THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

PROSPECTUSES DATED MAY 1, 2022

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL VARIABLE LIFE ACCOUNT

VARIABLE LIFE

VARIABLE COMPLIFE®

VARIABLE JOINT LIFE

VARIABLE EXECUTIVE LIFE

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL VARIABLE LIFE ACCOUNT II

VARIABLE UNIVERSAL LIFE PLUS
EXECUTIVE VARIABLE UNIVERSAL LIFE—II
VARIABLE UNIVERSAL LIFE PLUS—NY

CUSTOM VARIABLE UNIVERSAL LIFE
EXECUTIVE VARIABLE UNIVERSAL LIFE
SURVIVORSHIP VARIABLE UNIVERSAL LIFE

This Supplement updates certain information in the most recent prospectuses, initial summary prospectuses and updating summary prospectuses, as applicable, for the above-referenced variable life contracts and any supplements to the prospectuses, initial summary prospectuses and updating summary prospectuses (together the “Prospectuses”). You should read this Supplement in conjunction with your Prospectuses and retain it for future reference. Unless otherwise indicated, all other information included in the Prospectuses remains unchanged. The terms and section headings we use in this Supplement have the same meaning as in the Prospectuses. We will send you another copy of any prospectus or supplements without charge upon request.

Effective November 25, 2022, Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited (“Aberdeen”), sub-adviser for the Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio, will change its name to abrdn Investments Limited. In light of this change, in APPENDIX A—Portfolios Available under Your Policy, the following row in the table is amended to contain the above information. Please be advised that certain client-facing materials (including, for example, account statements and transaction forms) and certain client website descriptions may continue to refer to Aberdeen when identifying the sub-adviser for the Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio until such time that internal system name change processes are completed. 

Investment Objective	Portfolio	Adviser/ Sub-adviser (if applicable)	Current Expenses	Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/2021)
				1 Year	5 Year	10 year
Capital appreciation	Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio2	MSA/abrdn Investments Limited	0.89%1	-4.55%	9.99%	5.00%

This Supplement is dated November 18, 2022.