As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2003
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FILE NO. 333-100029

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

AMENDMENT NO. 1

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(Exact Name of Registrant)

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

P.O. Box 9095
Farmingville, New York
11738-9095
516/451-5300

(Address and Phone Number of Principal Executive Office)

MICHAEL J. VELOTTA
VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY AND GENERAL COUNSEL
ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
3100 SANDERS ROAD
NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS 60062
847/402-2400

(Name, Complete Address and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)

COPIES TO:

CHRISTOPHER PETITO, ESQUIRE JOSEPH P. RATH, ESQUIRE
JORDEN BURT, INC. ALFS, INC.
1025 THOMAS JEFFERSON STREET, N.W. 3100 SANDERS ROAD,
SUITE 400 EAST SUITE J5B
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20007 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, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box: /X/

AIM LIFETIME PLUS/SM /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, 2003
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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 AIM V.I. GLOBAL UTILITIES FUND
AIM V.I. BALANCED FUND AIM V.I. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND
AIM V.I. BASIC VALUE FUND AIM V.I. GROWTH FUND
AIM V.I. BLUE CHIP FUND AIM V.I. HIGH YIELD FUND
AIM V.I. CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND AIM V.I. INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND**
AIM V.I. CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND AIM V.I. MID CAP CORE EQUITY FUND ***
AIM V.I. CORE EQUITY FUND* AIM V.I. MONEY MARKET FUND
AIM V.I. DENT DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS FUND AIM V.I. NEW TECHNOLOGY FUND
AIM V.I. DIVERSIFIED INCOME FUND AIM V.I. PREMIER EQUITY FUND****

*Effective May 1, 2002, the Fund 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 Fund.

**Effective May 1, 2002, the Fund 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 Fund.

***Effective May 1, 2002, the Fund changed its name from AIM V.I. Mid Cap Equity
Fund to AIM V.I. Mid Cap Core Equity Fund. We have made a corresponding change
in the name of the Variable Sub-Account that invests in that Fund.

****Effective May 1, 2002, the Fund 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 Fund.

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 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
May 1, 2003, 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 38 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
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PAGE

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OVERVIEW
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Important Terms 3
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The Contract at a Glance 4
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How the Contract Works 6
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Expense Table 7
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Financial Information 9
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CONTRACT FEATURES
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The Contract 9
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Purchases 10
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Contract Value 11
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Investment Alternatives
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The Variable Sub-Accounts 12
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The Fixed Account 13
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Transfers 15
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Expenses 17
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Access To Your Money 18
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Income Payments 19
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Death Benefits 21
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OTHER INFORMATION
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More Information: 24
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Allstate New York 24
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The Variable Account 24
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The Funds 24
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The Contract 25
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Qualified Plans 25
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Legal Matters 25
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Taxes 26
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Annual Reports and Other Document 31
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Performance Information 32
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APPENDIX A-ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUES 33
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APPENDIX B-MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT EXAMPLES 36
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STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS 38
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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.

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Accumulation Phase 6
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Accumulation Unit 11
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Accumulation Unit Value 11
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Allstate New York ("We" and/or "us") 1, 24
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Anniversary Values 21
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Annuitant 9
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Automatic Additions Program 10
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Automatic Fund Rebalancing Program 16
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Beneficiary 9
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*Contract 25
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Contract Anniversary 5
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Contract Owner ("You") 6
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Contract Value 5
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Contract Year 5
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Death Benefit Anniversary 21
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Dollar Cost Averaging Program 16
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Due Proof of Death 21
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Fixed Account 13
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Funds 24
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Guarantee Periods 13
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Income Plans 19
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Investment Alternatives 12
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Issue Date 6
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Market Value Adjustment 5, 14
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Payout Phase 6
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Payout Start Date 19
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Preferred Withdrawal Amount 17
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Tax Qualified Contracts 28
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SEC 1
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Settlement Value 21
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Systematic Withdrawal Program 19
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Treasury Rate 15
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Valuation Date 11
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Variable Account 24
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Variable Sub-Account 12
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*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
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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-natural 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
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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 19. 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
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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.

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EXPENSE TABLE
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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
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Minimum Maximum
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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 0.67% 1.71%
other expenses)
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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, 2002.

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.

.. 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.

1Year 3Years 5Years 10Years
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Costs Based on Maximum Annual $899 $1,450 $2,021 $3,804
Fund Expenses
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Costs Based on Minimum Annual $792 $1,133 $1,497 $2,784
Fund Expenses
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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.

1Year 3Years 5Years 10Years
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Costs Based on Maximum $359 $1,090 $1,841 $3,804
Annual Fund Expenses
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Costs Based on Minimum $252 $ 773 $1,317 $2,784
Annual Fund Expenses
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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 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.

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FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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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
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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-natural person and a natural
person. If the Contract Owner is a Grantor Trust, the Owner will be considered a
non-natural 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 part of a qualified plan. A qualified plan
is a personal 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 within a qualified plan. See
"QUALIFIED PLANS" on page 25.

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 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. 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

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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 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
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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: 300 North
Milwaukee Avenue, Vernon Hills, Illinois, 60061).

We are open for business each day Monday through Friday that the New York Stock
Exchange is open for

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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 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 Section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code, we will refund the
greater of any purchase payments or the Contract Value.

CONTRACT VALUE
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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
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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*:
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AIM V.I. Aggressive Long-term growth of capital
Growth Fund**
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AIM V.I. Balanced Fund As high a total return as possible, consistent with
preservation of capital
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AIM V.I. Basic Value Long-term growth of capital
Fund
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AIM V.I. Blue Chip Long-term growth of capital with a secondary objective
Fund of current income
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AIM V.I. Capital Growth of capital
Appreciation Fund
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AIM V.I. Capital Long-term growth of capital
Development Fund
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AIM V.I. Core Equity Growth of capital
Fund
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AIM V.I. Dent Long-term growth of capital
Demographic Trends
Fund
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AIM V.I. Diversified High level of current income
Income Fund
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AIM V.I. Global High total return
Utilities Fund
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AIM V.I. Government High level of current income consistent with reasonable
Securities Fund concern for safety of principal
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AIM V.I. Growth Fund Growth of capital
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AIM V.I. High Yield High level of current income
Fund
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AIM V.I. International Long-term growth of capital
Growth Fund
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AIM V.I. Mid Cap Core Long-term growth of capital
Equity Fund
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AIM V.I. Money Market As high a level of current income as is consistent with
Fund the preservation of capital and liquidity
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AIM V.I. New Long-term growth of capital
Technology Fund
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AIM V.I. Premier Long-term growth of capital with income as a secondary
Equity Fund objective
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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, 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.

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 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.

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INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES: THE FIXED ACCOUNT
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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.

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
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Beginning Contract
Value................ $10,000.00
^ (1 ^ Annual
Interest Rate) 1.045
----------
$10,450.00
Contract Value at end
of Contract Year..... $10,450.00
^ (1 ^ Annual
Interest Rate 1.045
----------
$10,920.25
Contract Value at end
of Contract Year..... $10,920.25
^ (1 ^ Annual
Interest Rate) 1.045
----------
$11,411.66
Contract Value at end
of Contract Year..... $11,411.66
^ (1 ^ Annual
Interest Rate) 1.045
----------
$11,925.19
Contract Value at end
of Contract Year..... $11,925.19
^ (1 ^ Annual
Interest Rate) 1.045
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$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

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.

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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 19; 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 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, 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
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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, covert any portion of your right to receive fixed income payments
into variable income payments.

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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.

TRADING LIMITATIONS
For Contracts issued on or after May 1, 2000, 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 or market timing ("Prohibited Trading Practices"), 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
Prohibited Trading Practices or because they believe that a specific transfer
or group 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.

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. Transfers made through dollar cost averaging must be
$50 or more. 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:

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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
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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 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 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.

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.

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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.

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.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 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 Funds 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 these charges and
expenses, see page 7 above. We may receive compensation from A I M Advisors,
Inc., for administrative services we provide to the Funds.

ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY
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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 19.

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, penalty tax, 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.

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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.

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
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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

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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, 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.

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

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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
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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). In the case of a Contract
owned by a non-natural 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.

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

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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 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 natural 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-natural 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

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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-natural person, all new Owners will be considered to
be non-natural 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 natural 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-natural 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.

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MORE INFORMATION
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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. Effective May 16, 2003, the
Home Office address of Allstate New York will be 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.

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 an A+g rating to Allstate New York due to its group affiliation with
Allstate Life. Standard & Poor's 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 parent,
Allstate Life. These ratings do not reflect the investment 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, 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
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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 directors 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 directors 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 81/2% 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.

QUALIFIED PLANS
If you use the Contract with a qualified plan (a Contract issued with a
qualified plan is a "Qualified Contract"), 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.

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
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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 (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. 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.

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
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 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. 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
full 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 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:

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.. 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 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 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 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.

Generally, Section 1441 of the Code provides that 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 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 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.

TAX 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;

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.. 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. Allstate New York can issue an
individual retirement annuity on a rollover or transfer of proceeds from a
decedent's IRA or Qualified 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 or Qualified Plan.

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 AN INDIVIDUALLY OWNED 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 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 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 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.

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:

.. 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 pursuant to an IRS levy,

.. made for certain medical expenses,

.. made to pay for health insurance premiums while unemployed (only applies for
IRAs),

.. made for qualified higher education expenses (only applies for IRAs), and

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.. 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 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:

.. 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.
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.

ANNUITIES HELD BY INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS Code Section 408 permits a
custodian or trustee of an Individual Retirement Account to purchase an annuity
as an investment of the 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. The death benefit of an
annuity held in an Individual Retirement Account must be paid upon the death of
the annuitant.

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

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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 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.
Generally, we do not accept Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(ERISA) funds in 403(b) contracts.

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 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
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Allstate New York's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2002 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).

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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
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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 Funds for the periods beginning with the inception dates of
the Funds 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.

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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*

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BASIC POLICY

For the period beginning January 1 and ending December 31, 1996 1997 1998 1999

AIM V.I. AGGRESSIVE GROWTH SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period -- -- -- $ 10.000
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period -- -- -- $ 13.988
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period -- -- -- 12,661
AIM V.I. BALANCED SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period -- -- -- $ 10.000
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period -- -- -- $ 13.162
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period -- -- -- 6,382
AIM V.I. BASIC VALUE 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 SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period -- -- -- --
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period -- -- -- --
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period -- -- -- --
AIM V.I. CAPITAL APPRECIATION SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 9.855 $ 11.387 $ 12.739 $ 14.979
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $11.387 $ 12.739 $ 14.979 $ 21.350
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 7,681 161,013 287,336 425,748
AIM V.I. CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period -- -- -- $ 10.000
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period -- -- -- $ 11.655
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period -- -- -- 3,948
AIM V.I.CORE EQUITY SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 9.926 $ 11.699 $ 14.496 $ 18.243
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $11.699 $ 14.496 $ 18.243 $ 24.138
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 5,371 167,625 361,890 645,133
AIM V.I. DENT DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period -- -- -- --
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period -- -- -- --
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period -- -- -- --
AIM V.I. DIVERSIFIED INCOME SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.086 $ 10.934 $ 11.789 $ 12.035
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $10.934 $ 11.789 $ 12.035 $ 12.002
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 4,618 58,958 146,644 227,201
AIM V.I. GLOBAL UTILITIES SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.252 $ 11.276 $ 13.518 $ 15.521
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $11.276 $ 13.518 $ 15.521 $ 20.432
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 0 8,276 25,418 61,408
AIM V.I. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.080 $ 10.164 $ 10.834 $ 11.829
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $10.164 $ 10.834 $ 11.829 $ 11.189
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 0 39,009 301,983 108,494
AIM V.I. GROWTH SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 9.892 $ 11.466 $ 14.338 $ 18.954
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $11.466 $ 14.338 $ 18.954 $ 25.263
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 2,384 97,039 220,831 383,214

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AIM V.I. HIGH YIELD SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period -- -- -- $ 10.000
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period -- -- -- $ 9.957
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period -- -- -- 1,751
AIM V.I. INTERNATIONAL EQUITY SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.168 $ 11.953 $ 12.598 $ 14.340
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $11.953 $ 12.598 $ 14.340 $ 21.914
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 5,404 85,934 136,898 220,690
AIM V.I. MID CAP CORE EQUITY 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 SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.023 $ 10.369 $ 10.745 $ 11.126
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $10.369 $ 10.745 $ 11.126 $ 11.479
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 4,373 42,128 87,010 137,433
AIM V.I. NEW TECHNOLOGY SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period -- -- -- --
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period -- -- -- --
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period -- -- -- --
AIM V.I. PREMIER EQUITY SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 9.800 $ 11.090 $ 13.520 $ 17.644
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $11.090 $ 13.520 $ 17.644 $ 22.589
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 5,921 180,440 405,246 987,076

For the period beginning January 1 and ending December 31, 2000 2001 2002

AIM V.I. AGGRESSIVE GROWTH SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 13.988 $ 14.15 $ 10.308
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 14.15 $ 10.308 $ 7.856
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 53,890 51,176 37,549
AIM V.I. BALANCED SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 13.162 $ 12.43 $ 10.849
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 12.43 $ 10.849 $ 8.865
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 24,499 29,494 29,105
AIM V.I. BASIC VALUE SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period -- $ 10.000 $ 11.200
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period -- $ 11.200 $ 8.594
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period -- 6,325 22,360
AIM V.I. BLUE CHIP SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 8.82 $ 6.736
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 8.82 $ 6.736 $ 4.902
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 11,309 8,408 33,025
AIM V.I. CAPITAL APPRECIATION SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 21.350 $ 18.75 $ 14.176
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 18.75 $ 14.176 $ 10.569
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 456,761 393,890 342,465
AIM V.I. CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 11.655 $ 12.55 $ 11.369
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 12.55 $ 11.369 $ 8.812
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 18,297 15,528 17,080
AIM V.I.CORE EQUITY SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 24.138 $ 20.33 $ 15.460
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 20.33 $ 15.460 $ 12.863
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 674,689 590,855 490,936

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AIM V.I. DENT DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 7.89 $ 5.294
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 7.89 $ 5.294 $ 3.537
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 32,307 23,934 21,406
AIM V.I. DIVERSIFIED INCOME SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 12.002 $ 11.55 $ 11.788
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 11.55 $ 11.788 $ 11.886
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 204,561 179,226 153,878
AIM V.I. GLOBAL UTILITIES SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 20.432 $ 19.68 $ 13.978
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 19.68 $ 13.978 $ 10.259
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 71,921 63,996 57,783
AIM V.I. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 11.189 $ 12.15 $ 12.738
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 12.15 $ 12.738 $ 13.759
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 99,531 110,454 147,016
AIM V.I. GROWTH SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 25.263 $ 19.80 $ 12.901
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 19.80 $ 12.901 $ 8.777
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 403,785 338,025 291,782
AIM V.I. HIGH YIELD SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 9.957 $ 7.95 $ 7.443
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 7.95 $ 7.443 $ 6.908
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 834 4,833 5,236
AIM V.I. INTERNATIONAL EQUITY SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 21.914 $ 15.90 $ 11.980
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 15.90 $ 11.980 $ 9.957
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 245,480 213,691 190,512
AIM V.I. MID CAP CORE EQUITY SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period -- $ 10.000 $ 11.357
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period -- $ 11.357 $ 9.950
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period -- 2,829 13,588
AIM V.I. MONEY MARKET SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 11.479 $ 11.98 $ 12.231
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 11.98 $ 12.231 $ 12.198
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 95,879 151,830 129,079
AIM V.I. NEW TECHNOLOGY SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 20.18 $ 10.447
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 20.18 $ 10.447 $ 5.649
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 11,448 8,665 7,372
AIM V.I. PREMIER EQUITY SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 22.589 $ 19.00 $ 16.376
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 19.00 $ 16.376 $ 11.256
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 1,000,356 881,690 685,598

* 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, AIM V.I. Diversified Income, AIM V.I. Global Utilities, AIM V.I.
Government Securities, AIM V.I. Growth, AIM V.I. Core Equity, AIM V.I.
International Growth, AIM V.I. Money Market, AIM V.I. Premier Equity. The
inception date of the AIM V.I. Aggressive Growth, AIM V.I. Balanced, AIM V.I.
Capital Development, and AIM V.I. High Yield Variable Sub-Accounts is October
25, 1999. The inception date of the AIM V.I. Blue Chip, AIM V.I. Dent
Demographic Trends, AIM V.I. Growth and Income, and AIM V.I. New Technology
Variable Sub-Accounts is January 3, 2000. The inception date of the AIM V.I.
Basic Value and Mid Cap Core Equity Sub-Accounts is October 1, 2001. The
Accumulation Unit Values in this table reflect a mortality and expense risk
charge of 1.35% and an administrative charge of 0.10%.

