0001193125-22-298376.txt : 20221205 0001193125-22-298376.hdr.sgml : 20221205 20221205151407 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-22-298376 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497VPI PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20221205 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20221205 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20221205 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NATIONWIDE VLI SEPARATE ACCOUNT 4 CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001041357 IRS NUMBER: 314156830 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497VPI SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-229640 FILM NUMBER: 221444735 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE CO STREET 2: ONE NATIONWIDE PLAZA CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: OH ZIP: 43215 BUSINESS PHONE: 614-249-7111 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE CO STREET 2: ONE NATIONWIDE PLAZA CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: OH ZIP: 43215 0001041357 S000009474 NATIONWIDE VLI SEPARATE ACCOUNT-4 C000211469 Nationwide Innovator Corporate VUL 497VPI 1 d418524d497vpi.htm NW INNOVATOR CORPORATE VUL (333-229640) NW Innovator Corporate VUL (333-229640)
Supplement dated December 9, 2022
to the following initial summary prospectus(es):
Nationwide Innovator Corporate VUL dated May 1, 2022
This supplement updates certain information contained in your initial summary prospectus. Please read and
retain this supplement for future reference.
Nationwide is issuing this Supplement to amend disclosure related to changes to policy charges for policies with a Policy Date on or after January 1, 2023.
Accordingly, the following updates have been made to the initial summary prospectus:
1.
The Additional Information About Fees section is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Additional Information About Fees
The following tables describe the fees and expenses that a policy owner will pay when buying, owning, and surrendering or taking partial surrenders from the policy. Please refer to the Policy Data Pages of your policy for information about the specific fees you will pay based on the options you have elected.
The first table describes the fees and expenses that a policy owner will pay at the time the policy owner pays Premium into the policy, takes partial surrenders from the policy, or transfers Cash Value between investment options.
Transaction Fees
Charge
When Charge is
Deducted
Amount Deducted
Percent of Premium Charge1
Upon making a Premium
payment
Maximum:
Policy Year 1
12% of Premium
received
up to Target Premium for
all policies;
12% of Premium
received that exceeds
Target Premium for all
policies
Currently:
Policy Year 1
10% of Premium received
up to Target Premium for
all policies;
2% of Premium if the
policy
is a modified
endowment contract2; and
0% of Premium received
that exceeds
Target Premium if the
policy is not a
modified endowment
contract
Illustration Charge3
If illustration requests
exceed 10 in any 12 month
period
Maximum:
$25
Currently:
$25
Partial Surrender Fee
Upon a partial surrender
Maximum:
$25
Currently:
$0
Overloan Lapse Protection Rider
Charge
Upon invoking the Rider
Maximum:
For policies issued with
the guideline premium/
cash value corridor test:
$42.50 per $1,000 of
Cash Value
For policies issued with
the cash value
accumulation test:
$157 per $1,000 of Cash
Value
Minimum:
$1.50 per $1,000 of Cash
Value
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Transaction Fees
Charge
When Charge is
Deducted
Amount Deducted
Representative: an Attained Age 85
Insured with a Cash Value of $500,000
Upon invoking the Rider
$32 per $1,000 of Cash Value
This charge will vary based upon the individual characteristics of the Insured. Representative charges shown in the table may not be representative of the charge that a particular policy owner will pay. Policy owners can request an illustration of specific costs and/or see the Policy Data Pages for information about specific charges of the policy.
1
The Percent of Premium Charge is assessed each time a Premium payment is received. The Percent of Premium Charge will depend on whether the Target Premium for the year in which the Premium is received has been reached. For the applicable charge for all policy years after the first policy year, see Percent of Premium Charge in the statutory prospectus.
2
For policies that are modified endowment contracts the charge is 2%. For policies that are not modified endowment contracts, the charge is 0%.
3
The policy owner will be expected to pay the Illustration Charge at the time of the request. This charge will not be deducted from the policy's Cash Value.
The next table describes the fees and expenses that a policy owner will pay periodically while the policy is In Force, not including mutual fund operating expenses.
