sufficiency in the evaluation of immediate annuities with life contingencies which has been adversely impacted primarily bysub-standard structured settlement mortality expectations, where annuitants are living longer than originally anticipated, and the impact of interest rates, which are lower than originally anticipated and are expected to remain low for an extended period. The sufficiency represents less than 1% of applicable reserves for annuity products as of December 31, 2019. Additional reserves may be required in future periods if mortality and interest rates continue to develop in a manner that results in a premium deficiency.

The following table displays the sensitivity of permanent changes in the future investment yield assumption included in the annuity premium deficiency evaluation to the sufficiency balance as of December 31, 2019.

($ in thousands)	Increase/ (reduction) in sufficiency			Change in sufficiency as a percentage of applicable reserves
Increase in future investment yields of 25 basis points	$	55,774			3	%
Decrease in future investment yields of 25 basis points	$	(59,099	)		(3	)%

We also review these policies for circumstances where projected profits would be recognized in early years followed by projected losses in later years. In 2019 and 2018, our reviews concluded that there were no projected losses following projected profits in each long-term projection.

We will continue to monitor the experience of our traditional life insurance and immediate annuities. We periodically complete comprehensive mortality studies for our structured settlement annuities with life contingencies to determine whether annuitants are living for a longer period than originally estimated. We anticipate that investment and reinvestment yields, mortality, and policy terminations are the factors that would be most likely to require premium deficiency adjustments to reserves or related DAC. Mortality rates and investment and reinvestment yields are the factors that would be most likely to require a profits followed by losses liability accrual.

For further detail on the reserve for life-contingent contract benefits, see Note 8 of the financial statements in Item 11(e).

REGULATION AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are subject to extensive regulation and we are involved in various legal and regulatory actions, all of which have an effect on specific aspects of our business. For a detailed discussion of the legal and regulatory actions in which we are involved, see Note 11 of the financial statements in Item 11(e).

PENDING ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

There are pending accounting standards that we have not implemented because the implementation date has not yet occurred. For a discussion of these pending standards, see Note 2 of the financial statements in Item 11(e).

The effect of implementing certain accounting standards on our financial results and financial condition is often based in part on market conditions at the time of implementation of the standard and other factors we are

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unable to determine prior to implementation. For this reason, we are sometimes unable to estimate the effect of certain pending accounting standards until the relevant authoritative body finalizes these standards or until we implement them.

Item 11(i). Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

Item 11(j). Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Information required for Item 11(j) is incorporated by reference to the material under the caption “Market Risk” in Item 11(h) of this registration statement.

Item 11(k).   Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control Persons.

Identification of Directors and Executive Officers

Directors are elected at each annual meeting of shareholders for a term of one year. The biographies of each of the directors and executive officers below contain information regarding the person’s service as a director, business experience, director positions held currently or at any time during the last five years, if applicable, and the experiences, qualifications, attributes or skills that caused the company management to determine that a director or executive officer should serve as such for Allstate Life of New York.

Maureen A. Buckley, 59, became a director in March 2016. She has significant executive experience in the insurance industry having served in various leadership roles for over thirty years and is currently the Chief Operating Officer and Operations Director of Inspire Confidence Group, an advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. From 2010 to 2015, Ms. Buckley served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of RiverSource Life Insurance Company of New York, a subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. She has extensive experience in providing executive, fiscal, strategic and operational leadership and possesses a thorough understanding of New York State insurance regulations, regulatory compliance, legal entity operations and government relations. Ms. Buckley is also a former board member of Life Insurance Council of New York (LICONY).

John E.Dugenske, 54, has been President, Investments and Financial Products, since March 2020. He is also a director and President, Investments and Financial Products, of Allstate Life Insurance Company and Allstate Insurance Company, each a parent company of Allstate Life of New York. Mr. Dugenske is responsible for overseeing Allstate’s $88.4 billion investment portfolio. Mr. Dugenske previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer beginning in March 2017 and also as Corporate Strategy Officer beginning in January 2018. Prior to joining Allstate in 2017, Mr. Dugenske served as the group managing director and global head of Fixed Income at UBS Global Asset Management, where he oversaw more than $200 billion in assets. He was also a member of the UBS Asset Management Executive Committee. Prior to joining UBS in 2008, he held leadership positions at Lehman Brothers and held research and portfolio management roles at Deutsche Asset Management and NISA Investment Advisors, LLC.

James M. Flewellen,62, has been a Senior Vice President since November 2016. Mr. Flewellen is also a Senior Vice President of Allstate Life Insurance Company and Allstate Insurance Company, each a parent company of Allstate Life of New York. He is responsible for leading the life and retirement sales strategy across the field organization. Mr. Flewellen also previously served as a director of Allstate Life of New York. Mr. Flewellen has extensive experience in building distribution capabilities supporting customer needs. Prior to joining Allstate, Mr. Flewellen served for over four years as Chief Distribution Officer at Transamerica, where he managed a diverse distribution portfolio including the Transamerica Career Agency System, Independent Brokerage, World Financial Group and Transamerica Financial Advisors.

Angela K. Fontana, 51, has been a director, General Counsel and Secretary since December 2012, and Senior Vice President since October 2019. Ms. Fontana is also a director, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

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of Allstate Life Insurance Company and a Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Allstate Insurance Company, each a parent company of Allstate Life of New York. Since joining Allstate in 1995, Ms. Fontana has progressed through various positions. Ms. Fontana previously served as Chief Compliance Officer of Allstate Life of New York and Allstate Life Insurance Company. In addition, she has held positions supporting the Allstate personal lines and Allstate life and retirement business units. Ms. Fontana has a deep understanding of the insurance business generally and has extensive experience in regulatory compliance and government relations. In addition, Ms. Fontana has extensive knowledge regarding Allstate Life of New York’s business, including its products, distribution channels and customers. Ms. Fontana serves as a member of the Board of Directors of LICONY and the Lake Forest Preservation Foundation, as well as a member of the Board of Trustees of Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago.

Mary Jane Fortin, 55, has been a director, President and Chief Executive Officer since October 2015 and became Chairman of the Board in March 2017. Ms. Fortin is also a director and President of Allstate Life Insurance Company and a director and President, Financial Products, of Allstate Insurance Company, each a parent company of Allstate Life of New York. She leadsthe go-to-market strategy and execution for Allstate’s life and retirement business, and is responsible for integrating the life and retirement businesses into Allstate Personal Lines. Ms. Fortin also oversees Allstate Benefits, a leading provider of voluntary benefits solutions. Prior to joining Allstate in 2015, Ms. Fortin served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of American International Group (AIG) Consumer Insurance, which includes AIG’s global life, retirement and personal lines businesses. She has also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of American General, AIG’s group of domestic life insurance companies. Before joining AIG in 2006, Ms. Fortin held various leadership roles at The Hartford, including senior vice president of mutual funds and 529 programs. Ms. Fortin is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI). She currently serves on the ACLI CEO Steering Committee on Consumer Issues as well as the CEO Steering Committee on Prudential Issues. Ms. Fortin has extensive experience leading major insurance companies and a deep business and financial services background.

John R. Hurley, 69, became a director in March 2016. Mr. Hurley has decades of experience advising senior management of life and health insurance companies on critical government relations and legal issues and strategic and operational matters in the insurance industry. Since 2013, Mr. Hurley has been Vice President at Park Strategies, LLC, where he is a consultant and lobbyist concentrating on legislative and regulatory matters affecting the life insurance industry and related businesses. Mr. Hurley served as Vice President of Government Relations and Law at Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. He also served on various insurance industry association boards and held various leadership roles, including as chair of the ACLI State Legislative Advisory Group and chair of the Legislative Committee of LICONY. He is a member of ALIC and admitted to practice law in New York State and the United States Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Mario Imbarrato, 47, became a director in March 2015. He is also a director of Allstate Life Insurance Company and a Senior Vice President of Allstate Insurance Company, each a parent company of Allstate Life of New York. Mr. Imbarrato has extensive experience in financial and capital management, reinsurance management, asset and liability management, actuarial analysis and risk management. Since joining Allstate in 1993, Mr. Imbarrato has held various leadership roles, including leading the planning, financial analysis, expense management, reinsurance, capital planning, strategic operations and financial actuarial teams. Mr. Imbarrato is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder. Mr. Imbarrato is a first cousin of Mr. Rizzo.

Rebecca D. Kennedy, 47, has been a Vice President since July 2018 and has served as a director since January 2020. She is also a Vice President of Allstate Life Insurance Company and Allstate Insurance Company, each a parent company of Allstate Life of New York. In this role, Ms. Kennedy is responsible for leading the claims, annuity operations, life compliance, underwriting and risk management services and medical team. Since joining Allstate in 1999, Ms. Kennedy has held various positions of progressive responsibility within the investments and life and retirement organizations. Ms. Kennedy is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a Chartered Financial Analyst. Ms. Kennedy has extensive experience in the life insurance industry, and especially in life and annuity operations.

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Gene L.Lunman, 60, has served as a director since June 2018. Mr. Lunman is also a director of Insurance Technologies, LLC. From 2005 to 2016, he held numerous leadership positions at Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, most recently as Executive Vice President. Mr. Lunman also served as a Vice President at Travelers Life and Annuity until 2005. Mr. Lunman is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries. Mr. Lunman has a deep knowledge of the life insurance and annuity industry as well as extensive actuarial, product design, and operational expertise.

John R. Raben, Jr., 74, has served as a director since January 1988. Mr. Raben has extensive experience in the financial services industry. Mr. Raben retired as Managing Director of JP Morgan Chase in 2008, where he worked with the commercial and investment banking groups. Prior to that, he was Managing Director of Banc One Securities. Mr. Raben is active in various local organizations. He is a former Chairman of both the Greenwich Emergency Medical Service Board of Directors and the Greenwich Republican Town Committee, and he is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Greenwich Emergency Medical Service Board of Directors. In addition, Mr. Raben is Treasurer and Board Member of the Cornelia Cogswell Rossi Foundation and a former Treasurer of the Yellowstone Park Foundation.

Theresa Resnick, 57, has been Appointed Actuary since October 2007 and became Vice President in September 2016. She is also Vice President and Appointed Actuary for Allstate Life Insurance Company and Vice President of Allstate Insurance Company, each a parent company of Allstate Life of New York. Ms. Resnick is responsible for all aspects of GAAP, statutory and tax valuation in connection with the life, annuity and health liabilities of Allstate’s life companies. Prior to joining Allstate in 2007, Ms. Resnick served as Assistant Vice President at Aon, where she developed and led the enterprise risk management process for the global organization. Ms. Resnick has deep knowledge of the insurance industry as well as extensive experience in life and health insurance company financial management.

Mario Rizzo, 53, has been Chief Financial Officer since December 2019. Mr. Rizzo is also a director and Chief Financial Officer of Allstate Life Insurance Company and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Allstate Insurance Company and The Allstate Corporation, each a parent company of Allstate Life of New York. Mr. Rizzo previously served as Chief Financial Officer of Allstate Personal Lines, where he was responsible for its comprehensive financial planning and analytics. In addition, Mr. Rizzo served for nearly eight years as Allstate Insurance Company’s Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer. He joined the company in 1989. Mr. Rizzo serves as a member of the Finance Committee and the Governing Board of UCAN Chicago, an organization focused on empowering youth to develop into future leaders. He is also a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Rizzo is a first cousin of Mr. Imbarrato.

Steven P. Sorenson, 55, has been Executive Vice President, Corporate Business Transformation, of Allstate Insurance Company, a parent company of Allstate Life of New York, since January 2020. Previously, Mr. Sorenson was responsible for Allstate’s customer contact and agency service centers and also led procurement, real estate and the project management organization. Since joining Allstate in 2000, Mr. Sorenson has progressed through various leadership positions within the product and distribution organizations. He served as Executive Vice President of Distribution and later as Executive Vice President of Product Operations and then as Executive Vice President, Allstate Brand Operations. He serves on the boards of the Foglia YMCA in Lake Zurich, Illinois, as well as the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago.

Brian P. Stricker, 59, has been a director and Senior Vice President since September 2017. He is also a director and Senior Vice President of Allstate Life Insurance Company and a Senior Vice President of Allstate Insurance Company, each a parent company of Allstate Life of New York. Mr. Stricker is responsible for leading the conception, design, pricing, implementation and management of life insurance products. Mr. Stricker began his career in 1983 at Baltimore Life Insurance Company, where he most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer, leading all product development, acquisition and alliance-related growth initiatives, in addition to marketing and insurance services. Mr. Stricker is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and served on the board of the Y in central Maryland.

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Item 11(l).   Corporate Governance.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

Allstate Life of New York’s Board of Directors does not have a compensation committee. All compensation decisions are made by The Allstate Corporation, as the ultimate parent of Allstate Life of New York. No executive officer of Allstate Life of New York served as a member of the compensation committee of another entity for which any executive officer served as a director of Allstate Life of New York.

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Item 11(m). Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners

The following table shows the number of Allstate Life of New York shares owned by any beneficial owner who owns more than five percent of any class of Allstate Life of New York’s voting securities.

Title of Class (a)	Name and Address of Beneficial Owner (b)	Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership (c)	Percent of Class (d)
Capital Stock	Allstate Life Insurance Company 3075 Sanders Road, Northbrook, IL 60062	100,000	100%
N/A	Allstate Insurance Company 2775 Sanders Road, Northbrook, IL 60062	Indirect voting and investment power of shares owned by Allstate Life Insurance Company	N/A
N/A	Allstate Insurance Holdings, LLC 2775 Sanders Road, Northbrook, IL 60062	Indirect voting and investment power of shares owned by Allstate Life Insurance Company	N/A
N/A	The Allstate Corporation 2775 Sanders Road, Northbrook, IL 60062	Indirect voting and investment power of shares owned by Allstate Life Insurance Company	N/A

Security Ownership of Directors and Executive Officers

The following table shows the Allstate common shares beneficially owned as of March 1, 2020, by each director and named executive officer of Allstate Life of New York individually, and by all executive officers and directors of Allstate Life of New York as a group. Shares reported as beneficially owned include shares held indirectly through the Allstate 401(k) Savings Plan and other shares held indirectly. It also includes shares subject to stock options exercisable on or before April 30, 2020, and restricted stock units and performance stock awards with restrictions that expire on or before April 30, 2020. The percentage of Allstate common shares beneficially owned by any Allstate Life of New York director, named executive officer or by all directors and executive officers of Allstate Life of New York as a group does not exceed 1%. As of March 1, 2020, none of these shares were pledged as security.

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Name of Beneficial Owner	Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership of Allstate Common Stock (a)		Common Stock Subject to Options Exercisable and Restricted Stock Units and Performance  Stock Awards for which restrictions expire on or prior to April 30,2020 --- Included in Column (a) (b)
Maureen A. Buckley		0		0
Angela K. Fontana		9,062		9,062
Mary Jane Fortin		207,724		152,258
John R. Hurley		0		0
Mario Imbarrato		22,450		22,450
Rebecca D. Kennedy		2,537		2,437
Gene L. Lunman		0		0
John R. Raben, Jr.		925		0
Mario Rizzo		119,711		100,820
Brian P. Stricker		8,751		8,581
All directors and executive officers as a group		803,533		648,026

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Item 11(n). Transactions with Related Persons, Promoters, and Certain Control Persons.

Transactions with Related Persons.

This table describes certain intercompany agreements involving amounts greater than $120,000 between Allstate Life of New York and the following companies:

• Allstate Life Insurance Company (“ALIC”), the direct parent of Allstate Life of New York;

• Allstate Insurance Company (“AIC”), an indirect parent of Allstate Life of New York;

• Allstate Insurance Holdings, LLC (“AIH”), an indirect parent of Allstate Life of New York; and

• The Allstate Corporation (“AllCorp”), the ultimate indirect parent of Allstate Life of New York.

Transaction Description	Approximate dollar value of the amount involved in the transaction, per fiscal year					Related Person(s) involved in the transaction1 and the approximate dollar value of the Related Person’s interest in the transaction ($)
			($)			ALIC			AIC			AIH		AllCorp
Amended and Restated Service and Expense Agreement between Allstate Insurance Company, The Allstate Corporation and certain affiliates effective January 1, 2004, as amended by Amendment No. 1 effective January 1, 2009, and as supplemented by New York Insurer Supplement to Amended and Restated Service and Expense Agreement between Allstate Insurance Company, The Allstate Corporation, Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York and Intramerica Life Insurance Company, effective March 5, 2005.		2017 2018 2019		5,502,056,803 5,804,734,687 5,455,724,500	2  2  2		216,231,779 215,649,446 206,839,133	2  2  2		1,217,961,034 1,240,766,409 1,132,529,633	2  2  2		0 0 0		15,822,017 24,791,339 24,562,359	2  2  2
Investment Advisory Agreement and Amendment to Services Agreement as of January 1, 2002 between Allstate Insurance Company, Allstate Investments, LLC and Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York.		2017 2018 2019		8,345,907 9,313,546 8,857,895	2  2  2		N/A			0 0 0			N/A		N/A
Reinsurance Agreements between Allstate Life Insurance Company and Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York: Reinsurance Agreement effective January 1, 1984, as amended by Amendment No. 1 effective September 1, 1984, Amendment No. 2 effective January 1, 1987, Amendment No. 3 effective October 1, 1988, Amendment No. 4 effective January 1, 1994, Amendment No. 5 effective December 31, 1995, Amendment No. 6 effective December 1, 2007, Amendment No. 7 effective November 1, 2009, Amendment No. 8 effective July 1, 2013, and Amendment No. 9 effective December 31, 2019; Assumption Reinsurance Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company and Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York effective July 1, 1984; Reinsurance Agreement effective January 1, 1991, as amended by Amendment No. 1 effective December 31, 1995, and Amendment No. 2 effective December 31, 2019; Stop Loss Reinsurance Agreement effective December 31, 2001, as amended by Amendment No. 1 effective December 31, 2019.		2017 2018 2019		(52,411,337 2,228,909 59,091,333	)3  3  3		(52,411,337 2,228,909 (59,091,333	)3  3  )3		N/A			N/A		N/A
Tax Sharing Agreement among The Allstate Corporation and certain affiliates dated as of November 12, 1996.		2017 2018 2019		904,637,086 650,000,001 584,887,734	4  4  4		319,344,452 20,823,175 52,327,294			954,496,835 720,044,054 533,996,157			0 0 0		(127,080,526 (107,580,643 (87,501,759	)  )  )
Agreement for the Settlement of State and Local Tax Credits among Allstate Insurance Company and certain affiliates effective January 1, 2007.		2017 2018 2019		896,603 0 0	5  5  5		17,509 0 0	5  5  5		879,603 0 0	5  5  5		N/A		N/A
Assignment and Delegation of Administrative Services Agreements, Underwriting Agreements, and Selling Agreements entered into as of September 1, 2011 between ALFS, Inc., Allstate Life Insurance Company, Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York, Allstate Distributors, LLC, Intramerica Life Insurance Company, and Allstate Financial Services, LLC.		2017 2018 2019		422,6896 340,750 444,105	6  6  6		(135,187 (103,854 (117,322	)  )  )		N/A			N/A		N/A

(1) Each identified Related Person is a Party to the transaction.

(2) Gross amount of expense received under the transaction.

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(3) Net reinsurance expense.

(4) Total amounts paid to the Internal Revenue Service.

(5) Value of transfer transactions.

(6) Gross amount of the transaction.

Policies and Procedures for Review and Approval of Related Person Transactions

All intercompany agreements to which Allstate Life of New York is a party are approved by the Board as well as by the board of any other affiliate of The Allstate Corporation which is a party to the agreement. Intercompany agreements are also submitted for approval to the New York State Insurance Department, Allstate Life of New York’s domestic regulator pursuant to the applicable state’s insurance holding company systems act. This process is documented in an internal procedure that captures the review and approval process of all intercompany agreements. All approvals are maintained in Allstate Life of New York’s corporate records.

While there is no formal process for the review and approval of related person transactions between unaffiliated entities specific to Allstate Life of New York, all directors and executive officers of Allstate Life of New York are subject to the Global Code of Business Conduct (“Code”). The Code includes a written conflict of interest policy that was adopted by the Board of Directors of The Allstate Corporation, the ultimate parent company of Allstate Life of New York. Any potential relationship or activity that could impair independent thinking and judgment, including holding a financial interest in a business venture that is similar to Allstate, or in a business that has a relationship with Allstate, must be disclosed to Human Resources. Human Resources will work with representatives from the Law Department, including Enterprise Business Conduct, to determine whether an actual conflict of interest exists. Each director and executive officer must sign a certification annually.

Independence Standards for Directors

Outside directors of Allstate Life of New York are subject to independence standards based on New York insurance law. Generally, these independence standards require that an independent director cannot be an employee or a beneficial owner of a controlling interest in Allstate Life of New York or any other affiliate of The Allstate Corporation. Applying these independence standards, Ms. Buckley and Messrs. Hurley, Lunman, and Raben are independent.

Although not subject to the independence standards of the New York Stock Exchange, for purposes of thisS-1 registration statement, Allstate Life of New York has applied the independence standards required for listed companies of the New York Stock Exchange to the Board. Applying these standards, Allstate Life of New York has determined that Ms. Buckley and Messrs. Hurley, Lunman, and Raben are considered to be independent.

Other Information:

A section entitled “Experts” is added to your prospectus as follows:

Experts:

The financial statements included in this Prospectus and the related financial statement schedules included elsewhere in this Registration Statement have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing herein and elsewhere in the Registration Statement (which report expresses an unqualified opinion on the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedules and includes an explanatory paragraph referring to a change in presentation and method of accounting for the recognition and measurement of financial assets and financial liabilities on January 1, 2018, due to adoption of FASB Accounting Standards UpdateNo. 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic825-10)). Such financial statements and financial statement schedules are included in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

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Under the “More Information” section, the subsection entitled “Legal Matters” is deleted and replaced with the following:

Legal Matters:

Certain matters of state law pertaining to the Contracts, including the validity of the Contracts and Allstate Life of New York’s right to issue such Contracts under applicable state insurance law, have been passed upon by Angela K. Fontana, General Counsel of Allstate Life of New York.

Principal Underwriter:

Allstate Distributors, L.L.C. (“ADLLC”) serves as the principal underwriter and distributor of the securities registered herein. The securities offered herein are sold on a continuous basis, and there is no specific end date for the offering. ADLLC, an affiliate of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate Life Insurance Company. ADLLC is a registered broker dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. ADLLC is not required to sell any specific number or dollar amount of securities, but will use its best efforts to sell the securities offered.

Administration:

Administration. We have primary responsibility for all administration of the Contracts and the Variable Account. We entered into an administrative services agreement with The Prudential Insurance Company of America (“PICA”) whereby, PICA or an affiliate provides administrative services to the Variable Account and the Contracts on our behalf. In addition, PICA entered into a master services agreement with se2, LLC, of 5801 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka, Kansas 66636, whereby se2, LLC provides certain business process outsourcing services with respect to the Contracts. se2, LLC may engage other service providers to provide certain administrative functions. These service providers may change over time, and as of December 31, 2019, consisted of the following: Donnelley Financial Solutions, formerly an RR Donnelley company (compliance printing and mailing) located at 35 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601; Iron Mountain Information Management, LLC (file storage and document destruction) located at 1 Federal Street, Boston, MA 02110; TierPoint, LLC(back-up printing and disaster recovery) located at 9394 West Dodge Rd, Suite 100, Omaha, NE 68114; SOVOS Compliance (withholding calculations and tax statement mailing) located at 3650 Annapolis Lane, Suite 190, Plymouth, MN 55447; Records Center of Topeka, a division of Underground Vaults & Storage, Inc.(back-up tapes storage) located at 1540 NW Gage Blvd. #6, Topeka, KS 66618; Venio LLC, d/b/a Keane (lost shareholder search) located at PO Box 1508, Southeastern, PA 19399-1508; Broadridge Output Solutions, Inc., successor in interest to Broadridge Customer Communications Central, LLC (printing and mailing anniversary statements, financial confirmations, automated letters and quarterly statements) located at 2600 Southwest Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108.

In administering the Contracts, the following services are provided, among others:

• maintenance of Contract Owner records;

• Contract Owner services;

• calculation of unit values;

• maintenance of the Variable Account; and

• preparation of Contract Owner reports.

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We will send you Contract statements at least annually. We will also send you transaction confirmations. You should notify us promptly in writing of any address change. You should read your statements and confirmations carefully and verify their accuracy. You should contact us promptly if you have a question about a periodic statement or a confirmation. We will investigate all complaints and make any necessary adjustments retroactively, but you must notify us of a potential error within a reasonable time after the date of the questioned statement. If you wait too long, we will make the adjustment as of the date that we receive notice of the potential error.

Correspondence sent by regular mail to our Annuity Service Center should be sent to the address shown above. Your correspondence will be picked up at this address and then delivered to our Annuity Service Center. Your correspondence is not considered received by us until it is received at our Annuity Service Center. Where this prospectus refers to the day when we receive a purchase payment, request, election, notice, transfer or any other transaction request from you, we mean the day on which that item (or the last requirement needed for us to process that item) arrives in complete and proper form at our Annuity Service Center or via the appropriate telephone or fax number if the item is a type we accept by those means. There are two main exceptions: if the item arrives at our Annuity Service Center (1) on a day that is not a business day, or (2) after the close of a business day, then, in each case, we are deemed to have received that item on the next business day.

We will also provide you with additional periodic and other reports, information and prospectuses as may be required by federal securities laws.

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Supplement dated March 4, 2020, to the

Prospectus for your Variable Annuity

Issued by

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

This supplement amends certain disclosure contained in the prospectus for your Variable Annuity contract issued by Allstate Life Insurance Company or Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York.Your variable annuity contract does not offer all of the variablesub-accounts described below. Please check your annuity prospectus to determine which of the following changes affect the annuity contract that you own.

Portfolio Mergers

The following Target Portfolios will be merged into the Acquiring Portfolios as noted below, effective on or about May 1, 2020 (“Merger Date”), subject to approval by the shareholders of the Target Portfolios. After the Merger Date, all references to the Target Portfolios in your Annuity prospectus should be disregarded.

Target Portfolio	Acquiring Portfolio
Invesco V.I. Mid Cap Growth Fund – Series I	Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund – Series I
Invesco V.I. Mid Cap Growth Fund – Series II	Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund – Series II

On the Merger Date, the Target Portfolios will no longer be available under any of our annuity contracts, and any Contract Value allocated to thesub-accounts investing in the Target Portfolios will be transferred, as of the Merger Date, to thesub-accounts investing in the Acquiring Portfolios. This transfer will be made by replacing your contract’s units of thesub-accounts investing in the Target Portfolios with units of thesub-accounts investing in the Acquiring Portfolios based on the unit value of each Portfolio at the time of the merger.

Please note that you have the ability to transfer out of thesub-accounts investing in the Target Portfolios any time prior to the Merger Date. Such transfers will be free of charge and will not count as one of your annual free transfers under your annuity contract. Also, for a period of 60 days after the Merger Date, any Contract Value that was transferred to thesub-accounts investing in the Acquiring Portfolios as the result of the merger can be transferred free of charge and will not count as one of your annual free transfers.

It is important to note that any transfer limitations applicable to the investment option to which a transfer is made will apply as described in your prospectus. Please refer to your prospectus for information about investment options.

After the Merger Date, the Target Portfolios will no longer exist and, unless you instruct us otherwise, any outstanding instruction you have on file with us that designates thesub-accounts investing in the Target Portfolios will be deemed instruction for thesub-accounts investing in the Acquiring Funds. This includes, but is not limited to, systematic withdrawals and Dollar Cost Averaging.

Additionally, if the Target Portfolio is part of an allocation model for your Contract, you may need to make a new election of an available portfolio within the asset allocation model for the model to continue to operate for your Contract following the Merger Date. You may wish to consult with your financial professional about the impact of the mergers on any allocation instructions and asset allocation models in effect for your Contract.

Portfolio Closures

Following the close of business on May 1, 2020 (the Closure Date), the following variablesub-accounts available in your Variable Annuity will be closed to all Contract Owners except those Contract Owners who have contract value invested in the variablesub-accounts as of the Closure Date:

Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund – Series I

Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund – Series II

Contract Owners who have contract value invested in these variablesub-accounts as of the Closure Date may continue to submit additional investments into the variablesub-accounts thereafter, although they will not be permitted to invest in the variablesub-accounts if they withdraw or otherwise transfer their entire contract value from the variablesub-accounts following the Closure Date. Contract Owners who do not have contract value invested in the variablesub-accounts before the Closure Date will not be permitted to invest in these variablesub-accounts thereafter.

Any applicable dollar cost averaging, category models and/or auto-rebalancing programs, if elected by a Contract Owner prior to the Closure Date, will not be affected by the closure unless a Contract Owner withdraws or otherwise transfers his entire Account Value from thesub-account. In that case, the program would terminate and no further allocations to this variablesub-account will be permitted. If you have any questions, please contact your financial professional or our Variable Annuities Service Center at (800)457-7617. Our representatives are available to assist you Monday through Friday between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Central time.

Please keep this supplement together with your prospectus for future reference. No other action is required of you.

Supplement dated May 17, 2019, to the

Prospectus for your Variable Annuity

Issued by

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

This supplement amends certain disclosure contained in the prospectus for your Variable Annuity contract issued by Allstate Life Insurance Company or Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York.

Effective on or about June 3, 2019, the funds and trusts listed below will change their names. In addition, the investment adviser, The Dreyfus Corporation, will change its name to BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc.

Fund - Current Name	Fund – New Name	Trust – Current Name	Trust – New Name
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc. – Initial Shares	BNY Mellon Stock Index Fund, Inc. – Initial Shares	Dreyfus Stock Index Fund, Inc.	BNY Mellon Stock Index Fund, Inc.
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund – Appreciation Portfolio – Initial Shares	BNY Mellon Variable Investment Fund, Appreciation Portfolio – Initial Shares	Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund	BNY Mellon Variable Investment Fund
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund – Growth and Income Portfolio – Initial Shares	BNY Mellon Variable Investment Fund, Growth and Income Portfolio – Initial Shares	Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund	BNY Mellon Variable Investment Fund
The Dreyfus Sustainable U.S. Equity Portfolio, Inc. – Initial Shares	BNY Mellon Sustainable U.S. Equity Portfolio, Inc. – Initial Shares	The Dreyfus Sustainable U.S. Equity Portfolio, Inc	BNY Mellon Sustainable U.S. Equity Portfolio, Inc.
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund – Government Money Market Portfolio	BNY Mellon Variable Investment Fund, Government Money Market Portfolio	Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund	BNY Mellon Variable Investment Fund

If you have any questions, please contact your financial professional or our Variable Annuities Service Center at (800)457-7617. Our representatives are available to assist you Monday through Friday between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Central time.

Please keep this supplement together with your prospectus for future reference. No other action is required of you.

Supplement dated May 3, 2019, to the

Prospectus for your Variable Annuity

Issued by

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

This supplement amends certain disclosure contained in the prospectus for your Variable Annuity contract issued by Allstate Life Insurance Company or Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York. Not all funds listed below are available as investment options on all contracts. Please refer to your prospectus to determine which information relates to funds available through your Variable Annuity contract.

As approved by shareholders of each Oppenheimer VA Fund listed below, each such fund will be reorganized into the corresponding, newly formed series of AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds) shown as the Acquiring Fund below, as of the close of business on the date that has been set for these reorganization transactions. Each reorganization is currently expected to close on or about May 24, 2019, or as soon thereafter as practicable (the Reorganization Date). In addition, the Trust, Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, will be replaced by AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds), and the investment adviser, OppenheimerFunds, Inc. will be replaced by Invesco Advisers, Inc. Immediately after the closing of a reorganization, your Contract Value in thesub-account(s) corresponding to an Acquiring Fund will be equal in value to your Contract Value in thesub-accounts corresponding to the Oppenheimer VA Fund that you held immediately prior to the closing of the reorganization.

Oppenheimer VA Fund	Acquiring Fund
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA –Non-Service	Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund – Series I
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA – Service	Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund – Series II
Oppenheimer Conservative Balanced Fund/VA –Non-Service	Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Conservative Balanced Fund – Series I
Oppenheimer Conservative Balanced Fund/VA – Service	Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Conservative Balanced Fund – Series II
Oppenheimer Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund/VA –Non-Service	Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund – Series I
Oppenheimer Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund/VA – Service	Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund – Series II
Oppenheimer Global Fund/VA –Non-Service	Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Global Fund – Series I
Oppenheimer Global Fund/VA – Service	Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Global Fund – Series II
Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund –Non-Service	Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Global Strategic Income Fund – Series I
Oppenheimer Global Strategic Income Fund/VA – Service	Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Global Strategic Income Fund – Series II
Oppenheimer International Growth Fund/VA – Service	Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. International Growth Fund – Series II
Oppenheimer Main Street Fund®/VA –Non-Service	Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Main Street Fund® – Series I
Oppenheimer Main Street Fund®/VA – Service	Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Main Street Fund® – Series II
Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund –Non-Service	Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Main Street Small Cap Fund® – Series I
Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund – Service	Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Main Street Small Cap Fund® – Series II
Oppenheimer Total Return Bond Fund/VA –Non-Service	Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Total Return Bond Fund – Series I
Oppenheimer Total Return Bond Fund/VA – Service	Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Total Return Bond Fund – Series II

Please note that you can transfer any Contract Value out of thesub-account for any Oppenheimer VA Fund listed above any time prior to the Reorganization Date. Such transfers will be free of charge and will not count as one of your annual free transfers under your annuity contract. Also, for a period of 60 days after the Reorganization Date, any Contract Value that was transferred to thesub-account investing in the Acquiring Fund as the result of the reorganization can be transferred free of charge and will not count as one of your annual free transfers. It is important to note that any transfer limitation applicable to the investment option to which a transfer is made will apply as described in your prospectus. Please refer to your prospectus for information about investment options.

Each Acquiring Fund will be managed by Invesco Advisers, Inc. and will have the same investment objective as the corresponding Oppenheimer VA Fund prior to the reorganization. Accordingly, after the Reorganization Date, all references to the Oppenheimer VA Funds in the list of Portfolios is deleted and replaced as follows.

Portfolio	Investment Objective	Investment Advisor
Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund – Series I	The Fund seeks capital appreciation.	Invesco Advisers, Inc.
Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund – Series II	The Fund seeks capital appreciation.
Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Conservative Balanced Fund – Series I	The Fund seeks total return.
Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Conservative Balanced Fund – Series II	The Fund seeks total return.
Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund – Series I	The Fund seeks capital appreciation.
Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Discovery Mid Cap Growth Fund – Series II	The Fund seeks capital appreciation.
Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Global Fund – Series I	The Fund seeks capital appreciation.
Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Global Fund – Series II	The Fund seeks capital appreciation.
Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Global Strategic Income Fund – Series I	The Fund seeks total return.
Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Global Strategic Income Fund – Series II	The Fund seeks total return.
Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. International Growth Fund – Series II	The Fund seeks capital appreciation.
Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Main Street Fund® – Series I	The Fund seeks capital appreciation.
Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Main Street Fund® – Series II	The Fund seeks capital appreciation.
Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Main Street Small Cap Fund® – Series I	The Fund seeks capital appreciation.
Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Main Street Small Cap Fund® – Series II	The Fund seeks capital appreciation.
Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Total Return Bond Fund – Series I	The Fund seeks total return.
Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Total Return Bond Fund – Series II	The Fund seeks total return.

After the Reorganization Date, the Oppenheimer VA Funds will no longer exist and, unless you instruct us otherwise, any outstanding instruction you have on file with us that designates asub-account investing in an Oppenheimer VA Fund will be deemed instruction for thesub-account investing in the corresponding Acquiring Fund. This includes, but is not limited to, systematic withdrawals and Dollar Cost Averaging.

Additionally, if any of the Oppenheimer VA Funds listed above is part of an allocation model for your Contract, you may need to make a new election of an available portfolio within the asset allocation model for the model to continue to operate for your Contract following the Reorganization Date. You may wish to consult with your financial professional about the impact of the Reorganization on any allocation instructions and asset allocation models in effect for your Contract.

If you have any questions, please contact your financial professional or our Variable Annuities Service Center at (800)457-7617. Our representatives are available to assist you Monday through Friday between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Central time.

Please keep this supplement together with your prospectus for future reference. No other action is required of you.

Supplement dated November 7, 2016, to the

Prospectus for your Variable Annuity

Issued by

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

This supplement amends certain disclosure contained in the prospectus for your Variable Annuity contract issued by Allstate Life Insurance Company or Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York.

Effective December 23, 2016 (the Closure Date), the following variablesub-accounts available in your Variable Annuity will be closed to all contract ownersexcept those contract owners who have contract value invested in the variablesub-accounts as of the Closure Date:

Invesco V.I. Core Equity Fund – Series I

Invesco V.I. Core Equity Fund – Series II

Contract owners who have contract value invested in these variablesub-accounts as of the Closure Date may continue to submit additional investments into the variablesub-accounts thereafter, although they will not be permitted to invest in the variablesub-accounts if they withdraw or otherwise transfer their entire contract value from the variablesub-accounts following the Closure Date. Contract owners who do not have contract value invested in the variablesub-accounts as of the Closure Date will not be permitted to invest in these variable sub-accounts thereafter.

Dollar cost averaging, category models and/or auto-rebalancing programs, if elected by a Contract owner prior to the Closure Date, will not be affected by the closure unless a contract owner withdraws or otherwise transfers his entire Account Value from thesub-accounts.

If you have any questions, please contact your financial professional or our Variable Annuities Service Center at (800)457-7617. Our representatives are available to assist you Monday through Friday between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Central time.

Please keep this supplement together with your prospectus for future reference. No other action is required of you.

Supplement dated February 29, 2016, to the

Prospectus for your Variable Annuity

Issued by

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

This supplement amends certain disclosure contained in the prospectus for your Variable Annuity contract issued by Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York.

The following Fund will be liquidated effective on April 29, 2016 (“Liquidation Date”):

Wells Fargo VT Intrinsic Value Fund – class 2

On the Liquidation Date, the above Fund will no longer be available under your Annuity contract, and any Contract Value allocated to this liquidated Fund will be transferred, as of the close of business on the Liquidation Date, to the Default Transfer Fund, as follows:

Liquidated Fund	Default Transfer Fund
Wells Fargo VT Intrinsic Value Fund – class 2	Dreyfus VIF – Money Market Portfolio*

*Effective May 1, 2016, subject to shareholder approval, the Dreyfus VIF – Money Market Portfolio will implement several changes to enable it to operate as a government money market fund. Specifically, the Portfolio will: (i) remove the Portfolio’s fundamental investment restriction that requires the Portfolio to invest at least 25% of its assets in obligations issued by banks under normal market conditions; and (ii) invest at least 99.5% of its total assets in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S government or its agencies or instrumentalities, repurchase agreements collateralized solely by cash and/or government securities, and cash. In addition, the name of the Portfolio will be changed to Dreyfus VIF – Government Money Market Portfolio.

Please note that you have the ability to transfer out of the above Liquidated Fund any time prior to the Liquidation Date. Such transfers will be free of charge and will not count as one of your annual free transfers under your Annuity contract. Also, for a period of 60 days after the Liquidation Date, any Contract Value that was transferred to the Dreyfus VIF - Government Money Market Portfolio as the result of the liquidation can be transferred free of charge and will not count as one of your annual free transfers. It is important to note that any Portfolio into which you make your transfer will be subject to the transfer limitations described in your prospectus. Please refer to your prospectus for detailed information about investment options.

After the Liquidation Date, the above-listed Liquidated Fund will no longer exist and, unless you instruct us otherwise, any outstanding instruction you have on file with us that designates the above Liquidated Fund will be deemed instruction for the Dreyfus VIF - Government Money Market Portfolio. This includes but is not limited to, systematic withdrawals, Dollar Cost Averaging, and Auto Rebalancing.

You may wish to consult with your financial representative to determine if your existing allocation instructions should be changed before or after the Liquidation Date.

If you have any questions, please contact your financial representative or our Variable Annuities Service Center at(800) 457-7617. Our representatives are available to assist you Monday through Friday between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Central time.

Please keep this supplement together with your prospectus for future reference. No other action is required of you.

Supplement dated August 7, 2015, to the

Prospectus for your Variable Annuity

Issued by

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

This supplement amends certain disclosure contained in the prospectus for your Variable Annuity contract issued by Allstate Life Insurance Company or Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York.

Effective September 1, 2015 (the Closure Date), the following variable sub-accounts available in your Variable Annuity will be closed to all contract ownersexcept those contract owners who have contract value invested in the variable sub-accounts as of the Closure Date:

Invesco V.I. Mid Cap Core Equity Fund – Series I

Invesco V.I. Mid Cap Core Equity Fund – Series II

Contract owners who have contract value invested in these variable sub-account as of the Closure Date may continue to submit additional investments into the variable sub-accounts thereafter, although they will not be permitted to invest in the variable sub-accounts if they withdraw or otherwise transfer their entire contract value from the variable sub-accounts following the Closure Date. Contract owners who do not have contract value invested in the variable sub-accounts as of the Closure Date will not be permitted to invest in these variable sub-accounts thereafter.

Dollar cost averaging and/or auto-rebalancing programs, if elected by a Contract owner prior to the Closure Date, will not be affected by the closure unless a contract owner withdraws or otherwise transfers his entire Account Value from the sub-account.

If you have any questions, please contact your financial representative or our Variable Annuities Service Center at(800) 457-7617. Our representatives are available to assist you Monday through Friday between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Central time.

Please keep this supplement for future reference together with your prospectus. No other action is required of you.

                   Supplement dated January 3, 2014, to the
                     Prospectus for your Variable Annuity
                                   Issued by

                        ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                  ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

This supplement amends certain disclosure contained in the prospectus for your
Variable Annuity contract issued by Allstate Life Insurance Company or Allstate
Life Insurance Company of New York, as applicable.

Effective as of January 31, 2014 (the Closure Date), the following variable
sub-accounts available in your Variable Annuity will be closed to all contract
owners except those contract owners who have contract value invested in the
variable sub-accounts as of the Closure Date:

Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA - Class 2
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA - Class A

Contract owners who have contract value invested in these variable sub-accounts
as of the Closure Date may continue to submit additional investments into the
variable sub-accounts thereafter, although they will not be permitted to invest
in the variable sub-accounts if they withdraw or otherwise transfer their
entire contract value from the variable sub-accounts following the Closure
Date. Contract owners who do not have contract value invested in the variable
sub-accounts as of the Closure Date will not be permitted to invest in these
variable sub-accounts thereafter.

If you have any questions, please contact your financial representative or our
Variable Annuities Service Center at (800) 457-7617. Our representatives are
available to assist you Monday through Friday between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Central time.

Dollar cost averaging and/or auto-rebalancing, if elected by a contract owner
prior to the Closure Date, will not be affected by the closure.

   Please keep this supplement for future reference together with your
prospectus. No other action is required of you.

                  Supplement dated September 30, 2013, to the
                     Prospectus for your Variable Annuity
                                   Issued by

                        ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                  ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

This supplement amends certain disclosure contained in the prospectus for your
Variable Annuity contract issued by Allstate Life Insurance Company or Allstate
Life Insurance Company of New York, as applicable.

Effective as of October 18, 2013 (the Closure Date), the following variable
sub-accounts available in your Variable Annuity will be closed to all contract
owners except those contract owners who have contract value invested in the
variable sub-accounts as of the Closure Date:

   Invesco V.I. Global Core Equity - Series I
   Invesco V.I. Global Core Equity - Series II

Contract owners who have contract value invested in these variable sub-accounts
as of the Closure Date may continue to submit additional investments into the
variable sub-accounts thereafter, although they will not be permitted to invest
in the variable sub-accounts if they withdraw or otherwise transfer their
entire contract value from the variable sub-accounts following the Closure
Date. Contract owners who do not have contract value invested in the variable
sub-accounts as of the Closure Date will not be permitted to invest in these
variable sub-accounts thereafter.

If you have any questions, please contact your financial representative or our
Variable Annuities Service Center at (800) 457-7617. Our representatives are
available to assist you Monday through Friday between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Central time.

Dollar cost averaging and/or auto-rebalancing, if elected by a contract owner
prior to the Closure Date, will not be affected by the closure.

   Please keep this supplement for future reference together with your
prospectus. No other action is required of you.

                        SUPPLEMENT, DATED JULY 6, 2011,
                  TO THE PROSPECTUS FOR YOUR VARIABLE ANNUITY
                                   ISSUED BY

                        ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                  ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
                          LINCOLN BENEFIT LIFE COMPANY

This supplement amends the prospectus for your Variable Annuity contract issued
by Allstate Life Insurance Company or Allstate Life Insurance Company of New
York or Lincoln Benefit Life Company, as applicable.

Effective as of August 19, 2011 (the Closure Date), the following variable
sub-accounts available in your Variable Annuity will be closed to all contract
owners except those contract owners who have contract value invested in the
variable sub-accounts as of the Closure Date:

Invesco V.I. Basic Value Fund-Series I
Invesco V.I. Basic Value Fund-Series II

Contract owners who have contract value invested in these variable sub-accounts
as of the Closure Date may continue to submit additional investments into the
variable sub-accounts thereafter, although they will not be permitted to invest
in the variable sub-accounts if they withdraw or otherwise transfer their entire
contract value from the variable sub-accounts following the Closure Date.
Contract owners who do not have contract value invested in the variable
sub-accounts as of the Closure Date will not be permitted to invest in these
variable sub-accounts thereafter.

Dollar cost averaging and/or auto-rebalancing, if elected by a contract owner,
will not be affected by the closure.

If you have any questions, please contact your financial representative or our
Variable Annuity Service Center at (800) 457-7617. Our representatives are
available to assist you from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central time.

Please read the prospectus supplement carefully and then file it with your
important papers. No other action is required of you.

                       Supplement, dated October 18, 2010,
                   to the Prospectus for your Variable Annuity
                                    Issued by

                         ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                   ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
                          LINCOLN BENEFIT LIFE COMPANY

This supplement amends the prospectus for your Variable Annuity contract issued
by Allstate Life Insurance Company or Allstate Life Insurance Company of New
York or Lincoln Benefit Life Company, as applicable.

Effective as of November 19, 2010 (the Closure Date), the following variable
sub-accounts available in the above-referenced Variable Annuities will be closed
to all contract owners except those contract owners who have contract value
invested in the variable sub-accounts as of the Closure Date:

                Invesco V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund--Series I
                Invesco V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund--Series II

Contract owners who have contract value invested in these variable sub-accounts
as of the Closure Date may continue to submit additional investments into the
variable sub-accounts thereafter, although they will not be permitted to invest
in the variable sub-accounts if they withdraw or otherwise transfer their entire
contract value from the variable sub-accounts following the Closure Date.
Contract owners who do not have contract value invested in the variable
sub-accounts as of the Closure Date will not be permitted to invest in these
variable sub-accounts thereafter.

Dollar cost averaging and/or auto-rebalancing, if elected by a contract owner,
will not be affected by the closure.

If you have any questions, please contact your financial representative or our
Variable Annuity Service Center at (800) 457-7617. Our representatives are
available to assist you from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central time.

Please read the prospectus supplement carefully and then file it with your
important papers. No other action is required of you.
 

                         ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                   ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
                          LINCOLN BENEFIT LIFE COMPANY

                   Supplement, dated October 18, 2010, to the
                    following Prospectuses, as supplemented:

                      Allstate Provider, dated May 1, 2002
                       Premier Planner, dated May 1, 2004

This supplement amends the above-referenced prospectuses for certain Variable
Annuity contracts issued by Allstate Life Insurance Company or Allstate Life
Insurance Company of New York or Lincoln Benefit Life Company, as applicable.

Effective as of November 19, 2010 (the Closure Date), the following variable
sub-account available in the Allstate Provider and Premier Planner Variable
Annuities will be closed to all contract owners except those contract owners who
have contract value invested in the variable sub-account as of the Closure Date:

              Goldman Sachs VIT Strategic International Equity Fund

Contract owners who have contract value invested in this variable sub-account as
of the Closure Date may continue to submit additional investments into the
variable sub-account thereafter, although they will not be permitted to invest
in the variable sub-account if they withdraw or otherwise transfer their entire
contract value from the variable sub-account following the Closure Date.
Contract owners who do not have contract value invested in the variable
sub-account as of the Closure Date will not be permitted to invest in this
variable sub-account thereafter.

Dollar cost averaging and/or auto-rebalancing, if elected by a contract owner,
will not be affected by the closure.

If you have any questions, please contact your financial representative or our
Variable Annuity Service Center at (800) 457-7617. Our representatives are
available to assist you from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central time.

   Please read the prospectus supplement carefully and then file it with your
              important papers. No other action is required of you.
 

                   Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York

                        Supplement Dated August 31, 2010
                  to the following Prospectus, as supplemented:

     The Custom Portfolio Variable Annuity Prospectus, dated April 30, 2005

We are issuing this supplement to announce that the Delaware VIP Trend Series is
expected to merge into the Delaware VIP Smid Cap Growth Series in October 2010.

To reflect this merger, all references and information relating to the Delaware
VIP Trend Series are hereby deleted as of the merger date. To further reflect
this merger, the section entitled "Investment Alternatives: The Variable
Sub-Accounts" is amended by adding the Delaware VIP Smid Cap Growth Series to
the table of available Portfolios, and denoting that the Portfolio seeks capital
appreciation.

If you have any questions, please contact your financial representative or our
Annuities Service Center at (800) 457-8207. Our representatives are available to
assist you from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central time.

Please read the prospectus supplement carefully and then file it with your
important papers. No other action is required of you.
 

                         ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                   ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

                         Supplement Dated July 23, 2010
                 To the following Prospectuses, as supplemented

                 Allstate Provider Prospectus, dated May 1, 2002
                 Allstate Provider Prospectus, dated May 1, 2004
                Custom Portfolio Prospectus, dated April 30, 2005
                    STI Classic Prospectus, dated May 1, 2003
                 SelectDirections Prospectus, dated May 1, 2003
                SelectDirections Prospectus, dated April 30, 2005

This supplement amends certain disclosure contained in the above-referenced
prospectuses for certain variable annuity contracts issued by Allstate Life
Insurance Company or Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York, as applicable.

Effective as of August 30, 2010 (the Closure Date), the following variable
sub-accounts available, as applicable, in the above-referenced Variable
Annuities will be closed to all contract owners except those contract owners who
have contract value invested in either of these variable sub-accounts as of the
Closure Date:

                 Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA (Initial Class)
          Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA (Initial Class)*

Contract owners who have contract value invested in either of these variable
sub-accounts as of the Closure Date may continue to submit additional
investments into the respective variable sub-account thereafter, although they
will not be permitted to invest in the respective variable sub-account if they
withdraw or otherwise transfer their entire contract value from the respective
variable sub-account following the Closure Date. Contract owners who do not have
contract value invested in the respective variable sub-account as of the Closure
Date will not be permitted to invest in these variable sub-accounts thereafter.

Dollar cost averaging and/or auto-rebalancing, if elected by a contract owner,
will not be affected by the closures.

If you have any questions, please contact your financial representative or our
Annuities Service Center at (800) 457-7617. Our representatives are available to
assist you from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central time.

Please read the prospectus supplement carefully and then file it with your
important papers. No other action is required of you

* Note: Oppenheimer Small- & Mid-Cap Growth Fund/VA was formerly known as
  Oppenheimer MidCap Fund/VA.
 

                       Supplement Dated December 31, 2009
                   To the Prospectus for Your Variable Annuity
                                    Issued By
                         Allstate Life Insurance Company
                   Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York
                          Lincoln Benefit Life Company

This supplement amends the prospectus for your variable annuity contract issued
by Allstate Life Insurance Company, Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York,
or Lincoln Benefit Life Company.

The following provision is added to your prospectus:

WRITTEN REQUESTS AND FORMS IN GOOD ORDER. Written requests must include
sufficient information and/or documentation, and be sufficiently clear, to
enable us to complete your request without the need to exercise discretion on
our part to carry it out. You may contact our Customer Service Center to learn
what information we require for your particular request to be in "good order."
Additionally, we may require that you submit your request on our form. We
reserve the right to determine whether any particular request is in good order,
and to change or waive any good order requirements at any time.

If you have any questions, please contact your financial representative or call
our Customer Service Center at 1-800-457-7617. If you own a Putnam contract,
please call 1-800-390-1277.

     For future reference, please keep this supplement together with your
prospectus.

                   ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
                        Supplement dated August 14, 2009
                 To the following Prospectuses, as supplemented:

                 Allstate Provider, Prospectus Dated May 1, 2002
                SelectDirections, Prospectus Dated April 30, 2005
               AIM Lifetime Plus, Prospectus Dated April 30, 2005
              AIM Lifetime Plus II, Prospectus Dated April 30, 2005
                Custom Portfolio, Prospectus Dated April 30, 2005

This prospectus supplement amends certain disclosure contained in the
prospectuses referenced above for your variable annuity contract issued by
Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York ("Allstate New York").

The "Annual Reports and Other Documents" Section is deleted and replaced with
the following:

INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") recently adopted rule 12h-7 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). Rule 12h-
7 exempts an insurance company from filing reports under the Exchange Act when
the insurance company issues certain types of insurance products that are
registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and such products are regulated
under state law. Each of the variable annuities described in the prospectuses
referenced above fall within the exemption provided under rule 12h-7. Allstate
New York is hereby providing notice that it is electing to rely on the exemption
provided under rule 12h-7 effective as of the date of this prospectus supplement
or as soon as possible thereafter, and will be suspending filing reports under
the Exchange Act.

The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" information that we file with
the SEC into this prospectus supplement which means that incorporated documents
are considered part of this prospectus supplement. We can disclose important
information to you by referring you to those documents. This prospectus
supplement incorporates by reference our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on March 18, 2009, and our Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, filed with the SEC on
May 12, 2009.

Allstate New York will provide to each person, including any beneficial owner,
to whom a prospectus is delivered, a copy of any or all of the information that
has been incorporated by reference into the prospectus but not delivered with
the prospectus. Such information will be provided upon written or oral request
at no cost to the requester by writing to Allstate New York, P.O. Box 758565,
Topeka, KS 66675-8565 or by calling 1-800-457-8207. The public may read and copy
any materials that Allstate New York files with the SEC at the SEC's Public
Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may
obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the
SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports,
proxy, and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that
file electronically with the SEC (see http://www.sec.gov).

                   Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York

                               AIM Lifetime Plus

                              AIM Lifetime Plus II

                       Allstate Provider Variable Annuity

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                       Supplement, dated May 1, 2009

This supplement amends certain disclosure contained in the prospectus for
certain annuity contracts issued by Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York.

Under the "More Information" section, the subsection entitled "Legal Matters" is
deleted and replaced with the following:

LEGAL MATTERS

Certain matters of state law pertaining to the Contracts, including the validity
of the Contracts and Allstate New York's right to issue such Contracts under
applicable state insurance law, have been passed upon by Susan L. Lees, General
Counsel of Allstate New York.

The "Annual Reports and Other Documents" section is deleted and replaced with
the following:

ANNUAL REPORTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS

Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York ("Allstate New York") incorporates
by reference into the prospectus its latest annual report on Form 10-K filed
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of
the fiscal year covered by its latest annual report, including filings made on
Form 10-Q and Form 8-K. In addition, all documents subsequently filed by
Allstate New York pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act also are incorporated into the prospectus by reference. Allstate New York
will provide to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a
prospectus is delivered, a copy of any or all of the information that has been
incorporated by reference into the prospectus but not delivered with the
prospectus. Such information will be provided upon written or oral request at no
cost to the requester by writing to Allstate New York, P.O. Box 70178,
Philadelphia, PA 19176 or by calling 1-877-234-8688. Allstate New York files
periodic reports as required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The
public may read and copy any materials that Allstate New York files with the SEC
at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.
20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public
Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an
Internet site that contains reports, proxy, and information statements, and
other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC (see
http://www.sec.gov).

EXPERTS

In the prospectus for Allstate Provider Variable Annuity, the section entitled
"Experts" is deleted.

AIM LIFETIME PLUS(SM) VARIABLE ANNUITY

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

STREET ADDRESS: 2940 S. 84TH STREET, LINCOLN, NE 68506-4142 MAILING ADDRESS:
P.O. BOX 82656, LINCOLN, NE 68501-2656 TELEPHONE NUMBER: 1-800-692-4682
PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL 30, 2005

Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York ("Allstate New York") has issued the
AIM Lifetime Plus(SM) Variable Annuity, a group flexible premium deferred
variable annuity contract ("CONTRACT"). This prospectus contains information
about the Contract that you should know before investing. Please keep it for
future reference.

The Contract currently offers 19 investment alternatives ("INVESTMENT
ALTERNATIVES"). The investment alternatives include the fixed account ("FIXED
ACCOUNT") and 18 variable sub-accounts ("VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS") of the Allstate
Life of New York Separate Account A ("VARIABLE ACCOUNT"). Each Variable
Sub-Account invests exclusively in shares of one of the following funds
("FUNDS") of AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Series I shares):

AIM V.I. AGGRESSIVE GROWTH FUND - SERIES I           AIM V.I. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND -
AIM V.I. BALANCED FUND - SERIES I*                    SERIES I
AIM V.I. BASIC VALUE FUND - SERIES I                 AIM V.I. GROWTH FUND - SERIES I
AIM V.I. BLUE CHIP FUND - SERIES I                   AIM V.I. HIGH YIELD FUND - SERIES I
AIM V.I. CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND - SERIES I        AIM V.I. INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND -
AIM V.I. CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND - SERIES I          SERIES I
AIM V.I. CORE EQUITY FUND - SERIES I                 AIM V.I. MID CAP CORE EQUITY FUND -
AIM V.I. DENT DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS FUND - SERIES I**    SERIES I
AIM V.I. DIVERSIFIED INCOME FUND - SERIES I          AIM V.I. MONEY MARKET FUND - SERIES I
                                                     AIM V.I. PREMIER EQUITY FUND - SERIES I
                                                     AIM V.I. TECHNOLOGY FUND - SERIES I
                                                     AIM V.I. UTILITIES FUND - SERIES I

*    Effective July 1, 2005, the AIM V.I. Balanced Fund-Series I will change its
     name to AIM V.I. Basic Balanced Fund-Series I.

**   Effective July 1, 2005, the AIM V.I. Dent Demographic Trends Fund - Series
     I will change its name to AIM V.I. Demographic Trends Fund - Series I.

                THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
                COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED
                OR DISAPPROVED THE
                SECURITIES DESCRIBED IN
                THIS PROSPECTUS, NOR HAS IT
                PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR
                ADEQUACY OF THIS
                PROSPECTUS. ANYONE WHO
                TELLS YOU OTHERWISE IS
                COMMITTING A FEDERAL CRIME.

                THE CONTRACTS MAY BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH BROKER-DEALERS
IMPORTANT       THAT HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH BANKS OR OTHER FINANCIAL
 NOTICES        INSTITUTIONS OR BY EMPLOYEES OF SUCH BANKS. HOWEVER, THE
                CONTRACTS ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OBLIGATIONS OF, OR GUARANTEED
                BY SUCH INSTITUTIONS OR ANY FEDERAL REGULATORY AGENCY.
                INVESTMENT IN THE CONTRACTS INVOLVES INVESTMENT RISKS,
                INCLUDING POSSIBLE LOSS OF PRINCIPAL.

                THE CONTRACTS ARE NOT FDIC INSURED.

                THE CONTRACTS WERE ONLY
                AVAILABLE IN NEW YORK, BUT
                ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR
                SALE.

WE (Allstate New York) have filed a Statement of Additional Information, dated
April 30, 2005, with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). It contains
more information about the Contract and is incorporated herein by reference,
which means it is legally a part of this prospectus. Its table of contents
appears on page 40 of this prospectus. For a free copy, please write or call us
at the address or telephone number above, or go to the SEC's Web site (http://
www.sec.gov) You can find other information and documents about us, including
documents that are legally part of this prospectus, at the SEC's Web site.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                            PAGE
                                                                            ----
OVERVIEW
  Important Terms                                                              3
  The Contract at a Glance                                                     4
  How the Contract Works                                                       6
  Expense Table                                                                7
  Financial Information                                                        9
CONTRACT FEATURES
  The Contract                                                                 9
  Purchases                                                                   10
  Contract Value                                                              11
  Investment Alternatives                                                     12
     The Variable Sub-Accounts                                                12
     The Fixed Account                                                        13
     Transfers                                                                15
  Expenses                                                                    17
  Other Expenses                                                              19
  Access To Your Money                                                        19

                                                                            PAGE
                                                                            ----
  Income Payments                                                             20
  Death Benefits                                                              22
OTHER INFORMATION
  More Information:                                                           24
     Allstate New York                                                        24
     The Variable Account                                                     24
     The Funds                                                                24
     The Contract                                                             25
     Non-Qualified Annuities Held Within a Qualified Plan                     25
     Legal Matters                                                            26
  Taxes                                                                       27
  Annual Reports and Other Documents                                          34
APPENDIX A-ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUES AND NUMBER OF ACCUMULATION
UNITS OUTSTANDING FOR EACH VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNT SINCE
CONTRACTS WERE FIRST OFFERED                                                  35
APPENDIX B-MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT                                            39
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS                         40

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IMPORTANT TERMS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This prospectus uses a number of important terms that you may not be familiar
with. The index below identifies the page that describes each term. The first
use of each term in this prospectus appears in highlights.

                                                                            PAGE
                                                                            ----
Accumulation Phase                                                             6
Accumulation Unit                                                             11
Accumulation Unit Value                                                       11
Allstate New York ("We" and/or "us")                                       1, 24
Anniversary Values                                                            22
Annuitant                                                                      9
Automatic Additions Program                                                   10
Automatic Fund Rebalancing Program                                            17
Beneficiary                                                                    9
*Contract                                                                      9
Contract Anniversary                                                           5
Contract Owner ("You")                                                         6
Contract Value                                                                 5
Contract Year                                                                  5
Death Benefit Anniversary                                                     22
Dollar Cost Averaging Program                                                 17
Due Proof of Death                                                            22
Fixed Account                                                                 13

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Funds                                                                         24
Guarantee Periods                                                             13
Income Plans                                                                  20
Investment Alternatives                                                       12
Issue Date                                                                     6
Market Value Adjustment                                                    5, 14
Payout Phase                                                                   6
Payout Start Date                                                             20
Preferred Withdrawal Amount                                                   18
SEC                                                                            1
Settlement Value                                                              22
Systematic Withdrawal Program                                                 20
Tax Qualified Contracts                                                       30
Treasury Rate                                                                 15
Valuation Date                                                                10
Variable Account                                                              24
Variable Sub-Account                                                          12

*    The AIM Lifetime Plus(SM) Variable Annuity is a group contract, and your
     ownership is represented by certificates. References to "Contract" in this
     prospectus include certificates, unless the context requires otherwise.

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THE CONTRACT AT A GLANCE

The following is a snapshot of the Contract. Please read the remainder of this
prospectus for more information.

FLEXIBLE                         PAYMENTS You can purchase a Contract with as
                                 little as $5,000 ($2,000 for "QUALIFIED
                                 CONTRACTS", which are Contracts issued with
                                 qualified plans). You can add to your Contract
                                 as often and as much as you like, but each
                                 payment must be at least $500 ($100 for
                                 automatic purchase payments to the variable
                                 investment options). You must maintain a
                                 minimum account size of $1,000.
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RIGHT TO CANCEL                  You may cancel your Contract by returning it to
                                 us within 10 days after receipt ("CANCELLATION
                                 PERIOD"). Upon cancellation, as permitted by
                                 federal or state law, we will return your
                                 purchase payments adjusted to reflect the
                                 investment experience of any amounts allocated
                                 to the Variable Account. The adjustment will
                                 reflect the deduction of mortality and expense
                                 risk charges and administrative expense
                                 charges.
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EXPENSES                         You will bear the following expenses:

                                 .    Total Variable Account annual fees equal
                                      to 1.45% of average daily net assets

                                 .    Annual contract maintenance charge of $35
                                      (with certain exceptions)

                                 .    Withdrawal charges ranging from 0% to 7%
                                      of payment withdrawn (with certain
                                      exceptions)

                                 .    Transfer fee of $10 after 12th transfer in
                                      any CONTRACT YEAR (fee currently waived)

                                 .    State premium tax (New York currently does
                                      not impose one).

                                 In addition, each Fund pays expenses that you
                                 will bear indirectly if you invest in a
                                 Variable Sub-Account.
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INVESTMENT                       The Contract offers 19 investment alternatives
ALTERNATIVES                     including:

                                 .    the Fixed Account (which credits interest
                                      at rates we guarantee), and

                                 .    18 Variable Sub-Accounts investing in
                                      Funds offering professional money
                                      management by A I M Advisors, Inc.

                                 To find out current rates being paid on the
                                 Fixed Account, or to find out how the Variable
                                 Sub-Accounts have performed, please call us at
                                 1-800-692-4682.
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SPECIAL SERVICES                 For your convenience, we offer these special
                                 services:

                                 .    AUTOMATIC FUND REBALANCING PROGRAM

                                 .    AUTOMATIC ADDITIONS PROGRAM

                                 .    DOLLAR COST AVERAGING PROGRAM

                                 .    SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PROGRAM
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INCOME PAYMENTS                  You can choose fixed income payments, variable
                                 income payments, or a combination of the two.
                                 You can receive your income payments in one of
                                 the following ways:

                                 .    life income with guaranteed payments

                                 .    a joint and survivor life income with
                                      guaranteed payments

                                 .    guaranteed payments for a specified period
                                      (5 to 30 years).
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DEATH BENEFITS                   If you or the Annuitant (if the Contract is
                                 owned by a non-living person) die before the
                                 PAYOUT START DATE, we will pay the death
                                 benefit described in the Contract.
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TRANSFERS                        Before the Payout Start Date, you may transfer
                                 your Contract value ("CONTRACT VALUE") among
                                 the investment alternatives, with certain
                                 restrictions. Transfers to the Fixed Account
                                 must be at least $500.

                                 We do not currently impose a fee upon
                                 transfers. However, we reserve the right to
                                 charge $10 per transfer after the 12th transfer
                                 in each "CONTRACT YEAR," which we measure from
                                 the date we issue your contract or a Contract
                                 anniversary ("CONTRACT ANNIVERSARY").
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WITHDRAWALS                      You may withdraw some or all of your Contract
                                 Value at anytime during the Accumulation Phase.
                                 Full or partial withdrawals are available under
                                 limited circumstances on or after the Payout
                                 Start Date.

                                 In general, you must withdraw at least $50 at a
                                 time. ($1,000 for withdrawals made during the
                                 Payout Phase.) Withdrawals taken prior to
                                 annuitization (referred to in this prospectus
                                 as the Payout Phase) are generally considered
                                 to come from the earnings in the Contract
                                 first. If the Contract is tax-qualified,
                                 generally all withdrawals are treated as
                                 distributions of earnings. Withdrawals of
                                 earnings are taxed as ordinary income and, if
                                 taken prior to age 59 1/2, may be subject to an
                                 additional 10% federal tax penalty. A
                                 withdrawal charge and MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT
                                 also may apply.
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HOW THE CONTRACT WORKS

The Contract basically works in two ways.

First, the Contract can help you (we assume you are the CONTRACT OWNER) save for
retirement because you can invest in up to 19 investment alternatives and
generally pay no federal income taxes on any earnings until you withdraw them.
You do this during what we call the "ACCUMULATION PHASE" of the Contract. The
Accumulation Phase begins on the date we issue your Contract (we call that date
the "ISSUE DATE") and continues until the Payout Start Date, which is the date
we apply your money to provide income payments. During the Accumulation Phase,
you may allocate your purchase payments to any combination of the Variable
Sub-Accounts and/or the Fixed Account. If you invest in the Fixed Account, you
will earn a fixed rate of interest that we declare periodically. If you invest
in any of the Variable Sub-Accounts, your investment return will vary up or down
depending on the performance of the corresponding Funds.

Second, the Contract can help you plan for retirement because you can use it to
receive retirement income for life and/ or for a pre-set number of years, by
selecting one of the income payment options (we call these "INCOME PLANS")
described on page 20. You receive income payments during what we call the
"PAYOUT PHASE" of the Contract, which begins on the Payout Start Date and
continues until we make the last payment required by the Income Plan you select.
During the Payout Phase, if you select a fixed income payment option, we
guarantee the amount of your payments, which will remain fixed. If you select a
variable income payment option, based on one or more of the Variable
Sub-Accounts, the amount of your payments will vary up or down depending on the
performance of the corresponding Funds. The amount of money you accumulate under
your Contract during the Accumulation Phase and apply to an Income Plan will
determine the amount of your income payments during the Payout Phase.

The timeline below illustrates how you might use your Contract.

Issue                                  Payout Start
Date              Accumulation Phase       Date                Payout Phase
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You buy      You save for retirement   You elect to receive   You can receive    Or you can receive
a Contract                             income payments or     income payments    income payments
                                       receive a lump sum     for a set period   for life
                                       payment

As the Contract owner, you exercise all of the rights and privileges provided by
the Contract. If you die, any surviving Contract owner, or if there is none, the
BENEFICIARY will exercise the rights and privileges provided by the Contract.
See "The Contract." In addition, if you die before the Payout Start Date, we
will pay a death benefit to any surviving Contract owner or, if none, to your
Beneficiary. See "Death Benefits."

Please call us at 1-800-692-4682 if you have any questions about how the
Contract works.

                                  6 PROSPECTUS

EXPENSE TABLE

The table below lists the expenses that you will bear directly or indirectly
when you buy a Contract. The table and the examples that follow do not reflect
premium taxes because New York currently does not impose premium taxes on
annuities. For more information about Variable Account expenses, see "Expenses,"
below. For more information about Fund expenses, please refer to the
accompanying prospectus for the Funds.

CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTION EXPENSES

Withdrawal Charge (as a percentage of purchase payments withdrawn)*

Number of Complete Years Since We Received the Purchase Payment    0    1    2    3    4    5    6     7+
Being Withdrawn
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Applicable Charge                                                  7%   6%   5%   4%   3%   2%   1%    0%
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Annual Contract Maintenance Charge                                                $35.00**
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Transfer Fee                                                                     $10.00***
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*    Each Contract Year, you may withdraw up to 10% of purchase payments without
     incurring a withdrawal charge or a Market Value Adjustment.

**   We will waive this charge in certain cases. See "Expenses."

***  Applies solely to the thirteenth and subsequent transfers within a Contract
     Year excluding transfers due to dollar cost averaging or automatic fund
     rebalancing. We are currently waiving the transfer fee.

VARIABLE ACCOUNT ANNUAL EXPENSES
(AS A PERCENTAGE OF AVERAGE DAILY NET ASSET VALUE
DEDUCTED FROM EACH VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNT)

Mortality and Expense Risk Charge                                        1.35%
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Administrative Expense Charge                                            0.10%
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Total Variable Account Annual Expense                                    1.45%
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FUND ANNUAL EXPENSES
(as a percentage of Fund average daily net assets) (1)

The next table shows the minimum and maximum total operating expenses charged by
the Funds that you may pay periodically during the time that you own the
Contract. Advisers and/or other service providers of certain Funds may have
agreed to waive their fees and/or reimburse Fund expenses in order to keep the
Funds' expenses below specified limits. The range of expenses shown in this
table does not show the effect of any such fee waiver or expense reimbursement.

More detail concerning each Fund's fees and expenses appears in the prospectus
for each Fund.

                              ANNUAL FUND EXPENSES

                                                               Minimum   Maximum
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses/(1)/
(expenses that are deducted from Fund assets,
which may include management fees, distribution
and/or services
(12b-1) fees, and
other expenses)                                                 0.75%     1.16%
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(1)  Expenses are shown as a percentage of Fund average daily net assets (before
     any waiver or reimbursement) as of December 31, 2004.

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EXAMPLE 1

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the
Contracts with the cost of investing in other variable annuity contracts. These
costs include Contract owner transaction expenses, Contract fees, Variable
Account annual expenses, and Fund fees and expenses. The example below shows the
dollar amount of expenses that you would bear directly or indirectly if you:

..    invested $10,000 in the Contract for the time periods indicated,

..    earned a 5% annual return on your investment, and

..    surrendered your Contract, or you began receiving income payments for a
     specified period of less than 120 months, at the end of each time period.

The first line of the example assumes that the maximum fees and expenses of any
of the Funds are charged. The second line of the example assumes that the
minimum fees and expenses of any of the Funds are charged. Your actual expenses
may be higher or lower than those shown below.

THE EXAMPLE DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY TAXES OR TAX PENALTIES YOU MAY BE REQUIRED TO
PAY IF YOU SURRENDER YOUR CONTRACT.

                                 1 Year   3  Years   5  Years   10 Years
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Costs Based on Maximum Annual
Fund Expenses                     $842     $1,283     $1,746     $3,278
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Costs Based on Minimum Annual
Fund Expenses                     $800     $1,158     $1,538     $2,866
------------------------------------------------------------------------

EXAMPLE 2

This Example uses the same assumptions as Example 1 above, except that it
assumes you decided not to surrender your Contract, or you began receiving
income payments for a specified period of at least 120 months, at the end of
each time period.

                                 1 Year   3  Years   5  Years   10 Years
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Costs Based on Maximum
Annual Fund Expenses              $302      $923      $1,566     $3,278
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Costs Based on Minimum
Annual Fund Expenses              $260      $798      $1,358     $2,866
------------------------------------------------------------------------

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT EXAMPLES AND NOT A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE EXPENSES. YOUR ACTUAL EXPENSES MAY BE LOWER OR GREATER THAN THOSE
SHOWN ABOVE. SIMILARLY, YOUR RATE OF RETURN MAY BE LOWER OR GREATER THAN 5%,
WHICH IS NOT GUARANTEED. THE EXAMPLES DO NOT ASSUME THAT ANY FUND EXPENSE
WAIVERS OR REIMBURSEMENT ARRANGEMENTS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE PERIODS PRESENTED.
THE ABOVE EXAMPLES ASSUME A MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK CHARGE OF 1.35%, AN
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CHARGE OF 0.10% AND AN ANNUAL CONTRACT CHARGE OF $35. THE
ABOVE EXAMPLES ASSUME TOTAL ANNUAL FUND EXPENSES LISTED IN THE EXPENSE TABLE
WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE PERIODS SHOWN.

                                  8 PROSPECTUS

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

To measure the value of your investment in the Variable Sub-Accounts during the
Accumulation Phase, we use a unit of measure we call the "ACCUMULATION UNIT."
Each Variable Sub-Account has a separate value for its Accumulation Units we
call "ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE." Accumulation Unit Value is analogous to, but not
the same as, the share price of a mutual fund.

Attached as Appendix A to this prospectus are tables showing the Accumulation
Unit Values of each Variable Sub-Account since the date we first offered the
Contracts. To obtain a fuller picture of each Variable Sub-Account's finances,
please refer to the Variable Account's financial statements contained in the
Statement of Additional Information. The financial statements of Allstate New
York also appear in the Statement of Additional Information.

THE CONTRACT

CONTRACT OWNER

The AIM Lifetime Plus(SM) Variable Annuity is a contract between you, the
Contract owner, and Allstate New York, a life insurance company. As the Contract
Owner, you may exercise all of the rights and privileges provided to you by the
Contract. That means it is up to you to select or change (to the extent
permitted):

..    the investment alternatives during the Accumulation and Payout Phases,

..    the amount and timing of your purchase payments and withdrawals,

..    the programs you want to use to invest or withdraw money,

..    the income payment plan you want to use to receive retirement income,

..    the Annuitant (either yourself or someone else) on whose life the income
     payments will be based,

..    the Beneficiary or Beneficiaries who will receive the benefits that the
     Contract provides when the last surviving Contract Owner or Annuitant dies,
     and

..    any other rights that the Contract provides.

If you die, any surviving Contract Owner or, if none, the Beneficiary may
exercise the rights and privileges provided to them by the Contract.

The Contract cannot be jointly owned by both a non-living person and a living
person. If the Contract Owner is a Grantor Trust, the Owner will be considered a
non-living person for purpose of this section and the Death Benefit section. The
maximum issue age of a Contract owner is age 90 as of the date we receive the
completed application to purchase the Contract.

Changing ownership of this Contract may cause adverse tax consequences and may
not be allowed under qualified plans. Please consult with a competent tax
advisor prior to making a request for a change of Contract Owner.

The Contract can also be purchased as an IRA or TSA (also known as a 403(b)).
The endorsements required to qualify these annuities under the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, ("Code") may limit or modify your rights and
privileges under the Contract.

ANNUITANT

The Annuitant is the individual whose life determines the amount and duration of
income payments (other than under Income Plans with guaranteed payments for a
specified period). You initially designate an Annuitant in your application. If
the Contract Owner is a living person you may change the Annuitant prior to the
Payout Start Date. In our discretion, we may permit you to designate a joint
Annuitant, who is a second person on whose life income payments depend, on the
Payout Start Date. The maximum issue age of an Annuitant cannot exceed age 80 as
of the date we receive the completed application to purchase the Contract.

If the Annuitant dies prior to the Payout Start Date, the new Annuitant will be:

..    the youngest Contract Owner if living, otherwise

..    the youngest Beneficiary.

BENEFICIARY

The Beneficiary is the person who may elect to receive the Death Benefit or
become the new Contract Owner, subject to the Death of Owner provisions, if the
sole surviving Contract Owner dies before the Payout Start Date. (See section
titled "Death Benefits" for more details.) If the sole surviving Contract Owner
dies after the Payout Start Date, the Beneficiary will receive any guaranteed
Income Payments scheduled to continue.

You may name one or more Beneficiaries when you apply for a Contract. You may
also name one or more contingent Beneficiaries who will receive any Death
Benefit or guaranteed income benefit if there are no surviving primary
Beneficiaries upon the death of the sole surviving Contract Owner. You may
change or add Beneficiaries at any time by writing to us, unless you have
designated an irrevocable Beneficiary. We will provide a change of Beneficiary
form to be signed and filed with us. Any change will be effective at the time
you sign the written notice, whether or not the Annuitant is living when we
receive the notice. Until we receive your written

                                  9 PROSPECTUS

notice to change a Beneficiary, we are entitled to rely on the most recent
Beneficiary information in our files. We will not be liable as to any payment or
settlement made prior to receiving the written notice. Accordingly, if you wish
to change your Beneficiary, you should deliver your written notice to us
promptly.

If you did not name a Beneficiary or if the named Beneficiary is no longer
living and there are no other surviving Beneficiaries, the new Beneficiary will
be:

..    your spouse or, if he or she is no longer alive,

..    your surviving children equally, or if you have no surviving children,

..    your estate.

If more than one Beneficiary survives you, we will divide the Death Benefit
among your Beneficiaries according to your most recent written instructions. If
you have not given us written instructions, we will pay the Death Benefit in
equal amounts to the surviving Beneficiaries.

You may restrict income payments to Beneficiaries by providing us a written
request. Once we accept the written request, the change or restriction will take
effect as of the date you signed the request. Any change is subject to any
payment we make or other action we take before we accept the change.

MODIFICATION OF THE CONTRACT

Only an Allstate New York officer may approve a change in or waive any provision
of the Contract. Any change or waiver must be in writing. None of our agents has
the authority to change or waive the provisions of the Contract. We may not
change the terms of the Contract without your consent, except to conform the
Contract to applicable law or changes in the law. If a provision of the Contract
is inconsistent with state law, we will follow state law.

ASSIGNMENT

No Owner has a right to assign any interest in a Contract as collateral or
security for a loan. However, you may assign periodic income payments under the
Contract prior to the Payout Start Date. No Beneficiary may assign benefits
under the Contract until they are due. We will not be bound by any assignment
until the assignor signs it and files it with us. We are not responsible for the
validity of any assignment. Federal law prohibits or restricts the assignment of
benefits under many types of retirement plans and the terms of such plans may
themselves contain restrictions on assignments. An assignment may also result in
taxes or tax penalties. YOU SHOULD CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY BEFORE TRYING TO
ASSIGN YOUR CONTRACT.

PURCHASES

MINIMUM PURCHASE PAYMENTS

Your initial Purchase Payment must be at least $5,000 ($2,000 for a Qualified
Contract). All subsequent Purchase Payments must be $500 or more. The maximum
Purchase Payment is $2,000,000 without prior approval. We reserve the right to
change the minimum Purchase Payment and to change the maximum Purchase Payment.
You may make Purchase Payments of at least $500 at any time prior to the Payout
Start Date. We also reserve the right to reject any application.

AUTOMATIC ADDITIONS PROGRAM

You may make additional purchase payments of at least $100 ($500 for allocation
to the Fixed Account) by automatically transferring amounts from your bank
account. Please consult with your sales representative for detailed information.

ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PAYMENTS

At the time you apply for a Contract, you must decide how to allocate your
Purchase Payments among the Investment Alternatives. The allocation you specify
on your application will be effective immediately. All allocations must be in
whole percents that total 100% or in whole dollars. You can change your
allocations by notifying us in writing. We reserve the right to limit the
availability of the Investment Alternatives.

We will allocate your additional purchase payments to the investment
alternatives according to your most recent instructions on file with us. Unless
you notify us in writing otherwise, we will allocate subsequent purchase
payments according to the allocation for the previous purchase payment. We will
effect any change in allocation instructions at the time we receive written
notice of the change in good order.

We will credit the initial purchase payment that accompanies your completed
application to your Contract within 2 business days after we receive the payment
at our service center. If your application is incomplete, we will ask you to
complete your application within 5 business days. If you do so, we will credit
your initial purchase payment to your Contract within that 5 business day
period. If you do not, we will return your purchase payment at the end of the 5
business day period unless you expressly allow us to hold it until you complete
the application. We will credit additional Purchase Payments to the Contract at
the close of the business day on which we receive the purchase payment at our
service center located in Vernon Hills, Illinois (mailing address: P.O. BOX
82656, LINCOLN, NE 68501-2656).

We are open for business each day Monday through Friday that the New York Stock
Exchange is open for business. We also refer to these days as "VALUATION DATES."
Our business day closes when the New York Stock Exchange closes, usually 4:00
p.m. Eastern Time

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(3:00 p.m. Central Time). If we receive your purchase payment after 4:00 p.m.
Eastern Time (3:00 p.m. Central Time) on any Valuation Date, we will credit your
purchase payment using the Accumulation Unit Values computed on the next
Valuation Date.

RIGHT TO CANCEL

You may cancel the Contract by returning it to us within the Cancellation
Period, which is the 10 day period after you receive the Contract (60 days if
you are exchanging another contract for the Contract described in this
prospectus.) You may return it by delivering it or mailing it to us. If you
exercise this "RIGHT TO CANCEL," the Contract terminates and we will pay you the
full amount of your purchase payments allocated to the Fixed Account Options.
Upon cancellation, as permitted by federal or state law, we will return your
purchase payments allocated to the Variable Account after an adjustment to
reflect investment gain or loss and any applicable charges that occurred from
the date of allocation through the date of cancellation. If your Contract is
qualified under Code Section 408(b), we will refund the greater of any purchase
payment or the Contract Value,

CONTRACT VALUE

Your Contract Value at any time during the Accumulation Phase is equal to the
sum of the value of your Accumulation Units in the Variable Sub-Accounts you
have selected, plus the sum of Sub-Account values in the Fixed Account.

ACCUMULATION UNITS

To determine the number of Accumulation Units of each Variable Sub-Account to
credit to your Contract, we divide (i) the amount of the purchase payment or
transfer you have allocated to a Variable Sub-Account by (ii) the Accumulation
Unit Value of that Variable Sub-Account next computed after we receive your
payment or transfer. For example, if we receive a $10,000 purchase payment
allocated to a Variable Sub-Account when the Accumulation Unit Value for the
Sub-Account is $10, we would credit 1,000 Accumulation Units of that Variable
Sub-Account to your Contract. Withdrawals and transfers from a Variable
Sub-Account would, of course, reduce the number of Accumulation Units of that
Sub-Account allocated to your Contract.

ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE

As a general matter, the Accumulation Unit Value for each Variable Sub-Account
will rise or fall to reflect:

..    changes in the share price of the Fund in which the Variable Sub-Account
     invests, and

..    the deduction of amounts reflecting the mortality and expense risk charge,
     administrative expense charge, and any provision for taxes that have
     accrued since we last calculated the Accumulation Unit Value.

We determine contract maintenance charges, withdrawal charges, and transfer fees
(currently waived) separately for each Contract. They do not affect Accumulation
Unit Value. Instead, we obtain payment of those charges and fees by redeeming
Accumulation Units. For details on how we calculate Accumulation Unit Value,
please refer to the Statement of Additional Information.

We determine a separate Accumulation Unit Value for each Variable Sub-Account on
each Valuation Date.

YOU SHOULD REFER TO THE PROSPECTUS FOR THE FUNDS THAT ACCOMPANIES THIS
PROSPECTUS FOR A DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE ASSETS OF EACH FUND ARE VALUED, SINCE
THAT DETERMINATION DIRECTLY BEARS ON THE ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE OF THE
CORRESPONDING VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNT AND, THEREFORE, YOUR CONTRACT VALUE.

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INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES: THE VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS

You may allocate your purchase payments to up to 18 Variable Sub-Accounts. Each
Variable Sub-Account invests in the shares of a corresponding Fund. Each Fund
has its own investment objective(s) and policies. We briefly describe the Funds
below.

For more complete information about each Fund, including expenses and risks
associated with the Fund, please refer to the accompanying prospectus for the
Fund. You should carefully review the Fund prospectus before allocating amounts
to the Variable Sub-Accounts. A I M Advisors, Inc. serves as the investment
advisor to each Fund.

SERIES I SHARES:        EACH FUND SEEKS*:               INVESTMENT ADVISOR
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AIM V.I. Aggressive     Long-term growth of capital
 Growth Fund - Series
 I**
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AIM V.I. Balanced Fund   As high a total return as
 - Series I***           possible, consistent with
                         preservation of capital
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AIM V.I. Basic Value    Long-term growth of capital
 Fund - Series I
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AIM V.I. Blue Chip      Long-term growth of capital
 Fund - Series I         with a secondary objective of
                         current income
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AIM V.I. Capital        Growth of capital
 Appreciation Fund -
 Series I
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AIM V.I. Capital        Long-term growth of capital
 Development Fund -
 Series I
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AIM V.I. Core Equity    Growth of capital
 Fund - Series I          A I M ADVISORS, INC..
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AIM V.I. Dent           Long-term growth of capital
 Demographic Trends
 Fund - Series I****
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AIM V.I. Diversified    High level of current income
 Income Fund - Series
 I
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AIM V.I. Government     High level of current income
 Securities Fund -       consistent with reasonable
 Series I                concern for safety of
                         principal
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AIM V.I. Growth Fund -  Growth of capital
 Series I
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AIM V.I. High Yield     High level of current income
 Fund - Series I
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AIM V.I. International  Long-term growth of capital
 Growth Fund - Series
 I
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AIM V.I. Mid Cap Core   Long-term growth of capital
 Equity Fund - Series
 I
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AIM V.I. Money Market   As high a level of current
 Fund - Series I         income as is consistent with
                         the preservation of capital
                         and liquidity
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AIM V.I. Premier        Long-term growth of capital
 Equity Fund - Series    with income as a secondary
 I                       objective
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AIM V.I. Technology     Capital growth
 Fund - Series I
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AIM V.I. Utilities      Capital growth and current
 Fund - Series I         income
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*    A Fund's investment objective(s) may be changed by the Fund's Board of
     Trustees without shareholder approval.

**   Due to the sometime limited availability of common stocks of small-cap
     companies that meet the investment criteria for AIM V.I. Aggressive Growth
     Fund - Series I, the Fund may periodically suspend or limit the offering of
     its shares and it will be closed to new participants when Fund assets reach
     $200 million. During the closed periods the Fund will accept additional
     investments from existing Contract owners maintaining an allocation in the
     Fund.

***  Effective July 1, 2005, the AIM V.I. Balanced Fund-Series I will change its
     name to AIM V.I. Basic Balanced Fund-Series I. In addition, the Fund's
     objective will change to long-term growth of capital and current income.

**** The AIM V.I. Dent Demographic Trends Fund - Series I is sub-advised by H.S.
     Dent Advisors, Inc. Effective July 1, 2005, the AIM V.I. Dent Demographic
     Trends Fund - Series I will change its name to AIM V.I. Demographic Trends
     Fund - Series I. In addition, H.S. Dent Advisors, Inc. will no longer be
     the sub-advisor to the Fund effective June 30, 2005.

AMOUNTS YOU ALLOCATE TO VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS MAY GROW IN VALUE, DECLINE IN
VALUE, OR GROW LESS THAN YOU EXPECT, DEPENDING ON THE INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE OF
THE FUNDS IN WHICH THOSE VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS INVEST. YOU BEAR THE INVESTMENT
RISK THAT THE FUNDS MIGHT NOT MEET THEIR INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES. SHARES OF THE
FUNDS

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ARE NOT DEPOSITS, OR OBLIGATIONS OF, OR GUARANTEED OR ENDORSED BY ANY BANK AND
ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE FEDERAL
RESERVE BOARD OR ANY OTHER AGENCY.

INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES: THE FIXED ACCOUNT

You may allocate all or a portion of your purchase payments to the Fixed
Account. The Fixed Account supports our insurance and annuity obligations. The
Fixed Account consists of our general assets other than those in segregated
asset accounts. We have sole discretion to invest the assets of the Fixed
Account, subject to applicable law. Any money you allocate to the Fixed Account
does not entitle you to share in the investment experience of the Fixed Account.

GUARANTEE PERIODS

Each payment or transfer allocated to a Guarantee Period earns interest at a
specified rate that we guarantee for a period of years. Guarantee Periods may
range from 1 to 10 years. In the future, we may offer Guarantee Periods of
different lengths or stop offering some Guarantee Periods.

You select the Guarantee Period for each payment or transfer. If you do not
select a Guarantee Period, we will assign the same period(s) you selected for
your most recent purchase payment(s), if available.

Each purchase payment or transfer allocated to a Guarantee Period must be at
least $500. We reserve the right to limit the number of additional purchase
payments that you may allocate to the Fixed Account. Please consult with your
sales representative for more information.

INTEREST RATES. We will tell you what interest rates and Guarantee Periods we
are offering at a particular time. We may declare different interest rates for
Guarantee Periods of the same length that begin at different times. We will not
change the interest rate that we credit to a particular allocation until the end
of the relevant Guarantee Period.

We have no specific formula for determining the rate of interest that we will
declare initially or in the future. We will set those interest rates based on
investment returns available at the time of the determination. In addition, we
may consider various other factors in determining interest rates including
regulatory and tax requirements, our sales commission and administrative
expenses, general economic trends, and competitive factors. WE DETERMINE THE
INTEREST RATES TO BE DECLARED IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION. WE CAN NEITHER PREDICT NOR
GUARANTEE WHAT THOSE RATES WILL BE IN THE FUTURE. For current interest rate
information, please contact your sales representative or Allstate New York at
1-800-692-4682. The interest rate will never be less than the minimum guaranteed
amount stated in the Contract.

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HOW WE CREDIT INTEREST.

We will credit interest daily to each amount allocated to a Guarantee Period at
a rate that compounds to the effective annual interest rate that we declared at
the beginning of the applicable Guarantee Period.

The following example illustrates how a purchase payment allocated to the Fixed
Account would grow, given an assumed Guarantee Period and effective annual
interest rate:

Purchase Payment....................................................    $10,000
Guarantee Period....................................................    5 years
Annual Interest Rate................................................      4.50%

                          YEAR 1      YEAR 2      YEAR 3      YEAR 4       YEAR 5
                        ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ------------
Beginning Contract
 Value................  $10,000.00
 X (1 + Annual
 Interest Rate)              1.045
                        ----------
                        $10,450.00

Contract Value at end
 of Contract Year.....              $10,450.00
 X (1 + Annual
 Interest Rate)                          1.045
                                    ----------
                                    $10,920.25

Contract Value at end
 of Contract Year.....                          $10,920.25
 X (1 + Annual
 Interest Rate)                                      1.045
                                                ----------
                                                $11,411.66

Contract Value at end
 of Contract Year.....                                      $11,411.66
 X (1 + Annual
 Interest Rate)                                                  1.045
                                                            ----------
                                                            $11,925.19

Contract Value at end
 of Contract Year.....                                                   $11,925.19
 X (1 + Annual
 Interest Rate)                                                               1.045
                                                                        -----------
                                                                         $12,461.82

TOTAL INTEREST CREDITED DURING GUARANTEE PERIOD = $2,461.82 ($12,461.82-$10,000)

This example assumes no withdrawals during the entire 5 year Guarantee Period.
If you were to make a withdrawal, you may be required to pay a withdrawal
charge. In addition, the amount withdrawn may be increased or decreased by a
Market Value Adjustment that reflects changes in interest rates since the time
you invested the amount withdrawn. The hypothetical interest rate is for
illustrative purposes only and is not intended to predict current or future
interest rates to be declared under the Contract. Actual interest rates declared
for any given Guarantee Period may be more or less than shown above but will
never be less than the guaranteed minimum rate stated in the Contract.

RENEWALS. Prior to the end of each Guarantee Period, we will mail you a notice
asking you what to do with your money, including the accrued interest. At the
end of the Guarantee Period, we will automatically renew the Guarantee Period
value to a new Guarantee Period of the shortest duration available, to be
established on the day the previous Guarantee Period expired, or to the Money
Market Variable Sub-account if no Guarantee Periods are available at the time of
expiration of the previous Guarantee Period. Please consult with your
representative. During the 30-day period after the end of the Guarantee Period,
you may:

1) Take no action. We will automatically apply your money to a Guarantee Period
of the shortest duration available or the Money Market Variable Sub-account. The
new Guarantee Period will begin on the day the previous Guarantee Period ends.
Please consult with your representative. The new interest rate will be the rate
in effect on the 1/ST/ day of the New Period; or

2) Instruct us to apply your money to one or more new Guarantee Periods of your
choice. The new Guarantee Period(s) will begin on the day the previous Guarantee
Period ends. The new interest rate will be our then current declared rate for
those Guarantee Periods; or

3) Instruct us to transfer all or a portion of your money to one or more
Variable Sub-Accounts. We will effect the transfer on the day we receive your
instructions. We will not adjust the amount transferred to include a Market
Value Adjustment; or

4) Withdraw all or a portion of your money. You may be required to pay a
withdrawal charge, but we will not adjust the amount withdrawn to include a
Market Value Adjustment. You may also be required to pay premium taxes and
withholding (if applicable). The amount withdrawn will be deemed to have been
withdrawn on the day the previous Guarantee Period ends. Unless you specify
otherwise, amounts not withdrawn will be applied to a new Guarantee Period of
the shortest duration available. The new Guarantee Period will begin on the day
the previous Guarantee Period ends.

MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT. All withdrawals in excess of the Preferred Withdrawal
Amount, transfers, and amounts applied to an Income Plan from a Guarantee
Period, other than those taken or applied during the 30 day period after such
Guarantee Period expires, are

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subject to a Market Value Adjustment. A Market Value Adjustment also will apply
when you apply amounts currently invested in a Guarantee Period to an Income
Plan (unless applied during the 30 day period after such Guarantee Period
expires). A Market Value Adjustment may apply in the calculation of the
Settlement Value described below in the "Death Benefit Amount" section below. We
will not apply a Market Value Adjustment to a transfer you make as part of a
Dollar Cost Averaging Program. We also will not apply a Market Value Adjustment
to a withdrawal you make:

..    within the Preferred Withdrawal Amount as described on page 18; or

..    to satisfy the IRS minimum distribution rules.

We apply the Market Value Adjustment to reflect changes in interest rates from
the time you first allocate money to a Guarantee Period to the time it is
removed from that Guarantee Period. We calculate the Market Value Adjustment by
comparing the Treasury Rate for a period equal to the Guarantee Period at its
inception to the Treasury Rate for a period equal to the time remaining in the
Guarantee Period when you remove your money. "TREASURY RATE" means the U.S.
Treasury Note Constant Maturity Yield as reported in Federal Reserve Board
Statistical Release H.15.

The Market Value Adjustment may be positive or negative, depending on changes in
interest rates. As such, you bear the investment risk associated with changes in
interest rates. If interest rates increase significantly, the Market Value
Adjustment and any withdrawal charge, premium taxes, and income tax withholding
(if applicable) could reduce the amount you receive upon full withdrawal of your
Contract Value to an amount that is less than the purchase payment plus interest
at the minimum guaranteed interest rate under the Contract.

Generally, if the Treasury Rate at the time you allocate money to a Guarantee
Period is higher than the applicable current Treasury Rate for a period equal to
the time remaining in the Guarantee Period, then the Market Value Adjustment
will result in a higher amount payable to you, transferred, or applied to an
Income Plan. Conversely, if the Treasury Rate at the time you allocate money to
a Guarantee Period is lower than the applicable Treasury Rate for a period equal
to the time remaining in the Guarantee Period, then the Market Value Adjustment
will result in a lower amount payable to you, transferred, or applied to an
Income Plan.

For example, assume that you purchase a Contract and you select an initial
Guarantee Period of 5 years and the 5 year Treasury Rate for that duration is
4.50%. Assume that at the end of 3 years, you make a partial withdrawal. If, at
that later time, the current 2 year Treasury Rate is 4.20%, then the Market
Value Adjustment will be positive, which will result in an increase in the
amount payable to you. Conversely, if the current 2 year Treasury Rate is 4.80%,
then the Market Value Adjustment will be negative, which will result in a
decrease in the amount payable to you.

The formula for calculating Market Value Adjustments is set forth in Appendix B
to this prospectus, which also contains additional examples of the application
of the Market Value Adjustment.

INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES: TRANSFERS

TRANSFERS DURING THE ACCUMULATION PHASE

During the Accumulation Phase, you may transfer Contract Value among the
investment alternatives. You may request in writing on a form that we provide or
by telephone according to the procedure described below. The minimum amount that
you may transfer into a Guarantee Period is $500. We currently do not assess,
but reserve the right to assess, a $10 charge on each transfer in excess of 12
per Contract Year. We treat transfers to or from more than one Fund on the same
day as one transfer.

We will process transfer requests that we receive before 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
on any Valuation Date using the Accumulation Unit Values for that Date. We will
process requests completed after 4:00 p.m. on any Valuation Date using the
Accumulation Unit Values for the next Valuation Date. The Contract permits us to
defer transfers from the Fixed Account for up to 6 months from the date we
receive your request. If we decide to postpone transfers from any Guarantee
Period for 10 days or more, we will pay interest as required by applicable law.
Any interest would be payable from the date we receive the transfer request to
the date we make the transfer. If you transfer an amount from a Guarantee Period
other than during the 30 day period after such Guarantee Period expires, we will
increase or decrease the amount by a Market Value Adjustment.

TRANSFERS DURING THE PAYOUT PHASE

During the Payout Phase, you may make transfers among the Variable Sub-Accounts
to change the relative weighting of the Variable Sub-Accounts on which your
variable income payments will be based. In addition, you will have a limited
ability to make transfers from the Variable Sub-Accounts to increase the
proportion of your income payments consisting of fixed income payments. You may
not, however, convert any portion of your right to receive fixed income payments
into variable income payments.

You may not make any transfers for the first 6 months after the Payout Start
Date. Thereafter, you may make transfers among the Variable Sub-Accounts or make
transfers from the Variable Sub-Accounts to increase the

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proportion of your income payments consisting of fixed income payments. Your
transfers must be at least 6 months apart.

TELEPHONE TRANSFERS

You may make transfers by telephone by calling 1-800-692-4682, if you first send
us a completed authorization form. The cut off time for telephone transfer
requests is 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. In the event that the New York Stock
Exchange closes early, i.e., before 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, or in the event that
the Exchange closes early for a period of time but then reopens for trading on
the same day, we will process telephone transfer requests as of the close of the
Exchange on that particular day. We will not accept telephone requests received
at any telephone number other than the number that appears in this paragraph or
received after the close of trading on the Exchange.

We may suspend, modify or terminate the telephone transfer privilege, as well as
any other electronic or automated means we previously approved, at any time
without notice.

We use procedures that we believe provide reasonable assurance that the
telephone transfers are genuine. For example, we tape telephone conversations
with persons purporting to authorize transfers and request identifying
information. Accordingly, we disclaim any liability for losses resulting from
allegedly unauthorized telephone transfers. However, if we do not take
reasonable steps to help ensure that a telephone authorization is valid, we may
be liable for such losses.

MARKET TIMING & EXCESSIVE TRADING

The Contracts are intended for long-term investment. Market timing and excessive
trading can potentially dilute the value of Variable Sub-Accounts and can
disrupt management of a Fund and raise its expenses, which can impair Fund
performance and adversely affect your Contract Value. Our policy is not to
accept knowingly any money intended for the purpose of market timing or
excessive trading. Accordingly, you should not invest in the Contract if your
purpose is to engage in market timing or excessive trading, and you should
refrain from such practices if you currently own a Contract.

We seek to detect market timing or excessive trading activity by reviewing
trading activities. Funds also may report suspected market-timing or excessive
trading activity to us. If, in our judgment, we determine that the transfers are
part of a market timing strategy or are otherwise harmful to the underlying
Fund, we will impose the trading limitations as described below under "Trading
Limitations." Because there is no universally accepted definition of what
constitutes market timing or excessive trading, we will use our reasonable
judgment based on all of the circumstances.

While we seek to deter market timing and excessive trading in Variable
Sub-Accounts, because our procedures involve the exercise of reasonable
judgment, we may not identify or prevent some market timing or excessive
trading. Moreover, imposition of trading limitations is triggered by the
detection of market timing or excessive trading activity, and the trading
limitations are not applied prior to detection of such trading activity.
Therefore, our policies and procedures do not prevent such trading activity
before it is detected. As a result, some investors may be able to engage in
market timing and excessive trading, while others are prohibited, and the
portfolio may experience the adverse effects of market timing and excessive
trading described above.

TRADING LIMITATIONS

We reserve the right to limit transfers among the investment alternatives in any
Contract Year, or to refuse any transfer request, if:

..    we believe, in our sole discretion, that certain trading practices, such as
     excessive trading, by, or on behalf of, one or more Contract Owners, or a
     specific transfer request or group of transfer requests, may have a
     detrimental effect on the Accumulation Unit Values of any Variable
     Sub-Account or on the share prices of the corresponding Fund or otherwise
     would be to the disadvantage of other Contract Owners; or

..    we are informed by one or more of the Funds that they intend to restrict
     the purchase, exchange, or redemption of Fund shares because of excessive
     trading or because they believe that a specific transfer or group of
     transfers would have a detrimental effect on the prices of Fund shares.

In making the determination that trading activity constitutes market timing or
excessive trading, we will consider, among other things:

..    the total dollar amount being transferred, both in the aggregate and in the
     transfer request;

..    the number of transfers you make over a period of time and/or the period of
     time between transfers (note: one set of transfers to and from a Variable
     Sub-Account in a short period of time can constitute market timing);

..    whether your transfers follow a pattern that appears designed to take
     advantage of short term market fluctuations, particularly within certain
     Variable Sub-Account underlying Funds that we have identified as being
     susceptible to market timing activities;

..    whether the manager of the underlying Fund has indicated that the transfers
     interfere with Fund management or otherwise adversely impact the Fund; and

..    the investment objectives and/or size of the Variable Sub-Account
     underlying Fund.

We seek to apply these trading limitations uniformly. However, because these
determinations involve the exercise of discretion, it is possible that we may
not detect some market timing or excessive trading activity. As a

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result, it is possible that some investors may be able to engage in market
timing or excessive trading activity, while others are prohibited, and the Fund
may experience the adverse effects of market timing and excessive trading
described above.

If we determine that a Contract Owner has engaged in a pattern of market timing
or excessive trading activity involving multiple Variable Sub-Accounts, we will
require that all future transfer requests be submitted through regular U.S. mail
thereby refusing to accept transfer requests via telephone, facsimile, Internet,
or overnight delivery. In addition, for Contracts issued on or after May 1,
2000, if we determine that a Contract Owner has engaged in market timing or
excessive trading activity, we will also restrict that Contract Owner from
making future additions or transfers into the impacted Variable Sub-Account(s).

In our sole discretion, we may revise our Trading Limitations at any time as
necessary to better deter or minimize market timing and excessive trading or to
comply with regulatory requirements.

DOLLAR COST AVERAGING PROGRAM

Through the Dollar Cost Averaging Program, you may automatically transfer a set
amount at regular intervals during the Accumulation Phase from any Variable
Sub-Account, or the 1 year Guarantee Period of the Fixed Account, to any other
Variable Sub-Account. The interval between transfers may be monthly, quarterly,
semi-annually, or annually. You may not use dollar cost averaging to transfer
amounts to the Fixed Account.

We will not charge a transfer fee for transfers made under this Program, nor
will such transfers count against the 12 transfers you can make each Contract
Year without paying a transfer fee. In addition, we will not apply the Market
Value Adjustment to these transfers.

The theory of dollar cost averaging is that if purchases of equal dollar amounts
are made at fluctuating prices, the aggregate average cost per unit will be less
than the average of the unit prices on the same purchase dates. However,
participation in this program does not assure you of a greater profit from your
purchases under the Program nor will it prevent or necessarily reduce losses in
a declining market. Call or write us for instructions on how to enroll.

AUTOMATIC FUND REBALANCING PROGRAM

Once you have allocated your money among the Variable Sub-Accounts, the
performance of each Sub-Account may cause a shift in the percentage you
allocated to each Sub-Account. If you select our Automatic Fund Rebalancing
Program, we will automatically rebalance the Contract Value in each Variable
Sub-Account and return it to the desired percentage allocations. Money you
allocate to the Fixed Account will not be included in the rebalancing.

We will rebalance your account each quarter according to your instructions. We
will transfer amounts among the Variable Sub-Accounts to achieve the percentage
allocations you specify. You can change your allocations at any time by
contacting us in writing or by telephone. The new allocation will be effective
with the first rebalancing that occurs after we receive your request. We are not
responsible for rebalancing that occurs prior to receipt of your request.

Example:

Assume that you want your initial purchase payment split among 2 Variable
Sub-Accounts. You want 40% to be in the AIM V.I. Diversified Income Variable
Sub-Account and 60% to be in the AIM V.I. Growth Variable Sub-Account. Over the
next 2 months the bond market does very well while the stock market performs
poorly. At the end of the first quarter, the AIM V.I. Diversified Income
Variable Sub-Account now represents 50% of your holdings because of its increase
in value. If you choose to have your holdings rebalanced quarterly, on the first
day of the next quarter we would sell some of your units in the AIM V.I.
Diversified Income Variable Sub-Account and use the money to buy more units in
the AIM V.I. Growth Variable Sub-Account so that the percentage allocations
would again be 40% and 60% respectively.

The Automatic Fund Rebalancing Program is available only during the Accumulation
Phase. The transfers made under the Program do not count towards the 12
transfers you can make without paying a transfer fee, and are not subject to a
transfer fee.

Fund rebalancing is consistent with maintaining your allocation of investments
among market segments, although it is accomplished by reducing your Contract
Value allocated to the better performing segments.

EXPENSES

As a Contract owner, you will bear, directly or indirectly, the charges and
expenses described below.

CONTRACT MAINTENANCE CHARGE

During the Accumulation Phase, on each Contract Anniversary, we will deduct a
$35 contract maintenance charge from your Contract Value invested in each

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Variable Sub-Account in proportion to the amount invested. We also will deduct a
full contract maintenance charge if you withdraw your entire Contract Value,
unless your Contract qualifies for a waiver, described below. During the Payout
Phase, we will deduct the charge proportionately from each income payment.

The charge is for the cost of maintaining each Contract and the Variable
Account. Maintenance costs include expenses we incur in billing and collecting
purchase payments; keeping records; processing death claims, cash withdrawals,
and policy changes; proxy statements; calculating Accumulation Unit Values and
income payments; and issuing reports to Contract owners and regulatory agencies.
We cannot increase the charge. We will waive this charge if:

..    total purchase payments equal $50,000 or more, or

..    all money is allocated to the Fixed Account on a Contract Anniversary.

MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK CHARGE

We deduct a mortality and expense risk charge daily at an annual rate of 1.35%
of the average daily net assets you have invested in the Variable Sub-Accounts.
The mortality and expense risk charge is for all the insurance benefits
available with your Contract (including our guarantee of annuity rates and the
death benefits), for certain expenses of the Contract, and for assuming the risk
(expense risk) that the current charges will not be sufficient in the future to
cover the cost of administering the Contract. If the charges under the Contract
are not sufficient, then we will bear the loss.

We guarantee the mortality and expense risk charge and we cannot increase it. We
assess the mortality and expense risk charge during both the Accumulation Phase
and the Payout Phase.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CHARGE

We deduct an administrative expense charge daily at an annual rate of 0.10% of
the average daily net assets you have invested in the Variable Sub-Accounts. We
intend this charge to cover actual administrative expenses that exceed the
revenues from the contract maintenance charge. There is no necessary
relationship between the amount of administrative charge imposed on a given
Contract and the amount of expenses that may be attributed to that Contract. We
assess this charge each day during the Accumulation Phase and the Payout Phase.
We guarantee that we will not raise this charge.

TRANSFER FEE

We do not currently impose a fee upon transfers among the investment
alternatives. However, we reserve the right to charge $10 per transfer after the
12th transfer in each Contract Year. We will not charge a transfer fee on
transfers that are part of a Dollar Cost Averaging Program or Automatic Fund
Rebalancing Program.

WITHDRAWAL CHARGE

We may assess a withdrawal charge of up to 7% of the purchase payment(s) you
withdraw in excess of the Preferred Withdrawal Amount, adjusted by a Market
Value Adjustment. The charge declines annually to 0% after 7 complete years from
the day we receive the purchase payment being withdrawn. A schedule showing how
the charge declines appears on page 7. During each Contract Year, you can
withdraw up to 10% of purchase payments without paying the charge. Unused
portions of this 10% "PREFERRED WITHDRAWAL AMOUNT" are not carried forward to
future Contract Years.

We determine the withdrawal charge by;

..    multiplying the percentage corresponding to the number of complete years
     since we received the purchase payment being withdrawn by

..    the part of each purchase payment withdrawal that is in excess of the
     Preferred Withdrawal Amount, adjusted by a Market Value Adjustment.

We will deduct withdrawal charges, if applicable, from the amount paid. For
purposes of the withdrawal charge, we will treat withdrawals as coming from the
oldest purchase payments first. However, for federal income tax purposes, please
note that withdrawals are considered to have come first from earnings in the
Contract. Thus, for tax purposes, earnings are considered to come out first,
which means you pay taxes on the earnings portion of your withdrawal.

If you make a withdrawal before the Payout Start Date, we will apply the
withdrawal charge percentage in effect on the date of the withdrawal, or the
withdrawal charge percentage in effect on the following day, whichever is
lower.We do not apply a withdrawal charge in the following situations:

..    on the Payout Start Date (a withdrawal charge may apply if you elect to
     receive income payments for a specified period of less than 120 months);

..    the death of the Contract owner or Annuitant (unless the Settlement Value
     is used);

..    withdrawals taken to satisfy IRS minimum distribution rules for the
     Contract; or

..    withdrawals made after all purchase payments have been withdrawn.

We use the amounts obtained from the withdrawal charge to pay sales commissions
and other promotional or distribution expenses associated with marketing the
Contracts. To the extent that the withdrawal charge does not cover all sales
commissions and other promotional or distribution expenses, we may use any of
our corporate assets, including potential profit which may arise from the
mortality and expense risk charge or any other charges or fee described above,
to make up any difference.

Withdrawals may be subject to tax penalties or income tax and a Market Value
Adjustment. You should consult your

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own tax counsel or other tax advisers regarding any withdrawals.

We reserve the right to waive the withdrawal charge with respect to Contracts
issued to employees and registered representatives of any broker-dealer that has
entered into a sales agreement with ALFS, Inc. ("ALFS") to sell the Contracts
and all wholesalers and their employees that are under agreement with ALFS to
wholesale the Contract.

PREMIUM TAXES

Currently, we do not make deductions for premium taxes under the Contract
because New York does not charge premium taxes on annuities. We may deduct taxes
that may be imposed in the future from purchase payments or the Contract Value
when the tax is incurred or at a later time.

DEDUCTION FOR VARIABLE ACCOUNT INCOME TAXES

We are not currently making a provision for taxes. In the future, however, we
may make a provision for taxes if we determine, in our sole discretion, that we
will incur a tax as a result of the operation of the Variable Account. We will
deduct for any taxes we incur as a result of the operation of the Variable
Account, whether or not we previously made a provision for taxes and whether or
not it was sufficient. Our status under the Internal Revenue Code is briefly
described in the Taxes section.

OTHER EXPENSES

Each Fund deducts advisory fees and other expenses from its assets. You
indirectly bear the charges and expenses of the Fund whose shares are held by
the Variable Sub-Accounts. These fees and expenses are described in the
accompanying prospectus for the Funds. For a summary of current estimates of
those charges and expenses, see pages 7-8 above.

We may receive compensation from A I M Advisors, Inc., for administrative
services we provide to the Funds.

ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY

You can withdraw some or all of your Contract Value at any time prior to the
Payout Start Date. Withdrawals also are available under limited circumstances on
or after the Payout Start Date. See "Income Plans" on page 20.

The amount payable upon withdrawal is the Contract Value next computed after we
receive the request for a withdrawal at our service center, adjusted by any
Market Value Adjustment, less any withdrawal charges, contract maintenance
charges, income tax withholding, and any premium taxes. We will pay withdrawals
from the Variable Account within 7 days of receipt of the request, subject to
postponement in certain circumstances.

You can withdraw money from the Variable Account or the Fixed Account. To
complete a partial withdrawal from the Variable Account, we will cancel
Accumulation Units in an amount equal to the withdrawal and any applicable
withdrawal charge and premium taxes.

You have the opportunity to name the investment alternative(s) from which you
are taking the withdrawal. If none is specified, we will deduct your withdrawal
pro-rata from the investment alternatives according to the value of your
investments therein.

In general, you must withdraw at least $50 at a time. You also may withdraw a
lesser amount if you are withdrawing your entire interest in a Variable Sub-
Account.

If you request a total withdrawal, we may require that you return your Contract
to us. We also will deduct a Contract Maintenance Charge of $35, unless we have
waived the Contract Maintenance Charge on your Contract.

Withdrawals taken prior to annuitization (referred to in this prospectus as the
Payout Phase) are generally considered to come from the earnings in the Contract
first. If the Contract is tax-qualified, generally all withdrawals are treated
as distributions of earnings. Withdrawals of earnings are taxed as ordinary
income and, if taken prior to age 59 1/2, may be subject to an additional 10%
federal tax penalty.

POSTPONEMENT OF PAYMENTS

We may postpone the payment of any amounts due from the Variable Account under
the Contract if:

1.   The New York Stock Exchange is closed for other than usual weekends or
     holidays, or trading on the Exchange is otherwise restricted;

2.   An emergency exists as defined by the SEC; or

3.   The SEC permits delay for your protection.

In addition, we may delay payments or transfers from the Fixed Account for up to
6 months or shorter period if required by law. If we delay payment or transfer
for 10 days or more, we will pay interest as required by law. Any interest would
be payable from the date we receive the withdrawal request to the date we make
the payment or transfer.

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SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PROGRAM

You may choose to receive systematic withdrawal payments on a monthly,
quarterly, semi-annual, or annual basis at any time prior to the Payout Start
Date. The minimum amount of each systematic withdrawal is $50. At our
discretion, systematic withdrawals may not be offered in conjunction with the
Dollar Cost Averaging or the Automatic Fund Rebalancing Programs.

Depending on fluctuations in the accumulation unit value of the Variable
Sub-Accounts and the value of the Fixed Account, systematic withdrawals may
reduce or even exhaust the Contract Value. We will make systematic withdrawal
payments to you or your designated payee. We may modify or suspend the
Systematic Withdrawal Program and charge a processing fee for the service. If we
modify or suspend the Systematic Withdrawal Program, existing systematic
withdrawal payments will not be affected.

MINIMUM CONTRACT VALUE

If your request for a partial withdrawal would reduce the amount in any
Guarantee Period to less than $500, we will treat it as a request to withdraw
the entire amount invested in such Guarantee Period. In addition, if your
request for a partial withdrawal would reduce the Contract Value to less than
$1,000, we may treat it as a request to withdraw your entire Contract Value.
Before terminating any Contract whose value has been reduced by withdrawals to
less than $1,000, we would inform you in writing of our intention to terminate
your Contract and give you at least 30 days in which to make an additional
Purchase Payment to restore your Contract's value to the contractual minimum of
$1,000. Your Contract will terminate if you withdraw all of your Contract Value.
We will, however, ask you to confirm your withdrawal request before terminating
your Contract. If we terminate your Contract, we will distribute to you its
Contract Value, adjusted by any applicable Market Value Adjustment, less
withdrawal and other charges, and applicable taxes. Your Contract will terminate
if you withdraw all of your Contract Value.

INCOME PAYMENTS

PAYOUT START DATE

The Payout Start Date is the day that we apply your Contract Value, adjusted by
any Market Value Adjustment and less any applicable taxes, to an Income Plan.
The Payout Start Date must be no later than the Annuitant's 90th birthday.

You may change the Payout Start Date at any time by notifying us in writing of
the change at least 30 days before the scheduled Payout Start Date. Absent a
change, we will use the Payout Start Date stated in your Contract.

INCOME PLANS

An "Income Plan" is a series of payments on a scheduled basis to you or to
another person designated by you. You may choose and change your choice of
Income Plan until 30 days before the Payout Start Date. If you do not select an
Income Plan, we will make income payments in accordance with Income Plan 1 with
guaranteed payments for 10 years. After the Payout Start Date, you may not make
withdrawals (except as described below) or change your choice of Income Plan.
Three Income Plans are available under the Contract. Each is available to
provide:

..    fixed income payments;

..    variable income payments; or

..    a combination of the two.

A portion of each payment will be considered taxable and the remaining portion
will be a non-taxable return of your investment in the Contract, which is also
called the "basis". Once the basis in the Contract is depleted, all remaining
payments will be fully taxable. If the Contract is tax-qualified, generally, all
payments will be fully taxable. Taxable payments taken prior to age 59 1/2, may
be subject to an additional 10% federal tax penalty.

The three Income Plans are:

INCOME PLAN 1 - LIFE INCOME WITH GUARANTEED PAYMENTS. Under this plan, we make
periodic income payments for at least as long as the Annuitant lives. If the
Annuitant dies before we have made all of the guaranteed income payments, we
will continue to pay the remainder of the guaranteed income payments as required
by the Contract.

INCOME PLAN 2 - JOINT AND SURVIVOR LIFE INCOME WITH GUARANTEED PAYMENTS. Under
this plan, we make periodic income payments for at least as long as either the
Annuitant or the joint Annuitant is alive. If both the Annuitant and the joint
Annuitant die before we have made all of the guaranteed income payments, we will
continue to pay the remainder of the guaranteed income payments as required by
the Contract.

INCOME PLAN 3 - GUARANTEED PAYMENTS FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD (5 YEARS TO 30
YEARS). Under this plan, we make periodic income payments for the period you
have chosen. These payments do not depend on the Annuitant's life. Income
payments for less than 120 months may be subject to a withdrawal charge. We will
deduct the mortality and expense risk charge from the Variable Sub-Account
assets that support the variable income payments even though we may not bear any
mortality risk.

The length of any guaranteed payment period under your selected Income Plan
generally will affect the dollar amounts of each income payment. As a general
rule,

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longer guarantee periods result in lower income payments, all other things being
equal. For example, if you choose an Income Plan with payments that depend on
the life of the Annuitant but with no minimum specified period for guaranteed
payments, the income payments generally will be greater than the income payments
made under the same Income Plan with a minimum specified period for guaranteed
payments.

If you choose Income Plan 1 or 2, or, if available, another Income Plan with
payments that continue for the life of the Annuitant or joint Annuitant, we may
require proof of age and sex of the Annuitant or joint Annuitant before starting
income payments, and proof that the Annuitant or joint Annuitant is alive before
we make each payment. Please note that under such Income Plans, if you elect to
take no minimum guaranteed payments, it is possible that the payee could receive
only 1 income payment if the Annuitant and any joint Annuitant both die before
the second income payment, or only 2 income payments if they die before the
third income payment, and so on.

Generally, you may not make withdrawals after the Payout Start Date. One
exception to this rule applies if you are receiving variable income payments
that do not depend on the life of the Annuitant (such as under Income Plan 3).
In that case you may terminate all or part of the Variable Account portion of
the income payments at any time and receive a lump sum equal to the present
value of the remaining variable payments associated with the amount withdrawn.
To determine the present value of any remaining variable income payments being
withdrawn, we use a discount rate equal to the assumed annual investment rate
that we use to compute such variable income payments. The minimum amount you may
withdraw under this feature is $1,000. A withdrawal charge may apply. We deduct
applicable premium taxes from the Contract Value at the Payout Start Date.

We may make other Income Plans available. You may obtain information about them
by writing or calling us.

You must apply at least the Contract Value in the Fixed Account on the Payout
Start Date to fixed income payments. If you wish to apply any portion of your
Fixed Account balance to provide variable income payments, you should plan ahead
and transfer that amount to the Variable Sub-Accounts prior to the Payout Start
Date. If you do not tell us how to allocate your Contract Value among fixed and
variable income payments, we will apply your Contract Value in the Variable
Account to variable income payments and your Contract Value in the Fixed Account
to fixed income payments.

We will apply your Contract Value, adjusted by any applicable Market Value
Adjustment, less applicable taxes to your Income Plan on the Payout Start Date.
If the amount available to apply under an Income Plan is less than $2,000 or not
enough to provide an initial payment of at least $20, and state law permits, we
may:

..    pay you the Contract Value, adjusted by any Market Value Adjustment and
     less any applicable taxes, in a lump sum instead of the periodic payments
     you have chosen; or

..    reduce the frequency of your payments so that each payment will be at least
     $20.

VARIABLE INCOME PAYMENTS

The amount of your variable income payments depends upon the investment results
of the Variable Sub-Accounts you select, the premium taxes you pay, the age and
sex of the Annuitant, and the Income Plan you choose. We guarantee that the
payments will not be affected by (a) actual mortality experience and (b) the
amount of our administration expenses.

We cannot predict the total amount of your variable income payments. Your
variable income payments may be more or less than your total purchase payments
because (a) variable income payments vary with the investment results of the
underlying Funds and (b) the Annuitant could live longer or shorter than we
expect based on the tables we use.

In calculating the amount of the periodic payments in the annuity tables in the
Contract, we assumed an annual investment rate of 3%. If the actual net
investment return of the Variable Sub-Accounts you choose is less than this
assumed investment rate, then the dollar amount of your variable income payments
will decrease. The dollar amount of your variable income payments will increase,
however, if the actual net investment return exceeds the assumed investment
rate. The dollar amount of the variable income payments stays level if the net
investment return equals the assumed investment rate. Please refer to the
Statement of Additional Information for more detailed information as to how we
determine variable income payments.

FIXED INCOME PAYMENTS

We guarantee income payment amounts derived from the Fixed Account for the
duration of the Income Plan. We calculate the fixed income payments by:

1)   adjusting the portion of the Contract Value in the Fixed Account on the
     Payout Start Date by any applicable Market Value Adjustment;

2)   deducting any applicable premium tax; and

3)   applying the resulting amount to the greater of (a) the appropriate value
     from the income payment table in your Contract or (b) such other value as
     we are offering at that time.

We may defer making fixed income payments for a period of up to 6 months or such
shorter time as state law may require. If we defer payments for 10 business days
or more, we will pay interest as required by law from the date we receive the
withdrawal request to the date we make payment.

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CERTAIN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

The Contracts offered by this prospectus contain income payment tables that
provide for different payments to men and women of the same age. However, we
reserve the right to use income payment tables that do not distinguish on the
basis of sex to the extent permitted by law. In certain employment-related
situations, employers are required by law to use the same income payment tables
for men and women. Accordingly, if the Contract is to be used in connection with
an employment-related retirement or benefit plan, you should consult with legal
counsel as to whether the purchase of a Contract is appropriate. For qualified
plans, where it is appropriate, we may use income payment tables that do not
distinguish on the basis of sex.

DEATH BENEFITS

We will pay a death benefit if, prior to the Payout Start Date:

1.   any Contract owner dies; or

2.   the Annuitant dies, if the Contract owner is not a living person.

We will pay the death benefit to the new Contract owner who is determined
immediately after the death. The new Contract owner would be a surviving
Contract owner or, if none, the Beneficiary(ies). In the case of a Contract
owned by a non-living owner, upon death of an Annuitant, we will pay the death
benefit to the current Contract owner.

We will not settle any death claim until we receive DUE PROOF OF DEATH.

We will accept the following documentation as Due Proof of Death:

..    a certified copy of a death certificate; or

..    a certified copy of a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction as to a
     finding of death; or

any other proof acceptable to us.

Where there are multiple beneficiaries, we will only value the death benefit at
the time the first beneficiary submits the necessary documentation in good
order. Any death benefit amounts attributable to any beneficiary which remain in
the investment divisions are subject to investment risk.

DEATH BENEFIT AMOUNT

Prior to the Payout Start Date, the death benefit is equal to the greatest of:

1.   the Contract Value as of the date we determine the death benefit; or

2.   the SETTLEMENT VALUE (that is, the amount payable on a full withdrawal of
     Contract Value) on the date we determine the death benefit; or

3.   the Contract Value on the DEATH BENEFIT ANNIVERSARY immediately preceding
     the date we determine the death benefit, adjusted by any purchase payments,
     partial withdrawals and charges made since that Death Benefit Anniversary.
     A "Death Benefit Anniversary" is every seventh Contract Anniversary
     beginning with the Issue Date. For example, the Issue Date, 7th and 14th
     Contract Anniversaries are the first three Death Benefit Anniversaries; or

4.   the greatest of the ANNIVERSARY VALUES as of the date we determine the
     death benefit. An "Anniversary Value" is equal to the Contract Value on a
     Contract Anniversary, increased by purchase payments made since that
     Anniversary and reduced by the amount of any partial withdrawals since that
     anniversary. Anniversary Values will be calculated for each Contract
     Anniversary prior to the earlier of: (i) the date we determine the death
     benefit; or (ii) the deceased's 75th birthday or 5 years after the Issue
     Date, if later.

In calculating the Settlement Value, the amount in each individual Guarantee
Period may be subject to a Market Value Adjustment. A Market Value Adjustment
will apply to amounts in a Guarantee Period, unless we calculate the Settlement
Value during the 30-day period after the expiration of the Guarantee Period.
Also, the Settlement Value will reflect deduction of any applicable withdrawal
charges, contract maintenance charges, and premium taxes.

We will determine the value of the death benefit as of the end of the Valuation
Date on which we receive a complete request for payment of the death benefit,
which includes Due Proof of Death. If we receive a request after 4:00 p.m.
Eastern Time (3:00 p.m. Central Time) on a Valuation Date, we will process the
request as of the end of the following Valuation Date.

DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENTS

If the new Owner is your spouse, the new Owner may:

1.   elect to receive the Death Benefit in a lump sum, or

2.   elect to apply the Death Benefit to an Income Plan. Payments from the
     Income Plan must begin within 1 year of the date of death and must be
     payable throughout:

..    The life of the new Owner; or

..    for a guaranteed number of payments from 5 to 50 years, but not to exceed
     the life expectancy of the new Owner; or

..    over the life of the new Owner with a guaranteed number of payments from 5
     to 30 years but not to exceed the life expectancy of the new Owner.

If your spouse does not elect one of the above options above, the Contract will
continue in the Accumulation

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Phase as if the death had not occurred. If the Contract is continued in the
Accumulation Phase, the following restrictions apply:

..    On the date the Contract is continued, the Contract Value will equal the
     amount of the Death Benefit as determined as of the Valuation Date on which
     we received the completed request for settlement of the Death Benefit (the
     next Valuation Date, if we receive the completed request for settlement of
     the Death Benefit after 3 p.m. Central Time). Unless otherwise instructed
     by the continuing spouse, the excess, if any, of the Death Benefit over the
     Contract Value will be allocated to the Sub-Accounts of the Variable
     Account. This excess will be allocated in proportion to your Contract Value
     in those Sub-accounts as of the end of the Valuation Period during which we
     receive the completed request for settlement of the Death Benefit, except
     that any portion of this excess attributable to the Fixed Account Options
     will be allocated to the Money Market Sub-account. Within 30 days of the
     date the Contract is continued, your surviving spouse may choose one of the
     following transfer alternatives without incurring a transfer fee:

..    transfer all or a portion of the excess among the Variable Sub-Accounts;

..    transfer all or a portion of the excess into the Guaranteed Maturity Fixed
     Account and begin a new Guarantee Period; or

..    transfer all or a portion of the excess into a combination of Variable
     Sub-Accounts and the Guaranteed Maturity Fixed Account.

Any such transfer does not count as one of the free transfers allowed each
Contract Year and is subject to any minimum allocation amount specified in your
Contract.

The surviving spouse may make a single withdrawal of any amount within one year
of the date of death without incurring a Withdrawal Charge.

Only one spousal continuation is allowed under this Contract.

If the new Owner is not your spouse but is a living person, the new Owner may:

1)   elect to receive the Death Benefit in a lump sum, or

2)   elect to apply the Death Benefit to an Income Plan. Payments from the
     Income Plan must begin within 1 year of the date of death and must be
     payable throughout:

..    the life of the new Owner; or

..    for a guaranteed number of payments from 5 to 50 years, but not to exceed
     the life expectancy of the new Owner; or

..    over the life of the new Owner with a guaranteed number of payments from 5
     to 30 years but not to exceed the life expectancy of the new Owner.

If the new Owner does not elect one of the above options above, then the new
Owner must receive the Contract Value payable within 5 years of your date of
death. The Contract Value will equal the amount of the Death Benefit as
determined as of the Valuation Date on which we received the completed request
for settlement of the Death Benefit (the next Valuation Date, if we receive the
completed request for settlement of the Death Benefit after 3 p.m. Central
Time). Unless otherwise instructed by the new Owner, the excess, if any, of the
Death Benefit over the Contract Value will be allocated to the Money Market
Variable Sub-Account. The new Owner may exercise all rights as set forth in the
TRANSFERS section during this 5 year period.

No additional Purchase Payments may be added to the Contract under this
election. Withdrawal Charges will be waived for any withdrawals made during this
5 year period.

If the new Owner dies prior to the receiving all of the Contract Value, then the
new Owner's named Beneficiary(ies) will receive the greater of the Settlement
Value or the remaining Contract Value. This amount must be received as a lump
sum within 5 years of the date of the original Owner's death.

We reserve the right to offer additional options upon Death of Owner.

If the new Owner is a corporation, trust, or other non-living person:

(a)  The new Owner may elect, within 180 days of the date of death, to receive
     the Death Benefit in a lump sum; or

(b)  If the new Owner does not elect the option above, then the new Owner must
     receive the Contract Value payable within 5 years of your date of death. On
     the date we receive the complete request for settlement of the Death
     Benefit, the Contract Value under this option will be the Death Benefit.
     Unless otherwise instructed by the new Owner, the excess, if any of the
     Death Benefit over the Contract Value will be allocated to the Money Market
     Variable Sub-Account. The new Owner may exercise all rights set forth in
     the Transfers provision during this 5 year period.

We reserve the right to offer additional options upon Death of Owner.

If any new Owner is a non-living person, all new Owners will be considered to be
non-living persons for the above purposes.

Under any of these options, all ownership rights, subject to any restrictions
previously placed upon the Beneficiary, are available to the new Owner from the
date of your death to the date on which the death proceeds are paid.

DEATH OF ANNUITANT

 If the Annuitant who is not also the Contract Owner dies prior to the Payout
Start Date and the Contract Owner is

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a living person, then the Contract will continue with a new Annuitant as
designated by the Contract Owner.

If the Annuitant who is not also the Contract Owner dies prior to the Payout
Start Date and the Contract Owner is a non-living person, the following apply:

(a)  The Contract Owner may elect to receive the Death Benefit in a lump sum; or

(b)  If the new Owner does not elect the option above, then the Owner must
     receive the Contract Value payable within 5 years of the Annuitant's date
     of death. On the date we receive the complete request for settlement of the
     Death Benefit, the Contract Value under this option will be the Death
     Benefit. Unless otherwise instructed by the Contract Owner, the excess, if
     any, of the Death Benefit over the Contract Value will be allocated to the
     Money Market Variable Sub-Account. The Contract Owner may then exercise all
     rights set forth in the Transfers provision during this 5 year period.

We reserve the right to offer additional options upon Death of Annuitant.

MORE INFORMATION

ALLSTATE NEW YORK

Allstate New York is the issuer of the Contract. Allstate New York is a stock
life insurance company organized under the laws of the State of New York.
Allstate New York was incorporated in 1967 and was known as "Financial Life
Insurance Company" from 1967 to 1978. From 1978 to 1984, Allstate New York was
known as "PM Life Insurance Company." Since 1984 the company has been known as
"Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York."

Allstate New York is currently licensed to operate in New York. Our home office
is located at 100 Motor Parkway, Hauppauge, NY 11788-5107. Our service center is
located in Vernon Hills, Illinois.

Allstate New York is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate Life Insurance
Company ("Allstate Life"), a stock life insurance company incorporated under the
laws of the State of Illinois. Allstate Life is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Allstate Insurance Company, a stock property-liability insurance company
incorporated under the laws of Illinois. With the exception of the directors
qualifying shares, all of the outstanding capital stock of Allstate Insurance
Company is owned by The Allstate Corporation.

THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT

Allstate New York established the Allstate Life of New York Separate Account A
on December 15, 1995. We have registered the Variable Account with the SEC as a
unit investment trust. The SEC does not supervise the management of the Variable
Account or Allstate New York.

We own the assets of the Variable Account. The Variable Account is a segregated
asset account under New York law. That means we account for the Variable
Account's income, gains and losses separately from the results of our other
operations. It also means that only the assets of the Variable Account that are
in excess of the reserves and other Contract liabilities with respect to the
Variable Account are subject to liabilities relating to our other operations.
Our obligations arising under the Contracts are general corporate obligations of
Allstate New York.

The Variable Account consists of multiple Variable Sub-Accounts, 18 of which are
available through the Contracts. Each Variable Sub-Account invests in a
corresponding Fund. We may add new Variable Sub-Accounts or eliminate one or
more of them, if we believe marketing, tax, or investment conditions so warrant.
We do not guarantee the investment performance of the Variable Account, its
Sub-Accounts or the Funds. We may use the Variable Account to fund our other
annuity contracts. We will account separately for each type of annuity contract
funded by the Variable Account.

THE FUNDS

DIVIDENDS AND CAPITAL GAIN DISTRIBUTIONS. We automatically reinvest all
dividends and capital gains distributions from the Funds in shares of the
distributing Fund at their net asset value.

VOTING PRIVILEGES. As a general matter, you do not have a direct right to vote
the shares of the Funds held by the Variable Sub-Accounts to which you have
allocated your Contract Value. Under current law, however, you are entitled to
give us instructions on how to vote those shares on certain matters. Based on
our present view of the law, we will vote the shares of the Funds that we hold
directly or indirectly through the Variable Account in accordance with
instructions that we receive from Contract owners entitled to give such
instructions.

As a general rule, before the Payout Start Date, the Contract owner or anyone
with a voting interest is the person entitled to give voting instructions. The
number of shares that a person has a right to instruct will be determined by
dividing the Contract Value allocated to the applicable Variable Sub-Account by
the net asset value per share of the corresponding Fund as of the record date of
the meeting. After the Payout Start Date, the person receiving income payments
has the voting interest. The payee's number of votes will be determined by
dividing the reserve for such Contract allocated to the applicable Variable
Sub-Account by the net asset value per share of the corresponding Fund. The
votes decrease as income payments are made and as the reserves for the Contract
decrease.

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We will vote shares attributable to Contracts for which we have not received
instructions, as well as shares attributable to us, in the same proportion as we
vote shares for which we have received instructions, unless we determine that we
may vote such shares in our own discretion. We will apply voting instructions to
abstain on any item to be voted on a pro-rata basis to reduce the votes eligible
to be cast.

We reserve the right to vote Fund shares as we see fit without regard to voting
instructions to the extent permitted by law. If we disregard voting
instructions, we will include a summary of that action and our reasons for that
action in the next semi-annual financial report we send to you.

CHANGES IN FUNDS. If the shares of any of the Funds are no longer available for
investment by the Variable Account or if, in our judgment, further investment in
such shares is no longer desirable in view of the purposes of the Contract, we
may eliminate that Fund and substitute shares of another eligible investment
fund. Any substitution of securities will comply with the requirements of the
1940 Act. We also may add new Variable Sub-Accounts that invest in underlying
Funds. We will notify you in advance of any changes.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. Certain of the Funds sell their shares to Variable
Accounts underlying both variable life insurance and variable annuity contracts.
It is conceivable that in the future it may be unfavorable for variable life
insurance Variable Accounts and variable annuity Variable Accounts to invest in
the same Fund. The boards of trustees of these Funds monitor for possible
conflicts among Variable Accounts buying shares of the Funds. Conflicts could
develop for a variety of reasons. For example, differences in treatment under
tax and other laws or the failure by a Variable Account to comply with such laws
could cause a conflict. To eliminate a conflict, a Fund's board of trustees may
require a Variable Account to withdraw its participation in a Fund. A Fund's net
asset value could decrease if it had to sell investment securities to pay
redemption proceeds to a Variable Account withdrawing because of a conflict.

THE CONTRACT

DISTRIBUTION. ALFS, Inc. ("ALFS"), located at 3100 Sanders Road, Northbrook,
Illinois 60062, serves as principal underwriter of the Contracts. ALFS is a
wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate Life Insurance Company. ALFS is a registered
broker dealer under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
("EXCHANGE ACT"), and is a member of the NASD.

We will pay commissions to broker-dealers who sell the Contracts. Commissions
paid may vary, but we estimate that the total commissions paid on all Contract
sales will not exceed 8 1/2% of any purchase payments. Sometimes, we also pay
the broker-dealer a persistency bonus in addition to the standard commissions. A
persistency bonus is not expected to exceed .56%, on an annual basis, of the
purchase payments considered in connection with the bonus. These commissions are
intended to cover distribution expenses.

Allstate New York does not pay ALFS a commission for distribution of the
Contracts. The underwriting agreement with ALFS provides that we will reimburse
ALFS for any liability to Contract owners arising out of services rendered or
Contracts issued.

ADMINISTRATION. We have primary responsibility for all administration of the
Contracts and the Variable Account.

We provide the following administrative services, among others:

..    issuance of the Contracts;

..    maintenance of Contract owner records;

..    Contract owner services;

..    calculation of unit values;

..    maintenance of the Variable Account; and

..    preparation of Contract owner reports.

We will send you Contract statements and transaction confirmations at least
annually. The annual statement details values and specific Contract data for
each particular Contract. You should notify us promptly in writing of any
address change. You should read your statements and confirmations carefully and
verify their accuracy. You should contact us promptly if you have a question
about a periodic statement. We will investigate all complaints and make any
necessary adjustments retroactively, but you must notify us of a potential error
within a reasonable time after the date of the questioned statement. If you wait
too long, we will make the adjustment as of the date that we receive notice of
the potential error.

We also will provide you with additional periodic and other reports, information
and prospectuses as may be required by federal securities laws.

NON-QUALIFIED ANNUITIES HELD WITHIN A QUALIFIED PLAN

If you use the Contract within an employer sponsored qualified retirement plan,
the plan may impose different or additional conditions or limitations on
withdrawals, waivers of withdrawal charges, death benefits, Payout Start Dates,
income payments and other Contract features. In addition, adverse tax
consequences may result if qualified plan limits on distributions and other
conditions are not met. Please consult your qualified plan administrator for
more information. Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York no longer issues
deferred annuities to employer sponsored qualified retirement plans.

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LEGAL MATTERS

All matters of New York law pertaining to the Contracts, including the validity
of the Contracts and Allstate New York's right to issue such Contracts under New
York insurance law, have been passed upon by Michael J. Velotta, General Counsel
of Allstate New York.

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TAXES

THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION IS GENERAL AND IS NOT INTENDED AS TAX ADVICE. ALLSTATE
NEW YORK MAKES NO GUARANTEE REGARDING THE TAX TREATMENT OF ANY CONTRACT OR
TRANSACTION INVOLVING A CONTRACT.

Federal, state, local and other tax consequences of ownership or receipt of
distributions under an annuity contract depend on your individual circumstances.
If you are concerned about any tax consequences with regard to your individual
circumstances, you should consult a competent tax adviser.

TAXATION OF ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

Allstate New York is taxed as a life insurance company under Part I of
Subchapter L of the Code. Since the Variable Account is not an entity separate
from Allstate New York, and its operations form a part of Allstate New York, it
will not be taxed separately. Investment income and realized capital gains of
the Variable Account are automatically applied to increase reserves under the
Contract. Under existing federal income tax law, Allstate New York believes that
the Variable Account investment income and capital gains will not be taxed to
the extent that such income and gains are applied to increase the reserves under
the Contract. Accordingly, Allstate New York does not anticipate that it will
incur any federal income tax liability attributable to the Variable Account, and
therefore Allstate New York does not intend to make provisions for any such
taxes. If Allstate New York is taxed on investment income or capital gains of
the Variable Account, then Allstate New York may impose a charge against the
Variable Account in order to make provision for such taxes.

TAXATION OF VARIABLE ANNUITIES IN GENERAL

TAX DEFERRAL. Generally, you are not taxed on increases in the Contract Value
until a distribution occurs. This rule applies only where:

..    the Contract Owner is a natural person,

..    the investments of the Variable Account are "adequately diversified"
     according to Treasury Department regulations, and

..    Allstate New York is considered the owner of the Variable Account assets
     for federal income tax purposes.

NON-NATURAL OWNERS. Non-natural owners are also referred to as Non Living Owners
in this prospectus. As a general rule, annuity contracts owned by non-natural
persons such as corporations, trusts, or other entities are not treated as
annuity contracts for federal income tax purposes. The income on such contracts
does not enjoy tax deferral and is taxed as ordinary income received or accrued
by the non-natural owner during the taxable year.

EXCEPTIONS TO THE NON-NATURAL OWNER RULE. There are several exceptions to the
general rule that annuity contracts held by a non-natural owner are not treated
as annuity contracts for federal income tax purposes. Contracts will generally
be treated as held by a natural person if the nominal owner is a trust or other
entity which holds the contract as agent for a natural person. However, this
special exception will not apply in the case of an employer who is the nominal
owner of an annuity contract under a non-Qualified deferred compensation
arrangement for its employees. Other exceptions to the non-natural owner rule
are: (1) contracts acquired by an estate of a decedent by reason of the death of
the decedent; (2) certain qualified contracts; (3) contracts purchased by
employers upon the termination of certain qualified plans; (4) certain contracts
used in connection with structured settlement agreements; and (5) immediate
annuity contracts, purchased with a single premium, when the annuity starting
date is no later than a year from purchase of the annuity and substantially
equal periodic payments are made, not less frequently than annually, during the
annuity period.

GRANTOR TRUST OWNED ANNUITY. Contracts owned by a grantor trust are considered
owned by a non-natural owner. Grantor trust owned contracts receive tax deferral
as described in the Exceptions to the Non-Natural Owner Rule section. In
accordance with the Code, upon the death of the annuitant, the death benefit
must be paid. According to your Contract, the Death Benefit is paid to the
surviving Contract Owner. Since the trust will be the surviving Contract Owner
in all cases, the Death Benefit will be payable to the trust notwithstanding any
beneficiary designation on the annuity contract. A trust, including a grantor
trust, has two options for receiving any death benefits: 1) a lump sum payment;
or 2) payment deferred up to five years from date of death.

DIVERSIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. For a Contract to be treated as an annuity for
federal income tax purposes, the investments in the Variable Account must be
"adequately diversified" consistent with standards under Treasury Department
regulations. If the investments in the Variable Account are not adequately
diversified, the Contract will not be treated as an annuity contract for federal
income tax purposes. As a result, the income on the Contract will be taxed as
ordinary income received or accrued by the Contract owner during the taxable
year. Although Allstate New York does not have control over the Portfolios or
their investments, we expect the Portfolios to meet the diversification
requirements.

OWNERSHIP TREATMENT. The IRS has stated that a contract owner will be considered
the owner of separate account assets if he possesses incidents of ownership in
those assets, such as the ability to exercise investment control over the
assets. At the time the diversification regulations were issued, the Treasury
Department

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announced that the regulations do not provide guidance concerning circumstances
in which investor control of the separate account investments may cause a
Contract owner to be treated as the owner of the separate account. The Treasury
Department also stated that future guidance would be issued regarding the extent
that owners could direct sub-account investments without being treated as owners
of the underlying assets of the separate account.

Your rights under the Contract are different than those described by the IRS in
private and published rulings in which it found that Contract owners were not
owners of separate account assets. For example, if your contract offers more
than twenty (20) investment alternatives you have the choice to allocate
premiums and contract values among a broader selection of investment
alternatives than described in such rulings. You may be able to transfer among
investment alternatives more frequently than in such rulings. These differences
could result in you being treated as the owner of the Variable Account. If this
occurs, income and gain from the Variable Account assets would be includible in
your gross income. Allstate New York does not know what standards will be set
forth in any regulations or rulings which the Treasury Department may issue. It
is possible that future standards announced by the Treasury Department could
adversely affect the tax treatment of your Contract. We reserve the right to
modify the Contract as necessary to attempt to prevent you from being considered
the federal tax owner of the assets of the Variable Account. However, we make no
guarantee that such modification to the Contract will be successful.

TAXATION OF PARTIAL AND FULL WITHDRAWALS. If you make a partial withdrawal under
a Non-Qualified Contract, amounts received are taxable to the extent the
Contract Value, without regard to surrender charges, exceeds the investment in
the Contract. The investment in the Contract is the gross premium paid for the
contract minus any amounts previously received from the Contract if such amounts
were properly excluded from your gross income. If you make a full withdrawal
under a Non-Qualified Contract, the amount received will be taxable only to the
extent it exceeds the investment in the Contract.

TAXATION OF ANNUITY PAYMENTS. Generally, the rule for income taxation of annuity
payments received from a Non-Qualified Contract provides for the return of your
investment in the Contract in equal tax-free amounts over the payment period.
The balance of each payment received is taxable. For fixed annuity payments, the
amount excluded from income is determined by multiplying the payment by the
ratio of the investment in the Contract (adjusted for any refund feature or
period certain) to the total expected value of annuity payments for the term of
the Contract. If you elect variable annuity payments, the amount excluded from
taxable income is determined by dividing the investment in the Contract by the
total number of expected payments. The annuity payments will be fully taxable
after the total amount of the investment in the Contract is excluded using these
ratios. If any variable payment is less than the excludable amount you should
contact a competent tax advisor to determine how to report any unrecovered
investment. The federal tax treatment of annuity payments is unclear in some
respects. As a result, if the IRS should provide further guidance, it is
possible that the amount we calculate and report to the IRS as taxable could be
different. If you die, and annuity payments cease before the total amount of the
investment in the Contract is recovered, the unrecovered amount will be allowed
as a deduction for your last taxable year.

WITHDRAWALS AFTER THE PAYOUT START DATE. Federal tax law is unclear regarding
the taxation of any additional withdrawal received after the Payout Start Date.
It is possible that a greater or lesser portion of such a payment could be
taxable than the amount we determine.

DISTRIBUTION AT DEATH RULES. In order to be considered an annuity contract for
federal income tax purposes, the Contract must provide:

..    if any Contract Owner dies on or after the Payout Start Date but before the
     entire interest in the Contract has been distributed, the remaining portion
     of such interest must be distributed at least as rapidly as under the
     method of distribution being used as of the date of the Contract Owner's
     death;

..    if any Contract Owner dies prior to the Payout Start Date, the entire
     interest in the Contract will be distributed within 5 years after the date
     of the Contract Owner's death. These requirements are satisfied if any
     portion of the Contract Owner's interest that is payable to (or for the
     benefit of) a designated Beneficiary is distributed over the life of such
     Beneficiary (or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of
     the Beneficiary) and the distributions begin within 1 year of the Contract
     Owner's death. If the Contract Owner's designated Beneficiary is the
     surviving spouse of the Contract Owner, the Contract may be continued with
     the surviving spouse as the new Contract Owner;

..    if the Contract Owner is a non-natural person, then the Annuitant will be
     treated as the Contract Owner for purposes of applying the distribution at
     death rules. In addition, a change in the Annuitant on a Contract owned by
     a non-natural person will be treated as the death of the Contract Owner.

TAXATION OF ANNUITY DEATH BENEFITS. Death Benefit amounts are included in income
as follows:

..    if distributed in a lump sum, the amounts are taxed in the same manner as a
     total withdrawal, or

..    if distributed under an Income Plan, the amounts are taxed in the same
     manner as annuity payments.

PENALTY TAX ON PREMATURE DISTRIBUTIONS. A 10% penalty tax applies to the taxable
amount of any

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premature distribution from a non-Qualified Contract. The penalty tax generally
applies to any distribution made prior to the date you attain age 59 1/2.
However, no penalty tax is incurred on distributions:

..    made on or after the date the Contract Owner attains age 59 1/2,

..    made as a result of the Contract Owner's death or becoming totally
     disabled,

..    made in substantially equal periodic payments over the Contract Owner's
     life or life expectancy, or over the joint lives or joint life expectancies
     of the Contract Owner and the Beneficiary,

..    made under an immediate annuity, or

..    attributable to investment in the Contract before August 14, 1982.

You should consult a competent tax advisor to determine how these exceptions may
apply to your situation.

SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL PERIODIC PAYMENTS. With respect to non-Qualified Contracts
using substantially equal periodic payments or immediate annuity payments as an
exception to the penalty tax on premature distributions, any additional
withdrawal or other material modification of the payment stream would violate
the requirement that payments must be substantially equal. Failure to meet this
requirement would mean that the income portion of each payment received prior to
the later of 5 years or the Contract Owner's attaining age 59 1/2 would be
subject to a 10% penalty tax unless another exception to the penalty tax
applied. The tax for the year of the modification is increased by the penalty
tax that would have been imposed without the exception, plus interest for the
years in which the exception was used. A material modification does not include
permitted changes described in published IRS rulings. You should consult a
competent tax advisor prior to creating or modifying a substantially equal
periodic payment stream.

TAX FREE EXCHANGES UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 1035. A 1035 exchange is
a tax-free exchange of a non-qualified life insurance contract, endowment
contract or annuity contract into a non-Qualified annuity contract. The contract
owner(s) must be the same on the old and new contract. Basis from the old
contract carries over to the new contract so long as we receive that information
from the relinquishing company. If basis information is never received, we will
assume that all exchanged funds represent earnings and will allocate no cost
basis to them.

PARTIAL EXCHANGES. The IRS has issued a ruling that permits partial exchanges of
annuity contracts. Under this ruling, if you take a withdrawal from a receiving
or relinquishing annuity contract within 24 months of the partial exchange, then
special aggregation rules apply for purposes of determining the taxable amount
of a distribution. The IRS has issued limited guidance on how to aggregate and
report these distributions. The IRS is expected to provide further guidance; as
a result, it is possible that the amount we calculate and report to the IRS as
taxable could be different. Your Contract may not permit partial exchanges.

TAXATION OF OWNERSHIP CHANGES. If you transfer a non-Qualified Contract without
full and adequate consideration to a person other than your spouse (or to a
former spouse incident to a divorce), you will be taxed on the difference
between the Contract Value and the investment in the Contract at the time of
transfer. Any assignment or pledge (or agreement to assign or pledge) of the
Contract Value is taxed as a withdrawal of such amount or portion and may also
incur the 10% penalty tax.

AGGREGATION OF ANNUITY CONTRACTS. The Code requires that all non-Qualified
deferred annuity contracts issued by Allstate New York (or its affiliates) to
the same Contract Owner during any calendar year be aggregated and treated as
one annuity contract for purposes of determining the taxable amount of a
distribution.

INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING

Generally, Allstate New York is required to withhold federal income tax at a
rate of 10% from all non-annuitized distributions. The customer may elect out of
withholding by completing and signing a withholding election form. If no
election is made, we will automatically withhold the required 10% of the taxable
amount. In certain states, if there is federal withholding, then state
withholding is also mandatory.

Allstate New York is required to withhold federal income tax using the wage
withholding rates for all annuitized distributions. The customer may elect out
of withholding by completing and signing a withholding election form. If no
election is made, we will automatically withhold using married with three
exemptions as the default. If no U.S. taxpayer identification number is
provided, we will automatically withhold using single with zero exemptions as
the default. In certain states, if there is federal withholding, then state
withholding is also mandatory.

Election out of withholding is valid only if the customer provides a U.S.
residence address and taxpayer identification number.

Generally, Code Section 1441 provides that Allstate New York as a withholding
agent must withhold 30% of the taxable amounts paid to a non-resident alien. A
non-resident alien is someone other than a U.S. citizen or resident alien.
Withholding may be reduced or eliminated if covered by an income tax treaty
between the U.S. and the non-resident alien's country of residence if the payee
provides a U.S. taxpayer identification number on a fully completed Form W-8BEN.
A U.S. taxpayer identification number is a social security number or an
individual taxpayer identification number ("ITIN"). ITINs are issued by the IRS
to non-resident alien individuals who are not eligible to obtain a social
security number. The U.S. does not have a tax treaty with

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all countries nor do all tax treaties provide an exclusion or lower withholding
rate for annuities.

TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACTS

The income on tax sheltered annuity (TSA) and IRA investments is tax deferred,
and the income from annuities held by such plans does not receive any additional
tax deferral. You should review the annuity features, including all benefits and
expenses, prior to purchasing an annuity as a TSA or IRA. Tax Qualified
Contracts are contracts purchased as or in connection with:

..    Individual Retirement Annuities (IRAs) under Code Section 408(b);

..    Roth IRAs under Code Section 408A;

..    Simplified Employee Pension (SEP IRA) under Code Section 408(k);

..    Savings Incentive Match Plans for Employees (SIMPLE IRA) under Code Section
     408(p);

..    Tax Sheltered Annuities under Code Section 403(b);

..    Corporate and Self Employed Pension and Profit Sharing Plans under Code
     Section 401; and

..    State and Local Government and Tax-Exempt Organization Deferred
     Compensation Plans under Code Section 457.

Allstate New York reserves the right to limit the availability of the Contract
for use with any of the retirement plans listed above or to modify the Contract
to conform with tax requirements. If you use the Contract within an employer
sponsored qualified retirement plan, the plan may impose different or additional
conditions or limitations on withdrawals, waiver of charges, death benefits,
Payout Start Dates, income payments, and other Contract features. In addition,
adverse tax consequences may result if qualified plan limits on distributions
and other conditions are not met. Please consult your qualified plan
administrator for more information. Allstate New York no longer issues deferred
annuities to employer sponsored qualified retirement plans.

The tax rules applicable to participants with tax qualified annuities vary
according to the type of contract and the terms and conditions of the
endorsement. Adverse tax consequences may result from certain transactions such
as excess contributions, premature distributions, and, distributions that do not
conform to specified commencement and minimum distribution rules. Allstate New
York can issue an individual retirement annuity on a rollover or transfer of
proceeds from a decedent's IRA, TSA, or employer sponsored retirement plan under
which the decedent's surviving spouse is the beneficiary. Allstate New York does
not offer an individual retirement annuity that can accept a transfer of funds
for any other, non-spousal, beneficiary of a decedent's IRA, TSA, or employer
sponsored qualified retirement plan.

Please refer to your Endorsement for IRAs or 403(b) plans, if applicable, for
additional information on your death settlement options. In the case of certain
qualified plans, the terms of the Qualified Plan Endorsement and the plans may
govern the right to benefits, regardless of the terms of the Contract.

TAXATION OF WITHDRAWALS FROM AN INDIVIDUALLY OWNED TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACT. If
you make a partial withdrawal under a Tax Qualified Contract other than a Roth
IRA, the portion of the payment that bears the same ratio to the total payment
that the investment in the Contract (i.e., nondeductible IRA contributions)
bears to the Contract Value, is excluded from your income. We do not keep track
of nondeductible contributions, and generally all tax reporting of distributions
from Tax Qualified Contracts other than Roth IRAs will indicate that the
distribution is fully taxable.

"Qualified distributions" from Roth IRAs are not included in gross income.
"Qualified distributions" are any distributions made more than five taxable
years after the taxable year of the first contribution to any Roth IRA and which
are:

..    made on or after the date the Contract Owner attains age 59 1/2,

..    made to a beneficiary after the Contract Owner's death,

..    attributable to the Contract Owner being disabled, or

..    made for a first time home purchase (first time home purchases are subject
     to a lifetime limit of $10,000).

"Nonqualified distributions" from Roth IRAs are treated as made from
contributions first and are included in gross income only to the extent that
distributions exceed contributions.

REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTIONS. Generally, Tax Qualified Contracts (excluding
Roth IRAs) require minimum distributions upon reaching age 70 1/2. Failure to
withdraw the required minimum distribution will result in a 50% tax penalty on
the shortfall not withdrawn from the Contract. Not all income plans offered
under the Contract satisfy the requirements for minimum distributions. Because
these distributions are required under the Code and the method of calculation is
complex, please see a competent tax advisor.

THE DEATH BENEFIT AND TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACTS. Pursuant to the Code and IRS
regulations, an IRA (e.g., traditional IRA, Roth IRA, SEP IRA and SIMPLE IRA)
may not invest in life insurance contracts. However, an IRA may provide a death
benefit that equals the greater of the purchase payments or the Contract Value.
The Contract offers a death benefit that in certain circumstances may exceed the
greater of the purchase payments or the Contract Value. We believe that the
Death Benefits offered by your Contract do not constitute life insurance under
these regulations.

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It is also possible that certain death benefits that offer enhanced earnings
could be characterized as an incidental death benefit. If the death benefit were
so characterized, this could result in current taxable income to a Contract
Owner. In addition, there are limitations on the amount of incidental death
benefits that may be provided under qualified plans, such as in connection with
a TSA or employer sponsored qualified retirement plan.

Allstate New York reserves the right to limit the availability of the Contract
for use with any of the qualified plans listed above.

PENALTY TAX ON PREMATURE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACTS. A 10%
penalty tax applies to the taxable amount of any premature distribution from a
Tax Qualified Contract. The penalty tax generally applies to any distribution
made prior to the date you attain age 59 1/2. However, no penalty tax is
incurred on distributions:

..    made on or after the date the Contract Owner attains age 59 1/2,

..    made as a result of the Contract Owner's death or total disability,

..    made in substantially equal periodic payments over the Contract Owner's
     life or life expectancy, or over the joint lives or joint life expectancies
     of the Contract Owner and the Beneficiary,

..    made after separation from service after age 55 (does not apply to IRAs),

..    made pursuant to an IRS levy,

..    made for certain medical expenses,

..    made to pay for health insurance premiums while unemployed (applies only
     for IRAs),

..    made for qualified higher education expenses (applies only for IRAs), and

..    made for a first time home purchase (up to a $10,000 lifetime limit and
     applies only for IRAs).

During the first 2 years of the individual's participation in a SIMPLE IRA,
distributions that are otherwise subject to the premature distribution penalty,
will be subject to a 25% penalty tax.

You should consult a competent tax advisor to determine how these exceptions may
apply to your situation.

SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL PERIODIC PAYMENTS ON TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACTS. With respect
to Tax Qualified Contracts using substantially equal periodic payments as an
exception to the penalty tax on premature distributions, any additional
withdrawal or other material modification of the payment stream would violate
the requirement that payments must be substantially equal. Failure to meet this
requirement would mean that the income portion of each payment received prior to
the later of 5 years or the taxpayer's attaining age 59 1/2 would be subject to
a 10% penalty tax unless another exception to the penalty tax applied. The tax
for the year of the modification is increased by the penalty tax that would have
been imposed without the exception, plus interest for the years in which the
exception was used. A material modification does not include permitted changes
described in published IRS rulings. You should consult a competent tax advisor
prior to creating or modifying a substantially equal periodic payment stream.

INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING ON TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACTS. Generally, Allstate New York
is required to withhold federal income tax at a rate of 10% from all
non-annuitized distributions that are not considered "eligible rollover
distributions." The customer may elect out of withholding by completing and
signing a withholding election form. If no election is made, we will
automatically withhold the required 10% from the taxable amount. In certain
states, if there is federal withholding, then state withholding is also
mandatory. Allstate New York is required to withhold federal income tax at a
rate of 20% on all "eligible rollover distributions" unless you elect to make a
"direct rollover" of such amounts to an IRA or eligible retirement plan.
Eligible rollover distributions generally include all distributions from Tax
Qualified Contracts, including TSAs but excluding IRAs, with the exception of:

..    required minimum distributions, or,

..    a series of substantially equal periodic payments made over a period of at
     least 10 years, or,

..    a series of substantially equal periodic payments made over the life (joint
     lives) of the participant (and beneficiary), or,

..    hardship distributions.

For all annuitized distributions that are not subject to the 20% withholding
requirement, Allstate New York is required to withhold federal income tax using
the wage withholding rates. The customer may elect out of withholding by
completing and signing a withholding election form. If no election is made, we
will automatically withhold using married with three exemptions as the default.
If no U.S. taxpayer identification number is provided, we will automatically
withhold using single with zero exemptions as the default. In certain states, if
there is federal withholding, then state withholding is also mandatory.

Election out of withholding is valid only if the customer provides a U.S.
residence address and taxpayer identification number.

Generally, Code Section 1441 provides that Allstate New York as a withholding
agent must withhold 30% of the taxable amounts paid to a non-resident alien. A
non-resident alien is someone other than a U.S. citizen or resident alien or to
certain other 'foreign persons'. Withholding may be reduced or eliminated if
covered by an income tax treaty between the U.S. and the non-resident alien's
country of residence if the payee provides a U.S. taxpayer identification number
on a fully completed Form W-8BEN. A U.S. taxpayer

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identification number is a social security number or an individual taxpayer
identification number ("ITIN"). ITINs are issued by the IRS to non-resident
alien individuals who are not eligible to obtain a social security number. The
U.S. does not have a tax treaty with all countries nor do all tax treaties
provide an exclusion or lower withholding rate for annuities.

INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ANNUITIES. Code Section 408(b) permits eligible
individuals to contribute to an individual retirement program known as an
Individual Retirement Annuity (IRA). Individual Retirement Annuities are subject
to limitations on the amount that can be contributed and on the time when
distributions may commence. Certain distributions from other types of qualified
retirement plans may be "rolled over" on a tax-deferred basis into an Individual
Retirement Annuity.

ROTH INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ANNUITIES. Code Section 408A permits eligible
individuals to make nondeductible contributions to an individual retirement
program known as a Roth Individual Retirement Annuity. Roth Individual
Retirement Annuities are subject to limitations on the amount that can be
contributed and on the time when distributions may commence.

Subject to certain limitations, a traditional Individual Retirement Account or
Annuity may be converted or "rolled over" to a Roth Individual Retirement
Annuity. The income portion of a conversion or rollover distribution is taxable
currently, but is exempted from the 10% penalty tax on premature distributions.

ANNUITIES HELD BY INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS (COMMONLY KNOWN AS CUSTODIAL

IRAS). Code Section 408 permits a custodian or trustee of an Individual
Retirement Account to purchase an annuity as an investment of the Individual
Retirement Account. If an annuity is purchased inside of an Individual
Retirement Account, then the Annuitant must be the same person as the beneficial
owner of the Individual Retirement Account.

Generally, the death benefit of an annuity held in an Individual Retirement
Account must be paid upon the death of the Annuitant. However, in most states,
the Contract permits the custodian or trustee of the Individual Retirement
Account to continue the Contract in the accumulation phase, with the Annuitant's
surviving spouse as the new Annuitant, if the following conditions are met:

1)   The custodian or trustee of the Individual Retirement Account is the owner
     of the annuity and has the right to the death proceeds otherwise payable
     under the Contract;

2)   The deceased Annuitant was the beneficial owner of the Individual
     Retirement Account;

3)   We receive a complete request for settlement for the death of the
     Annuitant; and

4)   The custodian or trustee of the Individual Retirement Account provides us
     with a signed certification of the following:

(a)  The Annuitant's surviving spouse is the sole beneficiary of the Individual
     Retirement Account;

(b)  The Annuitant's surviving spouse has elected to continue the Individual
     Retirement Account as his or her own Individual Retirement Account; and

(c)  The custodian or trustee of the Individual Retirement Account has continued
     the Individual Retirement Account pursuant to the surviving spouse's
     election.

SIMPLIFIED EMPLOYEE PENSION IRA. Code Section 408(k) allows eligible employers
to establish simplified employee pension plans for their employees using
individual retirement annuities. These employers may, within specified limits,
make deductible contributions on behalf of the employees to the individual
retirement annuities. Employers intending to use the Contract in connection with
such plans should seek competent tax advice.

SAVINGS INCENTIVE MATCH PLANS FOR EMPLOYEES (SIMPLE IRA). Code Section 408(p)
allows eligible employers with 100 or fewer employees to establish SIMPLE
retirement plans for their employees using individual retirement annuities. In
general, a SIMPLE IRA consists of a salary deferral program for eligible
employees and matching or nonelective contributions made by employers. Employers
intending to purchase the Contract as a SIMPLE IRA should seek competent tax and
legal advice.

TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO ANY OF THE ABOVE LISTED IRAS
(TRADITIONAL, ROTH, SEP, OR SIMPLE), PLEASE REFER TO IRS PUBLICATION 590 AND
YOUR COMPETENT TAX ADVISOR.

TAX SHELTERED ANNUITIES. Code Section 403(b) provides tax-deferred retirement
savings plans for employees of certain non-profit and educational organizations.
Under Section 403(b), any contract used for a 403(b) plan must provide that
distributions attributable to salary reduction contributions made after
12/31/88, and all earnings on salary reduction contributions, may be made only
on or after the date the employee:

..    attains age 59 1/2,

..    severs employment,

..    dies,

..    becomes disabled, or

..    incurs a hardship (earnings on salary reduction contributions may not be
     distributed on account of hardship).

These limitations do not apply to withdrawals where Allstate New York is
directed to transfer some or all of the Contract Value to another 403(b) plan.
Generally, we do

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not accept funds in 403(b) contracts that are subject to the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

CORPORATE AND SELF-EMPLOYED PENSION AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS.

Section 401(a) of the Code permits corporate employers to establish various
types of tax favored retirement plans for employees. Self-employed individuals
may establish tax favored retirement plans for themselves and their employees
(commonly referred to as "H.R.10" or "Keogh"). Such retirement plans may permit
the purchase of annuity contracts. Allstate New York no longer issues annuity
contracts to employer sponsored qualified retirement plans.

There are two owner types for contracts intended to qualify under Section
401(a): a qualified plan fiduciary or an annuitant owner.

..    A qualified plan fiduciary exists when a qualified plan trust that is
     intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code is the owner. The
     qualified plan trust must have its own tax identification number and a
     named trustee acting as a fiduciary on behalf of the plan. The annuitant
     should be the person for whose benefit the contract was purchased.

..    An annuitant owner exists when the tax identification number of the owner
     and annuitant are the same, or the annuity contract is not owner by a
     qualified plan trust. The annuitant should be the person for whose benefit
     the contract was purchased.

If a qualified plan fiduciary is the owner of the contract, the qualified plan
must be the beneficiary so that death benefits from the annuity are distributed
in accordance with the terms of the qualified plan. Annuitant owned contracts
require that the beneficiary be the annuitant's spouse (if applicable), which is
consistent with the required IRS language for qualified plans under Section
401(a). A completed Annuitant Owned Qualified Plan Designation of Beneficiary
form is required in order to change the beneficiary of an annuitant owned
Qualified Plan contract.

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION DEFERRED COMPENSATION

PLANS. Section 457 of the Code permits employees of state and local governments
and tax-exempt organizations to defer a portion of their compensation without
paying current taxes. The employees must be participants in an eligible deferred
compensation plan. In eligible governmental plans, all assets and income must be
held in a trust/ custodial account/annuity contract for the exclusive benefit of
the participants and their beneficiaries. To the extent the Contracts are used
in connection with a non-governmental eligible plan, employees are considered
general creditors of the employer and the employer as owner of the Contract has
the sole right to the proceeds of the Contract. Under eligible 457 plans,
contributions made for the benefit of the employees will not be includible in
the employees' gross income until distributed from the plan. Allstate New York
no longer issues annuity contracts to employer sponsored qualified retirement
plans. Contracts that have been previously sold to State and Local government
and Tax-Exempt organization Deferred Compensation Plans will be administered
consistent with the rules for contracts intended to qualify under Section
401(a).

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ANNUAL REPORTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS

Allstate New York's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2004 is incorporated herein by reference, which means that it is legally a part
of this prospectus.

After the date of this prospectus and before we terminate the offering of the
securities under this prospectus, all documents or reports we file with the SEC
under the Exchange Act are also incorporated herein by reference, which means
that they also legally become a part of this prospectus.

Statements in this prospectus, or in documents that we file later with the SEC
and that legally become a part of this prospectus, may change or supersede
statements in other documents that are legally part of this prospectus.
Accordingly, only the statement that is changed or replaced will legally be a
part of this prospectus.

We file our Exchange Act documents and reports, including our annual and
quarterly reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q electronically on the SEC's "EDGAR"
system using the identifying number CIK No. 0000839759. The SEC maintains a Web
site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other
information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC. The
address of the site is http://www.sec.gov. You also can view these materials at
the SEC's Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20549. For more information on the operations of SEC's Public Reference Room,
call 1-800-SEC-0330.

If you have received a copy of this prospectus, and would like a free copy of
any document incorporated herein by reference (other than exhibits not
specifically incorporated by reference into the text of such documents), please
write or call us at: Customer Service, 2940 S. 84TH STREET, LINCOLN, NE
68506-4142 (telephone: 1-800-692-4682).

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APPENDIX A ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE AND NUMBER OF ACCUMULATION UNITS OUTSTANDING
FOR EACH VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNT SINCE CONTRACTS WERE FIRST OFFERED*

BASIC POLICY

For the period beginning January 1 and ending December 31,     1996     1997      1998      1999       2000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AIM V.I. AGGRESSIVE GROWTH - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     --        --        --  $ 10.000  $   13.988
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           --        --        --  $ 13.988  $    14.15
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                       --        --        --    12,661      53,890
AIM V.I. BALANCED - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT **
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     --        --        --  $ 10.000  $   13.162
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           --        --        --  $ 13.162  $    12.43
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                       --        --        --     6,382      24,499
AIM V.I. BASIC VALUE - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     --        --        --        --          --
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           --        --        --        --          --
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                       --        --        --        --          --
AIM V.I. BLUE CHIP - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     --        --        --        --  $   10.000
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           --        --        --        --  $     8.82
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                       --        --        --        --      11,309
AIM V.I. CAPITAL APPRECIATION - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $ 9.855  $ 11.387  $ 12.739  $ 14.979  $   21.350
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $11.387  $ 12.739  $ 14.979  $ 21.350  $    18.75
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                    7,681   161,013   287,336   425,748     456,761
AIM V.I. CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     --        --        --  $ 10.000  $   11.655
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           --        --        --  $ 11.655  $    12.55
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                       --        --        --     3,948      18,297
AIM V.I. CORE EQUITY - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $ 9.926  $ 11.699  $ 14.496  $ 18.243  $   24.138
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $11.699  $ 14.496  $ 18.243  $ 24.138  $    20.33
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                    5,371   167,625   361,890   645,133     674,689
AIM V.I. DENT DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT ***
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     --        --        --        --  $   10.000
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           --        --        --        --  $     7.89
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                       --        --        --        --      32,307
AIM V.I. DIVERSIFIED INCOME - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $10.086  $ 10.934  $ 11.789  $ 12.035  $   12.002
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $10.934  $ 11.789  $ 12.035  $ 12.002  $    11.55
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                    4,618    58,958   146,644   227,201     204,561
AIM V.I. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $10.080  $ 10.164  $ 10.834  $ 11.829  $   11.189
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $10.164  $ 10.834  $ 11.829  $ 11.189  $    12.15
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                        0    39,009   301,983   108,494      99,531
AIM V.I. GROWTH - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $ 9.892  $ 11.466  $ 14.338  $ 18.954  $   25.263
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $11.466  $ 14.338  $ 18.954  $ 25.263  $    19.80
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                    2,384    97,039   220,831   383,214     403,785
AIM V.I. HIGH YIELD - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     --        --        --  $ 10.000  $    9.957
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           --        --        --  $  9.957  $     7.95
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                       --        --        --     1,751         834

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AIM V.I. INTERNATIONAL GROWTH - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $10.168  $ 11.953  $ 12.598  $ 14.340  $   21.914
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $11.953  $ 12.598  $ 14.340  $ 21.914  $    15.90
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                    5,404    85,934   136,898   220,690     245,480
AIM V.I. MID CAP CORE EQUITY - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     --        --        --        --          --
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           --        --        --        --          --
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                       --        --        --        --          --
AIM V.I. MONEY MARKET - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $10.023  $ 10.369  $ 10.745  $ 11.126  $   11.479
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $10.369  $ 10.745  $ 11.126  $ 11.479  $    11.98
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                    4,373    42,128    87,010   137,433      95,879
AIM V.I. PREMIER EQUITY - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $ 9.800  $ 11.090  $ 13.520  $ 17.644  $   22.589
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $11.090  $ 13.520  $ 17.644  $ 22.589  $    19.00
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                    5,921   180,440   405,246   987,076   1,000,356
AIM V.I. TECHNOLOGY - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     --        --        --        --          --
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           --        --        --        --          --
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                       --        --        --        --          --
AIM V.I. UTILITIES - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     --        --        --        --          --
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           --        --        --        --          --
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                       --        --        --        --          --

For the period beginning January 1 and ending December 31,     2001      2002      2003      2004
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AIM V.I. AGGRESSIVE GROWTH - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $  14.15  $ 10.308  $  7.856  $  9.809
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $ 10.308  $  7.856  $  9.809  $ 10.809
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                    51,176    37,549    30,613    28,619
AIM V.I. BALANCED - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT **
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $  12.43  $ 10.849  $  8.865  $ 10.167
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $ 10.849  $  8.865  $ 10.167  $ 10.774
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                    29,494    29,105    30,281    23,748
AIM V.I. BASIC VALUE - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $ 10.000  $ 11.200  $  8.594  $ 11.319
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $ 11.200  $  8.594  $ 11.319  $ 12.390
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                     6,325    22,360    26,204    45,919
AIM V.I. BLUE CHIP - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $   8.82  $  6.736  $  4.902  $  6.046
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $  6.736  $  4.902  $  6.046  $  6.238
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                     8,408    33,025    34,736    36,134
AIM V.I. CAPITAL APPRECIATION - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $  18.75  $ 14.176  $ 10.569  $ 13.491
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $ 14.176  $ 10.569  $ 13.491  $ 14.178
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                   393,890   342,465   300,657   272,332
AIM V.I. CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $  12.55  $ 11.369  $  8.812  $ 11.757
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $ 11.369  $  8.812  $ 11.757  $ 13.383
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                    15,528    17,080    14,370    15,343
AIM V.I. CORE EQUITY - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $  20.33  $ 15.460  $ 12.863  $ 15.774
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $ 15.460  $ 12.863  $ 15.774  $ 16.941
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                   590,855   490,936   436,022   385,401

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AIM V.I. DENT DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT ***
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $   7.89  $  5.294  $  3.537  $  4.793
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $  5.294  $  3.537  $  4.793  $  5.114
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                    23,934    21,406    21,473    20,823
AIM V.I. DIVERSIFIED INCOME - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $  11.55  $ 11.788  $ 11.886  $ 12.797
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $ 11.788  $ 11.886  $ 12.797  $ 13.248
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                   179,226   153,878   158,069   118,523
AIM V.I. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $  12.15  $ 12.738  $ 13.759  $ 13.706
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $ 12.738  $ 13.759  $ 13.706  $ 13.855
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                   110,454   147,016    91,728    73,112
AIM V.I. GROWTH - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $  19.80  $ 12.901  $  8.777  $ 11.353
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $ 12.901  $  8.777  $ 11.353  $ 12.110
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                   338,025   291,782   263,392   237,475
AIM V.I. HIGH YIELD - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $   7.95  $  7.443  $  6.908  $  8.717
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $  7.443  $  6.908  $  8.717  $  9.558
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                     4,833     5,236     4,236     4,779
AIM V.I. INTERNATIONAL GROWTH - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $  15.90  $ 11.980  $  9.957  $ 12.665
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $ 11.980  $  9.957  $ 12.665  $ 15.480
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                   213,691   190,512   160,288   141,698
AIM V.I. MID CAP CORE EQUITY - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $ 10.000  $ 11.357  $  9.950  $ 12.486
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $ 11.357  $  9.950  $ 12.486  $ 14.007
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                     2,829    13,588    15,110    19,232
AIM V.I. MONEY MARKET - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $  11.98  $ 12.231  $ 12.198  $ 12.092
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $ 12.231  $ 12.198  $ 12.092  $ 12.000
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                   151,830   129,079    84,943    46,009
AIM V.I. PREMIER EQUITY - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $  19.00  $ 16.376  $ 11.256  $ 13.877
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $ 16.376  $ 11.256  $ 13.877  $ 14.466
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                   881,690   685,598   606,188   538,069
AIM V.I. TECHNOLOGY - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                      --        --        --  $ 10.000
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                            --        --        --  $ 11.090
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                        --        --        --     4,500
AIM V.I. UTILITIES - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                      --        --        --  $ 10.000
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                            --        --        --  $ 12.230
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                        --        --        --    61,438

*    The Contracts were first offered on October 14, 1996. The inception date of
     the following Variable Sub-Accounts is October 14, 1996: AIM V.I. Capital
     Appreciation - Series I Sub-Account, AIM V.I. Diversified Income - Series I
     Sub-Account, AIM V.I. Government Securities - Series I Sub-Account, AIM
     V.I. Growth - Series I Sub-Account, AIM V.I. Core Equity - Series I
     Sub-Account, AIM V.I. International Growth - Series I Sub-Account, AIM V.I.
     Money Market - Series I Sub-Account, AIM V.I. Premier Equity - Series I
     Sub-Account. The inception date of the AIM V.I. Aggressive Growth - Series
     I Sub-Account, AIM V.I. Balanced - Series I Sub-Account, AIM V.I. Capital
     Development - Series I Sub-Account, and AIM V.I. High Yield - Series I
     Sub-Account is October 25, 1999. The inception date of the AIM V.I. Blue
     Chip - Series I Sub-Account and AIM V.I. Dent Demographic Trends - Series I
     Sub-Account is January 3, 2000. The inception date of the AIM V.I. Basic
     Value - Series I Sub-Account and AIM V.I. Mid Cap Core Equity - Series I
     Sub-Account is October 1, 2001. The inception date of the AIM V.I.
     Technology - Series I Sub-Account and the AIM V.I. Utilities - Series I
     Sub-Account is October 15, 2004.The Accumulation Unit Values in this table
     reflect a mortality and expense risk charge of 1.35% and an administrative
     charge of 0.10%.

**   Effective July 1, 2005, the AIM V.I. Balanced Fund-Series I will change its
     name to AIM V.I. Basic Balanced Fund-Series I. Effective July 1, 2005, a
     corresponding change in the name of the Variable Sub-Account that invests
     in that Fund will be made.

***  Effective July 1, 2005, the AIM V.I. Dent Demographic Trends Fund - Series
     I will change its name to AIM V.I. Demographic Trends Fund - Series I.
     Effective July 1, 2005, a corresponding change in the name of the Variable
     Sub-Account that invests in that Fund will be made.

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APPENDIX B MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT

The Market Value Adjustment is based on the following:

I = the Treasury Rate for a maturity equal to the applicable Guarantee Period
for the week preceding the establishment of the Guarantee Period.

N = the number of whole and partial years from the date we receive the
withdrawal, transfer, or death benefit request, or from the Payout Start Date,
to the end of the Guarantee Period.

J = the Treasury Rate for a maturity equal to the Guarantee Period for the week
preceding the receipt of the withdrawal, transfer, death benefit, or income
payment request. If a note for a maturity of length N is not available, a
weighted average will be used. If N is one year or less, J will be the 1-year
Treasury Rate.

"Treasury Rate" means the U.S. Treasury Note Constant Maturity Yield as reported
in Federal Reserve Board Statistical Release H.15.

The Market Value Adjustment factor is determined from the following formula:

..9 X (I - J) X N

To determine the Market Value Adjustment, we will multiply the Market Value
Adjustment factor by the amount transferred (in excess of the Free Withdrawal
Amount) paid as a death benefit, or applied to an Income Plan, from a Guarantee
Period at any time other than during the 30 day period after such Guarantee
Period expires.

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EXAMPLES OF MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT

Purchase Payment: $10,000

Guarantee Period: 5 years

Treasury Rate (at the time the Guarantee Period was established): 4.50%

Assumed Net Annual Earnings Rate in Money Market Variable Sub-Account: 4.50%

Full Surrender: End of Contract Year 3

NOTE: These examples assume that premium taxes are not applicable.

Step 1. Calculate Contract                $10,000.00 X (1.045)/3/ = $11,411.66
 Value at End of  Contract
 Year 3:
Step 2. Calculate the                     .10 X $10,000.00 = $1,000.00
 Preferred Withdrawal
 Amount:
Step 3. Calculate the                     I = 4.50%
 Market Value Adjustment:                 J = 4.20%

                                              730 days
                                          N = -------- = 2
                                              365 days

                                          Market Value Adjustment Factor: .9 X (I - J) X N =
                                          .9 X (.045 - .042) X (2) = .0054

                                          Market Value Adjustment = Market Value Adjustment
                                          Factor X Amount Subject to Market Value
                                          Adjustment:

                                           = .0054 X ($11,411.66 - $1,000.00) = $56.22

Step 4. Calculate the                     .05 X ($10,000.00 - $1,000.00 + $56.22) = $452.81
 Withdrawal Charge:
Step 5. Calculate the                     $11,411.66 - $452.81 +  $56.22 = $11,015.07
 amount received by a
 Contract owner as a result
 of full withdrawal at the
 end of Contract Year 3:

EXAMPLE 1 (ASSUME DECLINING INTEREST RATES)

EXAMPLE 2: (ASSUMES RISING INTEREST RATES)

Step 1. Calculate Contract Value at End   $10,000.00 X  (1.045)/3/ = $11,411.66
 of Contract Year 3:
Step 2. Calculate the Preferred           .10 X $10,000.00 = $1,000.00
 Withdrawal Amount:
Step 3. Calculate the Market Value        I = 4.50%
 Adjustment:                              J = 4.80%

                                              730 days
                                          N = -------- = 2
                                              365 days

                                          Market Value Adjustment Factor: .9 X (I - J) X N =
                                          .9 X (.045 - .048) X (2) = - .0054

                                          Market Value Adjustment = Market Value Adjustment
                                          Factor X Amount Subject to Market Value Adjustment:

                                           -.0054 X ($11,411.66 - $1,000.00) = $-56.22

Step 4. Calculate the Withdrawal Charge:  .05 X ($10,000.00 - $1,000.00 - $56.22) = $447.19
Step 5. Calculate the amount received by
 a Contract owner as a result of full
 withdrawal at the end of Contract Year
 3:                                       $11,411.66 - $447.19 - $56.22 = $10,908.25

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STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR SUBSTITUTIONS OF INVESTMENTS

THE CONTRACT

                              Purchase of Contracts

CALCULATION OF ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUES

NET INVESTMENT FACTOR

CALCULATION OF VARIABLE INCOME PAYMENTS

CALCULATION OF ANNUITY UNIT VALUES

GENERAL MATTERS

                                Incontestability

                                   Settlements

                  Safekeeping of the Variable Account's Assets

                                  Premium Taxes

                                  Tax Reserves

EXPERTS

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH
SUCH OFFERING MAY NOT LAWFULLY BE MADE. WE DO NOT AUTHORIZE ANYONE TO PROVIDE
ANY INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE OFFERING DESCRIBED IN THIS
PROSPECTUS OTHER THAN AS CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS.

                                  40 PROSPECTUS

AIM LIFETIME PLUS(SM) II VARIABLE ANNUITY

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

STREET ADDRESS: 2940 S. 84TH STREET, LINCOLN, NE 68506-4142 MAILING ADDRESS:
P.O. BOX 82656, LINCOLN, NE 68501-2656 TELEPHONE NUMBER: 1-800-692-4682
PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL 30, 2005

Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York ("ALLSTATE NEW YORK") is offering
the AIM Lifetime Plus(SM) II Variable Annuity, a group flexible premium deferred
variable annuity contract ("CONTRACT"). This prospectus contains information
about the Contract that you should know before investing. Please keep it for
future reference.

The Contract currently offers 21 investment alternatives ("INVESTMENT
ALTERNATIVES"). The investment alternatives include 3 fixed account options

("FIXED ACCOUNT OPTIONS") and 18 variable sub-accounts ("VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS")
of the Allstate Life of New York Separate Account A ("VARIABLE ACCOUNT"). Each
Variable Sub-Account invests exclusively in shares of one of the following funds
("FUNDS") of AIM Variable Insurance Funds, Inc. (SERIES I SHARES):

AIM V.I. AGGRESSIVE GROWTH FUND - SERIES I           AIM V.I. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND -
AIM V.I. BALANCED FUND - SERIES I*                    SERIES I
AIM V.I. BASIC VALUE FUND - SERIES I                 AIM V.I. GROWTH FUND - SERIES I
AIM V.I. BLUE CHIP FUND - SERIES I                   AIM V.I. HIGH YIELD FUND - SERIES I
AIM V.I. CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND - SERIES I        AIM V.I. INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND -
AIM V.I. CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND - SERIES I          SERIES I
AIM V.I. CORE EQUITY FUND - SERIES I                 AIM V.I. MID CAP CORE EQUITY FUND -
AIM V.I. DENT DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS FUND - SERIES I**    SERIES I
AIM V.I. DIVERSIFIED INCOME FUND - SERIES I          AIM V.I. MONEY MARKET FUND - SERIES I
                                                     AIM V.I. PREMIER EQUITY FUND - SERIES I
                                                     AIM V.I. TECHNOLOGY FUND - SERIES I
                                                     AIM V.I. UTILITIES FUND - SERIES I

*    Effective July 1, 2005, the AIM V.I. Balanced Fund-Series I will change its
     name to AIM V.I. Basic Balanced Fund-Series I.

**   Effective July 1, 2005, the AIM V.I. Dent Demographic Trends Fund - Series
     I will change its name to AIM V.I. Demographic Trends Fund - Series I.

WE (Allstate New York) have filed a Statement of Additional Information, dated
April 30, 2005, with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). It contains
more information about the Contract and is incorporated herein by reference,
which means it is legally a part of this prospectus. Its table of contents
appears on page 41 of this prospectus. For a free copy, please write or call us
at the address or telephone number above, or go to the SEC's Web site
(http:www.sec.gov). You can find other information and documents about us,
including documents that are legally part of this prospectus, at the SEC's Web
site (http:\\www.sec.gov).

                       THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED
                       OR DISAPPROVED THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED IN THIS
                       PROSPECTUS, NOR HAS IT PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR
                       ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANYONE WHO TELLS YOU
                       OTHERWISE IS COMMITTING A FEDERAL CRIME.

IMPORTANT NOTICES      THE CONTRACTS MAY BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH BROKER-DEALERS
                       THAT HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH BANKS OR OTHER FINANCIAL
                       INSTITUTIONS OR BY EMPLOYEES OF SUCH BANKS. HOWEVER, THE
                       CONTRACTS ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OBLIGATIONS OF, OR
                       GUARANTEED BY SUCH INSTITUTIONS OR ANY FEDERAL REGULATORY
                       AGENCY. INVESTMENT IN THE CONTRACTS INVOLVES INVESTMENT
                       RISKS, INCLUDING POSSIBLE LOSS OF PRINCIPAL.

                       THE CONTRACTS ARE NOT FDIC INSURED.

                       THE CONTRACTS WERE ONLY AVAILABLE IN NEW YORK, BUT ARE NO
                       LONGER AVAILABLE FOR SALE.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                            PAGE
                                                                            ----
OVERVIEW
  Important Terms                                                              3
  The Contract at a Glance                                                     4
  How the Contract Works                                                       6
  Expense Table                                                                7
  Financial Information                                                        9
CONTRACT FEATURES
  The Contract                                                                 9
  Purchases                                                                   10
  Contract Value                                                              11
  Investment Alternatives                                                     12
     The Variable Sub-Accounts                                                12
     The Fixed Account Options                                                13
     Transfers                                                                15
  Expenses                                                                    18
  Other Expenses                                                              19
  Access To Your Money                                                        19

                                                                            PAGE
                                                                            ----
  Income Payments                                                             20
  Death Benefits                                                              22
OTHER INFORMATION
  More Information:
     Allstate New York                                                        25
     The Variable Account                                                     25
     The Funds                                                                25
     The Contract                                                             26
     Non-Qualified Annuities Held Within a Qualified Plan                     26
     Legal Matters                                                            26
  Taxes                                                                       27
  Annual Reports and Other Documents                                          34
APPENDIX A-ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE AND NUMBER OF ACCUMULATION UNITS
OUTSTANDING FOR EACH VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNT SINCE CONTRACTS WERE FIRST
OFFERED                                                                       35
APPENDIX B-MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT                                            39
 STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS                        41

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IMPORTANT TERMS
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This prospectus uses a number of important terms that you may not be familiar
with. The index below identifies the page that describes each term. The first
use of each term in this prospectus appears in highlights.

                                                                            PAGE
                                                                            ----
Accumulation Phase                                                             6
Accumulation Unit                                                             11
Accumulation Unit Value                                                       11
Allstate New York ("We and/or "Us")                                        1, 25
Anniversary Values                                                            23
Annuitant                                                                      9
Automatic Additions Program                                                   10
Automatic Fund Rebalancing Program                                            17
Beneficiary                                                                    9
Cancellation Period                                                            4
Contract*                                                                     26
Contract Anniversary                                                           5
Contract Owner ("You")                                                         9
Contract Value                                                                 5
Contract Year                                                                  5
Death Benefit Anniversary                                                     22
Dollar Cost Averaging Option                                                  13
Dollar Cost Averaging Program                                                 17
Due Proof of Death                                                            22
Enhanced Death Benefit Option                                                 23

                                                                            PAGE
                                                                            ----
Fixed Account Options                                                         13
Funds                                                                         25
Guarantee Periods                                                             13
Income Plans                                                                  20
Investment Alternatives                                                        4
Issue Date                                                                     6
Market Value Adjustment                                                       14
Payout Phase                                                                   6
Payout Start Date                                                             20
Preferred Withdrawal Amount                                                   18
Right to Cancel                                                               10
SEC                                                                            1
Settlement Value                                                              22
Systematic Withdrawal Program                                                 20
Tax Qualified Contracts                                                       30
Treasury Rate                                                                 15
Valuation Date                                                                10
Variable Account                                                              25
Variable Sub-Account                                                          12

*    The AIM Lifetime Plus(SM) II Variable Annuity is a group contract and your
     ownership is represented by certificates. References to "Contract" in this
     prospectus include certificates, unless the context requires otherwise.

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THE CONTRACT AT A GLANCE

The following is a snapshot of the Contract. Please read the remainder of this
prospectus for more information.

FLEXIBLE PAYMENTS                You can purchase a Contract with an initial
                                 purchase payment of $5,000 ($2,000 for
                                 "QUALIFIED CONTRACTS," which are Contracts
                                 issued with QUALIFIED PLANS). You can add to
                                 your Contract as often and as much as you like,
                                 but each payment must be at least $500 ($100
                                 for automatic purchase payments to the variable
                                 investment options). You must maintain a
                                 minimum account size of $1,000.
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RIGHT TO CANCEL                  You may cancel your Contract within 10 days
                                 after receipt ("CANCELLATION PERIOD"). Upon
                                 cancellation, as permitted by federal or state
                                 law, we will return your purchase payments
                                 adjusted to reflect the investment experience
                                 of any amounts allocated to the Variable
                                 Account. The adjustment will reflect the
                                 deduction of mortality and expense risk charges
                                 and administrative expense charges.
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EXPENSES                         You will bear the following expenses:

                                 .    Total Variable Account annual fees equal
                                      to 1.10% of average daily net Assets
                                      (1.30% if you select the ENHANCED DEATH
                                      BENEFIT OPTION)

                                 .    Annual contract maintenance charge of $35
                                      (with certain exceptions)

                                 .    Withdrawal charges ranging from 0% to 7%
                                      of payment withdrawn (with certain
                                      exceptions)

                                 .    Transfer fee of $10 after 12th transfer in
                                      any CONTRACT YEAR (fee currently waived)

                                 .    State premium tax (New York currently does
                                      not impose one).

                                 In addition, each Fund pays expenses that you
                                 will bear indirectly if you invest in a
                                 Variable Sub-Account.
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INVESTMENT                       The Contract offers 21 investment alternatives
ALTERNATIVES                     including:

                                 .    3 Fixed Account Options (which credit
                                      interest at rates we guarantee), and

                                 .    18 Variable Sub-Accounts investing in
                                      Funds offering professional money
                                      management by A I M Advisors, Inc.

                                 To find out current rates being paid on the
                                 Fixed Account Options, or to find out how the
                                 Variable Sub-Accounts have performed, please
                                 call us at 1-800-692-4682.

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SPECIAL SERVICES                 For your convenience, we offer these special
                                 services:

                                 .    AUTOMATIC FUND REBALANCING PROGRAM

                                 .    AUTOMATIC ADDITIONS PROGRAM

                                 .    DOLLAR COST AVERAGING PROGRAM

                                 .    SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PROGRAM
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INCOME PAYMENTS                  You can choose fixed income payments, variable
                                 income payments, or a combination of the two.
                                 You can receive your income payments in one of
                                 the following ways:

                                 .    life income with guaranteed payments

                                 .    a joint and survivor life income with
                                      guaranteed payments

                                 .    guaranteed payments for a specified period
                                      (5 to 30 years)
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DEATH                            BENEFITS If you or the Annuitant (if the
                                 Contract is owned by a non-living person) die
                                 before the PAYOUT START DATE, we will pay the
                                 death benefit described in the Contract. We
                                 also offer an Enhanced Death Benefit Option.
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TRANSFERS                        Before the Payout Start Date, you may transfer
                                 your Contract value ("CONTRACT VALUE") among
                                 the investment alternatives, with certain
                                 restrictions.

                                 We do not currently impose a fee upon
                                 transfers. However, we reserve the right to
                                 charge $10 per transfer after the 12th transfer
                                 in each "CONTRACT YEAR," which we measure from
                                 the date we issue your contract or a Contract
                                 anniversary ("CONTRACT ANNIVERSARY").
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WITHDRAWALS                      You may withdraw some or all of your Contract
                                 Value at any time during the Accumulation
                                 Phase. Full or partial withdrawals are
                                 available under limited circumstances on or
                                 after the Payout Start Date.

                                 In general, you must withdraw at least $50 at a
                                 time ($1,000 for withdrawals made during the
                                 Payout Phase.) Withdrawals in the Payout Phase
                                 are only available if the Payout Option is a
                                 Variable Income Payment using Guaranteed
                                 Payments for a Specified Period. Withdrawals
                                 taken prior to annuitization (referred to in
                                 this prospectus as the Payout Phase) are
                                 generally considered to come from the earnings
                                 in the Contract first. If the Contract is
                                 tax-qualified, generally all withdrawals are
                                 treated as distributions of earnings.

                                 Withdrawals of earnings are taxed as ordinary
                                 income and, if taken prior to age 59 1/2, may
                                 be subject to an additional 10% federal tax
                                 penalty. A withdrawal charge and MARKET VALUE
                                 ADJUSTMENT also may apply.
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                                  5 PROSPECTUS

HOW THE CONTRACT WORKS

The Contract basically works in two ways.

First, the Contract can help you (we assume you are the CONTRACT OWNER) save for
retirement because you can invest in up to 21 investment alternatives and
generally pay no federal income taxes on any earnings until you withdraw them.
You do this during what we call the "ACCUMULATION PHASE" of the Contract. The
Accumulation Phase begins on the date we issue your Contract (we call that date
the "ISSUE DATE") and continues until the Payout Start Date, which is the date
we apply your money to provide income payments. During the Accumulation Phase,
you may allocate your purchase payments to any combination of the Variable
Sub-Accounts and/or Fixed Account Options. If you invest in the Fixed Account
Options, you will earn a fixed rate of interest that we declare periodically. If
you invest in any of the Variable Sub-Accounts, your investment return will vary
up or down depending on the performance of the corresponding Funds.

Second, the Contract can help you plan for retirement because you can use it to
receive retirement income for life and/ or for a pre-set number of years, by
selecting one of the income payment options (we call these "INCOME PLANS")
described on page 20. You receive income payments during what we call the
"PAYOUT PHASE" of the Contract, which begins on the Payout Start Date and
continues until we make the last payment required by the Income Plan you select.
During the Payout Phase, if you select a fixed income payment option, we
guarantee the amount of your payments, which will remain fixed. If you select a
variable income payment option, based on one or more of the Variable
Sub-Accounts, the amount of your payments will vary up or down depending on the
performance of the corresponding Funds. The amount of money you accumulate under
your Contract during the Accumulation Phase and apply to an Income Plan will
determine the amount of your income payments during the Payout Phase.

The timeline below illustrates how you might use your Contract.

Issue                                  Payout Start
Date         Accumulation Phase        Date                   Payout Phase
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You buy      You save for retirement   You elect to receive   You can receive    Or you can receive
a Contract                             income payments or     income payments    income payments
                                       receive a lump sum     for a set period   for life
                                       payment

As the Contract owner, you exercise all of the rights and privileges provided by
the Contract. If you die, any surviving Contract owner, or if there is none, the
BENEFICIARY will exercise the rights and privileges provided by the Contract.
See "The Contract." In addition, if you die before the Payout Start Date, we
will pay a death benefit to any surviving Contract owner or, if none, to your
Beneficiary. See "Death Benefits."

Please call us at 1-800-692-4682 if you have any questions about how the
Contract works.

                                  6 PROSPECTUS

EXPENSE TABLE

The table below lists the expenses that you will bear directly or indirectly
when you buy a Contract. The table and the examples that follow do not reflect
premium taxes because New York currently does not impose premium taxes on
annuities. For more information about Variable Account expenses, see "Expenses,"
below. For more information about Fund expenses, please refer to the
accompanying prospectuses for the Funds.

CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTION EXPENSES

Withdrawal Charge (as a percentage of purchase payments)*

Number of Complete Years Since We Received the Purchase  0    1      2   3    4     5    6     7+
Payment Being Withdrawn
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Applicable Charge                                        7%   6%    5%   4%   3%    2%   1%    0%
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual Contract Maintenance Charge                                   $35.00**
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transfer Fee                                                         $10.00***
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*    Each Contract Year, you may withdraw up to 15% of the Contract Value as of
     the beginning of the Contract Year without incurring a withdrawal charge or
     Market Value Adjustment.

**   We will waive this charge in certain cases. See "Expenses."

***  Applies solely to the thirteenth and subsequent transfers within a Contract
     Year excluding transfers due to dollar cost averaging or automatic fund
     rebalancing. We are currently waiving the transfer fee.

VARIABLE ACCOUNT ANNUAL EXPENSES

(AS A PERCENTAGE OF DAILY NET ASSET VALUE DEDUCTED FROM EACH VARIABLE
SUB-ACCOUNT)

WITHOUT ENHANCED DEATH BENEFIT OPTION                                      1.00%
Mortality and Expense Risk Charge
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Administrative Expense Charge                                              0.10%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Variable Account Annual Expense                                      1.10%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WITH ENHANCED DEATH BENEFIT OPTION                                         1.20%
Mortality and Expense Risk Charge
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Administrative Expense Charge                                              0.10%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Variable Account Annual Expense                                      1.30%
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FUND ANNUAL EXPENSES

(as a percentage of Fund average daily net assets) (1) The next table shows the
minimum and maximum total operating expenses charged by the Funds that you may
pay periodically during the time that you own the Contract. Advisers and/or
other service providers of certain Funds may have agreed to waive their fees
and/or reimburse Fund expenses in order to keep the Funds' expenses below
specified limits. The range of expenses shown in this table does not show the
effect of any such fee waiver or expense reimbursement.

More detail concerning each Fund's fees and expenses appears in the prospectus
for each Fund.

                             ANNUAL FUND EXPENSES

                                                               Minimum   Maximum
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses/(1)/
(expenses that are deducted from Fund assets,
which may include management fees, distribution
and/or services
(12b-1) fees, and
other expenses)                                                  0.75%    1.16%
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(1)  Expenses are shown as a percentage of Fund average daily net assets (before
     any waiver or reimbursement) as of December 31, 2004.

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EXAMPLE 1

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the
Contracts with the cost of investing in other variable annuity contracts. These
costs include Contract owner transaction expenses, Contract fees, Variable
Account annual expenses, and Fund fees and expenses. The example below shows the
dollar amount of expenses that you would bear directly or indirectly if you:

..    invested $10,000 in the Contract for the time periods indicated,

..    earned a 5% annual return on your investment, and

..    surrendered your Contract, or you began receiving income payments for a
     specified period of less than 120 months, at the end of each time period,
     and

..    elected the Enhanced Death Benefit Option.

The first line of the example assumes that the maximum fees and expenses of any
of the Funds are charged. The second line of the example assumes that the
minimum fees and expenses of any of the Funds are charged. Your actual expenses
may be higher or lower than those shown below.

THE EXAMPLE DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY TAXES OR TAX PENALTIES YOU MAY BE REQUIRED TO
PAY IF YOU SURRENDER YOUR CONTRACT.

                                 1 Year   3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Costs Based on Maximum Annual
Fund Expenses                     $797      $1,215    $1,658     $3,129
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Costs Based on Minimum Annual
Fund Expenses                     $755      $1,088    $1,447     $2,711
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EXAMPLE 2

This Example uses the same assumptions as Example 1 above, except that it
assumes you decided not to surrender your Contract, or you began receiving
income payments for a specified period of at least 120 months, at the end of
each time period.

                                 1 Year    3 Years   5 Years    10 Years
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Costs Based on Maximum
Annual Fund Expenses              $287      $877      $1,490     $3,129
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Costs Based on Minimum
Annual Fund Expenses              $245      $751      $1,280     $2,711
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PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT EXAMPLES AND NOT A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE EXPENSES. YOUR ACTUAL EXPENSES MAY BE LOWER OR GREATER THAN THOSE
SHOWN ABOVE. SIMILARLY, YOUR RATE OF RETURN MAY BE LOWER OR GREATER THAN 5%,
WHICH IS NOT GUARANTEED. THE EXAMPLES DO NOT ASSUME THAT ANY FUND EXPENSE
WAIVERS OR REIMBURSEMENT ARRANGEMENTS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE PERIODS PRESENTED.
THE ABOVE EXAMPLES ASSUME THE ELECTION OF THE ENHANCED DEATH BENEFIT OPTION,
WITH A MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK CHARGE OF 1.20%, AN ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE
CHARGE OF 0.10% AND AN ANNUAL CONTRACT MAINTENANCE CHARGE OF $35. IF THE
ENHANCED DEATH BENEFIT HAS NOT ELECTED, THE EXPENSE FIGURES SHOWN ABOVE WOULD BE
SLIGHTLY LOWER. THE ABOVE EXAMPLES ASSUME TOTAL ANNUAL FUND EXPENSES LISTED IN
THE EXPENSE TABLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE PERIODS SHOWN.

                                  8 PROSPECTUS

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

To measure the value of your investment in the Variable Sub-Accounts during the
Accumulation Phase, we use a unit of measure we call the "ACCUMULATION UNIT."
Each Variable Sub-Account has a separate value for its Accumulation Units we
call "ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE." Accumulation Unit Value is analogous to, but not
the same as, the share price of a mutual fund.

Attached as Appendix A to this prospectus are tables showing the Accumulation
Unit Values of each Variable Sub-Account since the date we first offered the
Contracts. To obtain a fuller picture of each Variable Sub-Account's finances,
please refer to the Variable Account's financial statements contained in the
Statement of Additional Information. The financial statements of Allstate New
York also appear in the Statement of Additional Information.

THE CONTRACT

CONTRACT OWNER

The AIM Lifetime Plus(SM) II Variable Annuity is a contract between you, the
Contract Owner, and Allstate New York, a life insurance company. As the Contract
owner, you may exercise all of the rights and privileges provided to you by the
Contract. That means it is up to you to select or change (to the extent
permitted):

..    the investment alternatives during the Accumulation and Payout Phases,

..    the amount and timing of your purchase payments and withdrawals,

..    the programs you want to use to invest or withdraw money,

..    the income payment plan you want to use to receive retirement income,

..    the Annuitant (either yourself or someone else) on whose life the income
     payments will be based,

..    the Beneficiary or Beneficiaries who will receive the benefits that the
     Contract provides when the last surviving Contract Owner or Annuitant dies,
     and

..    any other rights that the Contract provides.

If you die, any surviving Contract owner or, if none, the Beneficiary may
exercise the rights and privileges provided to them by the Contract.

The Contract cannot be jointly owned by both a non-living person and a living
person. If the Contract Owner is a Grantor Trust, the Contract Owner will be
considered a non-living person for purposes of this section and the Death
Benefit section. The maximum age of the oldest Contract owner cannot exceed age
90 as of the date we receive the completed application to purchase the Contract.

Changing ownership of this Contract may cause adverse tax consequences and may
not be allowed under qualified plans. Please consult with a competent tax
advisor prior to making a request for a change of Contract Owner.

The Contract can also be purchased as an IRA or TSA (also known as a 403(b)).
The endorsements required to qualify these annuities under the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, ("Code") may limit or modify your rights and
privileges under the Contract.

ANNUITANT

The Annuitant is the individual whose life determines the amount and duration of
income payments (other than under Income Plans with guaranteed payments for a
specified period). You initially designate an Annuitant in your application. The
maximum age of the Annuitant cannot exceed age 90 as of the date we receive the
completed application to purchase the Contract. If the Contract Owner is a
living person you may change the Annuitant prior to the Payout Start Date. In
our discretion, we may permit you to designate a joint Annuitant, who is a
second person on whose life income payments depend, on the Payout Start Date.

If the Annuitant dies prior to the Payout Start Date, the new Annuitant will be:

..    the youngest Contract Owner, if living, otherwise

..    the youngest Beneficiary.

BENEFICIARY

The Beneficiary is the person who may elect to receive the Death Benefit or
become the new Contract Owner, subject to the Death of Owner provision, if the
sole surviving Contract Owner dies before the Payout Start Date (See section
titled "Death Benefits" for details.) If the sole surviving Contract owner dies
after the Payout Start Date, the Beneficiary will receive any guaranteed income
payments scheduled to continue.

You may name one or more Beneficiaries when you apply for a Contract. You may
change or add Beneficiaries at any time by writing to us, unless you have
designated an irrevocable Beneficiary. We will provide a change of Beneficiary
form to be signed and filed with us. Any change will be effective at the time
you sign the written notice, whether or not the Annuitant is living when we
receive the notice. Until we receive your written notice to change a
Beneficiary, we are entitled to rely on the most recent Beneficiary information
in our files. We will not be liable as to any payment or settlement made prior
to receiving the written notice. Accordingly, if you wish to

                                  9 PROSPECTUS

change your Beneficiary, you should deliver your written notice to us promptly.

If you do not name a Beneficiary or if the named Beneficiary is no longer living
and there are no other surviving Beneficiaries, the new Beneficiary will be:

..    your spouse or, if he or she is no longer alive,

..    your surviving children equally, or if you have no surviving children,

..    your estate.

If more than one Beneficiary survives you, we will divide the death benefit
among your Beneficiaries according to your most recent written instructions. If
you have not given us written instructions, we will pay the death benefit in
equal amounts to the surviving Beneficiaries

MODIFICATION OF THE CONTRACT

Only an Allstate New York officer may approve a change in or waive any provision
of the Contract. Any change or waiver must be in writing. None of our agents has
the authority to change or waive the provisions of the Contract. We may not
change the terms of the Contract without your consent, except to conform the
Contract to applicable law or changes in the law. If a provision of the Contract
is inconsistent with state law, we will follow state law.

ASSIGNMENT

No Owner has the right to assign any interest in a Contract as collateral or
security for a loan. However, you may assign periodic income payments under the
Contract prior to the Payout Start Date. No Beneficiary may assign benefits
under the Contract until they are due. We will not be bound by any assignment
until the assignor signs it and files it with us. We are not responsible for the
validity of any assignment. Federal law prohibits or restricts the assignment of
benefits under many types of retirement plans and the terms of such plans may
themselves contain restrictions on assignments. An assignment may also result in
taxes or tax penalties. YOU SHOULD CONSULT WITH AN ATTORNEY BEFORE TRYING TO
ASSIGN YOUR CONTRACT.

PURCHASES

MINIMUM PURCHASE PAYMENTS

Your initial Purchase Payment must be at least $5,000 ($2,000 for a Qualified
Contract). All subsequent Purchase Payments must be $500 or more. The maximum
Purchase Payment is $2,000,000 without prior approval. We reserve the right to
change the minimum Purchase Payment and to change the maximum Purchase Payment.
You may make Purchase Payments of at least $500 at any time prior to the Payout
Start Date. We also reserve the right to reject any application.

AUTOMATIC ADDITIONS PROGRAM

You may make subsequent purchase payments of at least $100 ($500 for allocation
to the Fixed Account Options) by automatically transferring amounts from your
bank account. Please consult with your sales representative for detailed
information.

ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PAYMENTS

At the time you apply for a Contract, you must decide how to allocate your
purchase payments among the investment alternatives. The allocation you specify
on your application will be effective immediately. All allocations must be in
whole percents that total 100% or in whole dollars. You can change your
allocations by notifying us in writing. We reserve the right to limit the
availability of the investment alternatives.

We will allocate your purchase payments to the investment alternatives according
to your most recent instructions on file with us. Unless you notify us in
writing otherwise, we will allocate subsequent purchase payments according to
the allocation for the previous purchase payment. We will effect any change in
allocation instructions at the time we receive written notice of the change in
good order.

We will credit the initial purchase payment that accompanies your completed
application to your Contract within 2 business days after we receive the payment
at our servicing center. If your application is incomplete, we will ask you to
complete your application within 5 business days. If you do so, we will credit
your initial purchase payment to your Contract within that 5 business day
period. If you do not, we will return your purchase payment at the end of the 5
business day period unless you expressly allow us to hold it until you complete
the application. We will credit subsequent purchase payments to the Contract at
the close of the business day on which we receive the purchase payment at our
service center located in Vernon Hills, Illinois (mailing address: 2940 S. 84TH
STREET, LINCOLN, NE 68506-4142).

We are open for business each day Monday through Friday that the New York Stock
Exchange is open for business. We also refer to these days as "VALUATION DATES."
Our business day closes when the New York Stock Exchange closes, usually 4:00
p.m. Eastern Time (3:00 p.m. Central Time). If we receive your purchase payment
after 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (3:00 p.m. Central Time) on any Valuation Date, we
will credit your purchase payment using the Accumulation Unit Values computed on
the next Valuation Date.

RIGHT TO CANCEL

You may cancel the Contract by returning it to us within the Cancellation
Period, which is the 10 day period after you receive the Contract (60 days if
you are exchanging another contract for the Contract described in this
prospectus.) You may return it by delivering it or mailing

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it to us. If you exercise this "RIGHT TO CANCEL," the Contract terminates and we
will pay you the full amount of your purchase payments allocated to the Fixed
Account Options. Upon cancellation, as permitted by federal or state law, we
will return your purchase payments allocated to the Variable Account after an
adjustment to reflect investment gain or loss and applicable charges that
occurred from the date of allocation through the date of cancellation. If your
Contract is qualified under ode Section 408(b), we will refund the greater of
any purchase payment or the Contract Value.

CONTRACT VALUE

On the issue date, the Contract Value is equal to the initial purchase payment.
Thereafter, your Contract Value at any time during the Accumulation Phase is
equal to the sum of the value of your Accumulation Units in the Variable
Sub-Accounts you have selected, plus the value of your investment in the Fixed
Account Options.

ACCUMULATION UNITS

To determine the number of Accumulation Units of each Variable Sub-Account to
allocate to your Contract, we divide (i) the amount of the purchase payment or
transfer you have allocated to a Variable Sub-Account by (ii) the Accumulation
Unit Value of that Variable Sub-Account next computed after we receive your
payment or transfer. For example, if we receive a $10,000 purchase payment
allocated to a Variable Sub-Account when the Accumulation Unit Value for the
Sub-Account is $10, we would credit 1,000 Accumulation Units of that Variable
Sub-Account to your Contract. Withdrawals and transfers from a Variable
Sub-Account would, of course, reduce the number of Accumulation Units of that
Sub-Account allocated to your Contract.

ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE

As a general matter, the Accumulation Unit Value for each Variable Sub-Account
will rise or fall to reflect:

..    changes in the share price of the Fund in which the Variable Sub-Account
     invests, and

..    the deduction of amounts reflecting the mortality and expense risk charge,
     administrative expense charge, and any provision for taxes that have
     accrued since we last calculated the Accumulation Unit Value.

We determine contract maintenance charges, withdrawal charges, and transfer fees
(currently waived) separately for each Contract. They do not affect Accumulation
Unit Value. Instead, we obtain payment of those charges and fees by redeeming
Accumulation Units. For details on how we calculate Accumulation Unit Value,
please refer to the Statement of Additional Information.

We determine a separate Accumulation Unit Value for each Variable Sub-Account on
each Valuation Date. We also determine a separate set of Accumulation Unit
Values reflecting the cost of the Enhanced Death Benefit Option described on
page 23.

YOU SHOULD REFER TO THE PROSPECTUS FOR THE FUNDS THAT ACCOMPANIES THIS
PROSPECTUS FOR A DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE ASSETS OF EACH FUND ARE VALUED, SINCE
THAT DETERMINATION DIRECTLY BEARS ON THE ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE OF THE
CORRESPONDING VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNT AND, THEREFORE, YOUR CONTRACT VALUE.

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INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES: THE VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS

You may allocate your purchase payments to up to 18 Variable Sub-Accounts. Each
Variable Sub-Account invests in the shares of a corresponding Fund. Each Fund
has its own investment objective(s) and policies. We briefly describe the Funds
below.

For more complete information about each Fund, including expenses and risks
associated with the Fund, please refer to the accompanying prospectus for the
Fund. You should carefully review the Fund prospectuses before allocating
amounts to the Variable Sub-Accounts. A I M Advisors, Inc. serves as the
investment advisor to each Fund.

SERIES I SHARES:        EACH FUND SEEKS*:               INVESTMENT ADVISOR
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AIM V.I. Aggressive     Long-term growth of capital
 Growth Fund - Series
 I**
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AIM V.I. Balanced Fund   As high a total return as
 - Series I***           possible, consistent with
                         preservation of capital
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AIM V.I. Basic Value    Long-term growth of capital
 Fund - Series I
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AIM V.I. Blue Chip      Long-term growth of capital
 Fund - Series I         with a secondary objective of
                         current income
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AIM V.I. Capital        Growth of capital
 Appreciation Fund -
 Series I
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AIM V.I. Capital        Long-term growth of capital
 Development Fund -
 Series I
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AIM V.I. Core Equity    Growth of capital                A I M ADVISORS, INC..
 Fund - Series I
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AIM V.I. Dent           Long-term growth of capital
 Demographic Trends
 Fund - Series I****
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AIM V.I. Diversified    High level of current income
 Income Fund - Series I
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AIM V.I. Government     High level of current income
 Securities Fund -       consistent with reasonable
 Series I                concern for safety of
                         principal
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AIM V.I. Growth Fund -  Growth of capital
 Series I
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AIM V.I. High Yield     High level of current income
 Fund - Series I
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AIM V.I. International  Long-term growth of capital
 Growth Fund - Series I
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AIM V.I. Mid Cap Core   Long-term growth of capital
 Equity Fund - Series I
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AIM V.I. Money Market   As high a level of current
 Fund - Series I         income as is consistent with
                         the preservation of capital
                         and liquidity
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AIM V.I. Premier        Long-term growth of capital
 Equity Fund - Series    with income as a secondary
 I                       objective
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AIM V.I. Technology     Capital growth
 Fund - Series I
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AIM V.I. Utilities      Capital growth and current
 Fund - Series I         income
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*    A Fund's investment objective(s) may be changed by the Fund's Board of
     Trustees without shareholder approval.

**   Due to the sometime limited availability of common stocks of small-cap
     companies that meet the investment criteria for AIM V.I. Aggressive Growth
     Fund - Series I, the Fund may periodically suspend or limit the offering of
     its shares and it will be closed to new participants when Fund assets reach
     $200 million. During closed periods the Fund will accept additional
     investments from existing Contract owners maintaining an allocation in the
     Fund.

***  Effective July 1, 2005, the AIM V.I. Balanced Fund-Series I will change its
     name to AIM V.I. Basic Balanced Fund-Series I. In addition, the Fund's
     objective will cahnge to long-term growth of capital and current income.

***  The AIM V.I. Dent Demographic Trends Fund - Series I is sub-advised by H.S.
     Dent Advisors, Inc. Effective July 1, 2005, the AIM V.I. Dent Demographic
     Trends Fund - Series I will change its name to AIM V.I. Demographic Trends
     Fund - Series I. In addition, H.S. Dent Advisors, Inc. will no longer be
     the sub-advisor to the Fund effective June 30, 2005.

AMOUNTS YOU ALLOCATE TO VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS MAY GROW IN VALUE, DECLINE IN
VALUE, OR GROW LESS THAN YOU EXPECT, DEPENDING ON THE INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE OF
THE FUNDS IN WHICH THOSE VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS INVEST. YOU BEAR THE INVESTMENT
RISK THAT THE FUNDS MIGHT NOT MEET THEIR INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES. SHARES OF THE
FUNDS

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ARE NOT DEPOSITS, OR OBLIGATIONS OF, OR GUARANTEED OR ENDORSED BY ANY BANK AND
ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE FEDERAL
RESERVE BOARD OR ANY OTHER AGENCY.

INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES: THE FIXED ACCOUNT OPTIONS

You may allocate all or a portion of your purchase payments to the Fixed
Account. You may choose from among 3 Fixed Account Options, including 2 DOLLAR
COST AVERAGING FIXED ACCOUNT OPTIONS ("DOLLAR COST AVERAGING OPTION"), and the
option to invest in one or more GUARANTEE PERIODS. The Fixed Account Options may
not be available in all states. Please consult with your sales representative
for current information. The Fixed Account supports our insurance and annuity
obligations. The Fixed Account consists of our general assets other than those
in segregated asset accounts. We have sole discretion to invest the assets of
the Fixed Account, subject to applicable law. Any money you allocate to a Fixed
Account Option does not entitle you to share in the investment experience of the
Fixed Account.

DOLLAR COST AVERAGING OPTION. You may establish a Dollar Cost Averaging Program,
as described on page 17, by allocating purchase payments to the Dollar Cost
Averaging Option either for 6 months (the "6 Month Dollar Cost Averaging
Option") or for 12 months (the "12 Month Dollar Cost Averaging Option"). Your
purchase payments that you allocate to the Dollar Cost Averaging Option will
earn interest for the period you select at the current rate in effect at the
time of allocation. Rates may differ from those available for the Guarantee
Periods described below.

We will credit interest daily at a rate that will compound over the 6 or 12
month period to the annual interest rate we guaranteed at the time of
allocation. You must transfer all of your money out of the 6 or 12 Month Dollar
Cost Averaging Options to other investment alternatives in equal monthly
installments beginning within 30 days of allocation. The number of monthly
installments must be no more than 6 for the 6 Month Dollar Cost Averaging
Option, and no more than 12 for the 12 Month Dollar Cost Averaging Option.

If we do not receive allocation instructions from you within one month of the
date of the payment, the payment plus associated interest will be transferred to
the Money Market Variable Sub-Account in equal monthly installments using the
longest transfer period being offered at the time the Purchase Payment is made.

At the end of the applicable transfer period, any nominal amounts remaining in
the Dollar Cost Averaging Option will be allocated to the Money Market Variable
Sub-Account.

You may not transfer funds from other investment alternatives to the Dollar Cost
Averaging Option.

Transfers out of the Dollar Cost Averaging Option do not count towards the 12
transfers you can make without paying a transfer fee.

We may declare different interest rates for different amounts allocated to the
Dollar Cost Averaging Option depending on when they were allocated. For current
interest rate information, please contact your Financial Advisor or our Customer
Service unit at 1-800-692-4682.

GUARANTEE PERIODS

Each payment or transfer allocated to a Guarantee Period earns interest at a
specified rate that we guarantee for a period of years. Guarantee Periods may
range from 1 to 10 years. In the future we may offer Guarantee Periods of
different lengths or stop offering some Guarantee Periods. You select one or
more Guarantee Periods for each purchase payment or transfer. If you do not
select the Guarantee Period for a purchase payment or transfer, we will assign
the shortest Guarantee Period available under the Contract for such payment or
transfer. We reserve the right to limit the number of additional purchase
payments that you may allocate to this Option. Please consult with your sales
representative for more information. Each Purchase Payment or transfer allocated
to a Guarantee Period must be at least $500.

INTEREST RATES. We will tell you what interest rates and Guarantee Periods we
are offering at a particular time. We may declare different interest rates for
Guarantee Periods of the same length that begin at different times. We will not
change the interest rate that we credit to a particular allocation until the end
of the relevant Guarantee Period.

We have no specific formula for determining the rate of interest that we will
declare initially or in the future. We will set those interest rates based on
investment returns available at the time of the determination. In addition, we
may consider various other factors in determining interest rates including
regulatory and tax requirements, our sales commission and administrative
expenses, general economic trends, and competitive factors. WE DETERMINE THE
INTEREST RATES TO BE DECLARED IN OUR SOLE DISCRETION. WE CAN NEITHER PREDICT NOR
GUARANTEE WHAT THOSE RATES WILL BE IN THE FUTURE. For current interest rate
information, please contact your sales representative or Allstate New York at
1-800-692-4682. The interest rates we credit for the Dollar Cost Averaging
Option will never be less than 3% annually.

HOW WE CREDIT INTEREST. We will credit interest daily to each amount allocated
to a Guarantee Period at a rate that compounds to the effective annual interest
rate that we declared at the beginning of the applicable Guarantee Period.

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The following example illustrates how a purchase payment allocated to a
Guarantee Period would grow, given an assumed Guarantee Period and effective
annual interest rate:

Purchase Payment....................................................    $10,000
Guarantee Period....................................................    5 years
Annual Interest Rate................................................      4.50%

                              END OF CONTRACT YEAR

                          YEAR 1      YEAR 2      YEAR 3      YEAR 4       YEAR 5
                        ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ------------
Beginning Contract
 Value................  $10,000.00
 X (1 + Annual
 Interest Rate)              1.045
                        ----------
                        $10,450.00

Contract Value at end
 of Contract Year.....              $10,450.00
 X (1 + Annual
 Interest Rate)                          1.045
                                    ----------
                                    $10,920.25

Contract Value at end
 of Contract Year.....                          $10,920.25
 X (1 + Annual
 Interest Rate)                                      1.045
                                                ----------
                                                $11,411.66

Contract Value at end
 of Contract Year.....                                      $11,411.66
 X (1 + Annual
 Interest Rate)                                                  1.045
                                                            ----------
     $11,925.19

Contract Value at end
 of Contract Year.....                                                   $11,925.19
 X (1 + Annual
 Interest Rate)                                                               1.045
                                                                        -----------
                                                                         $12,461.82

TOTAL INTEREST CREDITED DURING GUARANTEE PERIOD = $2,461.82 ($12,461.82-$10,000)

This example assumes no withdrawals during the entire 5 year Guarantee Period.
If you were to make a withdrawal, you may be required to pay a withdrawal
charge. In addition, the amount withdrawn may be increased or decreased by a
Market Value Adjustment that reflects changes in interest rates since the time
you invested the amount withdrawn. The hypothetical interest rate is for
illustrative purposes only and is not intended to predict current or future
interest rates to be declared under the Contract. Actual interest rates declared
for any given Guarantee Period may be more or less than shown above but will
never be less than the guaranteed minimum rate stated in the Contract, if any.

RENEWALS. At least 15 but not more than 45 days prior to the end of each
Guarantee Period, we will mail you a notice asking you what to do with your
money, including the accrued interest. During the 30-day period after the end of
the Guarantee Period, you may:

1)   Take no action. We will automatically apply your money to a new Guarantee
     Period of the shortest duration available. The new Guarantee Period will
     begin on the day the previous Guarantee Period ends. The new interest rate
     will be our then current declared rate for a Guarantee Period of that
     length; or

2)   Instruct us to apply your money to one or more new Guarantee Periods of
     your choice. The new Guarantee Period(s) will begin on the day the previous
     Guarantee Period ends. The new interest rate will be our then current
     declared rate for those Guarantee Periods; or

3)   Instruct us to transfer all or a portion of your money to one or more
     Variable Sub-Accounts. We will effect the transfer on the day we receive
     your instructions. We will not adjust the amount transferred to include a
     Market Value Adjustment; or

4)   Withdraw all or a portion of your money. You may be required to pay a
     withdrawal charge, but we will not adjust the amount withdrawn to include a
     Market Value Adjustment. You may also be required to pay premium taxes and
     withholding (if applicable). The amount withdrawn will be deemed to have
     been withdrawn on the day the previous Guarantee Period ends. Unless you
     specify otherwise, amounts not withdrawn will be applied to a new Guarantee
     Period of the shortest duration available. The new Guarantee Period will
     begin on the day the previous Guarantee Period ends.

MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT. All withdrawals in excess of the Preferred Withdrawal
Amount, transfers, and amounts applied to an Income Plan from a Guarantee
Period, other than those taken or applied during the 30 day period after such
Guarantee Period expires, are subject to a Market Value Adjustment. A Market
Value Adjustment also will apply when you apply amounts currently invested in a
Guarantee Period to an Income Plan (unless applied during the 30 day period
after such Guarantee Period expires). A Market Value Adjustment may apply in the
calculation of the Settlement Value described below in the "Death Benefit
Amount" section below. We will not apply a Market Value Adjustment to a transfer
you make as part of a Dollar Cost Averaging Program. We also will not apply a
Market Value Adjustment to a withdrawal you make:

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..    within the Preferred Withdrawal Amount as described on page 18, or

..    to satisfy the IRS minimum distribution rules for the Contract.

We apply the Market Value Adjustment to reflect changes in interest rates from
the time you first allocate money to a Guarantee Period to the time it is
removed from that Guarantee Period. We calculate the Market Value Adjustment by
comparing the Treasury Rate for a period equal to the Guarantee Period at its
inception to the Treasury Rate for a period equal to the time remaining in the
Guarantee Period when you remove your money. "TREASURY RATE" means the U.S.
Treasury Note Constant Maturity Yield as reported in Federal Reserve Board
Statistical Release H.15.

The Market Value Adjustment may be positive or negative, depending on changes in
interest rates. As such, you bear the investment risk associated with changes in
interest rates. If interest rates increase significantly, the Market Value
Adjustment and any withdrawal charge, premium taxes, and income tax withholding
(if applicable) could reduce the amount you receive upon full withdrawal of your
Contract Value to an amount that is less than the purchase payment plus interest
at the minimum guaranteed interest rate under the Contract. Death benefits will
not be subject to a negative Market Value Adjustment.

Generally, if the Treasury Rate at the time you allocate money to a Guarantee
Period is higher than the applicable current Treasury Rate for a period equal to
the time remaining in the Guarantee Period, then the Market Value Adjustment
will result in a higher amount payable to you, transferred, or applied to an
Income Plan. Conversely, if the Treasury Rate at the time you allocate money to
a Guarantee Period is lower than the applicable Treasury Rate for a period equal
to the time remaining in the Guarantee Period, then the Market Value Adjustment
will result in a lower amount payable to you, transferred, or applied to an
Income Plan.

For example, assume that you purchase a Contract and you select an initial
Guarantee Period of 5 years and the 5 year Treasury Rate for that duration is
4.50%. Assume that at the end of 3 years, you make a partial withdrawal. If, at
that later time, the current 2 year Treasury Rate is 4.20%, then the Market
Value Adjustment will be positive, which will result in an increase in the
amount payable to you. Conversely, if the current 2 year Treasury Rate is 4.80%,
then the Market Value Adjustment will be negative, which will result in a
decrease in the amount payable to you.

The formula for calculating Market Value Adjustments is set forth in Appendix A
to this prospectus, which also contains additional examples of the application
of the Market Value Adjustment.

INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES: TRANSFERS

TRANSFERS DURING THE ACCUMULATION PHASE

During the Accumulation Phase, you may transfer Contract Value among the
investment alternatives. You may not transfer Contract Value into the Dollar
Cost Averaging Option. You may request transfers in writing on a form that we
provided or by telephone according to the procedure described below. The minimum
amount that you may transfer into a Guarantee Period is $500. We currently do
not assess, but reserve the right to assess, a $10 charge on each transfer in
excess of 12 per Contract Year. We treat transfers to or from more than one Fund
on the same day as one transfer. Transfers you make as part of a Dollar Cost
Averaging Program or Automatic Fund Rebalancing Program do not count against the
12 free transfers per Contract Year.

We will process transfer requests that we receive before 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
on any Valuation Date using the Accumulation Unit Values for that Date. We will
process requests completed after 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on any Valuation Date
using the Accumulation Unit Values for the next Valuation Date. The Contract
permits us to defer transfers from the Fixed Account for up to 6 months from the
date we receive your request. If we decide to postpone transfers from the Fixed
Account Options for 10 days or more, we will pay interest as required by
applicable law. Any interest would be payable from the date we receive the
transfer request to the date we make the transfer.

If you transfer an amount from a Guarantee Period other than during the 30 day
period after such Guarantee Period expires, we will increase or decrease the
amount by a Market Value Adjustment.

We reserve the right to waive any transfer restrictions.

TRANSFERS DURING THE PAYOUT PHASE

During the Payout Phase, you may make transfers among the Variable Sub-Accounts
to change the relative weighting of the Variable Sub-Accounts on which your
variable income payments will be based. In addition, you will have a limited
ability to make transfers from the Variable Sub-Accounts to increase the
proportion of your income payments consisting of fixed income payments. You may
not, however, convert any portion of your right to receive fixed income payments
into variable income payments.

You may not make any transfers for the first 6 months after the Payout Start
Date. Thereafter, you may make transfers among the Variable Sub-Accounts or make
transfers from the Variable Sub-Accounts to increase the proportion of your
income payments consisting of fixed income payments. Your transfers must be at
least 6 months apart.

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TELEPHONE TRANSFERS

You may make transfers by telephone by calling 1-800-692-4682, if you first send
us a completed authorization form. The cut off time for telephone transfer
requests is 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. In the event that the New York Stock
Exchange closes early, i.e., before 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, or in the event that
the Exchange closes early for a period of time but then reopens for trading on
the same day, we will process telephone transfer requests as of the close of the
Exchange on that particular day. We will not accept telephone requests received
at any telephone number other than the number that appears in this paragraph or
received after the close of trading on the Exchange.

We may suspend, modify or terminate the telephone transfer privilege at any time
without notice.

We use procedures that we believe provide reasonable assurance that the
telephone transfers are genuine. For example, we tape telephone conversations
with persons purporting to authorize transfers and request identifying
information. Accordingly, we disclaim any liability for losses resulting from
allegedly unauthorized telephone transfers. However, if we do not take
reasonable steps to help ensure that a telephone authorization is valid, we may
be liable for such losses.

MARKET TIMING & EXCESSIVE TRADING

The Contracts are intended for long-term investment. Market timing and excessive
trading can potentially dilute the value of Variable Sub-Accounts and can
disrupt management of a Fund and raise its expenses, which can impair Fund
performance and adversely affect your Contract Value. Our policy is not to
accept knowingly any money intended for the purpose of market timing or
excessive trading. Accordingly, you should not invest in the Contract if your
purpose is to engage in market timing or excessive trading, and you should
refrain from such practices if you currently own a Contract.

We seek to detect market timing or excessive trading activity by reviewing
trading activities. Funds also may report suspected market-timing or excessive
trading activity to us. If, in our judgment, we determine that the transfers are
part of a market timing strategy or are otherwise harmful to the underlying
Fund, we will impose the trading limitations as described below under "Trading
Limitations." Because there is no universally accepted definition of what
constitutes market timing or excessive trading, we will use our reasonable
judgment based on all of the circumstances.

While we seek to deter market timing and excessive trading in Variable
Sub-Accounts, because our procedures involve the exercise of reasonable
judgment, we may not identify or prevent some market timing or excessive
trading. Moreover, imposition of trading limitations is triggered by the
detection of market timing or excessive trading activity, and the trading
limitations are not applied prior to detection of such trading activity.
Therefore, our policies and procedures do not prevent such trading activity
before it is detected. As a result, some investors may be able to engage in
market timing and excessive trading, while others are prohibited, and the Fund
may experience the adverse effects of market timing and excessive trading
described above.

TRADING LIMITATIONS

We reserve the right to limit transfers among the investment alternatives in any
Contract Year, or to refuse any transfer request, if:

..    we believe, in our sole discretion, that certain trading practices, such as
     excessive trading, by, or on behalf of, one or more Contract Owners, or a
     specific transfer request or group of transfer requests, may have a
     detrimental effect on the Accumulation Unit Values of any Variable
     Sub-Account or on the share prices of the corresponding Fund or otherwise
     would be to the disadvantage of other Contract Owners; or

..    we are informed by one or more of the Funds that they intend to restrict
     the purchase, exchange, or redemption of Fund shares because of excessive
     trading or because they believe that a specific transfer or group of
     transfers would have a detrimental effect on the prices of Fund shares.

In making the determination that trading activity constitutes market timing or
excessive trading, we will consider, among other things:

..    the total dollar amount being transferred, both in the aggregate and in the
     transfer request;

..    the number of transfers you make over a period of time and/or the period of
     time between transfers (note: one set of transfers to and from a Variable
     Sub-Account in a short period of time can constitute market timing);

..    whether your transfers follow a pattern that appears designed to take
     advantage of short term market fluctuations, particularly within certain
     Variable Sub-Account underlying Funds that we have identified as being
     susceptible to market timing activities;

..    whether the manager of the underlying Fund has indicated that the transfers
     interfere with Fund management or otherwise adversely impact the Fund; and

..    the investment objectives and/or size of the Variable Sub-Account
     underlying Fund.

We seek to apply these trading limitations uniformly. However, because these
determinations involve the exercise of discretion, it is possible that we may
not detect some market timing or excessive trading activity. As a result, it is
possible that some investors may be able to engage in market timing or excessive
trading activity, while others are prohibited, and the Fund may experience the
adverse effects of market timing and excessive trading described above.

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If we determine that a Contract Owner has engaged in market timing or excessive
trading activity, we will restrict that Contract Owner from making future
additions or transfers into the impacted Variable Sub-Account(s). If we
determine that a Contract Owner has engaged in a pattern of market timing or
excessive trading activity involving multiple Variable Sub-Accounts, we will
also require that all future transfer requests be submitted through regular U.S.
mail thereby refusing to accept transfer requests via telephone, facsimile,
Internet, or overnight delivery.

In our sole discretion, we may revise our Trading Limitations at any time as
necessary to better deter or minimize market timing and excessive trading or to
comply with regulatory requirements.

DOLLAR COST AVERAGING PROGRAM

Through the Dollar Cost Averaging Program, you may automatically transfer a set
amount at regular intervals during the Accumulation Phase from any Variable
Sub-Account, the Dollar Cost Averaging Option, or interest credited from the 3,
5, 7 or 10 year Guarantee Periods, to any Variable Sub-Account. The interval
between transfers may be monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually.
Transfers made through dollar cost averaging must be $50 or more. You may not
use dollar cost averaging to transfer amounts into the Dollar Cost Averaging
Option.

We will not charge a transfer fee for transfers made under this Program, nor
will such transfers count against the 12 transfers you can make each Contract
Year without paying a transfer fee. In addition, we will not apply the Market
Value Adjustment to these transfers.

The theory of dollar cost averaging is that if purchases of equal dollar amounts
are made at fluctuating prices, the aggregate average cost per unit will be less
than the average of the unit prices on the same purchase dates. However,
participation in this program does not assure you of a greater profit from your
purchases under the Program nor will it prevent or necessarily reduce losses in
a declining market.

Call or write us for instructions on how to enroll.

AUTOMATIC FUND REBALANCING PROGRAM

Once you have allocated your money among the Variable Sub-Accounts, the
performance of each Sub-Account may cause a shift in the percentage you
allocated to each Sub-Account. If you select our Automatic Fund Rebalancing
Program, we will automatically rebalance the Contract Value in each Variable
Sub-Account and return it to the desired percentage allocations. Money you
allocate to the Fixed Account Options will not be included in the rebalancing.

We will rebalance your account each quarter according to your instructions. We
will transfer amounts among the Variable Sub-Accounts to achieve the percentage
allocations you specify. You can change your allocations at any time by
contacting us in writing or by telephone. The new allocation will be effective
with the first rebalancing that occurs after we receive your request. We are not
responsible for rebalancing that occurs prior to receipt of your request.

Example:

Assume that you want your initial purchase payment split among 2 Variable
Sub-Accounts. You want 40% to be in the AIM V.I. Diversified Income Variable
Sub-Account and 60% to be in the AIM V.I. Growth Variable Sub-Account. Over the
next 2 months the bond market does very well while the stock market performs
poorly. At the end of the first quarter, the AIM V.I. Diversified Income
Variable Sub-Account now represents 50% of your holdings because of its increase
in value. If you choose to have your holdings rebalanced quarterly, on the first
day of the next quarter we would sell some of your units in the AIM V.I.
Diversified Income Variable Sub-Account and use the money to buy more units in
the AIM V.I. Growth Variable Sub-Account so that the percentage allocations
would again be 40% and 60% respectively.

The Automatic Fund Rebalancing Program is available only during the Accumulation
Phase. The transfers made under the Program do not count towards the 12
transfers you can make without paying a transfer fee, and are not subject to a
transfer fee.

Fund rebalancing is consistent with maintaining your allocation of investments
among market segments, although it is accomplished by reducing your Contract
Value allocated to the better performing segments.

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EXPENSES

As a Contract owner, you will bear, directly or indirectly, the charges and
expenses described below.

CONTRACT MAINTENANCE CHARGE

During the Accumulation Phase, on each Contract Anniversary, we will deduct a
$35 contract maintenance charge from your Contract Value invested in each
Variable Sub-Account in proportion to the amount invested. We also will deduct a
full contract maintenance charge if you withdraw your entire Contract Value,
unless your Contract qualifies for a waiver, described below. During the Payout
Phase, we will deduct the charge proportionately from each income payment.

The charge is for the cost of maintaining each Contract and the Variable
Account. Maintenance costs include expenses we incur in billing and collecting
purchase payments; keeping records; processing death claims, cash withdrawals,
and policy changes; proxy statements; calculating Accumulation Unit Values and
income payments; and issuing reports to Contract owners and regulatory agencies.
We cannot increase the charge. We will waive this charge if:

.. total purchase payments equal $50,000 or more, or

..    all money is allocated to the Fixed Account Options, as of the Contract
     Anniversary.

After the Payout Start Date, we will waive this charge if:

..    as of the Payout Start Date, the Contract Value is $50,000 or more, or

..    all income payments are fixed amount income payments.

MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK CHARGE

We deduct a mortality and expense risk charge daily at an annual rate of 1.00%
of the average daily net assets you have invested in the Variable Sub-Accounts
(1.20% if you select the Enhanced Death Benefit Option). The mortality and
expense risk charge is for all the insurance benefits available with your
Contract (including our guarantee of annuity rates and the death benefits), for
certain expenses of the Contract, and for assuming the risk (expense risk) that
the current charges will not be sufficient in the future to cover the cost of
administering the Contract. If the charges under the Contract are not
sufficient, then we will bear the loss. We charge an additional .20% for the
Enhanced Death Benefit Option to compensate us for the additional risk that we
accept by providing the rider.

We guarantee the mortality and expense risk charge and we cannot increase it. We
assess the mortality and expense risk charge during both the Accumulation Phase
and the Payout Phase.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CHARGE

We deduct an administrative expense charge daily at an annual rate of 0.10% of
the average daily net assets you have invested in the Variable Sub-Accounts. We
intend this charge to cover actual administrative expenses that exceed the
revenues from the contract maintenance charge. There is no necessary
relationship between the amount of administrative charge imposed on a given
Contract and the amount of expenses that may be attributed to that Contract. We
assess this charge each day during the Accumulation Phase and the Payout Phase.
We guarantee that we will not raise this charge.

TRANSFER FEE

We do not currently impose a fee upon transfers among the investment
alternatives. However, we reserve the right to charge $10 per transfer after the
12th transfer in each Contract Year. We will not charge a transfer fee on

transfers that are part of a Dollar Cost Averaging or Automatic Fund Rebalancing
Program.

WITHDRAWAL CHARGE

We may assess a withdrawal charge of up to 7% of the purchase payment(s) you
withdraw in excess of the Preferred Withdrawal Amount, adjusted by a Market
Value Adjustment. The charge declines annually to 0% after 7 complete years from
the day we receive the purchase payment being withdrawn. A schedule showing how
the charge declines appears on page 7. During each Contract Year, you can
withdraw up to 15% of the Contract Value as of the beginning of that Contract
Year without paying the charge. Unused portions of this 15% "PREFERRED
WITHDRAWAL AMOUNT" are not carried forward to future Contract Years.

We determine the withdrawal charge by:

..    multiplying the percentage corresponding to the number of complete years
     since we received the purchase payment being withdrawn, times

..    the part of each purchase payment withdrawal that is in excess of the
     Preferred Withdrawal Amount, adjusted by a Market Value Adjustment.

We will deduct withdrawal charges, if applicable, from the amount paid. For
purposes of the withdrawal charge, we will treat withdrawals as coming from the
oldest purchase payments first. However, for federal income tax purposes, please
note that withdrawals are considered to have come first from earnings in the
Contract. Thus, for tax purposes, earnings are considered to come out first,
which means you pay taxes on the earnings portion of your withdrawal.

If you make a withdrawal before the Payout Start Date, we will apply the
withdrawal charge percentage in effect on the date of the withdrawal, or the
withdrawal charge percentage in effect on the following day, whichever is

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lower.We do not apply a withdrawal charge in the following situations:

..    on the Payout Start Date (a withdrawal charge may apply if you elect to
     receive income payments for a specified period of less than 120 months);

..    the death of the Contract owner or Annuitant (unless the Settlement Value
     is used);

..    withdrawals taken to satisfy IRS minimum distribution rules for the
     Contract; and

..    withdrawals made after all purchase payments have been withdrawn.

We use the amounts obtained from the withdrawal charge to pay sales commissions
and other promotional or distribution expenses associated with marketing the
Contracts. To the extent that the withdrawal charge does not cover all sales
commissions and other promotional or distribution expenses, we may use any of
our corporate assets, including potential profit which may arise from the
mortality and expense risk charge or any other charges or fee described above,
to make up any difference.

Withdrawals may be subject to tax penalties or income tax and a Market Value
Adjustment. You should consult your own tax counsel or other tax advisers
regarding any withdrawals.

PREMIUM TAXES

Currently, we do not make deductions for premium taxes under the Contract
because New York does not charge premium taxes on annuities. We may deduct taxes
that may be imposed in the future from purchase payments or the Contract Value
when the tax is incurred or at a later time.

DEDUCTION FOR VARIABLE ACCOUNT INCOME TAXES

We are not currently making a provision for taxes. In the future, however, we
may make a provision for taxes if we determine, in our sole discretion, that we
will incur a tax as a result of the operation of the Variable Account. We will
deduct for any taxes we incur as a result of the operation of the Variable
Account, whether or not we previously made a provision for taxes and whether or
not it was sufficient. Our status under the Internal Revenue Code is briefly
described in the Taxes section.

OTHER EXPENSES

Each Fund deducts advisory fees and other expenses from its assets. You
indirectly bear the charges and expenses of the Fund whose shares are held by
the Variable Sub-Accounts. These fees and expenses are described in the
accompanying prospectus for the Funds. For a summary of current estimates of
those charges and expenses, see pages 7-8.

We may receive compensation from A I M Advisors, Inc., for administrative
services we provide to the Funds.

ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY

You can withdraw some or all of your Contract Value at any time prior to the
Payout Start Date. Withdrawals also are available under limited circumstances on
or after the Payout Start Date. See "Income Plans" on page 20.

The amount payable upon withdrawal is the Contract Value next computed after we
receive the request for a withdrawal at our service center, adjusted by any
Market Value Adjustment, less any withdrawal charges, contract maintenance
charges, income tax withholding, and any premium taxes. We will pay withdrawals
from the Variable Account within 7 days of receipt of the request, subject to
postponement in certain circumstances.

You can withdraw money from the Variable Account or the Fixed Account Options.
To complete a partial withdrawal from the Variable Account, we will cancel
Accumulation Units in an amount equal to the withdrawal and any applicable
withdrawal charge and premium taxes.

You have the opportunity to name the investment alternative(s) from which you
are taking the withdrawal. If none is specified, we will deduct your withdrawal
pro-rata from the investment alternatives according to the value of your
investments therein.

In general, you must withdraw at least $50 at a time. You also may withdraw a
lesser amount if you are withdrawing your entire interest in a Variable
Sub-Account.

If you request a total withdrawal, we may request that you return your Contract
to us. We also will deduct a Contract Maintenance Charge of $35, unless we have
waived the Contract Maintenance Charge on your Contract.

Withdrawals taken prior to annuitization (referred to in this prospectus as the
Payout Phase) are generally considered to come from the earnings in the Contract
first. If the Contract is tax-qualified, generally all withdrawals are treated
as distributions of earnings. Withdrawals of earnings are taxed as ordinary
income and, if taken prior to age 59 1/2, may be subject to an additional 10%
federal tax penalty.

POSTPONEMENT OF PAYMENTS

We may postpone the payment of any amounts due from the Variable Account under
the Contract if:

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1.   The New York Stock Exchange is closed for other than usual weekends or
     holidays, or trading on the Exchange is otherwise restricted;

2.   An emergency exists as defined by the SEC; or

3.   The SEC permits delay for your protection.

In addition, we may delay payments or transfers from the Fixed Account Options
for up to 6 months or shorter period if required by law. If we delay payment or
transfer for 10 days or more, we will pay interest as required by law. Any
interest would be payable from the date we receive the withdrawal request to the
date we make the payment or transfer.

SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PROGRAM

You may choose to receive systematic withdrawal payments on a monthly,
quarterly, semi-annual, or annual basis at any time prior to the Payout Start
Date. The minimum amount of each systematic withdrawal is $50. Systematic
Withdrawals are not available from the Dollar Cost Averaging Option. At our
discretion, systematic withdrawals may not be offered in conjunction with the
Dollar Cost Averaging Program or the Automatic Fund Rebalancing Program.

Depending on fluctuations in the accumulation unit value of the Variable
Sub-Accounts and the value of the Fixed Account Options, systematic withdrawals
may reduce or even exhaust the Contract Value. Please consult your tax advisor
before taking any withdrawal.

We will make systematic withdrawal payments to you or your designated payee. We
may modify or suspend the Systematic Withdrawal Program and charge a processing
fee for the service. If we modify or suspend the Systematic Withdrawal Program,
existing systematic withdrawal payments will not be affected.

MINIMUM CONTRACT VALUE

If your request for a partial withdrawal would reduce the amount in any
Guarantee Period to less than $500, we may treat it as a request to withdraw the
entire amount invested in such Guarantee Period. If your request for a partial
withdrawal would reduce the Contract Value to less than $1,000, we may treat it
as a request to withdraw your entire Contract Value. Your Contract will
terminate if you withdraw all of your Contract Value. We will, however, ask you
to confirm your withdrawal request before terminating your Contract. Before
terminating any Contract value whose value has been reduced by withdrawals to
less than $1,000, we would inform you in writing of our intention to terminate
your Contact and give you at least 30 days in which to make an additional
Purchase Payment to restore your Contract's value to the contractual minimum of
$1,000. If we terminate your Contract, we will distribute to you its Contract
Value, adjusted by any applicable Market Value Adjustment, less withdrawal and
other charges, and applicable taxes.

INCOME PAYMENTS

PAYOUT START DATE

The Payout Start Date is the day that we apply your Contract Value, adjusted by
any Market Value Adjustment and less any applicable taxes, to an Income Plan.
The Payout Start Date must be no later than the Annuitant's 90th birthday.

You may change the Payout Start Date at any time by notifying us in writing of
the change at least 30 days before the scheduled Payout Start Date. Absent a
change, we will use the Payout Start Date stated in your Contract.

INCOME PLANS

An "Income Plan" is a series of payments on a scheduled basis to you or to
another person designated by you. You may choose and change your choice of
Income Plan until 30 days before the Payout Start Date. If you do not select an
Income Plan, we will make income payments in accordance with Income Plan 1 with
guaranteed payments for 10 years. After the Payout Start Date, you may not make
withdrawals (except as described below) or change your choice of Income Plan.
Three Income Plans are available under the Contract. Each is available to
provide:

..    fixed income payments;

..    variable income payments; or

..    a combination of the two.

A portion of each payment will be considered taxable and the remaining portion
will be a non-taxable return of your investment in the Contract, which is also
called the "basis". Once the basis in the Contract is depleted, all remaining
payments will be fully taxable. If the Contract is tax-qualified, generally, all
payments will be fully taxable. Taxable payments taken prior to age 59 1/2, may
be subject to an additional 10% federal tax penalty.

The three Income Plans are:

INCOME PLAN 1 - LIFE INCOME WITH GUARANTEED PAYMENTS. Under this plan, we make
periodic income payments for at least as long as the Annuitant lives. If the
Annuitant dies before we have made all of the guaranteed income payments, we
will continue to pay the remainder of the guaranteed income payments as required
by the Contract.

INCOME PLAN 2 - JOINT AND SURVIVOR LIFE INCOME WITH GUARANTEED PAYMENTS. Under
this plan, we make periodic income payments for at least as long as either the
Annuitant or the joint Annuitant is alive. If both the Annuitant and the joint
Annuitant die before we have made all of the guaranteed income payments, we will

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continue to pay the remainder of the guaranteed income payments as required by
the Contract.

INCOME PLAN 3 - GUARANTEED PAYMENTS FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD (5 YEARS TO 30
YEARS). Under this plan, we make periodic income payments for the period you
have chosen. These payments do not depend on the Annuitant's life. Income
payments for less than 120 months may be subject to a withdrawal charge. We will
deduct the mortality and expense risk charge from the Variable Sub-Account
assets that support variable income payments even though we may not bear any
mortality risk.

The length of any guaranteed payment period under your selected Income Plan
generally will affect the dollar amounts of each income payment. As a general
rule, longer guarantee periods result in lower income payments, all other things
being equal. For example, if you choose an Income Plan with payments that depend
on the life of the Annuitant but with no minimum specified period for guaranteed
payments, the income payments generally will be greater than the income payments
made under the same Income Plan with a minimum specified period for guaranteed
payments.

If you choose Income Plan 1 or 2, or, if available, another Income Plan with
payments that continue for the life of the Annuitant or joint Annuitant, we may
require proof of age and sex of the Annuitant or joint Annuitant before starting
income payments, and proof that the Annuitant or joint Annuitant is alive before
we make each payment. Please note that under such Income Plans, if you elect to
take no minimum guaranteed payments, it is possible that the payee could receive
only 1 income payment if the Annuitant and any joint Annuitant both die before
the second income payment, or only 2 income payments if they die before the
third income payment, and so on.

Generally, you may not make withdrawals after the Payout Start Date. One
exception to this rule applies if you are receiving variable income payments
that do not depend on the life of the Annuitant (such as under Income Plan 3).
In that case you may terminate all or a portion of the Variable Account portion
of the income payments at any time and receive a lump sum equal to the present
value of the remaining variable payments associated with the amount withdrawn.
To determine the present value of any remaining variable income payments being
withdrawn, we use a discount rate equal to the assumed annual investment rate
that we use to compute such variable income payments. The minimum amount you may
withdraw under this feature is $1,000. A withdrawal charge may apply. We deduct
applicable premium taxes from the Contract Value at the Payout Start Date.

We may make other Income Plans available. You may obtain information about them
by writing or calling us.

You must apply at least the Contract Value in the Fixed Account Options on the
Payout Start Date to fixed income payments. If you wish to apply any portion of
your Fixed Account Option balance to provide variable income payments, you
should plan ahead and transfer that amount to the Variable Sub-Accounts prior to
the Payout Start Date. If you do not tell us how to allocate your Contract Value
among fixed and variable income payments, we will apply your Contract Value in
the Variable Account to variable income payments and your Contract Value in the
Fixed Account Options to fixed income payments.

We will apply your Contract Value, adjusted by any applicable Market Value
Adjustment, less applicable taxes to your Income Plan on the Payout Start Date.
If the Contract owner has not made any purchase payments for at least 3 years
preceding the Payout Start Date, and either the Contract Value is less than
$2,000 or not enough to provide an initial payment of at least $20, and state
law permits, we may:

..    terminate the Contract and pay you the Contract Value, adjusted by any
     Market Value Adjustment and less any applicable taxes, in a lump sum
     instead of the periodic payments you have chosen, or

..    reduce the frequency of your payments so that each payment will be at least
     $20.

VARIABLE INCOME PAYMENTS

The amount of your variable income payments depends upon the investment results
of the Variable Sub-Accounts you select, the premium taxes you pay, the age and
sex of the Annuitant, and the Income Plan you choose. We guarantee that the
payments will not be affected by (a) actual mortality experience and (b) the
amount of our administration expenses.

We cannot predict the total amount of your variable income payments. Your
variable income payments may be more or less than your total purchase payments
because (a) variable income payments vary with the investment results of the
underlying Funds and (b) the Annuitant could live longer or shorter than we
expect based on the tables we use.

In calculating the amount of the periodic payments in the annuity tables in the
Contract, we assumed an annual investment rate of 3%. If the actual net
investment return of the Variable Sub-Accounts you choose is less than this
assumed investment rate, then the dollar amount of your variable income payments
will decrease. The dollar amount of your variable income payments will increase,
however, if the actual net investment return exceeds the assumed investment
rate. The dollar amount of the variable income payments stays level if the net
investment return equals the assumed investment rate. Please refer to the
Statement of Additional Information for more detailed information as to how we
determine variable income payments.

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FIXED INCOME PAYMENTS

We guarantee income payment amounts derived from any Fixed Account Option for
the duration of the Income Plan. We calculate the fixed income payments by:

1)   adjusting the portion of the Contract Value in any Fixed Account Option on
     the Payout Start Date by any applicable Market Value Adjustment;

2)   deducting any applicable premium tax; and

3)   applying the resulting amount to the greater of (a) the appropriate value
     from the income payment table in your Contract or (b) such other value as
     we are offering at that time.

We may defer making fixed income payments for a period of up to 6 months or such
shorter time as state law may require. If we defer payments for 10 business days
or more, we will pay interest as required by law from the date we receive the
withdrawal request to the date we make payment.

CERTAIN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

The Contracts offered by this prospectus contain income payment tables that
provide for different payments to men and women of the same age. However, we
reserve the right to use income payment tables that do not distinguish on the
basis of sex to the extent permitted by law. In certain employment-related
situations, employers are required by law to use the same income payment tables
for men and women. Accordingly, if the Contract is to be used in connection with
an employment-related retirement or benefit plan, you should consult with legal
counsel as to whether the purchase of a Contract is appropriate. For qualified
plans, where it is appropriate, we may use income payment tables that do not
distinguish on the basis of sex.

DEATH BENEFITS

We will pay a death benefit if, prior to the Payout Start Date:

1.   any Contract owner dies or,

2.   the Annuitant dies, if the Contract owner is not a living person.

We will pay the death benefit to the new Contract owner who is determined
immediately after the death. The new Contract owner would be a surviving
Contract owner or, if none, the Beneficiary(ies). In the case of the death of an
Annuitant, we will pay the death benefit to the current Contract owner. A
request for payment of the death benefit must include "DUE PROOF OF DEATH." We
will accept the following documentation as Due Proof of Death:

..    a certified copy of a death certificate,

..    a certified copy of a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction as to the
     finding of death, or

..    any other proof acceptable to us.

Where there are multiple beneficiaries, we will only value the death benefit at
the time the first beneficiary submits the necessary documentation in good
order. Any death benefit amounts attributable to any beneficiary which remain in
the investment divisions are subject to investment risk.

DEATH BENEFIT AMOUNT

Prior to the Payout Start Date, the death benefit is equal to the greatest of:

1.   the Contract Value as of the date we determine the death benefit, or

2.   the SETTLEMENT VALUE (that is, the amount payable on a full withdrawal of
     Contract Value) on the date we determine the death benefit, or

3.   the sum of all purchase payments reduced by a withdrawal adjustment, as
     defined below, or

4.   the greatest of the Contract Value on each DEATH BENEFIT ANNIVERSARY prior
     to the date we determine the death benefit, increased by purchase payments
     made since that Death Benefit Anniversary and reduced by a withdrawal
     adjustment as defined below.

In calculating the Settlement Value, the amount in each individual Guarantee
Period may be subject to a Market Value Adjustment. A Market Value Adjustment
will apply to amounts in a Guarantee Period, unless we calculate the Settlement
Value during the 30-day period after the expiration of the Guarantee Period.
Also, the Settlement Value will reflect deduction of any applicable withdrawal
charges, contract maintenance charges, and premium taxes.

A "Death Benefit Anniversary" is every seventh Contract Anniversary during the
Accumulation Phase. For example, the 7th, 14th, and 21st Contract Anniversaries
are the first three Death Benefit Anniversaries.

The "withdrawal adjustment" is equal to (a) divided by (b), with the result
multiplied by (c), where:

(a)  is the withdrawal amount;

(b)  is the Contract Value immediately prior to the withdrawal; and

(c)  is the value of the applicable death benefit alternative immediately prior
     to the withdrawal.

Please see Appendix B to this prospectus, which contains examples of the
application of the withdrawal adjustment.

We will determine the value of the death benefit as of the end of the Valuation
Date on which we receive a complete request for payment of the death benefit. If
we receive a request after 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on a Valuation Date,

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we will process the request as of the end of the following Valuation Date.

ENHANCED DEATH BENEFIT OPTION

If the oldest Contract owner and Annuitant is less than or equal to age 80 as of
the date we receive the completed application, the Enhanced Death Benefit
Option, is an optional benefit that you may select. If the Contract owner is a
living individual, the Enhanced Death Benefit applies only for the death of the
Contract owner. If the Contract owner is not a living individual, the enhanced
death benefit applies only for the death of the Annuitant. For Contracts with
the Enhanced Death Benefit Rider, the death benefit will be the greatest of (1)
through (4) above, or (5) the Enhanced Death Benefit, described below. The
Enhanced Death Benefit will never be greater than the maximum death benefit
allowed by any state nonforfeiture laws which govern the Contract.

ENHANCED DEATH BENEFIT. The Enhanced Death Benefit on the Issue Date is equal to
the initial purchase payment. On each Contract Anniversary, we will recalculate
your Enhanced Death Benefit to equal the greater of your Contract Value on that
date, or the most recently calculated Enhanced Death Benefit. We also will
recalculate your Enhanced Death Benefit whenever you make an additional purchase
payment or a partial withdrawal. Additional purchase payments will increase the
Enhanced Death Benefit dollar-for-dollar. Withdrawals will reduce the Enhanced
Death Benefit by an amount equal to a withdrawal adjustment computed in the
manner described above under "Death Benefit Amount." In the absence of any
withdrawals or purchase payments, the Enhanced Death Benefit will be the
greatest of all Contract Anniversary Contract Values on or before the date we
calculate the death benefit.

We will calculate ANNIVERSARY VALUES for each Contract Anniversary prior to the
oldest Contract owner's or the oldest Annuitant's, if the Contract owner is not
a living person, 85th birthday. After age 85, we will recalculate the Enhanced
Death Benefit only for purchase payments and withdrawals. The Enhanced Death
Benefit will never be greater than the maximum death benefit allowed by any
non-forfeiture laws which govern the Contract.

DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENTS

IF THE NEW OWNER IS YOUR SPOUSE, THE NEW OWNER MAY:

1.   elect to receive the death benefit in a lump sum, or

2.   elect to apply the death benefit to an Income Plan. Payments from the
     Income Plan must begin within 1 year of the date of death and must be
     payable throughout:

..    the life of the new Owner; or

..    for a guaranteed number of payments from 5 to 50 years, but not to exceed
     the life expectancy of the new Owner; or

..    over the life of the new Owner with a guaranteed number of payments from 5
     to 30 years but not to exceed the life expectancy of the new Owner.

If your spouse does not elect one of the above options, the Contract will
continue in the Accumulation Phase as if the death had not occurred. If the
Contract is continued in the Accumulation Phase, the following restrictions
apply:

..    On the date the Contract is continued, the Contract Value will equal the
     amount of the Death Benefit as determined as of the Valuation Date on which
     we received the completed request for settlement of the death benefit (the
     next Valuation Date, if we receive the completed request for settlement of
     the death benefit after 3 p.m. Central Time). Unless otherwise instructed
     by the continuing spouse, the excess, if any, of the death benefit over the
     Contract Value will be allocated to the Sub-Accounts of the Variable
     Account. This excess will be allocated in proportion to your Contract Value
     in those Sub-accounts as of the end of the Valuation Period during which we
     receive the completed request for settlement of the death benefit, except
     that any portion of this excess attributable to the Fixed Account Options
     will be allocated to the Money Market Sub-account. Within 30 days of the
     date the Contract is continued, your surviving spouse may choose one of the
     following transfer alternatives without incurring a transfer fee:

..    transfer all or a portion of the excess among the Variable Sub-Accounts;

..    transfer all or a portion of the excess into the Guaranteed Maturity Fixed
     Account and begin a new Guarantee Period; or

..    transfer all or a portion of the excess into a combination of Variable
     Sub-Accounts and the Guaranteed Maturity Fixed Account.

Any such transfer does not count as one of the free transfers allowed each
Contract Year and is subject to any minimum allocation amount specified in your
Contract.

The surviving spouse may make a single withdrawal of any amount within one year
of the date of death without incurring a Withdrawal Charge.

Only one spousal continuation is allowed under this Contract.

IF THE NEW OWNER IS NOT YOUR SPOUSE BUT IS A LIVING PERSON, THE NEW OWNER MAY:

1)   elect to receive the death benefit in a lump sum, or

2)   elect to apply the death benefit to an Income Plan. Payments from the
     Income Plan must begin within 1 year of the date of death and must be
     payable throughout:

..    the life of the new Owner; or

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..    for a guaranteed number of payments from 5 to 50 years, but not to exceed
     the life expectancy of the new Owner; or

..    over the life of the new Owner with a guaranteed number of payments from 5
     to 30 years but not to exceed the life expectancy of the new Owner.

If the new Owner does not elect one of the above options then the new Owner must
receive the Contract Value payable within 5 years of your date of death. The
Contract Value will equal the amount of the death benefit as determined as of
the Valuation Date on which we received a completed request for settlement of
the death benefit (the next Valuation Date, if we receive a completed request
for settlement of the death benefit after 3 p.m. Central Time). Unless otherwise
instructed by the new Owner, the excess, if any, of the death benefit over the
Contract Value will be allocated to the Money Market Variable Sub-Account. The
new Owner may exercise all rights as set forth in the TRANSFERS section during
this 5 year period.

No additional Purchase Payments may be added to the Contract under this
election. Withdrawal Charges will be waived for any withdrawals made during this
5 year period.

If the new Owner dies prior to the receiving all of the Contract Value, then the
new Owner's named Beneficiary(ies) will receive the greater of the Settlement
Value or the remaining Contract Value. This amount must be received as a lump
sum within 5 years of the date of the original Owner's death.

We reserve the right to offer additional options upon Death of Owner.

IF THE NEW OWNER IS A CORPORATION, TRUST, OR OTHER NON-LIVING PERSON:

(a)  The new Owner may elect to receive the death benefit in a lump sum; or

(b)  If the new Owner does not elect the option above, then the new Owner must
     receive the Contract Value payable within 5 years of your date of death. On
     the date we receive the complete request for settlement of the Death
     Benefit, the Contract Value under this option will be the death benefit.
     Unless otherwise instructed by the new Owner, the excess, if any of the
     death benefit over the Contract Value will be allocated to the Money Market
     Variable Sub-Account. The new Owner may exercise all rights set forth in
     the TRANSFERS provision during this 5 year period. No additional Purchase
     Payments may be added to the Contract under this election. Withdrawal
     Charges will be waived during this 5 year period.

We reserve the right to offer additional options upon Death of Owner.

If any new Owner is a non-living person, all new Owners will be considered to be
non-living persons for the above purposes.

Under any of these options, all ownership rights, subject to any restrictions
previously placed upon the Beneficiary, are available to the new Owner from the
date of your death to the date on which the death proceeds are paid.

DEATH OF ANNUITANT

If the Annuitant who is not also the Contract Owner dies prior to the Payout
Start Date and the Contract Owner is a living person, then the Contract will
continue with a new Annuitant as designated by the Contract Owner.

If the Annuitant who is not also the Contract Owner dies prior to the Payout
Start Date and the Contract Owner is a non-living person, the following apply:

(a)  The Contract Owner may elect to receive the death benefit in a lump sum; or

(b)  If the new Owner does not elect the option above, then the Owner must
     receive the Contract Value payable within 5 years of the Annuitant's date
     of death. On the date we receive the complete request for settlement of the
     death benefit, the Contract Value under this option will be the death
     benefit. Unless otherwise instructed by the Contract Owner, the excess, if
     any, of the death benefit over the Contract Value will be allocated to the
     Money Market Variable Sub-Account. The Contract Owner may then exercise all
     rights set forth in the TRANSFERS provision during this 5 year period. No
     additional Purchase Payments may be added to the Contract under this
     election. Withdrawal Charges will be waived during this 5 year period.

We reserve the right to offer additional options upon Death of Owner.

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MORE INFORMATION

ALLSTATE NEW YORK

Allstate New York is the issuer of the Contract. Allstate New York is a stock
life insurance company organized under the laws of the State of New York.
Allstate New York was incorporated in 1967 and was known as "Financial Life
Insurance Company" from 1967 to 1978. From 1978 to 1984, Allstate New York was
known as "PM Life Insurance Company." Since 1984 the company has been known as
"Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York."

Allstate New York is currently licensed to operate in New York. Our home office
is located at 100 Motor Parkway, Hauppauge, NY 11788-5107. Our service center
located in Northbrook, Illinois.

Allstate New York is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate Life Insurance
Company ("ALLSTATE LIFE"), a stock life insurance company incorporated under the
laws of the State of Illinois. Allstate Life is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Allstate Insurance Company, a stock property-liability insurance company
incorporated under the laws of Illinois. With the exception of the directors
qualifying shares, all of the outstanding capital stock of Allstate Insurance
Company is owned by The Allstate Corporation.

THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT

Allstate New York established the Allstate Life of New York Separate Account A
on December 15, 1995. We have registered the Variable Account with the SEC as a
unit investment trust. The SEC does not supervise the management of the Variable
Account or Allstate New York.

We own the assets of the Variable Account. The Variable Account is a segregated
asset account under New York law. That means we account for the Variable
Account's income, gains and losses separately from the results of our other
operations. It also means that only the assets of the Variable Account that are
in excess of the reserves and other Contract liabilities with respect to the
Variable Account are subject to liabilities relating to our other operations.

Our obligations arising under the Contracts are general corporate obligations of
Allstate New York.

The Variable Account consists of multiple Variable Sub-Accounts, 18 of which are
available through the Contracts. Each Variable Sub-Account invests in a
corresponding Fund. We may add new Variable Sub-Accounts or eliminate one or
more of them, if we believe marketing, tax, or investment conditions so warrant.
We do not guarantee the investment performance of the Variable Account, its
Sub-Accounts or the Funds. We may use the Variable Account to fund our other
annuity contracts. We will account separately for each type of annuity contract
funded by the Variable Account.

THE FUNDS

DIVIDENDS AND CAPITAL GAIN DISTRIBUTIONS. We automatically reinvest all
dividends and capital gains distributions from the Funds in shares of the
distributing Fund at their net asset value.

VOTING PRIVILEGES. As a general matter, you do not have a direct right to vote
the shares of the Funds held by the Variable Sub-Accounts to which you have
allocated your Contract Value. Under current law, however, you are entitled to
give us instructions on how to vote those shares on certain matters. Based on
our present view of the law, we will vote the shares of the Funds that we hold
directly or indirectly through the Variable Account in accordance with
instructions that we receive from Contract owners entitled to give such
instructions.

As a general rule, before the Payout Start Date, the Contract owner or anyone
with a voting interest is the person entitled to give voting instructions. The
number of shares that a person has a right to instruct will be determined by
dividing the Contract Value allocated to the applicable Variable Sub-Account by
the net asset value per share of the corresponding Fund as of the record date of
the meeting. After the Payout Start Date, the person receiving income payments
has the voting interest. The payee's number of votes will be determined by
dividing the reserve for such Contract allocated to the applicable Variable
Sub-Account by the net asset value per share of the corresponding Fund. The
votes decrease as income payments are made and as the reserves for the Contract
decrease.

We will vote shares attributable to Contracts for which we have not received
instructions, as well as shares attributable to us, in the same proportion as we
vote shares for which we have received instructions, unless we determine that we
may vote such shares in our own discretion. We will apply voting instructions to
abstain on any item to be voted on a pro-rata basis to reduce the votes eligible
to be cast.

We reserve the right to vote Fund shares as we see fit without regard to voting
instructions to the extent permitted by law. If we disregard voting
instructions, we will include a summary of that action and our reasons for that
action in the next semi-annual financial report we send to you.

CHANGES IN FUNDS. If the shares of any of the Funds are no longer available for
investment by the Variable Account or if, in our judgment, further investment in
such shares is no longer desirable in view of the purposes of the Contract, we
may eliminate that Fund and substitute shares of another eligible investment
fund. Any substitution of securities will comply with the requirements of the
1940 Act. We also may add new Variable Sub-Accounts that invest in underlying
Funds. We will notify you in advance of any changes.

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CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. Certain of the Funds sell their shares to Variable
Accounts underlying both variable life insurance and variable annuity contracts.
It is conceivable that in the future it may be unfavorable for variable life
insurance Variable Accounts and variable annuity Variable Accounts to invest in
the same Fund. The boards of trustees of these Funds monitor for possible
conflicts among Variable Accounts buying shares of the Funds. Conflicts could
develop for a variety of reasons. For example, differences in treatment under
tax and other laws or the failure by a Variable Account to comply with such laws
could cause a conflict. To eliminate a conflict, a Fund's board of trustees may
require a Variable Account to withdraw its participation in a Fund. A Fund's net
asset value could decrease if it had to sell investment securities to pay
redemption proceeds to a Variable Account withdrawing because of a conflict.

THE CONTRACT

DISTRIBUTION. ALFS, Inc.* ("ALFS"), located at 3100 Sanders Road, Northbrook, IL
60062-7154, serves as principal underwriter of the Contracts. ALFS is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Allstate Life Insurance Company. ALFS is a registered broker
dealer under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("EXCHANGE
ACT"), and is a member of the NASD.

We will pay commissions to broker-dealers who sell the Contracts. Commissions
paid may vary, but we estimate that the total commissions paid on all Contract
sales will not exceed 8 1/2% of any purchase payments. Sometimes, we also pay
the broker-dealer a persistency bonus in addition to the standard commissions. A
persistency bonus is not expected to exceed 1.2%, on an annual basis, of the
purchase payments considered in connection with the bonus. These commissions are
intended to cover distribution expenses. Contracts may be sold by
representatives or employees of banks which may be acting as broker-dealers
without separate registration under the Exchange Act, pursuant to legal and
regulatory exceptions.

Allstate New York does not pay ALFS a commission for distribution of the
Contracts. The underwriting agreement with ALFS provides that we will reimburse
ALFS for any liability to Contract owners arising out of services rendered or
Contracts issued.

ADMINISTRATION. We have primary responsibility for all administration of the
Contracts and the Variable Account. We provide the following administrative
services, among others:

..    issuance of the Contracts;

..    maintenance of Contract owner records;

..    Contract owner services;

..    calculation of unit values;

..    maintenance of the Variable Account; and

..    preparation of Contract owner reports.

We will send you Contract statements and transaction confirmations at least
annually. The annual statement details values and specific Contract data for
each particular Contract. You should notify us promptly in writing of any
address change. You should read your statements and confirmations carefully and
verify their accuracy. You should contact us promptly if you have a question
about a periodic statement. We will investigate all complaints and make any
necessary adjustments retroactively, but you must notify us of a potential error
within a reasonable time after the date of the questioned statement. If you wait
too long, we will make the adjustment as of the date that we receive notice of
the potential error.

We also will provide you with additional periodic and other reports, information
and prospectuses as may be required by federal securities laws.

NON-QUALIFIED ANNUITIES HELD WITHIN A QUALIFIED PLAN

If you use the Contract within an employer sponsored qualified retirement plan,
the plan may impose different or additional conditions or limitations on
withdrawals, waivers of withdrawal charges, death benefits, Payout Start Dates,
income payments and other Contract features. In addition, adverse tax
consequences may result if qualified plan limits on distributions and other
conditions are not met. Please consult your qualified plan administrator fr more
information. Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York no longer issues
deferred annuities to employer sponsored qualified retirement plans.

LEGAL MATTERS

All matters of New York law pertaining to the Contracts, including the validity
of the Contracts and Allstate New York's right to issue such Contracts under New
York insurance law, have been passed upon by Michael J. Velotta, General Counsel
of Allstate New York.

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TAXES

THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION IS GENERAL AND IS NOT INTENDED AS TAX ADVICE. ALLSTATE
NEW YORK MAKES NO GUARANTEE REGARDING THE TAX TREATMENT OF ANY CONTRACT OR
TRANSACTION INVOLVING A CONTRACT.

Federal, state, local and other tax consequences of ownership or receipt of
distributions under an annuity contract depend on your individual circumstances.
If you are concerned about any tax consequences with regard to your individual
circumstances, you should consult a competent tax adviser.

TAXATION OF ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

Allstate New York is taxed as a life insurance company under Part I of
Subchapter L of the Code. Since the Variable Account is not an entity separate
from Allstate New York, and its operations form a part of Allstate New York, it
will not be taxed separately. Investment income and realized capital gains of
the Variable Account are automatically applied to increase reserves under the
Contract. Under existing federal income tax law, Allstate New York believes that
the Variable Account investment income and capital gains will not be taxed to
the extent that such income and gains are applied to increase the reserves under
the Contract. Accordingly, Allstate New York does not anticipate that it will
incur any federal income tax liability attributable to the Variable Account, and
therefore Allstate New York does not intend to make provisions for any such
taxes. If Allstate New York is taxed on investment income or capital gains of
the Variable Account, then Allstate New York may impose a charge against the
Variable Account in order to make provision for such taxes.

TAXATION OF VARIABLE ANNUITIES IN GENERAL

TAX DEFERRAL. Generally, you are not taxed on increases in the Contract Value
until a distribution occurs. This rule applies only where:

..    the Contract Owner is a natural person,

..    the investments of the Variable Account are "adequately diversified"
     according to Treasury Department regulations, and

..    Allstate New York is considered the owner of the Variable Account assets
     for federal income tax purposes.

NON-NATURAL OWNERS. Non-natural owners are also referred to as Non Living Owners
in this prospectus. As a general rule, annuity contracts owned by non-natural
persons such as corporations, trusts, or other entities are not treated as
annuity contracts for federal income tax purposes. The income on such contracts
does not enjoy tax deferral and is taxed as ordinary income received or accrued
by the non-natural owner during the taxable year.

EXCEPTIONS TO THE NON-NATURAL OWNER RULE. There are several exceptions to the
general rule that annuity contracts held by a non-natural owner are not treated
as annuity contracts for federal income tax purposes. Contracts will generally
be treated as held by a natural person if the nominal owner is a trust or other
entity which holds the contract as agent for a natural person. However, this
special exception will not apply in the case of an employer who is the nominal
owner of an annuity contract under a non-Qualified deferred compensation
arrangement for its employees. Other exceptions to the non-natural owner rule
are: (1) contracts acquired by an estate of a decedent by reason of the death of
the decedent; (2) certain qualified contracts; (3) contracts purchased by
employers upon the termination of certain qualified plans; (4) certain contracts
used in connection with structured settlement agreements; and (5) immediate
annuity contracts, purchased with a single premium, when the annuity starting
date is no later than a year from purchase of the annuity and substantially
equal periodic payments are made, not less frequently than annually, during the
annuity period.

