JACKSON NATIONAL SEPARATE ACCOUNT I
485APOS, 1998-11-05
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 1998.
                                                     1933 Act File No:  33-82080
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                                                     1940 Act File No:  811-8664
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM N-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
         Pre-Effective Amendment No.                             [ ]
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         Post-Effective Amendment No.         8                  [X]
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                                                       and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
         Amendment No.       10                                  [X]
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                      Jackson National Separate Account - I
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                           (Exact Name of Registrant)
                     Jackson National Life Insurance Company
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                               (Name of Depositor)
                  5901 Executive Drive, Lansing, Michigan 48911
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              (Address of Depositor's Principal Executive Offices)
               Depositor's Telephone Number, including Area Code:
                                 (517) 394-3400
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                                                    With a copy to:
         Thomas J. Meyer                            Judith A. Hasenauer
         Vice Pres. & General Counsel               Principal
         Jackson National Life                      Blazzard, Grodd &
              Insurance Company                          Hasenauer, P.C.
         5901 Executive Dr.                         P.O. Box 5108
         Lansing, MI  48911                         Westport, CT  06881
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective
         immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
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         on October 15, 1998  pursuant to paragraph (b)
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         60 days after filing  pursuant to paragraph  (a)(1)
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  X      on January 4, 1998 pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
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If appropriate, check the following box:
         This  post-effective  amendment  designates a new  effective
- -----    date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Title of Securities Being Registered
         Individual Deferred Variable Annuity Contracts

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                      JACKSON NATIONAL SEPARATE ACCOUNT - I
                     REFERENCE TO ITEMS REQUIRED BY FORM N-4

                                                  Caption in Prospectus or
                                                  Statement of Additional
                                                  Information relating to
N-4 Item                                          each Item
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Part A.  Information Required in a Prospectus     Prospectus
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1.    Cover Page                                  Cover Page

2.    Definitions                                 Not Applicable

3.    Synopsis                                    Key Facts; Fee Tables

4.    Condensed Financial Information             Advertising; Appendix A -
                                                  Condensed Financial
                                                  Information

5.    General Description of Registrant,          The Company; The
      Depositor and Portfolio Companies           Separate Account;
                                                  Investment Portfolios

6.    Deductions                                  Contract Charges

7.    General Description of Variable             The Annuity Contract;
      Annuity Contracts                           Purchases; Transfers;
                                                  Access To Your Money;
                                                  Income Payments (The
                                                  Income Phase); Death
                                                  Benefit; Other
                                                  Information

8.    Annuity Period                              Income Payments (The
                                                  Income Phase)

9.    Death Benefit                               Death Benefit

10.   Purchases and Contract Value                Purchases

11.   Redemptions                                 Access To Your
                                                  Money

12.   Taxes                                       Taxes

13.   Legal Proceedings                           Other Information

14.   Table of Contents of the Statement of       Table of Contents of the
      Additional Information                      Statement of Additional
                                                  Information


         Information Required in a Statement      Statement of
Part B.  of Additional Information                Additional Information
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15.   Cover Page                                  Cover Page

16.   Table of Contents                           Table of Contents

17.   General Information and History             General Information
                                                  and History

18.   Services                                    Services

19.   Purchase of Securities Being Offered        Purchase of Securities
                                                  Being Offered

20.   Underwriters                                Underwriters

21.   Calculation of Performance Data             Calculation of
                                                  Performance

22.   Annuity Payments                            Income Payments; Net
                                                  Investment Factor

23.   Financial Statements                        Financial Statements

Part C.

Information required to be included in Part C is set forth under the appropriate
item, so numbered, in Part C of this Amendment to Registration Statement.

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THE PERSPECTIVE
FIXED AND VARIABLE ANNUITY

   
Issued by Jackson National Life Insurance  Company and Jackson National Separate
Account - I

o    individual, flexible premium deferred annuity
o    4 guaranteed  accounts  which offer an interest  rate that is guaranteed by
     Jackson National Life Insurance Company (Jackson  National) 
o    22 investment  portfolios  which purchase shares of the following series of
     the JNL Series Trust:

          JNL/Alger Growth Series                                     
          JNL/Eagle Core Equity Series 
          JNL/Eagle SmallCap Equity Series 
          JNL/Janus Aggressive Growth Series 
          JNL/Janus Capital Growth Series 
          JNL/Janus Global Equities Series 
          JNL/Putnam Growth Series
          JNL/Putnam Value Equity Series 
          JNL/S&P Conservative Growth Series I
          JNL/S&P Moderate Growth Series I 
          JNL/S&P Aggressive Growth Series I
          JNL/S&P Very Aggressive Growth Series I 
          JNL/S&P Equity Growth Series I
          JNL/S&P Equity Aggressive Growth Series I
          PPM America/JNL Balanced Series
          PPM America/JNL High Yield Bond Series
          PPM America/JNL Money Market Series
          Salomon Brothers/JNL Global Bond Series
          Salomon Brothers/JNL U.S. Government & Quality Bond Series
          T. Rowe Price/JNL Established Growth Series
          T. Rowe Price/JNL International Equity Investment Series
          T. Rowe Price/JNL Mid-Cap Growth Series
          
Please read this prospectus before you purchase a Perspective Fixed and Variable
Annuity. It contains important  information about the contract that you ought to
know  before  investing.  You  should  keep this  prospectus  on file for future
reference.

To learn more about the Perspective Fixed and Variable Annuity contract, you can
obtain a free  copy of the  Statement  of  Additional  Information  (SAI)  dated
January 4, 1999,  by calling  Jackson  National at (800)  766-4683 or by writing
Jackson National at: Annuity Service Center, P.O. Box 378002,  Denver,  Colorado
80237-8002.  The SAI has been filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission
(SEC) and is legally a part of this prospectus. The Table of Contents of the SAI
appears  at  the  end  of  this   prospectus.   The  SEC   maintains  a  website
(http://www.sec.gov)  that contains the SAI, material  incorporated by reference
and other information  regarding  registrants that file  electronically with the
SEC.

The SEC has not  approved or  disapproved  the  Perspective  Fixed and  Variable
Annuity,  nor does it  guarantee  that the  information  in this  prospectus  is
accurate or complete. It is a criminal offense to represent otherwise.

NOT FDIC INSURED
MAY LOSE VALUE
NO BANK GUARANTEE


JANUARY 4, 1999
    


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TABLE OF CONTENTS


Key Facts

Fee Table

The Annuity Contract

The Company

The Guaranteed Accounts

The Separate Account

Investment Portfolios

Contract Charges

Purchases

Transfers

Access to Your Money

Income Payments (The Income Phase)

Death Benefit

Taxes

Other Information

Table of Contents of the Statement of Additional Information

Appendix A




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KEY FACTS

Annuity Service Center:                 1 (800) 766-4683
         Mail Address:                  P.O. Box 378002, Denver, Colorado  
                                        80237-8002
         Delivery Address:              8055 East Tufts Avenue, Second Floor, 
                                        Denver, Colorado  80237
   
Institutional Marketing
Group Service Center:                   1 (800) 777-7779
    
         Mail Address:                  P.O. Box 30386, Lansing, Michigan  
                                        48909-9692
         Delivery Address:              5901 Executive Drive, Lansing, 
                                        Michigan  48911 Attn:  IMG

Home Office:                            5901 Executive Drive, Lansing, Michigan
                                        48911

The Annuity  Contract                   The fixed and variable  annuity contract
                                        offered by Jackson  National  provides a
                                        means for  investing  on a  tax-deferred
                                        basis  in  the  guaranteed  accounts  of
                                        Jackson   National  and  the  investment
                                        portfolios. The contract is intended for
                                        retirement  savings  or other  long-term
                                        investment  purposes  and provides for a
                                        death benefit and income options.

                                        The   contract   has  two  phases:   the
                                        accumulation phase and the income phase.
                                        During the accumulation phase,  earnings
                                        accumulate on a  tax-deferred  basis and
                                        are  taxed  as  income  when  you make a
                                        withdrawal. The income phase occurs when
                                        you  begin  receiving  regular  payments
                                        from your contract.  The amount of money
                                        you  accumulate in your contract  during
                                        the  accumulation  phase will  determine
                                        the amount of income payments during the
                                        income phase.
                                        
Investment Options                      You  can  put  money  into  any  of  the
                                        guaranteed     accounts    and/or    the
                                        investment  portfolios  but  you may not
                                        put your money in more than  eighteen of
                                        the  investment  options during the life
                                        of your contract.
                                        
                                        The   guaranteed   accounts   offer   an
                                        interest  rate  that  is  guaranteed  by
                                        Jackson National. While your money is in
                                        a guaranteed account,  the interest your
                                        money  earns  and  your   principal  are
                                        guaranteed by Jackson National.
                                        
   
                                        The   investment   portfolios   purchase
                                        shares of series of a mutual fund. These
                                        series are described in the attached JNL
                                        Series  Trust  prospectus.  The value of
                                        the investment  portfolios  will vary in
                                        accordance     with    the    investment
                                        performance of the series.  You bear the
                                        investment  risk under the  contract for
                                        all amounts  allocated to the investment
                                        portfolios.
    
                                        
Expenses                                The contract has insurance  features and
                                        investment features, and there are costs
                                        related to each.
                                        
                                        Jackson  National  makes a deduction for
                                        its insurance  charges which is equal to
                                        1.40%   of  the   daily   value  of  the
                                        contracts  invested  in  the  investment
                                        portfolios.   During  the   accumulation
                                        phase,  Jackson  National  deducts a $35
                                        annual contract  maintenance charge from
                                        your contract.
                                        
                                        If  you  take  your  money  out  of  the
                                        contract,  Jackson National may assess a
                                        withdrawal charge. The withdrawal charge
                                        starts  at  7% in  the  first  year  and
                                        declines 1% a year to 0% after 7 years.
                                        
                                        Jackson  National  may  assess  a  state
                                        premium  tax charge  which  ranges  from
                                        0-4%, depending upon the state, when you
                                        begin receiving  regular income payments
                                        from  your  contract,  when  you  make a
                                        withdrawal or, in states where required,
                                        at the time premium payments are made.
                                        
   
                                        There are also investment  charges which
                                        range from .20% to 1.20% of the  average
                                        daily value of the series,  depending on
                                        the series.
    
                                        
Purchases                               Under most circumstances,  you can buy a
                                        contract  for $5,000 or more  ($2,000 or
                                        more for a qualified plan contract). You
                                        can add $500 ($50  under  the  automatic
                                        payment plan) or more at any time during
                                        the accumulation phase.
                                        
Access to Your Money                    You can take money out of your  contract
                                        during the  accumulation  phase.  At any
                                        time during the accumulation  phase, you
                                        may  withdraw  premiums  which  are  not
                                        subject to a withdrawal charge (premiums
                                        in  your  annuity  for  seven  years  or
                                        longer  and not  previously  withdrawn).
                                        Once every year,  you may  withdraw  the
                                        greater of  earnings  or 10% of premiums
                                        paid (not yet withdrawn). Withdrawals in
                                        excess  of  that   will  be   charged  a
                                        withdrawal  charge. You may also have to
                                        pay income tax and a tax  penalty on any
                                        money you take out.
                                        
Income Payments                         If you want to  receive  regular  income
                                        from your annuity, you can choose one of
                                        four options:  (1) monthly  payments for
                                        the   annuitant's   life;   (2)  monthly
                                        payments  for the  annuitant's  life and
                                        the life of another person  (usually the
                                        annuitant's    spouse);    (3)   monthly
                                        payments for the  annuitant's  life, but
                                        with payments  continuing to you or your
                                        designated  beneficiary  for  10  or  20
                                        years if the  annuitant  dies before the
                                        end  of the  selected  period;  and  (4)
                                        payments for a period of 5 to 30 years.
                                        
                                        During  the income  phase,  you have the
                                        same  investment  choices you had during
                                        the  accumulation  phase. You can choose
                                        to   have   payments   come   from   the
                                        guaranteed   accounts,   the  investment
                                        portfolios  or both.  If you  choose  to
                                        have any part of your payments come from
                                        the  investment  portfolios,  the dollar
                                        amount  of  your  payments  may go up or
                                        down.  If you choose a  variable  income
                                        option,  you may make transfers  between
                                        investment  portfolios  but  you may not
                                        make  transfers  in to  or  out  of  the
                                        guaranteed accounts.
                                        
   
Death Benefit                           If you die  before  moving to the income
                                        phase,  the  person  you have  chosen as
                                        your  beneficiary  will  receive a death
                                        benefit.  The death benefit equals:  (a)
                                        current  contract value or (b) the total
                                        premiums (less  withdrawals,  withdrawal
                                        charges and premium taxes) compounded at
                                        5% (4% if you are age 70 or older at the
                                        date of issue) or (c) the contract value
                                        at the end of the 7th contract year PLUS
                                        all  premiums  made  since  the 7th year
                                        (less  withdrawals,  withdrawal  charges
                                        and premium taxes)  compounded at 5% (4%
                                        if you are age 70 or  older  at the date
                                        of issue) -- whichever is GREATEST.  The
                                        death   benefit  under  (c)  will  never
                                        exceed  250%  of  premiums  paid,   less
                                        partial  withdrawals.  The death benefit
                                        under  (b) and (c) is not  available  in
                                        all states.
    
                                        
Free Look                               If  you  cancel  your  contract   within
                                        twenty  days  after   receiving  it  (or
                                        whatever  period  is  required  in  your
                                        state), Jackson National will return the
                                        amount your contract is worth on the day
                                        we  receive  your  request.  This may be
                                        more or less than your original payment.
                                        If  required  by law,  Jackson  National
                                        will return your premium.
                                        
Taxes                                   The Internal  Revenue Code provides that
                                        you will not be taxed on the earnings on
                                        the money  held in your  contract  until
                                        you take money out (this is  referred to
                                        as  tax-deferral).  There are  different
                                        rules  as  to  how  you  will  be  taxed
                                        depending  on how you take the money out
                                        and  the  type  of  contract   you  have
                                        (non-qualified or qualified).
                                        

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FEE TABLE

Owner Transaction Expenses

       Withdrawal Charge (as a percentage of premium payments):
       Years Since Premium Payment    0     1     2    3     4    5     6     7+
       Charge                         7%    6%    5%   4%    3%   2%    1%    0%

       Transfer Fee:
       No charge for first 15 transfers in a contract  year;  thereafter,  the
fee is $25 per transfer.

       Contract Maintenance Charge:
       $35 per contract per year

Separate Account Annual Expenses (as a percentage of average account value)
       Mortality and Expense Risk Charges                      1.25%
       Administration Charge                                    .15%
       Total Separate Account Annual Expenses                  1.40%

Series Annual Expenses
(as a percentage of the series average net assets)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
   
                                                                    Management
                                                                       and                      Total Series
JNL Series Trust                                                  Administrative     Other         Annual
                                                                       Fee          Expenses      Expenses
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<S>                                                                   <C>              <C>         <C>   
JNL/Alger Growth Series                                               1.075%           0%          1.075%
JNL/Eagle Core Equity Series                                          1.00%            0%          1.00%
JNL/Eagle SmallCap Equity Series                                      1.05%            0%          1.05%
JNL/Janus Aggressive Growth Series                                    1.05%            0%          1.05%
JNL/Janus Capital Growth Series                                       1.05%            0%          1.05%
JNL/Janus Global Equities Series                                      1.10%            0%          1.10%
JNL/Putnam Growth Series                                              1.00%            0%          1.00%
JNL/Putnam Value Equity Series                                        1.00%            0%          1.00%
JNL/S&P Conservative Growth Series I                                   .20%            0%*          .20%
JNL/S&P Moderate Growth Series I                                       .20%            0%*          .20%
JNL/S&P Aggressive Growth Series I                                     .20%            0%*          .20%
JNL/S&P Very Aggressive Growth Series I                                .20%            0%*          .20%
JNL/S&P Equity Growth Series I                                         .20%            0%*          .20%
JNL/S&P Equity Aggressive Growth Series I                              .20%            0%*          .20%
PPM America/JNL Balanced Series                                        .84%            0%           .84%
PPM America/JNL High Yield Bond Series                                 .84%            0%           .84%
PPM America/JNL Money Market Series                                    .70%            0%           .70%
Salomon Brothers/JNL Global Bond Series                                .95%            0%           .95%
Salomon Brothers/JNL U.S. Government & Quality Bond Series             .80%            0%           .80%
T. Rowe Price/JNL Established Growth Series                            .95%            0%           .95%
T. Rowe Price/JNL International Equity Investment Series              1.18%            0%          1.18%
T. Rowe Price/JNL Mid-Cap Growth Series                               1.05%            0%          1.05%
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</TABLE>

Effective  January  4,  1999,  certain  Series pay  Jackson  National  Financial
Services,  LLC, the adviser,  an Administrative Fee of .10% for certain services
provided to the Trust by Jackson National  Financial  Services,  LLC. The Annual
Series Operating Expenses have been restated to reflect the Administrative Fee.

* The JNL/S&P  Conservative  Growth  Series I commenced  operations  on April 9,
1998,  JNL/S&P  Moderate Growth Series I commenced  operations on April 8, 1998,
JNL/S&P  Aggressive  Growth  Series I  commenced  operations  on April 8,  1998,
JNL/S&P Very Aggressive  Growth Series I commenced  operations on April 1, 1998,
JNL/S&P  Equity  Growth  Series I commenced  operations  on April 13, 1998,  and
JNL/S&P  Equity  Aggressive  Growth  Series I commenced  operations on April 15,
1998.  Estimated  expenses  for the first  fiscal year of  operation  are shown.
Actual expenses may be greater or lesser than those shown.
    


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Examples. You would pay the following expenses on a $1,000 investment,  assuming
a 5% annual return on assets:
     (a)  upon surrender at the end of each time period;
     (b)  if the contract is not  surrendered  or is annuitized  after the first
          year.
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<CAPTION>


                                                                                         Time Periods
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                                                                                  1        3         5        10
                                                                                year     years     years    years
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<S>                                                                               <C>     <C>       <C>       <C> 
                                                                        (b)       $26      $78      $134      $286
JNL/Alger Growth Portfolio                                              (a)        95      128       163       283
                                                                        (b)        25       78       133       283
JNL/Eagle Core Equity Portfolio                                         (a)        95      125       159       296
                                                                        (b)        25       75       129       276
JNL/Eagle SmallCap Equity Portfolio                                     (a)        95      127       162       281
                                                                        (b)        25       77       132       281
JNL/ Janus Aggressive Growth Portfolio                                  (a)        95      127       162       281
                                                                        (b)        25       77       132       281
JNL/ Janus Capital Growth Portfolio                                     (a)        95      127       162       281
                                                                        (b)        25       77       132       281
JNL/Janus Global Equities Portfolio                                     (a)        96      128       164       286

JNL/Putnam Growth Portfolio                                             (a)        95      125       159       276
                                                                        (b)        25       75       129       276
JNL/Putnam Value Equity Portfolio                                       (a)        95      125       159       276
                                                                        (b)        25       78       133       283
JNL/S&P Conservative Growth Portfolio I                                 (a)        86      101       N/A       N/A
                                                                        (b)        16       51       N/A       N/A
JNL/S&P Moderate Growth Portfolio I                                     (a)        86      101       N/A       N/A
                                                                        (b)        16       51       N/A       N/A
JNL/S&P Aggressive Growth Portfolio I                                   (a)        86      101       N/A       N/A
                                                                        (b)        16       51       N/A       N/A
JNL/S&P Very Aggressive Growth Portfolio I                              (a)        86      101       N/A       N/A
                                                                        (b)        16       51       N/A       N/A
JNL/S&P Equity Growth Portfolio I                                       (a)        86      101       N/A       N/A
                                                                        (b)        16       51       N/A       N/A
JNL/S&P Equity Aggressive Growth Portfolio I                            (a)        86      101       N/A       N/A
                                                                        (b)        16       51       N/A       N/A
PPM America/JNL Balanced Portfolio                                      (a)        93      121       151       260
                                                                        (b)        23       71       121       260
PPM America/JNL High Yield Bond Portfolio                               (a)        93      121       151       260
                                                                        (b)        23       71       121       260
PPM America/JNL Money Market Portfolio                                  (a)        92      116       144       245
                                                                        (b)        22       66       114       245
Salomon Brothers/JNL Global Bond Portfolio                              (a)        94      124       157       271
                                                                        (b)        24       74       127       271
Salomon Brothers/JNL U.S. Government & Quality Bond Portfolio           (a)        93      119       149       255
                                                                        (b)        23       69       119       255
T. Rowe Price/JNL Established Growth Portfolio                          (a)        94      124       157       271
                                                                        (b)        24       74       127       271
T. Rowe Price/JNL International Equity Investment Portfolio             (a)        96      131       168       293
                                                                        (b)        26       81       138       293
T. Rowe Price/JNL Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio                              (a)        95      127       162       281
                                                                        (b)        25       77       132       281
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</TABLE>

Explanation of Fee Table and Examples. The purpose of the Fee Table and Examples
is to assist you in  understanding  the various costs and expenses that you will
bear directly or indirectly. The Fee Table reflects the expenses of the separate
account and the series.
    
Premium taxes may also apply.

The Examples  reflect the contract  maintenance  charge which is  determined  by
dividing the total amount of such  charges  expected to be collected  during the
year by the total estimated average net assets of the investment portfolios.

A withdrawal charge is imposed on income payments which occur within one year of
the date the contract is issued.

   
The Example does not represent past or future expenses. The actual expenses that
you incur may be greater or less than those shown.

Financial  Statements.  An  accumulation  unit  value  history is  contained  in
Appendix A.

You can find the following financial statements in the SAI:

o    The financial  statements of the Separate  Account for the six months ended
     June 30, 1998
o    the  financial  statements  of the  Separate  Account  for the  year  ended
     December 31, 1997
o    the  financial  statements  of the  Separate  Account  for the  year  ended
     December 31, 1996
o    the financial  statements of Jackson  National for the year ended  December
     31, 1997
o    the financial  statements of Jackson  National for the year ended  December
     31, 1996
o    the financial  statements of Jackson  National for the year ended  December
     31, 1995

The Separate Account's  financial  statements for the periods ended December 31,
1997 and December 31, 1996, and the financial statements of Jackson National for
the years ended  December  31, 1997,  December 31, 1996,  and December 31, 1995,
have been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants.
    


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THE ANNUITY CONTRACT

The fixed and  variable  annuity  contract  offered  by  Jackson  National  is a
contract between you, the owner, and Jackson National, an insurance company. The
contract  provides a means for investing on a  tax-deferred  basis in guaranteed
accounts and  investment  portfolios.  The  contract is intended for  retirement
savings or other long-term  investment purposes and provides for a death benefit
and guaranteed income options.

   
The  contract,  like all deferred  annuity  contracts,  has two phases:  (1) the
accumulation  phase, and (2) the income phase.  During the  accumulation  phase,
earnings  accumulate  on a  tax-deferred  basis and are taxed as income when you
make a withdrawal.
    

The contract  offers  guaranteed  accounts.  The  guaranteed  accounts  offer an
interest  rate that is  guaranteed  by Jackson  National for the duration of the
guaranteed  account  period.  While your money is in a guaranteed  account,  the
interest your money earns and your principal are guaranteed by Jackson National.
The value of a guaranteed  account may be reduced if you make a withdrawal prior
to the end of the  guaranteed  account  period,  but will never be less than the
premium payments  accumulated at 3% per year. If you choose to have your annuity
payments  come from the  guaranteed  accounts,  your  payments will remain level
throughout the entire income phase.

The contract also offers investment  portfolios.  The investment  portfolios are
designed to offer a higher return than the guaranteed accounts. However, this is
not  guaranteed.  It is possible for you to lose your money. If you put money in
the  investment  portfolios,  the amount of money you are able to  accumulate in
your contract during the accumulation  phase depends upon the performance of the
investment  portfolios you select. The amount of the income payments you receive
during the income phase also will depend,  in part,  on the  performance  of the
investment portfolios you choose for the income phase.

As the owner,  you can exercise all the rights under the contract.  You and your
spouse can be joint owners.  You can assign the contract at any time during your
lifetime but Jackson  National will not be bound until we receive written notice
of the assignment.

THE COMPANY

Jackson National is a stock life insurance  company  organized under the laws of
the state of Michigan in June 1961.  Its legal  domicile and principal  business
address is 5901 Executive Drive,  Lansing,  Michigan 48911.  Jackson National is
admitted  to conduct  life  insurance  and annuity  business in the  District of
Columbia  and all states  except New York.  Jackson  National  is  ultimately  a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Corporation plc (London, England).

THE GUARANTEED ACCOUNTS

If you select a  guaranteed  account,  your money  will be placed  with  Jackson
National's other assets. The guaranteed accounts are not registered with the SEC
and the SEC  does not  review  the  information  we  provide  to you  about  the
guaranteed  accounts.  Your contract contains a more complete description of the
guaranteed accounts.

THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT

The Jackson National Separate Account - I was established by Jackson National on
June 14, 1993, pursuant to the provisions of Michigan law, as a segregated asset
account of the company. The separate account meets the definition of a "separate
account" under the federal  securities  laws and is registered with the SEC as a
unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

The assets of the separate  account  legally belong to Jackson  National and the
obligations  under the contracts are obligations of Jackson  National.  However,
the contract assets in the separate  account are not chargeable with liabilities
arising out of any other  business  Jackson  National  may  conduct.  All of the
income,  gains and losses resulting from these assets are credited to or charged
against the contracts and not against any other contracts  Jackson  National may
issue.

The separate  account is divided into investment  portfolios.  Jackson  National
does not guarantee the  investment  performance  of the separate  account or the
investment portfolios.

INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS

   
You can put money in any or all of the investment  portfolios;  however, you may
not allocate your money to more than eighteen investment options during the life
of your contract.  The investment  portfolios  purchase  shares of the following
series of the JNL Series Trust:

               JNL/Alger Growth Series
               JNL/Eagle Core Equity Series 
               JNL/Eagle SmallCap Equity Series 
               JNL/Janus Aggressive Growth Series 
               JNL/Janus Capital Growth Series 
               JNL/Janus Global Equities Series 
               JNL/Putnam Growth Series 
               JNL/Putnam Value Equity Series 
               JNL/S&P Conservative Growth Series I 
               JNL/S&P Moderate Growth Series I 
               JNL/S&P Aggressive Growth Series I
                   
               JNL/S&P Very Aggressive Growth Series I 
               JNL/S&P Equity Growth Series I
               JNL/S&P Equity Aggressive Growth Series I 
               PPM America/JNL Balanced Series
               PPM America/JNL High Yield Bond Series 
               PPM America/JNL Money Market Series
               Salomon Brothers/JNL Global Bond Series
               Salomon Brothers/JNL U.S. Government & Quality Bond Series
               T. Rowe Price/JNL Established Growth Series
               T. Rowe Price/JNL International Equity Investment Series
               T. Rowe Price/JNL Mid-Cap Growth Series

   
The series are  described in the attached JNL Series Trust  prospectus.  Jackson
National  Financial  Services,  LLC serves as investment  adviser for all of the
series. The sub-adviser for each series is listed in the following table:

Sub-Adviser                          Series
- -----------                          ------

Fred Alger Management, Inc.          JNL/Alger Growth Series

Eagle Asset Management, Inc.         JNL/Eagle Core Equity Series
                                     JNL/Eagle SmallCap Equity Series

Janus Capital Corporation            JNL/Janus Aggressive Growth Series
                                     JNL/Janus Capital Growth Series
                                     JNL/Janus Global Equities Series

Putnam Investment Management, Inc.   JNL/Putnam Growth Series
                                     JNL/Putnam Value Equity Series

Standard & Poor's Investment         JNL/S&P Conservative Growth Series I 
Advisory Services, Inc.              JNL/S&P Moderate Growth Series I
                                     JNL/S&P Aggressive Growth Series I 
                                     JNL/S&P Very Aggressive Growth Series I 
                                     JNL/S&P Equity Growth Series I 
                                     JNL/S&P Equity Aggressive Growth Series I
                                                       
PPM America, Inc.                    PPM America/JNL Balanced Series
                                     PPM America/JNL High Yield Bond Series
                                     PPM America/JNL Money Market Series

Salomon Brothers Asset               Salomon Brothers/JNL Global Bond Series
Management Inc                       Salomon Brothers/JNL U.S. Government
                                     & Quality Bond Series

Rowe Price-Fleming International,    T. Rowe Price/JNL International Equity
Inc.                                 Investment Series

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.       T. Rowe Price/JNL Established Growth Series
                                     T. Rowe Price/JNL Mid-Cap Growth Series
    


Depending  on  market  conditions,  you can  make or  lose  money  in any of the
investment  portfolios.  You should read the prospectus for the series carefully
before  investing.  Additional  investment  portfolios  may be  available in the
future.

   
Voting Rights.  To the extent required by law, Jackson National will obtain from
you and other owners of the  contracts  instructions  as to how to vote when the
series solicits proxies in conjunction with a vote of shareholders. When Jackson
National  receives  instructions,  we will vote all the shares Jackson  National
owns in proportion to those instructions.

Substitution.  Jackson  National  may be required to  substitute  an  investment
portfolio with another portfolio. We will not do this without the prior approval
of the SEC. Jackson National will give you notice of our intent to do this.     

CONTRACT CHARGES

There are charges and other expenses  associated  with the contracts that reduce
the return on your  investment  in the  contract.  These charges may be a lesser
amount  where  required  by state  law or as  described  below,  but will not be
increased. These charges and expenses are:

   
Insurance Charges. Each day Jackson National makes a deduction for its insurance
charges.  We do this as part of our calculation of the value of the accumulation
units and annuity  units.  On an annual  basis,  this charge equals 1.40% of the
daily value of the contracts invested in an investment portfolio, after expenses
have been deducted.  This charge is for the mortality  risks,  expense risks and
administrative expenses assumed by Jackson National.

Contract  Maintenance Charge.  During the accumulation  phase,  Jackson National
deducts a $35 ($30 in Washington)  annual  contract  maintenance  charge on each
anniversary  of the  date on  which  your  contract  was  issued.  If you make a
complete  withdrawal from your contract,  the contract  maintenance  charge will
also be deducted. This charge is for administrative expenses.
    

Jackson  National  will not deduct this charge,  if when the  deduction is to be
made,  the value of your  contract  is $50,000  or more.  Jackson  National  may
discontinue this practice at any time.

   
Transfer Fee. A transfer fee of $25 will apply to transfers in excess of 15 in a
contract year.  Jackson  National may waive the transfer fee in connection  with
pre-authorized  automatic  transfer  programs,  or may charge a lesser fee where
required by state law.

Withdrawal Charge.  During the accumulation phase, you can make withdrawals from
your contract.
    

o    At any time during the accumulation  phase, you may withdraw premiums which
     are not subject to a withdrawal  charge (premiums in your annuity for seven
     years or longer and not previously withdrawn).
o    Once  every  year,  you may  withdraw  the  greater of  earnings  or 10% of
     premiums paid (not yet withdrawn).

Withdrawals in excess of that will be charged a withdrawal charge starting at 7%
in the first year and  declining 1% a year to 0% after 7 years.  The  withdrawal
charge compensates us for costs associated with selling the contracts.

For purposes of the withdrawal  charge,  Jackson National treats  withdrawals as
coming from the oldest premium payment first. If you make a full withdrawal, the
withdrawal  charge  is based  on  premiums  remaining  in the  contract.  If you
withdraw  only part of the value of your  contract,  we  deduct  the  withdrawal
charge from the remaining value in your contract.

   
     Note:  For tax purposes,  withdrawals  are considered to have come from the
last money into the contract. Thus, for tax purposes, earnings are considered to
come out first.

Jackson National does not assess the withdrawal  charge on any payments paid out
as (1)  income  payments  after  the first  year,  (2)  death  benefits,  or (3)
withdrawals  necessary to satisfy the minimum  distribution  requirements of the
Internal  Revenue  Code.  Withdrawals  for terminal  illness or other  specified
conditions  as defined by Jackson  National  may not be subject to a  withdrawal
charge. These provisions are not available in all states.
    

Jackson  National may reduce or eliminate  the amount of the  withdrawal  charge
when the contract is sold under  circumstances  which reduce its sales  expense.
Some examples are: the purchase of a contract by a large group of individuals or
an existing  relationship between Jackson National and a prospective  purchaser.
Jackson National will not deduct a withdrawal  charge under a contract issued to
an  officer,  director,  agent or  employee  of Jackson  National  or any of its
affiliates.

   
Other  Expenses.  Jackson  National pays the operating  expenses of the Separate
Account.     

There are  deductions  from and  expenses  paid out of the assets of the series.
These expenses are described in the attached JNL Series Trust prospectus.

   
Premium Taxes. Some states and other governmental  entities charge premium taxes
or other similar taxes. Jackson National is responsible for the payment of these
taxes and may make a deduction from the value of the contract for them.  Premium
taxes generally range from 0% to 4% depending on the state.

Income Taxes.  Jackson  National will make a deduction from the contract for any
income  taxes which it incurs  because of the  contract.  Currently,  we are not
making any such deduction.

Distribution of Contracts. Jackson National Life Distributors,  Inc., located at
10877 Wilshire Boulevard,  Suite 1550, Los Angeles,  California 90024, serves as
the distributor of the contracts. Jackson National Life Distributors,  Inc. is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Jackson National.
    

Commissions  will  be paid to  broker-dealers  who  sell  the  contracts.  While
commissions may vary, they are not expected to exceed 8% of any premium payment.
Under certain  circumstances,  Jackson National may pay persistency  bonuses, in
addition  to the  standard  commissions.  Jackson  National  may  under  certain
circumstances  where  permitted  by  applicable  law,  pay a bonus to a contract
purchaser  to the  extent  the  broker-dealer  waives  its  commission.  Jackson
National may use any of its corporate  assets to cover the cost of distribution,
including any profit from the contract insurance charges.

PURCHASES

   
Minimum Initial Premium:

o    $5,000 under most circumstances
o    $2,000 for a qualified plan contract.

The maximum we accept without our prior approval is $1 million.

Minimum Additional Premiums:

o    $500
o    $50 under the automatic payment plan

You can pay additional premiums at any time during the accumulation phase.
    

The  minimum  that  you may  allocate  to a  guaranteed  account  or  investment
portfolio  is  $100.  There  is a $100  minimum  balance  requirement  for  each
guaranteed account and investment portfolio.

When you purchase a contract, Jackson National will allocate your premium to one
or more of the guaranteed  accounts  and/or the  investment  portfolios you have
selected. Your allocations must be in whole percentages ranging from 0% to 100%.
Jackson  National will allocate  additional  premiums in the same way unless you
tell us otherwise.

There may be more than eighteen investment options available under the contract;
however,  you may not  allocate  your  money to more  than  eighteen  investment
options during the life of your contract.

Jackson National will issue your contract and allocate your first premium within
2 business days after we receive your complete application and first premium. If
your  application  is not  complete,  we will  contact you to get the  necessary
information.  If for some reason  Jackson  National  is unable to complete  this
process  within 5 business  days,  we will either  return your money or get your
permission to keep it until we receive all of the necessary information.

The  Jackson  National  business  day closes  when the New York  Stock  Exchange
closes, usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern time.

