Exhibit 1.A.(8)(b)(i)

AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

     THIS AGREEMENT is made by and among Southland Life Insurance Company, a life insurance company organized under the laws of the State of Texas (the "Company"), Variable Insurance Products Fund, an unincorporated business trust organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the "Fund"), and Fidelity Distributors Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (the "Underwriter") (collectively, the "Parties").

     WHEREAS, the Parties executed a participation agreement dated August 10, 1995 (the "Participation Agreement"), governing how shares of the Fund's portfolios are to be made available to certain variable life insurance and/or variable annuity contracts (the "Contracts") offered by the Company through certain separate accounts (the "Separate Accounts");

     WHEREAS, the various contracts for which shares are purchased are listed in Schedule A of the Participation Agreement;

     WHEREAS, the Parties have agreed that it is in their interests to add an additional Contract and class of Fund to be purchased by the Separate Accounts;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of their mutual promises, the Company, the Fund and the Underwriter agree as follows:

1. The Participation Agreement is hereby amended by substituting for the current Schedule A an amended Schedule A in the form attached hereto which adds the Survivor Dimensions Variable Universal Life policies to the list of Contracts funded by the Separate Accounts.

2. The Participation Agreement is hereby amended by substituting for the current Schedule C an amended Schedule C in the form attached hereto which adds certain other investment options to the Contracts funded by the Separate Accounts.

3. The Participation Agreement is hereby amended by adding Schedule D in the form attached hereto which adds certain classes of certain Fidelity Funds to some Contracts funded by the Separate Accounts.

4. All notices sent to Southland Life pursuant to Section XI Notices of the Agreement shall be directed to:

          Southland Life Insurance Company
          1290 Broadway
          Denver, CO 80203
          Attention: Variable Counsel
          Fax: (303) 860-2134

Executed this 5th day of October, 2000.

Southland Life Insurance Company	Variable Insurance Products Fund
BY: /s/ Jim Livingston	BY: /s/ Robert C. Pozen
Jim Livingston	Robert C. Pozen
Executive Vice President	Senior Vice President
	Fidelity Distributors Corporation
	BY: /s/ Kevin J. Kelly
	Kevin J. Kelly
	Vice President

SCHEDULE A

Name of Separate Account and Date Established by Board of Directors	Contracts Funded by Separate Account
Southland Separate Account A1 (February 25, 1994)	Flexible Premium Deferred Combination Fixed and Variable Annuity Contract
Southland Separate Account L1 (February 25, 1994)	Future Dimensions Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance Policy
	Survivor Dimensions Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance Policy

SCHEDULE C

Other investment companies currently available under variable annuities or variable life insurance offered by the Company.

     The Alger American Fund
     Alger American Small Capitalization Portfolio
     Alger American MidCap Growth Portfolio
     Alger American Growth Portfolio
     Alger American Leveraged Allcap Portfolio

     Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund II
     Contrafund Portfolio
     Asset Manager Portfolio
     Investment Grade Bond Portfolio
     Index 500 Portfolio

     GCG Trust
     Research Portfolio
     Total Return Portfolio
     Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio
     Liquid Assets Portfolio

     INVESCO Variable Investment Funds, Inc.
     Utilities Portfolio
     Equity Income Portfolio

     Janus Aspen Series
     Growth Portfolio
     Aggressive Growth Portfolio
     Worldwide Growth Portfolio
     International Growth Portfolio
     Balanced Portfolio

Schedule D

     Portfolios of the Fund available as funding vehicles under the Contracts:

Initial Class Shares
     Growth Portfolio
     Money Market Portfolio
     Overseas Portfolio
     Equity-Income Portfolio
     High Income Portfolio

Service Class Shares
     Growth Portfolio
     Overseas Porfolio
     Equity-Income Portfolio
     High Income Portfolio