Supplement, dated July 6, 2011,       

                                             to the Prospectus for your Variable Annuity

                                                                             Issued by

          ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

                    ALLSTATE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

           LINCOLN BENEFIT LIFE COMPANY

This supplement amends the prospectus for your Variable Annuity contract issued by Allstate Life Insurance Company

or Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York or Lincoln Benefit Life Company, as applicable.

Effective as of August 19, 2011 (the Closure Date), the following variable sub-accounts available in your Variable

Annuity will be closed to all contract owners except those contract owners who have contract value invested in the

variable sub-accounts as of the Closure Date:

Invesco V.I. Basic Value Fund—Series I

Invesco V.I. Basic Value Fund—Series II

Contract owners who have contract value invested in these variable sub-accounts as of the Closure Date may continue

to submit additional investments into the variable sub-accounts thereafter, although they will not be permitted to

invest in the variable sub-accounts if they withdraw or otherwise transfer their entire contract value from the variable

sub-accounts following the Closure Date.  Contract owners who do not have contract value invested in the

variable sub-accounts as of the Closure Date will not be permitted to invest in these variable sub-accounts thereafter.

Dollar cost averaging and/or auto-rebalancing, if elected by a contract owner, will not be affected by the closure.

If you have any questions, please contact your financial representative or our Variable Annuity Service Center at (800) 457-7617.  

Our representatives are available to assist you from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central time.

Please read the prospectus supplement carefully and then file it with your important papers. No other action is

required of you.