   
Accumulation  Units.  The contract value allocated to the investment  portfolios
will go up or down depending on the performance of the  portfolios.  In order to
keep  track  of the  value of your  contract,  Jackson  National  uses a unit of
measure called an accumulation unit. (An accumulation unit is similar to a share
of a mutual fund.) During the income phase it is called an annuity unit.
    

Every business day Jackson National determines the value of an accumulation unit
for each of the investment portfolios. This is done by:

     1.   determining  the total  amount  of money  invested  in the  particular
          investment portfolio;

     2.   subtracting any insurance charges;

     3.   dividing this amount by the number of outstanding accumulation units.

The value of an accumulation unit may go up or down from day to day.

When you make a premium  payment,  Jackson  National  credits your contract with
accumulation  units. The number of accumulation  units credited is determined at
the close of  Jackson  National's  business  day by  dividing  the amount of the
premium  allocated to any investment  portfolio by the value of the accumulation
unit for that investment portfolio.

TRANSFERS

You can transfer money between  guaranteed  accounts and  investment  portfolios
during the accumulation  phase.  During the income phase, you can transfer money
between investment portfolios.

You can make 15  transfers  every year  during the  accumulation  phase  without
charge. The minimum amount that you can transfer is $100 (unless the transfer is
made under a pre-authorized  automatic transfer program). If the remaining value
in a guaranteed account or investment  portfolio would be less than $100 after a
transfer, you must transfer the entire value or you may not make the transfer.

   
Telephone Transactions. You may make transfers by telephone, unless you elect on
your application not to have this privilege.  When  authorizing a transfer,  you
must complete your  telephone call by the close of Jackson  National's  business
day (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) in order to receive that day's accumulation
unit value for an investment portfolio.
    

Jackson  National  has  procedures  which are  designed  to  provide  reasonable
assurance  that telephone  authorizations  are genuine.  Our procedures  include
requesting identifying information and tape recording telephone  communications.
Jackson National and its affiliates  disclaim all liability for any claim,  loss
or expense  resulting  from any alleged  error or mistake in  connection  with a
telephone transfer which was not properly authorized by you. However, if Jackson
National  fails to employ  reasonable  procedures  to ensure that all  telephone
transfers  are  properly  authorized,  we may be held  liable  for such  losses.
Jackson  National  reserves the right to modify or  discontinue  at any time and
without notice the acceptance of instructions from someone other than you and/or
the telephone transfer privilege.

ACCESS TO YOUR MONEY

You can have access to the money in your contract:

   
o    by making either a partial or complete withdrawal, or
o    by electing to receive income payments.
    

Your  beneficiary  can have  access to the money in your  contract  when a death
benefit is paid.

   
When you make a complete withdrawal you will receive:

     1.   the value of the contract on the day you made the withdrawal;

     2.   less any premium tax;

     3.   less any contract maintenance charge; and

     4.   less any withdrawal charge.
    

Except in connection with the systematic  withdrawal program,  you must withdraw
at least  $500 or, if less,  the  entire  amount in the  guaranteed  account  or
investment  portfolio  from  which you are  making  the  withdrawal.  After your
withdrawal,  you must  have at least  $100  left in the  guaranteed  account  or
investment portfolio.

   
Income taxes, tax penalties and certain restrictions may apply to any withdrawal
you make.
    

There are  limitations  on  withdrawals  from a qualified  plan referred to as a
403(b) annuity. See "Taxes."

   
Systematic  Withdrawal Program. You can arrange to have money automatically sent
to you periodically while your contract is still in the accumulation  phase. You
will have to pay taxes on money you receive and  withdrawals you make before you
reach 59 1/2 may be subject to a 10% tax penalty.
    

We  reserve  the  right to  charge  a fee for  participation  or to  discontinue
offering this program in the future.

   
Suspension  of  Withdrawals  or Transfers.  Jackson  National may be required to
suspend or delay withdrawals or transfers from an investment portfolio when:
    

o    the New York Stock  Exchange is closed  (other than  customary  weekend and
     holiday closings);
o    trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted;
o    an emergency exists so that it is not reasonably  practicable to dispose of
     shares of the  investment  portfolios  or  determine  investment  portfolio
     values;
o    the SEC, by order, may permit for the protection of owners.

Jackson  National has reserved  the right to defer  payment for a withdrawal  or
transfer from the guaranteed  accounts for the period  permitted by law, but not
more than six months.

INCOME PAYMENTS (THE INCOME PHASE)

The income  phase occurs when you begin  receiving  regular  payments  from your
contract.  The income date is the month and year in which those payments  begin.
The income date must be at least one year after your contract is issued. You can
choose the income date and an income  option.  The income  options are described
below.

If you do not choose an income option, we will assume that you selected Option 3
which provides a life annuity with 120 months of guaranteed payments.

You can change the income  date or income  option at any time  before the income
date.  You must give us 7 days notice.  Income  payments must begin by your 90th
birthday  under a  non-qualified  contract (or an earlier date under a qualified
contract if required by law).

At the  income  date,  you can  choose  whether  payments  will  come  from  the
guaranteed  accounts,  the  investment  portfolios  or both.  Unless you tell us
otherwise, your income payments will be based on the investment allocations that
were in place on the income date.

If you  choose  to have any  portion  of your  annuity  payments  come  from the
investment  portfolio(s),  the dollar  amount of your  payment  will depend upon
three things:

   
     1.   the  value of your  contract  in the  investment  portfolio(s)  on the
          income date;

     2.   the  assumed  investment  rate  used  in the  annuity  table  for  the
          contract; and

     3.   the performance of the investment portfolios you selected.
    

If the actual  performance  exceeds the assumed rate,  your income payments will
increase.  Similarly, if the actual rate is less than, your income payments will
decrease.

You can choose to have income payments made monthly,  quarterly,  semi-annually,
or  annually.  However,  if you have less than $5,000 to apply  toward an income
option and state law  permits,  Jackson  National  may provide your payment in a
single lump sum.  Likewise,  if your first income payment would be less than $50
and state law permits,  Jackson  National  may set the  frequency of payments so
that the first payment would be at least $50.

   
Income  Options.  The annuitant is the person whose life we look to when we make
income  payments.   (Each  description  assumes  that  you  are  the  owner  and
annuitant.) The following income options may not be available in all states.

     Option 1 - Life Income.  This income option provides  monthly  payments for
your life.

     Option 2 - Joint and Survivor Annuity.  This income option provides monthly
payments for your life and for the life of another person  (usually your spouse)
selected by you.

     Option 3 - Life Annuity With 120 or 240 Monthly Payments  Guaranteed.  This
income  option  provides  monthly  payments  for your  life,  but with  payments
continuing  to your  beneficiary  for the  remainder  of 10 or 20 years  (as you
select) if you die before the end of the selected period.

     Option 4 - Income for a  Specified  Period.  This  income  option  provides
monthly payments for any number of years from 5 to 30.

     Additional  Options - Other income options may be made available by Jackson
National.
    

If you choose an income option for which payments are based on life  expectancy,
you cannot make a withdrawal during the income phase.

DEATH BENEFIT

   
Death of Owner  Before the Income Date.  If you die before  moving to the income
phase,  the  person you have  chosen as your  beneficiary  will  receive a death
benefit.  If you have a joint  owner,  the death  benefit  will be paid when the
first joint owner dies. Joint owners must be spouses (unless otherwise permitted
by state law). The surviving joint owner will be treated as the beneficiary. Any
other beneficiary designated will be treated as a contingent beneficiary.
    

The death benefit equals:

   
     1.   current contract value; or

     2.   the total premiums (less  withdrawals,  withdrawal charges and premium
          taxes) compounded at 5%*; or

     3.   the  contract  value  at the end of the 7th  contract  year  PLUS  all
          premiums made since the 7th year (less withdrawals, withdrawal charges
          and premium taxes) compounded at 5%*
    

 -- whichever is GREATEST.

The death  benefit  under (c) will never  exceed  250% of  premiums  paid,  less
partial withdrawals. The death benefit under (b) and (c) may not be available in
all states.

The entire death benefit must be paid within 5 years of the date of death unless
the beneficiary elects to have the death benefit payable under an income option.
The  death  benefit  payable  under  an  income  option  must be paid  over  the
beneficiary's  lifetime or for a period not extending  beyond the  beneficiary's
life  expectancy.  Payments  must  begin  within  one year of the date of death.
Unless the beneficiary chooses to receive the death benefit in a single sum, the
beneficiary  must elect an income option within the 60 day period beginning with
the date Jackson National receives proof of death. If the beneficiary chooses to
receive the death benefit in a single sum and all the necessary requirements are
met,  Jackson  National  will  pay the  death  benefit  within  7  days.  If the
beneficiary is your spouse, he/she can continue the contract in his/her own name
at the then current contract value.

   
Death of Owner After the Income  Date.  If you or a joint owner die after moving
to the income phase, any remaining payments under the income option elected will
continue  at least as rapidly as under the method of  distribution  in effect at
the date of death. If you die, the  beneficiary  becomes the owner. If the joint
owner  dies,  the  surviving  joint  owner,  if  any,  will  be  the  designated
beneficiary.  Any other  beneficiary  designation on record at the time of death
will be treated as a contingent beneficiary.

Death of the Annuitant.  If the annuitant is not an owner or joint owner and the
annuitant dies before the income date,  you can name a new annuitant.  If you do
not name a new annuitant within 30 days of the death of the annuitant,  you will
become  the  annuitant.  However,  if the  owner is a  non-natural  person  (for
example, a corporation),  then the death of the annuitant will be treated as the
death of the owner, and a new annuitant may not be named.
    

If the annuitant dies after the income date, the death benefit,  if any, will be
as provided for in the income option  selected.  Death  benefits will be paid at
least  as  rapidly  as  under  the  method  of  distribution  in  effect  at the
annuitant's death.

- -------------------------------------
* (4% if the owner is 70 or older at the date of issue)
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TAXES

The  following is general  information  and is not intended as tax advice to any
individual. You should consult your own tax adviser.

The  Internal  Revenue  Code (Code)  provides  that you will not be taxed on the
earnings  on the money held in your  contract  until you take money out (this is
referred to as tax  deferral).  There are different  rules as to how you will be
taxed  depending on how you take the money out and the type of contract you have
(non-qualified or qualified).

   
Non-Qualified  Contracts - General Taxation.  You will not be taxed on increases
in the value of your contract until a distribution (either as a withdrawal or as
an  income  payment)  occurs.  When you make a  withdrawal  you are taxed on the
amount of the withdrawal  that is earnings.  For income  payments,  a portion of
each income  payment is treated as a partial return of your premium and will not
be taxed.  The  remaining  portion  of the  income  payment  will be  treated as
ordinary  income.  How  the  income  payment  is  divided  between  taxable  and
non-taxable  portions  depends on the  period  over which  income  payments  are
expected to be made.  Income  payments  received  after you have received all of
your premium are treated as income.
    

If a non-qualified contract is owned by a non-natural person (e.g.,  corporation
or certain other entities other than  tax-qualified  trusts),  the contract will
generally not be treated as an annuity for tax purposes.

   
Qualified  and  Non-Qualified  Contracts.  If you  purchase  the  contract as an
individual  and not under any pension plan,  specially  sponsored  program or an
individual  retirement annuity,  your contract is referred to as a non-qualified
contract.
    

If you purchase the contract under a pension plan,  specially sponsored program,
or an individual retirement annuity, your contract is referred to as a qualified
contract.  Examples of  qualified  plans are:  Individual  Retirement  Annuities
(IRAs),  Tax-Sheltered  Annuities  (sometimes  referred to as 403(b) contracts),
H.R.  10  Plans  (sometimes  referred  to  as  Keogh  Plans),  and  pension  and
profit-sharing plans, which include 401(k) plans.

   
Withdrawals  -  Non-Qualified  Contracts.  If you make a  withdrawal  from  your
contract,  the Code treats the withdrawal as first coming from earnings and then
from your premium payments. Withdrawn earnings are includible in income.
    

The Code also provides that any amount received under an annuity  contract which
is included in income may be subject to a 10% penalty.  Some withdrawals will be
exempt from the  penalty.  They  include any  amounts:  (1) paid on or after the
taxpayer  reaches age 59 1/2;  (2) paid after you die;  (3) paid if the taxpayer
becomes  totally  disabled (as that term is defined in the Code);  (4) paid in a
series of substantially  equal payments made annually (or more frequently) under
a lifetime annuity;  (5) paid under an immediate annuity; or (6) which come from
premiums made prior to August 14, 1982.

   
Withdrawals - Qualified Contracts. There are special rules that govern qualified
contracts. We have provided additional discussion in the Statement of Additional
Information.

Withdrawals  -  Tax-Sheltered  Annuities.  The Code  limits  the  withdrawal  of
premiums from certain Tax-Sheltered Annuities. Withdrawals can only be made when
an owner:  (1) reaches age 59 1/2; (2) leaves his/her job; (3) dies; (4) becomes
disabled (as that term is defined in the Code);  or (5) in the case of hardship.
However,  in the case of hardship,  the owner can only  withdraw the premium and
not any earnings.

Withdrawals - Roth IRAs. Beginning in 1998,  individuals may purchase a new type
of non-deductible  IRA, known as a Roth IRA.  Qualified  distributions from Roth
IRAs  are  entirely  tax  free.  A  qualified  distribution  requires  that  the
individual has held the Roth IRA for at least five years and, in addition,  that
the  distribution  is made either  after the  individual  reaches age 59 1/2, on
account of the individual's death or disability, or as qualified first-time home
purchase,  subject to $10,000  lifetime  maximum,  for the individual,  or for a
spouse, child, grandchild, or ancestor.

Withdrawals - Investment Adviser Fees. The Internal Revenue Service has, through
a series of Private Letter Rulings,  held that the payment of investment adviser
fees  from  an IRA or a  Tax-Sheltered  Annuity  is  permissible  under  certain
circumstances and will not be considered a distribution for income tax purposes.
The Rulings  require that in order to receive this favorable tax treatment,  the
annuity contract must, under a written agreement,  be solely liable (not jointly
with the  contract  owner)  for  payment of the  adviser's  fee and the fee must
actually be paid from the  annuity  contract to the  adviser.  Withdrawals  from
non-qualified  contracts  for the  payment of  investment  adviser  fees will be
considered distributions from the contract.

Restrictions Under the Texas Optional Retirement Program (ORP). Contracts issued
to   participants  in  ORP  contain   restrictions   required  under  the  Texas
Administrative Code. In accordance with those restrictions, a participant in ORP
will  not  be  permitted  to  make  withdrawals  prior  to  such   participant's
retirement, death, attainment of age 70 1/2 year or termination of employment in
a Texas public  institution of higher education.  The restrictions on withdrawal
do not apply in the event a participant  in ORP transfers the contract  value to
another approved contract or vendor during the period of ORP participation.

Assignment.  An  assignment  may be a taxable  event.  If the contract is issued
pursuant to a qualified plan, there may be limitations on your ability to assign
the contract.

Diversification.  The  Code  provides  that  the  underlying  investments  for a
variable annuity must satisfy certain  diversification  requirements in order to
be treated as an annuity contract. Jackson National believes that the underlying
investments are being managed so as to comply with these requirements.
    

Neither the Code nor the Internal  Revenue  Service  Regulations  issued to date
provide guidance as to the circumstances  under which you, because of the degree
of  control  you  exercise  over the  underlying  investments,  and not  Jackson
National  would  be  considered  the  owner  of the  shares  of  the  investment
portfolios.  If this  occurs,  it will result in the loss of the  favorable  tax
treatment for the contract.

It is  unknown  to  what  extent  owners  are  permitted  to  select  investment
portfolios,  to make transfers among the investment portfolios or the number and
type of investment  portfolios from which owners may select.  If any guidance is
provided which is considered a new position,  then the guidance would  generally
be applied  prospectively.  However,  if such guidance is considered not to be a
new position, it may be applied retroactively.  This would mean that you, as the
owner  of the  contract,  could  be  treated  as  the  owner  of the  investment
portfolios.  Due to the uncertainty in this area,  Jackson National reserves the
right to modify the contract in an attempt to maintain favorable tax treatment.

OTHER INFORMATION

   
Dollar Cost Averaging. You can arrange to automatically have a regular amount of
money   periodically   transferred   into  the   investment   portfolios.   This
theoretically  gives you a lower  average cost per unit over time than you would
receive if you made a one time purchase.
    

To participate in this program, you must have a total contract value of at least
$15,000  (unless we waive this  requirement).  Certain  other  restrictions  may
apply.

Jackson National does not currently charge for participation in this program. We
may do so in the future.

   
Rebalancing.  You can arrange to have Jackson National automatically  reallocate
money between investment portfolios periodically to keep the blend you select.
    

Jackson National does not currently charge for participation in this program. We
may do so in the future.

   
Free Look. If you cancel the contract  within twenty days after receiving it (or
whatever  period is required in your state),  Jackson  National  will return the
amount your  contract is worth on the day we receive your  request.  This may be
more or less than your original  payment.  If required by law,  Jackson National
will return your premium.

Advertising.  From time to time, Jackson National may advertise several types of
performance for the investment portfolios.


o    Total  return is the  overall  change in the value of an  investment  in an
     investment portfolio over a given period of time.
     o    Standardized  average  annual total return is calculated in accordance
          with SEC guidelines.
     o    Non-standardized  total  return  may be for  periods  other than those
          required or may  otherwise  differ from  standardized  average  annual
          total  return.  For example,  if a series has been in existence  for a
          longer  period  than  the   investment   portfolio,   non-standardized
          performance may be based upon the period quoted.
o    Yield refers to the income  generated by an investment  over a given period
     of time.

Performance will be calculated by determining the percentage change in the value
of an accumulation unit by dividing the increase (decrease) for that unit by the
value of the accumulation unit at the beginning of the period.  Performance will
reflect the deduction of the insurance  charges and may reflect the deduction of
the contract  maintenance  charge and  withdrawal  charge.  The deduction of the
contract  maintenance  and/or the withdrawal  charge would reduce the percentage
increase or make greater any percentage decrease.

Market Timing and Asset Allocation Services.  Market timing and asset allocation
services   offered  by  third  parties  must  comply  with  Jackson   National's
administrative systems, rules and procedures.

Modification of the Contract. Only the President,  Vice President,  Secretary or
Assistant  Secretary  of  Jackson  National  may  approve a change to or waive a
provision  of the  contract.  Any change or waiver must be in  writing.  Jackson
National may change the terms of the contract in order to comply with changes in
applicable law, or otherwise as deemed necessary by Jackson National.

Year 2000 Matters.  Jackson  National  initiated a project in 1993 to review and
analyze its computer systems to determine if they are Year 2000 compatible. This
project  includes a written plan which provides for a process which ensures that
when  a  particular  system,  or  software  application,  is  determined  to  be
"non-compliant"   the   proper   steps  are  in  place  to  either   remedy  the
"non-compliance" or cease using the particular system or software.

Jackson  National's  plan  provides for an  inventory  of all critical  computer
systems,  testing of such systems and  resolution  of Year 2000 issues.  Jackson
National anticipates that all compliance issues will be resolved by December 31,
1998.

As of the date of this  Prospectus,  Jackson  National has  identified  and made
available what it believes are the  appropriate  resources of hardware,  people,
and dollars to ensure that the plan will be completed.

Jackson  National will not  conclusively  know the success of its plan until the
Year 2000.  Even with  appropriate  and  diligent  pursuit  of a  well-conceived
response  plan,  including  testing  procedures,  there is no certainty that any
company will achieve complete success.  Further,  Jackson  National's ability to
function  unaffected  to and through the Year 2000 may be adversely  affected by
actions (or inactions) of third parties beyond its knowledge or control.

Legal Proceedings.  There are no material legal proceedings, other than ordinary
routine  litigation  incidental to the business,  to which Jackson National Life
Insurance  Company,  Jackson National Life  Distributors,  Inc., and the Jackson
National Separate Account -I are parties.

Questions.  If you have questions about your contract,  you may call or write to
us at:

o    Jackson  National Life Annuity  Service Center,  (800)  766-4683,  P.O. Box
     378002, Denver, Colorado 80237-8002
o    Institutional  Marketing  Group Service Center:  (800)  777-7779,  P.O. Box
     30386, Lansing, Michigan 48909-9692.
    
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TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

General Information and History ............................................ 2

Services ................................................................... 2

Purchase of Securities Being Offered ....................................... 2

Underwriters ............................................................... 2

Calculation of Performance ................................................. 3

Additional Tax Information ................................................. 7

Income Payments; Net Investment Factor .....................................16

Financial Statements .......................................................17



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APPENDIX A

Condensed Financial Information

Accumulation Unit Values

   
The following table shows  accumulation  unit values at the beginning and end of
the periods  indicated as well as the number of accumulation  units  outstanding
for each  portfolio as of June 30, 1998,  December 31, 1997,  December 31, 1996,
and  December  31,  1995.  This  information  has been taken  from the  Separate
Account's financial statements.  The Separate Account's financial statements for
the periods ended  December 31, 1997,  December 31, 1996, and December 31, 1995,
have been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP, independent accountants.  This
information  should  be read  together  with the  Separate  Account's  financial
statements and related notes which are in the SAI.
    

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Portfolios                                         June 30,       December 31,      December 31,     December 31,
                                                     1998             1997              1996            1995(a)
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<S>                                                 <C>              <C>               <C>                <C>   
JNL/Alger Growth Portfolio 
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $13.82           $11.11            $9.93              $10.00
    End of period                                   $17.18           $13.82           $11.11               $9.93
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of period                           7,106,790        5,908,446        3,310,810              12,285

JNL/Eagle Core Equity Portfolio
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $13.72           $10.52           $10.00              N/A(b)
    End of period                                   $15.07           $13.72           $10.52              N/A(b)
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of period                           1,346,948          766,516           84,895              N/A(b)

JNL/Eagle SmallCap Equity Portfolio 
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $14.00           $11.12           $10.00              N/A(b)
    End of period                                   $15.09           $14.00           $11.12              N/A(b)
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of period                           1,533,002          857,946           71,014              N/A(b)

</TABLE>

(a)  The Separate Account commenced operation on October 16, 1995.
(b)  The  JNL/Eagle  Core Equity  Portfolio and the  JNL/Eagle  SmallCap  Equity
     Portfolio  commenced  operations on September 16, 1996. 
(c)  Prior to May 1, 1997,  the  JNL/Putnam  Growth  Series was the  JNL/Phoenix
     Investment  Counsel  Growth  Series and the  management  fee was .90%,  the
     JNL/Putnam Value Equity Series was the PPM America/JNL  Value Equity Series
     and the management fee was .75%; and the PPM  America/JNL  Balanced  Series
     was the JNL/Phoenix  Investment  Counsel Balanced Series and the management
     fee was .90%.
(d)  The JNL/S&P  Conservative Growth Portfolio I commenced  operations on April
     9, 1998, the JNL/S&P  Moderate Growth  Portfolio I commenced  operations on
     April  8,  1998,  the  JNL/S&P  Aggressive  Growth  Portfolio  I  commenced
     operations on April 8, 1998, the JNL/S&P Very Aggressive Growth Portfolio I
     commenced  operations on April 1, 1998, the JNL/S&P Equity Growth Portfolio
     I commenced operations on April 13, 1998, and the JNL/S&P Equity Aggressive
     Growth Portfolio I commenced operations on April 15, 1998.
    

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Portfolios                                       June 30,       December 31,      December 31,     December 31,
                                                   1998             1997              1996            1995(a)
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<S>                                                 <C>              <C>              <C>                 <C>   
JNL/Janus Aggressive Growth Portfolio
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $13.26           $11.95           $10.20              $10.00
    End of period                                   $17.13           $13.26           $11.95              $10.20
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of period                           6,224,312        5,371,379        2,355,530               4,008

JNL/Janus Capital Growth Portfolio
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $13.46           $11.87           $10.34              $10.00
    End of period                                   $15.67           $13.46           $11.87              $10.34
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of period                           5,676,157        5,132,743        2,985,668               1,587

JNL/Janus Global Equities Portfolio
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $15.93           $13.57           $10.48              $10.00
    End of period                                   $20.04           $15.93           $13.57              $10.48
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of period                          10,475,885        9,067,277        3,090,234               4,778

JNL/Putnam Growth Portfolio(c) 
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $15.88           $13.22           $10.58              $10.00
    End of period                                   $19.34           $15.88           $13.22              $10.58
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of period                           6,904,668        5,207,294        1,682,604                 571

JNL/Putnam Value Equity Portfolio(c)
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $15.59           $12.98           $10.59              $10.00
    End of period                                   $16.78           $15.59           $12.98              $10.59
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of the period                       9,751,677        6,925,507        1,330,288               3,944

JNL/S&P Conservative Growth Portfolio I 
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $10.00           N/A(d)           N/A(d)              N/A(d)
    End of period                                   $10.02           N/A(d)           N/A(d)              N/A(d)
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of period                             175,470           N/A(d)           N/A(d)              N/A(d)
</TABLE>

(a)  The Separate Account commenced operation on October 16, 1995.
(b)  The  JNL/Eagle  Core Equity  Portfolio and the  JNL/Eagle  SmallCap  Equity
     Portfolio commenced operations on September 16, 1996.
(c)  Prior to May 1, 1997,  the  JNL/Putnam  Growth  Series was the  JNL/Phoenix
     Investment  Counsel  Growth  Series and the  management  fee was .90%,  the
     JNL/Putnam Value Equity Series was the PPM America/JNL  Value Equity Series
     and the management fee was .75%; and the PPM  America/JNL  Balanced  Series
     was the JNL/Phoenix  Investment  Counsel Balanced Series and the management
     fee was .90%.
(d)  The JNL/S&P  Conservative Growth Portfolio I commenced  operations on April
     9, 1998, the JNL/S&P  Moderate Growth  Portfolio I commenced  operations on
     April  8,  1998,  the  JNL/S&P  Aggressive  Growth  Portfolio  I  commenced
     operations on April 8, 1998, the JNL/S&P Very Aggressive Growth Portfolio I
     commenced  operations on April 1, 1998, the JNL/S&P Equity Growth Portfolio
     I commenced operations on April 13, 1998, and the JNL/S&P Equity Aggressive
     Growth Portfolio I commenced operations on April 15, 1998.
    


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Portfolios                                         June 30,       December 31,      December 31,     December 31,
                                                     1998             1997              1996            1995(a)
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<S>                                                 <C>              <C>              <C>                 <C>
JNL/S&P Moderate Growth Portfolio I 
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $10.00           N/A(d)           N/A(d)              N/A(d)
    End of period                                   $10.11           N/A(d)           N/A(d)              N/A(d)
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of period                             169,903           N/A(d)           N/A(d)              N/A(d)

JNL/S&P Aggressive Growth Portfolio I 
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $10.00           N/A(d)           N/A(d)              N/A(d)
    End of period                                   $10.20           N/A(d)           N/A(d)              N/A(d)
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of period                             100,885           N/A(d)           N/A(d)              N/A(d)

JNL/S&P Very Aggressive Growth Portfolio I
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $10.00           N/A(d)           N/A(d)              N/A(d)
    End of period                                   $10.30           N/A(d)           N/A(d)              N/A(d)
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of period                             70,717           N/A(d)           N/A(d)              N/A(d)

JNL/S&P Equity Growth Portfolio I 
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $10.00           N/A(d)           N/A(d)              N/A(d)
    End of period                                    $9.94           N/A(d)           N/A(d)              N/A(d)
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of period                             120,241           N/A(d)           N/A(d)              N/A(d)

JNL/S&P Equity Aggressive Growth Portfolio I
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $10.00           N/A(d)           N/A(d)              N/A(d)
    End of period                                   $10.04           N/A(d)           N/A(d)              N/A(d)
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of period                              62,241           N/A(d)           N/A(d)              N/A(d)

PPM America/JNL Balanced Portfolio (c) 
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $13.19           $11.29           $10.34              $10.00
    End of period                                   $14.13           $13.19           $11.29              $10.34
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of period                           5,812,758        4,486,973        2,120,529              12,871
</TABLE>

(a)  The Separate Account commenced operation on October 16, 1995.
(b)  The  JNL/Eagle  Core Equity  Portfolio and the  JNL/Eagle  SmallCap  Equity
     Portfolio commenced operations on September 16, 1996.
(c)  Prior to May 1, 1997,  the  JNL/Putnam  Growth  Series was the  JNL/Phoenix
     Investment  Counsel  Growth  Series and the  management  fee was .90%,  the
     JNL/Putnam Value Equity Series was the PPM America/JNL  Value Equity Series
     and the management fee was .75%; and the PPM  America/JNL  Balanced  Series
     was the JNL/Phoenix  Investment  Counsel Balanced Series and the management
     fee was .90%.
(d)  The JNL/S&P  Conservative Growth Portfolio I commenced  operations on April
     9, 1998, the JNL/S&P  Moderate Growth  Portfolio I commenced  operations on
     April  8,  1998,  the  JNL/S&P  Aggressive  Growth  Portfolio  I  commenced
     operations on April 8, 1998, the JNL/S&P Very Aggressive Growth Portfolio I
     commenced  operations on April 1, 1998, the JNL/S&P Equity Growth Portfolio
     I commenced operations on April 13, 1998, and the JNL/S&P Equity Aggressive
     Growth Portfolio I commenced operations on April 15, 1998.
    


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Portfolios                                        June 30,       December 31,      December 31,     December 31,
                                                    1998             1997              1996            1995(a)
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<S>                                                 <C>              <C>              <C>                 <C>   
PPM America/JNL High Yield Bond Portfolio
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $12.75           $11.26           $10.11              $10.00
    End of period                                   $13.32           $12.75           $11.26              $10.11
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of period                           7,029,803        4,711,051        1,147,840                 100

PPM America/JNL Money Market Portfolio 
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $10.74           $10.37           $10.03              $10.00
    End of period                                   $10.93           $10.74           $10.37              $10.03
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of period                           4,795,178        3,855,123        2,193,176              14,608

Salomon Brothers/JNL Global Bond Portfolio
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $12.80           $11.74           $10.41              $10.00
    End of period                                   $13.03           $12.80           $11.74              $10.41
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of the period                       3,210,605        2,603,857          911,885               3,128

Salomon Brothers/JNL U.S. Government & 
Quality Bond Portfolio
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $11.12           $10.33           $10.21              $10.00
    End of period                                   $11.46           $11.12           $10.33              $10.21
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of period                           2,983,913        2,090,575          902,055               1,275

T. Rowe Price/JNL Established Growth Portfolio
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $15.99           $12.53           $10.36              $10.00
    End of period                                   $18.61           $15.99           $12.53              $10.36
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of period                           9,373,327        7,218,789        2,500,896              10,564

T. Rowe Price/JNL International Equity 
Investment Portfolio
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $11.94           $11.78           $10.49              $10.00
    End of period                                   $13.44           $11.94           $11.78               10.49
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of period                           4,806,653        4,406,642        2,039,430               3,096
</TABLE>

(a)  The Separate Account commenced operation on October 16, 1995.
(b)  The  JNL/Eagle  Core Equity  Portfolio and the  JNL/Eagle  SmallCap  Equity
     Portfolio commenced operations on September 16, 1996.
(c)  Prior to May 1, 1997,  the  JNL/Putnam  Growth  Series was the  JNL/Phoenix
     Investment  Counsel  Growth  Series and the  management  fee was .90%,  the
     JNL/Putnam Value Equity Series was the PPM America/JNL  Value Equity Series
     and the management fee was .75%; and the PPM  America/JNL  Balanced  Series
     was the JNL/Phoenix  Investment  Counsel Balanced Series and the management
     fee was .90%.
(d)  The JNL/S&P  Conservative Growth Portfolio I commenced  operations on April
     9, 1998, the JNL/S&P  Moderate Growth  Portfolio I commenced  operations on
     April  8,  1998,  the  JNL/S&P  Aggressive  Growth  Portfolio  I  commenced
     operations on April 8, 1998, the JNL/S&P Very Aggressive Growth Portfolio I
     commenced  operations on April 1, 1998, the JNL/S&P Equity Growth Portfolio
     I commenced operations on April 13, 1998, and the JNL/S&P Equity Aggressive
     Growth Portfolio I commenced operations on April 15, 1998.
    



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<CAPTION>
   
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Portfolios                                          June 30,       December 31,      December 31,     December 31,
                                                    1998             1997              1996            1995(a)
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<S>                                                 <C>              <C>              <C>                 <C>   
T. Rowe Price/JNL Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio
  Accumulation unit value:
    Beginning of period                             $14.68           $12.59           $10.37              $10.00
    End of period                                   $17.00           $14.68           $12.59              $10.37
  Accumulation units outstanding
  at the end of period                           9,434,104        8,031,753        3,585,051               5,120
</TABLE>


(a)  The Separate Account commenced operation on October 16, 1995.
(b)  The  JNL/Eagle  Core Equity  Portfolio and the  JNL/Eagle  SmallCap  Equity
     Portfolio commenced operations on September 16, 1996.
(c)  Prior to May 1, 1997,  the  JNL/Putnam  Growth  Series was the  JNL/Phoenix
     Investment  Counsel  Growth  Series and the  management  fee was .90%,  the
     JNL/Putnam Value Equity Series was the PPM America/JNL  Value Equity Series
     and the management fee was .75%; and the PPM  America/JNL  Balanced  Series
     was the JNL/Phoenix  Investment  Counsel Balanced Series and the management
     fee was .90%.
(d)  The JNL/S&P  Conservative Growth Portfolio I commenced  operations on April
     9, 1998, the JNL/S&P  Moderate Growth  Portfolio I commenced  operations on
     April  8,  1998,  the  JNL/S&P  Aggressive  Growth  Portfolio  I  commenced
     operations on April 8, 1998, the JNL/S&P Very Aggressive Growth Portfolio I
     commenced  operations on April 1, 1998, the JNL/S&P Equity Growth Portfolio
     I commenced operations on April 13, 1998, and the JNL/S&P Equity Aggressive
     Growth Portfolio I commenced operations on April 15, 1998.
    
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                       STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION


   
                                 January 4, 1999
    



            INDIVIDUAL DEFERRED FIXED AND VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACTS
               ISSUED BY THE JACKSON NATIONAL SEPARATE ACCOUNT - I
                   OF JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY



   
         This  Statement  of  Additional  Information  is not a  prospectus.  It
contains  information  in  addition to and more  detailed  than set forth in the
Prospectus and should be read in conjunction  with the Prospectus  dated January
4, 1999.  The  Prospectus  may be obtained from Jackson  National Life Insurance
Company by writing P. O.
    
Box 378002, Denver, Colorado 82037-8002, or calling 1-800-766-4683.





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General Information and History.......................................2
Services..............................................................2
Purchase of Securities Being Offered..................................2
Underwriters..........................................................2
Calculation of Performance............................................3
Additional Tax Information........................................... 7
Income Payments; Net Investment Factor ..............................16
Financial Statements ................................................17



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General Information and History


   
         Jackson National Separate Account - I (Separate  Account) is a separate
investment   account  of  Jackson  National  Life  Insurance   Company  (Jackson
National).  Jackson  National  is  a  wholly-owned  subsidiary  of  Brooke  Life
Insurance  Company,  and is ultimately a  wholly-owned  subsidiary of Prudential
Corporation  plc,  London,  England,  a life  insurance  company  in the  United
Kingdom.
    

