Exhibit 23 (a)

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the  incorporation by reference in this  Post-Effective  Amendment
No. 2 to  Registration  Statement  No.  333-100068  of Allstate  Life  Insurance
Company (the  "Company") on Form S-3 of our report dated February 4, 2004 (which
report  expresses an unqualified  opinion and includes an explanatory  paragraph
relating to changes in the methods of  accounting  for embedded  derivatives  in
modified  coinsurance  agreements  and  variable  interest  entities  in  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,  2003,  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 on Form
N-4 (Allstate  Advisor) and  Registration  Statement No.  333-102934 of Allstate
Financial Advisors Separate Account I (the "Account"), to the use of our reports
dated April 12, 2004  relating to the  financial  statements  of the Account and
Allstate  Life  Insurance  Company  Separate  Account A, 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 13, 2004



Exhibit 23 (b)

                                   CONSENT OF
                              FOLEY & LARDNER LLP


         We hereby consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Legal
Matters" in the prospectuses included in Post-Effective Amendment 2 to the Form
S-3 Registration Statement of Allstate Life Insurance Company (File No.
333-100068).


                                            /s/  Foley & Lardner LLP
                                            FOLEY & LARDNER LLP


Washington, D.C.
April 12, 2004