NORTHBROOK LIFE INSURANCE CO
10-Q, 1998-05-15
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                                    FORM 10-Q

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

The registrant meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction H(1)(a) and
(b) of Form 10-Q and is therefore  filing this Form with the reduced  disclosure
format.

          [x] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                 For the quarterly period ended: March 31, 1998

                                       OR

          [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Commission file number: 33-50884
                        33-84480
                        33-90272


                       NORTHBROOK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


   ILLINOIS                                              35-300152
(State or other jurisdiction of                       (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                         Identification No.)

                                3100 Sanders Road
                           Northbrook, Illinois 60062
                 (Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

                                  847/402-2400
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                 Not Applicable
              (Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
                          if changed since last report)

     Indicate  by check mark  whether the  registrant  (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934  during  the  preceding  12 months  (or for such  shorter  period  that the
registrant was required to file such reports),  and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes../X/..      No


     Indicate  the  number of shares of each of the  issuer's  classes of common
stock,  as of March 31, 1998;  there were 25,000 shares of common  capital stock
outstanding,  par value $100 per share all of which  shares are held by Allstate
Life Insurance Company.

<PAGE>


                         PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION


Item  1.   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

            Statements of Financial Position
            March 31, 1998(Unaudited) and December 31, 1997.................. 3

            Statements of Operations
            Three Months Ended March 31, 1998 and
            March 31, 1997 (Unaudited)....................................... 4

            Statements of Cash Flows
            Three Months Ended March 31, 1998 and
                  March 31, 1997 (Unaudited)................................. 5

            Notes to Financial Statements.................................... 6

Item  2.   MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
           FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS..................... 9

Item  3.   QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT
              MARKET RISK*..................................................N/A


                           PART II - OTHER INFORMATION


Item 1.   LEGAL PROCEEDINGS..................................................13

Item 2.   CHANGES IN SECURITIES*............................................N/A

Item 3.   DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES*..................................N/A

Item 4.   SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS*..............N/A

Item 5.   OTHER INFORMATION..................................................13

Item 6.   EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K...................................13

SIGNATURE PAGE...............................................................14





*Omitted pursuant to General Instruction H(2) of Form 10-Q.
   
                                   -2-
<PAGE>

                       NORTHBROOK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                        STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         March 31,            December 31,
                                                                           1998                  1997
                                                                     -----------------     -----------------
($ in thousands)                                                        (Unaudited)

<S>                                                                  <C>                     <C>
ASSETS
Investments
   Fixed income securities at fair value (amortized
     cost $75,571 and $72,491)                                       $     79,376             $     76,402
   Short-term                                                                 336                    3,031
                                                                     ------------             ------------
        Total investments                                                  79,712                   79,433

Net receivable from Allstate Life Insurance Company                           347                    1,467
Reinsurance recoverable from Allstate Life
     Insurance Company                                                  2,246,417                2,293,094
Cash                                                                        1,078                        -
Other assets                                                                5,458                    5,033
Separate Accounts                                                       6,411,254                5,719,203
                                                                     ------------             ------------
          Total assets                                               $  8,744,266             $  8,098,230
                                                                     ============             ============

LIABILITIES
Reserve for life-contingent contract benefits                        $    143,774              $   144,352
Contractholder funds                                                    2,102,376                2,148,555
Income taxes payable                                                           86                      162
Deferred income taxes                                                       2,632                    2,674
Separate Accounts                                                       6,411,254                5,719,203
                                                                     ------------              -----------
          Total liabilities                                             8,660,122                8,014,946
                                                                     ------------              -----------

SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY
Common stock, $100 par value, 25,000 shares
    authorized, issued and outstanding                                      2,500                    2,500
Additional capital paid-in                                                 56,600                   56,600
Retained income                                                            22,571                   21,642
Accumulated other comprehensive income:
    Unrealized net capital gains                                            2,473                    2,542
                                                                     ------------              -----------
         Total accumulated other comprehensive income                       2,473                    2,542
                                                                     ------------              -----------


          Total shareholder's equity                                       84,144                   83,284
                                                                     ------------              -----------
          Total liabilities and shareholder's equity                 $  8,744,266              $ 8,098,230
                                                                     ============              ===========

</TABLE>



See notes to financial statements.