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APPENDIX B MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT
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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 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 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
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Purchase Payment: $10,000 (Credit Enhancement of $400 allocated to Money Market
Variable Sub-Account)

(Option 1: 4% up front): 10,000 allocated to a Guarantee Period

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.

EXAMPLE 1 (ASSUME DECLINING INTEREST RATES)

Step 1. Calculate Contract $10,000.00 X (1.045)/3 /= $11,411.86
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%
Withdrawal Charge: J = 4.20%
N = 730 days = 2
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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 ($11,411.86 - $1,000.00) = $56.22
Step 4. Calculate the .05 X ($10,000.00 - $1,000.00) + $56.22) = $452.81
Market Value Adjustment:
Step 5. Calculate the $11,411.86 - $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 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 .10 X $10,000.00 / /= $1,000.00
Preferred Withdrawal Amount:
Step 3. Calculate the I = 4.5%
Withdrawal Charge: J = 4.8%
N = 730 days = 2
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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 - $1,000.00) = $-56.22
Step 4. Calculate the Market .05 X ($10,000.00 - $1,000.00 + $56.22) =
Value Adjustment: $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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ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE AND NUMBER OF ACCUMULATION STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS DESCRIPTION
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ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR SUBSTITUTIONS OF INVESTMENTS
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THE CONTRACT
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Purchase of Contracts
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Tax-free Exchanges (1035 Exchanges, Rollovers and Transfers
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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
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Calculation of Accumulation Unit
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Values
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CALCULATION OF VARIABLE INCOME PAYMENTS
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GENERAL MATTERS
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Incontestability
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Settlements
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Safekeeping of the Variable Account's Assets
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Premium Taxes
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Tax Reserves
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EXPERTS
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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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.

38 PROSPECTUS

AIM LIFETIME PLUS/SM/ II 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, 2003
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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):

WE (Allstate New York) have filed a Statement of Additional Information, dated
May 1, 2003, 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 39 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 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
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OVERVIEW
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Important Terms 3
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The Contract at a Glance 4
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How the Contract Works 6
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Expense Table 7
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Financial Information 9
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CONTRACT FEATURES
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The Contract 9
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Purchases 10
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Contract Value 11
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Investment Alternatives 12
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The Variable Sub-Accounts 12
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The Fixed Account Options 13
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Transfers 15
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Expenses 17
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Access To Your Money 18
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Income Payments 19
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Death Benefits 21
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OTHER INFORMATION
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More Information:
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Allstate New York 24
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The Variable Account 24
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The Funds 24
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The Contract 25
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Qualified Plans 25
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Legal Matters 25
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Taxes 26
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Annual Reports and Other Documents 31
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Performance Information 32
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APPENDIX A-ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE 33
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APPENDIX B-MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT EXAMPLES 37
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STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS 39
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IMPORTANT TERMS
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Accumulation Phase 6
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Accumulation Unit 11
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Accumulation Unit Value 11
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Allstate New York ("We and/or "Us") 1, 24
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Anniversary Values 22
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Annuitant 9
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Automatic Additions Program 10
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Automatic Fund Rebalancing Program 16
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Beneficiary 9
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Cancellation Period 4
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Contract* 25
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Contract Anniversary 5
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Contract Owner ("You") 9
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Contract Value 5
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Contract Year 5
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Death Benefit Anniversary 21
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Dollar Cost Averaging Option 13
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Dollar Cost Averaging Program 16
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Due Proof of Death 21
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Enhanced Death Benefit Option 22
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Fixed Account Options 13
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Funds 24
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Guarantee Periods 13
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Income Plans 19
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Investment Alternatives 4
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Issue Date 6
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Market Value Adjustment 14
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Payout Phase 6
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Payout Start Date 19
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Preferred Withdrawal Amount 18
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Tax Qualified Contracts 28
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Right to Cancel 11
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SEC 1
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Settlement Value 21
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Systematic Withdrawal Program 19
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Treasury Rate 15
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Valuation Date 10
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Variable Account 24
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Variable Sub-Account 12
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*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
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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).

.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-natural 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 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
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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.

The timeline below illustrates how you might use your Contract.

Issue Payout Start
Date Accumulation Phase Date Payout Phase
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Please call us at 1-800-692-4682 if you have any questions about how the
Contract works.

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EXPENSE TABLE
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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
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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 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."

VARIABLE ACCOUNT ANNUAL EXPENSES
(AS A PERCENTAGE OF DAILY NET ASSET VALUE DEDUCTED FROM EACH VARIABLE
SUB-ACCOUNT

WITH ENHANCED DEATH BENEFIT OPTION 1.20%
Mortality and Expense Risk Charge
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Administrative Expense Charge 0.10%
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Total Variable Account Annual Expense 1.30%
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WITHOUT ENHANCED DEATH BENEFIT OPTION 1.00%
Mortality and Expense Risk Charge
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Administrative Expense Charge 0.10%
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Total Variable Account Annual Expense 1.10%
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FUND ANNUAL EXPENSES (after Voluntary Reductions and Reimbursements)
(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.

(1) Expenses are shown as a percentage of Fund average daily net assets (before
any waiver or reimbursement) as of December 31, 2002.

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.. 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 EXAMPLE DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY TAXES OR TAX PENALTIES YOU MAY BE REQUIRED TO
PAY IF YOU SURRENDER YOUR CONTRACT.

1Year 3Years 5Years 10Years
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Costs Based on Maximum Annual $853 $1,383 $1,934 $3,663
Fund Expenses
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Costs Based on Minimum Annual $747 $1,063 $1,406 $2,628
Fund Expenses
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1Year 3Years 5Years 10Years
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Costs Based on Maximum $343 $1,045 $1,766 $3,663
Annual Fund Expenses
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Costs Based on Minimum $237 $ 727 $1,239 $2,628
Annual Fund Expenses
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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.

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FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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York also appear in the Statement of Additional Information.

THE CONTRACT
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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-natural person and a natural
person. If the Contract Owner is a Grantor Trust, the Contract Owner will be
considered a non-natural 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.

The Contract can be purchased as part of a qualified plan. A qualified plan is a
personal 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 within a qualified plan. See
"QUALIFIED CONTRACTs" on page 28.

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
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 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

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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 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

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
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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: 300 North
Milwaukee Avenue, 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.

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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 applicable charges 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
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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

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 22.

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INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES: THE VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS
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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*:
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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,
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.

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INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES: THE FIXED ACCOUNT OPTIONS
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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 18, 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.

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:

END OF CONTRACT YEAR

YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5
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TOTAL INTEREST CREDITED DURING GUARANTEE PERIOD = $2,461.82 ($12,461.82-$10,000)

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

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.

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
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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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We may suspend, modify or terminate the telephone transfer privilege at any time
without notice.

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.

Call or write us for instructions on how to enroll.

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.

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EXPENSES
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As a Contract owner, you will bear, directly or indirectly, the charges and
expenses described below.

.. 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 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.

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
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transfers that are part of a Dollar Cost Averaging or Automatic Fund Rebalancing
Program.

TRADING LIMITATIONS
For Contracts issued on or after July 17, 2000, we reserve the right to limit
transfers among the investment alternatives in any Contract year, or to refuse
any transfer request, if:

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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"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.

.. 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.

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.

OTHER EXPENSES
Each Fund deducts advisory fees and other expenses from its assets. You
indirectly bear the charges and expenses of the Funds 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 these charges and
expenses, see page __ above. We may receive compensation from A I M Advisors,
Inc., for administrative services we provide to the Funds.

ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY
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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.

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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:

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
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.. fixed income payments;

.. variable income payments; or

.. a combination of the two.

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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 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.

