As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2024
Registration No. 333-249154/811-4420
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-6
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 [X]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT
COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 214 [X]
WRL SERIES LIFE ACCOUNT
(Exact Name of Registrant)
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Name of Depositor)
6400 C Street SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52499
(Address of Depositors Principal Executive Offices)
Depositors Telephone Number: (319) 355-8511
Brian Stallworth, Esquire
Transamerica Life Insurance Company
c/o Office of the General Counsel
6400 C Street SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52499
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
X on May 1, 2024, pursuant to paragraph (b)
60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) (1)
On (Date) , pursuant to paragraph (a) (1)
If appropriate, check the following box:
This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
P R O S P E C T U S
May 1, 2024
WRL FREEDOM EQUITY PROTECTOR
issued through
WRL Series Life Account
By
Transamerica Life Insurance Company
Administrative Office:
6400 C Street SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52499
Please direct transactions, claim forms, payments and other correspondence and notices as follows:
Transaction Type | Direct or Send to | |
Telephonic Transaction |
1-727- 299-1800 or 1-800-851-9777 (toll free) | |
Facsimile Transaction |
1-727-299-1620 | |
Electronic Transaction |
tlic.transamerica.com/ | |
Payments made by check |
PO Box 429, Cedar Rapids IA 52406-0429 or 6400 C St. SW, Cedar Rapids IA 52499 | |
Claims, general correspondence, and notices | Mailing Address: 6400 C St. SW, Cedar Rapids IA 52499-00011 |
AN INDIVIDUAL FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE POLICY
Sales of this policy were discontinued for new purchasers in 2007
This prospectus describes the WRL Freedom Equity Protector, a flexible premium variable life insurance policy (the Policy), including the Policys features, benefits, and risks. The Policy is issued by Transamerica Life Insurance Company.
The Policy is designed to give you the potential for long-term life insurance coverage with the opportunity for tax-deferred accumulation of cash value. You can allocate your Policys cash value to one or more of the underlying fund portfolio options that are available under the Policy. You can also allocate your Policys cash value to the fixed account (which credits a specified guaranteed interest rate) if it is available under your Policy.
The Policy is or may be available through third party financial intermediaries who charge advisory fees for their services. This fee is in addition to contract fees and expenses if the Owner elects to pay the advisory fee from his/her Policy. If the policyowner elects to pay advisory fees from their Policy, then this deduction: (i) will reduce the death benefits and other guaranteed benefits; (ii) may be subject to federal and state income taxes; and (iii) may be subject to a 10% federal penalty tax.
If you allocate cash value under your Policy to one or more of the portfolio options, the value of your Policy may fluctuate up or down due to market performance.
The Policy is not a bank deposit. The Policy is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Additional information about certain investment products, including variable life insurance, has been prepared by the Securities and Exchange Commissions staff and is available at Investor.gov.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION YOU SHOULD CONSIDER ABOUT THE POLICY
FEES AND EXPENSES |
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Charges for Early Withdrawals | If you withdraw (or surrender) money from your Policy during the first 15 Policy years, you will be assessed a surrender charge. You will also be assessed a surrender charge if you withdraw money from your Policy during the 15-year period following any increase in the Policys specified amount. The maximum surrender charge is 26.5% up to the guideline premium plus 4.2% of premium paid in excess of the guideline premium.
For example, if you purchased a Policy with an initial specified amount of $100,000 and were to withdraw $50,000 during the surrender charge period (and assuming that the Policys specified amount had not been increased), the maximum surrender charge would be $13,250 assuming no premium was paid in excess of the guideline premium. |
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Transaction Charges | In addition to surrender charges for early withdrawals, you may also be charged for other transactions. There may be front-end loads on premium payments, charges for transfers between investment options, and administrative charges for withdrawals.
We reserve the right to deduct a charge for special services, including overnight delivery and wire service fees. |
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Ongoing Fees and Expenses (annual charges) | In addition to surrender charges and transaction charges, an investment in the Policy is subject to certain ongoing fees and expenses, including fees and expenses covering the cost of insurance under the Policy and the cost of optional benefits available under the Policy, and that such fees and expenses are set based on characteristics of the insured (e.g., age, sex, and rating classification). You should view the schedule page of your Policy for rates applicable to your Policy.
These fees and expenses do not reflect any advisory fees paid to financial intermediaries from the Policy Value or other assets of the owner ; if such charges were reflected, your fees and expenses would be higher.
You will also bear expenses associated with the portfolios under the Policy to which you have allocated cash value, as shown in the following table:
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Appendix: Portfolio Companies Available Under the Policy.
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Portfolio Company 1 (fund fees and expenses) |
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1 As a percentage of Portfolio Company assets.
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RISKS |
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Risk of Loss |
You can lose money by investing in this Policy, including loss of principal. | Principal Risks of Investing in the Policy | ||||||||||
Not a Short-Term Investment | This Policy is not a short-term investment and is not appropriate for an investor who needs ready access to cash.
The Policy is designed to help meet long-term financial objectives by paying a death benefit to family members or other beneficiaries. The benefits of tax deferral also mean the Policy is more beneficial to investors with a long-term investment horizon. You may pay substantial charges if you take withdrawals or fully surrender the Policy during the surrender charge period. |
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Risks Associated with Investment Options |
● An investment in the Policy is subject to the risk of poor investment performance. The investment performance of your Policy can vary depending on the performance of the investment options that you choose.
● Each investment option (including the fixed account option) has its own unique risks.
● You should review the investment options carefully before making an investment decision.
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Insurance Company Risks | An investment in the Policy is subject to the risks related to Transamerica. Any obligations (including under the fixed account option), guarantees, and benefits under the Policy are subject to our claims-paying ability. More information about Transamerica, including our financial strength ratings, is available by visiting tlic.transamerica.com or calling toll-free (800) 851-9777. | Principal Risks of Investing in the Policy | ||
Contract Lapse | Insufficient premium payments, poor investment performance, withdrawals, and unpaid loans or loan interest may cause the Policy to lapse. There are costs associated with reinstating a lapsed Policy. Death benefits will not be paid if the Policy has lapsed.
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RESTRICTIONS |
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Investments |
● There may be a $25 charge for each transfer in excess of 12 transfers per Policy year.
● Transfers from the fixed account option may be subject to significant restrictions related to the number of transfers per Policy Year and amounts transferred.
● The fixed account option may not be available for investment depending on when you applied for your Policy and where it was issued.
● We reserve the right to remove or substitute portfolios as investment options under the Policy. |
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Optional Benefits |
● Supplemental insurance benefits are available only to insureds within certain age ranges, are subject to minimum and/or maximum specified amounts, and are subject to termination conditions.
● Certain benefits cannot be elected after Policy purchase.
● Certain benefits cannot be elected in combination with other benefits.
● We may stop offering an optional benefit at any time.
● If you elect to pay third party advisory fees from your contract value, then this deduction will reduce the death benefits and other guaranteed benefits and may be subject to a federal and state income tax and a 10% federal penalty tax. |
Other Benefits Under the Policy
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TAXES |
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Tax Implications |
● You should consult with a tax professional to determine the tax implications of an investment in and payments received under the Policy.
● If you purchased the Policy through a tax-qualified plan or individual retirement account (IRA), you do not get any additional tax deferral.
● Earnings on your Policy are taxed at ordinary income tax rates when you withdraw them, and you may have to pay a penalty if you take a withdrawal before age 591⁄2.
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST |
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Investment Professional Compensation | Your investment professional may receive compensation for selling this Policy to You, in the form of commissions, additional cash benefits (e.g., bonuses), and non-cash compensation. Our affiliate, Transamerica Capital, Inc. (TCI) is the principal underwriter, may share the revenue we earn on this Policy with Your investment professionals firm. In addition, we may pay all or a portion of the cost of affiliates operating and other expenses. Our affiliate, Transamerica Capital, Inc. (TCI) is the principal underwriter, may share the revenue we earn on this Policy with Your investment professionals firm. In addition, we may pay all or a portion of the cost of affiliates operating and other expenses. This conflict of interest may influence Your investment professional to recommend this Policy over another investment for which the investment professional is not compensated or compensated less. |
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Exchanges | Some investment professionals may have a financial incentive to offer you a new policy in place of the one you already own. You should only exchange your Policy if you determine, after comparing the features, fees, and risks of both policies, that it is preferable for you to purchase the new policy rather than continue to own your existing Policy. | Compensation to Broker-Dealers Who Sold the Policies
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The Policy gives you the potential for long-term life insurance coverage with the opportunity for tax-deferred accumulation of assets. You can accumulate assets by allocating your cash value among the investment options that are available under the Policy. The Policy is designed to be long-term in nature in order to provide significant life insurance benefits for you. The Policy may be appropriate for you if you have the financial ability to keep it in force for a substantial period of time. It is not intended for people who may need to make early or frequent withdrawals. You should consider the Policy in conjunction with other insurance that you own.
The Policy is or may be available through third party financial intermediaries who charge advisory fees for their services. This fee is in addition to contract fees and expenses if the policyowner elects to pay the advisory fee from his/her Policy. If the policyowner elects to pay advisory fees from their Policy, then this deduction: (i) will reduce the death benefits and other guaranteed benefits; (ii) may be subject to federal and state income taxes; and (iii) may be subject to a 10% federal penalty tax.
After you make your required initial premium payment, you generally have flexibility to determine the frequency and amount of the premiums you pay under the Policy. The Policy allows you to make planned periodic premium payments if you wish. We may require premium payments to be at least $50 (or at least $1,000 if by wire transfer, or at least $75 if by monthly direct deposit). Your ability to make premium payments may be restricted under your Policy based on the federal tax laws.
Payment of insufficient premiums may result in a lapse of your Policy. Even if you make planned periodic premium payments, you may be required to pay extra premiums to prevent a lapse.
To help you accumulate assets, you can invest your premium payments in the Policys portfolio options and/or fixed account option (if available).
● | Portfolio Options. Each portfolio option invests in a portfolio of an underlying mutual fund company. Each such portfolio has its own investment objective, strategies, and risks; investment adviser(s); expenses; and performance history. |
Additional information about each portfolio company is provided in an appendix to this prospectus. See Appendix: Portfolio Companies Available Under the Policy.
● | Fixed Account Option. The fixed account option guarantees principal and a minimum interest rate (at least 4% annually). |
● | Flexibility. The Policy is designed to be flexible to meet your specific circumstances and life insurance needs. Within certain limits, you can choose the timing, amount and frequency of premium payments, change your death benefit option, increase or decrease the amount of life insurance coverage, change the beneficiary, transfer cash value among investment options, take a loan against the Policy, and take cash withdrawals or surrender the Policy. |
● | Life Insurance Coverage. You select the amount of life insurance coverage under your Policy. The minimum coverage is generally $50,000. |
● | Conditional No Lapse Guarantee. The Policy has a conditional no lapse guarantee. During the no lapse guarantee period, your Policy will not lapse even if your Policys cash value is too low to pay the monthly deductions, provided that you have paid and/or continue to pay a certain amount of minimum premiums. |
● | Death Benefit. If the insured dies while the Policy is in force, we will pay a death benefit to the named beneficiary or beneficiaries, subject to the terms of the Policy. The amount of the death benefit generally depends on your Policys life insurance coverage, the death benefit option that you select, your Policys cash value, and any supplemental life insurance benefits that you have purchased. |
We offer two death benefit options under the Policy, each calculating the death benefit differently. When selecting a death benefit option, you must also choose between two federal income tax compliance tests used to calculate the minimum death benefit (the Guideline Premium Test and Cash Value Accumulation Test). The test you choose will generally depend on
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multiple factors such as the amount of premiums you wish to pay relative to your desired death benefit. While you may generally change death benefit options, you may not change your chosen federal income tax compliance test.
● | Tax Treatment. You can transfer cash value between investment options without tax implications, and earnings (if any) on your investments are generally tax-deferred. You are taxed only if you make a surrender or withdrawal. The Policy is designed so that the death benefit generally should not be taxable income to the beneficiary or beneficiaries. |
● | Accessing Your Money. You have access to your money under the Policy. You can surrender your Policy for its surrender value at any time, although doing so will terminate the Policy. After the first Policy year, you may withdraw a portion of your Policys surrender value, subject to certain restrictions. If you surrender your Policy or take partial withdrawals, you may have to pay significant surrender charges and/or income taxes, including a tax penalty if you are younger than age 591⁄2. |
● | Loans. After the first Policy year, you may borrow money from the Policy against the Policys cash value. You can repay a loan (including accrued interest) at any time while the Policy is in force. An outstanding loan reduces the death benefit and your Policys cash value, may have tax consequences to you, and may increase the risk of policy lapse. |
● | Optional Supplemental Benefit Riders. For an additional charge, you can purchase or exercise certain supplemental benefits under the Policy, including: |
● | An accelerated death benefit if the insured is terminally ill (Terminal Illness Accelerated Death Benefit Rider); |
● | Additional term life insurance coverage on your life (Primary Insured Rider and Primary Insured Rider Plus); |
● | Life insurance coverage on your spouse or dependent child (Other Insured Rider); |
● | Life insurance coverage on your children (Childrens Insurance Rider); |
● | Additional life insurance coverage on your life in the event of an accident (Accidental Death Benefit Rider); |
● | A waiver of monthly deductions (Disability Waiver Rider) plus income payments (and Income Rider) if you become disabled; and |
● | Automatic scheduled increases in coverage (Inflation Fighter Rider Level Premium). |
● | Dollar Cost Averaging and Asset Rebalancing. At no additional charge, you may select dollar cost averaging, which automatically transfers a specific amount of cash value from a money market portfolio option to other portfolio options you have selected at set intervals over a specific period of time. Also at no additional charge, you may select asset rebalancing, which automatically rebalances the portfolio options you select at set intervals to maintain your chosen mix of portfolio options. |
The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you will pay when buying, owning, and surrendering or making withdrawals from the Policy . These fees and expenses do not reflect any advisory fees paid to financial intermediaries from the Policy Value or other assets of the owner; if such charges were reflected, the fees and expenses would be higher. Please refer to your Policy schedule page for information about the specific fees you will pay each year based on the options you have elected.
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The first table describes the fees and expenses that you will pay at the time that you buy the Policy, pay premiums, surrender or make withdrawals from the Policy, or transfer cash value between investment options
Transaction Fees
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Maximum Sales Charge Imposed On Premiums (Load) (premium expense charge) |
First 10 Policy years = 6.0% of each premium payment; and 2.5% of premiums in Policy years 11+ | First 10 Policy years = 6.0% of each premium payment; and 2.5% of premiums in Policy years 11+ | ||||
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Cash Withdrawal Charge2 | Upon withdrawal | 2.0% of the amount withdrawn, not to exceed $25 | 2.0% of the amount withdrawn, not to exceed $25 |
1The Company reserves the right at any time to change the current charge but never to a level that exceeds the guaranteed charge.
2When we incur the expense of expedited delivery of your partial withdrawal or complete surrender payment, we currently assess the following additional administrative charges: $20 for overnight delivery ($30 for Saturday delivery); and $50 for wire service. You can obtain further information about these administrative charges by contacting our administrative office.
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Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load)3 |
Upon full surrender of the Policy during the first 15 Policy years and first 15 years after any increase
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26.5% up to the guideline premium plus 4.2% of premium paid in excess of the guideline premium4, 5
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26.5% up to the guideline premium plus 4.2% of premium paid in excess of the guideline premium4, 5
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26.5% up to the guideline premium plus 2.0% of premium paid in excess of the guideline premium5, 6
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26.5% up to the guideline premium plus 2.0% of premium paid in excess of the guideline premium5, 6
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26.5% up to the guideline premium plus 4.2% of premium paid in excess of the guideline premium5
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Transfer Charge8 | Upon transfer | $10 for each transfer in excess of 12 per Policy year
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Terminal Illness Accelerated Death Benefit Rider9
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When rider is exercised | Discount Factor | Discount Factor |
3The surrender charge is equal to the sum of the Deferred Issue Charge and the Deferred Sales Charge multiplied by the Surrender Charge Percentage. The Deferred Issue Charge component of the surrender charge is assessed on the initial specified amount stated in your Policy and any later increase in specified amount in effect at the time of surrender. The Deferred Sales Charge component of the surrender charge is based upon the issue age and sex of each individual insured, and the total premiums paid up to and in excess of the guideline premium shown in your Policy. The Surrender Charge Percentage varies with the insureds issue age, sex, and number of years the Policy has been in force. The Surrender Charge Percentage on a Policy where a male insureds issue age is less than 66 (and a female insureds issue age is under 71), is 100% for the first 10 Policy years then decreases at the rate of 20% each Policy year until it reaches zero at the end of the 15th Policy year. For a Policy where a male insureds issue age is greater than 65 (and a female insureds issue age is greater than 70), the Surrender Charge Percentage is 100% for the first several Policy years (3 to 9 depending on issue age and sex) and then declines to zero at the end of the 15th Policy year. The surrender charges shown in the table may not be typical of the charges you will pay. You can obtain more detailed information about the surrender charges that apply to you by contacting your registered representative.
4This maximum charge is based on an insured with the following characteristics: male, issue age 55. This maximum charge may also apply to insureds with other characteristics.
5The guideline premium is a designated premium that varies by issue age, sex, underwriting class, death benefit option, and specified amount. It is shown on your Policy schedule page.
6This minimum charge is based on an insured with the following characteristics: male, issue age 75. This minimum charge may also apply to insureds with other characteristics
7 Because we no longer offer this version of WRL Freedom Equity Protector, the information regarding the representative insured has not been updated since sales terminated in 2003.
8The first 12 transfers per Policy year are free.
9 We do not assess an administrative charge for this rider, however, if the rider is exercised, we do reduce the single sum benefit by a discount factor to compensate us for income lost due to early payment of the death benefit. The discount factor is equal to the Applicable Federal Interest Rate or the Policy loan interest rate expressed in arrears, whichever is greater, (discount factor). For a complete description of the Terminal Illness Accelerated Death Benefit Rider, please refer to the section entitled Terminal Illness Accelerated Death Benefit Rider in this prospectus.
The table below describes the types of fees and expenses that you will pay periodically during the time that you own the Policy, not including portfolio fees and expenses.
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Mortality and Expense Risk Charge | Daily | Annual rate of 0.90% of average daily net assets of each subaccount in which you are invested
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Loan Interest Spread16 | On Policy anniversary15 | 1.49% (effective annual rate, after rounding)
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10Cost of insurance charges are based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to: the insureds issue age, sex and underwriting class, the Policys specified amount, Policy year, and the net amount at risk. Cost of insurance rates generally will increase each year with the age of the insured. The cost of insurance rates shown in the table may not be representative of the charges you will pay. Your Policys schedule page will indicate the guaranteed cost of insurance charges applicable to your Policy. You can obtain more detailed information concerning your cost of insurance charges by contacting your registered representative.
11We may place insureds in substandard underwriting classes with extra ratings that reflect higher mortality risks and that result in higher cost of insurance rates. If the insured possesses additional mortality risks, we may add a surcharge to the cost of insurance rates up to a total charge of $83.33 monthly per $1,000 of net amount at risk.
12This maximum charge is based on an insured with the following characteristics: male, issue age 75, standard tobacco underwriting class and in the 20th Policy year. This maximum charge may also apply to insureds with other characteristics.
13The net amount at risk equals the death benefit on a Monthiversary minus the cash value on such Monthiversary.
14This minimum charge is based on an insured with the following characteristics: female, issue age 10, and in the first Policy year. This minimum charge may also apply to insureds with other characteristics.
15While a Policy loan is outstanding, loan interest is payable in advance on each Policy anniversary. If before the next Policy anniversary, there is a loan repayment, Policy lapse or surrender, Policy termination, or the insureds death, we will refund the amount of any loan interest we charged in advance for the period between the date of any such occurrence above and the next Policy anniversary.
16The Loan Interest Spread is the difference between the amount of interest we charge you for a loan and the amount of interest we credit to your loan reserve account. For Policies issued on or after May 1, 1994 (or the date given in any of the following states: Idaho May 24, 1994; Montana May 20, 1994; Rhode Island May 19, 1994; Oregon June 27, 1994; Minnesota December 28, 1994; Vermont February 21, 1996; Puerto Rico April 18, 1997; New Jersey April 13, 1995; District of Columbia November 23, 1998; and Guam February 11, 1998), we charge you an annual interest rate on a Policy loan of 5.2% in advance (5.49% effective annual interest rate) on each Policy anniversary. We will also rrently credit the amount in the loan reserve account with an effective annual interest rate of 4.75% (4.0% minimum guaranteed). For Policies issued before May 1, 1994, we charge you an annual interest rate on a Policy loan of 7.4% in advance (8.00% effective annual interest rate) on each Policy anniversary. We will also credit the amount in the loan reserve account with an effective annual interest rate of 6.75% (4.0% minimum guaranteed)
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Accidental Death Benefit Rider | Monthly, on the Policy date and on each Monthiversary until the insured reaches attained age 70 | |||||
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$0.18 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month | $0.18 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month | ||||
Minimum Charge19 |
$0.10 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month | $0.10 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month | ||||
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Disability Waiver Rider20 | Monthly, on the Policy date and on each Monthiversary until the insured reaches attained age 60
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$0.39 per $1,000 of the Policys net amount at risk per month13 | $0.39 per $1,000 of the Policys net amount at risk per month13 | ||||
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$0.03 per $1,000 of the Policys net amount at risk per month13 | $0.03 per $1,000 of the Policys net amount at risk per month13 | ||||
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$0.05 per $1,000 of the Policys net amount at risk per month13
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$0.05 per $1,000 of the Policys net amount at risk per month13
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17 Optional rider costs of insurance charges are based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to: each insureds attained age and rider face amount. The cost of insurance rates shown in the table may not be representative of the charges you will pay. The rider will indicate the maximum guaranteed rider charges applicable to your Policy. You can obtain more information about this rider by contacting your registered representative.
18 This maximum charge is based on an insured with the following characteristics: male, issue age 50, and in the 20th Policy year. This maximum charge may also apply to insureds with other characteristics.
19 This minimum charge is based on an insured with the following characteristics: male, issue age 45, and in the first Policy year.
20 Disability Waiver charges are based on the primary insureds issue age, sex and net amount at risk. The charges shown are for base Policy only (no riders and benefits). The addition of other riders and benefits would increase these charges. This charge does not vary once it is added to the Policy. The cost of insurance rates shown in the table may not be representative of the charges you will pay. Your Policys schedule page will indicate the guaranteed cost of insurance charges applicable to your Policy. You can obtain more information about these riders by contacting your registered representative.
21 This maximum charge is based on an insured with the following characteristics: female, issue age 55. This maximum charge may also apply to insureds with other characteristics.
22 This minimum charge is based on an insured with the following characteristics: male, issue age 25. This minimum charge may also apply to insureds with other characteristics.
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Periodic Charges Other Than Portfolio Operating Expenses
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Disability Waiver and Income Rider23 | Monthly, on the Policy date and on each Monthiversary until the insured reaches attained age 60 | |||||
Maximum Charge24 |
$0.86 per $10 monthly rider units | $0.86 per $10 monthly rider units | ||||
Minimum Charge25 |
$0.20 per $10 monthly rider units | $0.20 per $10 monthly rider units | ||||
Charge for a male insured, issue age 34, in Policy year 57
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$0.27 per $10 monthly rider units | $0.27 per $10 monthly rider units | ||||
Childrens Insurance Rider26 | Monthly, on the Policy date and on each Monthiversary until the Monthiversary after the insured child reaches his/her 25th birthday or until the death of the last child dies
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$0.60 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month | $0.60 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month | |||
Other Insured Rider27
(without Extra Ratings)11 |
Monthly, on the Policy date and on each Monthiversary until the other insured reaches attained age 95 | |||||
Maximum Charge12 |
$24.85 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month | $21.12 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month | ||||
Minimum Charge14 |
$0.06 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month | $0.06 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month | ||||
Charge for male insured, issue age 38, in Policy year 57
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$0.22 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month
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$0.19 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month
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23The charge for this rider is based on the base insureds issue age, sex and number of units of monthly disability income selected.
24 This maximum charge is based on an insured with the following characteristics: female, issue age 55. This maximum charge may also apply to insureds with other characteristics.
25 This minimum charge is based on an insured with the following characteristics: male, issue age 27. This minimum charge may also apply to insureds with other characteristics.
26 The charge for this rider is based on the rider face amount and the cost per $1,000 does not vary.
27 Rider charges are cost of insurance charges that are based on each other insureds issue age, sex, underwriting class, Policy year, and the rider face amount. Cost of insurance rates for this rider generally will increase each year with the age of the other insured. The cost of insurance rates shown in the table may not be representative of the charges you will pay. The rider will indicate the maximum guaranteed rider charges applicable to your Policy. You can obtain more information about this rider by contacting your registered representative.
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Periodic Charges Other Than Portfolio Operating Expenses
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Primary Insured Rider27
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Monthly, on the Policy date and on each Monthiversary until the insured reaches attained age 90 | |||||
Maximum Charge28 |
$18.46 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month | $14.91 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month | ||||
Minimum Charge14 |
$0.06 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month | $0.05 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month | ||||
Charge for a male insured, issue age 34, in Policy year 5 7 |
$0.17 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month | $0.12 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month | ||||
Primary Insured Plus Rider27 (without Extra Ratings)11 |
Monthly, on the Policy date and on each Monthiversary until the insured reaches attained age 85 | |||||
Maximum Charge |
$13.54 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month29 | $10.93 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month30 | ||||
Minimum Charge |
$0.08 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month31 | $0.04 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month32 | ||||
Charge for a male insured, issue age 34, in Policy year 57 |
$0.17 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month | $0.07 per $1,000 of rider face amount per month |
28 This maximum charge is based on an insured with the following characteristics: male, issue age 70, standard tobacco use class and in the 15th Policy year. This maximum charge may also apply to insureds with other characteristics.
29 This maximum charge is based on an insured with the following characteristics: male, issue age 75, standard tobacco use class and in the 10th Policy year. This maximum charge may also apply to insureds with other characteristics.
30This maximum charge is based on an insured with the following characteristics: male, issue age 70, standard tobacco underwriting class and in the 15th Policy year. This maximum charge may also apply to insureds with other characteristics.
31This minimum charge is based on an insured with the following characteristics: female, issue age 18, non-tobacco use class and in the first Policy year. This minimum charge may also apply to insureds with other characteristics.
32This minimum charge is based on an insured with the following characteristics: female, issue age 29, ultimate select non-tobacco use class and first Policy year. This minimum charge may also apply to insureds with other characteristics.
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RANGE OF EXPENSES FOR THE PORTFOLIO COMPANIES
The next table shows the minimum and maximum total operating expenses charged by the portfolios that you may pay periodically during the time that you own the Policy. A complete list of the portfolio companies available under the Policy, including their annual expenses, may be found under Appendix: Portfolio Companies Available Under the Policy.
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Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (total of all expenses that are deducted from portfolio assets, including management fees, 12b-1 fees, and other expenses) | 0.29% | 2.97% | ||
Net Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (total of all expenses that are deducted from portfolio assets, including management fees, 12b-1 fees, and other expenses, after contractual waiver of fees and expenses)3 | 0.29% | 1.68% |
1 The portfolio operating expenses used to prepare this table were provided to Transamerica by the mutual fund companies. The operating expenses shown are those incurred for the year ended December 31, 2023 Current or future expenses may be greater or less than those shown.
2 The range of Net Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses takes into account contractual arrangements for the portfolios that require a portfolios investment adviser to reimburse or waive portfolio operating expenses through at least April 30, 2024.
PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE POLICY
The Policy is designed to help meet long-term financial objectives by paying a death benefit to family members and/or other named beneficiaries. The Policy is not suitable as a short-term savings vehicle. The Policy may not be the right kind of policy if you plan to withdraw money or surrender the Policy for short-term needs. A charge may be assessed on withdrawals. You may pay a substantial charge if you surrender your Policy. See the section of this prospectus entitled Fee Tables and refer to your Policy for charges assessed when taking cash withdrawals or surrendering your Policy.
Please discuss your insurance needs and financial objectives with your registered representative.
Risk of an Increase in Current Fees and Expenses
Certain fees and expenses are currently assessed at less than their guaranteed maximum levels. In the future, these charges may be increased up to the guaranteed (maximum) levels. If fees and expenses are increased, you may need to increase the amount and/or frequency of premiums to keep the Policy in force.
The Policy is or may be available through third party financial intermediaries who charge advisory fees for their services. This fee is in addition to contract fees and expenses if the policyowner elects to pay the advisory fee from his/her Policy. If the policyowner elects to pay advisory fees from their Policy, then this deduction: (i) will reduce the death benefits and other guaranteed benefits; (ii) may be subject to federal and state income taxes; and (iii) may be subject to a 10% federal penalty tax.
If you invest your Policys cash value in one or more subaccounts, then you will be subject to the risk that investment performance of the subaccounts will be unfavorable and that your cash value will decrease. Also, we deduct Policy fees and charges from your cash value, which can significantly reduce your cash value. During times of poor investment performance, this deduction will have an even greater impact on your cash value. You could lose everything you invest and your Policy could lapse without value unless you pay additional premiums. If you allocate premiums to the fixed account, we credit your fixed account value with interest at a rate declared by us. You assume the risk that the interest rate on the fixed account may decrease, although it will never be lower than the guaranteed minimum annual effective rate of 4%.
Risks of Managing General Account Assets
The general account assets of Transamerica Life Insurance Company (TLIC, Transamerica, the Company) are used to support the payment of the death benefit under the Policies. To the extent that Transamerica is required to pay amounts in addition to the Policys subaccount value under the death benefit, such amounts will come from general account assets. You should be aware that the general account assets are exposed to the risks normally associated with a portfolio of fixed-income securities, including interest rate, option, liquidity and credit risk, and are also subject to the claims of Transamericas general creditors. Transamericas financial
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statements contained in the Statement of Additional Information include a further discussion of risks inherent in the general account investments.
Federal tax laws may limit the premium payments you can make in relation to your Policys Death Benefit. We may refuse all or part of a premium payment that you make, or remove all or part of a premium from your Policy and return it to you with earnings under certain circumstances to maintain qualification of the Policy as a life insurance contract for federal income tax purposes. Please refer to the section in this prospectus entitled Premiums for more details.
Your Policy will stay in force as long as the net surrender value is sufficient to cover your monthly deductions and Policy charges, or as long as the no lapse guarantee is in effect. Insufficient premium payments, poor investment performance, withdrawals, and unpaid loans or loan interest may cause your Policy to lapse which means you will no longer have insurance coverage. A Policy lapse may have adverse tax consequences. There are costs associated with reinstating a lapsed Policy. For a detailed discussion of your Policys Lapse and Reinstatement provisions, please refer to the section of this prospectus entitled Policy Lapse and Reinstatement.
Making a withdrawal or taking a loan may:
● | Reduce your Policys specified amount. |
● | Reduce the death benefit proceeds paid to your beneficiary. |
● | Make your Policy more susceptible to lapsing. |
● | Trigger federal income taxes and possibly a penalty tax. |
Cash withdrawals will reduce your cash value. Withdrawals, especially those taken during periods of poor investment performance by the subaccounts, could considerably reduce or eliminate some benefits or guarantees of the Policy. Federal income taxes and a penalty tax may apply to loans, cash withdrawals and surrenders. Please see the section of this prospectus entitled Federal Income Tax Considerations.
Be sure to plan carefully before using these Policy benefits. For a detailed description of withdrawals and loans, and any associated risks, please see the sections of this prospectus entitled Surrenders and Cash Withdrawals Cash Withdrawals and/or Loans.
If you surrender your Policy during the first 15 Policy years (or during the 15 year period following an increase in specified amount) you will pay a surrender charge. The surrender charge may be significant. Federal income tax and/or a penalty tax may also apply. Please see the section of this prospectus entitled Federal Income Tax Considerations.
Tax Consequences Of Withdrawals, Surrenders And Loans
You may be subject to income tax if you take any withdrawals or surrender the Policy, or if your Policy lapses and you have not paid any outstanding Policy indebtedness. If your Policy is a Modified Endowment Contract (MEC), cash withdrawals, surrenders, assignments, pledges, and loans that you receive or make during the life of the Policy may be taxable and subject to a federal tax penalty equal to 10% of the taxable amount if taken prior to reaching age 591⁄2 or older. Note: If you have not repaid a loan prior to surrender, the loan will be treated as a distribution upon surrender and taxed accordingly. Other tax issues to consider when you own a life insurance policy are described in more detail in the section of this prospectus entitled Federal Income Tax Considerations.
Note: You should consult with your own qualified tax professional to apply the law to your particular circumstances.
You bear the risk of any decline in the Policy Value caused by the performance of the underlying fund portfolio held by the Subaccounts. A comprehensive discussion of the risks of each underlying fund portfolio may be found in each Portfolio Companys prospectuses. There is no assurance that any portfolio will meet its investment objective. Please refer to these prospectuses for more information.
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It is possible that we could experience financial difficulty in the future and even become insolvent, and therefore unable to provide all of the guarantees and benefits that exceed the assets in the Separate Account that we promise.
Cyber Security And Business Continuity Risks
Our operations support complex transactions and are highly dependent on the proper functioning of information technology and communication systems. Any failure of or gap in the systems and processes necessary to support complex transactions and avoid systems failure, fraud, information security failures, processing errors, cyber intrusion, loss of data, and breaches of regulation may lead to a materially adverse effect on our administration of the Policy. We cannot assure you that interruptions, failures, or breaches in security of these processes and systems will not occur, or if they do occur, that they can be timely detected and remediated. Also, our business operations may be adversely affected by volatile natural and man-made disasters, including (but not limited to) hurricanes, earthquakes, terrorism, civil unrest, military action, fires and explosions, pandemic diseases, and other catastrophes. Such events may impact the availability and capacity of our key personnel and may have a materially adverse effect on our administration of the Policy. See Non-Principal Risks of Investing in the Policy in the SAI for additional information.
Business Continuity
Our business operations may be adversely affected by volatile natural and man-made disasters, including (but not limited to) hurricanes, earthquakes, terrorism, civil unrest, geopolitical disputes, military action, fires and explosions, pandemic diseases, and other catastrophes (Catastrophic Events). Over the past several years, changing weather patterns and climatic conditions have added to the unpredictability and frequency of natural disasters in certain parts of the world. To date, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant uncertainty and disruption to governments, business operations, and consumer behavior on a global scale. Such uncertainty as to future trends and exposure may lead to financial losses to our businesses. Furthermore, Catastrophic Events may disrupt our operations and result in the loss of, or restricted access to, property and information about Transamerica and its clients. Such events may also impact the availability and capacity of our key personnel. If our business continuity plans do not include effective contingencies for Catastrophic Events, we may experience business disruption, damage to corporate reputation, and damage to financial condition for a prolonged period of time.
TRANSAMERICA, THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT, THE FIXED ACCOUNT AND THE PORTFOLIOS
Transamerica Life Insurance Company
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, located at 6400 C Street SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499, is the insurance company issuing the Policy.
We are engaged in the sale of life insurance and annuity policies. Transamerica Life Insurance Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Iowa on April 19, 1961 as NN Investors Life Insurance Company, Inc, and is licensed in the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands and all states except New York. We are a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Transamerica corporation which conducts its business through subsidiary companies engaged primarily in the business of investment, insurance, and retirement solutions. All of the stock of Transamerica Corporation is indirectly owned by Aegon Ltd, the securities of which are publicly traded. Aegon Ltd., a holding company, conducts its business through subsidiary companies engaged primarily in the insurance business.
All obligations arising under the policies, including the promise to make annuity payments, are general corporate obligations of ours and subject to our claims paying ability. Accordingly, no financial institution, brokerage firm or insurance agency is responsible for our financial obligations arising under the policies.
Financial Condition of the Company
We pay benefits under your Policy from our general account assets and/or from your cash Value held in the Separate Account . It is important that you understand that benefit payments are not assured and depend upon certain factors discussed below.
Assets in the Separate Account. You assume all of the investment risk for your cash value that is allocated to the subaccounts of the separate account. Your cash value in those subaccounts constitutes a portion of the assets of the separate account. These assets are
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segregated and insulated from our general account, and may not be charged with liabilities arising from any other business that we may conduct. For more information see The Separate Account.
Assets in the General Account. You also may be permitted to make allocations to the fixed account, which is supported by the assets in our general account. Any guarantees under the Policy that exceed your cash value, such as those associated with the Policys death benefit are paid from our general account (and not the separate account). Therefore, any amounts that we may be obligated to pay under the Policy in excess of cash value are subject to our financial strength and claims paying ability and our long term ability to make such payments. The assets of the separate account, however, are also available to cover the liabilities of our general account, but only to the extent that the separate account assets exceed the separate account liabilities arising under the Policies supported by it. For more information see The Fixed Account.
We issue other types of insurance policies and financial products as well, and we also pay our obligations under these products from our assets in the general account.
Our Financial Condition. As an insurance company, we are required by state insurance regulation to hold a specified amount of general account reserves in order to meet all contractual obligations to our policyowners. We monitor our reserves so that we hold sufficient amounts to cover actual or expected policy and claims payments. In addition, we monitor our reserves so that we hold sufficient amounts to cover actual or expected Policy and claims payments. In addition, we hedge our investments in our general account, and may require purchasers of certain benefits of the variable insurance products that we offer to allocate premium payments and Policy Value in accordance with specified investment requirements. However, it is important to note that there is no guarantee that we will always be able to meet our claims-paying obligations, and that there are risks to purchasing any insurance product.
State insurance regulators also require insurance companies to maintain a minimum amount of capital, which acts as a cushion in the event that the insurer suffers a financial impairment, based on the inherent risks in the insurers operations. These risks include those associated with losses that we may incur as the result of defaults on the payment of interest or principal on our general account assets, which include bonds, mortgages, general real estate investments, and stocks, as well as the loss in market value of these investments. We may also experience liquidity risk if our general account assets cannot be readily converted into cash to meet obligations to our policyowners or to provide the collateral necessary to finance our business operations.
How to Obtain More Information. We encourage existing policyowners to read and understand our financial statements. We prepare our financial statements on a statutory basis. Our financial statements, which are presented in conformity with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Iowa Department of Insurance - as well as the financial statements of the separate accountare located in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI). The SAI is available at no charge by writing to our mailing address Transamerica Life Insurance Company, 6400 C St SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52499 - or by calling us at (800) 851-9777, or by visiting our website tlic.transamerica.com. In addition, the SAI is available on the SECs website at www.sec.gov. Our financial strength ratings, which reflect the opinions of leading independent rating agencies of Transamericas ability to meet our obligations to our policy owners, are available on our website and the websites of these nationally recognized statistical ratings organizations--A.M. Best Company (www.ambest.com), Moodys Investors Service (www.moodys.com), and S&P Global (www.standardandpoors.com).
General. Transamerica established the separate account as a separate investment account under Ohio law in 1985 and the separate account was re-domesticated to Iowa in 2014. We own the assets in the separate account and are obligated to pay all benefits under the Policies. The separate account is used to support other life insurance policies of Transamerica, as well as for other purposes permitted by law. The separate account is registered with the SEC as a unit investment trust under the 1940 Act and qualifies as a separate account within the meaning of the federal securities laws.
The separate account is divided into subaccounts, each of which invests in shares of a specific portfolio of a mutual fund company. These subaccounts buy and sell portfolio shares at net asset value without any sales charge. Any dividends and distributions from a portfolio are reinvested at net asset value in shares of that portfolio.
Income, gains, and losses credited to, or charged against, a subaccount of the separate account reflect the subaccounts own investment experience and not the investment experience of our other assets. The separate accounts assets may not be used to pay any of our liabilities other than those arising from the Policies and other variable life insurance policies we issue. If the separate accounts assets exceed the required reserves and other liabilities, we may transfer the excess to our general account.
Changes to the Separate Account. As permitted by applicable law, we reserve the right to make certain changes to the structure and operation of the separate account, which may include:
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● | Remove, combine, or add subaccounts and make the new or combined subaccounts available to you at our discretion. |
● | Combine the separate account or any subaccounts with one or more different separate accounts or subaccounts. |
● | Close certain subaccounts to allocations of new premiums by current or new policyowners at any time at our discretion. |
● | Transfer assets of the separate account or any subaccount, which we determine to be associated with the class of policies to which the Policy belongs, to another separate account or subaccount. |
● | Operate the separate account as a management company under the 1940 Act, or as any other form of investment company permitted by law. |
● | Establish additional separate accounts or subaccounts to invest in new portfolios of the funds. |
● | Manage the separate account at the direction of a committee. |
● | Endorse the Policy, as permitted by law, to reflect changes to the separate account and subaccounts as may be required by applicable law. |
● | Change the investment objective of a subaccount. |
● | Substitute, add, or delete fund portfolios in which subaccounts currently invest net premiums , to include portfolios of newly designated funds. (Fund portfolios will not be added, deleted or substituted without prior approval of the SEC to the extent required by the 1940 Act or other applicable laws.) |
● | Fund additional classes of variable life insurance policies through the separate account. |
● | Restrict or eliminate any voting privileges of owners or other persons who have voting privileges in connection with the operation of the separate account. |
Some, but not all, of these future changes may be the result of changes in applicable laws or interpretation of the law. We will not make any such changes without receiving any necessary approval of the SEC and applicable state insurance departments. We will notify you of any changes. We reserve the right to make other structural and operational changes affecting the separate account.
In addition, the portfolios that sell their shares to the subaccounts may discontinue offering their shares to the subaccounts.
The fixed account is part of Transamericas general account. We use general account assets to support our insurance and annuity obligations other than those funded by the separate accounts. Subject to applicable law, Transamerica has sole discretion over the investment of the fixed accounts assets. Transamerica bears the full investment risk for all amounts contributed to the fixed account. Please see the section above entitled Risks of Managing General Account Assets. Transamerica guarantees that the amounts allocated to the fixed account will be credited interest daily at an annual net effective interest rate of at least 4.0%. We will determine any interest rate credited in excess of the guaranteed rate at our sole discretion. We have no formula for determining fixed account interest rates in excess of the guaranteed rate or any duration for such rates.
Money you place in the fixed account will begin earning interest credited daily and compounded annually at the current interest rate in effect at the time it is allocated. We may declare current interest rates from time to time. We may declare more than one interest rate for different money based upon the date of allocation or transfer to the fixed account. When we declare a current interest rate higher than the guaranteed rate on amounts allocated to the fixed account, we guarantee the higher rate on those amounts for at least one year (the guarantee period) unless those amounts are transferred to the loan reserve. At the end of the guarantee period we may declare a new current interest rate on those amounts and any accrued interest thereon. We will guarantee this new current interest rate for another guarantee period. We credit interest greater than 4.0% during any guarantee period at our sole discretion. You assume the risk that the interest rate on the fixed account may decrease, although it will never be lower than a guaranteed minimum annual effective rate of 4%.
We allocate amounts from the fixed account for cash withdrawals, transfers to the subaccounts, or monthly deduction charges on a first in, first out basis (FIFO) for the purpose of crediting interest.
If you elect to have 3rd party advisory fees deducted from your Fixed Account, such deduction may reduce your Fixed Account value.
Information regarding each portfolio company, including (i) its name; (ii) its type (e.g., U.S. equity fund, international equity fund, bond fund, etc.); (iii) its investment adviser and any sub-investment adviser; (iv) current expenses; and (v) performance is available in an appendix to this prospectus. See Appendix: Portfolio Companies Available Under the Policy. Each fund has issued prospectuses that contain more detailed information about its portfolios, including a description of investment risks. You may obtain a
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free copy of the underlying fund portfolio prospectuses by contacting us at our administrative office at 1-800-851-9777 or visiting our website at tlic.transamerica.com. You should read the underlying fund portfolio prospectuses carefully.
Each portfolio company is an investment division of an open-end management investment company registered with the SEC. Such registration does not involve supervision of the management or investment practices or policies of the portfolios by the SEC. Each portfolio companys assets are held separate from the assets of the other portfolio companies, and each portfolio company has investment objectives and policies that are different from those of the other portfolio companies. Thus, each portfolio company operates independently, and the income or loss of one portfolio company has no effect on the investment performance of any other portfolio company.
Certain portfolio companies may have investment objectives and policies similar to other portfolio companies that are managed by the same investment adviser or sub-adviser. The investment results of the portfolio companies, however, may be higher or lower than those of such other portfolio companies. We do not guarantee or make any representation that the investment results of the portfolio companies will be comparable to any other portfolio company, even those with the same investment adviser or manager.
