Dreyfus/Transamerica Triple Advantage(R)
                           Variable and Fixed Annuity

                                    Issued by
                 Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company

                             Separate Account VA-2L


                          Supplement Dated July 1, 1999

                                       To

                          Prospectus Dated May 1, 1999


The  following  information  supplements  the  Prospectus.  You  should  read it
together with the Prospectus.

     1. The first two paragraphs of the Dollar Cost Averaging section on page 28
are changed to read:

           Dollar Cost Averaging

           Before the  annuity  date,  you,  as the owner,  may  request  that a
           designated amount of money be automatically transferred from one, and
           only one, of the sub-accounts which invests in:

      the Money Market Portfolio;

      the Quality Bond Portfolio;

      the Limited Term High Income Portfolio.

           Or you can have it transferred from the fixed account. This money may
           be  transferred  to any of the  sub-accounts  on a  monthly  basis by
           submitting a request to our service center.  The request must be in a
           form and manner acceptable to us. You may be able to transfer amounts
           from the source  accounts in addition  to the Money  Market,  Quality
           Bond and Limited Term High Income  Sub-Accounts,  and can include the
           shortest   guarantee   period.   Call  our  service  center  for  the
           availability  of source accounts  options.  Your transfers will begin
           the month following,  but no sooner than one week following,  receipt
           of such request,  provided that dollar cost averaging  transfers will
           not begin until the later of:

 1.   30 days after the contract date; or

     2. the estimated end of the free look period,  allowing 5 days for delivery
of the contract by mail.

     3. The Special Dollar Cost Averaging  Option section on page 29 is changed,
in its entirety, to read:

           Special Dollar Cost Averaging Option

           (May not be available in all states. See contract for availability of
           the fixed account options.)

           When you make a purchase  payment to the  contract,  you may elect to
           allocate  the  entire  purchase  payment  to either the six or twelve
           month special Dollar Cost Averaging account of the fixed account. The
           purchase payment will be credited with interest at a guaranteed fixed
           rate.  Amounts will then be transferred  from the special Dollar Cost
           Averaging account to the variable  sub-accounts pro rata on a monthly
           basis for six or twelve  months  (depending on the option you select)
           in the  allocations  you specified when you applied for the contract.
           The four  transfers  per year  limit  does not  apply to the  special
           Dollar Cost Averaging option.



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           Amounts from the sub-accounts  and/or general account options may not
           be transferred  into the special Dollar Cost Averaging  accounts.  In
           addition,  if you  request  a  transfer  (other  than a  Dollar  Cost
           Averaging  transfer)  or a  withdrawal  from a  special  Dollar  Cost
           Averaging account,  any amounts remaining in the special account will
           be  transferred  to  the  variable  sub-accounts  according  to  your
           original allocation  instructions.  The special Dollar Cost Averaging
           option  will end and cannot be  reelected.  The  special  Dollar Cost
           Averaging  Option  cannot be in  effect at the same time the  regular
           Dollar Cost Averaging is in effect.



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                    Dreyfus/Transamerica Triple Advantage(R)
                           Variable and Fixed Annuity

                                    Issued by
                 Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company

                             Separate Account VA-2L


                          Supplement Dated July 1, 1999

                                       To

              Statement of Additional Information Dated May 1, 1999


The following information  supplements the Statement of Additional  Information.
You should read it together with the Statement of Additional Information.

3.        The Special Dollar Cost Averaging Option section on page 3 is changed,
          in its entirety, to read:

           SPECIAL DOLLAR COST AVERAGING OPTION
           (May not be available in all states. See contract for availability of
           the fixed account options.)

           When you make a purchase  payment to the  contract,  you may elect to
           allocate  the  entire  purchase  payment  to either the six or twelve
           month special Dollar Cost Averaging account of the fixed account. The
           purchase payment will be credited with interest at a guaranteed fixed
           rate.  Amounts will then be transferred  from the special Dollar Cost
           Averaging account to the variable  sub-accounts pro rata on a monthly
           basis for six or twelve  months  (depending on the option you select)
           in the allocations you specified when you applied for the contract.

           Amounts from the sub-accounts  and/or general account options may not
           be transferred  into the special Dollar Cost Averaging  accounts.  In
           addition,  if you  request  a  transfer  (other  than a  Dollar  Cost
           Averaging  transfer)  or a  withdrawal  from a  special  Dollar  Cost
           Averaging account,  any amounts remaining in the special account will
           be  transferred  to  the  variable  sub-accounts  according  to  your
           original allocation  instructions.  The special Dollar Cost Averaging
           option will end and cannot be reelected.

























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