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.

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could live longer or shorter than we expect based on the tables we use.

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.

DEATH BENEFITS
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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). 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.

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.

A "Death Benefit Anniversary" is every seventh Contract Anniversary during the
Accumulation Phase. For

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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

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, 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 natural 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.

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Only one spousal continuation is allowed under this Contract.

IF THE NEW OWNER IS NOT YOUR SPOUSE BUT IS A NATURAL 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 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.

We reserve the right to offer additional options upon Death of Owner.

IF THE NEW OWNER IS A CORPORATION, TRUST, OR OTHER NON-NATURAL 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-natural person, all new Owners will be considered to
be non-natural persons for the above purposes.

If the Annuitant who is not also the Contract Owner dies prior to the Payout
Start Date and the Contract Owner is a non-natural 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
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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

New York."

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.

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 an A+g rating to Allstate New York due to its group affiliation with
Allstate Life. Standard & Poor's assigns an AA+ (Very Strong) and Moody's
Investors Service assigns an Aa2 (Excellent) financial strength rating to
Allstate New York, sharing the same ratings of its parent, Allstate Life. These
ratings do not reflect the investment performance of the Variable Account. We
may from time to time advertise these ratings in our sales literature.

York.

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.

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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.

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 81/2% 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.

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

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.

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TAXES
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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.

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.

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DISTRIBUTION AT DEATH RULES. In order to be considered an annuity contract for
federal income tax purposes, the Contract must provide:

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
full withdrawal, or

.. if distributed under an Income Plan, the amounts are taxed in the same manner
as annuity payments.

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.. 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.

Election out of withholding is valid only if the customer provides a U.S.
residence address and taxpayer identification number.

.. 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;

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.. 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.

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.

.. 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).

Allstate New York reserves the right to limit the availability of the Contract
for use with any of the qualified plans listed above.

.. 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 pursuant to an IRS levy,

.. made for certain medical expenses,

.. made to pay for health insurance premiums while unemployed (only applies for
IRAs),

.. made for qualified higher education expenses (only applies for IRAs), and

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.. 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.

.. 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.

Election out of withholding is valid only if the customer provides a U.S.
residence address and taxpayer identification number.

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the individual retirement annuities. Employers intending to use the Contract in
connection with such plans should seek competent tax 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.

.. 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).

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION DEFERRED COMPENSATION

ANNUAL REPORTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
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Allstate New York's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2002 is incorporated herein by reference, which means that it is legally a part
of this prospectus.

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, 300 N. Milwaukee Ave., Vernon Hills,
Illinois 60061 (telephone: 1-800-692-4682).

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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
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Performance information for periods prior to the inception date of the Variable
Sub-Accounts will be based on the historical performance of the corresponding
Funds for the periods beginning with the inception dates of the Funds 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.

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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
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For the period beginning January 1 and ending December 31, 2000 2001 2002

AIM V.I. AGGRESSIVE GROWTH SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 13.988 $ 14.15 $ 8.049
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 14.15 $ 8.049 $ 6.157
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 53,890 238,485 200,136
AIM V.I. BALANCED SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 13.162 $ 12.43 $ 8.541
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 12.43 $ 8.541 $ 7.003
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 24,499 329,610 320,917
AIM V.I. BASIC VALUE SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period -- $ 10.000 $ 11.210
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period -- $ 11.210 $ 8.632
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period -- 38,643 120,510
AIM V.I. BLUE CHIP SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 8.82 $ 6.784
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 8.82 $ 6.784 $ 4.955
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 11,309 507,018 549,430
AIM V.I. CAPITAL APPRECIATION SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 21.350 $ 18.75 $ 7.233
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 18.75 $ 7.233 $ 5.411
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 456,761 284,137 242,299
AIM V.I. CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 11.655 $ 12.55 $ 10.536
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 12.55 $ 10.536 $ 8.195
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 18,297 67,296 63,097
AIM V.I. CORE EQUITY SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 24.138 $ 20.33 $ 6.944
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 20.33 $ 6.944 $ 5.798
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 674,689 426,488 397,515
AIM V.I. DENT DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 7.89 $ 5.332
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 7.89 $ 5.332 $ 3.575
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 32,307 191,409 143,535
AIM V.I. DIVERSIFIED INCOME SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 12.002 $ 11.55 $ 10.095
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 11.55 $ 10.095 $ 10.214
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 204,561 76,653 85,995
AIM V.I. GLOBAL UTILITIES SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 20.432 $ 19.68 $ 7.218
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 19.68 $ 7.218 $ 5.316
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 71,921 108,420 83,509
AIM V.I. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 11.189 $ 12.15 $ 11.357
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 12.15 $ 11.357 $ 12.311
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 99,531 187,943 248,521
AIM V.I. GROWTH SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 25.263 $ 19.80 $ 5.446
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 19.80 $ 5.446 $ 3.718
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 403,785 302,438 270,471

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AIM V.I. HIGH YIELD SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 9.957 $ 7.95 $ 7.547
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 7.95 $ 7.547 $ 7.028
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 834 35,116 36,928
AIM V.I. INTERNATIONAL GROWTH SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 21.914 $ 15.90 $ 6.136
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 15.90 $ 6.136 $ 5.117
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 245,480 141,910 129,999
AIM V.I. MID CAP CORE EQUITY SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period -- $ 10.000 $ 11.367
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period -- $ 11.367 $ 9.994
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period -- 3,984 21,093
AIM V.I. MONEY MARKET SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 11.479 $ 11.98 $ 10.751
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 11.98 $ 10.751 $ 10.759
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 95,879 186,834 148,120
AIM V.I. NEW TECHNOLOGY SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 20.18 $ 10.522
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 20.18 $ 10.522 $ 5.710
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 11,448 79,878 61,395
AIM V.I. PREMIER EQUITY SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 22.589 $ 19.00 $ 7.602
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 19.00 $ 7.602 $ 5.243
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 1,000,356 623,432 589,373

* 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 Basic Value and Mid Cap Core Equity Sub-Accounts, which commenced operations
on October 1, 2001. The Accumulation Unit Values in this table reflect a
mortality and expense risk charge of 1.00% and an administrative charge of
0.10%.

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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
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For the period beginning January 1 and ending December 31, 2000 2001 2002

AIM V.I. AGGRESSIVE GROWTH SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 10.985 $ 8.016
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 10.985 $ 8.016 $ 6.119
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 102,502 198,010 219,455
AIM V.I. BALANCED SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 9.729 $ 8.506
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 9.729 $ 8.506 $ 6.960
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 75,164 345,629 371,207
AIM V.I. BASIC VALUE SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period -- $ 10.000 $ 11.204
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period -- $ 11.204 $ 8.610
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period -- 17,531 51,089
AIM V.I. BLUE CHIP SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 8.837 $ 6.757
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 8.837 $ 6.757 $ 4.924
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 177,304 474,975 497,574
AIM V.I. CAPITAL APPRECIATION SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 9.513 $ 7.203
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 9.513 $ 7.203 $ 5.378
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 131,409 235,836 252,981
AIM V.I. CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 11.566 $ 10.493
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 11.566 $ 10.493 $ 8.145
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 7,338 19,877 20,402
AIM V.I. CORE EQUITY SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 9.080 $ 6.915
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 9.080 $ 6.915 $ 5.762
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 136,401 356,510 352,466
AIM V.I. DENT DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 7.902 $ 5.310
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 7.902 $ 5.310 $ 3.554
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 78,274 164,204 168,918
AIM V.I. DIVERSIFIED INCOME SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 9.833 $ 10.054
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 9.833 $ 10.054 $ 10.152
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 6,486 40,016 55,291
AIM V.I. GLOBAL UTILITIES SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 10.100 $ 7.188
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 10.100 $ 7.188 $ 5.283
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 14,485 62,862 72,584
AIM V.I. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 10.770 $ 11.311
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 10.770 $ 11.311 $ 12.236
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 15,884 96,743 129,085
AIM V.I. GROWTH SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 8.312 $ 5.424
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 8.312 $ 5.424 $ 3.696
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 122,705 241,384 245,046

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AIM V.I. HIGH YIELD SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 8.015 $ 7.516
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 8.015 $ 7.516 $ 6.985
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 15,188 36,553 32,747
AIM V.I. INTERNATIONAL GROWTH SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 8.096 $ 6.110
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 8.096 $ 6.110 $ 5.086
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 108,706 96,654 102,940
AIM V.I. MID CAP CORE EQUITY SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period -- $ 10.000 $ 11.361
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period -- $ 11.361 $ 9.969
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period -- 3,675 19,816
AIM V.I. MONEY MARKET SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 10.468 $ 10.707
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 10.468 $ 10.707 $ 10.694
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 15,332 121,447 140,442
AIM V.I. NEW TECHNOLOGY SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 20.212 $ 10.479
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 20.212 $ 10.479 $ 5.675
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 33,509 65,467 70,070
AIM V.I. PREMIER EQUITY SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $ 10.000 $ 8.772 $ 7.570
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 8.772 $ 7.570 $ 5.211
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 212,887 470,018 497,394

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APPENDIX B MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT
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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.

