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    AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 24, 1995
    
                                                       REGISTRATION NO. 33-92842
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                         PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
    

                                    FORM S-1

            REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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            ILLINOIS                          6311                    35-1113325
  (State or other Jurisdiction    (Primary Standard Industrial     (I.R.S. Employer
      of Incorporation or         Classification Code Number)   Identification Number)
         Organization)
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                               3100 Sanders Road
                           Northbrook, Illinois 60062
                    (Address of Principal Executive Office)
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                          MICHAEL J. VELOTTA, Esquire
                 Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
                       Glenbrook Life and Annuity Company
                               3100 Sanders Road
                           Northbrook, Illinois 60062
                                  708/402-2400
                (Name and Complete Address of Agent for Service)

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                                   COPIES TO:
    

   
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          Mark J. Mackey, Esq.                       John R. Hedrick, Esq.
    Routier, Mackey and Johnson, P.C.       Allstate Life Financial Services, Inc.
           1700 K Street N.W.                          3100 Sanders Road
         Washington, D.C. 20006                      Northbrook, IL 60062
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        APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC:
  THE ANNUITY CONTRACT COVERED BY THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT IS TO BE ISSUED
                               PROMPTLY AND FROM
     TIME TO TIME AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT.

    If  any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to  Rule 415 under the Securities Act  of
1933 check the following box: /X/

                     CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE CHART

   
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                                                               PROPOSED MAXIMUM
                                             PROPOSED MAXIMUM     AGGREGATE        AMOUNT OF
  TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF      AMOUNT TO BE    OFFERING PRICE       OFFERING       REGISTRATION
SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED    REGISTERED       PER SHARE           PRICE             FEE
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Deferred Annuity Contracts
 and Participating
 Interests therein.........   $150,000,000          *                 *            $51,724.14
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* These Contracts are not issued in predetermined amounts or units

    THE  REGISTRANT HEREBY  AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION  STATEMENT ON  SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE A  FURTHER  AMENDMENT  WHICH SPECIFICALLY  STATES  THAT  THIS  REGISTRATION
STATEMENT  SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN  ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT  OF 1933  OR UNTIL  THE REGISTRATION  STATEMENT SHALL  BECOME
EFFECTIVE  ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A),
MAY DETERMINE.

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                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                             CROSS REFERENCE SHEET

                    PURSUANT TO REGULATION S-K, ITEM 501(B)

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FORM S-1 ITEM NUMBER AND CAPTION                                  HEADING IN PROSPECTUS
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 1.        Forepart of the Registration Statement and Outside
            Front Cover Page of Prospectus......................  Outside Front Cover Page
 2.        Inside Front and Outside Back Cover Pages of
            Prospectus..........................................  Inside Front Cover
 3.        Summary Information, Risk Factors and Ratio of
            Earnings to Fixed Charges...........................  Inside Front Cover; The Accumulation Phase
 4.        Use of Proceeds......................................  Investments
 5.        Determination of Offering Price......................  Not Applicable
 6.        Dilution.............................................  Not Applicable
 7.        Selling Security Holders.............................  Not Applicable
 8.        Plan of Distribution.................................  Purchase of the Contracts; Distribution of the
                                                                   Contracts
 9.        Description of Securities to be Registered...........  The Purchase of the Contract; The Parties to the
                                                                   Contract; The Death Benefit Provisions; The Payout
                                                                   Phase; Federal Tax Matters; Taxation of Annuities in
                                                                   General
10.        Interests of Named Experts and Counsel...............  Not Applicable
11.        Information with Respect to the Registrant...........  The Company; Business; Selected Financial Data;
                                                                   Competition; Employees; Properties; State and
                                                                   Federal Regulation; Executive Officers and Directors
                                                                   of the Company; Executive Compensation; Legal
                                                                   Proceedings
12.        Disclosure of Commission Position on Indemni-fication
            for Securities Act Liabilities......................  Not Applicable
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                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                               3100 SANDERS ROAD
                           NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS 60062
   
                                 (800) 755-5275
    
             INDIVIDUAL FLEXIBLE PAYMENT DEFERRED ANNUITY CONTRACTS

   
This  prospectus  describes  the Individual  Flexible  Payment  Deferred Annuity
Contract ("Contract") offered by Glenbrook Life and Annuity Company ("Company"),
a wholly  owned subsidiary  of Allstate  Life Insurance  Company. Allstate  Life
Financial Services, Inc. is the principal underwriter.
    

The  Contract has the flexibility  to allow you to shape  an annuity to fit your
particular needs.  It is  designed to  aid  you in  your choice  of  short-term,
mid-term,  or  long-term  financial  planning and  can  be  used  for retirement
planning regardless of whether the plan qualifies for special federal income tax
treatment. The Company will accept an initial purchase payment of $3,000 ($2,000
for a Qualified Contract). Additional purchase  payments of $100 or more may  be
added to the Contract.

Withdrawals  under the  Contract may  be subject  to a  Market Value Adjustment.
Therefore, the Owner bears some investment risk under the Contract.

   
The Contracts may be distributed through broker-dealers which have relationships
with banks  or other  financial  institutions; however,  the Contracts  are  not
deposits,  or obligations of, or guaranteed  by such institutions or any federal
regulatory agency.  Investment  in  the  Contracts  involves  investment  risks,
including possible loss of principal. THESE CONTRACTS ARE NOT FDIC INSURED.
    

THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND
     EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION, NOR HAS THE
        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
             COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF
                THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE
                        CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

   PLEASE READ THIS PROSPECTUS CAREFULLY AND RETAIN IT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

   
               THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS SEPTEMBER 1, 1995.
    
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               THE CONTRACTS MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE IN ALL STATES.

At  least once each  Contract Year prior  to the Payout  Start Date, the Company
will send  the  Owner an  annual  statement that  contains  certain  information
pertinent  to  the individual  Owner's  Contract. The  annual  statement details
values and specific Contract data that applies to each particular Contract.  The
annual  statement  does not  contain financial  statements  of the  Company. The
Company, however, is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act  of  1934 and  in  accordance  therewith files  reports  and  other
information  with  the Securities  and  Exchange Commission.  Reports  and other
information filed  by the  Company  can be  inspected  at the  public  reference
facilities  maintained by the Commission at  450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20549. Copies of  such material can be  obtained from the Public  Reference
Section of the Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549 at prescribed rates.

THIS  PROSPECTUS DOES  NOT CONSTITUTE AN  OFFERING IN ANY  JURISDICTION IN WHICH
SUCH OFFERING MAY NOT LAWFULLY BE MADE. NO DEALER, SALESMAN, OR OTHER PERSON  IS
AUTHORIZED  TO GIVE  ANY INFORMATION OR  MAKE ANY  REPRESENTATIONS IN CONNECTION
WITH THIS OFFERING OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS, AND, IF  GIVEN
OR MADE, SUCH OTHER INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON.

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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

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GLOSSARY............................................................................................      4
THE CONTRACTS.......................................................................................      6
   The Purchase of the Contract.....................................................................      6
   The Accumulation Phase...........................................................................      7
   The Parties to the Contract......................................................................     11
   The Death Benefit Provisions.....................................................................     12
   The Payout Phase.................................................................................     13
AMENDMENT OF THE CONTRACTS..........................................................................     14
DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTRACTS.......................................................................     15
FEDERAL TAX MATTERS.................................................................................     15
   Introduction.....................................................................................     15
   Taxation of the Company..........................................................................     15
   Taxation of Annuities in General.................................................................     15
       Tax Deferral.................................................................................     15
       Taxation of Partial and Full Withdrawals.....................................................     15
       Taxation of Annuity Payments.................................................................     16
       Taxation of Annuity Death Benefits...........................................................     16
       Penalty Tax on Premature Distributions.......................................................     16
       Aggregation of Annuity Contracts.............................................................     16
       IRS Required Distribution at Death Rules.....................................................     16
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   Qualified Plans..................................................................................     17
   Types of Qualified Plans.........................................................................     17
       Individual Retirement Annuities..............................................................     17
       Simplified Employee Pension Plans............................................................     17
       Tax Sheltered Annuities......................................................................     17
       Corporate and Self-Employed Pension and Profit Sharing Plans.................................     17
       State and Local Government and Tax-Exempt Organization Deferred
        Compensation Plans..........................................................................     17
   Income Tax Withholding...........................................................................     18
THE COMPANY.........................................................................................     18
   Business.........................................................................................     18
   Reinsurance Agreements...........................................................................     18
   Investments by the Company.......................................................................     18
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.............................................................................     20
   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
    of Operations...................................................................................     20
       General......................................................................................     20
       Results of Operations........................................................................     21
       Liquidity and Capital Resources..............................................................     21
       Segment Information..........................................................................     21
       Reserves.....................................................................................     21
       Investments..................................................................................     21
       Pending Accounting Standards.................................................................     21
   Three and Six Month Periods Ended June 30, 1995..................................................     21
       General......................................................................................     21
       Results of Operations and Financial Condition................................................     22
       Liquidity and Capital Resources..............................................................     22
       Pending Accounting Standards.................................................................     22
COMPETITION.........................................................................................     22
EMPLOYEES...........................................................................................     22
PROPERTIES..........................................................................................     22
STATE & FEDERAL REGULATION..........................................................................     23
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY.....................................................     23
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION..............................................................................     25
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS...................................................................................     26
EXPERTS.............................................................................................     26
LEGAL MATTERS.......................................................................................     26
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS................................................................................    F-1
APPENDIX A..........................................................................................    A-1
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GLOSSARY              ACCOUNT(S)  -- Are  distinguished by Guarantee  Period(s) and the
                      dates  the  period(s)  begins.  Accounts  are  established   when
                      purchase  payments are made and when previous accounts expire and
                      a new Guarantee Period is selected.

                      ACCOUNT VALUE -- The Account  Value is the accumulation of  funds
                      allocated   to  that  Account  and  interest  credited  less  any
                      withdrawals.

                      ADJUSTED ACCOUNT  VALUE  -- The  Account  Value adjusted  by  any
                      Market Value Adjustment.

                      ANNUITANT(S)  -- The person or  persons whose life determines the
                      latest Payout  Start Date  and  the amount  and duration  of  any
                      income  payments for  Income Plan  options other  than Guaranteed
                      Payments for a Specified Period.

                      BENEFICIARY(IES) -- The  person(s) to whom  any benefits are  due
                      when a Death Benefit is payable and there is no surviving Owner.

                      COMPANY("WE," "US") -- Glenbrook Life and Annuity Company.

                      CONTRACT  --  The  Glenbrook Life  and  Annuity  Company Flexible
                      Payment Deferred Annuity Contract, known as "The Glenbrook Choice
                      Plus" that is described in this prospectus.

                      CONTRACT ANNIVERSARY  --  An anniversary  of  the date  that  the
                      Contract was issued.

                      CONTRACT VALUE -- The sum of all Account Values.

                      CONTRACT  YEAR -- A  period of 12 months  starting with the issue
                      date or any Contract Anniversary.

                      DEATH BENEFIT -- The Death Benefit is the Contract Value plus any
                      positive Market Value  Adjustment applied to  the portion of  the
                      Contract Value in excess of the Free Withdrawal Amount.

                      FREE  WITHDRAWAL AMOUNT -- A portion  of each Account Value which
                      may be withdrawn each year without incurring a Withdrawal  Charge
                      or a Market Value Adjustment.

                      GUARANTEE  PERIOD  -- A  period of  years  for which  a specified
                      effective annual interest rate is guaranteed by the Company.

                      INCOME PLAN -- One of several ways in which a series of  payments
                      are  made after the Payout Start  Date. Income payments are based
                      on the Contract  Value adjusted  by any  applicable Market  Value
                      Adjustment on the Payout Start Date.

                      ISSUE DATE -- The date the Contract becomes effective.

                      MARKET  VALUE  ADJUSTMENT --  The Market  Value Adjustment  is an
                      increase or  decrease  in  a withdrawal  payment,  Death  Benefit
                      payment or in the amount applied to an Income Plan reflecting the
                      impact  of changes in interest rates between the time the Account
                      was established and the time of distribution.
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                      OWNER(S)("YOU") -- The person or persons designated as the  Owner
                      in the Contract.

                      PAYOUT  START DATE -- The date the Contract Value adjusted by any
                      Market Value Adjustment is applied to an Income Plan.

                      TREASURY RATE -- The U.S. Treasury Note Constant Maturity  weekly
                      yield as reported in Federal Reserve Bulletin Release H.15.

                      WITHDRAWAL  CHARGE -- The charge that  is assessed by the Company
                      on withdrawals in excess of the Free Withdrawal Amount.
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THE CONTRACTS
THE PURCHASE OF     1.    WHAT    IS    THE    PURPOSE    OF    THE   CONTRACT?
THE CONTRACT        The Contract described  in this prospectus  is designed  to
                    aid   you  in  your  choice  of  short-term,  mid-term,  or
                    long-term financial planning and can be used for retirement
                    planning regardless  of  whether  the  plan  qualifies  for
                    special  federal income tax treatment.  The Contract has an
                    accumulation phase  and a  payout phase.  The  accumulation
                    phase  is the  first of  the two  phases and  begins on the
                    issue date  and  continues  until the  Payout  Start  Date.
                    During  the accumulation phase, interest is credited to the
                    purchase payment(s) and both a cash withdrawal benefit  and
                    a  Death Benefit are available.  The payout phase begins on
                    the Payout Start Date and provides income payments under an
                    Income Plan. The payout  phase continues until the  Company
                    makes the last payment as provided by the Income Plan.

                    2. HOW IS A CONTRACT PURCHASED?
                    The  minimum  initial  purchase  payment  the  Company will
                    accept  is  $3,000  ($2,000  for  a  qualified   contract).
                    Additional  purchase payments of $100  or more may be added
                    to the  Contract.  The  Owner  must  select  the  Guarantee
                    Period(s)  in  which  to  allocate  each  purchase payment.
                    Guarantee  Periods  will  be   offered  at  the   Company's
                    discretion  and may  range from one  to ten  years. No less
                    than $100 may be allocated to any one Guarantee Period. The
                    Company reserves the right to limit or increase the  amount
                    of purchase payments it will accept.

                    3.   DOES  THIS   CONTRACT  HAVE   A  FREE-LOOK  PROVISION?
                    Yes. The Owner  may cancel the  Contract anytime within  20
                    days  after receipt of the  Contract, or longer if required
                    by state law,  and receive  a full refund  of all  purchase
                    payments.  For  Contracts issued  in California,  the Owner
                    will receive the greater of  the Adjusted Account Value  or
                    the sum of all purchase payments.

                    4.  CAN ADDITIONS BE MADE TO THE CONTRACT AFTER THE INITIAL
                    PURCHASE PAYMENT?
                    Yes, additional purchase payments may  be made at any  time
                    during  the accumulation phase  of the Contract. Subsequent
                    purchase payments must  be at  least $100 and  may be  made
                    from  a bank account through  Automatic Additions. For each
                    purchase  payment,  the  Owner  must  select  a   Guarantee
                    Period(s)  to which the purchase payment will be allocated.
                    The Company  reserves  the right  to  limit the  number  of
                    additional purchase payments.

                    5.  ONCE A CONTRACT IS PURCHASED, HOW IS THE OWNER INFORMED
                    AS TO THE STATUS OF THE CONTRACT?
                    There are  several ways  an Owner  may receive  information
                    about  the Contract.  At least  once a  year, prior  to the
                    Payout Start  Date,  the Owner  will  be sent  a  statement
                    containing  Account  Value  information  of  the  Contract.
                    Another option  the  Owner has  is  to call  the  Company's
                    customer support unit directly at 1-800-755-5275.
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THE ACCUMULATION    6.    HOW   IS   INTEREST   CREDITED   TO   THE   CONTRACT?
PHASE               Interest will be credited to initial purchase payments from
                    the Issue  Date. Interest  will be  credited to  subsequent
                    purchase  payments from the date of receipt by the Company.
                    No deductions are made  from purchase payments.  Therefore,
                    the full amount of every purchase payment is invested in an
                    Account  for accumulation of interest. Interest is credited
                    daily to each Guarantee Period in the Contract and is based
                    upon the interest  rate of the  Guarantee Period which  has
                    been chosen.

                    The  following  example  illustrates how  an  Account Value
                    would grow  given an  assumed purchase  payment,  Guarantee
                    Period,  and effective annual  interest rate. The effective
                    annual interest rate is defined as the yield resulting when
                    interest  credited  at  the   underlying  daily  rate   has
                    compounded for a full year.
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           EXAMPLE OF INTEREST CREDITING DURING THE GUARANTEE PERIOD:

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Purchase Payment:..............................................  $10,000.00
Guarantee Period:..............................................     5 years
Effective Annual Rate:.........................................       5.50%
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                             END OF CONTRACT YEAR:

   
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                                             YEAR 1         YEAR 2         YEAR 3         YEAR 4         YEAR 5
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Beginning Account Value                   $   10,000.00
  X (1 + Effective Annual Rate)                   1.055
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                                          $   10,550.00
Account Value at end of Contract                         $   10,550.00
  year 1 X (1 + Effective Annual                                 1.055
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   Rate)                                                 $   11,130.25
Account Value at end of Contract                                        $   11,130.25
  year 2 X (1 + Effective Annual                                                1.055
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   Rate)                                                                $   11,742.41
Account Value at end of Contract                                                       $   11,742.41
  year 3 X (1 + Effective Annual                                                               1.055
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   Rate)                                                                               $   12,388.25
Account Value at end of Contract                                                                      $   12,388.25
  year 4 X (1 + Effective Annual                                                                              1.055
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   Rate)
Account Value at end of Guarantee
 Period:                                                                                              $   13,069.60
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TOTAL INTEREST CREDITED IN GUARANTEE PERIOD: $3,069.60 ($13,069.60 - $10,000.00)
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NOTE:  The above  illustration assumes no  withdrawals of any  amount during the
entire five year period. A Market  Value Adjustment and Withdrawal Charge  would
apply  to any such interim  withdrawal in excess of  the Free Withdrawal Amount.
The hypothetical interest  rate is  for illustrative  purposes only  and is  not
intended  to predict  future interest rates  to be declared  under the Contract.
Actual interest rates  declared for any  given Guarantee Period  may be more  or
less than shown above but will never be less than the guaranteed minimum rate as
found in the Contract.

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                      The  Company has no specific formula  for determining the rate of
                      interest that it will  declare initially or  in the future.  Such
                      interest rates will be reflective of investment returns available
                      at  the time of the determination. In addition, the management of
                      the  Company  may   also  consider  various   other  factors   in
                      determining   interest  rates,   including  regulatory   and  tax
                      requirements, sales commissions and administrative expenses borne
                      by the Company, general economic trends, and competitive factors.

                      THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY  WILL MAKE THE FINAL  DETERMINATION
                      AS  TO THE INTEREST RATES TO BE DECLARED. THE COMPANY CAN NEITHER
                      PREDICT NOR GUARANTEE FUTURE INTEREST RATES TO BE DECLARED.

                      7. WHAT HAPPENS TO  THE ACCOUNT VALUE AT  THE END OF A  GUARANTEE
                      PERIOD?
                      Prior  to the end of a Guarantee  Period, a notice will be mailed
                      to the Owner  outlining the  options available  at the  end of  a
                      Guarantee  Period. Within  30 days after  the end  of a Guarantee
                      Period the Owner may:
                      - take no  action and  the Company will  automatically apply  the
                      Account  Value to a new Guarantee  Period of the same duration to
                        be  established  on  the  day  the  previous  Guarantee  Period
                        expired; or
                      -  notify the Company  to apply the Account  Value to a Guarantee
                      Period(s) of a  new duration  to be  established on  the day  the
                        previous Guarantee Period expired; or
                      -  receive a portion  of the Account Value  or the entire Account
                      Value through a partial or full withdrawal that is not subject to
                        a Market Value Adjustment. In  this case, the amount  withdrawn
                        will  be deemed to have been withdrawn on the day the Guarantee
                        Period expired.

                      8. IS IT POSSIBLE TO PRESELECT A RENEWAL GUARANTEE PERIOD AT  THE
                      POINT OF PURCHASE?
                      Yes.  The Automatic Laddering Program allows the Owner to choose,
                      in  advance,  one  renewal  Guarantee  Period  for  all  renewing
                      Accounts. The Owner can select the Automatic Laddering Program at
                      any  time during the  accumulation phase, including  on the issue
                      date. The  Automatic Laddering  Program will  continue until  the
                      Owner gives written notice to the Company.

                      9.  CAN A PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OR A FULL WITHDRAWAL BE TAKEN AT ANY
                      TIME?
                      Yes. As long as the Contract  is still in the accumulation  phase
                      and  has not  entered the  payout phase,  the Owner  may withdraw
                      money from the Contract or surrender the Contract at any time  (a
                      Withdrawal  Charge, Market Value Adjustment  and taxes may apply,
                      including a 10% penalty  tax for withdrawals  prior to the  owner
                      attaining   age  59  1/2).  Partial   withdrawals  may  be  taken
                      automatically through  Systematic  Withdrawals.  The  Owner  must
                      specify  the Account from which the  withdrawal will be taken. If
                      any partial  withdrawal reduces  an Account  Value to  less  than
                      $100, the withdrawal will be treated as a request to withdraw the
                      entire  Account  Value. If  the  withdrawal reduces  the Contract
                      Value to less than  $2,000, the withdrawal will  be treated as  a
                      request  to withdraw the  entire Contract Value.  The Company may
                      defer payment of any partial withdrawal or full withdrawal for  a
                      period  not exceeding six months from  the date of the receipt of
                      the request.
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                      10. IF A PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OR FULL WITHDRAWAL IS REQUESTED,  HOW
                      IS THE AMOUNT RECEIVED DETERMINED?
                      The  main  component in  determining the  amount received  by the
                      Owner is the amount  which was requested,  however, there may  be
                      adjustments  to  the requested  amount.  A Withdrawal  Charge may
                      reduce the amount requested. A Market Value Adjustment may  apply
                      which will reduce or increase the amount requested. Premium taxes
                      and federal income tax withholding may apply and would reduce the
                      amount requested. In summary:

                      The  amount received by  the Owner under  a partial withdrawal or
                      full withdrawal  request  equals  the  amount  requested  less  a
                      Withdrawal  Charge (if applicable)  plus or minus  a Market Value
                      Adjustment (if applicable) less premium taxes and withholding (if
                      applicable).

                      The questions which follow further clarify the components used in
                      determining the amount received upon a partial withdrawal or full
                      withdrawal.

                      11. UPON A FULL WITHDRAWAL OF THE ENTIRE CONTRACT, IS IT POSSIBLE
                      THAT THE  MARKET VALUE  ADJUSTMENT  AND WITHDRAWAL  CHARGE  COULD
                      CAUSE  THE AMOUNT RECEIVED  TO BE LESS  THAN THE INITIAL PURCHASE
                      PAYMENT AND ANY SUBSEQUENT PAYMENTS?
                      No. This  Contract has  a return  of purchase  payment  guarantee
                      which provides that the amount received upon a full withdrawal is
                      guaranteed  never  to be  less than  the sum  of initial  and any
                      subsequent purchase  payments  less amounts  previously  received
                      (prior   to  withholding  and  the  deduction  of  any  taxes  if
                      applicable). However,  to  the  extent  that  premium  taxes  are
                      assessed  against  the Contract  or income  tax is  withheld, the
                      amount received  upon a  full  withdrawal may  be less  than  the
                      initial and any subsequent purchase payments.

                      The  renewal  of  any  individual  Account(s)  within  the entire
                      Contract does  not  in any  way  change the  return  of  purchase
                      payment   guarantee  provided  by  this  Contract.  Upon  Account
                      renewal, the return  of purchase  payment guarantee  will not  be
                      adjusted  to include any  accrued interest, but  will continue to
                      apply to the initial and any subsequent purchase payments.

                      12. UPON A PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL  OR FULL WITHDRAWAL, IS THE  ENTIRE
                      AMOUNT  REQUESTED  SUBJECT TO  A WITHDRAWAL  CHARGE AND  A MARKET
                      VALUE ADJUSTMENT?
                      No. Only  amounts  in excess  of  any remaining  Free  Withdrawal
                      Amount  within an Account will be  subject to a Withdrawal Charge
                      and a  Market  Value  Adjustment. A  Free  Withdrawal  Amount  is
                      available  in every  payment year  of a  Guarantee Period  and is
                      equal to 10% of the  purchase payment allocated to the  Guarantee
                      Period.  Any unused Free Withdrawal Amount  in a payment year may
                      not  be  used  to  increase  the  Free  Withdrawal  Amount  in  a
                      subsequent  Account year nor may it  be used to increase the Free
                      Withdrawal Amount in another Guarantee Period.

                      In addition to the Free Withdrawal Amount, any amounts  withdrawn
                      from Accounts which are within the first 30 days of their renewal
                      Guarantee  Periods will  be completely  free from  any Withdrawal
                      Charge and Market Value Adjustment.
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                      13. WHAT IS THE  WITHDRAWAL CHARGE UPON  A PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL  OR
                      FULL WITHDRAWAL?
                      The amount withdrawn from the Account Value in excess of the Free
                      Withdrawal Amount is subject to the following Withdrawal Charge:
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                      For  each purchase  payment withdrawal,  the payment  year in the
                      above table is measured  from the date  we received the  purchase
                      payment.

                      The Withdrawal Charge is determined by multiplying the percentage
                      corresponding  to  the  payment  year  times  that  part  of each
                      withdrawal that is in excess of the Free Withdrawal Amount.

                      The Company will waive any Withdrawal Charge prior to the  Payout
                      Start  Date if at least 30 days after the contract date any Owner
                      (or Annuitant if  the Owner  is not  a natural  person) is  first
                      confined to a long term care facility or hospital for at least 90
                      consecutive days, confinement is prescribed by a physician and is
                      medically  necessary,  and  the  request  for  a  withdrawal  and
                      adequate written proof of confinement are received by us no later
                      than 90 days after discharge.

                      14. WHAT IS THE  MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT UPON  A PARTIAL OR  FULL
                      WITHDRAWAL OR AT DEATH?
                      The  Market  Value  Adjustment  will be  applied  to  all amounts
                      withdrawn, paid at death or applied to an Income Plan, which  are
                      not exempt from adjustment as discussed in question 12.

                      The Market Value Adjustment reflects the relationship between (1)
                      the  Treasury Rate for the time remaining in the Guarantee Period
                      at the time of death or  the request for withdrawal, and (2)  the
                      Treasury  Rate  at the  time the  Account  was established  for a
                      maturity equal  to the  Account Guarantee  Period. Since  current
                      Treasury  Rates are  the basis for  the investment  yields at the
                      time, and  current  interest  rates  are  based,  in  part,  upon
                      investment yields available when the Account was established, the
                      effect  of the Market Value Adjustment will be closely related to
                      the levels  of  such  yields.  As  such,  the  Owner  bears  some
                      investment risk under the Contract.

                      Generally,  if  the Treasury  Rate at  the  time the  Account was
                      established is lower than the Treasury Rate (interest rate for  a
                      period  equal to  the time  remaining in  the Account),  then the
                      Market Value Adjustment will result in a lower amount payable  to
                      the  Owner.  Similarly,  if the  Treasury  Rate at  the  time the
                      Account was  established is  higher than  the applicable  current
                      Treasury  Rate, then the Market Value Adjustment will result in a
                      higher amount payable to the Owner.

                      For example, assume the Owner purchases a Contract and selects an
                      initial Guarantee Period of five years and the Treasury Rate  for
                      that  duration is 5.50%. Assume  that at the end  of 3 years, the
                      Owner makes a  partial withdrawal.  If, at that  later time,  the
                      Treasury  Rate for a  2 year Guarantee Period  is 4.00%, then the
                      Market Value Adjustment will be positive, which will result in an
                      increase in the amount  payable to the  Owner. Similarly, if  the
                      Treasury  Rate for the 2 year Guarantee Period is 7.00%, then the
                      Market Value Adjustment will be negative, which will result in  a
                      decrease in the amount payable to the Owner.
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                      The  formula for calculating  the Market Value  Adjustment is set
                      forth in  Appendix  A  to this  prospectus  which  also  contains
                      additional  illustrations of the application  of the Market Value
                      Adjustment.

                      15.  THE  IRS  REQUIRES  ANNUAL  WITHDRAWALS  TO  BE  TAKEN  FROM
                      QUALIFIED  CONTRACTS  UPON  ATTAINMENT  OF  AGE  70.  WILL  THESE
                      WITHDRAWALS   INCUR   WITHDRAWAL   CHARGES   AND   MARKET   VALUE
                      ADJUSTMENTS?
                      No.  Both the Withdrawal Charge  and Market Value Adjustment will
                      be waived on  withdrawals taken to  satisfy IRS required  minimum
                      distribution rules for this Contract.

                      16.  WHAT ARE THE TAX  IMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTRACT?
                      It varies based  upon the Owner's  circumstances. Generally,  the
                      two areas which may give rise to a taxable situation are personal
                      federal and state income taxation and taxation of the Company.

                      With respect to personal federal and state income tax, an annuity
                      contract  Owner who is a natural person is not taxed on increases
                      in the Contract  Value until a  distribution occurs. For  federal
                      income   tax  purposes,  distributions  include  the  receipt  of
                      proceeds from loans and an assignment or pledge of any portion of
                      the value  of  the  Contract,  as  well  as  withdrawals,  income
                      payments,  or Death  Benefits. In addition,  personal federal and
                      state  income  tax  withholding  may  be  deducted  from  partial
                      withdrawal  and  full withdrawal  payments. Amounts  withheld for
                      personal taxes do  not necessarily represent  the Owner's  entire
                      income tax liability.

                      With  respect to taxation of the Company, premium taxes and other
                      applicable taxes imposed on the Company may be deducted from  the
                      Contract's  purchase  payment  or  Contract  Value  upon  a  full
                      withdrawal or annuitization of the Contract. Current premium  tax
                      rates  range from 0 to  3.5%, but are subject  to change by state
                      regulation.

                      There are several exceptions  to the above generalizations.  More
                      complete  information can be  found in the  "Federal Tax Matters"
                      section found on page 15 of this prospectus.

THE PARTIES TO THE    17.  WHAT  RIGHTS   DOES  AN   OWNER  HAVE   IN  THIS   CONTRACT?
CONTRACT              This Contract offers the Owner several rights. The Owner may:

                      -  receive any withdrawals  or periodic income  payments from the
                      Contract, unless the Owner has  directed the Company to pay  them
                        to someone else;

                      -  name and change the Owner, Beneficiary, and Annuitant (only if
                      Owner is a natural person);

                      - assign benefits under  the Contract prior  to the Payout  Start
                        Date;

                      -  elect  a Death  Benefit  option upon  death  of a  co-owner or
                        Annuitant; and

                      - terminate the Contract.

                      The above  may  be  subject  to the  rights  of  any  irrevocable
                      Beneficiary.
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                      18. WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE ANNUITANT SERVE?
                      The  Annuitant's life  determines the income  payments which will
                      begin on  the  payout  start  date.  This  Contract  requires  an
                      Annuitant  at all times during the  accumulation phase and on the
                      Payout Start  Date. The  Annuitant must  be a  natural person.  A
                      Death Benefit may be payable upon the death of the Annuitant only
                      if the Owner is not a natural person.

                      19. WHO IS THE BENEFICIARY TO THE CONTRACT?
                      The  Beneficiary  varies based  upon who  the  Owner is,  and the
                      designation of the parties to the  Contract by the Owner. If  the
                      Owner  is a  natural person,  the Beneficiary  will be determined
                      from the most recent written request  of the Owner. If the  Owner
                      does  not name a Beneficiary or if the Beneficiaries named are no
                      longer living, the Beneficiary will be:

                      - a contingent beneficiary named by the Owner; otherwise

                      - the Owner's spouse if living; otherwise

                      - the Owner's children, equally, if living; otherwise

                      - the Owner's estate.

                      20. WHAT PURPOSE DOES THE BENEFICIARY SERVE?
                      The Beneficiary becomes the new Owner if the sole surviving Owner
                      dies prior to the Payout Start Date. If the sole surviving  Owner
                      dies  after the Payout  Start Date, the  Beneficiary will receive
                      any guaranteed income payments scheduled to continue.

THE DEATH BENEFITS    21. UPON  DEATH  OF  THE OWNER,  WHO  IS  THE NEW  OWNER  OF  THE
PROVISIONS            CONTRACT?
                      The  new Owner  is any surviving  joint Owner(s) or  if none, the
                      Beneficiary.
                      22. UPON DEATH  OF THE  OWNER, WHAT  OPTIONS DOES  THE NEW  OWNER
                      HAVE?

                      In  most cases, the  new Owner of the  Contract has the following
                      three options:

                      - receive  the Contract  Value adjusted  by any  positive  Market
                      Value Adjustment within 5 years of the date of death; or

                      -  receive the Death Benefit in a  lump sum. The Death Benefit is
                      equal to  the  Contract  Value plus  any  positive  Market  Value
                        Adjustment; or

                      -  apply the Death Benefit to an Income Plan with income payments
                        beginning within one year of the date of death. Income payments
                        must be made over the life of the new Owner, or a period not to
                        exceed the life expectancy of the new Owner, or the life of the
                        new Owner with payments guaranteed  for a period not to  exceed
                        the life expectancy of the new Owner.

                      If  the new Owner  is the spouse  of the deceased  Owner, the new
                      Owner may elect to continue the Contract. See question 23, below.

                      If the new  Owner is a  non-natural person, then  the Owner  must
                      receive the Death Benefit in a lump sum within 5 years.

                      23.  IF THE  NEW OWNER  IS THE  SURVIVING SPOUSE  OF THE DECEASED
                      OWNER, WHAT  HAPPENS  TO THE  CONTRACT  UPON THE  OWNER'S  DEATH?

                      In  addition to the options available in question 22, a surviving
                      spousal Owner has the following additional options:
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                      - continue the Contract as if the death had not occurred; and

                      - if  the Contract  is continued,  one withdrawal  of any  amount
                      within  the year of death is allowed which will not be assessed a
                        Withdrawal Charge (a Market Value Adjustment will apply).

                      24. IF THE  OWNER IS  NOT THE  ANNUITANT AND  THE ANNUITANT  DIES
                      PRIOR  TO THE  PAYOUT START DATE,  WHAT HAPPENS  TO THE CONTRACT?

                      If the Owner is a natural  person, the Contract will continue  as
                      if  the death  had not  occurred. The  new Annuitant  will be the
                      youngest Owner; or

                      If the Owner is not a natural person, the Owner will receive  the
                      Death Benefit in a lump sum within 5 years of the date of death.

