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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 25, 2000
Registration Nos.
333-14131
811-07859

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549
                                   FORM N-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Pre-Effective Amendment No.                              [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 5                           [X]

                             and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 5                                          [X]
                    (Check appropriate box or boxes)

                              SEPARATE ACCOUNT B
                          (Exact Name of Registrant)

                        PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                              (Name of Depositor)

                           700 Newport Center Drive
                       Newport Beach, California  92660
             (Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices)

                                (949) 219-3743
             (Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code)

                               Diane N. Ledger
                                Vice President
                        Pacific Life Insurance Company
                           700 Newport Center Drive
                       Newport Beach, California  92660
              (Name and Address of Agent for Service of Process)

                       Copies of all communications to:

          Diane N. Ledger                         Jane A. Kanter, Esq.
   Pacific Life Insurance Company                Dechert Price & Rhoads
           P.O. Box 9000                          1775 Eye Street, N.W.
Newport Beach, California 92658-9030          Washington, D.C. 20006-2401

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering ________________________________

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

[_] immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
[X] on August 28, 2000 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
[_] 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
[_] on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:

[_] this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a
    previously filed post-effective amendment.

Title of Securities Being Registered: Interests in the Separate Account under
Pacific Select Variable Annuity II individual flexible premium deferred variable
annuity contracts.

Filing Fee: None
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                                  PROSPECTUS

(Included in Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-4, Accession No. 0000912057-00-019866, filed on April 27,
2000, and incorporated by reference herein.)
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                     STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

(Included in Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form N-4, Accession No. 0000912057-00-019866 filed on April 27,
2000, and incorporated by reference herein.)
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                      Supplement Dated August 28, 2000 to
                        Prospectus Dated May 1, 2000 for
        Pacific Select Variable Annuity II, a variable annuity contract
                    issued by Pacific Life Insurance Company

                          -----------------------------------------------------
Termination of the         The assets of Pacific Select Fund Bond and Income
Bond and                   Portfolio, the underlying Portfolio for the Bond
Income Investment          and Income Subaccount, are scheduled to be
Option                     transferred to the Pacific Select Fund Managed Bond
                           Portfolio in exchange for shares of the Managed
Other terms of your        Bond Portfolio (the "reorganization") on September
policy will not change     22, 2000, at or about 4:00 p.m. Eastern time (the
as a result of the         "reorganization date"). At the same time that this
transaction described      reorganization occurs, the corresponding Subaccount
in this supplement.        Units and Subaccount Annuity Units of the Bond and
                           Income Subaccount will automatically be transferred
                           to the Managed Bond Subaccount in exchange for
                           corresponding units of that Investment Option. The
                           Bond and Income Subaccount will cease to exist.

                           You need not take any action regarding the
                           reorganization. The transfer of your units will
                           occur automatically on the reorganization date.

                           If you do not wish to participate in the Managed
                           Bond Investment Option, you can transfer among the
                           Investment Options as usual. There will be no
                           charge on transfers for at least 60 days from the
                           reorganization date. Thereafter, Pacific Life
                           reserves the right to impose transfer fees for
                           transfers as stated in the Prospectus, but there is
                           no current plan to do so. Any transfer made during
                           this time will not count toward any limitation we
                           may impose on the number of transfers you may make
                           annually.

                           Unless you instruct us otherwise, to the extent any
                           outstanding instruction you have on file with us
                           designates the Bond and Income Subaccount, the
                           instruction will be deemed an instruction for the
                           Managed Bond Subaccount. Instructions include, but
                           are not limited to instructions for Purchase
                           Payment allocations, any transfer or exchange
                           instructions, including instructions under the
                           Portfolio Rebalancing, Dollar Cost Averaging, and
                           Sweep Programs, and Partial Withdrawal
                           instructions.

