SUPPLEMENT DATED MAY 2, 2008
                                                                  TO
                                                    PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL 30, 2007

                                            SURVIVORSHIP ADVANTAGE VARIABLE UNIVERSAL LIFE
                                                      INDIVIDUAL FELXIBLE PREMIUM
                                                   VARIABLE UNIVERSAL LIFE POLICIES
                                             ISSUED BY AMERICAN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY
                                                              THROUGH ITS
                                           AMERICAN NATIONAL VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT


As American  National  Insurance  Company will observe the Thanksgiving and Christmas  holidays by being closed for business on Friday,
November 28, 2008, and Friday,  December 26, 2008, the  sub-section  entitled  "Policy  Transactions"  on page 19 is amended to read as
follows:

Surrenders,  transfers,  and loans  requested  by you and premium  payments  made by you are  processed  only on  Valuation  Dates that
American  National  Insurance  Company is open for  business.  American  National  Insurance  Company is closed for business on Friday,
November 28, 2008 and Friday,  December 26, 2008, in  observation  of the  Thanksgiving  and  Christmas  holidays.  On Valuation  Dates
American National Insurance Company is closed for business,  only automated  transactions (i.e. monthly  deductions,  periodic charges,
dollar cost averaging program, portfolio rebalancing program, systematic withdrawal program) are processed.