Exhibit 23(a)


INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment
No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-100068 of Allstate Life Insurance
Company (the "Company") on Form S-3 of our report dated February 5, 2003
relating to the consolidated financial statements and the related financial
statement schedules of the Company appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K
of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2002, to its use in the
Statements of Additional Information (which are incorporated by reference in the
Prospectuses of the Company) which are part of Registration Statement No.
333-102934 of Allstate Financial Advisors Separate Account I, and to the use of
our report dated March 7, 2003 relating to the financial statements of Allstate
Financial Advisors Separate Account I, Northbrook Variable Annuity Account, and
Northbrook Variable Annuity Account II (which reports express unqualified
opinions and include explanatory paragraphs relating to the merger of Northbrook
Life Insurance Company into Allstate Life Insurance Company described in Notes 3
to the financial statements), also appearing in such Statements of Additional
Information.

We also consent to the references to us under the heading "Experts" appearing
herein and in such Statements of Additional Information.




/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Chicago, Illinois
April 17, 2003






Exhibit 23(b)


                                   CONSENT OF
                                 FOLEY & LARDNER

         We hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Legal
Matters" in the prospectuses included in Post-Effective Amendment 1 to the Form
S-3 Registration Statement of Allstate Life Insurance Company (File No.
333-100068).


                                            /s/  Foley & Lardner
                                            FOLEY & LARDNER


Washington, D.C.
April 15, 2003