Exhibit 3(ii)
New England Life Insurance Company
501 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02117

                                                     July 6, 1998
New England Life Insurance Company
501 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02117

Gentlemen:

In my capacity as Second Vice President and Actuary of New England Life
Insurance Company (the "Company"), I have provided actuarial advice concerning:

     The preparation of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registration
     statement on Form S-6 (File No. 333-46401) filed by New England Variable
     Life Separate Account and the Company with the Securities and Exchange
     Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to variable life
     insurance policies (the "Registration Statement"); and

     The preparation of policy forms for the variable life insurance policies
     described in the Registration Statement (the "Policies").

It is my professional opinion that:

1.   The illustrations of death benefits, net cash values, accumulated premiums,
     internal rates of return on net cash values and internal rates of return on
     death benefits shown in Appendix A of the Prospectus, based on the
     assumptions stated in the illustrations, are consistent with the provisions
     of the Policies. The rate structure of the Policies has not been designed
     so as to make the relationship between premiums and benefits, as shown in
     the illustrations, appear to be correspondingly more favorable to
     prospective purchasers of Policies for male insureds, aged 40 in the
     underwriting class illustrated than to prospective purchasers of Policies
     for insureds of other sexes or ages. Insureds in other underwriting classes
     may have higher cost of insurance charges.

2.   The information contained in the description of historical investment
     experience in Appendix B, based on the assumptions stated in the Appendix,
     is consistent with the provisions of the Policies.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an Exhibit to this Pre-
Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement and to the use of my name
under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus.

                                       Sincerely,
                                       Rodney J. Chandler, F.S.A., M.A.A.A.
                                       Second Vice President and Actuary