Supplement to Prospectus Dated May 3, 1999
                       Supplement dated February 29, 2000

This Supplement should be retained with the current Prospectus for your variable
annuity  contract  issued  by  American   Skandia  Life  Assurance   Corporation
("American  Skandia").  If you do not have a current prospectus,  please contact
American Skandia at 1-800-SKANDIA.

AST Janus Overseas Growth Portfolio/Sub-account

Effective March 1, 2000, the AST Janus Overseas Growth  portfolio will no longer
be offered as a Sub-account under the Annuity,  except as noted below.  Existing
contracts  with  Account  Value  allocated  to the  AST  Janus  Overseas  Growth
Sub-account  as of February 29, 2000 may continue to allocate  Account Value and
make  transfers into the AST Janus Overseas  Growth  Sub-account,  including any
bank drafting, dollar cost averaging, asset allocation and rebalancing programs.
Contracts  issued  on or after  March 1, 2000 will not be  allowed  to  allocate
Account Value to the AST Janus Overseas Growth  Sub-account  unless the contract
application  was  postmarked  on  or  before  February  29,  2000  and  included
instructions  to  allocate  Account  Value  to the  AST  Janus  Overseas  Growth
Sub-account.

The AST Janus Overseas Growth  Sub-account may be offered to new Contract Owners
at some future  date;  however,  at the present  time,  American  Skandia has no
intention to do so.

ASAP / ASAP II / ASXT / ASL / AS Pro / ASI / CH2 (02/29/2000)
                                                           VA SUPP. (02/29/2000)