Portfolio Companies with Managed Volatility Strategies. As described in more detail in the underlying fund portfolio company prospectuses, certain portfolio companies employ managed volatility strategies that are intended to reduce the portfolio companys overall volatility and downside risk, and to help us manage the risks associated with providing certain guarantees under the Policies. During rising markets, the hedging strategies employed to manage volatility could result in your Policy value rising less than would have been the case if you had been invested in a portfolio company with substantially similar investment objectives, securities, policies and strategies that does not utilize a volatility management strategy. In addition, the cost of these hedging strategies may have a negative impact on performance. On the other hand, investing in a portfolio company with a managed volatility strategy may be helpful in a declining market with higher market volatility because the hedging strategy will reduce your equity exposure in such circumstances. In such cases, your Policy value may decline less than would have been the case if you had not invested in portfolio companies with a managed volatility strategy. There is no guarantee that a managed volatility strategy can achieve or maintain the portfolio companys optimal risk targets, and the portfolio company may not perform as expected.
Money Market Portfolio Companies. There can be no assurance that a money market portfolio will be able to maintain a stable net asset value per share. During extended periods of low interest rates, and partly as a result of insurance charges, the yield on a money market portfolio may become extremely low and possibly negative. You could lose money by investing in a money market portfolio.
Your Right To Vote Portfolio Shares
Even though we are the legal owner of the portfolio shares held in the subaccounts, and have the right to vote on all matters submitted to shareholders of the portfolio companies, we will vote our shares only as policyowners instruct, as long as such action is required by law.
Before a vote of a portfolios shareholders occurs, you will receive voting materials from us. We will ask you to instruct us on how to vote and to return your voting instructions to us in a timely manner. You will have the right to instruct us on the number of portfolio shares that corresponds to the amount of cash value you have in that portfolio (as of a date set by the portfolio).
If we do not receive voting instructions on time from some policyowners, we will vote those shares in the same proportion as the timely voting instructions we receive. Therefore, because of proportional voting, a small number of policyowners may control the outcome of a vote. Should federal securities laws, regulations and interpretations change, we may elect to vote portfolio shares in our own right. If required by state insurance officials, or if permitted under federal regulation, we may disregard certain owner voting instructions. If we ever disregard voting instructions, we will send you a summary in the next annual report to policyowners advising you of the action and the reasons we took such action.
Addition, Deletion, Or Substitution Of Portfolio Companies
We do not guarantee that each portfolio will always be available for investment through the Policy. We reserve the right, subject to compliance with applicable law, to add new portfolio companies or portfolio company classes, close existing portfolio companies or portfolio company classes, or substitute portfolio company shares that are held by any subaccount for shares of a different portfolio company. New or substitute portfolio companies may have different fees and expenses and their availability may be limited to certain classes of purchasers. We will not add, delete or substitute any shares attributable to your interest in a subaccount without notice to you and prior approval of the SEC, to the extent required by the 1940 Act or other applicable law. We may also decide to purchase securities from other portfolio companies for the separate account. We reserve the right to transfer separate account assets to another separate account that we determine to be associated with the class of contracts to which the Policy belongs.
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Selection of Underlying Portfolio Companies
The portfolio companies offered through this product are selected by Transamerica. Transamerica may consider various factors, including, but not limited to, asset class coverage, the alignment of the investment objectives of an underlying portfolio company with our hedging strategy, the strength of the advisers or sub-advisers reputation and tenure, brand recognition, performance, and the capability and qualification of each investment firm. Another factor that we may consider is whether the underlying portfolio company or its service providers (e.g., the investment adviser or sub-advisers) or its affiliates will make payments to us or our affiliates in connection with certain administrative, marketing, and support services, or whether affiliates of the portfolio company can provide marketing and distribution support for sales of the Policies. (For additional information on these arrangements, please refer to the section of this prospectus entitled Revenues We Receive.). We review the portfolio companies periodically and may remove a portfolio company or limit its availability to new premiums and/or transfers of cash value if we determine that a portfolio company no longer satisfies one or more of the selection criteria, and/or if the portfolio company has not attracted significant allocations from policyowners. We have included the Transamerica Series Trust portfolio companies at least in part because they are managed by TAM, our directly owned subsidiary.
You are responsible for choosing the portfolio companies, and the amounts allocated to each, that are appropriate for your own individual circumstances and your investment goals, financial situation, and risk tolerance. Because investment risk is borne by you, decisions regarding investment allocations should be carefully considered. We do not recommend or endorse any particular underlying fund portfolio and we do not provide investment advice.
In making your investment selections, we encourage you to thoroughly investigate all of the information that is available to you regarding the portfolio companies including each portfolio companys prospectus, statement of additional information and annual and semi-annual reports. Other sources, such as the portfolio companys website, provide more current information including information about any regulatory actions or investigations relating to a mutual fund company or underlying fund portfolio. After you select underlying fund portfolios for your initial premium, you should monitor and periodically re-evaluate your allocations to determine if they are still appropriate.
You bear the risk of any decline in your cash value resulting from the performance of the portfolios you have chosen.
The Policy is subject to the insurance laws and regulations of each state or jurisdiction in which it is available for distribution. There may be differences between the Policy issued and the general Policy description contained in this prospectus because of requirements of the state where your Policy is issued. Some of the state specific differences are included in the prospectus, but this prospectus does not include references to all state specific differences. All state specific Policy features will be described in your Policy.
The Policy belongs to the owner named in the application. The owner may exercise all of the rights and options described in the Policy. If the owner dies before the insured and no contingent owner is named, then ownership of the Policy will pass to the owners estate.
The principal rights an owner may exercise are:
● | To designate or change beneficiaries before the death of the insured. |
● | To receive amounts payable before the death of the insured. |
● | To assign the Policy. (If you assign the Policy, your rights and the rights of anyone who is to receive payment under the Policy are subject to the terms of that assignment.) |
● | To change the owner of the Policy. |
● | To change the specified amount or death benefit option of the Policy. |
No designation or change in designation of an owner will take effect unless we receive a transfer of ownership form. The request will take effect as of the date we receive it, in good order, at our mailing address, or by fax at our administrative office (1-727-299-1620), subject to payment or other action taken by us before it was received.
Any modifications or waiver of any rights or requirements under the Policy must be in writing, in good order, and signed by our president or secretary. No registered representative may bind us by making any promise not contained in the Policy.
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Upon notice to you, we may modify the Policy:
● | To make the Policy or the separate account comply with any law or regulation issued by a governmental agency to which we are subject; or |
● | To assure continued qualification of the Policy as a life insurance contract under the Internal Revenue Code or to meet applicable requirements of federal or state laws relating to variable life policies; or |
● | To reflect a change in the operation of the separate account; or |
● | To provide additional subaccounts and/or fixed account options. |
Any modifications or waiver of any rights or requirements under the Policy must be in writing, in good order, and signed by our president or secretary. Note: No registered representative may bind us by making any promise not contained in the Policy.
Upon notice to you, we may amend the Policy:
● | To make the Policy or the separate account comply with any law or regulation issued by a governmental agency to which we are subject; or |
● | To assure qualification of the Policy as a life insurance policy under the Internal Revenue Code or to meet applicable requirements of federal or state laws relating to variable life policies; or |
● | To reflect a change in the operation of the separate account; or |
● | To provide additional subaccounts and/or fixed account options. |
Purchasing a Policy (Note: This Policy is no longer available for new sales.)
To purchase a Policy, you must submit a completed application, in good order, and an initial premium to us through any licensed life insurance agent who is also a registered representative of a broker-dealer having a selling agreement with TCI (the principal underwriter for the Policy) and us. We may reject the application at any time before issuing a Policy.
There may be delays in our receipt and processing of applications and premium payments that are outside of our control for example, because of the failure of a selling broker-dealer or registered representative to promptly forward the application to us at our mailing address, or because of delays in determining whether the Policy is suitable for you. Any such delays will affect when your Policy can be issued.
You select the specified amount of insurance coverage for your Policy within the following limits. Our current minimum specified amount for a Policy for issue ages 0-45 is generally $50,000. It declines to $25,000 for issue ages 46-75.
We will generally only issue a Policy to you if you provide sufficient evidence that the insured meets our insurability standards. Your application is subject to our underwriting rules, and we may reject any application for any reason permitted by law. We will not issue a Policy to you if the insured is over age 75. The insured must be insurable and acceptable to us under our underwriting rules on the later of:
● | The date of your application; or |
● | The date the insured completes all of the medical tests and examinations that we require. |
Tax-Free Section 1035 Exchanges
You can generally exchange one life insurance policy for another policy covering the same insured in a tax-free exchange under Section 1035 of the Internal Revenue Code. Before making an exchange, you should compare both life insurance policies carefully. Remember that if you exchange another life insurance policy for the one described in this prospectus, you might have to pay a surrender charge on your old policy, other charges may be higher (or lower) and the benefits may be different. If the exchange does not qualify for Section 1035 treatment, or if your current policy is subject to a policy loan, you may also have to pay federal income tax on the exchange. Additionally, if you are under age 591⁄2 then you also may be subject to a federal tax penalty equal to 10% of the taxable amount. You should not exchange another life insurance policy for this one unless you determine, after knowing all the facts, that the exchange is in your best interest and not just better for the person selling you the Policy. (That person will generally earn a commission if you buy this Policy through an exchange or otherwise.)
Group or Sponsored Policies (Note: This Policy has been discontinued for new sales.)
We issue a different Policy for group or sponsored arrangements (Group/Sponsored Policies). Under Group/Sponsored Policies, a trustee or employer purchases individual policies covering a group of individuals on a group basis (e.g., section 401
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employer-sponsored benefit plans and deferred compensation plans). A sponsored arrangement is where an employer permits a group solicitation of policies to its employees or an association permits a group solicitation of policies to its members.
We have certain criteria to issue Group/Sponsored Policies. Generally, a group or sponsored arrangement must be a specific size and must have been in operation for a number of years. We may reduce certain charges, such as premium expense charges, surrender charge, limits on minimum premium and minimum specified amount, or monthly Policy charge, for these Policies. In some cases, we currently waive the monthly Policy charge and reduce the surrender charge. The amount of the reduction and the criteria for Group/Sponsored Policies will reflect the reduced sales effort resulting from these sales. Groups or sponsored arrangements which have been set up solely to purchase Group/Sponsored Policies or which have been in existence for less than six months will not qualify. Group/Sponsored Policies may be subject to special tax rules and consequences and other legal restrictions. Please see your tax professional for tax advice.
Insurance policies where the benefits vary based on sex may not be used to fund certain employer-sponsored benefit plans and fringe benefit programs. Employers should consult tax attorneys before proposing to offer Group/Sponsored Policies.
An Associate Policy was previously offered to certain employees, field associates, directors and their relatives. An Associate Policy may have had reduced or waived premium expense charges, surrender charges, cost of insurance rates, limits on minimum premium and minimum specified amount, or monthly Policy charge. The Associate Policy was available to:
● | Our current and retired directors, officers, full-time employees and registered representatives, and those of our affiliates; current and retired directors, officers, full-time employees and registered representatives of TCI and any broker-dealer with which they have a sales agreement; |
● | Any trust, pension, profit-sharing or other employee benefit plan of the foregoing persons or entities; |
● | Current and retired directors, officers, and full-time employees of the Transamerica Series Trust, the Transamerica Funds, and any investment adviser or sub-adviser thereto; and |
● | Any immediate family member of the above. |
New Associate Policies are not available.
A WRL Protector Plus ProgramSM Policy differs from a standard Policy in the following ways:
● | The initial premium must be at least $10,000, and at least 90% of the maximum allowable premium; |
● | Our administrative and distribution expenses are lower, so we do not assess any premium expense charges; |
● | The underwriting process is shorter and simpler; |
● | The cost of insurance charges may be different; |
● | Most WRL Protector Plus ProgramSM Policies will be treated as modified endowment contracts; and |
● | For Policies issued on and after May 1, 1996, the surrender charge percentage applies for a shorter time (see below). |
Surrender Charge Percentage
End of Policy Year* | Percentage | |||||
At Issue |
100% | |||||
1-5 |
100% | |||||
6 |
80% | |||||
7 |
60% | |||||
8 |
40% | |||||
9 |
0 |
* | The percentage on any date other than a Policy anniversary will be determined proportionately using the percentage at the end of the Policy year prior to surrender and the percentage at the end of the Policy year of surrender. |
The minimum possible specified amount at issue is the amount that a $10,000 premium will purchase based on the insureds age, sex and underwriting class, and certain federal tax law guidelines. For a larger premium there will be a larger minimum specified amount. The maximum specified amount depends on the size of the initial premium payment, and is approximately 111% of the lowest possible specified amount for that premium. Due to federal tax laws, the amount of additional premium payments you make may be limited. There are no planned periodic premiums.
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When Insurance Coverage Takes Effect
Except as provided in the conditional receipt (Conditional Receipt), if issued, or in connection with certain Section 1035 Exchanges, insurance coverage under the Policy will not take effect until after all of the following conditions have been met: (1) the first full premium must be received by the Company at our mailing address; (2) during the lifetime of every proposed insured, the proposed owner must have personally received and accepted the Policy which was applied for and all answers on the application must be true and correct on the date such Policy is received and accepted; and (3) on the date of the later of either (1) or (2) above, all of the statements and answers given in the application must be true and complete, and there must have been no change in the insurability of any proposed insured.
Conditional Insurance Coverage. If you pay the full initial premium and have met all of the requirements listed in the Conditional Receipt attached to the application, and we deliver the Conditional Receipt to you, the insured may have conditional insurance coverage under the terms of the conditional receipt. The conditional insurance coverage may vary by state and/or underwriting standards. Because we do not accept initial premiums in advance for Policies with a specified amount in excess of $1,000,000, we do not offer conditional insurance coverage for those Policies. Conditional insurance coverage is void if the check or draft you gave us to pay the initial premium is not honored when we first present it for payment.
The aggregate amount of conditional insurance coverage, if any, is the lesser of: |
● The amounts applied for under all Conditional Receipts issued by us; or | |
● $500,000 of life insurance. | ||
Subject to the conditions and limitations of the Conditional Receipt, conditional insurance under the terms of the Policy applied for may become effective as of the later of: |
● The date of application; or | |
● The date of the last medical examination, test, and other screenings required by us, if any (the Effective Date). Such conditional insurance will take effect as of the Effective Date, so long as all of the following requirements are met: | ||
1. The person proposed to be insured is found to have been insurable as of the Effective Date, exactly as applied for in accordance with our underwriting rules and standards, without any modifications as to plan, amount, or premium rate. | ||
2. As of the Effective Date, all statements and answers given in the application must be true. | ||
3. The payment made with the application must not be less than the full initial premium for the mode of payment chosen in the application and must be received at our mailing address within the lifetime of the proposed insured. | ||
4. All medical examinations, tests, and other screenings required of the proposed insured by us are completed and the results received at our mailing address within 60 days of the date the application was signed. | ||
5. All parts of the application, any supplemental application, questionnaires, addendum and/or amendment to the application are signed and received at our mailing address. | ||
Any conditional life insurance coverage terminates on the earliest of: |
● 60 days from the date the application was signed. | |
● The date we either mail notice to the applicant of the rejection of the application and/or mail a refund of any amounts paid with the application. | ||
● When the insurance applied for goes into effect under the terms of the Policy that you applied for; or | ||
● The date we offer to provide insurance on terms that differ from the insurance for which you have applied. | ||
Special limitations of the Conditional Receipt: |
● The Conditional Receipt is not valid unless: | |
> All blanks in the Conditional Receipt are completed; and |
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> The receipt is signed by an authorized Company representative. | ||
Other limitations: | ● There is no Conditional Receipt coverage for riders or any additional benefits, if any, for which you may have applied. | |
● If one or more of the receipts conditions have not been met exactly, or if a proposed insured dies by suicide, we will not be liable except to return any payment made with the application. | ||
● If we do not approve and accept the application within 60 days of the date you signed the application, the application will be deemed to be rejected by us and there will be no conditional insurance coverage. In that case, Transamericas liability will be limited to returning any payment(s) you have made upon return of this receipt to us. |
For 1035 Exchanges: Coverage may begin earlier in Section 1035 exchange situations, as provided in the Absolute Assignment to Effect Internal Revenue Code Section 1035 Exchange and Rollover form. As provided in that form, the insurance coverage shall take effect as of the date of the replaced policy is surrendered, and before delivery of the Policy, if the following conditions have been met:
The Policy has been approved for issue- even if approved other than as applied for - and accepted in writing by the proposed owner and either:
1. | The replaced policy has been surrendered and the surrender proceeds thereafter received by the Company are themselves sufficient to place the Policy in force; or |
2. | If, in addition to the surrender of the replaced policy from the existing issuer, premium is paid during the proposed insureds lifetime (either with the application for the Policy or thereafter if permitted by the Company in writing) and if such premium together with any surrender proceeds thereafter received, are sufficient to place the Policy in force. |
Charges are applied beginning on the date the coverage takes effect.
Full Insurance Coverage and Allocation of Initial Premium. Once we determine that the insured meets our underwriting requirements and you have paid the initial premium, full insurance coverage will commence and we will begin to take the monthly deductions from your net premium. This date is the Policy date (or the record date if Policy is backdated.) Any premium payments we receive before the Policy date (or record date, if applicable) will be held in a non-interest bearing suspense account. On the Policy date (or on the record date if your Policy is backdated), the entire amount in the non-interest bearing suspense account will be allocated to the subaccounts and/or the fixed account as you specified in your application. Please Note: Your premiums are credited on the record date, not the backdated Policy date.
On any day we credit net premiums or transfer cash value to a subaccount, we will convert the dollar amount of the net premium (or transfer) into subaccount units at the unit value for that subaccount, determined at the end of the day on which we receive the premium or transaction request. We will credit amounts to the subaccounts only on a valuation date, that is, on a date that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is open for trading, but no later than 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. If premium or a transaction request is received after 4 p.m. Eastern Time, we will process the requested transaction the next available day that the NYSE is open. This is true whether a requested transaction comes in via fax, wire or other electronic means, or by telephone.
Transaction Type: | Priced when received at our: | |
Payment by Check | Mailing Address, unless a different address appears on your Billing Coupon | |
Transfer Request | Administrative Office | |
Payment by Wire Transfer | Administrative Office | |
Electronic Transactions (e.g., payments through direct deposit, debit transfers, and forms of e-commerce payments | Administrative Office |
If you request, we may backdate a Policy by assigning a Policy date earlier than the date full insurance coverage begins. However, in no event will we backdate a Policy earlier than the earliest date allowed by state law or by our underwriting rules. Your request must be in writing and, if we approve the request, we will amend your application. Your premiums, however, will be credited
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on the date the Policy is issued, not the backdated Policy date. Please Note: State specific rules may apply to a request to backdate a policy. Please contact your registered representative for further information.
Cost of insurance charges are based in part on the age of the insured on the Policy date or on the date of a requested increase in specified amount. Generally, cost of insurance charges are lower at a younger age. We will deduct the monthly deductions, including cost of insurance charges, for the period that the Policy is backdated. This means that while the monthly deductions may be lower than what would have been charged had we not backdated the Policy, you will be paying for insurance during a period when the Policy was not in force.
You must instruct us on how to allocate your net premium among the subaccounts and the fixed account. If you do not provide instructions on how to allocate your net premium, we will allocate the net premium in accordance with your standing allocation instructions. If you do not have valid standing allocation instructions on file, we will not consider the premium payment as being in good order until we receive allocation instructions.
Your net premiums must be allocated according to the following guidelines:
● | Allocation percentages must be in whole numbers. |
● | If you select dollar cost averaging, we may require you to have a minimum of $10,000 in each subaccount from which we will make transfers and you may be required to transfer at least a total of $1,000 ($500 for New Jersey residents) monthly. |
● | If you select asset rebalancing, the cash value of your Policy (if an existing Policy) or your minimum initial premium (if a new Policy) must be at least $10,000. |
Currently, you may change the allocation instructions for additional premium payments without charge at any time by writing us at our mailing address or calling us at our administrative office at 1-800-851-9777, Monday Friday, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time. You may also change allocations through our website at tlic.transamerica.com.
Please Note: Certain subaccounts have similar names. When providing your allocation instructions, please state or write the full name of the subaccount that you select for your allocation to ensure that those allocation instructions are in good order. The change will be effective as of the valuation date on which we receive the change request, in good order, at our mailing address or administrative office. Upon instructions from you, your authorized representative for your Policy may also change your allocation instructions for you. We reserve the right to limit the number of premium allocation changes to one per Policy year.
Whenever you direct money into a subaccount, we will credit your Policy with the number of units for that subaccount that can be bought for the dollar payment. Premium payments received at our mailing address or at the address on your billing coupon (for payments made by check) or at our administrative office (for payments made by wire transfer and through electronic credit and debit transactions) before the NYSE closes, are priced using the unit value determined at the closing of the regular business session of the NYSE (usually at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time). If we receive a premium payment at our mailing address after the NYSE closes or on a day that the NYSE is closed for trading, we will process the order using the subaccount unit value determined at the close of the next regular session of the NYSE. We will credit amounts to the subaccounts only on a valuation date, that is, on a date the NYSE is open for trading. Your cash value will vary with the investment experience of the subaccounts you have chosen. You bear the investment risk for amounts you allocate to the subaccounts.
You should periodically review how your cash value is allocated among the subaccounts and the fixed account because market conditions and your overall financial objectives may change.
You generally have flexibility to determine the frequency and the amount of the premiums you pay. Before we issue the Policy to you, we may require you to pay a premium at least equal to a minimum monthly guarantee premium set forth in your Policy. Thereafter (subject to the limitations described below), you may make premium payments at any time and in an amount of at least $50. Under some circumstances, you may be required to pay extra premiums to prevent a lapse. Your minimum monthly guarantee premium may change if you request a change in your Policy. If this happens, we will notify you of the new minimum monthly guarantee premium. See Minimum Monthly Guarantee Premium below.
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You can determine a planned periodic payment, which allows you to pay level premiums at fixed intervals over a specified period of time. You are not required to pay premiums according to this schedule. You may change the amount, frequency, and the time period over which you make your planned periodic payments. Please be sure to notify us or your selling firm of any address changes so that we may be able to keep your current address on record.
Even if you make your planned periodic payments on schedule, your Policy still may lapse. How long your Policy remains in force depends on the Policys net surrender value. If the net surrender value is not high enough to pay the monthly deductions when due (and your no lapse period has expired) then your Policy will lapse (unless you make the payment we specify during the 61-day grace period).
Minimum Monthly Guarantee Premium
The full initial premium is the only premium you are required to pay under the Policy. However, you greatly increase your risk of lapse if you fail to regularly pay premiums at least as large as the current minimum monthly guarantee premium.
The initial minimum monthly guarantee premium is shown on your Policys schedule page, and depends on a number of factors, including the age, sex, underwriting class of the insured, and the specified amount requested. We will adjust the minimum monthly guarantee premium if you change death benefit options, decrease the specified amount, or if any of the riders are added or terminated, or if in force riders are increased or decreased. We will notify you of the new minimum monthly guarantee premium. We also reserve the right to require, before we issue a Policy, that the initial premium plus the planned premium payable during the no lapse period is at least equal to the cumulative minimum monthly guarantee premiums during the no lapse period.
Until the no lapse date shown on your Policy schedule page, your Policy will remain in force and no grace period will begin, even if your net surrender value is too low to pay the monthly deductions, as long as:
● | You have not increased your specified amount. |
● | You have not added any riders. |
● | The total amount of the premiums you paid (minus any cash withdrawals, minus any outstanding loan amount) equals or exceeds: |
> | The minimum monthly guarantee premium in effect times the number of months since the Policy date up to and including the current month. |
After the no lapse period guarantee ends, paying the current minimum monthly guarantee premium each month will not necessarily keep your Policy in force. You may need to pay additional premiums to keep the Policy in force.
Premium Limitations & Payments
We will not allow you to make any premium payments that would cause the total amount of the premiums you pay to exceed the current maximum premium limitations, if applicable, by which the Policy qualifies as life insurance under federal tax laws. (See Standard Death Benefit for more information regarding the Guideline Premium Test.)
This maximum is set forth in your Policy. If you make a payment that would cause your total premiums to be greater than the maximum premium limitations, we generally will return the excess portion of the premium payment, with interest, within 60 days after the end of the Policy year. In addition, we reserve the right to refund a premium if the premium would increase the death benefit by more than the amount of the premium. We will not accept a payment that will cause the Policy to become a modified endowment contract without your consent. Please refer to the section of this prospectus entitled Federal Income Tax Considerations for more information regarding tax considerations regarding your Policy. We encourage you to consult a qualified tax professional.
We may require premium payments to be at least $50 ($1,000 if by wire). If the billing payment mode is monthly direct deposit, we may require minimum payments of $100. We may return premiums less than the minimum.
Note: We reserve the right to reject any form of payment. We do not accept cash or money orders. Any unacceptable forms of payment will be returned.
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Wire Transfers. We will accept premium payments by wire transfer. If you wish to make premium payments by wire transfer, you should contact our administrative office at 1-800-851-9777 for instructions on wiring federal funds to us. Certain charges are deducted from the premium payments you make.
Tax-Free Exchanges (1035 Exchanges). We will accept a part of or all of your initial premium from one or more contracts insuring the same insured person that qualify for tax-free exchanges under Section 1035 of the Internal Revenue Code. If you contemplate such an exchange, you should consult a competent tax professional to learn the potential tax effects of such a transaction.
This section describes the charges and deductions that we make under the Policy in consideration for: (1) the services and benefits we provide; (2) the costs and expenses we incur; and (3) the risks we assume. The fees and charges deducted under the Policy may result in a profit to us.
Services and benefits we provide under the Policy: |
● | The death benefit, cash and loan benefits. | ||
● | Investment options, including premium allocations. | |||
● | Administration of elective options. | |||
● | The distribution of reports to owners. | |||
Costs and expenses we incur: |
● | Costs associated with processing and underwriting applications. | ||
● | Expenses of issuing and administering the Policy (including any Policy riders). | |||
● | Overhead and other expenses for providing services and benefits and sales and marketing expenses, including compensation paid in connection with the sale of the Policies. | |||
● | Other costs of doing business, such as collecting premiums, maintaining records, processing claims, effecting transactions, and paying federal, state and local premium and other taxes and fees. | |||
Risks we assume: |
● | That the charges we may deduct may be insufficient to meet our actual claims because insureds die sooner than we estimate. | ||
● | That the costs of providing the services and benefits under the Policies may exceed the charges we are allowed to deduct. |
Some or all of the charges we deduct are used to pay aggregate Policy costs and expenses we incur in providing the services and benefits under the Policy and assuming the risks associated with the Policy.
Before we allocate the net premium payments you make, we will deduct the following premium expense charge.
The premium expense charge equals: |
● | 6.0% of premiums during the first ten Policy years; and | ||
● | 2.5% of premiums thereafter. |
Note: Certain events (such as increases or decreases in the specified amount, a change in death benefit option, or a cash withdrawal if you choose Option A death benefit) may affect the specified amount in force. Premium expense charges will be based on the specified amount in force on the Base Policy at the time we receive the premium.
Some or all of the premium expense charges we deduct are used to pay the aggregate policy costs and expenses we incur, including distribution costs and/or state premium taxes. Although state premium tax rates imposed on us vary from state to state, the premium expense charge deducted will not vary with the state of residence of the policyowner.
The premium collection charge equals: |
● | $2.00 per premium payment. | ||
● | We will not increase this charge. |
Monthly deductions will be withdrawn from each subaccount and/or any available fixed account in accordance with the current premium allocation instructions. If the value of any account is insufficient to pay its portion of the monthly deductions, then we will take the monthly deductions on a pro rata basis from all accounts (i.e., in the same proportion that the value in each
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subaccount and the fixed account bears to the total cash value on the Monthiversary). Because portions of the monthly deductions (such as cost of insurance) can vary monthly, the monthly deductions will also vary.
Each monthly deduction consists of: |
● The monthly Policy charge; plus | |||||||
● The monthly cost of insurance charge for the Policy; plus | ||||||||
● The monthly charge for any benefits provided by riders attached to the Policy. | ||||||||
Monthly Policy Charge: | ||||||||
● This charge currently equals $5.00 each Policy month. | ||||||||
● We will not increase this charge. | ||||||||
Cost of Insurance Charge: | ||||||||
We deduct this charge each month. It varies each month and is determined as follows: | ||||||||
1. Divide the death benefit on the Monthiversary by 1.0032737 (this factor reduces the net amount at risk, for purposes of computing the cost of insurance, by taking into account assumed monthly earnings at an annual rate of 4.0%). | ||||||||
2. Subtract the cash value on the Monthiversary. | ||||||||
3. Multiply the appropriate monthly cost of insurance rate for the Policy. | ||||||||
Optional Insurance Riders: | ||||||||
● The monthly deductions will include charges for any optional insurance benefits you add to your Policy by rider. Please refer to the section below entitled Rider Charges for a description of the rider charges. |
To determine the appropriate monthly cost of insurance rates we refer to a schedule of current cost of insurance rates and consider a number of factors, including, but not limited to: the insureds issue age, attained age at the time of any increase in specified amount, sex, underwriting class, and the length of time from the Policy date or from the date of any increase in specified amount. Cost of insurance rates generally will increase each year with the age of the insured. The factors that affect the net amount at risk for each segment of specified amount include the investment performance of the portfolios in which you invest, payment of premiums, the fees and charges deducted under the Policy, the death benefit option you choose, as well as any Policy transactions (such as loans, partial withdrawals, transfers, and changes in specified amount). Monthly cost of insurance rates may change from time to time and different monthly cost of insurance rates may apply to increases in the specified amount following the Policy date and any additional death benefit. The actual monthly cost of insurance rates are primarily based on our expectations as to future mortality experience and expenses. The actual rates we charge will never be greater than the Table of Guaranteed Maximum Life Insurance Rates stated in your Policy. These guaranteed rates are based on the Commissioners 1980 Standard Ordinary Tobacco and Non-Tobacco Mortality Tables (1980 C.S.O. Tables) and the insureds attained age, sex, and underwriting class.
The underwriting class of the insured will affect the cost of insurance rates. In determining underwriting classifications, we apply certain criteria that are based on an assessment of the insureds life expectancy. We currently place insureds into preferred and standard classes. We also place insureds into substandard classes with extra ratings, which reflect higher mortality risks and will result in higher cost of insurance rates. Examples of reasons an insured may be placed into an extra risk factor underwriting class include, but are not limited to, medical history, avocation, occupation, driving record, or planned future travel (where permitted by law).
We may issue certain Policies on a simplified, guaranteed issue or expedited basis. Cost of insurance rates charged for any Policies issued on a simplified, guaranteed or expedited basis may cause healthy individuals to pay higher cost of insurance rates than they would pay under a substantially similar Policy that we offer using different underwriting criteria.
The cost of insurance charge for any optional insurance rider and for any increase in rider face amount are determined in the same manner used to determine the base policys cost of insurance charges. Generally, the current cost of insurance rates for optional riders are lower than the current cost of insurance on the base policys net amount at risk.
Mortality and Expense Risk Charge
We deduct a daily charge from your Policys cash value in each subaccount that, together with other fees and charges, compensates us for services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred and the risks assumed. This charge is a maximum of:
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● | The value of each subaccount; multiplied by |
● | The daily pro rata portion of the annual mortality and expense risk charge rate of 0.90% (this annual rate is equal to 0.90% of the average daily net assets of each subaccount). |
If this charge, combined with other Policy fees and charges, does not cover our total actual costs for services rendered and expenses incurred, we absorb the loss. Conversely, if these fees and charges more than cover actual costs, the excess is added to our surplus. We expect to profit from these charges.
You may surrender your Policy for its cash surrender value at any time upon written request (in good order). If you exercise this option, the Policy and all attached riders will terminate.
If you surrender your Policy completely during the first 15 years (or during the 15 year period following an increase in specified amount), we deduct a surrender charge from your cash value and pay the remaining cash value (less any outstanding loan amount) to you. The surrender charge helps us recover distribution expenses that we incur in connection with the Policy, including registered representative sales commissions and printing and advertising costs.
The formula we use reduces the surrender charge at older ages in compliance with state laws. There is no surrender charge if you wait until the end of the 15th Policy year to surrender your Policy and you have not increased your specified amount within the past 15 Policy years.
The surrender charge may be significant. You should evaluate this charge carefully before you consider a surrender. Under some circumstances, the level of surrender charges might result in no net surrender value available if you surrender your Policy in the early Policy years. This will depend on a number of factors, but is more likely if:
● | You pay premiums equal to or not much higher than the minimum monthly guarantee premium shown in your Policy; and/or |
● | Investment performance is low. |
The surrender charge is equal to: |
● | The deferred issue charge; plus | ||
● | the deferred sales charge; multiplied by | |||
● | The surrender charge percentage. |
The deferred issue charge is $5.00 multiplied by each $1,000 of the initial specified amount stated in your Policy and any later increase in specified amount in effect at the time of surrender. This charge helps us recover the underwriting, processing and start-up expenses that we incur in connection with the Policy and the separate account, as well as other aggregate Policy expenses.
The deferred sales charge is equal to:
● | 26.5% multiplied by the total premiums paid up to the guideline premium shown in your Policy; plus |
● | A percentage, which varies depending on the insureds issue age and sex (see table below); multiplied by the total premiums paid in excess of the guideline premiums (excess premium charge). |
Issue Age Range | Excess Premium | |||||||
Male and Unisex* | Female | Charge | ||||||
0-55 |
0-62 | 4.2% | ||||||
56-63 |
63-69 | 3.7% | ||||||
64-68 |
70-74 | 3.1% | ||||||
69-73 |
75 | 2.5% | ||||||
74-75 |
2.0% |
* The reference to unisex is included for purposes of states which prohibit the use of actuarial tables that distinguish between males and females to determine premiums and policy benefits for policies issued on the lives of their residents.
The deferred sales charge helps us recover distribution expenses that we incur in connection with the Policy, including registered representative sales commissions and printing and advertising costs. The proceeds of this charge may not be sufficient to cover these expenses. To the extent they are not, Transamerica will cover the shortfall from its general account assets, which may include profits from the mortality and expense risk charge under the Policy.
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To determine the surrender charge, we apply the surrender charge percentage to the sum of the deferred issue charge and the deferred sales charge. In Policy years 1-10 this percentage is 100% for male insureds at issue ages 0-65 and female insureds at issue ages 0-70 and then declines at the rate of 20% per year until reaching zero at the end of the 15th Policy year. If the Policy has lapsed and been reinstated, the surrender charge is based on the amount of time that the Policy or increase in specified amount has been in force with no credit for periods of lapse. Percentages for the WRL Protector Plus ProgramSM are different than those shown below.
Surrender Charge Percentages
Males Issue Ages 0-65
Females Issue Ages 0-70
End of Policy Year* | Percentage | |||
At Issue - year 10 |
100% | |||
11 |
80% | |||
12 |
60% | |||
13 |
40% | |||
14 |
20% | |||
15+ |
0% |
* The percentage on any date other than a Policy anniversary will be determined proportionately using the percentage at the end of the Policy year prior to surrender and the percentage at the end of the Policy year of surrender.
For insureds with older issue ages, the surrender charge percentage is less than 100% at the end of the 10th Policy year and then declines to 0% at the end of the 15th Policy year. Therefore, the surrender charge will be less if you surrender the Policy during the 11th through the 15th Policy year. There is no surrender charge if the Policy is surrendered after the 15th Policy year unless you increase the specified amount. See Additional Surrender Charge on Increases below. A different surrender charge percentage schedule applies to Policies through the WRL Protector Plus ProgramSM. See WRL Protector Plus ProgramSM.
Surrender Charge Example 1: Assume a male insured purchases the Policy at issue age 35 for $100,000 of specified amount, paying the guideline premium of $1,007, and an additional premium amount of $493 in excess of the guideline premium, for a total premium of $1,500 per year for four years ($6,000 total for four years), and then surrenders the Policy. The surrender charge would be calculated as follows:
(a) |
Deferred issue charge: ($5.00/$1,000 of initial specified amount) |
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(100 x $5.00) | = | $500.00 | ||||||
(b) |
Deferred sales charge (i + ii): |
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(i) 26.5% of guideline premium paid( 26.5% x $1,007), plus |
= | $266.86 | ||||||
(ii) 4.2% of premiums paid in excess of guideline premium (4.2% x $4,993) |
= | $209.71 | ||||||
(c) |
Applicable surrender charge percentage |
= | 100% | |||||
Surrender charge= ((a) + (b)) x (c) |
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=[(a) $500.00 + (b) $266.86 + $209.71)] x (c)100% |
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=($500.00 + 476.57) x 100% | = | $976.57 | ||||||
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Surrender Charge Example 2: Assume the same facts as in Example 1, including continued premium payments of $1,500 per year except the owner surrenders the Policy on the 14th Policy anniversary:
(a) |
Deferred issue charge: (100 x $5.00) |
= | $500.00 | |||||
(b) |
Deferred sales charge (i + ii): |
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(i) (26.5% x $1,007), plus |
= | $266.86 | ||||||
(ii) (4.2% x $19,993) |
= | $839.71 | ||||||
(c) |
Applicable surrender charge percentage |
= | 20% | |||||
Surrender charge = ((a) + (b)) x (c) |
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=[(a) $500.00 + (b) $266.86 + $839.71)] x (c) 20% |
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=($500.00 + 1,106.57) x 20% | = | $321.31 | ||||||
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Additional Surrender Charge on Increases in Specified Amount. If you increase the specified amount and you surrender your Policy, we will deduct an additional surrender charge for the 15 Policy years following each increase. This charge is equal to:
● | $5.00 multiplied by each $1,000 of the specified amount increase; multiplied by |
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● | The applicable surrender charge shown in your Policy, with Policy years commencing on the date of each increase. |
We currently allow you to make 12 transfers each Policy year free from charge. We deduct the transfer charge from the amount being transferred. We will not increase this charge.
Except as listed below, we may charge $10 for each additional transfer. For purposes of assessing the transfer charge, all transfers made in one day, regardless of the number of subaccounts affected by the transfer, will be considered a single transfer:
1. Transfers resulting from loans or the exercise of conversion rights currently are not treated as transfers for the purpose of assessing this charge.
2. Transfers via the Internet are not treated as transfers for the purpose of assessing this charge.
3. Transfers among the ProFunds subaccounts are not treated as transfers for the purpose of assessing this charge.
4. Transfers under dollar cost averaging and asset rebalancing currently are not treated as transfers for the purpose of assessing this charge.
We charge you an annual interest rate on a Policy loan of either 7.4% in advance or 5.2% in advance depending on state and issue date on each Policy anniversary. We also currently credit the amount in the loan reserve account with an effective annual interest rate of 4.75% (4.0% minimum guaranteed). After offsetting the 4.75% interest we credit, the net cost of loans currently is 0.74% annually after rounding (1.49% maximum guaranteed). After the 10th Policy year, we apply preferred loan rates on an amount equal to the cash value; minus total premiums paid (less any cash withdrawals); and minus any outstanding loan amount. The current preferred loan interest rate credited is 5.49% effective annually, after rounding, and is not guaranteed.
For Policies issued before May 1, 1994, we charge you an annual interest rate of 7.4%. For the following states, the annual interest rate on a Policy loan is 7.4% for all Policies issued before, and 5.2% for all Policies issued on or after the dates indicated: Idaho May 24, 1994; Montana May 20, 1994; Rhode Island May 19, 1994; Oregon June 27, 1994; Minnesota December 28, 1994; and Vermont February 21, 1996; Puerto Rico April 18, 1997; New Jersey April 13, 1995; Washington, DC November 23, 1998; and Guam February 11, 1998.
After the first Policy year, you may take one cash withdrawal per Policy year if your surrender value is sufficient to cover the amount of the withdrawal and the associated cash withdrawal charge. When you take a cash withdrawal, we charge a processing fee of $25 or 2% of the amount you withdraw, whichever is less. We deduct this amount from the withdrawal, and we pay you the balance. We will not increase this charge.
We currently do not make any deductions for taxes from the separate account. We may do so in the future to the extent that such taxes are imposed by federal or state agencies.
The following charges apply if you elect any of the riders available under your Policy as noted below (see Other Benefits Under the Policy):
● | Terminal Illness Accelerated Death Benefit Rider. We do not assess an administrative charge for this rider; however, if the rider is exercised, we do reduce the single sum benefit by a discount factor to compensate us for income lost due to the early payment of the death benefit. The discount rate is equal to the Applicable Federal Interest Rate (1.82% for 2021) or the policy loan rate expressed in arrears, whichever is greater. |
● | Primary Insured Rider (PIR) and Primary Insured Rider Plus (PIR Plus). We assess a cost of insurance charge based on the insureds issue age, sex and underwriting class, the Policy year and the rider face amount. Charges generally will increase each year with the age of the insured. |
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● | Other Insured Rider. We assess a cost of insurance charge based on each other insureds issue age, sex and underwriting class, Policy year and the rider face amount. Charges generally will increase each year with the age of the insured. |
● | Childrens Insurance Rider. We assess a cost of insurance charge based on the rider face amount regardless of the number of children insured. |
● | Accidental Death Benefit Rider. We assess a cost of insurance charge based on the insureds attained age and rider face amount. Charges generally will increase each year with the age of the insured. |
● | Disability Waiver Rider. We assess a rider charge based on the insureds issue age, sex and net amount at risk for the Policy, as well as a charge based on those riders that would be eligible to have monthly deductions waived. |
● | Disability Waiver and Income Rider. The charge for this rider is based on the insureds issue age, sex and the amount of monthly waiver of premium benefit that would be paid in the event of total disability, as defined in the rider. |
The value of each subaccount will reflect the fees and expenses paid and received by the corresponding portfolio company including, but not limited to operating expenses and any 12b-1 fees. Under certain circumstances, the board of directors of a government money market portfolio company would have the discretion to impose a liquidity fee on redemptions from the money market portfolio company and to implement a redemption gate that would temporarily suspend redemptions from the underlying fund. Accordingly, we reserve the right to implement, administer and charge you for any such fee or restriction that may be imposed by the government money market portfolio companies. This could possibly cause you to lose money on your underlying fund redemption.
Please see the portfolio company prospectuses for more detailed information about the portfolio companies.
We (and our affiliates) may directly or indirectly receive payments from the portfolios, their advisers, sub-advisers, distributors or affiliates thereof in connection with certain administrative, marketing and other support services we (and our affiliates) provide and expenses we incur in offering and selling our variable insurance products.
These arrangements are sometimes referred to as revenue sharing arrangements and are described further below. While only certain of the types of payments described below may be made in connection with your particular Policy, all such payments may nonetheless influence or impact actions we (and/or our affiliates) take, and recommendations we (and our affiliates) make, regarding each of the variable insurance products that we (and our affiliates) offer, including your Policy.
We (and/or our affiliates) may receive some or all of the following types of payments:
● | Rule 12b-1 Fees. We and/or our affiliate, Transamerica Capital, Inc. (TCI) which is the principal underwriter for the Policies indirectly receive 12b-1 fees from certain funds available as investment choices under our variable insurance products. Any 12b-1 fees received by TCI that are attributable to our variable insurance products are then credited to us. These fees range from 0.00% to 0.25% of the average daily assets of the certain underlying fund portfolios attributable to the Policies and to certain other variable insurance products that we and our affiliates issue. These fees are paid from the underlying fund portfolios assets. Policy Owners, through their indirect investment in the underlying fund portfolios, bear the costs of 12b-1 fees (see the prospectuses for the underlying fund portfolios for more information). |
● | Administrative, Marketing and Support Service Fees (Support Fees). The investment adviser, sub-adviser, administrators, and/or distributors (or affiliates thereof) of the portfolios may make payments to us and/or our affiliates, including TCI. These payments may be derived, in whole or in part, from the profits the investment adviser or sub-adviser realizes on the advisory fee deducted from underlying portfolio assets. Therefore the policyowners,, through their indirect investment in the portfolios, bear the cost of these advisory fees. (See the prospectus for the funds for more information.) |
The amount of the payments we (or our affiliates) receive is generally based on a percentage of the assets of the particular underlying fund portfolios attributable to the Policy and to certain other variable insurance products that our affiliates and we issue. These percentages differ and the amounts of payments may be significant. Some advisers or sub-advisers (or other affiliates) pay us more than others.
The following chart provides the maximum combined percentages of Support Fees and underlying fund portfolio fees (i.e. sub-transfer agent, Rule 12b-1, and Shareholder Services) that we anticipate will be paid to us on an annual basis:
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Incoming Payments to Transamerica and TCI | ||||||
Fund |
Maximum Fee % of assets* |
Fund |
Maximum Fee % of assets* | |||
Transamerica Series Trust ** |
-- | Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Funds | 0.39%*** | |||
Alliance Bernstein |
0.25% | Franklin Templeton | 0.35% | |||
ProFunds | 0.50% | |||||
*Payments are based on a percentage of the average assets of each underlying fund portfolio owned by the subaccounts that are available under the Policy and under certain other variable insurance products offered by our affiliates and us. We, and/or TCI, may continue to receive 12b-1 fees and administrative fees on subaccounts that are closed to new investments, depending on the terms of the agreements supporting those payments and on the services provided.
**Because the Transamerica Series Trust (TST) is managed by an affiliate, there are additional benefits to us and our affiliates for amounts you allocate to the Transamerica Series Trust portfolio companies, in terms of our and our affiliates overall profitability. During 2023 we received $13,253,820.82 in benefits from TAM.
***We receive this percentage from Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Funds once $100 million in fund shares are held by the subaccounts of Transamerica and its affiliates.
Other Payments. TCI also serves as the wholesale distributor for the policies, and in that capacity directly or indirectly receives additional amounts or different percentages of assets under management from certain advisers and sub-advisers to the underlying fund portfolios (or their affiliates) with regard to variable insurance products and/or mutual funds that are issued by us and our affiliates. These amounts may be derived, in whole or in part, from the profits the investment adviser or sub-adviser receives from the advisory fee deducted from underlying fund portfolio assets. Owners, through their indirect investment in the underlying fund portfolios, bear the costs of these advisory fees. Certain advisers and sub-advisers of the underlying fund portfolios (or their affiliates):
● | may each directly or indirectly pay TCI conference sponsorship or marketing allowance payments that provides such advisers and sub-advisers with access to TCIs wholesalers at TCIs national and regional sales conferences as well as internal and external meetings and events that are attended by TCIs wholesalers and/or other TCI employees. |
● | may provide our affiliates and/or selling firms with wholesaling services to assist us in the distribution of the policies. |
● | may provide us and/or certain affiliates and/or selling firms with occasional gifts, meals, tickets or other compensation as an incentive to market the underlying fund portfolios and to assist with their promotional efforts. The amounts may be significant and these arrangements provide the adviser or sub-adviser (or other affiliates) with increased access to us and to our affiliates involved in the distribution of the policies. |
For the calendar year ended December 31, 2023, TCI and its affiliates received revenue sharing payments from asset managers including Rothschild; Thompson Siegel and Walmsley; Aegon Asset Management; Blackrock; Fidelity Investments; Franklin Templeton; J.P. Morgan Asset Management; Janus Henderson; Madison Investments; Milliman Financial Risk Management; PGIM Quantitative Solutions; Pinebridge; Systematic Financial; Wellington, PIMCO; T. Rowe Price; and Goldman Sachs in the amount of $550,000.00 to participate in TCI sponsored events.
During 2023, in general, payments calculated as a percentage of sales ranged from 10 basis point (0.1%) to 50 basis points (0.50%), payments calculated as a percentage of assets under management ranged from 2 basis points (0.02%) to 15 basis points (0.15%), and flat annual fees ranged from $5,000.00 to $500,000.00 (calculated after revenue sharing offsets for sales), which included at times payments for a series of meetings and/or events of other broker-dealers and banks.
As of December 31, 2023, TCI had revenue sharing agreements with more than 75 broker dealers and other financial intermediaries including, without limitation: Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.; Advisor Group, Inc./Osaic Wealth, Inc. (FSC Securities, Royal Alliance, SagePoint, Questar, Woodbury Financial Services, Securities America, Triad, American Portfolios, and Infinex Investments, Inc.) ; Atria Wealth Solutions, Inc. (Cadaret Grant & Co., CUSO Financial, Next Financial, Sorrento, and Western International Securities, Inc.); Avantax Investment Services, Inc.; Cabot Lodge Securities, LLC; Cambridge Investment Research; Centaurus Financial, Inc.; Cetera Financial Group, Inc. (Cetera Advisors, LLC, Cetera Advisor Networks, LLC, Cetera Financial Specialists, LLC, Cetera Investment Services, LLC, First Allied, Summit Brokerage Services, Inc.); Charles Schwab; Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.; Citizens Securities Inc.; Commonwealth Financial Network; D.A. Davidson & Co., Inc.; Edward Jones; Equitable Advisors, LLC; Equity Services, Inc.; Financial Data Services, Inc.; GWFS Equities Inc.; Geneos Wealth Management; Great West Financial; Hantz Financial Services, Inc.; Independent Financial Group, LLC; Janney Montgomery Scott; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC; Kestra Investment Services; LPL Financial Corp.; Logan Group Securities; Merrill Lynch; Morgan Stanley Smith Barney; MML Investors Services; Mutual of Omaha Investor Services Inc.; National Financial Services, Inc.; OneAmerica Securities Inc.; Oppenheimer & Co.; Park Avenue Securities; Pershing LLC; Principal Connectivity; PNC Investments;
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Pursche Kaplan Sterling; Securian Financial Services Inc.; Raymond James and Associates, Inc.; Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.; RBC Wealth Management; Stifel Nicolaus & Company Inc.; TD Ameritrade; UBS Financial Services, Inc.; United Planners Financial Services of America; US Bancorp Investments, Inc.; Voya Financial Advisors, Inc.; Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC; and World Equity Group Inc
For the calendar year ended December 31, 2023, TCI paid approximately $33.4 million to these brokers and other financial intermediaries in connection with revenue sharing arrangements. TCI expects to have revenue sharing arrangements with a number of brokers and other financial intermediaries in 2024, including some or all of the foregoing brokers and financial intermediaries, among others, on terms similar to those discussed above.
Please Note: Some of the aforementioned advisers and/or sub-advisers may not be associated with underlying fund portfolios currently available in this product.
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Proceeds from certain of these payments by the Funds, the advisers, the sub-advisers and/or their affiliates may be profit to us, and may be used for any corporate purpose, including payment of expenses (i) that we and our affiliates incur in promoting, issuing, marketing and administering the Policies; and (ii) that we incur, in our role as intermediary, in promoting and marketing the fund portfolios.
Compensation To Broker-Dealers Selling The Policies
The Policies are offered to the public through broker-dealers (selling firms) that are licensed under the federal securities laws; the selling firm and/or its affiliates is/are also licensed under state insurance laws. The selling firms have entered into written selling agreements with us and with TCI as principal underwriter for the Policies. We pay commissions through TCI to the selling firms for their sales of the Policies.
A limited number of affiliated and unaffiliated broker-dealers, including Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. (TFA), may also be paid commissions and overrides to wholesale the Policies, that is, to provide sales support and training to sales representatives at selling firms. We may also provide compensation to a limited number of broker-dealers for providing ongoing service in relation to Policies that have already been purchased.
The selling firms are paid commissions for the promotion and sale of the Policies according to one or more schedules. The amount and timing of commissions may vary depending on the selling agreement.
To the extent permitted by rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Transamerica , TFA, TCI, and other affiliated parties may pay (or allow other broker-dealers to provide) promotional incentives or payments in the form of cash or non-cash compensation or reimbursement to some, but not all, selling firms and their sales representatives. These arrangements are described further below.
The sales representative who sold you the Policy typically receives a portion of the compensation we (and our affiliates) pay to the selling firm, depending on the agreement between the selling firm and its sales representative and the firms internal compensation program. These programs may include other types of cash and non-cash compensation and other benefits. Ask your sales representative for further information about the compensation your sales representative and the selling firm that employs your sales representative, may receive in connection with your purchase of a Policy. Also inquire about any compensation arrangements that we and our affiliates may have with the selling firm, including the conflicts of interests that such arrangements may create.
You should be aware that a selling firm or its sales representatives may receive different compensation or incentives for selling one product over another. In some cases, these differences may create an incentive for the selling firm or its sales representatives to recommend or sell this Policy to you. You may wish to take such incentives into account when considering and evaluating any recommendation relating to the Policies.
Special Compensation for Affiliated Wholesaling and Selling Firms. Our parent company provides paid-in capital to TCI and pays the cost of TCIs operating and other expenses, including costs for facilities, legal and accounting services, and other internal administrative functions.
Transamericas main distribution channel is TFA, an affiliate, which sells Transamerica products. Transamerica covers the cost of TFAs various facilities, third-party services and internal administrative functions, including employee salaries, sales representative training and employee benefits that are provided directly to TFA. These facilities and services are necessary for TFAs administration and operation, and Transamerica is compensated by TFA for these expenses based on TFAs usage. In addition, Transamerica and other affiliates pay for certain sales expenses of TFA, including the costs of preparing and producing prospectuses and sales promotional materials for the Policy.
Sales representatives and their supervisors at certain affiliated firms may receive, directly or indirectly, additional cash benefits and non-cash compensation or reimbursements from us or our affiliates. Additional compensation or reimbursement arrangements may include payments in connection with the firms conferences or seminars, sales or training programs for invited selling representatives and other employees, seminars for the public, trips (such as travel, lodging and meals in connection therewith), entertainment, merchandise and other similar items, and payments, loans or loan guaranties to assist a firm or representative in connection with systems, operating, marketing, and other business expenses. The amounts may be significant and may provide us with increased access to the sales representatives.
In addition, supervisors and/or sales representatives of those affiliated firms who meet certain productivity standards may be eligible for additional compensation. Sales of the Policies by affiliated selling firms may help sales representatives and/or their managers qualify for certain cash or non-cash benefits, and may provide such persons with special incentive to sell our Policies. For example, certain sales representatives, general agents, marketing directors and supervisors may be eligible to participate in a voluntary stock purchase plan that permits participants to purchase stock of Aegon Ltd. (Transamericas ultimate parent) by allocating a portion of the commissions they earn to purchase such shares. A portion of the contributions of commissions by the representatives
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may be matched by the firm. Certain sales representatives may also be eligible to participate in a stock option and award plan. Registered representatives who meet certain production goals will be issued options on the stock of Aegon Ltd.
Additional Compensation that We Pay to Selected Selling Firms. We may pay certain selling firms additional cash amounts in order to receive enhanced marketing services and increased access to their sales representatives. In exchange for providing us with access to their distribution network, such selling firms may receive additional compensation or reimbursement for, among other things, the hiring and training of sales personnel, marketing, sponsoring of conferences and seminars, and/or other services they provide to us and our affiliates. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we and other parties may allow other non-cash incentives and compensation to be paid to these selling firms.
These special compensation arrangements are not offered to all selling firms and the terms of such arrangements are not the same for all selling firms and may be based on past sales of the Policies or other criteria. Overrides were offered for certain products as incentives to our affiliate, TFA, in 2021.
You or your authorized representative of record may make transfers among the subaccounts or among the subaccounts and the fixed account. You will be bound by any transfers made by your authorized representative. We determine the amount you have available for transfers at the end of the valuation period when we receive your transfer request. We may, at any time, discontinue transfer privileges, modify our procedures, or limit the number of transfers we permit.
The following features apply to transfers under the Policy:
● | Your Policy may be limited to a cumulative transfer from the fixed account each Policy year of the greater of 25% of the amount in the fixed account, or the amount transferred out the previous Policy year. However, the transfer may not be greater than the unloaned portion of the fixed account on that date. See Fixed Account Transfers . |
● | Currently we do not, but reserve the right to, limit the number of transfers out of the fixed account to one per Policy year. If we modify or stop our current practice, we will notify you at the time of your transfer. |
● | You may request transfers in writing (in a form we accept) to our mailing address, by fax or by telephone to our administrative office, or electronically through our website (tlic.transamerica.com). Please Note: Certain subaccounts have similar names. It is important that you state or write the full name of the subaccount when making a transfer request to ensure that any transfer request that you make is in good order. |
● | There is no minimum amount that must be transferred. |
● | There is no minimum amount that must remain in a subaccount after a transfer. |
● | Except as listed below, we may deduct a $10 charge from the amount transferred for each transfer in excess of 12 transfers in a Policy year: |
1. We consider all transfers made in any one day to be a single transfer.
2. Transfers resulting from loans or the exercise of conversion rights currently are not treated as transfers for the purpose of the transfer charge.
3. Transfers via the Internet are not treated as transfers for the purpose of assessing the transfer charge.
4. Transfers among the ProFunds subaccounts are not treated as transfers for the purpose of assessing the transfer charge.
5. Transfers under dollar cost averaging and asset rebalancing currently are not treated as transfers for the purpose of assessing the transfer charge.
We will process any transfer order that is received, in good order, in writing at our mailing address, or by fax or by telephone at our administrative office, before the NYSE closes (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) using the subaccount unit value determined at the end of that session of the NYSE. If we receive the transfer order after the NYSE closes or on a day that the NYSE is closed for trading, we will process the order using the subaccount unit value determined at the close of the next regular business session of the NYSE. (If you send your request by fax, be sure to use the correct fax number. Please see Telephone, Fax and Online Privileges.)
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Market Timing and Disruptive Trading
The market timing policy and the related procedures (discussed below) do not apply to the ProFunds subaccounts because the corresponding portfolios are specifically designed to accommodate frequent transfer activity. Frequent transfers may increase portfolio turnover. A high level of portfolio turnover may negatively impact performance by increasing transaction costs. In addition, large movements of assets into and out of a ProFunds may negatively affect a portfolios ability to achieve its investment objective or maintain a consistent level of operating expenses. If you invest in the ProFunds subaccounts, you should be aware that you may bear the costs and increased risks of frequent transfers discussed below and they may have a greater risk than other portfolios of suffering the harmful effects of market timing and disruptive trading.
Statement of Policy. This variable insurance Policy was not designed to accommodate market timing or facilitate frequent or large trading through transfers among the subaccounts or between the subaccounts and the fixed account. (Both frequent and large transfers may be considered disruptive.)
Market timing and disruptive trading can adversely affect you, other policyowners, beneficiaries and underlying fund portfolios. The adverse effects include:
1. | Dilution of the interests of long-term investors in a subaccount if purchases or transfers into or out of an underlying fund portfolio are made at prices that do not reflect an accurate value for the underlying fund portfolios investments (some market timers attempt to do this through methods known as time-zone arbitrage and liquidity arbitrage); |
2. | An adverse effect on portfolio management, such as (a) impeding a portfolio managers ability to sustain an investment objective; (b) causing the underlying fund portfolio to maintain a higher level of cash than would otherwise be the case; or (c) causing an underlying fund portfolio to liquidate investments prematurely (or otherwise at an inopportune time) in order to pay withdrawals or transfers out of the underlying fund portfolio; and |
3. | Increased brokerage and administrative expenses |
These risks and costs are borne by all policyowners invested in those subaccounts, not just those making the transfers.
We have developed policies and procedures with respect to market timing and disruptive trading (which vary for certain subaccounts at the request of the corresponding underlying fund portfolios) and we do not make special arrangements or grant exceptions to accommodate market timing or potentially disruptive trading. As discussed herein, we cannot detect or deter all market timing or potentially disruptive trading. Do not invest with us if you intend to conduct market timing or potentially disruptive trading or have concerns about our inability to detect or prevent any such trading.
Detection. We employ various means in an attempt to detect and deter market timing and disruptive trading. However, despite our monitoring we may not be able to detect nor halt all harmful trading. In addition, because other insurance companies (and retirement plans) with different policies and procedures may invest in the underlying fund portfolios, we cannot guarantee that all harmful trading will be detected or that an underlying fund portfolio will not suffer harm from market timing and disruptive trading among subaccounts of variable products issued by these other insurance companies or retirement plans.
Deterrence. If we determine that you or anyone acting on your behalf is engaged in market timing or disruptive trading, we may take one or more actions in an attempt to halt such trading. Your ability to make transfers is subject to modification or restriction if we determine, in our sole opinion, that your exercise of the transfer privilege may disadvantage or potentially harm the rights or interests of other policyowners (or others having an interest in the variable insurance products). As described below, restrictions may take various forms, but under our current policies and procedures will include loss of expedited transfer privileges. We consider transfers by telephone, fax, overnight mail, or the Internet to be expedited transfers. This means that we would accept only written transfer requests with an original signature sent to us only by U.S. mail. We may also restrict the transfer privileges of others acting on your behalf, including your registered representative or an asset allocation or investment advisory service.
We reserve the right to reject any premium payment or transfer request from any person without prior notice, if, in our judgment, (1) the premium payment or transfer, or series of premium payments or transfers, would have a negative impact on an underlying fund portfolios operations, or (2) if an underlying fund portfolio would reject or has rejected our purchase order or has instructed us not to allow that purchase or transfer, or (3) because of a history of market timing or disruptive trading.
We may impose other restrictions on transfers, or even prohibit transfers for any policyowner who, in our view, has abused, or appears likely to abuse, the transfer privilege on a case-by-case basis. We may, at any time and without prior notice, discontinue transfer privileges, modify our procedures, impose holding period requirements or limit the number, size, frequency, manner, or timing of transfers we permit. We also reserve the right to reverse a potentially harmful transfer if an underlying fund portfolio refuses
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or reverses our order; in such instances some policyowners may be treated differently than others in that some transfers may be reversed and others allowed. For all of these purposes, we may aggregate two or more trades or variable insurance products that we believe are connected by policyowners or persons engaged in trading on behalf of policyowners.
In addition, transfers for multiple policies invested in the Transamerica Series Trust underlying fund portfolios which are submitted together may be disruptive at certain levels. At the present time, such aggregated transactions likely will not cause disruption if less than one million dollars total is being transferred with respect to any one underlying fund portfolio (a smaller amount may apply to smaller underlying fund portfolios companies). Please note that transfers of less than one million dollars may be disruptive in some circumstances; we may change the maximum dollar amount of permitted transfers quickly and without notice.
Please Note: If you engage a third party investment adviser for asset allocation services, then you may be subject to these transfer restrictions because of the actions of your investment adviser in providing these services.
In addition to our internal policies and procedures, we will administer your variable life policy to comply with any applicable state, federal, and other regulatory requirements concerning transfers. We reserve the right to implement, administer, and charge you for any fee or restriction, including redemption fees, imposed by any underlying fund portfolio. To the extent permitted by law, we also reserve the right to defer the transfer privilege at any time that we are unable to purchase or redeem shares of any of the underlying fund portfolios.
Under our current policies and procedures, we do not:
● | impose redemption fees on transfers; or |
● | expressly limit the number or size of transfers in a given period except for certain subaccounts where an underlying fund portfolio has advised us to prohibit certain transfers that exceed a certain size; or |
● | provide a certain number of allowable transfers in a given period. |
Redemption fees, transfer limits, and other procedures or restrictions imposed by the underlying fund portfolios or our competitors may be more or less successful than ours in deterring market timing or other disruptive trading and in preventing or limiting harm from such trading.
In the absence of preventative restrictions (e.g., expressly limiting the number of trades within a given period or limiting trades by their size), it is possible that some level of market timing and disruptive trading will occur before we are able to detect it and take steps to deter it.
Please note that the limits and restrictions described herein are subject to our ability to monitor transfer activity. Our ability to detect market timing or disruptive trading may be limited by operational and technological systems, as well as by our ability to predict strategies employed by policyowners (or those acting on their behalf ) to avoid detection. As a result, despite our efforts to prevent harmful trading activity among the variable investment options available under this variable insurance product, there is no assurance that we will be able to detect or deter market timing or disruptive trading by such policyowners or intermediaries acting on their behalf. Moreover, our ability to discourage and restrict market timing or disruptive trading may be limited by decisions of state regulatory bodies and court orders that we cannot predict.
Furthermore, we may revise our policies and procedures in our sole discretion at any time and without prior notice, as we deem necessary or appropriate (1) to better detect and deter harmful trading that may adversely affect other policyowners, other persons with material rights under the variable insurance products, or underlying fund shareholders generally, (2) to comply with state or federal regulatory requirements, or (3) to impose additional or alternative restrictions on policyowners engaging in market timing or disruptive trading among the investment options under the variable insurance product. In addition, we may not honor transfer requests if any variable investment option that would be affected by the transfer is unable to purchase or redeem shares of its corresponding underlying fund portfolio.
Underlying Fund Portfolio Frequent Trading Policies. The underlying fund portfolios may have adopted their own policies and procedures with respect to frequent purchases and redemptions of their respective shares. Underlying fund portfolios may, for example, assess a redemption fee (which we reserve the right to collect) on shares held for less than a certain period of time. The prospectuses for the underlying fund portfolios describe any such policies and procedures. The frequent trading policies and procedures of an underlying fund portfolio may be different, and more or less restrictive, than the frequent trading policies and procedures of other underlying fund portfolios and the policies and procedures we have adopted for our variable insurance products to discourage market timing and disruptive trading. We do not monitor transfer requests from policyowners or persons acting on behalf of policyowners for compliance with , nor do we apply, the frequent trading policies and procedures of the respective underlying fund portfolios. that would be affected by the transfers.
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Policyowners should be aware that We are required to provide to an underlying fund portfolio or its payee, promptly upon request, certain information about the trading activity of individual policyowners, and to. We may be required to restrict or prohibit further purchases or transfers by specific policyowners or persons acting on their behalf, if identified by an underlying fund portfolio as violating the frequent trading policies established for the underlying fund portfolio.
Please read the underlying funds prospectus for information about restrictions on transfers.
Omnibus Orders. Policyowners and other persons with material rights under the variable insurance products also should be aware that the purchase and redemption orders received by the underlying fund portfolios generally are omnibus orders from intermediaries such as retirement plans and separate accounts funding variable insurance products. The omnibus orders reflect the aggregation and netting of multiple orders from individual retirement plan participants and individual policyowners of variable insurance products. The omnibus nature of these orders may limit the underlying fund portfolios ability to apply their respective frequent trading policies and procedures.
We cannot guarantee that the underlying fund portfolios will not be harmed by transfer activity relating to the retirement plans or other insurance companies that may invest in the underlying fund portfolios. These other insurance companies are responsible for their own policies and procedures regarding frequent transfer activity. If their policies and procedures fail to successfully discourage harmful transfer activity, it may affect other policyowners of underlying fund portfolio shares, as well as the policyowners of all of the variable annuity contracts or life insurance policies, including ours, whose variable investment options correspond to the affected underlying fund portfolios. In addition, if an underlying fund portfolio believes that an omnibus order we submit may reflect one or more transfer requests from policyowners engaged in market timing or disruptive trading, the underlying fund portfolio may reject the entire omnibus order and thereby delay or prevent us from implementing your request.
Telephone, Fax, and Online Privileges
Telephone transfer privileges will automatically apply to your Policy unless you provide other instructions. The telephone transfer privileges allow you to give authority to the registered representative or agent of record for your Policy to make telephone transfers and to change the allocation of future payments among the subaccounts and the fixed account on your behalf according to your instructions. To make a telephone transfer, you may call us at our administrative office at 1-800-851-9777, Monday Friday, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time, or fax your instructions to our subaccount transfer fax number, 1-727-299-1648, (for all other fax requests, please use 1-727-299-1620). You may also request transfers electronically through our website, tlic.transamerica.com. Please Note: Certain subaccounts have similar names. When providing your allocation instructions, please state or write the full name of the subaccount that you select for your allocation to ensure that those allocation instructions are in good order.
Please note the following regarding telephone, Internet or fax transfers:
● | We will employ reasonable procedures to confirm that telephone instructions are genuine. |
● | If we follow these procedures, we are not liable for any loss, damage, cost or expense from complying with telephone instructions we reasonably believe to be authentic. You bear the risk of any such loss. |
● | If we do not employ reasonable confirmation procedures, we may be liable for losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent instructions. |
● | Such procedures may include requiring forms of personal identification prior to acting upon telephone instructions, providing written confirmation of transactions to owners, and/or tape recording telephone instructions received from owners. |
● | We may also require that you send the telephone, Internet or fax order in writing. |
● | If you do not want the ability to make telephone transfers, you should notify us in writing at our mailing address or through our fax number (1-727-299-1648). |
● | We will not be responsible for same day processing of transfers if the transfer order is faxed to a number other than 1-727-299-1648 or 1-727-299-1620. |
● | We will not be responsible for any transmittal problems when you fax us your order unless you report it to us within five business days and send us proof of your fax transmittal. We may discontinue this option at any time. |
We cannot guarantee that telephone and electronic transactions will always be available. For example, our offices may be closed during severe weather emergencies or there may be interruptions in telephone or fax service beyond our control. If the volume of calls is unusually high, we might not have someone immediately available to receive your order at our administrative office.
Although we have taken precautions to help our systems handle heavy use, we cannot promise complete reliability under all circumstances.
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Similarly, online transactions processed via the Internet may not always be possible. Telephone and computer systems, whether yours, your Internet service providers, your registered representatives or Transamericas, can experience outages or slowdowns for a variety of reasons. These outages or slowdowns may prevent or delay our receipt of your request. If you are experiencing problems, you should make your request or inquiry in writing.
You should protect your user ID and password because self-service options will be available to your authorized representative and to anyone who provides your identifying information. We will not be able to verify that the person providing instructions online is you or someone authorized by you.
Note: Your requests that are received before the NYSE closes are priced using the subaccount unit value determined at the close of that regular business session of the NYSE (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time). If we receive a request after the NYSE closes, or on a day the NYSE is closed for trading, we will process the withdrawal request using the subaccount unit value determined at the close of the next regular business session of the NYSE. Please Note: All requests must be submitted in good order to avoid a delay in processing your request.
Currently, we do not, but reserve the right to limit the number of transfers out of the fixed account each Policy year to one per Policy year. If we change this, we will notify you at the time of your transfer. Depending on when your Policy was issued, we reserve the right to limit the maximum amount you may transfer from the fixed account to the greater of 25% of the amount in the fixed account or the amount you transferred from the fixed account in the immediately preceding Policy year. If your Policy was issued before September 1, 1994, there is no limit on the amount that you can transfer from the fixed account. If your Policy was issued on or after September 1, 1994, (in all states that approved this change), you are subject to the transfer limitations set forth above.
This current restriction does not apply if you have selected dollar cost averaging. However, the transfer may not be greater than the unloaned portion of the fixed account on that the valuation date on which we receive the transfer request.
We reserve the right to require that you make the transfer request in writing and that we receive the written transfer request, in good order, at our administrative office (for telephonic and facsimile transactions) or at our mailing address (for written correspondence), no later than 30 days after a Policy anniversary. We will make the transfer at the end of the valuation date on which we receive the request.
Except when used to pay premiums, we also may defer payment of any amounts from the fixed account for no longer than six months after we receive written notice.
If, within 24 months of your Policy date, you transfer all of your subaccount values to the fixed account, then we will not charge you a transfer fee, even if applicable. You must make your request in writing and in good order, to our mailing address.
In the event of a material change in the investment policy of any portfolio, you may transfer all subaccount value in that portfolio to the fixed account without a transfer charge. We must receive your request to transfer the subaccount value to the fixed account, in good order, within 60 days after the effective date of the change of investment policy or the date you receive notification of such change, whichever is later.
Dollar cost averaging is a strategy designed to reduce the average purchase price per unit. The strategy spreads the allocation of your premium into the subaccounts over a period of time. This potentially allows you to reduce the risk of allocating most of your premium to the subaccounts at a time when prices are high. The success of this strategy is not assured and depends on market trends. You should consider carefully your financial ability to continue the program over a long enough period of time to purchase units when their value is low as well as when it is high. We make no guarantee that dollar cost averaging will result in a profit or protect you against loss.
Under dollar cost averaging, we automatically transfer a set dollar amount from the Transamerica BlackRock Government Money Market VP subaccount, the Transamerica JPMorgan Core Bond VP subaccount, or the fixed account to a subaccount that you choose. We will make the transfers monthly as of the end of the valuation date after the first Monthiversary after the record date. We will make the first transfer in the month after we receive your request, in good order, at our mailing address or by facsimile at our administrative office, provided that we receive the form by the 25th day of the month. (Note: As stated on the dollar cost averaging form, the date you select cannot be the 29th, 30th or 31st of any month.)
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To start dollar cost averaging: |
● You must submit to us, in good order, in writing to our mailing address (or by facsimile to our administrative office) a completed form, signed by the owner requesting dollar cost averaging. | |
● You may be required to have at least $5,000 in each subaccount or the fixed account from which we will make transfers. | ||
● Your total transfers each month under dollar cost averaging may be limited to a minimum of $1,000. | ||
● Each month, you may not transfer more than one-tenth of the amount that was in your fixed account at the beginning of dollar cost averaging. | ||
You may request dollar cost averaging at any time. There is no charge for dollar cost averaging.
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Dollar cost averaging will terminate if any of the following occur: |
● We receive, in good order, at our mailing address (or by facsimile or telephone at our administrative office), a request to discontinue participation from you or your authorized representative. | |
● The value in the accounts from which we make the transfers is depleted. | ||
● You elect to participate in the asset rebalancing program. | ||
● You elect to participate in any asset allocation services provided by a third party. |
If you terminate your participation in the dollar cost averaging program and later decide that you would like to participate again, you must sign and submit (in good order) a new dollar cost averaging form. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue dollar cost averaging at any time.
We also offer an asset rebalancing program under which you may transfer amounts periodically to maintain a particular allocation percentage among the subaccounts you have selected. Cash value allocated to each subaccount will grow or decline in value at different rates. The asset rebalancing program automatically reallocates the cash value in the subaccounts at the end of each period to match your Policys currently effective premium allocation schedule. Cash value in the fixed account is not available for this program and is not available in conjunction with the dollar cost averaging program. We make no guarantee that asset rebalancing will result in a profit or protect you against loss.
You may elect asset rebalancing to occur on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis. Once we receive the asset rebalancing request form, in good order, at our mailing address (or by facsimile at our administrative office), we will change your premium allocations to match your asset rebalancing instructions, and we will implement the asset rebalancing program on the date you indicated. If you do not indicate a specific date, we will use the date that we receive the form. We will credit the amounts transferred at the unit value next determined on the dates the transfers are made. If a day on which rebalancing would ordinarily occur falls on a day on which the NYSE is closed, rebalancing will occur on the next day that the NYSE is open.
To start asset rebalancing: |
● You must submit to us, in good order, in writing to our mailing address (or by facsimile to our administrative office), a completed asset rebalancing request form signed by the owner before the maturity date. | |||
● You may be required to have a minimum cash value of $10,000 or make a $10,000 initial premium payment. |
There is no charge for the asset rebalancing program. (We reserve the right to count such allocations as part of your free transfers in the future.)
Asset rebalancing will cease if: |
● You elect to participate in the dollar cost averaging program. | |||
● We receive, in good order, at our mailing address (or by facsimile or telephone at our administrative office) a request to discontinue participation from you or your authorized representative. | ||||
● You make any transfer to or from any subaccount other than under a scheduled rebalancing. | ||||
● You elect to participate in any asset allocation services provided by a third party. |
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You may start and stop participation in the asset rebalancing program at any time, but we may restrict your right to re-enter the program to once each Policy year. If you wish to resume the asset rebalancing program, you must complete a new request form. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue the asset rebalancing program at any time.
Third Party Asset Allocation Services
We do not offer any asset allocation programs or any allocation models for use with your life insurance policy. You may authorize and engage your own investment advisor to manage your account. These investment advisors may be firms or persons who also are appointed by us, or whose affiliated broker-dealers are appointed by us, as authorized sellers of the Policies. Even if this is the case, however, please note that the investment advisor you engage to provide advice and/or make transfers for you is not acting on our behalf, but rather is acting on your behalf. We do not offer advice about how to allocate your cash value under any circumstance. We are not responsible for any recommendations such investment advisors make, any investment models or asset allocation programs they choose to follow, or any specific transfers they make on your behalf.
Any fee that is charged by your investment advisor is in addition to the fees and expenses that apply under your Policy. We are not a party to the agreement you have with your investment advisor. You will, however, receive confirmations of transactions that affect your Policy. Note: If you make withdrawals of cash value to pay advisory fees, then taxes may apply to any such withdrawals and tax penalties may be assessed on withdrawals.
Note:
● | If you make withdrawals of cash value to pay advisory fees, then taxes may apply to any such withdrawals. |
● | Periodic withdrawals to pay advisory fees will not incur a surrender charge unless they result in full surrender of the policy. |
● | Each withdrawal will reduce death benefits and other guaranteed benefits. |
● | Your advisory fees are calculated as a percentage of your subaccount value. We will deduct the fees pro-rata from the subaccounts, unless directed to deduct the fees from the Fixed Account. |
● | Transamericas authorization will remain in effect until revoked by you with a written notice received at the Administrative Office of Transamerica Life Insurance Company. |
● | The policyowner and the Advisor agree that the Policy shall be solely responsible for the payment of the fee and that neither the policyowner nor Transamerica Life Insurance Company shall have any liability whatsoever for payment of the fee. The fee will be deducted from the assets of the Policy and forwarded by Transamerica Life Insurance Company to the Advisor as instructed. |
● | Given the significant effect such deductions could have on Policy benefits, policyowners are encouraged to discuss with their financial professionals the impact of deducting Advisory Fees from their Policy Value prior to making any election. |
If your investment advisor has also acted as your insurance agent with respect to the sale of your Policy, he or she may be receiving compensation for services provided both as an insurance agent and investment advisor. Alternatively, the investment advisor may compensate the registered representative from whom you purchased your Policy for the referral that led you to enter into your investment advisory relationship with the investment advisor. If you are interested in the details about the compensation that your investment advisor and/or your registered representative receive in connection with your Policy, you should ask them for more details.
We, or an affiliate of ours, will process the financial transactions placed by your authorized registered representative or investment advisor. We reserve the right to discontinue doing so at any time and for any reason. We may require registered representatives or investment advisors, who are authorized by multiple policyowners to make financial transactions, to enter into an administrative agreement with Transamerica as a condition of our accepting transactions on your behalf. The administrative agreement may impose limitations on the registered representatives or investment advisors ability to request financial transactions on your behalf. These limitations, which are discussed in the section entitled Transfers - Disruptive Trading and Market Timing, are intended to (i) minimize the detrimental impact of an investment professional who is in a position to transfer large amounts of money for multiple clients in a particular portfolio or type of portfolio; or (ii) to comply with specific restrictions or limitations imposed by a portfolio of Transamerica.
Please Note:
● | Limitations that we may impose on your authorized registered representative or investment advisor under the terms of the administrative agreement do not apply to financial transactions requested by an owner on their own behalf, except as otherwise described in this prospectus. Any third party asset allocation service may be terminated at any time by the owner or by the third party service by sending written instruction to our mailing address. |
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● | The practices and procedures described above do not apply to any asset allocation portfolios that are available as investment options under the Policy. |
Your cash value:
● | Is determined on the Policy date and on each valuation date. |
● | Equals the sum of all amounts invested in each subaccount and the fixed account, including any amounts held in the loan reserve account (part of the fixed account) to secure any outstanding Policy loan. |
● | Serves as the starting point for calculating values under a Policy. |
● | Varies from day to day, depending on the investment experience of the subaccounts you choose, the interest credited to the fixed account, the charges deducted and any other Policy transactions (such as additional premium payments, transfers, withdrawals and Policy loans). |
● | Has no guaranteed minimum amount and may be more or less than premiums paid. |
The net surrender value is the amount we pay when you surrender your Policy while it is in force. We determine the net surrender value at the end of the valuation period when we receive your written surrender request, in good order, at our mailing address. You may also fax your request to 1-727-299-1620.
Net surrender value on any valuation date equals: |
● The cash value as of such date; minus | |
● Any surrender charge as of such date; minus | ||
● Any outstanding Policy loan amount(s); plus | ||
● Any interest you paid in advance on the loan(s) for the period between the date of the surrender and the next Policy anniversary. |
The cash value in a subaccount is referred to as subaccount value. At the end of any valuation period, the subaccount value is equal to the number of units that the Policy has in the subaccount, multiplied by the unit value of that subaccount. (Note: Subaccount transactions are converted to units for accounting purposes.)
The number of units in any subaccount on any valuation date equals: |
● The initial units purchased at unit value on the record date; plus | |
● Units purchased with additional net premium(s); plus | ||
● Units purchased due to a loan repayment; plus | ||
● Units purchased via transfers from another subaccount or the fixed account; minus | ||
● Units redeemed to pay for monthly deductions; minus | ||
● Units redeemed to pay for cash withdrawals; minus | ||
● Units redeemed as part of a transfer to another subaccount or the fixed account; minus | ||
● Units redeemed to pay any cash withdrawal charges and any transfer charges; minus | ||
● Units redeemed due to any refund of premiums allocated to that subaccount. |
Every time you allocate, transfer or withdraw money to or from a subaccount, we convert that dollar amount into units. We determine the number of units we credit to, or subtract from, your Policy by dividing the dollar amount of the allocation, transfer or cash withdrawal by the unit value for that subaccount next determined at the end of the valuation period on which the premium allocation, transfer request or cash withdrawal request is received: (i) at our mailing address (for written requests or payments by
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check); (ii) at our administrative office (for requests by fax or by telephone, or for payments made through electronic credit and debit transactions); or (iii) electronically through our website.
The value (or price) of each subaccount unit will reflect the investment performance of the portfolio in which the subaccount invests. Unit values will vary among subaccounts. The unit value of each subaccount was originally established at $10 per unit. The unit value may increase or decrease from one valuation period to the next.
The unit value of any subaccount at the end of a valuation period is |
● | The total value of the portfolio shares held in the subaccount, including the value of any dividends or capital gains distribution declared and reinvested by the portfolio during the valuation period. This value is determined by multiplying the number of portfolio shares owned by the subaccount by the portfolios net asset value per share determined at the end of the valuation period; minus | ||||||
● | A charge equal to the daily net assets of the subaccount multiplied by the daily equivalent of the mortality and expense risk charge; | |||||||
● | The accrued amount of reserve for any taxes or other economic burden resulting from applying tax laws that we determine to be properly attributable to the subaccount; and the result divided by | |||||||
● | The number of outstanding units in the subaccount before the purchase or redemption of any units on that date. |
The portfolio in which any subaccount invests will determine its net asset value per share once daily, as of the close of the regular business session of the NYSE (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) except on customary national holidays on which the NYSE is closed, which coincides with the end of each valuation period.
On the Policy date, the fixed account value is equal to the cash value allocated to the fixed account, less the portion of the first monthly deduction that is subtracted from the fixed account.
The fixed account value at the end of any valuation period is equal to: |
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● | The sum of net premiums allocated to the fixed account; plus | |||||||
● | Any amounts transferred from a subaccount to the fixed account (including amounts transferred to the loan reserve account); plus | |||||||
● | Total interest credited to the fixed account; minus | |||||||
● | Amounts charged to pay for monthly deductions; minus | |||||||
● | Amounts withdrawn or surrendered from the fixed account to pay for cash withdrawals, transfer fees or any other fees and charges; minus | |||||||
● | Amounts transferred from the fixed account (including amounts transferred to the loan reserve account) to a subaccount; minus | |||||||
● | Any refund of premiums allocated to the fixed account. |
We will determine the amount of the death benefit proceeds on any Policy in force on the date of death upon receipt, in good order, at our administrative office, of satisfactory proof of the insureds death, plus written direction (from each eligible recipient of death benefit proceeds) regarding distribution of the death benefit payment, and any other documents, forms and information we need. We will pay interest on the death benefit from the date of death to the date of payment. The annual interest rate will be at least 1%. We may require the Policy be returned. We will pay the death benefit proceeds to the primary beneficiary(ies), if living, or to a contingent beneficiary. If each beneficiary dies before the insured and there is no contingent beneficiary, we will pay the death benefit proceeds to the owner or the owners estate. We will pay the death benefit proceeds in a lump sum by check or under a payment option.
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The final death benefit payment is equal to: |
● The amount determined based on the death benefit option that you select (described below); minus | |
● Any monthly deductions due during the grace period (if applicable); minus | ||
● Any outstanding loan amount; plus | ||
● Any interest you paid in advance on the loan(s) for the period between the date of death and the next Policy anniversary; plus | ||
● Any additional insurance in force provided by rider. |
We may further adjust the amount of the death benefit proceeds if we contest the Policy or if you misstate the insureds age or sex.
The Policy offers two death benefit options Option A and Option B. The death benefit is determined at the end of the valuation period in which the insured dies. You must select one of the two death benefit options we offer. This is an important decision. No matter which death benefit option you choose, we guarantee that, as long as the Policy does not lapse, the death benefit will never be less than the specified amount on the date of the insureds death adjusted as shown above.
Option A
The death benefit equals the greatest of: |
● The specified amount; or | |
● A specified percentage called the limitation percentage, multiplied by the cash value on the insureds date of death; or | ||
● The amount required for the Policy to qualify as a life insurance policy under Section 7702 of the Internal Revenue Code. |
Under Option A, your death benefit remains level unless the limitation percentage multiplied by the cash value is greater than the specified amount; then the death benefit will vary as the cash value varies.
The limitation percentage is the minimum percentage of cash value we must pay as the death benefit under federal tax requirements. It is based on the attained age of the insured at the beginning of each Policy year. The following table indicates the limitation percentages for different ages:
Attained Age | Limitation Percentage | |
40 and under |
250% | |
41 to 45 |
250% minus 7% for each age over age 40 | |
46 to 50 |
215% minus 6% for each age over age 45 | |
51 to 55 |
185% minus 7% for each age over age 50 | |
56 to 60 |
150% minus 4% for each age over age 55 | |
61 to 65 |
130% minus 2% for each age over age 60 | |
66 to 70 |
120% minus 1% for each age over age 65 | |
71 to 75 |
115% minus 2% for each age over age 70 | |
76 to 90 |
105% | |
91 to 95 |
105% minus 1% for each age over age 90 | |
96 and older |
100% |
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If the federal tax code requires us to determine the death benefit by reference to these limitation percentages, the Policy is described as in the corridor. An increase in the cash value will increase our risk, and we will increase the cost of insurance we deduct from the cash value.
Option A Example. Assume that the insureds attained age is under 40 and that there are no outstanding loans. Under Option A, a Policy with a $50,000 specified amount will generally pay $50,000 in death benefits. However, because the death benefit must be equal to or be greater than 2.5 times the cash value, any time the cash value of the Policy exceeds $20,000, the death benefit will exceed the $50,000 specified amount. (The figure $20,000 is derived by solving for cash value in the following calculation: $50,000 = 2.5 times the cash value.) Each additional dollar added to the cash value above $20,000 will increase the death benefit by $2.50.
Similarly, so long as the cash value exceeds $20,000, each dollar taken out of the cash value will reduce the death benefit of the Policy, not including the rider, by $2.50. If at any time the cash value multiplied by the limitation percentage is less than the specified amount, the death benefit will equal the specified amount of the Policy reduced by the dollar value of any cash withdrawals.
Option B
The death benefit equals the greatest of: |
1. The specified amount; plus the cash value on the insureds date of death; or | |
2. The limitation percentage multiplied by the cash value on the insureds date of death. | ||
3. The amount required for the Policy to qualify as a life insurance policy under Section 7702 of the Internal Revenue Code. |
Under Option B, the death benefit always varies as the cash value varies.
Option B Example. Assume that the insureds attained age is under 40 and that there are no outstanding loans. Under Option B, a Policy with a specified amount of $50,000 will generally pay a death benefit of $50,000 plus cash value. Thus, a Policy with a cash value of $10,000 will have a death benefit of $60,000 ($50,000 + $10,000). The death benefit, however, must be at least 2.5 times the cash value. As a result, if the cash value exceeds $33,333, the death benefit will be greater than the specified amount plus cash value. (The figure of $33,333 is derived by solving for cash value in the following calculation: 2.5 multiplied by cash value = $50,000 plus cash value; 2.5 multiplied by $33,333= $50,000 plus $33,333). Each additional dollar of cash value above $33,333 will increase the death benefit by $2.50.
Similarly, any time the cash value exceeds $33,333, each dollar taken out of the cash value will reduce the death benefit by $2.50. If at any time, the cash value multiplied by the limitation percentage is less than the specified amount plus the cash value, then the death benefit will be the specified amount plus the cash value of the Policy.
Effect of Cash Withdrawals for Third Party Advisory Fees
For Policyowners that elect to pay third party advisory fees from the policy value, the advisory fees will be funded by policy withdrawals. Policy withdrawals reduce the Death Benefit, as shown in the following examples
In the following examples, assume that:
● | Policyholder is age 50 and has a specified amount of $250,000, |
● | Policy value is $50,000, and |
● | Policyholder has just received a bill for an advisory fee of $1,000. |
Example for the impact on a Death Benefit Option Type A:
● | $1000 is withdrawn from the policy value and is applied to pay the advisory fee. |
● | Policy value after withdrawal = $50,000 $1,000 = $49,000. |
● | Death Benefit before withdrawal = $250,000. |
● | Death Benefit after withdrawal = $250,000 - $1,000 = $249,000. |
Example for the impact on a Death Benefit Option Type B:
● | $1000 is withdrawn from the policy value and is applied to pay the advisory fee. |
● | Policy value after withdrawal = $50,000 $1,000 = $49,000. |
● | Death Benefit before withdrawal = $250,000 + $50,000 = $300,000. |
● | Death Benefit after withdrawal = ($250,000+$50,000) - $1,000 = $299,000. |
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Riders and their benefits are not impacted by advisory fee deductions.
Effect of Cash Withdrawals on the Death Benefit
If Option A is in effect, a cash withdrawal will reduce the specified amount of the Policy by an amount equal to the amount of the cash withdrawal. Regardless of the death benefit option in effect, a cash withdrawal will reduce the death benefit of the Policy by at least the amount of the withdrawal. For a description of the effect of cash withdrawals on the death benefit option that you select, please refer to the section entitled Surrenders and Cash Withdrawals Cash Withdrawal Conditions in this prospectus.