GRANTOR TRUST OWNED ANNUITY. Contracts owned by a grantor trust are considered
owned by a non-natural owner. Grantor trust owned contracts receive tax deferral
as described in the Exceptions to the Non-Natural Owner Rule section. In
accordance with the Code, upon the death of the annuitant, the death benefit
must be paid. According to your Contract, the Death Benefit is paid to the
surviving Contract Owner. Since the trust will be the surviving Contract Owner
in all cases, the Death Benefit will be payable to the trust notwithstanding any
beneficiary designation on the annuity contract. A trust, including a grantor
trust, has two options for receiving any death benefits: 1) a lump sum payment;
or 2) payment deferred up to five years from date of death.

DIVERSIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. For a Contract to be treated as an annuity for
federal income tax purposes, the investments in the Variable Account must be
"adequately diversified" consistent with standards under Treasury Department
regulations. If the investments in the Variable Account are not adequately
diversified, the Contract will not be treated as an annuity contract for federal
income tax purposes. As a result, the income on the Contract will be taxed as
ordinary income received or accrued by the Contract owner during the taxable
year. Although Allstate New York does not have control over the Portfolios or
their investments, we expect the Portfolios to meet the diversification
requirements.

OWNERSHIP TREATMENT. The IRS has stated that a contract owner will be considered
the owner of separate account assets if he possesses incidents of ownership in
those assets, such as the ability to exercise investment control over the
assets. At the time the diversification regulations were issued, the Treasury
Department

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announced that the regulations do not provide guidance concerning circumstances
in which investor control of the separate account investments may cause a
Contract owner to be treated as the owner of the separate account. The Treasury
Department also stated that future guidance would be issued regarding the extent
that owners could direct sub-account investments without being treated as owners
of the underlying assets of the separate account.

Your rights under the Contract are different than those described by the IRS in
private and published rulings in which it found that Contract owners were not
owners of separate account assets. For example, if your contract offers more
than twenty (20) investment alternatives you have the choice to allocate
premiums and contract values among a broader selection of investment
alternatives than described in such rulings. You may be able to transfer among
investment alternatives more frequently than in such rulings. These differences
could result in you being treated as the owner of the Variable Account. If this
occurs, income and gain from the Variable Account assets would be includible in
your gross income. Allstate New York does not know what standards will be set
forth in any regulations or rulings which the Treasury Department may issue. It
is possible that future standards announced by the Treasury Department could
adversely affect the tax treatment of your Contract. We reserve the right to
modify the Contract as necessary to attempt to prevent you from being considered
the federal tax owner of the assets of the Variable Account. However, we make no
guarantee that such modification to the Contract will be successful.

TAXATION OF PARTIAL AND FULL WITHDRAWALS. If you make a partial withdrawal under
a Non-Qualified Contract, amounts received are taxable to the extent the
Contract Value, without regard to surrender charges, exceeds the investment in
the Contract. The investment in the Contract is the gross premium paid for the
contract minus any amounts previously received from the Contract if such amounts
were properly excluded from your gross income. If you make a full withdrawal
under a Non-Qualified Contract, the amount received will be taxable only to the
extent it exceeds the investment in the Contract.

TAXATION OF ANNUITY PAYMENTS. Generally, the rule for income taxation of annuity
payments received from a Non-Qualified Contract provides for the return of your
investment in the Contract in equal tax-free amounts over the payment period.
The balance of each payment received is taxable. For fixed annuity payments, the
amount excluded from income is determined by multiplying the payment by the
ratio of the investment in the Contract (adjusted for any refund feature or
period certain) to the total expected value of annuity payments for the term of
the Contract. If you elect variable annuity payments, the amount excluded from
taxable income is determined by dividing the investment in the Contract by the
total number of expected payments. The annuity payments will be fully taxable
after the total amount of the investment in the Contract is excluded using these
ratios. If any variable payment is less than the excludable amount you should
contact a competent tax advisor to determine how to report any unrecovered
investment. The federal tax treatment of annuity payments is unclear in some
respects. As a result, if the IRS should provide further guidance, it is
possible that the amount we calculate and report to the IRS as taxable could be
different. If you die, and annuity payments cease before the total amount of the
investment in the Contract is recovered, the unrecovered amount will be allowed
as a deduction for your last taxable year.

WITHDRAWALS AFTER THE PAYOUT START DATE. Federal tax law is unclear regarding
the taxation of any additional withdrawal received after the Payout Start Date.
It is possible that a greater or lesser portion of such a payment could be
taxable than the amount we determine.

DISTRIBUTION AT DEATH RULES. In order to be considered an annuity contract for
federal income tax purposes, the Contract must provide:

..    if any Contract Owner dies on or after the Payout Start Date but before the
     entire interest in the Contract has been distributed, the remaining portion
     of such interest must be distributed at least as rapidly as under the
     method of distribution being used as of the date of the Contract Owner's
     death;

..    if any Contract Owner dies prior to the Payout Start Date, the entire
     interest in the Contract will be distributed within 5 years after the date
     of the Contract Owner's death. These requirements are satisfied if any
     portion of the Contract Owner's interest that is payable to (or for the
     benefit of) a designated Beneficiary is distributed over the life of such
     Beneficiary (or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of
     the Beneficiary) and the distributions begin within 1 year of the Contract
     Owner's death. If the Contract Owner's designated Beneficiary is the
     surviving spouse of the Contract Owner, the Contract may be continued with
     the surviving spouse as the new Contract Owner;

..    if the Contract Owner is a non-natural person, then the Annuitant will be
     treated as the Contract Owner for purposes of applying the distribution at
     death rules. In addition, a change in the Annuitant on a Contract owned by
     a non-natural person will be treated as the death of the Contract Owner.

TAXATION OF ANNUITY DEATH BENEFITS. Death Benefit amounts are included in income
as follows:

..    if distributed in a lump sum, the amounts are taxed in the same manner as a
     total withdrawal, or

..    if distributed under an Income Plan, the amounts are taxed in the same
     manner as annuity payments.

PENALTY TAX ON PREMATURE DISTRIBUTIONS. A 10% penalty tax applies to the taxable
amount of any

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premature distribution from a non-Qualified Contract. The penalty tax generally
applies to any distribution made prior to the date you attain age 59 1/2.
However, no penalty tax is incurred on distributions:

..    made on or after the date the Contract Owner attains age 59 1/2,

..    made as a result of the Contract Owner's death or becoming totally
     disabled,

..    made in substantially equal periodic payments over the Contract Owner's
     life or life expectancy, or over the joint lives or joint life expectancies
     of the Contract Owner and the Beneficiary,

..    made under an immediate annuity, or

..    attributable to investment in the Contract before August 14, 1982.

You should consult a competent tax advisor to determine how these exceptions may
apply to your situation.

SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL PERIODIC PAYMENTS. With respect to non-Qualified Contracts
using substantially equal periodic payments or immediate annuity payments as an
exception to the penalty tax on premature distributions, any additional
withdrawal or other material modification of the payment stream would violate
the requirement that payments must be substantially equal. Failure to meet this
requirement would mean that the income portion of each payment received prior to
the later of 5 years or the Contract Owner's attaining age 59 1/2 would be
subject to a 10% penalty tax unless another exception to the penalty tax
applied. The tax for the year of the modification is increased by the penalty
tax that would have been imposed without the exception, plus interest for the
years in which the exception was used. A material modification does not include
permitted changes described in published IRS rulings. You should consult a
competent tax advisor prior to creating or modifying a substantially equal
periodic payment stream.

TAX FREE EXCHANGES UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 1035. A 1035 exchange is
a tax-free exchange of a non-qualified life insurance contract, endowment
contract or annuity contract into a non-Qualified annuity contract. The contract
owner(s) must be the same on the old and new contract. Basis from the old
contract carries over to the new contract so long as we receive that information
from the relinquishing company. If basis information is never received, we will
assume that all exchanged funds represent earnings and will allocate no cost
basis to them.

PARTIAL EXCHANGES. The IRS has issued a ruling that permits partial exchanges of
annuity contracts. Under this ruling, if you take a withdrawal from a receiving
or relinquishing annuity contract within 24 months of the partial exchange, then
special aggregation rules apply for purposes of determining the taxable amount
of a distribution. The IRS has issued limited guidance on how to aggregate and
report these distributions. The IRS is expected to provide further guidance; as
a result, it is possible that the amount we calculate and report to the IRS as
taxable could be different. Your Contract may not permit partial exchanges.

TAXATION OF OWNERSHIP CHANGES. If you transfer a non-Qualified Contract without
full and adequate consideration to a person other than your spouse (or to a
former spouse incident to a divorce), you will be taxed on the difference
between the Contract Value and the investment in the Contract at the time of
transfer. Any assignment or pledge (or agreement to assign or pledge) of the
Contract Value is taxed as a withdrawal of such amount or portion and may also
incur the 10% penalty tax.

AGGREGATION OF ANNUITY CONTRACTS. The Code requires that all non-Qualified
deferred annuity contracts issued by Allstate New York (or its affiliates) to
the same Contract Owner during any calendar year be aggregated and treated as
one annuity contract for purposes of determining the taxable amount of a
distribution.

INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING

Generally, Allstate New York is required to withhold federal income tax at a
rate of 10% from all non-annuitized distributions. The customer may elect out of
withholding by completing and signing a withholding election form. If no
election is made, we will automatically withhold the required 10% of the taxable
amount. In certain states, if there is federal withholding, then state
withholding is also mandatory.

Allstate New York is required to withhold federal income tax using the wage
withholding rates for all annuitized distributions. The customer may elect out
of withholding by completing and signing a withholding election form. If no
election is made, we will automatically withhold using married with three
exemptions as the default. If no U.S. taxpayer identification number is
provided, we will automatically withhold using single with zero exemptions as
the default. In certain states, if there is federal withholding, then state
withholding is also mandatory.

Election out of withholding is valid only if the customer provides a U.S.
residence address and taxpayer identification number.

Generally, Code Section 1441 provides that Allstate New York as a withholding
agent must withhold 30% of the taxable amounts paid to a non-resident alien. A
non-resident alien is someone other than a U.S. citizen or resident alien.
Withholding may be reduced or eliminated if covered by an income tax treaty
between the U.S. and the non-resident alien's country of residence if the payee
provides a U.S. taxpayer identification number on a fully completed Form W-8BEN.
A U.S. taxpayer identification number is a social security number or an
individual taxpayer identification number ("ITIN"). ITINs are issued by the IRS
to non-resident alien individuals who are not eligible to obtain a social
security number. The U.S. does not have a tax treaty with all

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countries nor do all tax treaties provide an exclusion or lower withholding rate
for annuities.

TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACTS

The income on tax sheltered annuity (TSA) and IRA investments is tax deferred,
and the income from annuities held by such plans does not receive any additional
tax deferral. You should review the annuity features, including all benefits and
expenses, prior to purchasing an annuity as a TSA or IRA. Tax Qualified
Contracts are contracts purchased as or in connection with:

..    Individual Retirement Annuities (IRAs) under Code Section 408(b);

..    Roth IRAs under Code Section 408A;

..    Simplified Employee Pension (SEP IRA) under Code Section 408(k);

..    Savings Incentive Match Plans for Employees (SIMPLE IRA) under Code Section
     408(p);

..    Tax Sheltered Annuities under Code Section 403(b);

..    Corporate and Self Employed Pension and Profit Sharing Plans under Code
     Section 401; and

..    State and Local Government and Tax-Exempt Organization Deferred
     Compensation Plans under Code Section 457.

Allstate New York reserves the right to limit the availability of the Contract
for use with any of the retirement plans listed above or to modify the Contract
to conform with tax requirements. If you use the Contract within an employer
sponsored qualified retirement plan, the plan may impose different or additional
conditions or limitations on withdrawals, waiver of charges, death benefits,
Payout Start Dates, income payments, and other Contract features. In addition,
adverse tax consequences may result if qualified plan limits on distributions
and other conditions are not met. Please consult your qualified plan
administrator for more information. Allstate New York no longer issues deferred
annuities to employer sponsored qualified retirement plans.

The tax rules applicable to participants with tax qualified annuities vary
according to the type of contract and the terms and conditions of the
endorsement. Adverse tax consequences may result from certain transactions such
as excess contributions, premature distributions, and, distributions that do not
conform to specified commencement and minimum distribution rules. Allstate New
York can issue an individual retirement annuity on a rollover or transfer of
proceeds from a decedent's IRA, TSA, or employer sponsored retirement plan under
which the decedent's surviving spouse is the beneficiary. Allstate New York does
not offer an individual retirement annuity that can accept a transfer of funds
for any other, non-spousal, beneficiary of a decedent's IRA, TSA, or employer
sponsored qualified retirement plan.

Please refer to your Endorsement for IRAs or 403(b) plans, if applicable, for
additional information on your death settlement options. In the case of certain
qualified plans, the terms of the Qualified Plan Endorsement and the plans may
govern the right to benefits, regardless of the terms of the Contract.

TAXATION OF WITHDRAWALS FROM AN INDIVIDUALLY OWNED TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACT. If
you make a partial withdrawal under a Tax Qualified Contract other than a Roth
IRA, the portion of the payment that bears the same ratio to the total payment
that the investment in the Contract (i.e., nondeductible IRA contributions)
bears to the Contract Value, is excluded from your income. We do not keep track
of nondeductible contributions, and generally all tax reporting of distributions
from Tax Qualified Contracts other than Roth IRAs will indicate that the
distribution is fully taxable.

"Qualified distributions" from Roth IRAs are not included in gross income.
"Qualified distributions" are any distributions made more than five taxable
years after the taxable year of the first contribution to any Roth IRA and which
are:

..    made on or after the date the Contract Owner attains age 59 1/2,

..    made to a beneficiary after the Contract Owner's death,

..    attributable to the Contract Owner being disabled, or

..    made for a first time home purchase (first time home purchases are subject
     to a lifetime limit of $10,000).

"Nonqualified distributions" from Roth IRAs are treated as made from
contributions first and are included in gross income only to the extent that
distributions exceed contributions.

REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTIONS. Generally, Tax Qualified Contracts (excluding
Roth IRAs) require minimum distributions upon reaching age 70 1/2. Failure to
withdraw the required minimum distribution will result in a 50% tax penalty on
the shortfall not withdrawn from the Contract. Not all income plans offered
under the Contract satisfy the requirements for minimum distributions. Because
these distributions are required under the Code and the method of calculation is
complex, please see a competent tax advisor.

THE DEATH BENEFIT AND TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACTS. Pursuant to the Code and IRS
regulations, an IRA (e.g., traditional IRA, Roth IRA, SEP IRA and SIMPLE IRA)
may not invest in life insurance contracts. However, an IRA may provide a death
benefit that equals the greater of the purchase payments or the Contract Value.
The Contract offers a death benefit that in certain circumstances may exceed the
greater of the purchase payments or the Contract Value. We believe that the
Death Benefits offered by your Contract do not constitute life insurance under
these regulations.

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It is also possible that certain death benefits that offer enhanced earnings
could be characterized as an incidental death benefit. If the death benefit were
so characterized, this could result in current taxable income to a Contract
Owner. In addition, there are limitations on the amount of incidental death
benefits that may be provided under qualified plans, such as in connection with
a TSA or employer sponsored qualified retirement plan.

Allstate New York reserves the right to limit the availability of the Contract
for use with any of the qualified plans listed above.

PENALTY TAX ON PREMATURE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACTS. A 10%
penalty tax applies to the taxable amount of any premature distribution from a
Tax Qualified Contract. The penalty tax generally applies to any distribution
made prior to the date you attain age 59 1/2. However, no penalty tax is
incurred on distributions:

..    made on or after the date the Contract Owner attains age 59 1/2,

..    made as a result of the Contract Owner's death or total disability,

..    made in substantially equal periodic payments over the Contract Owner's
     life or life expectancy, or over the joint lives or joint life expectancies
     of the Contract Owner and the Beneficiary,

..    made after separation from service after age 55 (does not apply to IRAs),

..    made pursuant to an IRS levy,

..    made for certain medical expenses,

..    made to pay for health insurance premiums while unemployed (applies only
     for IRAs),

..    made for qualified higher education expenses (applies only for IRAs), and

..    made for a first time home purchase (up to a $10,000 lifetime limit and
     applies only for IRAs).

During the first 2 years of the individual's participation in a SIMPLE IRA,
distributions that are otherwise subject to the premature distribution penalty,
will be subject to a 25% penalty tax.

You should consult a competent tax advisor to determine how these exceptions may
apply to your situation.

SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL PERIODIC PAYMENTS ON TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACTS. With respect
to Tax Qualified Contracts using substantially equal periodic payments as an
exception to the penalty tax on premature distributions, any additional
withdrawal or other material modification of the payment stream would violate
the requirement that payments must be substantially equal. Failure to meet this
requirement would mean that the income portion of each payment received prior to
the later of 5 years or the taxpayer's attaining age 59 1/2 would be subject to
a 10% penalty tax unless another exception to the penalty tax applied. The tax
for the year of the modification is increased by the penalty tax that would have
been imposed without the exception, plus interest for the years in which the
exception was used. A material modification does not include permitted changes
described in published IRS rulings. You should consult a competent tax advisor
prior to creating or modifying a substantially equal periodic payment stream.

INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING ON TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACTS. Generally, Allstate New York
is required to withhold federal income tax at a rate of 10% from all
non-annuitized distributions that are not considered "eligible rollover
distributions." The customer may elect out of withholding by completing and
signing a withholding election form. If no election is made, we will
automatically withhold the required 10% from the taxable amount. In certain
states, if there is federal withholding, then state withholding is also
mandatory. Allstate New York is required to withhold federal income tax at a
rate of 20% on all "eligible rollover distributions" unless you elect to make a
"direct rollover" of such amounts to an IRA or eligible retirement plan.
Eligible rollover distributions generally include all distributions from Tax
Qualified Contracts, including TSAs but excluding IRAs, with the exception of:

..    required minimum distributions, or,

..    a series of substantially equal periodic payments made over a period of at
     least 10 years, or,

..    a series of substantially equal periodic payments made over the life (joint
     lives) of the participant (and beneficiary), or,

..    hardship distributions.

For all annuitized distributions that are not subject to the 20% withholding
requirement, Allstate New York is required to withhold federal income tax using
the wage withholding rates. The customer may elect out of withholding by
completing and signing a withholding election form. If no election is made, we
will automatically withhold using married with three exemptions as the default.
If no U.S. taxpayer identification number is provided, we will automatically
withhold using single with zero exemptions as the default. In certain states, if
there is federal withholding, then state withholding is also mandatory.

Election out of withholding is valid only if the customer provides a U.S.
residence address and taxpayer identification number.

Generally, Code Section 1441 provides that Allstate New York as a withholding
agent must withhold 30% of the taxable amounts paid to a non-resident alien. A
non-resident alien is someone other than a U.S. citizen or resident alien or to
certain other 'foreign persons'. Withholding may be reduced or eliminated if
covered by an income tax treaty between the U.S. and the non-resident alien's
country of residence if the payee provides a U.S. taxpayer identification number
on a fully completed Form W-8BEN. A U.S. taxpayer

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identification number is a social security number or an individual taxpayer
identification number ("ITIN"). ITINs are issued by the IRS to non-resident
alien individuals who are not eligible to obtain a social security number. The
U.S. does not have a tax treaty with all countries nor do all tax treaties
provide an exclusion or lower withholding rate for annuities.

INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ANNUITIES. Code Section 408(b) permits eligible
individuals to contribute to an individual retirement program known as an
Individual Retirement Annuity (IRA). Individual Retirement Annuities are subject
to limitations on the amount that can be contributed and on the time when
distributions may commence. Certain distributions from other types of qualified
retirement plans may be "rolled over" on a tax-deferred basis into an Individual
Retirement Annuity.

ROTH INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ANNUITIES. Code Section 408A permits eligible
individuals to make nondeductible contributions to an individual retirement
program known as a Roth Individual Retirement Annuity. Roth Individual
Retirement Annuities are subject to limitations on the amount that can be
contributed and on the time when distributions may commence.

Subject to certain limitations, a traditional Individual Retirement Account or
Annuity may be converted or "rolled over" to a Roth Individual Retirement
Annuity. The income portion of a conversion or rollover distribution is taxable
currently, but is exempted from the 10% penalty tax on premature distributions.

ANNUITIES HELD BY INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS (COMMONLY KNOWN AS CUSTODIAL

IRAS). Code Section 408 permits a custodian or trustee of an Individual
Retirement Account to purchase an annuity as an investment of the Individual
Retirement Account. If an annuity is purchased inside of an Individual
Retirement Account, then the Annuitant must be the same person as the beneficial
owner of the Individual Retirement Account.

Generally, the death benefit of an annuity held in an Individual Retirement
Account must be paid upon the death of the Annuitant. However, in most states,
the Contract permits the custodian or trustee of the Individual Retirement
Account to continue the Contract in the accumulation phase, with the Annuitant's
surviving spouse as the new Annuitant, if the following conditions are met:

1)   The custodian or trustee of the Individual Retirement Account is the owner
     of the annuity and has the right to the death proceeds otherwise payable
     under the Contract;

2)   The deceased Annuitant was the beneficial owner of the Individual
     Retirement Account;

3)   We receive a complete request for settlement for the death of the
     Annuitant; and

4)   The custodian or trustee of the Individual Retirement Account provides us
     with a signed certification of the following:

(a)  The Annuitant's surviving spouse is the sole beneficiary of the Individual
     Retirement Account;

(b)  The Annuitant's surviving spouse has elected to continue the Individual
     Retirement Account as his or her own Individual Retirement Account; and

(c)  The custodian or trustee of the Individual Retirement Account has continued
     the Individual Retirement Account pursuant to the surviving spouse's
     election.

SIMPLIFIED EMPLOYEE PENSION IRA. Code Section 408(k) allows eligible employers
to establish simplified employee pension plans for their employees using
individual retirement annuities. These employers may, within specified limits,
make deductible contributions on behalf of the employees to the individual
retirement annuities. Employers intending to use the Contract in connection with
such plans should seek competent tax advice.

SAVINGS INCENTIVE MATCH PLANS FOR EMPLOYEES (SIMPLE IRA). Code Section 408(p)
allows eligible employers with 100 or fewer employees to establish SIMPLE
retirement plans for their employees using individual retirement annuities. In
general, a SIMPLE IRA consists of a salary deferral program for eligible
employees and matching or nonelective contributions made by employers. Employers
intending to purchase the Contract as a SIMPLE IRA should seek competent tax and
legal advice.

TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO ANY OF THE ABOVE LISTED IRAS
(TRADITIONAL, ROTH, SEP, OR SIMPLE), PLEASE REFER TO IRS PUBLICATION 590 AND
YOUR COMPETENT TAX ADVISOR.

TAX SHELTERED ANNUITIES. Code Section 403(b) provides tax-deferred retirement
savings plans for employees of certain non-profit and educational organizations.
Under Section 403(b), any contract used for a 403(b) plan must provide that
distributions attributable to salary reduction contributions made after
12/31/88, and all earnings on salary reduction contributions, may be made only
on or after the date the employee:

..    attains age 59 1/2,

..    severs employment,

..    dies,

..    becomes disabled, or

..    incurs a hardship (earnings on salary reduction contributions may not be
     distributed on account of hardship).

These limitations do not apply to withdrawals where Allstate New York is
directed to transfer some or all of the Contract Value to another 403(b) plan.
Generally, we do

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not accept funds in 403(b) contracts that are subject to the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

CORPORATE AND SELF-EMPLOYED PENSION AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS.

Section 401(a) of the Code permits corporate employers to establish various
types of tax favored retirement plans for employees. Self-employed individuals
may establish tax favored retirement plans for themselves and their employees
(commonly referred to as "H.R.10" or "Keogh"). Such retirement plans may permit
the purchase of annuity contracts. Allstate New York no longer issues annuity
contracts to employer sponsored qualified retirement plans.

There are two owner types for contracts intended to qualify under Section
401(a): a qualified plan fiduciary or an annuitant owner.

..    A qualified plan fiduciary exists when a qualified plan trust that is
     intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code is the owner. The
     qualified plan trust must have its own tax identification number and a
     named trustee acting as a fiduciary on behalf of the plan. The annuitant
     should be the person for whose benefit the contract was purchased.

..    An annuitant owner exists when the tax identification number of the owner
     and annuitant are the same, or the annuity contract is not owner by a
     qualified plan trust. The annuitant should be the person for whose benefit
     the contract was purchased.

If a qualified plan fiduciary is the owner of the contract, the qualified plan
must be the beneficiary so that death benefits from the annuity are distributed
in accordance with the terms of the qualified plan. Annuitant owned contracts
require that the beneficiary be the annuitant's spouse (if applicable), which is
consistent with the required IRS language for qualified plans under Section
401(a). A completed Annuitant Owned Qualified Plan Designation of Beneficiary
form is required in order to change the beneficiary of an annuitant owned
Qualified Plan contract.

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION DEFERRED COMPENSATION

PLANS. Section 457 of the Code permits employees of state and local governments
and tax-exempt organizations to defer a portion of their compensation without
paying current taxes. The employees must be participants in an eligible deferred
compensation plan. In eligible governmental plans, all assets and income must be
held in a trust/ custodial account/annuity contract for the exclusive benefit of
the participants and their beneficiaries. To the extent the Contracts are used
in connection with a non-governmental eligible plan, employees are considered
general creditors of the employer and the employer as owner of the Contract has
the sole right to the proceeds of the Contract. Under eligible 457 plans,
contributions made for the benefit of the employees will not be includible in
the employees' gross income until distributed from the plan. Allstate New York
no longer issues annuity contracts to employer sponsored qualified retirement
plans. Contracts that have been previously sold to State and Local government
and Tax-Exempt organization Deferred Compensation Plans will be administered
consistent with the rules for contracts intended to qualify under Section
401(a).

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ANNUAL REPORTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS

Allstate New York's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2004 is incorporated herein by reference, which means that it is legally a part
of this prospectus.

After the date of this prospectus and before we terminate the offering of the
securities under this prospectus, all documents or reports we file with the SEC
under the Exchange Act are also incorporated herein by reference, which means
that they also legally become a part of this prospectus.

Statements in this prospectus, or in documents that we file later with the SEC
and that legally become a part of this prospectus, may change or supersede
statements in other documents that are legally part of this prospectus.
Accordingly, only the statement that is changed or replaced will legally be a
part of this prospectus.

We file our Exchange Act documents and reports, including our annual and
quarterly reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q electronically on the SEC's "EDGAR"
system using the identifying number CIK No. 0000839759. The SEC maintains a Web
site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other
information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC. The
address of the site is http://www.sec.gov. You also can view these materials at
the SEC's Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20549. For more information on the operations of SEC's Public Reference Room,
call 1-800-SEC-0330.

If you have received a copy of this prospectus, and would like a free copy of
any document incorporated herein by reference (other than exhibits not
specifically incorporated by reference into the text of such documents), please
write or call us at Customer Service, 2940 S. 84TH STREET, LINCOLN, NE
68506-4142 (telephone: 1-800-692-4682).

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APPENDIX A

ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE AND NUMBER OF ACCUMULATION UNITS OUTSTANDING FOR EACH
VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNT SINCE CONTRACTS WERE FIRST OFFERED* WITHOUT THE ENHANCED
DEATH BENEFIT OPTION

For the period beginning January 1 and ending December 31,      2000       2001      2002      2003       2004
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AIM V.I. AGGRESSIVE GROWTH - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $   13.988  $  14.15  $  8.049  $  6.157   $  7.714
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $    14.15  $  8.049  $  6.157  $  7.714   $  8.530
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                      53,890   238,485   200,136   197,069    198,533
AIM V.I. BALANCED - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT **
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $   13.162  $  12.43  $  8.541  $  7.003   $  8.060
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $    12.43  $  8.541  $  7.003  $  8.060   $  8.571
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                      24,499   329,610   320,917   290,941    274,548
AIM V.I. BASIC VALUE - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                        --  $ 10.000  $ 11.210  $  8.632   $ 11.408
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                              --  $ 11.210  $  8.632  $ 11.408   $ 12.532
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                          --    38,643   120,510   141,541    146,383
AIM V.I. BLUE CHIP - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $   10.000  $   8.82  $  6.784  $  4.955   $  6.133
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $     8.82  $  6.784  $  4.955  $  6.133   $  6.349
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                      11,309   507,018   549,430   546,965    519,012
AIM V.I. CAPITAL APPRECIATION - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $   21.350  $  18.75  $  7.233  $  5.411   $  6.932
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $    18.75  $  7.233  $  5.411  $  6.932   $  7.311
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                     456,761   284,137   242,299   241,264    226,743
AIM V.I. CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $   11.655  $  12.55  $ 10.536  $  8.195   $ 10.971
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $    12.55  $ 10.536  $  8.195  $ 10.971   $ 12.533
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                      18,297    67,296    63,097    59,597     39,783
AIM V.I. CORE EQUITY - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $   24.138  $  20.33  $  6.944  $  5.798   $  7.134
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $    20.33  $  6.944  $  5.798  $  7.134   $  7.689
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                     674,689   426,488   397,515   369,211    378,980
AIM V.I. DENT DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT ***
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $   10.000  $   7.89  $  5.332  $  3.575   $  4.861
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $     7.89  $  5.332  $  3.575  $  4.861   $  5.205
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                      32,307   191,409   143,535   156,869    137,352
AIM V.I. DIVERSIFIED INCOME - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $   12.002  $  11.55  $ 10.095  $ 10.214   $ 11.036
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $    11.55  $ 10.095  $ 10.214  $ 11.036   $ 11.464
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                     204,561    76,653    85,995    84,651     83,355
AIM V.I. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $   11.189  $  12.15  $ 11.357  $ 12.311   $ 12.306
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $    12.15  $ 11.357  $ 12.311  $ 12.306   $ 12.484
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                      99,531   187,943   248,521   167,459    152,610
AIM V.I. GROWTH - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $   25.263  $  19.80  $  5.446  $  3.718   $  4.826
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $    19.80  $  5.446  $  3.718  $  4.826   $  5.166
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                     403,785   302,438   270,471   271,832    265,169
AIM V.I. HIGH YIELD - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $    9.957  $   7.95  $  7.547  $  7.028   $  8.900
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $     7.95  $  7.547  $  7.028  $  8.900   $  9.793
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                         834    35,116    36,928   103,920     49,255

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AIM V.I. INTERNATIONAL GROWTH - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $   21.914  $  15.90  $  6.136  $  5.117   $  6.532
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $    15.90  $  6.136  $  5.117  $  6.532   $  8.012
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                     245,480   141,910   129,999   152,651    206,187
AIM V.I. MID CAP CORE EQUITY - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                        --  $ 10.000  $ 11.367  $  9.994   $ 12.585
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                              --  $ 11.367  $  9.994  $ 12.585   $ 14.167
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                          --     3,984    21,093    31,766     29,472
AIM V.I. MONEY MARKET - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $   11.479  $  11.98  $ 10.751  $ 10.759   $ 10.703
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $    11.98  $ 10.751  $ 10.759  $ 10.703   $ 10.659
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                      95,879   186,834   148,120   104,438     97,730
AIM V.I. PREMIER EQUITY - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $   22.589  $  19.00  $  7.602  $  5.243   $  6.487
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $    19.00  $  7.602  $  5.243  $  6.487   $  6.786
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                   1,000,356   623,432   589,373   560,684    523,477
AIM V.I. TECHNOLOGY - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                        --        --        --        --   $ 10.000
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                              --        --        --        --   $ 11.117
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                          --        --        --        --     36,911
AIM V.I. UTILITIES - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                        --        --        --        --   $ 10.000
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                              --        --        --        --   $ 12.259
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                          --        --        --        --     53,862

*    The Contracts were first offered on January 17, 2000. All Variable
     Sub-Accounts were first offered under the Contracts on January 17, 2000,
     except the AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund - Series I and AIM V.I. Mid Cap Core
     Equity Fund - Series I, which commenced operations on October 1, 2001, and
     the AIM V.I. Technology Fund - Series I and the AIM V.I. Utilities Fund -
     Series I, which were first offered on October 15, 2004. The Accumulation
     Unit Values in this table reflect a mortality and expense risk charge of
     1.00% and an administrative charge of 0.10%.

**   Effective July 1, 2005, the AIM V.I. Balanced Fund-Series I will change its
     name to AIM V.I. Basic Balanced Fund-Series I. Effective July 1, 2005, a
     corresponding change in the name of the Variable Sub-Account that invests
     in that Fund will be made.

***  Effective July 1, 2005, the AIM V.I. Dent Demographic Trends Fund - Series
     I will change its name to AIM V.I. Demographic Trends Fund - Series I.
     Effective July 1, 2005, a corresponding change in the name of the Variable
     Sub-account that invests in that Portfolio will be made.

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ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE AND NUMBER OF ACCUMULATION UNITS OUTSTANDING FOR EACH
VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNT SINCE CONTRACTS WERE FIRST OFFERED* WITH THE ENHANCED DEATH
BENEFIT OPTION

For the period beginning January 1 and ending December 31,     2000      2001      2002      2003       2004
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AIM V.I. AGGRESSIVE GROWTH - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $ 10.000  $ 10.985  $  8.016  $  6.119   $  7.651
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $ 10.985  $  8.016  $  6.119  $  7.651   $  8.444
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                   102,502   198,010   219,455   202,257    178,359
AIM V.I. BALANCED - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT **
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $ 10.000  $  9.729  $  8.506  $  6.960   $  7.995
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $  9.729  $  8.506  $  6.960  $  7.995   $  8.485
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                    75,164   345,629   371,207   354,606    328,989
AIM V.I. BASIC VALUE - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                      --  $ 10.000  $ 11.204  $  8.610   $ 11.357
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                            --  $ 11.204  $  8.610  $ 11.357   $ 12.451
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                        --    17,531    51,089    59,320     55,305
AIM V.I. BLUE CHIP - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $ 10.000  $  8.837  $  6.757  $  4.924   $  6.083
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $  8.837  $  6.757  $  4.924  $  6.083   $  6.285
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                   177,304   474,975   497,574   476,681    449,033
AIM V.I. CAPITAL APPRECIATION - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $ 10.000  $  9.513  $  7.203  $  5.378   $  6.876
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $  9.513  $  7.203  $  5.378  $  6.876   $  7.237
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                   131,409   235,836   252,981   236,372    215,174
AIM V.I. CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $ 10.000  $ 11.566  $ 10.493  $  8.145   $ 10.883
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $ 11.566  $ 10.493  $  8.145  $ 10.883   $ 12.407
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                     7,338    19,877    20,402    17,651     16,020
AIM V.I. CORE EQUITY - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $ 10.000  $  9.080  $  6.915  $  5.762   $  7.077
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $  9.080  $  6.915  $  5.762  $  7.077   $  7.612
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                   136,401   356,510   352,466   321,497    297,145
AIM V.I. DENT DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT ***
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $ 10.000  $  7.902  $  5.310  $  3.554   $  4.822
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $  7.902  $  5.310  $  3.554  $  4.822   $  5.153
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                    78,274   164,204   168,918   142,509    127,214
AIM V.I. DIVERSIFIED INCOME - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $ 10.000  $  9.833  $ 10.054  $ 10.152   $ 10.947
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $  9.833  $ 10.054  $ 10.152  $ 10.947   $ 11.349
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                     6,486    40,016    55,291    54,298     46,642
AIM V.I. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $ 10.000  $ 10.770  $ 11.311  $ 12.236   $ 12.207
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $ 10.770  $ 11.311  $ 12.236  $ 12.207   $ 12.358
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                    15,884    96,743   129,085   105,262     88,690
AIM V.I. GROWTH - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $ 10.000  $  8.312  $  5.424  $  3.696   $  4.788
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $  8.312  $  5.424  $  3.696  $  4.788   $  5.114
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                   122,705   241,384   245,046   206,466    194,304
AIM V.I. HIGH YIELD - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $ 10.000  $  8.015  $  7.516  $  6.985   $  8.829
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $  8.015  $  7.516  $  6.985  $  8.829   $  9.695
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                    15,188    36,553    32,747    35,695     36,742

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AIM V.I. INTERNATIONAL GROWTH - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $ 10.000  $  8.096  $  6.110  $  5.086   $  6.479
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $  8.096  $  6.110  $  5.086  $  6.479   $  7.931
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                   108,706    96,654   102,940    94,381     87,589
AIM V.I. MID CAP CORE EQUITY - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                      --  $ 10.000  $ 11.361  $  9.969   $ 12.528
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                            --  $ 11.361  $  9.969  $ 12.528   $ 14.075
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                        --     3,675    19,816    26,343     26,487
AIM V.I. MONEY MARKET - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $ 10.000  $ 10.468  $ 10.707  $ 10.694   $ 10.617
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $ 10.468  $ 10.707  $ 10.694  $ 10.617   $ 10.552
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                    15,332   121,447   140,442    81,551     72,126
AIM V.I. PREMIER EQUITY - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                $ 10.000  $  8.772  $  7.570  $  5.211   $  6.434
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                      $  8.772  $  7.570  $  5.211  $  6.434   $  6.718
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                   212,887   470,018   497,394   460,643    410,137
AIM V.I. TECHNOLOGY - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                      --        --        --        --   $ 10.000
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                            --        --        --        --   $ 11.102
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                        --        --        --        --     42,692
AIM V.I. UTILITIES - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                      --        --        --        --   $ 10.000
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                            --        --        --        --   $ 12.242
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                        --        --        --        --     32,969

*    The Contracts were first offered on January 17, 2000. All Variable
     Sub-Accounts were first offered under the Contracts on January 17, 2000,
     except the AIM V.I. Basic Value Fund - Series I and AIM V.I. Mid Cap Core
     Equity Fund - Series I, which commenced operations on October 1, 2001, and
     the AIM V.I. Technology Fund - Series I and the AIM V.I. Utilities Fund -
     Series I, which were first offered on October 15, 2004. The Accumulation
     Unit Values in this table reflect a mortality and expense risk charge of
     1.20% and an administrative charge of 0.10%.

**   Effective July 1, 2005, the AIM V.I. Balanced Fund-Series I will change its
     name to AIM V.I. Basic Balanced Fund-Series I. Effective July 1, 2005, a
     corresponding change in the name of the Variable Sub-Account that invests
     in that Fund will be made.

***  Effective July 1, 2005, the AIM V.I. Dent Demographic Trends Fund - Series
     I will change its name to AIM V.I. Demographic Trends Fund - Series I.
     Effective July 1, 2005, a corresponding change in the name of the Variable
     Sub-Account that invests in that Fund will be made.

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APPENDIX B MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT

The Market Value Adjustment is based on the following:

I = the Treasury Rate for a maturity equal to the applicable Guarantee Period
for the week preceding the establishment of the Guarantee Period.

N = the number of whole and partial years from the date we receive the
withdrawal, transfer, or death benefit request, or from the Payout Start Date,
to the end of the Guarantee Period.

J = the Treasury Rate for a maturity equal to the Guarantee Period for the week
preceding the receipt of the withdrawal, transfer, death benefit, or income
payment request. If a note for a maturity of length N is not available, a
weighted average will be used. If N is one year or less, J will be the 1-year
Treasury Rate.

"Treasury Rate" means the U.S. Treasury Note Constant Maturity Yield as reported
in Federal Reserve Board Statistical Release H.15.

The Market Value Adjustment factor is determined from the following formula:
..9 X (I - J) X N

To determine the Market Value Adjustment, we will multiply the Market Value
Adjustment factor by the amount transferred (in excess of the Free Withdrawal
Amount) paid as a death benefit, or applied to an Income Plan, from a Guarantee
Period at any time other than during the 30 day period after such Guarantee
Period expires.

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                       EXAMPLES OF MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT

Purchase Payment: $10,000

Guarantee Period: 5 years

Treasury Rate (at the time the Guarantee Period was established): 4.50%

Assumed Net Annual Earnings Rate in Money Market Variable Sub-Account: 4.50%

Full Surrender: End of Contract Year 3

NOTE: These examples assume that premium taxes are not applicable.

Step 1. Calculate Contract Value at    $10,000.00 X (1.045)/3/ = $11,411.66
End of Contract Year 3:

Step 2. Calculate the Free Withdrawal  15% X $10,000.00 X (1.045)/2/ = $1,638.04
 Amount:

Step 3. Calculate the Market Value     I = 4.50%
 Adjustment:                           J = 4.20%

                                           730 days
                                       N = -------- = 2
                                           365 days

                                       Market Value Adjustment Factor: .9 X
                                       (I - J) X N = .9 X (.045 - .042) X
                                       (730/365) = .0054

                                       Market Value Adjustment = Market
                                       Value Adjustment Factor X Amount
                                       Subject to Market Value Adjustment
                                       = .0054 X ($11,411.66 - $1,638.04)
                                       = $52.78

Step 4. Calculate the Withdrawal       .05 X ($10,000.00 - $1,638.04 +
Charge:                                $52.78) = $420.74

Step 5. Calculate the amount received  $11,411.66 - $420.74 + $52.78 =
by a Contract owner as a result of     $11,043.70
full withdrawal at the end of
Contract Year 3:

EXAMPLE 1 (ASSUME DECLINING INTEREST RATES)

EXAMPLE 2: (ASSUMES RISING INTEREST RATES)

Step 1. Calculate Contract Value at    $10,000.00 X (1.045)/3/ = $11,411.66
End of Contract Year 3:

Step 2. Calculate the Preferred        .15 X $10,000.00 X (1.045)/2/ = $1,638.04
Withdrawal Amount:

Step 3. Calculate the Market Value     I = 4.5%
Adjustment:                            J = 4.8%

                                           730 days
                                       N = -------- = 2
                                           365 days

                                       Market Value Adjustment Factor: .9
                                       X (I - J) X N =
                                       .9 X (.045 - .048) X (730/365) =
                                       - .0054

                                       Market Value Adjustment = Market
                                       Value Adjustment Factor X Amount
                                       Subject to Market Value
                                       Adjustment:
                                       = -.0054 X ($11,411.66 -
                                       $1,638.04)  = -$52.78

Step 4. Calculate the Withdrawal       .05 X ($10,000.00 - $1,638.04 -
Charge:                                $52.78) = $415.46

Step 5. Calculate the amount received  $11,411.66 - $415.46 - $52.78 =
by a Contract owner as a result of     $10,943.42
full withdrawal at the end of
Contract Year 3:

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STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR SUBSTITUTIONS OF INVESTMENTS

THE CONTRACT

                              Purchase of Contracts

CALCULATION OF ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUES

NET INVESTMENT FACTOR

CALCULATION OF VARIABLE INCOME PAYMENTS

CALCULATION OF ANNUITY UNIT VALUES

GENERAL MATTERS

                                Incontestability

                                   Settlements

                  Safekeeping of the Variable Account's Assets

                                  Premium Taxes

                                  Tax Reserves

EXPERTS

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH
SUCH OFFERING MAY NOT LAWFULLY BE MADE. WE DO NOT AUTHORIZE ANYONE TO PROVIDE
ANY INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE OFFERING DESCRIBED IN THIS
PROSPECTUS OTHER THAN AS CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS.

                                  41 PROSPECTUS

ALLSTATE PROVIDER VARIABLE ANNUITY

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
300 N. MILWAUKEE AVE.
VERNON HILLS, IL 60061
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 1-800-692-4682 PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 2002

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK ("ALLSTATE NEW YORK") is offering
the Allstate Provider Variable Annuity, a group flexible premium deferred
variable annuity contract ("CONTRACT"). This prospectus contains information
about the Contract that you should know before investing. Please keep it for
future reference.

The Contract currently offers 42 investment alternatives ("INVESTMENT
ALTERNATIVES"). The investment alternatives including 3 fixed account options
("FIXED ACCOUNT") and 39 variable sub-accounts ("VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS") of the
Allstate Life of New York Separate Account A ("VARIABLE ACCOUNT"). Each Variable
Sub-Account invests exclusively in shares of one of the following mutual fund
portfolios ("Portfolios"):

AIM Variable Insurance Funds             Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth     Products Trust (VIP)
   Products Trust Fund, Inc.             Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund                   (VIT)
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund (VIF)   MFS Variable Insurance Trust
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products     The Universal Institutional Funds, Inc.
   Fund (VIP)

WE (ALLSTATE NEW YORK) have filed a Statement of Additional Information, May 1,
2002, with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). It contains more
information about the Contract and is incorporated herein by reference, which
means it is legally a part of this prospectus. Its table of contents appears on
page D-1 of this prospectus. For a free copy, please write or call us at the
address or telephone number above, or go to the SEC's Web site (http://
www.sec.gov). You can find other information and documents about us, including
documents that are legally part of this prospectus, at the SEC's Web site.

            THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED OR
            DISAPPROVED THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED IN THIS PROSPECTUS, NOR HAS IT
            PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANYONE WHO
            TELLS YOU OTHERWISE IS COMMITTING A FEDERAL CRIME.

            THE CONTRACTS MAY BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH BROKER-DEALERS THAT HAVE
            RELATIONSHIPS WITH BANKS OR OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OR BY
IMPORTANT   EMPLOYEES OF SUCH BANKS. HOWEVER, THE CONTRACTS ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR
 NOTICES    OBLIGATIONS OF, OR GUARANTEED BY SUCH INSTITUTIONS OR ANY FEDERAL
            REGULATORY AGENCY. INVESTMENT IN THE CONTRACTS INVOLVES INVESTMENT
            RISKS, INCLUDING POSSIBLE LOSS OF PRINCIPAL.

            THE CONTRACTS ARE NOT FDIC INSURED.

            THE CONTRACTS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE IN NEW YORK.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                            PAGE

OVERVIEW
   Important Terms                                                             3
   The Contract at a Glance                                                    4
   How the Contract Works                                                      6
   Expense Table                                                               7
   Financial Information                                                      13

CONTRACT FEATURES
   The Contract                                                               13
   Purchases                                                                  14
   Contract Value                                                             15
   Investment Alternatives                                                    16
      The Variable Sub-Accounts                                               16
      The Fixed Account                                                       19
      Transfers                                                               22
   Expenses                                                                   23
   Access To Your Money                                                       25
   Income Payments                                                            26
   Death Benefits                                                             27

OTHER INFORMATION
   More Information:                                                          29
      ALLSTATE NEW YORK                                                       29
      The Variable Account                                                    29
      The Portfolios                                                          30
      The Contract                                                            29
      Tax Qualified Plans                                                     30
      Legal Matters                                                           30
   Taxes                                                                      31
   Annual Reports and Other Documents                                         36
   Performance Information                                                    36
   Experts                                                                    36
   APPENDIX A - MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT                                       37
   APPENDIX B - WITHDRAWAL ADJUSTMENT EXAMPLES                                39

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IMPORTANT TERMS

This prospectus uses a number of important terms that you may not be familiar
with. The index below identifies the page that describes each term. The first
use of each term in this prospectus appears in highlights.

                                                                            PAGE

   Accumulation Phase                                                          6
   Accumulation Unit                                                          15
   Accumulation Unit Value                                                    15
   ALLSTATE NEW YORK ("We" or "Us")                                           29
   Anniversary Values                                                         28
   Annuitant                                                                  13
   Automatic Additions Program                                                14
   Automatic Portfolio Rebalancing Program                                    23
   Beneficiary                                                                13
   Cancellation Period                                                        14
   Contract*                                                                  29
   Contract Anniversary                                                        5
   Contract Owner ("You")                                                     13
   Contract Value                                                             15
   Contract Year                                                               4
   Death Benefit Anniversary                                                  27
   Dollar Cost Averaging Program                                              23
   Due Proof of Death                                                         28
   Fixed Accounts                                                             19
   Guarantee Periods                                                          19
   Income Plan                                                                26
   Investment Alternatives                                                    16
   Issue Date                                                                  6
   Market Value Adjustment                                                    21
   Payout Phase                                                                6
   Payout Start Date                                                           6
   Portfolios                                                                 30
   Preferred Withdrawal Amount                                                24
   Qualified Contracts                                                        33
   Right to Cancel                                                            14
   SEC                                                                         1
   Settlement Value                                                           27
   Systematic Withdrawal Program                                              25
   Treasury Rate                                                              21
   Valuation Date                                                             14
   Variable Account                                                           29
   Variable Sub-Account                                                       16

*    The Allstate Provider Variable Annuity is a group contract and your
     ownership is represented by certificates. References to "Contract" in this
     prospectus include certificates, unless the context requires otherwise.

                                  3 PROSPECTUS

THE CONTRACT AT A GLANCE

The following is a snapshot of the Contract. Please read the remainder of this
prospectus for more information.

FLEXIBLE PAYMENTS   You can purchase a Contract with as little as $3,000 ($2,000
                    for a "QUALIFIED CONTRACT," which is a Contract issued with
                    a qualified plan). You can add to your Contract as often and
                    as much as you like, but each payment must be at least $100,
                    $500 for allocations to the Fixed Account. You must maintain
                    a minimum account size of $1,000.

RIGHT TO CANCEL     You may cancel your Contract within 10 days after receipt
                    (60 days if you are exchanging another contract for the
                    Contract described in this prospectus) ("CANCELLATION
                    PERIOD"). Upon cancellation we will return your purchase
                    payments adjusted to the extent federal or state law permits
                    to reflect the investment experience of any amounts
                    allocated to the Variable Account.

EXPENSES            You will bear the following expenses:

                    .    Total Variable Account annual fees equal to 1.25% of
                         average daily net assets

                    .    Annual contract maintenance charge of $30 (with certain
                         exceptions)

                    .    Withdrawal charges ranging from 0% to 7% of payment
                         withdrawn (with certain exceptions)

                    .    Transfer fee of $10 after 12th transfer in any CONTRACT
                         YEAR (fee currently waived)

                    .    State premium tax (New York currently does not impose
                         one).

                    In addition, each Portfolio pays expenses that you will bear
                    indirectly if you invest in a Variable Sub-Account.

INVESTMENT          The Contract offers 42 investment alternatives including:
ALTERNATIVES

                    .    3 Fixed Account Options (which credit interest at rates
                         we guarantee), and

                    .    39 Variable Sub-Accounts investing in portfolios
                         ("Portfolios") offering professional money management
                         by:

                    .    A I M Advisors, Inc.

                    .    The Dreyfus Corporation

                    .    Fidelity Management & Research Company

                    .    Franklin Advisers, Inc.

                    .    Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC

                    .    Goldman Sachs Asset Management

                    .    Goldman Sachs Asset Management International

                    .    MFS Investment Management/(R)/

                    .    Miller Anderson & Sherrerd, LLP

                    .    Morgan Stanley Asset Management

                    .    Oppenheimer Funds, Inc.

                    .    Templeton Global Advisors Limited

                    .    Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC

                    .    Templeton Asset Management LTD.

                    To find out current rates being paid on the Fixed Account,
                    or to find out how the Variable Sub-Accounts have performed,
                    please call us at 1-800-692-4682.

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SPECIAL SERVICES    For your convenience, we offer these special services:

                    .    AUTOMATIC PORTFOLIO REBALANCING PROGRAM

                    .    AUTOMATIC ADDITIONS PROGRAM

                    .    DOLLAR COST AVERAGING PROGRAM

                    .    SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PROGRAM

INCOME PAYMENTS     You can choose fixed income payments, variable income
                    payments, or a combination of the two. You can receive your
                    income payments in one of the following ways:

                    .    life income with guaranteed payments

                    .    a joint and survivor life income with guaranteed
                         payments

                    .    guaranteed payments for a specified period (5 to 30
                         years)

DEATH BENEFITS      If you die before the PAYOUT START DATE, we will pay the
                    death benefit described in the Contract.

TRANSFERS           Before the Payout Start Date, you may transfer your Contract
                    value ("CONTRACT VALUE") among the investment alternatives,
                    with certain restrictions. Transfers to the Fixed Account
                    must be at least $500.

                    We do not currently impose a fee upon transfers. However, we
                    reserve the right to charge $10 per transfer after the 12th
                    transfer in each "CONTRACT YEAR," which we measure from the
                    date we issue your Contract or a Contract anniversary
                    ("CONTRACT ANNIVERSARY").

WITHDRAWALS         You may withdraw some or all of your Contract Value at any
                    time during the Accumulation Phase. Full or partial
                    withdrawals also are available under limited circumstances
                    on or after the Payout Start Date.

                    In general, you must withdraw at least $50 at a time ($1,000
                    for withdrawals made during the Payout Phase). Withdrawals
                    of earnings are taxed as ordinary income and, if taken prior
                    to age 59 1/2, may be subject to an additional 10% federal
                    tax penalty. A withdrawal charge and MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT
                    also may apply.

                                  5 PROSPECTUS

HOW THE CONTRACT WORKS

The Contract basically works in two ways.

First, the Contract can help you (we assume you are the CONTRACT OWNER) save for
retirement because you can invest in up to 40 investment alternatives and
generally pay no federal income taxes on any earnings until you withdraw them.
You do this during what we call the "ACCUMULATION PHASE" of the Contract. The
Accumulation Phase begins on the date we issue your Contract (we call that date
the "ISSUE DATE") and continues until the Payout Start Date, which is the date
we apply your money to provide income payments. During the Accumulation Phase,
you may allocate your purchase payments to any combination of the Variable
Sub-Accounts and/or Fixed Accounts. If you invest in the Fixed Accounts, you
will earn a fixed rate of interest that we declare periodically. If you invest
in any of the Variable Sub-Accounts, your investment return will vary up or down
depending on the performance of the corresponding Portfolios.

Second, the Contract can help you plan for retirement because you can use it to
receive retirement income for life and/ or for a pre-set number of years, by
selecting one of the income payment options (we call these "INCOME PLANS")
described on page 26. You receive income payments during what we call the
"PAYOUT PHASE" of the Contract, which begins on the Payout Start Date and
continues until we make the last payment required by the Income Plan you select.
During the Payout Phase, if you select a fixed income payment option, we
guarantee the amount of your payments, which will remain fixed. If you select a
variable income payment option, based on one or more of the Variable
Sub-Accounts, the amount of your payments will vary up or down depending on the
performance of the corresponding Portfolios. The amount of money you accumulate
under your Contract during the Accumulation Phase and apply to an Income Plan
will determine the amount of your income payments during the Payout Phase.

The timeline below illustrates how you might use your Contract.

Issue                                      Payout Start
Date            Accumulation Phase             Date             Payout Phase
----------   -----------------------   --------------------   ----------------
You buy      You save for retirement   You elect to receive   You can receive    Or you can receive
a Contract                             income payments or     income payments    income payments
                                       receive a lump sum     for a set period   for life
                                       payment

As the Contract Owner, you exercise all of the rights and privileges provided by
the Contract. If you die, any surviving Contract Owner, or if there is none, the
BENEFICIARY will exercise the rights and privileges provided by the Contract.
See "The Contract." In addition, if you die before the Payout Start Date, we
will pay a death benefit to any surviving Contract Owner or, if none, to your
Beneficiary. See "Death Benefits."

Please call us at 1-800-692-4682 if you have any questions about how the
Contract works.

                                  6 PROSPECTUS

EXPENSE TABLE

The table below lists the expenses that you will bear directly or indirectly
when you buy a Contract. The table and the examples that follow do not reflect
premium taxes because New York currently does not impose premium taxes on
annuities. For more information about Variable Account expenses, see "Expenses,"
below. For more information about Portfolio expenses, please refer to the
accompanying prospectuses for the Portfolios.

CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTION EXPENSES

Withdrawal Charge (as a percentage of purchase payments)*

Number of Complete Years
Since We Received the Purchase
Payment Being Withdrawn               0    1    2    3    4    5    6   7+
----------------------------------  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
Applicable Charge                     7%   6%   5%   4%   3%   2%   1%  0%
Annual Contract Maintenance Charge                   $30.00**
Transfer Fee                                         $10.00***

*    Each Contract Year, you may withdraw up to 15% of purchase payments without
     incurring a withdrawal charge or a Market Value Adjustment.

**   We will waive this charge in certain cases. See "Expenses."

***  Applies solely to the thirteenth and subsequent transfers within a Contract
     Year excluding transfers due to dollar cost averaging or automatic
     portfolio rebalancing. We are currently waiving the transfer fee.

VARIABLE ACCOUNT ANNUAL EXPENSES
(AS A PERCENTAGE OF DAILY NET ASSET VALUE DEDUCTED FROM EACH VARIABLE
SUB-ACCOUNT)

Mortality and Expense Risk Charge       1.15%*
Administrative Expense Charge           0.10%
Total Variable Account Annual Expense   1.25%

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PORTFOLIO ANNUAL EXPENSES (as a percentage of Portfolio average daily net
assets)/1/ (After contractual Reductions and Reimbursements)

                                       (1)

                                                                                                  Total
                                                             Management   12b-1     Other       Portfolio
Portfolio                                                       Fees       Fees   Expenses   Annual Expenses
----------------------------------------------------------   ----------   -----   --------   ---------------
AIM V.I. Balanced Fund - Series I                               0.75%      N/A      0.37%         1.12%
AIM V.I. Core Equity Fund - Series I (2)                        0.61%      N/A      0.21%          .82%
AIM V.I. Diversified Income Fund - Series I                     0.60%      N/A      0.33%         0.93%
AIM V.I. Government Securities Fund - Series I                  0.50%      N/A      0.58%         1.08%
AIM V.I. Growth Fund - Series I                                 0.62%      N/A      0.26%         0.88%
AIM V.I. International Growth Fund - Sereis I (2)               0.73%      N/A      0.32%         1.05%
AIM V.I. Premier Equity Fund - Series I (2)                     0.60%      N/A      0.25%         0.85%
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc.:
Initial Shares                                                  0.75%      N/A      0.03%         0.78%
Dreyfus Stock Index Fund: Initial Shares                        0.25%      N/A      0.01%         0.26%
Dreyfus VIF - Growth & Income Portfolio: Initial Shares         0.75%      N/A      0.05%         0.80%
Dreyfus VIF - Money Market Portfolio                            0.50%      N/A      0.08%         0.58%
Fidelity VIP Contrafund Portfolio  - Initial Class (3)          0.58%      N/A      0.10%         0.68%
Fidelity VIP Equity-Income Portfolio - Initial Class (3)        0.48%      N/A      0.10%         0.58%
Fidelity VIP Growth Portfolio - Initial Class (3)               0.58%      N/A      0.10%         0.68%
Fidelity VIP High Income Portfolio - Initial Class (3)          0.58%      N/A      0.13%         0.71%
Franklin Small Cap Fund-Class 2 (4,5)                           0.45%     0.25%     0.31%         1.01%
Mutual Shares Securities Fund - Class 2 (4)                     0.60%     0.25%     0.19%         1.04%
Templeton Developing Markets Securities Fund - Class 2 (4)      1.25%     0.25%     0.32%         1.82%
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund - Class 2 (4,6,7)             0.68%     0.25%     0.22%         1.15%
Templeton Growth Securities Fund - Class 2 (4,8)                0.80%     0.25%     0.05%         1.10%
Goldman Sachs VIT Capital Growth Fund (9)                       0.75%      N/A      0.94%         1.69%
Goldman Sachs VIT CORE(SM) Small Cap Equity Fund (9)            0.75%      N/A      0.47%         1.22%
Goldman Sachs VIT CORE(SM) U.S. Equity Fund (9)                 0.70%      N/A      0.12%         0.82%
Goldman Sachs VIT International Equity Fund (9)                 1.00%      N/A      1.05%         2.05%
MFS Emerging Growth Series - Initial Class (10)                 0.75%      N/A      0.12%         0.87%
MFS Investors Trust Series - Initial Class (10)                 0.75%      N/A      0.15%         0.90%
MFS New Discovery Series (10,11)                                0.90%      N/A      0.16%         1.06%
MFS Research Series - Initial Class (10)                        0.75%      N/A      0.15%         0.90%
Oppenheimer Aggressive Growth Fund/VA                           0.64%      N/A      0.04%         0.68%
Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund/VA                        0.64%      N/A      0.04%         0.68%
Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA                           0.64%      N/A      0.06%         0.70%
Oppenheimer Main Street Growth & Income Fund/VA                 0.68%      N/A      0.05%         0.73%
Oppenheimer Strategic Bond Fund/VA(12)                          0.74%      N/A      0.05%         0.79%
Van Kampen UIF Core Plus Fixed Income Portfolio (13,14)         0.40%      N/A      0.31%         0.71%
Van Kampen UIF Equity Growth Portfolio (13,14)                  0.55%      N/A      0.36%         0.91%
Van Kampen UIF Global Equity Portfolio (13,14)                  0.80%      N/A      0.48%         1.28%
Van Kampen UIF Mid Cap Value Portfolio (13,14)                  0.75%      N/A      0.35%         1.10%
Van Kampen UIF Value Portfolio (13,14)                          0.55%      N/A      0.38%         0.93%

(1)  Figures shown in the Table are for the year ended December 31, 2001(except
     as otherwise noted).

(2)  Effective May 1, 2002 the AIM V.I. Growth and Income Fund, AIM V.I.
     International Equity Fund and AIM V.I. Value Fund changed their names to
     the AIM V.I. Core Equity Fund, AIM V.I. International Growth Fund and AIM
     V.I. Premier Equity Fund, respectively.

(3)  Actual "Total Portfolio Annual Expenses" were lower because a portion of

                                  8 PROSPECTUS

     the brokerage commissions that the Portfolios paid was used to reduce the
     Portfolios' expenses. In addition, through arrangements with the
     Portfolios' custodian, credits realized as a result of uninvested cash
     balances are used to reduce a portion of the Portfolios' custodian
     expenses. These offsets may be discontinued at any time. Had these offsets
     been taken into account, "Total Portfolio Annual Expenses" would have been
     0.64% for Contrafund Portfolio, 0.57% for Equity-Income Portfolio, 0.65%
     for Growth Portfolio and 0.70% for High Income Portfolio.

(4)  The Portfolio's Class 2 distribution plan or "rule 12b-1 plan" is described
     in the Portfolio's prospectus.

(5)  The manager had agreed in advance to make an estimated reduction of 0.08%
     to its management fee to reflect reduced services resulting from the
     Portfolio's investment in a Franklin Templeton money fund. This reduction
     is required by the Portfolio's Board of Trustees and an order of the
     Securities and Exchange Commission. Without this reduction, "Total
     Portfolio Annual Expenses" would have been 1.09%.

(6)  Effective May 1, 2002 the Templeton International Securities Fund - Class 2
     changed its name to the Templeton Foreign Securities Fund - Class 2.

(7)  The manager had agreed in advance to make an estimated reduction of 0.01%
     to its management fee to reflect reduced services resulting from the
     Portfolio's investment in a Franklin Templeton money fund. This reduction
     is required by the Portfolio's Board of Trustees and an order of the
     Securities and Exchange Commission. Without this reduction, "Total
     Portfolio Annual Expenses" would have been 1.16%.

(8)  The Portfolio administration fee is paid indirectly through the management
     fee.

(9)  "Total Portfolio Annual Expenses" listed in the table above reflect gross
     ratios prior to any voluntary waivers/ reimbursements of expenses. Goldman
     Sachs Asset Management and Goldman Sachs Asset Management International,
     the investment advisers, have voluntarily agreed to reduce or limit certain
     other expenses (excluding management fees, taxes, interest, brokerage fees,
     litigation, indemnification and other extraordinary expenses) to the extent
     "Total Portfolio Annual Expenses" exceed 1.00% for Capital Growth Fund,
     1.00% for CORESM Small Cap Equity Fund, 0.90% for CORESM U.S. Equity Fund
     and 1.35% for International Equity Fund. With these limitations taken into
     consideration, "Management Fees", "Rule 12b-1 Fees", "Other Expenses" and
     "Total Portfolio Annual Expenses" were as follows:

                                                                                        Total
                                                   Management   12b-1    Other        Portfolio
Portfolio                                             Fees       Fees   Expenses   Annual Expenses
------------------------------------------------   ----------   -----   --------   ---------------
Goldman Sachs VIT Capital Growth Fund                 0.75%      N/A      0.25%         1.00%
Goldman Sachs VIT CORE(SM) Small Cap Equity Fund      0.75%      N/A      0.25%         1.00%
Goldman Sachs VIT CORE(SM) U.S. Equity Fund           0.70%      N/A      0.11%         0.81%
Goldman Sachs VIT International Equity Fund           1.00%      N/A      0.35%         1.35%

(10) Each Portfolio has an expense offset arrangement which reduces the
     Portfolios' custodian fee based upon the amount of cash maintained by the
     Portfolio with its custodian and dividend disbursing agent. Each Portfolio
     may enter into other such arrangements and directed brokerage arrangements,
     which would also have the effect of reducing the Portfolios' expenses.
     "Other Expenses" do not take these expense reductions into account, and are
     therefore higher than the actual expenses of the Portfolios. Had these fee
     reductions been taken into account, "Total Portfolio Annual Expenses" would
     have been lower and would equal 0.86% for Emerging Growth Series, 0.89% for
     Investors Trust Series, 1.05% for New Discovery Series and 0.89 for
     Research Series.

(11) MFS has contractually agreed, subject to reimbursement, to bear expenses
     for the Portfolio such that "Other Expenses" (after taking into account the
     expense offset arrangement described in note 10 above), do not exceed 0.15%
     of the average daily net assets of the Portfolios during the current fiscal
     year. Without these fee arrangements "Total Portfolio Annual Expenses"
     would have been 1.09%. These contractual fee arrangements will continue at
     least until May 1, 2003, unless changed with the consent of the board of
     trustees which oversee the Portfolios.

(12) Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. (OFI) will reduce the management fee by 0.10% as
     long as the fund's trailing 12-month performance at the end of the quarter
     is in the fifth Lipper peer-group quintile; and by 0.05% as long as it is
     in the fourth quintile. If the fund emerges from a "penalty box" position
     for a quarter but then slips back in the next quarter, OFI will reinstate
     the waiver. The waiver is voluntary and may be terminated by the Manager at
     any time.

(13) "Total Portfolio Annual Expenses" listed in the table above reflect gross
     ratios prior to any voluntary waivers/ reimbursements of expenses by the
     adviser. For the year ended December 31, 2001, the management fee was
     reduced to reflect the voluntary waiver of a portion or all of the

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     management fee and the reimbursement by the Portfolios' adviser to the
     extent "Total Portfolio Annual Expenses" exceed the following percentages:

     Van Kampen UIF Core Plus Fixed Income Portfolio 0.70%; Van Kampen UIF
     Equity Growth Portfolio 0.85%; Van Kampen UIF Global Value Equity Portfolio
     1.15%; Van Kampen UIF Mid Cap Value Portfolio 1.05%; Van Kampen UIF Value
     Portfolio 0.85%. The adviser may terminate this voluntary waiver at any
     time at its sole discretion. After such reductions, the "Management Fees",
     "Rule 12b-1 Fees", "Other Expenses" and "Total Portfolio Annual Expenses"
     were as follows:

                                                                                       Total
                                                  Management   12b-1    Other        Portfolio
Portfolio                                            Fees       Fees   Expenses   Annual Expenses
-----------------------------------------------   ----------   -----   --------   ---------------
Van Kampen UIF Core Plus Fixed Income Portfolio      0.39%      N/A      0.31%         0.70%
Van Kampen UIF Equity Growth Portfolio               0.49%      N/A      0.36%         0.85%
Van Kampen UIF Global Equity Portfolio               0.67%      N/A      0.48%         1.15%
Van Kampen UIF Mid Cap Value Portfolio               0.70%      N/A      0.35%         1.05%
Van Kampen UIF Value Portfolio                       0.47%      N/A      0.38%         0.85%

(14) Effective May 1, 2002 the Portfolios have been re-branded and have changed
     names from Morgan Stanley UIF Fixed Income Portfolio to Van Kampen UIF Core
     Plus Fixed Income Portfolio, Morgan Stanley UIF Equity Growth Portfolio to
     Van Kampen UIF Equity Growth Portfolio, Morgan Stanley UIF Global Value
     Equity Portfolio to Van Kampen UIF Global Value Equity Portfolio, Morgan
     Stanley UIF Mid Cap Value Portfolio to Van Kampen UIF Mid Cap Value
     Portfolio and Morgan Stanley UIF Value Portfolio to Van Kampen UIF Value
     Portfolio.

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EXAMPLE 1

The example below shows the dollar amount of expenses that you would bear
directly or indirectly if you:

..    invested $1,000 in a Variable Sub-Account,

..    earned a 5% annual return on your investment, and

..    earned a 5% annual return on your investment, surrendered your Contract, or
     began receiving income payments for a specified period of less than 120
     months, at the end of each time period.

THE EXAMPLE DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY TAXES YOU MAY BE REQUIRED TO PAY IF YOU
SURRENDER YOUR CONTRACT OR RECEIVE INCOME PAYMENTS. THE EXAMPLE DOES NOT INCLUDE
DEDUCTIONS FOR PREMIUM TAXES BECAUSE NEW YORK DOES NOT CHARGE PREMIUM TAXES ON
ANNUITIES.

Variable Sub-Account                          1 Year  3 Years  5 Years  10 Years
--------------------------------------------- ------  -------  -------  --------
AIM V.I. Balanced                               $76     $111    $148      $279
AIM V.I. Core Equity                            $73     $101    $133      $248
AIM V.I. Diversified Income                     $74     $105    $138      $259
AIM V.I. Government Securities                  $76     $109    $146      $275
AIM V.I. Growth                                 $73     $103    $136      $254
AIM V.I. International Growth                   $75     $109    $144      $272
AIM V.I. Premier Equity                         $73     $102    $134      $251
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth, Inc.   $72     $100    $130      $244
Dreyfus Stock Index                             $67     $ 84    $103      $187
Dreyfus VIF - Growth & Income                   $73     $101    $131      $246
Dreyfus VIF - Money Market                      $70     $ 94    $120      $222
Fidelity VIP Contrafund                         $71     $ 97    $125      $233
Fidelity VIP Equity-Income                      $70     $ 94    $120      $222
Fidelity VIP Growth                             $71     $ 97    $125      $233
Fidelity VIP High Income                        $72     $ 98    $127      $236
Franklin Small Cap                              $75     $107    $142      $268
Mutual Shares Securities                        $75     $108    $144      $271
Templeton Developing Markets                    $75     $108    $144      $271
Templeton Foreign Securities                    $76     $112    $150      $282
Templeton Growthl Securitie                     $76     $110    $147      $277
Goldman Sachs VIT Capital Growth                $82     $128    $177      $335
Goldman Sachs VIT CORE(SM) Small Cap Equity     $77     $114    $153      $289
Goldman Sachs VIT CORE(SM) U.S. Equity          $73     $101    $133      $248
Goldman Sachs VIT International Equity          $85     $139    $195      $369
MFS Emerging Growth                             $73     $103    $135      $253
MFS Investors Trust                             $74     $104    $137      $256
MFS New Discovery                               $75     $109    $145      $273
MFS Research                                    $74     $104    $137      $256
Oppenheimer Aggressive Growth/VA                $71     $ 97    $125      $233
Oppenheimer Capital AppreciationVA              $71     $ 97    $125      $233
Oppenheimer Global Securities/VA                $64     $ 76    $ 89      $158
Oppenheimer Main Street Growth & Income/VA      $72     $ 99    $128      $238
Oppenheimer Strategic Bond/VA                   $73     $101    $131      $245
Van Kampen UIF Core Plus Fixed Income           $72     $ 98    $127      $236
Van Kampen UIF Equity Growth                    $74     $104    $137      $257
Van Kampen UIF Global Equity                    $74     $105    $138      $259
Van Kampen UIF Mid Cap Value                    $78     $110    $156      $277
Van Kampen UIF Value                            $78     $116    $156      $295

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EXAMPLE 2

Same assumptions as Example 1 above, except that you decided not to surrender
your Contract, or you began receiving income payments (for at least 120 months
if under an Income Plan with a specified period), at the end of each period.

Variable Sub-Account                          1 Year  3 Years  5 Years  10 Years
--------------------------------------------- ------  -------  -------  --------
AIM V.I. Balanced                               $25     $ 77     $131     $279
AIM V.I. Core Equity                            $22     $ 67     $116     $248
AIM V.I. Diversified Income                     $23     $ 71     $121     $259
AIM V.I. Government Securities                  $25     $ 75     $129     $275
AIM V.I. Growth                                 $22     $ 69     $119     $254
AIM V.I. International Growth                   $24     $ 75     $127     $272
AIM V.I. Premier Equity                         $22     $ 68     $117     $251
The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth, Inc.   $21     $ 66     $113     $244
Dreyfus Stock Index                             $16     $ 50     $ 86     $187
Dreyfus VIF - Growth & Income                   $22     $ 67     $114     $246
Dreyfus VIF - Money Market                      $19     $ 60     $103     $222
Fidelity VIP Contrafund                         $20     $ 63     $108     $233
Fidelity VIP Equity-Income                      $19     $ 60     $103     $222
Fidelity VIP Growth                             $20     $ 63     $108     $233
Fidelity VIP High Income                        $24     $ 64     $110     $236
Franklin Small Cap                              $24     $ 73     $125     $268
Mutual Shares Securities                        $24     $ 74     $127     $271
Templeton Developing Markets                    $25     $ 74     $127     $271
Templeton Foreign Securities                    $25     $ 78     $133     $282
Templeton Growthl Securitie                     $25     $ 76     $130     $277
Goldman Sachs VIT Capital Growth                $31     $ 94     $160     $335
Goldman Sachs VIT CORE(SM) Small Cap Equity     $26     $ 80     $136     $289
Goldman Sachs VIT CORE(SM) U.S. Equity          $22     $ 67     $116     $248
Goldman Sachs VIT International Equity          $34     $105     $178     $369
MFS Emerging Growth                             $22     $ 69     $118     $253
MFS Investors Trust                             $23     $ 70     $120     $256
MFS New Discovery                               $24     $ 75     $128     $273
MFS Research                                    $23     $ 70     $120     $256
Oppenheimer Aggressive Growth/VA                $20     $ 63     $108     $233
Oppenheimer Capital AppreciationVA              $20     $ 63     $108     $233
Oppenheimer Global Securities/VA                $13     $ 42     $ 72     $158
Oppenheimer Main Street Growth & Income/VA      $21     $ 65     $111     $238
Oppenheimer Strategic Bond/VA                   $22     $ 67     $114     $245
Van Kampen UIF Core Plus Fixed Income           $21     $ 64     $110     $236
Van Kampen UIF Equity Growth                    $23     $ 70     $120     $257
Van Kampen UIF Global Equity                    $23     $ 71     $121     $259
Van Kampen UIF Mid Cap Value                    $25     $ 76     $130     $277
Van Kampen UIF Value                            $27     $ 82     $139     $295

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT EXAMPLES AND NOT A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE EXPENSES. THE EXAMPLES ASSUME THAT ANY PORTFOLIO EXPENSE WAIVERS
OR REIMBURSEMENT ARRANGEMENTS DESCRIBED IN THE FOOTNOTES ON PAGE 8-9 ARE IN
EFFECT FOR THE TIME PERIODS PRESENTED ABOVE. YOUR ACTUAL EXPENSES MAY BE LESSER
OR GREATER THAN THOSE SHOWN ABOVE. SIMILARLY, YOUR RATE OF RETURN MAY BE LESSER
OR GREATER THAN 5%, WHICH IS NOT GUARANTEED. TO REFLECT THE CONTRACT MAINTENANCE
CHARGE IN THE EXAMPLES, WE ESTIMATED AN EQUIVALENT PERCENTAGE CHARGE, BASED ON
AN ASSUMED AVERAGE CONTRACT SIZE OF $45,000.

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FINANCIAL INFORMATION

To measure the value of your investment in the Variable Sub-Accounts during the
Accumulation Phase, we use a unit of measure we call the "ACCUMULATION UNIT."
Each Variable Sub-Account has a separate value for its Accumulation Units we
call "ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE." Accumulation Unit Value is analogous to, but not
the same as, the share price of a mutual fund.

No Accumulation Unit Values are reported because as of the date of this
prospectus, no sales of the Contract had occurred.

To obtain more information on each Variable Sub-Account's finances, please refer
to the Variable Account's financial statements contained in the Statement of
Additional Information. The financial statements of ALLSTATE NEW YORK also
appear in the Statement of Additional Information. The Variable Account
Financial Statements do not reflect any assets attributed to the Contracts
offered by this prospectus because no sales of the Contract have occurred as of
the date of this prospectus.

THE CONTRACT

CONTRACT OWNER

The Allstate Provider Variable Annuity is a contract between you, the Contract
Owner, and Allstate New York, a life insurance company. As the Contract Owner,
you may exercise all of the rights and privileges provided to you by the
Contract. That means it is up to you to select or change (to the extent
permitted):

..    the investment alternatives during the Accumulation and Payout Phases,

..    the amount and timing of your purchase payments and withdrawals,

..    the programs you want to use to invest or withdraw money,

..    the income payment plan you want to use to receive retirement income,

..    the Annuitant (either yourself or someone else) on whose life the income
     payments will be based,

..    the Beneficiary or Beneficiaries who will receive the benefits that the
     Contract provides when the last surviving Contract Owner dies, and

..    any other rights that the Contract provides.

If you die, any surviving Contract Owner or, if none, the Beneficiary may
exercise the rights and privileges provided to them by the Contract.

The Contract cannot be jointly owned by both a non-natural person and a natural
person. The maximum age of the oldest Contract Owner cannot exceed 85 as of the
date we receive the completed application.

Changing ownership of this Contract may cause adverse tax consequences and may
not be allowed under qualified plans. Please consult with a competent tax
advisor prior to making a request for a change of Contract Owner.

You can use the Contract with or without a qualified plan. A qualified plan is a
retirement savings plan, such as an IRA or tax-sheltered annuity, that meets the
requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. Qualified plans may limit or modify
your rights and privileges under the Contract. We use the term "QUALIFIED
CONTRACT" to refer to a Contract issued with a qualified plan. See "Qualified
Contracts" on page 33.

ANNUITANT

The Annuitant is the individual whose life determines the amount and duration of
income payments (other than under Income Plans with guaranteed payments for a
specified period). You initially designate an Annuitant in your application. The
maximum age of the oldest Annuitant cannot exceed 85 as of the date we receive
the completed application. If the Contract Owner is a natural person you may
change the Annuitant prior to the Payout Start Date. In our discretion, we may
permit you to designate a joint Annuitant, who is a second person on whose life
income payments depend, on the Payout Start Date.

If the Annuitant dies prior to the Payout Start Date, the new Annuitant will be:

..    the youngest Contract Owner, if living, otherwise

..    the youngest Beneficiary.

BENEFICIARY

The Beneficiary is the person who may elect to receive the death benefit or
become the new Contract Owner subject to the Death of Owner provision if the
sole surviving Contract Owner dies before the Payout Start Date. See "Death
Benefits" on page 27. If the sole surviving Contract Owner dies after the Payout
Start Date, the Beneficiary will receive any guaranteed income payments
scheduled to continue.

You may name one or more Beneficiaries when you apply for a Contract. You may
change or add Beneficiaries at any time by writing to us, unless you have
designated an irrevocable Beneficiary. We will provide a change of Beneficiary
form to be signed and filed with us. Any change will be effective at the time
you sign the written notice, whether or not the Annuitant is living when we
receive the notice. Until we receive your written notice to change a
Beneficiary, we are entitled to rely on the most recent Beneficiary information
in our files. We will not be liable as to any payment or settlement made prior
to

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receiving the written notice. Accordingly, if you wish to change your
Beneficiary, you should deliver your written notice to us promptly.

If you do not name a Beneficiary or, if the named Beneficiary is no longer
living and there are no other surviving Beneficiaries, the new Beneficiary will
be:

..    your spouse or, if he or she is no longer alive,

..    your surviving children equally, or if you have no surviving children,

..    your estate.

If more than one Beneficiary survives you (or the Annuitant if the Contract
Owner is not a natural person), we will divide the death benefit among your
Beneficiaries according to your most recent written instructions. If you have
not given us written instructions, we will pay the death benefit in equal
amounts to the surviving Beneficiaries.

MODIFICATION OF THE CONTRACT

Only an Allstate New York officer may approve a change in or waive any provision
of the Contract. Any change or waiver must be in writing. None of our agents has
the authority to change or waive the provisions of the Contract. We may not
change the terms of the Contract without your consent, except to conform the
Contract to applicable law or changes in the law. If a provision of the Contract
is inconsistent with state law, we will follow state law.

ASSIGNMENT

You may not assign any interest in a Contract as collateral or security for a
loan. However, you may assign periodic income payments under the Contract prior
to the Payout Start Date. No Beneficiary may assign benefits under the Contract
until they are due. We will not be bound by any assignment until the assignor
signs it and files it with us. We are not responsible for the validity of any
assignment.

Federal law prohibits or restricts the assignment of benefits under many types
of retirement plans and the terms of such plans may themselves contain
restrictions on assignments. An assignment may also result in taxes and tax
penalties. YOU SHOULD CONSULT WITH YOUR ATTORNEY BEFORE TRYING TO ASSIGN YOUR
CONTRACT.

PURCHASES

MINIMUM PURCHASE PAYMENTS

Your initial purchase payment must be at least $3,000 ($2,000 for a Qualified
Contract). All subsequent purchase payments must be $100 ($500 for allocations
to the Fixed Account) or more. You may make purchase payments at any time prior
to the Payout Start Date. We reserve the right to limit the maximum amount of
purchase payments, or reduce the minimum purchase payment we will accept. We
reserve the right to reject any application.

AUTOMATIC ADDITIONS PROGRAM

You may make subsequent purchase payments of at least $100 ($500 for allocation
to the Fixed Account) by automatically transferring amounts from your bank
account. Please consult with your representative for detailed information.

ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PAYMENTS

At the time you apply for a Contract, you must decide how to allocate your
purchase payments among the investment alternatives. The allocation you specify
on your application will be effective immediately. All allocations must be in
whole percents that total 100% or in whole dollars. You can change your
allocations by notifying us in writing. We reserve the right to limit the
availability of the investment alternatives.

We will allocate your purchase payments to the investment alternatives according
to your most recent instructions on file with us. Unless you notify us in
writing otherwise, we will allocate subsequent purchase payments according to
the allocation for the previous purchase payment. We will effect any change in
allocation instructions at the time we receive written notice of the change in
good order.

We will credit the initial purchase payment that accompanies your completed
application to your Contract within 2 business days after we receive the payment
at our service center. If your application is incomplete, we will ask you to
complete your application within 5 business days. If you do so, we will credit
your initial purchase payment to your Contract within that 5 business day
period. If you do not, we will return your purchase payment at the end of the 5
business day period unless you expressly allow us to hold it until you complete
the application. We will credit subsequent purchase payments to the Contract at
the close of the business day on which we receive the purchase payment at our
service center located in Vernon Hills, Illinois (mailing address: 300 N.
Milwaukee Ave., Vernon Hills, IL 60061.

We are open for business each day Monday through Friday that the New York Stock
Exchange is open for business. We also refer to these days as "VALUATION DATES."
Our business day closes when the New York Stock Exchange closes, usually 4:00
p.m. Eastern Time (3:00 p.m. Central Time). If we receive your purchase payment
after 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (3:00 p.m. Central Time) on any Valuation Date, we
will credit your purchase payment using the Accumulation Unit Values computed on
the next Valuation Date.

RIGHT TO CANCEL

You may cancel the Contract by returning it to us within the Cancellation
Period, which is the 10 day period after

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you receive the Contract (60 days if you are exchanging another contract for the
Contract described in this prospectus). You may return it by delivering it or
mailing it to us. If you exercise this "RIGHT TO CANCEL," the Contract
terminates and we will pay you the full amount of your purchase payments
allocated to the Fixed Account. Upon cancellation, as permitted by federal or
state law, we will return your purchase payments allocated to the Variable
Account after an adjustment to the extent federal or state law permits to
reflect investment gain or loss that occurred from the date of allocation
through the date of cancellation. If your Contract is qualified under Section
408 of the Internal Revenue Code, we will refund the greater of any purchase
payments or the Contract Value.

CONTRACT VALUE

On the Issue Date, the Contract Value is equal to the initial purchase payment.
Your Contract Value at any other time during the Accumulation Phase is equal to
the sum of the value as of the most recent Valuation Date of your Accumulation
Units in the Variable Sub-Accounts you have selected, plus the value of your
investment in the Fixed Account.

ACCUMULATION UNITS

To determine the number of Accumulation Units of each Variable Sub-Account to
credit to your Contract, we divide (i) the amount of the purchase payment or
transfer you have allocated to a Variable Sub-Account by (ii) the Accumulation
Unit Value of that Variable Sub-Account next computed after we receive your
payment or transfer. For example, if we receive a $10,000 purchase payment
allocated to a Variable Sub-Account when the Accumulation Unit Value for the
Sub-Account is $10, we would credit 1,000 Accumulation Units of that Variable
Sub-Account to your Contract. Withdrawals and transfers from a Variable
Sub-Account would, of course, reduce the number of Accumulation Units of that
Sub-Account allocated to your Contract.

ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE

As a general matter, the Accumulation Unit Value for each Variable Sub-Account
will rise or fall to reflect:

..    changes in the share price of the Portfolio in which the Variable
     Sub-Account invests, and

..    the deduction of amounts reflecting the mortality and expense risk charge,
     administrative expense charge, and any provision for taxes that have
     accrued since we last calculated the Accumulation Unit Value.

We determine contract maintenance charges, withdrawal charges, and transfer fees
(currently waived) separately for each Contract. They do not affect Accumulation
Unit Value. Instead, we obtain payment of those charges and fees by redeeming
Accumulation Units. For details on how we calculate Accumulation Unit Value,
please refer to the Statement of Additional Information.

We determine a separate Accumulation Unit Value for each Variable Sub-Account on
each Valuation Date.

YOU SHOULD REFER TO THE PROSPECTUSES FOR THE PORTFOLIOS THAT ACCOMPANY THIS
PROSPECTUS FOR A DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE ASSETS OF EACH PORTFOLIO ARE VALUED,
SINCE THAT DETERMINATION DIRECTLY BEARS ON THE ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE OF THE
CORRESPONDING VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNT AND, THEREFORE, YOUR CONTRACT VALUE.

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INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES: THE VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS

You may allocate your purchase payments to up to 39 Variable Sub-Accounts. Each
Variable Sub-Account invests in the shares of a corresponding Portfolio. Each
Portfolio has its own investment objective(s) and policies. We briefly describe
the Portfolios below.

For more complete information about each Portfolio, including expenses and risks
associated with the Portfolio, please refer to the accompanying prospectuses for
the Portfolios. You should carefully review the Portfolio prospectuses before
allocating amounts to the Variable Sub-Accounts.

PORTFOLIO:              EACH PORTFOLIO SEEKS:
----------------------  -----------------------------
AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS

AIM V.I. Balanced       Achieve as high a total
Fund*                   return as possible,
                        consistent with preservation
                        of capital.

AIM V.I. Core Equity    Growth of capital with a
Fund***                 secondary objective of
                        current income
                                                       AIM ADVISORS, INC.
AIM V.I. Diversified    A high level of current
Income Fund*            income

AIM V.I. Government     A high level of current
Securities Fund*        income consistent with a
                        reasonable concern for safety
                        of principal

AIM V.I. Growth Fund*   Growth of capital

AIM V.I. International  Long-term growth of capital
Growth Fund****

AIM V.I. Premier        Long-term growth of capital.
Equity Fund*****        Income is a secondary
                        objective.

THE DREYFUS SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE GROWTH FUND, INC.; THE DREYFUS STOCK INDEX
FUND; AND THE DREYFUS VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUND (VIF) (COLLECTIVELY, THE
DREYFUS FUNDS)

The Dreyfus Socially    Capital growth and,
Responsible Growth      secondarily, current income
Fund, Inc.

Dreyfus Stock Index     To match the total return
Fund                    Stock Price Index of the
                        Standard & Poor's(C) 500
                        Composite                      THE DREYFUS CORPORATION

Dreyfus VIF Growth &    Long-term capital growth,
Income Portfolio        income current and growth of
                        income, consistent with
                        reasonable investment risk

Dreyfus VIF Money       A high level of current
Market Portfolio        income as is consistent with
                        the preservation of capital
                        and the maintenance of
                        liquidity

FIDELITY VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND

Fidelity VIP            Reasonable income
Equity-Income
Portfolio
                                                       FIDELITY MANAGEMENT &
Fidelity VIP Growth     Capital appreciation           RESEARCH COMPANY
Portfolio

Fidelity VIP High       High level of current income
Income Portfolio        while also considering growth
                        of capital

Fidelity VIP            Portfolio Long-term capital
Contrafund(R)           appreciation

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FRANKLIN TEMPLETON VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS TRUST (VIP) -- CLASS 2

Franklin Small Cap      Long-term capital growth       FRANKLIN ADVISERS, INC.
Fund

Mutual Shares           Capital appreciation.          FRANKLIN MUTUAL
Securities Fund         Secondary goal is income.      ADVISORS, LLC.

Templeton Developing    Long-term capital              TEMPLETON ASSET
Markets Securities      Appreciation                   MANAGEMENT LTD.
Fund

Templeton Growth        Long-term capital growth       TEMPLETON GLOBAL
Securities Fund                                        ADVISORS LIMITED

Templeton               Long-term capital growth       TEMPLETON INVESTMENT
International                                          COUNSEL, LLC.
Securities Fund

GOLDMAN SACHS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST (VIT)

Goldman Sachs VIT       Long-term growth of capital
Capital Growth Fund
                                                       GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET
Goldman Sachs VIT       Long-term growth of capital    MANAGEMENT
Core(SM)Small Cap
Equity Fund

Goldman Sachs VIT       Long-term growth of capital
Core(SM)U.S. Equity     and dividend income
Fund

Goldman Sachs VIT       Long-term capital              GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET
International Equity    appreciation                   MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL
Fund

MFS(R) VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST(SM)

MFS Emerging Growth     Long-term growth of capital
Series

MFS Investors Trust     Long-term growth of capital    MFS INVESTMENT
Series**                with a secondary objective to  MANAGEMENT(R)
                        seek reasonable current
                        income

MFS New Discovery       Capital appreciation
Series

MFS Research Series     Long-term growth of capital
                        and future income

THE UNIVERSAL INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS, INC.

Van Kampen UIF Equity   Long-term capital
Growth******            appreciation

Van Kampen UIF Core     Above-average total return     MORGAN STANLEY ASSET
Plus Fixed              over a market cycle of three   MANAGEMENT
Income******            to five years

Van Kampen UIF Global   Long-term capital
Equity******            appreciation

Van Kampen UIF Mid Cap  Above-average total return
Value******             over a market cycle of three
                        to five years

Van Kampen UIF          Above-average total return     MILLER ANDERSON &
Value******             over a market cycle of three   SHERRERD, LLP
                        to five years

OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUNDS

Oppenheimer Aggressive  Capital appreciation
Growth Fund/VA

Oppenheimer Capital     Capital appreciation
Appreciation Fund/VA
                                                       OPPENHEIMER FUNDS, INC.
Oppenheimer Global      Long-term capital
Securities Fund/VA      appreciation

Oppenheimer Main        High total return, which
Street Growth & Income  includes growth in the value
Fund/VA                 of its shares as well as
                        current income, from equity
                        and debt securities

Oppenheimer Strategic   High level of current income
Bond Fund/VA

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*      The Portfolio's investment objectives may be changed by the Portfolio's
       Board of Trustees without shareholder approval.

**     Effective May 1, 2001, the MFS Growth with Income Series changed its name
       to MFS Investors Trust Series, and changed its investment policies.

***    Effective May 1, 2002, the Portfolio changed its name from AIM V.I.
       Growth and Income Fund to AIM V.I. Core Equity Fund. We have made a
       corresponding change in the name of the Variable Sub-Account that invests
       in that Portfolio.

****   Effective May 1, 2002, the Portfolio changed its name from AIM V.I.
       International Equity Fund to AIM V.I. International Growth Fund. We have
       made a corresponding change in the name of the Variable Sub-Account that
       invests in that Portfolio.

*****  Effective May 1, 2002, the Portfolio changed its name from AIM V.I. Value
       Fund to AIM V.I. Premier Equity Fund. We have made a corresponding change
       in the name of the Variable Sub-Account that invests in that Portfolio.

****** Effective May 1, 2002, the Portfolio changed its name from Morgan Stanley
       to Van Kampen. We have made a corresponding change in the name of the
       Variable Sub-Account that invests in that Portfolio.

AMOUNTS YOU ALLOCATE TO VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS MAY GROW IN VALUE, DECLINE IN
VALUE, OR GROW LESS THAN YOU EXPECT, DEPENDING ON THE INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE OF
THE PORTFOLIOS IN WHICH THOSE VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS INVEST. YOU BEAR THE
INVESTMENT RISK THAT THE PORTFOLIOS MIGHT NOT MEET THEIR INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES.
SHARES OF THE PORTFOLIOS ARE NOT DEPOSITS, OR OBLIGATIONS OF, OR GUARANTEED OR
ENDORSED BY ANY BANK AND ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION, THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD OR ANY OTHER AGENCY.

VARIABLE INSURANCE PORTFOLIOS MIGHT NOT BE MANAGED BY THE SAME PORTFOLIO
MANAGERS WHO MANAGE RETAIL MUTUAL FUNDS WTH SIMILAR NAMES. THESE PORTFOLIOS ARE
LIKELY TO DIFFER FROM SIMILARLY NAMED RETAIL FUNDS IN ASSETS, CASH FLOW, AND TAX
MATTERS. ACCORDINGLY, THE HOLDINGS ARE RESULT OF VARIABLE INSURANCE PORTFOLIO
CAN BE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHER AS LEVELS THAN THE INVESTMENT RESULTS OF A
SIMILARLY NAMED RETAIL MUTUAL FUND.

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INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES: THE FIXED ACCOUNT OPTIONS

You may allocate all or a portion of your purchase payments to the Fixed Account
Options. We will credit a minimum annual interest rate of 3% to money you
allocate to any of the Fixed Account Options. Please consult with your
representative for current information. The Fixed Account consists of our
general account assets other than those in segregated asset accounts. We have
sole discretion to invest the assets of the Fixed Account, subject to applicable
law. Any money you allocate to the Fixed Account Option does not entitle you to
share in the investment experience of the Fixed Account.

DOLLAR COST AVERAGING FIXED ACCOUNT OPTIONS

SIX MONTH DOLLAR COST AVERAGING FIXED ACCOUNT OPTION. Under this Option, you may
establish a Dollar Cost Averaging Program by allocating purchase payments to The
Six Month Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed Account Option ("Six Month DCA Fixed
Account Option"). We will credit interest to purchase payments you allocate to
this Option for six months at the current rate in effect at the time of
allocation. We will credit interest daily at a rate that will compound at the
annual interest rate we guaranteed at the time of allocation.

We will follow your instructions in transferring amounts monthly from the Six
Month DCA Fixed Account Option. You must transfer all of your money out of the
Six Month DCA Fixed Account Option to the Variable Sub-Accounts in six equal
monthly installments. If you discontinue the Six Month Dollar Cost Averaging
Option before the end of the transfer period, we will transfer the remaining
balance in this Option to the Dreyfus VIF Money Market Variable Sub-Account
unless you request a different investment alternative. No transfers are
permitted into the Six Month DCA Fixed Account.

For each purchase payment allocated to this Option, your first monthly transfer
will occur at the end of the first month following such purchase payment. If we
do not receive an allocation from you within one month of the date of payment,
we will transfer the payment plus associated interest to the Dreyfus VIF Money
Market Variable Sub-Account in equal monthly installments. Transfering Account
Value to the Money Market Variable Sub-Account in this manner may not be
consistent with the theory of Dollar Cost Averaging described on page 23.

TWELVE MONTH DOLLAR COST AVERAGING FIXED ACCOUNT OPTION. Under this Option, you
may establish a Dollar Cost Averaging Program by allocating purchase payments to
The Twelve Month Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed Account Option ("Twelve Month DCA
Fixed Account Option"). We will credit interest to purchase payments you
allocate to this Option for twelve months at the current rate in effect at the
time of allocation. We will credit interest daily at a rate that will compound
at the annual interest rate we guaranteed at the time of allocation.

We will follow your instructions in transferring amounts monthly from the Twelve
Month DCA Fixed Account Option. You must transfer all of your money out of the
Twelve Month DCA Fixed Account Option to the Variable Sub-Accounts in twelve
equal monthly installments. If you discontinue the Twelve Month Dollar Cost
Averaging Option before the end of the transfer period, we will transfer the
remaining balance in this Option to the Dreyfus VIF Money Market Variable
Sub-Account unless you request a different investment alternative. No transfers
are permitted into the Twelve Month DCA Fixed Account.

For each purchase payment allocated to this Option, your first monthly transfer
will occur at the end of the first month following such purchase payment. If we
do not receive an allocation from you within one month of the date of payment,
we will transfer the payment plus associated interest to the Dreyfus VIF Money
Market Variable Sub-Account in equal monthly installments. Transferring Account
Value to the Money Market Variable Sub-Account in this manner may not be
consistent with the theory of dollar cost averaging described on page 23.

At the end of the transfer period, any nominal amounts remaining in the Six
Month Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed Account or the Twelve Month Dollar Cost
Averaging Fixed Account will be allocated to the Dreyfus VIF Money Market
Variable Sub-Account.

Transfers out of the Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed Account Options do not count
towards the 12 transfers you can make without paying a transfer fee.

INVESTMENT RISK. We bear the investment risk for all amounts allocated to the
Six Month DCA Fixed Account Option and the Twelve Month DCA Fixed Account
Option. That is because we guarantee the current interest rates we credit to the
amounts you allocate to either of these Options, which will never be less than
the minimum guaranteed rate in the Contract. Currently, we determine, in our
sole discretion, the amount of interest credited in excess of the guaranteed
rate.

We may declare more than one interest rate for different monies based upon the
date of allocation to the Six Month DCA Fixed Account Option and the Twelve
Month DCA Fixed Account Option. For current interest rate information, please
contact your representative or our customer support unit at 1-800-692-4682.

GUARANTEE PERIODS

 Under this option, each payment or transfer allocated to the Fixed Account
earns interest at a specified rate that we guarantee for a period of years we
call a GUARANTEE PERIOD. Guarantee Periods may range from 1 to 10 years. We are

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currently offering Guarantee Periods of 1, 3, 5, 7, and 10 years in length. In
the future we may offer Guarantee Periods of different lengths or stop offering
some Guarantee Periods. You select one or more Guarantee Periods for each
purchase payment or transfer. If you do not select the Guarantee Period for a
purchase payment or transfer, we will assign the shortest Guarantee Period
available under the Contract for such payment or transfer.

Each payment or transfer allocated to a Guarantee Period must be at least $500.
We reserve the right to limit the number of additional purchase payments that
you may allocate to the Fixed Account. Please consult with your sales
representative for more information.

INTEREST RATES. We will tell you what interest rates and Guarantee Periods we
are offering at a particular time. We may declare different interest rates for
Guarantee Periods of the same length that begin at different times. We will not
change the interest rate that we credit to a particular allocation until the end
of the relevant Guarantee Period.

We have no specific formula for determining the rate of interest that we will
declare initially or in the future. We will set those interest rates based on
investment returns available at the time of the determination. In addition, we
may consider various other factors in determining interest rates including
regulatory and tax requirements, our sales commission and administrative
expenses, general economic trends, and competitive factors. We determine the
interest rates to be declared in our sole discretion. We can neither predict nor
guarantee what those rates will be in the future. For current interest rate
information, please contact your sales representative or ALLSTATE NEW YORK at
1-800-692-4682. The interest rate will never be less than the minimum guaranteed
amount stated in the Contract.

HOW WE CREDIT INTEREST. We will credit interest daily to each amount allocated
to a Guarantee Period at a rate that compounds to the effective annual interest
rate that we declared at the beginning of the applicable Guarantee Period.

The following example illustrates how a purchase payment allocated to the Fixed
Account would grow, given an assumed Guarantee Period and effective annual
interest rate:

Purchase Payment ......... .........................................    $10,000
Guarantee Period....................................................    5 years
Annual Interest Rate................................................      4.50%

                                                                   END OF CONTRACT YEAR
                                              --------------------------------------------------------------
                                                YEAR 1       YEAR 2       YEAR 3       YEAR 4       YEAR 5
                                              ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------
Beginning Contract Value...................   $10,000.00
   X (1 + Annual Interest Rate)               x    1.045
                                              ----------
                                              $10,450.00

Contract Value at end of Contract Year.....                $10,450.00
   X (1 + Annual Interest                                  x    1.045
                                                           ----------
                                                           $10,920.25

Contract Value at end of Contract Year.....                             $10,920.25
   X (1 + Annual Interest Rate)                                              1.045
                                                                        ----------
                                                                        $11,411.66

Contract Value at end of Contract Year.....                                          $11,411.66
   X (1 + Annual Interest Rate)                                                      x    1.045
                                                                                     ----------
                                                                                     $11,925.19

Contract Value at end of Contract Year.....                                                       $11,925.19
   X (1 + Annual Interest Rate)                                                                        1.045
                                                                                                  ----------
                                                                                                  $12,461.82

TOTAL INTEREST CREDITED DURING GUARANTEE PERIOD = $2,461.82 ($12,461.82-$10,000)

This example assumes no withdrawals during the entire 5 year Guarantee Period.
If you were to make a withdrawal, you may be required to pay a withdrawal
charge. In addition, the amount withdrawn may be increased or decreased by a
Market Value Adjustment that reflects changes in interest rates since the time
you invested the amount withdrawn. Withdrawals of earnings are taxed as ordinary
income and, if taken prior to age 59 1/2, may be subject to an additional 10%
federal tax penalty. The hypothetical interest rate is for illustrative purposes
only and is not intended to predict future interest rates to be declared under
the Contract. Actual interest rates declared for any given Guarantee Period may
be more or less than shown above but will never be less than the guaranteed
minimum rate stated in the Contract.

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RENEWALS. At least 15 but not more than 45 days prior to the end of each
Guarantee Period, we will mail you a notice asking you what to do with your
money, including the accrued interest. During the 30-day period after the end of
the Guarantee Period, you may:

1) take no action. We will automatically apply your money to a new Guarantee
Period of the shortest duration available. The new Guarantee Period will begin
on the day the previous Guarantee Period ends. The new interest rate will be our
then current declared rate for a Guarantee Period of that length; or

2) Instruct us to apply your money to one or more new Guarantee Periods of your
choice. The new Guarantee Period(s) will begin on the day the previous Guarantee
Period ends. The new interest rate will be our then current declared rate for
those Guarantee Periods; or

3) Instruct us to transfer all or a portion of your money to one or more
Variable Sub-Accounts. We will effect the transfer on the day we receive your
instructions. We will not adjust the amount transferred to include a Market
Value Adjustment. We will pay interest from the day the Guarantee Period expired
until the date of the transfer. The interest will be the rate for the Shortest
Guarantee Period then being offered; or

4) Withdraw all or a portion of your money. You may be required to pay a
withdrawal charge, but we will not adjust the amount withdrawn to include a
Market Value Adjustment. You may also be required to pay premium taxes and
withholding (if applicable). The amount withdrawn will be deemed to have been
withdrawn on the day the previous Guarantee Period ends. Unless you specify
otherwise, amounts not withdrawn will be applied to a new Guarantee Period of
the shortest duration available. The new Guarantee Period will begin on the day
the previous Guarantee Period ends. Withdrawals of earnings are taxed as
ordinary income and, if taken prior to age 59 1/2, may be subject to an
additional 10% federal tax penalty.

Under our automatic laddering program ("Automatic Laddering Program"), you may
choose, in advance, to use Guarantee Periods of the same length for all
renewals. You can select this Program at any time during the Accumulation Phase,
including on the Issue Date. We will apply renewals to Guarantee Periods of the
selected length until you direct us in writing to stop. We may stop offering
this Program at any time. For additional information on the Automatic Laddering
Program, please call our customer service center at 1-800-692-4682.

MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT. All withdrawals in excess of the PREFERRED WITHDRAWAL
AMOUNT, and transfers from a Guarantee Period, other than those taken during the
30 day period after such Guarantee Period expires, are subject to a Market Value
Adjustment. A Market Value Adjustment also applies when you apply amounts
currently invested in a Guarantee Period to an Income Plan (unless paid or
applied during the 30 day period after such Guarantee Period expires). A
positive Market Value Adjustment will apply to amounts currently invested in a
Guarantee Period that are paid out as death benefits. We will not apply a Market
Value Adjustment to a transfer you make as part of a Dollar Cost Averaging
Program. We also will not apply a Market Value Adjustment to a withdrawal you
make:

..    within the Preferred Withdrawal Amount as described on page 24, or

..    to satisfy the IRS minimum distribution rules for the Contract.

We apply the Market Value Adjustment to reflect changes in interest rates from
the time you first allocate money to a Guarantee Period to the time it is
removed from that Guarantee Period. We calculate the Market Value Adjustment by
comparing the Treasury Rate for a period equal to the Guarantee Period at its
inception to the Treasury Rate for a period equal to the time remaining in the
Guarantee Period when you remove your money. "TREASURY RATE" means the U.S.
Treasury Note Constant Maturity Yield as reported in Federal Reserve Bulletin
Release H.15.

The Market Value Adjustment may be positive or negative, depending on changes in
interest rates. As such, you bear the investment risk associated with changes in
interest rates. If interest rates increase significantly, the Market Value
Adjustment and any withdrawal charge, premium taxes, and income tax withholding
(if applicable) could reduce the amount you receive upon full withdrawal of your
Contract Value to an amount that is less than the purchase payment plus interest
at the minimum guaranteed interest rate under the Contract.

Generally, if the Treasury Rate at the time you allocate money to a Guarantee
Period is higher than the applicable current Treasury Rate for a period equal to
the time remaining in the Guarantee Period, then the Market Value Adjustment
will result in a higher amount payable to you or transferred. Conversely, if the
Treasury Rate at the time you allocate money to a Guarantee Period is lower than
the applicable Treasury Rate for a period equal to the time remaining in the
Guarantee Period, then the Market Value Adjustment will result in a lower amount
payable to you or transferred.

For example, assume that you purchase a Contract and you select an initial
Guarantee Period of 5 years and the 5 year Treasury Rate for that duration is
4.50%. Assume that at the end of 3 years, you make a partial withdrawal. If, at
that later time, the current 2 year Treasury Rate is 4.20%, then the Market
Value Adjustment will be positive, which will result in an increase in the
amount payable to you. Conversely, if the current 2 year Treasury

                                  21 PROSPECTUS

Rate is 4.80%, then the Market Value Adjustment will be negative, which will
result in a decrease in the amount payable to you.

The formula for calculating Market Value Adjustments is set forth in Appendix A
to this prospectus, which also contains additional examples of the application
of the Market Value Adjustment.

INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES: TRANSFERS

TRANSFERS DURING THE ACCUMULATION PHASE

During the Accumulation Phase, you may transfer Contract Value among the
investment alternatives at any time. The minimum amount that you may transfer
into a Guarantee Period is $500. You may request transfers in writing on a form
that we provided or by telephone according to the procedure described below. We
currently do not assess, but reserve the right to assess, a $10 charge on each
transfer in excess of 12 per Contract Year. We treat transfers to or from more
than one Portfolio on the same day as one transfer. Transfers you make as part
of a Dollar Cost Averaging Program or Automatic Portfolio Rebalancing Program do
not count against the 12 free transfers per Contract Year.

We will process transfer requests that we receive before 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
(3:00 p.m. Central Time) on any Valuation Date using the Accumulation Unit
Values for that Date. We will process requests completed after 4:00 p.m. Eastern
Time (3:00 p.m. Central Time) on any Valuation Date using the Accumulation Unit
Values for the next Valuation Date. The Contract permits us to defer transfers
from the Fixed Account for up to 6 months from the date we receive your request.
If we decide to postpone transfers from the Fixed Account for 10 days or more,
we will pay interest as required by applicable law. Any interest would be
payable from the date we receive the transfer request to the date we make the
transfer.

If you transfer an amount from a Guarantee Period other than during the 30 day
period after such Guarantee Period expires, we will increase or decrease the
amount by a Market Value Adjustment. If any transfer reduces your value in such
Guarantee Period to less than $500, we will treat the request as a transfer of
the entire value in such Guarantee Period.

We reserve the right to waive any transfer fees and restrictions.

TRANSFERS DURING THE PAYOUT PHASE

During the Payout Phase, you may make transfers among the Variable Sub-Accounts
to change the relative weighting of the Variable Sub-Accounts on which your
variable income payments will be based. In addition, you will have a limited
ability to make transfers from the Variable Sub-Accounts to increase the
proportion of your income payments consisting of fixed income payments. You may
not, however, convert any portion of your right to receive fixed income payments
into variable income payments.

You may not make any transfers for the first 6 months after the Payout Start
Date. Thereafter, you may make transfers among the Variable Sub-Accounts or make
transfers from the Variable Sub-Accounts to increase the proportion of your
income payments consisting of fixed income payments. Your transfers must be at
least 6 months apart.

TELEPHONE TRANSFERS

You may make transfers by telephone by calling 1-800-692-4682, if you first send
us a completed authorization form. The cut off time for telephone transfer
requests is 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (3:00 p.m. Central Time). In the event that
the New York Stock Exchange closes early, i.e., before 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
(3:00 p.m. Central Time), or in the event that the Exchange closes early for a
period of time but then reopens for trading on the same day, we will process
telephone transfer requests as of the close of the Exchange on that particular
day. We will not accept telephone requests received at any telephone number
other than the number that appears in this paragraph or received after the close
of trading on the Exchange.

We may suspend, modify or terminate the telephone transfer privilege at any time
without notice.

We use procedures that we believe provide reasonable assurance that the
telephone transfers are genuine. For example, we tape telephone conversations
with persons purporting to authorize transfers and request identifying
information. Accordingly, we disclaim any liability for losses resulting from
allegedly unauthorized telephone transfers. However, if we do not take
reasonable steps to help ensure that a telephone authorization is valid, we may
be liable for such losses.

EXCESSIVE TRADING LIMITS

We reserve the right to limit transfers among the Variable Sub-Accounts in any
Contract year, or to refuse any Variable Sub-Account transfer request, if:

..    we believe, in our sole discretion, that excessive trading by such Contract
     Owner or Owners, or a specific transfer request or group of transfer
     requests, may have a detrimental effect on the Accumulation Unit Values of
     any Variable Sub-Account or the share prices of the corresponding Portfolio
     or would be to the disadvantage of other Contract owners; or

..    we are informed by one or more of the Portfolios that they intend to
     restrict the purchase or redemption of Portfolio shares because of
     excessive trading or because they believe that a specific transfer or
     groups of transfers would have a detrimental effect on the prices of
     Portfolio shares.

We may apply the restrictions in any manner reasonably designed to prevent
transfers that we consider disadvantageous to other Contract Owners.

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                          DOLLAR COST AVERAGING PROGRAM

Through the Dollar Cost Averaging Program, you may automatically transfer a set
amount every month during the Accumulation Phase from any Variable Sub-Account,
or the the Six Month DCA Fixed Account, or the Twelve Month DCA Fixed Account
Option, to any other Variable Sub-Account. You may not use dollar cost averaging
to transfer amounts to the Fixed Account.

We will not charge a transfer fee for transfers made under this Program, nor
will such transfers count against the 12 transfers you can make each Contract
Year without paying a transfer fee. In addition, we will not apply the Market
Value Adjustment to these transfers.

The theory of dollar cost averaging is that if purchases of equal dollar amounts
are made at fluctuating prices, the aggregate average cost per unit will be less
than the average of the unit prices on the same purchase dates. However,
participation in this Program does not assure you of a greater profit from your
purchases under the Program nor will it prevent or necessarily reduce losses in
a declining market.

Call or write us for instructions on how to enroll.

AUTOMATIC PORTFOLIO REBALANCING PROGRAM

Once you have allocated your money among the Variable Sub-Accounts, the
performance of each Sub-Account may cause a shift in the percentage you
allocated to each Sub-Account. If you select our Automatic Portfolio Rebalancing
Program, we will automatically rebalance the Contract Value in each Variable
Sub-Account and return it to the desired percentage allocations. Money you
allocate to the Fixed Account will not be included in the rebalancing.

We will rebalance your account each quarter according to your instructions. We
will transfer amounts among the Variable Sub-Accounts to achieve the percentage
allocations you specify. You can change your allocations at any time by
contacting us in writing or by telephone. The new allocation will be effective
with the first rebalancing that occurs after we receive your request. We are not
responsible for rebalancing that occurs prior to receipt of your request.

Example:

Assume that you want your initial purchase payment split among 2 Variable
Sub-Accounts. You want 40% to be in the AIM V.I. Balanced Variable Sub-Account
and 60% to be in the Fidelity VIP Growth Variable Sub-Account. Over the next 2
months the bond market does very well while the stock market performs poorly. At
the end of the first quarter, the AIM V.I. Balanced Variable Sub-Account now
represents 50% of your holdings because of its increase in value. If you choose
to have your holdings rebalanced quarterly, on the first day of the next quarter
we would sell some of your units in the AIM V.I. Balanced Variable Sub-Account
and use the money to buy more units in the Fidelity VIP Growth Variable
Sub-Account so that the percentage allocations would again be 40% and 60%
respectively.

The Automatic Portfolio Rebalancing Program is available only during the
Accumulation Phase. The transfers made under the Program do not count towards
the 12 transfers you can make without paying a transfer fee, and are not subject
to a transfer fee.

Portfolio rebalancing is consistent with maintaining your allocation of
investments among market segments, although it is accomplished by reducing your
Contract Value allocated to the better performing segments.

You may not use the Dollar Cost Averaging and Automatic Portfolio Rebalancing
programs at the same time.

EXPENSES

As a Contract Owner, you will bear, directly or indirectly, the charges and
expenses described below.

CONTRACT MAINTENANCE CHARGE

During the Accumulation Phase, on each Contract Anniversary, we will deduct a
$30 contract maintenance charge from your Contract Value invested in each
Variable Sub-Account in proportion to the amount invested. We also will deduct a
full contract maintenance charge if you withdraw your entire Contract Value,
unless your Contract qualifies for a waiver, described below. During the Payout
Phase, we will deduct the charge proportionately from each income payment.

The charge is for the cost of maintaining each Contract and the Variable
Account. Maintenance costs include expenses we incur in billing and collecting
purchase payments; keeping records; processing death claims, cash withdrawals,
and policy changes; proxy statements; calculating Accumulation Unit Values and
income payments; and issuing reports to Contract Owners and regulatory agencies.
We cannot increase the charge. We will waive this charge if:

..    total purchase payments equal $50,000 or more, or

..    all of your money is allocated to the Fixed Account on a Contract
     Anniversary.

MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK CHARGE

We deduct a mortality and expense risk charge daily at an

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annual rate of 1.15% of the average daily net assets you have invested in the
Variable Sub-Accounts. The mortality and expense risk charge is for all the
insurance benefits available with your Contract (including our guarantee of
annuity rates and the death benefits), for certain expenses of the Contract, and
for assuming the risk (expense risk) that the current charges will be sufficient
in the future to cover the cost of administering the Contract. If the charges
under the Contract are not sufficient, then we will bear the loss.

We guarantee the mortality and expense risk charge and we cannot increase it. We
assess the mortality and expense risk charge during both the Accumulation Phase
and the Payout Phase.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CHARGE

We deduct an administrative expense charge daily at an annual rate of 0.10% of
the average daily net assets you have invested in the Variable Sub-Accounts. We
intend this charge to cover actual administrative expenses that exceed the
revenues from the contract maintenance charge. There is no necessary
relationship between the amount of administrative charge imposed on a given
Contract and the amount of expenses that may be attributed to that Contract. We
assess this charge each day during the Accumulation Phase and the Payout Phase.
We guarantee that we will not raise this charge.

TRANSFER FEE

We do not currently impose a fee upon transfers among the investment
alternatives. However, we reserve the right to charge $10 per transfer after the
12th transfer in each Contract Year. We will not charge a transfer fee on
transfers that are part of a Dollar Cost Averaging or Automatic Portfolio
Rebalancing Program.

WITHDRAWAL CHARGE

We may assess a withdrawal charge of up to 7% of the purchase payment(s) you
withdraw in excess of the Preferred Withdrawal Amount, adjusted by a Market
Value Adjustment. The charge declines by 1% annually to 0% after 7 complete
years from the day we receive the purchase payment being withdrawn. A schedule
showing how the charge declines appears on page 6. During each Contract Year,
you can withdraw up to 15% of purchase payments without paying the charge.
Unused portions of this 15% "PREFERRED WITHDRAWAL AMOUNT" are not carried
forward to future Contract Years.

We determine the withdrawal charge by:

..    multiplying the percentage corresponding to the number of complete years
     since we received the purchase payment being withdrawn, times

..    the part of each purchase payment withdrawal that is in excess of the
     Preferred Withdrawal Amount, adjusted by a Market Value Adjustment.

We will deduct withdrawal charges, if applicable, from the amount paid. For
purposes of the withdrawal charge, we will treat withdrawals as coming from the
oldest purchase payments first. However, for federal income tax purposes, please
note that withdrawals are considered to have come first from earnings in the
Contract, which means you pay taxes on the earnings portion of your withdrawal.

We do not apply a withdrawal charge in the following situations:

..    on the Payout Start Date (a withdrawal charge may apply if you elect to
     receive income payments for a specified period of less than 120 months);

..    the death of the Contract Owner or Annuitant (unless the Settlement Value
     is used);

..    withdrawals taken to satisfy IRS minimum distribution rules for the
     Contract; or

..    withdrawals made after all purchase payments have been withdrawn.

We use the amounts obtained from the withdrawal charge to pay sales commissions
and other promotional or distribution expenses associated with marketing the
Contracts. To the extent that the withdrawal charge does not cover all sales
commissions and other promotional or distribution expenses, we may use any of
our corporate assets, including potential profit which may arise from the
mortality and expense risk charge or any other charges or fee described above,
to make up any difference.

Withdrawals of earnings are taxed as ordinary income and, if taken prior to age
59 1/2, may be subject to an additional 10% federal tax penalty. Withdrawals may
also be subject to a Market Value Adjustment. You should consult your own tax
counsel or other tax advisers regarding any withdrawals.

PREMIUM TAXES

Currently, we do not make deductions for premium taxes under the Contract
because New York does not charge premium taxes on annuities. We may deduct taxes
that may be imposed in the future from purchase payments or the Contract Value
when the tax is incurred or at a later time.

DEDUCTION FOR VARIABLE ACCOUNT INCOME TAXES

We are not currently making a provision for such taxes. In the future, however,
we may make a provision for taxes if we determine, in our sole discretion, that
we will incur a tax as a result of the operation of the Variable Account. We
will deduct for any taxes we incur as a result of the operation of the Variable
Account, whether or not we previously made a provision for taxes and whether or
not it was sufficient. Our status under the Internal Revenue Code is briefly
described in the Taxes section.

OTHER EXPENSES

Each Portfolio deducts advisory fees and other expenses from its assets. You
indirectly bear the charges and expenses of the Portfolios whose shares are held
by the

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Variable Sub-Accounts. These fees and expenses are described in the accompanying
prospectuses for the Portfolios. For a summary of these charges and expenses,
see pages 8-10. We may receive compensation from the investment advisers or
administrators of the Portfolios for administrative services we provide to the
Portfolios.

ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY

You can withdraw some or all of your Contract Value at any time prior to the
Payout Start Date. Full or partial withdrawals also are available under limited
circumstances on or after the Payout Start Date. See "Income Plans" on page 25.

The amount payable upon withdrawal is the Contract Value next computed after we
receive the request for a withdrawal at our customer service center, adjusted by
any Market Value Adjustment, less any withdrawal charges, contract maintenance
charges, income tax withholding, and any premium taxes. We will pay withdrawals
from the Variable Account within 7 days of receipt of the request, subject to
postponement in certain circumstances.

You can withdraw money from the Variable Account or the Fixed Account. To
complete a partial withdrawal from the Variable Account, we will cancel
Accumulation Units in an amount equal to the withdrawal and any applicable
withdrawal charge and premium taxes.

Withdrawals of earnings are taxed as ordinary income and, if taken prior to age
59 1/2, may be subject to an additional 10% federal tax penalty.

You must name the investment alternative from which you are taking the
withdrawal. If none is named, then the withdrawal request is incomplete and
cannot be honored.

In general, you must withdraw at least $50 at a time. You also may withdraw a
lesser amount if you are withdrawing your entire interest in a Variable
Sub-Account.

If you request a total withdrawal, you must return your Contract to us.

POSTPONEMENT OF PAYMENTS

We may postpone the payment of any amounts due from the Variable Account under
the Contract if:

1. The New York Stock Exchange is closed for other than usual weekends or
holidays, or trading on the Exchange is otherwise restricted;

2. An emergency exists as defined by the SEC; or

3. The SEC permits delay for your protection.

In addition, we may delay payments or transfers from the Fixed Account for up to
6 months or a shorter period if required by law. If we delay payment or transfer
for 10 business days or more, we will pay interest as required by law. Any
interest would be payable from the date we receive the withdrawal request to the
date we make the payment or transfer.

SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PROGRAM

You may choose to receive systematic withdrawal payments on a monthly,
quarterly, semi-annual, or annual basis at any time prior to the Payout Start
Date. The minimum amount of each systematic withdrawal is $50. At our
discretion, systematic withdrawals may not be offered in conjunction with the
Dollar Cost Averaging Program or the Automatic Portfolio Rebalancing Program.

Depending on fluctuations in the net asset value of the Variable Sub-Accounts
and the value of the Fixed Account, systematic withdrawals may reduce or even
exhaust the Contract Value. Withdrawals of earnings are taxed as ordinary income
and, if taken prior to age 59 1/2, may be subject to an additional 10% federal
tax penalty. Please consult your tax advisor before taking any withdrawal.

We will make systematic withdrawal payments to you or your designated payee. We
may modify or suspend the Systematic Withdrawal Program and charge a processing
fee for the service. If we modify or suspend the Systematic Withdrawal Program,
existing systematic withdrawal payments will not be affected.

MINIMUM CONTRACT VALUE

If your request for a partial withdrawal would reduce the amount in any
Guarantee Period to less than $500, we will treat it as a request to withdraw
the entire amount invested in such Guarantee Period. If your request for a
partial withdrawal would reduce your Contract Value to less than $1,000, we may
treat it as a request to withdraw your entire Contract Value. Your Contract will
terminate if you withdraw all of your Contract Value. We will, however, ask you
to confirm your withdrawal request before terminating your Contract.

Before terminating any Contract whose value has been reduced by withdrawals to
less than $1,000, we will inform you in writing of our intention to terminate
your Contract and give you ast least 30 days in which to make an additional
purchase payment to restore your Contract's value to the contractual minimum of
$1,000. If we terminate your Contract, we will distribute to you its Contract
Value, adjusted by any applicable Market Value Adjustment, less withdrawal and
other charges and applicable taxes.

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INCOME PAYMENTS

PAYOUT START DATE

The Payout Start Date is the day that we apply your money to an Income Plan. The
Payout Start Date must be no later than the day the Annuitant reaches age 90, or
the 10th Contract Anniversary, if later.

You may change the Payout Start Date at any time by notifying us in writing of
the change at least 30 days before the scheduled Payout Start Date. Absent a
change, we will use the Payout Start Date stated in your Contract.

INCOME PLANS

An "Income Plan" is a series of payments on a scheduled basis to you or to
another person designated by you. You may choose and change your choice of
Income Plan until 30 days before the Payout Start Date. If you do not select an
Income Plan, we will make income payments in accordance with Income Plan 1 with
guaranteed payments for 10 years if you have designated only one Annuitant or
Income Plan 2 with guaranteed payments for 10 years if you have desginated joint
Annuitants. After the Payout Start Date, you may not make withdrawals (except as
described below) or change your choice of Income Plan.

Three Income Plans are available under the Contract. Each is available to
provide:

..    fixed income payments;

..    variable income payments; or

..    a combination of the two.

The three Income Plans are:

INCOME PLAN 1 - LIFE INCOME WITH GUARANTEED PAYMENTS. Under this plan, we make
periodic income payments for at least as long as the Annuitant lives. If the
Annuitant dies before we have made all of the guaranteed income payments, we
will continue to pay the remainder of the guaranteed income payments as required
by the Contract.

INCOME PLAN 2 - JOINT AND SURVIVOR LIFE INCOME WITH GUARANTEED PAYMENTS. Under
this plan, we make periodic income payments for at least as long as either the
Annuitant or the joint Annuitant is alive. If both the Annuitant and the joint
Annuitant die before we have made all of the guaranteed income payments, we will
continue to pay the remainder of the guaranteed income payments as required by
the Contract.

INCOME PLAN 3 - GUARANTEED PAYMENTS FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD (5 YEARS TO 30
YEARS). Under this plan, we make periodic income payments for the period you
have chosen. These payments do not depend on the Annuitant's life. Income
payments for less than 120 months may be subject to a withdrawal charge. We will
deduct the mortality and expense risk charge from the Variable Sub-Account
assets that support variable income payments even though we may not bear any
mortality risk.

The length of any guaranteed payment period under your selected Income Plan
generally will affect the dollar amounts of each income payment. As a general
rule, longer guarantee periods result in lower income payments, all other things
being equal. For example, if you choose an Income Plan with payments that depend
on the life of the Annuitant but with no minimum specified period for guaranteed
payments, the income payments generally will be greater than the income payments
made under the same Income Plan with a minimum specified period for guaranteed
payments.

If you choose Income Plan 1 or 2, or, if available, another Income Plan with
payments that continue for the life of the Annuitant or joint Annuitant, we may
require proof of age and sex of the Annuitant or joint Annuitant before starting
income payments, and proof that the Annuitant or joint Annuitant is alive before
we make each payment.

Please note that under such Income Plans, if you elect to take no minimum
guaranteed payments, it is possible that the payee could receive only 1 income
payment if the Annuitant and any joint Annuitant both die before the second
income payment, or only 2 income payments if they die before the third income
payment, and so on.

Generally, you may not make withdrawals after the Payout Start Date. One
exception to this rule applies if you are receiving variable income payments
that do not depend on the life of the Annuitant (such as under Income Plan 3).
In that case you may terminate all or part of the Variable Account portion of
the income payments at any time and receive a lump sum equal to the present
value of the remaining variable income payments associated with the amount
withdrawn. To determine the present value of any remaining variable income
payments being withdrawn, we use a discount rate equal to the assumed annual
investment rate that we use to compute such variable income payments. The
minimum amount you may withdraw under this feature is $1,000. A withdrawal
charge may apply. You will also have a limited ability to make transfers from
the Variable Account portion of the income payments to increase the proportion
of your income payments consisting of fixed income payments. You may not,
however, convert any portion of your right to receive fixed income payments into
variable income payments. We deduct applicable premium taxes, if any, from the
Contract Value at the Payout Start Date. New York does not currently impose a
premium tax.

We may make other Income Plans available. You may obtain information about them
by writing or calling us.

You must apply at least the Contract Value in the Fixed Account on the Payout
Start Date to fixed income payments. If you wish to apply any portion of your
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Account balance to provide variable income payments, you should plan ahead and
transfer that amount to the Variable Sub-Accounts prior to the Payout Start
Date. If you do not tell us how to allocate your Contract Value among fixed and
variable income payments, we will apply your Contract Value in the Variable
Account to variable income payments and your Contract Value in the Fixed Account
to fixed income payments.

We will apply your Contract Value, adjusted by a Market Value Adjustment, less
applicable taxes to your Income Plan on the Payout Start Date. If the Contract
Value is less than $2,000 or not enough to provide an initial payment of at
least $20, and state law permits, we may:

..    terminate the Contract and pay you the Contract Value, adjusted by any
     Market Value Adjustment and less any applicable taxes, in a lump sum
     instead of the periodic payments you have chosen, or

..    reduce the frequency of your payments so that each payment will be at least
     $20.

VARIABLE INCOME PAYMENTS

The amount of your variable income payments depends upon the investment results
of the Variable Sub-Accounts you select, the premium taxes you pay, the age and
sex of the Annuitant, and the Income Plan you choose. We guarantee that the
payments will not be affected by (a) actual mortality experience and (b) the
amount of our administration expenses.

We cannot predict the total amount of your variable income payments. Your
variable income payments may be more or less than your total purchase payments
because (a) variable income payments vary with the investment results of the
underlying Portfolio and (b) the Annuitant could live longer or shorter than we
expect based on the tables we use.

In calculating the amount of the periodic payments in the annuity tables in the
Contract, we assumed an annual investment rate of 3%. If the actual net
investment return of the Variable Sub-Accounts you choose is less than this
assumed investment rate, then the dollar amount of your variable income payments
will decrease. The dollar amount of your variable income payments will increase,
however, if the actual net investment return exceeds the assumed investment
rate. The dollar amount of the variable income payments stays level if the net
investment return equals the assumed investment rate.

Please refer to the Statement of Additional Information for more detailed
information as to how we determine variable income payments.

FIXED INCOME PAYMENTS

We guarantee income payment amounts derived from the Fixed Account for the
duration of the Income Plan. We calculate the fixed income payments by:

1. adjusting the portion of the Contract Value in the Fixed Account on the
Payout Start Date by any applicable Market Value Adjustment;

2. deducting any applicable premium tax; and

3. applying the resulting amount to the greater of (a) the appropriate value
from the income payment table in your Contract or (b) such other value as we are
offering at that time.

We may defer making fixed income payments for a period of up to 6 months or such
shorter time as state law may require. If we defer payments for 10 business days
or more, we will pay interest as required by law from the date we receive the
withdrawal request to the date we make payment.

CERTAIN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

The Contracts offered by this prospectus contain income payment tables that
provide for different payments to men and women of the same age. However, we
reserve the right to use income payment tables that do not distinguish on the
basis of sex to the extent permitted by law. In certain employment-related
situations, employers are required by law to use the same income payment tables
for men and women. Accordingly, if the Contract is to be used in connection with
an employment-related retirement or benefit plan, you should consult with legal
counsel as to whether the purchase of a Contract is appropriate. For qualified
plans, where it is appropriate, we may use income payment tables that do not
distinguish on the basis of sex.

DEATH BENEFITS

We will pay a death benefit if, prior to the Payout Start Date:

1. any Contract owner dies or,

2. the Annuitant dies, if the Contract Owner is not a natural person.

We will pay the death benefit to the new Contract Owner who is determined
immediately after the death. The new Contract Owner would be a surviving
Contract Owner or, if none, the Beneficiary(ies).

DEATH BENEFIT AMOUNT

Prior to the Payout Start Date, the death benefit is equal to the greatest of:

1. the Contract Value as of the date we determine the death benefit, or

2. the SETTLEMENT VALUE (that is, the amount payable on a full withdrawal of
Contract Value) on the date we determine the death benefit, or

3. the Contract Value on the DEATH BENEFIT

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ANNIVERSARY immediately preceding the date we determine the death benefit,
adjusted by any purchase payments, withdrawal adjustment as defined below, and
charges made since that Death Benefit Anniversary. A "Death Benefit Anniversary"
is every seventh Contract Anniversary beginning with the Issue Date. For
example, the Issue Date, 7th and 14th Contract Anniversaries are the first three
Death Benefit Anniversaries, or

4. the greatest of the Anniversary Values as of the date we determine the death
benefit. An "Anniversary Value" is equal to the Contract Value on a Contract
Anniversary, increased by purchase payments made since that anniversary and
reduced by the amount of any withdrawal adjustment, as defined below, since that
anniversary. Anniversary Values will be calculated for each Contract Anniversary
prior to the earlier of:

(i) the date we determine the death benefit, or

(ii) the deceased's 75th birthday or 5 years after the Issue Date, if later.

A positive Market Value Adjustment will apply to amounts currently invested in a
Guarantee Period that are paid out as death benefits.

The value of the death benefit will be determined at the end of the Valuation
Date on which we receive a complete request for payment of the death benefit,
which includes Due Proof of Death.

The withdrawal adjustment is equal to (a) divided by (b), with the result
multiplied by (c), where:

(a) = the withdrawal amount,

(b) = the Contract Value immediately prior to the withdrawal, and

(c) = the value of the applicable death benefit alternative immediately prior to
      the withdrawal.

See Appendix C for an example representative of how the withdrawal adjustment
applies.

We will not settle any death claim until we receive Due Proof of Death. We will
accept the following documentation as Due Proof of Death:

..    a certified copy of a death certificate; or

..    a certified copy of a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction as to a
     finding of death; or

..    any other proof acceptable to us.

DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENTS

A death benefit will be paid:

1. if the new Contract Owner elects to receive the death benefit distributed in
a single payment within 180 days of the date of death, and

2. if the death benefit is paid as of the day the value of the death benefit is
determined.

Otherwise, the Settlement Value will be paid. The new Contract Owner may make a
single withdrawal of any amount within one year of the date of death without
incurring a withdrawal charge. However, any applicable Market Value Adjustment,
determined as of the date of the withdrawal, will apply.

We reserve the right to waive the 180 day limit on a non-discriminatory basis.
The Settlement Value paid will be the Settlement Value next computed on or after
the requested distribution date for payment, or on the mandatory distribution
date of 5 years after the date of death.

In any event, the entire value of the Contract must be distributed within 5
years after the date of death unless an Income Plan is elected or a surviving
spouse continues the Contract in accordance with the provisions described below.

If the Contract Owner eligible to receive the death benefit is not a natural
person, the Contract Owner may elect to receive the distribution upon death in
one or more distributions. However, the entire value of the Contract must be
distributed within five years after the date of death.

If the Contract Owner is a natural person, the Contract Owner may elect to
receive the distribution upon death either in one or more distributions, or by
periodic payments through an Income Plan. Payments from the Income Plan must
begin within one year of the date of death and must be payable throughout:

..    the life of the Contract Owner; or

..    a period not to exceed the life expectancy of the Contract Owner; or

..    the life of the Contract Owner with payments guaranteed for a period not to
     exceed the life expectancy of the Contract Owner.

If the surviving spouse of the deceased Contract Owner is the sole new Contract
Owner, then the spouse may elect one of the options listed above or may continue
the Contract in the Accumulation Phase as if the death had not occurred. The
Contract may only be continued once.

If the Contract is continued in the Accumulation Phase, the surviving spouse may
make a single withdrawal of any amount within one year of the date of death
without incurring a withdrawal charge. However, any applicable Market Value
Adjustment, determined as of the date of the withdrawal, will apply. Withdrawals
of earnings are taxed as ordinary income and, if taken prior to age 59 1/2, may
be subject to an additional 10% federal tax penalty.

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MORE INFORMATION

ALLSTATE NEW YORK

Allstate New York is the issuer of the Contract. Allstate New York is a stock
life insurance company organized under the laws of the State of New York.

Allstate New York was incorporated in 1967 and was known as "Financial Life
Insurance Company" from 1967 to 1978. From 1978 to 1984, Allstate New York was
known as "PM Life Insurance Company." Since 1984 the company has been known as
"Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York."

Allstate New York is currently licensed to operate in New York. Our home office
is One Allstate Drive, Farmingville, New York 11738. Our service center is
located in Vernon Hills, Illinois.

Allstate New York is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate Life Insurance
Company ("Allstate Life"), a stock life insurance company incorporated under the
laws of the State of Illinois. Allstate Life is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Allstate Insurance Company, a stock property-liability insurance company
incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois. With the exception of the
directors qualifying shares, all of the outstanding capital stock of Allstate
Insurance Company is owned by The Allstate Corporation.

Independent rating agencies regularly evaluate life insurers' claims-paying
ability, quality of investments, and overall stability. A.M. Best Company
assigns an A+ (Superior) financial strength rating to Allstate Life, which
results in A+g rating to Allstate New York due to its group affiliation with
Allstate Life. Standard & Poor's Insurance Rating Service assigns an AA+ (Very
Strong) financial strength rating and Moody's Investors Service assigns an Aa2
(Excellent) financial strength rating to Allstate New York, sharing the same
ratings of its parents, Allstate Life. These ratings do not reflect the
performance of the Variable Account.We may from time to time advertise these
ratings in our sales literature.

THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT

Allstate New York established the Allstate Life of New York Separate Account A
on December 15, 1995. We have registered the Variable Account with the SEC as a
unit investment trust. The SEC does not supervise the management of the Variable
Account or Allstate New York.

We own the assets of the Variable Account. The Variable Account is a segregated
asset account under New York law. That means we account for the Variable
Account's income, gains and losses separately from the results of our other
operations. It also means that only the assets of the Variable Account that are
in excess of the reserves and other Contract liabilities with respect to the
Variable Account are subject to liabilities relating to our other operations.

Our obligations arising under the Contracts are general corporate obligations of
Allstate New York.

The Variable Account consists of multiple Variable Sub-Accounts, 39 of which are
available through the Contracts. Each Variable Sub-Account invests in a
corresponding Portfolio. We may add new Variable Sub-Accounts or eliminate one
or more of them, if we believe marketing, tax, or investment conditions so
warrant. We do not guarantee the investment performance of the Variable Account,
its Sub-Accounts or the Portfolios. We may use the Variable Account to fund our
other annuity contracts. We will account separately for each type of annuity
contract funded by the Variable Account.

THE CONTRACT

DISTRIBUTION. ALFS, Inc. ("ALFS"), located at 3100 Sanders Road, Northbrook,
Illinois 60062, serves as principal underwriter of the Contracts. ALFS is a
wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate Life Insurance Company. ALFS is a registered
broker-dealer under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
("Exchange Act"), and is a member of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc.

The Contracts described in this prospectus are sold by registered
representatives of broker-dealers who are our licensed insurance agents, either
individually or through an incorporated insurance agency. Commission paid to
broker-dealers may vary, but we estimate that the total commissions paid on all
Contract sales to broker-dealers will not exceed 6.25% of any purchase payments.
These commissions are intended to cover distribution expenses. From time to
time, we may offer additional sales incentives of up to 1% of purchase payments
to broker-dealers who maintain certain sales volume levels.

Allstate New York does not pay ALFS a commission for distribution of the
Contracts. The underwriting agreement with ALFS provides that we will reimburse
ALFS for any liability to Contract Owners arising out of services rendered or
Contracts issued.

ADMINISTRATION. We have primary responsibility for all administration of the
Contracts and the Variable Account. We provide the following administrative
services, among others:

..    issuance of the Contracts;

..    maintenance of Contract Owner records;

..    Contract Owner services;

..    calculation of unit values;

..    maintenance of the Variable Account; and

..    preparation of Contract Owner reports.

We will send you Contract statements and transaction confirmations at least
annually. The annual statement details values and specific Contract data for
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particular Contract. You should notify us promptly in writing of any address
change. You should read your statements and confirmations carefully and verify
their accuracy. You should contact us promptly if you have a question about a
periodic statement. We will investigate all complaints and make any necessary
adjustments retroactively, but you must notify us of a potential error within a
reasonable time after the date of the questioned statement. If you wait too
long, we will make the adjustment as of the date that we receive notice of the
potential error.

We also will provide you with additional periodic and other reports, information
and prospectuses as may be required by federal securities laws.

TAX QUALIFIED PLANS

If you use the Contract with a qualified plan, the plan may impose different or
additional conditions or limitations on withdrawals, waivers of withdrawal
charges, death benefits, Payout Start Dates, income payments, and other Contract
features. In addition, adverse tax consequences may result if qualified plan
limits on distributions and other conditions are not met. Please consult your
qualified plan administrator for more information.

THE PORTFOLIOS

DIVIDENDS AND CAPITAL GAIN DISTRIBUTIONS. We automatically reinvest all
dividends and capital gains distributions from the Portfolios in shares of the
distributing Portfolio at their net asset value.

VOTING PRIVILEGES. As a general matter, you do not have a direct right to vote
the shares of the Portfolios held by the Variable Sub-Accounts to which you have
allocated your Contract Value. Under current law, however, you are entitled to
give us instructions on how to vote those shares on certain matters. Based on
our present view of the law, we will vote the shares of the Portfolios that we
hold directly or indirectly through the Variable Account in accordance with
instructions that we receive from Contract owners entitled to give such
instructions.

As a general rule, before the Payout Start Date, the Contract Owner or anyone
with a voting interest is the person entitled to give voting instructions. The
number of shares that a person has a right to instruct will be determined by
dividing the Contract Value allocated to the applicable Variable Sub-Account by
the net asset value per share of the corresponding Portfolio as of the record
date of the meeting. After the Payout Start Date, the person receiving income
payments has the voting interest. The payee's number of votes will be determined
by dividing the reserve for such Contract allocated to the applicable Variable
Sub-Account by the net asset value per share of the corresponding Portfolio. The
votes decrease as income payments are made and as the reserves for the Contract
decrease.

We will vote shares attributable to Contracts for which we have not received
instructions, as well as shares attributable to us, in the same proportion as we
vote shares for which we have received instructions, unless we determine that we
may vote such shares in our own discretion. We will apply voting instructions to
abstain on any item to be voted on a pro-rata basis to reduce the votes eligible
to be cast.

We reserve the right to vote Portfolio shares as we see fit without regard to
voting instructions to the extent permitted by law. If we disregard voting
instructions, we will include a summary of that action and our reasons for that
action in the next semi-annual financial report we send to you.

CHANGES IN PORTFOLIOS. If the shares of any of the Portfolios are no longer
available for investment by the Variable Account or if, in our judgment, further
investment in such shares is no longer desirable in view of the purposes of the
Contract, we may eliminate that Portfolio and substitute shares of another
eligible investment portfolio. Any substitution of securities will comply with
the requirements of the 1940 Act. We also may add new Variable Sub-Accounts that
invest in additional mutual funds. We will notify you in advance of any changes.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. Certain of the Portfolios sell their shares to Variable
Accounts underlying both variable life insurance and variable annuity contracts.

It is conceivable that in the future it may be unfavorable for variable life
insurance Variable Accounts and variable annuity Variable Accounts to invest in
the same Portfolio. The boards of directors of these Portfolios monitor for
possible conflicts among Variable Accounts buying shares of the Portfolios.

Conflicts could develop for a variety of reasons. For example, differences in
treatment under tax and other laws or the failure by a Variable Account to
comply with such laws could cause a conflict. To eliminate a conflict, a
Portfolio's board of directors may require a Variable Account to withdraw its
participation in a Portfolio. A Portfolio's net asset value could decrease if it
had to sell investment securities to pay redemption proceeds to a Variable
Account withdrawing because of a conflict.

LEGAL MATTERS

JordenBurt LLP, Washington, D.C., has advised ALLSTATE NEW YORK on certain
federal securities law matters. All matters of New York law pertaining to the
Contracts, including the validity of the Contracts and ALLSTATE NEW YORK's right
to issue such Contracts under New York insurance law, have been passed upon by
Michael J. Velotta, General Counsel of Allstate New York.

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TAXES

THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION IS GENERAL AND IS NOT INTENDED AS TAX ADVICE. ALLSTATE
NEW YORK MAKES NO GUARANTEE REGARDING THE TAX TREATMENT OF ANY CONTRACT OR
TRANSACTION INVOLVING A CONTRACT.

Federal, state, local and other tax consequences of ownership or receipt of
distributions under an annuity contract depend on your individual circumstances.
If you are concerned about any tax consequences with regard to your individual
circumstances, you should consult a competent tax adviser.

TAXATION OF ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

ALLSTATE NEW YORK is taxed as a life insurance company under Part I of
Subchapter L of the Internal Revenue Code. Since the Variable Account is not an
entity separate from ALLSTATE NEW YORK, and its operations form a part of
ALLSTATE NEW YORK, it will not be taxed separately. Investment income and
realized capital gains of the Variable Account are automatically applied to
increase reserves under the Contract. Under existing federal income tax law,
ALLSTATE NEW YORK believes that the Variable Account investment income and
capital gains will not be taxed to the extent that such income and gains are
applied to increase the reserves under the Contract. Accordingly, ALLSTATE NEW
YORK does not anticipate that it will incur any federal income tax liability
attributable to the Variable Account, and therefore ALLSTATE NEW YORK does not
intend to make provisions for any such taxes. If ALLSTATE NEW YORK is taxed on
investment income or capital gains of the Variable Account, then ALLSTATE NEW
YORK may impose a charge against the Variable Account in order to make provision
for such taxes.

TAXATION OF ANNUITIES IN GENERAL

TAX DEFERRAL. Generally, you are not taxed on increases in the Contract Value
until a distribution occurs. This rule applies only where:

1. the Contract Owner is a natural person,

2. the investments of the Variable Account are "adequately diversified"
according to Treasury Department regulations, and

3. ALLSTATE NEW YORK is considered the owner of the Variable Account assets for
federal income tax purposes.

NON-NATURAL OWNERS. As a general rule, annuity contracts owned by non-natural
persons such as corporations, trusts, or other entities are not treated as
annuity contracts for federal income tax purposes. The income on such contracts
does not enjoy tax deferral and is taxed as ordinary income received or accrued
by the owner during the taxable year.

EXCEPTIONS TO THE NON-NATURAL OWNER RULE. There are several exceptions to the
general rule that annuity contracts held by a non-natural owner are not treated
as annuity contracts for federal income tax purposes. contracts will generally
be treated as held by a natural person if the nominal owner is a trust or other
entity which holds the contract as agent for a natural person. However, this
special exception will not apply in the case of an employer who is the nominal
owner of an annuity contract under a non-qualified deferred compensation
arrangement for its employees. Other exceptions to the non-natural owner rule
are: (1) contracts acquired by an estate of a decedent by reason of the death of
the decedent; (2) certain qualified contracts; (3) contracts purchased by
employers upon the termination of certain qualified plans; (4) certain contracts
used in connection with structured settlement agreements, and (5) immediate
annuity contracts, purchased with a single premium, when the annuity starting
date is no later than a year from purchase of the annuity and substantially
equal periodic payments are made, not less frequently than annually, during the
annuity period.

DIVERSIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. For a Contract to be treated as an annuity for
federal income tax purposes, the investments in the Variable Account must be
"ADEQUATELY DIVERSIFIED" consistent with standards under Treasury Department
regulations. If the investments in the Variable Account are not adequately
diversified, the Contract will not be treated as an annuity contract for federal
income tax purposes. As a result, the income on the Contract will be taxed as
ordinary income received or accrued by the Contract Owner during the taxable
year. Although ALLSTATE NEW YORK does not have control over the Funds or their
investments, we expect the Funds to meet the diversification requirements.

OWNERSHIP TREATMENT. The IRS has stated that a contract owner will be considered
the owner of separate account assets if he possesses incidents of ownership in
those assets, such as the ability to exercise investment control over the
assets. At the time the diversification regulations were issued, the Treasury
Department announced that the regulations do not provide guidance concerning
circumstances in which investor control of the separate account investments may
cause a contract owner to be treated as the owner of the separate account. The
Treasury Department also stated that future guidance would be issued regarding
the extent that owners could direct sub-account investments without being
treated as owners of the underlying assets of the separate account.

Your rights under the Contract are different than those described by the IRS in
rulings in which it found that contract owners were not owners of separate
account assets. For example, you have the choice to allocate premiums and
Contract Values among a broader selection of investment alternatives. Also, you
may be able to transfer among investment alternatives more frequently than in
such rulings. These differences could result in you

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being treated as the owner of the Variable Account. If this occurs, income and
gain from the Variable Account assets would be includible in your gross income.

ALLSTATE NEW

YORK does not know what standards will be set forth in any regulations or
rulings which the Treasury Department may issue. It is possible that future
standards announced by the Treasury Department could adversely affect the tax
treatment of your Contract. We reserve the right to modify the Contract as
necessary to attempt to prevent you from being considered the federal tax owner
of the assets of the Variable Account. However, we make no guarantee that such
modification to the Contract will be successful.

TAXATION OF PARTIAL AND FULL WITHDRAWALS. If you make a partial withdrawal under
a non-qualified Contract, amounts received are taxable to the extent the
Contract Value, without regard to surrender charges, exceeds the investment in
the Contract. The investment in the Contract is the gross premium paid for the
contract minus any amounts previously received from the Contract if such amounts
were properly excluded from your gross income. If you make a full withdrawal
under a non-Qualified Contract, the amount received will be taxable only to the
extent it exceeds the investment in the Contract.

TAXATION OF ANNUITY PAYMENTS. Generally, the rule for income taxation of annuity
payments received from a nonqualified contract provides for the return of your
investment in the Contract in equal tax-free amounts over the payment period.
The balance of each payment received is taxable. For fixed annuity payments, the
amount excluded from income is determined by multiplying the payment by the
ratio of the investment in the Contract (adjusted for any refund feature or
period certain) to the total expected value of annuity payments for the term of
the Contract. If you elect variable annuity payments, the amount excluded from
taxable income is determined by dividing the investment in the Contract by the
total number of expected payments. The annuity payments will be fully taxable
after the total amount of the investment in the Contract is excluded using these
ratios. The Federal tax treatment of annuity payments is unclear in some
respects. As a result, if the IRS should provide further guidance, it is
possible that the amount we calculate and report to the IRS as taxable could be
different. If you die, and annuity payments cease before the total amount of the
investment in the Contract is recovered, the unrecovered amount will be allowed
as a deduction for your last taxable year.

WITHDRAWALS AFTER THE PAYOUT START DATE. Federal tax law is unclear regarding
the taxation of any additional withdrawal received after the Payout Start Date.

It is possible that a greater or lesser portion of such a payment could be
taxable than the amount we determine.

DISTRIBUTION AT DEATH RULES. In order to be considered an annuity contract for
federal income tax purposes, the Contract must provide:

1. if any Contract Owner dies on or after the Payout Start Date but before the
entire interest in the Contract has been distributed, the remaining portion of
such interest must be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of
distribution being used as of the date of the Contract Owner's death;

2. if any Contract Owner dies prior to the Payout Start Date, the entire
interest in the Contract will be distributed within 5 years after the date of
the Contract Owner's death. These requirements are satisfied if any portion of
the Contract Owner's interest that is payable to (or for the benefit of) a
designated Beneficiary is distributed over the life of such Beneficiary (or over
a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of the Beneficiary) and the
distributions begin within 1 year of the Contract Owner's death. If the Contract
Owner's designated Beneficiary is the surviving spouse of the Contract Owner,
the Contract may be continued with the surviving spouse as the new Contract
Owner.

3. if the Contract Owner is a non-natural person, then the Annuitant will be
treated as the Contract Owner for purposes of applying the distribution at death
rules. In addition, a change in the Annuitant on a Contract owned by a
non-natural person will be treated as the death of the Contract Owner.

TAXATION OF ANNUITY DEATH BENEFITS. Death Benefit amounts are included in income
as follows:

1. if distributed in a lump sum, the amounts are taxed in the same manner as a
full withdrawal, or

2. if distributed under an Income Plan, the amounts are taxed in the same manner
as annuity payments.

PENALTY TAX ON PREMATURE DISTRIBUTIONS. A 10% penalty tax applies to the taxable
amount of any premature distribution from a non-Qualified Contract. The penalty
tax generally applies to any distribution made prior to the date you attain age
59 1/2. However, no penalty tax is incurred on distributions:

1. made on or after the date the Contract Owner attains age 59 1/2,

2. made as a result of the Contract Owner's death or becoming totally disabled,

3. made in substantially equal periodic payments over the Contract Owner's life
or life expectancy, or over the joint lives or joint life expectancies of the
Contract Owner and the Beneficiary,

4. made under an immediate annuity, or

5. attributable to investment in the Contract before August 14, 1982.

You should consult a competent tax advisor to determine how these exceptions may
apply to your situation.

SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL PERIODIC PAYMENTS. With respect to non-Qualified Contracts
using substantially equal periodic payments or immediate annuity payments as an
exception to the penalty tax on premature distributions,

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any additional withdrawal or other modification of the payment stream would
violate the requirement that payments must be substantially equal. Failure to
meet this requirement would mean that the income portion of each payment
received prior to the later of 5 years or the Contract Owner's attaining age
59 1/2 would be subject to a 10% penalty tax unless another exception to the
penalty tax applied. The tax for the year of the modification is increased by
the penalty tax that would have been imposed without the exception, plus
interest for the years in which the exception was used. You should consult a
competent tax advisor prior to taking a withdrawal.

TAX FREE EXCHANGES UNDER IRC SECTION 1035. A 1035 exchange is a tax-free
exchange of a non-qualified life insurance contract, endowment contract or
annuity contract for a new non-qualified annuity contract. The Contract Owner(s)
must be the same on the old and new contract. Basis from the old contract
carries over to the new contract so long as we receive that information from the
relinquishing company. If basis information is never received, we will assume
that all exchanged funds represent earnings and will allocate no cost basis to
them.

TAXATION OF OWNERSHIP CHANGES. If you transfer a non-Qualified Contract without
full and adequate consideration to a person other than your spouse (or to a
former spouse incident to a divorce), you will be taxed on the difference
between the Contract Value and the investment in the Contract at the time of
transfer. Except for certain Qualified Contracts, any amount you receive as a
loan under a Contract, and any assignment or pledge (or agreement to assign or
pledge) of the Contract Value is taxed as a withdrawal of such amount or portion
and may also incur the 10% penalty tax. Currently we do not allow assignments.

AGGREGATION OF ANNUITY CONTRACTS. The Code requires that all non-qualified
deferred annuity contracts issued by ALLSTATE NEW YORK (or its affiliates) to
the same Contract Owner during any calendar year be aggregated and treated as
one annuity contract for purposes of determining the taxable amount of a
distribution.

INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING

Generally, ALLSTATE NEW YORK is required to withhold federal income tax at a
rate of 10% from all non-annuitized distributions. The customer may elect out of
withholding by completing and signing a withholding election form. If no
election is made, we will automatically withhold the required 10% of the taxable
amount. In certain states, if there is federal withholding, then state
withholding is also mandatory.

ALLSTATE NEW YORK is required to withhold federal income tax using the wage
withholding rates for all annuitized distributions. The customer may elect out
of withholding by completing and signing a withholding election form. If no
election is made, we will automatically withhold using married with three
exemptions as the default. In certain states, if there is federal withholding,
then state withholding is also mandatory.

Election out of withholding is valid only if the customer provides a U.S.
residence address and taxpayer identification number.

                               QUALIFIED CONTRACTS

The income on qualified plan and IRA investments is tax deferred, and the income
on variable annuities held by such plans does not receive any additional tax
deferral. You should review the annuity features, including all benefits and
expenses, prior to purchasing a variable annuity in a qualified plan or IRA.
Contracts may be used as investments with certain qualified plans such as:

..    Individual Retirement Annuities or Accounts (IRAs) under Section 408 of the
     Code;

..    Roth IRAs under Section 408A of the Code;

..    Simplified Employee Pension Plans under Section 408(k) of the Code;

..    Savings Incentive Match Plans for Employees (SIMPLE) Plans under Section
     408(p) of the Code;

..    Tax Sheltered Annuities under Section 403(b) of the Code;

..    Corporate and Self Employed Pension and Profit Sharing Plans under Sections
     401 and 403; and

..    State and Local Government and Tax-Exempt Organization Deferred
     Compensation Plans under Section 457.

ALLSTATE NEW YORK reserves the right to limit the availability of the Contract
for use with any of the Qualified Plans listed above or to modify the Contract
to conform with tax requirements. The tax rules applicable to participants in
such qualified plans vary according to the type of plan and the terms and
conditions of the plan itself. Adverse tax consequences may result from certain
transactions such as excess contributions, premature distributions, and
distributions that do not conform to specified commencement and minimum
distribution rules.

In the case of certain qualified plans, the terms of the plans may govern the
right to benefits, regardless of the terms of the Contract.

TAXATION OF WITHDRAWALS FROM A QUALIFIED CONTRACT. If you make a partial
withdrawal under a Qualified Contract other than a Roth IRA, the portion of the
payment that bears the same ratio to the total payment that the investment in
the Contract (i.e., nondeductible IRA contributions, after tax contributions to
qualified plans) bears to the Contract Value, is excluded from your income. We
do not keep track of nondeductible contributions, and all tax reporting of
distributions from Qualified Contracts other than Roth IRAs will indicate that
the distribution is fully taxable.

"QUALIFIED DISTRIBUTIONS" from Roth IRAs are not included in gross income.
"Qualified distributions" are

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any distributions made more than five taxable years after the taxable year of
the first contribution to any Roth IRA and which are:

..    made on or after the date the Contract Owner attains age 59 1/2,

..    made to a beneficiary after the Contract Owner's death,

..    attributable to the Contract Owner being disabled, or

..    made for a first time home purchase (first time home purchases are subject
     to a lifetime limit of $10,000).

"NONQUALIFIED DISTRIBUTIONS" from Roth IRAs are treated as made from
contributions first and are included in gross income only to the extent that
distributions exceed contributions. All tax reporting of distributions from Roth
IRAs will indicate that the taxable amount is not determined.

REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTIONS. Generally, qualified plans require minimum
distributions upon reaching age 70 1/2. Failure to withdraw the required minimum
distribution will result in a 50% tax penalty on the shortfall not withdrawn
from the contract. Not all income plans offered under this annuity contract
satisfy the requirements for minimum distributions. Because these distributions
are required under the code and the method of calculation is complex, please see
a competent tax advisor.

THE DEATH BENEFIT AND QUALIFIED CONTRACTS. Pursuant to the Code and IRS
regulations, an IRA may not invest in life insurance contracts. However, an IRA
(e.g., traditional IRA, Roth IRA, SEP IRA and SIMPLE IRA) may provide a death
benefit that equals the greater of the purchase payments or the Contract Value.

The Contract offers a death benefit that in certain circumstances may exceed the
greater of the purchase payments or the Contract Value. It is possible that the
Death Benefit could be viewed as violating the prohibition on investment in life
insurance contracts, with the result that the Contract would not satisfy the
requirements of an IRA. We believe that these regulations do not prohibit all
forms of optional death benefits; however, at this time we are not allowing the
Enhanced Earnings Death Benefit Plus Option to be sold with an IRA.

It is also possible that the certain death benefits that offer enhanced earnings
could be characterized as an incidental death benefit. If the death benefit were
so characterized, this could result in current taxable income to a Contract
Owner. In addition, there are limitations on the amount of incidental death
benefits that may be provided under qualified plans, such as in connection with
a 403(b) plan.

ALLSTATE NEW YORK reserves the right to limit the availability of the Contract
for use with any of the qualified plans listed above.

PENALTY TAX ON PREMATURE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM QUALIFIED CONTRACTS. A 10% penalty
tax applies to the taxable amount of any premature distribution from a Qualified
Contract. The penalty tax generally applies to any distribution made prior to
the date you attain age 59 1/2. However, no penalty tax is incurred on
distributions:

1. made on or after the date the Contract Owner attains age 59 1/2,

2. made as a result of the Contract Owner's death or total disability,

3. made in substantially equal periodic payments over the Contract Owner's life
or life expectancy, or over the joint lives or joint life expectancies of the
Contract Owner and the Contract Beneficiary,

4. made pursuant to an IRS levy,

5. made for certain medical expenses,

6. made to pay for health insurance premiums while unemployed (only applies for
IRAs),

7. made for qualified higher education expenses (only applies for IRAs), and

8. made for a first time home purchase (up to a $10,000 lifetime limit and only
applies for IRAs).

During the first 2 years of the individual's participation in a SIMPLE IRA,
distributions that are otherwise subject to the premature distribution penalty,
will be subject to a 25% penalty tax.

You should consult a competent tax advisor to determine how these exceptions may
apply to your situation.

SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL PERIODIC PAYMENTS ON QUALIFIED CONTRACTS. With respect to
Qualified Contracts using substantially equal periodic payments as an exception
to the penalty tax on premature distributions, any additional withdrawal or
other modification of the payment stream would violate the requirement that
payments must be substantially equal. Failure to meet this requirement would
mean that the income portion of each payment received prior to the later of 5
years or the taxpayer's attaining age 59 1/2 would be subject to a 10% penalty
tax unless another exception to the penalty tax applied. The tax for the year of
the modification is increased by the penalty tax that would have been imposed
without the exception, plus interest for the years in which the exception was
used. You should consult a competent tax advisor prior to taking a withdrawal.

INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING ON QUALIFIED CONTRACTS. Generally, ALLSTATE NEW YORK is
required to withhold federal income tax at a rate of 10% from all non-annuitized
distributions that are not considered "ELIGIBLE ROLLOVER DISTRIBUTIONS." The
customer may elect out of withholding by completing and signing a withholding
election form. If no election is made, we will automatically withhold the
required 10% from the taxable amount. In certain states, if there is federal
withholding, then state withholding is also mandatory. ALLSTATE NEW YORK is
required to withhold federal income

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tax at a rate of 20% on all "ELIGIBLE ROLLOVER DISTRIBUTIONS" unless you elect
to make a "DIRECT ROLLOVER" of such amounts to an IRA or eligible retirement
plan. Eligible rollover distributions generally include all distributions from
Qualified Contracts, excluding IRAs, with the exception of:

1. required minimum distributions, or

2. a series of substantially equal periodic payments made over a period of at
least 10 years, or,

3. a series of substantially equal periodic payments made over the life (joint
lives) of the participant (and beneficiary), or,

4. hardship distributions.

For all annuitized distributions that are not subject to the 20% withholding
requirement, ALLSTATE NEW YORK is required to withhold federal income tax using
the wage withholding rates from all annuitized distributions. The customer may
elect out of withholding by completing and signing a withholding election form.

If no election is made, we will automatically withhold using married with three
exemptions as the default. In certain states, if there is federal withholding,
then state withholding is also mandatory.

Election out of withholding is valid only if the customer provides a U.S.
residence address and taxpayer identification number.

INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ANNUITIES. Section 408 of the Code permits eligible
individuals to contribute to an individual retirement program known as an
Individual Retirement Annuity (IRA). Individual Retirement Annuities are subject
to limitations on the amount that can be contributed and on the time when
distributions may commence. Certain distributions from other types of qualified
plans may be "ROLLED OVER" on a tax-deferred basis into an Individual Retirement
Annuity.

ROTH INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ANNUITIES. Section 408A of the Code permits eligible
individuals to make nondeductible contributions to an individual retirement
program known as a Roth Individual Retirement Annuity. Roth Individual
Retirement Annuities are subject to limitations on the amount that can be
contributed and on the time when distributions may commence.

Subject to certain limitations, a traditional Individual Retirement Account or
Annuity may be converted or "ROLLED OVER" to a Roth Individual Retirement
Annuity. The income portion of a conversion or rollover distribution is taxable
currently, but is exempted from the 10% penalty tax on premature distributions.

SIMPLIFIED EMPLOYEE PENSION PLANS. Section 408(k) of the Code allows eligible
employers to establish simplified employee pension plans for their employees
using individual retirement annuities. Under these plans the employer may,
within specified limits, make deductible contributions on behalf of the
employees to the individual retirement annuities. Employers intending to use the
Contract in connection with such plans should seek competent tax advice.

SAVINGS INCENTIVE MATCH PLANS FOR EMPLOYEES (SIMPLE PLANS). Sections 408(p) and
401(k) of the Code allow eligible employers with 100 or fewer employees to
establish SIMPLE retirement plans for their employees. SIMPLE plans may be
structured as a SIMPLE retirement account using an IRA or as a Section 401(k)
qualified cash or deferred arrangement. In general, a SIMPLE plan consists of a
salary deferral program for eligible employees and matching or nonelective
contributions made by employers. Employers intending to use the Contract in
conjunction with SIMPLE plans should seek competent tax and legal advice.

TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO ANY OF THE ABOVE LISTED IRAS
(TRADITIONAL, ROTH, SEP, OR SIMPLE), PLEASE REFER TO IRS PUBLICATION 590 AND
YOUR COMPETENT TAX ADVISOR.

TAX SHELTERED ANNUITIES. Section 403(b) of the Tax Code provides tax-deferred
retirement savings plans for employees of certain non-profit and educational
organizations. Under Section 403(b), any contract used for a 403(b) plan must
provide that distributions attributable to salary reduction contributions made
after 12/31/88, and all earnings on salary reduction contributions, may be made
only on or after the date the employee:

..    attains age 59 1/2,

..    separates from service,

..    dies,

..    becomes disabled, or

..    incurs a hardship (earnings on salary reduction contributions may not be
     distributed on account of hardship).

These limitations do not apply to withdrawals where ALLSTATE NEW YORK is
directed to transfer some or all of the Contract Value to another 403(b) plan.

CORPORATE AND SELF-EMPLOYED PENSION AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS. Sections 401(a)
and 403(a) of the Code permit corporate employers to establish various types of
tax favored retirement plans for employees. Self-employed individuals may
establish tax favored retirement plans for themselves and their employees. Such
retirement plans (commonly referred to as "H.R.10" or "KEOGH") may permit the
purchase of annuity contracts.

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION DEFERRED COMPENSATION
PLANS. Section 457 of the Code permits employees of state and local governments
and tax-exempt organizations to defer a portion of their compensation without
paying current taxes. The employees must be participants in an eligible deferred
compensation plan. In eligible governmental plans, all assets and income must be
held in a trust/ custodial account/annuity contract for the exclusive

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benefit of the participants and their beneficiaries. To the extent the Contracts
are used in connection with a non-governmental eligible plan, employees are
considered general creditors of the employer and the employer as owner of the
Contract has the sole right to the proceeds of the Contract. Under eligible 457
plans, contributions made for the benefit of the employees will not be
includible in the employees' gross income until distributed from the plan.

ANNUAL REPORTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS

ALLSTATE NEW YORK's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2001 is incorporated herein by reference, which means that it is legally a part
of this prospectus.

After the date of this prospectus and before we terminate the offering of the
securities under this prospectus, all documents or reports we file with the SEC
under the Exchange Act are also incorporated herein by reference, which means
that they also legally become a part of this prospectus.

Statements in this prospectus, or in documents that we file later with the SEC
and that legally become a part of this prospectus, may change or supersede
statements in other documents that are legally part of this prospectus.
Accordingly, only the statement that is changed or replaced will legally be a
part of this prospectus.

We file our Exchange Act documents and reports, including our annual and
quarterly reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q electronically on the SEC's "EDGAR"
system using the identifying number CIK No. 0000948255. The SEC maintains a Web
site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other
information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC. The
address of the site is http:// www.sec.gov. You also can view these materials at
the SEC's Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20549. For more information on the operations of SEC's Public Reference Room,
call 1-800-SEC-0330.

If you have received a copy of this prospectus, and would like a free copy of
any document incorporated herein by reference (other than exhibits not
specifically incorporated by reference into the text of such documents), please
write or call us at: Customer Service, P.O. Box 94038, Palatine, Illinois
60094-4038 (telephone: 1-800-692-4682).

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

We may advertise the performance of the Variable Sub-Accounts, including yield
and total return information. Yield refers to the income generated by an
investment in a Variable Sub-Account over a specified period. Total return
represents the change, over a specified period of time, in the value of an
investment in a Variable Sub-Account after reinvesting all income distributions.

All performance advertisements will include, as applicable, standardized yield
and total return figures that reflect the deduction of insurance charges, the
contract maintenance charge, and withdrawal charge. Performance advertisements
also may include total return figures that reflect the deduction of insurance
charges, but not the contract maintenance or withdrawal charges. The deduction
of such charges would reduce the performance shown. In addition, performance
advertisements may include aggregate, average, year-by-year, or other types of
total return figures.

Performance information for periods prior to the inception date of the Variable
Sub-Accounts will be based on the historical performance of the corresponding
Portfolios for the periods beginning with the inception dates of the Portfolios
and adjusted to reflect current Contract expenses. You should not interpret
these figures to reflect actual historical performance of the Variable Account.

We may include in advertising and sales materials tax deferred compounding
charts and other hypothetical illustrations that compare currently taxable and
tax deferred investment programs based on selected tax brackets. Our
advertisements also may compare the performance of our Variable Sub-Accounts
with: (a) certain unmanaged market indices, including but not limited to the Dow
Jones Industrial Average, the Standard & Poor's 500, and the Shearson Lehman
Bond Index; and/or (b) other management investment companies with investment
objectives similar to the underlying funds being compared. In addition, our
advertisements may include the performance ranking assigned by various
publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, Money,
Barron's, Business Week, USA Today, and statistical services, including Lipper
Analytical Services Mutual Fund Survey, Lipper Annuity and Closed End Survey,
the Variable Annuity Research Data Survey, and SEI.

EXPERTS

The financial statements of Allstate New York as of December 31, 2001 and 2000
and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2001 and
related financial statement schedules incorporated herein by reference from the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Allstate New York and from the STatement of
Additional Information, have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent
auditors, as stated in their report incorporated herein by reference, and have
been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon the
authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

The financial statements of the Variable Accounts as of December 31, 2001 and
for each of the periods in the two years then ended incorporated herein by
reference from the Statement of Additional Information, have been audited by
Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, as stated in their report
incorporated herein by reference, and have been so incorporated in reliance upon
the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and
auditing.

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APPENDIX A MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT

The Market Value Adjustment is based on the following:

I = the Treasury Rate for a maturity equal to the applicable Guarantee Period
for the week preceding the establishment of the Guarantee Period.

N = the number of whole and partial years from the date we receive the
withdrawal, transfer, or death benefit request, or from the Payout Start Date,
to the end of the Guarantee Period; and

J = the Treasury Rate for a maturity equal to the Guarantee Period for the week
preceding the receipt of the withdrawal, transfer, death benefit, or income
payment request. If a note for a maturity of length N is not available, a
weighted average will be used.

"Treasury Rate" means the U.S. Treasury Note Constant Maturity Yield as reported
in Federal Reserve Bulletin Release H.15.

The Market Value Adjustment factor is determined from the following formula:

..9 x (I - J) x N

To determine the Market Value Adjustment, we will multiply the Market Value
Adjustment factor by the amount transefered (in excess of the Free Withdrawal
Amount) paid as a death benefit, or applied to an Income Plan, from a Guarantee
Period at any time other than during the 30 day period after such Guarentee
Period expires.

EXAMPLES OF MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT

Purchase Payment: $10,000 allocated to a Guarantee Period

Guarantee Period: 5 years

Guaranteed Interest Rate: 4.50%

5 Year Treasury Rate at the time the Guarantee Period is established: 4.50%

Full Surrender: End of Contract Year 3

NOTE: These examples assume that premium taxes are not applicable.

EXAMPLE 1 (ASSUME DECLINING INTEREST RATES)

Step 1. Calculate
Contract Value at End
of Contract Year 3:          $10,000.00 X  (1.045)/3/ = $11,411.66

Step 2. Calculate the
Preferred Withdrawal Amount:  .15 X 10,000.000 = $1,500.00

Step 3. Calculate the        I = 4.5%
Market Value Adjustment:     J = 4.2%
                             N = 730 days
                             ------------ = 2
                                 365 days

                             Market Value Adjustment Factor: .9 X (I - J) X N
                             = .9 X (.045 - .042) X (730/365) = .0054

                             Market Value Adjustment = Market Value Adjustment
                             Factor x Amount Subject to Market Value Adjustment:
                             = .0054 X ($11,411.66 - $1,500.00) = $53.32

Step 4. Calculate the
Withdrawal Charge:           = .05 X (10,000.00 - 1,500.00 + 53.52) = $427.68

Step 5. Calculate the amount
received by a Contract Owner
as a result of full
withdrawal at the end of
Contract Year 3:             11,411.66 - 427.68 + 53.52 = $11,037.50

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EXAMPLE 2: (ASSUMES RISING INTEREST RATES)

Step 1. Calculate Contract
Value at End of Contract
Year 3:                      10,000.00 X (1.045)/3/ = $11,411.66

Step 2. Calculate the
Preferred Withdrawal
Amount:                      .15 X 10,000.00 = $1,500.00

Step 3. Calculate the
Market Value Adjustment:     I = 4.5%
                             J = 4.8%
                             N = 730 days
                                 -------- = 2
                                 365 days

                             Market Value Adjustment Factor: .9 X (I-J) X N
                             = .9 X (.045 - .048) X (730/365) = -.0054

                             Market Value Adjustment = Market Value Adjustment
                             Factor X Amount Subject to Market Value Adjustment:
                             -.0054 X (11,411.66 - 1,500.00) = -$53.52

Step 4. Calculate the
Withdrawal Charge:           .05 X (10,000.00 - 1,500.00 - 53.52) = $422.32

Step 5. Calculate the
amount received by a
Contract Owner as a result
of full withdrawal at the
end of Contract Year 3:      11,411.66 - 422.32 - 53.52 = $10,935.82

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APPENDIX B
WITHDRAWAL ADJUSTMENT EXAMPLE

Issue Date: January 1, 2002

Initial Purchase Payment: $50,000

Death Benefit Amount

                                                            Death Benefit
                                                 Contract       Value
                             Contract Value    Transaction      After                              Greatest
 Date   Type of Occurence   Before Occurrence     Amount      Occurence    Anniversary Value  Anniversary Value
------  ------------------  -----------------  -----------  -------------  -----------------  -----------------
1/1/01      Issue Date                --         $50,000       $50,000          $50,000            $50,000
1/1/02       Contract
           Anniversary           $55,000              --       $55,000          $50,000            $55,000
7/1/02  Partial Withdrawal       $60,000         $15,000       $45,000          $37,500            $41,250

Withdrawal adjustment equals the partial withdrawal amount divided by the
Contract Value immediately prior to the partial withdrawal multiplied by the
value of the applicable death benefit amount alternative immediately prior to
the partial withdrawal.

DEATH BENEFIT ANNIVERSARY VALUE DEATH BENEFIT
PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL AMOUNT                                    (w)        $15,000
Contract Value Immediately Prior to Partial Withdrawal       (a)        $60,000
Value of Applicable Death Benefit Amount Immediately
Prior to Partial Withdrawal                                  (d)        $50,000
Withdrawal Adjustment                                   [(w)/(a)]x(d)   $12,500
Adjusted Death Benefit                                                  $37,500

GREATEST ANNIVERSARY VALUE DEATH BENEFIT
PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL AMOUNT                                    (w)        $15,000
Contract Value Immediately Prior to Partial Withdrawal       (a)        $60,000
Value of Applicable Death Benefit Amount Immediately
Prior to Partial Withdrawal                                  (d)        $55,000
Withdrawal Adjustment                                   [(w)/(a)]x(d)   $13,750
Adjusted Death Benefit                                                  $41,250

Please remember that you are looking at a hypothetical example, and that your
investment performance may be greater or less than the figures shown.

                                  39 PROSPECTUS

CUSTOM PORTFOLIO VARIABLE ANNUITY

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

STREET ADDRESS: 2940 S. 84TH STREET, LINCOLN, NE 68506-4142 MAILING ADDRESS:
P.O. BOX 82656, LINCOLN, NE 68501-2656 TELEPHONE NUMBER: 1-800-692-4682
PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL 30, 2005

Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York ("ALLSTATE NEW YORK") is offering
the Custom Portfolio Variable Annuity, a group flexible premium deferred
variable annuity contract ("CONTRACT"). This prospectus contains information
about the Contract that you should know before investing. Please keep it for
future reference.

The Contract currently offers 29 investment alternatives ("INVESTMENT
ALTERNATIVES"). The investment alternatives include 3 fixed account options
("FIXED ACCOUNT") and 26 variable sub-accounts ("VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS") of the
Allstate Life of New York Separate Account A ("VARIABLE ACCOUNT"). Each Variable
Sub-Account invests exclusively in shares of one of the following underlying
fund portfolios ("PORTFOLIOS"):

AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS               DREYFUS STOCK INDEX FUND
FIDELITY(R) VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS    DREYFUS VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUND
                                            (VIF)
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON VARIABLE INSURANCE
 PRODUCTS TRUST                            WELLS FARGO VARIABLE TRUST FUNDS
OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUNDS         DELAWARE VIP TRUST
THE DREYFUS SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE GROWTH
 FUND, INC.

WE (Allstate New York) have filed a Statement of Additional Information, dated
April 30, 2005, with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). It contains
more information about the Contract and is incorporated herein by reference,
which means it is legally a part of this prospectus. Its table of contents
appears on page 40 of this prospectus. For a free copy, please write or call us
at the address or telephone number above, or go to the SEC's Web site (http://
www.sec.gov). You can find other information and documents about us, including
documents that are legally part of this prospectus, at the SEC's Web site.

              THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED OR
              DISAPPROVED THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED IN THIS PROSPECTUS, NOR HAS
              IT PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.
              ANYONE WHO TELLS YOU OTHERWISE IS COMMITTING A FEDERAL CRIME.

              THE CONTRACTS MAY BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH BROKER-DEALERS THAT
IMPORTANT     HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH BANKS OR OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
              OR BY EMPLOYEES OF SUCH BANKS. HOWEVER, THE CONTRACTS ARE NOT
 NOTICES      DEPOSITS OR OBLIGATIONS OF, OR GUARANTEED BY SUCH INSTITUTIONS
              OR ANY FEDERAL REGULATORY AGENCY. INVESTMENT IN THE CONTRACTS
              INVOLVES INVESTMENT RISKS, INCLUDING POSSIBLE LOSS OF
              PRINCIPAL.

              THE CONTRACTS ARE NOT FDIC INSURED.

              THE CONTRACTS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE IN NEW YORK.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                            PAGE
                                                                            ----
OVERVIEW
  Important Terms                                                              3
  The Contract at a Glance                                                     4
  How the Contract Works                                                       6
  Expense Table                                                                7
  Financial Information                                                        9
CONTRACT FEATURES
  The Contract                                                                 9
  Purchases                                                                   10
  Contract Value                                                              11
  Investment Alternatives                                                     11
     The Variable Sub-Accounts                                                11
     The Fixed Account                                                        13
     Transfers                                                                17
  Expenses                                                                    19
  Access To Your Money                                                        20
  Income Payments                                                             21

                                                                            PAGE
                                                                            ----
Death Benefits                                                                23
OTHER INFORMATION
  More Information:                                                           26
     Allstate New York                                                        26
     The Variable Account                                                     26
     The Portfolios                                                           27
     The Contract                                                             27
     Non-Qualified Annuities Held Within a Qualified Plan                     28
     Legal Matters                                                            28
  Taxes                                                                       29
  Annual Reports and Other Documents                                          35
APPENDIX A-ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE                                            34
APPENDIX B-MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT                                            37
APPENDIX C-WITHDRAWAL ADJUSTMENT EXAMPLE                                      39
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS                         40

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IMPORTANT TERMS

This prospectus uses a number of important terms that you may not be familiar
with. The index below identifies the page that describes each term. The first
use of each term in this prospectus appears in highlights.

                                                                            PAGE
                                                                            ----
Accumulation Phase                                                             6
Accumulation Unit                                                             11
Accumulation Unit Value                                                       11
Allstate New York ("We" or "Us")                                               1
Anniversary Values                                                            23
Annuitant                                                                      9
Automatic Additions Program                                                   10
Automatic Portfolio Rebalancing Program                                       18
Beneficiary                                                                    9
Cancellation Period                                                           11
Contract*                                                                      9
Contract Anniversary                                                           5
Contract Owner ("You")                                                         9
Contract Value                                                                 5
Contract Year                                                                  5
Death Benefit Anniversary                                                     24
Dollar Cost Averaging Program                                                 18
Due Proof of Death                                                            24
Fixed Account                                                                 13

                                                                            PAGE
                                                                            ----
Guarantee Periods                                                             14
Income Payments                                                               21
Investment Alternatives                                                       11
Issue Date                                                                     6
Market Value Adjustment                                                       16
Payout Phase                                                                   6
Payout Start Date                                                             21
Portfolios                                                                    27
Preferred Withdrawal Amount                                                   20
Tax Qualified Contracts                                                       32
Right to Cancel                                                               11
SEC                                                                            1
Settlement Value                                                              24
Systematic Withdrawal Program                                                 21
Treasury Rate                                                                 16
Valuation Dates                                                               11
Variable Account                                                              26
Variable Sub-Account                                                          11

*    The Allstate Custom Portfolio Variable Annuity is a group contract and your
     ownership is represented by certificates. References to "Contract" in this
     prospectus include certificates, unless the context requires otherwise.

                                  3 PROSPECTUS

THE CONTRACT AT A GLANCE

The following is a snapshot of the Contract. Please read the remainder of this
prospectus for more information.

FLEXIBLE PAYMENTS                You can purchase a Contract with as little as
                                 $3,000 ($2,000 for a "QUALIFIED CONTRACT" which
                                 is a Contract issued with a qualified
                                 endorsement). You can add to your Contract as
                                 often and as much as you like, but each payment
                                 must be at least $100. For allocations to the
                                 Fixed Account the minimum payment must be at
                                 least $500. You must maintain a minimum account
                                 size of $1,000.
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RIGHT TO CANCEL                  You may cancel your Contract within 10 days
                                 after receipt (60 days if you are exchanging
                                 another contract for the Contract described in
                                 this prospectus) ("CANCELLATION PERIOD"). Upon
                                 cancellation we will return your purchase
                                 payments adjusted to the extent federal or
                                 state law permits to reflect the investment
                                 experience of any amounts allocated to the
                                 Variable Account.
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EXPENSES                         You will bear the following expenses:

                                 .    Total Variable Account annual fees equal
                                      to 1.25% of average daily net assets

                                 .    Annual contract maintenance charge of $30
                                      (with certain exceptions)

                                 .    Withdrawal charges ranging from 0% to 7%
                                      of payment withdrawn (with certain
                                      exceptions)

                                 .    Transfer fee of $10 after 12th transfer in
                                      any CONTRACT YEAR (fee currently waived)

                                 .    State premium tax (New York currently does
                                      not impose one).

                                 In addition, each Portfolio pays expenses that
                                 you will bear indirectly if you invest in a
                                 Variable Sub-Account.

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INVESTMENT                       The Contract offers 29 investment alternatives
ALTERNATIVES                     including:

                                 .    3 Fixed Account Options (which credits
                                      interest at rates we guarantee), and

                                 .    26 Variable Sub-Accounts investing in
                                      Portfolios offering professional money
                                      management by:

                                 .    A I M Advisors, Inc.

                                 .    Fidelity Management & Research Company

                                 .    Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC

                                 .    OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

                                 .    The Dreyfus Corporation

                                 .    Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

                                 .    Delaware Management Company

                                 To find out current rates being paid on the
                                 Fixed Account, or to find out how the Variable
                                 Sub-Accounts have performed, please call us at
                                 1-800-692- 4682.

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SPECIAL SERVICES                 For your convenience, we offer these special
                                 services:

                                 . AUTOMATIC PORTFOLIO REBALANCING PROGRAM

                                 . AUTOMATIC ADDITIONS PROGRAM

                                 . DOLLAR COST AVERAGING PROGRAM

                                 . SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PROGRAM

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INCOME PAYMENTS                  You can choose fixed income payments, variable
                                 income payments, or a combination of the two.
                                 You can receive your income payments in one of
                                 the following ways:

                                 .    life income with guaranteed payments

                                 .    a joint and survivor life income with
                                      guaranteed payments

                                 .    guaranteed payments for a specified period
                                      (5 to 30 years)
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DEATH BENEFITS                   If you die before the PAYOUT START DATE, we
                                 will pay the death benefit described in the
                                 Contract.
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TRANSFERS                        Before the Payout Start Date, you may transfer
                                 your Contract value ("CONTRACT VALUE") among
                                 the investment alternatives, with certain
                                 restrictions. Transfers to the Fixed Account
                                 must be at least $500.

                                 We do not currently impose a fee upon
                                 transfers. However, we reserve the right to
                                 charge $10 per transfer after the 12th transfer
                                 in each Contract Year, which we measure from
                                 the date we issue your Contract or a Contract
                                 anniversary ("CONTRACT ANNIVERSARY").

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WITHDRAWALS                      You may withdraw some or all of your Contract
                                 Value at any time during the Accumulation
                                 Phase. Full or partial withdrawals also are
                                 available under limited circumstances on or
                                 after the Payout Start Date. In general, you
                                 must withdraw at least $50 at a time ($1,000
                                 for withdrawals made during the Payout Phase).
                                 Withdrawals taken during the Accumulation Phase
                                 are generally considered to come from the
                                 earnings in the Contract first. If the Contract
                                 is tax-qualified, generally all withdrawals are
                                 treated as distributions of earnings.
                                 Withdrawals of earnings are taxed as ordinary
                                 income and, if taken prior to age 59 1/2, may
                                 be subject to an additional 10% federal tax
                                 penalty. A withdrawal charge and MARKET VALUE
                                 ADJUSTMENT also may apply.
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                                  5 PROSPECTUS

HOW THE CONTRACT WORKS

The Contract basically works in two ways.

First, the Contract can help you (we assume you are the CONTRACT OWNER) save for
retirement because you can invest in up to 29 investment alternatives and
generally pay no federal income taxes on any earnings until you withdraw them.
You do this during what we call the "ACCUMULATION PHASE" of the Contract. The
Accumulation Phase begins on the date we issue your Contract (we call that date
the "ISSUE DATE") and continues until the Payout Start Date, which is the date
we apply your money to provide income payments. During the Accumulation Phase,
you may allocate your purchase payments to any combination of the Variable
Sub-Accounts and/or Fixed Account. If you invest in the Fixed Account, you will
earn a fixed rate of interest that we declare periodically. If you invest in any
of the Variable Sub-Accounts, your investment return will vary up or down
depending on the performance of the corresponding Portfolios.