                                      -3-
<PAGE>



                        NORTHBROOK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                            STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                              Three Months Ended
                                                                   March 31,
                                                       ---------------------------------
($ in thousands)                                           1998                  1997
                                                       --------------      -------------
                                                                  (Unaudited)

REVENUES
<S>                                                    <C>                     <C>    
Net investment income                                  $  1,425                $ 1,272
Realized capital gains and losses                             -                      1
                                                       --------                -------
                                                          1,425                  1,273
                                                       --------                -------

INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE                          1,425                  1,273

INCOME TAX EXPENSE                                          496                    440
                                                       --------                -------

NET INCOME                                             $    929                $   833
                                                       ========                =======


</TABLE>


See notes to financial statements.


                                      -4-
<PAGE>



                        NORTHBROOK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                            STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           Three Months Ended
                                                                                March 31,
                                                                 ------------------------------------------
($ in thousands)                                                     1998                     1997
                                                                 -----------------     --------------------
                                                                              (Unaudited)

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
<S>                                                                <C>                      <C>      
Net income                                                         $    929                 $     833
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
    provided by operating activities
      Amortization and other non-cash items                             153                        86
      Realized capital gains and losses                                   -                        (1)
      Decrease in life-contingent contract benefits and
        contractholder funds                                            (80)                      (11)
      Change in deferred income taxes                                   (79)                       14
      Change in other operating assets and liabilities                  501                      (246)
                                                                   --------                 ---------
           Net cash provided by operating activities                  1,424                       675
                                                                   --------                 ---------

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Fixed income securities
      Investment collections                                          3,515                       940
      Investment purchases                                           (6,556)                   (6,123)
Change in short-term investments, net                                 2,695                     4,519
                                                                   --------                 ---------
           Net cash used in investing activities                       (346)                     (664)
                                                                   --------                 ---------

NET INCREASE IN CASH                                                  1,078                        11
CASH AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD                                               -                         -
                                                                   --------                 ---------
CASH AT END OF PERIOD                                              $  1,078                 $      11
                                                                   ========                 =========

</TABLE>



See notes to financial statements.


                                      -5-
<PAGE>



                        NORTHBROOK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                          NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                   (Unaudited)



1.   Basis of Presentation

     The accompanying  financial  statements  include the accounts of Northbrook
     Life  Insurance  Company  (the  "Company"),  a wholly owned  subsidiary  of
     Allstate Life Insurance Company ("ALIC"), which is wholly owned by Allstate
     Insurance Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Allstate Corporation.

     The  financials  statements  and  notes  as of March  31,  1998 and for the
     three-month  periods  ended  March  31,  1998 and 1997 are  unaudited.  The
     interim financial  statements  reflect all adjustments  (consisting only of
     normal  recurring  accruals)  which  are,  in the  opinion  of  management,
     necessary for the fair presentation of the financial  position,  results of
     operations and cash flows for the interim periods. The financial statements
     and notes should be read in conjunction  with the financial  statements and
     notes thereto  included in the  Northbrook  Life  Insurance  Company Annual
     Report on Form 10K for 1997.  The  results of  operations  for the  interim
     period  should not be  considered  indicative of results to be expected for
     the full year.

     In March 1998, the Accounting  Standards  Executive  Committee of the AICPA
     issued  Statement of Position  ("SOP") 98-1,  "Accounting  for the Costs of
     Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use." The SOP provides
     guidance on  accounting  for the costs of computer  software  developed  or
     obtained for internal  use.  Specifically,  certain  external,  payroll and
     payroll  related  costs  should  be  capitalized   during  the  application
     development state of a project and depreciated over the computer software's
     useful life. The Company has adopted the SOP effective January 1, 1998.


2.   Reinsurance

     The Company has  reinsurance  agreements  whereby  all  premiums,  contract
     charges,  credited interest, policy benefits and certain expenses are ceded
     to ALIC.  The  statements of  operations  is presented  net of  reinsurance
     transactions.  Therefore,  the amounts shown in the Company's statements of
     operations relate to the investment of those assets of the Company that are
     not  transferred  to  ALIC  under   reinsurance   agreements.   Reinsurance
     recoverable and the related reserve for  life-contingent  contract benefits
     and  contractholder  funds are reported  separately  in the  statements  of
     financial position.  The Company continues to have primary liability as the
     direct insurer for risks reinsured.