THE PAYOUT PHASE      25. WHAT IS THE PAYOUT START DATE?
                      The  date on which  the accumulation phase  ceases and the payout
                      phase begins. During the payout phase, the Owner receives  income
                      payments based upon an Income Plan selected by the Owner from the
                      Contract.  The payout phase will continue until the Company makes
                      the last payment as provided by the Income Plan chosen. The Owner
                      may change  the Payout  Start Date  at anytime  by notifying  the
                      Company  in writing  of the  change at  least 30  days before the
                      scheduled Payout Start  Date. The  Payout Start Date  must be  at
                      least  one month after the issue date  and on or before the later
                      of:

                      - the Annuitant's 90th birthday; or

                      - the 10th anniversary of the Contract's Issue Date.

                      26. WHAT TYPES  OF INCOME  PLANS ARE AVAILABLE  IN THE  CONTRACT?

                      Income payments are made under an Income Plan which may be chosen
                      by  the Owner. The types of  Income Plans which are available are
                      as follows:

                      - Life Income with Guaranteed  Payments -- If the Annuitant  dies
                      before  all the guaranteed payments have been made, the remainder
                        of the guaranteed payments will be made to the Owner; or

                      - Joint and Survivor Life  Income with Guaranteed Payments --  If
                      both  the Annuitant and Joint Annuitant die before the guaranteed
                        payments have  been  made,  the  remainder  of  the  guaranteed
                        payments will be made to the Owner; or

                      -  Guaranteed Payments for  a Specified Period  -- Payments under
                      this option do not depend on the continuation of the  Annuitant's
                        life.

                      Any period for which payments are guaranteed may range from 60 to
                      360  months. If any  Owner dies, guaranteed  income payments will
                      continue as  scheduled. Up  to 30  days before  the Payout  Start
                      Date,  the Owner may change the  Income Plan or request any other
                      form of Income Plan agreeable to both the Company and the  Owner.
                      If  the Company does not receive a written choice from the Owner,
                      the Income Plan  will be  life income with  120 monthly  payments
                      guaranteed.  If an  Income Plan  is chosen  which depends  on the
                      Annuitant's or  Joint  Annuitant's life,  proof  of age  will  be
                      required  before income payments begin.  The Company reserves the
                      right to accept other Income Plans.
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                      27. HOW ARE THE INCOME  PAYMENTS FROM AN INCOME PLAN  DETERMINED?
                      To determine the income payments, the Contract Value, adjusted by
                      any  Market Value  Adjustment less any  applicable premium taxes,
                      will be applied to the greater of:
                      - payment plan rates declared by the Company; or
                      - guaranteed payment plan rates as described in the Contract.
                      If the monthly income payments  determined under the Income  Plan
                      are  less  than  $20, the  Company  may pay  the  Contract Value,
                      adjusted by  any  Market  Value Adjustment  less  any  applicable
                      premium  taxes, in a lump sum  or change the payment frequency to
                      an interval which results in income payments of at least $20.

                      The Contracts are based on  life annuity tables that provide  for
                      different  benefit  payments to  men and  women  of the  same age
                      (except  in  states   which  require   unisex  annuity   tables).
                      Nevertheless,   in  accordance  with  the  U.S.  Supreme  Court's
                      decision in  ARIZONA GOVERNING  COMMITTEE V.  NORRIS, in  certain
                      employment-related situations, annuity tables that do not vary on
                      the  basis of sex may be used. Accordingly, if the Contract is to
                      be used in  connection with an  employment-related retirement  or
                      benefit  plan, consideration should be given in consultation with
                      legal counsel, to the  impact of NORRIS on  any such plan  before
                      making any contributions under these Contracts.
                      The dollar amount of income payments is generally affected by the
                      duration  of the Income Plan selected.  For example, if an Income
                      Plan Guaranteed for Life  is chosen, the  income payments may  be
                      greater  or less than income payments  under an Income Plan for a
                      specified  period  depending  on  the  life  expectancy  of   the
                      Annuitant. Also, the Company may require proof that the Annuitant
                      or  Joint Annuitant is still alive  before the Company makes each
                      payment that depends on their continued life.
                      28. CAN PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS BE TAKEN FROM THE CONTRACT OR CAN THE
                      CONTRACT BE SURRENDERED  ONCE IT  HAS ENTERED  THE PAYOUT  PHASE?
                      No.  After the Contract Value has  been applied to an Income Plan
                      on the Payout Start Date, the Income Plan can not be changed, the
                      exchange of the  Contract Value  for an  Income Plan  can not  be
                      reversed, and no withdrawals can be made.
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AMENDMENT OF THE      The Company reserves the right to amend the Contracts to meet the
CONTRACTS             requirements  of applicable federal or state laws or regulations.
                      The Company will notify the Owner of any such amendments.
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DISTRIBUTION OF THE   Allstate Life  Financial Services,  Inc. ("ALFS"),  3100  Sanders
CONTRACTS             Road, Northbrook, Illinois, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allstate
                      Life, acts as the principal underwriter of the Contracts. ALFS is
                      registered  as a broker-dealer under  the Securities Exchange Act
                      of 1934  and  became a  member  of the  National  Association  of
                      Securities  Dealers, Inc. on June 30,  1993 Contracts are sold by
                      registered representatives  of broker-dealers  or bank  employees
                      who  are  licensed  insurance agents  appointed  by  the Company,
                      either individually or through an incorporated insurance agency.

                      The Company may pay up to  a maximum sales commission of 8%  both
                      upon sale of the Contract and upon renewal of a Guarantee Period.
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                      The  Underwriting Agreement between the Company and ALFS provides
                      that the Company will indemnify ALFS for certain damages that may
                      be caused by actions, statements or omissions by the Company.
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FEDERAL TAX MATTERS

INTRODUCTION          THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION IS  GENERAL AND IS  NOT INTENDED AS  TAX
                      ADVICE.   THE  COMPANY  MAKES  NO  GUARANTEE  REGARDING  THE  TAX
                      TREATMENT OF ANY  CONTRACT OR TRANSACTION  INVOLVING A  CONTRACT.
                      Federal,  state, local and other tax consequences of ownership or
                      receipt of distributions under an annuity contract depend on  the
                      individual  circumstances of  each person.  If you  are concerned
                      about  any  tax  consequences  with  regard  to  your  individual
                      circumstances, you should consult a competent tax adviser.

TAXATION OF THE       The  Company is taxed as a life insurance company under Part I of
COMPANY               Subchapter  L  of  the  Internal  Revenue  Code.  The   following
                      discussion  assumes that the Company is taxed as a life insurance
                      company under Part I of Subchapter L.

TAXATION OF
ANNUITIES IN GENERAL

TAX DEFERRAL          In general, an annuity contract owned by a natural person is  not
                      taxed  on increases  in the  contract value  until a distribution
                      occurs.  Annuity  contracts  owned  by  non-natural  persons  are
                      generally not treated as annuity contracts for federal income tax
                      purposes  and the income  on such contracts  is taxed as ordinary
                      income received or accrued by the owner during the taxable  year.
                      There are exceptions to the non-natural owner rule and you should
                      discuss these with your tax advisor.

TAXATION OF PARTIAL   In  the  case  of  a  partial  withdrawal  under  a non-qualified
AND FULL WITHDRAWALS  contract, amounts received are taxable to the extent the contract
                      value  before  the  withdrawal  exceeds  the  investment  in  the
                      contract.  In the case of a  partial withdrawal under a qualified
                      contract, the portion of the payment that bears the same ratio to
                      the total payment that  the investment in  the contract bears  to
                      the contract value, can be excluded from income. In the case of a
                      full  withdrawal under  a non-qualified  contract or  a qualified
                      contract, the amount received will be taxable only to the  extent
                      it  exceeds  the investment  in  the contract.  If  an individual
                      transfers  an  annuity   contract  without   full  and   adequate
                      consideration  to a person other than the individual's spouse (or
                      to a former  spouse incident  to a  divorce), the  owner will  be
                      taxed  on  the  difference  between the  contract  value  and the
                      investment in the contract at the time of transfer. Other than in
                      the case of certain qualified contracts, any amount received as a
                      loan under a contract, and any assignment or pledge (or agreement
                      to assign  or pledge)  of  the contract  value  is treated  as  a
                      withdrawal of such amount or portion.
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TAXATION OF ANNUITY   Generally, the rule for income taxation of payments received from
PAYMENTS              an  annuity  contract  provides  for the  return  of  the owner's
                      investment in the  contract in  equal tax-free  amounts over  the
                      payment  period. The balance of each payment received is taxable.
                      In the case of fixed  annuity payments, the amount excluded  from
                      income  is determined by multiplying the  payment by the ratio of
                      the investment in the contract  (adjusted for any refund  feature
                      or  period  certain)  to  the  total  expected  value  of annuity
                      payments for the term of the contract.

TAXATION OF ANNUITY   Amounts may be  distributed from an  annuity contract because  of
DEATH BENEFITS        the  death of an owner or  annuitant. Generally, such amounts are
                      includible in income  as follows:  (1) if distributed  in a  lump
                      sum,  the  amounts  are  taxed  in  the  same  manner  as  a full
                      withdrawal or (2)  if distributed  under an  annuity option,  the
                      amounts are taxed in the same manner as an annuity payment.

PENALTY TAX ON        There is a 10% penalty tax on the taxable amount of any premature
PREMATURE             distribution  from a non-qualified  annuity contract. The penalty
DISTRIBUTIONS         tax generally applies to any distribution made prior to the owner
                      attaining age 59 1/2. However, there should be no penalty tax  on
                      distributions  to owners (1)  made on or  after the owner attains
                      age 59  1/2;  (2)  made as  a  result  of the  owner's  death  or
                      disability;  (3)  made in  substantially equal  periodic payments
                      over life  or life  expectancy; or  (4) made  under an  immediate
                      annuity.  Similar  rules  apply for  distributions  under certain
                      qualified contracts.

AGGREGATION OF        All non-qualified annuity contracts issued by the Company (or its
ANNUITY CONTRACTS     affiliates) to the same  owner during any  calendar year will  be
                      aggregated  and treated as  one annuity contract  for purposes of
                      determining the taxable amount of a distribution.

IRS REQUIRED          In order to be considered an annuity contract for federal  income
DISTRIBUTION AT       tax  purposes, an annuity contract must provide: (1) if any owner
DEATH RULES           dies on or  after the annuity  start date but  before the  entire
                      interest  in  the contract  has  been distributed,  the remaining
                      portion of such interest must be distributed at least as  rapidly
                      as  under the method of distribution being used as of the date of
                      the owner's death;  (2) if any  owner dies prior  to the  annuity
                      start   date,  the  entire  interest  in  the  contract  will  be
                      distributed within  five  years after  the  date of  the  owner's
                      death.  These requirements  are satisfied  if any  portion of the
                      owner's interest which is  payable to, or for  the benefit of,  a
                      designated  beneficiary  is  distributed over  the  life  of such
                      beneficiary (or  over  a period  not  extending beyond  the  life
                      expectancy of the beneficiary) and the distributions begin within
                      one  year  of  the  owner's  death.  If  the  owner's  designated
                      beneficiary is the  surviving spouse of  the owner, the  contract
                      may  be continued with the surviving  spouse as the new owner. If
                      the owner  of  the contract  is  a nonnatural  person,  then  the
                      annuitant  will be treated as the  owner for purposes of applying
                      the distribution at death rules. Also, a change of annuitant on a
                      contract owned  by a  nonnatural person  will be  treated as  the
                      death of the owner.
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QUALIFIED PLANS       This annuity contract may be used with several types of qualified
                      plans. The tax rules applicable to participants in such qualified
                      plans  vary  according to  the  type of  plan  and the  terms and
                      conditions of  the  plan  itself. Adverse  tax  consequences  may
                      result   from  excess   contributions,  premature  distributions,
                      distributions that do not  conform to specified commencement  and
                      minimum  distribution  rules, excess  distributions and  in other
                      circumstances.  Owners  and  participants  under  the  plan   and
                      annuitants and beneficiaries under the contract may be subject to
                      the  terms and conditions of the  plan regardless of the terms of
                      the contract.

TYPES OF QUALIFIED
PLANS

INDIVIDUAL            Section  408  of  the   Code  permits  eligible  individuals   to
RETIREMENT ANNUITIES  contribute  to  an  individual  retirement  program  known  as an
                      Individual Retirement  Annuity. Individual  Retirement  Annuities
                      are  subject to limitations on the amount that can be contributed
                      and  on  the  time  when  distributions  may  commence.   Certain
                      distributions  from other types of qualified plans may be "rolled
                      over" on  a  tax-deferred  basis into  an  Individual  Retirement
                      Annuity.

SIMPLIFIED EMPLOYEE   Section   408(k)  of  the  Code  allows  employers  to  establish
PENSION PLANS         simplified employee pension plans  for their employees using  the
                      employees'  individual retirement  annuities if  certain criteria
                      are met. Under  these plans  the employer  may, within  specified
                      limits,  make deductible contributions on behalf of the employees
                      to their individual retirement annuities.

TAX SHELTERED         Section 403(b) of  the Code permits  public school employees  and
ANNUITIES             employees of certain types of tax-exempt organizations (specified
                      in  Section  501(c)(3)  of  the  Code)  to  have  their employers
                      purchase annuity  contracts  for  them, and  subject  to  certain
                      limitations, to exclude the purchase payments from the employees'
                      gross  income. An annuity contract used for a Section 403(b) plan
                      must provide that distributions attributable to salary  reduction
                      contributions  made after  12/31/88, and  all earnings  on salary
                      reduction contributions,  may be  made  only after  the  employee
                      attains  age  59  1/2,  separates  from  service,  dies,  becomes
                      disabled or  on  the  account of  hardship  (earnings  on  salary
                      reduction contributions may not be distributed for hardship).

CORPORATE AND SELF-   Sections 401(a) and 403(a) of the Code permit corporate employers
EMPLOYED PENSION AND  to  establish various types  of tax favored  retirement plans for
PROFIT SHARING PLANS  employees. The Self- Employed Individuals Retirement Act of 1962,
                      as amended,  (commonly  referred  to as  "H.R.  10"  or  "Keogh")
                      permits   self-employed  individuals  to  establish  tax  favored
                      retirement  plans  for  themselves  and  their  employees.   Such
                      retirement  plans may permit the purchase of annuity contracts in
                      order to provide benefits under the plans.

STATE AND LOCAL       Section 457  of the  Code permits  employees of  state and  local
GOVERNMENT AND        governments  and tax-exempt  organizations to defer  a portion of
TAX-EXEMPT            their compensation without  paying current  taxes. The  employees
ORGANIZATION          must  be participants in an  eligible deferred compensation plan.
DEFERRED              Generally, under the non-natural owner rules, such contracts  are
COMPENSATION PLANS    not treated as annuity contracts for federal income tax purposes.
                      However, under these plans, contributions made for the benefit of
                      the  employees  will not  be includible  in the  employees' gross
                      income until distributed from the plan.
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INCOME TAX            The Company is required to withhold federal income tax at a  rate
WITHHOLDING           of  20%  on  all  "eligible  rollover  distributions"  unless  an
                      individual elects to make a "direct rollover" of such amounts  to
                      another  qualified  plan  or  Individual  Retirement  Account  or
                      Annuity (IRA). Eligible rollover distributions generally  include
                      all  distributions from qualified contracts, excluding IRAs, with
                      the exception of  (1) required  minimum distributions,  or (2)  a
                      series  of  substantially  equal periodic  payments  made  over a
                      period of at  least 10 years,  or the life  (joint lives) of  the
                      participant   (and  beneficiary).  For   any  distributions  from
                      non-qualified annuity contracts, or distributions from  qualified
                      contracts    which   are   not   considered   eligible   rollover
                      distributions, the Company  may be required  to withhold  federal
                      and  state income taxes  unless the recipient  elects not to have
                      taxes  withheld  and  properly  notifies  the  Company  of   such
                      election.
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THE COMPANY

BUSINESS              Glenbrook  Life  and Annuity  Company  (the "Company")  is wholly
                      owned by Allstate Life Insurance Company ("Allstate Life"), which
                      is wholly  owned by  Allstate Insurance  Company, a  wholly-owned
                      subsidiary  of  The  Allstate  Corporation  (the  "Corporation").
                      Sears, Roebuck and Co. ("Sears") distributed its 80.3%  ownership
                      in  the Corporation on June 30, 1995 to Sears common shareholders
                      through a tax-free  dividend. As  a result  of the  distribution,
                      Sears no longer has an ownership interest in the Corporation.

REINSURANCE           Effective   December  31,  1993,  the  Company  entered  into  an
AGREEMENTS            assumption reinsurance treaty with  an affiliate, Glenbrook  Life
                      Insurance Company, to reinsure certain annuity contracts. Per the
                      terms of the agreement, the Company assumed all of Glenbrook Life
                      Insurance Company's liability under such contracts.

                      Purchase  payments of  qualified Contracts  issued in conjunction
                      with a Section 401(a), 401(k) or 403(b) plan, will be invested in
                      the general account of the Company. The Company and Allstate Life
                      have entered into  a modified coinsurance  agreement under  which
                      Allstate  Life will reinsure all of the Company's general account
                      obligations under such qualified Contracts; the reserves for such
                      Contracts will be held in the Company's general account.