Second, the Contract can help you plan for retirement because you can use it to
receive retirement income for life and/ or for a pre-set number of years, by
selecting one of the income payment options (we call these "INCOME PLANS")
described on page 22. You receive income payments during what we call the
"PAYOUT PHASE" of the Contract, which begins on the Payout Start Date and
continues until we make the last payment required by the Income Plan you select.
During the Payout Phase, if you select a fixed income payment option, we
guarantee the amount of your payments, which will remain fixed. If you select a
variable income payment option, based on one or more of the Variable
Sub-Accounts, the amount of your payments will vary up or down depending on the
performance of the corresponding Portfolios. The amount of money you accumulate
under your Contract during the Accumulation Phase and apply to an Income Plan
will determine the amount of your income payments during the Payout Phase.

The timeline below illustrates how you might use your Contract.

Issue                                  Payout Start
Date            Accumulation Phase         Date                Payout Phase
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You buy      You save for retirement   You elect to receive   You can receive    Or you can receive
a Contract                             income payments or     income payments    income payments
                                       receive a lump sum     for a set period   for life
                                       payment

As the Contract Owner, you exercise all of the rights and privileges provided by
the Contract. If you die, any surviving Contract Owner, or if there is none, the
BENEFICIARY will exercise the rights and privileges provided by the Contract.
See "The Contract." In addition, if you die before the Payout Start Date, we
will pay a death benefit to any surviving Contract Owner or, if none, to your
Beneficiary. See "Death Benefits."

Please call us at 1-800-692-4682 if you have any question about how the Contract
works.

                                  6 PROSPECTUS

EXPENSE TABLE

The following tables show the fees and expenses that you will pay when buying,
owning, making withdrawals or surrendering the Contract. The first table
describes the fees and expenses that you will pay when you make a withdrawal,
surrender the Contract, or transfer Contract Value among the investment
alternatives. Premium taxes are not reflected in the tables because New York
currently does not impose premium taxes on annuities.

CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTION EXPENSES

Withdrawal Charge (as a percentage of purchase payments)*

Number of Complete Years Since We Received the Purchase
 Payment Being Withdrawn                                 0    1    2    3    4    5    6     7
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Applicable Charge                                        7%   6%   5%   4%   3%   2%   1%    0%
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transfer Fee                                                         $10.00**
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*    Each Contract Year, you may withdraw up to 15% of purchase payments without
     incurring a Withdrawal Charge or a Market Value Adjustment.

**   Applies solely to the thirteenth and subsequent transfers within a Contract
     Year excluding transfers due to dollar cost averaging or automatic
     portfolio rebalancing. We are currently waiving the transfer fee.

The next tables describe the fees and expenses that you will pay periodically
during the time you own the Contract, not including Portfolio fees and expenses.

Annual Contract Maintenance Charge                                $30.00/(1)/
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(1)  We will waive this charge in certain cases.

VARIABLE ACCOUNT ANNUAL EXPENSES
(AS A PERCENTAGE OF DAILY NET ASSET VALUE
DEDUCTED FROM EACH VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNT)

Mortality and Expense Risk Charge                                        1.15%
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Administrative Expense Charge                                            0.10%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Variable Account Annual Expense                                    1.25%
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PORTFOLIO ANNUAL EXPENSES

(as a percentage of Portfolio average daily net assets)/(1)/

The next table shows the minimum and maximum total operating expenses charged by
the Portfolios that you may pay periodically during the time that you own the
Contract. Advisers and/or other service providers of certain Portfolios may have
agreed to waive their fees and/or reimburse Portfolio expenses in order to keep
the Portfolios' expenses below specified limits. The range of expenses shown in
this table does not show the effect of any such fee waiver or expense
reimbursement. More detail concerning each Portfolio's fees and expenses appears
in the prospectus for each Portfolio.

ANNUAL PORTFOLIO EXPENSES

                                                               Minimum   Maximum
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses
(expenses that are deducted from Portfolio
assets, which may include
management fees, and
other expenses)                                                  0.26%    1.14%
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(1)  Expenses are shown as a percentage of Portfolio average daily net assets
     (before any waiver or reimbursement) as of December 31, 2004.

                                  7 PROSPECTUS

EXAMPLES

Example 1

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the
Contracts with the cost of investing in other variable annuity contracts. These
costs include Contract owner transaction expenses, Contract fees, Variable
Account annual expenses, and Portfolio fees and expenses.

The example shows the dollar amount of expenses that you would bear directly or
indirectly if you:

..    invested $10,000 in the Contract for the time periods indicated,

..    earned a 5% annual return on your investment, and

..    surrendered your Contract, or you began receiving income payments for a
     specified period of less than 120 months, at the end of each time period.

THE EXAMPLE DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY TAXES OR TAX PENALTIES YOU MAY BE REQUIRED TO
PAY IF YOU SURRENDER YOUR CONTRACT.

The first line of the example assumes that the maximum fees and expenses of any
of the Portfolios are charged. The second line of the example assumes that the
minimum fees and expenses of any of the Portfolios are charged. Your actual
expenses may be higher or lower than those shown below because of variations in
a Portfolio's expense ratio from year to year.

                                 1 Year    3 Years    5 Years    10 Years
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Costs Based on
Maximum Annual
Portfolio Expenses                $785     $1,181     $1,601     $3,015
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Costs Based on
Minimum Annual
Portfolio Expenses                $695     $  909     $1,144     $2,088
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

EXAMPLE 2

This Example uses the same assumptions as Example 1 above, except that it
assumes you decided not to surrender your Contract, or you began receiving
income payments for a specified period of at least 120 months, at the end of
each time period.

                                 1 Year    3 Years    5 Years   10 Years
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Costs Based on
Maximum Annual
Portfolio Expenses                $275      $841      $1,431     $3,015
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Costs Based on
Minimum Annual
Portfolio Expenses                $185      $569      $  974     $2,088
------------------------------------------------------------------------

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT EXAMPLES AND NOT A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE EXPENSES. YOUR RATE OF RETURN MAY BE HIGHER OR LOWER THAN 5%,
WHICH IS NOT GUARANTEED. THE EXAMPLES DO NOT ASSUME THAT ANY PORTFOLIO EXPENSE
WAIVERS OR REIMBURSEMENT ARRANGEMENTS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE PERIODS PRESENTED.
THE EXAMPLES REFLECT THE FREE WITHDRAWAL AMOUNTS, IF APPLICABLE, AND THE
DEDUCTION OF THE ANNUAL CONTRACT MAINTANENCE CHARGE OF $30 EACH YEAR.

                                  8 PROSPECTUS

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

To measure the value of your investment in the Variable Sub-Accounts during the
Accumulation Phase, we use a unit of measure we call the "ACCUMULATION UNIT."
Each Variable Sub-Account has a separate value for its Accumulation Units we
call "ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE." Accumulation Unit Value is analogous to, but not
the same as, the share price of a mutual fund.

Attached as Appendix A to this prospectus are tables showing the Accumulation
Unit Values for each Variable Sub-Account since the date the Contracts were
first offered. To obtain a fuller picture of each Variable Sub-Account's
finances, please refer to the Variable Account's financial statements contained
in the Statement of Additional Information. The financial statements of Allstate
New York also appear in the Statement of Additional Information.

THE CONTRACT

CONTRACT OWNER

The Custom Portfolio Variable Annuity is a contract between you, the Contract
Owner, and Allstate New York, a life insurance company. As the Contract Owner,
you may exercise all of the rights and privileges provided to you by the
Contract. That means it is up to you to select or change (to the extent
permitted):

..    the investment alternatives during the Accumulation and Payout Phases,

..    the amount and timing of your purchase payments and withdrawals,

..    the programs you want to use to invest or withdraw money,

..    the income payment plan you want to use to receive retirement income,

..    the Annuitant (either yourself or someone else) on whose life the income
     payments will be based,

..    the Beneficiary or Beneficiaries who will receive the benefits that the
     Contract provides when the last surviving Contract Owner dies, and

..    any other rights that the Contract provides.

If you die prior to the Payout Start Date, the new Contract Owner will be the
surviving Owner. If there is no surviving Owner, the new Contract Owner will be
the Beneficiary(ies) as described in the Beneficiary provision. The new Contract
Owner may exercise the rights and privileges provided by the Contract, except
that if the new Contract Owner took ownership as the Beneficiary, the new
Contract Owner's rights will be subject to any restrictions previously placed
upon the Beneficiary.

The Contract cannot be jointly owned by both a non-living person and a living
person. If the Owner is a Grantor Trust, the Contract Owner will be considered a
non-living person for purposes of the Death of Owner and Death of Annuitant
provisions of your Contract. The maximum age of the oldest Contract Owner cannot
exceed 85 as of the date we receive the completed application. Changing
ownership of this Contract may cause adverse tax consequences and may not be
allowed under qualified plans. Please consult with a competent tax advisor prior
to making a request for a change of Contract Owner.

The Contract can also be purchased as an IRA or TSA (also known as a 403(b)).
The endorsements required to qualify these annuities under the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, ("Code") may limit or modify your rights and
privileges under the Contract.

ANNUITANT

The Annuitant is the individual whose life determines the amount and duration of
income payments (other than under Income Plans with guaranteed payments for a
specified period). You initially designate an Annuitant in your application. The
maximum age of the oldest Annuitant cannot exceed 85 as of the date we receive
the completed application. If the Contract Owner is a living person you may
change the Annuitant prior to the Payout Start Date. In our discretion, we may
permit you to designate a joint Annuitant, who is a second person on whose life
income payments depend, on the Payout Start Date.

If the Annuitant dies prior to the Payout Start Date, the new Annuitant will be:

..    the youngest Contract Owner, if living, otherwise

..    the youngest Beneficiary.

BENEFICIARY

The Beneficiary is the person who may elect to receive the death benefit or
become the new Contract Owner subject to the Death of Owner provision if the
sole surviving Contract Owner dies before the Payout Start Date. See "Death
Benefits" on page 23. If the sole surviving Contract Owner dies after the Payout
Start Date, the Beneficiary will receive any guaranteed income payments
scheduled to continue.

You may name one or more primary and contingent Beneficiaries when you apply for
a Contract. The primary Beneficiary is the Beneficiary(ies) who is first
entitled to receive benefits under the Contract upon the death of the sole
surviving Contract Owner. The contingent Beneficiary is the Beneficiary(ies)
entitled to receive

                                  9 PROSPECTUS

benefits under the Contract when all primary Beneficiaries predecease the sole
surviving Contract Owner.

You may restrict income payments to Beneficiaries by providing us a written
request. Once we accept the written request, the change or restriction will take
effect as of the date you signed the request. Any change is subject to any
payment we make or other action we take before we accept the change.

You may change or add Beneficiaries at any time by writing to us, unless you
have designated an irrevocable Beneficiary. We will provide a change of
Beneficiary form to be signed and filed with us. After we accept the form, the
change of Beneficiary will be effective as of the date you signed the form,
whether or not the Annuitant is living when we receive the notice. Each change
is subject to any payment made by us or any other action we take before we
accept the change. Accordingly, if you wish to change your Beneficiary, you
should deliver your written notice to us promptly.

If you do not name a Beneficiary or, if the named Beneficiary is no longer
living and there are no other surviving Beneficiaries, the new Beneficiary will
be:

..    your spouse or, if he or she is no longer alive,

..    your surviving children equally, or if you have no surviving children,

..    your estate.

If more than one Beneficiary survives you, we will divide the death benefit
among your Beneficiaries according to your most recent written instructions. If
you have not given us written instructions, we will pay the death benefit in
equal amounts to the surviving Beneficiaries.

MODIFICATION OF THE CONTRACT

Only an Allstate New York officer may approve a change in or waive any provision
of the Contract. Any change or waiver must be in writing. None of our agents has
the authority to change or waive the provisions of the Contract. We may not
change the terms of the Contract without your consent, except to conform the
Contract to applicable law or changes in the law. If a provision of the Contract
is inconsistent with state law, we will follow state law.

ASSIGNMENT

No owner has a right to assign any interest in a Contract as collateral or
security for a loan. However, you may assign periodic income payments under the
Contract prior to the Payout Start Date. No Beneficiary may assign benefits
under the Contract until they are due. We will not be bound by any assignment
until the assignor signs it and files it with us. We are not responsible for the
validity of any assignment. Federal law prohibits or restricts the assignment of
benefits under many types of qualified plans and the terms of such plans may
themselves contain restrictions on assignments. An assignment may also result in
taxes and tax penalties. YOU SHOULD CONSULT WITH YOUR ATTORNEY BEFORE TRYING TO
ASSIGN YOUR CONTRACT.

PURCHASES

MINIMUM PURCHASE PAYMENTS

Your initial purchase payment must be at least $3,000 ($2,000 for a Qualified
Contract). All subsequent purchase payments must be $100 ($500 for an allocation
to the Fixed Account) or more. You may make purchase payments at any time prior
to the Payout Start Date. We reserve the right to limit the maximum amount of
purchase payments we will accept. We also reserve the right to reject any
application.

AUTOMATIC ADDITIONS PROGRAM

You may make subsequent purchase payments of at least $100 ($500 for allocation
to the Fixed Account) by automatically transferring amounts from your bank
account. Please consult with your representative for detailed information.

ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PAYMENTS

At the time you apply for a Contract, you must decide how to allocate your
purchase payments among the investment alternatives. The allocation you specify
on your application will be effective immediately. All allocations must be in
whole percents that total 100% or in whole dollars. You can change your
allocations by notifying us in writing. We reserve the right to limit the
availability of the investment alternatives.

We will allocate your purchase payments to the investment alternatives according
to your most recent instructions on file with us. Unless you notify us in
writing otherwise, we will allocate subsequent purchase payments according to
the allocation for the previous purchase payment. We will effect any change in
allocation instructions at the time we receive written notice, in good order, of
the change.

We will credit the initial purchase payment that accompanies your completed
application to your Contract within 2 business days after we receive the payment
at our service center. If your application is incomplete, we will ask you to
complete your application within 5 business days. If you do so, we will credit
your initial purchase payment to your Contract within that 5 business day
period. If you do not, we will return your purchase payment at the end of the 5
business day period unless you expressly allow us to hold it until you complete
the application. We will credit subsequent purchase payments to the Contract at
the close of the business day on which we receive the purchase payment at our
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center located in Vernon Hills, Illinois (mailing address: 300 N. Milwaukee Ave,
Vernon Hills, Illinois 60061).

We are open for business each day Monday through Friday that the New York Stock
Exchange is open for business. We also refer to these days as "VALUATION DATES."
Our business day closes when the New York Stock Exchange closes, usually 4:00
p.m. Eastern Time (3:00 p.m. Central Time). If we receive your purchase payment
after 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (3:00 p.m. Central Time) on any Valuation Date, we
will credit your purchase payment using the Accumulation Unit Values computed on
the next Valuation Date.

RIGHT TO CANCEL

You may cancel the Contract by returning it to us within the Cancellation
Period, which is the 10 day period after you receive the Contract (60 days if
you are exchanging another contract for the Contract described in this
prospectus). You may return it by delivering it or mailing it to us. If you
exercise this "RIGHT TO CANCEL," the Contract terminates and we will pay you the
full amount of your purchase payments allocated to the Fixed Account. Upon
cancellation, as permitted by federal or state law, we will return your purchase
payments allocated to the Variable Account after an adjustment to the extent
federal or state law permits to reflect investment gain or loss that occurred
from the date of allocation through the date of cancellation. If your Contract
is qualified under Code Section 408(b), we will refund the greater of any
purchase payment or the Contract Value.

CONTRACT VALUE

On the Issue Date, the Contract Value is equal to the initial purchase payment.
Your Contract Value at any other time during the Accumulation Phase is equal to
the sum of the value as of the most recent Valuation Date of your Accumulation
Units in the Variable Sub-Accounts you have selected, plus the value of your
investment in the Fixed Account.

ACCUMULATION UNITS

To determine the number of Accumulation Units of each Variable Sub-Account to
credit to your Contract, we divide (i) the amount of the purchase payment or
transfer you have allocated to a Variable Sub-Account by (ii) the Accumulation
Unit Value of that Variable Sub-Account next computed after we receive your
payment or transfer. For example, if we receive a $10,000 purchase payment
allocated to a Variable Sub-Account when the Accumulation Unit Value for the
Sub-Account is $10, we would credit 1,000 Accumulation Units of that Variable
Sub-Account to your Contract. Withdrawals and transfers from a Variable
Sub-Account would, of course, reduce the number of Accumulation Units of that
Sub-Account allocated to your Contract.

ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE

As a general matter, the Accumulation Unit Value for each Variable Sub-Account
will rise or fall to reflect:

..    changes in the share price of the Portfolio in which the Variable
     Sub-Account invests, and

..    the deduction of amounts reflecting the mortality and expense risk charge,
     administrative expense charge, and any provision for taxes that have
     accrued since we last calculated the Accumulation Unit Value.

We determine contract maintenance charges, withdrawal charges, and transfer fees
(currently waived) separately for each Contract. They do not affect Accumulation
Unit Value. Instead, we obtain payment of those charges and fees by redeeming
Accumulation Units. For details on how we calculate Accumulation Unit Value,
please refer to the Statement of Additional Information.

We determine a separate Accumulation Unit Value for each Variable Sub-Account on
each Valuation Date.

YOU SHOULD REFER TO THE PROSPECTUSES FOR THE PORTFOLIOS THAT ACCOMPANY THIS
PROSPECTUS FOR A DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE ASSETS OF EACH PORTFOLIO ARE VALUED,
SINCE THAT DETERMINATION DIRECTLY BEARS ON THE ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE OF THE
CORRESPONDING VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNT AND, THEREFORE, YOUR CONTRACT VALUE.

INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES: THE VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS

You may allocate your purchase payments to up to 26 Variable Sub-Accounts. Each
Variable Sub-Account invests in the shares of a corresponding Portfolio. Each
Portfolio has its own investment objective(s) and policies. We briefly describe
the Portfolios below.

For more complete information about each Portfolio, including expenses and risks
associated with the Portfolio, please refer to the accompanying prospectus for
the Portfolio. You should carefully review the Portfolio prospectuses before
allocating amounts to the Variable Sub-Accounts.

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PORTFOLIO:                 EACH PORTFOLIO SEEKS        INVESTMENT ADVISER:
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AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS - SERIES I SHARES: (*)
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AIM V.I. Balanced Fund -   As high a total return as
 Series I /1/               possible, consistent with
                            preservation of capital
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AIM V.I. Capital           Growth of capital
 Appreciation Fund -
 Series I
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AIM V.I. Government        High level of current        A I M ADVISORS, INC.
 Securities Fund - Series   income consistent with
 I                          reasonable concern for
                            safety of principal
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AIM V.I. Growth Fund -     Growth of capital
 Series I
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AIM V.I. High Yield Fund   High level of current
 - Series I                 income
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AIM V.I. International     Long-term growth of
 Growth Fund - Series I     capital
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AIM V.I. Premier Equity    Long-term growth of
 Fund - Series I            capital with income as a
                            secondary objective
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FIDELITY(R) VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS
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Fidelity VIP               Long-term capital
 Contrafund(R) Portfolio    appreciation.
 - Initial Class
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Fidelity VIP               Reasonable income by
 Equity-Income Portfolio    investing primarily in
 - Initial Class            income-producing equity
                            securities. In
                            choosing these
                            securities, the
                            fund will also
                            consider the
                            potential for
                            capital
                            appreciation. The           FIDELITY MANAGEMENT
                            fund's & goal               RESEARCH COMPANY
                            is to achieve a
                            yield which
                            exceeds the
                            composite yield on
                            the securities
                            comprising the S&P
                            500.
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Fidelity VIP Growth        To achieve capital
 Portfolio - Initial        appreciation.
 Class
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Fidelity VIP Growth        To provide capital growth
 Opportunities Portfolio
 - Initial Class
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Fidelity VIP Overseas      Long-term growth of
 Portfolio - Initial        capital.
 Class
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DELAWARE VIP TRUST
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Delaware VIP Small Cap     Capital appreciation
 Value Series - Standard                               DELAWARE MANAGEMENT
 Class                                                 COMPANY
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Delaware VIP Trend Series  Long-term capital
 - Standard Class           appreciation
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THE DREYFUS SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE GROWTH FUND, INC.; DREYFUS STOCK INDEX FUND;
AND DREYFUS VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUND (VIF)
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The Dreyfus Socially       Capital growth and,
 Responsible Growth Fund,   secondarily, current
 Inc.: Initial Shares       income
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Dreyfus Stock Index Fund,  To match the total return
 Inc.: Initial Shares       of the Standard & Poor's   THE DREYFUS CORPORATION
                            500 Composite Stock Price
                            Index
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Dreyfus VIF -              Long-term capital growth
 Appreciation Portfolio:    consistent with the
 Initial Shares /(2)/       preservation of capital.
                             Its secondary goal is
                            current income.
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Dreyfus VIF - Money        A high level of current
 Market Portfolio           income as is consistent
                            with the preservation of
                            capital and the
                            maintenance of liquidity
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FRANKLIN TEMPLETON VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS TRUST
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FTVIP Templeton Global     High total return
 Asset Allocation Fund -                               TEMPLETON INVESTMENT
 Class 2                                               COUNSEL, LLC
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FTVIP Templeton Foreign    Long-term capital growth.
 Securities Fund - Class
 2
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OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUNDS
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Oppenheimer Aggressive     Capital appreciation by
 Growth Fund/VA             investing in "growth
                            type"  companies.
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Oppenheimer Main Street    High total return (which
 Fund/VA                    includes growth in the     OPPENHEIMERFUNDS, INC.
                            value of its shares as
                            well as current income)
                            from equity and debt
                            securities.
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Oppenheimer Strategic      A high level of current
 Bond Fund/VA               income principally
                            derived from interest on
                            debt securities.
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WELLS FARGO VARIABLE TRUST FUNDS
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Wells Fargo Advantage      Long-term total return,
 Asset Allocation Fund      consistent with
 /(3)/                      reasonable risk
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Wells Fargo Advantage      Long-term capital           WELLS FARGO FUNDS
 Equity Income Fund/(4)/    appreciation and           MANAGEMENT, LLC
                            above-average dividend
                            income
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Wells Fargo Advantage      Total return comprised of
 Large Company Core Fund    long-term capital
 /(5)/                      appreciation and current
                            income
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*    The Portfolio's investment objective(s) may be changed by the Portfolio's
     Board of Trustees without shareholder approval.

(1)  Effective July 1, 2005, the AIM V.I. Balanced Fund- Series I will change
     its name to AIM V.I Basic Balanced Fund-Series I. In addition, the
     Portfolio's objective will change to long-term growth of capital and
     current income.

(2)  Sub-Advised by Fayez Sarofim & Co.

(3)  Effective April 11, 2005 the Wells Fargo VT Asset Allocation Fund changed
     its name toWells Fargo Advantage Asset Allocation Fund. The Portfolio's
     objective has not changed.

(4)  Effective April 11, 2005 the Wells Fargo VT Equity Income Fund changed its
     name to Wells Fargo Advantage Equity Income Fund. The Portfolio's objective
     has not changed.

(5)  Effective April 11, 2005 the Wells Fargo VT Growth Fund changed its name to
     Wells Fargo Advantage Large Company Core Fund. In addition, the Portfolio's
     objective has changed.

AMOUNTS YOU ALLOCATE TO VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS MAY GROW IN VALUE, DECLINE IN
VALUE, OR GROW LESS THAN YOU EXPECT, DEPENDING ON THE INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE OF
THE PORTFOLIOS IN WHICH THOSE VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS INVEST. YOU BEAR THE
INVESTMENT RISK THAT THE PORTFOLIOS MIGHT NOT MEET THEIR INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES.
SHARES OF THE PORTFOLIOS ARE NOT DEPOSITS, OR OBLIGATIONS OF, OR GUARANTEED OR
ENDORSED BY ANY BANK AND ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION, THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD OR ANY OTHER AGENCY.

VARIABLE INSURANCE PORTFOLIOS MIGHT NOT BE MANAGED BY THE SAME PORTFOLIO
MANAGERS WHO MANAGE RETAIL MUTUAL FUNDS WITH SIMILAR NAMES. THESE PORTFOLIOS ARE
LIKELY TO DIFFER FROM SIMILARLY NAMED RETAIL FUNDS IN ASSETS, CASH FLOW, AND TAX
MATTERS. ACCORDINGLY, THE HOLDINGS AND RESULTS OF A VARIABLE INSURANCE PORTFOLIO
CAN BE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE INVESTMENT RESULTS OF A SIMILARLY
NAMED RETAIL MUTUAL FUND.

INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES: THE FIXED ACCOUNT

You may allocate all or a portion of your purchase payments to the Fixed Account
Options. We will credit a minimum annual interest rate of 3% to money you
allocate to any of the Fixed Account Options. Please consult with your
representative for current information. The Fixed Account supports our insurance
and annuity obligations. The Fixed Account consists of our general account
assets other than those in segregated asset accounts. We have sole discretion to
invest the assets of the Fixed Account, subject to applicable law. Any money you
allocate to a Fixed Account Option does not entitle you to share in the
investment experience of the Fixed Account.

DOLLAR COST AVERAGING FIXED ACCOUNT OPTION

SIX MONTH DOLLAR COST AVERAGING FIXED ACCOUNT OPTION. Under this Option, you may
establish a Dollar Cost Averaging Program by allocating purchase payments to the
Six Month Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed Account Option ("Six Month DCA Fixed
Account Option"). We will credit interest to purchase payments you allocate to
this Option for six months at the current rate in effect at

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the time of allocation. We will credit interest daily at a rate that will
compound at the annual interest rate we guaranteed at the time of allocation.

We will follow your instructions in transferring amounts monthly from the Six
Month DCA Fixed Account Option.

You must transfer all of your money out of the Six Month DCA Fixed Account
Option to the Variable Sub-Accounts in six equal monthly installments. If you
discontinue the Dollar Cost Averaging Option before the end of the transfer
period, we will transfer the remaining balance in this Option to the Dreyfus VIF
Money Market Variable Sub-Account unless you request a different investment
alternative. No transfers are permitted into the Six Month DCA Fixed Account.

For each purchase payment allocated to this Option, your first monthly transfer
will occur at the end of the first month following such purchase payment. If we
do not receive an allocation from you within one month of the date of payment,
we will transfer the payment plus associated interest to the Dreyfus VIF Money
Market Variable Sub-Account in equal monthly installments. Transferring Account
Value to the Dreyfus Money Market Variable Sub-Account in this manner may not be
consistent with the theory of Dollar Cost Averaging described on page 18.

TWELVE MONTH DOLLAR COST AVERAGING FIXED ACCOUNT OPTION. Under this Option, you
may establish a Dollar Cost Averaging Program by allocating purchase payments to
the Twelve Month Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed Account Option ("Twelve Month DCA
Fixed Account Option"). We will credit interest to purchase payments you
allocate to this Option for twelve months at the current rate in effect at the
time of allocation. We will credit interest daily at a rate that will compound
at the annual interest rate we guaranteed at the time of allocation.

We will follow your instructions in transferring amounts monthly from the Twelve
Month DCA Fixed Account Option.

You must transfer all of your money out of the Twelve Month DCA Fixed Account
Option to the Variable Sub-Accounts in twelve equal monthly installments. If you
discontinue the Dollar Cost Averaging Option before the end of the transfer
period, we will transfer the remaining balance in this Option to the Dreyfus VIF
Money Market Variable Sub-Account unless you request a different investment
alternative. No transfers are permitted into the Twelve Month DCA Fixed Account.

For each purchase payment allocated to this Option, your first monthly transfer
will occur at the end of the first month following such purchase payment. If we
do not receive an allocation from you within one month of the date of payment,
we will transfer the payment plus associated interest to the Dreyfus VIF Money
Market Variable Sub-Account in equal monthly installments. Transferring Account
Value to the Money Market Variable Sub-Account in this manner may not be
consistent with the theory of dollar cost averaging described on page 18.

At the end of the transfer period, any nominal amounts remaining in the Six
Month Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed Account or the Twelve Month Dollar Cost
Averaging Fixed Account will be allocated to the Dreyfus VIF Money Market
Variable Sub-Account.

Transfers out of the Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed Account Options do not count
towards the 12 transfers you can make without paying a transfer fee.

INVESTMENT RISK. We bear the investment risk for all amounts allocated to the
Six Month DCA Fixed Account Option and the Twelve Month DCA Fixed Account
Option. That is because we guarantee the current interest rates we credit to the
amounts you allocate to either of these Options, which will never be less than
the minimum guaranteed rate in the Contract. Currently, we determine, in our
sole discretion, the amount of interest credited in excess of the guaranteed
rate.

We may declare more than one interest rate for different monies based upon the
date of allocation to the Six Month DCA Fixed Account Option and the Twelve
Month DCA Fixed Account Option. For current interest rate information, please
contact your representative or our customer support unit at 1-800-692-4682.

GUARANTEE PERIODS

Under this option, each payment or transfer allocated to the Fixed Account earns
interest at a specified rate that we guarantee for a period of years we call a
Guarantee Period. Guarantee Periods may range from 1 to 10 years. We are
currently offering Guarantee Periods of 1, 3, 5, 7, and 10 years in length. In
the future we may offer Guarantee Periods of different lengths or stop offering
some Guarantee Periods. You select one or more Guarantee Periods for each
purchase payment or transfer. If you do not select the Guarantee Period for a
purchase payment or transfer, we will assign the shortest Guarantee Period
available under the Contract for such payment or transfer.

Each payment or transfer allocated to a Guarantee Period must be at least $500.
We reserve the right to limit the number of additional purchase payments that
you may allocate to the Fixed Account. Please consult with your representative
for more information.

INTEREST RATES. We will tell you what interest rates and Guarantee Periods we
are offering at a particular time. We may declare different interest rates for
Guarantee Periods of the same length that begin at different times. We will not
change the interest rate that we credit to a particular allocation until the end
of the relevant Guarantee Period.

We have no specific formula for determining the rate of interest that we will
declare initially or in the future. We

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will set those interest rates based on investment returns available at the time
of the determination. In addition, we may consider various other factors in
determining interest rates including regulatory and tax requirements, our sales
commission and administrative expenses, general economic trends, and competitive
factors. We determine the interest rates to be declared in our sole discretion.
We can neither predict nor guarantee what those rates will be in the future. For
current interest rate information, please contact your representative or
Allstate New York at 1-800-692-4682. The interest rate will never be less than
the minimum guaranteed amount stated in the Contract.

HOW WE CREDIT INTEREST. We will credit interest daily to each amount allocated
to a Guarantee Period at a rate that compounds to the effective annual interest
rate that we declared at the beginning of the applicable Guarantee Period.

The following example illustrates how a purchase payment allocated to the Fixed
Account would grow, given an assumed Guarantee Period and effective annual
interest rate:

Purchase Payment....................................................    $10,000
Guarantee Period....................................................    5 years
Annual Interest Rate................................................      4.50%

                              END OF CONTRACT YEAR

                          YEAR 1      YEAR 2      YEAR 3      YEAR 4       YEAR 5
                        ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ------------
Beginning Contract
 Value................  $10,000.00
 X (1 +Annual Interest
 Rate)                     X 1.045
                        ----------
                        $10,450.00
Contract Value at end
 of Contract Year.....              $10,450.00
 X (1 + Annual
 Interest Rate)                        X 1.045
                                    ----------
                                    $10,920.25
Contract Value at end
 of Contract Year.....                          $10,920.25
 X (1 + Annual
 Interest Rate)                                    X 1.045
                                                ----------
                                                $11,411.66
Contract Value at end
 of Contract Year.....                                      $11,411.66
 X (1 + Annual
 Interest Rate)                                                X 1.045
                                                            ----------
     $11,925.19
Contract Value at end
 of Contract Year.....                                                   $11,925.19
 X (1 + Annual
 Interest Rate)                                                             X 1.045
                                                                         ----------
                                                                         $12,461.82

TOTAL INTEREST CREDITED DURING GUARANTEE PERIOD = $2,461.82 ($12,461.82-$10,000)

This example assumes no withdrawals during the entire 5 year Guarantee Period.
If you were to make a withdrawal, you may be required to pay a Withdrawal
Charge. In addition, the amount withdrawn may be increased or decreased by a
Market Value Adjustment that reflects changes in interest rates since the time
you invested the amount withdrawn. Withdrawals of earnings are taxed as ordinary
income and, if taken prior to age 59 1/2, may be subject to an additional 10%
federal tax penalty. The hypothetical interest rate is for illustrative purposes
only and is not intended to predict future interest rates to be declared under
the Contract. Actual interest rates declared for any given Guarantee Period may
be more or less than shown above but will never be less than the guaranteed
minimum rate stated in the Contract.

RENEWALS. At least 15 but not more than 45 days prior to the end of each
Guarantee Period, we will mail you a notice asking you what to do with your
money, including the accrued interest. During the 30-day period after the end of
the Guarantee Period, you may:

1)   Take no action. We will automatically apply your money to a new Guarantee
     Period of the shortest duration available. The new Guarantee Period will
     begin on the day the previous Guarantee Period ends. The new interest rate
     will be our then current declared rate for a Guarantee Period of that
     length; or

2)   Instruct us to apply your money to one or more new Guarantee Periods of
     your choice. The new Guarantee Period(s) will begin on the day the previous
     Guarantee Period ends. The new interest rate will be our then current
     declared rate for those Guarantee Periods; or

3)   Instruct us to transfer all or a portion of your money to one or more
     Variable Sub-Accounts. We will effect the transfer on the day we receive
     your instructions. We will not adjust the amount transferred to include a
     Market Value Adjustment. We will pay interest from the day the Guarantee
     Period expired until the date of the transfer. The interest will be the
     rate for the shortest Guarantee Period then being offered; or

4)   Withdraw all or a portion of your money. You may be required to pay a
     withdrawal charge, but we will not

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     adjust the amount withdrawn to include a Market Value Adjustment. You may
     also be required to pay premium taxes and withholding (if applicable). The
     amount withdrawn will be deemed to have been withdrawn on the day the
     previous Guarantee Period ends. Unless you specify otherwise, amounts not
     withdrawn will be applied to a new Guarantee Period of the shortest
     duration available. The new Guarantee Period will begin on the day the
     previous Guarantee Period ends. Withdrawal of earnings are taxed as
     ordinary income, and, if taken prior to age 59 1/2, may be subject to an
     additional tax penalty

Under our automatic laddering program ("Automatic Laddering Program"), you may
choose, in advance, to use Guarantee Periods of the same length for all
renewals. You can select the Automatic Laddering Program at any time during the
Accumulation Phase, including on the Issue Date. We will apply renewals to
Guarantee Periods of the selected length until you direct us in writing to stop.
We may stop offering the Automatic Laddering Program at any time. For additional
information on the Automatic Laddering Program, please call our customer service
center at 1-800-692-4682.

MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT. All withdrawals in excess of the PREFERRED WITHDRAWAL
AMOUNT, and transfers from a Guarantee Period, other than those taken during the
30 day period after such Guarantee Period expires, are subject to a Market Value
Adjustment. A Market Value Adjustment also applies when you apply amounts
currently invested in a Guarantee Period to an Income Plan (unless paid or
applied during the 30 day period after such Guarantee Period expires). A
positive Market Value Adjustment will apply to amounts currently invested in a
Guarantee Period that are paid out as death benefits. We will not apply a Market
Value Adjustment to a transfer you make as part of a Dollar Cost Averaging
Program. We also will not apply a Market Value Adjustment to a withdrawal you
make:

..    within the Preferred Withdrawal Amount as described on page 19, or

..    to satisfy the IRS minimum distribution rules for the Contract.

We apply the Market Value Adjustment to reflect changes in interest rates from
the time you first allocate money to a Guarantee Period to the time it is
removed from that Guarantee Period. We calculate the Market Value Adjustment by
comparing the Treasury Rate for a period equal to the Guarantee Period at its
inception to the Treasury Rate for a period equal to the time remaining in the
Guarantee Period when you remove your money. "TREASURY RATE" means the U.S.
Treasury Note Constant Maturity Yield as reported in Federal Reserve Board
Statistical Release H.15.

The Market Value Adjustment may be positive or negative, depending on changes in
interest rates. As such, you bear the investment risk associated with changes in
interest rates. If interest rates increase significantly, the Market Value
Adjustment and any withdrawal charge, premium taxes, and income tax withholding
(if applicable) could reduce the amount you receive upon full withdrawal of your
Contract Value to an amount that is less than the purchase payment plus interest
at the minimum guaranteed interest rate under the Contract.

Generally, if the Treasury Rate at the time you allocate money to a Guarantee
Period is higher than the applicable current Treasury Rate for a period equal to
the time remaining in the Guarantee Period, then the Market Value Adjustment
will result in a higher amount payable to you or transferred. Conversely, if the
Treasury Rate at the time you allocate money to a Guarantee Period is lower than
the applicable Treasury Rate for a period equal to the time remaining in the
Guarantee Period, then the Market Value Adjustment will result in a lower amount
payable to you or transferred.

For example, assume that you purchase a Contract and you select an initial
Guarantee Period of 5 years and the 5 year Treasury Rate for that duration is
4.50%. Assume that at the end of 3 years, you make a partial withdrawal. If, at
that later time, the current 2 year Treasury Rate is 4.20%, then the Market
Value Adjustment will be positive, which will result in an increase in the
amount payable to you. Conversely, if the current 2 year Treasury Rate is 4.80%,
then the Market Value Adjustment will be negative, which will result in a
decrease in the amount payable to you.

The formula for calculating Market Value Adjustments is set forth in Appendix B
to this prospectus, which also contains additional examples of the application
of the Market Value Adjustment.

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INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES: TRANSFERS

TRANSFERS DURING THE ACCUMULATION PHASE

During the Accumulation Phase, you may transfer Contract Value among the
investment alternatives. The minimum amount that you may transfer into a
Guarantee Period is $500. You may request transfers in writing on a form that we
provided or by telephone according to the procedure described below. We
currently do not assess, but reserve the right to assess, a $10 charge on each
transfer in excess of 12 per Contract Year. We treat transfers to or from more
than one Portfolio on the same day as one transfer. Transfers you make as part
of a Dollar Cost Averaging Program or Automatic Portfolio Rebalancing Program do
not count against the 12 free transfers per Contract Year.

We will process transfer requests that we receive before 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
(3:00 p.m. Central Time) on any Valuation Date using the Accumulation Unit
Values for that Date. We will process requests completed after 4:00 p.m. Eastern
Time (3:00 p.m. Central Time) on any Valuation Date using the Accumulation Unit
Values for the next Valuation Date. The Contract permits us to defer transfers
from the Fixed Account for up to 6 months from the date we receive your request.
If we decide to postpone transfers from the Fixed Account for 10 days or more,
we will pay interest as required by applicable law. Any interest would be
payable from the date we receive the transfer request to the date we make the
transfer.

If you transfer an amount from a Guarantee Period other than during the 30 day
period after such Guarantee Period expires, we will increase or decrease the
amount by a Market Value Adjustment. If any transfer reduces your value in such
Guarantee Period to less than $500, we will treat the request as a transfer of
the entire value in such Guarantee Period.

We reserve the right to waive any transfer fees and restrictions.

TRANSFERS DURING THE PAYOUT PHASE

During the Payout Phase, you may make transfers among the Variable Sub-Accounts
to change the relative weighting of the Variable Sub-Accounts on which your
variable income payments will be based. In addition, you will have a limited
ability to make transfers from the Variable Sub-Accounts to increase the
proportion of your income payments consisting of fixed income payments. You may
not, however, convert any portion of your right to receive fixed income payments
into variable income payments.

You may not make any transfers for the first 6 months after the Payout Start
Date. Thereafter, you may make transfers among the Variable Sub-Accounts or make
transfers from the Variable Sub-Accounts to increase the proportion of your
income payments consisting of fixed income payments. Your transfers must be at
least 6 months apart.

TELEPHONE TRANSFERS

You may make transfers by telephone by calling 1-800-692-4682, if you first send
us a completed authorization form. The cut off time for telephone transfer
requests is 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (3:00 p.m. Central Time). In the event that
the New York Stock Exchange closes early, i.e., before 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
(3:00 p.m. Central Time), or in the event that the Exchange closes early for a
period of time but then reopens for trading on the same day, we will process
telephone transfer requests as of the close of the Exchange on that particular
day. We will not accept telephone requests received at any telephone number
other than the number that appears in this paragraph or received after the close
of trading on the Exchange.

We may suspend, modify or terminate the telephone transfer privilege, as well as
any other electronic or automated means we previously approved, at any time
without notice.

We use procedures that we believe provide reasonable assurance that the
telephone transfers are genuine. For example, we tape telephone conversations
with persons purporting to authorize transfers and request identifying
information. Accordingly, we disclaim any liability for losses resulting from
allegedly unauthorized telephone transfers. However, if we do not take
reasonable steps to help ensure that a telephone authorization is valid, we may
be liable for such losses.

MARKET TIMING & EXCESSIVE TRADING

The Contracts are intended for long-term investment. Market timing and excessive
trading can potentially dilute the value of Variable Sub-Accounts and can
disrupt management of a Portfolio and raise its expenses, which can impair
Portfolio performance and adversely affect your Contract Value. Our policy is
not to accept knowingly any money intended for the purpose of market timing or
excessive trading. Accordingly, you should not invest in the Contract if your
purpose is to engage in market timing or excessive trading, and you should
refrain from such practices if you currently own a Contract.

We seek to detect market timing or excessive trading activity by reviewing
trading activities. Portfolios also may report suspected market-timing or
excessive trading activity to us. If, in our judgment, we determine that the
transfers are part of a market timing strategy or are otherwise harmful to the
underlying Portfolio, we will impose the trading limitations as described below
under "Trading Limitations." Because there is no universally accepted definition
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excessive trading, we will use our reasonable judgment based on all of the
circumstances.

While we seek to deter market timing and excessive trading in Variable
Sub-Accounts, because our procedures involve the exercise of reasonable
judgment, we may not identify or prevent some market timing or excessive
trading. Moreover, imposition of trading limitations is triggered by the
detection of market timing or excessive trading activity, and the trading
limitations are not applied prior to detection of such trading activity.
Therefore, our policies and procedures do not prevent such trading activity
before it is detected. As a result, some investors may be able to engage in
market timing and excessive trading, while others are prohibited, and the
portfolio may experience the adverse effects of market timing and excessive
trading described above.

TRADING LIMITATIONS

We reserve the right to limit transfers among the investment alternatives in any
Contract year, or to refuse any transfer request, if:

..    we believe, in our sole discretion, that certain trading practices, such as
     excessive trading, by, or on behalf of, one or more Contract Owners, or a
     specific transfer request or group of transfer requests, may have a
     detrimental effect on the Accumulation Unit Values of any Variable
     Sub-Account or on the share prices of the corresponding Portfolio or
     otherwise would be to the disadvantage of other Contract Owners; or

..    we are informed by one or more of the Portfolios that they intend to
     restrict the purchase, exchange, or redemption of Portfolio shares because
     of excessive trading or because they believe that a specific transfer or
     group of transfers would have a detrimental effect on the prices of
     Portfolio shares.

In making the determination that trading activity constitutes market timing or
excessive trading, we will consider, among other things:

..    the total dollar amount being transferred, both in the aggregate and in the
     transfer request;

..    the number of transfers you make over a period of time and/or the period of
     time between transfers (note: one set of transfers to and from a Variable
     Sub-Account in a short period of time can constitute market timing);

..    whether your transfers follow a pattern that appears designed to take
     advantage of short term market fluctuations, particularly within certain
     Variable Sub-Account underlying Portfolios that we have identified as being
     susceptible to market timing activities;

..    whether the manager of the underlying Portfolio has indicated that the
     transfers interfere with Portfolio management or otherwise adversely impact
     the Portfolio; and

..    the investment objectives and/or size of the Variable Sub-Account
     underlying Portfolio.

We seek to apply these trading limitations uniformly. However, because these
determinations involve the exercise of discretion, it is possible that we may
not detect some market timing or excessive trading activity. As a result, it is
possible that some investors may be able to engage in market timing or excessive
trading activity, while others are prohibited, and the Portfolio may experience
the adverse effects of market timing and excessive trading described above.

If we determine that a Contract Owner has engaged in market timing or excessive
trading activity, we will restrict that Contract Owner from making future
additions or transfers into the impacted Variable Sub-Account(s). If we
determine that a Contract Owner has engaged in a pattern of market timing or
excessive trading activity involving multiple Variable Sub-Accounts, we will
also require that all future transfer requests be submitted through regular U.S.
mail thereby refusing to accept transfer requests via telephone, facsimile,
Internet, or overnight delivery.

In our sole discretion, we may revise our Trading Limitations at any time as
necessary to better deter or minimize market timing and excessive trading or to
comply with regulatory requirements.

DOLLAR COST AVERAGING PROGRAM

Through the Dollar Cost Averaging Program, you may automatically transfer a set
amount every month during the Accumulation Phase from any Variable Sub-Account,
the Six Month Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed Account, or the Twelve Month Dollar
Cost Averaging Fixed Account, to any other Variable Sub-Account. You may not use
dollar cost averaging to transfer amounts to the Fixed Account.

We will not charge a transfer fee for transfers made under this Program, nor
will such transfers count against the 12 transfers you can make each Contract
Year without paying a transfer fee.

The theory of dollar cost averaging is that if purchases of equal dollar amounts
are made at fluctuating prices, the aggregate average cost per unit will be less
than the average of the unit prices on the same purchase dates. However,
participation in this Program does not assure you of a greater profit from your
purchases under the Program nor will it prevent or necessarily reduce losses in
a declining market.

Call or write us for instructions on how to enroll.

AUTOMATIC PORTFOLIO REBALANCING PROGRAM

Once you have allocated your money among the Variable Sub-Accounts, the
performance of each Variable Sub-Account may cause a shift in the percentage you
allocated to each Variable Sub-Account. If you select our Automatic Portfolio
Rebalancing Program, we will

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automatically rebalance the Contract Value in each Variable Sub-Account and
return it to the desired percentage allocations. Money you allocate to the Fixed
Account will not be included in the rebalancing.

We will rebalance your account each quarter according to your instructions. We
will transfer amounts among the Variable Sub-Accounts to achieve the percentage
allocations you specify. You can change your allocations at any time by
contacting us in writing or by telephone. The new allocation will be effective
with the first rebalancing that occurs after we receive your request. We are not
responsible for rebalancing that occurs prior to receipt of your request.

Example:

Assume that you want your initial purchase payment split among 2 Variable
Sub-Accounts. You want 40% to be in the AIM V.I. Balanced - Series I Sub-Account
Variable Sub-Account and 60% to be in the Fidelity VIP Growth - Initial Class
Sub-Account Variable Sub-Account. Over the next 2 months the bond market does
very well while the stock market performs poorly. At the end of the first
quarter, the AIM V.I. Balanced - Series I Sub-Account Variable Sub-Account now
represents 50% of your holdings because of its increase in value. If you choose
to have your holdings rebalanced quarterly, on the first day of the next quarter
we would sell some of your units in the AIM V.I. Balanced - Series I Sub-Account
Variable Sub-Account and use the money to buy more units in the Fidelity VIP
Growth - Initial Class Sub-Account Variable Sub-Account so that the percentage
allocations would again be 40% and 60% respectively.

The Automatic Portfolio Rebalancing Program is available only during the
Accumulation Phase. The transfers made under the Program do not count towards
the 12 transfers you can make without paying a transfer fee, and are not subject
to a transfer fee.

Portfolio rebalancing is consistent with maintaining your allocation of
investments among market segments, although it is accomplished by reducing your
Contract Value allocated to the better performing segments.

You may not use the Dollar Cost Averaging and automatic Portfolio Rebalancing
programs at the same time.

EXPENSES

As a Contract Owner, you will bear, directly or indirectly, the charges and
expenses described below.

CONTRACT MAINTENANCE CHARGE

During the Accumulation Phase, on each Contract Anniversary, we will deduct a
$30 contract maintenance charge from your Contract Value invested in each
Variable Sub-Account in proportion to the amount invested. We also will deduct a
full contract maintenance charge if you withdraw your entire Contract Value,
unless your Contract qualifies for a waiver, described below. During the Payout
Phase, we will deduct the charge proportionately from each income payment.

The charge is for the cost of maintaining each Contract and the Variable
Account. Maintenance costs include expenses we incur in billing and collecting
purchase payments; keeping records; processing death claims, cash withdrawals,
and policy changes; proxy statements; calculating Accumulation Unit Values and
income payments; and issuing reports to Contract Owners and regulatory agencies.
We cannot increase the charge. We will waive this charge if:

..    total purchase payments equal $50,000 or more, or

..    all of your money is allocated to the Fixed Account on a Contract
     Anniversary.

MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK CHARGE

We deduct a mortality and expense risk charge daily at an annual rate of 1.15%
of the average daily net assets you have invested in the Variable Sub-Accounts.
The mortality and expense risk charge is for all the insurance benefits
available with your Contract (including our guarantee of annuity rates and the
death benefits), for certain expenses of the Contract, and for assuming the risk
(expense risk) that the current charges will not be sufficient in the future to
cover the cost of administering the Contract. If the charges under the Contract
are not sufficient, then we will bear the loss.

We guarantee the mortality and expense risk charge and we cannot increase it. We
assess the mortality and expense risk charge during both the Accumulation Phase
and the Payout Phase.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CHARGE We deduct an administrative expense charge daily
at an annual rate of 0.10% of the average daily net assets you have invested in
the Variable Sub-Accounts. We intend this charge to cover actual administrative
expenses that exceed the revenues from the contract maintenance charge. There is
no necessary relationship between the amount of administrative charge imposed on
a given Contract and the amount of expenses that may be attributed to that
Contract. We assess this charge each day during the Accumulation Phase and the
Payout Phase. We guarantee that we will not raise this charge.

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TRANSFER FEE

We do not currently impose a fee upon transfers among the investment
alternatives. However, we reserve the right to charge $10 per transfer after the
12th transfer in each Contract Year. We will not charge a transfer fee on
transfers that are part of a Dollar Cost Averaging or Automatic Portfolio
Rebalancing Program.

WITHDRAWAL CHARGE We may assess a Withdrawal Charge of up to 7% of the purchase
payment(s) you withdraw in excess of the Preferred Withdrawal Amount, adjusted
by a Market Value Adjustment. The charge declines by 1% annually to 0% after 7
complete years from the day we receive the purchase payment being withdrawn.
Beginning on January 1, 2004, if you make a withdrawal before the Payout Start
Date, we will apply the Withdrawal Charge percentage in effect on the date of
the withdrawal, or the Withdrawal Charge percentage in effect on the following
day, whichever is lower. A schedule showing how the Withdrawal Charge declines
appears on page 7. During each Contract Year, you can withdraw up to 15% of
purchase payments without paying the Withdrawal Charge. Unused portions of this
15% "PREFERRED WITHDRAWAL AMOUNT" are not carried forward to future Contract
Years.

We determine the Withdrawal Charge by:

..    multiplying the percentage corresponding to the number of complete years
     since we received the purchase payment being withdrawn, times

..    the part of each purchase payment withdrawal that is in excess of the
     Preferred Withdrawal Amount, adjusted by a Market Value Adjustment.

We will deduct Withdrawal Charges, if applicable, from the amount paid. For
purposes of the Withdrawal Charge, we will treat withdrawals as coming from the
oldest purchase payments first. However, for federal income tax purposes, please
note that withdrawals are considered to have come first from earnings in the
Contract, which means you pay taxes on the earnings portion of your withdrawal.

We do not apply a Withdrawal Charge in the following situations:

..    on the Payout Start Date (a Withdrawal Charge may apply if you elect to
     receive income payments for a specified period of less than 120 months);

..    the death of the Contract Owner or Annuitant (unless the Settlement Value
     is used);

..    withdrawals taken to satisfy IRS required minimum distribution rules for
     the Contract; or

..    withdrawals made after all purchase payments have been withdrawn.

We use the amounts obtained from the Withdrawal Charge to pay sales commissions
and other promotional or distribution expenses associated with marketing the
Contracts. To the extent that the Withdrawal Charge does not cover all sales
commissions and other promotional or distribution expenses, we may use any of
our corporate assets, including potential profit which may arise from the
mortality and expense risk charge or any other charges or fee described above,
to make up any difference.

Withdrawals taken during the Accumulation Phase are generally considered to come
from the earnings in the Contract first. If the Contract is tax-qualified,
generally all withdrawals are treated as distributions of earnings. Withdrawals
of earnings are taxable as ordinary income and, if taken prior to age 59 1/2,
may be subject to an additional 10% federal tax penalty. Withdrawals may also be
subject to a Market Value Adjustment. You should consult your own tax counsel or
other tax advisers regarding any withdrawals.

PREMIUM TAXES

Currently, we do not make deductions for premium taxes under the Contract
because New York does not charge premium taxes on annuities. We may deduct taxes
that may be imposed in the future from purchase payments or the Contract Value
when the tax is incurred or at a later time.

DEDUCTION FOR VARIABLE ACCOUNT INCOME TAXES

We are not currently making a provision for such taxes. In the future, however,
we may make a provision for taxes if we determine, in our sole discretion, that
we will incur a tax as a result of the operation of the Variable Account. We
will deduct for any taxes we incur as a result of the operation of the Variable
Account, whether or not we previously made a provision for taxes and whether or
not it was sufficient. Our status under the Internal Revenue Code is briefly
described in the Taxes section.

OTHER EXPENSES

Each Portfolio deducts advisory fees and other expenses from its assets. You
indirectly bear the charges and expenses of the Portfolios whose shares are held
by the Variable Sub-Accounts. These fees and expenses are described in the
accompanying prospectus for the Portfolios. For a summary of the maximum and
minimum amounts for these charges and expenses, see pages 7-8. We may receive
compensation from the investment advisers or administrators of the Portfolios
for administrative services we provide to the Portfolios.

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ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY

You can withdraw some or all of your Contract Value at any time prior to the
Payout Start Date. Full or partial withdrawals also are available under limited
circumstances on or after the Payout Start Date. See "Income Plans" on page 22.

The amount payable upon withdrawal is the Contract Value next computed after we
receive the request for a withdrawal at our customer service center, adjusted by
any Market Value Adjustment, less any Withdrawal Charges, contract maintenance
charges, income tax withholding, and any premium taxes. We will pay withdrawals
from the Variable Account within 7 days of receipt of the request, subject to
postponement in certain circumstances.

You can withdraw money from the Variable Account or the Fixed Account. To
complete a partial withdrawal from the Variable Account, we will cancel
Accumulation Units in an amount equal to the withdrawal and any applicable
Withdrawal Charge and premium taxes.

Withdrawals taken during the Accumulation Phase are generally considered to come
from the earnings in the Contract first. If the Contract is tax-qualified,
generally all withdrawals are treated as distributions of earnings. Withdrawals
of earnings are taxed as ordinary income and, if taken prior to age 59 1/2, may
be subject to an additional 10% federal tax penalty.

You have the opportunity to name the investment alternative(s) from which you
are taking the withdrawal. If none is specified, we will deduct your withdrawal
pro-rata from the investment alternatives according to the value of your
investments therein.

In general, you must withdraw at least $50 at a time. You also may withdraw a
lesser amount if you are withdrawing your entire interest in a Variable Sub-
Account.

If you request a total withdrawal, you must return your Contract to us.

POSTPONEMENT OF PAYMENTS

We may postpone the payment of any amounts due from the Variable Account under
the Contract if:

1.   The New York Stock Exchange is closed for other than usual weekends or
     holidays, or trading on the Exchange is otherwise restricted;

2.   An emergency exists as defined by the SEC; or

3.   The SEC permits delay for your protection.

In addition, we may delay payments or transfers from the Fixed Account for up to
6 months or a shorter period if required by law. If we delay payment or transfer
for 10 business days or more, we will pay interest as required by law. Any
interest would be payable from the date we receive the withdrawal request to the
date we make the payment or transfer.

SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PROGRAM

You may choose to receive systematic withdrawal payments on a monthly,
quarterly, semi-annual, or annual basis at any time prior to the Payout Start
Date. The minimum amount of each systematic withdrawal is $50. At our
discretion, systematic withdrawals may not be offered in conjunction with the
Dollar Cost Averaging Program or the Automatic Portfolio Rebalancing Program.

Depending on fluctuations in the net asset value of the Variable Sub-Accounts
and the value of the Fixed Account, systematic withdrawals may reduce or even
exhaust the Contract Value. Please consult your tax advisor before taking any
withdrawal.

We will make systematic withdrawal payments to you or your designated payee. We
may modify or suspend the Systematic Withdrawal Program and charge a processing
fee for the service. If we modify or suspend the Systematic Withdrawal Program,
existing systematic withdrawal payments will not be affected.

MINIMUM CONTRACT VALUE

If your request for a partial withdrawal would reduce the amount in any
Guarantee Period to less than $500, we will treat it as a request to withdraw
the entire amount invested in such Guarantee Period. If your request for a
partial withdrawal would reduce your Contract Value to less than $1,000, we may
treat it as a request to withdraw your entire Contract Value. Your Contract will
terminate if you withdraw all of your Contract Value. We will, however, ask you
to confirm your withdrawal request before terminating your Contract. Before
terminating any Contract whose value has been reduced by withdrawals to less
than $1,000, we will inform you in writing of our intention to terminate your
Contract and give you at least 30 days in which to make an additional purchase
payment to restore your Contract's value to the contractual minimum of $1,000.
If we terminate your Contract, we will distribute to you its Contract Value,
adjusted by any applicable Market Value Adjustment, less withdrawal and other
charges and applicable taxes.

INCOME PAYMENTS

PAYOUT START DATE

The Payout Start Date is the day that we apply your money to an Income Plan. The
Payout Start Date must be no later than the day the Annuitant reaches age 90, or
the 10th Contract Anniversary, if later. You may change the Payout Start Date at
any time by notifying us in

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writing of the change at least 30 days before the scheduled Payout Start Date.
Absent a change, we will use the Payout Start Date stated in your Contract.

INCOME PLANS

An "Income Plan" is a series of payments on a scheduled basis to you or to
another person designated by you. You may choose and change your choice of
Income Plan until 30 days before the Payout Start Date. If you do not select an
Income Plan, we will make income payments in accordance with Income Plan 1 with
guaranteed payments for 10 years if you have designated only one annuitant or
Income Plan 2 with guaranteed payments for 10 years if you have designated a
joint Annuitant. After the Payout Start Date, you may not make withdrawals
(except as described below) or change your choice of Income Plan.

Three Income Plans are available under the Contract. Each is available to
provide:

..    fixed income payments;

..    variable income payments; or

..    a combination of the two.

A portion of each payment will be considered taxable and the remaining portion
will be a non-taxable return of your investment in the Contract, which is also
called the "basis". Once the investment in the Contract is depleted, all
remaining payments will be fully taxable. If the Contract is tax-qualified,
generally, all payments will be fully taxable. Taxable payments taken prior to
age 59 1/2, may be subject to an additional 10% federal tax penalty.

The three Income Plans are:

INCOME PLAN 1 - LIFE INCOME WITH GUARANTEED PAYMENTS. Under this plan, we make
periodic income payments for at least as long as the Annuitant lives. If the
Annuitant dies before we have made all of the guaranteed income payments, we
will continue to pay the remainder of the guaranteed income payments as required
by the Contract. The number of months guaranteed may be 0 months, or range from
60 to 360 months.

INCOME PLAN 2 - JOINT AND SURVIVOR LIFE INCOME WITH GUARANTEED PAYMENTS. Under
this plan, we make periodic income payments for at least as long as either the
Annuitant or the joint Annuitant is alive. If both the Annuitant and the joint
Annuitant die before we have made all of the guaranteed income payments, we will
continue to pay the remainder of the guaranteed income payments as required by
the Contract. The number of months guaranteed may be 0 months, or range from 60
to 360 months.

INCOME PLAN 3 - GUARANTEED PAYMENT FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD (5 YEARS TO 30 YEARS).
Under this plan, we make periodic income payments for the period you have
chosen. These payments do not depend on the Annuitant's life. Income payments
for less than 120 months may be subject to a withdrawal charge. We will deduct
the mortality and expense risk charge from the Variable Sub-Account assets that
support variable income payments even though we may not bear any mortality risk.

The length of any guaranteed payment period under your selected Income Plan
generally will affect the dollar amounts of each income payment. As a general
rule, longer guarantee periods result in lower income payments, all other things
being equal. For example, if you choose an Income Plan with payments that depend
on the life of the Annuitant but with no minimum specified period for guaranteed
payments, the income payments generally will be greater than the income payments
made under the same Income Plan with a minimum specified period for guaranteed
payments.

If you choose Income Plan 1 or 2, or, if available, another Income Plan with
payments that continue for the life of the Annuitant or joint Annuitant, we may
require proof of age and sex of the Annuitant or joint Annuitant before starting
income payments, and proof that the Annuitant or joint Annuitant is alive before
we make each payment.

Please note that under such Income Plans, if you elect to take no minimum
guaranteed payments, it is possible that the payee could receive only 1 income
payment if the Annuitant and any joint Annuitant both die before the second
income payment, or only 2 income payments if they die before the third income
payment, and so on.

Generally, you may not make withdrawals after the Payout Start Date. One
exception to this rule applies if you are receiving variable income payments
that do not depend on the life of the Annuitant (such as under Income Plan 3).
In that case you may terminate all or part of the Variable Account portion of
the income payments at any time and receive a lump sum equal to the present
value of the remaining variable income payments associated with the amount
withdrawn. To determine the present value of any remaining variable income
payments being withdrawn, we use a discount rate equal to the assumed annual
investment rate that we use to compute such variable income payments. The
minimum amount you may withdraw under this feature is $1,000. A withdrawal
charge may apply. You will also have a limited ability to make transfers from
the Variable Account portion of the income payments to increase the proportion
of your income payments consisting of fixed income payments. You may not,
however, convert any portion of your right to receive fixed income payments into
variable income payments. We deduct applicable premium taxes, if any, from the
Contract Value at the Payout Start Date. New York does not currently impose a
premium tax.

We may make other Income Plans available. You may obtain information about them
by writing or calling us.

You must apply at least the Contract Value in the Fixed Account on the Payout
Start Date to fixed income payments. If you wish to apply any portion of your
Fixed

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Account balance to provide variable income payments, you should plan ahead and
transfer that amount to the Variable Sub-Accounts prior to the Payout Start
Date. If you do not tell us how to allocate your Contract Value among fixed and
variable income payments, we will apply your Contract Value in the Variable
Account to variable income payments and your Contract Value in the Fixed Account
to fixed income payments.

We will apply your Contract Value, adjusted by a Market Value Adjustment, less
applicable taxes to your Income Plan on the Payout Start Date. If the Contract
Value is less than $2,000 or not enough to provide an initial payment of at
least $20, and state law permits, we may:

..    terminate the Contract and pay you the Contract Value, adjusted by any
     Market Value Adjustment and less any applicable taxes, in a lump sum
     instead of the periodic payments you have chosen, or

..    reduce the frequency of your payments so that each payment will be at least
     $20.

VARIABLE INCOME PAYMENTS

The amount of your variable income payments depends upon the investment results
of the Variable Sub-Accounts you select, the premium taxes you pay, if any, the
age and sex of the Annuitant, and the Income Plan you choose. We guarantee that
the payments will not be affected by (a) actual mortality experience and (b) the
amount of our administration expenses.

We cannot predict the total amount of your variable income payments. Your
variable income payments may be more or less than your total purchase payments
because (a) variable income payments vary with the investment results of the
underlying Portfolio and (b) the Annuitant could live longer or shorter than we
expect based on the tables we use.

In calculating the amount of the periodic payments in the annuity tables in the
Contract, we assumed an annual investment rate of 3%. If the actual net
investment return of the Variable Sub-Accounts you choose is less than this
assumed investment rate, then the dollar amount of your variable income payments
will decrease. The dollar amount of your variable income payments will increase,
however, if the actual net investment return exceeds the assumed investment
rate. The dollar amount of the variable income payments stays level if the net
investment return equals the assumed investment rate. Please refer to the
Statement of Additional Information for more detailed information as to how we
determine variable income payments.

FIXED INCOME PAYMENTS

We guarantee income payment amounts derived from the Fixed Account for the
duration of the Income Plan. We calculate the fixed income payments by:

1.   adjusting the portion of the Contract Value in the Fixed Account on the
     Payout Start Date by any applicable Market Value Adjustment;

2.   deducting any applicable premium tax; and

3.   applying the resulting amount to the greater of (a) the appropriate value
     from the income payment table in your Contract or (b) such other value as
     we are offering at that time.

We may defer making fixed income payments for a period of up to 6 months or such
shorter time as state law may require. If we defer payments for 10 business days
or more, we will pay interest as required by law from the date we receive the
withdrawal request to the date we make payment.

CERTAIN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

The Contracts offered by this prospectus contain income payment tables that
provide for different payments to men and women of the same age, except in
states that require unisex tables. We reserve the right to use income payment
tables that do not distinguish on the basis of sex to the extent permitted by
law. In certain employment-related situations, employers are required by
applicable law to use the same income payment tables for men and women.
Accordingly, if the Contract is to be used in connection with an
employment-related retirement or benefit plan, and we do not offer unisex
annuity tables in your state, you should consult with legal counsel as to
whether the purchase of a Contract is appropriate. For qualified plans, where it
is appropriate, we may use income payment tables that do not distinguish on the
basis of sex.

DEATH BENEFITS

We will pay the death proceeds prior to the Payout Start Date on:

(a)  the death of any Contract Owner, or

(b)  the death of the Annuitant, if the Contract is owned by a non-living
     person.

We will pay the death proceeds to the new Contract Owner as determined
immediately after the death. The new Contract Owner would be a surviving
Contract Owner or, if none, the Beneficiary(ies). In the case of a Contract
owned by a non-living owner, upon the death of the Annuitant, we will pay the
death proceeds to the current Contract Owner.

We will determine the value of the death proceeds as of the end of the Valuation
Date on which we receive a complete request for settlement of the death
proceeds. If we receive a request after 3 p.m. Central Time on a Valuation Date,
we will process the request as of the end of the following Valuation Date.

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A complete request for settlement of the death proceeds must include DUE PROOF
OF DEATH. We will accept the following documentation as "Due Proof of Death:"

..    a certified copy of the death certificate,

..    a certified copy of a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction as to the
     finding of death, or

..    any other proof acceptable to us.

DEATH PROCEEDS

If we receive a complete request for settlement of the death proceeds within 180
days of the date of the death of any Contract Owner, or the death of the
Annuitant, if the Contract is owned by a non-living owner, the death proceeds
are equal to the Death Benefit described below. Otherwise, the death proceeds
are equal to the greater of the Contract Value or the Settlement Value.

We reserve the right to extend, on a non-discriminatory basis, the 180-day
period in which the death proceeds will equal the Death Benefit as described
below. This right applies only to the amount payable as death proceeds and in no
way restricts when a claim may be filed.

If we do not receive a complete request for settlement of the death proceeds
within 180 days of the date of death, the death proceeds are equal to the
greater of:

1)   the Contract Value as of the date we determine the death proceeds; or

2)   the Settlement Value as of the date we determine the death proceeds.

DEATH BENEFIT AMOUNT

Prior to the Payout Start Date, the Death Benefit is equal to the greatest of:

1.   the Contract Value as of the date we receive a complete request for
     settlement of the death proceeds, or

2.   the SETTLEMENT VALUE (that is, the amount payable on a full withdrawal of
     Contract Value) on the date we determine the death proceeds, or

3.   the Contract Value on the Death Benefit Anniversary immediately preceding
     the date we receive a complete request for settlement of the death
     proceeds, adjusted by any purchase payments, withdrawal adjustment as
     defined below, and charges made since that Death Benefit Anniversary. A
     "DEATH BENEFIT ANNIVERSARY" is every seventh Contract Anniversary beginning
     with the Issue Date. For example, the Issue Date, 7th and 14th Contract
     Anniversaries are the first three Death Benefit Anniversaries, or

4.   the greatest of the Anniversary Values as of the date we receive a complete
     request for settlement of the death proceeds. An "ANNIVERSARY VALUE" is
     equal to the Contract Value on a Contract Anniversary, increased by
     purchase payments made since that Anniversary and reduced by the amount of
     any withdrawal adjustment, as defined below, since that anniversary.
     Anniversary Values will be calculated for each Contract Anniversary prior
     to the earlier of:

(i)  the date we determine the death benefit, or

(ii) the deceased's 75th birthday or 5 years after the Issue Date, if later.

The withdrawal adjustment is equal to (a) divided by (b), with the result
multiplied by (c), where:

(a)  = the withdrawal amount,

(b)  = the Contract Value immediately prior to the withdrawal, and

(c)  = the value of the applicable death benefit alternative immediately prior
       to the withdrawal.

See Appendix C for an example representative of how the withdrawal adjustment
applies.

In calculating the Settlement Value, the amount in each individual Guarantee
Period may be subject to a Market Value Adjustment. A Market Value Adjustment
will apply to amounts in a Guarantee Period, unless we calculate the Settlement
Value during the 30-day period after the expiration of the Guarantee Period.
Also, the Settlement Value will reflect the deduction of any applicable
Withdrawal Charges, contract maintenance charges, and premium taxes. Contract
maintenance charges will be pro rated for the part of the Contract Year elapsed
as of the date we determine the Settlement Value, unless your Contract qualifies
for a waiver of such charges described in the "Contract Maintenance Charge"
section above.

DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENTS
DEATH OF OWNER

1.   If your spouse is the sole surviving Contract Owner, or is the sole
     Beneficiary:

a.   Your spouse may elect to receive the Death Proceeds in a lump sum; or

b.   Your spouse may elect to receive the Death Proceeds paid out under one of
     the Income Plans (described in "Income Payments" above), subject to the
     following conditions:

The Payout Start Date must be within one year of your date of death. Income
payments must be payable:

i.   over the life of your spouse; or

ii.  for a guaranteed number of payments from 5 to 50 years but not to exceed
     the life expectancy of your spouse; or

iii. over the life of your spouse with a guaranteed number of payments from 5 to
     30 years but not to exceed the life expectancy of your spouse.

c.   If your spouse does not elect one of these options, the Contract will
     continue in the Accumulation

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Phase as if the death had not occurred. If the Contract is continued in the
Accumulation Phase, the following conditions apply: The Contract Value of the
continued Contract will be the Death Proceeds. Unless otherwise instructed by
the continuing spouse, the excess, if any, of the Death Proceeds over the
Contract Value will be allocated to the Sub-Accounts of the Variable Account.
This excess will be allocated in proportion to your Contract Value in those
Variable Sub-Accounts as of the end of the Valuation Date on which we receive
the complete request for settlement of the Death Proceeds (the next Valuation
Date if we receive the request after 3:00 p.m. Central Time), except that any
portion of this excess attributable to the Fixed Account Options will be
allocated to the money market Variable Sub-Account. Within 30 days of the date
the Contract is continued, your surviving spouse may choose one of the following
transfer alternatives without incurring a transfer fee:

i.   transfer all or a portion of the excess among the Variable Sub-accounts;

ii.  transfer all or a portion of the excess into the Fixed Account and begin a
     new Guarantee Period; or

iii. transfer all or a portion of the excess into a combination of Variable
     Sub-Accounts and the Fixed Account.

Any such transfer does not count as one of the free transfers allowed each
Contract Year and is subject to any minimum allocation amount specified in the
Contract.

The surviving spouse may make a single withdrawal of any amount within one year
of the date of your death without incurring a Withdrawal Charge or Market Value
Adjustment.

Prior to the Payout Start Date, the Death Proceeds of the continued Contract
will be described under "Death Benefit Amount."

Only one spousal continuation is allowed under the Contract.

2.   If the new Contract Owner is not your spouse but is a living person or if
     there are multiple living-person new Contract Owners:

a.   The new Contract Owner may elect to receive the Death Proceeds in a lump
     sum; or

b.   The new Contract Owner may elect to receive the Death Proceeds paid out
     under one of the Income Plans (described in "Income Payments" on page 21),
     subject to the following conditions:

The Payout Start Date must be within one year of your date of death. Income
payments must be payable:

i.   over the life of the new Contract Owner; or

ii.  for a guaranteed number of payments from 5 to 50 years but not to exceed
     the life expectancy of the new Contract Owner; or

iii. over the life of the new Contract Owner with a guaranteed number of
     payments from 5 to 30 years but not to exceed the life expectancy of the
     new Contract Owner.

c.   If the new Contract Owner does not elect one of the options above, then the
     new Contract Owner must receive the Contract Value payable within 5 years
     of your date of death. The Contract Value will equal the amount of the
     Death Proceeds as determined as of the end of the Valuation Date on which
     we receive a complete request for settlement of the Death Proceeds (the
     next Valuation Date if we receive the request after 3:00 p.m. Central
     Time). Unless otherwise instructed by the new Contract Owner, the excess,
     if any, of the Death Proceeds over the Contract Value will be allocated to
     the money market Variable Sub-Account. Henceforth, the new Contract Owner
     may make transfers (as described in "Transfers During the Payout Phase" on
     page 18) during this 5 year period. No additional purchase payments may be
     added to the Contract under this election. Withdrawal Charges will be
     waived for any withdrawals made during this 5 year period.

We reserve the right to offer additional options upon the death of the Contract
Owner.

If the new Contract Owner dies prior to the omplete liquidation of the Contract
Value, then the new Contract Owner's named Beneficiary(ies) will receive the
greater of the Settlement Value or the remaining Contract Value. This amount
must be liquidated as a lump sum within 5 years of the date of the original
Contract Owner's death.

3.   If the new Contract Owner is a corporation or other type of non-living
     person:

a.   The new Contract Owner may elect to receive the Death Proceeds in a lump
     sum; or

b.   If the new Contract Owner does not elect the option above, then the new
     Contract Owner must receive the Contract Value payable within 5 years of
     your date of death. The Contract Value will equal the amount of the Death
     Proceeds as determined as of the end of the Valuation Date on which we
     receive a complete request for settlement of the Death Proceeds (the next
     Valuation Date if we receive the request after 3:00 p.m. Central Time).
     Unless otherwise instructed by the new Contract Owner, the excess, if any,
     of the Death Proceeds over the Contract Value will be allocated to the
     money market Variable Sub-Account. Henceforth, the new Contract Owner may
     make transfers (as described in "Transfers During the Payout Phase" on page
     18) during this 5 year period.

No additional purchase payments may be added to the Contract under this
election. Withdrawal charges will be waived during this 5 year period.

We reserve the right to make additional options available to the new Contract
Owner upon the death of the Contract Owner.

If any new Contract Owner is a non-living person, all new Contract Owners will
be considered to be non-living persons for the above purposes. Under any of
these options, all ownership rights, subject to any restrictions previously
placed upon the Beneficiary, are available to the new Contract Owner from the
date of your death to the date on which the Death Proceeds is paid.

DEATH OF ANNUITANT

If the Annuitant who is not also the Contract Owner dies prior to the Payout
Start Date, the following apply:

1.   If the Contract Owner is a living person, then the Contract will continue
     with a new Annuitant, who will be:

a.   the youngest Contract Owner; otherwise

b.   the youngest Beneficiary. You may change the Annuitant before the Payout
     Start Date.

2.   If the Contract Owner is a non-living person:

a.   The Contract Owner may elect to receive the Death Proceeds in a lump sum;
     or

b.   If the Contract Owner does not elect the option above, then the Contract
     Owner must receive the Contract Value payable within 5 years of the
     Annuitant's date of death. The Contract Value will equal the amount of the
     Death Proceeds as determined as of the end of the Valuation Date on which
     we receive a complete request for settlement of the Death Proceeds (the
     next Valuation Date if we receive the request after 3:00 p.m. Central
     Time). Unless otherwise instructed by the Contract Owner, the excess, if
     any, of the Death Proceeds over the Contract Value will be allocated to the
     money market Variable Sub-Account. Henceforth, the Contract Owner may make
     transfers (as described in "Transfers During the Payout Phase" on page 18)
     during this 5 year period.

No additional purchase payments may be added to the Contract under this
election. Withdrawal Charges will be waived during this 5 year period.

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We reserve the right to make additional options available to the Contract Owner
upon the death of the Annuitant.

Under any of these options, all ownership rights are available to the non-living
Contract Owner from the date of the Annuitant's death to the date on which the
Death Proceeds is paid.

MORE INFORMATION

ALLSTATE NEW YORK

Allstate New York is the issuer of the Contract. Allstate New York is a stock
life insurance company organized under the laws of the State of New York.
Allstate New York was incorporated in 1967 and was known as "Financial Life
Insurance Company" from 1967 to 1978. From 1978 to 1984, Allstate New York was
known as "PM Life Insurance Company." Since 1984 the company has been known as
"Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York."

Allstate New York is currently licensed to operate in New York. Our home office
is located 100 Motor Parkway, Hauppauge, New York 11788-5107. Our service center
is located in Vernon Hills, Illinois.

Allstate New York is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate Life Insurance
Company ("Allstate Life") , a stock life insurance company incorporated under
the laws of the State of Illinois. Allstate Life is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Allstate Insurance Company, a stock property-liability insurance company
incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois. With the exception of the
directors qualifying shares, all of the outstanding capital stock of Allstate
Insurance Company is owned by The Allstate Corporation.

THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT

Allstate New York established the Allstate Life of New York Separate Account A
on December 15, 1995. We have registered the Variable Account with the SEC as a
unit investment trust. The SEC does not supervise the management of the Variable
Account or Allstate New York.

We own the assets of the Variable Account. The Variable Account is a segregated
asset account under New York law. That means we account for the Variable
Account's income, gains and losses separately from the results of our other
operations. It also means that only the assets of the Variable Account that are
in excess of the reserves and other Contract liabilities with respect to the
Variable Account are subject to liabilities relating to our other operations.

Our obligations arising under the Contracts are general corporate obligations of
Allstate New York.

The Variable Account consists of multiple Variable Sub-Accounts, 26 of which are
available through the Contracts. Each Variable Sub-Account invests in a
corresponding Portfolio. We may add new Variable Sub-Accounts or eliminate one
or more of them, if we believe marketing, tax, or investment conditions so
warrant. We do not guarantee the investment performance of the Variable Account,
its Sub-Accounts or the Portfolios. We

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may use the Variable Account to fund our other annuity contracts. We will
account separately for each type of annuity contract funded by the Variable
Account.

THE PORTFOLIOS

DIVIDENDS AND CAPITAL GAIN DISTRIBUTIONS. We automatically reinvest all
dividends and capital gains distributions from the Portfolios in shares of the
distributing Portfolio at their net asset value.

VOTING PRIVILEGES. As a general matter, you do not have a direct right to vote
the shares of the Portfolios held by the Variable Sub-Accounts to which you have
allocated your Contract Value. Under current law, however, you are entitled to
give us instructions on how to vote those shares on certain matters. Based on
our present view of the law, we will vote the shares of the Portfolios that we
hold directly or indirectly through the Variable Account in accordance with
instructions that we receive from Contract owners entitled to give such
instructions.

As a general rule, before the Payout Start Date, the Contract Owner or anyone
with a voting interest is the person entitled to give voting instructions. The
number of shares that a person has a right to instruct will be determined by
dividing the Contract Value allocated to the applicable Variable Sub-Account by
the net asset value per share of the corresponding Portfolio as of the record
date of the meeting. After the Payout Start Date, the person receiving income
payments has the voting interest. The payee's number of votes will be determined
by dividing the reserve for such Contract allocated to the applicable Variable
Sub-Account by the net asset value per share of the corresponding Portfolio. The
votes decrease as income payments are made and as the reserves for the Contract
decrease.

We will vote shares attributable to Contracts for which we have not received
instructions, as well as shares attributable to us, in the same proportion as we
vote shares for which we have received instructions, unless we determine that we
may vote such shares in our own discretion. We will apply voting instructions to
abstain on any item to be voted on a pro-rata basis to reduce the votes eligible
to be cast.

We reserve the right to vote Portfolio shares as we see fit without regard to
voting instructions to the extent permitted by law. If we disregard voting
instructions, we will include a summary of that action and our reasons for that
action in the next semi-annual financial report we send to you.

CHANGES IN PORTFOLIOS. If the shares of any of the Portfolios are no longer
available for investment by the Variable Account or if, in our judgment, further
investment in such shares is no longer desirable in view of the purposes of the
Contract, we may eliminate that Portfolio and substitute shares of another
eligible investment portfolio. Any substitution of securities will comply with
the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940. We also may add new
Variable Sub-Accounts that invest in additional portfolios. We will notify you
in advance of any changes.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. Certain of the Portfolios sell their shares to Variable
Accounts underlying both variable life insurance and variable annuity contracts.

It is conceivable that in the future it may be unfavorable for variable life
insurance Variable Accounts and variable annuity Variable Accounts to invest in
the same Portfolio. The boards of directors of these Portfolios monitor for
possible conflicts among Variable Accounts buying shares of the Portfolios.

Conflicts could develop for a variety of reasons. For example, differences in
treatment under tax and other laws or the failure by a Variable Account to
comply with such laws could cause a conflict. To eliminate a conflict, a
Portfolio's board of directors may require a Variable Account to withdraw its
participation in a Portfolio. A Portfolio's net asset value could decrease if it
had to sell investment securities to pay redemption proceeds to a Variable
Account withdrawing because of a conflict.

THE CONTRACT

DISTRIBUTION. ALFS, Inc. ("ALFS"), located at 3100 Sanders Road, Northbrook,
Illinois 60062, serves as principal underwriter of the Contracts. ALFS is a
wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate Life Insurance Company. ALFS is a registered
broker-dealer under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
("Exchange Act"), and is a member of the NASD.

Contracts described in this prospectus are sold by registered representatives of
broker-dealers who are our licensed insurance agents, either individually or
through an incorporated insurance agency. Commissions paid to broker-dealers may
vary, but we estimate that the total commissions paid on all Contract sales to
broker-dealers will not exceed 8.5% of any purchase payments. These commissions
are intended to cover distribution expenses. From time to time, we may offer
additional sales incentives of up to 1% of purchase payments to broker-dealers
who maintain certain sales volume levels.

Allstate New York does not pay ALFS a commission for distribution of the
Contracts. The underwriting agreement with ALFS provides that we will reimburse
ALFS for any liability to Contract Owners arising out of services rendered or
Contracts issued.

ADMINISTRATION. We have primary responsibility for all administration of the
Contracts and the Variable Account. We provide the following administrative
services, among others:

..    issuance of the Contracts;

..    maintenance of Contract Owner records;

..    Contract Owner services;

..    calculation of unit values;

..    maintenance of the Variable Account; and

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..    preparation of Contract Owner reports.

We will send you Contract statements and transaction confirmations at least
annually. The annual statement details values and specific Contract data for
each particular Contract. You should notify us promptly in writing of any
address change. You should read your statements and confirmations carefully and
verify their accuracy. You should contact us promptly if you have a question
about a periodic statement. We will investigate all complaints and make any
necessary adjustments retroactively, but you must notify us of a potential error
within a reasonable time after the date of the questioned statement. If you wait
too long, we will make the adjustment as of the date that we receive notice of
the potential error.

We also will provide you with additional periodic and other reports, information
and prospectuses as may be required by federal securities laws.

NON-QUALIFIED ANNUITIES HELD WITHIN A QUALIFIED PLAN

If you use the Contract within an employer sponsored qualified retirement plan,
the plan may impose different or additional conditions or limitations on
withdrawals, waivers of withdrawal charges, death benefits, Payout Start Dates,
income payments, and other Contract features. In addition, adverse tax
consequences may result if qualified plan limits on distributions and other
conditions are not met. Please consult your qualified plan administrator for
more information. We no longer issue deferred annuities to employer sponsored
qualified retirement plans.

LEGAL MATTERS

All matters of New York law pertaining to the Contracts, including the validity
of the Contracts and Allstate New York's right to issue such Contracts under New
York insurance law, have been passed upon by Michael J. Velotta, General Counsel
of Allstate New York.

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TAXES

THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION IS GENERAL AND IS NOT INTENDED AS TAX ADVICE. ALLSTATE
NEW YORK MAKES NO GUARANTEE REGARDING THE TAX TREATMENT OF ANY CONTRACT OR
TRANSACTION INVOLVING A CONTRACT.

Federal, state, local and other tax consequences of ownership or receipt of
distributions under an annuity contract depend on your individual circumstances.
If you are concerned about any tax consequences with regard to your individual
circumstances, you should consult a competent tax adviser.

TAXATION OF ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

Allstate New York is taxed as a life insurance company under Part I of
Subchapter L of the Code. Since the Variable Account is not an entity separate
from Allstate New York, and its operations form a part of Allstate New York, it
will not be taxed separately. Investment income and realized capital gains of
the Variable Account are automatically applied to increase reserves under the
Contract. Under existing federal income tax law, Allstate New York believes that
the Variable Account investment income and capital gains will not be taxed to
the extent that such income and gains are applied to increase the reserves under
the Contract. Accordingly, Allstate New York does not anticipate that it will
incur any federal income tax liability attributable to the Variable Account, and
therefore Allstate New York does not intend to make provisions for any such
taxes. If Allstate New York is taxed on investment income or capital gains of
the Variable Account, then Allstate New York may impose a charge against the
Variable Account in order to make provision for such taxes.

TAXATION OF VARIABLE ANNUITIES IN GENERAL

TAX DEFERRAL. Generally, you are not taxed on increases in the Contract Value
until a distribution occurs. This rule applies only where:

..    the Contract Owner is a natural person,

..    the investments of the Variable Account are "adequately diversified"
     according to Treasury Department regulations, and

..    Allstate New York is considered the owner of the Variable Account assets
     for federal income tax purposes.

NON-NATURAL OWNERS. Non-natural owners are also referred to as Non Living Owners
in this prospectus. As a general rule, annuity contracts owned by non-natural
persons such as corporations, trusts, or other entities are not treated as
annuity contracts for federal income tax purposes. The income on such contracts
does not enjoy tax deferral and is taxed as ordinary income received or accrued
by the non-natural owner during the taxable year.

EXCEPTIONS TO THE NON-NATURAL OWNER RULE. There are several exceptions to the
general rule that annuity contracts held by a non-natural owner are not treated
as annuity contracts for federal income tax purposes. Contracts will generally
be treated as held by a natural person if the nominal owner is a trust or other
entity which holds the contract as agent for a natural person. However, this
special exception will not apply in the case of an employer who is the nominal
owner of an annuity contract under a non-Qualified deferred compensation
arrangement for its employees. Other exceptions to the non-natural owner rule
are: (1) contracts acquired by an estate of a decedent by reason of the death of
the decedent; (2) certain qualified contracts; (3) contracts purchased by
employers upon the termination of certain qualified plans; (4) certain contracts
used in connection with structured settlement agreements; and (5) immediate
annuity contracts, purchased with a single premium, when the annuity starting
date is no later than a year from purchase of the annuity and substantially
equal periodic payments are made, not less frequently than annually, during the
annuity period.

GRANTOR TRUST OWNED ANNUITY. Contracts owned by a grantor trust are considered
owned by a non-natural owner. Grantor trust owned contracts receive tax deferral
as described in the Exceptions to the Non-Natural Owner Rule section. In
accordance with the Code, upon the death of the annuitant, the death benefit
must be paid. According to your Contract, the Death Benefit is paid to the
surviving Contract Owner. Since the trust will be the surviving Contract Owner
in all cases, the Death Benefit will be payable to the trust notwithstanding any
beneficiary designation on the annuity contract. A trust, including a grantor
trust, has two options for receiving any death benefits: 1) a lump sum payment;
or 2) payment deferred up to five years from date of death.

DIVERSIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. For a Contract to be treated as an annuity for
federal income tax purposes, the investments in the Variable Account must be
"adequately diversified" consistent with standards under Treasury Department
regulations. If the investments in the Variable Account are not adequately
diversified, the Contract will not be treated as an annuity contract for federal
income tax purposes. As a result, the income on the Contract will be taxed as
ordinary income received or accrued by the Contract owner during the taxable
year. Although Allstate New York does not have control over the Portfolios or
their investments, we expect the Portfolios to meet the diversification
requirements.

OWNERSHIP TREATMENT. The IRS has stated that a contract owner will be considered
the owner of separate account assets if he possesses incidents of ownership in
those assets, such as the ability to exercise investment control over the
assets. At the time the diversification regulations were issued, the Treasury
Department

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announced that the regulations

do not provide guidance concerning circumstances in which investor control of
the separate account investments may cause a Contract owner to be treated as the
owner of the separate account. The Treasury Department also stated that future
guidance would be issued regarding the extent that owners could direct
sub-account investments without being treated as owners of the underlying assets
of the separate account.

Your rights under the Contract are different than those described by the IRS in
private and published rulings in which it found that Contract owners were not
owners of separate account assets. For example, if your contract offers more
than twenty (20) investment alternatives you have the choice to allocate
premiums and contract values among a broader selection of investment
alternatives than described in such rulings. You may be able to transfer among
investment alternatives more frequently than in such rulings. These differences
could result in you being treated as the owner of the Variable Account. If this
occurs, income and gain from the Variable Account assets would be includible in
your gross income. Allstate New York does not know what standards will be set
forth in any regulations or rulings which the Treasury Department may issue. It
is possible that future standards announced by the Treasury Department could
adversely affect the tax treatment of your Contract. We reserve the right to
modify the Contract as necessary to attempt to prevent you from being considered
the federal tax owner of the assets of the Variable Account. However, we make no
guarantee that such modification to the Contract will be successful.

TAXATION OF PARTIAL AND FULL WITHDRAWALS. If you make a partial withdrawal under
a Non-Qualified Contract, amounts received are taxable to the extent the
Contract Value, without regard to surrender charges, exceeds the investment in
the Contract. The investment in the Contract is the gross premium paid for the
contract minus any amounts previously received from the Contract if such amounts
were properly excluded from your gross income. If you make a full withdrawal
under a Non-Qualified Contract, the amount received will be taxable only to the
extent it exceeds the investment in the Contract.

TAXATION OF ANNUITY PAYMENTS. Generally, the rule for income taxation of annuity
payments received from a Non-Qualified Contract provides for the return of your
investment in the Contract in equal tax-free amounts over the payment period.
The balance of each payment received is taxable. For fixed annuity payments, the
amount excluded from income is determined by multiplying the payment by the
ratio of the investment in the Contract (adjusted for any refund feature or
period certain) to the total expected value of annuity payments for the term of
the Contract. If you elect variable annuity payments, the amount excluded from
taxable income is determined by dividing the investment in the Contract by the
total number of expected payments. The annuity payments will be fully taxable
after the total amount of the investment in the Contract is excluded using these
ratios. If any variable payment is less than the excludable amount you should
contact a competent tax advisor to determine how to report any unrecovered
investment. The federal tax treatment of annuity payments is unclear in some
respects. As a result, if the IRS should provide further guidance, it is
possible that the amount we calculate and report to the IRS as taxable could be
different. If you die, and annuity payments cease before the total amount of the
investment in the Contract is recovered, the unrecovered amount will be allowed
as a deduction for your last taxable year.

WITHDRAWALS AFTER THE PAYOUT START DATE. Federal tax law is unclear regarding
the taxation of any additional withdrawal received after the Payout Start Date.
It is possible that a greater or lesser portion of such a payment could be
taxable than the amount we determine.

DISTRIBUTION AT DEATH RULES. In order to be considered an annuity contract for
federal income tax purposes, the Contract must provide:

..    if any Contract Owner dies on or after the Payout Start Date but before the
     entire interest in the Contract has been distributed, the remaining portion
     of such interest must be distributed at least as rapidly as under the
     method of distribution being used as of the date of the Contract Owner's
     death;

..    if any Contract Owner dies prior to the Payout Start Date, the entire
     interest in the Contract will be distributed within 5 years after the date
     of the Contract Owner's death. These requirements are satisfied if any
     portion of the Contract Owner's interest that is payable to (or for the
     benefit of) a designated Beneficiary is distributed over the life of such
     Beneficiary (or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of
     the Beneficiary) and the distributions begin within 1 year of the Contract
     Owner's death. If the Contract Owner's designated Beneficiary is the
     surviving spouse of the Contract Owner, the Contract may be continued with
     the surviving spouse as the new Contract Owner;

..    if the Contract Owner is a non-natural person, then the Annuitant will be
     treated as the Contract Owner for purposes of applying the distribution at
     death rules. In addition, a change in the Annuitant on a Contract owned by
     a non-natural person will be treated as the death of the Contract Owner.