Choosing Death Benefit Options
You must choose one death benefit option on your application. This is an important decision. The death benefit option you choose will have an impact on the dollar value of the death benefit, on your cash value, and on the amount of cost of insurance charges you pay. If you do not select a death benefit option on your application, then Option A will become the death benefit option for your Policy by default. Altering your contract in any way may have tax implications.
You may find Option A more suitable for you if your goal is to increase your cash value through positive investment experience. You may find Option B more suitable if your goal is to increase your total death benefit. For more information, please consult your tax professional.
Changing the Death Benefit Option
After the third Policy year, you may change your death benefit option once each Policy year. Changing the death benefit option may affect the specified amount. We will notify you of the new specified amount.
Changes to the Death Benefit Option are subject to the following conditions:
● | You may send your written request, in good order, to our mailing address or fax it to us at our administrative office at 1-727-299-1620. (If you send your request by fax, be sure to use the correct fax number. Please see Telephone, Fax, and Online Privileges.) |
● | The effective date of the change will be the Monthiversary on or following the date when we receive your request for a change. |
● | You may not make a change that would decrease the specified amount below the minimum specified amount shown on your Policy schedule page. |
● | There may be adverse federal tax consequences. You should consult a tax professional before changing your Policys death benefit option. |
If you change your death benefit option from Option B to Option A, we will make the specified amount after the change equal to the specified amount prior to the change, plus your Policys cash value on the effective date of the change. If you change your death benefit option from Option A to Option B, we will make the specified amount after the change equal to the specified amount prior to the change, minus the cash value on the effective date of the change. We will notify you of the new specified amount.
Increasing/Decreasing the Specified Amount
You may increase the specified amount after the first Policy year or decrease it at any time after the third Policy year. No more than one change in the specified amount can occur each Policy year. If approved, the increase or decrease will take effect on the next Policy Monthiversary. An increase or decrease in the specified amount will affect your cost of insurance charge, your minimum monthly guarantee premium, and may affect your ability to maintain the no lapse period guarantee. A change in specified amount may affect the Policys qualification tests as life insurance under IRC 7702 and could cause the Policy to become a Modified Endowment Contract under IRC 7702A and may have adverse federal tax consequences.
You should consult a tax professional before changing your Policys specified amount.
Conditions for increasing the specified amount: |
● We will accept requests for increases in specified amount at any time if the insured is under age 75. | |
● You may send your written request, in good order, to our mailing address or fax it to us at 1-727-299-1620. |
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● A requested increase in specified amount requires our approval and will take effect on the Policy Monthiversary on or after we approve your request. | ||
● You will require additional evidence of insurability. | ||
● The increase in specified amount must be at least $50,000. | ||
● We reserve the right to decline your request. | ||
● You do not need to send an additional premium but you must have sufficient net surrender value to cover the next monthly deductions after the increase becomes effective. | ||
● If you surrender your Policy, we will charge you an additional surrender charge on any increase in specified amount for 15 years after each increase. |
If you increase the specified amount but you have not paid sufficient premiums to cover monthly deductions, your Policy will lapse.
Conditions for decreasing the specified amount: |
● You may send your written request, in good order, to our mailing address or fax it to us at our administrative office at 1-727-299-1620. | |
● Your Policy must be in force for three years. | ||
● You may not decrease your specified amount if it would disqualify your Policy as life insurance under the Internal Revenue Code. | ||
● We may limit the amount of the decrease to no more than 20% of the specified amount | ||
● A decrease in specified amount will take effect on the first Policy Monthiversary on or next following the day we receive your written request. |
There are several ways of receiving proceeds under the death benefit and surrender provisions of the Policy, other than in a lump sum. These are described under Settlement Options in your Policy and in this prospectus.
Surrenders and Cash Withdrawals
You must make a written request to surrender your Policy for its net surrender value as calculated at the end of the valuation date on which we receive your request, in good order, at our mailing address. You also may fax your request to our administrative office at 1-727-299-1620. We may require an original signature with such request. Written requests to surrender a Policy that are received at our mailing address (or faxed to our administrative office) before the NYSE closes are priced using the subaccount unit value determined at the close of that regular business session of the NYSE (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time). If we receive a written request at our mailing address or a fax request at our administrative office after the NYSE closes, or on a day the NYSE is closed for trading, we will process the surrender request using the subaccount unit value determined at the close of the next regular business session of the NYSE. Please Note: All surrender requests must be submitted in good order to avoid a delay in processing your request.
The insured must be alive, the Policy must be in force, and it must be before the maturity date when you make your written request. A surrender is effective as of the date when we receive your written request, in good order, at our mailing address. You will incur a surrender charge if you surrender the Policy during the first 15 Policy years and an additional surrender charge for 15 years following each increase in specified amount.
Once you surrender your Policy, all coverage and other benefits under it cease and cannot be reinstated. We will normally pay you the net surrender value in a lump sum within seven days or under a settlement option. A surrender may have tax consequences. For more information regarding tax consequences, please refer to the section entitled Federal Income Tax Considerations.
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After the first Policy year, you may request a cash withdrawal of a portion of your surrender value subject to certain conditions. (Note: All requests for a withdrawal must be submitted in good order to avoid a delay in processing your request.)
Cash withdrawal conditions: |
● You must send your written cash withdrawal request with an original signature, in good order, to our mailing address. If your withdrawal request is less than $500,000, then you may fax it to us at 1-727-299-1620. | |
● We may limit the number of withdrawals to one cash withdrawal per Policy year. | ||
● During the first 10 Policy years, the amount of the withdrawal may be limited to no more than 10% of the net surrender value. After the 10th Policy year, the amount of the withdrawal may be limited to no more than 25% of the net surrender value. | ||
● The remaining net surrender value following a withdrawal may not be less than $500.00. | ||
● You may not take a cash withdrawal if it will reduce the specified amount below the minimum specified amount set forth in the Policy. | ||
● You may specify the subaccount(s) and the fixed account from which to make the withdrawal. If you do not specify an account, we will take the withdrawal from each account in accordance with your current premium allocation instructions. If this is not possible, the withdrawal amount will be withdrawn pro-rata from all accounts. | ||
● We generally will pay a cash withdrawal request within seven days following the valuation date we receive the request, in good order, at our mailing address. | ||
● We will deduct a processing fee equal to $25 or 2% of the amount you withdraw, whichever is less. We deduct this amount from the withdrawal, and we pay you the balance. | ||
● A withdrawal from the Transamerica BlackRock Government Money Market VP portfolio or the ProFund VP Government Money Market fund may be subject to a redemption fee. This could possibly cause you to lose money on your fund redemption. | ||
● You may not take a cash withdrawal that would disqualify your Policy as life insurance under the Internal Revenue Code. | ||
● A cash withdrawal may have tax consequences. | ||
● Your requests for a cash withdrawal that are received at our mailing address (or faxed to our administrative office per the above instructions) before the NYSE closes are priced using the subaccount unit value determined at the close of that regular business session of the NYSE (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time). If we receive a written request at our mailing address (or a fax request at our administrative office) after the NYSE closes, or on a day the NYSE is closed for trading, we will process the withdrawal request using the subaccount unit value determined at the close of the next regular business session of the NYSE. Please Note: All cash withdrawal requests must be submitted in good order to avoid a delay in processing your request. |
A cash withdrawal will reduce the cash value by the amount of the cash withdrawal, and in most cases, will reduce the death benefit by at least the amount of the cash withdrawal. When death benefit Option A is in effect, a cash withdrawal will reduce the specified amount of the Policy by an amount equal to the amount of the cash withdrawal. You also may have to pay higher minimum monthly guarantee premiums. We will not impose a pro rata decrease charge when the specified amount is decreased as a result of taking a cash withdrawal.
When we incur extraordinary expenses, such as overnight mail expenses or wire service fees, for expediting delivery of your cash withdrawal or surrender payment, we will deduct that charge from the payment. We currently charge $20 for an overnight delivery ($30 for Saturday delivery) and $50 for wire service. You can obtain further information about these charges by contacting our mailing or administrative office.
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Canceling a Policy (Note: This Policy is not available for new sales)
You may cancel the Policy for a refund during the free look period by returning it, with a written request (with the owners signature) to cancel the Policy to our mailing address. You also may fax your request to 1-727-299-1620 along with page 3 of the Policy. (If you send your request by fax, be sure to use the correct fax number.) The free look period generally expires 10 days after you receive the Policy, but in some states you may have more than 10 days. If you decide to cancel the Policy during the free look period, we will treat the Policy as if it had never been issued. We will pay the refund within seven days after we receive, in good order, the written request and the returned Policy at our mailing address (or a fax request and page 3 of the Policy are received in good order at our administrative office). Note: Canceling a Policy after a 1035 Exchange could have tax consequences as any gain from the old policy will generally be recognized.
If your state requires us to allocate premium according to a policyowners instructions during the free look period then the amount of the refund will be the sum of:
● | The difference between the premiums paid and the amounts allocated to any accounts under the Policy on the date the written request and Policy are received, in good order, at our mailing address (or a fax request and page 3 of the Policy are received at our administrative Office); plus |
● | The total amounts of monthly deductions made and any other charges imposed on amounts allocated to the accounts; plus |
● | The value of the amounts allocated to the accounts on the date we or our agent received the returned Policy. |
If state law prohibits the calculation above, or requires us to refund all of the initial premiums, the refund will be the total of all premiums paid for this Policy. (See Premiums Allocating Premiums Reallocation Account.) Please Note: If you have submitted a recent check or draft, we have the right to defer payment of the refund until such check or draft has been honored.
Signature guarantees are relied upon as a means of preventing the perpetration of fraud in financial transactions, including the disbursement of funds or assets from a victims account with a financial institution or a provider of financial services. They provide protection to investors by, for example, making it more difficult for a person to take another persons money by forging a signature on a written request for the disbursement of funds.
As a protection against fraud, we may require that the following transaction requests include a Medallion signature guarantee:
● | All requests for disbursements (i.e., cash withdrawals and surrenders) of $500,000 or more. |
● | Any disbursement request made on or within 10 days of our receipt of a request to change the address of record for an owners policy. |
● | Any disbursement request when Transamerica has been directed to send proceeds to a different address from the address of record for that owners account. Please Note: This requirement will not apply to disbursement requests made in connection with exchanges of one life policy for another with the same owner in a tax-free exchange under Section 1035 of the Internal Revenue Code. |
● | Any financial transaction where the owners signature on a request submitted does not match the signature in our files. |
An investor can obtain a signature guarantee from financial institutions across the United States and Canada that participate in a Medallion signature guarantee program. This includes many:
● | National and state banks |
● | Savings banks and savings and loan associations |
● | Securities brokers and dealers |
● | Credit unions |
The best source of a signature guarantee is a bank, savings and loan association, brokerage firm, or credit union with which you do business. Guarantor firms may, but frequently do not, charge a fee for their services.
A notary public cannot provide a signature guarantee. Notarization will not substitute for a signature guarantee.
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After the first Policy year (as long as the Policy is in force) you may borrow money from the Policy using the Policys net surrender value as the only security for the loan. We may permit a loan prior to the first Policy anniversary for Policies issued pursuant to 1035 Exchanges. A loan that is taken from and secured by a Policy may have tax consequences. See Federal Income Tax Considerations.
Policy loans are subject to certain conditions: |
● We may require you to borrow at least $500. | |
● The maximum amount you may borrow is 90% of the cash value, minus any surrender charge and minus any outstanding loan amount. |
When you take a loan, we will withdraw an amount equal to the requested loan plus interest in advance until the next Policy anniversary from each of the subaccounts and the fixed account based on your current premium allocation instructions (unless you specify otherwise). If this is not possible, the withdrawal amount will be withdrawn pro-rata from the subaccounts and the fixed account. We will transfer that amount to the loan reserve account. The loan reserve account is part of our fixed account.
We normally pay the amount of the loan within seven days after we receive a loan request, in good order, at our mailing address or, in the limited circumstances described below, by fax at our administrative office. We may postpone payment of loans under certain conditions.
You may request a loan of up to $50,000 by telephone by calling us at our administrative office at 1-800-851-9777, Monday Friday, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. 7.00 p.m. Eastern Time. If you do not want the ability to request a loan by telephone, you should notify us in writing at our mailing address. You will be required to provide certain information for identification purposes when you request a loan by telephone. We may ask you to provide us with written confirmation of your request. We will not be liable for processing a loan request if we believe the request is genuine. (Note: All loan requests must be submitted in good order to avoid a delay in processing your request.)
If your request is less than $500,000, then you may fax your loan request to us at 1-727-299-1620. (If you send your request by fax, be sure to use the correct fax number.) If your loan request exceeds $500,000 or if the address of record has been changed within the past 10 days, we may reject your request or require a signature guarantee. We will not be responsible for any transmittal problems when you fax your request unless you report it to us within five business days and send us proof of your fax transmittal.
Your requests for a loan that are received at our mailing address (or faxed to our administrative office per the above instructions) before the NYSE closes are priced using the subaccount unit value determined at the close of that regular business session of the NYSE (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time). If we receive a written request at our mailing address (or a fax request at our administrative office) after the NYSE closes, or on a day the NYSE is closed for trading, we will process the request using the subaccount unit value determined at the close of the next regular business session of the NYSE. Please Note: All loan requests must be submitted in good order to avoid a delay in processing your request.
You can repay a loan at any time while the Policy is in force. Loan repayments must be sent to our mailing address and will be credited as of the date received.
At each Policy anniversary, we will compare the outstanding loan amount to the amount in the loan reserve account. At each such time, if the outstanding loan amount exceeds the amount in the loan reserve account, we will withdraw the difference from the subaccounts and the fixed account and transfer it to the loan reserve account, in the same manner as when a loan is made. If the amount in the loan reserve account exceeds the amount of the outstanding loan, we will withdraw the difference from the loan reserve account and transfer it to the subaccounts and the fixed account in the same manner as current premiums are allocated. No charge will be imposed for these transfers, and these transfers are not treated as transfers in calculating the transfer charge. We reserve the right to require a transfer to the fixed account if the loans were originally transferred from the fixed account.
The Loan Interest Spread is the difference between the amount of interest we charge you for a loan and the amount of interest we credit to your loan reserve account.
For policies issued on or after May 1, 1994*: We currently charge an interest rate on a Policy loan of 5.2% in advance (5.49% effective annual interest rate) on each Policy anniversary. We currently credit the amount in the loan reserve account with an effective annual interest rate of 4.75% (4.0% minimum guaranteed). After offsetting the 4.75% interest we credit, the net cost of loans currently is 0.74% annually after rounding (1.49% maximum guaranteed). We may apply different loan interest rates to different
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portions of the outstanding loan amount. After the 10th Policy year, we apply preferred loan rates on an amount equal to the cash value; minus total premiums paid (less any cash withdrawals); and minus any outstanding loan amount. The current preferred loan interest rate credited is 5.49% effective annually, after rounding, and is not guaranteed.
For policies issued before May 1, 1994*: We currently charge an interest rate on a Policy loan of 7.4% in advance (8.0% effective annual interest rate) on each Policy anniversary. We currently credit the amount in the loan reserve account with an effective annual interest rate of 6.75% (4.0% minimum guaranteed). After offsetting the 6.75% interest we credit, the net cost of loans currently is 1.25% annually after rounding (4.00% maximum guaranteed). We may apply different loan interest rates to different portions of the outstanding loan amount. After the 10th Policy year, we apply preferred loan rates on an amount equal to the cash value; minus total premiums paid (less any cash withdrawals); and minus any outstanding loan amount. The current preferred loan interest rate credited is 8.00% effective annually, after rounding, and is not guaranteed.
* For Policies issued in the following states, the charged and credited interest rates on a Policy loan are 7.4% and 6.75%, respectively, for all Policies issued before, and 5.2% and 4.75%, respectively, for all Policies issued on or after, the date indicated: Idaho May 24, 1994; Montana May 20, 1994; Rhode Island May 19, 1994; Oregon June 27, 1994; Minnesota December 28, 1994; Vermont February 21, 1996; Puerto Rico April 18, 1997; New Jersey April 13, 1995; District of Columbia November 23, 1998; and Guam February 11, 1998.
Loan Reserve Account Interest Rate Credited
We will credit the amount in the loan reserve account with an effective annual interest rate of at least 4.0%. We may credit a higher rate, but we are not obligated to do so.
● | We currently credit interest at an effective annual rate of 4.75% in arrears on amounts you borrow during the first ten Policy years. |
● | After the tenth Policy year, on all amounts that you have borrowed, we currently credit interest to part of the cash value in excess of the premiums paid less cash withdrawals and any outstanding loan amount including accrued loan interest at an interest rate equal to the interest rate we charge on the total loan. The remaining portion, equal to the cost basis, is currently credited an effective annual rate of 4.75%.* |
*For Policies issued on or after May 1, 1994. For Policies issued before that date, we credit interest an effective annual rate of 6.75%. For the following states, we credit an effective annual rate of 6.75% for Policies issued before, and an effective annual rate of 4.75% for Policies issued on or after, the date indicated: Idaho May 24, 1994; Montana May 20, 1994; Rhode Island May 19, 1994; Oregon June 27, 1994; Minnesota December 28, 1994; Vermont February 21, 1996; Puerto Rico April 18, 1997; New Jersey April 13, 1995; District of Columbia November 23, 1998; and Guam February 11, 1998.
A Policy loan reduces the death benefit proceeds and net surrender value by the amount of any outstanding loan amount. Repaying the loan causes the death benefit proceeds and net surrender value to increase by the amount of the repayment. As long as a loan is outstanding, we hold an amount in the loan reserve equal to the amount of the outstanding loan plus interest charged in advance until the next Policy anniversary in the loan reserve account. This amount is not affected by the separate accounts investment performance, may not be credited with the interest rates accruing on the unloaned portion of the cash value in the fixed account, and, therefore, can affect the Policys cash value and death benefit whether or not the loan is repaid. Amounts transferred from the separate account to the loan reserve account will reduce the value in the separate account and we will credit such amounts with an interest rate declared by us rather than a rate of return reflecting the investment results of the separate account.
We currently charge you an annual interest rate on a Policy loan of either 7.4% in advance or 5.2% in advance depending on state and issue date on each Policy anniversary. Because interest is added to the amount of the Policy loan to be repaid, the size of the loan will constantly increase unless the interest and/or the Policy loan is repaid.
There are risks involved in taking a Policy loan, including the potential for a Policy to lapse if projected earnings, taking into account outstanding loans, are not achieved. A Policy loan may also have possible adverse tax consequences. You should consult a tax professional before taking out a Policy loan.
We will notify you (and any assignee of record) if a loan causes your net surrender value to reach below your monthly deduction. If you do not submit a sufficient payment within 61 days from the date of the notice, your Policy may lapse.
POLICY LAPSE AND REINSTATEMENT
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Your Policy may not necessarily lapse (terminate without value) if you fail to make a planned periodic payment. However, even if you make all your planned periodic payments, there is a possibility that your Policy will lose value and lapse. This Policy provides a no lapse guarantee as shown below. Once your no lapse period ends, or if the no lapse guarantee is not in effect, your Policy may lapse if the net surrender value on any Monthiversary is less than the monthly deductions due on that day. Such lapse might occur if unfavorable investment experience, loans and cash withdrawals cause a decrease in the net surrender value, or you have not paid sufficient premiums (as discussed below) to offset the cost of monthly deductions. If your grace notice payments are received the date of the lapse, any requests that are received before the NYSE closes (usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) the payment will be dated that day. If a request is received after the NYSE closes, or on a day that the NYSE is closed for trading, we will process your request as of the next available business day the NYSE is open. Please note: All requests must be submitted in good order to avoid a delay in processing your request.
If the net surrender value is not enough to pay the monthly deductions, we will mail a notice to your last known address according to our records and any assignee of record. The notice will specify the minimum payment you must pay and the final date by which we must receive the payment to prevent a lapse. We generally require that you make the payment within 61 days after the date of the notice. This 61-day period is called the grace period. We pay the death benefit proceeds if an insured dies during the grace period. If we do not receive the specified minimum payment by the end of the grace period, all coverage under the Policy will terminate without value.
Your Policy is a flexible premium policy that is subject to certain monthly deductions that are dependent upon among other factors, the characteristics of the insured(s), riders associated with your Policy, and your Policys specified amount. If your Policy does lapse and you choose to reinstate it, you will be required to make additional payments. The payments needed to reinstate the Policy will depend on whether the no lapse date has passed. Please refer to the section below entitled Reinstatement for a description of the payments that may be required to reinstate your Policy.
As noted above, the Policy provides a no lapse guarantee. As long as you keep the no lapse guarantee in effect, the Policy will not lapse and no grace period will begin, even if your net surrender value is not enough to pay your monthly deductions. The no lapse guarantee will not extend beyond the no lapse date stated in your Policy. Each month we determine whether the no lapse guarantee is still in effect. If the Policy is still in force, but the no lapse guarantee is not in effect, it can be restored by paying, at any time before the no lapse date, minimum monthly guarantee premiums sufficient to cover the period from the Policy date up to and including the current month.
No lapse date: |
● | For issue ages 0-60, the no lapse date is the tenth Policy anniversary or anniversary on which the insureds attained age is 65, whichever is earlier. | ||
● | For issue ages 61-75, the no lapse date is the fifth Policy anniversary. | |||
● | The no lapse date is specified in your Policy | |||
Keeping the no lapse guarantee in effect: |
● | The No Lapse Guarantee will not remain in effect if you do not pay sufficient minimum monthly guarantee premiums. | ||
● | You must pay total premiums (minus cash withdrawals and any outstanding loan amount) that equal at least: | |||
> the sum of the minimum monthly guarantee premiums in effect for each month from the Policy date up to and including the current month. | ||||
● | The no lapse period coverage will end immediately if the specified amount is increased or riders are added or increased. |
You will lessen the risk of Policy lapse if you keep the no lapse guarantee in effect for each month from the Policy Date up to and including the current month. Before you take a cash withdrawal or a loan or increase the specified amount, or add, increase or decrease a rider, you should consider carefully the effect it will have on the no lapse guarantee.
We may reinstate a lapsed Policy within five years after the lapse (and prior to the maturity date). You may not reinstate the Policy if it has been surrendered for cash surrender value. Any reinstatement must be made during the lifetime of the insured. Before we reinstate the Policy, we will require all of the following:
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● | Submit a written application for reinstatement to our mailing address or fax your request to our administrative office at 1-727-299-1620. (If you send your request by fax, be sure to use the correct fax number.) |
● | Submit the insureds written consent to reinstate. |
● | Provide evidence of insurability that is satisfactory to us that the insured continues to qualify for the same underwriting class and any substandard rating upon which we based issuance of the Policy. |
● | Make a minimum premium payment sufficient to provide a net premium that is large enough to cover three monthly deductions. |
● | Make a payment of an additional amount sufficient to cover any surrender charge as of the date of reinstatement. |
The cash value of the loan reserve on the reinstatement date will be zero. Your net surrender value on the reinstatement date will equal the net premiums you pay at reinstatement, minus one monthly deductions and any surrender charge. The reinstatement date for your Policy will be the Monthiversary on or following the day we approve your application for reinstatement. We may decline a request for reinstatement. We will not reinstate indebtedness (i.e., outstanding loan at the time your Policy lapsed).
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The following summarizes some of the basic federal income tax considerations associated with a Policy and does not purport to be complete or to cover all situations. This discussion is not intended as tax advice. Please consult counsel or other qualified tax professionals for more complete information. We base this discussion on our understanding of the present federal income tax laws as they are currently interpreted by the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS). Federal income tax laws and the current interpretations by the IRS may change.
A Policy must satisfy certain requirements set forth in the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) in order to qualify as a life insurance policy for federal income tax purposes and to receive the tax treatment normally accorded life insurance policies under federal tax law. Guidance as to how these requirements are to be applied is limited. Nevertheless, we believe that the Policy should generally satisfy the applicable Code requirements.
It is also uncertain whether death benefits under policies where the maturity date has been extended will be excludible from the beneficiarys gross income and whether policy cash value will be deemed to be distributed to you on the original maturity date. Such a deemed distribution may be taxable. If it is subsequently determined that a Policy does not satisfy the applicable requirements, we may take appropriate steps to bring the Policy into compliance with such requirements and we reserve the right to restrict Policy transactions in order to do so.
In certain circumstances, owners of variable life insurance policies have been considered for federal income tax purposes to be the owners of the assets of the separate account supporting their policies due to their ability to exercise investment control over those assets. Where this is the case, the policyowners have been currently taxed on income and gains attributable to the separate account assets. There is little guidance in this area. We believe that the Policy does not give you investment control over separate account assets.
In addition, the Code requires that the investments of the separate account be adequately diversified in order to treat the Policy as a life insurance policy for federal income tax purposes. We intend that the separate account, through the portfolios, will satisfy these diversification requirements.
The following discussion assumes that the Policy will qualify as a life insurance policy for federal income tax purposes.
Tax Treatment of Policy Benefits
In General. We believe that the Policy described in this prospectus is a life insurance policy under Code Section 7702. Section 7702 defines a life insurance policy for federal income tax purposes and places limits on the relationship of the cash value to the death benefit. Any increase in accumulation value should generally not be taxable until received by you or your designee. However, if your Policy is a modified endowment contract as defined in Code Section 7702A you may be taxed to the extent of gain in the Policy when you take a Policy loan, pledge or assign the Policy. Federal, state and local transfer, estate and other tax
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consequences of ownership or receipt of Policy proceeds depend on your circumstances and the beneficiarys circumstances. A tax professional should be consulted on these consequences.
Generally, you will not be deemed to be in constructive receipt of the cash value until there is a distribution. When distributions from a Policy occur, or when loans are taken out from or secured by a Policy (e.g., by assignment), the tax consequences depend on whether the Policy is classified as a MEC. Moreover, if a loan from a Policy that is not a MEC is outstanding when the Policy is surrendered or lapses, the amount of outstanding indebtedness will be considered an amount distributed and will be taxed accordingly. If you elect to pay third party advisory fees from your contract value, then this deduction: (i) will reduce the death benefits and other guaranteed benefits; (ii) may be subject to federal and state income taxes; and (iii) may be subject to a 10% federal penalty tax. If you elect to pay third party advisory fees from your contract value, then this deduction: (i) will reduce the death benefits and other guaranteed benefits; (ii) may be subject to federal and state income taxes; and (iii) may be subject to a 10% federal penalty tax.
Modified Endowment Contracts. Under the Code, certain life insurance policies are classified as MECs and receive less favorable tax treatment than other life insurance policies. The rules are too complex to summarize here, but generally depend on the amount of premiums paid during the first seven Policy years or in the seven Policy years following certain changes in the Policy. Changes that would cause a contract to enter a new seven-year test period include but are not limited to, an increase in the death benefit that is not the result of a premium necessary to keep the Policy in-force. Additionally, a reduction in benefits during a seven-year test period could cause a Policy to become a MEC. All Modified Endowment Contracts issued by us to you during the same calendar year are treated as a single Contract for purposes of applying these rules. If you do not want your Policy to be classified as a MEC, you should consult a tax professional to determine the circumstances, if any, under which your Policy would or would not be classified as a MEC.
Upon issue of your Policy, we will notify you as to whether or not your Policy is classified as a MEC based on the initial premium we receive. If a payment would cause your Policy to become a MEC, you and your registered representative will be notified and we will not apply the premium. At that time, you will need to notify us if you want to continue your Policy as a MEC. Unless you notify us that you do want to continue your Policy as a MEC, we will refund the dollar amount of the excess premium that would cause the Policy to become a MEC.
Distributions (other than Death Benefits) from MECs. Policies classified as MECs are subject to the following tax rules:
● | All distributions other than death benefits from a MEC, including distributions upon surrender and cash withdrawals, will be treated first as distributions of gain taxable as ordinary income. They will be treated as tax-free recovery of the owners investment in the Policy only after all gain has been distributed. Your investment in the Policy is generally your total premium payments. When a distribution is taken from the Policy, your investment in the Policy is reduced by the amount of the distribution that is tax-free. |
● | Loans taken from or secured by (e.g., by assignment) or pledges of such a Policy and increases in cash value secured by such loan or pledge are treated as distributions and taxed accordingly. If the Policy is part of a collateral assignment split dollar arrangement, the initial assignment as well as increases in cash value during the assignment may be treated as distributions and considered taxable. |
● | A 10% additional federal income tax is imposed on the amount included in income except where the distribution or loan is made when you have reached age 591⁄2 or are disabled, or where the distribution is part of a series of substantially equal periodic payments for your life (or life expectancy) or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of you and the beneficiary. |
● | If a Policy becomes a MEC, distributions that occur during the Policy year will be taxed as distributions from a MEC. In addition, distributions made within two years before a contract becomes a MEC are treated as made from a MEC. |
Distributions (other than Death Benefits) from Policies that are not MECs. Distributions from a Policy that is not a MEC are generally treated first as a recovery of your investment in the Policy, and as taxable income after the recovery of all investment in the Policy. However, if benefits are reduced during the first 15 policy years, certain distributions may be required to continue to qualify the Policy as life insurance under Code 7702 and may be treated in whole or in part as ordinary income subject to tax.
Policy Loans. Loans from or secured by a Policy that is not a MEC are generally not treated as distributions. Instead, such loans are treated as indebtedness. If a loan from a Policy that is not a MEC is outstanding when the Policy is surrendered or lapses, the
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amount of the outstanding indebtedness will be taxed as if it were a distribution at that time. The tax consequences associated with Policy loans outstanding after the first 10 Policy years with preferred loan rates are less clear and a tax professional should be consulted about such loans.
Deductibility of Policy Loan Interest. Before taking out a Policy loan, you should consult a tax professional as to the tax consequences.
Investment in the Policy. Your investment in the Policy is generally the sum of the premium payments you made reduced by a withdrawal or distributions from the Policy that are tax-free.
Withholding. To the extent that Policy distributions are taxable, they are generally subject to withholding for the recipients federal income tax liability. The federal income tax withholding rate is generally 10% of the taxable amount of the distribution. Withholding applies only if the taxable amount of all distributions is at least the amount specified by the IRS during the taxable year. Some states also require withholding for state income taxes. With the exception of amounts that represent eligible rollover distributions from Pension Plans and 403(b) arrangements, which are subject to mandatory withholding of 20% for federal tax, recipients can generally elect, however, not to have tax withheld from distributions. If the taxable distributions are delivered to foreign countries, U.S. persons may not elect out of withholding. Taxable distributions to non-resident aliens are generally subject to withholding at a 30% rate unless withholding is eliminated under an international treaty with the United States. The payment of death benefits is generally not subject to withholding. You must affirmatively elect that no income taxes be withheld from a pre-death distribution. Otherwise, the taxable portion of any amounts you receive will be subject to income tax withholding. You are not permitted to elect out of income tax withholding if you do not provide a social security number or other taxpayer identification number, or payment is made outside the United States. You may be subject to penalties under the estimated tax payment rules if your income tax withholding and estimated tax payments are insufficient to cover the income tax due.
Business Uses of the Policy. The Policy may be used in various arrangements, including nonqualified deferred compensation or salary continuance plans, split dollar insurance plans, executive bonus plans, retiree medical benefit plans and others. The tax consequences of such plans and business use of the Policy may vary depending on the particular facts and circumstances of each individual arrangement and business uses of the Policy. Therefore, if you are contemplating using the Policy in any such arrangement, you should be sure to consult a tax professional as to tax attributes of the arrangement and in its use of life insurance. In recent years, moreover, Congress and the IRS have adopted new rules relating to nonqualified deferred compensation and to life insurance owned by businesses and life insurance used in split dollar arrangements. The IRS has recently issued guidance regarding concerns in the use of life insurance in employee welfare benefit plans, including, but not limited to, the deduction of employer contributions and the status of such plans as listed transactions. Any business contemplating the purchase of a new Policy or a change in an existing Policy should consult a tax professional. In addition, Section 101(j) of the Internal Revenue Code imposes notice, consent and other provisions on policies owned by employers and certain of their affiliates, owners and employees, to receive death benefits tax-free and requires additional tax reporting requirements.
Alternative Minimum Tax. There also may be an indirect tax upon the income in the Policy or the proceeds of a Policy under the federal corporate alternative minimum tax, if the policyowner is subject to that tax.
Terminal Illness Accelerated Death Benefit Rider. We believe that the single-sum payment we make under this rider should be fully excludible from the gross income of the beneficiary, except in certain business contexts. You should consult a tax professional about the consequences of adding this rider to your Policy, or requesting a single-sum payment.
Sales of Issued Life Insurance Policies to Third Parties. If you sell your Contract to a third party who the insured does not have a substantial family, financial or business relationship with (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code and accompanying Treasury Regulations), then the sale may be considered to be a reportable policy sale. The purchaser of your Contract in a reportable policy sale is required to submit a Form 1099-LS to us, the IRS and the seller. Once received, we are required to report your cash surrender value and cost basis information with respect to the Contract as of the date of the sale to the IRS and the seller. In addition, if a sale is a reportable policy sale, then all or part of the death benefit will be subject to income tax and tax reported by us when paid to the beneficiary.
Other Tax Considerations. The transfer of the Policy or designation of a beneficiary may have federal, state, and/or local transfer and inheritance tax consequences, including the imposition of gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer taxes. The individual situation of each owner or beneficiary will determine the extent, if any, to which federal, state, and local transfer and inheritance taxes may be imposed and how ownership or receipt of Policy proceeds will be treated for purposes of federal, state and local estate, inheritance, generation-skipping and other taxes. Special Rules for Pension Plans and Section 403(b) Arrangements. If the Policy is purchased in connection with a section 401(a) qualified pension or profit sharing plan, including a section 401(k) plan, or in connection with a section 403(b) plan or program, federal and state and estate tax consequences could differ from those stated in this prospectus. The purchase may also affect the qualified status of the plan. You should consult a qualified tax professional in
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connection with such purchase. Policies owned under these types of plans may be subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or ERISA, which may impose additional requirements on the purchase of policies by such plans. You should consult a qualified tax professional regarding ERISA.
Please Note:
● | Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). The discussion above provides general information regarding U.S. federal income tax consequences to life and annuity purchasers that are U.S. citizens or residents. Purchasers that are not U.S. citizens or residents will generally be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax on taxable distributions from life policies and annuity contracts at a 30% rate, unless a lower treaty rate applies. In addition, such purchasers may be subject to state and/or municipal taxes and taxes that may be imposed by the purchasers country of citizenship or residence. FATCA imposed additional reporting and documentation requirements where non-U.S. entities (including foreign corporations, partnerships, and trusts) purchase policies to identify U.S. persons who are beneficial owners of the policies. Additional withholding of U.S. tax may be imposed if such documentation is not provided. In furtherance of FATCA implementation, the U.S. has entered into Inter-Government Agreements (IGAs) with various foreign governments that require an exchange of information between U.S. financial institutions, including Transamerica and the foreign governments regarding purchases of life insurance and annuities by their respective citizens. Prospective purchasers are advised to consult with a qualified tax professional regarding U.S., state, and foreign taxation with respect to a life insurance policy or an annuity contract purchase. |
● | In 2001, Congress enacted the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA), which modified the estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes through 2009 and eliminated the estate tax (but not the gift tax) and replaced it with a carryover basis income tax regime for estates of decedents dying in 2010, and also eliminated the generation-skipping transfer tax for transfers made in 2010. The 2010 Taxpayer Relief Act generally extended the EGTRRA provisions existing in 2009 and reunified the estate and gift transfer taxes for 2011 and 2012. The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 made permanent certain of the changes to the estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes. These provisions were modified again in December, 2017 by H.R. 1 (formerly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act). The estate and gift tax unified credit basic exclusion amount increases to $10,000,000, subject to inflation adjustments (using the C-CPI-U), for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2026. This recent history of changes in these important tax provisions underscores the importance of seeking guidance from a qualified tax professional to help ensure that your estate plan adequately addresses possible transfer taxation of the Policy and it benefits and your needs and those of your beneficiaries under all possible scenarios. |
If you surrender the Policy, you may elect to receive the net surrender value in either a lump sum by check or as a series of regular income payments under one of the three settlement options described below. In either event, life insurance coverage ends. Also, when the surviving insured dies, the beneficiary may apply the lump sum death benefit proceeds to one of the same settlement options. If the regular payment under a settlement option would be less than $20, we will instead pay the proceeds in one lump sum. We may make other settlement options available in the future.
Once we begin making payments under a settlement option, you or the beneficiary will no longer have any value in the subaccounts or the fixed account. Instead, the only entitlement will be the amount of the payment specified under the terms of the settlement option chosen. Depending upon the circumstances, the effective date of a settlement option is the surrender date or the surviving insureds date of death.
Under any settlement option, the dollar amount of each payment will depend on:
● | The amount of the surrender on the surrender date or death benefit proceeds on the surviving insureds date of death. |
● | The interest rate we credit on those amounts (we guarantee a minimum annual interest rate of 4.0%). |
● | The mortality tables we use. |
● | The specific payment option(s) you choose. |
Option 1--Equal Monthly Installments for a Fixed Period |
● | We will pay the proceeds, plus interest, in equal monthly installments for a fixed period of your choice, but not longer than 240 months. |
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● | We will stop making payments once we have made all the payments for the period selected. | |||||
Option 2--Equal Monthly Installments for Life (Life Income) | At your or the beneficiarys direction, we will make equal monthly installments: | |||||
● | Only for the life of the payee, at the end of which payments will end; or | |||||
● | For the longer of the payees life, or for 10 years if the payee dies before the end of the first 10 years of payments; or | |||||
● | For the longer of the payees life, or until the total amount of all payments we have made equals the proceeds that were applied to the settlement option. | |||||
Option 3--Equal Monthly Installments for the Life of the Payee and then to a Designated Survivor (Joint and Survivor) | ● | We will make equal monthly payments during the joint lifetime of two persons, first to a chosen payee, and then to a co-payee, if living, upon the death of the payee. | ||||
● | Payments to the co-payee, if living, upon the payees death will equal either: | |||||
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The full amount paid to the payee before the payees death; or | |||||
> | Two-thirds of the amount paid to the payee before the payees death. | |||||
● | All payments will cease upon the death of the co-payee. |
If the insured is living and the Policy is in force, the Policy will mature on the Policy anniversary nearest the insureds 95th birthday. This is the maturity date. On the maturity date we will pay you the net surrender value of your Policy.
When you send a written request to our mailing address, we will extend the maturity date if your Policy is still in force on the maturity date. Any riders in force on the scheduled maturity date will terminate on that date and will not be extended. Interest on any outstanding Policy loans will continue to accrue during the period for which the maturity date is extended. You must submit a written request to our office for the extension between 90 and 180 days prior to the maturity date and elect one of the following:
1. | If you had previously selected death benefit Option B, we will change the death benefit to Option A. On each valuation date, we will adjust the specified amount to equal the cash value, and the limitation percentage will be 100%. We will not permit you to make additional premium payments unless it is required to prevent the Policy from lapsing. We will waive all future monthly deductions; or |
2. | We will automatically extend the maturity date until the next Policy anniversary. You must submit a written request to our office, between 90 and 180 days before each subsequent Policy anniversary, stating that you wish to extend the maturity date for another Policy year. All benefits and charges will continue as set forth in your Policy. We will charge the then current cost of insurance rates. |
If you choose 2 above, you may change your election to 1 above at any time. However, if you choose 1 above, then you may not change your election to 2 above.
The tax consequences of extending the maturity date beyond the 100th birthday of the insured are uncertain and may include taxation of the gain in the Policy at the original maturity date or taxation of the death benefit in whole or in part. You should consult a tax professional as to those consequences.
We usually pay the amounts of any surrender, cash withdrawal, death benefit proceeds, or settlement options within seven calendar days after we receive all applicable written notices and/or due proofs of death (in good order) at our administrative office. However, we can postpone such payments if any of the following occur:
● | The NYSE is closed, other than customary weekend and holiday closings, or trading on the NYSE is restricted. |
● | The SEC permits, by an order, the postponement for the protection of policyowners. |
● | An emergency exists that would make the disposal of securities held in the separate account or the determination of their value not reasonably practicable. |
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In addition, pursuant to SEC rules, if the Transamerica BlackRock Government Money Market VP portfolio or the ProFund VP Government Money Market portfolio suspends payment of redemption proceeds in connection with a liquidation of such portfolio or was as a result of portfolio liquidity levels, we will delay payment of any transfer, partial withdrawal, surrender, loan, or death benefit from the Transamerica BlackRock Government Money Market VP subaccount or the ProFund VP Government Money Market subaccount until the portfolio pays redemption proceeds.
If you have submitted a recent check or draft, we have the right to defer payment of surrenders, cash withdrawals, death benefit proceeds, or payments under a settlement option until such check or draft has been honored. We also reserve the right to defer payment of transfers, cash withdrawals, death benefit proceeds, or surrenders from the fixed account for up to six months.
If mandated under applicable law, we may be required to reject a premium payment and/or block a policyowners account and thereby refuse to pay any request for transfers, withdrawals, surrenders, loans or death benefits until instructions are received from the appropriate regulators. We may also be required to provide additional information about you or your account to governmental regulators.
You may enter into a split dollar arrangement with another owner or another person(s) whereby the payment of premiums and the right to receive the benefits under the Policy (i.e., net surrender value of insurance proceeds) are split between the parties. There are different ways of allocating these rights.
For example, an employer and employee might agree that under a Policy on the life of the employee, the employer will pay the premiums and will have the right to receive the net surrender value. The employee may designate the beneficiary to receive any insurance proceeds in excess of the net surrender value. If the employee dies while such an arrangement is in effect, the employer would receive from the insurance proceeds the amount that he would have been entitled to receive upon surrender of the Policy and the employees beneficiary would receive the balance of the proceeds.
No transfer of Policy rights pursuant to a split dollar arrangement will be binding on us unless in writing and received by us at our mailing address, in good order. Split dollar arrangements may have tax consequences. You should consult a tax professional before entering into a split dollar arrangement.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (the Act) was enacted in 2002. The Act prohibits, with limited exceptions, publicly-traded companies, including non-U.S. companies that have securities listed on exchanges in the United States, from extending, directly or through a subsidiary, many types of personal loans to their directors or executive officers. It is possible that this prohibition may be interpreted as applying to split-dollar life insurance policies for directors and executive officers of such companies, since such insurance arguably can be viewed as involving a loan from the employer for at least some purposes.
Although the prohibition on loans of publicly-traded companies was generally effective as of July 30, 2002, there is an exception for loans outstanding as of the date of enactment, so long as there is no material modification to the loan terms and the loan is not renewed after July 30, 2002. Any affected business contemplating the payment of a premium on an existing Policy, or the purchase of a new Policy, in connection with a split-dollar life insurance arrangement should consult legal counsel.
In addition, the IRS issued guidance that affects the tax treatment of split-dollar arrangements and the Treasury Department issued final regulations that would significantly affect the tax treatment of such arrangements. The IRS guidance and the final regulations affect all split dollar arrangements, not just those involving publicly-traded companies. Consult your qualified tax professional with respect to the effect of this current and proposed guidance on your split dollar policy.
Your Policy will terminate and all benefits under it will cease on the earliest of the following:
● | The date the policy matures. |
● | The date the Policy lapses. |
● | The date we receive (in good order) your written request to surrender or terminate; or |
● | The date of the insureds death. |
You may assign your Policy by filing a written request with us. We will not be bound by any assignment until we record it in our records. Unless otherwise specified by you, the assignment will then take effect on the date the assignment form is received in
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good order by the Company and accepted in our administrative office. We assume no responsibility for the validity or effect of any assignment of the Policy or of any interest in it. Any death benefit which becomes payable to an assignee will be payable in a single sum and will be subject to proof of the assignees interest and the extent of the assignment. To terminate the assignment, we will need a release of assignment form dated and completed by the assignee. If a corporation, we require a corporate resolution noting the authorized person(s).
OTHER BENEFITS UNDER THE POLICY
In addition to the standard death benefits associated with your Policy, other standard and/or optional benefits may also be available to you. The following table summarizes information about those benefits. Information about the fees associated with each optional benefit included in the table may be found in the Fee Tables.