Services

         Jackson National has responsibility for administration of the contracts
and the Separate  Account.  We maintain records of the name,  address,  taxpayer
identification  number and other  pertinent  information for each contract owner
and the number and type of contracts  issued to each contract owner, and records
with respect to the value of each contract.

         Jackson  National is also the  custodian  of the assets of the Separate
Account.

   
         PricewaterhouseCoopers  LLP, 200 East Randolph Drive, Chicago, Illinois
60601, audits and reports on Jackson National's financial statements,  including
the  financial   statements  of  the  Separate   Account,   and  performs  other
professional accounting, auditing and advisory services when engaged to do so by
Jackson National.
    

         Blazzard, Grodd & Hasenauer, P.C. of Westport, Connecticut has provided
advice on certain matters relating to the federal securities and income tax laws
in connection with the contracts described in the Prospectus.

Purchase of Securities Being Offered

         The contracts will be sold by licensed insurance agents in states where
the   contracts   may  be  lawfully   sold.   The  agents  will  be   registered
representatives  of  broker-dealers  that are  registered  under the  Securities
Exchange  Act of 1934 and  members of the  National  Association  of  Securities
Dealers, Inc. (NASD).

Underwriters

         The contracts are offered  continuously  and are distributed by Jackson
National Life Distributors,  Inc. (JNLD), 10877 Wilshire Boulevard,  Suite 1550,
Los Angeles, California 90024. JNLD is a subsidiary of Jackson National.



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Calculation of Performance

         When  Jackson  National   advertises   performance  for  an  investment
portfolio (except the PPM America/JNL Money Market  Portfolio),  we will include
quotations of standardized average annual total return to facilitate  comparison
with  standardized  average  annual total return  advertised  by other  variable
annuity  separate  accounts.  Standardized  average  annual  total return for an
investment  portfolio  will be  shown  for  periods  beginning  on the  date the
investment  portfolio  first  invested  in the  corresponding  series.  We  will
calculate  standardized  average  annual total return  according to the standard
methods prescribed by rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

         Standardized  average  annual  total  return for a  specific  period is
calculated by taking a hypothetical $1,000 investment in an investment portfolio
at the  offering  on the first day of the  period  ("initial  investment"),  and
computing the ending redeemable value ("redeemable value") of that investment at
the end of the  period.  The  redeemable  value is then  divided by the  initial
investment  and  expressed  as a  percentage,  carried  to at least the  nearest
hundredth of a percent.  Standardized  average annual total return is annualized
and reflects the deduction of the insurance charges and the contract maintenance
charge.  The  redeemable  value  also  reflects  the  effect  of any  applicable
withdrawal  charge that may be imposed at the end of the period. No deduction is
made for premium taxes which may be assessed by certain states.

         The  standardized  average  annual  total  returns for each  investment
portfolio  (except the PPM America/JNL  Money Market  Portfolio) for the periods
indicated are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
   
                                                                                                  Date of Initial
                                                                                                   Investment in
                                                                              One Year Period      Corresponding
                                                                                   Ended             Series to
                                                                               June 30, 1998       June 30, 1998
                                                                               -------------       -------------
<S>                                                                               <C>                  <C>   
JNL/Alger Growth Portfolio                                                        26.36%               21.50%
JNL/Eagle Core Equity Portfolio                                                   14.47%               23.49%
JNL/Eagle SmallCap Equity Portfolio                                                9.71%               23.59%
JNL/Janus Aggressive Growth Portfolio                                             29.07%               21.38%
JNL/Janus Capital Growth Portfolio                                                19.84%               17.68%
JNL/Janus Global Equities Portfolio                                               19.30%               29.06%
JNL/Putnam Growth Portfolio                                                       28.13%               27.48%
JNL/Putnam Value Equity Portfolio                                                  7.32%               20.32%
JNL/S&P Conservative Growth Portfolio I                                             N/A                -6.84%
JNL/S&P Moderate Growth Portfolio I                                                 N/A                -5.94%
JNL/S&P Aggressive Growth Portfolio I                                               N/A                -5.05%
JNL/S&P Very Aggressive Growth Portfolio I                                          N/A                -3.98%
JNL/S&P Equity Growth Portfolio I                                                   N/A                -7.62%
JNL/S&P Equity Aggressive Growth Portfolio I                                        N/A                -6.61%
PPM America/JNL Balanced Portfolio                                                 8.23%               12.50%
PPM America/JNL High Yield Bond Portfolio                                          4.81%               10.11%
Salomon Brothers/JNL Global Bond Portfolio                                        -0.95%                9.01%
Salomon Brothers/JNL U.S. Government & Quality 
         Bond Portfolio                                                            2.07%                3.51%
T. Rowe Price/JNL Established Growth Portfolio                                    20.23%               25.29%
T. Rowe Price/JNL International Equity Investment Portfolio                       -4.09%               10.32%
T. Rowe Price/JNL Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio                                        21.10%               21.03%
    
</TABLE>


         Prior to May 1, 1997, the PPM  America/JNL  Balanced  Portfolio was the
JNL/Phoenix  Investment Counsel Balanced Portfolio and the corresponding  series
was  sub-advised by Phoenix  Investment  Counsel,  Inc.,  the JNL/Putnam  Growth
Portfolio  was the  JNL/Phoenix  Investment  Counsel  Growth  Portfolio  and the
corresponding  series was sub-advised by Phoenix Investment  Counsel,  Inc., and
the  JNL/Phoenix  Value Equity  Portfolio was the PPM  America/JNL  Value Equity
Portfolio and the corresponding series was sub-advised by PPM America, Inc.

   
         Jackson  National may also  advertise  non-standardized  total  return.
Non-standardized total return may be for periods other than those required to be
presented or may otherwise differ from standardized average annual total return.
Because  the  contract is designed  for long term  investment,  non-standardized
total return that does not reflect the  deduction of any  applicable  withdrawal
charge may be  advertised.  Reflecting  the deduction of the  withdrawal  charge
decreases the level of performance advertised. Non-standardized total return may
also assume a larger initial investment which more closely approximates the size
of a typical contract.  

         The  non-standardized  total  returns  that each  investment  portfolio
(except the PPM America/JNL  Money Market  Portfolio)  would have achieved if it
had  been  invested  in the  corresponding  series  for the  periods  indicated,
calculated in a manner similar to  standardized  average annual total return but
assuming a hypothetical  initial investment of $10,000 and without deducting the
contract maintenance charge or the withdrawal charge, are as follows: (NOTE: The
figures below present investment  performance  information for the periods ended
June 30, 1998.  While these numbers  represent the returns as of that date, they
do not represent  performance  information  of the  portfolios  since that date.
Performance  information  for periods  after June 30, 1998 may be  significantly
different (lower) than the numbers shown below.)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                                  Commencement of
                                                                                                   Operations of
                                                                              One Year Period      Corresponding
                                                                                   Ended             Series to
                                                                               June 30, 1998       June 30, 1998
                                                                               -------------       -------------
<S>                                                                               <C>                  <C>   
JNL/Alger Growth Portfolio**                                                      33.39%               21.55%
JNL/Eagle Core Equity Portfolio***                                                21.50%               26.33%
JNL/Eagle SmallCap Equity Portfolio***                                            16.74%               28.10%
JNL/Janus Aggressive Growth Portfolio*                                            36.10%               26.08%
JNL/Janus Capital Growth Portfolio*                                               26.87%               24.87%
JNL/Janus Global Equities Portfolio*                                              26.33%               33.16%
JNL/Putnam Growth Portfolio*                                                      35.16%               30.65%
JNL/Putnam Value Equity Portfolio*                                                14.35%               23.29%
JNL/S&P Conservative Growth Portfolio I****                                         N/A                 0.18%
JNL/S&P Moderate Growth Portfolio I****                                             N/A                 1.08%
JNL/S&P Aggressive Growth Portfolio I****                                           N/A                 1.97%
JNL/S&P Very Aggressive Growth Portfolio I****                                      N/A                 3.04%
JNL/S&P Equity Growth Portfolio I****                                               N/A                -0.60%
JNL/S&P Equity Aggressive Growth Portfolio I****                                    N/A                 0.41%
PPM America/JNL Balanced Portfolio*                                               15.26%               15.36%
PPM America/JNL High Yield Bond Portfolio*                                        11.84%               11.02%
Salomon Brothers/JNL Global Bond Portfolio*                                        6.08%                9.54%
Salomon Brothers/JNL U.S. Government & Quality
         Bond Portfolio*                                                           9.10%                5.68%
T. Rowe Price/JNL Established Growth Portfolio*                                   27.26%               27.92%
T. Rowe Price/JNL International Equity Investment Portfolio*                       2.94%               10.35%
T. Rowe Price/JNL Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio*                                       28.13%               26.73%
</TABLE>

*  Corresponding series commenced operations on May 15, 1995.
**  Corresponding series commenced operations on October 16, 1995.
***  Corresponding series commenced operations on September 16, 1996.
**** The JNL/S&P  Conservative Growth Series I commenced  operations on April 9,
1998;  the JNL/S&P  Moderate  Growth  Series I commenced  operations on April 8,
1998; the JNL/S&P  Aggressive  Growth Series I commenced  operations on April 8,
1998; the JNL/S&P Very Aggressive Growth Series I commenced  operations on April
1, 1998;  the JNL/S&P  Equity Growth Series I commenced  operations on April 13,
1998; and the JNL/S&P Equity Aggressive Growth Series I commenced  operations on
April 15, 1998. Performance figures are not annualized.

         Prior to May 1, 1997, the PPM  America/JNL  Balanced  Portfolio was the
JNL/Phoenix  Investment Counsel Balanced Portfolio and the corresponding  series
was  sub-advised by Phoenix  Investment  Counsel,  Inc.,  the JNL/Putnam  Growth
Portfolio  was the  JNL/Phoenix  Investment  Counsel  Growth  Portfolio  and the
corresponding  series was sub-advised by Phoenix Investment  Counsel,  Inc., and
the  JNL/Putnam  Value Equity  Portfolio  was the PPM  America/JNL  Value Equity
Portfolio and the corresponding series was sub-advised by PPM America, Inc.

         Standardized  average annual total return quotations will be current to
the  last  day  of  the  calendar  quarter   preceding  the  date  on  which  an
advertisement is submitted for  publication.  Both  standardized  average annual
total return  quotations and  non-standardized  total return  quotations will be
based on rolling calendar quarters and will cover at least periods of one, five,
and ten years, or a period  covering the time the investment  portfolio has been
in existence, if it has not been in existence for one of the prescribed periods.
If the corresponding series has been in existence for longer than the investment
portfolio, the non-standardized total return quotations will show the investment
performance  the  investment  portfolio  would  have  achieved  (reduced  by the
applicable  charges)  had it been  held in the  series  for the  period  quoted.
Standardized average annual total return is not available for periods before the
investment portfolio was in existence.
    

         Quotations   of   standardized   average   annual   total   return  and
non-standardized  total  return  are based  upon  historical  earnings  and will
fluctuate.  Any quotation of performance should not be considered a guarantee of
future  performance.  Factors  affecting  the  performance  of a series  include
general market  conditions,  operating  expenses and investment  management.  An
owner's  withdrawal  value upon surrender of a contract may be more or less than
original cost.

         Jackson  National  may  advertise  the current  annualized  yield for a
30-day period for an investment portfolio. The annualized yield of an investment
portfolio  refers to the income  generated by the  investment  portfolio  over a
specified 30-day period.  Because this yield is annualized,  the yield generated
by an investment  portfolio  during the 30-day period is assumed to be generated
each 30-day period.  The yield is computed by dividing the net investment income
per accumulation unit earned during the period by the price per unit on the last
day of the period, according to the following formula:

                   a-b   6
YIELD   =       2[(---+1)  -1]
                   cd

Where:

      a          =                  net  investment  income  earned during the
                                    period by the series  attributable to shares
                                    owned by the investment portfolio.
      b          =                  expenses  for  the  investment  portfolio
                                    accrued    for    the    period    (net   of
                                    reimbursements).
      c          =                  the average  daily number of  accumulation
                                    units outstanding during the period.
      d          =                  the   maximum    offering    price   per
                                    accumulation  unit  on the  last  day of the
                                    period.

         Net  investment  income will be  determined  in  accordance  with rules
established  by the Securities and Exchange  Commission.  Accrued  expenses will
include all recurring fees that are charged to all contracts.

   
         The yield for the 30-day  period  ended  June 30,  1998 for each of the
referenced investment portfolios is as follows:

PPM America/JNL  Balanced Portfolio                                 1.35%
PPM America/JNL High Yield Bond Portfolio                           6.99%
Salomon Brothers/JNL Global Bond Portfolio                          5.97%
Salomon Brothers/JNL U.S. Government & Quality Bond Portfolio       4.42%
    

         Prior to May 1, 1997, the PPM  America/JNL  Balanced  Portfolio was the
JNL/Phoenix  Investment Counsel Balanced Portfolio and the corresponding  series
was sub-advised by Phoenix Investment Counsel, Inc.

         Because of the charges and deductions  imposed by the Separate Account,
the  yield  for an  investment  portfolio  will be lower  than the yield for the
corresponding  series.  The yield on amounts held in the  investment  portfolios
normally will fluctuate over time. Therefore,  the disclosed yield for any given
period is not an  indication  or  representation  of  future  yields or rates of
return. An investment portfolio's actual yield will be affected by the types and
quality of  portfolio  securities  held by the  series and the series  operating
expenses.

   
         Any  current  yield  quotations  of the PPM  America/JNL  Money  Market
Portfolio,  subject to Rule 482 of the Securities Act of 1933, will consist of a
seven calendar day historical  yield,  carried at least to the nearest hundredth
of a percent.  We may advertise  yield for the Portfolio based on different time
periods,  but we will accompany it with a yield  quotation  based on a seven day
calendar  period.  The PPM America/JNL  Money Market  Portfolio's  yield will be
calculated by determining the net change,  exclusive of capital changes,  in the
value  of  a  hypothetical   pre-existing   account  having  a  balance  of  one
accumulation   unit  at  the  beginning  of  the  base  period,   subtracting  a
hypothetical charge reflecting  deductions from contracts,  and dividing the net
change in  account  value by the value of the  account at the  beginning  of the
period to obtain a base period return and  multiplying the base period return by
(365/7).  The PPM  America/JNL  Money  Market  Portfolio's  effective  yield  is
computed  similarly  but  includes  the  effect  of  assumed  compounding  on an
annualized  basis of the current  yield  quotations  of the  Portfolio.  The PPM
America/JNL Money Market Portfolio's yield and effective yield for the seven day
period ended June 30, 1998 were 3.47% and 3.53%, respectively.
    

         The PPM America/JNL Money Market  Portfolio's yield and effective yield
will fluctuate  daily.  Actual yields will depend on factors such as the type of
instruments in the series'  portfolio,  portfolio  quality and average maturity,
changes in interest  rates,  and the series'  expenses.  Although the investment
portfolio  determines its yield on the basis of a seven calendar day period,  it
may use a different  time period on  occasion.  The yield quotes may reflect the
expense  limitations  described  in  the  series'  Prospectus  or  Statement  of
Additional  Information.  There is no  assurance  that the yields  quoted on any
given  occasion  will be  maintained  for any  period  of time  and  there is no
guarantee  that the net asset  values will remain  constant.  It should be noted
that neither a contract owner's  investment in the PPM America/JNL  Money Market
Portfolio nor that  Portfolio's  investment in the PPM America/JNL  Money Market
Series, is guaranteed or insured.  Yields of other money market funds may not be
comparable if a different base or another method of calculation is used.

Additional Tax Information

         NOTE:  INFORMATION  CONTAINED  HEREIN SHOULD NOT BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE
ADVICE OF A PERSONAL TAX ADVISER.  JACKSON  NATIONAL DOES NOT MAKE ANY GUARANTEE
REGARDING  THE TAX  STATUS OF ANY  CONTRACT  OR ANY  TRANSACTION  INVOLVING  THE
CONTRACTS.  PURCHASERS  BEAR THE  COMPLETE  RISK THAT THE  CONTRACTS  MAY NOT BE
TREATED AS  "ANNUITY  CONTRACTS"  UNDER  FEDERAL  INCOME TAX LAWS.  IT SHOULD BE
FURTHER  UNDERSTOOD  THAT THE FOLLOWING  DISCUSSION IS NOT  EXHAUSTIVE  AND THAT
SPECIAL  RULES NOT  DESCRIBED IN THIS  PROSPECTUS  MAY BE  APPLICABLE IN CERTAIN
SITUATIONS.  MOREOVER, NO ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO CONSIDER ANY APPLICABLE STATE
OR OTHER TAX LAWS.

General

         Section  72 of the  Internal  Revenue  Code of 1986,  as  amended  (the
"Code"),  governs  taxation of annuities in general.  An individual owner is not
taxed on increases in the value of a contract until distribution occurs,  either
in the form of a  withdrawal  or as annuity  payments  under the annuity  option
elected.  For a withdrawal  received as a total surrender (total redemption or a
death  benefit),  the  recipient  is taxed on the  portion of the  payment  that
exceeds  the cost basis of the  contract.  For a payment  received  as a partial
withdrawal,  federal tax liability is determined on a last-in,  first-out basis,
meaning  taxable  income is  withdrawn  before the cost basis of the contract is
withdrawn. For contracts issued in connection with non-qualified plans, the cost
basis is generally the premiums,  while for contracts  issued in connection with
qualified plans there may be no cost basis.  The taxable portion of a withdrawal
is taxed at ordinary income tax rates. Tax penalties may also apply.

         For  annuity  payments,  a  portion  of each  payment  in  excess of an
exclusion  amount is includable  in taxable  income.  The  exclusion  amount for
payments  based on a fixed  annuity  option is  determined  by  multiplying  the
payment  by the ratio  that the cost  basis of the  contract  (adjusted  for any
period  certain  or  refund  feature)  bears to the  expected  return  under the
contract.  The exclusion  amount for payments based on a variable annuity option
is  determined  by dividing  the cost basis of the  contract  (adjusted  for any
period  certain  or refund  guarantee)  by the  number of years  over  which the
annuity is expected to be paid.  Payments  received  after the investment in the
contract  has been  recovered  (i.e.  when the total of the  excludable  amounts
equals the investment in the contract) are fully taxable. The taxable portion is
taxed at ordinary  income tax rates.  For certain types of qualified plans there
may be no cost basis in the  contract  within  the  meaning of Section 72 of the
Code.  Owners,  annuitants  and  beneficiaries  under the contracts  should seek
competent financial advice about the tax consequences of distributions.

         Jackson  National is taxed as a life insurance  company under the Code.
For federal income tax purposes,  the Separate  Account is not a separate entity
from Jackson National and its operations form a part of Jackson National.

Withholding Tax on Distributions

         The Code generally requires Jackson National (or, in some cases, a plan
administrator)  to withhold tax on the taxable  portion of any  distribution  or
withdrawal from a contract. For "eligible rollover distributions" from contracts
issued under certain types of qualified plans,  20% of the distribution  must be
withheld,  unless the payee  elects to have the  distribution  "rolled  over" to
another  eligible plan in a direct  transfer.  This requirement is mandatory and
cannot be waived by the owner.

         An "eligible rollover distribution" is the estimated taxable portion of
any amount  received by a covered  employee from a plan qualified  under Section
401(a) or 403(a) of the Code, or from a tax sheltered  annuity  qualified  under
Section  403(b)  of the Code  (other  than (1) a series of  substantially  equal
annuity  payments for the life (or life  expectancy)  of the employee,  or joint
lives (or joint life  expectancies)  of the employee,  and his or her designated
beneficiary,  or for a  specified  period of ten years or more;  and (2) minimum
distributions  required to be made under the Code).  Failure to  "rollover"  the
entire amount of an eligible rollover distribution (including an amount equal to
the 20% portion of the  distribution  that was withheld)  could have adverse tax
consequences,   including   the   imposition  of  a  penalty  tax  on  premature
withdrawals, described later in this section.

         Withdrawals  or  distributions  from a  contract  other  than  eligible
rollover  distributions are also subject to withholding on the estimated taxable
portion of the distribution,  but the owner may elect in such cases to waive the
withholding requirement.  If not waived, withholding is imposed (1) for periodic
payments,  at the rate that would be imposed if the payments were wages,  or (2)
for  other  distributions,  at the  rate of  10%.  If no  withholding  exemption
certificate is in effect for the payee,  the rate under (1) above is computed by
treating the payee as a married individual claiming 3 withholding exemptions.

         Generally,  the amount of any  payment of  interest  to a  non-resident
alien of the United  States  shall be subject to  withholding  of a tax equal to
thirty (30%)  percent of such amount or, if  applicable,  a lower treaty rate. A
payment  may not be  subject to  withholding  where the  recipient  sufficiently
establishes  that such  payment  is  effectively  connected  to the  recipient's
conduct of a trade or business in the United States and such payment is included
in recipient's gross income.

Diversification -- Separate Account Investments

         Section 817(h) of the Code imposes certain diversification standards on
the underlying  assets of variable annuity  contracts.  The Code provides that a
variable  annuity  contract  will not be treated as an annuity  contract for any
period (and any subsequent  period) for which the investments are not adequately
diversified,  in  accordance  with  regulations  prescribed by the United States
Treasury Department ("Treasury Department"). Disqualification of the contract as
an annuity  contract  would result in  imposition  of federal  income tax to the
owner with respect to earnings allocable to the contract prior to the receipt of
payments  under the contract.  The Code contains a safe harbor  provision  which
provides that annuity  contracts such as the contracts meet the  diversification
requirements if, as of the close of each calendar quarter, the underlying assets
meet the diversification  standards for a regulated  investment company,  and no
more than 55% of the total assets consist of cash, cash items,  U.S.  government
securities and securities of other regulated investment companies.

         The   Treasury   Department   has   issued   Regulations   establishing
diversification  requirements for the investment  portfolios underlying variable
contracts. The Regulations amplify the diversification requirements for variable
contracts  set forth in the Code and provide an  alternative  to the safe harbor
provision described above. Under the Regulations,  an investment  portfolio will
be  deemed  adequately  diversified  if (1) no more than 55% of the value of the
total assets of the portfolio is represented by any one investment;  (2) no more
than 70% of the value of the total assets of the portfolio is represented by any
two  investments;  (3) no more than 80% of the value of the total  assets of the
portfolio is represented by any three  investments;  and (4) no more than 90% of
the  value of the total  assets  of the  portfolio  is  represented  by any four
investments.

         Jackson  National intends that each series of the JNL Series Trust will
be managed by its  respective  investment  adviser in such a manner as to comply
with these diversification requirements.

         The  Treasury   Department  has  indicated  that  the   diversification
Regulations  do not  provide  guidance  regarding  the  circumstances  in  which
contract owner control of the investments of the Separate Account will cause the
contract owner to be treated as the owner of the assets of the Separate Account,
thereby  resulting in the loss of favorable tax  treatment of the  contract.  At
this time it cannot be determined whether  additional  guidance will be provided
and what standards may be contained in such guidance.

         The amount of owner control  which may be exercised  under the contract
is different in some respects from the situations addressed in published rulings
issued by the  Internal  Revenue  Service  in which it was held that the  policy
owner was not the owner of the  assets of the  separate  account.  It is unknown
whether  these  differences,  such as the  owner's  ability  to  transfer  among
investment choices or the number and type of investment choices available, would
cause the owner to be  considered  as the  owner of the  assets of the  Separate
Account  resulting  in the  imposition  of federal  income tax to the owner with
respect to earnings allocable to the contract prior to receipt of payments under
the contract.

         In the event any  forthcoming  guidance or ruling is  considered to set
forth a new  position,  such  guidance or ruling will  generally be applied only
prospectively.  However,  if such ruling or guidance was not  considered  to set
forth a new  position,  it may be applied  retroactively  resulting in the owner
being  retroactively  determined  to be the owner of the assets of the  Separate
Account.

         Due to the  uncertainty  in this area,  Jackson  National  reserves the
right to modify the contract in an attempt to maintain favorable tax treatment.

Multiple Contracts

         The Code  provides  that multiple  annuity  contracts  which are issued
within  a  calendar  year to the  same  contract  owner  by one  company  or its
affiliates are treated as one annuity  contract for purposes of determining  the
tax consequences of any  distribution.  Such treatment may result in adverse tax
consequences  including more rapid taxation of the distributed amounts from such
multiple contracts. Owners should consult a tax adviser prior to purchasing more
than one annuity contract in any calendar year.

Contracts Owned by Other than Natural Persons

         Under Section 72(u) of the Code,  the  investment  earnings on premiums
for contracts will be taxed currently to the owner if the owner is a non-natural
person, e.g., a corporation or certain other entities.  Such contracts generally
will not be treated as annuities for federal income tax purposes.  However, this
treatment  is not  applied to  contracts  held by a trust or other  entity as an
agent for a natural  person nor to contracts  held by certain  qualified  plans.
Purchasers  should  consult  their own tax counsel or other tax  adviser  before
purchasing a contract to be owned by a non-natural person.

Tax Treatment of Assignments

         An  assignment or pledge of a contract may have tax  consequences,  and
may also be prohibited by ERISA in some circumstances. Owners should, therefore,
consult  competent  legal  advisers  should they wish to assign or pledge  their
contracts.

Qualified Plans

         The contracts offered by the Prospectus are designed to be suitable for
use under various types of qualified plans. Taxation of owners in each qualified
plan  varies  with the type of plan and terms and  conditions  of each  specific
plan.  Owners,  annuitants and beneficiaries are cautioned that benefits under a
qualified  plan  may be  subject  to  the  terms  and  conditions  of the  plan,
regardless of the terms and conditions of the contracts issued to fund the plan.

Tax Treatment of Withdrawals

Non-Qualified Plans
- -------------------

         Section 72 of the Code governs treatment of distributions  from annuity
contracts. It provides that if the contract value exceeds the aggregate Premiums
made, any amount withdrawn not in the form of an annuity payment will be treated
as coming  first from the earnings  and then,  only after the income  portion is
exhausted,  as coming from the principal.  Withdrawn  earnings are included in a
taxpayer's  gross  income.  Section 72 further  provides that a 10% penalty will
apply to the income portion of any  distribution.  The penalty is not imposed on
amounts  received:  (1) after the taxpayer reaches 59 1/2; (2) upon the death of
the  owner;  (3) if the  taxpayer  is  totally  disabled  as  defined in Section
72(m)(7) of the Code; (4) in a series of substantially  equal periodic  payments
made at least annually for the life (or life  expectancy) of the taxpayer or for
the  joint  lives  (or  joint  life   expectancies)  of  the  taxpayer  and  his
beneficiary;  (5) under an  immediate  annuity;  or (6) which are  allocable  to
premium payments made prior to August 14, 1982.

Qualified Plans
- ---------------

   
         In the case of a  withdrawal  under a  qualified  contract,  a  ratable
portion of the amount  received is taxable,  generally based on the ratio of the
individual's  cost basis to the  individual's  total  accrued  benefit under the
retirement  plan.  Special tax rules may be available for certain  distributions
from a qualified  contract.  Section 72(t) of the Code imposes a 10% penalty tax
on the taxable  portion of any  distribution  from qualified  retirement  plans,
including  contracts  issued and qualified  under Code Sections 401 (H.R. 10 and
Corporate Pension and Profit Sharing plans),  403(b)  (tax-sheltered  annuities)
and 408 and 408A (IRAs).  To the extent amounts are not included in gross income
because  they have been rolled over to an IRA or to another  eligible  qualified
plan, no tax penalty will be imposed.
    

         The tax penalty will not apply to the following  distributions:  (1) if
distribution  is made on or after the date on which the owner or  annuitant  (as
applicable)  reaches  age 59 1/2;  (2)  distributions  following  the  death  or
disability  of  the  owner  or  annuitant  (as  applicable)  (for  this  purpose
"disability" is defined in Section  72(m)(7) of the Code);  (3) after separation
from  service,  distributions  that are  part of  substantially  equal  periodic
payments  made  not  less  frequently  than  annually  for  the  life  (or  life
expectancy)  of the owner or annuitant  (as  applicable)  or the joint lives (or
joint life  expectancies)  of such owner or annuitant (as applicable) and his or
her  designated  beneficiary;  (4)  distributions  to an owner or annuitant  (as
applicable)  who has  separated  from service  after he has attained age 55; (5)
distributions  made to the owner or annuitant (as applicable) to the extent such
distributions  do not exceed  the amount  allowable  as a  deduction  under Code
Section 213 to the owner or annuitant  (as  applicable)  for amounts paid during
the taxable year for medical care; (6) distributions  made to an alternate payee
pursuant to a qualified  domestic relations order; (7) distributions from an IRA
for the purchase of medical  insurance (as described in Section  213(d)(1)(D) of
the Code) for the contract  owner or annuitant  (as  applicable)  and his or her
spouse and  dependents if the contract  owner or annuitant (as  applicable)  has
received unemployment compensation for at least 12 weeks (this exception will no
longer apply after the  contract  owner or annuitant  (as  applicable)  has been
re-employed  for at  least  60  days);  (8)  distributions  from  an  Individual
Retirement  Annuity made to the owner or annuitant (as applicable) to the extent
such  distributions do not exceed the qualified  higher  education  expenses (as
defined  in  Section  72(t)(7)  of the  Code)  of the  owner  or  annuitant  (as
applicable)  for the taxable  year;  and (9)  distributions  from an  Individual
Retirement  Annuity made to the owner or  annuitant  (as  applicable)  which are
qualified first time home buyer distributions (as defined in Section 72(t)(8) of
the Code).  The exception  stated in items (4) and (6) above do not apply in the
case of an IRA. The exception  stated in (3) above applies to an IRA without the
requirement that there be a separation from service.

         Withdrawals of amounts attributable to contributions made pursuant to a
salary reduction  agreement (in accordance with Section  403(b)(11) of the Code)
are limited to the following:  when the owner attains age 59 1/2, separates from
services,  dies, becomes disabled (within the meaning of Section 72(m)(7) of the
Code),  or in the case of  hardship.  Hardship  withdrawals  do not  include any
earnings on salary  reduction  contributions.  These  limitations on withdrawals
apply to: (1) salary reduction  contributions  made after December 31, 1988; (2)
income  attributable  to such  contributions;  and (3)  income  attributable  to
amounts held as of December 31, 1988.  The  limitations  on  withdrawals  do not
affect rollovers or exchanges between certain qualified plans. Tax penalties may
also apply.  While the  foregoing  limitations  only apply to certain  contracts
issued in connection with Section 403(b) qualified plans, all owners should seek
competent tax advice regarding any withdrawals or distributions.

         The taxable  portion of a withdrawal  or  distribution  from  contracts
issued under certain types of plans may,  under some  circumstances,  be "rolled
over" into  another  eligible  plan so as to continue to defer income tax on the
taxable portion.  Effective  January 1, 1993, such treatment is available for an
"eligible  rollover  distribution"  made by certain types of plans (as described
above under "Taxes --  Withholding  Tax on  Distributions")  that is transferred
within 60 days of receipt into another eligible plan or an IRA, or an individual
retirement  account  described in section 408(a) of the Code.  Plans making such
eligible  rollover  distributions  are  also  required,   with  some  exceptions
specified in the Code, to provide for a direct  transfer of the  distribution to
the transferee plan designated by the recipient.

         Amounts  received  from IRAs may also be rolled  over into other  IRAs,
individual  retirement  accounts or certain other plans,  subject to limitations
set forth in the Code.

         Generally,  distributions  from a qualified plan must commence no later
than  April 1 of the  calendar  year  following  the year in which the  employee
attains  the  later of age 70 1/2 or the date of  retirement.  In the case of an
IRA,  distribution  must  commence  no later than April 1 of the  calendar  year
following the year in which the owner attains age 70 1/2. Required distributions
must be  over a  period  not  exceeding  the  life  or  life  expectancy  of the
individual or the joint lives or life  expectancies of the individual and his or
her designated beneficiary.  If the required minimum distributions are not made,
a 50% penalty tax is imposed as to the amount not distributed.

Types of Qualified Plans

         The following are general  descriptions of the types of qualified plans
with which the contracts may be used. Such  descriptions  are not exhaustive and
are for general  information  purposes only. The tax rules  regarding  qualified
plans  are very  complex  and will  have  differing  applications  depending  on
individual facts and  circumstances.  Each purchaser should obtain competent tax
advice prior to purchasing a contract issued under a qualified plan.

         Contracts issued pursuant to qualified plans include special provisions
restricting contract provisions that may otherwise be available and described in
this Prospectus. Generally, contracts issued pursuant to qualified plans are not
transferable except upon surrender or annuitization.  Various penalty and excise
taxes  may  apply  to  contributions  or  distributions  made  in  violation  of
applicable   limitations.   Furthermore,   certain   withdrawal   penalties  and
restrictions may apply to surrenders from qualified plan contracts.

     (a)  H.R. 10 Plans

          Section 401 of the Code permits self-employed individuals to establish
     qualified plans for themselves and their employees, commonly referred to as
     "H.R. 10" or "Keogh" Plans.  Contributions made to the plan for the benefit
     of the employees  will not be included in the gross income of the employees
     until  distributed  from the plan. The tax  consequences to owners may vary
     depending  upon the  particular  plan  design.  However,  the  Code  places
     limitations  and  restrictions  on all plans on such  items as:  amounts of
     allowable   contributions;   form,  manner  and  timing  of  distributions;
     transferability of benefits;  vesting and  non-forfeitability of interests;
     nondiscrimination  in eligibility and participation;  and the tax treatment
     of distributions,  withdrawals and surrenders.  Purchasers of contracts for
     use with an H.R. 10 Plan should  obtain  competent tax advice as to the tax
     treatment and suitability of such an investment.

     (b)  Tax-Sheltered Annuities

          Section  403(b) of the Code  permits the  purchase  of  "tax-sheltered
     annuities"  by public  schools  and  certain  charitable,  educational  and
     scientific organizations described in Section 501(c) (3) of the Code. These
     qualifying  employers  may  make  contributions  to the  contracts  for the
     benefit of their  employees.  Such  contributions  are not  included in the
     gross income of the employee until the employee receives distributions from
     the contract.  The amount of contributions to the tax-sheltered  annuity is
     limited to certain maximums imposed by the Code. Furthermore, the Code sets
     forth  additional  restrictions  governing  such items as  transferability,
     distributions,  non-discrimination and withdrawals.  Employee loans are not
     allowed under these  contracts.  Any employee  should obtain  competent tax
     advice as to the tax treatment and suitability of such an investment.

     (c)  Individual Retirement Annuities

          Section 408(b) of the Code permits eligible  individuals to contribute
     to an  individual  retirement  program known as an  "Individual  Retirement
     Annuity"  ("IRA").  Under  applicable  limitations,  certain amounts may be
     contributed to an IRA which will be deductible from the individual's  gross
     income.   These  IRAs  are   subject   to   limitations   on   eligibility,
     contributions,  transferability  and distributions.  Sales of contracts for
     use with IRAs are  subject  to  special  requirements  imposed by the Code,
     including the requirement that certain informational disclosure be given to
     persons  desiring  to  establish  an IRA.  Purchasers  of  contracts  to be
     qualified  as  IRAs  should  obtain  competent  tax  advice  as to the  tax
     treatment and suitability of such an investment.

