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SUPPLEMENT DATED JULY 1, 1998 TO PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 1998 FOR
PACIFIC SELECT EXEC, PACIFIC SELECT CHOICE, PACIFIC SELECT ESTATE PRESERVER
LAST SURVIVOR
AND PACIFIC SELECT ESTATE PRESERVER II LAST SURVIVOR
FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES
AND PACIFIC SELECT ESTATE MAXIMIZER
MODIFIED SINGLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES
EACH ISSUED BY PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Effective July 1, 1998, the name of the Edinburgh Overseas Equity Variable
Account ("Variable Account I") was changed to Brandes International Equity
Variable Account. The name of the underlying Edinburgh Overseas Equity Fund
was changed to the Brandes International Equity Fund (the "Brandes Fund").
Effective July 1, 1998, Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. ("Brandes") became
the Portfolio Manager to the Brandes Fund. Edinburgh Fund Managers plc will no
longer be the Portfolio Manager for the Brandes Fund (formerly the Edinburg
Overseas Equity Fund).