                      The Company reinsures  all of its  insurance in force,  including
                      the  business assumed from Glenbrook Life Insurance Company, with
                      Allstate  Life.  Accordingly,  the  results  of  operations  with
                      respect  to  applications received  and  contracts issued  by the
                      Company are not reflected in the Company's financial  statements.
                      The  amounts  reflected  in  the  Company's  financial statements
                      relate only to the investment of those assets of the Company that
                      are not  transferred  to  Allstate  Life  under  the  reinsurance
                      agreement.

INVESTMENTS BY THE    The  Company's general  account assets, like  the general account
COMPANY               assets of  other insurance  companies, including  Allstate  Life,
                      must  be invested in accordance with applicable state laws. These
                      laws govern the  nature and  quality of investments  that may  be
                      made  by  life insurance  companies and  the percentage  of their
                      assets  that  may  be  committed   to  any  particular  type   of
                      investment.  In  general, these  laws permit  investments, within
                      specified  limits  and  subject  to  certain  qualifications,  in
                      federal,  state,  and  municipal  obligations,  corporate  bonds,
                      preferred stocks, real estate mortgages, real estate and  certain
                      other  investments. All  of the Company's  general account assets
                      are available to meet the Company's obligations.
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                      The Company will primarily invest  its general account assets  in
                      investment-grade fixed income securities including the following:

                          Securities  issued  by the  United  States Government  or its
                          agencies or  instrumentalities,  which  may  or  may  not  be
                          guaranteed by the United States Government;

                          Debt instruments, including, but not limited to, issues of or
                          guaranteed  by  banks  or  bank  holding  companies,  and  of
                          corporations, which are deemed by the Company's management to
                          have qualities appropriate for inclusion in this portfolio;

                          Commercial mortgages, mortgage-backed securities
                          collateralized by real estate  mortgage loans, or  securities
                          collateralized   by  other   assets,  that   are  insured  or
                          guaranteed by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association, the
                          Federal  National  Mortgage  Association  or  the  Government
                          National  Mortgage  Association, or  that have  an investment
                          grade at  time of  purchase within  the four  highest  grades
                          assigned  by Moody's Investors Services,  Inc. (Aaa, Aa, A or
                          Baa), Standard & Poor's  Corporation (AAA, AA,  A or BBB)  or
                          any other nationally recognized rating service;

                          Commercial  paper,  cash,  or  cash  equivalents,  and  other
                          short-term investments  having a  maturity of  less than  one
                          year  that are considered by the Company's management to have
                          investment  quality  comparable  to  securities  having   the
                          ratings stated above.

                      In  addition, interest  rate swaps, futures,  options, rate caps,
                      and  other   hedging  instruments   may   be  used   solely   for
                      non-speculative   hedging  purposes.  Anticipated  use  of  these
                      financial instruments shall be limited to protecting the value of
                      portfolio sales or  purchases, or  to enhance  yield through  the
                      creation of a synthetic security.

                      In  addition,  the  Company maintains  certain  unitized Separate
                      Accounts which invest in shares of open-end investment  companies
                      registered  under  the  Investment  Company  Act  of  1940. These
                      Separate Account assets, which  relate to the Company's  variable
                      annuity contracts, do not support the Company's obligations under
                      the Contracts.
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SELECTED FINANCIAL    The  following selected financial data  for the Company should be
DATA                  read in  conjunction  with  the financial  statements  and  notes
                      thereto included in this prospectus beginning on page F-1.
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                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                            SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
   
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YEAR-END FINANCIAL DATA                                             1994           1993          1992*
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For The Years Ended December 31:
  Income Before Taxes.........................................  $       2,017  $         836  $       337
  Net Income..................................................          1,294            529          212
As of December 31:
  Total Assets (1)............................................        751,680        169,361       12,183

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QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA                                                           1995          1994
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For The Quarter Ended June 30:
  Income Before Taxes........................................................  $       1,022  $       210
  Net Income.................................................................            659          132
As of June 30:
  Total Assets (1)...........................................................      1,101,366      420,653
<FN>
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(1)  The  Company adopted SFAS  No. 115, "Accounting  for Certain Instruments in
     Debt and Equity Securities" on December  31, 1993. See Note 3 to  Financial
     Statements.

*    For  the period from  April 1, 1992  (date of acquisition)  to December 31,
     1992.
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          MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
        AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994
      AND 1993 AND FOR THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1, 1992 (DATE OF ACQUISITION)
                              TO DECEMBER 31, 1992
    

   
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GENERAL               Glenbrook Life  and Annuity  Company  (the "Company")  is  wholly
                      owned by Allstate Life Insurance Company ("Allstate Life"), which
                      is  wholly owned  by Allstate  Insurance Company,  a wholly-owned
                      subsidiary of The  Allstate Corporation  (the "Corporation").  In
                      November  1994,  Sears, Roebuck  and  Co. ("Sears")  announced it
                      intended to distribute in a tax-free dividend to its stockholders
                      its  80.3%   ownership   interest   of   the   Corporation   (the
                      "Distribution").
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                      The  Company  issues single  and  flexible premium  fixed annuity
                      contracts. In  addition,  the  Company plans  to  issue  flexible
                      premium deferred variable annuity contracts.

                      Effective   December  31,  1993,  the  Company  entered  into  an
                      assumption reinsurance treaty with  an affiliate, Glenbrook  Life
                      Insurance Company, to reinsure certain annuity contracts. Per the
                      terms of the agreement, the Company assumed all of Glenbrook Life
                      Insurance Company's liability under such contracts.

                      The  Company reinsures  all of its  in force  insurance in force,
                      including the  business  assumed from  Glenbrook  Life  Insurance
                      Company,   with  Allstate  Life.   Accordingly,  the  results  of
                      operations with respect  to applications  received and  contracts
                      issued  by  the  Company  are  not  reflected  in  the  Company's
                      financial
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                      statements. The  amounts  reflected in  the  Company's  financial
                      statements  relate only to the investment  of those assets of the
                      Company that  are  not transferred  to  Allstate Life  under  the
                      reinsurance agreement.

RESULTS OF            Net investment income was $2.0 million in 1994 compared with $836
OPERATIONS            thousand  and  $405  thousand  in  1993  and  1992, respectively.
                      Invested assets  grew $38.5  million in  1994 due  entirely to  a
                      capital  contribution from Allstate Life during the third quarter
                      of 1994.

                      Net income was $1.3 million compared to $529 thousand in 1993 and
                      $212 thousand  in  1992. The  increase  in  1994 is  due  to  the
                      increase in investment income.

LIQUIDITY AND         Under  the terms of  inter-company reinsurance agreements, assets
CAPITAL RESOURCES     of the Company that relate to insurance in-force are  transferred
                      to  Allstate Life. Therefore, the  funds necessary to support the
                      operations of the Company are  provided by Allstate Life and  the
                      invested  assets  supporting  contract  liabilities  are  held by
                      Allstate Life.

                      During the third quarter of 1994, the Company received a  capital
                      contribution of $40 million from Allstate Life.

SEGMENT INFORMATION   The Company's operations consist of one business segment which is
                      the issuance of insurance and annuity products.

RESERVES              Under the Company's reinsurance agreement with Allstate Life, the
                      Company  reinsures  all  reserve liabilities  with  Allstate Life
                      except for variable  contracts. The  Company's variable  contract
                      assets  and  liabilities will  be  held in  a  legally segregated
                      unitized separate account and are retained by the Company.

INVESTMENTS           The Company generally holds its  fixed income securities for  the
                      long  term, but has  classified them as  "available for sale" and
                      carries them  in  the statement  of  financial position  at  fair
                      value, to allow maximum flexibility in portfolio management.

PENDING ACCOUNTING    In  May, 1993, the Financial  Accounting Standards Board ("FASB")
STANDARDS             issued FASB No. 114, "Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a
                      Loan." The statement,  which must  be adopted  by 1995,  requires
                      that  impairment loans be measured based  on the present value of
                      expected future  cash flows  discounted at  the loan's  effective
                      interest  rate. The impact on  net income and financial condition
                      of adopting this statement is not expected to be significant.

                      THREE-AND SIX-MONTH PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 1995

GENERAL               Glenbrook Life  and Annuity  Company  ("the Company")  is  wholly
                      owned  by  Allstate  Life  Insurance  Company  ("Allstate Life").
                      Allstate Life is  wholly-owned by Allstate  Insurance Company,  a
                      wholly-owned   subsidiary  of  The   Allstate  Corporation  ("the
                      Corporation"). Sears,  Roebuck  and  Co.  distributed  its  80.3%
                      ownership  in the  Corporation on June  30, 1995  to Sears common
                      shareholders through  a tax-free  dividend. As  a result  of  the
                      distribution,  Sears no longer  has an ownership  interest in the
                      Corporation.

                      The Company issues single and flexible premium annuity  contracts
                      and flexible premium deferred variable annuity contracts.

                      The Company reinsures all of its insurance in-force with Allstate
                      Life.  Accordingly,  the results  of  operations with  respect to
                      applications received and contracts issued by the Company are not
                      reflected in the Company's Statements of Income.
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RESULTS OF            Pre-tax net  investment  income in  the  second quarter  of  1995
OPERATIONS AND        increased  280.2% to $1.0  million compared to  $210 thousand for
FINANCIAL CONDITION   the same period in 1994. For the first six months of 1995 pre- tax
                      net investment income increased  339.6% to $2.0 million  compared
                      to  $455 thousand in the prior year. The increases were primarily
                      related to an increased level  of invested assets which  resulted
                      from a $40 million capital contribution from Allstate Life during
                      the  third quarter  of 1994. Net  income reflects  the changes in
                      pre-tax investment income.

                      The Statement of Financial Position at June 30, 1995 reflects  an
                      increase  of 49.4% from December  31, 1994 in both contractholder
                      funds  and  amounts  recoverable  from  Allstate  Life  Insurance
                      Company  under reinsurance treaties. This is  due to sales of the
                      Company's single and flexible premium annuity contracts.

LIQUIDITY AND         Under the  terms  of the  reinsurance  agreement, assets  of  the
CAPITAL RESOURCES     Company  that  relate to  insurance in-force,  excluding separate
                      account assets and, beginning in 1995, assets related to  certain
                      market  value adjusted  annuity contracts  under employee benefit
                      plans, are  transferred to  Allstate Life.  Therefore, the  funds
                      necessary  to support the operations  of the Company are provided
                      by Allstate  Life  and the  Company  is not  required  to  obtain
                      additional capital to support inforce or future business.

PENDING ACCOUNTING    In  March 1995,  the Financial Accounting  Standards Board issued
STANDARDS             SFAS No. 121 "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived  Assets
                      and  for  Long-Lived Assets  to  be Disposed  Of".  The statement
                      requires  that   long-lived  assets   and  certain   identifiable
                      intangibles  to be  held and  used by  an entity  be reviewed for
                      impairment whenever events or  changes in circumstances  indicate
                      that  the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. The
                      statement requires  that impairment  loss be  measured for  those
                      assets  as the amount  by which the carrying  amount of the asset
                      exceeds the asset's fair value. This statement will be adopted in
                      1996 and  is  not expected  to  have  a material  impact  on  the
                      Company's results of operations or financial position.
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COMPETITION           The  Company is engaged in a  business that is highly competitive
                      because of the large  number of stock  and mutual life  insurance
                      companies  and other entities competing  in the sale of insurance
                      and annuities. There  are approximately 2,000  stock, mutual  and
                      other  types of insurers  in business in  the United States. A.M.
                      Best  Company  assigns  A+  (Superior)  to  Allstate  Life  which
                      automatically  reinsures all  net business  of the  Company. A.M.
                      Best Company also assigns the Company the rating of A+(r) because
                      the Company automatically  reinsures all  business with  Allstate
                      Life.  Standard &  Poor's Insurance  Rating Services  assigns AA+
                      (Excellent) to Glenbrook Life's claims-paying ability and Moody's
                      assigns  an  Aa3  (Excellent)   financial  stability  rating   to
                      Glenbrook Life.
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EMPLOYEES             As  of  December 31,  1994,  Allstate Life  has  approximately 31
                      employees at its  home office  in Northbrook,  Illinois who  work
                      primarily on the Company's matters.
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PROPERTIES            The  Company  occupies  office  space  provided  by  its  parent,
                      Allstate Life, in Northbrook, Illinois. Expenses associated  with
                      these offices are allocated on a direct and indirect basis to the
                      Company.
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STATE AND FEDERAL     The insurance business of the Company is subject to comprehensive
REGULATION            and  detailed  regulation and  supervision throughout  the United
                      States.
                      The laws  of  the  various  jurisdictions  establish  supervisory
                      agencies   with  broad  administrative  powers  with  respect  to
                      licensing  to  transact  business,  overseeing  trade  practices,
                      licensing  agents, approving  policy forms,  establishing reserve
                      requirements, fixing  maximum interest  rates on  life  insurance
                      policy  loans  and minimum  rates  for accumulation  of surrender
                      values, prescribing the  form and content  of required  financial
                      statements  and regulating  the type  and amounts  of investments
                      permitted. Each insurance  company is required  to file  detailed
                      annual   reports  with  supervisory  agencies   in  each  of  the
                      jurisdictions in which  it does business  and its operations  and
                      accounts  are subject to examination  by such agencies at regular
                      intervals.

                      Under insurance guaranty fund law, in most states, insurers doing
                      business therein  can be  assessed up  to prescribed  limits  for
                      contract   owner  losses   incurred  as   a  result   of  company
                      insolvencies. The amount of any future assessments on the Company
                      under these laws  cannot be reasonably  estimated. Most of  these
                      laws  do provide, however,  that an assessment  may be excused or
                      deferred  if  it  would  threaten  an  insurer's  own   financial
                      strength.

                      In   addition,  several  states,   including  Illinois,  regulate
                      affiliated groups  of  insurers,  such as  the  Company  and  its
                      affiliates,  under insurance  holding company  legislation. Under
                      such laws, intercompany transfers of assets and dividend payments
                      from insurance subsidiaries  may be  subject to  prior notice  or
                      approval, depending on the size of such transfers and payments in
                      relation to the financial positions of the companies.

                      Although  the  federal  government  generally  does  not directly
                      regulate the  business of  insurance, federal  initiatives  often
                      have  an impact on the business in a variety of ways. Current and
                      proposed federal  measures  which may  significantly  affect  the
                      insurance  business include employee benefit regulation, controls
                      on medical care costs, removal of barriers preventing banks  from
                      engaging  in  the  securities  and  insurance  business,  tax law
                      changes affecting the  taxation of insurance  companies, the  tax
                      treatment  of insurance products  and its impact  on the relative
                      desirability  of  various   personal  investment  vehicles,   and
                      proposed legislation to prohibit the use of gender in determining
                      insurance and pension rates and benefits.
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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS    The  directors and executive officers  are listed below, together
AND DIRECTORS OF THE  with  information  as  to  their  ages,  dates  of  election  and
COMPANY               principal  business occupations  during the  last five  years (if
                      other than their present business occupations).

                      LOUIS G. LOWER, II, 49, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of
                      the Board (1995)*
                      He is  also the  President of  Allstate Life  Insurance  Company;
                      President  and Chairman of  the Board of  Allstate Life Insurance
                      Company of  New  York,  Glenbrook  Life  Insurance  Company,  and
                      Northbrook  Life  Insurance  Company; Chairman  of  the  Board of
                      Allstate Settlement Corporation; Chairman of the Board and  Chief
                      Executive Officer of Lincoln Benefit Life Company and Surety Life
                      Insurance  Company; and a Director  of Allstate Insurance Company
                      and
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                      Allstate Life Financial Services, Inc. Prior to January 1,  1990,
                      he  was  Executive  Vice  President  of  Allstate  Life Insurance
                      Company. From 1990 to 1995, he was President and Chairman of  the
                      Board of the Company.

                      MARLA G. FRIEDMAN, 41, President, Chief Operating Officer and
                      Director (1995)*
                      She  is  also  Vice  President  and  Director  of  Allstate  Life
                      Insurance  Company,   Glenbrook  Life   Insurance  Company,   and
                      Northbrook  Life Insurance  Company; and  a Director  of Allstate
                      Life Financial Services,  Inc. She was  elected a Vice  President
                      and  Director of the Company in 1992. Prior to 1995, she was Vice
                      President of the Company.

                      MICHAEL J. VELOTTA, 50, Vice President, Secretary, General
                      Counsel, and Director (1993)*
                      He  is  also  Vice  President,  Secretary,  General  Counsel  and
                      Director  of  Allstate  Life  Insurance  Company,  Allstate  Life
                      Insurance Company of New York, Glenbrook Life Insurance  Company,
                      Northbrook  Life  Insurance  Company  and  Surety  Life Insurance
                      Company; and  a  Director of  Lincoln  Benefit Life  Company  and
                      Allstate Life Financial Services, Inc. From 1989 through 1992, he
                      was   Vice  President,  Assistant  General  Counsel  of  Allstate
                      Insurance Company.

