0001193125-15-146836.txt : 20160128 0001193125-15-146836.hdr.sgml : 20160128 20150424165452 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-15-146836 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150424 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Variable Annuity-8 Series Account CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001639105 IRS NUMBER: 840467907 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CO FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8515 EAST ORCHARD ROAD STREET 2: 2T3 CITY: GREENWOOD VILLAGE STATE: CO ZIP: 80111 BUSINESS PHONE: 303-737-4675 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8515 EAST ORCHARD ROAD STREET 2: 2T3 CITY: GREENWOOD VILLAGE STATE: CO ZIP: 80111 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Variable Annuity-8 Series Account DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20150409 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Correspondence

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY

8515 East Orchard Road

Greenwood Village, CO 80111

April 24, 2015

VIA EDGAR

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

  Re: Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (“Great-West”)
    Variable Annuity-8 Series Account (the “Registrant”)
    Initial Registration Statement on Form N-4 for the SecureFoundation Variable Annuity
    File Nos. 811-23050 & 333-            

Commissioners:

On behalf of Great-West and the Registrant, filed herewith is the above-captioned initial registration statement (“Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”) and the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”). Registrant is filing the Registration Statement for the purposes of registering a new group variable deferred annuity contract with a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit to be issued to 403(b) plans by Great-West through the Registrant, a separate account of Great-West.

To facilitate the Commission staff’s review of the Registration Statement, we are providing a courtesy copy of the Registration Statement to Mr. Patrick Scott in the Division of Investment Management, Disclosure Review Office No. 3.

Please direct any question or comment regarding the Registration Statement to me at (303) 737-4675 or at ryan.logsdon@greatwest.com or to Steve Roth of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP at (202) 383-0158.

Sincerely yours,

/s/ Ryan L. Logsdon                    

Ryan L. Logsdon

Assistant Vice President & Counsel

 

cc:   Patrick F. Scott, Esq.
     Division of Investment Management, Disclosure Review Office No. 3.

 

     Steve E. Roth, Esq.
     Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP