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Supplement Date November 7, 2012

To

Prospectuses Dated April 30, 2012

This supplement is intended for distribution with prospectuses dated April 30, 2012 for variable life insurance contracts issued by John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) and John Hancock Life Insurance Company of New York, as applicable. The affected prospectuses bear the titles:

 

  VUL Accumulator  
  Corporate VUL  
  EPVUL  
  VUL Protector  
  SPVL  
  Survivorship VUL  
  Protection Variable Universal Life  

Portfolio Mergers

Effective after the close of business on November 2, 2012, the portfolios of John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust listed below under “Acquired Portfolios” merged into the corresponding John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust portfolio listed below under “Acquiring Portfolios.”

 

   

Acquired Portfolios

  

Acquiring Portfolios

    
  American Blue Chip Income and Growth    American Growth-Income   
  International Opportunities    International Growth Stock   
  500 Index    500 Index B   
  International Equity Index A    International Equity Index B   

As a result, you will not be able to allocate your policy value or any premium payments to an investment account corresponding with one of the Acquired Portfolios after November 2, 2012. You should disregard any reference in your product prospectus to the Acquired Portfolios.


Portfolio Addition

Effective November 5, 2012, the list of investment accounts on the first page of the prospectus is updated to reflect the addition of the International Growth Stock portfolio to your policy, which invests in the corresponding portfolio of the John Hancock Variable Insurance Trust.

We add the following disclosure to the Table of Investment Options and Investment Subadvisers:

 

Portfolio

  

Portfolio Manager

  

Investment Objective

International Equity Index B    SSgA Funds Management, Inc.    To seek to track the performance of a broad-based equity index of foreign companies primarily in developed countries and, to a lesser extent, in emerging markets. Under normal market conditions, the portfolio invests at least 80% of its assets in securities listed in the MSCI All Country World Excluding U.S. Index*, or American Depositary Receipts or Global Depositary Receipts representing such securities.
International Growth Stock    John Hancock Asset Management, a division of Manulife Asset Management (US) LLC    To seek to achieve long-term growth of capital. The portfolio invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of international securities whose issuers are considers by the portfolio’s subadviser to have strong earnings growth. Under normal market conditions, the portfolio invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in stock of any market capitalization.

You should read this supplement together with the prospectus for the contract you purchased, and retain both for future reference.

Prior to making any investment decisions, you should carefully review your product prospectus and all applicable supplements. In addition, you should review the prospectuses and applicable supplements for the underlying portfolios that we make available as investment options under the policies. The prospectuses describe the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of, and the risks relating to, investment in the portfolios. In the case of any of the portfolios that are operated as feeder funds, you should also review the prospectus for the corresponding master fund. If you need to obtain additional copies of any of these documents, please contact your representative or contact our Service Office at the address or telephone number on the back page of your product prospectus.

 

 

333-85284

   
 

333-88748

   
 

333-71136

   
 

333-100597

   
 

333-100567

   
 

333-85296

   
 

333-88972

   
 

333-33504

   
 

333-100664

   

VLI ProdSupp VL3 10/2012