TAXATION OF ANNUITY DEATH BENEFITS. Death Benefit amounts are included in income
as follows:

..    if distributed in a lump sum, the amounts are taxed in the same manner as a
     total withdrawal, or

..    if distributed under an Income Plan, the amounts are taxed in the same
     manner as annuity payments.

PENALTY TAX ON PREMATURE DISTRIBUTIONS. A 10% penalty tax applies to the taxable
amount of any

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premature distribution from a non-Qualified Contract. The penalty tax generally
applies to any distribution made prior to the date you attain age 59 1/2.
However, no penalty tax is incurred on distributions:

..    made on or after the date the Contract Owner attains age 59 1/2,

..    made as a result of the Contract Owner's death or becoming totally
     disabled,

..    made in substantially equal periodic payments over the Contract Owner's
     life or life expectancy, or over the joint lives or joint life expectancies
     of the Contract Owner and the Beneficiary,

..    made under an immediate annuity, or

..    attributable to investment in the Contract before August 14, 1982.

You should consult a competent tax advisor to determine how these exceptions may
apply to your situation.

SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL PERIODIC PAYMENTS. With respect to non-Qualified Contracts
using substantially equal periodic payments or immediate annuity payments as an
exception to the penalty tax on premature distributions, any additional
withdrawal or other material modification of the payment stream would violate
the requirement that payments must be substantially equal. Failure to meet this
requirement would mean that the income portion of each payment received prior to
the later of 5 years or the Contract Owner's attaining age 59 1/2 would be
subject to a 10% penalty tax unless another exception to the penalty tax
applied. The tax for the year of the modification is increased by the penalty
tax that would have been imposed without the exception, plus interest for the
years in which the exception was used. A material modification does not include
permitted changes described in published IRS rulings. You should consult a
competent tax advisor prior to creating or modifying a substantially equal
periodic payment stream.

TAX FREE EXCHANGES UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 1035. A 1035 exchange is
a tax-free exchange of a non-qualified life insurance contract, endowment
contract or annuity contract into a non-Qualified annuity contract. The contract
owner(s) must be the same on the old and new contract. Basis from the old
contract carries over to the new contract so long as we receive that information
from the relinquishing company. If basis information is never received, we will
assume that all exchanged funds represent earnings and will allocate no cost
basis to them.

PARTIAL EXCHANGES. The IRS has issued a ruling that permits partial exchanges of
annuity contracts. Under this ruling, if you take a withdrawal from a receiving
or relinquishing annuity contract within 24 months of the partial exchange, then
special aggregation rules apply for purposes of determining the taxable amount
of a distribution. The IRS has issued limited guidance on how to aggregate and
report these distributions. The IRS is expected to provide further guidance; as
a result, it is possible that the amount we calculate and report to the IRS as
taxable could be different. Your Contract may not permit partial exchanges.

TAXATION OF OWNERSHIP CHANGES. If you transfer a non-Qualified Contract without
full and adequate consideration to a person other than your spouse (or to a
former spouse incident to a divorce), you will be taxed on the difference
between the Contract Value and the investment in the Contract at the time of
transfer. Any assignment or pledge (or agreement to assign or pledge) of the
Contract Value is taxed as a withdrawal of such amount or portion and may also
incur the 10% penalty tax.

AGGREGATION OF ANNUITY CONTRACTS. The Code requires that all non-Qualified
deferred annuity contracts issued by Allstate New York (or its affiliates) to
the same Contract Owner during any calendar year be aggregated and treated as
one annuity contract for purposes of determining the taxable amount of a
distribution.

INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING

Generally, Allstate New York is required to withhold federal income tax at a
rate of 10% from all non-annuitized distributions. The customer may elect out of
withholding by completing and signing a withholding election form. If no
election is made, we will automatically withhold the required 10% of the taxable
amount. In certain states, if there is federal withholding, then state
withholding is also mandatory.

Allstate New York is required to withhold federal income tax using the wage
withholding rates for all annuitized distributions. The customer may elect out
of withholding by completing and signing a withholding election form. If no
election is made, we will automatically withhold using married with three
exemptions as the default. If no U.S. taxpayer identification number is
provided, we will automatically withhold using single with zero exemptions as
the default. In certain states, if there is federal withholding, then state
withholding is also mandatory.

Election out of withholding is valid only if the customer provides a U.S.
residence address and taxpayer identification number.

Generally, Code Section 1441 provides that Allstate New York as a withholding
agent must withhold 30% of the taxable amounts paid to a non-resident alien. A
non-resident alien is someone other than a U.S. citizen or resident alien.
Withholding may be reduced or eliminated if covered by an income tax treaty
between the U.S. and the non-resident alien's country of residence if the payee
provides a U.S. taxpayer identification number on a fully completed Form W-8BEN.
A U.S. taxpayer identification number is a social security number or an
individual taxpayer identification number ("ITIN"). ITINs are issued by the IRS
to non-resident alien individuals who are not eligible to obtain a social
security number. The U.S. does not have a tax treaty with all

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countries nor do all tax treaties provide an exclusion or lower withholding rate
for annuities.

TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACTS

The income on tax sheltered annuity (TSA) and IRA investments is tax deferred,
and the income from annuities held by such plans does not receive any additional
tax deferral. You should review the annuity features, including all benefits and
expenses, prior to purchasing an annuity as a TSA or IRA. Tax Qualified
Contracts are contracts purchased as or in connection with:

..    Individual Retirement Annuities (IRAs) under Code Section 408(b);

..    Roth IRAs under Code Section 408A;

..    Simplified Employee Pension (SEP IRA) under Code Section 408(k);

..    Savings Incentive Match Plans for Employees (SIMPLE IRA) under Code Section
     408(p);

..    Tax Sheltered Annuities under Code Section 403(b);

..    Corporate and Self Employed Pension and Profit Sharing Plans under Code
     Section 401; and

..    State and Local Government and Tax-Exempt Organization Deferred
     Compensation Plans under Code Section 457.

Allstate New York reserves the right to limit the availability of the Contract
for use with any of the retirement plans listed above or to modify the Contract
to conform with tax requirements. If you use the Contract within an employer
sponsored qualified retirement plan, the plan may impose different or additional
conditions or limitations on withdrawals, waiver of charges, death benefits,
Payout Start Dates, income payments, and other Contract features. In addition,
adverse tax consequences may result if qualified plan limits on distributions
and other conditions are not met. Please consult your qualified plan
administrator for more information. Allstate New York no longer issues deferred
annuities to employer sponsored qualified retirement plans.

The tax rules applicable to participants with tax qualified annuities vary
according to the type of contract and the terms and conditions of the
endorsement. Adverse tax consequences may result from certain transactions such
as excess contributions, premature distributions, and, distributions that do not
conform to specified commencement and minimum distribution rules. Allstate New
York can issue an individual retirement annuity on a rollover or transfer of
proceeds from a decedent's IRA, TSA, or employer sponsored retirement plan under
which the decedent's surviving spouse is the beneficiary. Allstate New York does
not offer an individual retirement annuity that can accept a transfer of funds
for any other, non-spousal, beneficiary of a decedent's IRA, TSA, or employer
sponsored qualified retirement plan.

Please refer to your Endorsement for IRAs or 403(b) plans, if applicable, for
additional information on your death settlement options. In the case of certain
qualified plans, the terms of the Qualified Plan Endorsement and the plans may
govern the right to benefits, regardless of the terms of the Contract.

TAXATION OF WITHDRAWALS FROM AN INDIVIDUALLY OWNED TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACT. If
you make a partial withdrawal under a Tax Qualified Contract other than a Roth
IRA, the portion of the payment that bears the same ratio to the total payment
that the investment in the Contract (i.e., nondeductible IRA contributions)
bears to the Contract Value, is excluded from your income. We do not keep track
of nondeductible contributions, and generally all tax reporting of distributions
from Tax Qualified Contracts other than Roth IRAs will indicate that the
distribution is fully taxable.

"Qualified distributions" from Roth IRAs are not included in gross income.
"Qualified distributions" are any distributions made more than five taxable
years after the taxable year of the first contribution to any Roth IRA and which
are:

..    made on or after the date the Contract Owner attains age 59 1/2,

..    made to a beneficiary after the Contract Owner's death,

..    attributable to the Contract Owner being disabled, or

..    made for a first time home purchase (first time home purchases are subject
     to a lifetime limit of $10,000).

"Nonqualified distributions" from Roth IRAs are treated as made from
contributions first and are included in gross income only to the extent that
distributions exceed contributions.

REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTIONS. Generally, Tax Qualified Contracts (excluding
Roth IRAs) require minimum distributions upon reaching age 70 1/2. Failure to
withdraw the required minimum distribution will result in a 50% tax penalty on
the shortfall not withdrawn from the Contract. Not all income plans offered
under the Contract satisfy the requirements for minimum distributions. Because
these distributions are required under the Code and the method of calculation is
complex, please see a competent tax advisor.

THE DEATH BENEFIT AND TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACTS. Pursuant to the Code and IRS
regulations, an IRA (e.g., traditional IRA, Roth IRA, SEP IRA and SIMPLE IRA)
may not invest in life insurance contracts. However, an IRA may provide a death
benefit that equals the greater of the purchase payments or the Contract Value.
The Contract offers a death benefit that in certain circumstances may exceed the
greater of the purchase payments or the Contract Value. We believe that the
Death Benefits offered by your Contract do not constitute life insurance under
these regulations.

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It is also possible that certain death benefits that offer enhanced earnings
could be characterized as an incidental death benefit. If the death benefit were
so characterized, this could result in current taxable income to a Contract
Owner. In addition, there are limitations on the amount of incidental death
benefits that may be provided under qualified plans, such as in connection with
a TSA or employer sponsored qualified retirement plan.

Allstate New York reserves the right to limit the availability of the Contract
for use with any of the qualified plans listed above.

PENALTY TAX ON PREMATURE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACTS. A 10%
penalty tax applies to the taxable amount of any premature distribution from a
Tax Qualified Contract. The penalty tax generally applies to any distribution
made prior to the date you attain age 59 1/2. However, no penalty tax is
incurred on distributions:

..    made on or after the date the Contract Owner attains age 59 1/2,

..    made as a result of the Contract Owner's death or total disability,

..    made in substantially equal periodic payments over the Contract Owner's
     life or life expectancy, or over the joint lives or joint life expectancies
     of the Contract Owner and the Beneficiary,

..    made after separation from service after age 55 (does not apply to IRAs),

..    made pursuant to an IRS levy,

..    made for certain medical expenses,

..    made to pay for health insurance premiums while unemployed (applies only
     for IRAs),

..    made for qualified higher education expenses (applies only for IRAs), and

..    made for a first time home purchase (up to a $10,000 lifetime limit and
     applies only for IRAs).

During the first 2 years of the individual's participation in a SIMPLE IRA,
distributions that are otherwise subject to the premature distribution penalty,
will be subject to a 25% penalty tax.

You should consult a competent tax advisor to determine how these exceptions may
apply to your situation.

SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL PERIODIC PAYMENTS ON TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACTS. With respect
to Tax Qualified Contracts using substantially equal periodic payments as an
exception to the penalty tax on premature distributions, any additional
withdrawal or other material modification of the payment stream would violate
the requirement that payments must be substantially equal. Failure to meet this
requirement would mean that the income portion of each payment received prior to
the later of 5 years or the taxpayer's attaining age 59 1/2 would be subject to
a 10% penalty tax unless another exception to the penalty tax applied. The tax
for the year of the modification is increased by the penalty tax that would have
been imposed without the exception, plus interest for the years in which the
exception was used. A material modification does not include permitted changes
described in published IRS rulings. You should consult a competent tax advisor
prior to creating or modifying a substantially equal periodic payment stream.

INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING ON TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACTS. Generally, Allstate New York
is required to withhold federal income tax at a rate of 10% from all
non-annuitized distributions that are not considered "eligible rollover
distributions." The customer may elect out of withholding by completing and
signing a withholding election form. If no election is made, we will
automatically withhold the required 10% from the taxable amount. In certain
states, if there is federal withholding, then state withholding is also
mandatory. Allstate New York is required to withhold federal income tax at a
rate of 20% on all "eligible rollover distributions" unless you elect to make a
"direct rollover" of such amounts to an IRA or eligible retirement plan.
Eligible rollover distributions generally include all distributions from Tax
Qualified Contracts, including TSAs but excluding IRAs, with the exception of:

..    required minimum distributions, or,

..    a series of substantially equal periodic payments made over a period of at
     least 10 years, or,

..    a series of substantially equal periodic payments made over the life (joint
     lives) of the participant (and beneficiary), or,

..    hardship distributions.

For all annuitized distributions that are not subject to the 20% withholding
requirement, Allstate New York is required to withhold federal income tax using
the wage withholding rates. The customer may elect out of withholding by
completing and signing a withholding election form. If no election is made, we
will automatically withhold using married with three exemptions as the default.
If no U.S. taxpayer identification number is provided, we will automatically
withhold using single with zero exemptions as the default. In certain states, if
there is federal withholding, then state withholding is also mandatory.

Election out of withholding is valid only if the customer provides a U.S.
residence address and taxpayer identification number.

Generally, Code Section 1441 provides that Allstate New York as a withholding
agent must withhold 30% of the taxable amounts paid to a non-resident alien. A
non-resident alien is someone other than a U.S. citizen or resident alien or to
certain other 'foreign persons'. Withholding may be reduced or eliminated if
covered by an income tax treaty between the U.S. and the non-resident alien's
country of residence if the payee provides a U.S. taxpayer identification number
on a fully completed Form W-8BEN. A U.S. taxpayer

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identification number is a social security number or an individual taxpayer
identification number ("ITIN"). ITINs are issued by the IRS to non-resident
alien individuals who are not eligible to obtain a social security number. The
U.S. does not have a tax treaty with all countries nor do all tax treaties
provide an exclusion or lower withholding rate for annuities.

INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ANNUITIES. Code Section 408(b) permits eligible
individuals to contribute to an individual retirement program known as an
Individual Retirement Annuity (IRA). Individual Retirement Annuities are subject
to limitations on the amount that can be contributed and on the time when
distributions may commence. Certain distributions from other types of qualified
retirement plans may be "rolled over" on a tax-deferred basis into an Individual
Retirement Annuity.

ROTH INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ANNUITIES. Code Section 408A permits eligible
individuals to make nondeductible contributions to an individual retirement
program known as a Roth Individual Retirement Annuity. Roth Individual
Retirement Annuities are subject to limitations on the amount that can be
contributed and on the time when distributions may commence.

Subject to certain limitations, a traditional Individual Retirement Account or
Annuity may be converted or "rolled over" to a Roth Individual Retirement
Annuity. The income portion of a conversion or rollover distribution is taxable
currently, but is exempted from the 10% penalty tax on premature distributions.

ANNUITIES HELD BY INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS (COMMONLY KNOWN AS CUSTODIAL
IRAS). Code Section 408 permits a custodian or trustee of an Individual
Retirement Account to purchase an annuity as an investment of the Individual
Retirement Account. If an annuity is purchased inside of an Individual
Retirement Account, then the Annuitant must be the same person as the beneficial
owner of the Individual Retirement Account.

Generally, the death benefit of an annuity held in an Individual Retirement
Account must be paid upon the death of the Annuitant. However, in most states,
the Contract permits the custodian or trustee of the Individual Retirement
Account to continue the Contract in the accumulation phase, with the Annuitant's
surviving spouse as the new Annuitant, if the following conditions are met:

1)   The custodian or trustee of the Individual Retirement Account is the owner
     of the annuity and has the right to the death proceeds otherwise payable
     under the Contract;

2)   The deceased Annuitant was the beneficial owner of the Individual
     Retirement Account;

3)   We receive a complete request for settlement for the death of the
     Annuitant; and

4)   The custodian or trustee of the Individual Retirement Account provides us
     with a signed certification of the following:

(a)  The Annuitant's surviving spouse is the sole beneficiary of the Individual
     Retirement Account;

(b)  The Annuitant's surviving spouse has elected to continue the Individual
     Retirement Account as his or her own Individual Retirement Account; and

(c)  The custodian or trustee of the Individual Retirement Account has continued
     the Individual Retirement Account pursuant to the surviving spouse's
     election.

SIMPLIFIED EMPLOYEE PENSION IRA. Code Section 408(k) allows eligible employers
to establish simplified employee pension plans for their employees using
individual retirement annuities. These employers may, within specified limits,
make deductible contributions on behalf of the employees to the individual
retirement annuities. Employers intending to use the Contract in connection with
such plans should seek competent tax advice.

SAVINGS INCENTIVE MATCH PLANS FOR EMPLOYEES (SIMPLE IRA). Code Section 408(p)
allows eligible employers with 100 or fewer employees to establish SIMPLE
retirement plans for their employees using individual retirement annuities. In
general, a SIMPLE IRA consists of a salary deferral program for eligible
employees and matching or nonelective contributions made by employers. Employers
intending to purchase the Contract as a SIMPLE IRA should seek competent tax and
legal advice.

TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO ANY OF THE ABOVE LISTED IRAS
(TRADITIONAL, ROTH, SEP, OR SIMPLE), PLEASE REFER TO IRS PUBLICATION 590 AND
YOUR COMPETENT TAX ADVISOR.

TAX SHELTERED ANNUITIES. Code Section 403(b) provides tax-deferred retirement
savings plans for employees of certain non-profit and educational organizations.
Under Section 403(b), any contract used for a 403(b) plan must provide that
distributions attributable to salary reduction contributions made after
12/31/88, and all earnings on salary reduction contributions, may be made only
on or after the date the employee:

..    attains age 59 1/2,

..    severs employment,

..    dies,

..    becomes disabled, or

..    incurs a hardship (earnings on salary reduction contributions may not be
     distributed on account of hardship).

These limitations do not apply to withdrawals where Allstate New York is
directed to transfer some or all of the Contract Value to another 403(b) plan.

Generally, we do

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not accept funds in 403(b) contracts that are subject to the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

CORPORATE AND SELF-EMPLOYED PENSION AND PROFIT SHARING PLANS.

Section 401(a) of the Code permits corporate employers to establish various
types of tax favored retirement plans for employees. Self-employed individuals
may establish tax favored retirement plans for themselves and their employees
(commonly referred to as "H.R.10" or "Keogh"). Such retirement plans may permit
the purchase of annuity contracts. Allstate New York no longer issues annuity
contracts to employer sponsored qualified retirement plans.

There are two owner types for contracts intended to qualify under Section
401(a): a qualified plan fiduciary or an annuitant owner.

..    A qualified plan fiduciary exists when a qualified plan trust that is
     intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code is the owner. The
     qualified plan trust must have its own tax identification number and a
     named trustee acting as a fiduciary on behalf of the plan. The annuitant
     should be the person for whose benefit the contract was purchased.

..    An annuitant owner exists when the tax identification number of the owner
     and annuitant are the same, or the annuity contract is not owner by a
     qualified plan trust. The annuitant should be the person for whose benefit
     the contract was purchased.

If a qualified plan fiduciary is the owner of the contract, the qualified plan
must be the beneficiary so that death benefits from the annuity are distributed
in accordance with the terms of the qualified plan. Annuitant owned contracts
require that the beneficiary be the annuitant's spouse (if applicable), which is
consistent with the required IRS language for qualified plans under Section
401(a). A completed Annuitant Owned Qualified Plan Designation of Beneficiary
form is required in order to change the beneficiary of an annuitant owned
Qualified Plan contract.

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION DEFERRED COMPENSATION

PLANS. Section 457 of the Code permits employees of state and local governments
and tax-exempt organizations to defer a portion of their compensation without
paying current taxes. The employees must be participants in an eligible deferred
compensation plan. In eligible governmental plans, all assets and income must be
held in a trust/ custodial account/annuity contract for the exclusive benefit of
the participants and their beneficiaries. To the extent the Contracts are used
in connection with a non-governmental eligible plan, employees are considered
general creditors of the employer and the employer as owner of the Contract has
the sole right to the proceeds of the Contract. Under eligible 457 plans,
contributions made for the benefit of the employees will not be includible in
the employees' gross income until distributed from the plan. Allstate New York
no longer issues annuity contracts to employer sponsored qualified retirement
plans. Contracts that have been previously sold to State and Local government
and Tax-Exempt organization Deferred Compensation Plans will be administered
consistent with the rules for contracts intended to qualify under Section
401(a).

ANNUAL REPORTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS

Allstate New York's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2004, is incorporated herein by reference, which means that it is legally a part
of this prospectus.

After the date of this prospectus and before we terminate the offering of the
securities under this prospectus, all documents or reports we file with the SEC
under the Exchange Act are also incorporated herein by reference, which means
that they also legally become a part of this prospectus.

Statements in this prospectus, or in documents that we file later with the SEC
and that legally become a part of this prospectus, may change or supersede
statements in other documents that are legally part of this prospectus.
Accordingly, only the statement that is changed or replaced will legally be a
part of this prospectus.

We file our Exchange Act documents and reports, including our annual and
quarterly reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q electronically on the SEC's "EDGAR"
system using the identifying number CIK No. 0000839759. The SEC maintains a Web
site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other
information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC. The
address of the site is http://www.sec.gov. You also can view these materials at
the SEC's Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20549. For more information on the operations of SEC's Public Reference Room,
call 1-800-SEC-0330.

If you have received a copy of this prospectus, and would like a free copy of
any document incorporated herein by reference (other than exhibits not
specifically incorporated by reference into the text of such documents), please
write or call us at Customer Service, P.O. Box 82656, Lincoln, NE 68501-2656
(telephone: 1-800-692-4682).

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APPENDIX A

ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE AND NUMBER OF ACCUMULATION UNITS OUTSTANDING FOR EACH
VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNT SINCE CONTRACTS WERE FIRST OFFERED*

For the period beginning January 1 and ending December 31,                        2000      2001      2002      2003       2004
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AIM V.I. BALANCED - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT **
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $ 10.154  $  8.881  $  7.270   $  8.354
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $10.154  $  8.881  $  7.270  $  8.354   $  8.870
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                       26,413   122,945   252,907   290,005    278,556
AIM V.I. CAPITAL APPRECIATION - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $  9.242  $  7.001  $  5.230   $  6.689
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $ 9.242  $  7.001  $  5.230  $  6.689   $  7.043
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                       10,595    65,809   134,666   161,621    175,396
AIM V.I. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $ 10.807  $ 11.356  $ 12.290   $ 12.226
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $10.807  $ 11.356  $ 12.290  $ 12.226   $ 12.423
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                       12.496    51,574   205,419   280,241    227,477
AIM V.I. GROWTH - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $  8.338  $  5.443  $  3.710   $  4.809
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $ 8.338  $  5.443  $  3.710  $  4.809   $  5.139
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                       14,487    66,340   103,684   128,420    114,786
AIM V.I. HIGH YIELD - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $  8.362  $  7.845  $  7.294   $  9.223
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $ 8.362  $  7.845  $  7.294  $  9.223   $ 10.132
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                        7,031    27,476    54,243    74,581    106,724
AIM V.I. INTERNATIONAL GROWTH - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $  8.989  $  6,787  $  5.652   $  7.203
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $ 8.989  $  6.787  $  5.652  $  7.203   $  8.820
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                        6,197    51,835    95,690    96,516     92,690
AIM V.I. PREMIER EQUITY - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $  8.980  $  7.754  $  5.339   $  6.595
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $ 8.980  $  7.754  $  5.339  $  6.595   $  6.889
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                       29,890   132,390   194,292   196,079    182,257
FIDELITY VIP CONTRAFUND(R) - INITIAL CLASS SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $  9.950  $  8.621  $  7.718   $  9.791
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $ 9.950  $  8.621  $  7.718  $  9.791   $ 11.165
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                       16,726    54,431   130,889   142,815    143,910
FIDELITY VIP EQUITY-INCOME - INITIAL CLASS SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $ 10.810  $ 10.145  $  8.320   $ 10.708
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $10.810  $ 10.145  $  8.320  $ 10.708   $ 11.794
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                        1,655    98,345   343,378   427,122    427,302
 FIDELITY VIP GROWTH - INITIAL CLASS SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $  9.389  $  7.634  $  5.269   $  6.913
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $ 9.389  $  7.634  $  5.269  $  6.913   $  7.057
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                       12,984   111,676   271,819   292,079    287,423
FIDELITY VIP GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES - INITIAL CLASS SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $  9.350  $  7.901  $  6.098   $  7.820
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $ 9.350  $  7.901  $  6.098  $  7.820   $  8.278
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                        4,746    23,416    49,139    63,281     75,230
FIDELITY VIP OVERSEAS - INITIAL CLASS SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $  9.314  $  7.251  $  5.707   $  8.081
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $ 9.314  $  7.251  $  5.707  $  8.081   $  9.068
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                        4,880    29,515    84,428    84,019     86,851

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FTVIP TEMPLETON GLOBAL ASSET ALLOCATION - CLASS 2 SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $ 10.443  $  9.286  $  8.768   $ 11.425
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $10.443  $  9.286  $  8.768  $ 11.425   $ 13.055
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                          632    13,934    25,836    37,170     38,129
FTVIP TEMPLETON FOREIGN SECURITIES - CLASS 2 SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $ 10.522  $  8.728  $  7.019   $  9.164
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $10.522  $  8.728  $  7.019  $  9.164   $ 10.276
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                        7,881    44,999   110,201   121,630    115,042
OPPENHEIMER AGGRESSIVE GROWTH/VA SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $  9.162  $  6.218  $  4.434   $  5.499
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $ 9.162  $  6.218  $  4.434  $  5.499   $  6.504
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                       10,578   137,154   289,514   301,948    293,993
OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET/VA SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $  9.274  $  8.227  $  6.597   $  8.256
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $ 9.274  $  8.227  $  6.597  $  8.256   $  8.924
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                       35,354   173,074   401,718   494,003    512,442
OPPENHEIMER STRATEGIC BOND/VA SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $ 10.320  $ 10.685  $ 11.336   $ 13.218
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $10.320  $ 10.685  $ 11.336  $ 13.218   $ 14.185
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                        8,730    96,313   220,809   276,973    263,324
THE DREYFUS SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE GROWTH FUND, INC.: INITIAL SHARES SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $  9.249  $  7.071  $  4.962   $  6.174
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $ 9.249  $  7.071  $  4.962  $  6.174   $  6.475
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                       11.070    32,951    39,724    41,869     39,582
DREYFUS STOCK INDEX FUND, INC.: INITIAL SHARES SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $  9.409  $  8.159  $  6.255   $  7.929
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $ 9.409  $  8.159  $  6.255  $  7.929   $  8.663
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                       28,181   185,335   611,361   703,922    677,882
DREYFUS VIF - APPRECIATION: INITIAL SHARES SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $  9.931  $  8.894  $  7.314   $  8.752
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $ 9.931  $  8.894  $  7.314  $  8.752   $  9.079
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                        1,285    27,925    80,006    97,355     93,398
DREYFUS VIF - MONEY MARKET SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                         --        --        --  $ 10.000   $  8.752
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                               --        --        --  $  9.957   $  9.911
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                           --        --        --   398,378    329,692
WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE ASSET ALLOCATION SUB-ACCOUNT ***
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $ 10.012  $  9.198  $  7.916   $  9.544
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $10.012  $  9.198  $  7.916  $  9.544   $ 10.306
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                          667    13,021    54,392    66,680     59,351
WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE EQUITY INCOME SUB-ACCOUNT ****
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $ 10.429  $  9.741  $  7.766   $  9.679
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $10.429  $  9.741  $  7.766  $  9.679   $ 10.617
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                          264     8,467    23,695    25,815     30,383
WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE LARGE COMPANY CORE SUB-ACCOUNT *****
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $  9.048  $  7.218  $  5.286   $  6.451
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $ 9.048  $  7.218  $  5.286  $  6.451   $  6.904
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                          390     4,893    20,443    40,250     55,986
DELAWARE VIP SMALL CAP VALUE - STANDARD CLASS SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $ 11.593  $ 12.802  $ 11.934   $ 16.732
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $11.593  $ 12.802  $ 11.934  $ 16.732   $ 20.073
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                        7,204    45,515   133,174   157,546    161,967
DELAWARE VIP TREND - STANDARD CLASS SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                                    $10.000  $  9.265  $  7.745  $  6.124   $  8.170
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                          $ 9.265  $  7.745  $  6.124  $  8.170   $  9.084
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                                        5,514    24,184    80,076   112,774    114,856

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*     The Contracts were first offered on June 1, 2000. The Accumulation Unit
      Values in this table reflect a mortality and expense risk charge of 1.15%
      and an administrative charge of 0.10%. All of the Variable Sub-Accounts,
      with the exception of the Dreyfus VIF - Money Market Sub-Account which was
      first offered on April 30, 2003, were first offered under the Contracts on
      June 1, 2000.

**    Effective July 1, 2005, the AIM V.I. Balanced Fund -Series I will change
      its name to AIM V.I Basic Balanced Fund-Series I. Effective July 1, 2005,
      a corresponding change in the name of the Variable Sub-Account that
      invests in that Portfolio will be made.

***   Effective April 11, 2005 the Wells Fargo VT Asset Allocation Fund changed
      its name to Wells Fargo Advantage Asset Allocation Fund. We have made a
      corresponding change in the name of the Variable Sub-Account that invests
      in that Portfolio.

****  Effective April 11, 2005 the Wells Fargo VT Equity Income Fund changed its
      name to Wells Fargo Advantage Equity Income Fund. We have made a
      corresponding change in the name of the Variable Sub-Account that invests
      in that Portfolio.

***** Effective April 11, 2005 the Wells Fargo VT Growth Fund changed its name
      to Wells Fargo Advantage Large Company Core Fund. We have made a
      corresponding change in the name of the Variable Sub-Account that invests
      in that Portfolio.

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APPENDIX B MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT

The Market Value Adjustment is based on the following:

I = the Treasury Rate for a maturity equal to the applicable Guarantee Period
for the week preceding the establishment of the Guarantee Period.

N = the number of whole and partial years from the date we receive the
withdrawal, transfer, or death benefit request, or from the Payout Start Date,
to the end of the Guarantee Period; and

J = the Treasury Rate for a maturity equal to N years for the week preceding the
receipt of the withdrawal, transfer, death benefit, or income payment request.
If a note for a maturity of length N is not available, a weighted average will
be used.

"Treasury Rate" means the U.S. Treasury Note Constant Maturity Yield as reported
in Federal Reserve Board Statistical Release H.15.

The Market Value Adjustment factor is determined from the following formula:

..9 X (I - J) X N

To determine the Market Value Adjustment, we will multiply the Market Value
Adjustment factor by the amount transferred (in excess of the Free Withdrawal
Amount) paid as a death benefit, or applied to an Income Plan, from a Guarantee
Period at any time other than during the 30 day period after such Guarantee
Period expires.

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EXAMPLES OF MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT

Purchase Payment: $10,000 allocated to a Guarantee Period

Guarantee Period: 5 years

Guaranteed Interest Rate: 4.50%

5 Year Treasury Rate at the time the Guarantee Period is established: 4.50%

Full Surrender: End of Contract Year 3

NOTE: These examples assume that premium taxes are not applicable.

EXAMPLE 1 (ASSUME DECLINING INTEREST RATES)

Step 1.  Calculate Contract      $10,000.00 X (1.045)/3/ = $11,411.66
 Value at End of Contract Year 3:
Step 2. Calculate the Preferred  .15 X $10,000.00 = $1,500.00
 Withdrawal Amount:
Step 3. Calculate the Market      I = 4.5%
 Value Adjustment:                J = 4.2%

                                      730 days
                                  N = -------- = 2
                                      365 days

                                 Market Value Adjustment Factor: .9 X (I - J) X
                                 N = .9 X (.045 - .042) X (730/365) = .0054

                                 Market Value Adjustment = Market Value
                                 Adjustment Factor X Amount Subject to Market
                                 Value Adjustment:
                                  = .0054 X ($11,411.66 - $1,500.00) = $53.32

                   EXAMPLE 2: (ASSUMES RISING INTEREST RATES)

Step 1.  Calculate Contract      $10,000.00 X (1.045)/3/ = $11,411.66
 Value at End of Contract Year
 3:
Step 2. Calculate the Preferred  .15 X $10,000.00 = $1,500.00
 Withdrawal Amount:
Step 3. Calculate the Market      I = 4.5%
 Value Adjustment:                J = 4.8%

                                      730 days
                                  N = -------- = 2
                                      365 days

                                 MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT FACTOR: .9 X (I - J)
                                 X N = .9 X (.045 - .048) X (730/365) = -.0054

                                 Market Value Adjustment = Market Value
                                 Adjustment Factor X Amount Subject to Market
                                 Value Adjustment:
                                 = -.0054 X ($11,411.66 - $1,500.00) = -$53.52

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APPENDIX C

WITHDRAWAL ADJUSTMENT EXAMPLE

Issue Date: January 1, 2005

Initial Purchase Payment: $50,000

                              Death Benefit Amount

                                       Contract                  Contract    Death Benefit    Greatest
                                     Value Before  Transaction  Value After   Anniversary    Anniversary
    Date       Type of Occurrence     Occurrence     Amount     Occurrence       Value          Value
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1/1/05          Issue Date               --       $50,000      $50,000       $50,000        $50,000
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   1/1/06     Contract Anniversary     $55,000            --      $55,000       $50,000        $55,000
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   7/1/06      Partial Withdrawal      $60,000       $15,000      $45,000       $37,500        $41,250
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Withdrawal adjustment equals the partial withdrawal amount divided by the
Contract Value immediately prior to the partial withdrawal multiplied by the
value of the applicable death benefit amount alternative immediately prior to
the partial withdrawal.

DEATH BENEFIT ANNIVERSARY VALUE DEATH BENEFIT
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Partial Withdrawal Amount                                                     (w)               $15,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Contract Value Immediately Prior to Partial Withdrawal                        (a)               $60,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Value of Applicable Death Benefit Amount Immediately Prior to Partial         (d)               $50,000
Withdrawal
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Withdrawal Adjustment                                                                           $12,500
                                                                        [(w)/(a)] X (d)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adjusted Death Benefit                                                                          $37,500
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GREATEST ANNIVERSARY VALUE DEATH BENEFIT
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Partial Withdrawal Amount                                                     (w)               $15,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Contract Value Immediately Prior to Partial Withdrawal                        (a)               $60,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Value of Applicable Death Benefit Amount Immediately Prior to Partial         (d)               $55,000
Withdrawal
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Withdrawal Adjustment                                                                           $13,750
                                                                        [(w)/(a)] * (d)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adjusted Death Benefit                                                                          $41,250
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Please remember that you are looking at a hypothetical example, and that your
investment performance may be greater or less than the figures shown.

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STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

              Additions, Deletions or Substitutions of Investments

                                  The Contract

                              Purchase of Contracts

                     Calculation of Accumulation Unit Values

                     Calculation of Variable Income Payments

                                 General Matters

                                Incontestability

                                   Settlements

                  Safekeeping of the Variable Account's Assets

                                     Experts

                              Financial Statements

THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH
SUCH OFFERING MAY NOT LAWFULLY BE MADE. WE DO NOT AUTHORIZE ANYONE TO PROVIDE
ANY INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE OFFERING DESCRIBED IN THIS
PROSPECTUS OTHER THAN AS CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS.

                                  42 PROSPECTUS

SELECTDIRECTIONS(SM) VARIABLE ANNUITY

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

STREET ADDRESS: 2940 S. 84TH STREET, LINCOLN, NE 68506-4142 MAILING ADDRESS:
P.O. BOX 82656, LINCOLN, NE 68501-2656 TELEPHONE NUMBER: 1-800-632-3492
PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL 30, 2005

Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York ("Allstate New York") is offering
the SelectDirections(SM) Variable Annuity, a group flexible premium deferred
variable annuity contract ("CONTRACT"). This prospectus contains information
about the Contract that you should know before investing. Please keep it for
future reference.

The Contract currently offers 27 investment alternatives ("INVESTMENT
ALTERNATIVES"). The investment alternatives including 3 fixed accounts ("FIXED
ACCOUNT") and 24 variable sub-accounts ("VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS") of the Allstate
Life of New York Separate Account A ("VARIABLE ACCOUNT"). Each Variable
Sub-Account invests exclusively in shares of one of the following underlying
fund portfolios ("PORTFOLIOS"):

AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS:            MFS(R) VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST(SM):
-----------------------------            ------------------------------------
AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund -     MFS Research Bond Series - Initial
 Series I                                 Class*
AIM V.I. Core Equity Fund - Series I     MFS High Income Series - Initial Class
AIM V.I. Diversified Income Fund -       MFS Investors Trust Series - Initial
 Series I                                 Class
AIM V.I. International Growth Fund -     MFS New Discovery Series - Initial
 Series I                                 Class
AIM V.I. Premier Equity Fund - Series I

FIDELITY(R) VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS: OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUNDS:
----------------------------------------  -----------------------------------
  Fidelity VIP Contrafund(R) Portfolio - Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund/VA **
   Initial Class                         Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation
  Fidelity VIP Growth Portfolio - Initial Fund/VA
   Class                                 Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA
  Fidelity VIP High Income Portfolio -   Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA
   Initial Class                         Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap
  Fidelity VIP Index 500 Portfolio -      Fund/VA
   Initial Class
  Fidelity VIP Investment Grade Bond     VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST:
   Portfolio - Initial Class             ---------------------------------
  Fidelity VIP Overseas Portfolio -      Van Kampen LIT Comstock Portfolio,
   Initial Class                          Class I
                                         Van Kampen LIT Emerging Growth
                                          Portfolio, Class I
                                         Van Kampen LIT Government Portfolio,
                                          Class I
                                         Van Kampen LIT Money Market Portfolio,
                                          Class I

*    Effective May 1, 2005, the MFS Bond Series - Initial Class will change its
     name to MFS Research Bond Series - Initial Class.

**   Effective Apil 29, 2005, the Oppenheimer Bond Fund/VA changed its name to
     Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund/VA.

WE (Allstate New York) have filed a Statement of Additional Information, dated
April 30, 2005, with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). It contains
more information about the Contract and is incorporated herein by reference,
which means it is legally a part of this prospectus. Its table of contents
appears on page 41 of this prospectus. For a free copy, please write or call us
at the address or telephone number above, or go to the SEC's Web site (http://
www.sec.gov). You can find other information and documents about us, including
documents that are legally part of this prospectus, at the SEC's Web site.

                       THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION HAS NOT APPROVED
                       OR DISAPPROVED THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED IN THIS
                       PROSPECTUS, NOR HAS IT PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR
                       ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANYONE WHO TELLS YOU
                       OTHERWISE IS COMMITTING A FEDERAL CRIME.

                       THE CONTRACTS MAY BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH BROKER-DEALERS
      IMPORTANT        THAT HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH BANKS OR OTHER FINANCIAL
                       INSTITUTIONS OR BY EMPLOYEES OF SUCH BANKS. HOWEVER, THE
       NOTICES         CONTRACTS ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OBLIGATIONS OF, OR
                       GUARANTEED BY SUCH INSTITUTIONS OR ANY FEDERAL REGULATORY
                       AGENCY. INVESTMENT IN THE CONTRACTS INVOLVES INVESTMENT
                       RISKS, INCLUDING POSSIBLE LOSS OF PRINCIPAL.

                       THE CONTRACTS ARE NOT FDIC INSURED.

                       THE CONTRACTS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE IN NEW YORK.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                            PAGE
                                                                            ----
OVERVIEW
  Important Terms                                                              3
  The Contract at a Glance                                                     4
  How the Contract Works                                                       6
  Expense Table                                                                7
  Financial Information                                                        9
CONTRACT FEATURES
  The Contract                                                                 9
  Purchases                                                                   10
  Contract Value                                                              11
  Investment Alternatives                                                     12
     The Variable Sub-Accounts                                                12
     The Fixed Account                                                        14
     Transfers                                                                17
  Expenses                                                                    19
  Access To Your Money                                                        21
  Income Payments                                                             22

                                                                            PAGE
                                                                            ----
  Death Benefits                                                              24
OTHER INFORMATION
  More Information:                                                           26
     Allstate New York                                                        26
     The Variable Account                                                     26
     The Portfolios                                                           27
     The Contract                                                             27
     Non-Qualified Annuities Held Within a Qualified Plan                     28
     Legal Matters                                                            28
  Federal Tax Matters                                                         29
  Annual Reports and Other Documents                                          35
APPENDIX A-ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUES AND NUMBER OF ACCUMULATION
UNITS OUTSTANDING FOR EACH VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNT SINCE CONTRACTS
WERE FIRST OFFERED                                                            38
APPENDIX B -MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT                                           38
APPENDIX C - WITHDRAWAL ADJUSTMENT EXAMPLE                                    40
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS                         41

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IMPORTANT TERMS

This prospectus uses a number of important terms that you may not be familiar
with. The index below identifies the page that describes each term. The first
use of each term in this prospectus appears in highlights.

                                                                            PAGE
                                                                            ----
Accumulation Phase                                                            6
Accumulation Unit                                                            11
Accumulation Unit Value                                                      11
Allstate New York ("We" or "Us")                                              1
Anniversary Values                                                           24
Annuitant                                                                     9
Automatic Additions Program                                                  10
Automatic Portfolio Rebalancing Program                                      18
Beneficiary                                                                   9
Cancellation Period                                                           4
Contract*                                                                     9
Contract Anniversary                                                          5
Contract Owner ("You")                                                        9
Contract Value                                                                5
Contract Year                                                                 4
Death Benefit Anniversary                                                    24
Dollar Cost Averaging Program                                                18
Due Proof of Death                                                           24
Fixed Account                                                                14

                                                                            PAGE
                                                                            ----
Guarantee Periods                                                            15
Income Plans                                                                 22
Investment Alternatives                                                      12
Issue Date                                                                    6
Market Value Adjustment                                                      16
Payout Phase                                                                  6
Payout Start Date                                                             6
Portfolios                                                                   27
Preferred Withdrawal Amount                                                  20
Right to Cancel                                                              11
SEC                                                                           1
Settlement Value                                                             24
Systematic Withdrawal Program                                                21
Tax Qualified Contracts                                                      32
Treasury Rate                                                                16
Valuation Dates                                                              11
Variable Account                                                             26
Variable Sub-Account                                                         12

*    The SelectDirections(SM) Variable Annuity is a group contract and your
     ownership is represented by certificates. References to "CONTRACT" in this
     prospectus include certificates, unless the context requires otherwise.

                                  3 PROSPECTUS

THE CONTRACT AT A GLANCE

The following is a snapshot of the Contract. Please read the remainder of this
prospectus for more information.

FLEXIBLE PAYMENTS      You can purchase a Contract with as little as
                       $3,000 ($2,000 for a "QUALIFIED CONTRACT" which is a
                       Contract issued with a qualified endorsement). You can
                       add to your Contract as often and as much as you like,
                       but each payment must be at least $100. You must maintain
                       a minimum account size of $1,000.
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RIGHT TO CANCEL        You may cancel your Contract within 10 days after receipt
                       (60 days if you are exchanging another contract for the
                       Contract described in this prospectus) ("CANCELLATION
                       PERIOD"). Upon cancellation we will return your purchase
                       payments adjusted, to the extent federal or state law
                       permits, to reflect the investment experience of any
                       amounts allocated to the Variable Account.
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EXPENSES               You will bear the following expenses:

                       .    Total Variable Account annual fees equal to 1.25% of
                            average daily net assets

                       .    Annual contract maintenance charge of $30 (with
                            certain exceptions)

                       .    Withdrawal charges ranging from 0% to 7% of payment
                            withdrawn (with certain exceptions)

                       .    Transfer fee of $10 after 12th transfer in any
                            CONTRACT YEAR (fee currently waived)

                       .    State premium tax (New York currently does not
                            impose one).

                       In addition, each Portfolio pays expenses that you will
                       bear indirectly if you invest in a Variable Sub-Account.
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INVESTMENT             The Contract offers 27 investment alternatives
ALTERNATIVES           including:

                       .    3 Fixed Account Options (which credits interest at
                            rates we guarantee), and

                       .    24 Variable Sub-Accounts investing in Portfolios
                            offering professional money management by:

                       .    A I M Advisors, Inc.

                       .    Fidelity Management & Research Company

                       .    MFS(TM) Investment Management

                       .    OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

                       .    Van Kampen Asset Management

                       To find out current rates being paid on the Fixed
                       Account, or to find out how the Variable Sub-Accounts
                       have performed, please call us at 1-800-632-3492.
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SPECIAL SERVICES       For your convenience, we offer these special services:

                       .    AUTOMATIC PORTFOLIO REBALANCING PROGRAM

                       .    AUTOMATIC ADDITIONS PROGRAM

                       .    DOLLAR COST AVERAGING PROGRAM

                       .    SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PROGRAM
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INCOME PAYMENTS        You can choose fixed income payments, variable income
                       payments, or a combination of the two. You can receive
                       your income payments in one of the following ways:

                       .    life income with guaranteed payments

                       .    joint and survivor life income with guaranteed
                            payments

                       .    guaranteed payments for a specified period (5 to 30
                            years)
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DEATH BENEFITS         If you die before the PAYOUT START DATE, we will pay the
                       death benefit described in the Contract.
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TRANSFERS              Before the Payout Start Date, you may transfer your
                       Contract value ("CONTRACT VALUE") among the investment
                       alternatives, with certain restrictions. Transfers to the
                       Fixed Account must be at least $500.

                       We do not currently impose a fee upon transfers. However,
                       we reserve the right to charge $10 per transfer after the
                       12th transfer in each "Contract Year," which we measure
                       from the date we issue your Contract or a Contract
                       anniversary ("CONTRACT ANNIVERSARY").
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WITHDRAWALS            You may withdraw some or all of your Contract Value at
                       anytime during the Accumulation Phase. Full or partial
                       withdrawals also are available under limited
                       circumstances on or after the Payout Start Date.

                       In general, you must withdraw at least $50 at a time
                       ($1,000 for withdrawals made during the Payout Phase).
                       Withdrawals taken during the Accumulation Phase are
                       generally considered to come from the earnings in the
                       Contract first. If the Contract is tax-qualified,
                       generally all withdrawals are treated as distributions of
                       earnings. Withdrawals of earnings are taxed as ordinary
                       income and, if taken prior to age 59 1/2, may be subject
                       to an additional 10% federal tax penalty. A withdrawal
                       charge and MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT also may apply.
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                                  5 PROSPECTUS

HOW THE CONTRACT WORKS

The Contract basically works in two ways.

First, the Contract can help you (we assume you are the CONTRACT OWNER) save for
retirement because you can invest in up to 27 investment alternatives and
generally pay no federal income taxes on any earnings until you withdraw them.
You do this during what we call the "ACCUMULATION PHASE" of the Contract. The
Accumulation Phase begins on the date we issue your Contract (we call that date
the "ISSUE DATE") and continues until the Payout Start Date, which is the date
we apply your money to provide income payments. During the Accumulation Phase,
you may allocate your purchase payments to any combination of the Variable
Sub-Accounts and/or the Fixed Account. If you invest in the Fixed Account, you
will earn a fixed rate of interest that we declare periodically. If you invest
in any of the Variable Sub-Accounts, your investment return will vary up or down
depending on the performance of the corresponding Portfolios.

Second, the Contract can help you plan for retirement because you can use it to
receive retirement income for life and/ or for a pre-set number of years, by
selecting one of the income payment options (we call these "INCOME PLANS")
described on page 22. You receive income payments during what we call the
"PAYOUT PHASE" of the Contract, which begins on the Payout Start Date and
continues until we make the last payment required by the Income Plan you select.
During the Payout Phase, if you select a fixed income payment option, we
guarantee the amount of your payments, which will remain fixed. If you select a
variable income payment option, based on one or more of the Variable
Sub-Accounts, the amount of your payments will vary up or down depending on the
performance of the corresponding Portfolios. The amount of money you accumulate
under your Contract during the Accumulation Phase and apply to an Income Plan
will determine the amount of your income payments during the Payout Phase.

The timeline below illustrates how you might use your Contract.

Issue                                Payout Start
Date            Accumulation Phase       Date                 Payout Phase
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You buy    You save for retirement   You elect to receive    You can receive    Or you can receive
a Contract                           income payments or      income payments    income payments
                                     receive a lump sum      for a set period   for life
                                     payment

As the Contract Owner, you exercise all of the rights and privileges provided by
the Contract. If you die, any surviving Contract Owner, or if there is none, the
BENEFICIARY will exercise the rights and privileges provided by the Contract.
See "The Contract." In addition, if you die before the Payout Start Date, we
will pay a death benefit to any surviving Contract Owner or, if none, to your
Beneficiary. See "Death Benefits."

Please call us at 1-800-632-3492 if you have any question about how the Contract
works.

                                  6 PROSPECTUS

EXPENSE TABLE

The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you will pay when
buying, owning, making withdrawals or surrendering the Contract. The first table
describes the fees and expenses that you will pay when you make a withdrawal,
surrender the Contract, or transfer Contract Value among the investment
alternatives. Premium taxes are not reflected in the tables because New York
currently does not impose premium taxes on annuities.

CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTION EXPENSES

Withdrawal Charge (as a percentage of purchase payments)*

Number of Complete Years Since We Received the Purchase  0    1    2    3    4    5    6     7+
 Payment Being Withdrawn
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Applicable Charge                                        7%   6%   5%   4%   3%   2%   1%    0%
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Transfer Fee                                                         $10.00**
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

*    Each Contract Year, you may withdraw up to 15% of purchase payments without
     incurring a Withdrawal Charge or a Market Value Adjustment.

**   Applies solely to the thirteenth and subsequent transfers within a Contract
     Year, excluding transfers due to dollar cost averaging or automatic
     portfolio rebalancing. We are currently waiving the transfer fee.

The next tables describe the fees and expenses that you will pay periodically
during the time you own the Contract, not including Portfolio fees and expenses.

Annual Contract Maintenance Charge                                  $30.00/(1)/
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(1)  We will waive this charge in certain cases.

VARIABLE ACCOUNT ANNUAL EXPENSES
 (AS A PERCENTAGE OF DAILY NET ASSET VALUE
DEDUCTED FROM EACH VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNT)

Mortality and Expense Risk Charge                                        1.15%
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Administrative Expense Charge                                            0.10%
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Variable Account Annual Expense                                    1.25%
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PORTFOLIO ANNUAL EXPENSES (AS A PERCENTAGE OF PORTFOLIO AVERAGE DAILY NET
ASSETS)(1)

The next table shows the minimum and maximum total operating expenses charged by
the Portfolios that you may pay periodically during the time that you own the
Contract. Advisers and/or other service providers of certain Portfolios may have
agreed to waive their fees and/or reimburse Portfolio expenses in order to keep
the Portfolios' expenses below specified limits. The range of expenses shown in
this table does not show the effect of any such fee waiver or expense
reimbursement. More detail concerning each Portfolio's fees and expenses appears
in the prospectus for each Portfolio.

                            ANNUAL PORTFOLIO EXPENSES

                                                               Minimum   Maximum
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Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses
(expenses that are deducted from Portfolio
assets, which may include
management fees, and
other expenses)                                                  0.10%    1.14%
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(1)  Expenses are shown as a percentage of Portfolio average daily net assets
     (before any waiver or reimbursement) as of December 31, 2004.

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EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the
Contracts with the cost of investing in other variable annuity contracts. These
costs include Contract owner transaction expenses, Contract fees, Variable
Account annual expenses, and Portfolio fees and expenses.

The example shows the dollar amount that you would bear directly or indirectly
if you:

..    invested $10,000 in the Contract for the time periods indicated,

..    earned a 5% annual return on your investment, and

..    surrendered your Contract, or you began receiving income payments for a
     specified period of less than 120 months, at the end of each time period.

THE EXAMPLES DO NOT INCLUDE ANY TAXES OR TAX PENALTIES YOU MAY BE REQUIRED TO
PAY IF YOU SURRENDER YOUR CONTRACT.

The first line of the example assumes that the maximum fees and expenses of any
of the Portfolios are charged. The second line of the example assumes that the
minimum fees and expenses of any of the Portfolios are charged. Your actual
expenses may be higher or lower than those shown below, because of variations in
a Portfolio's expense ratio from year to year.

                                 1 Year    3 Years    5 Years   10 Years
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Costs Based on Maximum Annual
Portfolio Expenses                 $785     $1,181    $1,601     $3,015
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Costs Based on Minimum Annual
Portfolio Expenses                 $678     $  859    $1,059     $1,911
------------------------------------------------------------------------

EXAMPLE 2

 This Example uses the same assumptions as Example 1 above, except that it
assumes you decided not to surrender your Contract, or you began receiving
income payments for a specified period of at least 120 months, at the end of
each time period.

                                  1Year     3Years     5Years    10Years
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Costs Based on
Maximum Annual
Portfolio Expenses                $275      $841       $1,431    $3,015
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Costs Based on
Minimum Annual
Portfolio Expenses                $168      $519       $  889    $1,911
------------------------------------------------------------------------

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT EXAMPLES AND NOT A REPRESENTATION OF
PAST OR FUTURE EXPENSES. YOUR RATE OF RETURN MAY BE HIGHER OR LOWER THAN 5%,
WHICH IS NOT GUARANTEED. THE EXAMPLES DO NOT ASSUME THAT ANY PORTFOLIO EXPENSE
WAIVERS OR REIMBURSEMENT ARRANGEMENTS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE PERIODS PRESENTED.
THE EXAMPLES REFLECT THE FREE WITHDRAWAL AMOUNTS, IF APPLICABLE, AND THE
DEDUCTION OF THE ANNUAL CONTRACT MAINTANENCE CHARGE OF $30 EACH YEAR.

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FINANCIAL INFORMATION

To measure the value of your investment in the Variable Sub-Accounts during the
Accumulation Phase, we use a unit of measure we call the "ACCUMULATION UNIT."
Each Variable Sub-Account has a separate value for its Accumulation Units we
call "ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE." Accumulation Unit Value is analogous to, but not
the same as, the share price of a mutual fund.

Attached as Appendix A to this prospectus are tables showing the Accumulation
Unit Values of each Variable Sub-Account since the date the Contracts were first
offered. To obtain a fuller picture of each Variable Sub-Account's finances,
please refer to the Variable Account's financial statements contained in the
Statement of Additional Information. The financial statements of Allstate New
York also appear in the Statement of Additional Information.

THE CONTRACT

CONTRACT OWNER

The SelectDirections(SM) Variable Annuity is a contract between you, the
Contract Owner, and Allstate New York, a life insurance company. As the Contract
Owner, you may exercise all of the rights and privileges provided to you by the
Contract. That means it is up to you to select or change (to the extent
permitted):

..    the investment alternatives during the Accumulation and Payout Phases,

..    the amount and timing of your purchase payments and withdrawals,

..    the programs you want to use to invest or withdraw money,

..    the income payment plan you want to use to receive retirement income,

..    the Annuitant (either yourself or someone else) on whose life the income
     payments will be based,

..    the Beneficiary or Beneficiaries who will receive the benefits that the
     Contract provides when the last surviving Contract Owner dies, and

..    any other rights that the Contract provides.

If you die prior to the Payout Start Date, the new Contract Owner will be the
surviving Owner. If there is no surviving Owner, the new Contract Owner will be
the Beneficiary(ies) as described in the Beneficiary provision. The new Contract
Owner may exercise the rights and privileges provided by the Contract, except
that if the new Contract Owner took ownership as the Beneficiary, the new
Contract Owner's rights will be subject to any restrictions previously placed
upon the Beneficiary.

The Contract cannot be jointly owned by both a non-living person and a living
person. If the Owner is a Grantor Trust, the Contract Owner will be considered a
non-living person for purposes of the Death of Owner and Death of Annuitant
provisions of your Contract. The maximum age of the oldest Contract Owner cannot
exceed 85 as of the date we receive the completed application. Changing
ownership of this Contract may cause adverse tax consequences and may not be
allowed under qualified plans. Please consult with a competent tax advisor prior
to making a request for a change of Contract Owner.

The Contract can alo be purchased as an IRA or TSA (also known as 403(b)). The
endorsements required to qualify these annuities under the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended, ("Code") may limit or modify your rights and privileges
under the Contract.

ANNUITANT

The Annuitant is the individual whose life determines the amount and duration of
income payments (other than under Income Plans with guaranteed payments for a
specified period). You initially designate an Annuitant in your application. The
maximum age of the oldest Annuitant cannot exceed 85 as of the date we receive
the completed application. If the Contract Owner is a living person you may
change the Annuitant prior to the Payout Start Date. In our discretion, we may
permit you to designate a joint Annuitant, who is a second person on whose life
income payments depend, on the Payout Start Date.

If the Annuitant dies prior to the Payout Start Date, the new Annuitant will be:

..    the youngest Contract Owner, if living, otherwise

..    the youngest Beneficiary.

BENEFICIARY

The Beneficiary is the person who may elect to receive the death benefit or
become the new Contract Owner subject to the Death of Owner provision if the
sole surviving Contract Owner dies before the Payout Start Date. See "Death
Benefits" on page 24. If the sole surviving Contract Owner dies after the Payout
Start Date, the Beneficiary will receive any guaranteed income payments
scheduled to continue.

You may name one or more primary and contingent Beneficiaries when you apply for
a Contract. The primary Beneficiary is the Beneficiary(ies) who is first
entitled to receive benefits under the Contract upon the death of the sole
surviving Contract Owner. The contingent Beneficiary is the Beneficiary(ies)
entitled to receive benefits under the Contract when all primary

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Beneficiaries predecease the sole surviving Contract Owner.

You may restrict income payments to Beneficiaries by providing us a written
request. Once we accept the written request, the change or restriction will take
effect as of the date you signed the request. Any change is subject to any
payment we make or other action we take before we accept the change.

You may change or add Beneficiaries at any time by writing to us, unless you
have designated an irrevocable Beneficiary. We will provide a change of
Beneficiary form to be signed and filed with us. After we accept the form, the
change of Beneficiary will be effective as of the date you signed the form,
whether or not the Annuitant is living when we receive the notice. Each change
is subject to any payment made by us or any other action we take before we
accept the change. Accordingly, if you wish to change your Beneficiary, you
should deliver your written notice to us promptly.

If you do not name a Beneficiary or, if the named Beneficiary is no longer
living and there are no other surviving Beneficiaries, the new Beneficiary will
be:

..    your spouse or, if he or she is no longer alive,

..    your surviving children equally, or if you have no surviving children,

..    your estate.

If more than one Beneficiary survives you, we will divide the death benefit
among your Beneficiaries according to your most recent written instructions. If
you have not given us written instructions, we will pay the death benefit in
equal amounts to the surviving Beneficiaries.

MODIFICATION OF THE CONTRACT

Only an Allstate New York officer may approve a change in or waive any provision
of the Contract. Any change or waiver must be in writing. None of our agents has
the authority to change or waive the provisions of the Contract. We may not
change the terms of the Contract without your consent, except to conform the
Contract to applicable law or changes in the law. If a provision of the Contract
is inconsistent with state law, we will follow state law.

ASSIGNMENT

You may not assign any interest in a Contract as collateral or security for a
loan. However, you may assign periodic income payments under the Contract prior
to the Payout Start Date. No Beneficiary may assign benefits under the Contract
until they are due. We will not be bound by any assignment until the assignor
signs it and files it with us. We are not responsible for the validity of any
assignment. Federal law prohibits or restricts the assignment of benefits under
many types of qualified plans and the terms of such plans may themselves contain
restrictions on assignments. An assignment may also result in taxes or tax
penalties. YOU SHOULD CONSULT WITH YOUR ATTORNEY BEFORE TRYING TO ASSIGN YOUR
CONTRACT.

PURCHASES

MINIMUM PURCHASE PAYMENTS

Your initial purchase payment must be at least $3,000 ($2,000 for a Qualified
Contract). All subsequent purchase payments must be $100 ($500 for allocation to
the Fixed Account or the Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed Account) or more. You may
make purchase payments at any time prior to the Payout Start Date. We reserve
the right to limit the maximum amount of purchase payments, or reduce the
minimum purchase payment we will accept. We reserve the right to reject any
application.

AUTOMATIC ADDITIONS PROGRAM

You may make subsequent purchase payments of at least $100 ($500 for allocation
to the Fixed Account) by automatically transferring amounts from your bank
account. Please consult with your Personal Financial Representative for detailed
information.

ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PAYMENTS

At the time you apply for a Contract, you must decide how to allocate your
purchase payments among the investment alternatives. The allocation you specify
on your application will be effective immediately. All allocations must be in
whole percents that total 100% or in whole dollars. You can change your
allocations by notifying us in writing. We reserve the right to limit the
availability of the investment alternatives.

We will allocate your purchase payments to the investment alternatives according
to your most recent instructions on file with us. Unless you notify us in
writing otherwise, we will allocate subsequent purchase payments according to
the allocation for the previous purchase payment. We will effect any change in
allocation instructions at the time we receive, in good order, written notice of
the change.

We will credit the initial purchase payment that accompanies your completed
application to your Contract within 2 business days after we receive the payment
at our service center. If your application is incomplete, we will ask you to
complete your application within 5 business days. If you do so, we will credit
your initial purchase payment to your Contract within that 5 business day
period. If you do not, we will return your purchase payment at the end of the 5
business day period unless you expressly allow us to hold it until you complete
the application. We will credit subsequent purchase payments to the Contract at
the close of the business day on which we receive the purchase payment at our
service

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center located in Lincoln, Nebraska (mailing address: P.O. Box 82656, Lincoln,
NE 68501-2656).

We are open for business each day Monday through Friday that the New York Stock
Exchange is open for business. We also refer to these days as "VALUATION DATES."
Our business day closes when the New York Stock Exchange closes, usually 4:00
p.m. Eastern Time (3:00 p.m. Central Time). If we receive your purchase payment
after 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (3:00 p.m. Central Time) on any Valuation Date, we
will credit your purchase payment using the Accumulation Unit Values computed on
the next Valuation Date.

RIGHT TO CANCEL

You may cancel the Contract by returning it to us within the Cancellation
Period, which is the 10 day period after you receive the Contract (60 days if
you are exchanging another contract for the Contract described in this
prospectus). You may return it by delivering it or mailing it to us. If you
exercise this "RIGHT TO CANCEL," the Contract terminates and we will pay you the
full amount of your purchase payments allocated to the Fixed Account. Upon
cancellation, as permitted by federal or state law, we will return your purchase
payments allocated to the Variable Account after an adjustment to the extent
federal or state law permits to reflect investment gain or loss that occurred
from the date of allocation through the date of cancellation. If your Contract
is qualified under Code Section 408(b), we will refund the greater of any
purchase payment or the Contract Value.

CONTRACT VALUE

On the Issue Date, the Contract Value is equal to the initial purchase payment.
Your Contract Value at any other time during the Accumulation Phase is equal to
the sum of the value as of the most recent Valuation Date of your Accumulation
Units in the Variable Sub-Accounts you have selected, plus the value of your
investment in the Fixed Account.

ACCUMULATION UNITS

To determine the number of Accumulation Units of each Variable Sub-Account to
credit to your Contract, we divide (i) the amount of the purchase payment or
transfer you have allocated to a Variable Sub-Account by (ii) the Accumulation
Unit Value of that Variable Sub-Account next computed after we receive your
payment or transfer. For example, if we receive a $10,000 purchase payment
allocated to a Variable Sub-Account when the Accumulation Unit Value for the
Sub-Account is $10, we would credit 1,000 Accumulation Units of that Variable
Sub-Account to your Contract. Withdrawals and transfers from a Variable
Sub-Account would, of course, reduce the number of Accumulation Units of that
Sub-Account allocated to your Contract.

ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE

As a general matter, the Accumulation Unit Value for each Variable Sub-Account
will rise or fall to reflect:

..    changes in the share price of the Portfolio in which the Variable
     Sub-Account invests, and

..    the deduction of amounts reflecting the mortality and expense risk charge,
     administrative expense charge, and any provision for taxes that have
     accrued since we last calculated the Accumulation Unit Value.

We determine contract maintenance charges, withdrawal charges, and transfer fees
(currently waived) separately for each Contract. They do not affect Accumulation
Unit Value. Instead, we obtain payment of those charges and fees by redeeming
Accumulation Units. For details on how we calculate Accumulation Unit Value,
please refer to the Statement of Additional Information.

We determine a separate Accumulation Unit Value for each Variable Sub-Account on
each Valuation Date.

YOU SHOULD REFER TO THE PROSPECTUSES FOR THE PORTFOLIOS THAT ACCOMPANY THIS
PROSPECTUS FOR A DESCRIPTION OF HOW THE ASSETS OF EACH PORTFOLIO ARE VALUED,
SINCE THAT DETERMINATION DIRECTLY BEARS ON THE ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE OF THE
CORRESPONDING VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNT AND, THEREFORE, YOUR CONTRACT VALUE.

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INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES: THE VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS

You may allocate your purchase payments to up to 24 Variable Sub-Accounts. Each
Variable Sub-Account invests in the shares of a corresponding Portfolio. Each
Portfolio has its own investment objective(s) and policies. We briefly describe
the Portfolios below.

For more complete information about each Portfolio, including expenses and risks
associated with the Portfolio, please refer to the accompanying prospectus for
the Portfolio. You should carefully review the Portfolio prospectuses before
allocating amounts to the Variable Sub-Accounts.

PORTFOLIO:               EACH PORTFOLIO SEEKS:         INVESTMENT ADVISOR:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
AIM V.I. Capital         Growth of capital
 Appreciation Fund -
 Series I*
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AIM V.I. Core Equity     Growth of capital
 Fund - Series I*                                        A I M ADVISORS, INC.
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AIM V.I. Diversified     High level of current income
 Income Fund - Series
 I*
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AIM V.I. International   Long-term growth of capital
 Growth Fund - Series
 I*
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AIM V.I. Premier Equity  Long-term growth of capital
 Fund - Series I*         with income as a secondary
                          objective
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FIDELITY(R) VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fidelity VIP             Long-term capital
 Contrafund(R)            appreciation.
 Portfolio - Initial
 Class
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fidelity VIP Growth      To achieve capital
 Portfolio - Initial      appreciation.
 Class
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fidelity VIP High        High level of current
 Income Portfolio -       income, while also
 Initial Class            considering growth of          FIDELITY MANAGEMENT &
                          capital.                       RESEARCH COMPANY
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fidelity VIP Index 500   Investment results that
 Portfolio - Initial      correspond to the total
 Class                    return of common stocks
                          publicly traded in
                          the United States,
                          as represented by
                          the Standard &
                          Poor's 500(SM) Index
                          (S&P 500(R)).
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fidelity VIP Investment As high a level of
 current Grade Bond Portfolio - income as is
 consistent Initial Class with the
 preservation of capital.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fidelity VIP Overseas Long-term growth of
capital.
 Portfolio - Initial
 Class
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MFS(R) VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST(SM)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MFS Research Bond        To provide total return
 Series - Initial         (high current income and
 Class**                  long-term growth of
                          capital)
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MFS High Income Series   High current income by
 - Initial Class          investing primarily in a
                          professionally managed         MFS(TM) INVESTMENT
                          diversified portfolio of       MANAGEMENT
                          fixed income securities,
                          some of which may involve
                          equity features
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MFS Investors Trust      To provide long-term growth
 Series - Initial Class   of capital and secondarily
                          to provide reasonable
                          current income
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MFS New Discovery        Capital appreciation.
 Series - Initial Class
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUNDS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oppenheimer Core Bond    High level of current
 Fund/VA***               income. As a secondary
                          objective, the
                          Portfolio seeks
                          capital appreciation
                          when consistent with
                          its primary
                          objective.
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Oppenheimer Capital      Capital appreciation by
 Appreciation Fund/VA     investing in securities of
                          well-known, established
                          companies.
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Oppenheimer Global       Long-term capital               OPPENHEIMERFUNDS, INC.
 Securities Fund/VA       appreciation by investing a
                          substantial portion
                          of assets in
                          securities of
                          foreign issuers,
                          growth-type
                          companies, cyclical
                          industries and
                          special situations
                          that are considered
                          to have appreciation
                          possibilities.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oppenheimer High Income  A high level of current
 Fund/VA                  income from investment in
                          high-yield fixed-income
                          securities.
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Oppenheimer Main Street  Capital appreciation.
 Small Cap Fund/VA
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VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
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Van Kampen LIT Comstock  Capital growth and income      VAN KAMPEN ASSET
 Portfolio, Class I       through investments in        MANAGEMENT
                          equity securities,
                          including common stocks,
                          preferred stocks and
                          securities convertible into
                          common and preferred
                          stocks.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Van Kampen LIT Emerging  Capital appreciation.
 Growth Portfolio,
 Class I
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Van Kampen LIT           High current return
 Government Portfolio,    consistent with
 Class I                  preservation of capital
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Van Kampen LIT Money     Protection of capital and
 Market Portfolio,        high current income through
 Class I                  investments in money market
                          instruments.
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*    The Portfolio's investment objective(s) may be changed by the Portfolio's
     Board of Trustees without shareholder approval

..**  Effective May 1, 2005, the MFS Bond Series-Initial Class will change its
     name to MFS Research Bond Series-Initial Class. In addition, the
     Portfolio's objective will change as described above.

***  Effective April 29, 2005, the Oppenheimer Bond Fund/VA changed its name to
     Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund/VA. The Portfolio's objective has not changed.

AMOUNTS YOU ALLOCATE TO VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS MAY GROW IN VALUE, DECLINE IN
VALUE, OR GROW LESS THAN YOU EXPECT, DEPENDING ON THE INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE OF
THE PORTFOLIOS IN WHICH THOSE VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS INVEST. YOU BEAR THE
INVESTMENT RISK THAT THE PORTFOLIOS MIGHT NOT MEET THEIR INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES.
SHARES OF THE PORTFOLIOS ARE NOT DEPOSITS, OR OBLIGATIONS OF, OR GUARANTEED OR
ENDORSED BY ANY BANK AND ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION, THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD OR ANY OTHER AGENCY.

VARIABLE INSURANCE PORTFOLIOS MIGHT NOT BE MANAGED BY THE SAME PORTFOLIO
MANAGERS WHO MANAGE RETAIL MUTUAL FUNDS WITH SIMILAR NAMES. THESE PORTFOLIOS ARE
LIKELY TO DIFFER FROM SIMILARLY NAMED RETAIL FUNDS IN ASSETS, CASH FLOW, AND TAX
MATTERS. ACCORDINGLY, THE HOLDINGS AND RESULTS OF A VARIABLE INSURANCE PORTFOLIO
CAN BE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE INVESTMENT RESULTS OF A SIMILARLY
NAMED RETAIL MUTUAL FUND.

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INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES: THE FIXED ACCOUNT

You may allocate all or a portion of your purchase payments to the Fixed Account
Options. We will credit a minimum annual interest rate of 3% to money you
allocate to any of the Fixed Account Options. Please consult with your
representative for current information. The Fixed Account supports our insurance
and annuity obligations. The Fixed Account consists of our general assets other
than those in segregated asset accounts. We have sole discretion to invest the
assets of the Fixed Account, subject to applicable law. Any money you allocate
to the Fixed Account Option does not entitle you to share in the investment
experience of the Fixed Account.

DOLLAR COST AVERAGING FIXED ACCOUNT OPTIONS

SIX MONTH DOLLAR COST AVERAGING FIXED ACCOUNT OPTION

Under this Option, you may establish a Dollar Cost Averaging Program allocating
purchase payments to the Six Month Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed Account Option
("Six Month DCA Fixed Account Option"). We will credit interest to purchase
payments you allocate to this Option for six months at the current rate in
effect at the time of allocation. We will credit interest daily at a rate that
will compound at the annual interest rate we guaranteed at the time of
allocation.

We will follow your instructions in transferring amounts monthly from the Six
Month DCA Fixed Account Option. You must transfer all of your money out of the
Six Month DCA Fixed Account Option to the Variable Sub-Accounts in six equal
monthly installments. If you discontinue the Six Month DCA Fixed Account Option
before the end of the transfer period, we will transfer the remaining balance in
this Option to the Van Kampen LIT Money Market Variable Sub-Account unless you
request a different investment alternative. No transfers are permitted into the
Six Month DCA Fixed Account.

For each purchase payment allocated to this Option, your first monthly transfer
will occur at the end of the first month following such purchase payment. If we
do not receive an allocation from you within one month of the date of payment,
we will transfer the payment plus associated interest to the Van Kampen LIT
Money Market Variable Sub-Account in equal monthly installments. Transferring
Account Value to the Van Kampen LIT Money Market Variable Sub-Account in this
manner may not be consistent with the theory of dollar cost averaging described
on page 19.

TWELVE MONTH DOLLAR COST AVERAGING FIXED ACCOUNT OPTION

Under this Option, you may establish a Dollar Cost Averaging Program by
allocating purchase payments to the Twelve Month Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed
Account Option ("Twelve Month DCA Fixed Account Option"). We will credit
interest to purchase payments you allocate to this Option for twelve months at
the current rate in effect at the time of allocation. We will credit interest
daily at a rate that will compound at the annual interest rate we guaranteed at
the time of allocation.

We will follow your instructions in transferring amounts monthly from the Twelve
Month DCA Fixed Account Option. You must transfer all of your money out of the
Twelve Month DCA Fixed Account Option to the Variable Sub-Accounts in twelve
equal monthly installments. If you discontinue the Dollar Cost Averaging Option
before the end of the transfer period, we will transfer the remaining balance in
this Option to the Van Kampen LIT Money Market Variable Sub-Account unless you
request a different investment alternative. No transfers are permitted into the
Twelve Month DCA Fixed Account.

For each purchase payment allocated to this Option, your first monthly transfer
will occur at the end of the first month following such purchase payment. If we
do not receive an allocation from you within one month of the date of payment,
we will transfer the payment plus associated interest to the Van Kampen LIT
Money Market Variable Sub-Account in equal monthly installments. Transferring
Account Value to the Van Kampen LIT Money Market Variable Sub-Account in this
manner may not be consistent with the theory of dollar cost averaging described
on page 19.

At the end of the transfer period, any nominal amounts remaining in the Six
Month Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed Account or the Twelve Month Term Dollar Cost
Averaging Fixed Account will be allocated to the Van Kampen LIT Money Market
Variable Sub-Account.

Transfers out of the Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed Account Options do not count
towards the 12 transfers you can make without paying a transfer fee.

INVESTMENT RISK

We bear the investment risk for all amounts allocated to the Six Month DCA Fixed
Account Option and the Twelve Month DCA Fixed Account Option. That is because we
guarantee the current interest rates we credit to the amounts you allocate to
either of these Options, which will never be less than the minimum guaranteed
rate in the Contract. Currently, we determine, in our sole discretion, the
amount of interest credited in excess of the guaranteed rate.

We may declare more than one interest rate for different monies based upon the
date of allocation to the Six Month DCA Fixed Account Option and the Twelve
Month DCA Fixed Account Option. For current rate information, please contact
your representative or our customer support unit at 1-800-632-3492.

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GUARANTEE PERIODS

Under this option, each payment or transfer allocated to the Fixed Account earns
interest at a specified rate that we guarantee for a period of years we call a
Guarantee Period. Guarantee Periods may range from 1 to 10 years. We are
currently offering Guarantee Periods of 1, 3, 5, 7, and 10 years in length. In
the future we may offer Guarantee Periods of different lengths or stop offering
some Guarantee Periods. You select one or more Guarantee Periods for each
purchase payment or transfer. If you do not select the Guarantee Period for a
purchase payment or transfer, we will assign the shortest Guarantee Period
available under the Contract for such payment or transfer.

Each payment or transfer allocated to a Guarantee Period must be at least $500.
We reserve the right to limit the number of additional purchase payments that
you may allocate to the Fixed Account. Please consult with your Personal
Financial Representative for more information.

INTEREST RATES. We will tell you what interest rates and Guarantee Periods we
are offering at a particular time. We may declare different interest rates for
Guarantee Periods of the same length that begin at different times. We will not
change the interest rate that we credit to a particular allocation until the end
of the relevant Guarantee Period.

We have no specific formula for determining the rate of interest that we will
declare initially or in the future. We will set those interest rates based on
investment returns available at the time of the determination. In addition, we
may consider various other factors in determining interest rates including
regulatory and tax requirements, our sales commission and administrative
expenses, general economic trends, and competitive factors. We determine the
interest rates to be declared in our sole discretion. We can neither predict nor
guarantee what those rates will be in the future. For current interest rate
information, please contact your Personal Financial Representative or Allstate
New York at 1-800-632-3492. The interest rate will never be less than the
minimum guaranteed amount stated in the Contract.

HOW WE CREDIT INTEREST. We will credit interest daily to each amount allocated
to a Guarantee Period at a rate that compounds to the effective annual interest
rate that we declared at the beginning of the applicable Guarantee Period.

The following example illustrates how a purchase payment allocated to the Fixed
Account would grow, given an assumed Guarantee Period and effective annual
interest rate:

Purchase Payment....................................................    $10,000
Guarantee Period....................................................    5 years
Annual Interest Rate................................................      4.50%

Total Interest Credited During Guarantee Period = $2,461.82 ($12,461.82-$10,000)

END OF CONTRACT YEAR

                                             YEAR 1      YEAR 2      YEAR 3      YEAR 4       YEAR 5
                                           ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ------------
Beginning Contract Value.................  $10,000.00
 X (1 + Annual Interest Rate)                 X 1.045
                                           ----------
                                           $10,450.00

Contract Value at end of Contract Year...              $10,450.00
 X (1 + Annual Interest                                   X 1.045
                                                       ----------
                                                       $10,920.25

Contract Value at end of Contract Year...                          $10,920.25
 X (1 + Annual Interest Rate)                                         X 1.045
                                                                   ----------
                                                                   $11,411.66

Contract Value at end of Contract Year...                                      $11,411.66
 X (1 + Annual Interest Rate)                                                     X 1.045
                                                                               ----------
                                                                               $11,925.19

Contract Value at end of Contract Year...                                                   $11,925.19
 X (1 + Annual Interest Rate)                                                                  X 1.045
                                                                                           -----------
                                                                                            $12,461.82

This example assumes no withdrawals during the entire 5 year Guarantee Period.
If you were to make a withdrawal, you may be required to pay a Withdrawal
Charge. In addition, the amount withdrawn may be increased or decreased by a
Market Value Adjustment that reflects changes in interest rates since the time
you invested the amount withdrawn. Withdrawals of earnings are taxed as ordinary
income and, if taken prior to age 59 1/2, may be subject to an additional 10%
federal tax penalty. The hypothetical interest rate is for illustrative purposes
only and is not intended to predict future interest rates to be declared under
the Contract. Actual interest rates declared for any given Guarantee Period may
be more or less than shown above but will never be less than the guaranteed
minimum rate stated in the Contract.

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RENEWALS. At least 15 but not more than 45 days prior to the end of each
Guarantee Period, we will mail you a notice asking you what to do with your
money, including the accrued interest. During the 30-day period after the end of
the Guarantee Period, you may:

1)   take no action. We will automatically apply your money to a new Guarantee
     Period of the shortest duration available. The new Guarantee Period will
     begin on the day the previous Guarantee Period ends. The new interest rate
     will be our then current declared rate for a Guarantee Period of that
     length; or

2)   instruct us to apply your money to one or more new Guarantee Periods of
     your choice. The new Guarantee Period(s) will begin on the day the previous
     Guarantee Period ends. The new interest rate will be our then current
     declared rate for those Guarantee Periods; or

3)   instruct us to transfer all or a portion of your money to one or more
     Variable Sub-Accounts. We will effect the transfer on the day we receive
     your instructions. We will not adjust the amount transferred to include a
     Market Value Adjustment. We will pay interest from the day the Guarantee
     Period expired until the date of the transfer. The interest will be the
     rate for the Shortest Guarantee Period then being offered; or

4)   withdraw all or a portion of your money. You may be required to pay a
     withdrawal charge, but we will not adjust the amount withdrawn to include a
     Market Value Adjustment. You may also be required to pay premium taxes and
     withholding (if applicable). The amount withdrawn will be deemed to have
     been withdrawn on the day the previous Guarantee Period ends. Unless you
     specify otherwise, amounts not withdrawn will be applied to a new Guarantee
     Period of the shortest duration available. The new Guarantee Period will
     begin on the day the previous Guarantee Period ends. Withdrawals of
     earnings are taxed as ordinary income and, if taken prior to age 59 1/2,
     may be subject to an additional 10% federal tax penalty.

Under our automatic laddering program ("Automatic Laddering Program"), you may
choose, in advance, to use Guarantee Periods of the same length for all
renewals. You can select the Automatic Laddering Program at any time during the
Accumulation Phase, including on the Issue Date. We will apply renewals to
Guarantee Periods of the selected length until you direct us in writing to stop.
We may stop offering the Automatic Laddering Program at any time. For additional
information on the Automatic Laddering Program, please call our customer service
center at 1-800-632-3492.

MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT. All withdrawals in excess of the Preferred Withdrawal
Amount, and transfers from a Guarantee Period, other than those taken during the
30 day period after such Guarantee Period expires, are subject to a Market Value
Adjustment. A Market Value Adjustment also applies when you apply amounts
currently invested in a Guarantee Period to an Income Plan (unless paid or
applied during the 30 day period after such Guarantee Period expires). A
positive Market Value Adjustment will apply to amounts currently invested in a
Guarantee Period that are paid out as death benefits. We will not apply a Market
Value Adjustment to a transfer you make as part of a Dollar Cost Averaging
Program. We also will not apply a Market Value Adjustment to a withdrawal you
make:

..    within the Preferred Withdrawal Amount as described on page 20, or

..    to satisfy the IRS minimum distribution rules for a qualified Contract.

We apply the Market Value Adjustment to reflect changes in interest rates from
the time you first allocate money to a Guarantee Period to the time it is
removed from that Guarantee Period. We calculate the Market Value Adjustment by
comparing the Treasury Rate for a period equal to the Guarantee Period at its
inception to the Treasury Rate for a period equal to the time remaining in the
Guarantee Period when you remove your money. "TREASURY RATE" means the U.S.
Treasury Note Constant Maturity Yield as reported in Federal Reserve Board
Statistical Release H.15.

The Market Value Adjustment may be positive or negative, depending on changes in
interest rates. As such, you bear the investment risk associated with changes in
interest rates. If interest rates increase significantly, the Market Value
Adjustment and any withdrawal charge, premium taxes, and income tax withholding
(if applicable) could reduce the amount you receive upon full withdrawal of your
Contract Value to an amount that is less than the purchase payment plus interest
at the minimum guaranteed interest rate under the Contract.

Generally, if the Treasury Rate at the time you allocate money to a Guarantee
Period is higher than the applicable current Treasury Rate for a period equal to
the time remaining in the Guarantee Period, then the Market Value Adjustment
will result in a higher amount payable to you or transferred. Conversely, if the
Treasury Rate at the time you allocate money to a Guarantee Period is lower than
the applicable Treasury Rate for a period equal to the time remaining in the
Guarantee Period, then the Market Value Adjustment will result in a lower amount
payable to you or transferred.

For example, assume that you purchase a Contract and you select an initial
Guarantee Period of 5 years and the 5 year Treasury Rate for that duration is
4.50%. Assume that at the end of 3 years, you make a partial withdrawal. If, at
that later time, the current 2 year Treasury Rate is 4.20%, then the Market
Value Adjustment will be positive, which will result in an increase in the
amount payable to you. Conversely, if the current 2 year Treasury Rate is 4.80%,
then the Market Value Adjustment will be

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negative, which will result in a decrease in the amount payable to you.

The formula for calculating Market Value Adjustments is set forth in Appendix B
to this prospectus, which also contains additional examples of the application
of the Market Value Adjustment.

INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES: TRANSFERS

TRANSFERS DURING THE ACCUMULATION PHASE

During the Accumulation Phase, you may transfer Contract Value among the
investment alternatives. The minimum amount that you may transfer into a
Guarantee Period is $500. You may request transfers in writing on a form that we
provided or by telephone according to the procedure described below. We
currently do not assess, but reserve the right to assess, a $10 charge on each
transfer in excess of 12 per Contract Year. We treat transfers to or from more
than one Portfolio on the same day as one transfer. Transfers you make as part
of a Dollar Cost Averaging Program or Automatic Portfolio Rebalancing Program do
not count against the 12 free transfers per Contract Year.

We will process transfer requests that we receive before 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
(3:00 p.m. Central Time) on any Valuation Date using the Accumulation Unit
Values for that Date. We will process requests completed after 4:00 p.m. Eastern
Time (3:00 p.m. Central Time) on any Valuation Date using the Accumulation Unit
Values for the next Valuation Date. The Contract permits us to defer transfers
from the Fixed Account for up to 6 months from the date we receive your request.
If we decide to postpone transfers from the Fixed Account for 10 days or more,
we will pay interest as required by applicable law. Any interest would be
payable from the date we receive the transfer request to the date we make the
transfer.

If you transfer an amount from a Guarantee Period other than during the 30 day
period after such Guarantee Period expires, we will increase or decrease the
amount by a Market Value Adjustment. If any transfer reduces your value in such
Guarantee Period to less than $500, we will treat the request as a transfer of
the entire value in such Guarantee Period.

We reserve the right to waive any transfer fees and restrictions.

TRANSFERS DURING THE PAYOUT PHASE

During the Payout Phase, you may make transfers among the Variable Sub-Accounts
to change the relative weighting of the Variable Sub-Accounts on which your
variable income payments will be based. In addition, you will have a limited
ability to make transfers from the Variable Sub-Accounts to increase the
proportion of your income payments consisting of fixed income payments. You may
not, however, convert any portion of your right to receive fixed income payments
into variable income payments.

You may not make any transfers for the first 6 months after the Payout Start
Date. Thereafter, you may make transfers among the Variable Sub-Accounts or make
transfers from the Variable Sub-Accounts to increase the proportion of your
income payments consisting of fixed income payments. Your transfers must be at
least 6 months apart.

TELEPHONE TRANSFERS

You may make transfers by telephone by calling 1-800-632-3492, if you first send
us a completed authorization form. The cut off-time for telephone transfer
requests is 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (3:00 p.m. Central Time). In the event that
the New York Stock Exchange closes early, i.e., before 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time
(3:00 p.m. Central Time), or in the event that the Exchange closes early for a
period of time but then reopens for trading on the same day, we will process
telephone transfer requests as of the close of the Exchange on that particular
day. We will not accept telephone requests received at any telephone number
other than the number that appears in this paragraph or received after the close
of trading on the Exchange.

We may suspend, modify or terminate the telephone transfer privilege, as well as
any other electronic or automated means we previously approved, at any time
without notice.

We use procedures that we believe provide reasonable assurance that the
telephone transfers are genuine. For example, we tape telephone conversations
with persons purporting to authorize transfers and request identifying
information. Accordingly, we disclaim any liability for losses resulting from
allegedly unauthorized telephone transfers. However, if we do not take
reasonable steps to help ensure that a telephone authorization is valid, we may
be liable for such losses.

MARKET TIMING & EXCESSIVE TRADING

The Contracts are intended for long-term investment. Market timing and excessive
trading can potentially dilute the value of Variable Sub-Accounts and can
disrupt management of a Portfolio and raise its expenses, which can impair
Portfolio performance. Our policy is not to accept knowingly any money intended
for the purpose of market timing or excessive trading. Accordingly, you should
not invest in the Contract if your purpose is to engage in market timing or
excessive trading, and you should refrain from such practices if you currently
own a Contract.

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We seek to detect market timing or excessive trading activity by reviewing
trading activities. Portfolios also may report suspected market-timing or
excessive trading activity to us. If, in our judgment, we determine that the
transfers are part of a market timing strategy or are otherwise harmful to the
underlying Portfolio, we will impose the trading limitations as described below
under "Trading Limitations." Because there is no universally accepted definition
of what constitutes market timing or excessive trading, we will use our
reasonable judgment based on all of the circumstances.

While we seek to deter market timing and excessive trading in Variable
Sub-Accounts, not all market timing or excessive trading is identifiable or
preventable. Imposition of trading limitations is triggered by the detection of
market timing or excessive trading activity, and the trading limitations are not
applied prior to detection of such trading activity. Therefore, our policies and
procedures do not prevent such trading activity before it first occurs. To the
extent that such trading activity occurs prior to detection and the imposition
of trading restrictions, the portfolio may experience the adverse effects of
market timing and excessive trading described above.

TRADING LIMITATIONS

We reserve the right to limit transfers among the investment alternatives in any
Contract year, or to refuse any transfer request, if:

..    we believe, in our sole discretion, that certain trading practices, such as
     excessive trading, by, or on behalf of, one or more Contract Owners, or a
     specific transfer request or group of transfer requests, may have a
     detrimental effect on the Accumulation Unit Values of any Variable
     Sub-Account or on the share prices of the corresponding Portfolio or
     otherwise would be to the disadvantage of other Contract Owners; or

..    we are informed by one or more of the Portfolios that they intend to
     restrict the purchase, exchange, or redemption of Portfolio shares because
     of excessive trading or because they believe that a specific transfer or
     group of transfers would have a detrimental effect on the prices of
     Portfolio shares.

In making the determination that trading activity constitutes market timing or
excessive trading, we will consider, among other things:

..    the total dollar amount being transferred, both in the aggregate and in the
     transfer request;

..    the number of transfers you make over a period of time and/or the period of
     time between transfers (note: one set of transfers to and from a
     sub-account in a short period of time can constitute market timing);

..    whether your transfers follow a pattern that appears designed to take
     advantage of short term market fluctuations, particularly within certain
     Sub-account underlying portfolios that we have identified as being
     susceptible to market timing activities;

..    whether the manager of the underlying portfolio has indicated that the
     transfers interfere with portfolio management or otherwise adversely impact
     the portfolio; and

..    the investment objectives and/or size of the Sub-account underlying
     portfolio.

If we determine that a contract owner has engaged in market timing or excessive
trading activity, we will restrict that contract owner from making future
additions or transfers into the impacted Sub-account(s). If we determine that a
contract owner has engaged in a pattern of market timing or excessive trading
activity involving multiple Sub-accounts, we will also require that all future
transfer requests be submitted through regular U.S. mail thereby refusing to
accept transfer requests via telephone, facsimile, Internet, or overnight
delivery. Any Sub-account or transfer restrictions will be uniformly applied.

In our sole discretion, we may revise our Trading Limitations at any time as
necessary to better deter or minimize market timing and excessive trading or to
comply with regulatory requirements.

DOLLAR COST AVERAGING PROGRAM

Through the Dollar Cost Averaging Program, you may automatically transfer a set
amount every month during the Accumulation Phase from any Variable Sub-Account,
the Six Month Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed Account, or the Twelve Month Dollar
Cost Averaging Fixed Account, to any other Variable Sub-Account. You may not use
dollar cost averaging to transfer amounts to the Fixed Account.

We will not charge a transfer fee for transfers made under this Program, nor
will such transfers count against the 12 transfers you can make each Contract
Year without paying a transfer fee.

The theory of dollar cost averaging is that if purchases of equal dollar amounts
are made at fluctuating prices, the aggregate average cost per unit will be less
than the average of the unit prices on the same purchase dates. However,
participation in this Program does not assure you of a greater profit from your
purchases under the Program nor will it prevent or necessarily reduce losses in
a declining market.

Call or write us for instructions on how to enroll.

AUTOMATIC PORTFOLIO REBALANCING PROGRAM

Once you have allocated your money among the Variable Sub-Accounts, the
performance of each Variable Sub-Account may cause a shift in the percentage you
allocated to each Variable Sub-Account. If you select our Automatic Portfolio
Rebalancing Program, we will

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automatically rebalance the Contract Value in each Variable Sub-Account and
return it to the desired percentage allocations. Money you allocate to the Fixed
Account will not be included in the rebalancing.

We will rebalance your account each quarter according to your instructions. We
will transfer amounts among the Variable Sub-Accounts to achieve the percentage
allocations you specify. You can change your allocations at any time by
contacting us in writing or by telephone. The new allocation will be effective
with the first rebalancing that occurs after we receive your request. We are not
responsible for rebalancing that occurs prior to receipt of your request.

Example:

Assume that you want your initial purchase payment split among 2 Variable
Sub-Accounts. You want 40% to be in the AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Variable
Sub-Account and 60% to be in the Fidelity VIP Growth Variable Sub-Account. Over
the next 2 months the bond market does very well while the stock market performs
poorly. At the end of the first quarter, the AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation
Variable Sub-Account now represents 50% of your holdings because of its increase
in value. If you choose to have your holdings rebalanced quarterly, on the first
day of the next quarter we would sell some of your units in the AIM V.I. Capital
Appreciation Variable Sub-Account and use the money to buy more units in the
Fidelity VIP Growth Variable Sub-Account so that the percentage allocations
would again be 40% and 60% respectively.