                      MYRON J. RESNICK, 63, Treasurer and Director (1992)*
                      He  is  also  Director  and  President  of  Allstate   Investment
                      Management  Company;  Director  of  PMI  Insurance  Company,  PMI
                      Mortgage Insurance  Company,  PMI  Securities  Company,  American
                      Pioneer  Title Insurance  Company, Allstate  Insurance Company of
                      Canada, Allstate  Life  Insurance  Company  of  Canada,  Allstate
                      Automobile  and  Fire  Insurance  Company,  Ltd.,  Truswal Timber
                      Company, Ltd., Saison Life  Insurance Company, Ltd. and  Allstate
                      Reinsurance  Co,  Ltd.;  Senior  Vice  President,  Treasurer  and
                      Director of  Allstate  Insurance  Company,  Allstate  Enterprises
                      Inc.,  Allstate Indemnity Company, Allstate Property and Casualty
                      Insurance Company, First Assurance Company, Northbrook  Indemnity
                      Company,   Northbrook  National   Insurance  Company,  Northbrook
                      Property   and   Casualty   Insurance   Company,   and   Allstate
                      International,  Inc.; Director,  Vice President  and Treasurer of
                      Allstate Motor Club, Inc., Enterprises Services Corporation,  and
                      Direct Marketing Center Inc.; Vice President and Treasurer of The
                      Allstate  Corporation, Allstate County  Mutual Insurance Company,
                      Allstate  Texas  Lloyd's,  Inc.,  and  Glenbrook  Life  Insurance
                      Company;  Director  and  Treasurer  of  Allstate  Life  Insurance
                      Company; Treasurer of Northbrook Life Insurance Company, Allstate
                      Settlement Corporation, Allstate  Life Financial Services,  Inc.,
                      General
                      Underwriters  Agency  Inc.,  Tech-Cor,  Inc.  and  Allstate  Life
                      Insurance Company  of  New  York.  Trustee,  Vice  President  and
                      Treasurer  of  The  Allstate Foundation;  and  Trustee  of Aurora
                      University. He was  elected a  Director of the  Company in  1992.
                      Prior  to 1992, he held all  of the above listed positions except
                      the current position with the Company.

                      PETER H. HECKMAN, 49, Vice President and Director (1992)*
                      He is also Vice President and Director of Allstate Life Insurance
                      Company; Vice President of Allstate Life Insurance Company of New
                      York, Northbrook Life Insurance Company, Glenbrook Life Insurance
                      Company; and Director of
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                      Surety Life Insurance Company  and Lincoln Benefit Life  Company.
                      He  was elected a Director of the  Company in 1992. Prior to 1992
                      he held  all of  the above  listed positions  except the  current
                      position with the Company.
                      G. CRAIG WHITEHEAD, 49, Senior Vice President, Assistant Vice
                      President and Director (1995)*
                      He  is also  Assistant Vice  President and  Director of Glenbrook
                      Life Insurance Company and  Assistant Vice President of  Allstate
                      Life  Insurance Company. From 1991-1995, he was an Assistant Vice
                      President of the Company. Prior to 1991, he was a director in the
                      strategic planning area of Allstate.

                      BARRY S. PAUL, 39, Assistant Vice President and Controller (1992)
                      He is also  Assistant Vice President  of Allstate Life  Insurance
                      Company;  Assistant  Vice  President  and  Corporate  Actuary  of
                      Allstate Life Insurance Company of  New York; and Assistant  Vice
                      President  and Controller of Glenbrook Life Insurance Company and
                      Northbrook Life Insurance Company. Prior to 1992, he held all  of
                      the  above listed positions except  the current position with the
                      Company.

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EXECUTIVE             Executive officers  of  the Company  also  serve as  officers  of
COMPENSATION          Allstate  Life  and  receive no  compensation  directly  from the
                      Company. Some of  the officers  also serve as  officers of  other
                      companies affiliated with the Company. Allocations have been made
                      as  to each individual's time devoted to  his or her duties as an
                      executive  officer  of   the  Company.   However,  no   officer's
                      compensation  allocated to the Company exceeded $100,000 in 1994.
                      The allocated cash compensation of all officers of the Company as
                      a group for services  rendered in all  capacities to the  Company
                      during  1994 totalled $9,216.31. Directors of the Company receive
                      no compensation in addition to their compensation as employees of
                      the Company.
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                           SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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                                                                             LONG TERM COMPENSATION
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                                                                       AWARDS                     PAYOUTS
                                ANNUAL COMPENSATION          --------------------------  --------------------------
                        -----------------------------------                    (G)
    (A)                                            (E)           (F)       SECURITIES       (H)           (I)
 NAME AND                                     OTHER ANNUAL   RESTRICTED    UNDERLYING      LTIP        ALL OTHER
 PRINCIPAL      (B)        (C)        (D)     COMPENSATION      STOCK       OPTIONS/      PAYOUTS    COMPENSATION
 POSITION      YEAR     SALARY($)  BONUS($)         $         AWARD(S)       SARS(#)        ($)           ($)
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                  1994  $ 389,050  $  26,950    $  25,889     $ 170,660        N/A               0    $   1,890(1)
                  1993  $ 374,200  $ 294,683    $  52,443     $ 318,625        N/A       $  13,451    $   6,296(1)
                  1992  $ 356,625          0    $  11,981     $ 206,388        N/A       $ 173,561    $   2,095(1)
Louis G.
 Lower, II
 President
 and
 Chairman
 of the
 Board of
 Directors
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(1)  Amount received by Mr.  Lower which represents the  value allocated to  his
     account  from employer contributions  under The Savings  and Profit Sharing
     Fund of Sears employees.
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                      Shares of the Company and Allstate Life are not directly owned by
                      any director or officer of the Company. The percentage of  shares

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                      of  The Allstate Corporation beneficially  owned by any director,
                      and by all directors and officers of the Company as a group, does
                      not exceed one percent of the class outstanding.
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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS     The Company is involved in  pending and threatened litigation  in
                      the  normal course of  its business in  which claims for monetary
                      damages are asserted. Management,  after consultation with  legal
                      counsel,  does not anticipate the ultimate liability arising from
                      such pending or threatened litigation  to have a material  effect
                      on the financial condition of the Company.
                       ----------------------------------------------------------------
EXPERTS               The  financial statements and financial statement schedule of the
                      Company as of December 31, 1994 and 1993 and for the years  ended
                      December  31, 1994 and 1993 and for the period from April 1, 1992
                      (Date of  Acquisition)  to December  31,  1992 included  in  this
                      prospectus  have  been  audited  by Deloitte  &  Touche  LLP, Two
                      Prudential Plaza, 180  North Stetson  Avenue, Chicago,  Illinois,
                      60601-6779,  independent  auditors,  as  stated  in  their report
                      appearing herein, and are included in reliance upon the report of
                      such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and
                      auditing.
                       ----------------------------------------------------------------

LEGAL MATTERS         Certain legal  matters relating  to the  federal securities  laws
                      applicable  to  the issue  and sale  of  the Contracts  have been
                      passed upon by Routier, Mackey and Johnson, P.C., of  Washington,
                      D.C.  All matters  of Illinois  law pertaining  to the Contracts,
                      including the validity of the  Contracts and the Company's  right
                      to  issue such Contracts under  Illinois insurance law, have been
                      passed upon  by  Michael  J.  Velotta,  General  Counsel  of  the
                      Company.
                       ----------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>
    

26
<PAGE>
   
                                  [LETTERHEAD]

                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SHAREHOLDER
OF GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY:

We  have audited the accompanying Statements  of Financial Position of Glenbrook
Life and Annuity Company (an affiliate of Sears, Roebuck and Co.) as of December
31, 1994 and 1993,  and the related Statements  of Income, Shareholder's  Equity
and Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 1994 and 1993 and for the period
from  April 1, 1992 (date of acquisition)  to December 31, 1992. Our audits also
included Schedule IV --  Reinsurance for the years  ended December 31, 1994  and
1993  and for  the period April  1, 1992  to December 31,  1992. These financial
statements and  financial  statement  schedule are  the  responsibility  of  the
Company's  management.  Our responsibility  is to  express  an opinion  on these
financial statements and financial statement schedule based on our audits.

We  conducted  our  audits  in  accordance  with  generally  accepted   auditing
standards.  Those standards 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. An audit also includes
assessing the  accounting  principles used  and  significant estimates  made  by
management,  as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our  opinion,  such financial  statements  present fairly,  in  all  material
respects,  the financial  position of Glenbrook  Life and Annuity  Company as of
December 31, 1994 and 1993 and the results of its operations and its cash  flows
for  the years ended December  31, 1994, 1993, and for  the period from April 1,
1992 (date of  acquisition) to December  31, 1992 in  conformity with  generally
accepted accounting principles. Also in our opinion, Schedule IV -- Reinsurance,
when  considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole,
presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

As discussed in Note 3 to the financial statements, in 1993 the Company  changed
its method of accounting for investments in debt securities.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
April 1, 1995
    

                                                                             F-1
<PAGE>
   

                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                        STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                          DECEMBER 31,
                                                                                    ------------------------
                                                                                       1994         1993
                                                                                    -----------  -----------
                                                                                        ($ IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                                                 <C>          <C>
Assets
  Investments
    Fixed income securities:
      Available for sale, at fair value (amortized cost $51,527 and $9,543).......  $    49,807  $    10,609
    Short-term....................................................................          924        1,591
                                                                                    -----------  -----------
        Total investments.........................................................       50,731       12,200
  Reinsurance recoverable from Allstate Life Insurance Company....................      696,854      154,799
  Cash............................................................................                       299
  Net receivable from affiliates..................................................           88           41
  Other...........................................................................        4,007        2,022
                                                                                    -----------  -----------
        Total assets..............................................................  $   751,680  $   169,361
                                                                                    -----------  -----------
                                                                                    -----------  -----------
Liabilities
  Contractholder funds............................................................  $   696,854  $   154,799
  Income taxes payable............................................................           63          574
  Other liabilities and accrued expenses..........................................        2,105          813
                                                                                    -----------  -----------
        Total liabilities.........................................................      699,022      156,186
                                                                                    -----------  -----------
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholder's equity
  Common stock ($500 par, 42,000 shares authorized, issued, and outstanding)......        2,100        2,100
  Additional capital paid-in......................................................       49,641        9,641
  Unrealized net capital (losses) gains...........................................       (1,118)         693
  Retained income.................................................................        2,035          741
                                                                                    -----------  -----------
        Total shareholder's equity................................................       52,658       13,175
                                                                                    -----------  -----------
        Total liabilities and shareholder's equity................................  $   751,680  $   169,361
                                                                                    -----------  -----------
                                                                                    -----------  -----------
</TABLE>

    

                       See notes to financial statements.

F-2
<PAGE>
   

                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                              STATEMENTS OF INCOME

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              FOR THE YEAR ENDED      FOR THE
                                                                                    PERIOD FROM
                                                                 DECEMBER 31,       APRIL 1 TO
                                                             --------------------  DECEMBER 31,
                                                               1994       1993         1992
                                                             ---------  ---------  -------------
                                                                      ($ IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>
Revenues
  Investment income, less investment expense...............  $   2,017  $     753    $     405
  Realized capital gains and losses........................                    83
                                                             ---------  ---------        -----
                                                                 2,017        836          405
Expenses
  Operating expenses.......................................                                 68
                                                             ---------  ---------        -----
Income before income taxes.................................      2,017        836          337
Income tax expense.........................................        723        307          125
                                                             ---------  ---------        -----
Net income.................................................  $   1,294  $     529    $     212
                                                             ---------  ---------        -----
                                                             ---------  ---------        -----
</TABLE>

    

                       See notes to financial statements.

                                                                             F-3
<PAGE>
   

                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                       STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              UNREALIZED
                                                                 ADDITIONAL   NET CAPITAL
                                                      COMMON       CAPITAL       GAINS      RETAINED
                                                       STOCK       PAID-IN     (LOSSES)      INCOME       TOTAL
                                                    -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ---------
                                                                          ($ IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                 <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>
Balance, at April 1, 1992 (date of acquisition)...   $   2,100    $   3,641    $  --        $  --       $   5,741
  Net income......................................                                                212         212
  Capital contribution............................                    6,000                                 6,000
  Change in unrealized net capital gains and
   losses.........................................                                   (10)                     (10)
                                                    -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ---------
Balance, December 31, 1992........................       2,100        9,641          (10)         212      11,943
  Net income......................................                                                529         529
  Change in unrealized net capital gains and
   losses.........................................                                   703                      703
                                                    -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ---------
Balance, December 31, 1993........................       2,100        9,641          693          741      13,175
  Net income......................................                                              1,294       1,294
  Capital contribution............................                   40,000                                40,000
  Change in unrealized net capital gains and
   losses.........................................                                (1,811)                  (1,811)
                                                    -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ---------
Balance, December 31, 1994........................   $   2,100    $  49,641    $  (1,118)   $   2,035   $  52,658
                                                    -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ---------
                                                    -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ---------
</TABLE>

    

                       See notes to financial statements.

F-4
<PAGE>
   

                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                            STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                 FOR THE
                                                                        FOR THE YEAR ENDED     PERIOD FROM
                                                                           DECEMBER 31,        APRIL 1 TO
                                                                       ---------------------  DECEMBER 31,
                                                                          1994       1993         1992
                                                                       ----------  ---------  -------------
                                                                                 ($ IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                                    <C>         <C>        <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
  Net income.........................................................  $    1,294  $     529    $     212
  Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating
   activities:
    Amortization.....................................................          97         58           45
    Realized capital gains...........................................                    (83)
    Changes in other operating assets and liabilities................        (277)       598          (90)
                                                                       ----------  ---------  -------------
      Net cash from operating activities.............................       1,114      1,102          167
                                                                       ----------  ---------  -------------
Cash flows from investing activities:
  Fixed income securities available for sale:
    Proceeds form sales..............................................                  3,015
    Investment collections...........................................         649        969          403
    Investment purchases.............................................     (42,729)    (3,737)      (6,996)
  Net change in short-term investments...............................         667     (1,102)        (489)
                                                                       ----------  ---------  -------------
      Net cash from investing activities.............................     (41,413)      (855)      (7,082)
                                                                       ----------  ---------  -------------
Cash flows from financing activities:
  Capital contribution...............................................      40,000     --            6,000
                                                                       ----------  ---------  -------------
      Net cash from financing activities.............................      40,000     --            6,000
                                                                       ----------  ---------  -------------
Net (decrease) increase in cash......................................        (299)       247         (915)
Cash at date of acquisition..........................................                                 967
Cash at beginning of period..........................................         299         52
                                                                       ----------  ---------  -------------
Cash at end of period................................................  $        0  $     299    $      52
                                                                       ----------  ---------  -------------
                                                                       ----------  ---------  -------------
</TABLE>

    

                       See notes to financial statements.

                                                                             F-5
<PAGE>
   
                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                     YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1993
                         AND PERIOD FROM APRIL 1, 1992
                   (DATE OF ACQUISITION) TO DECEMBER 31, 1992
                                ($ IN THOUSANDS)

1.  BASIS OF PRESENTATION
    Glenbrook  Life  and  Annuity Company  (the  "Company") is  wholly  owned by
Allstate Life  Insurance Company  ("Allstate Life"),  which is  wholly owned  by
Allstate  Insurance  Company  ("Allstate"),  a  wholly-owned  subsidiary  of The
Allstate Corporation (the "Corporation"). In  November 1994, Sears, Roebuck  and
Co.  ("Sears") announced it intends to distribute  in a tax-free dividend to its
stockholders  its   80.2%   ownership   interest   of   the   Corporation   (the
"Distribution").  The  Distribution is  expected to  occur  in mid-1995,  but is
subject to market conditions,  final approval by the  Sears Board of  Directors,
any required regulatory approvals and a favorable tax ruling or legal opinion on
the tax-free nature of the Distribution.

2.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

    INVESTMENTS

    Fixed  income securities include bonds and mortgage-backed securities. Fixed
income securities  which  may  be  sold  prior  to  their  contractual  maturity
("available  for  sale")  are  carried at  fair  value.  The  difference between
amortized cost and fair value, net of  deferred income taxes, is reflected as  a
separate  component of shareholder's  equity. Provisions are  made to write down
the carrying value  of fixed income  securities for declines  in value that  are
other than temporary.

Short-term investments are carried at cost which approximates fair value.

Investment  income consists  primarily of  interest, which  is recognized  on an
accrual basis. Interest  income on mortgage-backed  securities is determined  on
the  effective yield  method based  on the  anticipated repayment  of principal.
Realized capital gains and  losses are determined  on a specific  identification
basis.

    INCOME TAXES

    The  income tax provision is calculated under the liability method. Deferred
tax assets and  liabilities are  recorded based  on the  difference between  the
financial  statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities and the enacted tax
rates. Deferred income taxes also arise from unrealized capital gains or  losses
on fixed income securities carried at fair value.

    LIFE INSURANCE ACCOUNTING

    The  Company sells long-duration  contracts that do  not involve significant
risk of policyholder  mortality or  morbidity (principally  single and  flexible
premium annuities) which are considered investment contracts.

    INVESTMENT CONTRACTS

    Payments  received  under  investment  contracts  are  recorded  as interest
bearing liabilities.

    CONTRACTHOLDER FUNDS

    Contractholder funds are reserves for investment contracts, which are  equal
to  the  account balance  that  accrues to  the  benefit of  the contractholder.
Credited interest rates on  contractholder funds ranged from  3.0% to 7.45%  for
those  contracts with fixed interest rates and from 4.25% to 8.1% for those with
flexible rates during 1994.

