Allstate Life Insurance Company

3100 Sanders Road, Suite J5B Northbrook, IL 60062

Phone 847.402.9365  Fax 847.326.7223

Email AFONTANA@allstate.com

Angela K. Fontana

Vice President, Secretary

and General Counsel

Insurance Operations

November 7, 2014

To:                      Allstate Life Insurance Company

Northbrook, IL 60062

From:                      Angela K. Fontana

Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

Re:                      Form S-3 Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933

File No. 333-

The Custom Plus Annuity

With reference to the Form S-3 Registration Statement filed by Allstate Life Insurance Company (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the Flexible Premium Deferred Annuity Contracts, known as The Custom Plus Annuity (the “Contracts”) described therein, I have examined such documents and such law as I have considered necessary and appropriate, and on the basis of such examination, it is my opinion that as of November 7, 2014:

1) The Company is duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Illinois and has been duly authorized to do business and to issue the Contracts by the Director of Insurance of the State of Illinois.

2) The securities registered by the above Registration Statement when issued will be valid, legal and binding obligations of the Company.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the above referenced Registration Statement and to the use of my name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus constituting part of the Registration Statement.

Sincerely,

/s/ ANGELA K. FONTANA

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Angela K. Fontana

Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel