0001104659-08-026910.txt : 20151006 0001104659-08-026910.hdr.sgml : 20151006 20080425154221 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-08-026910 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080425 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UNION SECURITY INSURANCE CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000823533 IRS NUMBER: 810170040 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MN FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 500 BIELENBERG DRIVE CITY: WOODBURY STATE: MN ZIP: 55125 BUSINESS PHONE: 6517384000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 64284 CITY: ST PAUL STATE: MN ZIP: 55164 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FORTIS BENEFITS INSURANCE CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WESTERN LIFE INSURANCE CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920329 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UNION SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE CO OF NEW YORK CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000914804 IRS NUMBER: 132699219 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 308 MALTBIE STREET SUITE 200 CITY: SYRACUSE STATE: NY ZIP: 13204 BUSINESS PHONE: 3154510066 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 308 MLATBIE STREET SUITE 200 CITY: SYRACUSE STATE: NY ZIP: 13204 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST FORTIS LIFE INSURANCE CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19931117 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm

 

April 25, 2008

 

 

Sarah M. Patterson

 

Counsel

 

Law Department

 

200 Hopmeadow Street

 

Simsbury, CT 06089

VIA EDGAR

Direct Dial: (860) 843-6085

 

Fax: (860) 380-1616

Mr. Michael Kosoff, Esq.

Staff Attorney – Office of Insurance Products

Division of Investment Management

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549-4644

 

 

Re:

Union Security Insurance Company

 

File Nos. 333-43805, 033-63799, 333-65231, 033-63829

 

 

 

Union Security Life Insurance Company of New York

 

File Nos. 333-14761, 333-20345

 

Dear Mr. Kosoff:

 

Thank you for your email of April 25, 2008 commenting on the above-captioned registration statements.  In accordance with your request, presented below and attached hereto please find specific responses to each of your comments and questions:

 

1.              Market Value Adjustment (p. 13 of 333-637999)

 

a.               Please clarify your explanation on how the MVA operates.  The prospectus states,  “if your Guarantee period’s rate of interest is higher than the rate of interest we are crediting for the new Guarantee Period, then the application of the Market Value Adjustment will increase the amount you receive or transfer.”  This is not necessarily accurate because of the MVA factor.  (See Appendix 1, sample calculation 3).  Please revise the general description of how the MVA operates.  (i.e., If your Guarantee Period’s rate of interest is lower than the sum of the new Guarantee Period and the Market Value Adjustment factor, then the application of the Market Value Adjustment will reduce the amount you receive or transfer. Conversely, if your Guarantee period’s rate of interest is higher than the sum of the rate of interest we are crediting for the new Guarantee Period and the Market Value Adjustment factor, then

 



 

the application of the Market Value Adjustment will increase the amount you receive or transfer.” (applies to all filings)

 

Response: Agreed.

 

b.              Please state the value of the market value adjustment factor in the prospectus.  Also, please describe the purpose of the market value adjustment factor (i.e., to cover administrative or transaction costs).  (applies to all filings)

 

Response: Agreed.

 

c.               Please clarify whether a MVA is taken against the death benefit.  (applies to 333-20345, 333-14761, 033-63799 (both), 033-63829)

 

Response: The MVA is not taken against the death benefit. The bullet points referring to the death benefit will be removed.

 

d.              If it is at all possible that the registrant will stop offering certain guaranteed periods to investors, please explain what alternate values will be used to calculate the MVA.

 

Response: If certain guarantee periods are no longer offered to investors we would select a comparable, recognizable index to calculate the MVA.

 

2.              Appendix 1

 

Please include in the first sentence that the MVA also affects amounts annuitized and paid out as a death benefit.  (applies to all filings)

 

Response: Language will be added to state that the MVA also affects amounts annuitized.  The MVA is not taken against the death benefit.

 

3.              Tandy Representations

 

Registrant hereby acknowledges that the Staff of the Commission has not passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the prospectus and related statement of additional information for the above referenced registration statements. Registrant further acknowledges that the review of the filing by the Staff of the Commission does not relieve it of its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure of this filing nor does it foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing. Further, registrant acknowledges that it may not assert as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under federal securities law that the Staff of the Commission reviewed the filing and provided comments to the registrant or that the filing became automatically effective thereafter.

 

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As per our telephone conversation of today, we will make the above-referenced changes to the registration statements via Rule 424(b)(3). Please contact myself or Richard Wirth if you have any questions. Thank you.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

/s/ Sarah M. Patterson

 

 

Encl.

 

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Union Security Insurance Company

File Nos. 333-43805, 033-63799, 333-65231, 033-63829

 

Union Security Life Insurance Company of New York

File Nos. 333-14761, 333-20345

 


 

Supplement To Prospectus Dated

May 1, 2008

 


 

The following replaces the text appearing under the heading “Market Value Adjustment”:

 

Except as described below, we will apply a Market Value Adjustment to any account value that is surrendered, transferred, or otherwise paid out (annuitized) before the end of a Guarantee Period.  For example, we will apply a Market Value Adjustment to account value that we pay as an amount applied to an Annuity Payout option, or as an amount paid as a single sum in lieu of an Annuity Payout.

 

The purpose of the Market Value Adjustment is to transfer the risk to you of prematurely liquidating your investment. The Market Value Adjustment reflects both the amount of time left in your Guarantee period and the difference between the rate of interest credited to your current Guarantee period and the interest rate we are crediting to a new Guarantee Period with a duration equal to the amount of time left in your Guarantee Period. If your Guarantee Period’s rate of interest is lower than the sum of the new Guarantee Period interest rate and the Market Value Adjustment factor (i.e., [0.005%]), then the application of the Market Value Adjustment will reduce the amount you receive or transfer. Conversely, if your Guarantee Period’s rate of interest is higher than the sum of the rate of interest we are crediting for the new Guarantee Period and the Market Value Adjustment factor, then the application of the Market Value Adjustment will increase the amount you receive or transfer.  You will find a sample Market Value Adjustment calculation in Appendix I.

 

We do not apply a Market Value Adjustment to withdrawals and transfers of account value in the following circumstances:

 

1.     Death benefits paid pursuant to a Contract;

2.     Surrenders or transfers from the one-year Guarantee Period;

3.     Surrenders during a 30 day period that begins 15 days before the end of the Guarantee Period in which the account value was being held, and that ends 15 days after the end of the Guarantee Period in which the account value was being held; and

4.     Surrenders or transfers from a Guarantee Period on a periodic, automatic basis.  This exception only applies to such withdrawals or transfers under a formal company program. We may impose conditions and limitations on any formal company program for the withdrawal or transfer of account values.  Ask your representative about the availability of such a program in your state and applicable conditions and limitations.

 



 

The following replaces the first sentence of the hypothetical provided in Appendix I: “We will determine the Market Value Adjustment by multiplying the account value that is withdrawn, transferred or otherwise paid out (annuitized) before the end of a Guarantee Period (after deduction of any applicable surrender charge) by the following Market Value Adjustment factor.

 


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