"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

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EXAMPLES OF MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT
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Purchase Payment: $10,000 (Credit Enhancement of $400 allocated to Money Market
Variable Sub-Account)

(Option 1: 4% up front): 10,000 allocated to a Guarantee Period

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 /=
Amount: $1,638.04
Step 3. Calculate the Withdrawal I = 4.50%
Charge: J = 4.20%
N = 730 days = 2
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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 Market Value .05 X ($10,000.00 - $1,638.04 +
Adjustment: $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 End of $10,000.00 X (1.045)/3 /=
Contract Year 3: $11,411.66

Step 2. Calculate the Preferred Withdrawal .15 X $10,000.00 X (1.045)/2 /=
Amount: $1,638.04
Step 3. Calculate the Withdrawal Charge: I = 4.5%
J = 4.8%
N = 730 days = 2
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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 Market Value .05 X ($10,000.00 - $1,638.04 -
Adjustment: $52.78) = $415.46
Step 5. Calculate the amount received by a
Contract owner as a result of full $11,411.66 - $415.46 - $52.78 =
withdrawal at the end of Contract Year 3: $10,943.42

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STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR SUBSTITUTIONS OF INVESTMENTS
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THE CONTRACT
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Purchase of Contracts
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Tax-free Exchanges (1035 Exchanges, Rollovers and Transfers)
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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
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Calculation of Accumulation Unit Values
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Values
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CALCULATION OF VARIABLE INCOME PAYMENTS
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GENERAL MATTERS
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Incontestability
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Settlements
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Safekeeping of the Variable Account's Assets
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Premium Taxes
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Tax Reserves
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EXPERTS
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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CUSTOM PORTFOLIO VARIABLE ANNUITY

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
300 N. MILWAUKEE AVENUE
VERNON HILLS, IL 60061
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 1-800-692-4682 PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 2003
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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 mutual fund
portfolios ("PORTFOLIOS"):

AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS - SERIES I DREYFUS STOCK INDEX FUND, INC.
SHARES
DREYFUS VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUND
FIDELITY(R) VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS
WELLS FARGO VARIABLE TRUST
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON VARIABLE INSURANCE
PRODUCTS TRUST DELAWARE VIP TRUST

OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUNDS

THE DREYFUS SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE GROWTH
FUND, INC.

WE (Allstate New York) have filed a Statement of Additional Information, dated
May 1, 2003, 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
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OVERVIEW
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Important Terms 3
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The Contract at a Glance 4
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How the Contract Works 6
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Expense Table 7
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Financial Information 9
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CONTRACT FEATURES
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The Contract 9
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Purchases 10
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Contract Value 11
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Investment Alternatives 11
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The Variable Sub-Accounts 11
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The Fixed Account 13
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Transfers 17
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Expenses 18
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Access To Your Money 20
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Income Payments 21
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Death Benefits 23
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OTHER INFORMATION
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More Information: 24
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Allstate New York 24
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The Variable Account 24
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The Portfolios 25
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The Contract 25
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Tax Qualified Plans 26
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Legal Matters 26
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Taxes 27
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Annual Reports and Other Documents 32
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Performance Information 33
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APPENDIX A-ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUES 34
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APPENDIX B-MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT EXAMPLES 37
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APPENDIX C-WITHDRAWAL ADJUSTMENT EXAMPLE 39
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STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS 40
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IMPORTANT TERMS
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Accumulation Phase 6
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Accumulation Unit 11
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Accumulation Unit Value 11
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Allstate New York ("We" or "Us") 25
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Anniversary Values 23
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Annuitant 9
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Automatic Additions Program 10
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Automatic Portfolio Rebalancing Program 18
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Beneficiary 9
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Cancellation Period 11
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Contract* 9
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Contract Anniversary 5
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Contract Owner ("You") 9
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Contract Value 5
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Contract Year 5
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Death Benefit Anniversary 23
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Dollar Cost Averaging Program 18
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Due Proof of Death 23
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Fixed Account 13
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Guarantee Periods 15
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Income Plan 21
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Investment Alternatives 11
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Issue Date 6
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Market Value Adjustment 17
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Payout Phase 6
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Payout Start Date 21
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Portfolios 25
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Preferred Withdrawal Amount 19
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Qualified Contracts 29
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Right to Cancel 11
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SEC 1
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Settlement Value 23
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Systematic Withdrawal Program 20
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Treasury Rate 16
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Valuation Date 11
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Variable Account 25
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Variable Sub-Account 11
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* 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.

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THE CONTRACT AT A GLANCE
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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. 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

. Oppenheimer Funds, Inc.

. The Dreyfus Corporation

. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

. 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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HOW THE CONTRACT WORKS
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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 21. 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
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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.

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EXPENSE TABLE
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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
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
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Applicable Charge 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 0%
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Transfer Fee $10.00**
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* 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%
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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
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Minimum Maximum
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Total Annual Portfolio
Operating Expenses
(expenses that are
deducted from
Portfolio assets,
which may include
management fees, and 0.27% 1.30%
other expenses)
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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, 2002.

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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 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.

1Year 3Years 5Years 10Years
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Costs Based on
Maximum Annual $801 $1,230 $1,682 $3,175
Portfolio Expenses
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Costs Based on
Minimum Annual $696 $ 912 $1,149 $2,099
Portfolio Expenses
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1Year 3Years 5Years 10Years
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Costs Based on
Maximum Annual $291 $890 $1,512 $3,175
Portfolio Expenses
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Costs Based on
Minimum Annual $186 $572 $ 979 $2,099
Portfolio Expenses
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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
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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
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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-natural person and a natural
person. If the Owner is a Grantor Trust, the Contract Owner will be considered a
non-natural 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 part of 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 29.

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 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

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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 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.

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 and tax penalties. YOU SHOULD CONSULT WITH YOUR ATTORNEY BEFORE TRYING TO
ASSIGN YOUR CONTRACT.

PURCHASES
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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.

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

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on which we receive the purchase payment at our service center located in Vernon
Hills, Illinois (mailing address: 300 N. Milwaukee Ave, Vernon Hills, Illinois
60061).

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 Section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code, we will refund the
greater of any purchase payments or the Contract Value.