3.  ACCOUNTING CHANGES
    Effective December  31, 1993,  the Company  adopted Statement  of  Financial
Accounting  Standards ("SFAS") No.  115, "Accounting for  Certain Investments in
Debt and Equity Securities." SFAS No. 115
    

F-6
<PAGE>
   
                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                   NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                     YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1993
                         AND PERIOD FROM APRIL 1, 1992
                   (DATE OF ACQUISITION) TO DECEMBER 31, 1992
                                ($ IN THOUSANDS)

3.  ACCOUNTING CHANGES (CONTINUED)
requires that investments classified  as available for sale  be carried at  fair
value. Previously, fixed income securities classified as available for sale were
carried  at  the  lower of  amortized  cost  or fair  value,  determined  in the
aggregate. Unrealized  holding gains  and  losses are  reflected as  a  separate
component  of shareholder's equity, net of deferred income taxes. The net effect
of adoption of  this statement  increased shareholder's equity  at December  31,
1993 by $693, with no impact on net income.

4.  RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

    BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND REINSURANCE

    The  Company utilizes services and business  facilities owned or leased, and
operated  by  Allstate  in  conducting  its  business  activities.  The  Company
reimburses Allstate for the operating expenses incurred by Allstate. The cost to
the Company is determined by various allocation methods and is primarily related
to  the level of services provided.  Investment-related expenses are retained by
the Company. All other  costs, including costs of  retirement and other  benefit
programs, are assumed by Allstate Life under a reinsurance agreement.

The  Company  reinsures  all  of  its insurance  in  force  with  Allstate Life,
including business assumed on  December 31, 1993  from Glenbrook Life  Insurance
Company, an affiliate. Contract charges, credited interest and the provision for
policy benefits and other insurance reserves are 100% ceded to Allstate Life and
reflected  net  of  such  cessions  in  the  statements  of  income. Reinsurance
recoverable from Allstate Life under reinsurance treaty and contractholder funds
are reported separately in the statements of financial position.

Revenues ceded to Allstate Life consist of  contract charges of $409 and $70  in
1994  and  1993,  respectively. Benefits  and  expenses ceded  to  Allstate Life
consist of  paid  benefits,  credited interest  and  operating  expenses.  These
benefits  and  expenses  amounted  to  $26,177  and  $2,162  in  1994  and 1993,
respectively.

5.  INCOME TAXES
    The Corporation and  its domestic subsidiaries  (the "Allstate Group")  join
with  Sears and its domestic business units (the "Sears Group") in the filing of
a consolidated federal income tax return (the "Sears Tax Group") and are parties
to a federal income tax allocation agreement (the "Tax Sharing Agreement"). As a
member of the Sears Tax Group, the  Company is jointly and severally liable  for
the consolidated income tax liability of the Sears Tax Group.

Under  the Tax Sharing  Agreement, the Company  will pay to  or receive from the
Allstate Group the amount, if any, by which the Sears Group's federal income tax
liability is affected by virtue of inclusion of the Company in the  consolidated
federal  income tax  return. Effectively, this  results in  the Company's annual
income tax provision being computed as  if the Company filed a separate  return,
except  that items  such as  net operating  losses, capital  losses, foreign tax
credits, investment tax credits or similar items which might not be  immediately
recognizable  in a separate  return, are allocated according  to the Tax Sharing
Agreement and reflected in the Company's provision to the extent that such items
reduce the Sears Tax Group's federal tax liability.
    

                                                                             F-7
<PAGE>
   
                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                   NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                     YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1993
                         AND PERIOD FROM APRIL 1, 1992
                   (DATE OF ACQUISITION) TO DECEMBER 31, 1992
                                ($ IN THOUSANDS)

5.  INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
Payments under the Tax Sharing Agreement generally  are to be paid on each  date
on  which a quarterly payment  of estimated federal income  tax is due, with any
final settlement made after the consolidated  return is filed. When a refund  is
received  from  the Internal  Revenue Service  as the  result of  any carryback,
payment will be made to the members of the Sears Tax Group within 15 days  after
receipt of the refund.

In  anticipation of the Distribution (see Note  1), the Allstate Group and Sears
Group have entered into an agreement  which governs their respective rights  and
obligations  with respect to federal  income taxes for all  periods prior to the
Distribution  ("Consolidated  Tax  Years").  The  agreement  provides  that  all
Consolidated Tax Years will continue to be governed by the Tax Sharing Agreement
with  respect to  the Allstate  Group's federal  income tax  liability and taxes
payable to or recoverable from the Sears Group.

After the Distribution,  the Allstate Group  will no longer  be included in  the
Sears  Tax Group. The Company does not  expect the impact of separation from the
Sears Tax Group to be significant.

The components of the deferred income tax assets and liabilities at December 31,
1994 and 1993 are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                     1994       1993
                                                                                   ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                                <C>        <C>
Unrealized losses on fixed income securities available for sale..................  $     602  $  --
Other............................................................................          4
                                                                                   ---------  ---------
  Total deferred assets..........................................................        606     --
                                                                                   ---------  ---------
Unrealized gains on fixed income securities available for sale...................                  (373)
Amortization.....................................................................        (64)       (14)
Other............................................................................                    (3)
                                                                                   ---------  ---------
  Total deferred liabilities.....................................................        (64)      (390)
                                                                                   ---------  ---------
  Net deferred asset (liability).................................................  $     542  $    (390)
                                                                                   ---------  ---------
                                                                                   ---------  ---------
</TABLE>

The Company paid income taxes of $57  in 1994 to Allstate under the Tax  Sharing
Agreement. The Company had an income tax payable to Allstate of $605 and $184 at
December 31, 1994 and 1993, respectively.

The  Company has not established  a valuation reserve as  it is more likely than
not that the  Company will produce  sufficient taxable income  in the future  to
realize the deferred tax asset.

The components of income tax expense are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                    FOR THE
                                                          YEAR ENDED DECEMBER     PERIOD FROM
                                                                  31,             APRIL 1, TO
                                                          --------------------   DECEMBER 31,
                                                            1994       1993          1992
                                                          ---------  ---------  ---------------
<S>                                                       <C>        <C>        <C>
Current.................................................  $     652  $     290     $      67
Deferred................................................         71         17            58
                                                          ---------  ---------         -----
Income tax expense......................................  $     723  $     307     $     125
                                                          ---------  ---------         -----
                                                          ---------  ---------         -----
</TABLE>

    

F-8
<PAGE>
   
                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                   NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                     YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1993
                         AND PERIOD FROM APRIL 1, 1992
                   (DATE OF ACQUISITION) TO DECEMBER 31, 1992
                                ($ IN THOUSANDS)

6.  INVESTMENTS

    FAIR VALUES

    The  amortized cost,  fair value and  gross unrealized gains  and losses for
fixed income securities, which are designated as available for sale and  carried
at fair value, are as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                            GROSS UNREALIZED
                                              AMORTIZED   --------------------    FAIR
AT DECEMBER 31, 1994                            COST        GAINS     LOSSES      VALUE
-------------------------------------------  -----------  ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                          <C>          <C>        <C>        <C>
U.S. Government and agencies...............   $  31,005   $      30  $   1,126  $  29,909
Mortgage-backed securities.................      20,522                    624     19,898
                                             -----------  ---------  ---------  ---------
  Totals...................................   $  51,527   $      30  $   1,750  $  49,807
                                             -----------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                             -----------  ---------  ---------  ---------

<CAPTION>

AT DECEMBER 31, 1993
-------------------------------------------
<S>                                          <C>          <C>        <C>        <C>
U.S. Government and agencies...............   $   9,543   $   1,066  $  --      $  10,609
                                             -----------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                             -----------  ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>

    SCHEDULED MATURITIES

    The  scheduled maturities of  fixed income securities  available for sale at
December 31, 1994 are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                FAIR
                                                              AMORTIZED COST    VALUE
                                                              --------------  ---------
<S>                                                           <C>             <C>
Due in one year or less.....................................    $   --        $  --
Due after one year through five years.......................           393          399
Due after five years through ten years......................        21,951       21,174
Due after ten years.........................................         8,661        8,336
                                                              --------------  ---------
                                                                    31,005       29,909
Mortgage-backed securities..................................        20,522       19,898
                                                              --------------  ---------
  Total.....................................................    $   51,527    $  49,807
                                                              --------------  ---------
                                                              --------------  ---------
</TABLE>

Actual maturities may differ from those scheduled as a result of prepayments  by
the issuers.

    UNREALIZED NET CAPITAL GAINS AND LOSSES

    Unrealized net capital gains and losses on fixed income securities available
for sale included in shareholder's equity at December 31, 1994 are as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                   AMORTIZED     FAIR     UNREALIZED NET
                                                     COST        VALUE    GAINS/(LOSSES)
                                                  -----------  ---------  --------------
<S>                                               <C>          <C>        <C>
Fixed income securities available for sale......   $  51,527   $  49,807    $   (1,720)
Deferred income taxes...........................                                   602
                                                                               -------
  Total.........................................                            $   (1,118)
                                                                               -------
                                                                               -------
</TABLE>

    

                                                                             F-9
<PAGE>
   
                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                   NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                     YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1993
                         AND PERIOD FROM APRIL 1, 1992
                   (DATE OF ACQUISITION) TO DECEMBER 31, 1992
                                ($ IN THOUSANDS)

6.  INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
The  change  in  unrealized  net  capital  gains  and  losses  for  fixed income
securities is as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               FOR THE
                                                      FOR THE YEAR ENDED     PERIOD FROM
                                                         DECEMBER 31,        APRIL 1, TO
                                                     --------------------   DECEMBER 31,
                                                       1994       1993          1992
                                                     ---------  ---------  ---------------
<S>                                                  <C>        <C>        <C>
Fixed income securities available for sale.........  $  (2,786) $   1,076     $     (13)
Deferred income taxes..............................        975       (373)            3
                                                     ---------  ---------           ---
Change in unrealized net capital gains and
 losses............................................  $  (1,811) $     703     $     (10)
                                                     ---------  ---------           ---
                                                     ---------  ---------           ---
</TABLE>

    INVESTMENT INCOME

    Investment income by investment type is as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              FOR THE             FOR THE
                                                             YEAR ENDED         PERIOD FROM
                                                            DECEMBER 31,        APRIL 1, TO
                                                        --------------------   DECEMBER 31,
                                                          1994       1993          1992
                                                        ---------  ---------  ---------------
<S>                                                     <C>        <C>        <C>
Investment income:
  Fixed income securities.............................  $   1,984  $     729     $     395
  Short-term..........................................         48         35            13
                                                        ---------  ---------         -----
Investment income, before expense.....................      2,032        764           408
Investment expense....................................         15         11             3
                                                        ---------  ---------         -----
Investment income, less investment expense............  $   2,017  $     753     $     405
                                                        ---------  ---------         -----
                                                        ---------  ---------         -----
</TABLE>

    REALIZED CAPITAL GAINS AND LOSSES

    Gross gains of $83 were realized on sales of fixed income securities, during
1993. No gross gains or losses were realized on such sales during 1994 and 1992.

    SECURITIES ON DEPOSIT

    At December  31, 1994,  fixed income  securities with  a carrying  value  of
$7,986 were on deposit with regulatory authorities as required by law.

7.  STATUTORY FINANCIAL INFORMATION
    The  accompanying financial  statements have been  prepared on  the basis of
generally accepted accounting  principles which vary  from statutory  accounting
principles  prescribed  or permitted  by  regulatory authorities.  The following
tables reconcile net income and shareholder's equity as reported herein in
    

F-10
<PAGE>
   
                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                   NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                     YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1993
                         AND PERIOD FROM APRIL 1, 1992
                   (DATE OF ACQUISITION) TO DECEMBER 31, 1992
                                ($ IN THOUSANDS)

7.  STATUTORY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
conformity with  generally accepted  accounting  principles with  statutory  net
income  and  statutory  capital  and  surplus,  determined  in  accordance  with
principles prescribed or permitted by insurance regulatory authorities:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                         NET INCOME
                                                                            -------------------------------------
                                                                                  FOR THE             FOR THE
                                                                                 YEAR ENDED         PERIOD FROM
                                                                                DECEMBER 31,        APRIL 1, TO
                                                                            --------------------   DECEMBER 31,
                                                                              1994       1993          1992
                                                                            ---------  ---------  ---------------
<S>                                                                         <C>        <C>        <C>
Balance per generally accepted accounting principles......................  $   1,294  $     529     $     212
  Deferred income taxes...................................................         29          8            (9)
  Fixed income securities.................................................        (53)        27            26
  Statutory income from January 1, 1992 to March 31, 1992.................                                 123
  Non-admitted assets and statutory reserves..............................         15        (47)           31
                                                                            ---------  ---------         -----
Balance per statutory accounting practices................................  $   1,285  $     517     $     383
                                                                            ---------  ---------         -----
                                                                            ---------  ---------         -----
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                       SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY
                                                                                           DECEMBER 31,
                                                                                       --------------------
                                                                                         1994       1993
                                                                                       ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                                    <C>        <C>
Balance per generally accepted accounting principles.................................  $  52,658  $  13,175
  Deferred income taxes..............................................................       (575)       530
  Fixed income securities............................................................      1,719     (1,179)
  Non-admitted assets and statutory reserves.........................................     (1,635)    (1,831)
                                                                                       ---------  ---------
Balance per statutory accounting practices...........................................  $  52,167  $  10,695
                                                                                       ---------  ---------
                                                                                       ---------  ---------
</TABLE>

    PERMITTED STATUTORY ACCOUNTING PRACTICES

    Allstate  and  its  life  insurance  subsidiaries  prepare  their  statutory
financial  statements  in accordance  with  accounting principles  and practices
prescribed or permitted by the insurance  department of the applicable state  of
domicile.  Prescribed  statutory  accounting  practices  include  a  variety  of
publications of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, as well  as
state  laws, regulations, and general  administrative rules. Permitted statutory
accounting practices encompass all accounting practices not so prescribed.

Allstate and  its  life  insurance  subsidiaries do  not  follow  any  permitted
statutory  accounting practices that have a material effect on statutory surplus
or risk-based capital of any company individually or in the aggregate.

    DIVIDENDS

    The ability  of  the Company  to  pay  dividends is  dependent  on  business
conditions, income, cash requirements of the Company and other relevant factors.
The  payment of shareholder  dividends by insurance  companies without the prior
approval of the state insurance regulator is limited to formula amounts based on
net income  and capital  and surplus,  determined in  accordance with  statutory
accounting principles, as well as the timing and amount of dividends paid in the
preceding  twelve months. The  maximum amount of dividends  that the Company can
distribute  during  1995  without  prior  approval  of  both  the  Illinois  and
California Departments of Insurance is $5,217.
    

                                                                            F-11
<PAGE>
   
                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                   NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                     YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1993
                         AND PERIOD FROM APRIL 1, 1992
                   (DATE OF ACQUISITION) TO DECEMBER 31, 1992
                                ($ IN THOUSANDS)

8.  FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
    In  the normal course of business,  the Company invests in various financial
assets and incurs various financial liabilities. The fair value of all financial
assets other  than  fixed  income  securities and  all  liabilities  other  than
contractholder funds approximates their carrying value as they are short-term in
nature.

Fair  values for fixed income securities are  based on quoted market prices. The
December 31,  1994 and  1993 fair  values and  carrying values  of fixed  income
securities are discussed in Note 6.

The  fair value of contractholder funds on  investment contracts is based on the
terms of  the underlying  contracts. Reserves  on investment  contracts with  no
stated  maturities (single premium and  flexible premium deferred annuities) are
valued at the fund  balance less surrender charge.  The fair value of  immediate
annuities  and  annuities  without  life  contingencies  with  fixed  terms  are
estimated using  discounted  cash  flow calculations  based  on  interest  rates
currently  offered for contracts with similar terms and duration. Contractholder
funds on investment contracts had a  carrying value of $696,854 at December  31,
1994 and a fair value of $670,930. The carrying value and fair value at December
31, 1993 were $154,799 and $151,595, respectively.

9.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
    The  Company has no significant commitments or contingencies at December 31,
1994.
    

