Exhibit (23)

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment
No. 4 to Registration Statement No. 333-121811 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 Statement of Additional Information
(included as part of Registration Statement No. 333-121693 of Allstate Financial
Advisors Separate Account I (the "Account")), which is incorporated by reference
in the Prospectus of 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 Statement of Additional Information, and to the reference to us under the
heading "Experts" in Exhibit 99(b) of Part II of this Registration Statement.


/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Chicago, Illinois
April 16, 2007