                                      -6-
<PAGE>






                        NORTHBROOK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                          NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                   (Unaudited)


     Investment income earned on the assets which support  contractholder  funds
     and the reserve for  life-contingent  contract  benefits is not included in
     the Company's financial statements as those assets are owned and managed by
     ALIC under the terms of reinsurance agreements.  The following amounts were
     ceded to ALIC under reinsurance agreements.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   Three Months Ended
                                                                        March 31,
                                                            ----------------------------------
         ($ in thousands)                                       1998               1997
                                                            --------------    ----------------

<S>                                                         <C>                 <C>       
         Premiums                                           $      366          $      562
         Contract charges                                       23,708              17,476
         Credited interest, policy benefits,
             and expenses                                       52,663              52,727

</TABLE>


3.   Comprehensive Income

     Effective  January 1, 1998,  the Company  adopted  Statement  of  Financial
     Accounting   Standards   No.   130,   "Reporting   Comprehensive   Income."
     Comprehensive  Income is a  measurement  of all  changes  in  shareholders'
     equity that result from  transactions  and other economic events other than
     transactions with shareholders.  For the Company,  these changes consist of
     changes in unrealized gains and losses of the investment  portfolio.  These
     amounts, presented as other comprehensive income, net of related taxes, are
     added to net income which results in comprehensive  income.  The cumulative
     amount of these changes is reported in the statements of financial position
     as accumulated other comprehensive income.



                                      -7-
<PAGE>



                        NORTHBROOK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                          NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                   (Unaudited)



     The following  summarizes the components of other comprehensive income on a
     pretax and after-tax basis for the three-month periods ended March 31,
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

         ($ in thousands)                                    1998                                   1997
                                               ----------------------------------   --------------------------------------
                                                             Income                                Income
                                                               tax       After-                     tax         After-
                                                 Pretax      effect        tax        Pretax       effect        tax
                                                 ------      ------      ------       ------       ------       ------
   <S>                                          <C>        <C>          <C>           <C>         <C>         <C>
         Unrealized capital gains and and losses:
         Unrealized holding gains
             (losses) arising during
             the period                           (106)          37         (69)       (1,828)        641       (1,187)
         Less:  reclassification adjust-
             ment for realized net
             capital gains included in
             net income                              -            -           -             1           -            1
                                               -------     --------     -------       -------     -------     --------

         Other comprehensive
         income                                $  (106)    $     37     $   (69)      $(1,829)    $   641     $ (1,188)
                                               =======     ========     =======       =======     =======     ========

         Comprehensive income                                           $   860                               $   (355)
                                                                        =======                               ========
</TABLE>


4.   Regulation and Legal Proceedings

     The Company's insurance businesses are subject to the effects of a changing
     social,  economic  and  regulatory   environment.   Public  and  regulatory
     initiatives  have varied and have included  efforts to adversely  influence
     and  restrict  premium  rates,  restrict  the  Company's  ability to cancel
     policies, impose underwriting standards and expand overall regulation.  The
     ultimate  changes and eventual  effects,  if any, of these  initiatives are
     uncertain.

     Various  other legal and  regulatory  actions are  currently  pending  that
     involve the Company and specific aspects of its conduct of business. In the
     opinion of management,  the ultimate  liability,  if any, in one or more of
     these  actions in excess of amounts  currently  reserved is not expected to
     have a material effect on the results of operations, liquidity or financial
     position of the Company.

                                      -8-
<PAGE>

                        Northbrook Life Insurance Company
                      Management's Discussion and Analysis
                of Financial Condition and Results of Operations


     The following discussion highlights significant factors influencing results
of operations  and changes in financial  position of Northbrook  Life  Insurance
Company (the  "Company").  It should be read in  conjunction  with the financial
statements and related notes thereto found under items 7 and 8 of Part II of the
Northbrook Life Insurance  Company Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1997.