                          -----------------------------------------------------
Postponement of the        The reorganization date may be postponed if:
Transaction
                           . the New York Stock Exchange or another primary
If the reorganization        trading market for Portfolio securities of the
date of the Bond and         Bond and Income Portfolio and/or the Managed Bond
Income Portfolio is          Portfolio is closed to trading or otherwise
postponed, the               restricted, or
corresponding transfer
from the Bond and          . trading or the reporting of trading on the New
Income Variable              York Stock Exchange or other primary trading
Account to the Managed       market is disrupted and the Fund's board of
Bond Variable Account        trustees believes the value of the net assets in
will also be                 either Portfolio cannot be accurately appraised.
postponed.
                           If either of these events occur, the transaction
                           described above will be postponed until the first
                           business day after trading is fully resumed and
                           reporting has been restored.
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                       This supplement changes page 7 of the Prospectus with
                       the following:

                       --------------------------------------------------------
                       Other Expenses
An Overview of         The table also shows the Fund expenses for each
Pacific Select         Portfolio based on expenses in 1999, adjusted to
Variable Annuity       reflect recently reduced custody fees. To help limit
II: Fees and           Fund expenses, effective July 1, 2000 we have
Expenses Paid by       contractually agreed to waive all or part of our
the Pacific Select     investment advisory fees or otherwise reimburse each
Fund: Other            Portfolio for operating expenses (including
Expenses is            organizational expenses, but not including advisory
replaced               fees, additional costs associated with foreign
                       investing and extraordinary expenses) that exceed an
                       annual rate of 0.10% of its average daily net assets.
                       Such waiver or reimbursement is subject to repayment to
                       us to the extent such expenses fall below the 0.10%
                       expense cap. For each Portfolio, our right to repayment
                       is limited to amounts waived and/or reimbursed that
                       exceed the new 0.10% expense cap, but do not exceed the
                       previously established 0.25% expense cap. Any amounts
                       repaid to us will have the effect of increasing
                       expenses of the Portfolio, but not above the 0.10%
                       expense cap. There is no guarantee that we will
                       continue to cap expenses after December 31, 2001. In
                       1999, Pacific Life reimbursed the Small-Cap Index
                       Portfolio $96,949.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Less
                                        Advisory Other    Total     adviser's     Total net
                    Portfolio           fee      expenses expenses+ reimbursement expenses
                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            As an annual % of average daily net assets
                    <S>                 <C>      <C>      <C>       <C>           <C>
                    Aggressive Equity     0.80     0.04     0.84          --        0.84
                    Emerging Markets/1/   1.10     0.19     1.29          --        1.29
                    Diversified
                     Research/2/          0.90     0.05     0.95          --        0.95
                    Small-Cap Equity      0.65     0.04     0.69          --        0.69
                    International
                     Large-Cap/2/         1.05     0.10     1.15          --        1.15
                    Bond and Income       0.60     0.05     0.65          --        0.65
                    Equity                0.65     0.03     0.68          --        0.68
                    I-Net Tollkeeper/2/   1.50     0.14     1.64        (0.04)      1.60
                    Multi-Strategy        0.65     0.04     0.69          --        0.69
                    Equity Income         0.65     0.04     0.69          --        0.69
                    Growth LT             0.75     0.03     0.78          --        0.78
                    Mid-Cap Value         0.85     0.07     0.92          --        0.92
                    Equity Index/3/       0.25     0.04     0.29          --        0.29
                    Small-Cap Index       0.50     0.30     0.80        (0.20)      0.60
                    REIT                  1.10     0.15     1.25        (0.05)      1.20
                    International Value   0.85     0.09     0.94          --        0.94
                    Government Securities 0.60     0.05     0.65          --        0.65
                    Managed Bond/1/       0.60     0.05     0.65          --        0.65
                    Money Market/1/       0.35     0.04     0.39          --        0.39
                    High Yield Bond/1/    0.60     0.05     0.65          --        0.65
                    Large-Cap Value       0.85     0.08     0.93          --        0.93
                    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
                       /1/ Total adjusted net expenses for these Portfolios in
                           1999, after deduction of an offset for custodian
                           credits were: 1.28% for Emerging Markets Portfolio,
                           0.64% for Managed Bond Portfolio, 0.38% for Money
                           Market Portfolio, and 0.64% for High Yield Bond
                           Portfolio.

