INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of Pacific Select Exec
Separate Account of Pacific Life & Annuity Company (formerly PM Group Life
Insurance Company) on Form S-6 of our report dated February 22, 1999, related to
the financial statements - statutory basis of PM Group Life Insurance Company as
of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and for each of the two years in the period ended
December 31, 1998, appearing in the Prospectus of Pacific Select Exec II-NY,
which is part of such Registration Statement.

We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" appearing in
such Prospectus.


DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Costa Mesa, California
June 16, 1999