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     AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON APRIL 9, 1996
    
   
                                                               FILE NO. 33-92842
    
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
    
   
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
    
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                                    FORM S-1
    
 
   
                         REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
    
 
   
                        POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1                       /X/
    
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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                 Classification Code Number)     Identification
incorporation or organization)                                      Number)
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                               3100 Sanders Road
                           Northbrook, Illinois 60062
                    (Address of Principal Executive Office)
    
 
   
                               MICHAEL J. VELOTTA
                 VICE PRESIDENT, SECRETARY AND GENERAL COUNSEL
                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                               3100 SANDERS ROAD
                           NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS 60062
                                  847/402-2400
                (Name and Complete Address of Agent for Service)
    
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                                   COPIES TO:
    
 
   
  GREGOR B. MCCURDY, ESQUIRE                  JOHN R. HEDRICK, ESQUIRE
  ROUTIER AND JOHNSON, P.C.                   ALLSTATE LIFE FINANCIAL
 1700 K. STREET N. W., SUITE                       SERVICES, INC.
             1003                                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/
    
 
   
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant
to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list
the  Securities  Act  registration  statement number  of  the  earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering. / /
    
 
   
If this Form is a post-effective  amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)  under
the  Securities  Act,  check  the  following box  and  list  the  Securities Act
registration statement number  of the earlier  effective registration  statement
for the same offering. / /
    
 
   
If  delivery of  the prospectus  is expected  to be  made pursuant  to Rule 434,
please check the following box. / /
    
 
   
                     CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE CHART
    
 
   
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                                                    PROPOSED         PROPOSED
                                                     MAXIMUM          MAXIMUM         AMOUNT OF
    TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF         AMOUNT TO     OFFERING PRICE      AGGREGATE      REGISTRATION
 SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED     BE REGISTERED      PER SHARE     OFFERING PRICE         FEE
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Deferred Annuity Contracts and
 Participating Interests
 therein......................         *                *                *                *
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*These Contracts are not issued in predetermined amounts or units.
    
 
   
A maximum aggregate offering price of $150,290,000 was previously registered. No
additional amount  of securities  is  being registered  by this  post  effective
amendment to the registration statement.
    
 
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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
            Indemnification 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 MAY 1, 1996.
    
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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
   Adjustments to Account Value (Withdrawal Charge, Market Value
    Adjustment and Taxes)................................................      9
   The Parties to the Contract...........................................     11
   The Death Benefit Provisions..........................................     12
   The Payout Phase......................................................     13
AMENDMENT OF THE CONTRACTS...............................................     14
DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTRACTS............................................     14
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
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   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............................................     19
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA..................................................     20
   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results
    of Operations........................................................     20
       General...........................................................     20
       Results of Operations.............................................     21
       Financial Position................................................     21
       Liquidity and Capital Resources...................................     22
COMPETITION..............................................................     22
EMPLOYEES................................................................     22
PROPERTIES...............................................................     22
STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATION.............................................     22
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY..........................     23
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION...................................................     25
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS........................................................     25
EXPERTS..................................................................     25
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       
PHASE               6. HOW IS INTEREST CREDITED TO THE CONTRACT?
                    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. For current interest rate information, please
                    contact your sales representative or the Company's Customer
                    support unit at 1-800-755-5275.    
 
                    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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ADJUSTMENTS TO        10. IF A PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL OR FULL WITHDRAWAL IS REQUESTED, HOW
ACCOUNT VALUE         IS THE AMOUNT RECEIVED DETERMINED?
(WITHDRAWAL CHARGE,   The main component in determining the amount received by the
MARKET VALUE          Owner is the amount which was requested, however, there may be
ADJUSTMENT AND        adjustments to the requested amount. A Withdrawal Charge may
TAXES)                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 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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Percentage         7%     7%     6%     5%     4%             0%
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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 Issue 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 if the Owner is not a natural person; 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 new 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 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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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           TAX DEFERRAL.  In general, an annuity contract owned by a natural
ANNUITIES IN GENERAL  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 AND  FULL WITHDRAWALS.   In  the case  of a
                      partial  withdrawal  under  a  non-qualified  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  PAYMENTS.   Generally, the  rule for income
                      taxation of payments received  from 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 DEATH BENEFITS.   Amounts may be distributed
                      from an annuity  contract because  of 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 PREMATURE DISTRIBUTIONS.   There is a 10%  penalty
                      tax  on the taxable  amount of any  premature distribution from a
                      non-qualified annuity contract. The penalty 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  ANNUITY  CONTRACTS.   All  non-qualified  annuity
                      contracts  issued by the Company (or  its 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  DISTRIBUTION  AT  DEATH  RULES.   In  order  to  be
                      considered  an annuity contract for  federal income tax purposes,
                      an annuity contract  must provide: (1)  if any owner  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    INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ANNUITIES.  Section 408 of the Code permits
PLANS                 eligible  individuals to  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 PENSION PLANS.   Section 408(k)  of the Code
                      allows employers to establish  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  ANNUITIES.   Section 403(b)  of the  Code permits
                      public  school  employees  and  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-EMPLOYED   PENSION   AND   PROFIT  SHARING
                      PLANS.  Sections 401(a) and  403(a) of the Code permit  corporate
                      employers  to establish  various types of  tax favored retirement
                      plans for 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 GOVERNMENT  AND TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION DEFERRED
                      COMPENSATION PLANS.  Section 457 of the Code permits employees of
                      state and local governments and tax-exempt organizations to defer
                      a portion of their compensation without paying current taxes. The
                      employees  must   be  participants   in  an   eligible   deferred
                      compensation  plan. Generally, under the non-natural owner rules,
                      such contracts are 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  WITHHOLDING.   The Company  is required  to withhold
                      federal income tax  at a rate  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 remaining 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.
 
