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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that JOHN A. BENNING whose signature appears
below, does hereby constitute and appoint ROBIN I. MARSDEN and MITCHELL R.
KATCHER, and each of them, as his attorney-in-fact, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place, and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any registration statement and amendments
including post-effective amendments thereto, under the Securities Act of 1933
and the Investment Company Act of 1940, where applicable, executed on behalf of
Sage Life Assurance of America, Inc. (the "Company") in connection with (a)
combination fixed and variable annuity contracts issued by the Company through
The Sage Variable Annuity Account A, (b) variable annuity contracts issued by
the Company through The Sage Variable Annuity Account A, (c) combination fixed
and variable life insurance contracts issued by the Company through The Sage
Variable Life Account A, and (d) variable life contracts issued by the Company
through The Sage Variable Life Account A, and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. JOHN A. BENNING does hereby ratify and confirm all that
said attorney(s)-in-fact, or their substitutes, may do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.
/s/ John A. Benning
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John A. Benning
Director
Sage Life Assurance of America, Inc.
July 31, 2000
Commonwealth of Massachusetts)
County of )
On this 31st day of July, 2000, before me came JOHN A. BENNING, Director of
Sage Life Assurance of America, Inc., to me known, and signed the above Power of
Attorney on behalf of Sage Life Assurance of America, Inc.
/s/ Joseph Carrol Tobin [SEAL]
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Notary Public
