Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York
Supplement to The Custom Annuity Prospectus
Dated May 1, 2000
The following sentence replaces the second paragraph on page 1 of the
prospectus:
The Contracts are available through Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., the
principal underwriter for the Contracts.
The following sentence replaces the third sentence of the first paragraph under
the heading "Systematic Withdrawal Program" on page 13 of the prospectus:
We will deposit systematic withdrawal payments into your bank account
or a Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Active Assets(TM) Account.
The following paragraph replaces the fourth paragraph under the heading
"Appendix A/Market Value Adjustment" on page 25 of the prospectus:
For any withdrawal, if J is not available, J will be equal to the most
recent Moody's Monthly Corporate Bond Yield Average (for the applicable
duration) as published by Moody's Investor Services, Inc. In the event
that the Moody's Monthly Corporate Bond Yield Average is no longer
available, a suitable replacement index, subject to the approval of the
New York Insurance Department, would be utilized.
September 15, 2000