F-12
<PAGE>
   

                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                           SCHEDULE IV -- REINSURANCE
                                ($ IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                   YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                 GROSS                  NET
                                                                                AMOUNT      CEDED     AMOUNT
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                            <C>        <C>        <C>
Life insurance in force......................................................  $   1,250  $   1,250  $  --
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
Premiums and contract charges:
  Contract charges...........................................................  $     409  $     409  $  --
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------

<CAPTION>

                                   YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                 GROSS                  NET
                                                                                AMOUNT      CEDED     AMOUNT
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                            <C>        <C>        <C>
Life insurance in force......................................................  $   1,250  $   1,250  $  --
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
Premiums and contract charges:
  Life.......................................................................  $       6  $       6  $  --
  Contract charges...........................................................         70         70     --
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                               $      76  $      76  $  --
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
<CAPTION>

                                     PERIOD FROM APRIL 1, 1992
                            (DATE OF ACQUISITION) TO DECEMBER 31, 1992
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                 GROSS                  NET
                                                                                AMOUNT      CEDED     AMOUNT
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                            <C>        <C>        <C>
Life insurance in force......................................................  $   1,250  $   1,250  $  --
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
Premiums:
  Life.......................................................................  $       3  $       3  $  --
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>

    

                                                                            F-13
<PAGE>
   

                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                        STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  JUNE 30,
                                                                                 (UNAUDITED)   DECEMBER 31,
                                                                                    1995           1994
                                                                                -------------  -------------
                                                                                      ($ IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                                             <C>            <C>
Assets
  Investments
    Fixed income securities:
      Available for sale, at fair value (amortized cost $52,352 and
       $51,527)...............................................................  $      55,764   $    49,807
      Short-term..............................................................          1,922           924
                                                                                -------------  -------------
        Total investments.....................................................         57,686        50,731
  Reinsurance recoverable from Allstate Life Insurance Company................      1,041,226       696,854
  Net receivable from affiliates..............................................            239            88
  Other.......................................................................          2,215         4,007
                                                                                -------------  -------------
        Total assets..........................................................      1,101,366       751,680
                                                                                -------------  -------------
                                                                                -------------  -------------
Liabilities
  Contractholder funds........................................................  $   1,041,226   $   696,854
  Income taxes payable........................................................          2,627            63
  Other liabilities and accrued expenses......................................            218         2,105
                                                                                -------------  -------------
        Total liabilities.....................................................      1,044,071       699,022
                                                                                -------------  -------------
Shareholder's equity
  Common stock, ($500 par, 42,000 shares authorized, issued and
   outstanding)...............................................................          2,100         2,100
  Additional capital paid-in..................................................         49,641        49,641
  Unrealized net capital gains (losses).......................................          2,218        (1,118)
  Retained income.............................................................          3,336         2,035
                                                                                -------------  -------------
        Total shareholder's equity............................................         57,295        52,658
                                                                                -------------  -------------
        Total liabilities and shareholder's equity............................  $   1,101,366   $   751,680
                                                                                -------------  -------------
                                                                                -------------  -------------
</TABLE>

    

                       See notes to financial statements.

F-14
<PAGE>
   

                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                              STATEMENTS OF INCOME

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         THREE MONTHS ENDED     SIX MONTHS ENDED
                                                              JUNE 30,              JUNE 30,
                                                            (UNAUDITED)           (UNAUDITED)
                                                        --------------------  --------------------
                                                          1995       1994       1995       1994
                                                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                     ($ IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                     <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
Revenues
  Investment income, less investment expense..........      1,022        210      2,018        455
                                                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Income before income taxes............................      1,022        210      2,018        455
Income tax expense....................................        363         78        717        167
                                                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
Net income............................................  $     659  $     132  $   1,301  $     288
                                                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                        ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>

    

                       See notes to financial statements.

                                                                            F-15
<PAGE>
   

                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                            STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                          SIX MONTHS ENDED
                                                                                        JUNE 30, (UNAUDITED)
                                                                                        --------------------
                                                                                          1995       1994
                                                                                        ---------  ---------
                                                                                          ($ IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                                                     <C>        <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
  Net income..........................................................................  $   1,301  $     288
  Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
    Amortization......................................................................        (19)       112
    Change in deferred income taxes...................................................         25         15
    Changes in other operating assets and liabilities.................................        497       (822)
                                                                                        ---------  ---------
      Net cash from operating activities..............................................      1,804       (407)
                                                                                        ---------  ---------
Cash flows from investing activities:
  Fixed income securities available for sale:
    Investment collections............................................................        685        436
    Investment purchases..............................................................     (1,491)    (1,531)
  Net change in short-term investments................................................       (998)     1,203
                                                                                        ---------  ---------
    Net cash from investing activities................................................     (1,804)       108
                                                                                        ---------  ---------
Net (decrease) in cash................................................................         (0)      (299)
Cash at beginning of period...........................................................          0        299
                                                                                        ---------  ---------
Cash at end of period.................................................................  $      (0) $       0
                                                                                        ---------  ---------
                                                                                        ---------  ---------
</TABLE>

    

                       See notes to financial statements.

F-16
<PAGE>
   

                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

    The  Statement of Financial Position as of  June 30, 1995, the Statements of
Income for the three-month and six-month  periods ended June 30, 1995 and  1994,
and  the  Statements of  Cash Flows  for  the six-month  periods then  ended are
unaudited. The interim financial statements reflect all adjustments  (consisting
only  of normal  recurring accruals)  which are,  in the  opinion of management,
necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods presented.
The financial  statements  should be  read  in conjunction  with  the  financial
statements  and notes thereto included in the Glenbrook Life and Annuity Company
1994 Financial Statements.  The results  of operations for  the interim  periods
should not be considered indicative of results to be expected for the full year.

2.  TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

    Revenues  ceded  to  Allstate  Life Insurance  Company  consist  of contract
charges of $806,254 and $120,219 for  the six-month periods ended June 30,  1995
and  1994, respectively. Benefits and expenses ceded to Allstate Life consist of
paid benefits, credited interest on reinsured contracts and operating  expenses.
These  benefits  and expenses  amounted to  $29,889,515  and $8,907,705  for the
six-month periods ended June 30, 1995 and 1994, respectively.
    

                                                                            F-17
<PAGE>
                                   APPENDIX A
                            MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT

The Market Value Adjustment is based on the following:

<TABLE>
<S>        <C>        <C>
I          =          the Interest Crediting Rate for the Account

N          =          the  number of whole and partial  years from the date we  receive the withdrawal or Death Benefit
                      request, or from the Payout Start Date to the end of the Account's Guarantee Period; and

J          =          the Treasury Rate for a maturity  of length N for the week  preceding the receipt of the date  we
                      determine  the Market Value Adjustment. If a note with a maturity of length N is not available, a
                      weighted average will be used. If N is one year or less, J will be the 1-year Treasury Rate.
</TABLE>

The Market Value Adjustment factor is determined from the following formula:

              .9 X (I-J) X N

Any amount withdrawn from the Account Value  which is subject to a Market  Value
Adjustment will be multiplied by the Market Value Adjustment factor to determine
the Market Value Adjustment.

                                  ILLUSTRATION

EXAMPLE OF MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT

<TABLE>
<S>                <C>
Purchase Payment:  $10,000
Guarantee Period:  5 Years
Interest Rate:     5.50%
Full Withdrawal:   End of Contract Year 3
</TABLE>

    NOTE: THIS ILLUSTRATION ASSUMES THAT PREMIUM TAXES WERE NOT APPLICABLE.

EXAMPLE 1: (Assumes declining interest rates)

Step 1:  Calculate Account Value at end of Contract Year 3:

                    = 10,000.00 X (1.055)3 = $11,742.41

Step 2:  Calculate the Free Withdrawal Amount:

Free Withdrawal Amount:

         = .10 X 10,000.00 = $1,000.00

Step 3:  Calculate the Withdrawal Charge:

                    = .06 X (11,742.41 - 1,000) = $644.54

Step 4:  Calculate the Market Value Adjustment:
         I = 5.50%
         J = 5.00%
         N = 5 years - 3 years = 2 years

Market Value Adjustment factor: .9 X (I-J) X N

         .9 X (.055 - .05) X 2 = .009

                                                                             A-1
<PAGE>
<TABLE>
<S>      <C>        <C>                        <C>
Market Value Adjustment = factor X amount subject to Market Value Adjustment:

         = .009 X (11,742.41 - 1,000) = $96.68

Step 5:  Calculate the actual amount received by customers as a result of a full withdrawal at
         the end of Contract Year 3:

         = 11,742.41 - 644.54 + 96.68 = $11,194.55

EXAMPLE 2: (Assumes rising interest rates)

Step 1:  Calculate Account Value at end of Contract Year 3:

         = 10,000.00 X (1.055)3 = $11,742.41

Step 2:  Calculate the Free Withdrawal Amount:

Free Withdrawal Amount:

         = .10 X 10,000.00 = $1,000.00

Step 3:  Calculate the Withdrawal Charge:

= .06 X (11,742.41 - 1,000) = $664.54

Step 4:  Calculate the Market Value Adjustment:
         I = 5.50%
         J = 6.00%
         N = 5 years - 3 years = 2 years

Market Value Adjustment factor: .9 X (I-J) X N

         = .9 X (.055 - .06) X (2) = -.009

Market Value Adjustment = factor X amount subject to Market Value Adjustment:

         = -.009 (11,742.41 - 1,000) = - $96.68

Step 5:  Calculate the net surrender value at end of Contract Year 3:

         = 11,742.41 - 644.54 - 96.68 = $11,001.19
</TABLE>

A-2
<PAGE>
                                    PART II
                     INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

ITEM 13.  OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.

Pursuant  to Item 511  of Regulation S-K, the  Registrant hereby represents that
the following expenses totalling $70,725 will be incurred or are anticipated  to
be  incurred in connection with the  issuance and distribution of the securities
to be registered: registration fees - $51,725; cost of printing and engraving  -
$7,000; legal fees - $10,000 (approximate); and accounting fees - $2,000.

ITEM 14.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

The  By-Laws  of Glenbrook  Life and  Annuity  Company ("Registrant")  which are
incorporated herein by reference  as Exhibit (3),  provide that Registrant  will
indemnify  its officers and directors for  certain damages and expenses that may
be incurred in the performance of  their duty to Registrant. No  indemnification
is  provided, however, when such person is  adjudged to be liable for negligence
or misconduct in the performance of  his or her duty, unless indemnification  is
deemed appropriate by the court upon application.

ITEM 15.  RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES.

Not applicable.

ITEM 16.  EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 EXHIBIT NO.                                             DESCRIPTION
-------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<C>            <S>
       (1)     Form of Underwriting Agreement
       (2)     Not Applicable
       (3)     Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws*
       (4)     Form of Glenbrook Life and Annuity Flexible Payment Deferred Annuity Contract and Application**
       (5)     Opinion of General Counsel re: Legality**
       (6)     Not Applicable
       (7)     Not Applicable
       (8)     Not Applicable
       (9)     Not Applicable
      (10)     Reinsurance Agreement between Glenbrook Life and Annuity Company and Allstate Life Insurance
                Company*
      (11)     Not Applicable
      (12)     Not Applicable
      (13)     Not Applicable
      (14)     Not Applicable
      (15)     Not Applicable
      (16)     Not Applicable
      (22)     Not Applicable
      (23)(a)  Consent of Independent Public Accountants
      (23)(b)  Consent of Counsel
      (24)     Powers of Attorney***
      (26)     Not Applicable
      (27)     Financial Data Schedule
      (28)     Not Applicable
      (29)     Not Applicable
      (99)     Form of Resolution of Board of Directors
<FN>
------------------------
  * Previously  filed  by Glenbrook  Life and  Annuity Company  Variable Annuity
    Account with Form  N-4 Registration  Statement No. 33-60882  dated April  9,
    1993.
 ** Previously  filed  by  Glenbrook  Life and  Annuity  Company  with  Form S-1
    Registration Statement No. 33-92842 dated May 30, 1995.
*** Powers of  Attorney for  Marla  G. Friedman  and  G. Craig  Whitehead  filed
    herewith
</TABLE>

<PAGE>
ITEM 17.  UNDERTAKINGS.

The   undersigned  registrant,  Glenbrook  Life   and  Annuity  Company,  hereby
undertakes:

    (1) To file, during any period  in which offers or  sales are being made,  a
        post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

        (i)  To  include  any prospectus  required  by Section  10(a)(3)  of the
             Securities Act of 1933;

        (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after  the
             effective  date of the  registration statement (or  the most recent
             post-effective amendment  thereof) which,  individually or  in  the
             aggregate,  represent a  fundamental change in  the information set
             forth in the registration statement;

        (iii) To include any material  information with respect  to the plan  of
              distribution   not  previously   disclosed  in   the  registration
              statement or  any  material  change to  such  information  in  the
              registration statement;

    (2) That,  for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
        Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be  a
        new  registration statement relating to  the securities offered therein,
        and the offering of such securities at  that time shall be deemed to  be
        the initial bona fide offering thereof; and

    (3) To  remove from registration by means  of a post-effective amendment any
        of  the  securities  being  registered   which  remain  unsold  at   the
        termination of the offering.

Insofar  as indemnification for liabilities arising  under the Securities Act of
1933 ("Act") may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons  of
Glenbrook  Life and Annuity Company  ("Registrant"), Registrant 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
such  liabilities (other that the payment  by Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by  a  director,  officer  or  controlling  person  of  Registrant  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, Registrant 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.
<PAGE>
                                   SIGNATURES

    Pursuant  to the requirements of the  Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
has duly caused this Pre-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be
signed on  its behalf  by  the undersigned  thereunto  duly authorized,  in  the
Township of Northfield, State of Illinois on August 15, 1995.

                                           GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY

                                           By: ______/s/_MICHAEL J. VELOTTA_____
                                                      Michael J. Velotta
                                              VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, GENERAL
                                                            COUNSEL
                                                         AND DIRECTOR
(SEAL)
     Attest: ________________________/s/_MARY J. MC_GINN________________________
                                      Mary J. McGinn
                                    ASSISTANT SECRETARY

    Pursuant   to  the  requirements  of  the   Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Pre-Effective Amendment to  the Registration  Statement has been  signed by  the
following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                 SIGNATURE                                      TITLE                            DATE
-------------------------------------------  -------------------------------------------  ------------------

<C>                                          <S>                                          <C>
           */ LOUIS G. LOWER, II             Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
            Louis G. Lower, II                (Principal Executive Officer)                  August 15, 1995

           **/ MARLA G. FRIEDMAN             President, Chief Operating Officer and
             Marla G. Friedman                Director                                       August 15, 1995

           /s/MICHAEL J. VELOTTA             Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel
            Michael J. Velotta                and Director                                   August 15, 1995

            */ MYRON J. RESNICK              Treasurer and Director
             Myron J. Resnick                 (Principal Financial Officer)                  August 15, 1995

            */ PETER H. HECKMAN
             Peter H. Heckman                Vice President and Director                     August 15, 1995

          **/ G. CRAIG WHITEHEAD             Senior Vice President, Assistant Vice
            G. Craig Whitehead                President and Director                         August 15, 1995

             */ BARRY S. PAUL                Assistant Vice President
               Barry S. Paul                  (Chief Accounting Officer)                     August 15, 1995

 */ By   Michael  J.  Velotta,  previously  filed  with  Form  S-1  Registration
    Statement, Registration No.33-92842, May 30, 1995.
**/ Pursuant to Power of Attorney filed herewith.
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS

    The following exhibits are filed herewith:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
       (1)   Form of Underwriting Agreement
<C>          <S>
       (2)   Not Applicable
       (3)   Articles of Incorporation*
             By-Laws*
       (4)   Form of Glenbrook Life and Annuity Company Flexible Payment Deferred Annuity
              Contract and Application**
       (5)   Opinion of General Counsel re: Legality**
       (6)   Not Applicable
       (7)   Not Applicable
       (8)   Not Applicable
       (9)   Not Applicable
      (10)   Reinsurance Agreement between Glenbrook Life and Annuity Company and Allstate
              Life Insurance Company*
      (11)   Not Applicable
      (12)   Not Applicable
      (14)   Not Applicable
      (15)   Not Applicable
      (16)   Not Applicable
      (22)   Not Applicable
      (23)(a) Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants
      (23)(b) Consent of Counsel
      (24)   Powers of Attorney***
      (26)   Not Applicable
      (27)   Financial Data Schedule
      (29)   Not Applicable
      (99)   Form of Resolution of Board of Directors
<FN>
------------------------
  * Previously  filed  by Glenbrook  Life and  Annuity Company  Variable Annuity
    Account with Form  N-4 Registration  Statement No. 33-60882  dated April  9,
    1993.
 ** Previously  filed  by  Glenbrook  Life and  Annuity  Company  with  Form S-1
    Registration Statement No. 33-92842 dated May 30, 1995.
*** Powers of  Attorney for  Marla  G. Friedman  and  G. Craig  Whitehead  filed
    herewith.
</TABLE>

<PAGE>
                                                                 EXHIBIT NO. (1)

                         FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
<PAGE>
                             UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

    THIS  AGREEMENT, is entered into on this day of               , 1995, by and
among GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY ("Glenbrook Life" or "Company"), a life
insurance company  organized  under the  laws  of  the State  of  Illinois,  and
ALLSTATE LIFE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., ("Principal Underwriter"), a corporation
organized under the laws of the state of Delaware.

                                    RECITALS

    WHEREAS,  Company  proposes  to issue  to  the public  certain  market value
adjusted annuity contracts identified in the Attachment A ("Contracts"); and

    WHEREAS, the Contracts to be issued by Company are to be registered with the
Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 for offer and sale to the public and
otherwise are in compliance with all applicable laws; and

    WHEREAS,  Principal  Underwriter,  a  broker-dealer  registered  under   the
Securities  Exchange Act  of 1934  and a member  of the  National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"), proposes  to act as principal underwriter  on
an  agency  (best  efforts) basis  in  the  marketing and  distribution  of said
Contracts; and

    WHEREAS, Company desires to obtain the services of Principal Underwriter  as
an underwriter and distributor of said Contracts issued by Company;

    NOW  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of  the  foregoing,  and  of  the mutual
covenants and  conditions set  forth herein,  and for  other good  and  valuable
consideration,  the Company, the Separate Account, and the Principal Underwriter
hereby agree as follows:

1.  AUTHORITY AND DUTIES

    (a) Principal Underwriter will serve as an underwriter and distributor on an
agency basis for the Contracts which will be issued by the Company.

    (b) Principal Underwriter will use  its best efforts to provide  information
and  marketing assistance to  licensed insurance agents  and broker-dealers on a
continuing basis.  However,  Principal  Underwriter  shall  be  responsible  for
compliance  with  the requirements  of state  broker-dealer regulations  and the
Securities Exchange Act  of 1934  as each  applies to  Principal Underwriter  in
connection with its duties as distributor of said Contracts. Moreover, Principal
Underwriter  shall  conduct its  affairs in  accordance with  the rules  of Fair
Practice of the NASD.