CONTRACT VALUE
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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 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

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
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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 Achieve as high a total
Fund(*) return as possible,
consistent with
preservation of capital
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AIM V.I. Capital Growth of capital
Appreciation Fund(*)
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AIM V.I. Government A high level of current A I M ADVISORS, INC.
Securities Fund(*) income consistent with
reasonable concern for
safety of principal
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AIM V.I. Growth Fund(*) Growth of capital
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AIM V.I. High Yield A high level of current
Fund(*) income
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AIM V.I. International Long-term growth of capital ------------------------
Growth Fund(*)(**)
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AIM V.I. Premier Equity Long-term growth of capital.
Fund(*)(**) Income is a secondary
objective
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FIDELITY VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND:
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Fidelity VIP Long-term capital
Contrafund(R) appreciation
Portfolio
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Fidelity VIP Reasonable income
Equity-Income FIDELITY MANAGEMENT &
Portfolio RESEARCH COMPANY
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Fidelity VIP Growth Capital appreciation
Portfolio
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Fidelity VIP Growth Capital growth
Opportunities
Portfolio ------------------------
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Fidelity VIP Overseas Long-term growth of capital
Portfolio
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FRANKLIN TEMPLETON VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND:
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Templeton Global Asset High total return
Allocation -- Class TEMPLETON INVESTMENT
2(****) COUNSEL, LLC
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Templeton Foreign Long-term capital growth
Securities--Class
2(****) ------------------------
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OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUNDS:
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Oppenheimer Aggressive Capital appreciation
Growth Fund/VA
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Oppenheimer Main Street High total return, which OPPENHEIMER FUNDS, INC.
Fund/VA includes growth in the
(fomerly Oppenheimer value of its shares as well
Main Street Growth and as current income, from
Income Fund/VA) equity and debt securities
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Oppenheimer Strategic High level of current income ------------------------
Bond Fund/VA
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THE DREYFUS SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE GROWTH FUND, INC.; THE DREYFUS STOCK INDEX
FUND, INC.; AND THE DREYFUS VARIABLE INVESTMENT FUND (VIF):
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The Dreyfus Socially Capital growth and,
Responsible Growth secondarily, current income
Fund, Inc.
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Dreyfus Stock Index To match the total returns THE DREYFUS CORPORATION
Fund, Inc. of the Standard & Poor's(C)
500 Composite Stock Index
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Dreyfus VIF Long-term capital growth
Appreciation Portfolio consistent with the
preservation of capital;
current income is a ------------------------
secondary goal
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Dreyfus VIF Money A high level of current
Market income as is consistent
with the preservation of
capital and the maintenance
of liquidity

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WELLS FARGO VARIABLE TRUST:
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Wells Fargo VT Asset Long-term total return,
Allocation Fund consistent with reasonable
risk
- -------------------------------------------------------WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Wells Fargo VT Equity Long-term capital
Income Fund appreciation and
above-average dividend
income
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Wells Fargo VT Growth Long-term capital ------------------------
Fund appreciation
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DELAWARE VIP TRUST:
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Delaware VIP Small Cap Capital appreciation DELAWARE MANAGEMENT
Value Series(***) COMPANY
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Delaware VIP Trend Long-term capital
Series(***) appreciation ------------------------
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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, 2002 the AIM V.I. International Equity Fund and AIM V.I.
Value Fund changed their names to the AIM V.I. International Growth Fund and AIM
V.I. Premier Equity Fund, respectively. We have made a corresponding change in
the names of the Variable Sub-Accounts that invest in those Portfolios.

***Effective May 1, 2002 the Delaware Premium Fund Small Cap Value Series and
Delaware Premium Fund Trend Series changed their names to the Delaware VIP Small
Cap Value Series and Delaware VIP Trend Series, respectively. We have made a
corresponding change in the names of the Variable Sub-Accounts that invest in
those Portfolios.

****Effective May 1, 2002 the Templeton Asset Strategy Fund - Class 2 and
Templeton International Securities Fund - Class 2 changed their names to the
Templeton Global Asset Allocation Fund - Class 2 and Templeton Foreign
Securities Fund - Class 2, respectively. We have made a corresponding change in
the names of the Variable Sub-Accounts that invest in those Portfolios.

AMOUNTS YOU ALLOCATE TO VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS MAY GROW IN VALUE, DECLINE IN
VALUE, OR GROW LESS THEN 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 OPTIONS
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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 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

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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 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.

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 sales
representative for more information.

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

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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
^ (1 ^ Annual
Interest Rate) x 1.045
----------
$10,450.00
Contract Value at end
of Contract Year.... $10,450.00
^ (1 ^ Annual
Interest x 1.045
----------
$10,920.25
Contract Value at end
of Contract Year.... $10,920.25
^ (1 ^ Annual
Interest Rate) x 1.045
----------
$11,411.66
Contract Value at end
of Contract Year..... $11,411.66
^ (1 ^ Annual
Interest Rate) x 1.045
----------
$11,925.19
Contract Value at end
of Contract Year..... $11,925.19
^ (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.

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

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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 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 19, or

.. to satisfy the IRS minimum distribution rules for 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.

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
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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.

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.

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 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,
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.

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.

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
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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.

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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.

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 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.

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.

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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.

ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY
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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 21.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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
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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 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 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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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DEATH BENEFITS
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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-natural
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-natural 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-natural owner, the
death proceeds are equal to the Death Benefit described below. Otherwise, the
death proceeds are equal to the greater of the Certificate 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

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.

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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.

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
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.

MORE INFORMATION
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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 One Allstate Drive, Farmingville, New York 11738. Effective May
16, 2003, the home office address of Allstate New York will be 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.

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 an 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 parent 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.

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management of the Variable Account or Allstate New York.

Our obligations arising under the Contracts are general corporate obligations of
Allstate New York.

The Variable Account consists of multiple Variable Sub-Accounts, 28 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 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.

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

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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 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.

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
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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.

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.

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DISTRIBUTION AT DEATH RULES. In order to be considered an annuity contract for
federal income tax purposes, the Contract must provide:

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
full withdrawal, or

.. if distributed under an Income Plan, the amounts are taxed in the same manner
as annuity payments.

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.. 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.

Election out of withholding is valid only if the customer provides a U.S.
residence address and taxpayer identification number.

.. 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;

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.. 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.

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.

.. 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).

Allstate New York reserves the right to limit the availability of the Contract
for use with any of the qualified plans listed above.

.. 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 pursuant to an IRS levy,

.. made for certain medical expenses,

.. made to pay for health insurance premiums while unemployed (only applies for
IRAs),

.. made for qualified higher education expenses (only applies for IRAs), and

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.. 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.

.. 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.

Election out of withholding is valid only if the customer provides a U.S.
residence address and taxpayer identification number.

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the individual retirement annuities. Employers intending to use the Contract in
connection with such plans should seek competent tax 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.

.. 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).

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.

ANNUAL REPORTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
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Allstate New York's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2002 is incorporated herein by reference, which means that it is legally a part
of this prospectus.

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).

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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
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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.

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APPENDIX A
ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE AND NUMBER OF ACCUMULATIONUNITS OUTSTANDING FOR
EACH VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNT SINCE CONTRACTS WERE FIRST OFFERED*
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For the period beginning January 1 and ending December 31, 2000 2001 2002

AIM V.I. BALANCED SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 10.154 $ 8.881
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $10.154 $ 8.881 $ 7.270
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 26,413 122,945 252,907
AIM V.I. CAPITAL APPRECIATION SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 9.242 $ 7.001
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 9.242 $ 7.001 $ 5.230
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 10,595 65,809 134,666
AIM V.I. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 10.807 $ 11.356
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $10.807 $ 11.356 $ 12.290
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 12.496 51,574 205,419
AIM V.I. GROWTH SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 8.338 $ 5.443
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 8.338 $ 5.443 $ 3.710
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 14,487 66,340 103,684
AIM V.I. HIGH YIELD SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 8.362 $ 7.845
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 8.362 $ 7.845 $ 7.294
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 7,031 27,476 54,243
AIM V.I. INTERNATIONAL GROWTH SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 8.989 $ 6,787
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 8.989 $ 6.787 $ 5.652
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 6,197 51,835 95,690
AIM V.I. PREMIER EQUITY SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 8.980 $ 7.754
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 8.980 $ 7.754 $ 5.339
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 29,890 132,390 194,292
FIDELITY VIP CONTRAFUND(R) SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 9.950 $ 8.621
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 9.950 $ 8.621 $ 7.718
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 16,726 54,431 130,889
FIDELITY VIP EQUITY INCOME SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 10.810 $ 10.145
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $10.810 $ 10.145 $ 8.320
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 1,655 98,345 343,378
FIDELITY VIP GROWTH SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 9.389 $ 7.634
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 9.389 $ 7.634 $ 5.269
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 12,984 111,676 271,819
FIDELITY VIP GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 9.350 $ 7.901
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 9.350 $ 7.901 $ 6.098
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 4,746 23,416 49,139
FIDELITY VIP OVERSEAS SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 9.314 $ 7.251
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 9.314 $ 7.251 $ 5.707
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 4,880 29,515 84,428

