EXHIBIT 99.C1




   
                                Exhibit 9

                      Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
    










                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS




We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Prospectus and to the use of our report dated February 27, 1998, with respect to
the statutory-basis financial statements and schedules of Western Reserve Life
Assurance Co. of Ohio, included in Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement (Form S-6 No. 333-62397) and related Prospectus of WRL
Series Life Account.

                                                       ERNST & YOUNG LLP



Des Moines, Iowa
November 24, 1998