     The Company,  a wholly owned subsidiary of Allstate Life Insurance  Company
("ALIC"),  which is wholly owned by Allstate Insurance Company ("AIC"), a wholly
owned subsidiary of The Allstate Corporation, markets life insurance and annuity
products  through Dean Witter Reynolds Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Morgan
Stanley, Dean Witter, Discover & Co.

     The Company issues flexible premium deferred variable annuity contracts and
variable  life  policies,  the  assets  and  liabilities  of which  are  legally
segregated and reflected as Separate  Account assets and  liabilities.  Separate
Account  assets and  liabilities  are carried at fair value in the statements of
financial  position.  Investment  income  and  realized  gains and losses of the
Separate  Accounts  accrue  directly to the  contractholders  (net of fees) and,
therefore, are not included in the Company's statements of operations.


Results of Operations
- ---------------------
($ in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                           Three Months Ended
                                                                                March 31,
                                                                       1998                  1997
                                                                 -------------         -------------
<S>                                                              <C>                   <C>          
Net investment income                                            $       1,425         $       1,272
                                                                 =============         =============
Realized capital gains and losses, after-tax                     $           -         $           1
                                                                 =============         =============
Net income                                                       $         929         $         833
                                                                 =============         =============
Investments                                                      $      79,712         $      72,932
                                                                 =============         =============
</TABLE>

     The Company and ALIC have  reinsurance  agreements under which all contract
and policy related  transactions  other than those relating to Separate Accounts
are  transferred  to ALIC.  The  Company's  results of  operations  include only
investment  income and realized capital gains and losses earned on the assets of
the Company that are not transferred to ALIC under the reinsurance agreements.

     Net income for the first quarter of 1998 was $929 thousand compared to $833
thousand for the first quarter of 1997. The increase in net income was primarily
due to increased  investment income partially offset by increased federal income
taxes.

     Pretax net  investment  income for the  three-month  period ended March 31,
1998 was $1.4  million  compared to $1.3  million for the same period last year.
Additional  investment income was earned on higher  investment  balances arising
from positive cash flows from operating activities.


                                      -9-
<PAGE>

                        Northbrook Life Insurance Company
                      Management's Discussion and Analysis
                of Financial Condition and Results of Operations



Financial Position
- ------------------
($ in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                               March 31,              December 31,
                                                                 1998                     1997
                                                          ----------------         ----------------
<S>                                                       <C>                      <C>           
Fixed income securities (1)                               $       79,376           $       76,402
Short-term investments                                               336                    3,031
                                                          --------------           --------------
         Total investments                                $       79,712           $       79,433
                                                          ==============           ==============
Reinsurance recoverable from ALIC                         $    2,246,417           $    2,293,094
                                                          ==============           ==============
Separate Account assets and liabilities                   $    6,411,254           $    5,719,203
                                                          ==============           ==============
Contractholder funds                                      $    2,102,376           $    2,148,555
                                                          ==============           ==============
</TABLE>

(1)Fixed income  securities are carried at fair value.  Amortized cost for these
   securities  was $75,571 and $72,491 at March 31, 1998 and  December 31, 1997,
   respectively.


     The Company's fixed income securities portfolio consists of mortgage-backed
securities,   publicly  traded  corporate  bonds,  U.S.   government  bonds  and
tax-exempt  municipal  bonds.  The  Company  generally  holds its  fixed  income
securities  for the long term,  but has  classified  all of these  securities as
available for sale to allow maximum flexibility in portfolio management.

     Total  investments  increased to $79.7 million at March 31, 1998 from $79.4
million at December 31, 1997.  The increase in  investments  is primarily due to
amounts  invested from positive cash flows generated from  operations  offset in
part by a decrease in unrealized  capital gains on fixed income  securities.  At
March 31, 1998, unrealized net capital gains on the fixed income securities were
$3.8 million compared to $3.9 million at December 31, 1997.

     At March 31, 1998, all of the Company's fixed income  securities  portfolio
is  rated   investment   grade,   with  a  National   Association  of  Insurance
Commissioners ("NAIC") rating of 1 or 2 or a Moody's rating of Aaa, Aa or A.

     The Company's  short-term  investment  portfolio was $336 thousand and $3.0
million at March 31,  1998 and  December  31,  1997,  respectively.  The Company
invests  available  cash  balances  primarily in taxable  short-term  securities
having a final maturity date or redemption date of one year or less.