                       /2/ Expenses are estimated. There were no actual
                           advisory fees or expenses for these Portfolios in
                           1999 because the Portfolios started after December
                           31, 1999.

                       /3/ Total adjusted net expenses for the Equity Index
                           Portfolio in 1999, after deduction of an offset for
                           custodian credits, were 0.28%. The advisory fee for
                           the Portfolio has also been adjusted to reflect the
                           advisory fee increase effective January 1, 2000.
                           The actual advisory fee and total adjusted net
                           expenses for this Portfolio in 1999, after
                           deduction of an offset for custodian credits, were
                           0.16% and 0.19%, respectively.

                       +   The Fund has adopted a brokerage enhancement 12b-1
                           plan, under which brokerage transactions may be
                           placed with broker-dealers in return for credits,
                           cash, or other compensation that may be used to
                           help promote distribution of Fund shares. There are
                           no fees or charges to any Portfolio under this
                           plan, although the Fund's distributor may defray
                           expenses of up to approximately $300,000 for the
                           year 2000, which it might otherwise incur for
                           distribution. If such defrayed amount were
                           considered a Fund expense, it would represent
                           approximately .0023% or less of any Portfolio's
                           average daily net assets.

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Examples is amended    The following is added to Examples on page 8 of the
                       Prospectus:

                       The following table shows the expenses you would pay on
                       each $1,000 you invested if, at the end of each period,
                       you: annuitized your Contract; surrendered your
                       Contract and withdrew the Contract Value, or did not
                       annuitize or surrender, but left the money in your
                       Contract.

                       These examples assume the following:

                       . the Contract Value starts at $35,000

                       . the Investment Options have an annual return of 5%

                       . the Annual Fee is deducted for Contract Values less
                         than $50,000, after deducting any outstanding loan
                         and interest

                       . no Annual Fee is deducted for annuitized amounts or
                         Contract Values of $50,000 or more.

                       These examples do not show past or future expenses.
                       Your actual expenses in any year may be more or less
                       than those shown here.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
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                                                                                      Expenses if you did
                                                                                      not annuitize or
                                            Expenses if you      Expenses if you      surrender, but left
                                            annuitized           surrendered          the money in your
                                            your Contract ($)    your Contract ($)    Contract ($)
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   <S>                      <C>  <C>  <C>  <C>   <C>  <C>  <C>  <C>   <C>  <C>  <C>  <C>
                   Variable Account         1 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr 1 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr 1 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Aggressive Equity        87   72   124  265   87   117  133  265   24   72   124  265
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Emerging Markets         91   86   146  308   91   131  155  308   28   86   146  308
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Diversified Research     88   76   129  276   88   121  138  276   25   76   129  276
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Small-Cap Equity         84   65   112  240   84   110  121  240   21   65   112  240
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Bond and Income          85   68   117  250   85   113  126  250   22   68   117  250
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   International Large-Cap  90   82   139  295   90   127  148  295   27   82   139  295
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Equity                   85   68   116  248   85   113  125  248   22   68   116  248
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   I-Net Tollkeeper         94   95   162  338   94   140  171  338   31   95   162  338
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Multi-Strategy           85   68   116  249   85   113  125  249   22   68   116  249
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Equity Income            85   68   116  249   85   113  125  249   22   68   116  249
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Growth LT                86   71   121  259   86   116  130  259   23   71   121  259
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Mid-Cap Value            87   75   128  273   87   120  137  273   24   75   128  273
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Equity Index             81   55    95  206   81   100  104  206   18   55    95  206
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Small-Cap Index          85   68   116  249   85   113  125  249   22   68   116  249
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   REIT                     90   83   142  300   90   128  151  300   27   83   142  300
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   International Value      88   75   129  275   88   120  138  275   25   75   129  275
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Government Securities    85   67   114  245   85   112  123  245   22   67   114  245
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Managed Bond             85   66   114  244   85   111  123  244   22   66   114  244
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Money Market             82   59   100  217   82   104  109  217   19   59   100  217
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   High Yield Bond          85   66   114  244   85   111  123  244   22   66   114  244
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Large-Cap Value          87   75   128  274   87   120  137  274   24   75   128  274
                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 </TABLE>