     (d)  Corporate Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans

          Sections 401(a) and 401(k) of the Code permit  corporate  employers to
     establish various types of retirement plans for employees. These retirement
     plans may permit the purchase of the  contracts to provide  benefits  under
     the plan.  Contributions  to the plan for the benefit of employees will not
     be included in the gross income of the employee until  distributed from the
     plan. The tax consequences to owners may vary depending upon the particular
     plan  design.  However,  the Code places  limitations  on all plans on such
     items as amount of  allowable  contributions;  form,  manner  and timing of
     distributions;     vesting    and    non-forfeitability    of    interests;
     nondiscrimination  in eligibility and participation;  and the tax treatment
     of distributions,  transferability of benefits, withdrawals and surrenders.
     Purchasers of contracts for use with  corporate  pension or profit  sharing
     plans  should  obtain  competent  tax  advice as to the tax  treatment  and
     suitability of such an investment.

     (e)  Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plans -- Section 457

          Under  Section  457  of  the  Code,  governmental  and  certain  other
     tax-exempt  employers may  establish,  for the benefit of their  employees,
     deferred  compensation  plans  which may invest in annuity  contracts.  The
     Code,  as in the  case of  qualified  plans,  establishes  limitations  and
     restrictions on eligibility,  contributions and distributions.  Under these
     plans,  contributions  made for the  benefit of the  employees  will not be
     included in the employees' gross income until distributed from the plan.

     (f)  Roth IRAs

   
          Beginning   in  1998,   individuals   may   purchase  a  new  type  of
     non-deductible  IRA, known as a Roth IRA.  Purchase payments for a Roth IRA
     are  limited  to a maximum of $2,000 per year.  Lower  maximum  limitations
     apply to  individuals  with  adjusted  gross  incomes  between  $95,000 and
     $110,000 in the case of single taxpayers,  between $150,000 and $160,000 in
     the case of married  taxpayers  filing  joint  returns,  and between $0 and
     $10,000  in the case of married  taxpayers  filing  separately.  An overall
     $2,000  annual  limitation  continues to apply to all of a  taxpayer's  IRA
     contributions, including Roth IRAs and non-Roth IRAs.

          Qualified  distributions  from Roth IRAs are free from federal  income
     tax. A qualified  distribution  requires that the  individual  has held the
     Roth IRA for at least five years and, in addition, that the distribution is
     made either after the  individual  reaches age 59 1/2, on the  individual's
     death or disability, or as a qualified first-time home purchase, subject to
     a  $10,000  lifetime  maximum,  for  the  individual,   a  spouse,   child,
     grandchild,  or  ancestor.  Any  distribution  which  is  not  a  qualified
     distribution  is  taxable to the extent of  earnings  in the  distribution.
     Distributions are treated as made from contributions first and therefore no
     distributions  are  taxable  until  distributions   exceed  the  amount  of
     contributions  to the Roth IRA.  The 10%  penalty  tax and the  regular IRA
     exceptions  to the 10%  penalty tax apply to taxable  distributions  from a
     Roth IRA.
    

          Amounts  may be  rolled  over from one Roth IRA to  another  Roth IRA.
     Furthermore, an individual may make a rollover contribution from a non-Roth
     IRA to a Roth IRA,  unless the  individual  has adjusted  gross income over
     $100,000 or the individual is a married  taxpayer filing a separate return.
     The  individual  must pay tax on any  portion of the IRA being  rolled over
     that  represents  income  or  a  previously  deductible  IRA  contribution.
     However,  for rollovers in 1998,  the  individual  may pay that tax ratably
     over the four taxable year periods  beginning with the tax year 1998. There
     are no similar  limitations  on  rollovers  from a Roth IRA to another Roth
     IRA.

Income Payments; Net Investment Factor

         See "Income Payments (The Income Phase)" in the Prospectus.

         The net  investment  factor  is an index  applied  to  measure  the net
investment performance of an investment portfolio from one valuation date to the
next.  Since the net  investment  factor may be greater or less than or equal to
one, and the factor that offsets the 3% investment rate assumed is slightly less
than one, the value of an annuity  unit (which  changes with the product of that
factor) and the net investment may increase, decrease or remain the same.

         The  net  investment  factor  for  any  investment  portfolio  for  any
valuation  period is determined by dividing (a) by (b) and then  subtracting (c)
from the result where:

     (a)  is the net result of:

          (1)  the net  asset  value of a series  share  held in the  investment
               portfolio  determined as of the valuation  date at the end of the
               valuation period, plus

          (2)  the per  share  amount  of any  dividend  or  other  distribution
               declared by the series if the  "ex-dividend"  date occurs  during
               the valuation period, plus or minus

          (3)  a per share  credit or charge  with  respect to any taxes paid or
               reserved  for by Jackson  National  during the  valuation  period
               which are determined by Jackson  National to be  attributable  to
               the  operation of the  investment  portfolio  (no federal  income
               taxes are applicable under present law);

     (b)  is the net asset  value of the  series  share  held in the  investment
          portfolio  determined  as of the  valuation  date  at  the  end of the
          preceding valuation period; and

     (c)  is the asset  charge  factor  determined  by Jackson  National for the
          valuation period to reflect the charges for assuming the mortality and
          expense risks and the administration charge.
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                              Financial Statements



                              For the Period Ended
                                 June 30, 1998
<PAGE>

                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

                Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)
                                 June 30, 1998

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                       Portfolios
                                      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              JNL          JNL           JNL                     JNL/Eagle       JNL/Eagle
                                       Aggressive      Capital        Global       JNL/Alger          Core        SmallCap
                                           Growth       Growth      Equities          Growth        Equity          Equity
                                       ----------      -------      --------       ---------     ---------       ---------
<S>                                 <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>

Assets:

Investments in JNL Series Trust,
at market value
  (See Schedule of Investments) .   $106,598,139   $ 88,931,416   $209,944,389   $122,091,828   $ 20,292,370   $ 23,127,191
Due from Jackson National Life
Insurance Company ...............         32,503         20,585        318,309        364,625         76,772        198,745
Receivable for investments sold .         46,909          3,589         62,019         16,503          1,057          1,106
                                    ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------
Total Assets ....................    106,677,551     88,955,590    210,324,717    122,472,956     20,370,199     23,327,042


Liabilities:

Payable for investments purchased         32,503         20,585        318,309        364,625         76,772        198,745
Due to Jackson National Life
Insurance Company ...............         46,909          3,589         62,019         16,503          1,057          1,106
                                    ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------
Total Liabilities ...............         79,412         24,174        380,328        381,128         77,829        199,851
                                    ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------


 Net Assets .....................   $106,598,139   $ 88,931,416   $209,944,389   $122,091,828   $ 20,292,370   $ 23,127,191
                                    ============   ============   ============   ============   ============   ============

Total Net Assets Represented by:
Number of units outstanding .....      6,224,312      5,676,157     10,475,885      7,106,790      1,346,948      1,533,002
                                    ============   ============   ============   ============   ============   ============
Unit value (net assets divided by
 units outstanding) .............   $      17.13   $      15.67   $      20.04   $      17.18   $      15.07   $      15.09
                                    ============   ============   ============   ============   ============   ============
</TABLE>

                See accompanying notes to financial statements.
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

           Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)(continued)
                                 June 30, 1998


                                                                          Portfolios
                                      -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                          PPM           PPM
                                                     JNL/Putnam            PPM    America/JNL    America/JNL        Salomon
                                      JNL/Putnam          Value    America/JNL     High Yield          Money   Brothers/JNL
                                          Growth         Equity       Balanced           Bond         Market    Global Bond
                                      ----------     ----------    -----------    -----------    -----------   ------------

<S>                                 <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>
Assets:

Investments in JNL Series Trust,
at market value
  (See Schedule of Investments) .   $133,566,180   $163,637,785   $ 82,128,956   $ 93,617,236   $ 52,421,137   $ 41,848,164
Due from Jackson National Life
Insurance Company ...............        260,042        191,971        113,314         53,214           --           18,569
Receivable for investments sold .         14,504         53,995         21,853          6,917        565,630          5,994
                                    ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------
Total Assets ....................    133,840,726    163,883,751     82,264,123     93,677,367     52,986,767     41,872,727


Liabilities:

Payable for investments purchased        260,042        191,971        113,314         53,214           --           18,569
Due to Jackson National Life
Insurance Company ...............         14,504         53,995         21,853          6,917        565,630          5,994
                                    ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------
Total Liabilities ...............        274,546        245,966        135,167         60,131        565,630         24,563
                                    ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------


 Net Assets .....................   $133,566,180   $163,637,785   $ 82,128,956   $ 93,617,236   $ 52,421,137   $ 41,848,164
                                    ============   ============   ============   ============   ============   ============

Total Net Assets Represented by:
Number of units outstanding .....      6,904,668      9,751,677      5,812,758      7,029,803      4,795,178      3,210,605
                                    ============   ============   ============   ============   ============   ============
Unit value (net assets divided by
 units outstanding) .............   $      19.34   $      16.78   $      14.13   $      13.32   $      10.93   $      13.03
                                    ============   ============   ============   ============   ============   ============
</TABLE>
                See accompanying notes to financial statements.
<PAGE>
                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

           Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)(continued)
                                 June 30, 1998
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       Portfolios
                                -------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                       T. Rowe
                                        Salomon         T. Rowe      Price/JNL        T. Rowe
                                   Brothers/JNL       Price/JNL  International      Price/JNL
                                U.S. Government     Established         Equity        Mid-Cap
                                 & Quality Bond          Growth     Investment         Growth
                                ---------------     -----------  -------------      ---------

<S>                                 <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>
Assets:

Investments in JNL Series Trust,
at market value
  (See Schedule of Investments) .   $ 34,182,883   $174,440,893   $ 64,613,823   $160,384,042
Due from Jackson National Life
Insurance Company ...............          7,133        129,682         22,207        113,231
Receivable for investments sold .          7,224         91,809          5,231         23,250
                                    ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------
Total Assets ....................     34,197,240    174,662,384     64,641,261    160,520,523


Liabilities:

Payable for investments purchased          7,133        129,682         22,207        113,231
Due to Jackson National Life
Insurance Company ...............          7,224         91,809          5,231         23,250
                                    ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------
Total Liabilities ...............         14,357        221,491         27,438        136,481
                                    ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------


 Net Assets .....................   $ 34,182,883   $174,440,893   $ 64,613,823   $160,384,042
                                    ============   ============   ============   ============

Total Net Assets Represented by:
Number of units outstanding .....      2,983,913      9,373,327      4,806,653      9,434,104
                                    ============   ============   ============   ============
Unit value (net assets divided by
 units outstanding) .............   $      11.46   $      18.61   $      13.44   $      17.00
                                    ============   ============   ============   ============
</TABLE>
                See accompanying notes to financial statements.
<PAGE>
                     Jackson National Separate Account - I

          Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited) (continued)
                                 June 30, 1998


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          Portfolios
                                          -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                                                     JNL/S&P                    JNL/S&P
                                               JNL/S&P     JNL/S&P      JNL/S&P         Very      JNL/S&P        Equity
                                          Conservative    Moderate   Aggressive   Aggressive       Equity    Aggressive
                                                Growth      Growth       Growth       Growth       Growth        Growth
                                              Series I    Series I     Series I     Series I     Series I      Series I
                                          ------------    --------   ----------   ----------     --------    ----------

<S>                                        <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>
Assets:

Investments in JNL Series Trust,
at market value
  (See Schedule of Investments) ........   $1,757,934   $1,717,342   $1,028,771   $  728,697   $1,195,217   $  624,942
Due from Jackson National Life
Insurance Company ......................          --          5,406         --           --           --           --
Receivable for investments sold ........        5,554       10,739           39           28           46           24
                                           ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------
Total Assets ...........................    1,763,488    1,733,487    1,028,810      728,725    1,195,263      624,966


Liabilities:

Payable for investments purchased ......         --          5,406         --           --           --           --
Due to Jackson National Life
Insurance Company ......................        5,554       10,739           39           28           46           24
                                           ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------
Total Liabilities ......................        5,554       16,145           39           28           46           24
                                           ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------   ----------


 Net Assets ............................   $1,757,934   $1,717,342   $1,028,771   $  728,697   $1,195,217   $  624,942
                                           ==========   ==========   ==========   ==========   ==========   ==========

Total Net Assets Represented by:
Number of units outstanding ............      175,470      169,903      100,885       70,717      120,241       62,241
                                           ==========   ==========   ==========   ==========   ==========   ==========
Unit value (net assets divided by
 units outstanding) ....................   $    10.02   $    10.11   $    10.20   $    10.30   $     9.94   $    10.04
                                           ==========   ==========   ==========   ==========   ==========   ==========
</TABLE>
                See accompanying notes to financial statements.
<PAGE>
                     Jackson National Separate Account - I

                      Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
                         Six months ended June 30, 1998

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                       Portfolios
                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              JNL          JNL            JNL                   JNL/Eagle      JNL/Eagle
                                       Aggressive      Capital         Global     JNL/Alger          Core       SmallCap
                                           Growth       Growth       Equities        Growth        Equity         Equity
                                       ----------      -------       --------     ---------     ---------      ---------

<S>                                   <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
Net realized gain from sales
of investments:

Proceeds from sales ...............   $ 8,534,178   $ 6,215,551   $12,689,336   $ 7,617,683   $   876,128   $ 1,324,876
Cost of investments sold ..........     6,874,762     5,105,335    10,239,053     5,918,891       760,697     1,155,057
                                      -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
Net realized gain (loss) from sales
of investments ....................     1,659,416     1,110,216     2,450,283     1,698,792       115,431       169,819


Net unrealized gain on investments:

Unrealized gain beginning of year .     6,566,393     9,216,063    14,341,791    12,927,438     1,358,754       948,517
Unrealized gain end of year .......    27,991,382    20,631,062    52,709,477    34,078,416     2,528,606     1,620,923
                                      -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
Net unrealized gain
   on investments .................    21,424,989    11,414,999    38,367,686    21,150,978     1,169,852       672,406
                                      -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------


Net gain on investments ...........    23,084,405    12,525,215    40,817,969    22,849,770     1,285,283       842,225


Expenses:

Administrative charge .............        66,201        58,122       133,313        75,727        10,825        12,649
Mortality and expense charge ......       551,679       484,347     1,110,940       631,056        90,212       105,411
                                      -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------

      Total Expenses ..............       617,880       542,469     1,244,253       706,783       101,037       118,060
                                      -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------

Increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from operations .........   $22,466,525   $11,982,746   $39,573,716   $22,142,987   $ 1,184,246   $   724,165
                                      ===========   ===========   ===========   ===========   ===========   ===========
</TABLE>

                See accompanying notes to financial statements.
<PAGE>
                     Jackson National Separate Account - I

                Statement of Operations (Unaudited) (continued)

                         Six months ended June 30, 1998


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                        Portfolios
                                      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                        PPM         PPM
                                                     JNL/Putnam           PPM   America/JNL  America/JNL       Salomon
                                      JNL/Putnam          Value   America/JNL    High Yield        Money  Brothers/JNL
                                          Growth         Equity      Balanced          Bond       Market   Global Bond
                                      ----------     ----------   -----------   -----------  -----------  ------------

<S>                                   <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
Net realized gain from sales
of investments:

Proceeds from sales ...............   $ 8,985,807   $ 9,173,004   $ 4,521,909   $ 9,616,778   $32,846,081   $ 4,021,881
Cost of investments sold ..........     7,263,505     8,120,012     3,811,535     8,717,122    32,272,047     3,703,016
                                      -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
Net realized gain (loss) from sales
of investments ....................     1,722,302     1,052,992       710,374       899,656       574,034       318,865


Net unrealized gain on investments:

Unrealized gain beginning of year .    10,554,634     9,825,588     7,805,534     5,314,048       874,329     2,530,302
Unrealized gain end of year .......    30,593,722    18,312,837    12,106,653     8,005,085     1,103,688     3,114,049
                                      -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
Net unrealized gain
   on investments .................    20,039,088     8,487,249     4,301,119     2,691,037       229,359       583,747
                                      -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------


Net gain on investments ...........    21,761,390     9,540,241     5,011,493     3,590,693       803,393       902,612


Expenses:

Administrative charge .............        80,902       104,616        53,955        59,548        35,046        28,993
Mortality and expense charge ......       674,187       871,798       449,624       496,233       292,046       241,606
                                      -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------

      Total Expenses ..............       755,089       976,414       503,579       555,781       327,092       270,599
                                      -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------

Increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from operations .........   $21,006,301   $ 8,563,827   $ 4,507,914   $ 3,034,912   $   476,301   $   632,013
                                      ===========   ===========   ===========   ===========   ===========   ===========
</TABLE>

                See accompanying notes to financial statements.

<PAGE>
                     Jackson National Separate Account - I

                Statement of Operations (Unaudited) (continued)
                           Six months ended June 30, 1998

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            Portfolios
                                  ---------------------------------------------------------
                                                                       T. Rowe
                                          Salomon       T. Rowe      Price/JNL      T. Rowe
                                     Brothers/JNL     Price/JNL  International    Price/JNL
                                  U.S. Government   Established         Equity      Mid-Cap
                                   & Quality Bond        Growth     Investment       Growth
                                  ---------------   -----------  -------------    ---------

<S>                                   <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>
Net realized gain from sales
of investments:

Proceeds from sales ...............   $ 4,415,354   $10,104,720   $ 5,672,395   $11,605,473
Cost of investments sold ..........     4,123,916     7,922,296     5,111,188     9,312,670
                                      -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
Net realized gain (loss) from sales
of investments ....................       291,438     2,182,424       561,207     2,292,803


Net unrealized gain on investments:

Unrealized gain beginning of year .     1,594,733    18,774,315       904,389    17,999,889
Unrealized gain end of year .......     2,390,663    38,740,411     7,518,069    36,626,725
                                      -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
Net unrealized gain
   on investments .................       795,930    19,966,096     6,613,680    18,626,836
                                      -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------


Net gain on investments ...........     1,087,368    22,148,520     7,174,887    20,919,639


Expenses:

Administrative charge .............        22,201       110,964        45,208       105,318
Mortality and expense charge ......       185,008       924,703       376,735       877,654
                                      -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------

      Total Expenses ..............       207,209     1,035,667       421,943       982,972
                                      -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------

Increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from operations .........   $   880,159   $21,112,853   $ 6,752,944   $19,936,667
                                      ===========   ===========   ===========   ===========
</TABLE>

                See accompanying notes to financial statements.

<PAGE>

                     Jackson National Separate Account - I

                       Statement of Operations (Unaudited)
                         Six months ended June 30, 1998
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  Portfolios
                                  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                           JNL/S&P                  JNL/S&P
                                       JNL/S&P     JNL/S&P     JNL/S&P        Very    JNL/S&P        Equity
                                  Conservative    Moderate  Aggressive  Aggressive     Equity    Aggressive
                                        Growth      Growth      Growth      Growth     Growth        Growth
                                              1           2           2           3          4             5
                                      Series I    Series I    Series I    Series I   Series I      Series I
                                  ------------    --------  ----------  ----------   --------    ----------

<S>                                   <C>         <C>        <C>        <C>         <C>         <C>
Net realized gain from sales
of investments:


Proceeds from sales ...............   $ 49,335    $ 42,695   $  3,529   $ 67,874    $ 45,216    $    728
Cost of investments sold ..........     49,606      42,672      3,519     68,530      46,134         730
                                      --------    --------   --------   --------    --------    --------
Net realized gain (loss) from sales
of investments ....................       (271)         23         10       (656)       (918)         (2)


Net unrealized gain on investments:

Unrealized gain beginning of year .       --          --         --         --          --          --
Unrealized gain end of year .......     25,594      31,703     27,825     24,164       4,399      18,131
                                      --------    --------   --------   --------    --------    --------
Net unrealized gain (loss)
   on investments .................     25,594      31,703     27,825     24,164       4,399      18,131
                                      --------    --------   --------   --------    --------    --------


Net gain on investments ...........     25,323      31,726     27,835     23,508       3,481      18,129


Expenses:

Administrative charge .............        213         224        143         77         170          74
Mortality and expense charge ......      1,776       1,868      1,188        638       1,415         617
                                      --------    --------   --------   --------    --------    --------

Total Expenses ....................      1,989       2,092      1,331        715       1,585         691
                                      --------    --------   --------   --------    --------    --------

Increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from operations .........   $ 23,334    $ 29,634   $ 26,504   $ 22,793    $  1,896    $ 17,438
                                      ========    ========   ========   ========    ========    ========
</TABLE>

- ----------
1
  Period from April 9, 1998 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 1998.
2
  Period from April 8, 1998 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 1998.
3
  Period from April 1, 1998 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 1998.
4
  Period from April 13, 1998 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 1998.
5
  Period from April 15, 1998 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 1998.



                See accompanying notes to financial statements.
<PAGE>
                     Jackson National Separate Account - I

                 Statement of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                              Portfolios
                                        -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               JNL Aggressive                 JNL Capital                        JNL Global
                                                  Growth                          Growth                          Equities
                                        --------------------------     ---------------------------      ---------------------------
                                        Six months                     Six months                       Six months
                                             ended     Year ended           ended       Year ended           ended      Year ended
                                           June 30,   December 31,        June 30,     December 31,        June 30,    December 31,
                                              1998           1997            1998             1997            1998            1997
                                        ----------    -----------      ----------      -----------       ---------     ------------

<S>                                 <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>
Operations:

Net realized gain from sales
of investments ...................  $   1,659,416   $     866,398   $   1,110,216   $     301,251   $   2,450,283   $   1,621,040
Net unrealized gain on investments     21,424,989       5,415,158      11,414,999       8,840,685      38,367,686      11,430,440
Administrative charge ............        (66,201)        (78,473)        (58,122)        (80,287)       (133,313)       (150,545)
Mortality and expense charge .....       (551,679)       (653,938)       (484,347)       (669,055)     (1,110,940)     (1,254,542)
                                    -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------

Increase in net assets resulting
from operations ..................     22,466,525       5,549,145      11,982,746       8,392,594      39,573,716      11,646,393


Net deposits into Separate Account
(Note 6) .........................     12,880,318      37,560,141       7,862,221      25,254,359      25,968,683      90,834,074
                                    -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------

Increase in net assets ...........     35,346,843      43,109,286      19,844,967      33,646,953      65,542,399     102,480,467


Net Assets:

Beginning of period ..............     71,251,296      28,142,010      69,086,449      35,439,496     144,401,990      41,921,523
                                    -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------

End of period ....................  $ 106,598,139   $  71,251,296   $  88,931,416   $  69,086,449   $ 209,944,389   $ 144,401,990
                                    =============   =============   =============   =============   =============   =============
</TABLE>
                 See accompanyingnotes to financial statements.
<PAGE>
                     Jackson National Separate Account - I

           Statement of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited) (continued)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              Portfolios
                                       -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                JNL/Alger                     JNL/Eagle                       JNL/Eagle
                                                 Growth                      Core Equity                     SmallCap Equity
                                       --------------------------     ---------------------------      ---------------------------
                                       Six months                       Six months                     Six months
                                            ended      Year ended            ended     Year ended           ended      Year ended
                                          June 30,    December 31,         June 30,   December 31,        June 30,    December 31,
                                             1998            1997             1998           1997            1998            1997
                                       -----------    -----------      -----------    -----------      ----------     ------------

<S>                                 <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>
Operations:

Net realized gain from sales
of investments ...................  $   1,698,792   $   1,494,359   $     115,431   $      32,173   $     169,819   $     203,095
Net unrealized gain on investments     21,150,978      10,624,952       1,169,852       1,346,026         672,406         899,678
Administrative charge ............        (75,727)        (89,531)        (10,825)         (8,399)        (12,649)         (9,255)
Mortality and expense charge .....       (631,056)       (746,090)        (90,212)        (69,994)       (105,411)        (77,124)
                                    -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------

Increase in net assets resulting
from operations ..................     22,142,987      11,283,690       1,184,246       1,299,806         724,165       1,016,394


Net deposits into Separate Account
(Note 6) .........................     18,275,688      33,612,656       8,589,053       8,326,570      10,389,852      10,206,905
                                    -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------

Increase in net assets ...........     40,418,675      44,896,346       9,773,299       9,626,376      11,114,017      11,223,299


Net Assets:

Beginning of period ..............     81,673,153      36,776,807      10,519,071         892,695      12,013,174         789,875
                                    -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------

End of period ....................  $ 122,091,828   $  81,673,153   $  20,292,370   $  10,519,071   $  23,127,191   $  12,013,174
                                    =============   =============   =============   =============   =============   =============
</TABLE>
                See accompanying notes to financial statements.
<PAGE>
                     Jackson National Separate Account - I

           Statement of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited) (continued)



                                                           Portfolios
                                                  -----------------------------
                                                           JNL/Putnam
                                                              Growth
                                                  -----------------------------
                                                  Six months
                                                       ended         Year ended
                                                     June 30,       December 31,
                                                        1998               1997
                                                  ----------        -----------

Operations:

Net realized gain from sales
of investments .............................    $   1,722,302     $     638,488
Net unrealized gain on investments .........       20,039,088         9,468,318
Administrative charge ......................          (80,902)          (76,896)
Mortality and expense charge ...............         (674,187)         (640,797)
                                                -------------     -------------

Increase in net assets resulting
from operations ............................       21,006,301         9,389,113


Net deposits into Separate Account
(Note 6) ...................................       29,865,396        51,065,168
                                                -------------     -------------

Increase in net assets .....................       50,871,697        60,454,281


Net Assets:

Beginning of period ........................       82,694,483        22,240,202
                                                -------------     -------------

End of period ..............................    $ 133,566,180     $  82,694,483
                                                =============     =============


                See accompanying notes to financial statements.
<PAGE>

                     Jackson National Separate Account - I

           Statement of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited) (continued)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              Portfolios
                                        --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   JNL/Putnam                  PPM America/JNL               PPM America/JNL
                                                  Value Equity                     Balanced                   High Yield Bond
                                        ----------------------------      -------------------------      ---------------------------
                                         Six months                       Six months                     Six months
                                              ended       Year ended           ended     Year ended           ended      Year ended
                                            June 30,     December 31,        June 30,   December 31,        June 30,    December 31,
                                               1998             1997            1998           1997            1998            1997
                                        -----------      -----------      ----------    -----------      ----------     ------------

<S>                                   <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>
Operations:

Net realized gain from sales
of investments .....................  $   1,052,992   $     595,400   $     710,374   $     484,105   $     899,656   $     461,507
Net unrealized gain on investments .      8,487,249       8,307,414       4,301,119       6,430,792       2,691,037       4,572,928
Administrative charge ..............       (104,616)        (83,044)        (53,955)        (61,547)        (59,548)        (52,086)
Mortality and expense charge .......       (871,798)       (692,035)       (449,624)       (512,889)       (496,233)       (434,046)
                                      -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------

Increase in net assets resulting
from operations ....................      8,563,827       8,127,735       4,507,914       6,340,461       3,034,912       4,548,303


Net deposits into Separate Account
(Note 6) ...........................     47,102,183      82,577,176      18,449,245      28,882,738      30,495,375      42,618,313
                                      -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------

Increase in net assets .............     55,666,010      90,704,911      22,957,159      35,223,199      33,530,287      47,166,616


Net Assets:

Beginning of period ................    107,971,775      17,266,864      59,171,797      23,948,598      60,086,949      12,920,333
                                      -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------

End of period ......................  $ 163,637,785   $ 107,971,775   $  82,128,956   $  59,171,797   $  93,617,236   $  60,086,949
                                      =============   =============   =============   =============   =============   =============
</TABLE>

                See accompanying notes to financial statements.
<PAGE>
                     Jackson National Separate Account - I

           Statement of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited) (continued)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              Portfolios
                                             ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                                                                            Salomon Brothers/JNL
                                                      PPM America/JNL          Salomon Brothers/JNL             U.S. Government
                                                       Money Market                Global Bond                   & Quality Bond
                                             --------------------------     -------------------------     --------------------------
                                             Six months                     Six months                    Six months
                                                  ended      Year ended          ended     Year ended          ended     Year ended
                                                June 30,    December 31,       June 30,   December 31,       June 30,   December 31,
                                                   1998            1997           1998           1997           1998           1997
                                             ----------     -----------     ----------    -----------     ----------    ------------
<S>                                         <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>
Operations:

Net realized gain from sales
of investments ...........................  $    574,034   $  1,032,988   $    318,865   $    216,731   $    291,438   $    154,931
Net unrealized gain on investments .......       229,359        610,915        583,747      2,033,179        795,930      1,323,094
Administrative charge ....................       (35,046)       (50,377)       (28,993)       (33,550)       (22,201)       (23,031)
Mortality and expense charge .............      (292,046)      (419,810)      (241,606)      (279,583)      (185,008)      (191,925)
                                            ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------

Increase in net assets resulting
from operations ..........................       476,301      1,173,716        632,013      1,936,777        880,159      1,263,069


Net deposits into Separate Account
(Note 6) .................................    10,532,563     17,485,865      7,879,520     20,696,256     10,056,649     12,663,491
                                            ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------

Increase in net assets ...................    11,008,864     18,659,581      8,511,533     22,633,033     10,936,808     13,926,560


Net Assets:

Beginning of period ......................    41,412,273     22,752,692     33,336,631     10,703,598     23,246,075      9,319,515
                                            ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------   ------------

End of period ............................  $ 52,421,137   $ 41,412,273   $ 41,848,164   $ 33,336,631   $ 34,182,883   $ 23,246,075
                                            ============   ============   ============   ============   ============   ============
</TABLE>

                See accompanying notes to financial statements.

<PAGE>
                     Jackson National Separate Account - I

           Statement of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited) (continued)


                                                            Portfolios
                                                  -----------------------------
                                                        T. Rowe Price/JNL
                                                        Established Growth
                                                  -----------------------------
                                                  Six months
                                                       ended         Year ended
                                                     June 30,       December 31,
                                                        1998               1997
                                                  ----------        -----------

Operations:

Net realized gain from sales
of investments .............................    $   2,182,424     $   1,641,416
Net unrealized gain on investments .........       19,966,096        16,283,327
Administrative charge ......................         (110,964)         (109,782)
Mortality and expense charge ...............         (924,703)         (914,851)
                                                -------------     -------------

Increase in net assets resulting
from operations ............................       21,112,853        16,900,110


Net deposits into Separate Account
(Note 6) ...................................       37,922,498        67,178,828
                                                -------------     -------------

Increase in net assets .....................       59,035,351        84,078,938


Net Assets:

Beginning of period ........................      115,405,542        31,326,604
                                                -------------     -------------

End of period ..............................    $ 174,440,893     $ 115,405,542
                                                =============     =============


                See accompanying notes to financial statements.
<PAGE>

                     Jackson National Separate Account - I

           Statement of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited) (continued)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                Portfolios
                                          ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                          JNL/S&P         JNL/S&P
                                                T. Rowe Price/JNL                                       Conservative      Moderate
                                               International Equity          T. Rowe Price/JNL             Growth          Growth
                                                   Investment                   Mid-Cap Growth            Series I        Series I
                                          -------------------------      --------------------------     ------------   -------------
                                          Six months                     Six months                      Period from     Period from
                                               ended     Year ended           ended      Year ended          April          April 8,
                                             June 30,   December 31,        June 30,    December 31,        1998* to        1998* to
                                                1998           1997            1998            1997    June 30, 1998   June 30, 1998
                                          ----------    -----------      ----------     -----------    -------------   -------------

<S>                                   <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>             <C>
Operations:

Net realized gain (loss) from sales
of investments .....................  $     561,207   $     382,718   $   2,292,803   $   1,121,672   $        (271)  $          23
Net unrealized gain (loss)
on investments .....................      6,613,680        (369,454)     18,626,836      14,460,621          25,594          31,703
Administrative charge ..............        (45,208)        (62,171)       (105,318)       (122,581)           (213)           (224)
Mortality and expense charge .......       (376,735)       (518,091)       (877,654)     (1,021,503)         (1,776)         (1,868)
                                      -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------

Increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from operations ..........      6,752,944        (566,998)     19,936,667      14,438,209          23,334          29,634


Net deposits into Separate Account
(Note 6) ...........................      5,254,699      29,138,889      22,565,706      58,296,400       1,734,600       1,687,708
                                      -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------

Increase in net assets .............     12,007,643      28,571,891      42,502,373      72,734,609       1,757,934       1,717,342


Net Assets:

Beginning of period ................     52,606,180      24,034,289     117,881,669      45,147,060            --              --
                                      -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------   -------------

End of period ......................  $  64,613,823   $  52,606,180   $ 160,384,042   $ 117,881,669   $   1,757,934   $   1,717,342
                                      =============   =============   =============   =============   =============   =============
</TABLE>

                See accompanying notes to financial statements.