Name of Benefit |
Purpose | Is Benefit Standard or Optional |
Brief Description of Restrictions /Limitations | |||
Primary
Insured and Primary Insured |
Provides term coverage on primary insured on a different basis than under the base Policy. | Optional |
● PIR Is available for insureds ages 0-70 and the PIR Plus is available for ages 18-70 ● Minimum specified amount: $25,000 ● The PIR terminates when the insured reaches attained age 90 or 95, and the PIR Plus terminates when the insured reaches attained age 85 or 95 | |||
Other Insured Rider | Provides coverage on primary insureds spouse or dependent child. | Optional |
● Available for other insured issue ages 0-80 ● Non-spouse coverage dependent on state law ● Minimum specified amount: $10,000 ● Maximum specified amount: Lesser of $500,000 or the total amount of coverage on the primary insured. ● Maximum of 5 riders per Policy ● No coverage beyond age 95 | |||
Childrens Insurance Rider | Provides coverage on primary insureds children. | Optional |
● Available for insureds ages 15 days to 18 years ● Minimum specified amount: $2,000 ● Maximum specified amount: $10,000 ● No coverage beyond age 25 | |||
Accidental Death Benefit Rider | Provides additional coverage on primary insured in the event of death due to accidental bodily injury. | Optional |
● Available for insureds ages 15-59 ● Minimum specified amount: $10,000 ● Maximum specified amount: Lesser of $150,000 or 150% of Policy specified amount ● No coverage beyond age 70 | |||
Disability Waiver Rider | Provides waiver of monthly deductions to help keep the Policy in force while primary insured is totally disabled. | Optional |
● Available for insureds ages 15-55 ● Waiver subject to time limitations ● Lapse possible while waiver in effect ● No coverage beyond age 60 unless totally disabled | |||
Disability Waiver and Income Rider | Provides waiver of monthly deductions to help keep the Policy in force while primary insured is totally disabled and adds a monthly income benefit. | Optional |
● Available for insureds ages 15-55 ● Income limited to 120 months ● Lapse possible while waiver in effect ● Minimum Income is $10 and the maximum is the lesser of 0.2% of your specified amount or $300 per month ● No coverage beyond age 60 unless totally disabled | |||
Terminal Illness Accelerated Death Benefit Rider |
Pays all or a portion of the death benefit if the primary insured is ill and has a life expectancy of one year or less. * | Optional |
● Benefit is paid in single sum only ● Benefit amount determined by a multiplier Benefit may not exceed $500,000 * The following states allow a life expectancy of not more than 24 months: Massachusetts Vermont Washington |
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Dollar Cost Averaging | Automatically transfers amounts from a money market portfolio option or the fixed account to the other portfolio options selected at monthly intervals over a specific period of time. | Standard |
● Minimum to start dollar cost averaging: $5,000 ● Subject to minimum and maximum transfer amounts ● Not available in combination with asset rebalancing | |||
Asset Rebalancing | Rebalances the portfolio options selected at set intervals to maintain chosen mix of portfolio options. | Standard |
● Subject to minimum investment amount ● Not available in combination with dollar cost averaging | |||
Policy Loan | After the first Policy year, you may borrow money from the Policy using the Policys net surrender value as the only security for the loan. You can repay a loan at any time while the policy is in force. | Optional |
● Reduces policy value ● Reduces death benefit ● May have tax consequences to you ● Increases the risk of policy lapse |
We may discontinue offering riders at any time without notice unless the rider specifically states otherwise. Some riders may only be elected at the time of application. Once a rider is elected it cannot be terminated without your consent (or by operation of law) if all terms and conditions are fully satisfied.
More information about each of these benefits, except dollar cost averaging and asset rebalancing, is provided under Description of Supplemental Benefits (Riders) below. More information about dollar cost averaging and asset rebalancing is provided under Transfers earlier in the prospectus
Primary Insured Rider (PIR) and Primary Insured Rider Plus (PIR Plus)
Under the PIR and the PIR Plus, we provide term insurance coverage on a different basis from the coverage in your Policy.
Features of PIR and PIR Plus: |
● The rider increases the Policys death benefit by the riders face amount. | |
● The PIR may be purchased for issue ages 0-70. | ||
● The PIR Plus may be purchased for issue ages 18-70. | ||
● The PIR terminates when the insured reaches 90 or 95 as stated in the rider issued to you (depending on the issue date and state availability), and the PIR Plus terminates when the insured reaches 85 or 95. | ||
● The minimum purchase amount for the PIR and PIR Plus is $25,000. There is no maximum purchase amount. | ||
● We do not assess any additional surrender charge for PIR and PIR Plus. | ||
● Generally PIR and PIR Plus coverage costs less than the insurance coverage under the Policy, but has no cash value. | ||
● You may cancel or reduce your rider coverage without decreasing your Policys specified amount. | ||
● You may generally decrease your specified amount without reducing your rider coverage. |
Subject to the following conditions, on any Monthiversary while this rider is in force, you may convert this rider to a new Policy on the primary insureds life without evidence of insurability.
Conditions to convert the rider: |
● Your request must be in writing and sent to our mailing address, in good order. | |
● The primary insured has not reached his/her 70th birthday. | ||
● The new policy is any permanent insurance policy that we currently offer for conversion. | ||
● The amount of the insurance under the new policy will equal the specified amount in force under the rider as long as it meets the minimum specified amount requirements of a Base Policy. | ||
● We will base your premium on the primary insureds underwriting class under the rider. |
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Termination of the rider: |
The rider will terminate on the earliest of: | |
● When the insured reaches attained ages 90 or 95 as stated in the rider issued to you (depending on the issue date and state availability) for a PIR and when the insured reaches attained ages 85 or 95 for PIR Plus; or | ||
● The date the Policy terminates for any reason except for the death of the primary insured; or | ||
● The date you fully convert the rider; or | ||
● The Monthiversary on which you terminate the rider by written request, in good order, to our mailing address. |
Example of the operation of the Primary Insured Rider and Primary Insured Rider Plus
● | Base policy = $300,000 specified amount on the primary insured. |
● | Primary Insured Rider Plus coverage = $50,000 on the primary insured. |
● | Total death benefit on the insured = $300,000 + $50,000 = $350,000 on the primary insured. |
It may cost you less to reduce your PIR or PIR Plus coverage than to decrease your Policys specified amount because we do not deduct a surrender charge in connection with your PIR or PIR Plus. It may cost you more to keep a higher specified amount under the Base Policy, because the specified amount may have a cost of insurance that is higher than the cost of the same amount of coverage under your PIR or PIR Plus. Please refer to the applicable fee tables for your Policy to determine the charges for this rider.
You should consult your registered representative to determine if you would benefit from PIR or PIR Plus. We may discontinue offering PIR or PIR Plus at any time. We may also modify the terms of these riders for new policies.
This rider may insure the spouse (or a non-spouse Other Insured where required by state law) and/or dependent children of the primary insured. Please note that if a non-spouse is the Other Insured, as required under state law, there may be adverse tax consequences. Subject to the terms of the rider, we will pay the face amount of the rider to the primary insured. Available for other insured issue ages 0-80, our minimum face amount for this rider is $10,000. The maximum face amount is the lesser of $500,000 or the amount of coverage on the primary insured. The maximum number of Other Insured Riders that is allowed on any one Policy is five (5). We will pay the riders face amount when we receive proof, in good order, at our mailing address, of the Other Insureds death. Subject to the following conditions, on any Monthiversary while the rider is in force, you may convert it to a new policy on the Other Insureds life (without evidence of insurability).
Conditions to convert the rider: | ● Your request must be in writing, in good order, and sent to our mailing address. | |
● The Other Insured has not reached his/her 70th birthday. | ||
● The new policy is any permanent insurance policy that we currently offer. | ||
● Subject to the minimum specified amount required for the new policy, the amount of the insurance under the new policy will equal the face amount in force under the rider as long as it meets the minimum specified amount requirements of the original Policy. | ||
● We will base your premium on the Other Insureds underwriting class under the rider. | ||
Termination of the rider: |
The rider will terminate on the earliest of: | |
● The maturity date of the Policy; or | ||
● The Policy anniversary nearest to the insureds 95th birthday; or | ||
● The date the Policy terminates for any reason except for death of the primary insured; or | ||
● 31 days after the death of the primary insured; or | ||
● The date of conversion of this rider; or |
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● The Monthiversary on which the rider is terminated upon written request by the owner. |
Example of the operation of the Other Insured Rider
● | Base policy = $300,000 specified amount on the primary insured. |
● | Other Insured Rider coverage on spouse of insured = $50,000 payable upon death of spouse. |
This rider provides insurance on the primary insureds children who are between the ages of 15 days and 18 years old on the effective date of the rider or when later added to the rider due to birth or legal adoption. The coverage for any insured child will terminate on the Monthiversary following that childs 25th birthday (or that childs death, if sooner).
Our minimum face amount for this rider is $2,000 and the maximum face amount is $10,000. We will pay a death benefit once we receive proof, in good order, at our mailing address that the insured child died while the rider was in force for that child. At each childs age 25 this rider may be converted to a new policy for up to five times the face amount of the rider. If the primary insured dies while the rider is in force, we will terminate the rider 31 days after the death, and we will offer a separate life insurance policy to each insured child for an amount equal to the face amount of the rider.
Example of the operation of the Accidental Death Benefit Rider
● | Base contract is $300,000 specified amount. |
● | Accidental Death Benefit Rider coverage = $100,000 and dies from an accident before age 70. |
● | Total death benefit paid = $300,000 + $100,000 = $400,000 |
Accidental Death Benefit Rider
Available to primary insureds issue ages 15- 59, the minimum face amount for this rider is $10,000. The maximum face amount available for the rider is the lesser of (i) $150,000; or (ii) 150% of the Policys specified amount.
Subject to certain limitations, we will pay the specified amount if the death of the primary insured results solely from accidental bodily injury where:
● | The death is caused by external, violent, and accidental means. |
● | The death occurs within 90 days of the accident. |
● | The death occurs while the rider is in force. |
The rider will terminate on the earliest of:
● | The Policy anniversary nearest the primary insureds 70th birthday; or |
● | The date the Policy terminates; or |
● | The Monthiversary when this rider is terminated upon the owners written request. |
Example of the operation of the Accidental Death Benefit Rider
● | Base contract is $300,000 specified amount. |
● | Accidental Death Benefit Rider coverage = $100,000 and dies from an accident before age 70. |
● | Total death benefit paid = $300,000 + $100,000 = $400,000 |
Subject to certain conditions, we will waive the Policys monthly deductions while the insured is disabled. You may purchase this rider if the primary insureds issue age is between 15 and 55 years at the time the rider is purchased.
Before we waive any monthly deductions, we must receive proof, in good order, at our mailing address that:
● | The primary insured is totally disabled. |
● | The rider was in force when the insured became disabled. |
● | The primary insureds total disability began before the Policy anniversary nearest his/her 60th birthday; and |
● | The primary insureds total disability has existed continuously for at least six months. |
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We will not waive any deduction that becomes due more than one year before we receive written notice of your claim, after the primary insureds recovery from disability, or after termination of this rider. While the primary insured is totally disabled and receiving benefits under this rider, no grace period will begin for the Policy provided that the cash value minus loans and accrued loan interest remains positive. It is possible that additional premium payments will be required to keep the Policy in force while the waiver of monthly deductions benefit is being paid.
Termination of the rider: |
The rider will terminate on the earliest of: | |||
1. The Policy anniversary on or following the primary insureds 60th birthday, unless the primary insured is totally disabled; or |
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2. The date of recovery from disability (with respect to benefits accruing during the continuance of an existing total disability after the Policy anniversary on or following the primary insureds 60th birthday); or |
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3. The date the Policy terminates; or |
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4. The Monthiversary on which this rider is terminated upon a written request by the owner. |
Example of the operation of the Disability Waiver Rider
● | Policyholder has purchased $200/month benefit under the DWP01 rider. |
● | Primary insured becomes disabled. |
● | Policyholder will receive future monthly benefit of $200 as long as the policy remains in force and the primary insured is disabled. |
Disability Waiver and Income Rider
This rider has the same benefits as the Disability Waiver Rider, but adds a monthly income benefit for up to 120 months. This rider may be purchased if the insureds issue age is 15-55 years. The minimum income amount for this rider is $10. The maximum income amount is the lesser of 0.2% of your specified amount or $300 per month.
Example of the operation of the Disability Waiver and Income Rider
● | Policyholder has purchased $200/month benefit under the DWP01 rider and monthly policy deductions are $30. |
● | Primary insured becomes disabled. |
● | Policyholder will receive future monthly benefit of $230 as long as the policy remains in force and the primary insured is disabled. |
Terminal Illness Accelerated Death Benefit Rider
This rider allows us to pay all or a portion of the death benefit once we receive satisfactory proof, in good order, at our mailing address that the insured is ill and has a life expectancy of one year or less. A doctor must certify the insureds life expectancy.
We will pay a single-sum benefit equal to:
● | The death benefit on the date we pay the single-sum benefit; multiplied by |
● | The election percentage of the death benefit you elect to receive; divided by |
● | (1 + i) where i equals the interest rate determined under the Internal Revenue Code Section 846(c) (2), also known as the Applicable Federal Interest Rate (1.82% for 2021) or the Policy loan interest rate expressed in arrears, whichever is greater (discount factor); minus |
● | Any indebtedness at the time we pay the single-sum benefit, multiplied by the election percentage. |
The maximum terminal illness death benefit used to determine the single-sum benefit as defined above is equal to:
● | The death benefit available under the Policy once we receive satisfactory proof that the insured is ill; plus |
● | The benefit available under any PIR or PIR Plus in force. |
A single-sum benefit may not be greater than $500,000.
The election percentage is a percentage that you select. It may not be greater than 100%.
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The rider terminates at the earliest of:
● | The date the Policy terminates. |
● | The date a settlement option takes effect. |
● | The date we pay a single-sum benefit. |
● | The date you terminate the rider. |
Example of the operation of the Terminal Illness Accelerated Death Benefit Rider
● | Base policy = $300,000 specified amount. |
● | Base insured is terminally ill. |
● | Policy owner requests acceleration of $100,000 of the specified amount. |
● | Rider benefit paid = $100,000 / (1 + 3% assumed interest rate) = $97,087.38 |
● | Post-acceleration base policy = $200,000. |
We will not pay a benefit under the rider if the insureds terminal condition results from self-inflicted injuries that occur during the period specified in your Policys suicide provision.
We do not assess an administrative charge for this rider; if the rider is exercised, however, we do reduce the single sum benefit by a discount factor to compensate us for lost income due to the early payment of the death benefit. This rider may not be available in all states, or its terms may vary depending on a states insurance law requirements.
Note: Before adding this rider to a Policy or requesting payment under the rider you should consult a tax professional to discuss the tax consequences of doing so.
The following section describes modifications to this prospectus required by one or more state insurance departments as of the date of this prospectus. Unless otherwise noted, variations apply to all forms of policies we issue. These variations are subject to change without notice and additional variations may be imposed as specific states approve new riders.
California. If the policyowner is age 60 or older, as of the Policy effective date, the Policys free look period is 30 days from the date of delivery. During the 30-day free look period, we will hold the net premiums in the fixed account unless you direct us to allocate the net premiums as per your most recent allocation instructions on your application or in writing any time before the end of the 30-day free look period. On the day following the end of the 30-day free look period, we will automatically transfer the accumulated value to subaccounts that you selected. This automatic transfer is excluded from the transfer limitations described in this prospectus.
New Jersey. The fixed account is not available to you if your Policy was applied for before September 22, 2008 and issued before January 1, 2009. You may not direct or transfer any premiums or cash value to the fixed account. The fixed account is available to you only in connection with Policy loans.
Keeping the no lapse guarantee in effect for policies issued in New Jersey: If the grace period begins prior to the no lapse date, the payment necessary to keep the Policy in force is the lesser of the amount necessary to (1) satisfy the minimum monthly guarantee premium; or (2) increase the net surrender value to cover the monthly deductions due.
Unclaimed and Abandoned Property
Every state has unclaimed property laws that generally provide for escheatment to the state of unclaimed property (including proceeds of annuity, life and other insurance policies) under various circumstances. In addition to the state unclaimed property laws, we may be required to escheat property pursuant to regulatory demand, finding, agreement or settlement. To help prevent such escheatment, it is important that you keep your contact and other information on file with us up to date, including the names, contact information and identifying information for owners, insureds, annuitants, beneficiaries and other payees. Such updates should be communicated in a form and manner satisfactory to us.
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Sending Forms and Transaction Requests in Good Order
We cannot carry out your instructions to process a transaction relating to the Policy until we have received your instructions in good order at our mailing address (or our administrative office or website as appropriate). Good order means the actual receipt by us of the instructions relating to a transaction in writing or, when appropriate, by telephone or facsimile, or electronically along with all forms, information and supporting legal documentation (including any required spousal or joint owners consents) we require in order to effect the transaction. This information and documentation generally includes, to the extent applicable to the transaction: your completed application; the policy number; the transaction amount (in dollars or percentage terms); the names and allocations to and/or from the subaccounts affected by the requested transaction; the dated signatures of all owners (exactly as registered on the Policy) if necessary; Social Security Number or Taxpayer I.D.; and any other information or supporting documentation that we may require. To be in good order, instructions must be sufficiently clear so that we do not need to exercise any discretion to follow such instructions.
Distribution and Principal Underwriting Agreement.
TCI, our affiliate, serves as principal underwriter for the Policies pursuant to the terms of a principal underwriting and distribution agreement with TCI for the distribution and sale of the Policies. We reimburse TCI for certain expenses it incurs in order to pay for the distribution of the Policies.
We have discontinued new sales of the Policies. You may, however, continue to make premium payments to fund your Policy pursuant to its terms, and exercise other rights and options under your Policysuch as reallocating your Policy value among investment options, making partial withdrawals, surrendering your Policy, and making changes in ownership of your Policy.
We, like other life insurance companies, are subject to regulatory and legal proceedings in the ordinary course of our business. Such legal and regulatory matters include proceedings specific to us and other proceedings generally applicable to business practices in the industry in which we operate. In some lawsuits and regulatory proceedings involving insurers, substantial damages have been sought and/or material settlement payments have been made. Although the outcome of any litigation or regulatory proceeding cannot be predicted with certainty, at the present time, we believe that there are no pending or threatened proceedings or lawsuits that are likely to have a material adverse impact on the separate account, on TCIs ability to perform under its principal underwriting agreement, or on our ability to meet our obligations under the Policy.
Regulatory Modifications to Policy
We reserve the right to amend the Policy or any riders attached thereto as necessary to comply with specific direction provided by state or federal regulators, through change of law, rule, regulation, bulletin, regulatory directives or agreements.
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Sanctions
The Company and the separate account are subject to laws and regulations designed to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. The Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of the separate account, has implemented and operates an anti-money laundering (AML) program. The Company shall not be held liable for any losses that an owner, insured, or beneficiary may incur as a result of actions taken to prevent suspected violations of AML laws, rules, and regulations.
The Company and the separate account are subject to the provisions of various sanctions programs administered and enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). These programs prohibit financial institutions from doing business with certain identified enemies of the United States as set forth in various lists maintained by OFAC. Depending on the program under which a transaction falls, financial institutions must either (i) reject and report the transaction, or (ii) block the transaction, place the funds or assets in a separate blocked transaction account, and report the matter to OFAC. In order to comply with OFAC requirements, the Company reviews applicants, owners, and insureds against the OFAC list and stops processing and rejects any transaction from an individual or entity who is listed on the OFAC list. The Company only accept premium payments that are not subject to sanctions and in United States currency.
If an owner or insured is subject to sanctions, the Company is required to block access to an owners policy and hereby refuse to pay any request for partial withdrawals, surrenders, loans, or other distributions until permitted by OFAC. Further, if additional premium payments are received, we are required under applicable U.S. laws and regulations to place such funds in the blocked account as well. In addition, the Company may be required to block a beneficiarys request for payment of death benefit proceeds. Blocking access
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may include transferring cash value and/or death benefit proceeds to the fixed account or money market subaccount until permitted by OFAC. The Company shall not be held liable for any losses that an Owner, insured, or beneficiary may incur as a result of sanctions.
Regulatory Modifications to Policy
We reserve the right to amend the Policy or any riders attached thereto as necessary to comply with specific direction provided by state or federal regulators, through change of law, rule, regulation, bulletin, regulatory directives or agreements.
The financial statements of Transamerica and the separate account are included in the SAI.
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APPENDIX: PORTFOLIO COMPANIES AVAILABLE UNDER THE POLICY
The following is a list of portfolio companies available under the Policy, which are subject to change as discussed in this prospectus.
More information about the Portfolio Companies is available in the prospectuses for the Portfolio Companies, which may be amended from time to time and can be found online at: http://dfinview.com/Transamerica/TAHD/959393687/?site=VAVUL. You can also request this information at no cost by calling our administrative Office at 1-800-851-9777.
The current expenses and performance information below reflects fees and expenses of the Portfolio Companies, but do not reflect the other fees and expenses that your Policy may charge. Expenses would be higher and performance would be lower if these other charges were included. Each portfolios past performance is not necessarily an indication of future performance.
Investment Objective | Underlying Fund Portfolio and Adviser/Sub-adviser(1) |
Current Expenses |
Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/23) | |||||||
1 year | 5 years | 10 years | ||||||||
Investment Objective: Seeks to maximize total return consistent with the Advisers determination of reasonable risk. | AB Balanced Hedged Allocation Portfolio- Class B(2)
Advised by AllianceBernstein L.P |
0.99% | 12.66% | 5.92% | 5.04% | |||||
Investment Objective: The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation | Fidelity VIP Contrafund® Portfolio* -Service Class 2
Advised by Fidelity Management & Research Company Sub-Advisers: FMR Co., Inc |
0.81% | 33.12% | 16.36% | 11.33% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks reasonable income. The fund will also consider the potential for capital appreciation. The funds goal is to achieve a yield which exceeds the composite yield on the securities comprising the S&P 500® Index. | Fidelity VIP Equity Income Portfolio*- Service Class 2
Advised by Fidelity Management & Research Company Sub-Advisers: FMR Co., Inc |
0.72% | 10.38% | 12.01% | 8.31% | |||||
Investment Objective: The fund seeks to provide capital growth. | Fidelity VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio*- Service Class 2
Advised by: Fidelity Management & Research Company Sub-Advisers: FMR Co., Inc |
0.84% | 45.30% | 18.79% | 15.44% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results that correspond to the total return of common stocks publicly traded in the United States, as represented by the S&P 500® Index. | Fidelity VIP Index 500 Portfolio -Service Class 2
Advised by Fidelity Management & Research Company Sub-Advisers: FMR Co., Inc.; Geode Capital Management, LLC |
0.35% | 25.88% | 15.27% | 11.64% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks capital appreciation, with income as a secondary goal. | Franklin Allocation VIP Fund- Class 4(2)
Advised by Franklin Advisers, Inc. |
0.93% | 14.62% | 7.44% | 4.75% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the total return of the high yield market, consistent with maintaining reasonable liquidity. | ProFund Access VP High Yield(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.72% | 10.43% | 2.74% | 2.91% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the performance of the ProFunds Asia 30 Index (the Index). | ProFund VP Asia 30(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.83% | 4.32% | 1.92% | 0.66% |
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Investment Objective | Underlying Fund Portfolio and Adviser/Sub-adviser(1) |
Current Expenses |
Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/23) | |||||||
1 year
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5 years
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10 years
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Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the performance of the ProFunds Asia 30 Index (the Index). | ProFund VP Asia 30(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.83% | 4.32% | 1.92% | 0.66% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the performance of the S&P 500® (the Index). | ProFund VP Bull(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.75% | 23.74% | 13.41% | 9.84% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the performance of the S&P Communication Services Select Sector Index (the Index). | ProFund VP Communication (2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.77% | 31.82% | 7.80% | 4.15% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the performance of the S&P Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Index (the Index). | ProFund VP Consumer Discretionary(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.77% | 32.05% | 9.78% | 8.82% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the performance of BNY Mellon Emerging Markets 50 ADR® Index (the Index). | ProFund VP Emerging Markets(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.81% | 15.31% | 4.52% | 2.24% | |||||
Investment Objective: seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the performance of the S&P Energy Select Sector Index (the Index). | ProFund VP Energy(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.75% | -2.49% | 10.93% | 0.96% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the performance of the ProFunds Europe 30 Index (the Index). | ProFund VP Europe 30(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.77% | 17.47% | 7.60% | 2.67% | |||||
Investment Objective: ProFund VP Falling U.S. Dollar (the Fund) seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the daily performance of the basket of non-U.S. currencies included in the U.S. Dollar Index® (the Index). | ProFund VP Falling U.S. Dollar(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
2.97% | 3.25% | -2.38% | -3.97% | |||||
Investment Objective: ProFund VP Financials (the Fund) seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the performance of the S&P Financial Select Sector Index (the Index).
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ProFund VP Financials(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.75% | 13.88% | 9.98% | 8.13% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks a high level of current income consistent with liquidity and preservation of capital.
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ProFund VP Government Money Market(2),(3)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC
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1.77% | 4.15% | 1.19% | 0.64% |
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Investment Objective | Underlying Fund Portfolio and Adviser/Sub-adviser(1) |
Current Expenses |
Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/23) | |||||||
1 year
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5 years
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10 years
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Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the performance of the MSCI EAFE Index (the Index).
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ProFund VP International(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.71% | 15.55% | 5.62% | 1.71% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the performance of the Nikkei 225 Stock Average (the Index).
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ProFund VP Japan(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.73% | 34.51% | 11.86% | 7.23% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the performance of the S&P Materials Select Sector Index (the Index).
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ProFund VP Materials(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.77% | 12.38% | 11.96% | 6.33% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the performance of the S&P MidCap 400® (the Index). | ProFund VP Mid-Cap(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.74% | 13.83% | 10.12% | 6.88% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index (the Index).
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ProFund VP NASDAQ-100(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.76% | 52.17% | 20.09% | 15.51% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the performance of the S&P Pharmaceuticals Select Industry Index (the Index).
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ProFund VP Pharmaceuticals(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.77% | -5.49% | 4.83% | 4.63% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the performance of the Dow Jones Precious MetalsSM Index (the Index).
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ProFund VP Precious Metals(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.76% | 1.48% | 8.30% | 0.78% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of the Index.
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ProFund VP Short Emerging Markets(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.75% | -11.78% | -11.01% | -8.51% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of the Index.
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ProFund VP Short International(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.72% | -10.29% | -9.74% | -6.49% | |||||
Investment Objective: ProFund VP NASDAQ-100 (the Fund) seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the performance of the NASDAQ-100® Index (the Index).
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ProFund VP Short NASDAQ-100(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.78% | -32.40% | -22.40% | -18.53% |
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Investment Objective | Underlying Fund Portfolio and Adviser/Sub-adviser(1) |
Current Expenses |
Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/23) | |||||||
1 year
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5 years
|
10 years
| ||||||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of the Index.
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ProFund VP Short Small-Cap(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.81% | -10.88% | -14.46% | -11.16% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the performance of the Russell 2000® Index (the Index).
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ProFund VP Small-Cap(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.87% | 14.91% | 7.96% | 5.15% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to the performance of the S&P SmallCap 600® Value Index (the Index).
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ProFund VP Small-Cap Value(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.78% | 12.94% | 9.51% | 6.36% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to one and one-quarter times (1.25x) the daily price movement of the 30-Year U.S Treasury Bond (the Long Bond.) The Fund does not seek to achieve its stated investment objective over a period of time greater than a single day.
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ProFund VP U.S. Government Plus(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.48% | 0.04% | -5.04% | 0.27% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two time (2x) the daily performance of the Index.
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ProFunds VP UltraNASDAQ-100(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.78% | 115.46% | 33.86% | 27.05% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to two time (2x) the daily performance of the Index.
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ProFund VP UltraSmall-Cap(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.90% | 22.43% | 7.83% | 5.49% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks investment results, before fees and expenses, that track the performance of the S&P Utilities Select Sector Index (the Index).
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ProFund VP Utilities(2)
Advised by: ProFund Advisors LLC |
1.78% | -8.59% | 4.76% | 6.89% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks maximum total return, consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment management. | Transamerica Aegon Bond VP Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC. |
0.53% | 6.45% | 0.96% | 1.70% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks total return, consisting of current income and capital appreciation. | Transamerica Aegon Core Bond VP Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC. |
0.50% | 6.04% | 1.32% | 1.86% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks a high level of current income by investing in high-yield debt securities. | Transamerica Aegon High Yield Bond VP Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC |
0.65% | 11.11% | 4.73% | 4.26% |
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Investment Objective | Underlying Fund Portfolio and Adviser/Sub-adviser(1) |
Current Expenses |
Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/23) | |||||||
1 year
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5 years
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10 years
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Investment Objective: Seeks total return gained from the combination of dividend yield, growth of dividends and capital appreciation. | Transamerica Aegon Sustainable Equity Income VP -Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: Aegon Asset Management UK plc (AAM)
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0.73% | 6.28% | 5.71% | 5.39% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks to provide as high a level of total return as is consistent with prudent investment strategies. | Transamerica Aegon U.S. Government Securities VP - Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
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0.5% | 4.00% | 0.51% | 1.04% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks as high a level of current income as in consistent with preservation of capital and liquidity. | Transamerica BlackRock Government Money Market VP - Initial Class(3)
Sub-Advised by: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
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0.29% | 4.85% | 1.68% | 1.01% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks current income and preservation of capital. | Transamerica BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Conservative VP - Initial Class(2)
Sub-Advised by: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
0.67% | 10.21% | 3.42% | 3.05% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks current income and preservation of capital. | Transamerica BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth VP - Initial Class(2)
Sub-Advised by: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
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0.63% | 17.94% | 2.68% | 2.54% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks current income and preservation of capital. | Transamerica BlackRock iShares Active Asset Allocation Moderate VP - Initial Class(2)
Sub-Advised by: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
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0.64% | 13.55% | 3.41% | 2.98% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks long-term capital appreciation and capital preservation. | Transamerica BlackRock iShares Edge 40 VP - Initial Class(2)
Sub-Advised by: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC |
0.46% | 9.45% | 4.71% | 3.63% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks a combination of capital appreciation and income. | Transamerica BlackRock iShares Tactical - Balanced VP - Initial Class(2),(5)
Sub-Advised by: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC. |
0.64% | 10.99% | 4.53% | 3.86% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks a combination of capital appreciation and income. | Transamerica BlackRock iShares Tactical - Conservative VP - Initial Class(2),(6)
Sub-Advised by: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC. |
0.67% | 7.57% | 3.88% | 3.67% |
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Investment Objective | Underlying Fund Portfolio and Adviser/Sub-adviser (1) |
Current Expenses |
Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/23) | |||||||
1 year
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5 years
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10 years
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Investment Objective: Seeks a combination of capital appreciation and income. | Transamerica BlackRock iShares Tactical - Growth VP - Initial Class(2),(7)
Sub-Advised by: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC.
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0.77% | 14.25% | 6.51% | 4.71% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks to maximize total return. | Transamerica BlackRock Real Estate Securities VP - Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC
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0.90% | 13.33% | 5.09% | 3.84% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks capital appreciation with current income as secondary objective. | Transamerica BlackRock Tactical Allocation VP - Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: BlackRock Investment Management, LLC.
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0.77% | 15.31% | 6.82% | 5.16% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks to balance capital appreciation and income. | Transamerica Goldman Sachs Managed Risk - Balanced ETF VP - Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC |
0.39% | 13.41% | 5.29% | 4.21% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks capital appreciation as a primary objective and income as a secondary objective. | Transamerica Goldman Sachs Managed Risk - Growth ETF VP - Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: Milliman Financial Risk Management LLC
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0.42% | 18.08% | 7.66% | 5.40% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks capital growth. | Transamerica International Focus VP - Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.
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0.85 | 12.53% | 9.01% | 4.35% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks long-term capital growth, consistent with preservation of capital and balanced by current income. | Transamerica Janus Balanced VP - Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: Janus Henderson Investors US LLC
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0.74 | 15.24% | 9.27% | 7.54% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks long-term capital appreciation. | Transamerica Janus Mid-Cap Growth VP - Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: Janus Henderson Investors US |
0.86 | 17.04% | 13.26% | 8.25% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks current income and preservation of capital. | Transamerica JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Conservative VP - Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.
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0.74 | 7.05% | 4.03% | 3.30% |
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Investment Objective | Underlying Fund Portfolio and Adviser/Sub-adviser (1) |
Current Expenses |
Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/23) | |||||||
1 year
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5 years
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10 years
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Investment Objective: Seeks long-term capital appreciation. | Transamerica JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Growth VP - Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.
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0.86 | 20.34% | 11.88% | 7.66% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks capital appreciation with current income as secondary objective. | Transamerica JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Moderate Growth VP - Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.
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0.83 | 12.21% | 7.85% | 5.67% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks capital appreciation and current income. | Transamerica JPMorgan Asset Allocation - Moderate VP - Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. |
0.77 | 9.10% | 5.56% | 4.39% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks to earn a total return modestly in excess of the total return performance of the S&P 500® (including the reinvestment of dividends) while maintaining a volatility of return similar to the S&P 500®. | Transamerica JPMorgan Enhanced Index VP- Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.
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0.62 | 27.66% | 16.39% | 11.94% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks capital appreciation with current income as secondary objective. | Transamerica JPMorgan International Moderate Growth VP - Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. |
0.89 | 9.16% | 5.95% | 3.60% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks current income and preservation of capital. | Transamerica JPMorgan Tactical Allocation VP - Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. |
0.77% | 8.90% | 4.17% | 3.71% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks to maximize long-term growth. | Transamerica Morgan Stanley Capital Growth VP - Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
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0.78% | 46.70% | 9.58% | 10.86% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks high total return. | Transamerica Morgan Stanley Global Allocation VP - Initial Class
Sub-Advised by Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.)
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1.03% | 13.89% | 7.38% | 4.78% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks to provide a high total investment return through investments in a broadly diversified portfolio of stocks, bonds and money market instruments. | Transamerica Multi-Managed Balanced VP-Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. and Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC
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0.64% | 18.73% | 10.42% | 8.02% |
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Investment Objective | Underlying Fund Portfolio and Adviser/Sub-adviser (1) |
Current Expenses |
Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/23) | |||||||
1 year
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5 years
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10 years
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Investment Objective: Seeks to maximize total return. | Transamerica Small/Mid Cap Value VP - Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: Systematic Financial Management L.P. & Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC |
0.82% | 12.40% | 11.47% | 8.14% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in common stocks of small growth companies. | Transamerica T. Rowe Price Small Cap VP - Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. |
0.84% | 21.20% | 11.44% | 9.02% | |||||
Investment Objective: Growth from capital appreciation. | Transamerica TS&W Mid Cap Value Opportunities VP(4)** - Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC |
0.87% | 10.81% | 10.94% | 8.01% | |||||
Investment Objective: Seeks to maximize long-term growth. | Transamerica WMC US Growth VP - Initial Class
Sub-Advised by: Wellington Management Company, LLP
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0.66% | 42.08% | 17.74% | 13.59% |
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You should work with your investment professional to decide which Subaccount(s) may be appropriate for you based on a thorough analysis of your particular insurance needs; financial objectives; investment goals; time horizons; and risk tolerance. | |
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This portfolio is subject to an expense reimbursement or fee waiver arrangement. As a result, this portfolios annual expenses reflect temporary expense reductions. See the portfolio prospectus for additional information . | |
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There can be no assurance any money market portfolio offered under this Policy will be able to maintain a stable net asset value per share during extended periods of low interest rates, and partly as a result of Policy charges, the yield on the money market Subaccounts may become extremely low and possibly negative. | |
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On or about May 1, 2024, Transamerica JPMorgan Mid Cap Value VP was renamed Transamerica TS&W Mid Cap Value Opportunities VP. TAM will continue to serve as the portfolios investment manager. The sub-advisor changed from J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. to Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC (TSW). | |
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On or about May 1, 2024, Transamerica PIMCO Tactical Balanced VP was renamed Transamerica BlackRock iShares Tactical Balanced VP, The sub-advisor changed from Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (PIMCO) to BlackRock Investment Management, LLC. | |
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On or about May 1, 2024, Transamerica PIMCO Tactical Conservative VP was renamed Transamerica BlackRock iShares Tactical Conservative VP. The sub-advisor changed from Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (PIMCO) to BlackRock Investment Management, LLC. | |
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On or about May 1, 2024, Transamerica PIMCO Tactical Growth VP was renamed Transamerica BlackRock iShares Tactical Growth VP. The sub-advisor changed from Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (PIMCO) to BlackRock Investment Management, LLC. | |
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The Fidelity VIP Contrafund® Portfolio, the Fidelity VIP Equity Income Portfolio, and the Fidelity VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio are no longer available for sale to new investors. | |
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Transamerica JPMorgan Mid Cap Value VP, renamed TS&W Mid Cap Value Opportunities VP effective May 1, 2024, previously offered as an investment option under your Policy, does not accept new investments from current or prospective investors. | |
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All Underlying Fund Portfolios in the Transamerica Series Trust are advised by Transamerica Asset Management. The entities listed are the sub-advisers unless otherwise indicated. |
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HOW TO FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR POLICY
Personalized Illustrations of Policy Benefits
To help you understand how your Policy values could vary over time under different sets of assumptions, we will provide you, without charge and upon request, with certain personalized hypothetical illustrations showing the death benefit, net surrender value and cash value. These hypothetical illustrations will be based on the age and insurance risk characteristics of the insured persons under your Policy and such factors as the specified amount, death benefit option, premium payment amounts, and hypothetical rates of return (within limits) that you request. The illustrations are not a representation or guarantee of investment returns or cash value.
Inquiries
To learn more about the Policy, you should read the SAI dated the same date as this prospectus. The SAI has been filed with the SEC and is incorporated herein by reference.
For a free copy of the SAI, for other information about the Policy, and to obtain personalized illustrations, please contact your registered representative or send your request to our mailing address at:
Transamerica Life Insurance Company
6400 C St. SW
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499-0001
1-800-851-9777
Facsimile: 1-727-299-1620
(Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time)
tlic.transamerica.com/
More information about the Registrant (including the SAI) may be reviewed and copied at the SECs Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. For information on the operation of the Public Reference Room, please contact the SEC at 202-551-8090. You may also obtain copies of reports and other information about the Registrant on the SECs website at www.sec.gov and copies of this information may be obtained, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by writing the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549-2001. The Registrants file numbers are listed below.
TCI serves as the principal underwriter for the Policies. More information about TCI is available at www.finra.org or by calling 1-800-289-9999. You also can obtain an investor brochure from The Financial Regulatory Authority (FINRA) describing its Public Disclosure Program.
EDGAR Contract Identifier C000223624
5/2024
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May 1, 2024
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
WRL FREEDOM EQUITY PROTECTOR
issued through
WRL Series Life Account
By
Transamerica Life Insurance Company
Administrative Office:
6400 C Street SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52499
Please direct transactions, claim forms, payments and other correspondence and notices as follows:
Transaction | Direct or Send to | |
Telephonic Transaction | 1-727- 299-1800 or 1-800-851-9777 (toll free) | |
Facsimile Transaction | 1-727-299-1620 | |
Electronic Transaction | tlic.transamerica.com | |
Payments made by check | PO Box 429, Cedar Rapids IA 52406-0429 or 6400 C St. SW, Cedar Rapids IA 52499 | |
Claims, general correspondence, and notices | Mailing Address: 6400 C St. SW, Cedar Rapids IA 52499-00011 |
This Statement of Additional Information (SAI) expands upon subjects discussed in the current prospectus for the WRL Freedom Equity Protector flexible premium variable life insurance policy offered by Transamerica Life Insurance Company (TLIC or Transamerica). You may obtain a copy of the prospectus dated May 1, 2024, by calling our administrative office at 1-800-851-9777 (Monday Friday from 8:30 a.m. 7:00 p.m. Eastern time), or by writing to us at our mailing address at, Transamerica, 6400 C St. SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52499-0001. The prospectus sets forth information that a prospective investor should know before investing in a Policy. Terms used in this SAI have the same meanings as in the prospectus for the Policy. NOTE: This product is no longer sold.
This SAI is not a prospectus and should be read only in conjunction with the prospectuses for the Policy.
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In order to supplement the description in the prospectus, the following provides additional information about Transamerica and the Policy, which may be of interest to a prospective purchaser.
In order to supplement the description in the prospectus, the following provides additional information about Transamerica and the Policy, which may be of interest to a prospective purchaser.
Transamerica And The Separate Account
Transamerica Life Insurance Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Iowa on April 19, 1961 as NN Investors Life Insurance Company, Inc, and is licensed in all states (except New York) and the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. We are a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Transamerica Corporation which conducts its business through subsidiary companies engaged primarily in the business of investment, insurance, and retirement solutions. All of the stock of Transamerica Corporation is indirectly owned by Aegon Ltd., the securities of which are publicly traded. Aegon Ltd., a holding company, conducts its business through subsidiary companies engaged primarily in the insurance business.
Transamerica established the separate account as a separate investment account under Ohio law in 1985 and the separate account was re-domesticated to Iowa in 2014. We own the assets in the separate account and are obligated to pay all benefits under the Policies. The separate account is used to support other life insurance policies of Transamerica, as well as for other purposes permitted by law. The separate account is registered with the SEC as a unit investment trust under the 1940 Act and qualifies as a separate account within the meaning of the federal securities laws.
Transamerica holds the assets of the separate account physically segregated and apart from the general account. Transamerica maintains records of all purchases and sales of portfolio shares by each of the subaccounts. A blanket bond was issued to AEGON USA, Inc. (AEGON USA) in the aggregate amount of $12 million, covering all of the employees of AEGON USA and its affiliates, including Transamerica. A $5 million fidelity bond with additional capacity of $20 million covers the activities of the registered representatives of Transamerica Capital, Inc. (TCI)..
Non-Principal Risks Of Investing In The Policy
CYBER SECURITY (Continued From Principal Risks Section Of The Prospectus)
OPPORTUNITIES and CHALLENGES
The increasing digitalization of the financial services landscape has intensified the financial and reputational risk presented by cybersecurity threats. The COVID-19 pandemic, and the rise in remote working, have further escalated these threats. As our business becomes more technology driven and our digital reliance increases, we become a greater target for cybercriminals, and more vulnerable to threats such as ransomware attacks.
What Transamerica is doing
Transamerica maintains a well-documented information security program which is based on ISO 27000 series and incorporates aspects of COBIT, NIST, SANS, as well as other industry-recognized frameworks and best practices. The program is designed to protect the infrastructure, information systems, and the information in Transamericas systems from unauthorized access, use, or other malicious acts by enabling the organization to identify risks, implement the appropriate protections, and detect and respond to cybersecurity events. Transamerica has established strong security policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards that are reviewed regularly to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and alignment with industry standards. Our cybersecurity program covers every aspect of security management: data handling and classification; access controls and identity management; business continuity and disaster recovery; configuration management; asset management; risk assessment; data disposal; information security incident response; system operations; vulnerability and patch management; system, application, and network security and monitoring; systems and application development and performance; physical and environmental controls; data privacy; vendor and third- party service provider management; consistent use of multi-factor authentication; cybersecurity awareness training; and encryption.
We continue to take steps to strengthen our information security program, infrastructure, and ability to respond to cyberattacks, for example, by further developing our dedicated Information Security teams and strengthening controls. Transamericas Risk Management teams also periodically assesses known potential cyber risk factors, together with the first line functions such as the Security Operations Center, with known trends or material incidents reported to Transamericas Management and Supervisory Boards as necessary.
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OVERVIEW
Information security and privacy regulation
Transamericas businesses are regulated with respect to information security, data breach response, privacy, and data use at both the federal and state levels. At the federal level, various Transamerica companies are subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), among other laws. At the state level, Departments of Insurance and Financial Services typically administer a series of privacy and information security laws and regulations that impact several Transamerica businesses such as the New Year Department of Financial Services Rule 500 (NYDFS Rule 500). NYDFS amended its Part 500 Cybersecurity Rules to adopt heightened information security requirements in relation to areas such as cybersecurity governance, cybersecurity risk assessments, and incident reporting. In addition, in recent years numerous state legislatures have passed or have attempted to pass additional, more broad-based general consumer privacy laws, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act and the California Privacy Rights Act. Additional laws and regulations with respect to these topics are also anticipated to be promulgated and to go into effect in the coming years, and they may be administered by new or different state agencies or by the offices of state Attorneys General. The White House, SEC, and other regulators have also increased their focus on companies cybersecurity vulnerabilities and risks, including in relation to third-party service providers. The SEC has recently adopted the Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure by Public Companies on July 26, 2023 (the Rule). The Rule enhances and standardizes disclosures for public companies with regards to their cybersecurity risk strategy, management, and governance. The Rule also requires the reporting of a cybersecurity incident within four business days of determining that an incident is deemed material.
Operational Risks
A computer system failure or security breach of Transamericas IT systems or that of critical third parties may disrupt Transamericas business, damage Transamericas reputation and adversely affect Transamericas results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows.
