Northbrook Life Insurance Company
                     Northbrook Variable Annuity Account II
                Northbrook Life Variable Life Separate Account A

                           Supplement to Prospectuses
                          Dated May 1 and July 10, 1998


The Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Variable Investment Series (the "Fund") announced
today that the  shareholders  of its  Capital  Appreciation  Portfolio  recently
approved the combination of substantially  all of that  Portfolio's  assets with
those of the Fund's Equity Portfolio. The Fund expects the combination, which is
subject to regulatory approval, to occur by the end of March 1999.

As a result of the combination of the Portfolios,  the Capital  Appreciation and
Equity  Sub-Accounts  available  under your Contract will both own shares of the
Fund's  Equity  Portfolio.  To avoid  duplication  and  confusion,  we intend to
combine the Capital  Appreciation  Sub-Account  into the Equity  Sub-Account  in
conjunction  with  the  combination  of the  Portfolios.  When  we  combine  the
Sub-Accounts,  you will receive an interest in the Equity  Sub-Account  equal in
value to your interest in the Capital  Appreciation  Sub-Account  at the time of
the combination.  Thereafter,  we will no longer offer the Capital  Appreciation
Sub-Account as an investment option.


February 24, 1999