     During  the  three  months  ended  March  31,  1998,  contractholder  funds
decreased  by  $46.2  million  and  reinsurance   recoverable  from  ALIC  under
reinsurance  agreements  decreased  by  $46.7  million.   Interest  credited  to
contractholders  and sales of fixed annuity  contracts  were more than offset by
fixed annuity surrenders, withdrawals, policyholder transfers from fixed annuity
contracts to flexible premium deferred  variable annuity  contracts and benefits
paid. Reinsurance  recoverable from ALIC relates to contract benefit obligations
ceded to ALIC.

                                      -10-
<PAGE>
                        Northbrook Life Insurance Company
                      Management's Discussion and Analysis
                of Financial Condition and Results of Operations



     Separate  Account  assets  and  liabilities   increased  by  $692  million,
primarily  attributable to sales of flexible premium  deferred  variable annuity
contracts,   the  favorable  investment  performance  of  the  Separate  Account
investment  portfolios  and transfers  from fixed annuity  contracts,  partially
offset by variable annuity surrenders and withdrawals.


Liquidity and Capital Resources
- -------------------------------

     Under  the  terms of  reinsurance  agreements,  premiums  and  deposits  on
universal life policies and investment  contracts,  excluding  those relating to
Separate  Accounts,  are  transferred  to ALIC,  which  maintains the investment
portfolios  supporting  the Company's  products.  The Company  continues to have
primary liability as a direct insurer for risks reinsured.


Year 2000
- ---------

     The Company is heavily  dependent  upon  complex  computer  systems for all
phases of its operations,  including  customer service,  and policy and contract
administration.  Since many of the Company's  older computer  software  programs
recognize  only the last two digits of the year in any date,  some  software may
fail to operate  properly  in or after the year  1999,  if the  software  is not
reprogrammed,  remediated or replaced, ("Year 2000 Issue"). The Company believes
that many of its  counterparties  and suppliers also have Year 2000 Issues which
could affect the Company.  In 1995,  AIC  commenced a plan  intended to mitigate
and/or prevent the adverse effects of Year 2000 Issues. These strategies include
normal  development  and  enhancement of new and existing  systems,  upgrades to
operating systems already covered by maintenance agreements and modifications to
existing  systems to make them Year 2000  compliant.  The plan also includes the
Company actively working with its major external counterparties and suppliers to
assess their compliance  efforts and the Company's exposure to them. The Company
presently  believes that it will resolve the Year 2000 Issue in a timely manner,
and the financial  impact will not materially  affect its results of operations,
liquidity or  financial  position.  Year 2000 costs are and will  continue to be
expensed as incurred.

Pending Accounting Standards
- ----------------------------

     Statement of Financial Accounting Standardds ("SFAS") No. 131 redefines how
segments are determined and requires  additional  segment  disclosures  for both
annual and quarterly  reporting.  Under this statement,  segments are determined
using  the  "management   approach"  for  financial  statement  reporting.   The
management  approach is based on the way an enterprise makes operating decisions
and assesses  performance of its businesses.  The Company is currently reviewing
the requirements of this SFAS and has yet to determine its impact on its current
reporting segments. The requirements of this statement will be adopted effective
December 31, 1998.


                                      -11-
<PAGE>
                        Northbrook Life Insurance Company
                      Management's Discussion and Analysis
                of Financial Condition and Results of Operations




     In December  1997,  the  Accounting  Standards  Executive  Committee of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants ("AICPA") issued Statement of
Position  ("SOP")  97-3,  "Accounting  by Insurance  and Other  Enterprises  for
Insurance-related  Assessments."  The SOP provides  guidance  concerning when to
recognize  a  liability  for   insurance-related   assessments   and  how  those
liabilities  should be  measured.  Specifically,  insurance-related  assessments
should be recognized as liabilities when all of the following criteria have been
met: 1) an assessment has been imposed or it is probable that an assessment will
be imposed,  2) the event obligating an entity to pay an assessment has occurred
and  3)  the  amount  of  the  assessment  can  be  reasonably  estimated.   The
requirements  of this  standard  are  expected to be adopted in 1999 and are not
expected to have a material  impact on the results of operations,  cash flows or
financial position of the Company.