Transamerica relies heavily on computer and information systems and internet and network connectivity (collectively, IT systems) to conduct a large portion of its business operations. This includes the need to securely store, process, transmit and dispose of confidential information, including personal information, through a number of complex systems. In many cases this also includes transmission and processing to or through customers, business partners, (semi-) governmental agencies and third-party service providers. Computer system failures, cyber-crime attacks or security or data privacy breaches may materially disrupt Transamericas business operations, damage Transamericas reputation, result in regulatory and litigation exposure, investigation and remediation costs, and materially and adversely affect Transamericas results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
The information security risk that Transamerica faces includes the risk of malicious outside forces using public networks and other methods, including social engineering and the exploitation of targeted offline processes, to attack Transamericas systems and information and potentially demand ransom. It also includes inside threats, both malicious and accidental. For example, human error, bugs and vulnerabilities that may exist in Transamericas systems or software, unauthorized user activity and lack of sufficiently automated processing or sufficient logging and monitoring can result in improper information exposure or failure or delayed detection of such activity in a timely manner. Transamerica also faces risk in this area due to its reliance in many cases on third-party systems, all of which may face cyber and information security risks of their own. Third-party administrators or distribution partners used by Transamerica or its subsidiaries may not adequately secure their own IT systems or may not adequately keep pace with the dynamic changes in this area. Potential bad actors that target Transamerica and applicable third parties may include, but are not limited to, criminal organizations, foreign government bodies, political factions, and others.
In recent years, information security risk has increased sharply due to a number of developments in how information systems are used, not only by companies such as Transamerica, but also by society in general. Threats have increased in frequency and magnitude, and are expected to continue to increase, as criminals and other bad actors become more organized and employ more sophisticated techniques. At the same time companies increasingly make information systems and data available through the internet, mobile devices or other network connections to customers, employees and business partners, thereby expanding the attack surface that bad actors can potentially exploit. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Transamerica also faces increased cybersecurity risks due to the number of Transamericas and Transamericas service providers and partners employees who are working remotely, which creates additional opportunities for cybercriminals to launch social engineering attacks and exploit vulnerabilities in non-corporate IT environments. The White House, SEC and other regulators have also increased their focus on cybersecurity vulnerabilities and risks.
Large financial institutions such as and including Transamerica have been, and will continue to be, subject to information security attacks. The nature of these attacks will also continue to be unpredictable, and in many cases, may arise from circumstances that are beyond Transamericas control. Attackers are also increasingly using tools and techniques that are specifically designed to circumvent controls, to evade detection and even to remove or obfuscate forensic evidence. As a result, Transamerica may be unable to timely or effectively detect, identify, contain, investigate or remediate IT systems in response to, future cyberattacks or security breaches.
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Especially if and to the extent Transamerica fails to adequately invest in defensive infrastructure, timely response capabilities, technology, controls and processes, or to effectively execute against its information security strategy, it may suffer material adverse consequences.
Transamerica maintains cyber liability insurance to help decrease the financial impact of cyber-attacks and information security events, subject to the terms and conditions of the policy; however, such insurance may not be sufficient to cover all applicable losses that Transamerica may suffer.
A breach of data privacy or security obligations may disrupt Transamericas business, damage Transamericas reputation and adversely affect financial conditions and results of operations.
Pursuant to applicable laws, various government and semi-governmental and other administrative bodies have established numerous rules protecting the privacy and security of personal information and other confidential or sensitive information held by Transamerica. Notably, certain of Transamericas businesses are subject to laws and regulations enacted by US federal and state governments and/or various regulatory organizations relating to the privacy and/or information security of the information of customers, employees or others.
The New York Department of Finance Services (NYDFS), pursuant to its cybersecurity regulation, requires financial institutions regulated by the NYDFS, including certain Transamerica subsidiaries, to, among other things, satisfy an extensive set of minimum information security requirements, including but not limited to governance, management, reporting, policy, technology and control requirements. Other states have adopted similar cybersecurity laws and regulations.
Numerous other US state and federal laws also impose various information security and privacy related obligations with respect to Transamerica, including but not limited to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and related state laws and implementing regulations (GLBA), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), among many others. These laws generally provide for governmental investigative and enforcement authority, and in certain cases provide for private rights of action.
Numerous other legislators and regulators with jurisdiction over Transamericas businesses are considering or have already enacted enhanced information security risk management and privacy laws and regulations, with the overall number and scope of such laws and regulations continuing to increase every year. A number of Transamerica companies are also subject to contractual restrictions with respect to the use and handling of the sensitive information of Transamericas clients and business partners.
Transamerica, and numerous of its systems, employees, third-party providers and business partners have access to, and routinely process, the personal information of consumers and employees. Transamerica relies on a large number of processes and controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of personal information and other confidential information that is accessible to, or in the possession of, Transamerica, its systems, employees and business partners. It is possible that a Transamerica or a third partys employee, contractor, business partner or system could, intentionally or unintentionally, inappropriately disclose or misuse personal or confidential information. Transamericas data or data in its possession could also be the subject of an unauthorized information security attack. If Transamerica fails to maintain adequate processes and controls or if Transamerica or its business partners fail to comply with relevant laws and regulations, policies and procedures, misappropriation or intentional or unintentional inappropriate disclosure or misuse of personal information or other confidential information could occur. Such control inadequacies or non-compliance could cause disrupted operations and misstated or unreliable financial data, materially damage Transamericas reputation or lead to increased regulatory scrutiny or civil or criminal penalties or (class action) litigation, which, in turn, could have a material adverse effect on Transamericas business, financial condition and results of operations.
In addition, Transamerica analyzes personal information and customer data to better manage its business, subject to applicable laws and regulations and other restrictions. It is possible that additional regulatory or other restrictions regarding the use of such information may be imposed. Additional privacy and information security obligations have been imposed by various governments with jurisdiction over Transamerica or its subsidiaries in recent years, and more similar obligations are likely to be imposed in the near future across Transamericas operations. Such restrictions and obligations could have material impacts on Transamericas business, financial conditions and results of operations.
In order to supplement the description in the prospectus, the following provides additional information about us and the policy, which may be of interest to a prospective purchaser.
THE POLICY GENERAL PROVISIONS
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The Policy belongs to the owner named in the application. The owner may exercise all of the rights and options described in the Policy. The owner is the insured unless the application specifies a different person as the insured. If the owner dies before the insured and no contingent owner is named, then ownership of the Policy will pass to the owners estate. The owner may exercise certain rights described below.
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Changing the Owner | ● Change the owner by providing written notice to us in good order, at our mailing address at any time while the insured is alive and the Policy is in force. | ||
● Change is effective as of the date that the written notice is accepted by us in good order, at our mailing address. | ||||
● Changing the owner does not automatically change the beneficiary. | ||||
● Changing the owner may have tax consequences. You should consult a tax professional before changing the owner. | ||||
● We are not liable for payments we made before we received the written notice at our mailing address. | ||||
Choosing the Beneficiary | ● The owner designates the beneficiary (the person to receive the death benefit when the insured dies) in the application. | |||
● If the owner designates more than one beneficiary, then each beneficiary shares equally in any death benefit proceeds unless the beneficiary designation states otherwise. | ||||
● If the beneficiary dies before the insured, then any contingent beneficiary becomes the beneficiary. | ||||
● If both the beneficiary and contingent beneficiary die before the insured, then the death benefit will be paid to the owner or the owners estate upon the insureds death. | ||||
Changing the Beneficiary | ● The owner changes the beneficiary by providing written notice to us in good order, at our mailing address. | |||
● Change is effective as of the date the owner signs the written notice. | ||||
● We are not liable for any payments we made before we received the written notice at our mailing address. | ||||
Assigning the Policy | ● The owner may assign Policy rights while the insured is alive. | |||
● The owner retains any ownership rights that are not assigned. | ||||
● Assignee may not change the owner or the beneficiary, and may not elect or change an optional method of payment. Any amount payable to the assignee will be paid in a lump sum. | ||||
● Claims under any assignment are subject to proof of interest and the extent of the assignment. | ||||
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> bound by any assignment which results in adverse tax consequences to the owner, insured(s) or beneficiary(ies). | ||||
● Assigning the Policy may have tax consequences. You should consult a tax professional before assigning the Policy. |
Our Right to Contest the Policy
In issuing the Policy, we rely on all statements made by or for the insured in the application or in a supplemental application. Therefore, if you make any material misrepresentation of a fact in the application (or any supplemental application), then we may contest the Policys validity or may resist a claim under the Policy for two years from the Policy date. For any portion of the specified amount that is issued as a result of a conversion, the contestability period is measured from the later of the policy date of the policy that was converted or the latest effective date of reinstatement of the converted policy.
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A new two year contestability period shall apply to each increase in specified amount that requires evidence of insurability, beginning on the effective date of each increase and will apply only to statements made in the application for the increase.
In the absence of fraud, we cannot bring any legal action to contest the validity of the Policy after the Policy or requested increase that requires evidence of insurability, has been in force during the insureds lifetime for two years from the Policy date, or if reinstated, for two years from the date of reinstatement.
If the insured commits suicide, while sane or insane, within two years of the Policy date (or two years from the reinstatement date, if the Policy lapses and is reinstated), the Policy will terminate and our liability is limited to an amount equal to the premiums paid, less any outstanding loan amount, and less any cash withdrawals. We will pay this amount to the beneficiary in one sum. For any portion of the specified amount that is issued as a result of a conversion, the suicide period is measured from the later of the Policy date of the Policy that was converted or the latest effective date of reinstatement of the converted policy.
If the insured commits suicide, while sane or insane, within two years from the effective date of any increase in specified amount that requires evidence of insurability, our liability with respect to such increase will be limited to its cost of insurance charges and any per unit charges and return of premium.
If the age or gender of the insured was stated incorrectly in the application or any supplemental application, then the death benefit will be adjusted based on what the cost of insurance charge for the most recent monthly deduction would have purchased based on the insureds correct age and gender.
Only our President or Secretary may modify the Policy or waive any of our rights or requirements under the Policy. Any modification or waiver must be in writing. No agent may bind us by making any promise not contained in the Policy.
If we modify the Policy, we will provide you notice and we will make appropriate endorsements to the Policy.
The underlying fund portfolios may serve as investment vehicles for variable life insurance policies, variable annuity contracts and retirement plans (mixed funding) and shares of the underlying fund portfolios also may be sold to separate accounts of other insurance companies (shared funding). While the Company currently does not foresee any disadvantages to owners and participants arising from either mixed or shared funding, it is possible that the interests of owners of various contracts and/or participants in various plans for which the underlying fund portfolios serve as investments might at some time be in conflict. The Company and each underlying fund portfolios Board of Directors intend to monitor events in order to identify any material conflicts and to determine what action, if any, to take. Such action could include the sale of underlying fund portfolio shares by one or more of the separate accounts, which could have adverse consequences. Such action could also include a decision that separate funds should be established for variable life and variable annuity separate accounts. In such an event, the Company would bear the attendant expenses, but owners and plan participants would no longer have the economies of scale resulting from a larger combined fund. Please read the prospectuses for the underlying fund portfolios, which discuss the underlying fund portfolios risks regarding mixed and shared funding, as applicable.
Addition, Deletion, or Substitution of Portfolios
We do not guarantee that each portfolio will always be available for investment through the Policy. We reserve the right, subject to compliance with applicable law, to add new portfolios, close existing portfolios, or substitute portfolio shares that are held by any subaccount for shares of a different portfolio. New or substitute portfolios may have different fees and expenses and their availability may be limited to certain classes of purchasers. We will only add, delete or substitute shares of another portfolio of a fund (or of another open-end, registered investment company) if the shares of a portfolio are no longer available for investment, or if in our judgment further investment in any portfolio would become inappropriate in view of the purposes of the separate account. We will not add, delete or substitute any shares attributable to your interest in a subaccount without notice to you and prior approval of the SEC, to the extent required by the 1940 Act or other applicable law. We may also decide to purchase for the separate account securities from other portfolios. We reserve the right to transfer separate account assets to another separate account that we determine to be associated with the class of contracts to which the Policy belongs.
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We also reserve the right to establish additional subaccounts of the separate account, each of which would invest in a new portfolio of a fund, or in shares of another investment company, with specified investment objectives. We may establish new subaccounts when, in our sole discretion, marketing, tax or investment conditions warrant. We will make any new subaccounts available to existing owners on a basis we determine. We may also eliminate one or more subaccounts for the same reasons as stated above.
In the event of any such substitution or change, we may make such changes in this and other policies as may be necessary or appropriate to reflect such substitution or change. If we deem it to be in the best interests of persons having voting rights under the Policies, and when permitted by law, the separate account may be (1) operated as a management company under the 1940 Act, (2) deregistered under the 1940 Act in the event such registration is no longer required, (3) managed under the direction of a committee, or (4) combined with one or more other separate accounts, or subaccounts.
Brian G. Stallworth, Esquire, of Transamerica, has provided legal advice on certain matters in connection with the issuance of the Policy.
Additional Information about Transamerica and the Separate Account
Transamerica Life Insurance Company (Transamerica) was originally founded in 1858 in the state of Maryland as Maryland Mutual Life and Fire Insurance Company of Baltimore and was the states first insurance company; it then changed its name to Monumental Life Insurance Company in 1935. Monumental Life Insurance Company changed its name to Transamerica Premier Life Insurance Company on July 31, 2014. Transamerica Premier Life Insurance Company was re-established as Transamerica Life Insurance Company effective October 1. 2020. Transamerica is incorporated under Iowa law and is principally engaged in offering life insurance policies and annuity contracts. Transamerica is licensed to sell insurance in all states (except New York), Puerto Rico, Guam, and in the District of Columbia. Transamerica submits annual statements on its operations and finances to insurance officials in all states and jurisdictions in which it does business. The Policy described in the prospectus has been filed with, and where required, approved by, insurance officials in those jurisdictions in which it is sold.
Transamerica established the separate account as a separate investment account under Ohio law in 1985 and the separate account was re-domesticated to Iowa in 2014. Transamerica owns the assets in the separate account and is obligated to pay all benefits under the Policies. The separate account is used to support other life insurance policies of Transamerica, as well as for other purposes permitted by law. The separate account is registered with the SEC as a unit investment trust under the 1940 Act and qualifies as a separate account within the meaning of the federal securities laws.
Transamerica holds the assets of the separate account physically segregated and apart from the general account. Transamerica maintains records of all purchases and sales of portfolio shares by each of the subaccounts. A blanket bond was issued to AEGON USA, Inc. (AEGON USA) in the aggregate amount of $12 million, covering all of the employees of AEGON USA and its affiliates, including Transamerica. A $5 million fidelity bond with additional capacity of $20 million covers the activities of the registered representatives of TCI.
Variations in Policy Provisions
Certain provisions of the Policy may vary from the descriptions in the prospectus, depending on when and where the Policy was issued, in order to comply with different state laws. These variations may include differences in charges, or Policy features may be unavailable, or known by a different name. Please refer to your Policy; any variations will be included in your Policy or in riders or endorsements attached to your Policy.
Personalized Illustrations of Policy Benefits
In order to help you understand how your Policy values would vary over time under different sets of assumptions, we will provide you with certain personalized illustrations upon request. These will be based on the age and insurance risk characteristics of the insured persons under your Policy and such factors as the specified amount, death benefit option, premium payment amounts, and rates of return (within limits) that you request.
The illustrations are not a representation or guarantee of investment returns or cash value. You may request illustrations that reflect the expenses of the portfolios in which you intend to invest.
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We no longer offer the Policies to the public.
Transamerica Capital, Inc. (TCI), serves as principal underwriter for the Policies. TCIs home office is located at 1801 California Street, Suite 5200, Denver, Colorado 80202. TCI is an affiliate of Transamerica and, like Transamerica, is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of AEGON USA. TCI is registered as a broker-dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is a member of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). TCI is not a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.
The Policies were offered to the public through sales representatives of broker-dealers (selling firms) that have entered into selling agreements with us and with TCI. Sales representatives are appointed as our insurance agents.
During fiscal years 2023, 2022, and 2021, the amounts paid to TCI in connection with all Policies sold through the separate account were $9,427,027.37, $9,666,980.65, and $7,688,440.15, respectively. TCI passes through to selling firms commissions it receives to selling firms for their sales and does not retain any portion of any commissions. Our parent company provides paid-in capital to TCI and pays for TCIs operating and other expenses, including overhead, legal and accounting fees.
We and/or TCI or Transamerica Advisors, Inc. (TFA) may pay certain selling firms additional cash amounts for: (1) preferred product treatment of the Policies in their marketing programs, which may include marketing services and increased access to their sales representatives; (2) sales promotions relating to the Policies; (3) costs associated with sales conferences and educational seminars for their sales representatives; and (4) other expenses incurred by them. These additional payments are not offered to all selling firms, and the terms of any particular agreement governing the payments may vary among selling firms. Differences in compensation paid to a selling firm or its sales representatives for selling one product over another may create conflicts of interests for such firms or its sales representatives.
Reports to Owners
At least once each year, or more often as required by law, we will mail to policyowners at their last known address a report showing the following information as of the end of the report period:
> | the current cash value | > | any activity since the last report | |||
> | the current net surrender value | > | projected values | |||
> | the current death benefit | > | investment experience of each subaccount | |||
> | outstanding loans | > | any other information required by law |
You may request additional copies of reports, but we may charge a fee for such additional copies. In addition, we will send written confirmations of any premium payments and other financial transactions you request including: changes in specified amount, changes in death benefit option, transfers, partial withdrawals, increases in loan amount, loan interest payments, loan repayments, lapses and reinstatements. We will also send copies of the annual and semi-annual report to shareholders for each portfolio in which you are indirectly invested.
We will maintain all records relating to the separate account and the fixed account.
This Policy uses mortality tables that distinguish between men and women. As a result, the Policy pays different benefits to men and women of the same age. Montana passed and signed Montana HB 379 on 4/19/2021 repealing the unisex requirement effective 1/1/2022. Prior to January 1 2022, Montana prohibited our use of actuarial tables that distinguish between males and females to determine premiums and policy benefits for policies issued on the lives of its residents. Therefore, for policies issued in Montana prior to January 1 2022, we based the premiums and benefits on actuarial tables that did not differentiate on the basis of gender.
Your cost of insurance charge is based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the insureds gender, issue age on the Policy date, issue age at the time of any increase in specified amount, length of time from the Policy date or from the date of any requested increase in specified amount, and underwriting class. We currently place insureds into the following underwriting classes:
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● | ultimate select, non-tobacco use; |
● | select, non-tobacco use; |
● | ultimate standard, tobacco use; |
● | standard, tobacco use; and |
● | juveniles under 18. |
We also place insureds in various sub-standard underwriting classes, which involve a higher mortality risk and higher charges. We generally charge higher rates for insureds that use tobacco.
Transamericas Published Ratings
We may publish the ratings and other information that an independent ratings organization assigns to us, in advertisements, sales literature, or reports. These organizations include: A.M. Best Company, Moodys Investors Service, Inc., and S&P Global. These ratings are opinions regarding an operating insurance companys financial capacity to meet the obligations of its insurance policies in accordance with their terms. These ratings do not apply to the separate account, the subaccounts, the funds or their portfolios, or to their performance. Ratings are subject to change.\
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The statutory-basis financial statements and supplementary information of Transamerica Life Insurance Company as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2023, incorporated by reference to the Form N-VPFS dated April 19, 2024 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
The financial statements of each of the subaccounts of WRL Series Life Account as of December 31, 2023 and for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2023, incorporated by reference to the Form N-VPFS dated April 19, 2024 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
Transamericas statutory-basis financial statements and schedules, which include the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, should be distinguished from the separate accounts financial statements, and you should consider these statutory-basis financial statements and schedules only as bearing upon Transamericas ability to meet its obligations under the Policies. You should not consider our statutory-basis financial statements and schedules as bearing upon the investment performance of the assets held in the separate account.
All required statutory financial statements are included in Part B of this Registration Statement. Required separate account financial statements for WRL Series Life Account are incorporated by reference to N-VPFS (811-4420) filed on April 19, 2024.
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PART C - OTHER INFORMATION
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(i) |
Memorandum describing Transamerica Life Insurance Companys Issuance, Transfer and Redemption Procedures. (21) | ||
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Form of Initial Summary Prospectuses.-Not Applicable | |||
(s) |
Powers of Attorney -Filed Herewith |
(1) |
This exhibit was previously filed on Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 to Form S-6 Registration Statement dated April 21, 1998 (File No. 33-31140) and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(2) |
This exhibit was previously filed on Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form N-6 Registration Statement dated January 31, 2003 (File No. 333-100993) and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(3) |
This exhibit was previously filed on Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form N-6 Registration Statement dated April 22, 2003 (File No. 333-100993) and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(4) |
This exhibit was previously filed on Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form N-6 Registration Statement dated October 16, 2007 (File No. 333-144117) and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(5) |
This exhibit was previously filed on Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to Form N-6 Registration Statement dated April 14, 2008 (File No. 333-110315) and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(6) |
This exhibit was previously filed on Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to Form N-6 Registration Statement dated April 27, 2009 (File No. 333-135005) and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(7) |
This exhibit was previously filed on Post-Effective Amendment No.13 to Form N-6 Registration Statement dated April 18, 2011 (File No. 333-110315) and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(8) |
This exhibit previously filed on Post-Effective amendment No. 16 to Form N-6 Registration Statement dated April 18, 2012 (File No. 333-107705) and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(9) |
This exhibit previously filed on Post-Effective amendment No. 15 to Form N-6 Registration Statement dated April 22, 2013 (File No. 333-110315) and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(10) |
This exhibit previously filed on Post-Effective amendment No. 16 to Form N-6 Registration Statement dated April 29, 2014 (File No. 333-110315) and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(11) |
This exhibit was previously filed on Post-Effective amendment No. 5 to Form N-4 Registration Statement dated April 29, 2009 (File No. 333-146323) and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(12) |
This exhibit was previously filed on Post-Effective amendment No. 9 to Form N-4 Registration Statement dated April 25, 2013 (File No. 333-146323) and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(13) |
This exhibit was previously filed on Post-Effective amendment No. 10 to Form N-4 Registration Statement dated April 30, 2014 (File No. 333-146323) and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(14) |
This exhibit was previously filed on Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form N-6 Registration Statement dated April 28, 2015 (File No. 333-199047) and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(15) |
This exhibit was previously filed on Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form N-6 Registration Statement dated April 26, 2016 (File No. 333-199047) and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(16) |
This exhibit was previously filed on Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Form N-6 Registration Statement dated April 26, 2017 (File No. 333-199047) and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(17) |
This exhibit was previously filed on Post-Effective Amendment No.4 to Form N-6 dated April 25, 2018 (File No. 333-199047) and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(18) |
This exhibit was previously filed on Post-Effective Amendment No.5 to Form N-6 dated April 26, 2019 (File No. 333-199047) and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(19) |
This exhibit was previously filed on Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-185573) filed on April 10, 2013 and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(20) |
This exhibit was previously filed on Initial Filing of Form N-4 Registration Statement (File No. 333-169445) filed on September 17, 2010, and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(21) |
This exhibit was previously filed on Initial Filing of Form N-6 Registration Statement (File No. 333-249154) filed on September 30, 2020 and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(22) |
This exhibit was previously filed on Post-Effective Amendment No 2 to Form N-6 dated Registration Statement April 27, 2021 (File No. 333-249150) and is incorporated herein by reference. | |
(23) |
Filed herewith. |
Item 31. | Directors and Officers of the Depositor (Transamerica Life Insurance Company) |
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Name and Business Address
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Principal Positions and Offices with Depositor
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Jamie Ohl 1801 California St. Suite 5200 Denver, CO 80202 |
Director and President and Chief Executive Officer, Individual Solutions Division
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Bonnie T. Gerst 6400 C Street SW Cedar Rapids, IA 52499 |
Director, Chairman of the Board and President, Financial Assets
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Christopher S. Fleming 100 Light Street Baltimore, MD 21202 |
Director and Chief Operating Officer, Individual Solutions Division
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Andrew S. Williams 100 Light Street Baltimore, MD 21202 |
Director, Assistant Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President
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Matt Kepler 100 Light Street Baltimore, MD 21202 |
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer
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Zachary Harris 6400 C Street SW Cedar Rapids, IA 52499 |
Director, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Workplace Solutions Division
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Chris Giovanni 100 Light Street Baltimore, MD 21202 |
Director, Chief Strategy & Development Officer and Senior Vice President
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ITEM 32 LISTING
Item 32. Persons Controlled by or under Common Control with the Depositor or Registrant. | ||||||
As of December 31, 2023, the following pages shows all corporations directly or indirectly controlled or under common control, with the Depositor, showing the state or other sovereign power under the laws of which each is organized and the percentage owner ship of voting securities giving rise to the control relationship. | ||||||
Name |
Jurisdiction of Incorporation |
Percent of Voting Securities Owned |
Business | |||
25 East 38th Street, LLC | Delaware |
Yarra Rapids, LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Real estate investments | |||
239 West 20th Street, LLC | Delaware |
Yarra Rapids, LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Real estate investments | |||
313 East 95th Street, LLC | Delaware |
Yarra Rapids, LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Real estate investments | |||
319 East 95th Street, LLC | Delaware |
Yarra Rapids, LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Real estate investments | |||
Administrative Group, LLC | Tennessee |
AUSA Holding, LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Retirement services | |||
AEGON Affordable Housing Debt Fund I, LLC | Delaware |
AHDF Manager I, LLC, Member (0.01%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Managing Member (5%); Dominium Taxable Fund I, LLC, non-AEGON affiliates, Member (94.99%)
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Affordable housing loans | |||
AEGON AM Funds, LLC | Delaware |
AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC, Sole LLC Member (100%) ***Company is the Manager; equity will be owned by clients/Investors of AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC***
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To serve as a fund for a client and offer flexibility to accommodate other similarly situated clients. | |||
AEGON AM Private Equity Partners I, LLC | Delaware |
AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Investments | |||
AEGON AM Private Equity Partners II, LLC | Delaware |
AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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General Partner to FSBA AAM Strategic Fund II, LP | |||
AEGON Asset Management Services, Inc. | Delaware | AUSA Holding, LLC, Sole Shareholder (100%) |
Registered investment advisor | |||
Aegon Community Investments 50, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon Community Investments 51, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon Community Investments 52, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon Community Investments 53, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon Community Investments 54, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon Community Investments 55, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon Community Investments 56, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon Community Investments 57, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon Community Investments 58, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon Community Investments 59, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon Community Investments 60, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments |
ITEM 32 LISTING
Aegon Community Investments 61, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon Community Investments 62, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon Community Investments 63, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon Community Investments 64, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon Community Investments 65, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon Community Investments 66, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon Community Investments 67, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
AEGON Direct Marketing Services, Inc. | Maryland |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Shareholder (100%) |
Marketing company | |||
AEGON Direct Marketing Services International, LLC | Maryland | AUSA Holding, LLC, Sole Shareholder (100%) |
Marketing arm for sale of mass marketed insurance coverage | |||
AEGON Direct Marketing Services Mexico, S.A. de C.V. |
Mexico | AEGON Mexico Holding B.V., Managing Member (92.96%); AEGON DMS Holding B.V., Member (5.82%) |
Provide management advisory and technical consultancy services. | |||
AEGON Direct Marketing Services Mexico Servicios, S.A. de C.V. | Mexico | AEGON Mexico Holding B.V., Sole Member (100%) |
Provide marketing, trading, telemarketing and advertising services in favor of any third party, particularly in favor of insurance and reinsurance companies.
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AEGON Energy Management, LLC | Delaware | AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
AEGON Financial Services Group, Inc. | Minnesota |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Shareholder (100%)
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Marketing | |||
AEGON Funding Company, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Corporation, Sole Member (100%)
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Issue debt securities-net proceeds used to make loans to affiliates
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Aegon Global Services, LLC | Iowa |
Commonwealth General Corporation, Sole Member (100%) |
Holding company | |||
AEGON Institutional Markets, Inc. | Delaware |
Commonwealth General Corporation, Sole Shareholder (100%) |
Provider of investment, marketing and administrative services to insurance companies
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Aegon LIHTC Fund 50, LLC | Delaware | Aegon LIHTC Fund 63, LLC, Managing Member (51.01%); Citibank, N.A., non-affiliate of AEGON, Member (48.99%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon LIHTC Fund 51, LLC | Delaware | Aegon Community Investments 51, LLC, Managing Member (.01%); Citibank, N.A., non-affiliate of AEGON, Member (99.99%) |
Investments |
ITEM 32 LISTING
Aegon LIHTC Fund 52, LLC | Delaware |
Aegon Community Investments 52, LLC, Member (0.01%); Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Member (10.18%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (1%); Ally Bank, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (11.35%); Bank of the West, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (7.46%); California Bank & Trust, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (5.21%); Citibank, N.A., non-affiliates of AEGON, Managing Member (49%); Pacific West Bank, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (7.58%); US Bank, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (7.58%)
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Investments | |||
Aegon LIHTC Fund 54, LLC | Delaware |
Aegon Community Investments 54, LLC, Non-Member Manager (0%); FNBC Leasing Corporation, non-affiliate of Aegon, Sole Member (100%)
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Investments | |||
Aegon LIHTC Fund 55, LLC | Delaware |
Aegon Community Investments 55, LLC Managing Member (0.01%) Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (2.82%); Ally Bank, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (8.21%); Bank of Hope, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (14.27%); Citibank, N.A., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (21.69%); CMFG Life Insurance Company, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (9.72%); Lake City Bank, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (1.47%); Minnesota Life Insurance Company, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (7.46%); The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (10.44%); U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (22.10%); ZB National Association, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (1.81%)
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Investments | |||
Aegon LIHTC Fund 57, LLC | Delaware |
Aegon Community Investments 57, LLC, Managing Member (.01%); Bank of America, N.A., non-affiliate of AEGON, Investor Member (99.99%)
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Investments |
ITEM 32 LISTING
Aegon LIHTC Fund 58, LLC | Delaware |
Aegon Community Investments 58, LLC, Managing Member (0.01%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (2.92%); Allstate Insurance Company, non- affiliates of AEGON, Member (23.89%); Ally Bank, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (17.31%); CMFG Life Insurance Company, non- affiliates of AEGON, Member (8.20%); Santander Bank, N.A., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (21.37%); U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (19.83%); Zions Bancorporation, N.A., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (6.47%)
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Investments | |||
Aegon LIHTC Fund 60, LLC | Delaware |
Aegon Community Investments 60, LLC, Non-Member Manager (0%); FNBC Leasing Corporation, non-affiliate of Aegon, Sole Member (100%)
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Investments | |||
Aegon LIHTC Fund 61, LLC | Delaware | Aegon Community Investments 61, LLC, Non-Member Manager (0%); HSBC Bank, N.A., non-affiliate of Aegon, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon LIHTC Fund 62, LLC | Delaware |
Aegon Community Investments 62, LLC, Managing Member? (0.01%); Allstate Insurance Company, non- affiliates of AEGON, Member (20.48%); Ally Bank, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (10.11%); Bank of the West, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (6.57%); Farm Bureau Property & Casualty, non- affiliates of AEGON, Member (6.74%); Minnesota Life Insurance Company, non- affiliates of AEGON, Member (6.74%); Santander Bank, N.A., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (5.39%); State Street Bank and Trust Company, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (34.22%); U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (6.57%); Zions Bancorporation, N.A., non-affiliates of AEGON, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (3.17%)
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Investments |
ITEM 32 LISTING
Aegon LIHTC Fund 63, LLC |
Delaware |
Aegon Community Investments 63, LLC, non-Member Manager (0%); FNBC Leasing Corporation, non-affiliate of Aegon, Sole Member (100%)
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Investments | |||
Aegon LIHTC Fund 64, LLC |
Delaware |
Aegon Community Investments 64, LLC, non-Member Manager (0%); Bank of America, N.A., non-affiliate of AEGON, Investor Member (99.99%) KCIC Fund 5A, LLC (0.01%)
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Investments | |||
Aegon LIHTC Fund 65, LLC |
Delaware |
Aegon Community Investments 65, LLC, Managing Member (.01%); Bank of America, N.A., non-affiliate of AEGON, Investor Member (99.99%)
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Investments | |||
Aegon LIHTC Fund 66, LLC |
Delaware |
Aegon Community Investments 66, LLC, Managing Member? (0.01%); Bank of the West, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (49.99%); Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (49.99%);
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Investments | |||
Aegon LIHTC Fund 67, LLC |
Delaware |
Aegon Community Investments 67, LLC, Non-Member Manager (0%); FNBC Leasing Corporation, non-affiliate of Aegon, Sole Member (100%)
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Investments | |||
AEGON Managed Enhanced Cash, LLC |
Delaware | Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (79.20%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (20.80%) |
Investment vehicle for securities lending cash collateral | |||
AEGON Management Company |
Indiana | Transamerica Corporation, Sole Shareholder (100%) |
Holding company | |||
Aegon Multi-Family Equity Fund, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Member (5%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (20%); Landmark Real Estate Partners VIII, L.P., non-affiliate of AEGON, Member (72.16%); NCL Investments II, L.P. - RE Series, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (2.84%)
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Investments | |||
Aegon Opportunity Zone Fund Joint Venture 1, |
Delaware | Aegon OZF Investments 1, LLC, Member (0.25%); United Insurance Company of America, Member (99.75%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon OZF Investments 1, LLC |
Delaware | AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, Sole Member 100% |
Investments | |||
Aegon Upstream Energy Fund, LLC |
Delaware | AEGON Energy Management, LLC, Sole Member 100% |
Investments | |||
AEGON USA Asset Management Holding, LLC |
Iowa | AUSA Holding, LLC, Sole Member 100% |
Holding company | |||
AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC |
Iowa | AEGON USA Asset Management Holding, LLC, Sole Member 100% |
Investment advisor | |||
AEGON USA Real Estate Services, Inc. |
Delaware | AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, Sole Shareholder (100%) |
Real estate and mortgage holding company | |||
AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC |
Iowa | AEGON USA Asset Management Holding, LLC, Sole Member (100%) |
Administrative and investment services |
ITEM 32 LISTING
AEGON USA Realty Advisors of California, Inc. | Iowa | AEGON USA Realty Advisors, Inc., Sole Shareholder (100%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon Workforce Housing Boynton Place REIT, LLC | Delaware |
Aegon Workforce Housing Separate Account 1, LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Multifamily private equity structure with third-party Investor | |||
Aegon Workforce Housing Fund 2 Holding Company, LLC | Delaware | Aegon Workforce Housing Fund 2, LP, Sole Member (100%) |
Holding company | |||
Aegon Workforce Housing Fund 2 Holding Company B, LLC | Delaware | Aegon Workforce Housing Fund 2, LP, Sole Member (100%) |
Holding company | |||
Aegon Workforce Housing Fund 2 Holding Company C, LLC | Delaware | Aegon Workforce Housing Fund 2, LP, Sole Member (100%) |
Holding Company | |||
Aegon Workforce Housing Fund 2, L.P | Delaware |
AWHF2 General Partner, LLC, General Partner (0%); Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Fund Partners, Member (20%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Fund Partners, Member (80%)
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Investments | |||
Aegon Workforce Housing Fund 3 Holding Company, LLC | Delaware | Aegon Workforce Housing Fund 3, LP, Sole Member (100%) |
Holding company | |||
Aegon Workforce Housing Fund 3, L.P | Delaware |
Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Limited Partners: (10%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Limited Partners (60%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Limited Partners (30%)
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Investments | |||
Aegon Workforce Housing JV 4A, LLC | Delaware | Aegon Workforce Housing Fund 2 Holding Company, LLC, Member (44.5%); Landmark Real Estate Partners VIII, L.P., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (26.7%); NCL Investments II, L.P. RE Series, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (1.05%); Strategic Partners Real Estate VII Investments, L.P., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (27.75%) |
Investments | |||
Aegon Workforce Housing JV 4B, LLC | Delaware | Aegon Workforce Housing Fund 2 Holding Company, LLC, Member (25%); Landmark Real Estate Partners VIII, L.P., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (36.08%); NCL Investments II, L.P. RE Series, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (1.42%); Strategic Partners Real Estate VII Investments, L.P., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (37.50%) |
Investments |
ITEM 32 LISTING
Aegon Workforce Housing JV 4C, LLC | Delaware |
Aegon Workforce Housing Fund 2 Holding Company, LLC, Member (10%); Landmark Real Estate Partners VIII, L.P., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (43.30%); NCL Investments II, L.P., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (1.70%); Strategic Partners Real Estate VII Investments, L.P., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (45%)
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Investments | |||
Aegon Workforce Housing Park at Via Rosa REIT, LLC |
Delaware |
Aegon Workforce Housing Separate Account 1, LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Multifamily private equity structure with third-party Investor | |||
Aegon Workforce Housing Separate Account 1, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company (4.17%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (15.83%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (4.25%) AWHSA Manager 1, LLC, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member Manager (0%); Lake Tahoe IV, L.P., non-affiliates of AEGON, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (23.86%); Townsend RE Global Special Solutions, L.P., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (10.23%); Townsend Real Estate Alpha Fund III, L.P., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (40.91%)
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Multifamily private equity structure with third-party Investor | |||
AHDF Manager I, LLC | Delaware | AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
ALH Properties Eight LLC | Delaware |
FGH USA LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Real estate | |||
ALH Properties Eleven LLC | Delaware |
FGH USA LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Real estate | |||
ALH Properties Four LLC | Delaware |
FGH USA LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Real estate | |||
ALH Properties Nine LLC | Delaware |
FGH USA LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Real estate | |||
ALH Properties Seven LLC | Delaware |
FGH USA LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Real estate | |||
ALH Properties Seventeen LLC | Delaware |
FGH USA LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Real estate | |||
ALH Properties Sixteen LLC | Delaware |
FGH USA LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Real estate | |||
ALH Properties Ten LLC | Delaware |
FGH USA LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Real estate | |||
ALH Properties Twelve LLC | Delaware |
FGH USA LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Real estate | |||
ALH Properties Two LLC | Delaware |
FGH USA LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Real estate | |||
AMFETF Manager, LLC | Delaware | AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
AMTAX HOLDINGS 308, LLC | Ohio | TAHP Fund II, LLC, Sole Member (100%); TAH Pentagon Funds LLC, non-owner Manager (0%) |
Affordable housing |
ITEM 32 LISTING
AMTAX HOLDINGS 388, LLC | Ohio | TAHP Fund II, LLC, Sole Member (100%); TAH Pentagon Funds LLC, non-owner Manager (0%) |
Affordable housing | |||
AMTAX HOLDINGS 483, LLC | Ohio |
TAHP Fund I, LLC, Sole Member (100%); TAH Pentagon Funds LLC, non-owner Manager (0%)
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Affordable housing | |||
AMTAX HOLDINGS 559, LLC | Ohio |
TAHP Fund I, LLC, Sole Member (100%); TAH Pentagon Funds LLC, non-owner Manager (0%)
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Affordable housing | |||
AMTAX HOLDINGS 561, LLC | Ohio | TAHP Fund VII, LLC, Sole Member (100%); TAH Pentagon Funds LLC, non-owner Manager (0%) |
Affordable housing | |||
AMTAX HOLDINGS 588, LLC | Ohio |
TAHP Fund I, LLC, Sole Member (100%); TAH Pentagon Funds LLC, non-owner Manager (0%)
|
Affordable housing | |||
AMTAX HOLDINGS 613, LLC | Ohio | Cupples State LIHTC Investors, LLC, Member (1%); Garnet LIHTC Fund VII, LLC, Member (99%); TAH Pentagon Funds LLC, non-owner Manager (0%) |
Affordable housing | |||
AMTAX HOLDINGS 639, LLC | Ohio |
TAHP Fund I, LLC, Sole Member (100%); TAH Pentagon Funds LLC, non-owner Manager (0%)
|
Affordable housing | |||
AMTAX HOLDINGS 649, LLC | Ohio |
TAHP Fund I, LLC, Sole Member (100%); TAH Pentagon Funds LLC, non-owner Manager (0%)
|
Affordable housing | |||
AMTAX HOLDINGS 672, LLC | Ohio |
TAHP Fund I, LLC, Sole Member (100%); TAH Pentagon Funds LLC, non-owner Manager (0%)
|
Affordable housing | |||
AMTAX HOLDINGS 713, LLC | Ohio | TAHP Fund II, LLC, Sole Member (100%); TAH Pentagon Funds LLC, non-owner Manager (0%) |
Affordable housing | |||
Apollo Housing Capital Arrowhead Gardens, LLC | Delaware |
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXXV, LLC, Sole Member (100%)
|
Affordable housing | |||
APOP III, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Limited Partner (88.59%); Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Limited Partner (9.84%)
|
Investments | |||
AUSA Holding, LLC | Maryland |
Transamerica Corporation, Sole Member (100%) |
Holding company | |||
AUSA Properties, Inc. | Iowa | AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, Sole Shareholder (100%) |
Own, operate and manage real estate | |||
AWHF2 General Partner, LLC | Delaware | AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
AWHF2 Subsidiary Holding Company C, LLC | Delaware | Aegon Workforce Housing Fund 2 Holding Company C, LLC, Sole Member (100%) |
Holding Company |
ITEM 32 LISTING
AWHF3 General Partner, LLC | Delaware | AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
AWHJV4 Manager, LLC | Delaware | AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
AWHSA Manager 1, LLC | Delaware |
AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, Sole Member (100%)
|
Multifamily private equity structure with third-party Investor | |||
Barfield Ranch Associates, LLC | Florida |
Mitigation Manager, LLC, Member (50%); OBPFL-Barfield, LLC, non-affiliate of AEGON, Member (50%)
|
Investments | |||
Bay State Community Investments II, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments in low income housing tax credit properties | |||
Carle Place Leasehold SPE, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%)
|
Lease holder | |||
Commonwealth General Corporation | Delaware |
Transamerica Corporation, Sole Shareholder (100%) |
Holding company | |||
Creditor Resources, Inc. | Michigan | AUSA Holding, LLC, Sole Shareholder (100%) |
Credit insurance | |||
CRI Solutions, Inc. | Maryland |
Creditor Resources, Inc., Sole Member (100%) |
Sales of reinsurance and credit insurance | |||
Cupples State LIHTC Investors, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (22%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (63%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (15%) |
Investments | |||
Equitable AgriFinance, LLC | Delaware |
AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, Member (50%); Equitable Financial Insurance Company, non-affiliate of AEGON, Member (50%)
|
Agriculturally-based real estate advisory services | |||
FD TLIC Limited Liability Company | New York |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Broadway production | |||
FGH Realty Credit LLC | Delaware |
FGH USA, LLC, Sole Member (100%)
|
Real estate | |||
FGH USA LLC | Delaware | RCC North America LLC, Sole Member (100%) |
Real estate | |||
Fifth FGP LLC | Delaware |
FGH USA LLC, Sole Member (100%)
|
Real estate | |||
Financial Planning Services, Inc. | District of Columbia |
Commonwealth General Corporation, Sole Shareholder(100%)
|
Management services | |||
First FGP LLC | Delaware |
FGH USA LLC, Sole Member (100%)
|
Real estate | |||
Fourth FGP LLC | Delaware |
FGH USA LLC, Sole Member (100%)
|
Real estate | |||
FSBA AAM Strategic Fund I, LP | Delaware | Aegon AM Private Equity Partners I, LLC, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
FSBA AAM Strategic Fund II, LP | Delaware |
APOP III, LLC, Member (2.5%) State Board of Administration of Florida acting on behalf of the Florida Retirement System Trust Fund, Member (97.50%)
|
AUIM Sponsored Private Equity vehicle | |||
Garnet Assurance Corporation | Kentucky |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Shareholder (100%)
|
Investments | |||
Garnet Assurance Corporation II | Iowa |
Commonwealth General Corporation, Sole Member (100%) |
Business investments |
ITEM 32 LISTING
Garnet Assurance Corporation III |
Iowa |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Shareholder (100%)
|
Business investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments IV, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments V, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments VI, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments VII, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments VIII, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments IX, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments X, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XI, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XII, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XVIII, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XX, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XXIV, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XXV, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XXVI, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XXVII, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investment XXVIII, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XXIX, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XXXI, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XXXII, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XXXIII, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XXXIV, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XXXV, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XXXVI, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XXXVII, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XXXVIII, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XXXIX, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XL, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XLI, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments |
ITEM 32 LISTING
Garnet Community Investments XLII, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XLIII, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XLIV, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XLVI, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XLVII, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XLVIII, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet Community Investments XLIX, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund IV, LLC |
Delaware | Garnet Community Investments IV, LLC, Member (99.99%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (.01%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund V, LLC |
Delaware | Garnet Community Investments V, LLC, Member (99.99%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (.01%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund VI, LLC |
Delaware | Garnet Community Investments VI, LLC, Member (99.99%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (0.01%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund VII, LLC |
Delaware | Members: Investments VII, LLC, Member (99.99%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (.01%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund VIII, LLC |
Delaware | Garnet Community Investments VIII, LLC, Member (99.99%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (0.01%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund IX, LLC |
Delaware | Garnet Community Investments IX, LLC, Member (99.99%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (0.01%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund X, LLC |
Delaware | Garnet Community Investments X, LLC, Member (0.01%); Goldenrod Asset Management, a non-AEGON affiliate, Member (99.99%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XI, LLC |
Delaware | Garnet Community Investments XI, LLC, Member (99.99%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (0.01%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XII, LLC |
Delaware | Garnet Community Investments XII, LLC, Member (0.01%); Garnet LIHTC Fund XII-A, LLC, Member (73.39%); Garnet LIHTC Fund XII-B, LLC, Member (13.30%); Garnet LIHTC Fund XII-C, LLC, Member (13.30%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XII-A, LLC |
Delaware | Garnet Community Investments XII, LLC, Member (99.99%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (.01%) |
Investments |
ITEM 32 LISTING
Garnet LIHTC Fund XII-B, LLC | Delaware | Garnet Community Investments XII, LLC, Member (99.99%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (.01%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XII-C, LLC | Delaware | Garnet Community Investments XII, LLC, Member (99.99%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (.01%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XIII, LLC | Delaware | Garnet Community Investments, LLC, Member (.01%); Garnet LIHTC Fund XIII-A, LLC, Member (68.10%); Garnet LIHTC Fund XIII-B, LLC, Member (31.89%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XIII-A, LLC | Delaware |
Garnet Community Investments, LLC, Managing Member? (99.99%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (.01%)
|
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XIII-B, LLC | Delaware | Garnet Community Investments, LLC, Managing Member (99.99%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (.01%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XIV, LLC | Delaware | Garnet Community Investments, LLC, Member (99.99%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (0.01%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XV, LLC | Delaware | Garnet Community Investments, LLC (0.01%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company (99.99%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XVI, LLC | Delaware |
Garnet Community Investments, LLC, Member (0.01%); FNBC Leasing Corporation, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (99.99%)
|
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XVII, LLC | Delaware | Garnet Community Investments, LLC, Member (99.99%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (0.01%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XVIII, LLC | Delaware |
Garnet Community Investments XVIII, LLC, Member (0.01%); Verizon Capital Corp., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (99.99%)
|
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XIX, LLC | Delaware | Garnet Community Investments, LLC, Member (99.99%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (0.01%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XX, LLC | Delaware | Garnet Community Investments, LLC, Member (100%); |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXII, LLC | Delaware | Garnet Community Investments, LLC, Member (0.01%); NorLease, Inc., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (99.99%) |
Investments |
ITEM 32 LISTING
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXIII, LLC | Delaware |
Garnet Community Investments, LLC, Member (99.99%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (0.01%)
|
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXIV, LLC | Delaware |
Garnet Community Investments XXIV, LLC, Managing Member (0.01%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company (21.26%); New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (21.73%); New York Life Insurance Company, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (25.51%); Principal Life Insurance Company, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (31.49%)
|
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXV, LLC | Delaware |
Garnet Community Investment XXV, LLC, Member (0.01%); Garnet LIHTC Fund XXVIII, LLC, Member (1%); Mt. Hamilton Fund, LLC, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (97.99); Google Affordable housing I LLC, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (1%)
|
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXVI, LLC | Delaware | Garnet Community Investments XXVI, LLC, Member (0.01%); American Income Life Insurance Company, non-affiliate of AEGON, Member (99.99%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXVII, LLC | Delaware | Garnet Community Investments XXVII, LLC, Member (0.01%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (16.71%); AETNA Life Insurance Company, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (30.29%); New York Life Insurance Company, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (22.71%); ProAssurance Casualty Company, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (3.63%); ProAssurance Indemnity Company, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (8.48%); State Street Bank and Trust Company, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (18.17%) |
Investments |
ITEM 32 LISTING
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXVIII, LLC | Delaware |
Garnet Community Investments XXVIII LLC, Member (0.01%); United Services Automobile Association, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (57.99%); |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXIX, LLC | Delaware | Garnet Community Investments XXIX, LLC, Member (.01%); Bank of America, N.A., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (99.99%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXXI, LLC | Delaware |
Garnet Community Investments XXXI, LLC, Member (0.1%); Thunderbolt Peak Fund, LLC, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (98.99%); Google Affordable Housing I, LLC, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (1%)
|
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXXII, LLC | Delaware |
Garnet Community Investments XXXIII (0.01%); New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (49.61%); New York Life Insurance Company, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (50.38%)
|
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXXIII, LLC | Delaware | Members: Garnet Community Investment XXXIII, LLC, Member (0.01%); NorLease, Inc., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (99.99%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXXIV, LLC | Delaware | Garnet Community Investments XXXIV, LLC, Member (99.99%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (0.01%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXXV, LLC | Delaware |
Garnet Community Investment XXXV, LLC, Member (0.01%); AEGON, Microsoft Corporation, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (99.99%)
|
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXXVI, LLC | Delaware | Garnet Community Investments XXXVI, LLC, Managing Member (1%); FNBC Leasing Corporation, non-affiliates of AEGON, Investor Member (99%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXXVII, LLC | Delaware | Garnet Community Investments XXXVII, LLC, Member (0.01%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (99.99%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXXVIII, LLC | Delaware |
Garnet Community Investments XXXVIII, LLC, non-Member Manager (0%); Norlease, Inc., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (100%)
|
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XXXIX, LLC | Delaware |
Garnet Community Investments XXXIX, LLC, Managing Member (1%); FNBC Leasing Corporation, non-affiliates of AEGON, Investor Member (99%)
|
Investments |
ITEM 32 LISTING
Garnet LIHTC Fund XL, LLC | Delaware | Garnet Community Investments XL, LLC, Member (.01%); Partner Reinsurance Company of the U.S., non-AEGON affiliate, Member (99.99%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XLI, LLC | Delaware |
Garnet Community Investments XLI, LLC, Managing Member (.01%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (10%); BBCN Bank, non-AEGON affiliates, Member (1.25%); East West Bank, non-AEGON affiliates, Member (12.50%),; Mutual of Omaha, non-AEGON affiliates, Member (12.50%); Pacific Premier Bank, non-AEGON affiliates, Member (12.50%); Pacific Western Bank, non-AEGON affiliates, Member (7.50%); Principal Life Insurance Company, non-AEGON affiliates, Member (18.75%); Standard Insurance Company, non-AEGON affiliates, Member (25%)
|
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XLII, LLC | Delaware |
Garnet Community Investments XLII, LLC, Managing Member (.01%); Origin Bank, non-affiliates of AEGON, Investor Member (83.33%) Renasant Bank, non-affiliates of AEGON, Investor Member (16.66%)
|
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XLIV-A, LLC | Delaware |
ING Capital, LLC, Sole Member (100%); Garnet Community Investments XLIV, LLC, Asset Manager (0%)
|
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XLIV-B, LLC | Delaware | Lion Capital Delaware Inc, Sole Member (100%); Garnet Community Investments XLIV, LLC, Asset Manager (0%) |
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XLVI, LLC | Delaware | Garnet Community Investments XLVI, LLC, Member (0.01%); Standard Life Insurance Company, non-affiliate of AEGON, Managing & Investor Member (99.99%) |
Investments |
ITEM 32 LISTING
Garnet LIHTC Fund XLVII, LLC | Delaware |
Garnet Community Investments XLVII, LLC, Managing Member (0.01%) & Investor Member (1.00%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Investor Member (13.999%); Citibank, N.A., non-affiliate of AEGON, Investor Member (48.995%); New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation, non-affiliate of AEGON, Investor Member (15.478%); New York Life Insurance Company, non-affiliate of AEGON, Investor Member (20.518%)
|
Investments | |||
Garnet LIHTC Fund XLVIII, LLC | Delaware |
Garnet Community Investments XXXLVIII, LLC, Member (.01%); Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Member (75.18%); American Republic Insurance Company, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (2.84%); Bank of Hope, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (.93%); U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (21.04%)
|
Investments | |||
Horizons Acquisition 5, LLC | Florida | PSL Acquisitions Operating, LLC, Sole Member (100%) | Development company | |||
Horizons St. Lucie Development, LLC | Florida | PSL Acquisitions Operating, LLC, Sole Member (100%) | Development company | |||
Imani FE, L.P. | California |
ABS Imani Fe, Partner (0.00%); Garnet LIHTC Fund XIV, LLC, Partner (99.99%); Grant Housing and Economic Development Corporation, Partner (0.00%); TAH Imani Fe GP, LLC, Partner (0.00%)
|
Affordable housing | |||
Investors Warranty of America, LLC | Iowa | RCC North America LLC, Sole Member (100%) | Leases business equipment | |||
Ironwood Re Corp. | Hawaii | Commonwealth General Corporation, Sole Member (100%) | Captive insurance company | |||
LCS Associates, LLC | Delaware | RCC North America LLC, Sole Member (100%) | Investments | |||
Life Investors Alliance LLC | Delaware | Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) | Purchase, own, and hold the equity interest of other entities | |||
LIHTC Fund 53, LLC | Delaware |
AEGON Community Investments 53, LLC, non-Member Manager (0%); Bank of America, N.A., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (98%); US Bank, N.A., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (2%)
|
Investments |
ITEM 32 LISTING
LIHTC Fund 56, LLC | Delaware |
AEGON Community Investments 56, LLC, non-Member Manager (0%); Bank of America, N.A., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (90%); US Bank, N.A., non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (10%)
|
Investments | |||
LIHTC Fund 59, LLC | Delaware |
AEGON Community Investments 59, LLC, non-Member Manager (0%); Bank of America, National Association, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (99.99%); Dominium Taxable Fund II, LLC, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (0.01%)
|
Investments | |||
LIHTC Fund XLV, LLC | Delaware |
Garnet Community Investments XLIX, LLC, non-Member Manager (0.00%); Bank of America, National Association, non-affiliates of AEGON, Sole Member (100%)
|
Investments | |||
LIHTC Fund XLIX, LLC | Delaware |
Garnet Community Investments XLIX, LLC, non-Member Manager (0.00%); Bank of America, National Association, non-affiliates of AEGON, Sole Member (100%)
|
Investments | |||
LIICA Re II, Inc. | Vermont |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Shareholder (100%)
|
Captive insurance company | |||
Mitigation Manager LLC | Delaware | RCC North America LLC, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
Money Services, Inc. | Delaware | AUSA Holding, LLC, Sole Shareholder (100%) |
Provides certain financial services for affiliates including, but not limited to, certain intellectual property, computer and computer-related software and hardware services, including procurement and contract services to some or all of the Members of the AEGON Group in the United States and Canada.