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TEMPLETON GLOCBAL ASSET ALLOCATION - CLASS 2 SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 10.443 $ 9.286
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $10.443 $ 9.286 $ 8.768
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 632 13,934 25,836
TEMPLETON FOREIGN SECURITIES- CLASS 2 SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 10.522 $ 8.728
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $10.522 $ 8.728 $ 7.019
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 7,881 44,999 110,201
OPPENHEIMER AGGRESSIVE GROWTH/VA SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 9.162 $ 6.218
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 9.162 $ 6.218 $ 4.434
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 10,578 137,154 289,514
OPPENHEIMER MAIN STREET /VA SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 9.274 $ 8.227
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 9.274 $ 8.227 $ 6.597
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 35,354 173,074 401,718
OPPENHEIMER STRATEGIC BOND/VA SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 10.320 $ 10.685
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $10.320 $ 10.685 $ 11.336
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 8,730 96,313 220,809
THE DREYFUS SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE GROWTH SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 9.249 $ 7.071
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 9.249 $ 7.071 $ 4.962
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 11.070 32,951 39,724
DREYFUS STOCK INDEX SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 9.409 $ 8.159
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 9.409 $ 8.159 $ 6.255
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 28,181 185,335 611,361
DREYFUS VIF APPRECIATION SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 9.931 $ 8.894
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 9.931 $ 8.894 $ 7.314
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 1,285 27,925 80,006
WELLS FARGO VT ASSET ALLOCATION SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 10.012 $ 9.198
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $10.012 $ 9.198 $ 7.916
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 667 13,021 54,392
WELLS FARGO VT EQUITY INCOME SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 10.429 $ 9.741
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $10.429 $ 9.741 $ 7.766
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 264 8,467 23,695
WELLS FARGO VT GROWTH SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 9.048 $ 7.218
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 9.048 $ 7.218 $ 5.286
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 390 4,893 20,443
DELAWARE VIP SMALL CAP VALUE SERIES SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 11.593 $ 12.802
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $11.593 $ 12.802 $ 11.934
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 7,204 45,515 133,174
DELAWARE VIP TREND SERIES SUB-ACCOUNT
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 9.265 $ 7.745
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $ 9.265 $ 7.745 $ 6.124
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 5,514 24,184 80,076
HSBC VARIABLE CASH MANAGEMENT SUB-ACCOUNT**
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 10.188 $ 10.320
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $10.188 $ 10.320 $ 10.275
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 15,211 $105,129 291,758

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HSBC VARIABLE FIXED INCOME SUB-ACCOUNT**
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 10.210 $ 10.525
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $10.210 $ 10.525 $ 11.426
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 2,487 51,238 149,374
HSBC VARIABLE GROWTH & INCOME SUB-ACCOUNT**
Accumulation Unit Value, Beginning of Period $10.000 $ 10.175 $ 8.327
Accumulation Unit Value, End of Period $10.175 $ 8.327 $ 6.174
Number of Units Outstanding, End of Period 36,688 182,882 280,931

* 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 were
first offered under the Contracts on June 1, 2000.

** The underlying portfolio was liquidated effective April 30, 2003 and the
proceeds placed in the Dreyfus VIF Money Market Variable Sub-account. No
information is shown in this table for that Sub-account, becasue it was not
available during the period covered.

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APPENDIX B MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT
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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 Bulletin Release H.15.

The Market Value Adjustment factor is determined from the following formula:

.9 x (I - J) x N

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EXAMPLES OF MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT
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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 $10,000.00 X (1.045)/3 /= $11,411.66
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%
N = 730 days = 2
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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 = .05 X ($10,000.00 - $1,500.00 + $53.52) =
Charge: $427.68
Step 5. Calculate the amount $11,411.66 - $427.68 + $53.52 = $11,037.50
received by a Contract Owner as
a result of full withdrawal at
the end of Contract Year 3:

EXAMPLE 2: (ASSUMES RISING INTEREST RATES)

Step 1. Calculate Contract Value $10,000.00 X (1.045)/3 /= $11,411.66
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 Value I = 4.5%
Adjustment: J = 4.8%
N = 730 days = 2
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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 = .05 X ($10,000.00 - $1,500.00 - $53.52) =
Charge: $422.32
Step 5. Calculate the amount $11,411.66 - $422.32 - $53.52 = $10,935.82
received by a Contract owner as a
result of full withdrawal at the
end of Contract Year 3:

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APPENDIX C WITHDRAWAL
ADJUSTMENT EXAMPLE
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Issue Date: January 1, 2002

Initial Purchase Payment: $50,000

Death Benefit Amount

Contract
Value
Type of Contract Value Transaction After Death Benefit Greatest
Date Occurrence Before Occurrence Amount Anniversary Value Anniversary Value
Occurrence
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1/1/03 Issue Date -- $50,000 $50,000 $50,000 $50,000
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1/1/04 Contract $55,000 -- $55,000 $50,000 $55,000
Anniversary
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7/1/04 Partial Withdrawal $60,000 $15,000 $45,000 $37,500 $41,250
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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
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Partial Withdrawal Amount (w) $15,000
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Contract Value Immediately Prior to Partial (a) $60,000
Withdrawal
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Value of Applicable Death Benefit Amount (d) $50,000
Immediately Prior to Partial Withdrawal
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Withdrawal Adjustment [(w)/(a)]x(d) $12,500
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Adjusted Death Benefit $37,500
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GREATEST ANNIVERSARY VALUE DEATH BENEFIT
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Partial Withdrawal Amount (w) $15,000
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Contract Value Immediately Prior to Partial (a) $60,000
Withdrawal
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Value of Applicable Death Benefit Amount (d) $55,000
Immediately Prior to Partial Withdrawal
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Withdrawal Adjustment [(w)/(a)]*(d) $13,750
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Adjusted Death Benefit $41,250
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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
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DESCRIPTION
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Additions, Deletions or Substitutions of Investments
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The Contract
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Purchases
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Tax-free Exchanges (1035 Exchanges, Rollovers and Transfers)
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Performance Information
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Calculation of Accumulation Unit Values
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Calculation of Variable Income Payments
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DESCRIPTION
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General Matters
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Incontestability
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Settlements
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Safekeeping of the Variable Account's Assets
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Experts
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Financial Statements
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SELECTDIRECTIONS/SM/ VARIABLE ANNUITY

ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
P.O. BOX 82656
LINCOLN, NE 68501-2656
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 1-800-632-3492 PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 2003
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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 mutual fund
portfolios ("PORTFOLIOS"):

AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS (SERIES I MFS(R) VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST/SM/:
- -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------
SHARES): MFS Bond Series
-------- MFS High Income Series
AIM V.I. Capital Appreciation Fund MFS Investors Trust Series
AIM V.I. Diversified Income Fund MFS New Discovery Series
AIM V.I. Core Equity Fund
AIM V.I. International Growth Fund OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUNDS:
AIM V.I. Premier Equity Fund -----------------------------------
Oppenheimer Bond Fund/VA
FIDELITY(R) VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS: Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation
- ---------------------------------------- Fund/VA
Fidelity VIP Contrafund(R) Portfolio Oppenheimer Global Securities Fund/VA
Fidelity VIP Growth Portfolio Oppenheimer High Income Fund/VA
Fidelity VIP High Income Portfolio Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap
Fidelity VIP Index 500 Portfolio Fund/VA
Fidelity VIP Investment Grade Bond
Portfolio VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST:
Fidelity VIP Overseas Portfolio ---------------------------------
Van Kampen LIT Comstock Portfolio
Van Kampen LIT Emerging Growth
Portfolio
Van Kampen LIT Government Portfolio
Van Kampen LIT Money Market Portfolio

WE (Allstate New York) have filed a Statement of Additional Information, dated
May 1, 2003, 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 43 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 ARE NOT FDIC INSURED.

