February 23, 2007

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549

Re: MERRILL LYNCH LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT C
     Registration No. 333-73544

Commissioners:

Merrill Lynch Life Insurance Company, on behalf of Registrant, has sent or will
send to contract owners the annual reports for the period ended December 31,
2006, for the following underlying mutual funds ("Funds") in which Registrant
invests:

ANNUAL REPORT FILINGS:

BLACKROCK VARIABLE SERIES FUNDS, INC.

BlackRock Money Market V.I. Fund, SEC File No.: 811-03290

MLIG VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST

Roszel/JP Morgan International Equity Portfolio, SEC File No.: 811-21038
Roszel/Delaware Small-Mid Cap Growth Portfolio, SEC File No.: 811-21038
Roszel/AllianceBernstein Large Cap Core Portfolio, SEC File No.: 811-21038
Roszel/Lazard International Portfolio, SEC File No.: 811-21038
Roszel/Lord Abbett Government Securities Portfolio, SEC File No.: 811-21038
Roszel/Lord Abbett Large Cap Value Portfolio, SEC File No.: 811-21038
Roszel/BlackRock Fixed Income Portfolio, SEC File No.: 811-21038
Roszel/BlackRock Relative Value Portfolio, SEC File No.: 811-21038
Roszel/Loomis Sayles Large Cap Growth Portfolio, SEC File No.:  811-21038
Roszel/NWQ Small Cap Value Portfolio, SEC File No.: 811-21038
Roszel/Rittenhouse Large Cap Growth Portfolio, SEC File No.: 811-21038
Roszel/Franklin Mid Cap Growth Portfolio, SEC File No.: 811-21038
Roszel/Fayez Sarofim Large Cap Core Portfolio, SEC File No.: 811-21038
Roszel/Kayne Anderson Rudnick Small-Mid Cap Value Portfolio, SEC File No.:
811-21038
Roszel/Davis Large Cap Value Portfolio, SEC File No.: 811-21038

Some of the funds listed above may not be available under every policy or
contract offered by the Registrant.



Merrill Lynch Life Insurance Company understands that the Funds have filed or
will file their annual reports with the Commission under separate cover.

Please direct any question or comment regarding the enclosed to the undersigned
at (609) 274-5395.

Very truly yours,


/s/ Kirsty Lieberman
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                      Merrill Lynch Life Insurance Company
                            1300 Merrill Lynch Drive
                              Pennington, NJ 08534