| |||
Monumental General Administrators, Inc. | Maryland |
AUSA Holding, LLC, Sole Shareholder (100%)
|
Provides management services to unaffiliated third party administrator
| |||
Natural Resources Alternatives Portfolio I, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Member (4%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (64%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (32%)
|
Investment vehicle - to invest in Natural Resources |
ITEM 32 LISTING
Natural Resources Alternatives Portfolio II, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Member (5%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (35%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (60%)
|
Investment vehicle | |||
Natural Resources Alternatives Portfolio 3, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Member (10%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (55%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (35%)
|
Investment vehicle | |||
Nomagon Title Grandparent, LLC | Delaware |
AEGON USA Asset Management Holding, LLC, Sole Member (100%); AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, non-manager member (0%)
|
Investment vehicle | |||
Nomagon Title Holding 1, LLC | Delaware | Nomagon Title Parent, LLC, Sole Member (100%); AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, non-manager member (0%) |
Investment vehicle | |||
Nomagon Title Parent, LLC | Delaware | Nomagon Title Grandparent, LLC, Sole Member (100%); AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, non-manager member (0%) |
Investment vehicle | |||
Osceola Mitigation Partners, LLC | Florida |
Mitigation Manager, LLC, Member (50%); OBPFL-MITBK, LLC, non-affiliate of AEGON, Member (50%)
|
Investments | |||
Pearl Holdings, Inc. I | Delaware | AEGON USA Asset Management Holding, LLC, Sole Member (100%) | Holding company | |||
Pearl Holdings, Inc. II | Delaware |
AEGON USA Asset Management Holding, LLC, Sole Shareholder (100%)
|
Holding company | |||
Peoples Benefit Services, LLC | Pennsylvania | Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) | Marketing non-insurance products | |||
Placer 400 Investors, LLC | California |
RCC North America LLC, Member (50%); AKT Placer 400 Investors, LLC, non-affiliate of AEGON, Member (50%)
|
Investments | |||
Primus Guaranty Ltd. | Bermuda |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (20%) Public Interest Holders, non-affiliates of AEGON, Member (80%)
|
Provides protection from default risk of investment grade corporate and sovereign issues of financial obligations. | |||
PSL Acquisitions Operating, LLC | Iowa | RCC North America LLC, Sole Member (100%) | Owner of Core subsidiary entities | |||
RCC North America LLC | Delaware | Transamerica Corporation, Sole Member (100%) | Real estate |
ITEM 32 LISTING
Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 2, L.L.C. |
Delaware |
Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Member (7.50%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (37.25%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (22.25%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (30.75%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (2.25%); AEGON USA Realty Advisors, Inc., Manager (0%)
|
Real estate alternatives investment | |||
Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 3, L.L.C. |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (73.40%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (1.00%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (25.60%); AEGON USA Realty Advisors, Inc., Manager (0%)
|
Real estate alternatives investment | |||
Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 3A, Inc. |
Delaware |
Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Shareholder (9.4%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Shareholder (90.6%)
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Real estate alternatives investment | |||
Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 4 HR, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Member (4%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (64%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (32%); AEGON USA Realty Advisors, Inc., Manager (0%)
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Investment vehicle for alternative real estate investments that are established annually for our affiliated companies common investment | |||
Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 4 MR, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Member (4%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (64%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (32%); AEGON USA Realty Advisors, Inc., Manager (0%)
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Investment vehicle for alternative real estate investments that are established annually for our affiliated companies common investment | |||
River Ridge Insurance Company |
Vermont | AEGON Management Company, Sole Shareholder (100%) | Captive insurance company | |||
Second FGP LLC |
Delaware |
FGH USA LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Real estate | |||
Seventh FGP LLC |
Delaware |
FGH USA LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Real estate | |||
St. Lucie West Development Company, LLC |
Florida | PSL Acquisitions Operating, LLC, Sole Member (100%) | Development company | |||
Stonebridge Benefit Services, Inc. |
Delaware |
Commonwealth General Corporation, Sole Shareholder (100%)
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Health discount plan | |||
TA Private Equity Assets, LLC |
Delaware | Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) | Investments (private equity) | |||
TA-APOP I, LLC |
Delaware | Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) | Private equity vehicle |
ITEM 32 LISTING
TA-APOP I-A, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Member (10%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (90%);
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Investments (private equity) | |||
TA-APOP II, LLC |
Delaware |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Limited Partner (73.19%); Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Limited Partner (24.40%)
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Private equity vehicle | |||
TABR Realty Services, LLC |
Delaware | AUSA Holding, LLC, Sole Member (100%) | Real estate investments | |||
TAH-MCD IV, LLC |
Iowa |
Transamerica Affordable Housing, Inc., Sole Member (100%) |
Serve as the general partner for McDonald Corporate Tax Credit Fund IV Limited Partnership.
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TAH Pentagon Funds, LLC |
Iowa | Transamerica Affordable Housing, Inc., Sole Member (100%) | Serve as a general partner in a lower-tier tax credit entity | |||
TAHP Fund 1, LLC |
Delaware | Garnet LIHTC Fund IX, LLC, Sole Member (100%) | Real estate investments | |||
TAHP Fund 2, LLC |
Delaware | Garnet LIHTC Fund VIII, LLC, Sole Member (100%) | Low incoming housing tax credit | |||
TAHP Fund VII, LLC |
Delaware | Garnet LIHTC Fund XIX, LLC, Investor Member (100%) | Real estate investments | |||
THH Acquisitions, LLC |
Iowa | Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Acquirer of Core South Carolina mortgage loans from Investors Warranty of America, LLC and holder of foreclosed real estate.
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TLIC Oakbrook Reinsurance Inc. |
Iowa | Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) | Limited purpose subsidiary life insurance company | |||
TLIC Watertree Reinsurance Inc. |
Iowa |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Shareholder (100%)
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Limited purpose subsidiary life insurance company | |||
Tradition Development Company, LLC |
Florida | PSL Acquisitions Operating, Sole Member (100%) | Development company | |||
Tradition Land Company, LLC |
Iowa | RCC North America LLC, Sole Member (100%) |
Acquirer of Core Florida mortgage loans from Investors Warranty and holder of foreclosed real estate.
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Transamerica Affordable Housing, Inc. |
California | TABR Realty Services, LLC, Sole Shareholder (100%) | General partner LHTC Partnership | |||
Transamerica Agency Network, LLC |
Iowa | AUSA Holding, LLC, Sole Member (100%) | Special purpose subsidiary | |||
Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. |
Florida |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (77%); AUSA Holding, LLC, Shareholder (23%)
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Fund advisor | |||
Transamerica Bermuda Re, Ltd. |
Bermuda | Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) | General | |||
Transamerica Capital, Inc. |
California | AUSA Holding, LLC, Sole Shareholder (100%) | Broker/Dealer | |||
Transamerica Casualty Insurance Company |
Iowa | Transamerica Corporation, Sole Shareholder (100%) | Insurance company | |||
Transamerica Corporation (DE) |
Delaware | AEGON International B.V., Sole Shareholder (100%) | Major interest in insurance and finance | |||
Transamerica Corporation (OR) |
Oregon | Transamerica Corporation, Sole Shareholder (100%) | Holding company |
ITEM 32 LISTING
Transamerica Finance Corporation | Delaware | Transamerica Corporation, Sole Shareholder (100%) | Commercial & Consumer Lending & equipment leasing | |||
Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc. | Delaware |
AUSA Holding, LLC, Shareholder (51.60%) (1,000 Shares); AEGON Asset Management Services, Inc., Shareholder (37.62%) (729 Shares); Commonwealth General Corporation, Shareholder (10.78%) (209 Shares)
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Broker/Dealer | |||
Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company | New York | Transamerica Corporation, Sole Shareholder (100%) | Insurance | |||
Transamerica Fund Services, Inc. | Florida | Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Shareholder (44.13%); AUSA Holding, LLC, Shareholder (55.87%) |
Mutual fund | |||
Transamerica Health Savings Solutions, LLC | Iowa |
Transamerica Retirement Solutions, LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Health Savings Solutions | |||
Transamerica International Direct Marketing Consultants, LLC | Maryland |
AEGON Direct Marketing Services, Inc., Member (49%); Curtis Sherwin Chen, Member (51%)
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Provide consulting services ancillary to the marketing of insurance products overseas. | |||
Transamerica International RE (Bermuda) Ltd. | Bermuda | Transamerica Corporation, Sole Member (100%) | Reinsurance | |||
Transamerica Investors Securities Corporation | Delaware |
Transamerica Retirement Solutions, LLC, Sole Shareholder (100%)
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Broker/Dealer | |||
Transamerica Life Insurance Company | Iowa |
Commonwealth General Corporation, Sole Shareholder (100%)
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Insurance | |||
Transamerica Life (Bermuda) Ltd. | Bermuda | Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) |
Long-term life insurer in Bermuda - will primarily write fixed universal life and term insurance
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Transamerica Pacific Re, Inc. | Vermont |
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Shareholder (100%)
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Captive insurance company | |||
Transamerica Realty Investment Properties LLC | Delaware | Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Sole Member (100%) | Realty limited liability company | |||
Transamerica Resources, Inc. | Maryland | Monumental General Administrators, Inc., Sole Shareholder (100%) |
Provides education and information regarding retirement and economic issues.
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Transamerica Retirement Advisors, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Retirement Solutions, LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Investment advisor | |||
Transamerica Retirement Insurance Agency, LLC | Delaware |
Transamerica Retirement Solutions, LLC, Sole Member (100%)
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Conduct business as an insurance agency. | |||
Transamerica Retirement Solutions, LLC | Delaware | AUSA Holding, LLC, Sole Member (100%) | Retirement plan services. | |||
Transamerica Stable Value Solutions Inc. | Delaware | Commonwealth General Corporation, Sole Shareholder (100%) |
Principle Business: Provides management services to the stable value division of AEGON insurers who issue synthetic GIC contracts.
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Transamerica Travel and Conference Services, LLC | Iowa | Money Services, Inc., Sole Member (100%) | Travel and conference services | |||
Transamerica Trust Company | Iowa | AUSA Holding, LLC, Sole Shareholder (100%) | Trust company |
ITEM 32 LISTING
Transamerica Ventures Fund II, LLC | Delaware | AUSA Holding, LLC, Sole Member (100%) |
Investments | |||
ULI Funding, LLC | Iowa | AUSA Holding, LLC, Sole Member (100%) |
Holding Company | |||
United Financial Services, Inc. | Maryland | Transamerica Corporation, Sole Shareholder (100%) |
General agency | |||
WFG Insurance Agency of Puerto Rico, Inc. | Puerto Rico |
World Financial Group Insurance Agency, LLC, Sole Shareholder (100%)
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Insurance agency | |||
WFG Properties Holdings, LLC | Georgia | World Financial Group, Inc., Sole Member (100%) |
Marketing | |||
WFG Securities Inc. | Canada | World Financial Group Holding Company of Canada, Inc., Sole Shareholder (100%) |
Mutual fund dealer | |||
World Financial Group Holding Company of Canada Inc. | Canada |
Commonwealth General Corporation, Sole Shareholder (100%)
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Holding company | |||
World Financial Group, Inc. | Delaware |
AEGON Asset Management Services, Inc., Sole Shareholder (100%)
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Marketing | |||
World Financial Group Insurance Agency of Canada Inc. | Ontario | World Financial Group Holding Company of Canada Inc., Sole Shareholder (100.00%) |
Insurance agency | |||
World Financial Group Insurance Agency of Hawaii, Inc. | Hawaii | World Financial Group Insurance Agency, LLC, Sole Shareholder (100.00%) |
Insurance agency | |||
World Financial Group Insurance Agency of Massachusetts, Inc. | Massachusetts | World Financial Group Insurance Agency, LLC, Sole Shareholder (100.00%) |
Insurance agency | |||
World Financial Group Insurance Agency of Wyoming, Inc. | Wyoming | World Financial Group Insurance Agency, LLC, Sole Shareholder (100.00%) |
Insurance agency | |||
World Financial Group Insurance Agency, LLC | Iowa | AUSA Holding, LLC, Sole Member (100%) |
Insurance agency | |||
Yarra Rapids, LLC | Delaware | Real Estate Alternatives Portfolio 4MR, LLC, Member (49%) New York Investment Trust, non-AEGON affiliate, Member (51%) |
Real estate investments | |||
Zahorik Company, Inc. | California | AUSA Holding, LLC, Sole Shareholder (100%) |
Inactive | |||
Zero Beta Fund, LLC | Delaware | Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company (16.58%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (50.14%); Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Member (33.28%) |
Aggregating vehicle formed to hold various fund investments. |
Item 33. | Indemnification |
The Iowa Code (Sections 490.850 et. seq.) provides for permissive indemnification in certain situations, mandatory indemnification in other situations, and prohibits indemnification in certain situations. The Code also specifies procedures for determining when indemnification payments can be made.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Depositor pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Depositor has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Depositor of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered), the Depositor will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Item 34 | Principal Underwriters |
(a) | Transamerica Capital, Inc. serves as the principal underwriter for: |
Transamerica Capital, Inc. serves as the principal underwriter for the Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account, Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account A, Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account B, Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account C, Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account D, Merrill Lynch Variable Life Separate Account, and Merrill Lynch Variable Life Separate Account II, Retirement Builder Variable Annuity Account, Separate Account Fund B, Separate Account Fund C, Separate Account VA AA, Separate Account VA B, Separate Account VA BB, Separate Account VA CC, Separate Account VA DD, Separate Account VA FF, Separate Account VA HH, Separate Account VA Q, Separate Account VA U, Separate Account VA V, Separate Account VA-1, Separate Account VA-2L, Separate Account VA-5, Separate Account VA-6, Separate Account VA-7, Separate Account VA-8, Separate Account VL, Separate Account VL E, Separate Account VUL-A, Separate Account VUL-1; Separate Account VUL-2, Separate Account VUL-3, Separate Account VUL-4, Separate Account VUL-5, Separate Account VUL-6, Transamerica Corporate Separate Account Sixteen, Transamerica Separate Account R3, Variable Life Account A, WRL Series Annuity Account, WRL Series Annuity Account B, WRL Series Life Account, WRL Series Life Account G, and WRL Series Life Corporate Account. These accounts are separate accounts of Transamerica Life Insurance Company.
Transamerica Capital, Inc. serves as principal underwriter for ML of New York Variable Annuity Separate Account A, ML of New York Variable Annuity Separate Account B, ML of New York Variable Annuity Separate Account C, ML of New York Variable Annuity Separate Account D, ML of New York Variable Life Separate Account, ML of New York Variable Life Separate Account II, Separate Account VA BNY, Separate Account VA QNY, Separate Account VA-2LNY, Separate Account VA-5NLNY, Separate Account VA-6NY, TFLIC Separate Account B, TFLIC Separate Account C, TFLIC Separate Account VNY, TFLIC Pooled Account No. 44, TFLIC Series Annuity Account, TFLIC Series Life Account, and Transamerica Variable Funds. These accounts are separate accounts of Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company.
Transamerica Capital, Inc. also serves as principal underwriter for Transamerica Series Trust and Transamerica Funds.
(b) | Directors and Officers of Transamerica Capital, Inc.: |
Name |
Principal Business Address |
Position and Offices with Underwriter | ||
Brian Beitzel
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(2)
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Director, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
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David Curry |
(3) | Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President | ||
Doug Hellerman |
(3) | Chief Compliance Officer and Vice President | ||
Timothy Ackerman |
(3) | Director and Vice President | ||
Mark Halloran |
(3) | Director, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board | ||
Jennifer Pearce |
(3) | Vice President | ||
Gregory E. Miller-Breetz |
(1) | Secretary |
(1) | 100 Light Street, Floor B1, Baltimore, MD 21202 |
(2) | 4333 Edgewood Road N.E., Cedar Rapids, IA 52499-0001 |
(3) | 1801 California Street, Suite 5200, Denver, CO 80202 |
(c) | Compensation to Principal Underwriter: |
Name of Principal Underwriter
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Net Discounts and Commissions(1) |
Compensation
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Brokerage
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Compensation
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Transamerica Capital, Inc. |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
(1) | Fiscal Year 2010 |
Item 35. | Location of Accounts and Records |
This information is provided in the most recent report Form N-CEN.
Item 36. | Management Services |
Not Applicable
Item 37. | Fee Representation |
The Depositor hereby represents that the fees and charges deducted under the Policy, in the aggregate, are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by the Depositor.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Denver, in the State of Colorado, on April 26, 2024.
WRL SERIES LIFE ACCOUNT |
(Registrant) |
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY |
(Depositor) |
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Jamie Ohl * |
Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Individual Solutions Division |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on April 26, 2024:
Signatures | Title | |||
* Jamie Ohl |
Director, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Individual Solutions Division (principal executive officer) | |||
* Bonnie T. Gerst |
Director, Chairman of the Board, and President, Financial Assets (principal accounting officer) | |||
* Christopher S. Fleming |
Director, Chief Operating Officer, Individual Solutions Division | |||
* Andrew S. Williams |
Director, Assistant Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President | |||
* Matt Keppler |
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer (principal financial officer) | |||
* Zachary Harris |
Director, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Workplace Solutions Division | |||
* Chris Giovanni |
Director, Chief Strategy & Development Officer and Senior Vice President | |||
/s/ Brian Stallworth Brian Stallworth |
Assistant Secretary |
*By: Brian Stallworth Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to Powers of Attorney previously filed and/or herewith.
AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
Regarding
RULES 30e-3 and 498A
This Amendment (the Amendment) is entered into as of May 1, 2022 (the Effective Date), by and among Transamerica Life Insurance Company (individually and as successor to Transamerica Premier Life Insurance Company) and Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company (each the Company, collectively the Companies), on its own behalf and on behalf of each separate account of the Company as set forth in the Participation Agreement, as may be amended from time to time (individually and collectively the Accounts), Transamerica Series Trust (the Trust), and Transamerica Capital, Inc. (the Distributor) (collectively, the Parties).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Transamerica Advisors Life Insurance Company of New York (TALICNY) was merged into Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company on July 1, 2014;
WHEREAS, Transamerica Advisors Life Insurance Company (TALIC) was merged into Transamerica Life Insurance Company on July 1, 2019;
WHEREAS, the Companies entered into a participation agreement with the Trust dated May 1, 2013; TALICNY entered into a participation agreement with the Trust dated September 1, 2008; and TALIC entered into a participation agreement with the Trust dated October 20, 2008 (collectively, the Participation Agreement);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Participation Agreement among the Parties, the Company invests in shares of certain of the portfolios of the Trust (the Portfolios) as a funding vehicle for the Accounts that issue variable annuity and/or life insurance contracts (the Variable Contracts) to persons that are registered owners of such Variable Contracts on the books and records of the Company (the Contract Owners);
WHEREAS, the Accounts are registered as unit investment trusts under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act);
WHEREAS, the Company, on behalf of the Accounts, has certain obligations pursuant to Rule 30e-2 under the 1940 Act to deliver Fund shareholder reports to Contract Owners, which obligations may be satisfied by compliance with Rule 30e-3 under the 1940 Act (Rule 30e-3);
WHEREAS, the Company intends to comply with the requirements, terms and conditions of Rule 30e-3 in order to satisfy its obligation to deliver Fund shareholder reports to Contract Owners, including hosting the website of certain fund material required by Rule 30e-3;
WHEREAS, Section 5(b)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act) may require that a Statutory Prospectus (as defined in Rule 498A under the 1933 Act [Rule 498A]) for the Portfolios be delivered to Contract Owners under certain circumstances;
WHEREAS, the Parties intend to meet any such Portfolio Statutory Prospectus delivery requirement by relying on (and complying with the requirements, terms and conditions of) paragraph (j) of Rule 498A for on-line delivery;
WHEREAS, paragraph (j) of Rule 498A requires, inter alia, that some of the Fund Documents (defined below) be posted and maintained on a website specified on the cover page of the Summary Prospectus for the Variable Contracts, and the Company intends to host said website; and
WHEREAS, the Company cannot host such website in compliance with Rules 30e-3 and 498A unless the Trust prepares and provides the Fund Documents that are specified in Rules 30e-3 and 498A.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, which consideration is full and complete, the Company, the Trust, and the Distributor hereby agree to supplement and amend the Participation Agreement as follows:
1. | Provision of Fund Documents; Website Posting. |
(a) | Fund Documents. The Trust (and Distributor) is (are) responsible for preparing and providing the following Fund Documents, as specified in paragraph (b)(1) of Rule 30e-3 and paragraph (j)(1)(iii) of Rule 498A: |
(i) | Summary Prospectus for the Portfolios; |
(ii) | Statutory Prospectus for the Portfolios; |
(iii) | Statement of Additional Information (SAI) for the Portfolios; |
(iv) | Most Recent Annual and Semi-Annual Reports to Shareholders (under Rule 30e-1 under the 1940 Act) for the Portfolios (referred to in Rule 30e- 3 as the Current and Prior Report to Shareholders, together the Shareholder Reports); |
(v) | Complete Portfolio Holdings from Shareholder Reports Containing a Summary Schedule of Investments; and |
(vi) | Portfolio Holdings for Most Recent First and Third Fiscal Quarters (together with the complete portfolio holdings specified in (v) above, the Portfolio Holdings. |
(b) | Deadline for Providing, and Current-ness of, Fund Documents. |
(i) | The Trust and the Distributor shall provide the Summary Prospectus, Statutory Prospectus, and SAI for the Portfolios to the Company, or its designee, on a timely basis to facilitate the required website posting, and provide updated versions as necessary, in order to facilitate a continuous offering of the Portfolio Companys securities and the Variable Contracts; and |
(ii) | The Trust and the Distributor shall provide the Shareholder Reports and Portfolio Holdings on a timely basis (to facilitate the required website posting) but no later than 15 business days before the date each time that the Required Materials are required to be posted by Rule 30e-3. |
(c) | Format of Fund Documents. The Trust and the Distributor shall provide the Fund Documents to the Company, or its designee, in an electronic format that is suitable for website posting, and in a format, or formats, that: |
(i) | Are both human-readable and capable of being printed on paper in human-readable format (in accordance with paragraphs (b)(3) of Rule 30e-3 and paragraph (h)(2)(i) of Rule 498A); |
(ii) | Permit persons accessing the Statutory Prospectus and SAI to move directly back and forth between each section heading in a table of contents of such a document and the section of the document referenced in that section heading (that is, these documents must include linking, in accordance with paragraph (h)(2)(ii) of Rule 498A); and |
(iii) | Permit persons accessing the Fund Documents to permanently retain, free of charge, an electronic version of such materials that meet the requirements of subparagraphs (h)(2)(i) and (ii) of Rule 498A (in accordance with paragraph (h)(3) of Rule 498A). |
(d) | Website Hosting. The Company shall host and maintain the website specified in paragraph (j)(1)(iii) of Rule 498A, so that the Fund Documents are publicly accessible, free of charge, at that website, in accordance with the conditions set forth in that paragraph, provided that the Trust and Distributor fulfill their obligations under this Amendment. The Company may engage a third party to host and maintain the website as specified above. |
(e) | Use of Summary Prospectuses. |
(i) | The Company shall ensure that an Initial Summary Prospectus is used for each currently offered Variable Contract described under the related registration statement, in accordance with paragraph (j)(1)(i) of Rule 498A. |
(ii) | The Trust and Distributor shall ensure that a Summary Prospectus is used for the Portfolios, in accordance with paragraph (j)(1)(ii) of Rule 498A. |
(f) | Website Hosting and Notice Fee (Expense Allocation). The Distributor (and/or the Trust) shall bear the costs of posting, maintaining and managing the Fund Documents on the website hosted by the Company and the costs of preparing and mailing notice of the availability of the Funds Reports to Contract Owners (the notices required by paragraph (c) of Rule 30e-3) through the payment of a semi-annual Website Hosting and Notice Fee to the Company. |
(i) | Amount of Fee. The Website Hosting and Notice Fee shall be based on the number of Funds invested in by Contract Owners. |
(ii) | Payment of Fee. The Trust (and/or the Distributor) shall pay the Website Hosting and Notice Fee to the Company, in full, within 30 business days after the end of the semi-annual period. |
(iii) | Review and Renegotiation. From time to time, the Parties shall review the Website Hosting and Notice Fee to determine whether it reasonably approximates the Companys incurred and anticipated costs (both soft internal costs and hard external costs) of posting, maintaining, and managing the Fund Documents on the website hosted by the Company and mailing notice of the availability of the Funds Reports to Contract Owners, pursuant to paragraph (c) of Rule 30e-3. The Parties agree to negotiate in good faith any change to the Website Hosting and Notice Fee proposed by a Party. |
2. | Content of Fund Documents. The Trust and the Distributor shall be responsible for the content and substance of the Fund Documents as provided to the Company, including, but not limited to, the accuracy and completeness of the Fund Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing in any manner, the Trust and the Distributor shall be responsible for ensuring that the Fund Documents as provided to the Company: |
(a) | Meet the applicable standards of the 1933 Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; the 1940 Act; and all rules and regulations under those Acts; and |
(b) | Do not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. |
3. | Provision of Fund Documents for Paper Delivery. The Trust and the Distributor shall: |
(a) | At their expense, as the Company may reasonably request from time to time, provide the Company with sufficient paper copies of the then current Fund Documents, so that the Company may maintain a supply of such current paper |
documents sufficient in its reasonable judgment to meet anticipated requests from Contract Owners (see paragraphs (e) and (f) of Rule 30e-3 and paragraphs (i)(1) and (j)(3) of Rule 498A). Such Company requests shall be fulfilled reasonably promptly, but in no event more than 3 business days after the request from the Company is received by either the Trust or the Distributor. |
(b) | Alternatively, if requested by the Company in lieu thereof, the Trust or its designee shall provide such electronic or other documentation (including camera ready copies of the current Fund Documents as set in type, or at the request of the Company, a diskette in a form suitable to be sent to a financial printer), and such other assistance as is reasonably necessary to have the then current Fund Documents printed for distribution; the reasonable costs of providing the electronic documentation and of such printing to be borne by the Trust. |
(c) | The Trust (and/or the Distributor) shall reimburse the Company for the costs of mailing the Fund Documents to Contract Owners. This reimbursement is in addition to, and not part of or in lieu of, the Website Hosting and Notice Fee specified above. |
4. | Portfolio Expense and Performance Data. The Trust shall provide such data regarding each Portfolios expense ratios and investment performance as the Company shall reasonably request, to facilitate the registration and sale of the Variable Contracts. Without limiting the generality of the forgoing, the Trust shall provide the following Portfolio expense and performance data on a timely basis to facilitate the Companys preparation of its annually updated registration statement for the Variable Contracts (and as otherwise reasonably requested by the Company), but in no event later than 10 calendar days after the close of each Portfolios fiscal year: |
(a) | The gross Annual Portfolio Company Expenses for each Portfolio calculated in accordance with Item 3 of Form N-1A, before any expense reimbursements or fee waiver arrangements (and in accordance with (i) Instruction 16 to Item 4 of Form N-4, and (ii) Instruction 4(a) to Item 4 of Form N-6); |
(b) | The net Annual Portfolio Company Expenses (aka Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses) for each Portfolio calculated in accordance with Item 3 of Form N-1A, that include any expense reimbursements or fee waiver arrangements (and in accordance with (i) Instruction 17 to Item 4 of Form N-4, (ii) Instruction 4 to Item 17 of Form N-4, (iii) Instruction 4(b) to Item 4 of Form N-6, and (iv) Instruction 4 to Item 18 of Form N-6), and the period for which the expense reimbursements or fee waiver arrangement is expected to continue and whether it can be terminated by the Portfolio (or Fund); and |
(c) | The Average Annual Total Returns for each Portfolio (before taxes) as calculated pursuant to Item 4(b)(2)(iii) of Form N-1A (for the 1, 5, and 10 year periods, and in accordance with (i) Instruction 7 to Item 17 of Form N-4, and (ii) Instruction 7 to Item 18 of Form N-6). |
5. | Construction of this Amendment; Participation Agreement. |
(a) | This Amendment shall be interpreted to be consistent with, and to facilitate compliance with and reliance on, Rule 30e-3 under the 1940 Act and Rule 498A (including paragraph (j) thereof) under the 1933 Act and any interpretations of those Rules by the Securities and Exchange Commission, its staff, courts, or other appropriate legal authorities. |
(b) | To the extent the terms of this Amendment conflict with the terms of the Participation Agreement, the terms of this Amendment shall control; otherwise, and except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Amendment, the terms of the Participation Agreement shall continue to apply, and shall apply to the duties, responsibilities, rights, and obligations of the Parties under and pursuant to this Amendment. |
6. | Termination. This Amendment shall terminate upon the earlier of: |
(a) | Termination of the Participation Agreement; or |
(b) | 60 days written notice from any Party to the other Parties. |
7. | Indemnification. The Trust and the Distributor specifically agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company (and its officers, directors, and employees) from any and all liability, claim, loss, demand, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) arising from or in connection with any claim or action of any type whatsoever brought against the Company (or its officers, directors, and employees) as a result of any failure or alleged failure by the Trust or Distributor to provide the Fund Documents in accordance with the terms of this Amendment or to fulfill their other duties and responsibilities under this Amendment or for any other breach of this Amendment. This indemnification shall be in addition to and not in lieu of the indemnification provided for in the Participation Agreement or any other addendums or amendments thereto, but otherwise shall be subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Participation Agreement. |
8. | Counterparts and Delivery. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one instrument. A signed copy of this Amendment delivered by facsimile or by emailing a copy in .pdf form shall be treated as an original and shall bind all Parties just as would the exchange of originally signed copies. |
9. | Joint and Several Liability. The responsibilities, obligations, duties, and liabilities of the Trust and Distributor under this Amendment shall be joint and several. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the date first above written.
The Company:
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY |
By: /s/ Liza Tyler |
Name: Liza Tyler |
Title: Vice President |
TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY |
By: /s/ Liza Tyler |
Name: Liza Tyler |
Title: Vice President |
The Trust: |
TRANSAMERICA SERIES TRUST |
By: /s/ Chris Staples |
Name: Chris Staples |
Title: Senior Director, Investments |
The Distributor: |
TRANSAMERICA CAPITAL, INC. |
By: /s/ Dave Curry |
Name: Dave Curry |
Title: Chief Distribution Officer |
AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
Regarding
FUND SHAREHOLDER REPORTS
AND OTHER REQUIRED MATERIALS
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (hereinafter the Company), an Iowa corporation, each of VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND, VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND II, VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND III and VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND IV and VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND V, each an unincorporated business trust organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (each referred to hereinafter as the Fund)., and FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS COMPANY LLC (hereinafter the Underwriter or FDC), a Massachusetts corporation , entered into certain participation agreements, dated December 1, 2000 and October 10, 2005 (collectively, the Participation Agreement). This Amendment (the Amendment) to the Participation Agreement is entered into as of May 1, 2023, by and among the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of each separate account of the Company as set forth on Schedule A to the Participation Agreement, as may be amended from time to time (individually and collectively the Accounts), the Fund and the Underwriter (collectively, the Parties).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Participation Agreement among the Parties, the Company intends to purchase shares of the portfolios of the Fund (the Portfolios) on behalf of each Account to fund the variable annuity and/or life insurance contracts (the Variable Contracts) identified on Schedule A of the Participation Agreement to persons that are registered owners of such Variable Contracts on the books and records of the Company (the Contract Owners);
WHEREAS, the Accounts are registered as unit investment trusts under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), unless such Account is exempt from registration thereunder;
WHEREAS, the Company, on behalf of the Accounts, has certain obligations pursuant to the Participation Agreement to deliver Fund shareholder reports to Contract Owners, which obligations may be satisfied by compliance with Rule 30e-3 under the 1940 Act (Rule 30e-3 or the Rule);
WHEREAS, the Company intends to deliver Fund shareholder reports to Contract Owners, by hosting a website that makes available certain fund documents required by the Rule;
WHEREAS, the Company intends to deliver portfolio prospectuses by relying on (and complying with the requirements, terms and conditions of) paragraph (j) of Rule 498A for on-line delivery;
WHEREAS, paragraph (j) of Rule 498A requires, inter alia, that some of the Required Materials (defined below) be posted and maintained on a website specified on the cover page of the Summary Prospectus for the Variable Contracts, and the Company intends to host said website;
WHEREAS, the Company cannot host such websites in compliance with Rules 30e-3 and 498A unless the Funds prepare and provide the Required Materials that are specified in Rules 30e-3 and 498A; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, which consideration is full and complete, the Company, the Fund, and the Underwriter hereby agree to supplement and amend the Participation Agreement as follows:
1. | Provision of Required Materials for Website Posting. |
(a) | Required Materials. The Fund and/or the Underwriter shall make available as soon as reasonably practicable, the following Required Materials, as specified in paragraph (b)(1) of Rule 30e-3 and paragraph (j)(l)(iii) of Rule 498A: |
(i) | Summary Prospectus for the Portfolios; |
(ii) | Statutory Prospectus for the Portfolios; |
(iii) | Statement of Additional Information (SAI) for the Portfolios; and |
(iv) | Most Recent Annual and Semi-Annual Reports to Shareholders (under Rule 30e-1 under the 1940 Act) for the Portfolios (together, the Shareholder Reports) (referred to in Rule 30e-3 as the Current and Prior Report to Shareholders). |
(v) | Portfolio Holdings for Most Recent First and Third Fiscal Quarters (the Portfolio Holdings). |
(b) | Format of Required Materials. The Fund and the Underwriter shall ensure the Required Materials are made available to the Company (or its designee) in an electronic format which, in compliance with Rule 30e-3, suitable for website posting, and in a format, or formats, that are convenient for both reading online and printing on paper. |
(c) | Use of Summary Prospectuses. |
(i) | The Company shall ensure that an Initial Summary Prospectus is used for each currently offered Variable Contract described under the related registration statement, in accordance with paragraph (j)(1)(i) of Rule 498A. |
(ii) | The Funds and Underwriter shall ensure that summary prospectuses are used for the Portfolios, as referenced in paragraph (j)(1)(ii) of Rule 498A. |
2. | Content of Required Materials. Without compromising the Funds obligation to provide the Required Materials as noted above, the Company may access the Required Material via one of the methods identified on Schedule B hereto (the Specified Website), as it may be changed by the Fund or Underwriter from time to time; provided, that the Fund or Underwriter shall provide the Company with as much notice as reasonably practicable prior to any change of the Specified Website. The Fund and the Underwriter shall be responsible for the ensuring content of the Required Materials is compliant with Rule 30e-3. |
3. | Provision of Required Materials for Paper Delivery. The Fund and the Underwriter shall: |
(a) | At their expense, as the Company may reasonably request from time to time, provide the Company with sufficient paper copies of (iv) of the Required Materials as set forth in Section 1(a) above. Such Company requests shall be fulfilled reasonably promptly Fund and/or Underwriter will use reasonable efforts to provide such materials within three business days. |
(b) | Alternatively, if requested by the Company in lieu thereof, the Fund or its designee shall provide the Required Materials in electronic format so that the Company can arrange for the Required Materials to be printed for distribution pursuant to Sections 5 and 6 of this Agreement. |
4. | Paper Notice to Contract Owners. The Fund and Underwriter acknowledge that the Company shall be responsible for providing the paper Notice to its Contract Owners, in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (d) of Rule 30e-3. |
5. | Delivery of Paper Copy Upon Ad Hoc Request. The Fund and Underwriter acknowledge that the Company shall be responsible for fulfilling ad hoc requests from Contract Owners for a paper copy of any of the Required Materials, in accordance with paragraph (e) of Rule 30e-3. |
6. | Investor Elections to Receive Future Fund Reports in Paper. The Fund and Underwriter acknowledge that the Company shall be responsible for fulfilling Contract Owner elections to receive future Fund shareholder reports in paper, in accordance with paragraph (f) of Rule 30e-3 and paragraphs (i)Il) and (j)(3) of Rule 498A. |
7. | Portfolio Expense and Performance Data. The Funds shall provide such data regarding each Portfolios expense ratios and investment performance as the Company shall reasonably request, to facilitate the registration and sale of the Variable Contracts. Without limiting the generality of the forgoing, upon request, the Funds shall provide the following Portfolio expense and performance data on a timely basis to facilitate the |
Companys preparation of its annually updated registration statement for the Variable Contracts (and as otherwise reasonably requested by the Company: |
(a) | the gross Annual Portfolio Company Expenses for each Portfolio calculated in accordance with Item 3 of Form N-1A, before any expense reimbursements or fee waiver arrangements; and |
(b) | the net Annual Portfolio Company Expenses (aka Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses) for each Portfolio calculated in accordance with Item 3 of Form N-1A, that include any [contractual] expense reimbursements or fee waiver arrangements and the period for which the expense reimbursements or fee waiver arrangement is expected to continue and whether it can be terminated by a Portfolio or its affiliates; and |
(c) | the Average Annual Total Returns for each Portfolio (before taxes) as calculated pursuant to Item 4(b)(2)(iii) of Form N-1A (for the 1, 5, and 10- year periods). |
8. | Notice Expense Allocation. In its sole discretion, FDC may agree to bear its proportionate costs, as determined by FDC, of providing notices of the availability of the Funds Reports to Contract Owners (the notices required by paragraph (c) of Rule 30e-3). Nothing in this section is intended to limit any current understanding or arrangement among the Parties with respect to the provision of Fund documents required for printing, delivery or other purposes, or the terms of any existing administrative services agreement, Rule 12b-1 agreement or related agreement, Servicing Agreement or other similar agreement between the Parties. |
9. | Construction of this Amendment; Participation Agreement. |
(a) | This Amendment shall be interpreted to be consistent with, and to facilitate compliance with and reliance on, Rule 30e-3 under the 1940 Act, Rule 498A under the 1933 Act and any interpretations of the Rule by the Securities and Exchange Commission, its staff, courts, or other appropriate legal authorities. |
(b) | Except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Amendment, the terms of the Participation Agreement shall continue to apply, and shall apply to the duties, responsibilities, rights and obligations of the Parties under and pursuant to this Amendment. |
10. | Termination. This Amendment shall terminate upon the earlier of: |
(a) | Termination of the Participation Agreement; or |
(b) | 60 days written notice from any Party to the other Parties. |
11. | Counterparts and Delivery. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one instrument. A signed copy of this Amendment delivered by facsimile or by emailing a copy in .pdf form shall be treated as an original and shall bind all Parties just as would the exchange of originally signed copies. |
12. | Revised Schedule A. Schedule A of the Participation Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the attached Schedule A. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the date first above written.
