AMENDMENT TO THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT DATED MAY 1, 2004 BY AND AMONG PREMIER VIT, ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS DISTRIBUTORS LLC AND ML LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK This is an amendment to the May 1, 2004 Participation Agreement ("Agreement")...

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                    AMENDMENT TO THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
                                DATED MAY 1, 2004
                                  BY AND AMONG
                                  PREMIER VIT,
                  ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS DISTRIBUTORS LLC AND
                      ML LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

     This is an amendment to the May 1, 2004 Participation Agreement
("Agreement") among Premier VIT (the "Fund"), Allianz Global Investors
Distributors LLC, and ML Life Insurance Company of New York.

     Article XI. Notices. of the Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

          If to the Company: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esquire
                             Vice President & General Counsel
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                             Email: ▇▇▇▇▇_▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇.▇▇▇
                             Fax: ▇▇▇.▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇

     Schedule 2 is amended to add the following Portfolio of the Fund as
permitted in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement for investment by
the separate accounts listed on Schedule 1:

NFJ Dividend Value Portfolio

May 1, 2007



                                        PREMIER VIT


                                        By:
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                                        Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
                                        Title: President & CEO


                                        ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS DISTRIBUTORS
                                        LLC


                                        By:
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                                        Name: E. ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Jr.
                                        Title: Managing Director & CEO


                                        ML LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK


                                        By:
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                                        Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
                                        Title: Vice President & Senior Counsel


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