                      The   Company  and  Allstate  Life  entered  into  a  reinsurance
                      agreement, effective  June  5,  1992,  under  which  the  Company
                      reinsures  all  of its  business  with Allstate  Life.  Under the
                      reinsurance  agreement,  fixed  annuity  purchase  payments   are
                      automatically  transferred to  Allstate Life  and become invested
                      with the assets of Allstate Life, and Allstate Life accepts  100%
                      of  the liability under such  contracts. However, the obligations
                      of Allstate Life under the terms of the reinsurance agreement are
                      to the Company; the  Company remains the  sole obligor under  the
                      Contracts  to the Owners. The Company reinsures substantially all
                      of its annuities  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.
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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.
 
                      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 and variable life 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                                    1995          1994         1993        1992(2)
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<S>                                                    <C>            <C>          <C>          <C>
For The Years Ended December 31:
  Income Before Taxes................................  $       4,455  $     2,017  $       836  $       337
  Net Income.........................................          2,879        1,294          529          212
As of December 31:
  Total Assets (1)...................................      1,409,705      750,245      169,361       12,183
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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.
    
 
   
(2) For the period  from April  1, 1992 (date  of acquisition)  to December  31,
    1992.
    
 
   
          MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
                           AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
    
 
   
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GENERAL               The  following highlights significant factors influencing results
                      of operations and financial position.
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                      Glenbrook Life  and Annuity  Company  ("the Company"),  which  is
                      wholly  owned  by  Allstate  Life  Insurance  Company  ("Allstate
                      Life"), currently issues  flexible premium  fixed annuities,  and
                      beginning  in  1995, flexible  premium deferred  variable annuity
                      contracts through its Separate Accounts. The Company markets  its
                      products through banks and other financial institutions.
 
                      The  Company reinsures all of  its annuity deposits with Allstate
                      Life, and  all life  insurance  in-force with  other  reinsurers.
                      Accordingly,  the  financial results  reflected in  the Company's
                      statements of operations relate only  to the investment of  those
                      assets  of the Company that are  not transferred to Allstate Life
                      or other reinsurers under the reinsurance treaties.
 
                      Separate Account assets  and liabilities  are legally  segregated
                      and  carried  at  fair  value  in  the  statements  of  financial
                      position.  The  Separate   Account  investment  portfolios   were
                      initially  funded with a $10 million seed money contribution from
                      the Company in  1995. Investment  income and  realized gains  and
                      losses  of  the  Separate  Account  investments,  other  than the
                      portion related to the  Company's participation, accrue  directly
                      to  the  contractholders (net  of fees)  and, therefore,  are not
                      included in the Company's statements of operations.
RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
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                                                                             1995       1994       1993
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                                                                                   $ IN THOUSANDS
<S>                          <C>                                           <C>        <C>        <C>
                             Net investment income.......................  $   3,996  $   2,017  $     753
                                                                           ---------  ---------  ---------
                             Realized capital gains (losses), after
                              tax........................................  $     298  $  --      $      54
                                                                           ---------  ---------  ---------
                             Net income..................................  $   2,879  $   1,294  $     529
                                                                           ---------  ---------  ---------
                             Fixed income securities, at amortized
                              cost.......................................  $  44,112  $  51,527  $   9,543
                                                                           ---------  ---------  ---------
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                      Net investment income  increased $2.0 million  in 1995, and  $1.3
                      million  in 1994. In both  years, the increases were attributable
                      to an  increased level  of investments,  including the  Company's
                      participation  in the  Separate Accounts  during 1995,  and a $40
                      million capital contribution received  from Allstate Life in  the
                      third  quarter of 1994. Net income  increases of $1.6 million and
                      $0.8 million reflect the change in net investment income in  both
                      years.
 
                      Realized capital gains after tax of $0.3 million in 1995 were the
                      result   of   sales  of   investments   to  fund   the  Company's
                      participation in the Separate Accounts.
 
FINANCIAL POSITION
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                                                                                     1995          1994
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<S>                          <C>                                                 <C>            <C>
                             Fixed income securities, at fair value............  $      48,815  $    49,807
                                                                                 -------------  -----------
                             Unrealized net capital gains (losses) (1).........  $       5,164  $    (1,720)
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                             Separate Account assets, at fair value............  $      15,578  $   --
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                             Contractholder funds..............................  $   1,340,925  $   696,854
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                             Reinsurance recoverable from Allstate Life........  $   1,340,925  $   696,854
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(1)  Unrealized net capital gains (losses) exclude the effect of deferred income
     taxes.
    
 
   
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                      Fixed income securities are classified as available for sale  and
                      carried  in the statements  of financial position  at fair value.
                      Although the Company generally intends  to hold its fixed  income
                      securities  for  the long-term,  such classification  affords the
                      Company flexibility  in managing  the  portfolio in  response  to
                      changes in market conditions.
 
                      At  December 31, 1995 unrealized  capital gains were $5.2 million
                      compared to  an  unrealized  capital  loss  of  $1.7  million  at
                      December  31,  1994.  The significant  change  in  the unrealized
                      capital gain/loss position is primarily attributable to declining
                      interest rates.
 
                      At December  31,  1995  both  contractholder  funds  and  amounts
                      recoverable from Allstate Life under reinsurance treaties reflect
                      an increase of $644 million. These increases result from sales of
                      the  Company's  single  and flexible  premium  deferred annuities
                      partially offset  by  surrenders.  Reinsurance  recoverable  from
                      Allstate  Life  relates to  policy  benefit obligations  ceded to
                      Allstate Life.
 
                      The Company's  participation in  the Separate  Accounts of  $10.5
                      million at December 31, 1995 is included in the Separate Accounts
                      assets.  Unrealized net capital gains  arising from the Company's
                      participation in the Separate Accounts  was $0.3 million, net  of
                      tax, at December 31, 1995.
 
LIQUIDITY AND         Allstate  Life  made a  $40 million  capital contribution  to the
CAPITAL RESOURCES     Company in the third quarter of 1994.
                      Under the terms of intercompany reinsurance agreements, assets of
                      the Company that relate to insurance in-force, excluding Separate
                      Account  assets,  are  transferred  to  Allstate  Life  or  other
                      reinsurers,  who maintain the investment portfolios which support
                      the Company's products.
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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.  The  Company  shares the  same  ratings  of its
                      parent, Allstate Life Insurance Company.
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EMPLOYEES             As of December 31, 1995,  Glenbrook Life and Annuity Company  has
                      approximately  43  employees at  its  home office  in Northbrook,
                      Illinois.
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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.
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                      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, 50, 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; Chairman of the Board of Allstate Settlement
                      Corporation; Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of
                      Glenbrook  Life Insurance Company,  and Northbrook Life Insurance
                      Company; Lincoln Benefit Life  Company and Surety Life  Insurance
                      Company;  and  a  Director  of  Allstate  Insurance  Company  and
                      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, 42, President, Chief Operating Officer and
                      Director (1995)*
                      She  is  also  Vice  President  and  Director  of  Allstate  Life
                      Insurance  Company;  President,   Chief  Operating  Officer   and
                      Director  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.
 
                      PETER H. HECKMAN, 50, 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  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.
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                      G. CRAIG WHITEHEAD, 50, 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, 40, 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.
 
                      JAMES P. ZILS, 44, Treasurer (1995)*
                      He is also Treasurer of  Allstate Life Financial Services,  Inc.,
                      Allstate Settlement Corporation, Allstate Life Insurance Company,
                      Allstate  Life  Insurance Company  of  New York,  Northbrook Life
                      Insurance  Company,   Glenbrook  Life   Insurance  Company,   The
                      Northbrook Corporation. He is Treasurer and Vice President of AEI
                      Group,  Inc., Allstate  International Inc.,  Allstate Motor Club,
                      Inc.,  Direct   Marketing  Center,   Inc.,  Enterprise   Services
                      Corporation,   The   Allstate  Foundation,   Forestview  Mortgage
                      Insurance Company, Allstate Indemnity Company, Allstate  Property
                      and   Casualty,  Deerbrook  Insurance  Company,  First  Assurance
                      Company,  Northbrook  Indemnity   Company,  Northbrook   National
                      Insurance  Company,  Northbrook Property  and  Casualty Insurance
                      Company. Prior to  1995 he  was Vice President  of Allstate  Life
                      Insurance  Company.  Prior  to 1993  he  held  various management
                      positions with Allstate.
 
                      CASEY J. SYLLA, 52, Chief Investment Officer (1995)*
                      He is  also  Director  of Allstate  Insurance  Company,  Allstate
                      Indemnity  Company,  Allstate  Property  and  Casualty  Insurance
                      Company, Deerbrook  Insurance Company,  First Assurance  Company,
                      Northbrook  Indemnity Company, Northbrook Life Insurance Company,
                      Northbrook National  Insurance Company,  Northbrook Property  and
                      Casualty  Insurance Company. He is  also Chief Investment Officer
                      of Allstate Settlement  Corporation, The Northbrook  Corporation,
                      Allstate  Insurance Company, Allstate Indemnity Company, Allstate
                      Property  and  Casualty,   Deerbrook  Insurance  Company,   First
                      Assurance   Company,  Northbrook  Indemnity  Company,  Northbrook
                      National Insurance  Company,  Northbrook  Property  and  Casualty
                      Insurance  Company. Prior to  1995, he was  Senior Vice President
                      and Executive Officer of Investments for Northwestern Mutual Life
                      Insurance Company.
 
                      * Date elected to current office.
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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 1995.
                      The allocated cash compensation of all officers of the Company as
                      a group for services  rendered in all  capacities to the  Company
                      during  1995 totalled $5,976.86. Directors of the Company receive
                      no compensation in addition to their compensation as employees of
                      the Company.
 
                      Shares of the Company and Allstate Life are not directly owned by
                      any director or officer of the Company. The percentage of  shares
                      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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                           SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
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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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<S>          <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>            <C>          <C>          <C>        <C>
                  1995  $ 416,000  $ 266,175    $  17,044     $ 199,890    $ 131,997   $ 411,122    $   5,250(1)
                  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)
Louis G.
 Lower, II
 Chief
 Executive
 Officer
 and
 Chairman
<FN>
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(1)  Amount received by Mr.  Lower which represents the  value allocated to  his
     account  from employer contributions  under the Profit  Sharing Fund and to
     its predecessor, The Savings and Profit Sharing Fund of Sears employees.
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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.
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EXPERTS               The  financial statements,  the financial  statement schedule and
                      the financial statements from  which the Selected Financial  Data
                      included  in this prospectus have been derived, 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  have  been so
                      included in  reliance upon  the report  of such  firm given  upon
                      their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.
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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 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>
    
 
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<PAGE>
   
                          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 as  of December  31, 1995  and 1994,  and the  related
Statements  of Operations, Shareholder's  Equity and Cash Flows  for each of the
three years in  the period  ended December 31,  1995. Our  audits also  included
Schedule  IV -- Reinsurance. 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, 1995 and 1994, and the results of its operations and its cash flows
for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1995 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 fixed income securities.
    
 
   
/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
    
 
   
Chicago, Illinois
    
   
March 1, 1996
    
 
                                                                             F-1
<PAGE>
                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                        STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                         DECEMBER 31,
                                                                                  --------------------------
                                                                                      1995          1994
                                                                                  -------------  -----------
                                                                                       ($ IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                                               <C>            <C>
Assets
  Investments
    Fixed income securities
      Available for sale, at fair value (amortized cost $44,112 and $51,527)....  $      48,815  $    49,807
    Short-term..................................................................          2,102          924
                                                                                  -------------  -----------
        Total investments.......................................................         50,917       50,731
  Reinsurance recoverable from Allstate Life Insurance Company..................      1,340,925      696,854
  Cash..........................................................................            264
  Deferred income taxes.........................................................                         542
  Other assets..................................................................          2,021        2,118
  Separate Accounts.............................................................         15,578
                                                                                  -------------  -----------
        Total assets............................................................  $   1,409,705  $   750,245
                                                                                  -------------  -----------
                                                                                  -------------  -----------
Liabilities
  Contractholder funds..........................................................  $   1,340,925  $   696,854
  Income taxes payable..........................................................          1,637          605
  Deferred income taxes.........................................................          1,828
  Net payable to Allstate Life Insurance Company................................            255          128
  Separate Accounts.............................................................          5,048
                                                                                  -------------  -----------
        Total liabilities.......................................................      1,349,693      697,587
                                                                                  -------------  -----------
Shareholder's equity
  Common stock ($500 par value, 4,200 shares authorized, issued, and
   outstanding).................................................................          2,100        2,100
  Additional capital paid-in....................................................         49,641       49,641
  Unrealized net capital gains (losses).........................................          3,357       (1,118)
  Retained income...............................................................          4,914        2,035
                                                                                  -------------  -----------
        Total shareholder's equity..............................................         60,012       52,658
                                                                                  -------------  -----------
        Total liabilities and shareholder's equity..............................  $   1,409,705  $   750,245
                                                                                  -------------  -----------
                                                                                  -------------  -----------
</TABLE>
    
 
   
See notes to financial statements.
    