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Part C:  OTHER INFORMATION

     Item 24.  Financial Statements and Exhibits
               ---------------------------------

               (a)  Financial Statements

                    Part A: None

                    Part B:

                    (1)  Registrant's Financial Statements

                    Audited Financial Statements dated as of December 31, 1999
                    which are incorporated by reference from the 1999 Annual
                    Report include the following for Separate Account B:

                         Statements of Assets and Liabilities
                         Statements of Operations
                         Statements of Changes in Net Assets
                         Notes to Financial Statements

                    (2)  Depositor's Financial Statements

                    Audited Consolidated Financial Statements dated as of
                    December 31, 1999 and 1998 and for the three year period
                    ended December 31, 1999, included in Part B include the
                    following for Pacific Life:

                         Independent Auditor's Report
                         Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition
                         Consolidated Statements of Operations
                         Consolidated Statements of Stockholder's Equity
                         Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
                         Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

               (b)  Exhibits

                    1.  (a)  Resolution of the Board of Directors of the
                             Depositor authorizing establishment of Separate
                             Accounts and Memorandum establishing Separate
                             Account B./1/

                        (b)  Resolution of the Board of Directors of Pacific
                             Life Insurance Company authorizing conformity to
                             the terms of the current Bylaws./3/
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                    2.      Not applicable

                    3.  (a) Distribution and Wholesaling Agreement between
                            Pacific Mutual Life and Pacific Equities Network
                            ("PEN") (Now named Pacific Mutual Distributors, Inc.
                            ("PMD")/1/

                        (b) Form of Selling Agreement between Pacific Mutual
                            Life, PMD and Various Broker-Dealers/2/

                    4.  (a) Form of Individual Flexible Premium Variable
                            Accumulation Deferred Annuity Contract, Form 90-53
                            /2/

                        (b) Qualified Plan Loan Endorsement/1/

                        (c) Individual Retirement Annuity Rider/1/

                        (d) Qualified Pension Plan Rider/1/

                        (e) 403(b) Tax Sheltered Annuity Rider/1/

                        (f) Section 457 Plan Rider/1/

                        (g) Individual Retirement Annuity Rider (R-IRA 198)/3/

                        (h) Roth Individual Retirement Annuity Rider (R-RIRA
                            198) /3/

                        (i) Simple Individual Retirement Annuity Rider (R-SIRA
                            198)/3/

                    5.  (a) Application Form for Individual Flexible Premium
                            Deferred Variable Annuity Contract/3/

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                         (b)  Application/Confirmation Form/4/

                   6.    (a)  Articles of Incorporation of Pacific Life/3/

                         (b)  By-laws of Pacific Life/3/

                   7.    Not applicable

                   8.    Fund Participation Agreement/4/

                   9.    Opinion and Consent of legal officer of Pacific Mutual
                         as to the legality of Contracts being registered/1/

                  10.    (a)  Independent Auditors' Consent/4/

                         (b)  Consent of Dechert Price & Rhoads/1/

                  11.    Not applicable

                  12.    Not applicable

                  13.    Performance Calculations/4/

                  14.    Not applicable

                  15.    Powers of Attorney/4/

                  16.    Not applicable


/1/ Included in Registrant's Form Type N-4 EL, File No. 333-14131, Accession No.
    0000950150-96-001122 filed on October 15, 1996 and incorporated by
    reference herein.

/2/ Included in Registrant's Form Type N-4/B, File No. 333-14131, Accession No.
    0000950150-97-000477 filed on April 1, 1997 and incorporated by
    reference herein.

/3/ Included in Registrant's Form Type N-4/B, File No. 333-14131, Accession No.
    0000950150-98-000694 filed on April 30, 1998 and incorporated by
    reference herein.

/4/ Included in Registrant's Form Type N-4/B, File No. 333-14131, Accession No.
    0000912057-00-019866 filed on April 27, 2000 and incorporated by
    reference herein.