<PAGE>
                     Jackson National Separate Account - I

           Statement of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited) (continued)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                        Portfolios
                                                           -------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            JNL/S&P               JNL/S&P              JNL/S&P           JNL/S&P
                                                           Aggressive            Aggressive             Equity          Aggressive
                                                             Growth                Growth               Growth            Growth
                                                            Series I              Series I             Series I          Series I
                                                           -----------          -----------          -----------        -----------

                                                           Period from          Period from          Period from        Period from
                                                               April 8,             April 1,            April 13,          April 15,
                                                              1998* to             1998* to             1998* to           1998* to
                                                               June 30,             June 30,             June 30,           June 30,
                                                                  1998                 1998                 1998               1998
                                                           -----------          -----------          -----------        -----------

<S>                                                         <C>                 <C>                 <C>                 <C>
Operations:

Net realized gain (loss) from sales
of investments .....................................        $        10         $      (656)        $      (918)        $        (2)
Net unrealized gain (loss)
on investments .....................................             27,825              24,164               4,399              18,131
Administrative charge ..............................               (143)                (77)               (170)                (74)
Mortality and expense charge .......................             (1,188)               (638)             (1,415)               (617)
                                                            -----------         -----------         -----------         -----------

Increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from operations ..........................             26,504              22,793               1,896              17,438


Net deposits into Separate Account
(Note 6) ...........................................          1,002,267             705,904           1,193,321             607,504
                                                            -----------         -----------         -----------         -----------

Increase in net assets .............................          1,028,771             728,697           1,195,217             624,942


Net Assets:

Beginning of period ................................               --                  --                  --                  --
                                                            -----------         -----------         -----------         -----------

End of period ......................................        $ 1,028,771         $   728,697         $ 1,195,217         $   624,942
                                                            ===========         ===========         ===========         ===========
</TABLE>

                See accompanying notes to financial statements.
<PAGE>
                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

                       Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)
                                  June 30, 1998

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                          Number                            Market
JNL Series Trust                                                         of Shares          Cost             Value
- ----------------                                                      --------------- ---------------- ----------------


<S>                                                                        <C>            <C>            <C>
JNL Aggressive Growth.............................................         5,643,099      $ 78,606,757   $  106,598,139

JNL Capital Growth................................................         4,598,315       68,300,354       88,931,416

JNL Global Equities...............................................         9,478,302      157,234,912      209,944,389

JNL/Alger Growth..................................................         7,194,569       88,013,412      122,091,828

JNL/Eagle Core Equity.............................................         1,335,024       17,763,764       20,292,370

JNL/Eagle SmallCap Equity.........................................         1,448,165       21,506,268       23,127,191

JNL/Putnam Growth.................................................         6,409,126      102,972,458      133,566,180

JNL/Putnam Value Equity...........................................         8,976,291      145,324,948      163,637,785

PPM America/JNL Balanced..........................................         5,828,883       70,022,303       82,128,956

PPM America/JNL High Yield Bond...................................         7,756,192       85,612,151       93,617,236

PPM America/JNL Money Market......................................        52,421,138       51,317,449       52,421,137

Salomon Brothers/JNL Global Bond..................................         3,670,892       38,734,115       41,848,164

Salomon Brothers/JNL U.S. Government & Quality Bond...............         3,082,316       31,792,220       34,182,883

T. Rowe Price/JNL Established Growth..............................         9,527,083      135,700,482      174,440,893

T. Rowe Price/JNL International Equity Investment.................         4,709,462       57,095,754       64,613,823

T. Rowe Price/JNL Mid-Cap Growth..................................         7,916,290      123,757,317      160,384,042

JNL/S&P Conservative Growth I.....................................           174,919        1,732,340        1,757,934

JNL/S&P Moderate Growth I.........................................           169,363        1,685,639        1,717,342

JNL/S&P Aggressive Growth I.......................................           100,564        1,000,946        1,028,771

JNL/S&P Very Aggressive Growth I..................................            70,474          704,533          728,697

JNL/S&P Equity Growth I...........................................           119,881        1,190,818        1,195,217

JNL/S&P Equity Aggressive Growth I................................            62,060          606,811          624,942
</TABLE>

                See accompanying notes to financial statements.
<PAGE>


                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

                    Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)
                                  June 30, 1998


Note 1 - Organization
- ---------------------

         Jackson  National Life Insurance  Company ("JNL")  established  Jackson
         National  Separate  Account - I (the  "Separate  Account")  on June 14,
         1993. The Separate  Account  commenced  operations on October 16, 1995,
         and is registered  under the  Investment  Company Act of 1940 as a unit
         investment  trust.  The  Separate  Account  receives  and  invests  net
         premiums for individual  flexible premium  variable  annuity  contracts
         issued by JNL. The  contracts  can be purchased on a non-tax  qualified
         basis or in  connection  with certain  plans  qualifying  for favorable
         federal income tax treatment.  The Separate Account currently  contains
         twenty-two Portfolios, each of which invests in the following series of
         the JNL Series Trust:

                    JNL Aggressive Growth Series
                    JNL Capital Growth Series
                    JNL Global Equities Series
                    JNL/Alger Growth Series
                    JNL/Eagle Core Equity Series
                    JNL/Eagle SmallCap Equity Series
                    JNL/Putnam Growth Series
                    JNL/Putnam Value Equity Series
                    PPM America/JNL Balanced Series
                    PPM America/JNL High Yield Bond Series
                    PPM America/JNL Money Market Series
                    Salomon Brothers/JNL Global Bond Series
                    Salomon Brothers/JNL U.S. Government & Quality Bond Series
                    T. Rowe Price/JNL Established Growth Series
                    T. Rowe Price/JNL International Equity Investment Series
                    T. Rowe Price/JNL Mid-Cap Growth Series
                    JNL/S&P Conservative Growth Series I
                    JNL/S&P Moderate Growth Series I
                    JNL/S&P Aggressive Growth Series I
                    JNL/S&P Very Aggressive Growth Series I
                    JNL/S&P Equity Growth Series I
                    JNL/S&P Equity Aggressive Growth Series I
<PAGE>

                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

              Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)


Note 2 - Significant Accounting Policies
- ----------------------------------------

         The following is a summary of significant  accounting policies followed
         by the Separate Account in the preparation of its financial statements.
         The policies  are in  conformity  with  generally  accepted  accounting
         principles.

         The  preparation of financial  statements in conformity  with generally
         accepted  accounting  principles  requires management to make estimates
         and  assumptions  that  affect  the  reported  amounts  of  assets  and
         liabilities and disclosure of contingent  assets and liabilities at the
         date of the financial  statements and the reported  amounts of revenues
         and expenses during the reporting  period.  Actual results could differ
         from those estimates.

         Investments
         -----------

                  The Separate  Account's  investments  in the series of the JNL
                  Series  Trust  are  stated  at the  net  asset  values  of the
                  respective   series.  The  average  cost  method  is  used  in
                  determining  the cost of the shares sold on withdrawals by the
                  Separate  Account.  Fund share  transactions  are  recorded on
                  trade date (same as  settlement  date).  The series follow the
                  accounting practice known as consent dividending,  whereby all
                  of its net investment income and realized gains are treated as
                  being  distributed to the Separate Account and are immediately
                  reinvested in the series.

         Federal Income Taxes
         --------------------

                  The  operations  of the  Separate  Account are included in the
                  federal  income tax  return of JNL,  which is taxed as a "life
                  insurance  company"  under  the  provisions  of  the  Internal
                  Revenue Code. JNL anticipates no tax liability  resulting from
                  the operations of the Separate Account.
                  Therefore, no federal income tax has been provided.

Note 3 - Policy Charges
- -----------------------

         Charges are deducted from the Separate  Account to  compensate  JNL for
         providing   the  insurance   benefits  set  forth  in  the   contracts,
         administering the contracts,  distributing the contracts,  and assuming
         certain risks in connection with the contract.

         Contract Maintenance Charge
         ---------------------------

         An annual  contract  maintenance  charge of $35 is charged against each
         contract to reimburse  JNL for expenses  incurred in  establishing  and
         maintaining records relating to the contract.  The contract maintenance
         charge is assessed on each anniversary of the contract date that occurs
         on or prior to the annuity  date.  The charge is deducted by  redeeming
         units.  For  the  period  ended  June  30,1998,  $270,328  in  contract
         maintenance charges were assessed.

<PAGE>

                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

              Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)


Note 3 - Policy Charges (continued)
- -----------------------------------

         Transfer Fee Charge
         -------------------

                  A transfer  fee of $25 will apply to transfers in excess of 15
                  transfers in a contract  year.  JNL may waive the transfer fee
                  in connection with pre-authorized automatic transfer programs,
                  or in those states where a lesser fee is required.

                  This fee will be deducted from contract values which remain in
                  the  portfolio(s)  from which the transfers were made. If such
                  remaining  contract value is  insufficient to pay the transfer
                  fee, then the fee will be deducted from  transferred  contract
                  values. For the period ended June 30, 1998, $1,150 in transfer
                  fees were assessed.

         Surrender or Contingent Deferred Sales Charge
         ---------------------------------------------

                  During  the first  seven  contract  years,  certain  contracts
                  include a provision for a charge upon the surrender or partial
                  surrender  of the  contract.  The  amount  assessed  under the
                  contract terms, if any,  depends upon the cost associated with
                  distributing  the particular  contracts.  The amount,  if any,
                  depends  on  a  number  of  factors,   including   the  amount
                  withdrawn,  the contract year of surrender,  or the number and
                  amount of withdrawals in a calendar year. For the period ended
                  June 30, 1998, $654,471 in surrender charges were assessed.

         Administration Charge
         ---------------------

                  JNL deducts a daily charge for  administrative  expenses  from
                  the net assets of the Separate Account equivalent to an annual
                  rate of  0.15%.  The  administration  charge  is  designed  to
                  reimburse  JNL  for  administrative  expenses  related  to the
                  Separate   Account  and  the  issuance  and   maintenance   of
                  contracts.

         Mortality and Expense Charge
         ----------------------------

                  A daily  charge is made for the  mortality  and expense  risks
                  assumed by JNL.  JNL deducts a daily charge from the assets of
                  the Separate Account equivalent to an annual rate of 1.25% for
                  the assumption of mortality and expense  risks.  The mortality
                  risk  assumed by JNL is that the insured may receive  benefits
                  greater  than  those  anticipated  by JNL.  The  expense  risk
                  assumed  by  JNL  is  that  the  costs  of  administering  the
                  contracts  of the  Separate  Account  will  exceed  the amount
                  received  from  the  Administration  Charge  and the  Contract
                  Maintenance Charge.

<PAGE>

                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

              Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)


Note 4 - Purchases and Sales of Investments
- -------------------------------------------

         For the period ended June 30, 1998,  purchases  and proceeds from sales
         of investments in the JNL Series Trust are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                             Proceeds
JNL Series Trust                                                            Purchases       from Sales
- ----------------                                                            ---------       ----------

<S>                                                                      <C>              <C>
JNL Aggressive Growth..................................................  $  20,796,616    $   8,534,178

JNL Capital Growth.....................................................     13,535,303        6,215,551

JNL Global Equities....................................................     37,413,766       12,689,336

JNL/Alger Growth.......................................................     25,186,588        7,617,683

JNL/Eagle Core Equity..................................................      9,364,144          876,128

JNL/Eagle SmallCap Equity..............................................     11,596,668        1,324,876

JNL/Putnam Growth......................................................     38,096,114        8,985,807

JNL/Putnam Value Equity................................................     55,298,773        9,173,004

PPM America/JNL Balanced...............................................     22,467,575        4,521,909

PPM America/JNL High Yield Bond........................................     39,556,372        9,616,778

PPM America/JNL Money Market...........................................     43,051,552       32,846,081

Salomon Brothers/JNL Global Bond.......................................     11,630,802        4,021,881

Salomon Brothers/JNL U.S. Government & Quality Bond....................     14,264,794        4,415,354

T. Rowe Price/JNL Established Growth...................................     46,991,551       10,104,720

T. Rowe Price/JNL International Equity Investment......................     10,505,151        5,672,395

T. Rowe Price/JNL Mid-Cap Growth.......................................     33,188,207       11,605,473

JNL/S&P Conservative Growth I..........................................      1,781,946           49,335

JNL/S&P Moderate Growth I..............................................      1,728,311           42,695

JNL/S&P Aggressive Growth I............................................      1,004,465            3,529

JNL/S&P Very Aggressive Growth I.......................................        773,063           67,874

JNL/S&P Equity Growth I................................................      1,236,952           45,216

JNL/S&P Equity Aggressive Growth I.....................................        607,541              728
</TABLE>
<PAGE>

                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

              Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)


Note 5 -  Accumulation of Unit Activity
- --------  -----------------------------

     The  following is a  reconciliation  of unit activity for the periods ended
     June 30, 1998 and December 31, 1997:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                        Units                                   Units                                  Units
                                     Outstanding      Units        Units     Outstanding     Units        Units     Outstanding
Portfolio:                           at 12/31/96     Issued      Redeemed    at 12/31/97    Issued       Redeemed    at 6/30/98
                                     ------------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ -----------  ------------


<S>                                    <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>           <C>          <C>
JNL Aggressive Growth...............   2,355,530    3,830,809    (814,960)    5,371,379     1,371,342     (518,409)    6,224,312

JNL Capital Growth..................   2,985,668    3,195,545   (1,048,470)   5,132,743       937,560     (394,146)    5,676,157

JNL Global Equities.................   3,090,234    6,868,896    (891,853)    9,067,277     2,041,799     (633,191)   10,475,885

JNL/Alger Growth....................   3,310,810    3,360,067    (762,431)    5,908,446     1,644,350     (446,006)    7,106,790

JNL/Eagle Core Equity...............      84,895      700,021     (18,400)      766,516       633,077      (52,645)    1,346,948

JNL/Eagle SmallCap Equity...........      71,014      926,135    (139,203)      857,946       752,643      (77,587)    1,533,002

JNL/Putnam Growth...................   1,682,604    3,978,206    (453,516)    5,207,294     2,157,204     (459,830)    6,904,668

JNL/Putnam Value Equity.............   1,330,288    5,934,203    (338,984)    6,925,507     3,327,480     (501,310)    9,751,677

PPM America/JNL Balanced............   2,120,529    2,739,911    (373,467)    4,486,973     1,612,902     (287,117)    5,812,758

PPM America/JNL High Yield Bond.....   1,147,840    4,075,178    (511,967)    4,711,051     3,006,313     (687,561)    7,029,803

PPM America/JNL Money Market........   2,193,176    8,222,523   (6,560,576)   3,855,123     3,939,694   (2,999,639)    4,795,178

Salomon Brothers/JNL Global Bond....     911,885    1,958,400    (266,428)    2,603,857       894,817     (288,069)    3,210,605

Salomon Brothers/JNL U.S.
Government & Quality Bond...........     902,055    1,564,041    (375,521)    2,090,575     1,266,011     (372,673)    2,983,913

T. Rowe Price/JNL Established Growth   2,500,896    5,454,859    (736,966)    7,218,789     2,662,294     (507,756)    9,373,327

T. Rowe Price/JNL International
Equity Investment..................    2,039,430    2,905,132    (537,920)    4,406,642       801,676     (401,665)    4,806,653

T. Rowe Price/JNL Mid-Cap Growth....   3,585,051    5,339,307    (892,605)    8,031,753     2,072,000     (669,649)    9,434,104

JNL/S&P Conservative Growth I.......        n/a          n/a          n/a            -        180,274       (4,804)      175,470

JNL/S&P Moderate Growth I...........        n/a          n/a          n/a            -        173,990       (4,087)      169,903

JNL/S&P Aggressive Growth I.........        n/a          n/a          n/a            -        101,103         (218)      100,885

JNL/S&P Very Aggressive Growth I....        n/a          n/a          n/a            -         77,551       (6,834)       70,717

JNL/S&P Equity Growth I.............        n/a          n/a          n/a            -        124,725       (4,484)      120,241

JNL/S&P Equity Aggressive...........        n/a          n/a          n/a            -         62,245           (4)       62,241
</TABLE>


                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

              Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)


Note 6 - Reconciliation of Gross and Net Deposits into the Separate Account
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

         Deposits into the Separate  Account  purchase  shares of the JNL Series
         Trust. Net deposits  represent the amounts  available for investment in
         such shares  after the  deduction of  applicable  policy  charges.  The
         following is a summary of net deposits  made for the periods ended June
         30, 1998 and December 31, 1997:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             Portfolios
                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             JNL Aggressive                 JNL Capital                    JNL Global
                                                 Growth                        Growth                       Equities
                                       ---------------------------   ---------------------------   ---------------------------

                                        Six months       Year         Six months       Year         Six months       Year
                                          ended         ended           ended         ended           ended         ended
                                         June 30,    December 31,      June 30,    December 31,      June 30,    December 31,
                                          1998          1997            1998          1997            1998          1997
                                       ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------

<S>                                    <C>           <C>              <C>          <C>             <C>           <C>
Proceeds from units issued..........   $14,737,231   $45,265,821      $9,513,560   $37,672,456     $25,912,167   $93,402,947
Value of units redeemed.............    (1,935,331)  (10,290,778)     (2,143,170)  (11,594,857)     (4,012,948)  (13,733,122)
Transfers between funds and
   general account..................       148,726     2,651,747         563,432      (752,866)      4,185,976    11,247,196
                                       -----------   -----------      ----------   -----------     -----------   -----------

Total gross deposits net of
   transfers to general account.....    12,950,626    37,626,790       7,933,822    25,324,733      26,085,195    90,917,021

Deductions:
Policyholder charges................        70,308        66,649          71,601        70,374         116,512        82,947
                                       -----------   -----------      ----------   -----------     -----------   -----------


Net deposits from policyholders.....   $12,880,318   $37,560,141      $7,862,221   $25,254,359     $25,968,683   $90,834,074
                                       ===========   ===========      ==========   ===========     ===========   ===========
</TABLE>
<PAGE>

                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

              Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)




Note 6 - Reconciliation of Gross and Net Deposits into
         the Separate Account (continued)
- ------------------------------------------------------


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                             Portfolios
                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               JNL/Alger                     JNL/Eagle                     JNL/Eagle
                                                 Growth                     Core Equity                 SmallCap Equity
                                       ---------------------------   ---------------------------   ---------------------------

                                        Six months       Year         Six months       Year         Six months       Year
                                          ended         ended           ended         ended           ended         ended
                                         June 30,    December 31,      June 30,    December 31,      June 30,    December 31,
                                          1998          1997            1998          1997            1998          1997
                                       ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------

<S>                                    <C>           <C>              <C>           <C>             <C>          <C>
Proceeds from units issued..........   $18,075,542   $38,632,352      $5,801,042    $7,461,654      $6,954,797   $10,214,402
Value of units redeemed.............    (1,928,744)   (9,648,065)       (185,115)     (234,793)       (120,937)   (1,846,474)
Transfers between funds and
   general account..................     2,185,381     4,701,036       2,977,340     1,100,202       3,559,464     1,839,874
                                       -----------   -----------     -----------   -----------     -----------   -----------

Total gross deposits net of
   transfers to general account.....    18,332,179    33,685,323       8,593,267     8,327,063      10,393,324    10,207,802

Deductions:
Policyholder charges................        56,491        72,667           4,214           493           3,472           897
                                       -----------   -----------     -----------   -----------     -----------   -----------


Net deposits from policyholders.....   $18,275,688   $33,612,656     $ 8,589,053   $ 8,326,570     $10,389,852   $10,206,905
                                       ===========   ===========     ===========   ===========     ===========   ===========
</TABLE>
<PAGE>





                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

              Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)




Note 6 - Reconciliation of Gross and Net Deposits into
         the Separate Account (continued)
- ------------------------------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                       
                                                                            Portfolios
                                       ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               JNL/Putnam                    JNL/Putnam                  PPM America/JNL        
                                                 Growth                     Value Equity                    Balanced            
                                       ----------------------------  ----------------------------  ---------------------------- 
                                       
                                        Six months                    Six months                    Six months                  
                                           ended       Year ended        ended      Year ended        ended       Year ended    
                                         June 30,     December 31,     June 30,    December 31,      June 30,    December 31,   
                                           1998          1997            1998          1997           1998           1997       
                                       -------------- -------------  -----------   ------------     ----------  --------------

<S>                                    <C>            <C>            <C>           <C>             <C>           <C>            
Proceeds from units issued..........   $29,165,170    $49,336,186    $43,390,831   $70,909,880     $17,697,627   $29,379,692    
Value of units redeemed.............    (2,666,592)    (6,547,755)    (2,470,558)   (4,969,063)     (1,782,595)   (4,501,905)   
Transfers between funds and            
   general account..................     3,455,602      8,329,906      6,250,831    16,686,473       2,572,014     4,046,815    
                                       -----------    -----------    -----------   -----------     -----------   -----------    
                                       
Total gross deposits net of            
   transfers to general account.....    29,954,180     51,118,337     47,171,104    82,627,290      18,487,046    28,924,602    
                                       
Deductions:                            
Policyholder charges................        88,784         53,169         68,921        50,114          37,801        41,864    
                                       -----------    -----------    -----------   -----------     -----------   -----------    
                                       
                                       
Net deposits from policyholders.....   $29,865,396    $51,065,168    $47,102,183   $82,577,176     $18,449,245   $28,882,738    
                                       ===========    ===========    ===========   ===========     ===========   ===========    
</TABLE>
 
                                              Portfolios
                                       ---------------------------- 
                                             PPM America/JNL        
                                             High Yield Bond        
                                        --------------------------- 
                                                                    
                                         Six months                 
                                           ended       Year ended   
                                          June 30,    December 31,  
                                           1998          1997       
                                        ------------- ------------- 
                                                                
Proceeds from units issued..........    $29,889,265   $44,481,004   
Value of units redeemed.............     (1,848,671)   (6,127,340)  
Transfers between funds and                                         
   general account..................      2,502,151     4,294,304   
                                        -----------   -----------   
                                                                    
Total gross deposits net of                                         
   transfers to general account.....     30,542,745    42,647,968   
                                                                    
Deductions:                                                         
Policyholder charges................         47,370        29,655   
                                        -----------   -----------   
                                                                    
                                                                    
Net deposits from policyholders.....    $30,495,375   $42,618,313   
                                        ===========   ===========   
<PAGE>


                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

              Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)


Note 6 - Reconciliation of Gross and Net Deposits into
         the Separate Account (continued)
- ------------------------------------------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                             Portfolios
                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            PPM America/JNL             Salomon Brothers/JNL       Salomon Brothers/JNL U.S.
                                              Money Market                  Global Bond            Government & Quality Bond
                                       ---------------------------   ---------------------------   ---------------------------

                                        Six months                    Six months                    Six months
                                          ended       Year ended        ended       Year ended        ended       Year ended
                                         June 30,    December 31,      June 30,    December 31,      June 30,    December 31,
                                          1998          1997            1998          1997            1998          1997
                                       ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------

<S>                                    <C>           <C>              <C>          <C>              <C>          <C>        
Proceeds from units issued..........   $22,674,787   $86,733,951      $7,048,810   $22,112,972      $9,288,033   $16,616,279
Value of units redeemed.............    (3,841,311)  (34,907,833)       (796,826)   (3,260,129)       (686,105)   (3,601,095)
Transfers between funds and
   general account..................    (8,171,327)  (34,311,907)      1,646,262     1,866,715       1,466,561      (336,485)
                                       -----------   -----------      ----------   -----------     -----------   -----------

Total gross deposits net of
   transfers to general account.....    10,662,149    17,514,211       7,898,246    20,719,558      10,068,489    12,678,699

Deductions:
Policyholder charges................       129,586        28,346          18,726        23,302          11,840        15,208
                                       -----------   -----------      ----------   -----------     -----------   -----------


Net deposits from policyholders.....   $10,532,563   $17,485,865      $7,879,520   $20,696,256     $10,056,649   $12,663,491
                                       ===========   ===========      ==========   ===========     ===========   ===========
</TABLE>
<PAGE>


                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

              Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)


Note 6 - Reconciliation of Gross and Net Deposits into
         the Separate Account (continued)
- ------------------------------------------------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                           Portfolios
                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
                                                                                                                                
                                            T. Rowe Price/JNL             T. Rowe Price/JNL             T. Rowe Price/JNL       
                                           Established Growth           International Equity             Mid-Cap Growth         
                                       ----------------------------  ----------------------------  ---------------------------- 
                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                        Six months                    Six months                    Six months                  
                                           ended       Year ended        ended      Year ended        ended       Year ended    
                                         June 30,     December 31,     June 30,    December 31,      June 30,    December 31,   
                                           1998          1997            1998          1997           1998           1997       
                                       -------------- -------------  ----------------------------  ------------- -------------- 

<S>                                    <C>            <C>             <C>          <C>             <C>           <C>            
Proceeds from units issued..........   $35,476,135    $67,808,925     $5,987,821   $31,886,802     $23,564,252   $63,794,416    
Value of units redeemed.............    (3,219,090)   (10,747,430)    (1,087,735)   (6,517,887)     (2,554,839)  (11,648,973)   
Transfers between funds and            
   general account..................     5,750,874     10,198,231        387,560     3,808,627       1,637,897     6,231,186    
                                       -----------    -----------     ----------   -----------     -----------   -----------    
                                       
Total gross deposits net of            
   transfers to general account.....    38,007,919     67,259,726      5,287,646    29,177,542      22,647,310    58,376,629    
                                       
Deductions:                            
Policyholder charges................        85,421         80,898         32,947        38,653          81,604        80,229    
                                       -----------    -----------     ----------   -----------     -----------   -----------    
                                       
                                       
Net deposits from policyholders.....   $37,922,498    $67,178,828     $5,254,699   $29,138,889     $22,565,706   $58,296,400    
                                       ===========    ===========     ==========   ===========     ===========   ===========    
</TABLE>
                                      
                                                 Portfolios
                                        ----------------------------- 
                                          JNL/S&P         JNL/S&P     
                                        Conservative      Moderate    
                                          Growth I        Growth I    
                                        -------------   ------------- 
                                                                      
                                        Period from     Period from   
                                          April 9,        April 8,    
                                          1998* to        1998* to    
                                          June 30,        June 30,    
                                            1998            1998      
                                        -------------   ------------- 

Proceeds from units issued..........        $95,406      $1,231,783   
Value of units redeemed.............        (1,229)         (2,424)   
Transfers between funds and                                           
   general account..................      1,640,496         458,385   
                                         ----------      ----------   
                                                                      
Total gross deposits net of                                           
   transfers to general account.....      1,734,673       1,687,744   
                                                                      
Deductions:                                                           
Policyholder charges................             73              36   
                                         ----------      ----------   
                                                                      
                                                                      
Net deposits from policyholders.....     $1,734,600      $1,687,708   
                                         ==========      ==========   

- ----------------------------
*Commencement of operations.


<PAGE>


                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

              Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) (continued)



Note 6 - Reconciliation of Gross and Net Deposits into
         the Separate Account (continued)
- ------------------------------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            Portfolios
                                    ------------------------------------------------------------
                                                      JNL/S&P                        JNL/S&P
                                      JNL/S&P          Very           JNL/S&P         Equity
                                     Aggressive     Aggressive        Equity        Aggressive
                                      Growth I       Growth I        Growth I        Growth I
                                    -------------  --------------  --------------  -------------

                                    Period from     Period from     Period from    Period from
                                      April 8,       April 1,        April 13,      April 15,
                                      1998* to       1998* to        1998* to        1998* to
                                     June 30,        June 30,        June 30,       June 30,
                                       1998            1998            1998           1998
                                    -------------  --------------  --------------  -------------

<S>                                  <C>            <C>             <C>             <C>       
Proceeds from units issued.......... $  584,262     $  579,121      $  854,887      $  458,403
Value of units redeemed.............     (2,000)             -             (78)              -
Transfers between funds and
   general account..................    420,204        126,784         338,513         149,137
                                     ----------      ---------      ----------      -----------

Total gross deposits net of
   transfers to general account.....  1,002,466        705,905       1,193,322         607,540

Deductions:
Policyholder charges................        199              1               1              36
                                     ----------      ---------      ----------      -----------


Net deposits from policyholders..... $1,002,267      $ 705,904      $1,193,321      $   607,504
                                     ==========      =========      ==========      ===========
</TABLE>

- ---------------------------------
*Commencement of operations.

<PAGE>
                      Jackson National Separate Account - I





                                  [GRAPHIC](R)














                              Financial Statements



                                December 31, 1997


<PAGE>







                        REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



To Jackson National Life Insurance Company and
   Contract Owners of Jackson National Separate Account - I

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities,  including
the schedule of  investments,  and the related  statements of operations  and of
changes in net assets present fairly,  in all material  respects,  the financial
position  of each of the sixteen  portfolios  comprising  the  Jackson  National
Separate  Account  - I at  December  31,  1997,  the  results  of each of  their
operations  and the  changes in each of their net assets for each of the periods
indicated,  in conformity with generally accepted accounting  principles.  These
financial  statements are the  responsibility of Jackson National Life Insurance
Company's  management;  our  responsibility  is to  express  an opinion on these
financial  statements  based on our  audits.  We  conducted  our audits of these
financial  statements in accordance with generally  accepted auditing  standards
which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable  assurance
about whether the financial  statements  are free of material  misstatement.  An
audit includes examining,  on a test basis,  evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial  statements,  assessing the  accounting  principles
used and  significant  estimates made by management,  and evaluating the overall
financial  statement  presentation.   We  believe  that  our  audits  provide  a
reasonable basis for the opinion expressed above.




/s/ Price Waterhouse LLP


February 6, 1998


<PAGE>

                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

                       Statement of Assets and Liabilities
                                December 31, 1997


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                             Portfolios
                                  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                      JNL           JNL           JNL                      JNL/Eagle     JNL/Eagle
                                   Aggressive     Capital        Global      JNL/Alger        Core        SmallCap     JNL/Putnam
                                     Growth        Growth       Equities       Growth        Equity        Equity        Growth
                                  ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
<S>                               <C>           <C>          <C>            <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>        
Assets:

   Investments in JNL Series
   Trust,
     at market value
     (See Schedule of 
     Investments)..............   $71,251,296   $69,086,449  $144,401,990   $81,673,153   $10,519,071   $12,013,174   $82,694,483
   Due from Jackson National
   Life
     Insurance Company.........        35,337        61,370       100,575        53,501         7,839         8,334       360,342
   Receivable for investments          
     sold......................        44,413        20,726       529,720        42,647           404           461         7,744
                                  ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
       Total Assets............    71,331,046    69,168,545   145,032,285    81,769,301    10,527,314    12,021,969    83,062,569


Liabilities:

   Payable for investments     
     purchased.................        35,337        61,370       100,575        53,501         7,839         8,334       360,342
   Due to Jackson National Life
     Insurance Company.........        44,413        20,726       529,720        42,647           404           461         7,744
                                  ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
       Total Liabilities.......        79,750        82,096       630,295        96,148         8,243         8,795       368,086
                                  ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------


Net Assets.....................   $71,251,296   $69,086,449  $144,401,990   $81,673,153   $10,519,071   $12,013,174   $82,694,483
                                  ============= ============= ============= ============= ============= ============= =============

Total Net Assets Represented by:
   Number of units 
   outstanding ................     5,371,379     5,132,743     9,067,277     5,908,446       766,516       857,946     5,207,294
                                  ============= ============= ============= ============= ============= ============= =============
   Unit value (net assets
     divided by
     units outstanding)........        $13.26        $13.46        $15.93        $13.82        $13.72        $14.00        $15.88
                                  ============= ============= ============= ============= ============= ============= =============
</TABLE>

                See accompanying notes to financial statements.


<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         Portfolios
                                   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                          
                                                                    PPM           PPM                         Salomon     
                                    JNL/Putnam        PPM       America/JNL   America/JNL     Salomon       Brothers/JNL  
                                       Value      America/JNL    High Yield      Money      Brothers/JNL  U.S. Government 
                                      Equity        Balanced        Bond         Market     Global Bond    & Quality Bond 
                                   -------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ----------------
<S>                               <C>            <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>               <C>         
Assets:                           
                                 
   Investments in JNL Series      
   Trust,  at market value              
      (See Schedule of            
     Investments)..............   $107,971,775   $59,171,797   $60,086,949   $41,412,273   $33,336,631       $23,246,075 
   Due from Jackson National      
   Life Insurance Company......        293,429       199,767       190,180        41,732        23,222            39,788 
    Receivable for investments 
    sold.......................         12,106        19,480         7,756         9,949         3,339               971   
                                 -------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ----------------   
       Total Assets............    108,277,310    59,391,044    60,284,885    41,463,954    33,363,192        23,286,834 
                                  
Liabilities:                            
                                                                    
   Payable for investments                                          
     purchased.................        293,429       199,767       190,180        41,732        23,222            39,788 
   Due to Jackson National Life   
     Insurance Company.........         12,106        19,480         7,756         9,949         3,339               971 
                                  -------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ----------------
       Total Liabilities.......        305,535       219,247       197,936        51,681        26,561            40,759 
                                  -------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ----------------
Net Assets.....................   $107,971,775   $59,171,797   $60,086,949   $41,412,273   $33,336,631       $23,246,075 
                                  ============== ============= ============= ============= ============= ================
Total Net Assets Represented by:
   Number of units                                             
     outstanding ..............      6,925,507     4,486,973     4,711,051     3,855,123     2,603,857         2,090,575 
                                  ============== ============= ============= ============= ============= ================
   Unit value (net assets         
     divided by units
     outstanding)..............         $15.59        $13.19        $12.75        $10.74        $12.80            $11.12 
                                  ============== ============= ============= ============= ============= ================
                                  
</TABLE>

                  `                                   Portfolios             
                                    ------------------------------------------- 
                                                      T. Rowe                   
                                        T. Rowe      Price/JNL      T. Rowe     
                                       Price/JNL   International   Price/JNL    
                                      Established     Equity        Mid-Cap     
                                        Growth      Investment      Growth      
                                    ------------------------------------------- 
Assets:                           
                                  
   Investments in JNL Series      
   Trust,                         
     at market value                                                          
      (See Schedule of                                                        
     Investments)..............    $115,405,542   $52,606,180  $117,881,669   
   Due from Jackson National                                                  
   Life Insurance Company......         183,864        32,831       141,185   
    Receivable for investments 
    sold.......................          20,295        12,485        51,353   
                                  ------------------------------------------- 
       Total Assets............     115,609,701    52,651,496   118,074,207   
                                                                              
Liabilities:                                                                  
                                                                              
   Payable for investments     
     purchased.................         183,864        32,831       141,185   
   Due to Jackson National Life                                               
     Insurance Company.........          20,295        12,485        51,353   
                                  ------------------------------------------- 
       Total Liabilities.......         204,159        45,316       192,538   
                                  -------------------------------------------
Net Assets.....................    $115,405,542   $52,606,180  $117,881,669  
                                  =========================================== 
Total Net Assets Represented by:
   Number of units              
     outstanding ..............        7,218,789     4,406,642     8,031,753   
                                  =========================================== 
   Unit value (net assets      
     divided by units           
     outstanding)..............          $15.99        $11.94        $14.68   
                                  =========================================== 

                See accompanying notes to financial statements.
<PAGE>




                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

                             Statement of Operations
                          Year ended December 31, 1997

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             Portfolios
                                  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                      JNL           JNL           JNL                      JNL/Eagle     JNL/Eagle
                                   Aggressive     Capital        Global      JNL/Alger        Core        SmallCap     JNL/Putnam
                                     Growth        Growth       Equities       Growth        Equity        Equity        Growth
                                  ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
<S>                               <C>           <C>          <C>            <C>           <C>           <C>           <C>        
Net realized gain from sales
   of investments:

   Proceeds from sales.........   $11,089,838   $13,167,439   $15,221,156   $10,556,353      $313,679    $1,933,750    $7,318,617
   Cost of investments sold....    10,223,440    12,866,188    13,600,116     9,061,994       281,506     1,730,655     6,680,129
                                  ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
   Net realized gain from sales
     of investments............       866,398       301,251     1,621,040     1,494,359        32,173       203,095       638,488

Net unrealized gain on
investments:

   Unrealized gain beginning of
      year.....................     1,151,235       375,378     2,911,351     2,302,486        12,728        48,839     1,086,316
   Unrealized gain end of
      year.....................     6,566,393     9,216,063    14,341,791    12,927,438     1,358,754       948,517    10,554,634
                                  ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
   Net unrealized gain (loss)
      on investments...........     5,415,158     8,840,685    11,430,440    10,624,952     1,346,026       899,678     9,468,318
                                  ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
Net gain on investments........     6,281,556     9,141,936    13,051,480    12,119,311     1,378,199     1,102,773    10,106,806

Expenses:

   Administrative charge.......        78,473        80,287       150,545        89,531         8,399         9,255        76,896
   Mortality and expense charge       653,938       669,055     1,254,542       746,090        69,994        77,124       640,797
                                  ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------

Increase (decrease) in net
assets
   resulting from operations...    $5,549,145    $8,392,594   $11,646,393   $11,283,690    $1,299,806    $1,016,394    $9,389,113
                                  ============= ============= ============= ============= ============= ============= =============
</TABLE>

                See accompanying notes to financial statements.
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                      Portfolios
                                  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                         
                                                                   PPM           PPM                         Salomon     
                                   JNL/Putnam        PPM       America/JNL   America/JNL     Salomon       Brothers/JNL  
                                      Value      America/JNL    High Yield      Money      Brothers/JNL  U.S. Government 
                                     Equity        Balanced        Bond         Market     Global Bond    & Quality Bond 
                                  -------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ----------------
<S>                                 <C>            <C>           <C>          <C>            <C>              <C>        
Net realized gain from sales      
   of investments:                
                               
   Proceeds from sales.........     $5,794,256     $5,118,205    $6,643,127   $69,718,273    $3,596,564       $4,167,744 
   Cost of investments sold....      5,198,856      4,634,100     6,181,620    68,685,285     3,379,833        4,012,813 
                                  -------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ----------------
   Net realized gain from sales   
     of investments............        595,400        484,105       461,507     1,032,988       216,731          154,931 
                                  
Net unrealized gain on            
investments:                      
                                  
   Unrealized gain beginning of
      year.....................      1,518,174      1,374,742       741,120       263,414       497,123          271,639 
   Unrealized gain end of      
      year.....................      9,825,588      7,805,534     5,314,048       874,329     2,530,302        1,594,733 
   Net unrealized gain (loss)     -------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ----------------
      on investments...........      8,307,414      6,430,792     4,572,928       610,915     2,033,179        1,323,094    
                                  -------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ----------------   
Net gain on investments........      8,902,814      6,914,897     5,034,435     1,643,903     2,249,910        1,478,025 
                                  
Expenses:                         
                                  
   Administrative charge.......         83,044         61,547        52,086        50,377        33,550           23,031 
   Mortality and expense charge        692,035        512,889       434,046       419,810       279,583          191,925 
                                  -------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ----------------
                               
Increase (decrease) in net        
   assets resulting from                            
   operations .................     $8,127,735     $6,340,461    $4,548,303    $1,173,716    $1,936,777       $1,263,069 
                                  ============== ============= ============= ============= ============= ================ 
</TABLE>


                                                Portfolios
                                 ------------------------------------------- 
                                                   T. Rowe                   
                                     T. Rowe      Price/JNL      T. Rowe     
                                    Price/JNL   International   Price/JNL    
                                   Established     Equity        Mid-Cap     
                                     Growth      Investment      Growth      
                                 ------------------------------------------- 
Net realized gain from sales                                               
   of investments:                                                         
                               
   Proceeds from sales.........  $11,852,961    $7,136,802   $12,873,286   
   Cost of investments sold....   10,211,545     6,754,084    11,751,614   
                               ------------------------------------------- 
   Net realized gain from sales                                            
     of investments............    1,641,416       382,718     1,121,672   
                                                                           
Net unrealized gain on                                                     
investments:                                                               
                                                                           
   Unrealized gain beginning of   
      year.....................    2,490,988     1,273,843     3,539,268   
   Unrealized gain end of      
      year.....................   18,774,315       904,389    17,999,889 
   Net unrealized gain (loss)  -----------------------------------------   
      on investments...........   16,283,327      (369,454)   14,460,621  
                               -----------------------------------------
Net gain on investments........   17,924,743        13,264    15,582,293   
Expenses:                                                                  
                                                                           
   Administrative charge.......      109,782        62,171       122,581   
   Mortality and expense charge      914,851       518,091     1,021,503  
                               ------------------------------------------- 
                               
Increase (decrease) in net     
   assets resulting from                                                   
   operations .................  $16,900,110     $(566,998)  $14,438,209   
                               =========================================== 

                See accompanying notes to financial statements.