THE CONTRACTS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE IN NEW YORK.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PAGE

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OVERVIEW
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Important Terms 3
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The Contract at a Glance 4
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How the Contract Works 6
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Expense Table 7
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Financial Information 10
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CONTRACT FEATURES
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The Contract 10
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Purchases 11
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Contract Value 12
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Investment Alternatives 13
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The Variable Sub-Accounts 13
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The Fixed Account 14
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Transfers 17
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Expenses 19
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Access To Your Money 21
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Income Payments 22
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Death Benefits 23
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OTHER INFORMATION
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More Information: 26
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Allstate New York 26
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The Variable Account 26
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The Portfolios 27
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The Contract 27
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Tax Qualified Plans 28
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Legal Matters 28
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Taxes 29
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Annual Reports and Other Documents 34
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Performance Information 35
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APPENDIX A - ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUES 36
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APPENDIX B -MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT EXAMPLES 39
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APPENDIX C - WITHDRAWAL ADJUSTMENT EXAMPLE 42
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STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTENTS 43
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IMPORTANT TERMS
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Accumulation Phase 6
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Accumulation Unit 12
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Accumulation Unit Value 12
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Allstate New York ("We" or "Us") 26
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Anniversary Values 24
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Annuitant 10
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Automatic Additions Program 11
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Automatic Portfolio Rebalancing Program 19
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Beneficiary 10
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Cancellation Period 12
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Contract* 10
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Contract Anniversary 5
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Contract Owner ("You") 10
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Contract Value 12
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Contract Year 4
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Death Benefit Anniversary 24
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Dollar Cost Averaging Program 18
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Due Proof of Death 23
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Fixed Account 14
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Guarantee Periods 15
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Income Plan 22
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Investment Alternatives 13
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Issue Date 6
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Market Value Adjustment 17
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Payout Phase 6
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Payout Start Date 6
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Portfolios 27
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Preferred Withdrawal Amount 20
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Qualified Contracts 31
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Right to Cancel 12
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SEC 1
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Settlement Value 24
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Systematic Withdrawal Program 21
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Treasury Rate 17
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Valuation Date 12
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Variable Account 26
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Variable Sub-Account 13
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*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.

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THE CONTRACT AT A GLANCE
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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. 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).

.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 Investment Management/(R)/

. OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

. Van Kampen Asset Management 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 1-800-632-3492.
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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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HOW THE CONTRACT WORKS
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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
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Please call us at 1-800-632-3492 if you have any question about how the Contract
works.

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EXPENSE TABLE
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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
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
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Applicable Charge 7% 6% 5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 0%
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Transfer Fee $10.00**
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* 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)

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PORTFOLIO ANNUAL EXPENSES (AS A PERCENTAGE OF PORTFOLIO AVERAGE DAILY NET
ASSETS)(1)

ANNUAL PORTFOLIO EXPENSES
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Minimum Maximum
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Total Annual Portfolio
Operating Expenses
(expenses that are
deducted from
Portfolio assets,
which may include
management fees, and 0.33% 1.09%
other expenses)
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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, 2002.

EXAMPLES

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.

1Year 3Years 5Years 10Years
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Costs Based on Maximum Annual Portfolio $780 $1,166 $1,576 $2,964
Expenses
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Costs Based on Minimum Annual Portfolio $702 $ 931 $1,181 $2,165
Expenses
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1Year 3Years 5Years 10Years
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Costs Based on
Maximum Annual $270 $826 $1,406 $2,964
Portfolio Expenses
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Costs Based on
Minimum Annual $192 $591 $1,011 $2,165
Portfolio Expenses
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FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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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
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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.

The Contract cannot be jointly owned by both a non-natural person and a natural
person. If the Owner is a Grantor Trust, the Contract Owner will be considered a
non-natural 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.

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 25. 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

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sole surviving Contract Owner. The contingent Beneficiary is the
Beneficiary(ies) entitled to receive benefits under the Contract when all
primary Beneficiaries predecease the sole surviving Contract Owner.

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.

MODIFICATION OF THE CONTRACT

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 or
tax penalties. YOU SHOULD CONSULT WITH YOUR ATTORNEY BEFORE TRYING TO ASSIGN
YOUR CONTRACT.

PURCHASES
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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 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.

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

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on which we receive the purchase payment at our service center located in
Lincoln, Nebraska (mailing address: P.O. Box 82656, Lincoln, NE 68501-2656).

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 Section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code, we will refund the
greater of any purchase payments or the Contract Value.

CONTRACT VALUE
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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

We determine a separate Accumulation Unit Value for each Variable Sub-Account on
each Valuation Date.

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INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES: THE VARIABLE SUB-ACCOUNTS
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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.

PORTFOLIO: EACH PORTFOLIO SEEKS: INVESTMENT ADVISOR:
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AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS - SERIES I SHARES
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AIM V.I. Capital Growth of capital.
Appreciation Fund*
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AIM V.I. Core Equity Growth of capital.
Fund* AIM ADVISORS, INC.
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AIM V.I. Diversified High level of current income.
Income Fund*
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AIM V.I. International Long-term growth of capital.
Growth Fund*
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AIM V.I. Premier Long-term growth of capital.
Equity Fund* Income is a secondary
objective.
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FIDELITY(R) VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS
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Fidelity VIP Long-term capital
Contrafund(R) appreciation.
Portfolio
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Fidelity VIP Growth Capital appreciation.
Portfolio
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Fidelity VIP High High level of current income
Income Portfolio while also considering
growth of capital. FIDELITY MANAGEMENT &
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Fidelity VIP Index 500 Investment results that
Portfolio correspond to the total
return of common stocks
publicly traded in the
United States, as
represented by the Standard
& Poor's 500/SM/ Index (S&P
500(R)).
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Fidelity VIP High level of current income
Investment Grade Bond as is consistent with the ------------------------
Portfolio preservation of capital.
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Fidelity VIP Overseas Long-term growth of capital.
Portfolio
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MFS(R) VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST/SM/
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MFS Bond Series As high a level of current
income as is believed to be
consistent with prudent
risk. Its secondary
objective is to protect
shareholders' capital.
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MFS Investors Trust Long-term growth of capital
Series with a secondary objective MFS INVESTMENT
to seek reasonable current MANAGEMENT(R)
income.
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MFS High Income Series High current income by
investing primarily in a
professionally managed
diversified portfolio of
fixed income securities,
some of which may involve
equity features.
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MFS New Discovery Capital appreciation.
Series
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OPPENHEIMER VARIABLE ACCOUNT FUNDS
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Oppenheimer Bond High level of current income.
Fund/VA As a secondary objective,
the Portfolio seeks capital
appreciation when consistent
with its primary objective.
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Oppenheimer Capital Seeks capital appreciation by
Appreciation Fund/VA investing in securities of OPPENHEIMER FUNDS, INC.
well-known, established
companies.
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Oppenheimer Global Long-term capital
Securities Fund/VA appreciation.
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Oppenheimer High High level of current income.
Income Fund/VA
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Oppenheimer Main Capital appreciation.
Street Small Cap
Fund/VA
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VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST
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Van Kampen LIT Capital growth and income
Comstock Portfolio through investments in
equity securities, including
common stocks, preferred
stocks and securities
convertible into common and
preferred stocks.
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Van Kampen LIT Capital appreciation. MANAGEMENT INC.
Emerging Growth
Portfolio
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Van Kampen LIT High current return
Government Portfolio consistent with preservation
of capital.
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Van Kampen LIT Money Protection of capital and
Market Portfolio high current income through ------------------------
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.

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.

INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES: THE FIXED ACCOUNT
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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.

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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 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 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 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 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 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.

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.

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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%

END OF CONTRACT YEAR

YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 YEAR 5
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Beginning Contract Value. $10,000.00
^ (1 ^ Annual Interest Rate) X 1.045
----------
$10,450.00
Contract Value at end of Contract Year $10,450.00
^ (1 ^ Annual Interest X 1.045
----------
$10,920.25
Contract Value at end of Contract Year $10,920.25
^ (1 ^ Annual Interest Rate) X 1.045
----------
$11,411.66
Contract Value at end of Contract Year $11,411.66
^ (1 ^ Annual Interest Rate) X 1.045
----------
$11,925.19
Contract Value at end of Contract Year $11,925.19
^ (1 ^ Annual Interest Rate) X 1.045
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$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.

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

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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 591/2, may be subject to an
additional 10% federal tax penalty.

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 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.

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
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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.

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.

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.

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 may apply the restrictions in any manner reasonably designed to prevent
transfers that we consider disadvantageous to other Contract Owners.

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.

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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.

You may not use the Dollar Cost Averaging and the Automatic Portfolio
Rebalancing programs at the same time.

EXPENSES
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As a Contract Owner, you will bear, directly or indirectly, the charges and
expenses described below.

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.

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.

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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 charge declines appears on page 7. 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.