 
F-2
<PAGE>
   
                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                            STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                                              -------------------------------
                                                                                1995       1994       1993
                                                                              ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                                     ($ IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                                           <C>        <C>        <C>
Revenues
  Net investment income.....................................................  $   3,996  $   2,017  $     753
  Realized capital gains (losses)...........................................        459                    83
                                                                              ---------  ---------  ---------
Income before income taxes..................................................      4,455      2,017        836
Income tax expense..........................................................      1,576        723        307
                                                                              ---------  ---------  ---------
Net income..................................................................  $   2,879  $   1,294  $     529
                                                                              ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                              ---------  ---------  ---------
</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, 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
  Net income...................................                                                2,879       2,879
  Change in unrealized net capital gains and
   losses......................................                                  4,475                     4,475
                                                 -----------  -----------  -------------  -----------  ---------
Balance, December 31, 1995.....................   $   2,100    $  49,641     $   3,357     $   4,914   $  60,012
                                                 -----------  -----------  -------------  -----------  ---------
                                                 -----------  -----------  -------------  -----------  ---------
</TABLE>
    
 
   
See notes to financial statements.
    
 
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<PAGE>
   
                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                            STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                                         ---------------------------------
                                                                            1995        1994       1993
                                                                         ----------  ----------  ---------
                                                                                 ($ IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                                                      <C>         <C>         <C>
Cash flows from operating activities
  Net income...........................................................  $    2,879  $    1,294  $     529
  Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating
   activities
    Deferred income taxes..............................................         (39)
    Realized capital gains.............................................        (459)                   (83)
    Changes in other operating assets and liabilities..................       1,217        (180)       656
                                                                         ----------  ----------  ---------
      Net cash from operating activities...............................       3,598       1,114      1,102
                                                                         ----------  ----------  ---------
Cash flows from investing activities
  Fixed income securities available for sale
    Proceeds from sales................................................       7,836                  3,015
    Investment collections.............................................       1,568         649        969
    Investment purchases...............................................      (1,491)    (42,729)    (3,737)
  Participation in Separate Account....................................     (10,069)
  Change in short-term investments, net................................      (1,178)        667     (1,102)
                                                                         ----------  ----------  ---------
      Net cash from investing activities...............................      (3,334)    (41,413)      (855)
                                                                         ----------  ----------  ---------
Cash flows from financing activities
  Capital contribution.................................................                  40,000
                                                                         ----------  ----------  ---------
      Net cash from financing activities...............................      --          40,000     --
                                                                         ----------  ----------  ---------
Net increase (decrease) in cash........................................         264        (299)       247
Cash at beginning of year..............................................      --             299         52
                                                                         ----------  ----------  ---------
Cash at end of year....................................................  $      264  $   --      $     299
                                                                         ----------  ----------  ---------
                                                                         ----------  ----------  ---------
</TABLE>
    
 
   
                                              See notes to financial statements.
    
 
                                                                             F-5
<PAGE>
   
                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                ($ IN THOUSANDS)
    
 
   
1.  ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS
    
   
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").  On June  30,  1995, Sears,  Roebuck  and  Co.
("Sears")  distributed its  80.3% ownership in  the Corporation  to Sears common
shareholders through a tax-free dividend (the "Distribution").
    
 
   
The Company  develops and  markets flexible  premium deferred  variable  annuity
contracts  and  single and  flexible premium  deferred annuities  to individuals
through banks and financial institutions in the United States.
    
 
   
Annuity contracts issued by the Company are subject to discretionary  withdrawal
or  surrender by  the contractholder,  subject to  applicable surrender charges.
These contracts are reinsured with Allstate  Life (Note 4) which selects  assets
to  meet  the anticipated  cash flow  requirements  of the  assumed liabilities.
Allstate Life utilizes various modeling techniques in managing the  relationship
between  assets and liabilities  and employs strategies  to maintain investments
which are sufficiently liquid to meet obligations to contractholders in  various
interest rate scenarios.
    
 
   
The  Company  monitors  economic  and  regulatory  developments  which  have the
potential to impact its business. Currently there is proposed legislation  which
would  permit banks greater participation  in securities businesses, which could
eventually present an increased level of competition for sales of the  Company's
annuity  contracts. Furthermore, the federal  government may enact changes which
could possibly eliminate  the tax-advantaged  nature of  annuities or  eliminate
consumers'  need for tax deferral, thereby  reducing the incentive for customers
to purchase the  Company's products.  While it is  not possible  to predict  the
outcome  of such issues  with certainty, management  evaluates the likelihood of
various outcomes and  develops strategies,  as appropriate, to  respond to  such
challenges.
    
 
   
Certain  reclassifications have been made to the prior year financial statements
to conform to the presentation for the current year.
    
 
   
2.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
    
 
   
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.
    
 
   
CONTRACTHOLDER FUNDS
    
 
   
Contractholder funds arise from the  issuance of individual and group  annuities
that  include  an  investment  component.  Payments  received  are  recorded  as
interest-bearing  liabilities.  Contractholder  funds  are  equal  to   deposits
received  and  interest  accrued  to  the  benefit  of  the  contractholder less
withdrawals, mortality charges  and administrative  expenses. Credited  interest
rates  on contractholder funds ranged from 3.0% to 7.4% for those contracts with
fixed interest rates and from 4.25% to 7.9% for those with flexible rates during
1995.
    