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Item 25.  Directors and Officers of Pacific Life
          --------------------------------------

                            Positions and Offices
Name and Address            with Pacific Life
----------------            ---------------------

Thomas C. Sutton            Director, Chairman of the Board, and
                            Chief Executive Officer

Glenn S. Schafer            Director and President

Khanh T. Tran               Director, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
                            Officer

David R. Carmichael         Director, Senior Vice President and General
                            Counsel

Audrey L. Milfs             Director, Vice President and Corporate
                            Secretary

Edward R. Byrd              Vice President and Controller

Brian D. Klemens            Vice President and Treasurer

Gerald W. Robinson          Executive Vice President

___________________________________

The address for each of the persons listed above is as follows:

          700 Newport Center Drive
          Newport Beach, California 92660

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Item 26.  Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with Pacific Life
          or Separate Account B

          The following is an explanation of the organization chart of Pacific
          Life's subsidiaries:

                   PACIFIC LIFE, SUBSIDIARIES & AFFILIATED ENTERPRISES
                                     LEGAL STRUCTURE

          Pacific Life is a California Stock Insurance Company wholly-owned by
          Pacific LifeCorp (a Delaware Stock Holding Company) which is, in turn,
          99% owned by Pacific Mutual Holding Company (a California Mutual
          Holding Company). Pacific Life is the parent company of Pacific Asset
          Management LLC (a Delaware Limited Liability Company), Pacific Life &
          Annuity Company, formerly known as PM Group Life Insurance Company (an
          Arizona Corporation), Pacific Select Distributors, Inc. (formerly
          known as Pacific Mutual Distributors, Inc.), and World-Wide Holdings
          Limited (a United Kingdom Corporation). Pacific Life also has a 40%
          ownership of American Maturity Life Insurance Company (a Connecticut
          Corporation), a 50% ownership of Pacific Mezzanine Associates, L.L.C.
          (a Delaware Limited Liability Company and a 95% ownership of Grayhawk
          Golf Holdings, LLC). A subsidiary of Pacific Mezzanine Associates,
          L.L.C. is Pacific Mezzanine Investors, L.L.C., (a Delaware Limited
          Liability Company) who is the sole general partner of the PMI
          Mezzanine Fund, L.P. (a Delaware Limited Partnership). Subsidiaries of
          Pacific Asset Management LLC are PMRealty Advisors Inc., Pacific
          Financial Products Inc. (a Delaware Corporation), PPA LLC (a Delaware
          Limited Liability Company), CCM LLC (a Delaware Limited Liability
          Company), NFJ LLC (a Delaware Limited Liability Company), and PIMCO
          Holding LLC (a Delaware Limited Liability Company). Pacific Asset
          Management LLC has a 32% beneficial economic interest in PIMCO
          Advisors L.P. (a Delaware Limited Partnership). Subsidiaries of
          Pacific Select Distributors, Inc. include: Associated Financial Group,
          Inc.; Mutual Service Corporation (a Michigan Corporation), along with
          its subsidiaries Advisors' Mutual Service Center, Inc. (a Michigan
          Corporation) and Titan Value Equities Group, Inc.; and United
          Planners' Group, Inc. (an Arizona Corporation), along with its
          subsidiary United Planners' Financial Services of America (an Arizona
          Limited Partnership). Subsidiaries of World-Wide Holdings Limited
          include: World-Wide Reassurance Company Limited (a United Kingdom
          Corporation) and World-Wide Reassurance Company (BVI) Limited (a
          British Virgin Islands Corporation). All corporations are 100% owned
          unless otherwise indicated. All entities are California corporations
          unless otherwise indicated.