<PAGE>



                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

                       Statements of Changes in Net Assets

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          Portfolios
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                           JNL Aggressive                 JNL Capital                   JNL Global
                                               Growth                        Growth                      Equities
                                     ----------------------------  ----------------------------  ---------------------------

                                             Year ended                    Year ended                   Year ended
                                            December 31,                  December 31,                 December 31,
                                     ----------------------------  ----------------------------  ---------------------------
                                         1997          1996            1997          1996           1997          1996
                                     ----------------------------  ----------------------------  ------------- -------------
<S>                                     <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>          <C>              <C>    
Operations:

   Net realized gain from sales
     of investments.................    $866,398       $30,996        $301,251       $34,343      $1,621,040       $92,148
   Net unrealized gain on           
   investments......................   5,415,158     1,150,615       8,840,685       374,824      11,430,440     2,910,460
   Administrative charge............     (78,473)      (15,954)        (80,287)      (19,253)       (150,545)      (20,934)
   Mortality and expense charge.....    (653,938)     (132,954)       (669,055)     (160,441)     (1,254,542)     (174,451)
                                      ------------  ------------    -----------   ------------    ------------  -----------

Increase in net assets resulting
   from operations..................   5,549,145     1,032,703       8,392,594       229,473      11,646,393     2,807,223

Net deposits into Separate Account
   (Note 6).........................  37,560,141    27,068,440      25,254,359    35,193,609      90,834,074    39,064,248
                                     ------------  ------------    -----------   ------------    ------------  -----------

   Increase in net assets...........  43,109,286    28,101,143      33,646,953    35,423,082     102,480,467    41,871,471


Net Assets:

   Beginning of period..............  28,142,010        40,867      35,439,496        16,414      41,921,523        50,052
                                     ------------  ------------    -----------   ------------    ------------  -----------

   End of period.................... $ 71,251,296  $ 28,142,010    $69,086,449   $ 35,439,496    $144,401,990  $41,921,523
                                     ============  ============    ===========   ============    ============  ===========
</TABLE>



*  Period from September 16, 1996 (commencement of operations).


                 See accompanying notes to financial statements.
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                        Portfolios
                                    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    
                                            JNL/Alger                     JNL/Eagle                     JNL/Eagle          
                                              Growth                     Core Equity                 SmallCap Equity       
                                    ----------------------------  ---------------------------   ---------------------------
                                    
                                            Year ended                   Year ended                    Year ended          
                                           December 31,                 December 31,                  December 31,         
                                    ----------------------------  ---------------------------   ---------------------------   
                                        1997          1996           1997         1996 *           1997         1996 *        
                                    ----------------------------  ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------   
<S>                                    <C>              <C>             <C>            <C>           <C>               <C>     
Operations:                          
                                     
   Net realized gain from sales      
     of investments.................   1,494,359        43,208          32,173         2,565         203,095           302     
   Net unrealized gain on           
   investments......................  10,624,952     2,299,934       1,346,026        12,728         899,678        48,839      
   Administrative charge............     (89,531)      (25,410)         (8,399)         (187)         (9,255)         (130)     
   Mortality and expense charge.....    (746,090)     (211,746)        (69,994)       (1,561)        (77,124)       (1,085)     
                                     -----------  ------------     -----------      --------     -----------      --------     
                                     
Increase in net assets resulting    
   from operations..................  11,283,690     2,105,986       1,299,806        13,545       1,016,394        47,926     
                                     
Net deposits into Separate Account   
   (Note 6).........................  33,612,656    34,548,799       8,326,570       879,150      10,206,905       741,949     
                                     -----------  ------------     -----------      --------     -----------      --------     
                                     
   Increase in net assets...........  44,896,346    36,654,785       9,626,376       892,695      11,223,299       789,875     
                                     
                                     
Net Assets:                          
                                     
   Beginning of period..............  36,776,807       122,022         892,695             -         789,875             -     
                                     -----------  ------------     -----------      --------     -----------      --------     
                                     
   End of period.................... $81,673,153  $ 36,776,807     $10,519,071      $892,695     $12,013,174      $789,875     
                                     ===========  ============     ===========      ========     ===========      ========     
</TABLE>

                                           Portfolios
                                    ---------------------------
                                                                  
                                              JNL/Putnam          
                                                Growth            
                                    ---------------------------
                                                                  
                                              Year ended          
                                             December 31,         
                                    
                                    ---------------------------      
                                       1997          1996            
                                    ------------- -------------      
Operations:                                                          
                                                                     
   Net realized gain from sales                                      
     of investments.................    638,488        54,944          
   Net unrealized gain on                 
   investments......................  9,468,318     1,086,015        
   Administrative charge............    (76,896)      (11,492)       
   Mortality and expense charge.....   (640,797)      (95,771)       
                                    ------------- -------------      
                                                                     
Increase in net assets resulting                                     
   from operations..................  9,389,113     1,033,696        
                                                                     
Net deposits into Separate Account                                   
   (Note 6)......................... 51,065,168    21,200,464        
                                    ------------- -------------      
                                          
   Increase in net assets........... 60,454,281    22,234,160        
                                            
                                                                     
Net Assets:                                                          
                                                                     
   Beginning of period.............. 22,240,202         6,042        
                                    ------------- -------------       
                                        
   End of period....................$82,694,483   $22,240,202        
                                    ============= =============      
<PAGE>



                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

                 Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          Portfolios
                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 .
                                             JNL/Putnam                 PPM America/JNL               PPM America/JNL
                                            Value Equity                    Balanced                  High Yield Bond
                                     ----------------------------  ----------------------------  ---------------------------

                                             Year ended                    Year ended                   Year ended
                                            December 31,                  December 31,                 December 31,
                                     ----------------------------  ----------------------------  ---------------------------
                                         1997          1996            1997          1996           1997          1996
                                     ----------------------------  ----------------------------  ------------- -------------
<S>                                  <C>           <C>             <C>           <C>             <C>           <C>        
Operations:

   Net realized gain from sales
     of investments................. $    595,400  $    34,088     $   484,105   $    77,178     $   461,507   $    30,686
   Net unrealized gain on           
   investments......................    8,307,414    1,517,075       6,430,792     1,373,102       4,572,928       741,108
   Administrative charge............      (83,044)      (8,763)        (61,547)      (15,595)        (52,086)       (6,480)
   Mortality and expense charge.....     (692,035)     (73,025)       (512,889)     (129,959)       (434,046)      (53,997)
                                     ----------------------------  ----------------------------  ------------- -------------

Increase in net assets resulting
   from operations..................    8,127,735    1,469,375       6,340,461     1,304,726       4,548,303       711,317


Net deposits into Separate Account
   (Note 6).........................   82,577,176   15,755,729      28,882,738    22,510,825      42,618,313    12,208,005
                                     ----------------------------  ----------------------------  ------------- -------------

   Increase in net assets...........   90,704,911   17,225,104      35,223,199    23,815,551      47,166,616    12,919,322


Net Assets:

   Beginning of period..............   17,266,864       41,760      23,948,598       133,047      12,920,333         1,011
                                     ----------------------------  ----------------------------  ------------- -------------

   End of period.................... $107,971,775  $ 17,266,864    $ 59,171,797  $ 23,948,598    $60,086,949   $12,920,333
                                     ============================  ============================  ============= =============
</TABLE>
                See accompanying notes to financial statements.


<PAGE>






<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                 Portfolios
                                             ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 .                                                                                                          Salomon Brothers/JNL
                                                  PPM America/JNL            Salomon Brothers/JNL             U.S. Government       
                                                    Money Market                  Global Bond                 & Quality Bond        
                                             ----------------------------  ---------------------------   ---------------------------
                                    
                                                     Year ended                   Year ended                    Year ended          
                                                    December 31,                 December 31,                  December 31,         
                                             ----------------------------  ---------------------------   ---------------------------
                                                 1997          1996           1997          1996            1997          1996      
                                             ----------------------------  ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------
<S>                                          <C>           <C>             <C>           <C>             <C>           <C>          
Operations:                         
                                    
   Net realized gain from sales     
     of investments.................         $ 1,032,988   $   186,518     $   216,731   $    20,380     $   154,931   $     9,430  
   Net unrealized gain on           
   investments......................             610,915       263,021       2,033,179       496,629       1,323,094       271,528  
   Administrative charge............             (50,377)      (14,235)        (33,550)       (5,606)        (23,031)       (5,581) 
   Mortality and expense charge.....            (419,810)     (118,627)       (279,583)      (46,718)       (191,925)      (46,511) 
                                             ------------  ------------    -----------   -----------     -----------    ----------  
                                    
Increase in net assets resulting    
   from operations..................           1,173,716       316,677       1,936,777       464,685       1,263,069       228,866  
                                    
                                    
Net deposits into Separate Account  
   (Note 6).........................          17,485,865    22,289,436      20,696,256    10,206,357      12,663,491     9,077,627  
                                             ------------  ------------    -----------   -----------     -----------    ----------  
                                    
   Increase in net assets...........          18,659,581    22,606,113      22,633,033    10,671,042      13,926,560     9,306,493  
                                    
                                    
Net Assets:                         
                                    
   Beginning of period..............          22,752,692       146,579      10,703,598        32,556       9,319,515        13,022  
                                             ------------  ------------    -----------   -----------     -----------    ----------  
                                    
   End of period....................         $ 41,412,273  $ 22,752,692    $33,336,631   $10,703,598     $23,246,075    $9,319,515  
                                             ============  ============    ===========   ===========     ===========    ==========  
</TABLE>



                                              Portfolios
                                       ---------------------------    
 .                                                                     
                                           T. Rowe Price/JNL          
                                          Established Growth          
                                       ---------------------------    
                                                                      
                                              Year ended              
                                             December 31,             
                                       ---------------------------    
                                          1997          1996          
                                       ------------- -------------    
Operations:                                                           
                                                                      
   Net realized gain from sales                                       
     of investments.................   $ 1,641,416   $    60,034      
   Net unrealized gain on           
   investments......................    16,283,327     2,487,976      
   Administrative charge............      (109,782)      (17,198)     
   Mortality and expense charge.....      (914,851)     (143,319)     
                                       ------------- -------------    
                                                                      
Increase in net assets resulting                                      
   from operations..................    16,900,110     2,387,493      
                                                                      
                                                                      
Net deposits into Separate Account                                    
   (Note 6).........................    67,178,828    28,829,643      
                                       ------------- -------------    
                                                                      
   Increase in net assets...........    84,078,938    31,217,136      
                                                                      
                                                                      
Net Assets:                                                           
                                                                      
   Beginning of period..............    31,326,604       109,468      
                                       ------------- -------------    
                                                                      
   End of period....................   $115,405,542  $31,326,604      
                                       ============= =============    

<PAGE>



                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

                 Statements of Changes in Net Assets (continued)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             Portfolios
                                     ----------------------------------------------------------
                                         T. Rowe Price/JNL
                                        International Equity           T. Rowe Price/JNL
                                             Investment                  Mid-Cap Growth
                                     ----------------------------  ----------------------------

                                             Year ended                    Year ended
                                            December 31,                  December 31,
                                     ----------------------------  ----------------------------
                                         1997          1996            1997          1996
                                     ----------------------------  ----------------------------
<S>                                  <C>           <C>             <C>           <C>        
Operations:

   Net realized gain from sales
     of investments................. $   382,718   $    30,872     $  1,121,672  $   103,159
                                    
   Net unrealized gain (loss)
     on investments.................    (369,454)    1,273,172       14,460,621    3,538,229
   Administrative charge............     (62,171)      (14,785)        (122,581)     (26,466)
   Mortality and expense charge.....    (518,091)     (123,213)      (1,021,503)    (220,554)
                                     ------------  ------------    ------------  ------------

Increase (decrease) in net assets
   resulting from operations........    (566,998)    1,166,046       14,438,209    3,394,368


Net deposits into Separate Account
   (Note 6).........................  29,138,889    22,835,756       58,296,400   41,699,598
                                     ------------  ------------    ------------  ------------

   Increase in net assets...........  28,571,891    24,001,802       72,734,609   45,093,966


Net Assets:

   Beginning of period..............  24,034,289        32,487       45,147,060       53,094
                                     ------------  ------------    ------------  ------------

   End of period.................... $ 52,606,180  $ 24,034,289    $117,881,669  $ 45,147,060
                                     ============  ============    ============  ============
</TABLE>

                See accompanying notes to financial statements.
<PAGE>


                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

                             Schedule of Investments
                                December 31, 1997




<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                                                                    Number                           Market
         JNL Series Trust                                                         of Shares          Cost             Value
         ----------------                                                         ---------          ----             -----
 
<S>                                                                                 <C>           <C>             <C>          
         JNL Aggressive Growth.............................................         4,903,737     $ 64,684,903    $  71,251,296

         JNL Capital Growth................................................         4,187,058       59,870,386       69,086,449

         JNL Global Equities...............................................         8,260,983      130,060,199      144,401,990

         JNL/Alger Growth..................................................         6,023,094       68,745,715       81,673,153

         JNL/Eagle Core Equity.............................................           765,023        9,160,317       10,519,071

         JNL/Eagle SmallCap Equity.........................................           816,112       11,064,657       12,013,174

         JNL/Putnam Growth.................................................         4,867,244       72,139,849       82,694,483

         JNL/Putnam Value Equity...........................................         6,419,249       98,146,187      107,971,775

         PPM America/JNL Balanced..........................................         4,530,765       51,366,263       59,171,797

         PPM America/JNL High Yield Bond...................................         5,234,055       54,772,901       60,086,949

         PPM America/JNL Money Market......................................        41,412,273       40,537,944       41,412,273

         Salomon Brothers/JNL Global Bond..................................         2,997,898       30,806,329       33,336,631

         Salomon Brothers/JNL U.S. Government & Quality Bond...............         2,174,563       21,651,342       23,246,075

         T. Rowe Price/JNL Established Growth..............................         7,388,319       96,631,227      115,405,542

         T. Rowe Price/JNL International Equity Investment.................         4,347,618       51,701,791       52,606,180

         T. Rowe Price/JNL Mid-Cap Growth..................................         6,786,509       99,881,780      117,881,669

</TABLE>
                See accompanying notes to financial statements.

<PAGE>


                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

                          Notes to Financial Statements
                                December 31, 1997


Note 1 - Organization

         Jackson  National Life Insurance  Company ("JNL")  established  Jackson
         National  Separate  Account - I (the  "Separate  Account")  on June 14,
         1993. The Separate  Account  commenced  operations on October 16, 1995,
         and is registered  under the  Investment  Company Act of 1940 as a unit
         investment  trust.  The  Separate  Account  receives  and  invests  net
         premiums for individual  flexible premium  variable  annuity  contracts
         issued by JNL. The  contracts  can be purchased on a non-tax  qualified
         basis or in  connection  with certain  plans  qualifying  for favorable
         federal income tax treatment.  The Separate Account currently  contains
         sixteen  Portfolios,  each of which invests in the following  series of
         the JNL Series Trust:

                  JNL  Aggressive  Growth  Series 
                  JNL Capital  Growth Series 
                  JNL Global Equities Series  
                  JNL/Alger Growth Series 
                  JNL/Eagle Core Equity Series  
                  JNL/Eagle  SmallCap  Equity  Series  
                  JNL/Putnam Growth Series  
                  JNL/Putnam  Value Equity Series 
                  PPM America/JNL Balanced  Series 
                  PPM  America/JNL  High Yield Bond  Series 
                  PPM America/JNL  Money Market Series 
                  Salomon  Brothers/JNL  Global Bond Series
                  Salomon Brothers/JNL U.S. Government & Quality Bond Series
                  T. Rowe Price/JNL Established Growth Series
                  T. Rowe Price/JNL International Equity Investment Series
                  T. Rowe Price/JNL Mid-Cap Growth Series

         Effective May 1, 1997,  the  JNL/Phoenix  Investment  Counsel  Balanced
         Series became the PPM America/JNL Balanced Series and is managed by PPM
         America,  Inc., the JNL/Phoenix Investment Counsel Growth Series became
         the  JNL/Putnam  Growth  Series  and is  managed  by Putnam  Investment
         Management,  Inc., and the PPM  America/JNL  Value Equity Series became
         the JNL/Putnam Value Equity Series and is managed by Putnam  Investment
         Management, Inc.

Note 2 - Significant Accounting Policies

         The following is a summary of significant  accounting policies followed
         by the Separate Account in the preparation of its financial statements.
         The policies  are in  conformity  with  generally  accepted  accounting
         principles.


<PAGE>


                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


Note 2 - Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

         The  preparation of financial  statements in conformity  with generally
         accepted  accounting  principles  requires management to make estimates
         and  assumptions  that  affect  the  reported  amounts  of  assets  and
         liabilities and disclosure of contingent  assets and liabilities at the
         date of the financial  statements and the reported  amounts of revenues
         and expenses during the reporting  period.  Actual results could differ
         from those estimates.

         Investments

                  The Separate  Account's  investments  in the series of the JNL
                  Series  Trust  are  stated  at the  net  asset  values  of the
                  respective   series.  The  average  cost  method  is  used  in
                  determining  the cost of the shares sold on withdrawals by the
                  Separate  Account.  Fund share  transactions  are  recorded on
                  trade date (same as  settlement  date).  The series follow the
                  accounting practice known as consent dividending,  whereby all
                  of its net investment income and realized gains are treated as
                  being  distributed to the Separate Account and are immediately
                  reinvested in the series.

         Federal Income Taxes

                  The  operations  of the  Separate  Account are included in the
                  federal  income tax  return of JNL,  which is taxed as a "life
                  insurance  company"  under  the  provisions  of  the  Internal
                  Revenue Code. JNL anticipates no tax liability  resulting from
                  the operations of the Separate Account.
                  Therefore, no federal income tax has been provided.

Note 3 - Policy Charges

         Charges are deducted from the Separate  Account to  compensate  JNL for
         providing   the  insurance   benefits  set  forth  in  the   contracts,
         administering the contracts,  distributing the contracts,  and assuming
         certain risks in connection with the contract.

         Contract Maintenance Charge

                  An  annual  contract  maintenance  charge  of $35  is  charged
                  against each contract to reimburse  JNL for expenses  incurred
                  in  establishing  and  maintaining  records  relating  to  the
                  contract.  The contract maintenance charge is assessed on each
                  anniversary  of the  contract  date that occurs on or prior to
                  the annuity date.  The charge is deducted by redeeming  units.
                  For the year ended  December  31,  1997,  $233,827 in contract
                  maintenance charges were assessed.



<PAGE>


                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


Note 3 - Policy Charges (continued)

         Transfer Fee Charge

                  A transfer  fee of $25 will apply to transfers in excess of 15
                  transfers in a contract  year.  JNL may waive the transfer fee
                  in connection with pre-authorized automatic transfer programs,
                  or in those states where a lesser fee is required.

                  This fee will be deducted from contract values which remain in
                  the  portfolio(s)  from which the transfers were made. If such
                  remaining  contract value is  insufficient to pay the transfer
                  fee, then the fee will be deducted from  transferred  contract
                  values. For the year ended December 31, 1997, $100 in transfer
                  fees were assessed.

         Surrender or Contingent Deferred Sales Charge

                  During  the first  seven  contract  years,  certain  contracts
                  include a provision for a charge upon the surrender or partial
                  surrender  of the  contract.  The  amount  assessed  under the
                  contract terms, if any,  depends upon the cost associated with
                  distributing  the particular  contracts.  The amount,  if any,
                  depends  on  a  number  of  factors,   including   the  amount
                  withdrawn,  the contract year of surrender,  or the number and
                  amount of  withdrawals  in a calendar year. For the year ended
                  December  31,  1997,   $501,538  in  surrender   charges  were
                  assessed.

         Administration Charge

                  JNL deducts a daily charge for  administrative  expenses  from
                  the net assets of the Separate Account equivalent to an annual
                  rate of  0.15%.  The  administration  charge  is  designed  to
                  reimburse  JNL  for  administrative  expenses  related  to the
                  Separate   Account  and  the  issuance  and   maintenance   of
                  contracts.

         Mortality and Expense Charge

                  A daily  charge is made for the  mortality  and expense  risks
                  assumed by JNL.  JNL deducts a daily charge from the assets of
                  the Separate Account equivalent to an annual rate of 1.25% for
                  the assumption of mortality and expense  risks.  The mortality
                  risk  assumed by JNL is that the insured may receive  benefits
                  greater  than  those  anticipated  by JNL.  The  expense  risk
                  assumed  by  JNL  is  that  the  costs  of  administering  the
                  contracts  of the  Separate  Account  will  exceed  the amount
                  received  from  the  Administration  Charge  and the  Contract
                  Maintenance Charge.


<PAGE>


                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


Note 4 - Purchases and Sales of Investments

         For the year ended December 31, 1997, purchases and proceeds from sales
         of investments in the JNL Series Trust are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                                     Proceeds
         JNL Series Trust                                                           Purchases       from Sales
         ----------------                                                           ---------       ----------

<S>                                                                               <C>               <C>         
         JNL Aggressive Growth..................................................  $  47,917,568     $ 11,089,838

         JNL Capital Growth.....................................................     37,672,456       13,167,439

         JNL Global Equities....................................................    104,650,143       15,221,156

         JNL/Alger Growth.......................................................     43,333,388       10,556,353

         JNL/Eagle Core Equity..................................................      8,561,856          313,679

         JNL/Eagle SmallCap Equity..............................................     12,054,276        1,933,750

         JNL/Putnam Growth......................................................     57,666,092        7,318,617

         JNL/Putnam Value Equity................................................     87,596,353        5,794,256

         PPM America/JNL Balanced...............................................     33,426,507        5,118,205

         PPM America/JNL High Yield Bond........................................     48,775,308        6,643,127

         PPM America/JNL Money Market...........................................     86,733,951       69,718,273

         Salomon Brothers/JNL Global Bond.......................................     23,979,687        3,596,564

         Salomon Brothers/JNL U.S. Government & Quality Bond....................     16,616,279        4,167,744

         T. Rowe Price/JNL Established Growth...................................     78,007,156       11,852,961

         T. Rowe Price/JNL International Equity Investment......................     35,695,429        7,136,802

         T. Rowe Price/JNL Mid-Cap Growth.......................................     70,025,602       12,873,286
</TABLE>

<PAGE>


                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)



Note 5 -  Accumulation of Unit Activity

     The  following  is a  reconciliation  of unit  activity for the years ended
     December 31, 1997 and 1996:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                       Units                                  Units                                   Units
                                    Outstanding     Units        Units     Outstanding     Units        Units      Outstanding
Portfolio:                          at 12/31/95    Issued      Redeemed    at 12/31/96     Issued      Redeemed    at 12/31/97
- ----------                          -----------    ------      --------    -----------     ------      --------    -----------


<S>                                      <C>      <C>          <C>           <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>      
JNL Aggressive Growth...............     4,008    2,489,793    (138,271)     2,355,530    3,830,809    (814,960)    5,371,379

JNL Capital Growth..................     1,587    3,099,665    (115,584)     2,985,668    3,195,545  (1,048,470)    5,132,743

JNL Global Equities.................     4,778    3,207,085    (121,629)     3,090,234    6,868,896    (891,853)    9,067,277

JNL/Alger Growth....................    12,285    3,610,116    (311,591)     3,310,810    3,360,067    (762,431)    5,908,446

JNL/Eagle Core Equity...............         -       99,222     (14,327)        84,895      700,021     (18,400)      766,516

JNL/Eagle SmallCap Equity...........         -       72,877      (1,863)        71,014      926,135    (139,203)      857,946

JNL/Putnam Growth...................       571    1,763,677     (81,644)     1,682,604    3,978,206    (453,516)    5,207,294

JNL/Putnam Value Equity.............     3,944    1,375,629     (49,285)     1,330,288    5,934,203    (338,984)    6,925,507

PPM America/JNL Balanced............    12,871    2,271,164    (163,506)     2,120,529    2,739,911    (373,467)    4,486,973

PPM America/JNL High Yield Bond.....       100    1,238,600     (90,860)     1,147,840    4,075,178    (511,967)    4,711,051

PPM America/JNL Money Market........    14,608    4,391,649   (2,213,081)    2,193,176    8,222,523  (6,560,576)    3,855,123

Salomon Brothers/JNL Global Bond....     3,128      963,549     (54,792)       911,885    1,958,400    (266,428)    2,603,857

Salomon Brothers/JNL U.S.
Government &                             1,275      960,739     (59,959)       902,055    1,564,041    (375,521)    2,090,575
     Quality Bond...................

T. Rowe Price/JNL Established Growth    10,564    2,609,100    (118,768)     2,500,896    5,454,859    (736,966)    7,218,789

T. Rowe Price/JNL International
Equity                                   3,096    2,162,647    (126,313)     2,039,430    2,905,132    (537,920)    4,406,642
     Investment.....................

T. Rowe Price/JNL Mid-Cap Growth....     5,120    3,846,339    (266,408)     3,585,051    5,339,307    (892,605)    8,031,753

</TABLE>
<PAGE>


                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


Note 6 - Reconciliation of Gross and Net Deposits into the Separate Account

         Deposits into the Separate  Account  purchase  shares of the JNL Series
         Trust. Net deposits  represent the amounts  available for investment in
         such shares  after the  deduction of  applicable  policy  charges.  The
         following  is a  summary  of net  deposits  made  for the  years  ended
         December 31, 1997 and 1996:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                             Portfolios
                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             JNL Aggressive                 JNL Capital                    JNL Global
                                                 Growth                        Growth                       Equities
                                       ---------------------------   ---------------------------   ---------------------------

                                               Year ended                    Year ended                    Year ended
                                              December 31,                  December 31,                  December 31,
                                       ---------------------------   ---------------------------   ---------------------------
                                          1997           1996           1997           1996           1997           1996
                                       ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------

<S>                                    <C>           <C>             <C>           <C>             <C>           <C>        
Proceeds from units issued..........   $45,265,821   $27,543,128     $37,672,456   $35,519,102     $93,402,947   $39,106,636
Value of units redeemed.............   (10,290,778)   (1,145,314)    (11,594,857)     (975,072)    (13,733,122)   (1,240,848)
Transfers between funds and
   general account..................     2,651,747       676,383        (752,866)      653,800      11,247,196     1,204,468
                                       ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------

Total gross deposits net of
   transfers to general account.....    37,626,790    27,074,197      25,324,733    35,197,830      90,917,021    39,070,256

Deductions:
Policyholder charges................        66,649         5,757          70,374         4,221          82,947         6,008
                                       ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------


Net deposits from policyholders.....   $37,560,141   $27,068,440     $25,254,359   $35,193,609     $90,834,074   $39,064,248
                                       ============= =============   ============= =============   ============= =============
</TABLE>

<PAGE>


                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


Note 6 -  Reconciliation  of Gross and Net Deposits  into the  Separate  Account
(continued)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                             Portfolios
                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               JNL/Alger                     JNL/Eagle                     JNL/Eagle
                                                 Growth                     Core Equity                 SmallCap Equity
                                       ---------------------------   ---------------------------   ---------------------------

                                               Year ended                    Year ended                    Year ended
                                              December 31,                  December 31,                  December 31,
                                       ---------------------------   ---------------------------   ---------------------------
                                          1997           1996           1997          1996 *          1997          1996 *
                                       ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------

<S>                                    <C>           <C>             <C>           <C>             <C>           <C>        
Proceeds from units issued..........   $38,632,352   $36,756,292     $ 7,461,654   $ 1,021,518     $10,214,402   $   750,702
Value of units redeemed.............    (9,648,065)   (2,573,647)       (234,793)     (148,208)     (1,846,474)      (18,081)
Transfers between funds and
   general account..................     4,701,036       376,063       1,100,202         5,840       1,839,874         9,328
                                       ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------

Total gross deposits net of
   transfers to general account.....    33,685,323    34,558,708       8,327,063       879,150      10,207,802       741,949

Deductions:
Policyholder charges................        72,667         9,909             493             -             897             -
                                       ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------


Net deposits from policyholders.....   $33,612,656   $34,548,799     $ 8,326,570   $   879,150     $10,206,905   $   741,949
                                       ============= =============   ============= =============   ============= =============

</TABLE>


*  Period from September 16, 1996 (commencement of operations).
<PAGE>


                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                       ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                               JNL/Putnam                    JNL/Putnam                  PPM America/JNL       
                                                 Growth                     Value Equity                    Balanced           
                                       ----------------------------  ----------------------------  ----------------------------
                                       
                                               Year ended                    Year ended                    Year ended          
                                              December 31,                  December 31,                  December 31,         
                                       ----------------------------  ----------------------------  ----------------------------
                                           1997           1996           1997          1996           1997           1996      
                                       -------------- -------------  ----------------------------  ------------- --------------
                                       

<S>                                   <C>            <C>            <C>            <C>             <C>           <C>            
Proceeds from units issued..........  $ 49,336,186   $ 21,442,640   $ 70,909,880   $ 15,632,015    $ 29,379,692  $ 23,509,961   
Value of units redeemed.............    (6,547,755)      (796,160)    (4,969,063)     (411,373)     (4,501,905)   (1,217,837)  
Transfers between funds and            
   general account..................     8,329,906        560,800     16,686,473       537,691       4,046,815       227,388   
                                       -----------   ------------   ------------  ------------    -----------    -----------    
                                       
Total gross deposits net of            
   transfers to general account.....    51,118,337     21,207,280     82,627,290    15,758,333      28,924,602    22,519,512   
                                       
Deductions:                            
Policyholder charges................        53,169          6,816         50,114         2,604          41,864         8,687   
                                       -----------   ------------   ------------  ------------    -----------    -----------    
                                       
                                       
Net deposits from policyholders.....   $51,065,168   $ 21,200,464   $ 82,577,176  $ 28,882,738    $28,882,738    $22,510,825  
                                       ===========   ============   ============  ============    ===========    ===========    

</TABLE>


                                         -------------------------     
                                              PPM America/JNL            
                                              High Yield Bond            
                                         -------------------------     
                                                                         
                                                 Year ended              
                                                December 31,             
                                         -------------------------     
                                            1997           1996          
                                         -----------   -----------       
                                                                         
Proceeds from units issued..........      44,481,004    12,260,162       
Value of units redeemed.............      (6,127,340)     (815,925)      
Transfers between funds and                                              
   general account..................       4,294,304       766,118       
                                         -----------   -----------       
                                                                         
Total gross deposits net of                                              
   transfers to general account.....      42,647,968    12,210,355       
                                                                         
Deductions:                                                              
Policyholder charges................          29,655         2,350       
                                         -----------   -----------       
                                                                         
                                                                         
Net deposits from policyholders.....     $42,618,313   $12,208,005       
                                         ===========   ===========       

<PAGE>


                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


Note 6 -  Reconciliation  of Gross and Net Deposits  into the  Separate  Account
(continued)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                             Portfolios
                                       ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            PPM America/JNL             Salomon Brothers/JNL       Salomon Brothers/JNL U.S.
                                              Money Market                  Global Bond            Government & Quality Bond
                                       ---------------------------   ---------------------------   ---------------------------

                                               Year ended                    Year ended                    Year ended
                                              December 31,                  December 31,                  December 31,
                                       ---------------------------   ---------------------------   ---------------------------
                                          1997           1996           1997           1996           1997           1996
                                       ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------

<S>                                    <C>           <C>             <C>           <C>             <C>           <C>        
Proceeds from units issued..........   $86,733,951   $43,127,416     $22,112,972   $10,448,311     $16,616,279   $ 9,278,322
                                       
Value of units redeemed.............   (34,907,833)  (14,310,306)     (3,260,129)     (486,567)     (3,601,095)     (469,196)
Transfers between funds and
   general account..................   (34,311,907)   (6,523,796)      1,866,715       246,760        (336,485)      271,425
                                       ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------

Total gross deposits net of
   transfers to general account.....    17,514,211    22,293,314      20,719,558    10,208,504      12,678,699     9,080,551

Deductions:
Policyholder charges................        28,346         3,878          23,302         2,147          15,208         2,924
                                       ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------   ------------- -------------


Net deposits from policyholders.....   $17,485,865   $22,289,436     $20,696,256   $10,206,357     $12,663,491   $ 9,077,627
                                       ============= =============   ============= =============   ============= =============

</TABLE>

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                      Jackson National Separate Account - I

                    Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                       ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            T. Rowe Price/JNL             T. Rowe Price/JNL             T.Rowe Price/JNL
                                           Established Growth           International Equity             Mid-Cap Growth
                                       ----------------------------  ----------------------------  ----------------------------
                                       
                                               Year ended                    Year ended                    Year ended
                                               December 31                  December 31,                  December 31,
                                       ----------------------------  ----------------------------  ----------------------------
                                           1997           1996           1997          1996           1997           1996
                                       -------------- -------------  ----------------------------  ------------- --------------

<S>                                   <C>            <C>            <C>           <C>                <C>        <C>         
Proceeds from units issued..........  $  67,808,925  $  29,052,257  $  31,886,802 $ 23,348,962       63,794,416 $ 43,089,505
                                       (10,747,430)    (1,202,924)    (6,517,887)   (1,329,874)    (11,648,973)   (2,671,376)
Value of units redeemed.............   
Transfers between funds and             10,198,231        988,000      3,808,627       820,933       6,231,186     1,288,321
   general account..................   -------------- -------------  ----------------------------  ------------- --------------
                                       
                                       
Total gross deposits net of             67,259,726     28,837,333     29,177,542    22,840,021      58,376,629    41,706,450
   transfers to general account.....   
                                       
Deductions:                                 80,898          7,690         38,653         4,265          80,229         6,852
Policyholder charges................   -------------- -------------  ----------------------------  ------------- --------------
                                       
                                       
Net deposits from policyholders.....   $67,178,828    $28,829,643    $29,138,889   $ 22,835,756     58,296,400   $ 41,699,598
                                       ============== =============  ============================  ============= ==============

</TABLE>
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            Jackson National Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries
                        Consolidated Financial Statements














                     Jackson National Life Insurance Company



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                              Financial Statements







<PAGE>


                        REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



To the Board of Directors and Stockholder of
  Jackson National Life Insurance Company


In our opinion,  the  accompanying  consolidated  balance sheets and the related
consolidated  income  statements and  consolidated  statements of  stockholder's
equity and of cash flows present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of Jackson National Life Insurance  Company and its  subsidiaries  (the
"Company")  at December 31, 1997 and 1996,  and the results of their  operations
and their cash flows for each of the three  years in the period  ended  December
31, 1997, in conformity with generally  accepted  accounting  principles.  These
financial  statements are the  responsibility of the Company's  management;  our
responsibility  is to express an opinion on these financial  statements based on
our audits.  We conducted  our audits of these  statements  in  accordance  with
generally accepted auditing standards which require that we plan and perform the
audit to obtain reasonable  assurance about whether the financial statements are
free of material  misstatement.  An audit includes  examining,  on a test basis,
evidence  supporting the amounts and  disclosures  in the financial  statements,
assessing the  accounting  principles  used and  significant  estimates  made by
management,  and evaluating the overall  financial  statement  presentation.  We
believe  that our audits  provide a reasonable  basis for the opinion  expressed
above.