 
F-6
<PAGE>
   
                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                   NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                                ($ IN THOUSANDS)
    
 
   
2.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
    
   
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
    
 
   
During 1995,  the  Company issued  flexible  premium deferred  variable  annuity
contracts,  the  assets  and liabilities  of  which are  legally  segregated and
reflected in the  accompanying statements  of financial position  as assets  and
liabilities  of  the  Separate  Accounts  (Glenbrook  Life  and  Annuity Company
Variable Annuity Account and Glenbrook Life and Annuity Company Separate Account
A)  unit  investment  trusts  registered   with  the  Securities  and   Exchange
Commission.  Assets of the Separate Accounts are invested in funds of management
investment companies. For  certain variable annuity  contracts, the Company  has
entered into an exclusive distribution arrangement with distributors.
    
 
   
The  assets of the Separate Accounts are carried at fair value. Unrealized gains
and losses  on the  Company's  participation in  the  Separate Account,  net  of
deferred  income taxes,  is shown  as a  component of  shareholder's equity. The
Company's participation  in  the  Separate  Account,  amounting  to  $10,530  at
December  31,  1995, is  subject to  certain  withdrawal restrictions  which are
dependent upon aggregate fund net  asset values. In addition, limitations  exist
with  regard to the maximum amount which  can be withdrawn by the Company within
any 30-day period.
    
 
   
Investment income and realized gains and losses of the Separate Accounts,  other
than  the portion related to the Company's participation, accrue directly to the
contractholders and, therefore, are not included in the accompanying  statements
of  operations. Revenues  to the Company  from the Separate  Accounts consist of
contract maintenance fees,  administrative fees and  mortality and expense  risk
charges, which are entirely ceded to Allstate Life.
    
 
   
REINSURANCE
    
 
   
Beginning  June 5, 1992, the Company reinsures all new business to Allstate Life
(Note 4). Life insurance in force prior to that date is ceded to  non-affiliated
reinsurers.
    
 
   
Contract  charges  and credited  interest are  ceded and  reflected net  of such
cessions  in  the   statements  of  operations.   Reinsurance  recoverable   and
contractholder  funds  are reported  separately in  the statements  of financial
position.
    
 
   
INVESTMENTS
    
 
   
Fixed income  securities include  bonds  and mortgage-backed  securities.  Fixed
income  securities 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.  Such writedowns  are included  in  realized capital  gains and
losses.
    
 
   
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 estimated principal repayments. Accrual
of income is suspended for fixed income  securities that are in default or  when
the  receipt of interest payments is in doubt. Realized capital gains and losses
are determined on a specific identification basis.
    
 
                                                                             F-7
<PAGE>
   
                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                   NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                                ($ IN THOUSANDS)
    
 
   
2.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
    
   
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.
    
 
   
USE OF ESTIMATES
    
 
   
The preparation of  financial statements in  conformity with generally  accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect  the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.
    
 
   
3.  ACCOUNTING CHANGE
    
   
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 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
    
 
   
REINSURANCE
    
 
   
Contract charges ceded to Allstate Life under reinsurance agreements were $1,523
and $409 in 1995 and 1994, respectively. Credited interest and expenses ceded to
Allstate  Life amounted to  $71,905 and $26,177 in  1995 and 1994, respectively.
Investment income earned on the assets which support contractholder funds is not
included in the Company's financial statements as those assets were  transferred
to  Allstate Life  under the  terms of  reinsurance treaties.  Reinsurance ceded
arrangements do not discharge the Company as the primary insurer.
    
 
   
BUSINESS OPERATIONS
    
 
   
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 on behalf of
the Company. The cost to the Company is determined by various allocation methods
and is primarily related to the level of services provided. Operating  expenses,
including  compensation and retirement and  other benefit programs, allocated to
the Company  were $348,  $271 and  $59  in 1995,  1994 and  1993,  respectively.
Investment-related  expenses are  retained by the  Company. All  other costs are
assumed by Allstate Life under reinsurance treaties.
    
 
   
LAUGHLIN GROUP
    
 
   
Laughlin Group, Inc. ("Laughlin"), a  wholly-owned subsidiary of Laughlin  Group
Holdings  Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Allstate Life which was acquired in
September 1995,  is a  third-party marketer  which distributes  the products  of
insurance  carriers  including  the  Company.  Laughlin  markets  the  Company's
flexible premium  deferred  variable  annuity  contracts  and  flexible  premium
deferred  annuities.  Sales  commissions  paid  to  Laughlin  subsequent  to the
acquisition date of $3,439 were ceded to Allstate Life.
    
 
F-8
<PAGE>
   
                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                   NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                                ($ IN THOUSANDS)
    
 
   
5.  INCOME TAXES
    
   
Allstate Life and its life  insurance subsidiaries, including the Company,  will
file  a consolidated  federal income  tax return.  Tax liabilities  and benefits
realized by the consolidated group are allocated as generated by the  respective
subsidiaries,  whether or not such benefits  generated by the subsidiaries would
be available  on a  separate  return basis.  The  Corporation and  its  domestic
subsidiaries  including the Company (the "Allstate  Group"), will be eligible to
file a consolidated tax return beginning in the year 2000.
    
 
   
Prior to the Distribution, the Allstate Group joined 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 were parties to a federal income
tax allocation agreement (the "Tax Sharing Agreement"). As a member of the Sears
Tax Group, the Corporation was jointly and severally liable for the consolidated
income tax liability of  the Sears Tax Group.  Under the Tax Sharing  Agreement,
the  Company, through the Corporation, paid to  or received from the Sears Group
the amount, if any, by which the Sears Tax Group's federal income tax  liability
was  affected by virtue of  inclusion of the Allstate  Group in the consolidated
federal income tax return.  Effectively, this resulted  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 or similar  items
which might not be immediately recognizable in a separate return, were allocated
according  to the Tax Sharing Agreement and reflected in the Company's provision
to the  extent  that  such items  reduced  the  Sears Tax  Group's  federal  tax
liability.
    
 
   
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 Company's federal income tax liability and
taxes payable to or recoverable from the Sears Group.
    
