Exhibit 23(a)


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment
No. 5 to Registration Statement No. 333-100068 of Allstate Life Insurance
Company (the "Company"), on Form S-3 of our report dated March 9, 2007, (which
report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph
relating to a change in method of accounting for certain nontraditional
long-duration contracts and for separate accounts in 2004), relating to the
consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedules of the
Company, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year
ended December 31, 2006, to its use in the Statements of Additional Information
(which are incorporated by reference in the Prospectuses of the Company), which
are part of Registration Statements No. 333-114560, 333-114561, 333-114562, and
333-102934 of Allstate Financial Advisors Separate Account I (the "Account"), to
the use of our report dated March 14, 2007 on the financial statements of the
sub-accounts of the Account also appearing in the Statements of Additional
Information, and to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in Exhibit
99 of Part II of this Registration Statement.



/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Chicago, Illinois
April 16, 2007