Forward-Looking Statements
- --------------------------

     The statements contained in this Management's  Discussion and Analysis that
are not historical information are forward-looking  statements that are based on
management's  estimates,  assumptions and  projections.  The Private  Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor under The Securities Act of
1933 and The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for forward-looking statements.


                                      -12-
<PAGE>



                      PART II - OTHER INFORMATION



Item 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

     The  Company  and  its  Board  of  Directors  know  of  no  material  legal
     proceedings  pending  to  which  the  Company  is a party  or  which  would
     materially  affect the  Company.  The  Company is  involved  in pending and
     threatened  litigation in the normal course of its business in which claims
     for monetary  damages are asserted.  Management,  after  consultation  with
     legal counsel, does not anticipate the ultimate liability arising from such
     pending or threatened litigation to have a material effect on the financial
     condition of the Company.


Item 5.  OTHER INFORMATION

         Not applicable.


Item 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

  (a) Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K

      (2)    None
      (3)(i) Articles of Incorporation*
        (ii) By-laws*
      (4)    Form of Northbrook Life Insurance Company
             Flexible Premium Deferred Annuity Contract and Application**
     (10)(i) Reinsurance Agreement between Northbrook Life
             Insurance Company and Allstate Life Insurance Company***
         (ii)Modified Coinsurance Agreement between Northbrook Life
             Insurance Company and Allstate Life Insurance Company****
     (11)    None
     (15)    None
     (18)    None
     (19)    None
     (22)    None
     (23)(a) Consent of Independent Public Accountants*****
         (b) Consent of Attorneys******
     (24)    None
     (27)    Financial Data Schedule
     (99)    None

 (b) Reports on 8-K

            No reports on Form 8-K were filed during the first quarter of 1998.


* Previously filed in Form N-4 Registration Statement No.33-35412 dated June 14,
1990 and incorporated by reference.

** Previously filed in Form S-1 Registration  Statement No. 33-90272 dated March
13,  1995  and   incorporated  by  reference.   Previously  filed  in  Form  S-1
Registration  Statement No.  33-67352 dated August 12, 1993 and  incorporated by
reference.  Previously  filed in Form S-1  Registration  Statement No.  33-50884
dated August 14, 1992 and incorporated by reference.

*** Previously filed in Form S-1 Registration Statement No. 33-39268 dated March
6, 1991 and incorporated by reference.

****  Previously  filed in Form S-1  Registration  Statement No.  33-84480 dated
March 8,  1995  and  incorporated  by  reference.

*****  Previously  filed in Form S-1  Registration  Statement No. 33-90272 dated
April 1,  1997  and  incorporated  by  reference.  Previously  filed in Form S-1
Registration  Statement No.  33-84480  dated April 1, 1997 and  incorporated  by
reference.  Previously  filed in Form S-1  Registration  Statement No.  33-50884
dated April 1, 1997 and incorporated by reference.

******Previously  filed in Form S-1  Registration  Statement No.  33-90272 dated
March 13,  1995 and  incorporated  by  reference.  Previously  filed in Form S-1
Registration  Statement No.  33-50884 dated August 14, 1992 and  incorporated by
reference.  Previously  filed in Form S-1  Registration  Statement No.  33-84480
dated September 28, 1994 and incorporated by reference.

                                      -13-
<PAGE>


                              SIGNATURES



Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized, on the 14th day of May 1998.



                           NORTHBROOK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                           ---------------------------------
                                  (Registrant)






/s/ LOUIS G. LOWER, II               CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- ------------------------               AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 LOUIS G. LOWER, II                  (Principal Executive Officer)



/s/ KEITH A. HAUSCHILDT              ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT AND CONTROLLER
- ------------------------              (Chief Accounting Officer)
 KEITH A. HAUSCHILDT



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<LEGEND> THIS SCHEUDLE  CONTAINS SUMMARY  FINANCIAL  INFORMATION  EXTRACTED FROM
 STATEMENTS  OF FINANCIAL  POSITION AT MARCH 31, 1997;  STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1997;  AND  STATEMENTS  OF CASH FLOWS THREE MONTHS
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