March 10, 2006 Securities and Exchange Commission 100 F Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20549 Re: MERRILL LYNCH LIFE VARIABLE ANNUITY SEPARATE ACCOUNT C Merrill Lynch Consults Annuity-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, 2005, for the following underlying mutual funds ("Funds") in which Registrant invests: ANNUAL REPORT FILINGS: FAM VARIABLE SERIES FUNDS, INC. Mercury Domestic Money Market V.I. Fund MLIG VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST Roszel/William Blair International Portfolio Roszel/Delaware Small-Mid Cap Growth Portfolio Roszel/Alliance Large Cap Core Portfolio Roszel/Lazard International Portfolio Roszel/Lord Abbett Government Securities Portfolio Roszel/Lord Abbett Large Cap Value Portfolio Roszel/MLIM Fixed Income Portfolio Roszel/MLIM Relative Value Portfolio Roszel/Loomis Sayles Large Cap Growth Portfolio Roszel/NWQ Small Cap Value Portfolio Roszel/Rittenhouse Large Cap Growth Portfolio Roszel/Franklin Templeton Mid Cap Growth Portfolio Roszel/Fayez Sarofim Large Cap Core Portfolio Roszel/Kayne Anderson Rudnick Small-Mid Cap Value Portfolio 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 ------------------------------------- Merrill Lynch Life Insurance Company 1300 Merrill Lynch Drive Pennington, NJ 08534