/s/ Price Waterhouse LLP




February  6, 1998




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Consolidated Balance Sheet
(In thousands)

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                            December 31,           
                                                                                       1997             1996       
                                                                                  ---------------- ----------------
<S>                                                                               <C>                <C>         
Assets                                                                                                            
   Investments:
     Cash and short-term investments                                              $    2,526,163     $    660,246
     Fixed maturities held to maturity, at amortized cost
       (market value: 1996, $4,160,485)                                                        -        4,168,277
     Investments available for sale, at market value:
       Fixed maturities (amortized cost: 1997, $25,622,420; 1996, $19,796,064)        26,604,978       20,225,507
       Equities (cost: 1997; $157,916; 1996, $156,767)                                   252,963          202,442
     Mortgage loans                                                                    1,597,223          843,860
     Policy loans                                                                        624,192          594,962
     Other invested assets                                                               171,220          118,662
                                                                                  ---------------- ----------------
         Total investments                                                            31,776,739       26,813,956

   Accrued investment income                                                             386,412          338,099
   Deferred acquisition costs                                                          1,140,034        1,231,388
   Variable annuity assets                                                             1,122,239          369,569
   Reinsurance recoverable                                                               226,219          155,451
   Value of acquired insurance in force                                                  169,245          183,284
   Deferred income taxes                                                                       -          131,470
   Other assets                                                                           80,197           75,373
                                                                                  ================ ================
         Total assets                                                             $   34,901,085    $  29,298,590
                                                                                  ================ ================

Liabilities and Stockholder's Equity
     Liabilities
     Policy reserves and liabilities:
       Reserves for future policy benefits                                        $      661,728    $     624,733
       Deposits on investment contracts                                               25,125,774       24,021,621
       Guaranteed investment contracts                                                 2,769,249        1,464,010
       Other policyholder funds                                                           15,674           16,098
       Claims payable                                                                    159,022          139,617
     Reverse repurchase and dollar roll repurchase agreements                          1,426,473                -
     Variable annuity liabilities                                                      1,122,239          369,569
     Surplus note payable                                                                249,168                -
     Liability for guaranty fund assessments                                              81,776           89,104
     Income taxes currently payable to Parent                                            143,295          140,364
     Deferred income taxes                                                                43,086                -
     Other liabilities                                                                   488,452          419,523
                                                                                  ---------------- ----------------
         Total liabilities                                                            32,285,936       27,284,639
                                                                                  ---------------- ----------------

     Stockholder's Equity
     Capital stock, $1.15 par value; authorized 50,000 shares;
       outstanding 12,000 shares
                                                                                          13,800           13,800
     Additional paid-in capital                                                          832,982          648,982
     Net unrealized gain on investments,
       net of tax of $237,212 in 1997 and $97,155 in 1996                                440,537          180,432
     Retained earnings                                                                 1,327,830        1,170,737
                                                                                  ---------------- ----------------
     Total stockholder's equity                                                        2,615,149        2,013,951
                                                                                  ================ ================
         Total liabilities and stockholder's equity                               $   34,901,085    $  29,298,590
                                                                                  ================ ================
</TABLE>


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Consolidated Income Statement
(In thousands)

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                          Years Ended December 31,
                                                               1997                 1996                1995
                                                          -----------------    -----------------  ------------------
<S>                                                       <C>                  <C>                <C>             
Revenues
   Premiums and other considerations                      $        275,851     $        292,448   $        310,231

   Net investment income                                         2,242,101            1,997,032          1,836,372

   Net realized investment gains                                    80,335               18,573             84,626

   Fee income:
     Mortality charges                                             136,285              123,245            128,695
     Surrender charges                                              66,638               64,933             54,380
     Expense charges                                                20,175               20,641             20,308
     Variable annuity fees                                          10,202                1,948                  -
     Net asset management fees                                       5,219                  946                201
     Net retained commissions                                          443                  325                168
                                                          -----------------    -----------------  ------------------
   Total fee income                                                238,962                                 203,752
                                                                                        212,038

   Other income                                                     31,251               28,741              8,768
                                                          -----------------    -----------------  ------------------
     Total revenues                                              2,868,500            2,548,832          2,443,749
                                                          -----------------    -----------------  ------------------

Benefits and Expenses
   Death benefits                                                  279,014             282,973             281,011
   Interest credited on deposit liabilities                      1,586,249            1,449,852          1,379,435
   Interest expense on surplus notes                                16,330                    -                  -
   Increase (decrease) in reserves, net of
      reinsurance recoverables                                     (23,292)               3,568             43,680
   Other policyholder benefits                                      16,170               14,446             17,511
   Commissions                                                     274,906              232,901            214,060
   General and administrative expenses                             169,473              146,800            127,389
   Taxes, licenses and fees                                         21,852               23,535             56,472
   Deferral of acquisition costs                                  (320,246)            (262,351)          (227,093)
   Amortization of acquisition costs                               216,112              175,062            142,308
   Amortization of insurance in force                               14,039               13,279             12,379
                                                          -----------------    -----------------  ------------------
     Total benefits and expenses                                 2,250,607            2,080,065          2,047,152
                                                          -----------------    -----------------  ------------------
     Pretax income                                                 617,893              468,767            396,597
   Income tax expense                                              216,300              164,100            140,000
                                                          -----------------    -----------------  ------------------

     Net income                                           $        401,593     $        304,667   $        256,597
                                                          =================    =================  ==================


</TABLE>

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Consolidated Statement of Stockholder's Equity
(In thousands)

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                          Years Ended December 31,
                                                               1997                 1996                1995
                                                          -----------------    -----------------  ------------------

<S>                                                       <C>                  <C>                <C>             
Capital stock, beginning and end of year                  $         13,800     $         13,800   $         13,800
                                                          -----------------    -----------------  ------------------

Additional paid-in capital
Beginning of year                                                  648,982              603,982            603,982
   Capital contributions                                           184,000               45,000                  -
                                                          -----------------    -----------------  ------------------
End of year                                                                                                603,982
                                                                   832,982              648,982
                                                          -----------------    -----------------  ------------------

Net unrealized gain (loss) on investments
Beginning of year                                                                                         (353,692)
                                                                   180,432              389,883
   Change in market value of investments
     available for sale, net of taxes and
     related deferred acquisition costs                            260,105             (209,451)           743,575
                                                          -----------------    -----------------  ------------------
End of year                                                                                                389,883
                                                                   440,537              180,432
                                                          -----------------    -----------------  ------------------

Retained earnings
Beginning of year                                                1,170,737                                 648,473
                                                                                        885,570
   Net income                                                      401,593              304,667            256,597
   Dividends paid to stockholder                                  (244,500)             (19,500)           (19,500)
                                                          -----------------    -----------------  ------------------
End of year                                                      1,327,830            1,170,737            885,570
                                                          -----------------    -----------------  ------------------


Total stockholder's equity                                $      2,615,149     $      2,013,951   $      1,893,235
                                                          =================    =================  ==================


</TABLE>

<PAGE>


Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
(In thousands)

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                            Years Ended December 31,
                                                                   1997               1996              1995
                                                              ----------------   ---------------- ------------------
<S>                                                            <C>               <C>                <C>           
Cash flows from operating activities:
   Net income                                                  $      401,593    $      304,667     $      256,597
   Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
     provided by operating activities:
       Net realized investment gains                                  (80,335)          (18,573)           (84,626)
       Interest credited on deposit liabilities                     1,586,249         1,449,852          1,379,435
       Other charges                                                 (233,300)         (210,767)          (203,383)
       Amortization of discount and premium on
         investments                                                  (18,437)          (55,808)           (32,261)
       Change in:
         Deferred income taxes                                         34,500            44,600               (364)
         Accrued investment income                                    (48,313)          (11,077)           (15,469)
         Deferred acquisition costs                                  (104,134)          (87,289)           (84,785)
         Value of acquired insurance in force                          14,039            13,279             12,379
         Income taxes currently payable to Parent                       2,931            38,317             58,672
         Other assets and liabilities, net                             52,413           (92,839)            91,116
                                                              ----------------   ---------------- ------------------
       Net cash provided by operating activities                    1,607,206         1,374,362          1,377,311
                                                              ----------------   ---------------- ------------------

Cash flows from investing activities:
   Sales of:
     Fixed maturities and equities available for sale               9,078,616         3,281,105          2,994,755
     Mortgage loans                                                    47,282            16,360              3,840
   Principal repayments, maturities, calls and redemptions:
     Available for sale                                               960,844         1,052,506            257,793
     Held to maturity                                                       -           465,862            289,266
   Purchases of:
     Fixed maturities and equities available for sale             (11,588,708)       (5,716,350)        (4,782,081)
     Fixed maturities held to maturity                                      -          (557,749)        (1,050,039)
     Mortgage loans                                                  (801,008)         (685,938)          (140,379)
   Other investing activities                                       1,332,795                 -                  -
                                                              ----------------   ---------------- ------------------
     Net cash used by investing activities                           (970,179)       (2,144,204)        (2,426,845)
                                                              ----------------   ---------------- ------------------

Cash flows from financing activities: Policyholders
  account balances:
     Deposits                                                       5,849,300         4,198,094          2,589,863
     Withdrawals                                                   (4,089,935)       (2,540,112)        (1,713,037)
     Net transfers to separate accounts                              (719,138)         (341,482)              (748)
     Surplus note payable                                             249,163                 -                  -
     Payment of cash dividends to Parent                             (244,500)          (19,500)           (19,500)
     Capital contribution from Parent                                 184,000            45,000                  -
                                                              ----------------   ---------------- ------------------
     Net cash provided by financing activities                      1,228,890         1,342,000            856,578
                                                              ----------------   ---------------- ------------------
     Net increase (decrease) in cash and short-term
       investments                                                  1,865,917           572,158           (192,956)

Cash and short-term investments, beginning of period                  660,246            88,088            281,044
                                                              ================   ================ ==================
Cash and short-term investments, end of period                  $   2,526,163    $      660,246    $        88,088
                                                              ================   ================ ==================
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
            Jackson National Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries
                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
                                December 31, 1997
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1.   Nature of Operations

     Jackson National Life Insurance  Company,  Inc. (the "Company" or "JNL") is
     wholly  owned  by  Brooke  Life  Insurance  Company  ("Brooke  Life" or the
     "Parent")  which is  ultimately a wholly  owned  subsidiary  of  Prudential
     Corporation,  plc ("Prudential"),  London, England. JNL is licensed to sell
     individual annuity products,  including  immediate and deferred  annuities,
     variable  annuities,   guaranteed   investment   contracts  ("GICs"),   and
     individual  life  insurance  products  in 49  states  and the  District  of
     Columbia.

     The  accompanying  consolidated  financial  statements  include JNL and its
     wholly owned  subsidiaries,  Jackson National Life Insurance Company of New
     York, an insurance company;  Chrissy  Corporation,  an advertising  agency;
     Jackson National Financial Services, Inc., an investment advisor and broker
     dealer, and Jackson National Life Distributors, Inc., a broker dealer.
     
     During the second  quarter  of 1997,  the  Company  sold  Jackson  National
     Compania De Seguros De Vida S.A. ("Argentina"), a life insurance company of
     which JNL owned 90% of the common stock.

 2.  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

     Basis of Presentation
     The accompanying  consolidated  financial  statements have been prepared in
     accordance with generally  accepted  accounting  principles  ("GAAP").  All
     significant  intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in
     consolidation. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform
     with the current year presentation.

     The  preparation of the financial  statements in conformity  with generally
     accepted   accounting   principles   requires  the  use  of  estimates  and
     assumptions  that affect the amounts  reported in the financial  statements
     and the accompanying notes. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

     Investments
     Cash and short-term  investments which primarily  include cash,  commercial
     paper, and money market instruments are carried at cost, which approximates
     fair value.  These  investments have maturities of three months or less and
     are considered cash equivalents for reporting cash flows.

     Fixed  maturities  include  bonds,  notes,   redeemable  preferred  stocks,
     mortgage-backed  securities and structured securities. All fixed maturities
     are  considered  available  for sale and are  carried at  aggregate  market
     value.  Previously,  fixed maturities which the Company had the ability and
     intent  to  hold  to  maturity  were  reported  at  amortized  cost.  Fixed
     maturities  are reduced to estimated net  realizable  value for declines in
     market value considered to be other than temporary.

     Equity securities which include common stocks and non-redeemable  preferred
     stocks are carried at market value.

     Mortgage  loans  are  carried  at the  unpaid  principal  balances,  net of
     unamortized discounts and premiums.

     Policy loans are carried at the unpaid principal balances.

     Real estate is carried at the lower of depreciated cost or fair value.

     Limited partnership investments are accounted for using the equity method.

     Realized  gains and losses on the sale of  investments  are  recognized  in
     income  at the date of sale and are  determined  using  the  specific  cost
     identification method. Acquisition premiums and discounts on



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            Jackson National Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries
                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
                                December 31, 1997
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2.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

     investments  are  amortized  to  investment  income  using call or maturity
     dates. The changes in unrealized gains or losses of investments  classified
     as  available  for  sale,  net of  tax  and  the  effect  of  the  deferred
     acquisition  costs  adjustment  are  excluded  from income and  credited or
     charged directly to stockholder's equity.

     Derivative Financial Instruments
     The Company enters into financial derivative transactions, including swaps,
     put-swaptions,  futures  and options to reduce and manage  business  risks.
     These transactions  manage the risk of a change in the value, yield, price,
     cash flows, or quantity of, or a degree of exposure with respect to assets,
     liabilities,  or future  cash  flows,  which the  Company  has  acquired or
     incurred.  Hedge accounting  practices are supported by cash flow matching,
     duration matching and scenario testing.

     Interest rate swap agreements  generally  involve the exchange of fixed and
     floating payments over the life of the agreement without an exchange of the
     underlying principal amount.  Interest rate swap agreements  outstanding at
     December 31, 1997 hedge  available for sale  securities  and are carried at
     fair value  with the change in value  reflected  in  stockholder's  equity.
     Amounts  paid or received on interest  rate swap  agreements,  if any,  are
     included in investment  income.  Accrued  amounts  payable to or receivable
     from  counterparties  are included in other  liabilities  or other  assets.
     Realized  gains  and  losses  from the  settlement  or  termination  of the
     interest  rate  swaps  are  deferred  and  amortized  over  the life of the
     specific hedged assets as an adjustment to the yield.

     Index swap agreements generally involve the exchange of payments based on a
     short-term  interest rate index for payments based on the total return of a
     bond or equity index over the life of the agreement  without an exchange of
     the  underlying  principal  amount.  Index swap  agreements  outstanding at
     December  31,  1997 hedge the  anticipated  purchase  of  investment  grade
     available  for sale  bonds and are  carried at fair  value.  Fair value and
     amounts  paid or  received  on the swaps are  deferred  and will adjust the
     basis of bonds acquired upon expiration of the swaps.

     Put-swaptions  purchased  provide the Company  with the right,  but not the
     obligation,  to require the writers to pay the Company the present value of
     a long  duration  interest  rate  swap  at  future  exercise  dates.  These
     put-swaptions  are  entered  into as a  hedge  against  significant  upward
     movements in interest rates.  Premiums paid for put-swaption  contracts are
     included in other  invested  assets and are being  amortized to  investment
     income over the remaining terms of the contracts with maturities of up to 5
     years.  Put-swaptions,   designated  as  a  hedge  of  available  for  sale
     securities, are carried at fair value with the change in value reflected in
     stockholder's equity.

     Equity index  futures  contracts  and equity index call options are used in
     conjunction  with equity  index-linked  immediate  and  deferred  annuities
     offered by the Company.  These  transactions are accounted for as hedges of
     the  associated  annuity  liabilities.  The  variation  margin  on  futures
     contracts is deferred and, upon closing of the contracts, adjusts the basis
     of option  contracts  purchased.  The cost of options acquired is amortized
     into net  investment  income over the option term. The fair value of option
     contracts is deferred  until  recognition  of the  associated  index-linked
     annuity liability.

     Derivative  financial  instruments are primarily held for hedging purposes.
     High yield  index  swaps and equity  index  swaps were held for  investment
     purposes in 1997 and 1996.

     The Company  manages the  potential  credit  exposure for  over-the-counter
     derivative  contracts through careful evaluation of the counterparty credit
     standing, collateral agreements, and master netting agreements. The Company
     is  exposed  to  credit-related  losses in the event of  nonperformance  by
     counterparties, however, it does not anticipate nonperformance.



<PAGE>
            Jackson National Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries
                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
                                December 31, 1997
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2.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

     Deferred Acquisition Costs
     Certain  costs of  acquiring  new  business,  principally  commissions  and
     certain costs associated with policy issue and underwriting which vary with
     and are primarily  related to the  production  of new  business,  have been
     capitalized as deferred  acquisition costs.  Deferred acquisition costs are
     increased by interest  thereon and amortized in  proportion to  anticipated
     premium  revenues  for  traditional  life  policies  and in  proportion  to
     estimated gross profits for annuities and interest-sensitive life products.
     As certain fixed  maturities and equity  securities  available for sale are
     carried at  aggregate  market  value,  an  adjustment  is made to  deferred
     acquisition  costs  equal to the  change in  amortization  that  would have
     occurred if such securities had been sold at their stated  aggregate market
     value and the proceeds  reinvested  at current  yields.  The change in this
     adjustment is included with the change in market value of investments,  net
     of tax, on fixed maturities and equity  securities  available for sale that
     is  credited  or  charged  directly  to  stockholder's   equity.   Deferred
     acquisition  costs have been decreased by $383.6 million and $188.1 million
     at December 31, 1997 and 1996, respectively, to reflect this change.

     Value of Acquired Insurance in-Force
     The value of acquired insurance in-force at acquisition date represents the
     present value of anticipated  profits of the business  in-force on November
     25,  1986  (the  date  the  Company  was  acquired  by  Prudential)  net of
     amortization.  The value of acquired  insurance  in-force is  amortized  in
     proportion to anticipated  premium  revenues for traditional life insurance
     contracts and estimated gross profits for annuities and  interest-sensitive
     life products over a period of 20 years.

     Federal Income Taxes
     The Company  provides  deferred  income taxes on the temporary  differences
     between the tax and financial statement basis of assets and liabilities.

     JNL files a  consolidated  federal  income tax return with Brooke Life. The
     non-life insurance company subsidiaries and Jackson National Life Insurance
     Company of New York file separate  federal  income tax returns.  Income tax
     expense is calculated on a separate company basis.

     Policy Reserves and Liabilities

     Reserves for future policy benefits:
     For  traditional  life  insurance  contracts,  reserves  for future  policy
     benefits are determined  using the net level premium method and assumptions
     as of the  issue  date as to  mortality,  interest,  policy  lapsation  and
     expenses plus  provisions  for adverse  deviations.  Mortality  assumptions
     range from 59% to 90% of the  1975-1980  Basic Select and  Ultimate  tables
     depending on underwriting classification and policy duration. Interest rate
     assumptions  range from 6.0% to 9.5%.  Lapse and  expense  assumptions  are
     based on Company experience.

     Deposits on investment contracts:
     For the Company's  interest-sensitive life contracts,  reserves approximate
     the policyholder's  accumulation  account.  For deferred annuity,  variable
     annuity,  guaranteed  investment contracts and other investment  contracts,
     the reserve is the policyholder's account value.

     Variable Annuity Assets and Liabilities
     The assets and  liabilities  resulting  from  individual  variable  annuity
     contracts which aggregated  $1,082.7 million and $369.6 million at December
     31, 1997 and 1996, respectively,  are segregated in a separate account. The
     Company receives  administrative fees for managing the funds and other fees
     for assuming mortality and certain expense risks. Such fees are recorded as
     earned and included in variable  annuity fees and net asset management fees
     in the consolidated income statement.

     In April  1997,  the  Company  issued  a group  variable  annuity  contract
     designed for use in  connection  with and issued to the  Company's  Defined
     Contribution Retirement Plan. These deposits are allocated to the


<PAGE>
            Jackson National Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries
                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
                                December 31, 1997
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2.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

     Jackson  National  Separate  Account - II and  aggregated  $39.5 million at
     December 31, 1997. The Company  receives  administrative  fees for managing
     the funds and these fees are  recorded as earned and  included in net asset
     management fees in the consolidated income statement.

     Revenue and Expense Recognition
     Premiums for traditional  life insurance are reported as revenues when due.
     Benefits,  claims and expenses are associated with earned revenues in order
     to recognize  profit over the lives of the contracts.  This  association is
     accomplished  by provisions for future policy benefits and the deferral and
     amortization of acquisition costs.

     Deposits on  interest-sensitive  life  products and  investment  contracts,
     principally  deferred annuities and guaranteed  investment  contracts,  are
     treated as  policyholder  deposits  and  excluded  from  revenue.  Revenues
     consist primarily of the investment income and charges assessed against the
     policyholder's   account  value  for  mortality  charges,   surrenders  and
     administrative expenses. Fee income also includes revenues related to asset
     management  fees  and net  retained  commissions.  Surrender  benefits  are
     treated as repayments of the policyholder account. Annuity benefit payments
     are treated as reductions to the  policyholder  account.  Death benefits in
     excess of the  policyholder  account  are  recognized  as an  expense  when
     incurred.  Expenses  consist  primarily  of the  interest  credited  to the
     policyholder  deposit.  Underwriting  expenses  are  associated  with gross
     profit in order to recognize profit over the life of the business.  This is
     accomplished by deferral and amortization of acquisition costs.

3.   Fair Value of Financial Instruments

     The following  summarizes  the basis used by the Company in estimating  its
     fair value disclosures for financial instruments:

     Cash and Short-Term Investments:
     Carrying value is considered to be a reasonable estimate of fair value.

     Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities:
     Fair values are based  principally on quoted market  prices,  if available.
     For  securities  that are not actively  traded,  fair values are  estimated
     using independent pricing services or analytically determined values.

     Mortgage Loans:
     Fair  values are  determined  by  discounting  the future cash flows to the
     present at current market rates.  The fair value of mortgages  approximated
     $1,655.6  million  and  $846.6  million  at  December  31,  1997 and  1996,
     respectively.

     Policy Loans:
     The carrying  value  approximates  fair value since policy loans reduce the
     amount payable at death or surrender of the contract.

     Derivatives:
     The fair value of derivatives is based on quoted market prices or estimates
     received from financial institutions.

     Variable Annuity Assets:
     Variable  annuity  assets are carried at the market value of the underlying
     securities.

     Annuity Reserves:
     Fair  values  for  immediate  and  deferred  annuities,  without  mortality
     features,  are derived by discounting the future estimated cash flows using
     current interest rates with similar maturities. The carrying value and fair
     value of such  annuities  approximated  $21.2  billion  and $20.1  billion,
     respectively,  at December 31, 1997,  and $19.5 billion and $18.5  billion,
     respectively, at December 31, 1996.


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            Jackson National Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries
                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
                                December 31, 1997
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3.   Fair Value of Financial Instruments (continued)

     Reserves for Guaranteed Investment Contracts:
     Fair value is based on the  present  value of future  cash flows at current
     pricing rates. The fair value  approximated  $2.8 billion,  at December 31,
     1997, and $1.5 billion at December 31, 1996.

     Variable Annuity Liabilities:
     Fair value of contracts in the accumulation phase is based on account value
     less  surrender  charges.  Fair values of contracts in the payout phase are
     based on the  present  value of future  cash  flows at  assumed  investment
     rates.  The fair value  approximated  $1,056.8  million and $345 million at
     December 31, 1997 and December 31, 1996, respectively.

     Indebtedness
     Fair value is based on the  present  value of future  cash flows at current
     interest rates. The fair value of surplus notes approximated $276.2 million
     at December 31, 1997. The carrying  value of reverse  repurchase and dollar
     roll repurchase agreements approximates fair value.

4.   Investments

     Investments are comprised primarily of fixed-interest securities, primarily
     publicly-traded industrial, mortgage-backed,  utility and government bonds.
     The   Company   generates   the  vast   majority  of  its   deposits   from
     interest-sensitive individual annuity and life insurance products, on which
     it has committed to pay a declared rate of interest. The Company's strategy
     of  investing in  fixed-income  securities  aims to ensure  matching of the
     asset yield with the interest-sensitive insurance liabilities and to earn a
     stable return on its investments.

     Debt Securities
     The following  table sets forth fixed maturity  investments at December 31,
     1997,  classified by rating categories as assigned by nationally recognized
     statistical  rating  organizations,  the National  Association of Insurance
     Commissioners  ("NAIC"),  or  if  not  rated  by  such  organizations,  the
     Company's  investment advisor.  At December 31, 1997,  investments rated by
     the Company's  investment advisor totaled $1.5 billion. For purposes of the
     table, if not otherwise rated higher by a nationally recognized statistical
     rating organization, NAIC Class 1 investments are included in the A rating;
     Class 2 in BBB; Class 3 in BB and Classes 4 through 6 in B and below.

                                                      Percent of Total
                  Investment Rating                        Assets
                                                    ---------------------
                  AAA                                           29.9%
                  AA                                             1.4
                  A                                             19.7
                  BBB                                           17.7
                                                    ---------------------
                      Investment grade                          68.7
                                                    ---------------------
                  BB                                             5.1
                  B and below                                    2.4
                                                    ---------------------
                      Below investment grade                     7.5
                                                    ---------------------
                      Total fixed maturities                    76.2
                                                    ---------------------
                  Other assets                                  23.8
                                                    =====================
                      Total assets                             100.0%
                                                    =====================


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            Jackson National Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries
                   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
                                December 31, 1997
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

4.   Investments (continued)

     The amortized cost and estimated market value of fixed maturity investments
     held to maturity were as follows at December 31, 1996 (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                   Gross             Gross             Estimated
                                             Amortized          Unrealized         Unrealized           Market
                                               Cost                Gains             Losses              Value
                                        -------------------- ------------------ ------------------ --------------------
<S>                                        <C>                  <C>                <C>                 <C>           
     Corporate securities                  $       886,250      $       7,931      $      7,766        $      886,415
     Mortgage-backed securities                  3,282,027             32,945            40,902             3,274,070
                                           ---------------      -------------      ------------        --------------
          Total                            $     4,168,277      $      40,876      $     48,668        $    4,160,485
                                           ===============      =============      ============        ==============
                                      
</TABLE>

     In 1997, fixed maturities previously classified as held to maturity with an
     aggregate  amortized cost of $4,022.9 million and net unrealized  losses of
     $35.3 million were reclassified to available for sale.

     The amortized cost and estimated market value of fixed maturity investments
     available for sale were as follows (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                   Gross             Gross             Estimated
                                             Amortized          Unrealized         Unrealized           Market
     December 31, 1997                         Cost                Gains             Losses              Value
                                       ------------------   ----------------   ---------------       ---------------
<S>                                     <C>                  <C>                <C>                   <C>            
     U.S. Treasury securities           $          510,107   $          9,040   $          935        $       518,212
     U.S. Government agencies
          and foreign governments                  216,167             15,292             1,890               229,569
     Public utilities                              744,464             26,370             3,462               767,372
     Corporate securities                       11,617,384            629,123            28,971            12,217,536
     Mortgage-backed securities                 12,534,298            356,238            18,247            12,872,289
                                        ------------------   ----------------   ---------------       ---------------
          Total                         $       25,622,420   $      1,036,063   $        53,505       $    26,604,978
                                        ==================   ================   ===============       ===============
                                    

                                                                  Gross              Gross            Estimated
                                            Amortized           Unrealized        Unrealized            Market
     December 31, 1996                         Cost               Gains             Losses              Value
                                       ------------------   ----------------   ---------------       ---------------
     U.S. Treasury securities           $           5,461    $            118   $             -       $         5,579
     U.S. Government agencies
         and foreign governments                   227,307             14,109                                 241,325
                                                                                             91
     Public utilities                              748,841             26,708            13,710               761,839
     Corporate securities                        9,902,242            435,905            59,060            10,279,087
     Mortgage-backed securities                  8,912,213            150,619           125,155             8,937,677
                                       ------------------   ----------------   ---------------       ---------------
          Total                         $       19,796,064   $        627,459   $       198,016       $    20,225,507
                                         ==================   ================   ===============       ===============
</TABLE>

     Gross unrealized gains pertaining to equity securities at December 31, 1997
     and 1996  were  $102.7  million  and  $48.2  million,  respectively.  Gross
     unrealized  losses at December 31, 1997 and 1996 were $7.7 million and $2.5
     million, respectively.


<PAGE>


4.  Investments (continued)

     The  amortized  cost and  estimated  market  value of fixed  maturities  at
     December 31,  1997,  by  contractual  maturity,  are shown below.  Expected
     maturities will differ from contractual  maturities  because  borrowers may
     have  the  right  to call or  prepay  obligations  with  or  without  early
     redemption penalties.

     Fixed maturities available for sale (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       Amortized              Estimated
                                                         Cost               Market Value
                                                  --------------------  ----------------------
     <S>                                               <C>                      <C>           
     Due in 1 year or less                             $     372,700       $         378,061
     Due after 1 year through 5 years                      2,525,003               2,599,778
     Due after 5 years through 10 years                    5,393,521               5,572,869
     Due after 10 years through 20 years                   1,626,216               1,784,754
     Due after 20 years                                    3,170,682               3,397,227
     Mortgage-backed securities                           12,534,298              12,872,289
                                                  ====================  ======================
          Total                                        $  25,622,420       $      26,604,978
                                                  ====================  ======================
</TABLE>

     Discounts and premiums on collateralized mortgage obligations are amortized
     over the estimated  redemption period using the effective  interest method.
     Yields  which  are  used to  calculate  premium/discount  amortization  are
     adjusted periodically for prepayments.

     Fixed  maturities  with a carrying  value of $6.6  million and $4.7 million
     were on deposit with regulatory  authorities at December 31, 1997 and 1996,
     respectively,  as required by law in various  states in which the insurance
     operations conduct business.

     Mortgage Loans
     Mortgage loans were as follows (in thousands):

                                                December 31,
                                          1997                 1996
                                    ------------------    ----------------
           Single Family              $         1,596     $         1,057
           Commercial                       1,595,627             842,803
                                    ==================    ================
                Total                 $     1,597,223     $       843,860
                                    ==================    ================

     At December 31, 1997,  mortgage  loans were  collateralized  by  properties
     located  in 31  states  and  Canada.  Approximately  13% of  the  aggregate
     carrying value of the portfolio is secured by properties located in Texas.

     Other Invested Assets
     Other  invested   assets  consist   primarily  of  investments  in  limited
     partnerships  which  invest  in  securities.   Limited  partnership  income
     recognized  by the Company was $38.9  million and $3.3  million in 1997 and
     1996, respectively.

     Derivatives
     The fair value of  derivatives  reflects  the  estimated  amounts  that the
     Company  would  receive or pay upon  termination  of the  contracts  at the
     reporting  date.  With  respect to swaps and  put-swaptions,  the  notional
     amount  represents  the  stated  principal  balance  used  as a  basis  for
     calculating payments.  With respect to futures and options, the contractual
     amount represents the market exposure of outstanding positions.



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4.   Investments (continued)

     A summary of the aggregate contractual or notional amounts,  estimated fair
     values and gain/(loss)  for derivative  financial  instruments  outstanding
     were as follows (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                     December 31,
                                                   1997                                          1996
                               ---------------------------------------------   ------------------------------------------
                                  Contractual/                                  Contractual/
                                    Notional          Fair         Gain/          Notional         Fair         Gain/
                                     Amount           Value       (Loss)           Amount          Value       (Loss)
                               ------------------- ------------ ------------   ---------------  ------------ ------------
<S>                               <C>               <C>          <C>               <C>           <C>          <C>      
         Interest rate swaps      $    3,138,000    $  (9,257)   $  (9,257)        $1,255,000    $  39,111    $  39,111
         Index swaps                   1,000,000            -       11,196                  -            -            -
         Put-swaptions                37,000,000        3,531      (16,273)        24,500,000       11,245       (9,439)
         Futures                          32,435            -          282             16,318            -          (83)
         Call options owned              385,797      114,161       42,415                  -            -            -
</TABLE>

     During 1997 and 1996, the Company recorded $35.8 million and $24.3 million,
     respectively,   in  net  investment  income  from  derivative  instruments,
     including  $36.3 million and $12.6 million,  respectively,  from investment
     activity. The average notional amount of swaps outstanding was $3.3 billion
     and $1.3  billion in 1997 and 1996,  respectively.  Included in the average
     outstanding amount were high yield and equity index swaps of $461.7 million
     and $255.0 million in 1997 and 1996, respectively.

