Exhibit 23 (a)

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the  incorporation by reference in this  Post-Effective  Amendment
No. 3 to  Registration  Statement  No.  333-100068  of Allstate  Life  Insurance
Company (the "Company") on Form S-3 of our report dated February 24, 2005 (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 and changes in the
methods  of  accounting  for  embedded   derivatives  in  modified   coinsurance
agreements  and  variable  interest  entities in 2003),  appearing in the Annual
Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended  December 31, 2004, 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 24, 2005  relating to the  financial  statements of the Account also
appearing in such  Statements of Additional  Information and to the reference to
us under the heading "Experts" in such Statements of Additional  Information and
in Exhibit 99 of Part II of this Registration Statement.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Chicago, Illinois
April 25, 2005




Exhibit 23 (b)

                                   CONSENT OF
                               FOLEY & LARDNER LLP


     We hereby  consent to the  reference  to our firm under the caption  "Legal
Matters" in the prospectuses included in Post-Effective  Amendment 3 to the Form
S-3  Registration  Statement  of  Allstate  Life  Insurance  Company  (File  No.
333-100068).

/s/  Foley & Lardner LLP
FOLEY & LARDNER LLP

Washington, D.C.
April 14, 2005