 
   
The components of the deferred income tax assets and liabilities at December 31,
1995 and 1994 are as follows:
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                             1995       1994
                                                                                           ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                                        <C>        <C>
Unrealized net capital losses on fixed income securities.................................  $  --      $     602
Other....................................................................................                     4
                                                                                           ---------  ---------
  Total deferred assets..................................................................     --            606
                                                                                           ---------  ---------
                                                                                           ---------  ---------
Unrealized net capital gains on fixed income securities..................................  $  (1,807)
Difference in tax bases of investments...................................................        (21)
Other....................................................................................                   (64)
                                                                                           ---------  ---------
  Total deferred liabilities.............................................................     (1,828)       (64)
                                                                                           ---------  ---------
  Net deferred (liability) asset.........................................................  $  (1,828) $     542
                                                                                           ---------  ---------
                                                                                           ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
    
 
                                                                             F-9
<PAGE>
   
                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                   NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                                ($ IN THOUSANDS)
    
 
   
5.  INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
    
   
The components of income tax expense are as follows:
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                  YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                                              -------------------------------
                                                                                1995       1994       1993
                                                                              ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                           <C>        <C>        <C>
Current.....................................................................  $   1,615  $     652  $     290
Deferred....................................................................        (39)        71         17
                                                                              ---------  ---------  ---------
  Income tax expense........................................................  $   1,576  $     723  $     307
                                                                              ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                              ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
    
 
   
The  Company paid  income taxes of  $874, $57 and  $290 in 1995,  1994 and 1993,
respectively, under  the Tax  Sharing Agreement.  The Company  had income  taxes
payable  to Allstate  Life of  $1,637 and  $605 at  December 31,  1995 and 1994,
respectively.
    
 
   
6.  INVESTMENTS
    
 
   
FAIR VALUES
    
 
   
The amortized cost, fair value and  gross unrealized gains and losses for  fixed
income securities are as follows:
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                GROSS UNREALIZED
                                                                  AMORTIZED   --------------------    FAIR
                                                                    COST        GAINS     LOSSES      VALUE
                                                                 -----------  ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                              <C>          <C>        <C>        <C>
AT DECEMBER 31, 1995
U.S. government and agencies...................................   $  24,722   $   3,470     --      $  28,192
Corporate......................................................       1,304         120                 1,424
Mortgage-backed securities.....................................      18,086       1,113                19,199
                                                                 -----------  ---------  ---------  ---------
  Totals.......................................................   $  44,112   $   4,703     --      $  48,815
                                                                 -----------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                 -----------  ---------  ---------  ---------
AT DECEMBER 31, 1994
U.S. government and agencies...................................   $  31,005   $      30  $   1,126  $  29,909
Mortgage-backed securities.....................................      20,522                    624     19,898
                                                                 -----------  ---------  ---------  ---------
  Total........................................................   $  51,527   $      30  $   1,750  $  49,807
                                                                 -----------  ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                 -----------  ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
    
 
   
SCHEDULED MATURITIES
    
 
   
The  scheduled  maturities  of fixed  income  securities available  for  sale at
December 31, 1995 are as follows:
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                       AMORTIZED     FAIR
                                                                                         COST        VALUE
                                                                                      -----------  ---------
<S>                                                                                   <C>          <C>
Due in one year or less.............................................................   $     398   $     403
Due after one year through five years...............................................
Due after five years through ten years..............................................      15,883      17,681
Due after ten years.................................................................       9,745      11,532
                                                                                      -----------  ---------
                                                                                          26,026      29,616
Mortgage-backed securities..........................................................      18,086      19,199
                                                                                      -----------  ---------
  Total.............................................................................   $  44,112   $  48,815
                                                                                      -----------  ---------
                                                                                      -----------  ---------
</TABLE>
    
 
   
Actual maturities may differ from those scheduled as a result of prepayments  by
the issuers.
    
 
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<PAGE>
   
                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                   NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                                ($ IN THOUSANDS)
    
 
   
6.  INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
    
   
UNREALIZED NET CAPITAL GAINS AND LOSSES
    
 
   
Unrealized  net  capital gains  and losses  on fixed  income securities  and the
Company's participation in the Separate Account included in shareholder's equity
at December 31, 1995 are as follows:
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                  UNREALIZED
                                                                           AMORTIZED     FAIR     NET GAINS/
                                                                             COST        VALUE     (LOSSES)
                                                                          -----------  ---------  -----------
<S>                                                                       <C>          <C>        <C>
Fixed income securities.................................................   $  44,112   $  48,815   $   4,703
Participation in Separate Account.......................................      10,069      10,530         461
Deferred income taxes...................................................                              (1,807)
                                                                                                  -----------
  Total.................................................................                           $   3,357
                                                                                                  -----------
                                                                                                  -----------
</TABLE>
    
 
   
The change  in  unrealized  net  capital  gains  and  losses  for  fixed  income
securities  and  the  Company's  participation in  the  Separate  Account  is as
follows:
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                                             -------------------------------
                                                                               1995       1994       1993
                                                                             ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                          <C>        <C>        <C>
Fixed income securities....................................................  $   6,423  $  (2,786) $   1,076
Participation in Separate Account in 1995..................................        461
Deferred income taxes......................................................     (2,409)       975       (373)
                                                                             ---------  ---------  ---------
Change in unrealized net capital gains and losses..........................  $   4,475  $  (1,811) $     703
                                                                             ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                             ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
    
 
   
COMPONENTS OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME
    
 
   
Investment income by investment type is as follows:
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                     YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                                                                 -------------------------------
                                                                                   1995       1994       1993
                                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                              <C>        <C>        <C>
Investment income:
  Fixed income securities......................................................  $   3,850  $   1,984  $     729
  Short-term...................................................................        113         48         35
  Participation in Separate Account in 1995....................................         69
                                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------
Investment income, before expense..............................................      4,032      2,032        764
Investment expense.............................................................         36         15         11
                                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------
Net investment income..........................................................  $   3,996  $   2,017  $     753
                                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                                 ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
    
 
   
REALIZED CAPITAL GAINS AND LOSSES
    
 
   
Realized capital gains on investments are as follows:
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                         YEAR ENDED
                                                                                                        DECEMBER 31,
                                                                                                      ----------------
                                                                                                      1995  1994  1993
                                                                                                      ----  ----  ----
<S>                                                                                                   <C>   <C>   <C>
Fixed income securities.............................................................................  $459  $--   $83
Income tax..........................................................................................   161         29
                                                                                                      ----  ----  ----
Net realized gains..................................................................................  $298  $--   $54
                                                                                                      ----  ----  ----
                                                                                                      ----  ----  ----
</TABLE>
    
 
                                                                            F-11
<PAGE>
   
                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                   NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                                ($ IN THOUSANDS)
    
 
   
6.  INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
    
   
PROCEEDS FROM SALES OF FIXED INCOME SECURITIES
    
 
   
The proceeds from  sales of  investments in fixed  income securities,  excluding
calls, were $7,836 and $3,015, with related gross realized gains of $459 and $22
for 1995 and 1993, respectively. There were no such amounts realized in 1994.
    
