Wilton Reassurance Life

Co of New York Variable

Annuity Account

 

Financial Statements as of December 31, 2023 and for

the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting

Firm


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors of Wilton Reassurance Life Co of New York and the contractholders of

Wilton Reassurance Life Co of New York Variable Annuity Account

Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights

We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets of each of the sub-accounts of Wilton Reassurance Life Co of New York Variable Annuity Account (the “Account”) listed in Appendix A as of December 31, 2023, the related statement of operations, statements of changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in Appendix A and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the sub-accounts of the Account as of December 31, 2023, and the results of their operations, changes in their net assets, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in Appendix A, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Account’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Account’s financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Account in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Account is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Account’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2023, by correspondence with the Account’s fund managers. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Stamford, Connecticut

April 4, 2024

We have served as the auditor of Wilton Reassurance Life Co of New York Variable Annuity Account since 1999.


Wilton Reassurance Life Co of New York Variable Annuity Account    APPENDIX A  

 

Sub-account   Statement of Net Assets   Statement of Operations  

Statements of Changes

in Net Assets

   Financial Highlights 
     As of   For the Year Ended   For Each of the/For the    For Each of the/For the 

DWS Capital Growth VIP Class A

  December 31, 2023   December 31, 2023   Two Years Ended
December 31, 2023
  Five Years Ended
December 31, 2023

DWS Core Equity VIP Class A

  December 31, 2023   December 31, 2023   Two Years Ended
December 31, 2023
  Five Years Ended
December 31, 2023

DWS CROCI® International VIP Class A

  December 31, 2023   December 31, 2023   Two Years Ended
December 31, 2023
  Five Years Ended
December 31, 2023

DWS Global Income Builder VIP Class A II

  December 31, 2023   December 31, 2023   Two Years Ended
December 31, 2023
  Five Years Ended
December 31, 2023

DWS Global Small Cap VIP Class A

  December 31, 2023   December 31, 2023   Two Years Ended
December 31, 2023
  Five Years Ended
December 31, 2023

DWS Government Money Market VIP Class A II

  December 31, 2023   December 31, 2023   Two Years Ended
December 31, 2023
  Five Years Ended
December 31, 2023

DWS Small Mid Cap Growth VIP Class A II

  December 31, 2023   December 31, 2023   Two Years Ended
December 31, 2023
  Five Years Ended
December 31, 2023


WILTON REASSURANCE LIFE CO OF NEW YORK VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT

 

 

STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS

As of December 31, 2023

 

   

DWS Capital

Growth

VIP Class A

   

DWS Core

Equity

VIP Class A

   

DWS CROCI®

International

VIP Class A

   

DWS Global

Income Builder

VIP Class A II

   

DWS Global

Small Cap

VIP Class A

   

DWS Government

Money Market

VIP Class A II

 

ASSETS

           

Investments, at fair value

  $ 8,884,490     $ 3,878,663     $ 1,822,223     $ 4,259,836     $ 1,434,173     $ 623,207   

Total assets

  $ 8,884,490     $ 3,878,663     $ 1,822,223     $ 4,259,836     $ 1,434,173     $ 623,207   
       

NET ASSETS

           

Accumulation units

  $ 8,884,490     $ 3,878,663     $ 1,822,223     $ 4,259,836     $ 1,434,173     $ 623,207   

Total net assets

  $   8,884,490     $ 3,878,663     $ 1,822,223     $ 4,259,836     $ 1,434,173     $ 623,207   
       

FUND SHARE INFORMATION

           

Number of shares

    234,791       316,884       243,939       189,410       137,241       623,207   

Cost of investments

  $ 6,277,375     $   3,245,973     $   1,936,099     $   4,227,243     $   1,638,200     $     623,207   

ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE

  $ 314.80     $ 129.54     $ 59.27     $ 23.30     $ 75.54     $ 10.67   

 

 

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2023

 

   

DWS Capital

Growth

VIP Class A

   

DWS Core

Equity

VIP Class A

   

DWS CROCI®

International

VIP Class A

   

DWS Global

Income Builder

VIP Class A II

   

DWS Global

Small Cap

VIP Class A

   

DWS Government

Money Market

VIP Class A II

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

           

Dividends

  $ 5,780     $ 32,875     $ 56,107     $ 124,267     $ 11,353     $ 32,057   
Charges from Wilton Reassurance Life Company of New York            

Mortality and expense risk

    (45,899     (20,728     (9,823     (22,864     (7,796     (3,999)  

Contract Administration

    (9,029     (4,090     (2,053     (4,688     (1,782     (831)  

Net investment income (loss)

    (49,148     8,057       44,231       96,715       1,775       27,227   

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS

           

Realized gains (losses) on fund shares:

           

Proceeds from sales

    864,126       165,456       56,601       39,608       335,528           102,813   

Cost of investments sold

    737,317       148,029       65,630       42,433       441,462       102,813   

 Realized gains (losses) on fund shares

    126,809       17,427       (9,029     (2,825     (105,934     —   

Realized gain distributions

    318,187       200,317                   7,463       —   

Net realized gains (losses)

    444,996       217,744       (9,029     (2,825     (98,471     —   

Change in unrealized gains (losses)

    2,092,374       562,002       247,853       432,739       392,424       —   

 Net realized and change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

      2,537,370          779,746          238,824          429,914          293,953       —   

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS

  $ 2,488,222     $ 787,803     $ 283,055     $ 526,629     $ 295,728     $ 27,227   
       

 

See notes to financial statements.