The Company:
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, on behalf of itself and each Separate Account
By: /s/ Liza Tyler |
Print Name: Liza Tyler |
Title: Vice President |
The Fund:
VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND, VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND II, VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND III, VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND IV, and VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND V
By: /s/ Colm Hogan |
Print Name: Colm Hogan |
Title: Assistant Treasurer |
The Underwriter:
FIDELITY DISTRIBUTORS COMPANY LLC
By: /s/ Robert Bachman |
Print Name: Robert Bachman |
Title: EVP |
SCHEDULE A
Separate Accounts and Associated Contracts
Separate Accounts | Products | |
Fidelity Variable Annuity Account | Fidelity Income Plus | |
PFL Corporate Account One | Advantage V Advantage VI | |
PFL Variable Life Account A | PFL Variable Universal Life Policy | |
Retirement Builder Variable Annuity Account | Immediate Income BuilderSM Immediate Income BuilderSM II Portfolio SelectSM Variable Annuity Premier Asset BuilderSM Variable Annuity Privilege SelectSM Variable Annuity Retirement Income Builder® Variable Annuity Retirement Income Builder® II Variable Annuity Retirement Income Builder® IV Variable Annuity Transamerica Access Variable Annuity Transamerica Opportunity BuilderSM Variable Annuity Transamerica PrincipiumSM Variable Annuity Transamerica Traditions Variable Annuity | |
Separate Account VA-8 | TransMark Optimum ChoiceSM Variable Annuity | |
Separate Account VA AA | WRL FreedomSM Advisor | |
Separate Account VA B | MEMBERS® ExtraSM Variable Annuity MEMBERS® FreedomSM Variable Annuity MEMBERS® LandmarkSM Variable Annuity MEMBERS® LibertySM Variable Annuity MEMBERS® Variable Annuity Series Partners Variable Annuity Series® Transamerica Advisor EliteSM Variable Annuity Transamerica Advisor EliteSM II Transamerica AxiomSM Variable Annuity Transamerica AxiomSM II Transamerica AxiomSM III Variable Annuity Transamerica B-Share Variable Annuity Transamerica ExtraSM Variable Annuity Transamerica FreedomSM Variable Annuity Transamerica I-Share II Variable Annuity Transamerica Inspire® Variable Annuity Transamerica LandmarkSM Variable Annuity Transamerica LibertySM Variable Annuity |
Transamerica PrincipiumSM IV Variable Annuity Transamerica Variable Annuity I-Share Transamerica Variable Annuity O-Share Transamerica Variable Annuity Series | ||
Separate Account VA U | WRL Freedom Premier® III Variable Annuity | |
Separate Account VA V | WRL FreedomSM Multiple | |
Separate Account VUL-3 | Transamerica Elite Transamerica Journey | |
Separate Account VUL-5 | TransUltra | |
Separate Account VUL-6 | TransAccumulator TransAccumulator II | |
Transamerica Corporate Separate Account Sixteen | Advantage X | |
Variable Life Account A | Variable Protector | |
WRL Series Annuity Account | WRL Freedom Access® WRL Freedom AttainerSM WRL Freedom BellwetherSM WRL Freedom ConquerorSM WRL Freedom EnhancerSM WRL Freedom Premier® WRL FreedomSM Variable Annuity WRL Freedom Wealth Creator® | |
WRL Series Life Account | Transamerica® Freedom Elite Builder II Transamerica Xcelerator ExecSM WRL Financial Freedom Builder® WRL ForLifeSM WRL Freedom Elite® WRL Freedom Elite Advisor WRL Freedom Elite Builder® WRL Freedom Equity Protector® WRL Freedom SP Plus WRL Freedom Wealth ProtectorSM WRL The Equity Protector WRL XceleratorSM and Xcelerator FocusSM | |
WRL Series Life Corporate Account | Advantage IV |
SCHEDULE B
https://institutional.fidelity.com
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Fidelity.com/fundreports
AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
Transamerica Life Insurance Company (the Company), an Iowa insurance company, ProFunds, a Delaware business trust (the Fund), and ProFund Advisors LLC (the Advisor), a Maryland limited liability company, entered into a certain participation agreement dated June 6, 2006 (the Participation Agreement). This Amendment (the Amendment) to the Participation Agreement is entered into as of January 6, 2022, by and among the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of each separate account of the Company as set forth in the Participation Agreement, as may be amended from time to time (individually and collectively the Accounts), the Fund and the Advisor.
The Funds have informed the Company that effective January 6, 2022, the Funds will notify the Company at Art.Woods@transamerica.com and Katherine.Germaine@transamerica.com that the following documents are publicly available on www.profunds.com investment company Required Reports which includes (1) annual- and semi- annual shareholder reports; (2) complete portfolio holdings from reports containing a summary schedule of investments, if applicable; and (3) portfolio holdings for the most recent first and third fiscal quarters. The Funds acknowledge and agree that they are responsible for the content of the Required Reports. The Funds will make the Required Reports available on www.profunds.com in formats suitable for print and electronic delivery purposes. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Required Reports will be publicly available on www.profunds.com and that such public availability satisfies the delivery requirement of the Required Reports to the Company. The Company further acknowledges and agrees that neither the Funds nor the Adviser shall be charged any web-hosting or other fees associated with or relating to the Required Reports.
The Company will make the Required Reports available Companys website in accordance with Rule 30e-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and amendments to Rule 498 under the Securities Act of 1933 for each Fund portfolio that serves as an underlying investment option for an Account for the Companys variable life insurance and variable annuity products. The Company agrees to make paper copies of the Required Reports available to its policy owners upon request at no charge.
The Fund will also provide expense ratios and 1, 5 and 10 your performance data as requested by Company.
All other provisions of the Participation Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the date first above written.
The Company:
Transamerica Life Insurance Company
By: /s/ Liza Tyler
Print Name: Liza Tyler
Title: Vice President
Date: 1/26/2023 | 12:00 CST
The Fund:
ProFunds
By: /s/ Todd B. Johnson
Print Name: Todd B. Johnson
Title: President
Date:
The Advisor:
ProFund Advisors LLC
By: /s/ Michael L. Sapir
Print Name: Michael L. Sapir
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Date:
AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
Regarding
RULES 30e-3 and 498A
This Amendment (the Amendment) is entered into as of May 1, 2022 (the Effective Date), by and among Transamerica Life Insurance Company (the Insurer), Transamerica Capital, Inc. (the Contracts Distributor) (together Insurer and Contracts Distributor, the Company), on its own behalf and on behalf of each separate account of the Company as set forth in the Participation Agreement, as may be amended from time to time (individually and collectively the Accounts), AllianceBernstein L.P., (the Adviser), and AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc. (the Distributor) (collectively, the Parties).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Transamerica Advisors Life Insurance Company (TALIC) was merged into the Company effective July 1, 2019;
WHEREAS, Transamerica Premier Life Insurance Company (TPLIC) was merged into the Company effective October 1, 2020;
WHEREAS, the Company entered into a participation agreement with the Contracts Distributor, the Adviser, and the Distributor dated May 1, 2000; TALIC entered into a participation agreement with the Contracts Distributor, the Adviser, and the Distributor dated December 12, 1996; TPLIC (as Monumental Life Insurance Company) entered into a participation agreement with the Contracts Distributor, the Adviser, and the Distributor dated August 2, 2000; TPLIC (as Western Reserve Life Assurance Co. of Ohio) entered into a participation agreement with the Contracts Distributor, the Adviser, and the Distributor dated November 1, 2008 (collectively, the Participation Agreement);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Participation Agreement among the Parties, the Company invests in shares of certain of the portfolios of the Fund (the Portfolios) as a funding vehicle for the Accounts that issue variable annuity and/or life insurance contracts (the Variable Contracts) to persons that are registered owners of such Variable Contracts on the books and records of the Company (the Contract Owners);
WHEREAS, the Accounts are registered as unit investment trusts under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act);
WHEREAS, the Company, on behalf of the Accounts, has certain obligations pursuant to Rule 30e-2 under the 1940 Act to deliver Fund shareholder reports to Contract Owners, which obligations may be satisfied by compliance with Rule 30e-3 under the 1940 Act (Rule 30e-3);
WHEREAS, the Company intends to comply with the requirements, terms and conditions of Rule 30e-3 in order to satisfy its obligation to deliver Fund shareholder reports to Contract Owners, including hosting the website of certain fund material required by Rule 30e-3;
WHEREAS, Section 5(b)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act) may require that a Statutory Prospectus (as defined in Rule 498A under the 1933 Act [Rule 498A]) for the Portfolios be delivered to Contract Owners under certain circumstances;
WHEREAS, the Parties intend to meet any such Portfolio Statutory Prospectus delivery requirement by relying on (and complying with the requirements, terms and conditions of) paragraph (j) of Rule 498A for on-line delivery;
WHEREAS, paragraph (j) of Rule 498A requires, inter alia, that some of the Fund Documents (defined below) be posted and maintained on a website specified on the cover page of the Summary Prospectus for the Variable Contracts, and the Company intends to host said website; and
WHEREAS, the Company cannot host such website in compliance with Rules 30e-3 and 498A unless the Fund prepares and provides the Fund Documents that are specified in Rules 30e-3 and 498A.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, which consideration is full and complete, the Company, the Fund, and the Distributor hereby agree to supplement and amend the Participation Agreement as follows:
1. | Provision of Fund Documents; Website Posting. |
(a) | Fund Documents. The Fund (and Distributor) is (are) responsible for preparing and providing the following Fund Documents, as specified in paragraph (b)(1) of Rule 30e-3 and paragraph (j)(1)(iii) of Rule 498A: |
(i) | Summary Prospectus for the Portfolios; |
(ii) | Statutory Prospectus for the Portfolios; |
(iii) | Statement of Additional Information (SAI) for the Portfolios; |
(iv) | Most Recent Annual and Semi-Annual Reports to Shareholders (under Rule 30e-1 under the 1940 Act) for the Portfolios (referred to in Rule 30e- 3 as the Current and Prior Report to Shareholders, together the Shareholder Reports); |
(v) | Complete Portfolio Holdings from Shareholder Reports Containing a Summary Schedule of Investments; and |
(vi) | Portfolio Holdings for Most Recent First and Third Fiscal Quarters (together with the complete portfolio holdings specified in (v) above, the Portfolio Holdings. |
(b) | Deadline for Providing, and Current-ness of, Fund Documents. |
(i) | The Fund and the Distributor shall provide the Summary Prospectus, Statutory Prospectus, and SAI for the Portfolios to the Company, or its designee, on a timely basis to facilitate the required website posting, and provide updated versions as necessary, in order to facilitate a continuous offering of the Portfolio Companys securities and the Variable Contracts; and |
(ii) | The Fund and the Distributor shall provide the Shareholder Reports and Portfolio Holdings on a timely basis (to facilitate the required website posting) but no later than 15 business days before the date each time that the Required Materials are required to be posted by Rule 30e-3. |
(c) | Format of Fund Documents. The Fund and the Distributor shall provide the Fund Documents to the Company, or its designee, in an electronic format that is suitable for website posting, and in a format, or formats, that: |
(i) | Are both human-readable and capable of being printed on paper in human-readable format (in accordance with paragraphs (b)(3) of Rule 30e-3 and paragraph (h)(2)(i) of Rule 498A); |
(ii) | Permit persons accessing the Statutory Prospectus and SAI to move directly back and forth between each section heading in a table of contents of such a document and the section of the document referenced in that section heading (that is, these documents must include linking, in accordance with paragraph (h)(2)(ii) of Rule 498A); and |
(iii) | Permit persons accessing the Fund Documents to permanently retain, free of charge, an electronic version of such materials that meet the requirements of subparagraphs (h)(2)(i) and (ii) of Rule 498A (in accordance with paragraph (h)(3) of Rule 498A). |
(d) | Website Hosting. The Company shall host and maintain the website specified in paragraph (j)(1)(iii) of Rule 498A, so that the Fund Documents are publicly accessible, free of charge, at that website, in accordance with the conditions set forth in that paragraph, provided that the Fund and Distributor fulfill their obligations under this Amendment. The Company may engage a third party to host and maintain the website as specified above. |
(e) | Use of Summary Prospectuses. |
(i) | The Company shall ensure that an Initial Summary Prospectus is used for each currently offered Variable Contract described under the related registration statement, in accordance with paragraph (j)(1)(i) of Rule 498A. |
(ii) | The Fund and Distributor shall ensure that a Summary Prospectus is used for the Portfolios, in accordance with paragraph (j)(1)(ii) of Rule 498A. |
(f) | Website Hosting and Notice Fee (Expense Allocation). The Distributor (and/or the Fund) shall bear the direct costs of posting, maintaining and managing the Fund Documents on the website hosted by the Company and the direct hard costs of preparing and mailing notice of the availability of the Funds Reports to Contract Owners (the notices required by paragraph (c) of Rule 30e-3) through the payment of a semi-annual Website Hosting and Notice Fee to the Company. |
(i) | Amount of Fee. The Website Hosting and Notice Fee shall be based on the number of Funds invested in by Contract Owners. |
(ii) | Payment of Fee. The Fund (and/or the Distributor) shall pay the Website Hosting and Notice Fee to the Company, in full, within 30 business days after the end of the semi-annual period. |
(iii) | Review and Renegotiation. From time to time, the Parties shall review the Website Hosting and Notice Fee to determine whether it reasonably approximates the Companys incurred hard external costs of posting, maintaining, and managing the Fund Documents on the website hosted by the Company and mailing notice of the availability of the Funds Reports to Contract Owners, pursuant to paragraph (c) of Rule 30e-3. The Parties agree to negotiate in good faith any change to the Website Hosting and Notice Fee proposed by a Party. In the event that Rule 30e-3 can no longer be relied upon by the Fund, the Distributor and/or the Fund shall cease bearing any costs related to the Website Hosting and Notice Fee and those costs will solely be borne by the Company under Rule 30e-3. |
2. | Content of Fund Documents. The Fund and the Distributor shall be responsible for the content and substance of the Fund Documents as provided to the Company, including, but not limited to, the accuracy and completeness of the Fund Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing in any manner, the Fund and the Distributor shall be responsible for ensuring that the Fund Documents as provided to the Company: |
(a) | Meet the applicable standards of the 1933 Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; the 1940 Act; and all rules and regulations under those Acts; and |
(b) | Do not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. |
3. | Provision of Fund Documents for Paper Delivery. The Fund and the Distributor shall: |
(a) | At their expense, as the Company may reasonably request from time to time, provide the Company with sufficient paper copies of the then current Fund Documents, so that the Company may maintain a supply of such current paper documents sufficient in its reasonable judgment to meet anticipated requests from Contract Owners (see paragraphs (e) and (f) of Rule 30e-3 and paragraphs (i)(1) and (j)(3) of Rule 498A). Such Company requests shall be fulfilled reasonably promptly, but in no event more than 3 business days after the request from the Company is received by either the Fund or the Distributor. |
(b) | Alternatively, if requested by the Company in lieu thereof, the Fund or its designee shall provide such electronic or other documentation (including camera ready copies of the current Fund Documents as set in type, or at the request of the Company, a diskette in a form suitable to be sent to a financial printer), and such other assistance as is reasonably necessary to have the then current Fund Documents printed for distribution; the reasonable costs of providing the electronic documentation and of such printing to be borne by the Fund. |
(c) | The Fund (and/or the Distributor) shall reimburse the Company for the costs of mailing the Fund Documents to Contract Owners. This reimbursement is in addition to, and not part of or in lieu of, the Website Hosting and Notice Fee specified above. |
4. | Portfolio Expense and Performance Data. The Fund shall provide such data regarding each Portfolios expense ratios and investment performance as the Company shall reasonably request, to facilitate the registration and sale of the Variable Contracts. Without limiting the generality of the forgoing, the Fund shall provide the following Portfolio expense and performance data on a timely basis to facilitate the Companys preparation of its annually updated registration statement for the Variable Contracts (and as otherwise reasonably requested by the Company), but in no event later than 10 calendar days after the close of each Portfolios fiscal year: |
(a) | The gross Annual Portfolio Company Expenses for each Portfolio calculated in accordance with Item 3 of Form N-1A, before any expense reimbursements or fee waiver arrangements (and in accordance with (i) Instruction 16 to Item 4 of Form N-4, and (ii) Instruction 4(a) to Item 4 of Form N-6); |
(b) | The net Annual Portfolio Company Expenses (aka Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses) for each Portfolio calculated in accordance with Item 3 of Form N-1A, that include any expense reimbursements or fee waiver arrangements (and in accordance with (i) Instruction 17 to Item 4 of Form N-4, (ii) Instruction 4 |
to Item 17 of Form N-4, (iii) Instruction 4(b) to Item 4 of Form N-6, and (iv) Instruction 4 to Item 18 of Form N-6), and the period for which the expense reimbursements or fee waiver arrangement is expected to continue and whether it can be terminated by the Portfolio (or Fund); and |
(c) | The Average Annual Total Returns for each Portfolio (before taxes) as calculated pursuant to Item 4(b)(2)(iii) of Form N-1A (for the 1, 5, and 10 year periods, and in accordance with (i) Instruction 7 to Item 17 of Form N-4, and (ii) Instruction 7 to Item 18 of Form N-6). |
5. | Construction of this Amendment; Participation Agreement. |
(a) | This Amendment shall be interpreted to be consistent with, and to facilitate compliance with and reliance on, Rule 30-3 under the 1940 Act and Rule 498A (including paragraph (j) thereof) under the 1933 Act and any interpretations of those Rules by the Securities and Exchange Commission, its staff, courts, or other appropriate legal authorities. |
(b) | To the extent the terms of this Amendment conflict with the terms of the Participation Agreement, the terms of this Amendment shall control; otherwise, and except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Amendment, the terms of the Participation Agreement shall continue to apply, and shall apply to the duties, responsibilities, rights, and obligations of the Parties under and pursuant to this Amendment. |
6. | Counterparts and Delivery. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one instrument. A signed copy of this Amendment delivered by facsimile or by emailing a copy in .pdf form shall be treated as an original and shall bind all Parties just as would the exchange of originally signed copies. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the date first above written.
The Insurer:
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By: /s/ Liza Tyler |
Name: Liza Tyler |
Title: Vice President |
The Adviser: |
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. |
By: /s/ Emilie D. Wrapp |
Name: Emilie D. Wrapp |
Title: Assistant Secretary |
The Contracts Distributor: |
TRANSAMERICA CAPITAL, INC. |
By: /s/ Dave Curry |
Name: Dave Curry |
Title: Chief Distribution Officer |
The Distributor: |
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN INVESTMENTS, INC. |
By: /s/ Stephen J. Laffey |
Name: Stephen J. Laffey |
Title: Assistant Vice President |
AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
Regarding
RULES 30e-3 and 498A
As of February 21, 2023
By and among
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust
Franklin Distributors, LLC
Transamerica Life Insurance Company
Transamerica Capital, Inc.
This Amendment (the Amendment) is entered into as of February 21, 2023 (the Effective Date), by and among Transamerica Life Insurance Company (the Company), on its own behalf and on behalf of each separate account of the Company as set forth in the Participation Agreement (the Agreement), as may be amended from time to time (individually and collectively the Accounts), Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust (the Trust), Transamerica Capital, Inc. (the Distributor), and Franklin Distributors, LLC (the Underwriter) (collectively, the Parties). The Trust and the Underwriter are together we, us, or our.
The Parties now desire to amend the Agreement by this amendment (the Amendment). Unless otherwise indicated, the terms defined in the Agreement shall have the same meaning in this Amendment.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company (TOLIC) was merged into the Company effective October 1, 2008;
WHEREAS, Transamerica Advisors Life Insurance Company (TALIC) was merged into the Company effective July 1, 2019;
WHEREAS, Transamerica Premier Life Insurance Company (TPLIC) was merged into the Company effective October 1, 2020;
WHEREAS, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Participation Agreement with the Trust, the Distributor, and the Underwriter dated May 1, 2007, as amended; TOLIC entered into a Participation Agreement with the Trust, the Distributor, and the Underwriter dated May 1, 2001, as amended; TALIC entered into a Participation Agreement with the Trust, the Distributor, and the Underwriter dated March 1, 2005, as amended; and TPLIC entered into a Participation Agreement with the Trust, the Distributor, and the Underwriter dated November 10, 2008, as amended (collectively, the Participation Agreement);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement the Company invests in shares of certain of the portfolios of the Trust (the Portfolios) as a funding vehicle for the Accounts that issue variable annuity and life insurance contracts (the Variable Contracts) to persons that are registered owners of such Variable Contracts on the books and records of the Company (the Contract Owners);
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WHEREAS, the Accounts are registered as unit investment trusts under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act);
WHEREAS, the Company, on behalf of the Accounts, has certain obligations pursuant to Rule 30e-2 under the 1940 Act to deliver Portfolio shareholder reports to Contract Owners, which obligations may be satisfied by compliance with Rule 30e-3 under the 1940 Act (Rule 30e-3);
WHEREAS, the Company intends to comply with the requirements, terms and conditions of Rule 30e-3 in order to satisfy its obligation to deliver Portfolio shareholder reports to Contract Owners, including hosting the website of certain fund material required by Rule 30e-3;
WHEREAS, Section 5(b)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act) may require that a Statutory Prospectus (as defined in Rule 498A under the 1933 Act; Rule 498A) for the Portfolios be delivered to Contract Owners under certain circumstances;
WHEREAS, the Parties intend to meet any such Portfolio Statutory Prospectus delivery requirement by relying on (and complying with the requirements, terms and conditions of) paragraph (j) of Rule 498A for on-line delivery;
WHEREAS, under Section 4.6 of the Participation Agreement, the Company assumes sole responsibility for ensuring that: (1) Portfolio shareholder reports and prospectuses are delivered to Contract Owners in accordance with all applicable provisions of federal and state securities laws; and (2) for Portfolio documents provided by the Company on its website or by other electronic means, such delivery is in compliance with applicable state and federal requirements pertaining to electronic delivery, including consent, access, searchability by users, notice and evidence of delivery;
WHEREAS, paragraph (j) of Rule 498A requires, inter alia, that some of the Fund Documents (defined below) be posted and maintained on a website specified on the cover page of the Summary Prospectus for the Variable Contracts, and the Company intends to host said website;
WHEREAS, in order for the Company to fulfill its obligations under Rules 30e-3 and 498A (together, the Rules), as required for the Company to rely on the Rules, the Company will need access to the Fund Documents specified in the Rules, in the format required by the Rules;
WHEREAS, the Company requests Us to enter into this amendment to facilitate the Companys reliance on the Rules; and
WHEREAS, we wish to take all reasonable steps to assist the Company in its intent to rely on the Rules.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, which consideration is full and complete, the Parties hereby agree to supplement and amend the Participation Agreement as follows:
1. | Provision of Fund Documents; Website Posting. |
(a) | Fund Documents. In order to assist the Company in the Companys compliance with the Rules, including the Companys obligation to host certain documents on its website, we will provide to the Company the following Fund Documents, as specified in paragraph (b)(1) of Rule 30e-3 and paragraph (j)(1)(iii) of Rule 498A: |
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(i) | Summary Prospectus for the Portfolios; |
(ii) | Statutory Prospectus for the Portfolios; |
(iii) | Statement of Additional Information (SAI) for the Portfolios; |
(iv) | Most Recent Annual and Semi-Annual Reports to Shareholders (under Rule 30e-1 under the 1940 Act) for the Portfolios (together, the Shareholder Reports) (referred to in Rule 30e-3 as the Current and Prior Report to Shareholders); |
(v) | Complete Portfolio Holdings from Shareholder Reports Containing a Summary Schedule of Investments; and |
(vi) | Portfolio Holdings for Most Recent First and Third Fiscal Quarters (together with the complete portfolio holdings specified in (v) above, the Portfolio Holdings). |
(b) | Deadline for Providing, and Currentness of, Fund Documents. |
(i) | We will provide the Summary Prospectus, Statutory Prospectus, and SAI for the Portfolios to the Company (or its designee), to the extent specified in Rule 498A and within a time frame reasonably designed to assist the Company in complying with the Companys website posting obligations under Rule 498A, as the Company may reasonably request sufficiently in advance, in order to facilitate the Companys continuous offering of the Variable Contracts and the Companys securities. |
(ii) | The Trust and the Underwriter shall provide the Shareholder Reports and Portfolio Holdings to the Company (or its designee), to the extent specified in Rule 30e-3 and within a time frame reasonably designed to assist the Company in complying with the Companys website posting obligations under Rule 30e-3. The Company covenants that it will not make public any portfolio holdings information prior to the date on which the Trust files such information with the SEC on EDGAR, and will execute a non-disclosure agreement with respect to this covenant, in the form we provide, prior to Our provision of portfolio holdings information. If the Portfolio does not provide the Company with its complete portfolio holdings pursuant to Rule 30e-3(b)(1)(iii) because they are currently included in the Shareholder Report, and later seeks to discontinue including the complete portfolio holdings in the Shareholder Report, it will give the Company no less than sixty (60) days advance written notice prior to implementing the change. |
(c) | Format of Fund Documents. The Trust and the Underwriter shall provide the Fund Documents to the Company (or its designee) in an electronic format that is suitable for website posting, and in a format, or formats, that: |
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(i) | are both human-readable and capable of being printed on paper in human-readable format (in accordance with paragraphs (b)(3) of Rule 30e-3 and paragraph (h)(2)(i) of Rule 498A); and |
(ii) | will enable the Company to permit persons accessing the Statutory Prospectus and SAI to move directly back and forth between each section heading in a table of contents of such a document and the section of the document referenced in that section heading (that is, these documents must include linking, in accordance with paragraph (h)(2)(ii) of Rule 498A); and |
(iii) | will enable the Company to permit persons accessing the Fund Documents to permanently retain, free of charge, an electronic version of such materials that meet the requirements of subparagraphs (h)(2)(i) and (ii) of Rule 498A (in accordance with paragraph (h)(3) of Rule 498A). |
(d) | Website Hosting. The Company shall host and maintain the website specified in paragraph (j)(1)(iii) of Rule 498A, so that the Fund Documents are publicly accessible, free of charge, at that website, in accordance with the conditions set forth in that paragraph. In consideration of hosting such website and providing increased access to fund documents to existing Contract Owners, the Trust will reimburse the Company for the Trusts proportional share of the costs actually incurred by the Company to host and maintain the fund documents on the Companys website. |
(e) | Designated Portfolio Documents. The Fund Documents will be considered Designated Portfolio Documents for purposes of Section 4.6 of the Participation Agreement. |
(f) | Use of Summary Prospectuses. |
(i) | The Company shall ensure that an Initial Summary Prospectus is used for each currently offered Variable Contract described under the related registration statement, in accordance with paragraph (j)(1)(i) of Rule 498A. |
(ii) | The Trust currently uses a summary prospectus for the Portfolios, which is subject to the Summary Prospectus Addendum to the Participation Agreement; we will provide sixty (60) days advance notice to the Company if we decide to discontinue the use of summary prospectuses for any relevant Portfolio. |
2. | Portfolio Expense and Performance Data. The Trust and the Underwriter shall provide such data regarding each Portfolios expense ratios and investment performance as the Company shall reasonably request, to facilitate the registration and sale of the Variable Contracts. Without limiting the generality of the forgoing, the Trust and the Underwriter shall provide the following Portfolio expense and performance data on a timely basis to facilitate the Companys preparation of its annually updated registration statement for the Variable Contracts (and as otherwise reasonably requested by the Company). |
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(a) | In no event later than sixty (60) calendar days after the close of each Portfolios fiscal year: The gross Annual Portfolio Company Expenses for each Portfolio calculated in accordance with Item 3 of Form N-1A, before any expense reimbursements or fee waiver arrangements for the time periods required in Form N-1A; and |
(b) | In no event later than sixty (60) calendar days after the close of each Portfolios fiscal year: The net Annual Portfolio Company Expenses (aka Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses) for each Portfolio calculated in accordance with Item 3 of Form N-1A, that include any expense reimbursements or fee waiver arrangements and the period for which the expense reimbursements or fee waiver arrangement is expected to continue and whether it can be terminated by the Portfolio (or Fund); and |
(c) | The Average Annual Total Returns for each Portfolio (before taxes) as calculated pursuant to Item 4(b)(2)(iii) of Form N-1A and made publicly available by the Trust. |
3. | Construction of this Amendment; Participation Agreement. |
(a) | This Amendment shall be interpreted to be consistent with, and to facilitate compliance with and reliance on, Rule 30-3 under the 1940 Act and Rule 498A (including paragraph (j) thereof) under the 1933 Act and any interpretations of those Rules by the Securities and Exchange Commission, its staff, courts, or other appropriate legal authorities. |
(b) | To the extent the terms of this Amendment conflict with the terms of the Participation Agreement, the terms of this Amendment shall control; otherwise, and except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Amendment, the terms of the Participation Agreement shall continue to apply, and shall apply to the duties, responsibilities, rights, and obligations of the Parties under and pursuant to this Amendment. |
4. | Termination. This Amendment shall terminate upon the earlier of: |
(a) | termination of the Participation Agreement; or |
(b) | sixty (60) days written notice from any Party to the other Parties. |
5. | Counterparts and Delivery. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one instrument. A signed copy of this Amendment delivered by facsimile or by emailing a copy in .pdf form shall be treated as an original and shall bind all Parties just as would the exchange of originally signed copies. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Amendment to be executed as of the date first above written.
The Company: | TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | |
on behalf of itself and each Separate Account | ||
By: /s/ Liza Tyler | ||
Name: Liza Tyler | ||
Title: Vice President | ||
The Distributor: | TRANSAMERICA CAPITAL, INC. | |
By: /s/ Dave Curry | ||
Name: Dave Curry | ||
Title: Chief Distribution Officer | ||
The Trust: | FRANKLIN TEMPLETON VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS TRUST | |
Only on behalf of | ||
each Portfolio listed on | ||
schedule C of the | By: /s/ Steven Gray | |
agreement | Name: Steven Gray | |
Title: Vice President | ||
The Underwriter: | FRANKLIN DISTRIBUTORS, LLC | |
By: /s/ Jeff Masom | ||
Name: Jeff Masom | ||
Title: President |
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Administrative Office: 6400 C Street SW Cedar Rapids, IA 52499 |
April 26, 2024
Transamerica Life Insurance Company
6400 C Street SW
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499-0001
Dear Sir/Madam:
With reference to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 by Transamerica Life Insurance Company and WRL Series Life Account with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering individual variable universal life contracts, I have consulted with outside counsel and examined such documents and such law as I considered necessary and appropriate, and on the basis of such examination and consultation, it is my opinion that:
1. | Transamerica Life Insurance Company is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Iowa and has been duly authorized to issue individual variable universal life contracts by the Department of Insurance of the State of Iowa. |
2. | WRL Series Life Account is a duly authorized and existing separate account established pursuant to the provisions of Section 508A.1 of the Iowa Insurance Code. |
3. | The Individual Variable Universal Life Contracts have been duly authorized by Transamerica Life Insurance Company and, when sold in jurisdictions authorizing such sales, in accordance with and when issued as contemplated by said Form N-6 Registration Statement, will constitute legal, validly issued and binding obligations of Transamerica Life Insurance Company. |
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to said N-6 Registration Statement.
Very truly yours, |
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY |
/s/ Brian Stallworth |
Brian Stallworth |
Assistant General Counsel |
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 (No. 333-249154) (the Registration Statement) of our report dated April 11, 2024 relating to the financial statements of Transamerica Life Insurance Company and consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement of our report dated April 19, 2024 relating to the financial statements of each of the subaccounts of WRL Series Life Account indicated in our report. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm in such Registration Statement.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
Chicago, Illinois |
April 25, 2024 |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Jamie Ohl, Director and President and Chief Executive Officer, Individual Solutions Division, of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, do hereby appoint Brian Stallworth and Mark Buchinsky, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the registration of the variable contracts listed below, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder without the others.
Product Name | Separate Account Name | 1940 Act File Number | ||
Transamerica B-Share Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom III Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica I-Share II Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Principium IV Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity Series | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom II | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Principium III | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity I-Share | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Inspire Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity O-Share | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Advisory Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Liberty Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity | Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account A | 811-06459 | ||
Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity | Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account B | 811-06546 | ||
Vanguard Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA DD | 811-06144 | ||
WRL Freedom Premier III Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA U | 811-21427 | ||
WRL Freedom Premier | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
WRL Freedom Conqueror | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
WRL Freedom Wealth Creator | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
Secure Path for Life | Separate Account VA FF | 811-22370 | ||
Advantage IV | WRL Series Life Corporate Account | 811-08833 | ||
Advantage X | Transamerica Corporate Separate Account Sixteen | 811-21440 | ||
Transamerica Freedom Elite Builder II | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Financial Freedom Builder | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Freedom Elite builder | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Freedom Equity Protector | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
Transamerica Structured Index Advantage Annuity | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | ||
Form S-1, S-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of March 2024.
/s/Jamie Ohl |
Jamie Ohl |
Director and President and Chief Executive Officer, Individual Solutions Division |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Matt Keppler, a Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, do hereby appoint Brian Stallworth and Mark Buchinsky, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the registration of the variable contracts listed below, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder without the others.
Product Name | Separate Account Name | 1940 Act File Number | ||
Transamerica B-Share Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom III Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica I-Share II Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Principium IV Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity Series | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom II | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Principium III | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity I-Share | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Inspire Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity O-Share | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Advisory Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Liberty Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity | Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account A | 811-06459 | ||
Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity | Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account B | 811-06546 | ||
Vanguard Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA DD | 811-06144 | ||
WRL Freedom Premier III Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA U | 811-21427 | ||
WRL Freedom Premier | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
WRL Freedom Conqueror | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
WRL Freedom Wealth Creator | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
Secure Path for Life | Separate Account VA FF | 811-22370 | ||
Advantage IV | WRL Series Life Corporate Account | 811-08833 | ||
Advantage X | Transamerica Corporate Separate Account Sixteen | 811-21440 | ||
Transamerica Freedom Elite Builder II | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Financial Freedom Builder | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Freedom Elite builder | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Freedom Equity Protector | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
Transamerica Structured Index Advantage Annuity | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | ||
Form S-1, S-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of March 2024.
/s/Matt Keppler |
Matt Keppler |
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Chris Giovanni, a Director, Chief Strategy & Development Officer and Senior Vice President of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, do hereby appoint Brian Stallworth and Mark Buchinsky, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the registration of the variable contracts listed below, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder without the others.
Product Name | Separate Account Name | 1940 Act File Number | ||
Transamerica B-Share Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom III Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica I-Share II Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Principium IV Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity Series | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom II | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Principium III | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity I-Share | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Inspire Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity O-Share | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Advisory Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Liberty Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity | Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account A | 811-06459 | ||
Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity | Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account B | 811-06546 | ||
Vanguard Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA DD | 811-06144 | ||
WRL Freedom Premier III Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA U | 811-21427 | ||
WRL Freedom Premier | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
WRL Freedom Conqueror | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
WRL Freedom Wealth Creator | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
Secure Path for Life | Separate Account VA FF | 811-22370 | ||
Advantage IV | WRL Series Life Corporate Account | 811-08833 | ||
Advantage X | Transamerica Corporate Separate Account Sixteen | 811-21440 | ||
Transamerica Freedom Elite Builder II | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Financial Freedom Builder | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Freedom Elite builder | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Freedom Equity Protector | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
Transamerica Structured Index Advantage Annuity | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | ||
Form S-1, S-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of March 2024.
/s/Chris Giovanni |
Chris Giovanni |
Director, Chief Strategy & Development Officer and Senior Vice President |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Christopher S. Fleming, a Director and Chief Operating Officer, Individual Solutions Division of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, do hereby appoint Brian Stallworth and Mark Buchinsky, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the registration of the variable contracts listed below, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder without the others.
Product Name | Separate Account Name | 1940 Act File Number | ||
Transamerica B-Share Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom III Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica I-Share II Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Principium IV Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity Series | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom II | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Principium III | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity I-Share | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Inspire Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity O-Share | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Advisory Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Liberty Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity | Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account A | 811-06459 | ||
Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity | Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account B | 811-06546 | ||
Vanguard Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA DD | 811-06144 | ||
WRL Freedom Premier III Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA U | 811-21427 | ||
WRL Freedom Premier | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
WRL Freedom Conqueror | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
WRL Freedom Wealth Creator | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
Secure Path for Life | Separate Account VA FF | 811-22370 | ||
Advantage IV | WRL Series Life Corporate Account | 811-08833 | ||
Advantage X | Transamerica Corporate Separate Account Sixteen | 811-21440 | ||
Transamerica Freedom Elite Builder II | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Financial Freedom Builder | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Freedom Elite builder | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Freedom Equity Protector | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
Transamerica Structured Index Advantage Annuity | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | ||
Form S-1, S-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of March 2024.
/s/Christopher S. Fleming |
Christopher S. Fleming |
Director and Chief Operating Officer, Individual Solutions Division |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Zachary Harris, a Director, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Workplace Solutions Division of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, do hereby appoint Brian Stallworth and Mark Buchinsky, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the registration of the variable contracts listed below, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder without the others.
Product Name | Separate Account Name | 1940 Act File Number | ||
Transamerica B-Share Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom III Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica I-Share II Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Principium IV Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity Series | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom II | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Principium III | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity I-Share | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Inspire Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity O-Share | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Advisory Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Liberty Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity | Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account A | 811-06459 | ||
Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity | Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account B | 811-06546 | ||
Vanguard Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA DD | 811-06144 | ||
WRL Freedom Premier III Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA U | 811-21427 | ||
WRL Freedom Premier | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
WRL Freedom Conqueror | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
WRL Freedom Wealth Creator | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
Secure Path for Life | Separate Account VA FF | 811-22370 | ||
Advantage IV | WRL Series Life Corporate Account | 811-08833 | ||
Advantage X | Transamerica Corporate Separate Account Sixteen | 811-21440 | ||
Transamerica Freedom Elite Builder II | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Financial Freedom Builder | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Freedom Elite builder | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Freedom Equity Protector | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
Transamerica Structured Index Advantage Annuity | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | ||
Form S-1, S-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of March 2024.
/s/Zachary Harris |
Zachary Harris |
Director, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Workplace Solutions Division |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Andrew S. Williams, a Director, Assistant Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, do hereby appoint Brian Stallworth and Mark Buchinsky, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the registration of the variable contracts listed below, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder without the others.
Product Name | Separate Account Name | 1940 Act File Number | ||
Transamerica B-Share Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom III Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica I-Share II Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Principium IV Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity Series | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom II | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Principium III | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity I-Share | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Inspire Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity O-Share | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Advisory Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Liberty Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity | Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account A | 811-06459 | ||
Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity | Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account B | 811-06546 | ||
Vanguard Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA DD | 811-06144 | ||
WRL Freedom Premier III Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA U | 811-21427 | ||
WRL Freedom Premier | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
WRL Freedom Conqueror | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
WRL Freedom Wealth Creator | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
Secure Path for Life | Separate Account VA FF | 811-22370 | ||
Advantage IV | WRL Series Life Corporate Account | 811-08833 | ||
Advantage X | Transamerica Corporate Separate Account Sixteen | 811-21440 | ||
Transamerica Freedom Elite Builder II | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Financial Freedom Builder | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Freedom Elite builder | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Freedom Equity Protector | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
Transamerica Structured Index Advantage Annuity | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | ||
Form S-1, S-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of March 2024.
/s/Andrew S. Williams |
Andrew S. Williams |
Director, Assistant Secretary, General Counsel and Senior Vice President |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Bonnie T. Gerst, Director, Chairman of the Board and President, Financial Assets, of Transamerica Life Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation, do hereby appoint Brian Stallworth and Mark Buchinsky, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, and proxies, exemptive orders or other documents filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in connection with the registration of the variable contracts listed below, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder without the others.
Product Name | Separate Account Name | 1940 Act File Number | ||
Transamerica B-Share Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom III Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica I-Share II Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Principium IV Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity Series | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom II | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Principium III | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity I-Share | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Inspire Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Variable Annuity O-Share | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Advisory Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Landmark Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Freedom Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Extra Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Liberty Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Transamerica Axiom Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA B | 811-06032 | ||
Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity | Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account A | 811-06459 | ||
Merrill Lynch Retirement Plus Variable Annuity | Merrill Lynch Life Variable Annuity Separate Account B | 811-06546 | ||
Vanguard Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA DD | 811-06144 | ||
WRL Freedom Premier III Variable Annuity | Separate Account VA U | 811-21427 | ||
WRL Freedom Premier | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
WRL Freedom Conqueror | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
WRL Freedom Wealth Creator | WRL Series Annuity Account | 811-05672 | ||
Secure Path for Life | Separate Account VA FF | 811-22370 | ||
Advantage IV | Transamerica Corporate Separate Account Sixteen | 811-21440 | ||
Advantage IV | WRL Series Life Corporate Account | 811-08833 | ||
Advantage X | Transamerica Corporate Separate Account Sixteen | 811-21440 | ||
Transamerica Freedom Elite Builder II | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Financial Freedom Builder | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Freedom Elite builder | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
WRL Freedom Equity Protector | WRL Series Life Account | 811-4420 | ||
Transamerica Structured Index Advantage Annuity | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | ||
Form S-1, S-3, N-4 or N-6 Registration Statements to be filed. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of March 2024.
/s/Bonnie T. Gerst |
Bonnie T. Gerst |
Director, Chairman of the Board and President, Financial Assets |
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