 
   
SECURITIES ON DEPOSIT
    
 
   
At  December 31, 1995, fixed income securities  with a carrying value of $10,085
were on deposit with regulatory authorities as required by law.
    
 
   
7.  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, 1995  and 1994  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 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
$1,340,925 at December  31, 1995 and  a fair value  of $1,282,248. The  carrying
value  and  fair  value  at  December  31,  1994  were  $696,854  and  $670,930,
respectively.
    
 
F-12
<PAGE>
   
                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                   NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
                                ($ IN THOUSANDS)
    
 
   
8.  STATUTORY FINANCIAL INFORMATION
    
   
The following tables reconcile net  income and shareholder's equity as  reported
herein   in  conformity  with  generally  accepted  accounting  principles  with
statutory net  income and  capital and  surplus, determined  in accordance  with
statutory  accounting practices prescribed or  permitted by insurance regulatory
authorities:
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                      NET INCOME
                                                                                      YEAR ENDED
                                                                                     DECEMBER 31,
                                                                            -------------------------------
                                                                              1995       1994       1993
                                                                            ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                         <C>        <C>        <C>
Balance per generally accepted accounting principles......................  $   2,879  $   1,294  $     529
  Income taxes............................................................       (164)        29          8
  Interest maintenance reserve............................................                   (53)        27
  Non-admitted assets and statutory reserves..............................        (46)        15        (47)
                                                                            ---------  ---------  ---------
Balance per statutory accounting practices................................  $   2,669  $   1,285  $     517
                                                                            ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                            ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
    
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                   SHAREHOLDER'S
                                                                                       EQUITY
                                                                                    DECEMBER 31,
                                                                                  ----------------
                                                                                   1995     1994
                                                                                  -------  -------
<S>                                                                               <C>      <C>
Balance per generally accepted accounting principles............................  $60,012  $52,658
  Income taxes..................................................................      698     (575)
  Unrealized net capital gains (losses).........................................   (4,703)   1,719
  Non-admitted assets and statutory reserves....................................   (1,702)  (1,635)
                                                                                  -------  -------
Balance per statutory accounting practices......................................  $54,305  $52,167
                                                                                  -------  -------
                                                                                  -------  -------
</TABLE>
    
 
   
PERMITTED STATUTORY ACCOUNTING PRACTICES
    
 
   
The Company prepares  their statutory  financial statements  in accordance  with
accounting  principles and  practices prescribed  or permitted  by the insurance
department of the State of  Illinois. 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. The Company does not follow any permitted statutory
accounting practices  that  have  a  material effect  on  statutory  surplus  or
risk-based capital.
    
 
   
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
practices, 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  1996  without  prior  approval  of  both  the  Illinois  and  California
Departments of Insurance is $5,220.
    
 
                                                                            F-13
<PAGE>
   
                       GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                            SCHEDULE IV--REINSURANCE
                                ($ IN THOUSANDS)
    
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 GROSS                  NET
                                                                                AMOUNT      CEDED     AMOUNT
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                            <C>        <C>        <C>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
Life insurance in force......................................................  $   1,250  $   1,250  $  --
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
Premiums and contract charges:
  Life and annuities.........................................................  $   6,571  $   6,571  $  --
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
 
<CAPTION>
 
                                                                                 GROSS                  NET
                                                                                AMOUNT      CEDED     AMOUNT
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                            <C>        <C>        <C>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994
Life insurance in force......................................................  $   1,250  $   1,250  $  --
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
Premiums and contract charges:
  Life and annuities.........................................................  $     409  $     409  $  --
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
<CAPTION>
 
                                                                                 GROSS                  NET
                                                                                AMOUNT      CEDED     AMOUNT
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                                                                            <C>        <C>        <C>
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993
Life insurance in force......................................................  $   1,250  $   1,250  $  --
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
Premiums and contract charges:
  Life.......................................................................          6          6     --
  Contract charges...........................................................         70         70     --
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                               $      76  $      76  $  --
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
                                                                               ---------  ---------  ---------
</TABLE>
    
 
F-14
<PAGE>
                                   APPENDIX A
                            MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT
 
The Market Value Adjustment is based on the following:
 
<TABLE>
<S>        <C>        <C>
I          =          Treasury  Rate for a maturity equal to the  Account's Guarantee Period for the week preceding the
                      establishment of 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 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 totaling approximately $75,725 will 
be incurred or are anticipated to be incurred in connection with the issuance 
and distribution of the securities to be registered: registration 
fees - $51,750; cost of printing and engraving - $18,475; legal fees - $5,000; 
and accounting fees - $500. All amounts are estimated.
    

 
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
<S>           <C>
 (1)          Form of Underwriting Agreement
 (2)          Not Applicable
 (3)          (i)  Articles of Incorporation*
              (ii) 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
(14)          Not Applicable
(15)          Not Applicable
(16)          Not Applicable
(21)          Not Applicable
(23)(a)       Consent of Independent Public Accountants
(23)(b)       Consent of Counsel***
(24)          Powers of Attorney**, ***, ****
(25)          Not Applicable
(26)          Not Applicable
(27)          Financial Data Schedule
(28)          Not Applicable
(99)          Resolution of Board of Directors
</TABLE>

   * Previously filed in Form N-4 Registration Statement No. 33-60882 dated
     April 9, 1993 and incorporated by reference.