Item 27.  Number of Contractholders
          -------------------------

          Approximately        409 Qualified
                               932 Non Qualified

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Item 28. Indemnification
         ---------------

     (a) The Distribution Agreement between Pacific Life and Pacific Select
         Distributors, Inc. ("PSD", formerly known as Pacific Mutual
         Distributors, Inc.) provides substantially as follows:

         Pacific Life hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless PSD and its
         officers and directors, and employees for any expenses (including legal
         expenses), losses, claims, damages, or liabilities incurred by reason
         of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or representation of a
         material fact or any omission or alleged omission to state a material
         fact required to be stated to make other statements not misleading, if
         made in reliance on any prospectus, registration statement, post-
         effective amendment thereof, or sales materials supplied or approved by
         Pacific Life or the Separate Account. Pacific Life shall reimburse each
         such person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in
         connection with investigating or defending any such loss, liability,
         damage, or claim. However, in no case shall Pacific Life be required to
         indemnify for any expenses, losses, claims, damages, or liabilities
         which have resulted from the willful misfeasance, bad faith,
         negligence, misconduct, or wrongful act of PSD.

         PSD hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Pacific Life, its
         officers, directors, and employees, and the Separate Account for any
         expenses, losses, claims, damages, or liabilities arising out of or
         based upon any of the following in connection with the offer or sale of
         the contracts: (1) except for such statements made in reliance on any
         prospectus, registration statement or sales material supplied or
         approved by Pacific Life or the Separate Account, any untrue or alleged
         untrue statement or representation is made; (2) any failure to deliver
         a currently effective prospectus; (3) the use of any unauthorized sales
         literature by any officer, employee or agent of PSD or Broker; (4) any
         willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence, misconduct or wrongful act.
         PSD shall reimburse each such person for any legal or other expenses
         reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any
         such loss, liability, damage, or claim.

     (b) The Form of Selling Agreement between Pacific Life, Pacific Select
         Distributors, Inc. ("PSD", formerly known as Pacific Mutual
         Distributors, Inc.) and Various Broker-Dealers provides substantially
         as follows:

         Pacific Life and PSD agree to indemnify and hold harmless Selling
         Broker-Dealer and General Agent, their officers, directors, agents and
         employees, against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities
         to which they may become subject under the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act, or
         other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or
         otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
         actions in respect thereof) arise

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<PAGE>

         out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
         statement of a material fact or any omission or alleged omission to
         state a material fact required to be stated or necessary to make the
         statements made not misleading in the registration statement for the
         Contracts or for the shares of Pacific Select Fund (the "Fund") filed
         pursuant to the 1933 Act, or any prospectus included as a part thereof,
         as from time to time amended and supplemented, or in any advertisement
         or sales literature approved in writing by Pacific Life and PSD
         pursuant to Section IV.E. Of this Agreement.

         Selling Broker-Dealer and General Agent agree to indemnify and hold
         harmless Pacific Life, the Fund and PSD, their officers, directors,
         agents and employees, against any and all losses, claims, damages or
         liabilities to which they may become subject under the 1933 Act, the
         1934 Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at
         common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
         liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
         upon: (a) any oral or written misrepresentation by Selling Broker-
         Dealer or General Agent or their officers, directors, employees or
         agents unless such misrepresentation is contained in the registration
         statement for the Contracts or Fund shares, any prospectus included as
         a part thereof, as from time to time amended and supplemented, or any
         advertisement or sales literature approved in writing by Pacific Life
         and PSD pursuant to Section IV.E. of this Agreement, (b) the failure of
         Selling Broker-Dealer or General Agent or their officers, directors,
         employees or agents to comply with any applicable provisions of this
         Agreement or (c) claims by Sub-agents or employees of General Agent or
         Selling Broker-Dealer for payments of compensation or remuneration of
         any type. Selling Broker-Dealer and General Agent will reimburse
         Pacific Life or PSD or any director, officer, agent or employee of
         either entity for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
         Pacific Life, PSD, or such officer, director, agent or employee in
         connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claims,
         damages, liability or action. This indemnity agreement will be in
         addition to any liability which Broker-Dealer may otherwise have.

Item 29. Principal Underwriters
         ----------------------
     (a) PSD (formerly PMD) also acts as principal underwriter for Pacific
         Select Separate Account, Pacific Select Exec Separate Account, Pacific
         Select Variable Annuity Separate Account, Pacific Corinthian Variable
         Separate Account, Separate Account A and Pacific Select Fund.