    (c) Subject to agreement with  the Company, Principal Underwriter may  enter
into  selling  agreements with  broker-dealers  which are  registered  under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and authorized by applicable law to sell  market
value  adjusted  annuity  contracts  issued  by  Company.  Any  such contractual
arrangement  is  expressly  made  subject  to  this  Agreement,  and   Principal
Underwriter  will  at all  times be  responsible to  Company for  supervision of
compliance with the federal securities laws regarding distribution of Contracts.

2.  WARRANTIES

    (a) The Company represents and warrants to Principal Underwriter that:

         (i) Registration  Statements on  Form  S-1 for  each of  the  Contracts
    identified  in Attachment A have been filed  with the Commission in the form
    previously delivered to Principal Underwriter and that copies of any and all
    amendments thereto will be  forwarded to Principal  Underwriter at the  time
    that they are filed with Commission;

        (ii)   The  Registration   Statement  and  any   further  amendments  or
    supplements thereto  will,  when  they  become  effective,  conform  in  all
    material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, and the
    rules  and  regulations of  the  Commission under  such  Acts, and  will not
    contain
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    any untrue statement of  a material fact  or omit to  state a material  fact
    required  to be stated  therein or necessary to  make the statements therein
    not misleading;  provided, however,  that this  representation and  warranty
    shall  not apply to any  statement or omission made  in reliance upon and in
    conformity with information  furnished in  writing to  Company by  Principal
    Underwriter expressly for use therein;

        (iii)  The Company is validly existing as a stock life insurance company
    in good standing under the laws of the State of Illinois, with power to  own
    its  properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and
    has been  duly qualified  for the  transaction of  business and  is in  good
    standing  under the  laws of  each other  jurisdiction in  which it  owns or
    leases properties, or conducts any business;

        (iv)  Those  persons  who  offer  and  sell  the  Contracts  are  to  be
    appropriately licensed or appointed to comply with the state insurance laws;

        (v)  The  performance  of this  Agreement  and the  consummation  of the
    transactions contemplated by this Agreement  will not result in a  violation
    of  any  of  the provisions  of  or  default under  any  statute, indenture,
    mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement or other agreement or instrument  to
    which  Company is a party or by  which Company is bound (including Company's
    Charter or By-laws as a stock life insurance company, or any order, rule  or
    regulation  of any court or governmental  agency or body having jurisdiction
    over Company or any of its properties);

        (vi) There is no consent, approval, authorization or order of any  court
    or  governmental agency or body required  for the consummation by Company of
    the transactions  contemplated by  this  Agreement, except  such as  may  be
    required  under the  Securities Exchange Act  of 1934 or  state insurance or
    securities laws in connection with the distribution of the Contracts; and

       (vii) There are no material legal or governmental proceedings pending  to
    which  Company is a party or of which any property of Company is the subject
    (other than as  set forth in  the Prospectus relating  to the Contracts,  or
    litigation incident to the kind of business conducted by the Company) which,
    if  determined adversely to Company, would  individually or in the aggregate
    have a  material  adverse  effect  on the  financial  position,  surplus  or
    operations of Company.

    (b) Principal Underwriter represents and warrants to Company that:

         (i)  It is a broker-dealer duly registered with the Commission pursuant
    to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, is a member in good standing of  the
    NASD, and is in compliance with the securities laws in those states in which
    it conducts business as a broker-dealer;

        (ii)  As a principal underwriter, it shall  permit the offer and sale of
    Contracts to the public  only by and through  persons who are  appropriately
    licensed  under the securities laws and who  are appointed in writing by the
    Company to be authorized insurance agents;

        (iii) The  performance of  this Agreement  and the  consummation of  the
    transactions herein contemplated will not result in a breach or violation of
    any of the terms or provisions of or constitute a default under any statute,
    indenture,  mortgage, deed  of trust, note  agreement or  other agreement or
    instrument to which Principal Underwriter is  a party or by which  Principal
    Underwriter  is bound (including the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws
    of Principal Underwriter or  any order, rule or  regulation of any court  or
    governmental  agency  or  body  having  jurisdiction  over  either Principal
    Underwriter or its property); and

        (iv) To  the  extent  that  any  statements  made  in  the  Registration
    Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, are made in reliance upon
    and in conformity with written information furnished to Company by Principal
    Underwriter  expressly  for use  therein,  such statements  will,  when they
    become effective  or are  filed with  the Commission,  as the  case may  be,
    conform  in all material respects to  the requirements of the Securities Act
    of 1933 and the rules and regulations of

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    the Commission thereunder, and  will not contain any  untrue statement of  a
    material  fact or  omit to  state any  material fact  required to  be stated
    therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

3.  BOOKS AND RECORDS

    (a) Principal  Underwriter shall  keep, in  a manner  and form  approved  by
Company  and  in accordance  with  Rules 17a-3  and  17a-4 under  the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934,  correct records and  books of account  as required to  be
maintained  by a registered  broker-dealer, acting as  principal underwriter, of
all transactions  entered  into  on  behalf  of  Company  with  respect  to  its
activities  under this Agreement. Principal  Underwriter shall make such records
and books of  account available for  inspection by the  Commission, and  Company
shall  have the  right to  inspect, make  copies of  or take  possession of such
records and books of account at any time upon demand.

    (b) Subject to applicable Commission or NASD restrictions, Company will send
confirmations of Contract  transactions to  Contract Owners.  Company will  make
such   confirmations  and   records  of  transactions   available  to  Principal
Underwriter upon request.

4.  SALES MATERIALS

    (a) After  authorization to  commence  the activities  contemplated  herein,
Principal  Underwriter will utilize the  currently effective prospectus relating
to the  subject Contracts  in connection  with its  underwriting, marketing  and
distribution efforts. As to other types of sales material, Principal Underwriter
hereby  agrees and will  require any participating  or selling broker-dealers to
agree that they will use only sales materials which have been authorized for use
by Company, which  conform to  the requirements of  federal and  state laws  and
regulations,  and which  have been  filed where  necessary with  the appropriate
regulatory authorities, including the NASD.

    (b)  Principal  Underwriter  will  not  distribute  any  prospectus,   sales
literature  or  any other  printed matter  or material  in the  underwriting and
distribution of any Contract if, to the knowledge of Principal Underwriter,  any
of  the foregoing misstates the duties,  obligation or liabilities of Company or
Principal Underwriter.

5.  COMPENSATION

    Principal Underwriter  shall  be  entitled  to  such  remuneration  for  its
services  and  reimbursement  for its  fees,  charges  and expenses  as  will be
contained in such Schedules as attached  hereto as Attachment B. Said  Schedules
may  be  amended from  time to  time at  the mutual  consent of  the undersigned
parties.

6.  UNDERWRITING TERMS

    (a) Principal Underwriter makes  no representations or warranties  regarding
the  number of  Contracts to be  sold by licensed  broker-dealers and registered
representatives of broker-dealers or the amount to be paid thereunder. Principal
Underwriter does, however, represent that it will actively engage in its  duties
under  this  Agreement  on  a  continuous  basis  while  there  is  an effective
registration statement with the Commission.

    (b) Principal  Underwriter will  use its  best efforts  to ensure  that  the
Contracts  shall be offered for sale by registered broker-dealers and registered
representatives (who  are  duly  licensed  as insurance  agents)  on  the  terms
described in the currently effective prospectus describing such Contracts.

    (c)  It  is  understood and  agreed  that Principal  Underwriter  may render
similar services  to  other companies  in  the distribution  of  other  variable
contracts.

    (d)  The Company will use its best  efforts to assure that the Contracts are
continuously registered  under  the  Securities  Act  of  1933  (and  under  any
applicable state "blue sky" laws) and to file for approval under state insurance
laws when necessary.

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    (e)  The Company  reserves the  right at  any time  to suspend  or limit the
public offering  of the  subject  Contracts upon  one  day's written  notice  to
Principal Underwriter.

7.  LEGAL AND REGULATORY ACTIONS

    (a) The Company agrees to advise Principal Underwriter immediately of:

         (i)  any request  by the Commission  for amendment  of the Registration
    Statement or for additional information relating to the Contracts;

        (ii) the issuance  by the Commission  of any stop  order suspending  the
    effectiveness of the Registration Statement relating to the Contracts or the
    initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; and

        (iii)  the happening of any known  material event which makes untrue any
    statement made in the  Registration Statement relating  to the Contracts  or
    which requires the making of a change therein in order to make any statement
    made therein not misleading.

    (b)  Each of the undersigned  parties agrees to notify  the other in writing
upon being  apprised of  the  institution of  any proceeding,  investigation  or
hearing involving the offer or sale of the subject Contracts.

    (c)  During any legal  action or inquiry, Company  will furnish to Principal
Underwriter such information with respect the Contracts in such form and  signed
by such of its officers as Principal Underwriter may reasonably request and will
warrant  that  the statements  therein  contained when  so  signed are  true and
correct.

9.  TERMINATION

    (a) This Agreement will terminate automatically upon its assignment.

    (b) This Agreement  shall terminate without  the payment of  any penalty  by
either party upon sixty (60) days' advance written notice.

    (c)  This  Agreement  shall terminate  at  the  option of  the  Company upon
institution of formal proceedings against  Principal Underwriter by the NASD  or
by  the Commission, or if Principal Underwriter or any representative thereof at
any time:

         (i) employs  any device,  scheme, artifice,  statement or  omission  to
    defraud any person;

        (ii)  fails to account and pay over promptly to the Company money due it
    according to the Company's records; or

        (iii) violates the conditions of this Agreement.

10. INDEMNIFICATION

    The Company agrees to indemnify Principal Underwriter for any liability that
it may incur to a Contract owner or party-in-interest under a Contract:

        (a) arising out of any act or omission in the course of or in connection
    with rendering services under this Agreement; or

        (b) arising out of the purchase,  retention or surrender of a  contract;
    provided, however, that the Company will not indemnify Principal Underwriter
    for  any such liability that results from the willful misfeasance, bad faith
    or gross negligence of Principal Underwriter or from the reckless  disregard
    by  such Principal Underwriter  of its duties  and obligations arising under
    this Agreement.

11. GENERAL PROVISIONS

    (a) This Agreement shall be subject to the laws of the State of Illinois.

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    (b)  This  Agreement,   along  with  any   Schedules  attached  hereto   and
incorporated herein by reference, may be amended from time to time by the mutual
agreement and consent of the undersigned parties.

    (c)  In case any  provision in this  Agreement shall be  invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the  validity,  legality  and  enforceability  of  the  remaining
provisions shall not in way be affected or impaired thereby.

IN  WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned parties  have caused this  Agreement to be
duly executed, to be effective as of             , 1995.
BY: _______________________________________
 President                       Date

ALLSTATE LIFE FINANCIAL SERVICES,
INC.
BY: _______________________________________
 President                       Date

GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
(and GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT)

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                                                                    ATTACHMENT A

                             UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

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                                                                    ATTACHMENT B

                             UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

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<PAGE>
                                                             EXHIBIT NO. (23)(A)

                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
<PAGE>
                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We  consent to  the use  of this Pre-Effective  Amendment No.  1 to Registration
Statement No. 33-92842 of Glenbrook Life and Annuity Company of our report dated
April 1,  1995  accompanying the  financial  statements of  Glenbrook  Life  and
Annuity Company, appearing in the Prospectus, which is part of such Registration
Statement,  and  to the  reference to  us  under the  heading "Experts"  in such
Prospectus.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP

Chicago, Illinois
August 18, 1995

<PAGE>
                                                             EXHIBIT NO. (23)(B)

                               CONSENT OF COUNSEL
<PAGE>
                        ROUTIER, MACKEY & JOHNSON, P.C.
                                ATTORNEYS AT LAW
                               1700 K STREET N.W.
                                   SUITE 1003
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006                (202)296-4852

                                August 15, 1995

                               CONSENT OF COUNSEL

Re:  Glenbrook Life and Annuity Company
    Registration Statement on Form S-1
    File No. 33-92842

We  hereby  consent to  the  reference to  this  firm under  the  caption "Legal
Matters" in the  prospectus forming  part of  the above-referenced  registration
statement  under the  Securities Act  of 1933  with respect  to certain deferred
annuity contracts to be issued by Glenbrook Life and Annuity Company.

                                           Routier, Mackey and Johnson, P.C.
                                           By:       /s/ GREGOR B. MCCURDY

                                              ----------------------------------
                                                      Gregor B. McCurdy

<PAGE>
                                                                EXHIBIT NO. (24)

                               POWERS OF ATTORNEY
<PAGE>
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
             WITH RESPECT TO THE GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                     MARKET VALUE ADJUSTED ANNUITY CONTRACT

    Know  all men  by these  presents that  G. Craig  Whitehead, whose signature
appears below,  constitutes and  appoints Louis  G. Lower,  II, and  Michael  J.
Velotta,  and each of  them, his attorneys-in-fact,  with power of substitution,
and his in any and all capacities, to sign any Form S-1 registration  statements
and  amendments thereto for the Glenbrook  Life and Annuity Company Market Value
Adjusted Annuity Contract and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and  other
documents  in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or  his
substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Date August 15, 1995

                                                   /s/ G. CRAIG WHITEHEAD

                                           -------------------------------------
                                                    G. Craig Whitehead
                                             SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, ASSISTANT
                                                VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR
                                            Glenbrook Life and Annuity Company
<PAGE>
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
             WITH RESPECT TO THE GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                     MARKET VALUE ADJUSTED ANNUITY CONTRACT

    Know  all  men by  these presents  that Marla  G. Friedman,  whose signature
appears below,  constitutes and  appoints Louis  G. Lower,  II, and  Michael  J.
Velotta,  and each of  them, her attorneys-in-fact,  with power of substitution,
and her in any and all capacities, to sign any Form S-1 registration  statements
and  amendments thereto for the Glenbrook  Life and Annuity Company Market Value
Adjusted Annuity Contract and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and  other
documents  in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or  her
substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Date 8/15/95

                                                   /s/ MARLA G. FRIEDMAN

                                           -------------------------------------
                                                     Marla G. Friedman
                                                PRESIDENT, COO AND DIRECTOR
                                            GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY

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<PAGE>
                                                                EXHIBIT NO. (99)

                    FORM OF RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
<PAGE>
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 of the Illinois Insurance Code of 1937,
we  the undersigned  being all  of the Directors  of Glenbrook  Life and Annuity
Company, an Illinois  Corporation, do  hereby consent to  the following  actions
being taken by and on behalf of Glenbrook Life and Annuity Company.

BE  IT RESOLVED,  That, pursuant  to the  Company's plan  to issue  market value
adjusted annuity contracts  ("Contracts"), the appropriate  officers, with  such
assistance   from  the   Company's  auditors,  legal   counsel  and  independent
consultants or others as  they may require, be,  and hereby are, authorized  and
directed  to  take all  action necessary  to:  (a) register  the Contracts  on a
continuous basis and in such amounts as  the officers of the Company shall  from
time to time deem appropriate under the Securities Act of 1933; and (b) take all
other  actions  which are  necessary  in connection  with  the offering  of said
Contracts for sale in order to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of  1934,
the  Securities Act  of 1933, and  other applicable federal  laws, including the
filing of any amendments to  registration statements, any undertakings or  other
requirements  of applicable federal  laws, as the officers  of the Company shall
deem necessary or appropriate; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Vice President, Secretary and General  Counsel,
and the Vice President of the Company, and either of them with full power to act
without  the other,  hereby are severally  authorized and  empowered to prepare,
execute and cause  to be filed  with the Securities  and Exchange Commission  on
behalf of the Company as issuer of the Contracts, a Registration Statement under
the Securities Act of 1933 registering the Contracts, and any and all amendments
to  the foregoing on behalf of the Company and on behalf of and as attorneys for
the principal executive  officer and/or the  principal financial officer  and/or
the principal accounting officer and/or any other officer of the Company; and

BE  IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Vice President, Secretary, and General Counsel
is hereby appointed as agent for  service under any such registratoin  statement
and  any  and  all  amendments  thereof,  and  is  duly  authorized  to  receive
communications and notices from the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Act of 1933; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the appropriate officers of the Company be and they
hereby are, authorized on behalf of the Company to take any and all action  that
they  may deem necessary or advisable in  order to sell the Contracts, including
any registrations,  filings and  qualifications of  the Company,  its  officers,
agents  and employees, and the Contracts under the insurance and securities laws
of any states of  the United States  of America or  other jurisdictions, and  in
connection   therewith,  to   prepare  execute,   deliver  and   file  all  such
applications, reports,  covenants,  resolutions,  applications  for  exemptions,
consents  to  service of  process and  other  papers and  instruments as  may be
required under such  laws, and to  take any  and all further  action which  said
officers   deem  necessary  or  desirable   (including  entering  into  whatever
agreements  and  contracts  may  be   necessary)  in  order  to  maintain   such
registrations  or qualifications  for as long  as said officers  or counsel deem
them to be in the best interest of the Company; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the  appropriate officers of the Company, and  each
of  them, are hereby  authorized to execute  and deliver all  such documents and
papers and do or  cause to be  done all such  acts and things  as they may  deem
necessary or desirable to carry out the foregoing resolutions and the intent and
purposes thereof.


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