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TRANSAMERICA ADVISORS LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY

Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity

Separate Account C

Supplement Dated December 12, 2011

to the

Prospectus For

MERRILL LYNCH CONSULTS ANNUITY®

(Dated May 1, 2008)

 

 

TRANSAMERICA ADVISORS LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF NEW YORK

ML of New York Variable Annuity

Separate Account C

Supplement Dated December 12, 2011

to the

Prospectus For

MERRILL LYNCH CONSULTS ANNUITY®

(Dated May 1, 2008)

This supplement updates the Prospectus for Merrill Lynch Consults Annuity® issued by Transamerica Advisors Life Insurance Company and Transamerica Advisors Life Insurance Company of New York.

Effective on or about December 12, 2011 the following subaccount name changes will occur:

 

Current Subaccount Name(1)    New Subaccount Name

Transamerica AEGON U.S. Government Securities VP

   TA AEGON U.S. Government Securities

Transamerica AllianceBernstein Dynamic Allocation VP

   TA AllianceBernstein Dynamic Allocation

Transamerica BlackRock Tactical Allocation VP

   TA BlackRock Tactical Allocation

Transamerica BlackRock Large Cap Value VP

   TA BlackRock Large Cap Value

Transamerica JPMorgan Mid Cap Value VP

   TA JPMorgan Mid Cap Value

Transamerica JPMorgan Enhanced Index VP

   TA JPMorgan Enhanced Index

Transamerica Jennison Growth VP

   TA Jennison Growth

Transamerica MFS International Equity VP

   TA MFS International Equity

Transamerica Morgan Stanley Active International Allocation VP

   TA Morgan Stanley Active International Allocation

Transamerica Morgan Stanley Growth Opportunities VP

   TA Morgan Stanley Growth Opportunities

Transamerica Morgan Stanley Mid Cap Growth VP

   TA Morgan Stanley Mid-Cap Growth

Transamerica Multi Managed Large Cap Core VP

   TA Multi Managed Large Cap Core

Transamerica PIMCO Total Return VP

   TA PIMCO Total Return

Transamerica Systematic Small/Mid Cap Value VP

   TA Systematic Small/Mid Cap Value

Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP

   TA T. Rowe Price Small Cap

Transamerica WMC Diversified Equity VP

   TA WMC Diversified Equity

Transamerica WMC Diversified Growth VP

   TA WMC Diversified Growth

 

(1) 

Also the name of the underlying fund portfolio the subaccount invests in. The underlying fund portfolio name is not changing.

Effective on or about December 30, 2011, the following subaccount merger will occur:

 

Existing Subaccount   Acquiring Subaccount

TA Morgan Stanley Growth Opportunities

  TA Morgan Stanley Mid-Cap Growth

TA WMC Diversified Equity

  TA WMC Diversified Growth

Any references in the Prospectus to the above subaccounts are hereby changed as noted above.

No action is necessary on your part if you want to be invested in the TA Morgan Stanley Mid Cap Growth Subaccount or the TA WMC Diversified Growth Subaccount. If you do not wish to be invested in the TA Morgan Stanley Mid Cap Growth Subaccount or the TA WMC Diversified Growth Subaccount, you may generally transfer your policy value allocated in these Subaccounts to any other subaccount listed in your Prospectus. However, please note that there may be negative consequences and you may lose certain benefits if your transfer, or updated investment allocation violates any allocation guidelines and restrictions applicable to allocation instructions for premium payments or other purposes (for example, dollar cost averaging or rebalancing program ).

If you reallocate your policy value to another subaccount from the TA Morgan Stanley Mid Cap Growth Subaccount or the TA WMC Diversified Growth Subaccount, you will not be charged for the transfer from that subaccount to another available subaccount if made within 30 days of the merger date. This reallocation also will not count as a transfer for purposes of any free transfers that you receive each contract year.

This Prospectus Supplement must be accompanied or preceeded

by the Prospectus for the

Merrill Lynch Consults Annuity® dated May 1, 2008