     Securities Lending
     The Company has entered into a securities  lending agreement whereby blocks
     of securities are loaned to third parties, primarily major brokerage firms.
     As of December 31, 1997 and December 31, 1996,  the estimated fair value of
     loaned securities was $674.4 million and $287.0 million,  respectively. The
     agreement requires a minimum of 102 percent of the fair value of the loaned
     securities as collateral,  calculated on a daily basis. To further minimize
     the credit  risks  related to this  program,  the  financial  condition  of
     counterparties is monitored on a regular basis.

5.   Investment Income and Realized Gains and Losses

     The sources of net investment  income by major category were as follows (in
     thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                  Years ended December 31,
                                                       1997                 1996                 1995
                                                 -----------------    ------------------   ------------------
<S>                                               <C>                  <C>                  <C>            
     Fixed maturities                             $     2,003,256      $     1,872,820      $     1,766,654
     Other investment income                              268,540              140,717               82,614
                                                 -----------------    ------------------   ------------------
       Total investment income                          2,271,796            2,013,537            1,849,268
     Less investment expenses                             (29,695)             (16,505)             (12,896)
                                                 -----------------    ------------------   ------------------
       Net investment income                      $     2,242,101      $     1,997,032      $     1,836,372
                                                 =================    ==================   ==================
</TABLE>

     Net realized investment gains and losses were as follows (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                  Years ended December 31,
                                                       1997                 1996                 1995
                                                 -----------------    ------------------   ------------------
<S>                                              <C>                    <C>                 <C>             
     Sales of fixed maturities
       Gross gains                               $        121,916       $       78,099      $        101,682
       Gross losses                                       (46,009)             (36,624)             (27,897)
     Sales of equity securities
       Gross gains                                         50,643               20,886               47,883
       Gross losses                                          (783)              (5,329)              (1,576)
     Impairment losses                                    (39,415)             (29,500)             (29,824)
     Other invested assets, net                            (6,017)              (8,959)              (5,642)
                                                 -----------------    ------------------   ------------------
       Total                                     $         80,335       $       18,573      $        84,626
                                                 =================    ==================   ==================
</TABLE>

6.   Value of Acquired Insurance in-Force

     The  value  of  acquired   insurance   in-force  was  determined  by  using
     assumptions as to interest,  persistency  and mortality.  Profits were then
     discounted to arrive at the value of the insurance in-force.

     The amortization of acquired insurance in-force was (in thousands):

                                             Years ended December 31,
                                              1997             1996
                                         ---------------- ----------------
     Balance, beginning of year           $    183,284     $    196,563
     Amortization, net of interest             (14,039)         (13,279)
                                         ---------------- ----------------
          Balance, end of year            $    169,245     $    183,284
                                         ================ ================

     The value of  acquired  insurance  in-force  estimated  amortization  is as
     follows (in thousands):

                           1998                     $       15,000
                           1999                             16,000
                           2000                             17,000
                           2001                             18,000
                           Thereafter                      103,245
                                                   -----------------
                                Total               $      169,245
                                                   =================

7.   Indebtedness

     Surplus Notes
     On March 15,  1997,  the Company  issued  8.15% Notes (the  "Notes") in the
     principal  amount of $250 million due March 15, 2027. The Notes were issued
     pursuant to Rule 144A under the  Securities  Act of 1933 and are  unsecured
     and subordinated to all present and future indebtedness,  policy claims and
     other creditor claims.

     Under  Michigan  State  Insurance  law, the Notes are not part of the legal
     liabilities  of the  Company  and are  considered  capital  and surplus for
     statutory reporting purposes. Payments of interest or principal may only be
     made with the prior approval of the  Commissioner of Insurance of the State
     of  Michigan  and only  out of  surplus  earnings  which  the  Commissioner
     determines to be available for such payments under Michigan State Insurance
     law.  The Notes may not be  redeemed  at the  option of the  Company or any
     holder prior to maturity.

     Interest  is payable  semi-annually  on March 15 and  September  15 of each
     year. Interest expense on the Notes was $16.3 million in 1997.

     Reverse Repurchase and Dollar Roll Repurchase Agreements
     During 1997,  the Company  entered into reverse  repurchase and dollar roll
     repurchase  agreements  whereby the Company  agreed to sell and  repurchase
     securities.   These   activities  have  been  accounted  for  as  financing
     transactions,  with the assets and associated  liabilities  included in the
     consolidated  balance sheet.  Short-term  borrowings  under such agreements
     averaged $1.8 billion at a weighted  average  interest rate of 5.39% during
     1997. The highest level of short-term  borrowings at any month end was $3.8
     billion.

8.   Reinsurance

     The  Company  assumes  and cedes  reinsurance  from and to other  insurance
     companies in order to limit losses from large  exposures;  however,  if the
     reinsurer is unable to meet its obligations,  the originating issuer of the
     coverage  assumes the liability.  The maximum amount of life insurance risk
     retained by the


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8.    Reinsurance (continued)

     Company on any one life is generally $1.5 million. Amounts not retained are
     ceded to other companies on a yearly renewable-term or a coinsurance basis.

     The effect of reinsurance on premiums was as follows (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                    Years ended December 31,
                                                           1997               1996                1995
                                                     ------------------ ------------------  -----------------
<S>                                                  <C>                 <C>                 <C>            
     Direct premiums                                 $        352,256    $       358,533     $       367,937
     Assumed premiums                                           5,354             10,961               4,763
     Less reinsurance ceded                                   (81,759)           (77,046)            (62,469)
                                                     ================== ==================  =================
       Total net premiums                            $                  $        292,448    $
                                                              275,851                                310,231
                                                     ================== ==================  =================
</TABLE>

     Components of the reinsurance  recoverable  asset as of December 31 were as
follows (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                              Years ended December 31,
                                                                               1997               1996
                                                                         ------------------ -----------------
<S>                                                                         <C>                 <C>        
     Ceded reserves                                                         $     202,385       $   139,998
     Ceded claims liability                                                        11,369             9,192
     Ceded - other                                                                 12,465             6,261
                                                                         ================== =================
       Total                                                                $     226,219       $   155,451
                                                                         ================== =================
</TABLE>

     Reserves reinsured through Brooke Life were $83.4 million and $87.4 million
     at December 31, 1997 and 1996, respectively.

9.   Federal Income Taxes

     The  components of the  provision for federal  income taxes were as follows
     (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                         Years ended December 31,
                                                                   1997             1996           1995
                                                                ------------     ------------   ------------
<S>                                                             <C>              <C>            <C>         
     Current tax expense                                        $    181,800     $    119,500   $    152,480
     Deferred tax expense (benefit)                                   34,500           44,600        (12,480)
                                                                ------------     ------------   ------------

          Provision for income taxes                            $    216,300     $    164,100   $    140,000
                                                                ============     ============   ============
</TABLE>

     The federal  income tax  provisions  differ from the amounts  determined by
     multiplying  pretax income by the statutory  federal income tax rate of 35%
     for 1997, 1996, and 1995 as follows (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                         Years ended December 31,
                                                                   1997             1996            1995
                                                                ------------     ------------   ------------
<S>                                                           <C>              <C>             <C>          
     Income taxes at statutory rate                           $     216,263    $     164,069   $     138,809
     Other                                                               37               31           1,191
                                                                ------------     ------------   ------------
     Provision for income taxes                               $     216,300    $     164,100   $     140,000
                                                                ============     ============   ============
     Effective tax rate                                               35.0%            35.0%           35.3%
                                                                ============     ============   ============
</TABLE>


     Federal income taxes paid in 1997, 1996 and 1995 were $178.9 million, $81.2
     million, and $116.1 million,
     respectively.


<PAGE>



9.   Federal Income Taxes (continued)

     The tax  effects of  significant  temporary  differences  that give rise to
     deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows (in thousands):
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                   December 31,
                                                                             1997                1996
                                                                       -----------------     ---------------
<S>                                                                    <C>                   <C>            
     Gross deferred tax asset
     Policy reserves and other insurance items                         $         615,877     $       643,237
     Difference between financial reporting and the tax basis of:
          Assets acquired                                                          9,309              12,444
          Insolvency fund assessments                                             30,020              30,970
          Other, net                                                              29,959              14,481
                                                                       -----------------     ---------------
          Total deferred tax asset                                               685,165             701,132
                                                                       -----------------     ---------------

     Gross deferred tax liability
     Deferred acquisition costs                                                 (278,049)           (324,157)
     Difference between financial reporting and the tax basis of
        value of the insurance in-force                                          (59,236)            (64,149)
     Difference between financial reporting and the tax basis of
        other assets                                                              (3,555)             (5,546)
     Net unrealized gains on available for sale securities                      (371,466)           (162,989)
     Other, net                                                                  (15,945)            (12,821)
                                                                       -----------------     ---------------
          Total deferred tax liability                                          (728,251)           (569,662)
                                                                       -----------------     ---------------

     Net deferred tax asset (liability)                                $         (43,086)    $       131,470
                                                                       =================     ===============

</TABLE>

10. Contingencies

     The Company and its subsidiaries are involved in litigation  arising in the
     ordinary course of business including litigation relating to allegations of
     improper sales practices. It is the opinion of management that the ultimate
     disposition of such litigation  will not have a material  adverse affect on
     the Company's financial condition or results of operations.

     State guaranty funds provide  payments for  policyholders of insolvent life
     insurance  companies.  These  guaranty funds are financed by assessments to
     solvent  insurance  companies  based  on  location,  volume,  and  types of
     business.  The Company estimated its reserve for future state guaranty fund
     assessments  based on data received from the National  Organization of Life
     and Health Insurance Guaranty  Associations.  Based on data received at the
     end  of  1997,  the  Company's  reserve  for  future  state  guaranty  fund
     assessments was $81.8 million. The Company believes the reserve is adequate
     for all anticipated payments for known insolvencies.

     The Company  offers  synthetic GIC contracts to group  customers  including
     pension  funds and other  institutional  organizations.  The  synthetic GIC
     contract  is an  off-balance-sheet  fee based  product  where the  customer
     retains  ownership  of the  assets  related  to  these  contracts  and  JNL
     guarantees the customer's obligation to meet withdrawal  requirements.  The
     value of off-balance-sheet guarantees were $675 million and $122 million at
     December 31, 1997 and 1996, respectively.


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11.  Stockholder's Equity

     Under Michigan State Insurance Law,  dividends on capital stock can only be
     distributed out of earned surplus. Furthermore,  without the prior approval
     of the  Commissioner,  dividends  cannot be declared or  distributed  which
     exceed the greater of 10% of the Company's  statutory  surplus or statutory
     net gain from operations for the prior year. On January 1, 1998 the maximum
     amount of dividends that can be paid by the Company  without prior approval
     of the Commissioner under this limitation approximated $237.4 million.

     The  Company  received  capital  contributions  from its  parent  of $184.0
     million and $45.0 million in 1997 and 1996, respectively. Dividend payments
     were  $244.5   million  in  1997  and  $19.5  million  in  1996  and  1995,
     respectively.

     Statutory  capital  and surplus of the  Company  was  $1,942.1  million and
     $1,501.0 million at December 31, 1997 and 1996, respectively. Statutory net
     income of the Company was $237.4 million, $272.2 million and $156.6 million
     in 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively.

12.  Related Party Transactions

     The Company's investment portfolio is managed by PPM America, Inc. ("PPM"),
     a  registered   investment   advisor  and  a  wholly  owned  subsidiary  of
     Prudential.  The Company paid $20.1 million,  $8.7 million and $6.8 million
     to PPM for  investment  advisory  services  during  1997,  1996,  and 1995,
     respectively.

     On October 31,  1991,  Brooke  Life issued $200  million of 9.75% notes due
     October 31, 2001 to  Prudential  Finance BV, a  Prudential  subsidiary.  On
     November  8, 1996,  Brooke  Life  issued  $388  million of 8.50%  notes due
     December 31, 2006 to Brooke  Finance,  Inc.  ("Brooke  Finance"),  a wholly
     owned  subsidiary  of Brooke  Holdings,  Inc.,  ultimately  a wholly  owned
     subsidiary  of  Prudential.  On December 31,  1996,  Brooke Life issued $45
     million of 8.51% notes due December 31, 2006 to Brooke Finance. At December
     31, 1997, the aggregate amount  outstanding on the Brooke Life notes was as
     follows (in thousands):

                          Principal                      $ 633,000
                          Accrued interest                   4,105
                                               ---------------------
                               Total                     $ 637,105
                                               =====================

     On December 18, 1996,  the Company  established  the  Hermitage CBO Limited
     Liability Corporation ("Hermitage") for the purpose of securitizing certain
     of its holdings in below investment  grade bonds.  The Company  contributed
     $657.4  million of  non-investment  grade  securities  to Hermitage  and in
     exchange  received $616.2 million of senior and subordinated  notes,  $13.0
     million  in cash,  and 46.4% of the  equity  in  Hermitage.  The  Company's
     ultimate parent,  Prudential,  obtained the remaining 53.6% equity interest
     in  Hermitage  in exchange for $19.9  million in cash.  In September  1997,
     Hermitage was  liquidated  and the assets,  consisting of $634.4 million of
     below  investment  grade bonds and $28.8 million in cash, were  transferred
     back to the Company after it acquired the equity interest of Prudential.

13.  Benefit Plans

     The  Company  has  a  defined   contribution   retirement   plan   covering
     substantially all employees. To be eligible, an employee must have attained
     the age of 21 and  completed  at least 1,000 hours of service in a 12-month
     period.  The Company's  annual  contributions,  as declared by the board of
     directors,  are  based on a  percentage  of  covered  compensation  paid to
     participating  employees during the year. The Company's  expense related to
     this plan was $4.3  million in 1997,  $2.4 million in 1996 and $2.3 million
     in 1995.
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PART C.  OTHER INFORMATION

Item 24.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

         (a) Financial Statements:
                  (1)      Financial  statements and schedules  included in Part
                           A:

                           Condensed Financial Information

                  (2)      Financial  statements and schedules  included in Part
                           B:

                           Jackson National Separate Account - I:
                             Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of
                                  June 30, 1998
                             Statement of Operations for the Period from
                                  January 1, 1998 to June 30, 1998
                             Statement of Changes in Net Assets for the
                                  period from January 1, 1998
                                  to June 30, 1998
                             Schedule of Investments as of June 30, 1998
                             Notes to Financial Statements
                             Report of Independent Accountants
                             Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of
                                  December 31, 1997
                             Statement of Operations for the Period from
                                  January 1, 1997 to December 31, 1997
                             Statement of Changes in Net Assets for the
                                  period from January 1, 1997
                                  to December 31, 1997
                             Schedule of Investments as of December 31, 1997
                             Notes to Financial Statements

                           Jackson National Life Insurance Company:
                             Report of Independent Accountants
                             Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31,
                                  1997 and 1996
                             Consolidated Statement of Operations for the
                                  years ended December 31, 1997, 1996 and
                                  1995
                             Consolidated Statement of Stockholder's
                             Equity for the years ended December 31,
                                  1997, 1996 and 1995
                             Consolidated Statement of Cash flows for the
                                  years ended December 31, 1997, 1996 and
                                  1995
                             Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Item 24.(b)  Exhibits

         Exhibit
         No.               Description
         ---               -----------

         1.                Resolution   of   Depositor's   Board  of   Directors
                           authorizing  the  establishment  of  the  Registrant,
                           incorporated   by  reference   to  the   Registrant's
                           Post-Effective Amendment Number 3, filed on April
                           30, 1996.

         2.                Not Applicable

         3.                Distribution    Agreement   dated   May   24,   1995,
                           incorporated   by  reference   to  the   Registrant's
                           Post-Effective Amendment Number 3, filed on April
                           30, 1996.

         4.                Form of the  Perspective  Fixed and Variable  Annuity
                           Contract,    incorporated   by   reference   to   the
                           Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment Number 3, filed
                           on April 30, 1996.

         5.a.              Form of the  Perspective  Fixed and Variable  Annuity
                           Application,   incorporated   by   reference  to  the
                           Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment Number 5, filed
                           on April 15, 1997.

           b.              Form  of the  Perspective  Plus  Fixed  and  Variable
                           Annuity Application, incorporated by reference to the
                           Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment Number 5, filed
                           on April 15, 1997.

         6.a.              Articles of Incorporation of Depositor,  incorporated
                           by  reference  to  the  Registrant's   Post-Effective
                           Amendment Number 3, filed on April
                           30, 1996.

           b.              Bylaws of Depositor, incorporated by reference to the
                           Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment Number 3, filed
                           on April 30, 1996.

         7.                Not Applicable

         8.                Not Applicable

         9.                Opinion and Consent of Counsel, attached hereto.

         10.               Consent of Independent Accountants, attached hereto.

         11.               Not Applicable

         12.               Not Applicable

         13.               Schedule of Computation of Performance,  incorporated
                           by  reference  to  the  Registrant's   Post-Effective
                           Amendment Number 3, filed on April
                           30, 1996.

         14.               Not Applicable

Item 25.  Directors and Officers of the Depositor

         Name and Principal                 Positions and Offices
         Business Address                   with Depositor
         ----------------                   --------------

         John B. Banez                      Vice President -
         5901 Executive Drive               Systems and Programming
         Lansing, Michigan  48911

         Barry L. Bulakites                 Vice President - Sales/
         5901 Executive Drive               Deal Direct Marketing
         Lansing, Michigan  48911

         Peter Davis                        Chairman and Director
         142 Holborn Bars
         London, England  EC1N 2NH

         Connie J. Dalton                   Vice President -
         5901 Executive Drive               Variable Annuity
         Lansing, Michigan 48911            Administration

         Gerald W. Decius                   Vice President -
         5901 Executive Drive               Systems Model Office
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         Lisa C. Drake                      Vice President & Actuary
         5901 Executive Drive
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         Jay A. Elliott                     Senior Vice President -
         5901 Executive Drive               National Sales Manager
         Lansing, Michigan  48911

         Joseph D. Emanuel                  Vice President & Associate
         5901 Executive Drive               General Counsel
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         Robert A. Fritts                   Vice President &
         5901 Executive Drive               Controller - Financial
         Lansing, Michigan 48911            Operations

         William A. Gray                    Senior Vice President -
         5901 Executive Drive               Corporate Communications
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         Alan C. Hahn                       Senior Vice President -
         5901 Executive Drive               Deal Direct Marketing
         Lansing, Michigan  48911

         Andrew B. Hopping                  Executive Vice President,
         5901 Executive Drive               Chief Financial Officer and
         Lansing, Michigan 48911            Director

         Victor Gallo                       Vice President -
         5901 Executive Drive               Group Pension
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         Rhonda K. Grant                    Vice President - Government
         5901 Executive Drive               Relations
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         Wyvetter A. Holcomb                Vice President - Telephone
         5901 Executive Drive               Service Center
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         Brion S. Johnson                   Vice President -
         5901 Executive Drive               Financial Operations
         Lansing, Michigan 48911            and Treasurer

         Timo P. Kokko                      Vice President - Support
         5901 Executive Drive               Services
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         Everett W. Kunzelman               Vice President - Underwriting
         5901 Executive Drive
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         Ted T. Lietz                       Vice President - Corporate
         5901 Executive Drive               Communications
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         David B. LeRoux                    Senior Vice President -
         5901 Executive Drive               Group Pension
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         Lynn W. Lopes                      Vice President - Group
         5901 Executive Drive               Pension
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         Clark P. Manning                   Chief Operating Officer
         5901 Executive Drive
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         Thomas J. Meyer                    Senior Vice President,
         5901 Executive Drive               General Counsel and
         Lansing, Michigan 48911            Secretary

         Keith R. Moore                     Vice President - Technology
         5901 Executive Drive
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         P. Chad Myers                      Vice President - Asset
         5901 Executive Drive               Liability Management
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         J. George Napoles                  Senior Vice President and
         5901 Executive Drive               Chief Information Officer
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         John O. Norton                     Vice President - Actuary
         5901 Executive Drive
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         Lee Pledger                        Vice President - Planning/
         5901 Executive Drive               Human Resources
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         Bradley J. Powell                  Vice President - Institutional
         5901 Executive Drive               Marketing Group
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         James B. Quinn                     Vice President - Broker
         5901 Executive Drive               Management
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         Robert P. Saltzman                 President, Chief Executive
         5901 Executive Drive               Officer and Director
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         Scott L. Stolz                     Senior Vice President -
         5901 Executive Drive               Administration
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

         Robert M. Tucker                   Vice President - Technical
         5901 Executive Drive               Support
         Lansing, Michigan 48911

Item 26.  Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the
                  Depositor or Registrant.

                  State of          Control/
Company           Organization      Ownership              Principal Business
- -------           ------------      ---------              ------------------

Anoka Realty      Delaware          100% Jackson           Realty
                                    National Life
                                    Insurance
                                    Company

Brooke            Delaware          100%                   Holding Company
Holdings, Inc.                      Holborn                Activities
                                    Delaware
                                    Partnership

Brooke            Delaware          100% Brooke            Holding Company
Finance                             Holdings, Inc.         Activities

Brooke Life       Michigan          100% Brooke            Life Insurance
Insurance                           Holdings, Inc.
Company

Carolina          North             93.73% Jackson         Manufacturing
Steel             Carolina          National Life          Company
                                    Insurance
                                    Company

Cherrydale        Delaware          96.4% Jackson          Candy
Farms, Inc.                         National Life
                                    Insurance
                                    Company

Cherrydale        Delaware          72.5% Jackson          Holding Company
Holdings, Inc.                      National Life          Activities
                                    Insurance
                                    Company

Chrissy           Delaware          100% Jackson           Advertising Agency
Corporation                         National Life
                                    Insurance
                                    Company

Holborn           Delaware          80% Prudential         Holding Company
Delaware                            One Limited,           Activities
Partnership                         10% Prudential
                                    Two Limited,
                                    10% Prudential
                                    Three Limited

IPM Products      Delaware          71.4% Jackson          Auto Parts
Corp.                               National Life
                                    Insurance Company

Jackson           Michigan          100% Jackson           Investment Adviser,
National                            National Life          and Transfer Agent
Financial                           Insurance
Services, LLC                       Company

Jackson           Delaware          100% Jackson           Advertising/
National                            National Life          Marketing
Life                                Insurance              Corporation and
Distributors,                       Company                Broker/Dealer
Inc.

Jackson           New York          100%                   Life Insurance
National                            Jackson
Life Insurance                      National Life
Company of                          Insurance
New York                            Company

JNL Series        Massachusetts     Common Law             Investment Company
Trust                               Trust with
                                    contractual
                                    association
                                    with Jackson
                                    National Life
                                    Insurance
                                    Company of New
                                    York

LePages,          Delaware          100% Jackson           Adhesives
Inc.                                National Life
                                    Insurance
                                    Company

LePages           Delaware          100% Jackson           Adhesives
Management                          National Life
Co., LLC                            Insurance
                                    Company

National          Delaware          100% National          Broker/Dealer
Planning                            Planning               and Investment
Corporation                         Holdings, Inc.         Adviser

National          Delaware          100% Brooke            Holding Company
Planning                            Holdings, Inc.         Activities
Holdings, Inc.

Prudential        United            100%                   Holding Company
Corporation       Kingdom           Prudential
Holdings                            Corporation
Limited                             PLC

Prudential        United            Publicly               Financial
Corporation       Kingdom           Traded                 Institution
PLC

Prudential        England and       100%                   Holding
One Limited       Wales             Prudential             Company
                                    Corporation            Activities
                                    Holdings
                                    Limited

Prudential        England and       100%                   Holding
Two Limited       Wales             Prudential             Company
                                    Corporation            Activities
                                    Holdings
                                    Limited

Prudential        England and       100%                   Holding
Three Limited     Wales             Prudential             Company
                                    Corporation            Activities
                                    Holdings
                                    Limited

SII               Wisconsin         100%                   Broker/Dealer
Investments,                        National
Inc.                                Planning
                                    Holdings, Inc.

Item 27. Number of Contract Owners as of October 23, 1998.

         40, 803

Item 28.  Indemnification

     Provision is made in the Company's Amended By-Laws for  indemnification  by
the  Company of any person who was or is a party or is  threatened  to be made a
party to a civil, criminal,  administrative or investigative action by reason of
the fact that such  person is or was a  director,  officer  or  employee  of the
Company,  against  expenses,  including  attorneys' fees,  judgments,  fines and
amounts paid in settlement  actually and  reasonably  incurred by such person in
connection with such action,  suit or  proceedings,  to the extent and under the
circumstances permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Michigan.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 ("Act") may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling persons
of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions,  or otherwise,  the Company
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities  and Exchange  Commission
such  indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
liabilities  (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid
by a director,  officer or  controlling  person of the Company in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling  person in connection with the securities being  registered,  the
Company  will,  unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of appropriate  jurisdiction  the
question  whether  such  indemnification  by  it is  against  public  policy  as
expressed  in the Act and will be  governed  by the final  adjudication  of such
issue.

Item 29.  Principal Underwriter

     (a) Jackson National Life  Distributors,  Inc. acts as general  distributor
for  the  Jackson   National   Separate  Account  -  I.  Jackson  National  Life
Distributors,  Inc. also acts as general  distributor  for the Jackson  National
Separate Account III and the JNLNY Separate Account I.

     (b) Directors and Officers of Jackson National Life Distributors, Inc.:

         Name and                           Positions and Offices
         Business Address                   with Underwriter
         ----------------                   ----------------

         Robert P. Saltzman                 Director
         5901 Executive Dr.
         Lansing, MI  48911

         Andrew B. Hopping                  Director, Vice President and
         5901 Executive Dr.                 Chief Financial Officer
         Lansing, MI  48911

         Michael A. Wells                   Director, President and
         10877 Wilshire Blvd.               Chief Executive Officer
         Suite 1550
         Los Angeles, CA 90024

         Mark D. Nerud                      Chief Operating Officer
         225 West Wacker Drive
         Suite 1200
         Chicago, IL 60606

         Willard Barrett                    Senior Vice President
         3500 S. Blvd., Ste. 18B
         Edmond, OK 73013

         Jay A. Elliott                     Senior Vice President
         10710 Midlothian Turnpike
         Suite 301
         Richmond, VA 23235

         Douglas K. Kinder                  Senior Vice President
         1018 W. St. Maartens Dr.
         St. Joseph, MO 64506

         Scott W. Richardson                Senior Vice President
         900 Circle 75 Parkway
         Suite 1750
         Atlanta, GA 30339

         Gregory B. Salsbury                Senior Vice President
         10877 Wilshire Blvd.
         Suite 1550
         Los Angeles, CA 90024

         Sean P. Blowers                    Vice President
         401 Wilshire Boulevard
         Suite 1060
         Santa Monica, California 90401

         Barry L. Bulakites                 Vice President
         10877 Wilshire Blvd.
         Suite 1550
         Los Angeles, CA 90024

         Michael A. Hamilton                Vice President
         10877 Wilshire Blvd.
         Suite 1550
         Los Angeles, CA 90024

         Christine A. Pierce-Tucker         Vice President
         401 Wilshire Boulevard
         Suite 1010
         Santa Monica, California 90401

         Stephen J. Pilger                  Vice President
         10877 Wilshire Blvd.
         Suite 1550
         Los Angeles, CA 90024

         (c)

                 New Under-       Compensation
                 writing          on
Name of          Discounts        Redemption
Principal        and              or Annuiti-      Brokerage
Underwriter      Commissions      zation           Commissions      Compensation
- -----------      -----------      ------           -----------      ------------

Jackson
National
Life             Not              Not              Not              Not
Distributors,    Applicable       Applicable       Applicable       Applicable
Inc.                       
                         
Item 30. Location of Accounts and Records

                  Jackson National Life Insurance Company
                  5901 Executive Drive
                  Lansing, Michigan 48911

                  Jackson National Life Insurance Company
                  8055 East Tufts Ave., Second Floor
                  Denver, Colorado 80237

                  Jackson National Life Insurance Company
                  225 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1200
                  Chicago, IL  60606

Item 31. Management Services

                  Not Applicable

Item 32. Undertakings

               (a)  Not Applicable

               (b)  Not Applicable

               (c)  Not Applicable

               (d)  Jackson National Life Insurance Company  represents that the
                    fees  and  charges  deducted  under  the  contract,  in  the
                    aggregate,  are  reasonable  in  relation  to  the  services
                    rendered, the expenses to be incurred, and the risks assumed
                    by Jackson National Life Insurance Company.

               (e)  The Registrant  hereby  represents that any contract offered
                    by the  prospectus  and  which is  issued  pursuant  Section
                    403(b) if the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986 as amended,  is
                    issued by the Registrant in reliance upon, and in compliance
                    with, the Securities and Exchange Commission's industry-wide
                    no-action  letter to the American  Council of Life Insurance
                    (publicly   available   November  28,  1988)  which  permits
                    withdrawal  restrictions  to the extent  necessary to comply
                    with IRC Section 403(b)(11).

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                                   SIGNATURES

         As required by the Securities  Act of 1933 and the  Investment  Company
Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective  Amendment to be
signed on its behalf by the  undersigned,  in the City of Lansing,  and State of
Michigan, on this 4th day of November, 1998.

                       Jackson National Separate Account - I
                       -------------------------------------
                                    (Registrant)

                       By: Jackson National Life Insurance Company
                           ---------------------------------------

                       By:  /s/  Andrew B. Hopping
                            ----------------------
                            by Thomas J. Meyer*
                            Andrew B. Hopping
                            Executive Vice President -
                            Chief Financial Officer and Director

                       Jackson National Life Insurance Company
                       ---------------------------------------
                                    (Depositor)

                       By:  /s/  Andrew B. Hopping
                            ----------------------
                            by Thomas J. Meyer*
                            Andrew B. Hopping
                            Executive Vice President -
                            Chief Financial Officer and Director

         As  required  by  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this  Post-Effective
Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

/s/  Peter Davis by Thomas J. Meyer*                 November 5, 1998
- --------------------------------------------         ----------------
Peter Davis, Chairman and Director

/s/  Robert P. Saltzman by Thomas J. Meyer*          November 5, 1998
- --------------------------------------------         ----------------
Robert P. Saltzman, President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director

/s/  Clark P. Manning by Thomas J. Meyer*            November 5, 1998
- --------------------------------------------         ----------------
Clark P. Manning, Chief Operating
Officer and Director

/s/  Andrew B. Hopping by Thomas J. Meyer*           November 5, 1998
- --------------------------------------------         ----------------
Andrew B. Hopping, Executive Vice President -
Chief Financial Officer and Director

/s/ Thomas J. Meyer                                  November 5, 1998
- --------------------------------------------         ----------------
* Thomas J. Meyer, Attorney-in-Fact


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned as directors and/or
officers of JACKSON  NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE  COMPANY,  a Michigan  corporation,
which has filed or will file with the Securities and Exchange  Commission  under
the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended,  various  Registration  Statements  and  amendments  thereto for the
registration  under  said  Acts of the sale of  Individual  Deferred  Fixed  and
Variable  Annuity  Contracts in connection  with the Jackson  National  Separate
Account I and  other  separate  accounts  of  Jackson  National  Life  Insurance
Company,  hereby  constitute and appoint Andrew B. Hopping,  Thomas J. Meyer and
Robert  P.  Saltzman,  his  attorney,   with  full  power  of  substitution  and
resubstitution,  for and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities
to approve  and sign such  Registration  Statements  and any and all  amendments
thereto,  with  power  where  appropriate  to affix the  corporate  seal of said
corporation  thereto  and to attest  with  seal and to file the  same,  with all
exhibits  thereto and other  granting unto said  attorneys,  each of them,  full
power and  authority to do and perform all and every act and thing  requisite to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming that which said  attorneys,  or any of them, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue  hereof.  This  instrument  may be  executed in one or more
counterparts.

IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned  have  herewith set their names as of the
dates set forth below.


/s/      Peter Davis                                         10/19/98
- --------------------------------------                       -------------------
Peter Davis, Director                                        Date

/s/      Robert P. Saltzman                                  10/13/98
- --------------------------------------                       -------------------
Robert P. Saltzman, President, Chief                         Date
Executive Officer and Director

/s/      Clark P. Manning                                    10/12/98
- --------------------------------------                       -------------------
Clark P. Manning, Chief Operating Officer                    Date
and Director

/s/      Andrew B. Hopping                                   10/12/98
- --------------------------------------                       -------------------
Andrew B. Hopping, Executive Vice President,                 Date
Chief Financial Officer and Director


<PAGE>
                                  EXHIBIT LIST


Exhibit
Number            Description
- ------            -----------

     9.           Opinion and Consent of Counsel, attached hereto as
                           EX-99.B9

     10.          Consent of Independent Accountants, attached
                           hereto as EX-99.B10



                                                                        EX-99.B9

Blazzard, Grodd & Hasenauer, P.C. Letterhead




                                                     September 28, 1998



Board of Directors
Jackson National Life Insurance Company
5901 Executive Drive
Lansing, MI 48911

         Re: Opinion of Counsel - Jackson National Separate Account - I

Gentlemen:

You have requested our Opinion of Counsel in connection with the filing with the
Securities  and Exchange  Commission  of a  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 8 to a
Registration  Statement  on Form  N-4  for the  Individual  Deferred  Fixed  and
Variable  Annuity  Contracts (the  "Contracts") to be issued by Jackson National
Life  Insurance  Company and its separate  account,  Jackson  National  Separate
Account - I.

We have made such  examination  of the law and have  examined  such  records and
documents as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render
the opinions expressed below.

We are of the following opinions:

         1. Jackson National  Separate Account - I is a Unit Investment Trust as
that term is defined in Section 4(2) of the Investment  Company Act of 1940 (the
"Act"), and is currently registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Act.


<PAGE>


Board of Directors
Jackson National Life Insurance Company
March 20, 1998
Page 2



         2. Upon the  acceptance of purchase  payments made by an Owner pursuant
to a  Contract  issued  in  accordance  with  the  Prospectus  contained  in the
Registration  Statement and upon  compliance  with applicable law, such an Owner
will have a  legally-issued,  fully paid,  non-assessable  contractual  interest
under such Contract.

We consent to the reference to our Firm under the caption  "Services"  contained
in the Statement of Additional Information which forms apart of the Registration
Statement.

You may use  this  opinion  letter,  or a copy  thereof,  as an  exhibit  to the
Registration Statement.

                                            Sincerely,

                                            BLAZZARD, GRODD & HASENAUER, P.C.


                                            By: /s/ Lynn K. Stone
                                                --------------------------------
                                                Lynn Korman Stone


                                                                       EX-99.B10

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We  hereby  consent  to the  use  in the  Statement  of  Additional  Information
constituting  part of this  Post-Effective  Amendment No. 8 to the  registration
statement  on Form  N-4  (the  "Registration  Statement")  of our  report  dated
February 6, 1998, relating to the financial  statements of Jackson National Life
Insurance  Company,  and of our report dated  February 6, 1998,  relating to the
financial  statements of Jackson National  Separate Account - I, which appear in
such Statement of Additional Information,  and to the incorporation by reference
of our report into the Prospectus which  constitutes  part of this  Registration
Statement.  We also consent to the reference to us under the heading  "Services"
in such  Statement of Additional  Information  and the reference to us under the
heading "Condensed Financial Information" in such Prospectus.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
September 30, 1998



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