     (b) For information regarding PSD (formerly PMD), reference is made to Form
         B-D, SEC File No. 8-15264, which is herein incorporated by reference.


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         (c) PSD (formerly PMD) retains no compensation or net discounts or
             commissions from the Registrant.

Item 30. Location of Accounts and Records
         --------------------------------

             The accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained
             by Registrant pursuant to Section 31(a) of the Investment Company
             Act of 1940 and the rules under that section will be maintained by
             Pacific Life at 700 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, California
             92660.

Item 31.  Management Services
          -------------------

          Not applicable

Item 32.  Undertakings
          ------------

          The registrant hereby undertakes:

          (a) to file a post-effective amendment to this registration statement
              as frequently as is necessary to ensure that the audited financial
              statements in this registration statement are never more than 16
              months old for so long as payments under the variable annuity
              contracts may be accepted, unless otherwise permitted.

          (b) to include either (1) as a part of any application to purchase a
              contract offered by the prospectus, a space that an applicant can
              check to request a Statement of Additional Information, (2) a post
              card or similar written communication affixed to or included in
              the prospectus that the applicant can remove to send for a
              Statement of Additional Information, or (3) to deliver a Statement
              of Additional Information with the prospectus.

          (c) to deliver any Statement of Additional Information and any
              financial statements required to be made available under this Form
              promptly upon written or oral request.

Additional Representations
--------------------------

          (a) The Registrant and its Depositor are relying upon American Council
              of Life Insurance, SEC No-Action Letter, SEC Ref. No. 1P-6-88
              (November 28, 1988) with respect to annuity contracts offered as
              funding vehicles for retirement plans meeting the requirements of
              Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, and the provisions of
              paragraphs (1)-(4) of this letter have been complied with.

          (b) The Registrant and its Depositor are relying upon Rule 6c-7 of the
              Investment Company Act of 1940 with respect to annuity contracts
              offered as funding vehicles to participants in the Texas Optional
              Retirement Program and the provisions of paragraphs (a)-(d) of
              the Rule have been complied with.

          (c) REPRESENTATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 26(e) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY
              ACT OF 1940: Pacific Life Insurance Company and Registrant
              represent that the fees and charges to be deducted under the
              Variable Annuity Contract ("Contract") described in the prospectus
              contained in this registration statement are, in the aggregate,
              reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses
              expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed in connection with
              the Contract.

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                                   SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the
Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets the
requirements of Securities Act Rule 485(b) for effectiveness of this
Registration Statement and has caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to
the Registration Statement on Form N-4 to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized in the City of Newport Beach, and State of
California, on this 25th day of August, 2000.

                              SEPARATE ACCOUNT B
                                 (Registrant)

                BY:  PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                BY:  __________________________________
                     Thomas C. Sutton*
                     Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

                BY:  PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                             (Depositor)

                BY:  __________________________________
                     Thomas C. Sutton*
                     Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:


Signature                           Title                         Date

____________________    Director, Chairman of the Board    August 25, 2000
Thomas C. Sutton*       and Chief Executive Officer

____________________    Director and President             August 25, 2000
Glenn S. Schafer*

____________________    Director, Senior Vice              August 25, 2000
Khanh T. Tran*          President and Chief Financial
                        Officer

____________________    Director, Senior Vice              August 25, 2000
David R. Carmichael*    President and General Counsel

____________________    Director, Vice President and       August 25, 2000
Audrey L. Milfs*        Corporate Secretary

____________________    Vice President and Controller      August 25, 2000
Edward R. Byrd*

____________________    Vice President and Treasurer       August 25, 2000
Brian D. Klemens*

____________________    Executive Vice President           August 25, 2000
Gerald W. Robinson*


*BY:  /s/ DAVID R. CARMICHAEL                              August 25, 2000
      David R. Carmichael
      as attorney-in-fact


(Powers of Attorney are contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 of the
Registration Statement filed on April 27, 2000 on Form N-4, Accession No.
0000912057-00-019866 as Exhibit 15.)

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