Periodic Charges Other than Annual Underlying Mutual Fund Expenses
Base Contract Charges
Charge
When Charge is
Deducted
Amount Deducted
Cost of Insurance Charge
Monthly
Maximum:
$83.33 per $1,000 of Net
Amount At Risk
Minimum:
$0.03 per $1,000 of Net
Amount At Risk
Representative: an individual Insured,
unisex, Issue Age 42, non-tobacco, Total
Specified Amount $250,000, Death Benefit
Option 1, policy year 10 and issued on a
guaranteed issue basis
Monthly
Currently: $0.37 per $1,000 of Net Amount At Risk
Flat Extra Charge1
Monthly
Maximum:
$2.08 per $1,000 of Net Amount At Risk for each Flat
Extra assessed
Base Policy Specified Amount
Charge
Monthly
Maximum:
$0.40 per $1,000 of
Base Policy Specified
Amount
Minimum:
$0.00 per $1,000 of Base
Policy Specified
Amount
Representative: an individual Insured,
unisex, Issue Age 42, non-tobacco, Total
Specified Amount $250,000, Death Benefit
Option 1, policy year one and issued on a
guaranteed issue basis
Monthly
Currently: $0.00 per $1,000 of Base Policy Specified
Amount
Variable Account Asset Charge
Monthly
Maximum:
0.90% of Cash Value
allocated to the Sub-
Accounts
Currently:
0.65% of Cash Value
allocated to the Sub-
Accounts
Administrative Per Policy Charge
Monthly
Maximum:
$10.00 per policy
Currently:
$0.00 per policy
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Base Contract Charges
Policy Loan Interest Charge2
Annually
and at the time of certain
events and transactions
Maximum:
2.50% of Indebtedness
Currently:
2.00% of Indebtedness
Optional Benefit Charges
Charge
When Charge is
Deducted
Amount Deducted
Additional Term Insurance Rider Cost
of Insurance Charge
The Rider is available for election until the
Insured reaches Attained Age 100.
Monthly
Maximum:
$83.33 per $1,000 of
Rider Death Benefit
Minimum:
$0.01 per $1,000 of
Rider Death Benefit
Representative: an individual Insured,
unisex, Issue Age 42, non-tobacco, Total
Specified Amount $250,000, Death Benefit
Option 1, policy year 10 and issued on a
guaranteed issue basis
Monthly
$0.16 per $1,000 of Rider Death Benefit
Additional Term Insurance Rider
Specified Amount Charge
Monthly
Maximum:
$0.40 per $1,000 of
Rider Specified Amount
Minimum:
$0.00 per $1,000 of
Rider Specified Amount
Representative: an individual Insured,
unisex, Issue Age 42, non-tobacco, Total
Specified Amount $250,000, Death Benefit
Option 1, policy year one and issued on a
guaranteed issue basis
Monthly
$0.00 per $1,000 of Rider Specified Amount
This charge will vary based upon the individual characteristics of the Insured. Representative charges shown in the table may not be representative of the charge that a particular policy owner will pay. Policy owners can request an illustration of specific costs and/or see the Policy Data Pages for information about specific charges of the policy.
1
The Flat Extra Charge is only applicable if certain factors result in an Insured having a Substandard Rating, see Cost of Insurance in the statutory prospectus. An Insured with more than one Substandard Rating may be assessed more than one Flat Extra Charge.
2
The maximum and current Policy Loan Interest Charge rates are stated as gross rates of interest charged. The effective annual interest rate Nationwide may charge against Indebtedness will never exceed 2.50%. Currently, the effective annual interest rate charged on Indebtedness is 2.00% for the first ten policy years and 1.00% thereafter. The Policy Loan Interest Charge is described in more detail in Policy Loans in the statutory prospectus.
The next table shows the minimum and maximum total operating expenses charged by the underlying mutual funds that a policy owner may periodically pay while the policy is In Force. A complete list of the underlying mutual funds available under the policy, including their annual expenses, may be found at the back of this document in Appendix: Underlying Mutual Funds Available Under the Policy.
Annual Underlying Mutual Fund Expenses
 
Minimum
Maximum
(Expenses that are deducted from underlying mutual fund assets, including
management fees, distribution (12b-1) fees, and other expenses, as a percentage of
average underlying mutual fund assets.)
0.03%
1.62%
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