0001193125-15-170027.txt : 20160201 0001193125-15-170027.hdr.sgml : 20160201 20150505060904 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-15-170027 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150505 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Variable Annuity-8 Series Account CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001639553 IRS NUMBER: 132690792 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 50 MAIN STREET STREET 2: 9TH FLOOR CITY: WHITE PLAINS STATE: NY ZIP: 10606 BUSINESS PHONE: 518-437-1816 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 8515 EAST ORCHARD ROAD, 2T3 STREET 2: C/O GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE CITY: GREENWOOD VILLAGE STATE: CO ZIP: 80111 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Variable Annuity-8 Series Account DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20150414 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm SEC Letter

GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK

50 Main Street

White Plains, NY 10606

May 5, 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 of New York (“Great-West”)

Variable Annuity-8 Series Account (the “Registrant”)

Initial Registration Statement on Form N-4 for the SecureFoundation Variable Annuity

File Nos. 811-23054 & 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