MERRILL LYNCH LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
             MERRILL LYNCH LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT C

                     ML LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
               ML OF NEW YORK VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT C

                         SUPPLEMENT DATED JUNE 23, 2006
                                     TO THE
                         PROSPECTUSES DATED MAY 1, 2006
                                      FOR
                        MERRILL LYNCH CONSULTS ANNUITY(SM)


This supplement updates your Prospectus for the Merrill Lynch Consults
Annuity(SM) issued through Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account
C or ML of New York Variable Annuity Separate Account C (the "Separate
Accounts").

As noted in your Prospectus, we may close any subaccount to allocations of
premiums and transfers of contract value for Consults Annuity Contracts issued
on or after a specified date if that subaccount invests in a portfolio of the
MLIG Variable Insurance Trust ("MLIG Trust") whose subadviser is an investment
manager placed "on hold" within the Merrill Lynch Consults managed brokerage
account program (the "Consults Program") offered by our affiliate Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated ("MLPF&S"). An investment manager may be
placed "on hold" under the Consults Program for a variety of reasons, including
changes in key personnel, changes in investment process, performance, or other
factors. During any period that an investment manager is "on hold," its
investment team, process, and performance are being evaluated. Depending on the
results of this evaluation, MLPF&S may remove the investment manager's "on hold"
designation under the Consults Program.  We may similarly choose to reopen any
closed subaccount that invests in a portfolio of the MLIG Trust whose subadviser
is an investment manager that is no longer "on hold" under the Consults Program.

The subaccounts investing in the ROSZEL/KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK SMALL-MID CAP
VALUE PORTFOLIO of MLIG Trust have been closed to allocations of premiums and
contract value for Consults Annuity Contracts issued on or after June 23, 2006.

For this subaccount, if your Consults Annuity Contract was issued before the
noted date, you may continue to allocate premiums and transfer contract value to
the subaccount. If your Consults Annuity Contract was issued on or after the
noted date, you may not allocate premiums or transfer contract value to the
subaccount. We will keep you informed of any change in the status of this
subaccount.


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If you have any questions, please contact your Financial Advisor, or call the
Service Center at (800) 535-5549 (for Consults Annuity Contracts issued by
Merrill Lynch Life Insurance Company) or (800) 333-6524 (for Consults Annuity
Contracts issued by ML Life Insurance Company of New York), or write the Service
Center at P.O. Box 44222, Jacksonville, Florida 32231-4222.  Please retain this
supplement with your Consults Annuity Prospectus for your reference.



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