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                  FIRST ALLMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                                    SUPPLEMENT 
                          TO PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 1998
                                          
                            Allmerica Select  (Resource)
                                          
                                          
                                          




The management fee table under the section INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES  is 
amended to  change the management fee structure for the Select Growth Fund as 
follows:

                          First $250 Million..........0.85%
                          Next $250 Million...........0.80%
                          Next $250 Million...........0.70%
                          Over $750 Million...........0.70%
                                          
                                          
                                          
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The last sentence of the third paragraph under "F. Death Benefit" on page 31 of
the prospectus is deleted.


Dated:  June 1, 1998



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