The Automatic Portfolio Rebalancing Program is available only during the
Accumulation Phase. The transfers made under the Program do not count towards
the 12 transfers you can make without paying a transfer fee, and are not subject
to a transfer fee.

Portfolio rebalancing is consistent with maintaining your allocation of
investments among market segments, although it is accomplished by reducing your
Contract Value allocated to the better performing segments.

You may not use the Dollar Cost Averaging and the Automatic Portfolio
Rebalancing programs at the same time.

EXPENSES

As a Contract Owner, you will bear, directly or indirectly, the charges and
expenses described below.

CONTRACT MAINTENANCE CHARGE

During the Accumulation Phase, on each Contract Anniversary, we will deduct a
$30 contract maintenance charge from your Contract Value invested in each
Variable Sub-Account in proportion to the amount invested. We also will deduct a
full contract maintenance charge if you withdraw your entire Contract Value,
unless your Contract qualifies for a waiver, described below. During the Payout
Phase, we will deduct the charge proportionately from each income payment.

The charge is for the cost of maintaining each Contract and the Variable
Account. Maintenance costs include expenses we incur in billing and collecting
purchase payments; keeping records; processing death claims, cash withdrawals,
and policy changes; proxy statements; calculating Accumulation Unit Values and
income payments; and issuing reports to Contract Owners and regulatory agencies.
We cannot increase the charge. We will waive this charge if:

..    total purchase payments equal $50,000 or more, or

..    all of your money is allocated to the Fixed Account on a Contract
     Anniversary.

MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK CHARGE

We deduct a mortality and expense risk charge daily at an annual rate of 1.15%
of the average daily net assets you have invested in the Variable Sub-Accounts.
The mortality and expense risk charge is for all the insurance benefits
available with your Contract (including our guarantee of annuity rates and the
death benefits), for certain expenses of the Contract, and for assuming the risk
(expense risk) that the current charges will be sufficient in the future to
cover the cost of administering the Contract. If the charges under the Contract
are not sufficient, then we will bear the loss.

We guarantee the mortality and expense risk charge and we cannot increase it. We
assess the mortality and expense risk charge during both the Accumulation Phase
and the Payout Phase.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE CHARGE

We deduct an administrative expense charge daily at an annual rate of 0.10% of
the average daily net assets you have invested in the Variable Sub-Accounts. We
intend this charge to cover actual administrative expenses that exceed the
revenues from the contract maintenance charge. There is no necessary
relationship between the amount of administrative charge imposed on a given
Contract and the amount of expenses that may be attributed to that Contract. We
assess this charge each day during the Accumulation Phase and the Payout Phase.
We guarantee that we will not raise this charge.

TRANSFER FEE

We do not currently impose a fee upon transfers among the investment
alternatives. However, we reserve the right to charge $10 per transfer after the
12th transfer in each Contract Year. We will not charge a transfer fee on
transfers that are part of a Dollar Cost Averaging or Automatic Portfolio
Rebalancing Program.

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WITHDRAWAL CHARGE

We may assess a Withdrawal Charge of up to 7% of the purchase payment(s) you
withdraw in excess of the Preferred Withdrawal Amount, adjusted by a Market
Value Adjustment. The charge declines by 1% annually to 0% after 7 complete
years from the day we receive the purchase payment being withdrawn. Beginning on
January 1, 2004, if you make a withdrawal before the Payout Start Date, we will
apply the Withdrawal Charge percentage in effect on the date of the withdrawal,
or the Withdrawal Charge percentage in effect on the following day, whichever is
lower. A schedule showing how the Withdrawal Charge declines appears on page 7.
During each Contract Year, you can withdraw up to 15% of purchase payments
without paying the Withdrawal Charge. Unused portions of this 15% "PREFERRED
WITHDRAWAL AMOUNT" are not carried forward to future Contract Years.

We determine the Withdrawal Charge by:

..    multiplying the percentage corresponding to the number of complete years
     since we received the purchase payment being withdrawn, times

..    the part of each purchase payment withdrawal that is in excess of the
     Preferred Withdrawal Amount, adjusted by a Market Value Adjustment.

We will deduct Withdrawal Charges, if applicable, from the amount paid. For
purposes of the Withdrawal Charge, we will treat withdrawals as coming from the
oldest purchase payments first. However, for federal income tax purposes, please
note that withdrawals are considered to have come first from earnings in the
Contract, which means you pay taxes on the earnings portion of your withdrawal.

We do not apply a Withdrawal Charge in the following situations:

..    on the Payout Start Date (a Withdrawal Charge may apply if you elect to
     receive income payments for a specified period of less than 120 months);

..    the death of the Contract Owner or Annuitant (unless the Settlement Value
     is used);

..    withdrawals taken to satisfy IRS required minimum distribution rules for
     the Contract; or

..    withdrawals made after all purchase payments have been withdrawn.

We use the amounts obtained from the Withdrawal Charge to pay sales commissions
and other promotional or distribution expenses associated with marketing the
Contracts. To the extent that the Withdrawal Charge does not cover all sales
commissions and other promotional or distribution expenses, we may use any of
our corporate assets, including potential profit which may arise from the
mortality and expense risk charge or any other charges or fee described above,
to make up any difference.

Withdrawals taken during the Accumulation Phase are generally considered to come
from the earnings in the Contract first. If the Contract is tax-qualified,
generally all withdrawals are treated as distributions of earnings. Withdrawals
of earnings are taxed as ordinary income and, if taken prior to age 59 1/2, may
be subject to an additional 10% federal tax penalty. Withdrawals may also be
subject to a Market Value Adjustment. You should consult your own tax counsel or
other tax advisers regarding any withdrawals.

PREMIUM TAXES

Currently, we do not make deductions for premium taxes under the Contract
because New York does not charge premium taxes on annuities. We may deduct taxes
that may be imposed in the future from purchase payments or the Contract Value
when the tax is incurred or at a later time.

DEDUCTION FOR VARIABLE ACCOUNT INCOME TAXES

We are not currently making a provision for such taxes. In the future, however,
we may make a provision for taxes if we determine, in our sole discretion, that
we will incur a tax as a result of the operation of the Variable Account. We
will deduct for any taxes we incur as a result of the operation of the Variable
Account, whether or not we previously made a provision for taxes and whether or
not it was sufficient. Our status under the Internal Revenue Code is briefly
described in the Federal Tax Matters section.

OTHER EXPENSES

Each Portfolio deducts advisory fees and other expenses from its assets. You
indirectly bear the charges and expenses of the Portfolios whose shares are held
by the Variable Sub-Accounts. These fees and expenses are described in the
accompanying prospectuses for the Portfolios. For a summary of the maximum and
minimum amounts for these charges and expenses, see pages 8-9. We may receive
compensation from the investment advisers or administrators of the Portfolios
for administrative services we provide to the Portfolios.

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ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY

You can withdraw some or all of your Contract Value at any time prior to the
Payout Start Date. Full or partial withdrawals also are available under limited
circumstances on or after the Payout Start Date. See "Income Plans" on page 22.

The amount payable upon withdrawal is the Contract Value next computed after we
receive the request for a withdrawal at our customer service center, adjusted by
any Market Value Adjustment, less any Withdrawal Charges, contract maintenance
charges, income tax withholding, and any premium taxes. We will pay withdrawals
from the Variable Account within 7 days of receipt of the request, subject to
postponement in certain circumstances.

You can withdraw money from the Variable Account or the Fixed Account. To
complete a partial withdrawal from the Variable Account, we will cancel
Accumulation Units in an amount equal to the withdrawal and any applicable
Withdrawal Charge and premium taxes.

Withdrawals taken during the Accumulation Phase are generally considered to come
from the earnings in the Contract first. If the Contract is tax-qualified,
generally all withdrawals are treated as distributions of earnings. Withdrawals
of earnings are taxed as ordinary income and, if taken prior to age 59 1/2, may
be subject to an additional 10% federal tax penalty.

You have the opportunity to name the investment alternative(s) from which you
are taking the withdrawal. If none is specified, we will deduct your withdrawal
pro-rata from the investment alternatives according to the value of your
investments therein.

In general, you must withdraw at least $50 at a time. You also may withdraw a
lesser amount if you are withdrawing your entire interest in a Variable
Sub-Account.

If you request a total withdrawal, you must return your Contract to us.

POSTPONEMENT OF PAYMENTS

We may postpone the payment of any amounts due from the Variable Account under
the Contract if:

1.   The New York Stock Exchange is closed for other than usual weekends or
     holidays, or trading on the Exchange is otherwise restricted;

2.   An emergency exists as defined by the SEC; or

3.   The SEC permits delay for your protection.

In addition, we may delay payments or transfers from the Fixed Account for up to
6 months or a shorter period if required by law. If we delay payment or transfer
for 10 business days or more, we will pay interest as required by law. Any
interest would be payable from the date we receive the withdrawal request to the
date we make the payment or transfer.

SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWAL PROGRAM

You may choose to receive systematic withdrawal payments on a monthly,
quarterly, semi-annual, or annual basis at any time prior to the Payout Start
Date. The minimum amount of each systematic withdrawal is $50. At our
discretion, systematic withdrawals may not be offered in conjunction with the
Dollar Cost Averaging Program or the Automatic Portfolio Rebalancing Program.

Depending on fluctuations in the net asset value of the Variable Sub-Accounts
and the value of the Fixed Account, systematic withdrawals may reduce or even
exhaust the Contract Value. Please consult your tax advisor before taking any
withdrawal.

We will make systematic withdrawal payments to you or your designated payee. We
may modify or suspend the Systematic Withdrawal Program and charge a processing
fee for the service. If we modify or suspend the Systematic Withdrawal Program,
existing systematic withdrawal payments will not be affected.

MINIMUM CONTRACT VALUE

If your request for a partial withdrawal would reduce the amount in any
Guarantee Period to less than $500, we will treat it as a request to withdraw
the entire amount invested in such Guarantee Period. If your request for a
partial withdrawal would reduce your Contract Value to less than $1,000, we may
treat it as a request to withdraw your entire Contract Value. Your Contract will
terminate if you withdraw all of your Contract Value. We will, however, ask you
to confirm your withdrawal request before terminating your Contract. Before
terminating any Contract whose value has been reduced by withdrawals to less
than $1,000, we will inform you in writing of our intention to terminate your
Contract and give you at least 30 days in which to make an additional purchase
payment to restore your Contract's value to the contractual minimum of $1,000.
If we terminate your Contract, we will distribute to you its Contract Value,
adjusted by any applicable Market Value Adjustment, less withdrawal and other
charges and applicable taxes.

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INCOME PAYMENTS

PAYOUT START DATE

The Payout Start Date is the day that we apply your money to an Income Plan. The
Payout Start Date must be no later than the day the Annuitant reaches age 90, or
the 10th Contract Anniversary, if later. You may change the Payout Start Date at
any time by notifying us in writing of the change at least 30 days before the
scheduled Payout Start Date. Absent a change, we will use the Payout Start Date
stated in your Contract.

INCOME PLANS

An "Income Plan" is a series of payments on a scheduled basis to you or to
another person designated by you. You may choose and change your choice of
Income Plan until 30 days before the Payout Start Date. If you do not select an
Income Plan, we will make income payments in accordance with Income Plan 1 with
guaranteed payments for 10 years if you have designated only one Annuitant, or
Income Plan 2 with guaranteed payments for 10 years if you have designated joint
Annuitants. After the Payout Start Date, you may not make withdrawals (except as
described below) or change your choice of Income Plan.

Three Income Plans are available under the Contract. Each is available to
provide:

..    fixed income payments;

..    variable income payments; or

..    a combination of the two.

A portion of each payment will be considered taxable and the remaining portion
will be a non-taxable return of your investment in the Contract, which is also
called the "basis". Once the basis in the Contract is depleted, all remaining
payments will be fully taxable. If the Contract is tax-qualified, generally, all
payments will be fully taxable. Taxable payments taken prior to age 59 1/2, may
be subject to an additional 10% federal tax penalty.

The three Income Plans are:

INCOME PLAN 1 - LIFE INCOME WITH GUARANTEED PAYMENTS. Under this plan, we make
periodic income payments for at least as long as the Annuitant lives. If the
Annuitant dies before we have made all of the guaranteed income payments, we
will continue to pay the remainder of the guaranteed income payments as required
by the Contract. The number of months guaranteed may be 0 months, or range from
60 to 360 months.

INCOME PLAN 2 - JOINT AND SURVIVOR LIFE INCOME WITH GUARANTEED PAYMENTS. Under
this plan, we make periodic income payments for at least as long as either the
Annuitant or the joint Annuitant is alive. If both the Annuitant and the joint
Annuitant die before we have made all of the guaranteed income payments, we will
continue to pay the remainder of the guaranteed income payments as required by
the Contract. The number of months guaranteed may be 0 months, or range from 60
to 360 months.

INCOME PLAN 3 - GUARANTEED PAYMENTS FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD (5 YEARS TO 30
YEARS). Under this plan, we make periodic income payments for the period you
have chosen. These payments do not depend on the Annuitant's life. Income
payments for less than 120 months may be subject to a withdrawal charge. We will
deduct the mortality and expense risk charge from the Variable Sub-Account
assets that support variable income payments even though we may not bear any
mortality risk.

The length of any guaranteed payment period under your selected Income Plan
generally will affect the dollar amounts of each income payment. As a general
rule, longer guarantee periods result in lower income payments, all other things
being equal. For example, if you choose an Income Plan with payments that depend
on the life of the Annuitant but with no minimum specified period for guaranteed
payments, the income payments generally will be greater than the income payments
made under the same Income Plan with a minimum specified period for guaranteed
payments.

If you choose Income Plan 1 or 2, or, if available, another Income Plan with
payments that continue for the life of the Annuitant or joint Annuitant, we may
require proof of age and sex of the Annuitant or joint Annuitant before starting
income payments, and proof that the Annuitant or joint Annuitant is alive before
we make each payment.

Please note that under such Income Plans, if you elect to take no minimum
guaranteed payments, it is possible that the payee could receive only 1 income
payment if the Annuitant and any joint Annuitant both die before the second
income payment, or only 2 income payments if they die before the third income
payment, and so on.

Generally, you may not make withdrawals after the Payout Start Date. One
exception to this rule applies if you are receiving variable income payments
that do not depend on the life of the Annuitant (such as under Income Plan 3).
In that case you may terminate all or part of the Variable Account portion of
the income payments at any time and receive a lump sum equal to the present
value of the remaining variable income payments associated with the amount
withdrawn. To determine the present value of any remaining variable income
payments being withdrawn, we use a discount rate equal to the assumed annual
investment rate that we use to compute such variable income payments. The
minimum amount you may withdraw under this feature is $1,000. A withdrawal
charge may apply. You will also have a limited ability to make transfers from
the Variable Account portion of the income payments to increase the proportion
of your income payments consisting of fixed income payments. You may not,
however, convert any

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portion of your right to receive fixed income payments into variable income
payments. We deduct applicable premium taxes, if any, from the Contract Value at
the Payout Start Date. New York does not currently impose a Premium Tax.

We may make other Income Plans available. You may obtain information about them
by writing or calling us.

You must apply at least the Contract Value in the Fixed Account on the Payout
Start Date to fixed income payments. If you wish to apply any portion of your
Fixed Account balance to provide variable income payments, you should plan ahead
and transfer that amount to the Variable Sub-Accounts prior to the Payout Start
Date. If you do not tell us how to allocate your Contract Value among fixed and
variable income payments, we will apply your Contract Value in the Variable
Account to variable income payments and your Contract Value in the Fixed Account
to fixed income payments.

We will apply your Contract Value, adjusted by a Market Value Adjustment, less
applicable taxes to your Income Plan on the Payout Start Date. If the Contract
Value is less than $2,000 or not enough to provide an initial payment of at
least $20, and state law permits, we may:

..    terminate the Contract and pay you the Contract Value, adjusted by any
     Market Value Adjustment and less any applicable taxes, in a lump sum
     instead of the periodic payments you have chosen, or

..    reduce the frequency of your payments so that each payment will be at least
     $20.

VARIABLE INCOME PAYMENTS

The amount of your variable income payments depends upon the investment results
of the Variable Sub-Accounts you select, the premium taxes you pay, the age and
sex of the Annuitant, and the Income Plan you choose. We guarantee that the
payments will not be affected by (a) actual mortality experience and (b) the
amount of our administration expenses.

We cannot predict the total amount of your variable income payments. Your
variable income payments may be more or less than your total purchase payments
because (a) variable income payments vary with the investment results of the
underlying Portfolio and (b) the Annuitant could live longer or shorter than we
expect based on the tables we use.

In calculating the amount of the periodic payments in the annuity tables in the
Contract, we assumed an annual investment rate of 3%. If the actual net
investment return of the Variable Sub-Accounts you choose is less than this
assumed investment rate, then the dollar amount of your variable income payments
will decrease. The dollar amount of your variable income payments will increase,
however, if the actual net investment return exceeds the assumed investment
rate. The dollar amount of the variable income payments stays level if the net
investment return equals the assumed investment rate. Please refer to the
Statement of Additional Information for more detailed information as to how we
determine variable income payments.

FIXED INCOME PAYMENTS

We guarantee income payment amounts derived from the Fixed Account for the
duration of the Income Plan. We calculate the fixed income payments by:

1.   adjusting the portion of the Contract Value in the Fixed Account on the
     Payout Start Date by any applicable Market Value Adjustment;

2.   deducting any applicable premium tax; and

3.   applying the resulting amount to the greater of (a) the appropriate value
     from the income payment table in your Contract or (b) such other value as
     we are offering at that time.

We may defer making fixed income payments for a period of up to 6 months or such
shorter time as state law may require. If we defer payments for 10 business days
or more, we will pay interest as required by law from the date we receive the
withdrawal request to the date we make payment.

CERTAIN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

The Contracts offered by this prospectus contain income payment tables that
provide for different payments to men and women of the same age, except in
states that require unisex tables. We reserve the right to use income payment
tables that do not distinguish on the basis of sex to the extent permitted by
applicable law. In certain employment-related situations, employers are required
by law to use the same income payment tables for men and women. Accordingly, if
the Contract is to be used in connection with an employment-related retirement
or benefit plan and we do not offer unisex annuity tables in your state, you
should consult with legal counsel as to whether the purchase of a Contract is
appropriate.

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DEATH BENEFITS

We will pay the death proceeds prior to the Payout Start Date on:

(a)  the death of any Contract Owner, or

(b)  the death of the Annuitant, if the Contract is owned by a non-living
     person.

We will pay the death proceeds to the new Contract Owner as determined
immediately after the death. The new Contract Owner would be a surviving
Contract Owner or, if none, the Beneficiary(ies). In the case of a Contract
owned by a non-living owner, upon the death of the Annuitant, we will pay the
death proceeds to the current Contract Owner.

We will determine the value of the death proceeds as of the end of the Valuation
Date on which we receive a complete request for settlement of the death
proceeds. If we receive a request after 3 p.m. Central Time on a Valuation Date,
we will process the request as of the end of the following Valuation Date.

A complete request for settlement of the death proceeds must include DUE PROOF
OF DEATH. We will accept the following documentation as "Due Proof of Death:"

..    a certified copy of the death certificate,

..    a certified copy of a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction as to the
     finding of death, or

..    any other proof acceptable to us.

DEATH PROCEEDS If we receive a complete request for settlement of the death
proceeds within 180 days of the date of the death of any Contract Owner, or the
death of the Annuitant, if the Contract is owned by a non-living owner, the
death proceeds are equal to the Death Benefit described below. Otherwise, the
death proceeds are equal to the greater of the Contract Value or the Settlement
Value.

We reserve the right to extend, on a non-discriminatory basis, the 180-day
period in which the death proceeds will equal the Death Benefit as described
below. This right applies only to the amount payable as death proceeds and in no
way restricts when a claim may be filed.

If we do not receive a complete request for settlement of the death proceeds
within 180 days of the date of death, the death proceeds are equal to the
greater of:

1)   the Contract Value as of the date we determine the death proceeds; or

2)   the Settlement Value as of the date we determine the death proceeds.

DEATH BENEFIT AMOUNT

Prior to the Payout Start Date, the Death Benefit is equal to the greatest of:

1.   the Contract Value as of the date we receive a complete request for
     settlement of the death proceeds, or

2.   the SETTLEMENT VALUE (that is, the amount payable on a full withdrawal of
     Contract Value) on the date we determine the death proceeds, or

3.   the Contract Value on the Death Benefit Anniversary immediately preceding
     the date we receive a complete request for settlement of the death
     proceeds, adjusted by any purchase payments, withdrawal adjustment as
     defined below, and charges made since that Death Benefit Anniversary. A
     "DEATH BENEFIT ANNIVERSARY" is every seventh Contract Anniversary beginning
     with the Issue Date. For example, the Issue Date, 7th and 14th Contract
     Anniversaries are the first three Death Benefit Anniversaries, or

4.   the greatest of the Anniversary Values as of the date we receive a complete
     request for settlement of the death proceeds. An "ANNIVERSARY VALUE" is
     equal to the Contract Value on a Contract Anniversary, increased by
     purchase payments made since that Anniversary and reduced by the amount of
     any withdrawal adjustment, as defined below, since that anniversary.
     Anniversary Values will be calculated for each Contract Anniversary prior
     to the earlier of:

(i)  the date we determine the death benefit, or

(ii) the deceased's 75th birthday or 5 years after the Issue Date, if later.

The withdrawal adjustment is equal to (a) divided by (b), with the result
multiplied by (c), where:

(a) = the withdrawal amount,

(b) = the Contract Value immediately prior to the withdrawal, and

(c) = the value of the applicable death benefit alternative immediately prior to
the withdrawal.

See Appendix C for an example representative of how the withdrawal adjustment
applies.

In calculating the Settlement Value, the amount in each individual Guarantee
Period may be subject to a Market Value Adjustment. A Market Value Adjustment
will apply to amounts in a Guarantee Period, unless we calculate the Settlement
Value during the 30-day period after the expiration of the Guarantee Period.
Also, the Settlement Value will reflect the deduction of any applicable
Withdrawal Charges, contract maintenance charges, and premium taxes. Contract
maintenance charges will be pro rated for the part of the Contract Year elapsed
as of the date we determine the Settlement Value, unless your Contract qualifies
for a waiver of such charges described in the "Contract Maintenance Charge"
section above.

DEATH BENEFIT PAYMENTS
DEATH OF OWNER

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1.   If your spouse is the sole surviving Contract Owner, or is the sole
     Beneficiary:

a.   Your spouse may elect to receive the Death Proceeds in a lump sum; or

b.   Your spouse may elect to receive the Death Proceeds paid out under one of
     the Income Plans (described in "Income Payments" above), subject to the
     following conditions:

The Payout Start Date must be within one year of your date of death. Income
payments must be payable:

i.   over the life of your spouse; or

ii.  for a guaranteed number of payments from 5 to 50 years but not to exceed
     the life expectancy of your spouse; or

iii. over the life of your spouse with a guaranteed number of payments from 5 to
     30 years but not to exceed the life expectancy of your spouse.

c.   If your spouse does not elect one of these options, the Contract will
     continue in the Accumulation Phase as if the death had not occurred. If the
     Contract is continued in the Accumulation Phase, the following conditions
     apply: The Contract Value of the continued Contract will be the Death
     Proceeds. Unless otherwise instructed by the continuing spouse, the excess,
     if any, of the Death Proceeds over the Contract Value will be allocated to
     the Sub-Accounts of the Variable Account. This excess will be allocated in
     proportion to your Contract Value in those Variable Sub-Accounts as of the
     end of the Valuation Date on which we receive the complete request for
     settlement of the Death Proceeds (the next Valuation Date if we receive the
     request after 3:00 p.m. Central Time), except that any portion of this
     excess attributable to the Fixed Account Options will be allocated to the
     money market Variable Sub-Account. Within 30 days of the date the Contract
     is continued, your surviving spouse may choose one of the following
     transfer alternatives without incurring a transfer fee:

i.   transfer all or a portion of the excess among the Variable Sub-accounts;

ii.  transfer all or a portion of the excess into the Fixed Account and begin a
     new Guarantee Period; or

iii. transfer all or a portion of the excess into a combination of Variable
     Sub-Accounts and the Fixed Account.

Any such transfer does not count as one of the free transfers allowed each
Contract Year and is subject to any minimum allocation amount specified in the
Contract.

The surviving spouse may make a single withdrawal of any amount within one year
of the date of your death without incurring a Withdrawal Charge or Market Value
Adjustment.

Prior to the Payout Start Date, the Death Proceeds of the continued Contract
will be described under "Death Benefit Amount."

Only one spousal continuation is allowed under the Contract.

2.   If the new Contract Owner is not your spouse but is a living person or if
     there are multiple living-person new Contract Owners:

a.   The new Contract Owner may elect to receive the Death Proceeds in a lump
     sum; or

b.   The new Contract Owner may elect to receive the Death Proceeds paid out
     under one of the Income Plans (described in "Income Payments" on page 22),
     subject to the following conditions:

The Payout Start Date must be within one year of your date of death. Income
payments must be payable:

i.   over the life of the new Contract Owner; or

ii.  for a guaranteed number of payments from 5 to 50 years but not to exceed
     the life expectancy of the new Contract Owner; or

iii. over the life of the new Contract Owner with a guaranteed number of
     payments from 5 to 30 years but not to exceed the life expectancy of the
     new Contract Owner.

c.   If the new Contract Owner does not elect one of the options above, then the
     new Contract Owner must receive the Contract Value payable within 5 years
     of your date of death. The Contract Value will equal the amount of the
     Death Proceeds as determined as of the end of the Valuation Date on which
     we receive a complete request for settlement of the Death Proceeds (the
     next Valuation Date if we receive the request after 3:00 p.m. Central
     Time). Unless otherwise instructed by the new Contract Owner, the excess,
     if any, of the Death Proceeds over the Contract Value will be allocated to
     the money market Variable Sub-Account. Henceforth, the new Contract Owner
     may make transfers (as described in "Transfers During the Payout Phase" on
     page 18) during this 5 year period. No additional purchase payments may be
     added to the Contract under this election. Withdrawal Charges will be
     waived for any withdrawals made during this 5 year period.

We reserve the right to offer additional options upon the death of the Contract
Owner.

If the new Contract Owner dies prior to the complete liquidation of the Contract
Value, then the new Contract Owner's named Beneficiary(ies) will receive the
greater of the Settlement Value or the remaining Contract Value. This amount
must be liquidated as a lump sum within 5 years of the date of the original
Contract Owner's death.

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3.   If the new Contract Owner is a corporation or other type of non-living
     person:

a.   The new Contract Owner may elect to receive the Death Proceeds in a lump
     sum; or

b.   If the new Contract Owner does not elect the option above, then the new
     Contract Owner must receive the Contract Value payable within 5 years of
     your date of death. The Contract Value will equal the amount of the Death
     Proceeds as determined as of the end of the Valuation Date on which we
     receive a complete request for settlement of the Death Proceeds (the next
     Valuation Date if we receive the request after 3:00 p.m. Central Time).
     Unless otherwise instructed by the new Contract Owner, the excess, if any,
     of the Death Proceeds over the Contract Value will be allocated to the
     money market Variable Sub-Account. Henceforth, the new Contract Owner may
     make transfers (as described in "Transfers During the Payout Phase" on page
     18) during this 5 year period.

No additional purchase payments may be added to the Contract under this
election. Withdrawal charges will be waived during this 5 year period.

We reserve the right to make additional options available to the new Contract
Owner upon the death of the Contract Owner.

If any new Contract Owner is a non-living person, all new Contract Owners will
be considered to be non-living persons for the above purposes. Under any of
these options, all ownership rights, subject to any restrictions previously
placed upon the Beneficiary, are available to the new Contract Owner from the
date of your death to the date on which the Death Proceeds is paid.

DEATH OF ANNUITANT

If the Annuitant who is not also the Contract Owner dies prior to the Payout
Start Date, the following apply:

1.   If the Contract Owner is a living person, then the Contract will continue
     with a new Annuitant, who will be:

a.   the youngest Contract Owner; otherwise

b.   the youngest Beneficiary. You may change the Annuitant before the Payout
     Start Date.

2.   If the Contract Owner is a non-living person:

a.   The Contract Owner may elect to receive the Death Proceeds in a lump sum;
     or

b.   If the Contract Owner does not elect the option above, then the Contract
     Owner must receive the Contract Value payable within 5 years of the
     Annuitant's date of death. The Contract Value will equal the amount of the
     Death Proceeds as determined as of the end of the Valuation Date on which
     we receive a complete request for settlement of the Death Proceeds (the
     next Valuation Date if we receive the request after 3:00 p.m. Central
     Time). Unless otherwise instructed by the Contract Owner, the excess, if
     any, of the Death Proceeds over the Contract Value will be allocated to the
     money market Variable Sub-Account. Henceforth, the Contract Owner may make
     transfers (as described in "Transfers During the Payout Phase" on page 18)
     during this 5 year period.

No additional purchase payments may be added to the Contract under this
election. Withdrawal Charges will be waived during this 5 year period.

We reserve the right to make additional options available to the Contract Owner
upon the death of the Annuitant.

Under any of these options, all ownership rights are available to the non-living
Contract Owner from the date of the Annuitant's death to the date on which the
Death Proceeds is paid.

MORE INFORMATION

ALLSTATE NEW YORK

Allstate New York is the issuer of the Contract. Allstate New York is a stock
life insurance company organized under the laws of the State of New York.

Allstate New York was incorporated in 1967 and was known as "Financial Life
Insurance Company" from 1967 to 1978. From 1978 to 1984, Allstate New York was
known as "PM Life Insurance Company." Since 1984 the company has been known as
"Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York."

Allstate New York is currently licensed to operate in New York. Our home office
is located at 100 Motor Parkway, Hauppauge, New York 11788-5107.

Allstate New York is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate Life Insurance
Company ("Allstate Life"), a stock life insurance company incorporated under the
laws of the State of Illinois. Allstate Life is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Allstate Insurance Company, a stock property-liability insurance company
incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois. With the exception of the
directors' qualifying shares, all of the outstanding capital stock of Allstate
Insurance Company is owned by The Allstate Corporation.

THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT

Allstate New York established the Allstate Life of New York Separate Account A
on December 15, 1995. We have registered the Variable Account with the SEC as a
unit investment trust. The SEC does not supervise the

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management of the Variable Account or Allstate New York.

We own the assets of the Variable Account. The Variable Account is a segregated
asset account under New York law. That means we account for the Variable
Account's income, gains and losses separately from the results of our other
operations. It also means that only the assets of the Variable Account that are
in excess of the reserves and other Contract liabilities with respect to the
Variable Account are subject to liabilities relating to our other operations.

Our obligations arising under the Contracts are general corporate obligations of
Allstate New York.

The Variable Account consists of multiple Variable Sub-Accounts, 24 of which are
available through the Contracts. Each Variable Sub-Account invests in a
corresponding Portfolio. We may add new Variable Sub-Accounts or eliminate one
or more of them, if we believe marketing, tax, or investment conditions so
warrant. We do not guarantee the investment performance of the Variable Account,
its Sub-Accounts or the Portfolios. We may use the Variable Account to fund our
other annuity contracts. We will account separately for each type of annuity
contract funded by the Variable Account.

THE PORTFOLIOS

DIVIDENDS AND CAPITAL GAIN DISTRIBUTIONS. We automatically reinvest all
dividends and capital gains distributions from the Portfolios in shares of the
distributing Portfolio at their net asset value.

VOTING PRIVILEGES. As a general matter, you do not have a direct right to vote
the shares of the Portfolios held by the Variable Sub-Accounts to which you have
allocated your Contract Value. Under current law, however, you are entitled to
give us instructions on how to vote those shares on certain matters. Based on
our present view of the law, we will vote the shares of the Portfolios that we
hold directly or indirectly through the Variable Account in accordance with
instructions that we receive from Contract owners entitled to give such
instructions.

As a general rule, before the Payout Start Date, the Contract Owner or anyone
with a voting interest is the person entitled to give voting instructions. The
number of shares that a person has a right to instruct will be determined by
dividing the Contract Value allocated to the applicable Variable Sub-Account by
the net asset value per share of the corresponding Portfolio as of the record
date of the meeting. After the Payout Start Date, the person receiving income
payments has the voting interest. The payee's number of votes will be determined
by dividing the reserve for such Contract allocated to the applicable Variable
Sub-Account by the net asset value per share of the corresponding Portfolio. The
votes decrease as income payments are made and as the reserves for the Contract
decrease.

We will vote shares attributable to Contracts for which we have not received
instructions, as well as shares attributable to us, in the same proportion as we
vote shares for which we have received instructions, unless we determine that we
may vote such shares in our own discretion. We will apply voting instructions to
abstain on any item to be voted on a pro-rata basis to reduce the votes eligible
to be cast.

We reserve the right to vote Portfolio shares as we see fit without regard to
voting instructions to the extent permitted by law. If we disregard voting
instructions, we will include a summary of that action and our reasons for that
action in the next semi-annual financial report we send to you.

CHANGES IN PORTFOLIOS. If the shares of any of the Portfolios are no longer
available for investment by the Variable Account or if, in our judgment, further
investment in such shares is no longer desirable in view of the purposes of the
Contract, we may eliminate that Portfolio and substitute shares of another
eligible investment portfolio. Any substitution of securities will comply with
the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940. We also may add new
Variable Sub-Accounts that invest in additional Portfolios. We will notify you
in advance of any changes.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. Certain of the Portfolios sell their shares to Variable
Accounts underlying both variable life insurance and variable annuity contracts.

It is conceivable that in the future it may be unfavorable for variable life
insurance Variable Accounts and variable annuity Variable Accounts to invest in
the same Portfolio. The boards of directors of these Portfolios monitor for
possible conflicts among Variable Accounts buying shares of the Portfolios.

Conflicts could develop for a variety of reasons. For example, differences in
treatment under tax and other laws or the failure by a Variable Account to
comply with such laws could cause a conflict. To eliminate a conflict, a
Portfolio's board of directors may require a Variable Account to withdraw its
participation in a Portfolio. A Portfolio's net asset value could decrease if it
had to sell investment securities to pay redemption proceeds to a Variable
Account withdrawing because of a conflict.

THE CONTRACT

DISTRIBUTION. ALFS, Inc. ("ALFS"), located at 3100 Sanders Road, Northbrook,
Illinois 60062, serves as principal underwriter of the Contracts. ALFS is a
wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate Life Insurance Company. ALFS is a registered
broker-dealer under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
("Exchange Act"), and is a member of the NASD, Inc.

The Contracts described in this prospectus are sold by registered
representatives of broker-dealers who are our licensed insurance agents, either
individually or through an incorporated insurance agency. Commissions paid to

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broker-dealers may vary, but we estimate that the total commissions paid on all
Contract sales to broker-dealers will not exceed 8.5% of any purchase payments.

These commissions are intended to cover distribution expenses.

From time to time, we may offer additional sales incentives of up to 1% of
purchase payments to broker-dealers who maintain certain sales volume levels.

Allstate New York does not pay ALFS a commission for distribution of the
Contracts. The underwriting agreement with ALFS provides that we will reimburse
ALFS for any liability to Contract Owners arising out of services rendered or
Contracts issued.

ADMINISTRATION. We have primary responsibility for all administration of the
Contracts and the Variable Account. We provide the following administrative
services, among others:

..    issuance of the Contracts;

..    maintenance of Contract Owner records;

..    Contract Owner services;

..    calculation of unit values;

..    maintenance of the Variable Account; and

..    preparation of Contract Owner reports.

We will send you Contract statements and transaction confirmations at least
annually. The annual statement details values and specific Contract data for
each particular Contract. You should notify us promptly in writing of any
address change. You should read your statements and confirmations carefully and
verify their accuracy. You should contact us promptly if you have a question
about a periodic statement. We will investigate all complaints and make any
necessary adjustments retroactively, but you must notify us of a potential error
within a reasonable time after the date of the questioned statement. If you wait
too long, we will make the adjustment as of the date that we receive notice of
the potential error. We also will provide you with additional periodic and other
reports, information and prospectuses as may be required by federal securities
laws.

NON-QUALIFIED ANNUITIES HELD WITHIN A QUALIFIED PLAN

If you use the Contract within an employer sponsored qualified retirement plan,
the plan may impose different or additional conditions or limitaitons on
withdrawals, waivers of withdrawal charges, death benefits, Payout Start Dates,
income payments, and other Contract features. In addition, adverse tax
consequences may result if qualified plan limits on distributions and other
conditions are not met. Please consult your qualified plan administrator for
more information. Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York no longer issues
deferred annuities to employer spnsored qualified retirement plans.

LEGAL MATTERS

All matters of New York law pertaining to the Contracts, including the validity
of the Contracts and Allstate New York's right to issue such Contracts under New
York insurance law, have been passed upon by Michael J. Velotta, General Counsel
of Allstate New York.

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FEDERAL TAX MATTERS

THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION IS GENERAL AND IS NOT INTENDED AS TAX ADVICE. ALLSTATE
NEW YORK MAKES NO GUARANTEE REGARDING THE TAX TREATMENT OF ANY CONTRACT OR
TRANSACTION INVOLVING A CONTRACT.

Federal, state, local and other tax consequences of ownership or receipt of
distributions under an annuity contract depend on your individual circumstances.
If you are concerned about any tax consequences with regard to your individual
circumstances, you should consult a competent tax adviser.

TAXATION OF ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

Allstate New York is taxed as a life insurance company under Part I of
Subchapter L of the Code. Since the Variable Account is not an entity separate
from Allstate New York, and its operations form a part of Allstate New York, it
will not be taxed separately. Investment income and realized capital gains of
the Variable Account are automatically applied to increase reserves under the
Contract. Under existing federal income tax law, Allstate New York believes that
the Variable Account investment income and capital gains will not be taxed to
the extent that such income and gains are applied to increase the reserves under
the Contract. Accordingly, Allstate New York does not anticipate that it will
incur any federal income tax liability attributable to the Variable Account, and
therefore Allstate New York does not intend to make provisions for any such
taxes. If Allstate New York is taxed on investment income or capital gains of
the Variable Account, then Allstate New York may impose a charge against the
Variable Account in order to make provision for such taxes.

TAXATION OF VARIABLE ANNUITIES IN GENERAL

TAX DEFERRAL. Generally, you are not taxed on increases in the Contract Value
until a distribution occurs. This rule applies only where:

..    the Contract Owner is a natural person,

..    the investments of the Variable Account are "adequately diversified"
     according to Treasury Department regulations, and

..    Allstate New York is considered the owner of the Variable Account assets
     for federal income tax purposes.

NON-NATURAL OWNERS. Non-natural owners are also referred to as Non Living Owners
in this prospectus. As a general rule, annuity contracts owned by non-natural
persons such as corporations, trusts, or other entities are not treated as
annuity contracts for federal income tax purposes. The income on such contracts
does not enjoy tax deferral and is taxed as ordinary income received or accrued
by the non-natural owner during the taxable year.

EXCEPTIONS TO THE NON-NATURAL OWNER RULE. There are several exceptions to the
general rule that annuity contracts held by a non-natural owner are not treated
as annuity contracts for federal income tax purposes. Contracts will generally
be treated as held by a natural person if the nominal owner is a trust or other
entity which holds the contract as agent for a natural person. However, this
special exception will not apply in the case of an employer who is the nominal
owner of an annuity contract under a non-Qualified deferred compensation
arrangement for its employees. Other exceptions to the non-natural owner rule
are: (1) contracts acquired by an estate of a decedent by reason of the death of
the decedent; (2) certain qualified contracts; (3) contracts purchased by
employers upon the termination of certain qualified plans; (4) certain contracts
used in connection with structured settlement agreements; and (5) immediate
annuity contracts, purchased with a single premium, when the annuity starting
date is no later than a year from purchase of the annuity and substantially
equal periodic payments are made, not less frequently than annually, during the
annuity period.

GRANTOR TRUST OWNED ANNUITY. Contracts owned by a grantor trust are considered
owned by a non-natural owner. Grantor trust owned contracts receive tax deferral
as described in the Exceptions to the Non-Natural Owner Rule section. In
accordance with the Code, upon the death of the annuitant, the death benefit
must be paid. According to your Contract, the Death Benefit is paid to the
surviving Contract Owner. Since the trust will be the surviving Contract Owner
in all cases, the Death Benefit will be payable to the trust notwithstanding any
beneficiary designation on the annuity contract. A trust, including a grantor
trust, has two options for receiving any death benefits: 1) a lump sum payment;
or 2) payment deferred up to five years from date of death.

DIVERSIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. For a Contract to be treated as an annuity for
federal income tax purposes, the investments in the Variable Account must be
"adequately diversified" consistent with standards under Treasury Department
regulations. If the investments in the Variable Account are not adequately
diversified, the Contract will not be treated as an annuity contract for federal
income tax purposes. As a result, the income on the Contract will be taxed as
ordinary income received or accrued by the Contract owner during the taxable
year. Although Allstate New York does not have control over the Portfolios or
their investments, we expect the Portfolios to meet the diversification
requirements.

OWNERSHIP TREATMENT. The IRS has stated that a contract owner will be considered
the owner of separate account assets if he possesses incidents of ownership in
those assets, such as the ability to exercise investment control over the
assets. At the time the diversification regulations were issued, the Treasury
Department

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announced that the regulations do not provide guidance concerning circumstances
in which investor control of the separate account investments may cause a
Contract owner to be treated as the owner of the separate account. The Treasury
Department also stated that future guidance would be issued regarding the extent
that owners could direct sub-account investments without being treated as owners
of the underlying assets of the separate account.

Your rights under the Contract are different than those described by the IRS in
private and published rulings in which it found that Contract owners were not
owners of separate account assets. For example, if your contract offers more
than twenty (20) investment alternatives you have the choice to allocate
premiums and contract values among a broader selection of investment
alternatives than described in such rulings. You may be able to transfer among
investment alternatives more frequently than in such rulings. These differences
could result in you being treated as the owner of the Variable Account. If this
occurs, income and gain from the Variable Account assets would be includible in
your gross income. Allstate New York does not know what standards will be set
forth in any regulations or rulings which the Treasury Department may issue. It
is possible that future standards announced by the Treasury Department could
adversely affect the tax treatment of your Contract. We reserve the right to
modify the Contract as necessary to attempt to prevent you from being considered
the federal tax owner of the assets of the Variable Account. However, we make no
guarantee that such modification to the Contract will be successful.

TAXATION OF PARTIAL AND FULL WITHDRAWALS. If you make a partial withdrawal under
a Non-Qualified Contract, amounts received are taxable to the extent the
Contract Value, without regard to surrender charges, exceeds the investment in
the Contract. The investment in the Contract is the gross premium paid for the
contract minus any amounts previously received from the Contract if such amounts
were properly excluded from your gross income. If you make a full withdrawal
under a Non-Qualified Contract, the amount received will be taxable only to the
extent it exceeds the investment in the Contract.

TAXATION OF ANNUITY PAYMENTS. Generally, the rule for income taxation of annuity
payments received from a Non-Qualified Contract provides for the return of your
investment in the Contract in equal tax-free amounts over the payment period.
The balance of each payment received is taxable. For fixed annuity payments, the
amount excluded from income is determined by multiplying the payment by the
ratio of the investment in the Contract (adjusted for any refund feature or
period certain) to the total expected value of annuity payments for the term of
the Contract. If you elect variable annuity payments, the amount excluded from
taxable income is determined by dividing the investment in the Contract by the
total number of expected payments. The annuity payments will be fully taxable
after the total amount of the investment in the Contract is excluded using these
ratios. If any variable payment is less than the excludable amount you should
contact a competent tax advisor to determine how to report any unrecovered
investment. The federal tax treatment of annuity payments is unclear in some
respects. As a result, if the IRS should provide further guidance, it is
possible that the amount we calculate and report to the IRS as taxable could be
different. If you die, and annuity payments cease before the total amount of the
investment in the Contract is recovered, the unrecovered amount will be allowed
as a deduction for your last taxable year.

WITHDRAWALS AFTER THE PAYOUT START DATE. Federal tax law is unclear regarding
the taxation of any additional withdrawal received after the Payout Start Date.
It is possible that a greater or lesser portion of such a payment could be
taxable than the amount we determine.

DISTRIBUTION AT DEATH RULES. In order to be considered an annuity contract for
federal income tax purposes, the Contract must provide:

..    if any Contract Owner dies on or after the Payout Start Date but before the
     entire interest in the Contract has been distributed, the remaining portion
     of such interest must be distributed at least as rapidly as under the
     method of distribution being used as of the date of the Contract Owner's
     death;

..    if any Contract Owner dies prior to the Payout Start Date, the entire
     interest in the Contract will be distributed within 5 years after the date
     of the Contract Owner's death. These requirements are satisfied if any
     portion of the Contract Owner's interest that is payable to (or for the
     benefit of) a designated Beneficiary is distributed over the life of such
     Beneficiary (or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of
     the Beneficiary) and the distributions begin within 1 year of the Contract
     Owner's death. If the Contract Owner's designated Beneficiary is the
     surviving spouse of the Contract Owner, the Contract may be continued with
     the surviving spouse as the new Contract Owner;

..    if the Contract Owner is a non-natural person, then the Annuitant will be
     treated as the Contract Owner for purposes of applying the distribution at
     death rules. In addition, a change in the Annuitant on a Contract owned by
     a non-natural person will be treated as the death of the Contract Owner.

TAXATION OF ANNUITY DEATH BENEFITS. Death Benefit amounts are included in income
as follows:

..    if distributed in a lump sum, the amounts are taxed in the same manner as a
     total withdrawal, or

..    if distributed under an Income Plan, the amounts are taxed in the same
     manner as annuity payments.

PENALTY TAX ON PREMATURE DISTRIBUTIONS. A 10% penalty tax applies to the taxable
amount of any

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premature distribution from a non-Qualified Contract. The penalty tax generally
applies to any distribution made prior to the date you attain age 59 1/2.
However, no penalty tax is incurred on distributions:

..    made on or after the date the Contract Owner attains age 59 1/2,

..    made as a result of the Contract Owner's death or becoming totally
     disabled,

..    made in substantially equal periodic payments over the Contract Owner's
     life or life expectancy, or over the joint lives or joint life expectancies
     of the Contract Owner and the Beneficiary,

..    made under an immediate annuity, or

..    attributable to investment in the Contract before August 14, 1982.

You should consult a competent tax advisor to determine how these exceptions may
apply to your situation.

SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL PERIODIC PAYMENTS. With respect to non-Qualified Contracts
using substantially equal periodic payments or immediate annuity payments as an
exception to the penalty tax on premature distributions, any additional
withdrawal or other material modification of the payment stream would violate
the requirement that payments must be substantially equal. Failure to meet this
requirement would mean that the income portion of each payment received prior to
the later of 5 years or the Contract Owner's attaining age 59 1/2 would be
subject to a 10% penalty tax unless another exception to the penalty tax
applied. The tax for the year of the modification is increased by the penalty
tax that would have been imposed without the exception, plus interest for the
years in which the exception was used. A material modification does not include
permitted changes described in published IRS rulings. You should consult a
competent tax advisor prior to creating or modifying a substantially equal
periodic payment stream.

TAX FREE EXCHANGES UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 1035. A 1035 exchange is
a tax-free exchange of a non-qualified life insurance contract, endowment
contract or annuity contract into a non-Qualified annuity contract. The contract
owner(s) must be the same on the old and new contract. Basis from the old
contract carries over to the new contract so long as we receive that information
from the relinquishing company. If basis information is never received, we will
assume that all exchanged funds represent earnings and will allocate no cost
basis to them.

PARTIAL EXCHANGES. The IRS has issued a ruling that permits partial exchanges of
annuity contracts. Under this ruling, if you take a withdrawal from a receiving
or relinquishing annuity contract within 24 months of the partial exchange, then
special aggregation rules apply for purposes of determining the taxable amount
of a distribution. The IRS has issued limited guidance on how to aggregate and
report these distributions. The IRS is expected to provide further guidance; as
a result, it is possible that the amount we calculate and report to the IRS as
taxable could be different. Your Contract may not permit partial exchanges.

TAXATION OF OWNERSHIP CHANGES. If you transfer a non-Qualified Contract without
full and adequate consideration to a person other than your spouse (or to a
former spouse incident to a divorce), you will be taxed on the difference
between the Contract Value and the investment in the Contract at the time of
transfer. Any assignment or pledge (or agreement to assign or pledge) of the
Contract Value is taxed as a withdrawal of such amount or portion and may also
incur the 10% penalty tax.

AGGREGATION OF ANNUITY CONTRACTS. The Code requires that all non-Qualified
deferred annuity contracts issued by Allstate New York (or its affiliates) to
the same Contract Owner during any calendar year be aggregated and treated as
one annuity contract for purposes of determining the taxable amount of a
distribution.

INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING

Generally, Allstate New York is required to withhold federal income tax at a
rate of 10% from all non-annuitized distributions. The customer may elect out of
withholding by completing and signing a withholding election form. If no
election is made, we will automatically withhold the required 10% of the taxable
amount. In certain states, if there is federal withholding, then state
withholding is also mandatory.

Allstate New York is required to withhold federal income tax using the wage
withholding rates for all annuitized distributions. The customer may elect out
of withholding by completing and signing a withholding election form. If no
election is made, we will automatically withhold using married with three
exemptions as the default. If no U.S. taxpayer identification number is
provided, we will automatically withhold using single with zero exemptions as
the default. In certain states, if there is federal withholding, then state
withholding is also mandatory.

Election out of withholding is valid only if the customer provides a U.S.
residence address and taxpayer identification number.

Generally, Code Section 1441 provides that Allstate New York as a withholding
agent must withhold 30% of the taxable amounts paid to a non-resident alien. A
non-resident alien is someone other than a U.S. citizen or resident alien.
Withholding may be reduced or eliminated if covered by an income tax treaty
between the U.S. and the non-resident alien's country of residence if the payee
provides a U.S. taxpayer identification number on a fully completed Form W-8BEN.
A U.S. taxpayer identification number is a social security number or an
individual taxpayer identification number ("ITIN"). ITINs are issued by the IRS
to non-resident alien individuals who are not eligible to obtain a social
security number. The U.S. does not have a tax treaty with all

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countries nor do

all tax treaties provide an exclusion or lower withholding rate for annuities.

                             TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACTS

The income on tax sheltered annuity (TSA) and IRA investments is tax deferred,
and the income from annuities held by such plans does not receive any additional
tax deferral. You should review the annuity features, including all benefits and
expenses, prior to purchasing an annuity as a TSA or IRA. Tax Qualified
Contracts are contracts purchased as or in connection with:

..    Individual Retirement Annuities (IRAs) under Code Section 408(b);

..    Roth IRAs under Code Section 408A;

..    Simplified Employee Pension (SEP IRA) under Code Section 408(k);

..    Savings Incentive Match Plans for Employees (SIMPLE IRA) under Code Section
     408(p);

..    Tax Sheltered Annuities under Code Section 403(b);

..    Corporate and Self Employed Pension and Profit Sharing Plans under Code
     Section 401; and

..    State and Local Government and Tax-Exempt Organization Deferred
     Compensation Plans under Code Section 457.

Allstate New York reserves the right to limit the availability of the Contract
for use with any of the retirement plans listed above or to modify the Contract
to conform with tax requirements. If you use the Contract within an employer
sponsored qualified retirement plan, the plan may impose different or additional
conditions or limitations on withdrawals, waiver of charges, death benefits,
Payout Start Dates, income payments, and other Contract features. In addition,
adverse tax consequences may result if qualified plan limits on distributions
and other conditions are not met. Please consult your qualified plan
administrator for more information. Allstate New York no longer issues deferred
annuities to employer sponsored qualified retirement plans.

The tax rules applicable to participants with tax qualified annuities vary
according to the type of contract and the terms and conditions of the
endorsement. Adverse tax consequences may result from certain transactions such
as excess contributions, premature distributions, and, distributions that do not
conform to specified commencement and minimum distribution rules. Allstate New
York can issue an individual retirement annuity on a rollover or transfer of
proceeds from a decedent's IRA, TSA, or employer sponsored retirement plan under
which the decedent's surviving spouse is the beneficiary. Allstate New York does
not offer an individual retirement annuity that can accept a transfer of funds
for any other, non-spousal, beneficiary of a decedent's IRA, TSA, or employer
sponsored qualified retirement plan.

Please refer to your Endorsement for IRAs or 403(b) plans, if applicable, for
additional information on your death settlement options. In the case of certain
qualified plans, the terms of the Qualified Plan Endorsement and the plans may
govern the right to benefits, regardless of the terms of the Contract.

TAXATION OF WITHDRAWALS FROM AN INDIVIDUALLY OWNED TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACT. If
you make a partial withdrawal under a Tax Qualified Contract other than a Roth
IRA, the portion of the payment that bears the same ratio to the total payment
that the investment in the Contract (i.e., nondeductible IRA contributions)
bears to the Contract Value, is excluded from your income. We do not keep track
of nondeductible contributions, and generally all tax reporting of distributions
from Tax Qualified Contracts other than Roth IRAs will indicate that the
distribution is fully taxable.

"Qualified distributions" from Roth IRAs are not included in gross income.
"Qualified distributions" are any distributions made more than five taxable
years after the taxable year of the first contribution to any Roth IRA and which
are:

..    made on or after the date the Contract Owner attains age 59 1/2,

..    made to a beneficiary after the Contract Owner's death,

..    attributable to the Contract Owner being disabled, or

..    made for a first time home purchase (first time home purchases are subject
     to a lifetime limit of $10,000).

"Nonqualified distributions" from Roth IRAs are treated as made from
contributions first and are included in gross income only to the extent that
distributions exceed contributions.

REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTIONS. Generally, Tax Qualified Contracts (excluding
Roth IRAs) require minimum distributions upon reaching age 70 1/2. Failure to
withdraw the required minimum distribution will result in a 50% tax penalty on
the shortfall not withdrawn from the Contract. Not all income plans offered
under the Contract satisfy the requirements for minimum distributions. Because
these distributions are required under the Code and the method of calculation is
complex, please see a competent tax advisor.

THE DEATH BENEFIT AND TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACTS. Pursuant to the Code and IRS
regulations, an IRA (e.g., traditional IRA, Roth IRA, SEP IRA and SIMPLE IRA)
may not invest in life insurance contracts. However, an IRA may provide a death
benefit that equals the greater of the purchase payments or the Contract Value.
The Contract offers a death benefit that in certain circumstances may exceed the
greater of the purchase payments or the Contract Value. We believe that the
Death Benefits offered by your Contract do not constitute life insurance under
these regulations.

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It is also possible that certain death benefits that offer enhanced earnings
could be characterized as an incidental death benefit. If the death benefit were
so characterized, this could result in current taxable income to a Contract
Owner. In addition, there are limitations on the amount of incidental death
benefits that may be provided under qualified plans, such as in connection with
a TSA or employer sponsored qualified retirement plan.

Allstate New York reserves the right to limit the availability of the Contract
for use with any of the qualified plans listed above.

PENALTY TAX ON PREMATURE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACTS. A 10%
penalty tax applies to the taxable amount of any premature distribution from a
Tax Qualified Contract. The penalty tax generally applies to any distribution
made prior to the date you attain age 59 1/2. However, no penalty tax is
incurred on distributions:

..    made on or after the date the Contract Owner attains age 59 1/2,

..    made as a result of the Contract Owner's death or total disability,

..    made in substantially equal periodic payments over the Contract Owner's
     life or life expectancy, or over the joint lives or joint life expectancies
     of the Contract Owner and the Beneficiary,

..    made after separation from service after age 55 (does not apply to IRAs),

..    made pursuant to an IRS levy,

..    made for certain medical expenses,

..    made to pay for health insurance premiums while unemployed (applies only
     for IRAs),

..    made for qualified higher education expenses (applies only for IRAs), and

..    made for a first time home purchase (up to a $10,000 lifetime limit and
     applies only for IRAs).

During the first 2 years of the individual's participation in a SIMPLE IRA,
distributions that are otherwise subject to the premature distribution penalty,
will be subject to a 25% penalty tax.

You should consult a competent tax advisor to determine how these exceptions may
apply to your situation.

SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL PERIODIC PAYMENTS ON TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACTS. With respect
to Tax Qualified Contracts using substantially equal periodic payments as an
exception to the penalty tax on premature distributions, any additional
withdrawal or other material modification of the payment stream would violate
the requirement that payments must be substantially equal. Failure to meet this
requirement would mean that the income portion of each payment received prior to
the later of 5 years or the taxpayer's attaining age 59 1/2 would be subject to
a 10% penalty tax unless another exception to the penalty tax applied. The tax
for the year of the modification is increased by the penalty tax that would have
been imposed without the exception, plus interest for the years in which the
exception was used. A material modification does not include permitted changes
described in published IRS rulings. You should consult a competent tax advisor
prior to creating or modifying a substantially equal periodic payment stream.

INCOME TAX WITHHOLDING ON TAX QUALIFIED CONTRACTS. Generally, Allstate New York
is required to withhold federal income tax at a rate of 10% from all
non-annuitized distributions that are not considered "eligible rollover
distributions." The customer may elect out of withholding by completing and
signing a withholding election form. If no election is made, we will
automatically withhold the required 10% from the taxable amount. In certain
states, if there is federal withholding, then state withholding is also
mandatory. Allstate New York is required to withhold federal income tax at a
rate of 20% on all "eligible rollover distributions" unless you elect to make a
"direct rollover" of such amounts to an IRA or eligible retirement plan.
Eligible rollover distributions generally include all distributions from Tax
Qualified Contracts, including TSAs but excluding IRAs, with the exception of:

..    required minimum distributions, or,

..    a series of substantially equal periodic payments made over a period of at
     least 10 years, or,

..    a series of substantially equal periodic payments made over the life (joint
     lives) of the participant (and beneficiary), or,

..    hardship distributions.

For all annuitized distributions that are not subject to the 20% withholding
requirement, Allstate New York is required to withhold federal income tax using
the wage withholding rates. The customer may elect out of withholding by
completing and signing a withholding election form. If no election is made, we
will automatically withhold using married with three exemptions as the default.
If no U.S. taxpayer identification number is provided, we will automatically
withhold using single with zero exemptions as the default. In certain states, if
there is federal withholding, then state withholding is also mandatory.

Election out of withholding is valid only if the customer provides a U.S.
residence address and taxpayer identification number.

Generally, Code Section 1441 provides that Allstate New York as a withholding
agent must withhold 30% of the taxable amounts paid to a non-resident alien. A
non-resident alien is someone other than a U.S. citizen or resident alien or to
certain other 'foreign persons'. Withholding may be reduced or eliminated if
covered by an income tax treaty between the U.S. and the non-resident alien's
country of residence if the payee provides a U.S. taxpayer identification number
on a fully completed Form W-8BEN. A U.S. taxpayer

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identification number is a social security number or an individual taxpayer
identification number ("ITIN"). ITINs are issued by the IRS to non-resident
alien individuals who are not eligible to obtain a social security number. The
U.S. does not have a tax treaty with all countries nor do all tax treaties
provide an exclusion or lower withholding rate for annuities.

INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ANNUITIES. Code Section 408(b) permits eligible
individuals to contribute to an individual retirement program known as an
Individual Retirement Annuity (IRA). Individual Retirement Annuities are subject
to limitations on the amount that can be contributed and on the time when
distributions may commence. Certain distributions from other types of qualified
retirement plans may be "rolled over" on a tax-deferred basis into an Individual
Retirement Annuity.

ROTH INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ANNUITIES. Code Section 408A permits eligible
individuals to make nondeductible contributions to an individual retirement
program known as a Roth Individual Retirement Annuity. Roth Individual
Retirement Annuities are subject to limitations on the amount that can be
contributed and on the time when distributions may commence.

Subject to certain limitations, a traditional Individual Retirement Account or
Annuity may be converted or "rolled over" to a Roth Individual Retirement
Annuity. The income portion of a conversion or rollover distribution is taxable
currently, but is exempted from the 10% penalty tax on premature distributions.

ANNUITIES HELD BY INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS (COMMONLY KNOWN AS CUSTODIAL

IRAS). Code Section 408 permits a custodian or trustee of an Individual
Retirement Account to purchase an annuity as an investment of the Individual
Retirement Account. If an annuity is purchased inside of an Individual
Retirement Account, then the Annuitant must be the same person as the beneficial
owner of the Individual Retirement Account.

Generally, the death benefit of an annuity held in an Individual Retirement
Account must be paid upon the death of the Annuitant. However, in most states,
the Contract permits the custodian or trustee of the Individual Retirement
Account to continue the Contract in the accumulation phase, with the Annuitant's
surviving spouse as the new Annuitant, if the following conditions are met:

1)   The custodian or trustee of the Individual Retirement Account is the owner
     of the annuity and has the right to the death proceeds otherwise payable
     under the Contract;

2)   The deceased Annuitant was the beneficial owner of the Individual
     Retirement Account;

3)   We receive a complete request for settlement for the death of the
     Annuitant; and

4)   The custodian or trustee of the Individual Retirement Account provides us
     with a signed certification of the following:

(a)  The Annuitant's surviving spouse is the sole beneficiary of the Individual
     Retirement Account;

(b)  The Annuitant's surviving spouse has elected to continue the Individual
     Retirement Account as his or her own Individual Retirement Account; and

(c)  The custodian or trustee of the Individual Retirement Account has continued
     the Individual Retirement Account pursuant to the surviving spouse's
     election.

SIMPLIFIED EMPLOYEE PENSION IRA. Code Section 408(k) allows eligible employers
to establish simplified employee pension plans for their employees using
individual retirement annuities. These employers may, within specified limits,
make deductible contributions on behalf of the employees to the individual
retirement annuities. Employers intending to use the Contract in connection with
such plans should seek competent tax advice.

SAVINGS INCENTIVE MATCH PLANS FOR EMPLOYEES (SIMPLE IRA). Code Section 408(p)
allows eligible employers with 100 or fewer employees to establish SIMPLE
retirement plans for their employees using individual retirement annuities. In
general, a SIMPLE IRA consists of a salary deferral program for eligible
employees and matching or nonelective contributions made by employers. Employers
intending to purchase the Contract as a SIMPLE IRA should seek competent tax and
legal advice.

TO DETERMINE IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO ANY OF THE ABOVE LISTED IRAS
(TRADITIONAL, ROTH, SEP, OR SIMPLE), PLEASE REFER TO IRS PUBLICATION 590 AND
YOUR COMPETENT TAX ADVISOR.

TAX SHELTERED ANNUITIES. Code Section 403(b) provides tax-deferred retirement
savings plans for employees of certain non-profit and educational organizations.
Under Section 403(b), any contract used for a 403(b) plan must provide that
distributions attributable to salary reduction contributions made after
12/31/88, and all earnings on salary reduction contributions, may be made only
on or after the date the employee:

..    attains age 59 1/2,

..    severs employment,

..    dies,

..    becomes disabled, or

..    incurs a hardship (earnings on salary reduction contributions may not be
     distributed on account of hardship).

These limitations do not apply to withdrawals where Allstate New York is
directed to transfer some or all of the Contract Value to another 403(b) plan.
Generally, we do

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not accept funds in 403(b) contracts that are subject to the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

ANNUAL REPORTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS

Allstate New York's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2004, is incorporated herein by reference, which means that it is legally a part
of this prospectus.

After the date of this prospectus and before we terminate the offering of the
securities under this prospectus, all documents or reports we file with the SEC
under the Exchange Act are also incorporated herein by reference, which means
that they also legally become a part of this prospectus.

Statements in this prospectus, or in documents that we file later with the SEC
and that legally become a part of this prospectus, may change or supersede
statements in other documents that are legally part of this prospectus.
Accordingly, only the statement that is changed or replaced will legally be a
part of this prospectus.

We file our Exchange Act documents and reports, including our annual and
quarterly reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q electronically on the SEC's "EDGAR"
system using the identifying number CIK No. 0000839759. The SEC maintains a Web
site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other
information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC. The
address of the site is http://www.sec.gov. You also can view these materials at
the SEC's Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20549. For more information on the operations of SEC's Public Reference Room,
call 1-800-SEC-0330.

If you have received a copy of this prospectus, and would like a free copy of
any document incorporated herein by reference (other than exhibits not
specifically incorporated by reference into the text of such documents), please
write or call us at Customer Service, P.O. Box 82656, Lincoln, NE 68501-2656
(telephone: 1-800-632-3492).

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APPENDIX A

ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE AND NUMBER OF ACCUMULATION UNITS OUTSTANDING FOR EACH
VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNT SINCE CONTRACTS WERE FIRST OFFERED*

For the period beginning January 1 and ending December 31,         2000      2001      2002      2003       2004
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AIM V.I. CAPITAL APPRECIATION - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $   7.63  $  5.779  $  4.317   $  5.521
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $  7.63  $  5.779  $  4.317  $  5.521   $  5.813
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                         1,991    35,576    91,317   117,184    160,308
AIM V.I. CORE EQUITY - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $   8.18  $  6.231  $  5.195   $  6.382
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $  8.18  $  6.231  $  5.195  $  6.382   $  6.868
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                         1,488    34,966    62,419    79,425     94,314
AIM V.I. DIVERSIFIED INCOME - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $   9.99  $ 10.223  $ 10.328   $ 11.141
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $  9.99  $ 10.223  $ 10.328  $ 11.141   $ 11.555
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                           364     5,443    24,375    33,509     47,763
AIM V.I. INTERNATIONAL GROWTH - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $   8.66  $  6.538  $  5.444   $  9.938
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $  8.66  $  6.538  $  5.444  $  9.938   $  8.496
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                           305    11,638    15,358    20,763     28,603
AIM V.I. PREMIER EQUITY - SERIES I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $   8.67  $  7.482  $  5.153   $  6.365
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $  8.67  $  7.482  $  5.153  $  6.365   $  6.648
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                        21,939    71,223   158,710   177,633    197,713
FIDELITY VIP CONTRAFUND(R) - INITIAL CLASS SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $   9.39  $  8.138  $  7.285   $  9.242
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $  9.39  $  8.138  $  7.285  $  9.242   $ 10.539
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                         2,196    31,995    97,646   147,589    197,911
FIDELITY VIP GROWTH - INITIAL CLASS SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $   8.53  $  6.934  $  4.786   $  6.279
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $  8.53  $  6.934  $  4.786  $  6.279   $  6.410
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                        27,151    90,481   208,536   257,920    354,754
FIDELITY VIP HIGH INCOME - INITIAL CLASS SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $   8.40  $  7.317  $  7.474   $  9.393
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $  8.40  $  7.317  $  7.474  $  9.393   $ 10.166
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                            33    20,582    43,029    63,385    103,282
FIDELITY VIP INDEX 500 - INITIAL CLASS SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $   9.04  $  7.845  $  6.025   $  7.640
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $  9.04  $  7.845  $  6.025  $  7.640   $  8.345
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                             0    67,571   215,402   267,570    404,671
 FIDELITY VIP INVESTMENT GRADE BOND - INITIAL CLASS SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $  10.44  $ 11.179  $ 12.181   $ 12.655
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $ 10.44  $ 11.179  $ 12.181  $ 12.655   $ 13.054
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                           132    26,618   143,699      202,    195,735
FIDELITY VIP OVERSEAS - INITIAL CLASS SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $   8.97  $  6.982  $  5.496   $  7.781
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $  8.97  $  6.982  $  5.496  $  7.781   $  8.732
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                            92    25,188    36,513    43,249     52,535
MFS RESEARCH BOND - INITIAL CLASS SUB-ACCOUNT **
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $  10.39  $ 11.150  $ 11.993   $ 12.949
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $ 10.39  $ 11.150  $ 11.993  $ 12.949   $ 13.563
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                             0    18,271   100,799   121,895    110,249

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MFS HIGH INCOME - INITIAL CLASS SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $   9.22  $  9.298  $  9.417   $ 10.969
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $  9.22  $  9.298  $  9.417  $ 10.969   $ 11.823
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                           108    10,338     9,733    15,277     49,548
MFS INVESTORS TRUST - INITIAL CLASS SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $   9.73  $  8.078  $  6.305   $  7.605
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $  9.73  $  8.078  $  6.305  $  7.605   $  8.363
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                             0    27,560    73,504    87,690    114,180
MFS NEW DISCOVERY - INITIAL CLASS SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $   8.89  $  8.336  $  5.628   $  7.432
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $  8.89  $  8.336  $  5.628  $  7.432   $  7.817
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                         6,891    19,369    66,020    77,933     86,243
OPPENHEIMER CORE BOND/VA SUB-ACCOUNT ***
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $  10.20  $ 10.857  $ 11.695   $ 12.332
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $ 10.20  $ 10.857  $ 11.695  $ 12.332   $ 12.847
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                             0    25,776   106,484   121,184    143,175
OPPENHEIMER CAPITAL APPRECIATION/VA SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $   8.95  $  7.723  $  5.578   $  7.213
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $  8.95  $  7.723  $  5.578  $  7.213   $  7.617
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                            91   107,889   186,591   237,209    299,956
OPPENHEIMER GLOBAL SECURITIES/VA SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $   9.63  $  8.363  $  6.431   $  9.082
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $  9.63  $  8.363  $  6.431  $  9.082   $ 10.687
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                             0    41,075    84,628   108,776    130,413
OPPENHEIMER HIGH INCOME/VA SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $   9.46  $  9.520  $  9.176   $ 11.232
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $  9.46  $  9.520  $  9.176  $ 11.232   $ 12.087
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                             0    23,570    52,432    63,049     95,050
OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET SMALL CAP/VA SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $   8.73  $  8.589  $  7.146   $ 10.187
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $  8.73  $  8.589  $  7.146  $ 10.187   $ 12.013
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                           240    22,387    77,910   119,444    164,702
VAN KAMPEN LIT COMSTOCK, CLASS I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $  11.58  $ 11.154  $  8.894   $ 11.505
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $ 11.58  $ 11.154  $  8.894  $ 11.505   $ 13.379
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                           337    38,811   117,684   175,133    232,285
VAN KAMPEN LIT EMERGING GROWTH, CLASS I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $   7.47  $  5.053  $  3.369   $  4.237
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $  7.47  $  5.053  $  3.369  $  4.237   $  4.478
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                        16,637    65,356   138,721   171,774    182,412
VAN KAMPEN LIT GOVERNMENT, CLASS I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                          --        --  $ 10.000  $ 10.642   $ 10.692
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                                --        --  $ 10.642  $ 10.692   $ 10.999
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                            --        --    46,592    56,776     48,986
VAN KAMPEN LIT MONEY MARKET, CLASS I SUB-ACCOUNT
 Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period                     $ 10.00  $  10.14  $ 10.381  $ 10.377   $ 10.305
 Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period                           $ 10.14  $ 10.381  $ 10.377  $ 10.305   $ 10.258
 Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period                             0   129,426   199,118   192,771    199,636

*    The Contracts were first offered on September 22, 2000. The Accumulation
     Unit Values in this table reflect a mortality and expense risk charge of
     1.15% and an administrative expense charge of 0.10%. All of the Variable
     Sub-Accounts were first offered under the Contracts on September 19, 2000,
     with the exception of the Van Kampen LIT Government, Class I Sub-Account
     that was first offered April 30, 2002.

**   Effective May 1, 2005, the MFS Bond Series - Initial Class will change its
     name to MFS Research Bond Series - Initial Class. We will make a
     corresponding change in the name of the Variable Sub-Account that invests
     in that Portfolio.

***  Effective Apil 29, 2005, the Oppenheimer Bond Fund/VA changed its name to
     Oppenheimer Core Bond Fund/VA. We have made a corresponding change in the
     name of the Variable Sub-Account that invests in that Portfolio.

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APPENDIX B MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT

The Market Value Adjustment is based on the following:

I = the Treasury Rate for a maturity equal to the applicable Guarantee Period
for the week preceding the establishment of the Guarantee Period.

N = the number of whole and partial years from the date we receive the
withdrawal, transfer, or death benefit request, or from the Payout Start Date,
to the end of the Guarantee Period; and

J = the Treasury Rate for a maturity equal to N years for the week preceding the
receipt of the withdrawal, transfer, death benefit, or income payment request.
If a note for a maturity of length N is not available, a weighted average will
be used.

"Treasury Rate" means the U.S. Treasury Note Constant Maturity Yield as reported
in Federal Reserve Board Statistical Release H.15.

The Market Value Adjustment factor is determined from the following formula:

..9 X (I - J) X N

To determine the Market Value Adjustment, we will multiply the Market Value
Adjustment factor by the amount transferred (in excess of the Preferred
Withdrawal Amount) paid as a death benefit, or applied to an Income Plan, from a
Guarantee Period at any time other than during the 30 day period after such
Guarantee Period expires.

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EXAMPLES OF MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT

Purchase Payment: $10,000 allocated to a Guarantee Period

Guarantee Period: 5 years

Guaranteed Interest Rate: 4.50%

5 Year Treasury Rate at the time the Guarantee Period is established: 4.50%

Full Surrender: End of Contract Year 3

NOTE: These examples assume that premium taxes are not applicable.

EXAMPLE 1 (ASSUME DECLINING INTEREST RATES)

Step 1.  Calculate Contract      $10,000.00 X (1.045)/3/ = $11,411.66
 Value at End of Contract Year
 3:
Step 2. Calculate the Preferred .15 X
 $10,000.00 = $1,500.00 Withdrawal Amount:

Step 3. Calculate the Market      I = 4.5%
 Value Adjustment:                J = 4.2%

                                      730 days
                                  N = -------- = 2
                                      365 days

                                 Market Value Adjustment Factor: .9 X (I - J) X
                                 N = .9 X (.045 - .042) X (730/365) = .0054

                                 Market Value Adjustment = Market Value
                                 Adjustment Factor X Amount Subject to Market
                                 Value Adjustment:

                                  = .0054 X ($11,411.66 - $1,500.00) = $53.32

EXAMPLE 2: (ASSUMES RISING INTEREST RATES)

Step 1.  Calculate Contract      $10,000.00 X (1.045)/3/  = $11,411.66
 Value at End of Contract Year 3:
Step 2. Calculate the Preferred .15 X
 $10,000.00 = $1,500.00 Withdrawal Amount:
Step 3. Calculate the Market      I = 4.5%
 Value Adjustment:                J = 4.8%

                                       730 days
                                   N = -------- = 2
                                       365 days

                                 Market Value Adjustment Factor: .9 X (I - J) X
                                 N = .9 X (.045 - .048) X (730/365) = -.0054

                                 Market Value Adjustment = Market Value
                                 Adjustment Factor X Amount Subject to Market
                                 Value Adjustment:

                                  = -.0054 X ($11,411.66 - $1,500.00) = -$53.52

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APPENDIX C WITHDRAWAL ADJUSTMENT EXAMPLE

Issue Date: January 1, 2005

Initial Purchase Payment: $50,000

Death Benefit Amount

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                             Contract                  Contract                     Greatest
                Type       Value Before  Transaction  Value After  Death Benefit   Anniversary
   Date     of Occurrence   Occurrence     Amount     Occurrence    Anniversary       Value
                 Value
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1/1/05      IssueDate         --         $50,000      $50,000       $50,000        $50,000
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1/1/06      Contract       $55,000         --         $55,000       $50,000        $55,000
             Anniversary
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  7/1/06       Partial       $60,000       $15,000      $45,000       $37,500        $41,250
             Withdrawal
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Withdrawal adjustment equals the partial withdrawal amount divided by the
Contract Value immediately prior to the partial withdrawal multiplied by the
value of the applicable death benefit amount alternative immediately prior to
the partial withdrawal.

DEATH BENEFIT ANNIVERSARY VALUE DEATH BENEFIT
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL AMOUNT                                                     (w)               $15,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Contract Value Immediately Prior to Partial Withdrawal                        (a)               $60,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Value of Applicable Death Benefit Amount Immediately Prior to Partial         (d)               $50,000
Withdrawal
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Withdrawal Adjustment                                                    [(w)/(a)] X (d)        $12,500
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adjusted Death Benefit                                                                          $37,500
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GREATEST ANNIVERSARY VALUE DEATH BENEFIT
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL AMOUNT                                                     (w)               $15,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Contract Value Immediately Prior to Partial Withdrawal                        (a)               $60,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Value of Applicable Death Benefit Amount Immediately Prior to Partial         (d)               $55,000
Withdrawal
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Withdrawal Adjustment                                                    [(w)/(a)] X (d)        $13,750
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adjusted Death Benefit                                                                          $41,250
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Please remember that you are looking at a hypothetical example, and that your
investment performance may be greater or less than the figures shown.

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STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

              Additions, Deletions or Substitutions of Investments

                                  The Contract

                              Purchase of Contracts

                     Calculation of Accumulation Unit Values

                     Calculation of Variable Income Payments

                                 General Matters

                                Incontestability

                                   Settlements

                  Safekeeping of the Variable Account's Assets

                                     Experts

                              Financial Statements

THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFERING IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH
SUCH OFFERING MAY NOT LAWFULLY BE MADE. WE DO NOT AUTHORIZE ANYONE TO PROVIDE
ANY INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE OFFERING DESCRIBED IN THIS
PROSPECTUS OTHER THAN AS CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS.

                                  41 PROSPECTUS

PART II—INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

ITEM 13. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION

Registrant anticipates that it will incur the following approximate expenses in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities to be registered:

Registration fees	$	0
Cost of printing and engraving	$	350
Legal fees	$	0
Accounting fees	$	6,000
Mailing fees	$	1,471

ITEM 14. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

TheBy-laws of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York (“Registrant”) provide that Registrant will indemnify all of its directors, former directors, officers and former officers, to the fullest extent permitted under law, who were or are a party or are threatened to be made a party to any proceeding by reason of the fact that such persons were or are directors or officers of Registrant, against liabilities, expenses, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan or trust and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them. The indemnity shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which directors or officers may be entitled by law or under any articles of incorporation, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. In addition, the indemnity shall inure to the benefit of the legal representatives of directors and officers or of their estates, whether such representatives are court appointed or otherwise designated, and to the benefit of the heirs of such directors and officers. The indemnity shall extend to and include claims for such payments arising out of any proceeding commenced or based on actions of such directors and officers taken prior to the effectiveness of the indemnity; provided that payment of such claims had not been agreed to or denied by Registrant before such date.

The directors and officers of Registrant have been provided liability insurance for certain losses arising from claims or charges made against them while acting in their capacities as directors or officers of Registrant.

ITEM 15. RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES

Not Applicable.

ITEM 16. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(16)(1)

Exhibit No. Description

(1)(1) Principal Underwriting Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York and Allstate Distributors, L.L.C., effective May 1, 2000. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for quarter ended June 30, 2002. (SEC FileNo. 033-47245)

(1)(2) Amendment Number One effective October 1, 2002 to the Principal Underwriting Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York and Allstate Distributors, L.L.C. dated May 1, 2000. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006. (SEC FileNo. 033-47245)

(1)(3) Amended and Restated Principal Underwriting Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York and Allstate Distributors, L.L.C., effective June 1, 2006. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (1)(c) to Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on FormS-1 filed on April 1, 2016. (SEC FileNo. 333-203177)

(1)(4) Amended and Restated Principal Underwriting Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York and Allstate Distributors, L.L.C., in its capacity as successor in interest to ALFS, Inc., effective June 1, 2006. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (1)(d) to Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on FormS-1 filed on April 1, 2016. (SEC FileNo. 333-203177)

(2) None

(3)(i) Amended and Restated Charter of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York dated June 22, 2010. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (3)(i) to Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Registration Statement on FormS-1 filed on April 1, 2015. (SEC FileNo.  333-203177)

(3)(ii) Amended and RestatedBy-Laws of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York dated June 22, 2010. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (3)(ii) to Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Registration Statement on FormS-1 filed on April 1, 2015. (SEC FileNo.  333-203177)

(4)(1) Form of AIM Lifetime Plus(SM) Variable Annuity Contract (Incorporated herein by reference toPre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to FormN-4 Registration Statement of Allstate Life of New York Separate Account A (SEC FileNo.  033-65381) dated September 23, 1996.)

(4)(2) Form of AIM Lifetime Plus(SM) II Variable Annuity Contract (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to FormN-4 Registration Statement of Allstate Life of New York Separate Account A (SEC FileNo.  033-65381) dated November 12, 1999.)

(4)(3) Form of “Allstate Custom Portfolio,” “Allstate Provider” or “SelectDirections(SM)” Variable Annuity Contract (Incorporated herein by reference to FormN-4 Registration Statement of Allstate Life of New York Separate Account A (SEC FileNo.  333-94785) dated January 14, 2000.)

(4)(4) Form of Amendatory Endorsement to Add Dollar Cost Averaging Fixed Accounts to the “Allstate Custom Portfolio”, “Allstate Provider”, or “SelectDirections” Variable Annuity (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to FormN-4 Registration Statement of Allstate Life of New York Separate Account A (SEC FileNo. 333-94785) dated April 20, 2001.)

(4)(5) Form of Amendatory Endorsement for Transfer Limitations under the “Allstate Custom Portfolio”, “Allstate Provider”, or “SelectDirections” Variable Annuity (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to FormN-4 Registration Statement of Allstate Life of New York Separate Account A (SEC FileNo. 333-94785) dated April 20, 2001.)

(4)(6) Form of Death Benefit Endorsement (Previously filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to this Registration Statement (SEC FileNo.  333-100029) dated April 11, 2003.)

(5)(1) Opinion and Consent of General Counsel re: Legality (Incorporated herein by reference toPre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to FormS-3 Registration Statement of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York (SEC FileNo.  033-65355) dated September 23, 1996.)

(5)(2) Opinion and Consent of General Counsel re: Legality (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to FormS-3 Registration Statement of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York (SEC FileNo.  033-65355) dated November 12, 1999.)

(5)(3) Opinion and Consent of General Counsel re: Legality (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the FormS-3 Registration Statement (SEC FileNo.  333-95703) dated February 14, 2000.)

(5)(4) Opinion of General Counsel Re: Legality (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the FormS-3 Registration Statement (SEC FileNo.  333-95703) dated July 21, 2000.)

(5)(5) Opinion of General Counsel Re: Legality (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on FormS-3 (SEC FileNo.  333-95703) dated August 21, 2000.)

(5)(6) Opinion of General Counsel Re: Legality (Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’s FormS-3 Initial Registration Statement (SEC FileNo. 333-61846) dated May 30, 2001.)

(5)(7) Opinion of General Counsel Re: Securities registered (Previously filed in Registrant’s FormS-3 Initial Registration Statement (SEC FileNo. 333-100029) dated September 24, 2002.)

(5)(8) Opinion of General Counsel Re: Legality (Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s FormS-3 Registration Statement (SEC FileNo. 333-158183) dated March 24, 2009.)

(5)(9) Opinion of General Counsel Re: Legality (Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s FormS-1 Registration Statement (SEC FileNo. 333-180370) dated March 27, 2012.)

(5)(10) Opinion of General Counsel Re: Legality (Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s FormS-1 Registration Statement (SEC FileNo. 333-203177) dated April 1, 2015.)

(5)(11) Opinion of General Counsel Re: Legality. (Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s FormS-1 Registration Statement (SEC FileNo. 333-224078) dated April 2, 2018.)

(8) None

(9) None

(10) Material Contracts

(10)(1) Form of Amended and Restated Service and Expense Agreement among Allstate Insurance Company, The Allstate Corporation and certain affiliates effective January 1, 2004. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Allstate Life Insurance Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K for 2007. (SEC FileNo. 000-31248)

(10)(2) Form of Amendment No.  1 effective January 1, 2009 to Amended and Restated Service and Expense Agreement between Allstate Insurance Company, The Allstate Corporation and certain affiliates dated as of January 1, 2004. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Allstate Life Insurance Company’s Current Report on Form8-K filed February 17, 2010. (SEC FileNo. 000-31248)

(10)(3) Letter Agreement among Allstate Insurance Company, The Allstate Corporation and certain affiliates, including Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York, effective December 1, 2007. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Allstate Life Insurance Company’s Current Report on Form8-K filed May 23, 2008. (SEC FileNo.  000-31248)

(10)(4) New York Insurer Supplement to Amended and Restated Service and Expense Agreement among Allstate Insurance Company, The Allstate Corporation, Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York and Intramerica Life Insurance Company, effective March 5, 2005. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Allstate Life Insurance Company’s Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for quarter ended June 30, 2005. (SEC FileNo. 000-31248)

(10)(5) Investment Advisory Agreement and Amendment to Service Agreement as of January 1, 2002 between Allstate Insurance Company, Allstate Investments, LLC and Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for quarter ended March 31, 2002. (SEC FileNo. 033-47245)

(10)(6) Principal Underwriting Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York and Allstate Distributors, L.L.C., effective May 1, 2000. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for quarter ended June 30, 2002. (SEC FileNo. 033-47245)

(10)(7) Amendment Number One effective October  1, 2002 to the Principal Underwriting Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York and Allstate Distributors, L.L.C. dated May  1, 2000. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006. (SEC FileNo.  033-47245)

(10)(8) Amended and Restated Principal Underwriting Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York and Allstate Distributors, L.L.C., effective June 1, 2006. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on FormS-1 filed on April 1, 2016. (SEC FileNo. 333-203177)

(10)(9) Amended and Restated Principal Underwriting Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York and Allstate Distributors, L.L.C., in its capacity as successor in interest to ALFS, Inc., effective June 1, 2006. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on FormS-1 filed on April 1, 2016. (SEC FileNo. 333-203177)

(10)(10) Selling Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York, Allstate Distributors, L.L.C. (ALFS, Inc. merged with and into Allstate Distributors, L.L.C. effective September 1, 2011) and Allstate Financial Services, LLC effective May 1, 2005. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Allstate Life Insurance Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K for 2003. (SEC FileNo. 000-31248)

(10)(11) Reinsurance Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company and Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York effective January 1, 1984 as amended by Amendment No. 1 effective September 1, 1984, Amendment No. 2 effective January 1, 1987, Amendment No. 3 effective October 1, 1988, Amendment No. 4 effective January 1, 1994 and Amendment No. 5 effective December 31, 1995. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for quarter ended June 30, 2002. (SEC FileNo.  033-47245)

(10)(12) Amendment No.  6 to Reinsurance Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company and Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York effective December  1, 2007. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.11 of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to FormS-1 filed on April 8, 2010. (SEC FileNo.  333-158183)

(10)(13) Amendment No.  7 to Reinsurance Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company and Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York effective November  1, 2009. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.12 of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to FormS-1 filed on April 8, 2010. (SEC FileNo. 333-158183)

(10)(14) Amendment No. 8 to Reinsurance Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company and Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York effective July 1, 2013. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.13 of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-1 filed on April 4, 2014. (SEC File No. 333-180370)

(10)(15) Amendment No. 9 to Reinsurance Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company and Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York effective December 31, 2019. Filed herewith.

(10)(16) Assumption Reinsurance Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company and Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York effective July 1, 1984. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for quarter ended June 30, 2002. (SEC FileNo. 033-47245)

(10)(17) Reinsurance Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company and Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York, effective January 1, 1991, as amended by Amendment No.1 effective December 31, 1995. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for quarter ended June 30, 2002. (SEC FileNo. 033-47245)

(10)(18) Amendment No.  2 to Reinsurance Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company and Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York, effective December 31, 2019. Filed herewith.

(10)(19) Stop Loss Reinsurance Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company and Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York effective December 31, 2001. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Annual Report on Form10-K for 2003. (SEC FileNo.  033- 47245)

(10)(20) Amendment No.  1 Stop Loss Reinsurance Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company and Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York, effective December 31, 2019. Filed herewith.

(10)(21) Intercompany Loan Agreement among The Allstate Corporation, Allstate Life Insurance Company, and other certain subsidiaries of The Allstate Corporation dated February 1, 1996. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.24 of Allstate Life Insurance Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K for 2006. (SEC FileNo.  000-31248)

(10)(22) Form of Tax Sharing Agreement by and among The Allstate Corporation and certain affiliates dated as of November 12, 1996. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to Allstate Life Insurance Company’s Annual Report Form10-K for 2007. (SEC FileNo.  000-31248)

(10)(23) Agreement for the Settlement of State and Local Tax Credits among Allstate Insurance Company and certain affiliates effective January 1, 2007. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Current Report on Form8-K filed February 21, 2008. (SEC FileNo.  033-47245)

(10)(24) Administrative Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company, Allstate Distributors, L.L.C. (ALFS, Inc. merged with and into Allstate Distributors, L.L.C. effective September 1, 2011) and Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York effective June 1, 1993. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Annual Report on Form10-K for 2008. (SEC FileNo. 033-47245)

(10)(25) Administrative Services Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York and Allstate Distributors, L.L.C. (ALFS, Inc. merged with and into Allstate Distributors, L.L.C. effective September 1, 2011) effective January 1, 2002. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Annual Report on Form10-K for 2008. (SEC FileNo. 033-47245)

(10)(26) Assignment  & Delegation of Administrative Services Agreements, Underwriting Agreements, and Selling Agreements entered into on September  1, 2011 between ALFS, Inc., Allstate Life Insurance Company, Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York, Allstate Distributors, L.L.C., Intramerica Life Insurance Company and Allstate Financial Services, LLC. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Allstate Life Insurance Company’s Current Report on Form8-K filed September 1, 2011. (SEC FileNo. 000-31248)

(15) Not Applicable.

(16) Letter re: change in certifying accountant. Not Applicable.

(21) Subsidiaries of the registrant. Not Applicable.

(23) Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. Filed herewith.

(24) Powers of Attorney for Maureen A. Buckley, Angela K. Fontana, Mary Jane Fortin, John R. Hurley, Mario Imbarrato, Rebecca D. Kennedy, Gene L. Lunman, John C. Pintozzi, John R. Raben, Jr., Mario Rizzo and Brian P. Stricker. Filed herewith.

(25) None

(99)(1) Certified copy of Amended and RestatedBy-Laws of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York dated June 22, 2010. Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit (99) (a) to Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on FormS-1 filed on April 1, 2016. (SEC FileNo. 333-203177)

(99)(2) Experts. Filed herewith.

Exhibit List for XBRL Docs:

(101)(INS XBRL) Instance Document

(101)(SCH XBRL) Taxonomy Extension Schema

(101)(CAL XBRL) Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase

(101)(DEF XBRL) Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

(101)(LAB XBRL) Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase

(101)(PRE XBRL) Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

(16)(2) Financial statement schedules required by RegulationS-X (17 CFR Part 210) and Item 11(e) of FormS-1 are included in Part I.

ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to the registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement.

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initialbona fideoffering thereof;

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.

(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:

The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the Township of Northfield, State of Illinois on the 1st day of April, 2020.

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF
NEW YORK
(REGISTRANT)
By:	/s/ Angela K. Fontana
	Angela K. Fontana, Director, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities on the 1st day of April, 2020.

*/ Maureen A. Buckley Maureen A. Buckley	Director
/s/ Angela K. Fontana Angela K. Fontana	Director
*/ Mary Jane Fortin Mary Jane Fortin	Director and Chief Executive Officer
*/ John R. Hurley John R. Hurley	Director
*/ Mario Imbarrato Mario Imbarrato	Director
*/ Rebecca D. Kennedy Rebecca D. Kennedy	Director
*/ Gene L. Lunman Gene L. Lunman	Director
*/ John C. Pintozzi John C. Pintozzi	Controller
*/ John R. Raben, Jr. John R. Raben, Jr.	Director
*/ Mario Rizzo Mario Rizzo	Chief Financial Officer
*/ Brian P. Stricker Brian P. Stricker	Director
*  By: Angela K. Fontana, pursuant to Power of Attorney, filed herewith.

EXHIBIT LIST

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

Exhibit	Description
(10)(15)	Amendment No. 9 to Reinsurance Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company and Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York effective December 31, 2019.
(10)(18)	Amendment No. 2 to Reinsurance Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company and Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York, effective December 31, 2019.
(10)(20)	Amendment No. 1 Stop Loss Reinsurance Agreement between Allstate Life Insurance Company and Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York, effective December 31, 2019.
(23)	Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
(24)	Powers of Attorney for Maureen A. Buckley, Angela K. Fontana, Mary Jane Fortin, John R. Hurley, Mario Imbarrato, Rebecca D. Kennedy, Gene L. Lunman, John C. Pintozzi, John R. Raben, Jr., Mario Rizzo and Brian P. Stricker.
(99)(2)	Experts.