  ** Previously filed in Form S-1 Registration Statement No. 33-92842 dated 
     May 30, 1995.

 *** Previously filed in Form S-1 Registration Statement No. 33-92842 dated 
     August 24, 1995. 

**** Filed herewith powers of attorney for James P. Zils and Casey J. Sylla. 
      
                                      II-1
<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;
 
    (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 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the 
registrant, Glenbrook Life and Annuity Company, pursuant to the foregoing 
provisions, or otherwise, the 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 than 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, the 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.

 
                                      II-2
<PAGE>
                                   SIGNATURES
 
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 the
registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, and its seal to be
hereunto affixed and attested, in the Township of Northfield State of
Illinois, on the 8th day of April, 1996.

                                      GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                                      (Registrant)
(SEAL)

  Attest: /s/BRENDA D. SNEED           By:  /s/MICHAEL J. VELOTTA
         -----------------------           -----------------------------
            Brenda D. Sneed                  Michael J. Velotta
            Assistant Secretary              Vice President, Secretary and
                                              General Counsel


    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been duly signed below by the following Directors and
Officers of Glenbrook Life and Annuity Company on the 8th day of April, 1996.
 
  */LOUIS G. LOWER, II          Chairman of the Board of Directors and
- -----------------------          Chief Executive Officer 
    Louis G. Lower, II           (Principal Executive Officer)
 
 /s/MICHAEL J. VELOTTA
- -----------------------         Vice President, Secretary, General
    Michael J. Velotta           Counsel and Director

 **/MARLA G. FRIEDMAN
- -----------------------         President, Chief Operating Officer 
    Marla G. Friedman            and Director
 
  */PETER H. HECKMAN
- -----------------------         Vice President and Director
    Peter H. Heckman
 
  */G. CRAIG WHITEHEAD
- -----------------------         Assistant Vice President and Director
    G. Craig Whitehead
 
***/JAMES P. ZILS
- -----------------------         Treasurer
    James P. Zils

***/CASEY J. SYLLA
- -----------------------         Chief Investment Officer and Director
    Casey J. Sylla               
 
  */BARRY S. PAUL               Assistant Vice President and Controller 
- -----------------------          (Principal Accounting Officer)
    Barry S. Paul                

 
  */ By Michael J. Velotta, pursuant to power of attorney, previously filed 
     with Form S-1 Registration Statement No. 33-92842 dated May 30, 1995.

 **/ By Michael J. Velotta, pursuant to power of attorney, previously filed 
     with Form S-1 Registration Statement No. 33-92842 dated August 24, 1995.

***/ By Micheal J. Velotta, pursuant to power of attorney filed herewith.

                                      II-3
<PAGE>
                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
    The following exhibits are filed herewith:

<TABLE>
<S>        <C>
(1)        Form of Underwriting Agreement
(2)        Not Applicable
(3)        (i)  Articles of Incorporation*
           (ii) By-Laws*
(4)        Form of Glenbrook Life and Annuity Company Flexible Premium 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
(21)       Not Applicable
(23)(a)    Consent of Independent Public Accountants
(23)(b)    Consent of Counsel ***
(24)       Powers of Attorney**, ***, ****
(25)       Not Applicable
(26)       Not Applicable
(27)       Financial Data Schedule
(28)       Not Applicable
(99)       Resolution of Board of Directors
</TABLE>
 
   *  Previously filed in Form N-4 Registration Statement No. 33-60882 dated
      April 9, 1993 and incorporated by reference.

  **  Previously filed in Form S-1 Registration Statement No. 33-92842 dated
      May 30, 1995.

 ***  Previously filed in Form S-1 Registration Statement No. 33-92842 dated 
      August 24, 1995.

****  Filed herewith powers of attorney for James P. Zils and Casey J. Sylla.



<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:


<PAGE>

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:



<PAGE>

         (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 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;


<PAGE>

         (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 



<PAGE>

              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 the Commission 
              thereunder, and will not 


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              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 



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         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



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         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.

  (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



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         (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;



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         (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.

  (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



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         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.



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



BY:      ____________________________            ______________________________
         President                               Date




ALLSTATE LIFE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.



BY:      ____________________________            ______________________________
         President                               Date



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                                  Attachment A


                            UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT


"Contracts"                                                              Form #
- -------------------------------------------------------------------      ------


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                                  Attachment B

                            UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT


Compensation
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                                                             Exhibit No. (23)(a)












                 Consent of Independent Public Accountants 















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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration 
Statement No. 33-92842 on Form S-1, of Glenbrook Life and Annuity Company of 
our report dated March 1, 1996, 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
April 8, 1996



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                                                           Exhibit No. (24)


                              POWERS OF ATTORNEY

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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

               WITH RESPECT TO THE GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                     MARKET VALUE ADJUSTED ANNUITY CONTRACT

     Know all men by these presents that James P. Zils, 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.

   
                                                              3/6/96
                                                     _________________________
                                                     Date

                                                     /s/ JAMES P. ZILS
                                                     _________________________
                                                     James P. Zils
                                                     Treasurer
    

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                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

               WITH RESPECT TO THE GLENBROOK LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
                    MARKET VALUE ADJUSTED ANNUITY CONTRACT

     Know all men by these presents that Casey J. Sylla, 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.

   
                                                              3/5/96
                                                     _________________________
                                                     Date


                                                     /s/ CASEY J. SYLLA
                                                     __________________________
                                                     Casey J. Sylla
                                                     Chief Investment Officer
    


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                                                                Exhibit No. (99)









                   Resolution of Board of Directors 










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  RESOLVED, That, pursuant to the Corporation's plan to issue market value 
adjusted annuity contracts ("Contracts"), the appropriate officers, with such 
assistance from the Corporation'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 Corporation 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 Corporation shall deem necessary or appropriate.

  FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, 
and the Vice President of the Corporation, 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 Corporation 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 
Corporation 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 Corporation.

  FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Vice President, Secretary, and General Counsel 
is hereby appointed as agent for service of process under any such 
registration 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.

  FURTHER RESOLVED, That the appropriate officers of the Corporation be and 
they hereby are, authorized on behalf of the Corporation 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 
Corporation, 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, convenants, 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 Corporation.

  FURTHER RESOLVED, That the appropriate officers of the Corporation, 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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