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WILTON REASSURANCE LIFE CO OF NEW YORK VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT

 

 

STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS

As of December 31, 2023

 

   

DWS Small Mid

Cap Growth VIP

Class A II

 

ASSETS

 

Investments, at fair value

  $ 228,874   

Total assets

  $ 228,874   
       

NET ASSETS

 

Accumulation units

  $ 228,874   

Total net assets

  $     228,874   
       

FUND SHARE INFORMATION

 

Number of shares

    16,706   

Cost of investments

  $ 272,084   

ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE

  $ 30.85   

 

 

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2023

 

   

DWS Small Mid

Cap Growth VIP

Class A II

 

NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

 

Dividends

  $ 52   
Charges from Wilton Reassurance Life Company of New York  

Mortality and expense risk

    (1,188)  

Contract Administration

    (242)  

Net investment income (loss)

    (1,378)  

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS

 

Realized gains (losses) on fund shares:

 

Proceeds from sales

    2,184   

Cost of investments sold

    3,101   

 Realized gains (losses) on fund shares

    (917)  

Realized gain distributions

    7,145   

Net realized gains (losses)

    6,228   

Change in unrealized gains (losses)

         30,045   

 Net realized and change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    36,273   

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS

  $ 34,895   
       

 

See notes to financial statements.

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WILTON REASSURANCE LIFE CO OF NEW YORK VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT

 

 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

    2023  
   

DWS Capital

Growth

VIP Class A

   

DWS Core

Equity

VIP Class A

   

DWS CROCI®

International

VIP Class A

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS

     

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (49,148   $ 8,057     $ 44,231   

Net realized gains (losses)

    444,996       217,744       (9,029)  

Change in unrealized gains (losses)

    2,092,374       562,002       247,853   

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

    2,488,222       787,803       283,055   

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM CONTRACT TRANSACTIONS

     

Deposits

    344       344       275   

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

    (808,364     (140,449     (26,969)  

Transfers among the sub-accounts and with the Fixed Account - net

    20,745       (65     (17,723)  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

    (787,275     (140,170     (44,417)  

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    1,700,947       647,633       238,638   

NET ASSETS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD

    7,183,543       3,231,030       1,583,585   

NET ASSETS AT END OF PERIOD

  $     8,884,490     $     3,878,663     $     1,822,223   
       

Accumulation Units outstanding at beginning of period

    31,402       31,102       31,557   

Units issued

    78       4       6   

Units redeemed

    (3,258     (1,165     (821)  

Accumulation Units outstanding at end of period

    28,222       29,941       30,742   
       
    2023  
   

DWS Global

Income Builder

VIP Class A II

   

DWS Global

Small Cap

VIP Class A

   

DWS Government

Money Market

VIP Class A II

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS

     

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 96,715     $ 1,775     $ 27,227   

Net realized gains (losses)

    (2,825     (98,471     —   

Change in unrealized gains (losses)

    432,739       392,424       —   

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

    526,629       295,728       27,227   

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM CONTRACT TRANSACTIONS

     

Deposits

    275       138       —   

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

    (12,139     (318,577     (66,281)  

Transfers among the sub-accounts and with the Fixed Account - net

    502       (7,393     (19,717)  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

    (11,362     (325,832     (85,998)  

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    515,267       (30,104     (58,771)  

NET ASSETS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD

    3,744,569       1,464,277       681,978   

NET ASSETS AT END OF PERIOD

  $ 4,259,836     $ 1,434,173     $ 623,207   
       

Accumulation Units outstanding at beginning of period

    183,385       23,978       66,505   

Units issued

    32       2       1,155   

Units redeemed

    (568     (4,994     (9,117)  

Accumulation Units outstanding at end of period

    182,849       18,986       58,543   
       

 

See notes to financial statements.

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WILTON REASSURANCE LIFE CO OF NEW YORK VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT

 

 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

    2023  
   

DWS Small Mid

Cap Growth VIP

Class A II

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS

 

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (1,378)  

Net realized gains (losses)

    6,228   

Change in unrealized gains (losses)

    30,045   

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

    34,895   

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM CONTRACT TRANSACTIONS

 

Deposits

    —   

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

    (756)  

Transfers among the sub-accounts and with the Fixed Account - net

    1,772   

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

    1,016   

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    35,911   

NET ASSETS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD

    192,963   

NET ASSETS AT END OF PERIOD

  $      228,874   
       

Accumulation Units outstanding at beginning of period

    7,381   

Units issued

    67   

Units redeemed

    (29)  

Accumulation Units outstanding at end of period

    7,419   
       

 

See notes to financial statements.

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WILTON REASSURANCE LIFE CO OF NEW YORK VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT

 

 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

         2022     
   

 DWS Capital 

Growth

VIP Class A

 

DWS Core

Equity

  VIP Class A  

 

  DWS CROCI®  
International

VIP Class A

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS

     

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   $        (50,930    $         3,364      $         40,792  

Net realized gains (losses)

    1,459,277       488,083       (10,695

Change in unrealized gains (losses)

    (4,793,482     (1,120,208     (288,430

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

    (3,385,135     (628,761     (258,333

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM CONTRACT TRANSACTIONS

     

Deposits

    825       825       660  

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

    (388,450     (43,956     (29,862

Transfers among the sub-accounts and with the Fixed Account - net

    (20,342     (2,046     581  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

    (407,967     (45,177     (28,621

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    (3,793,102     (673,938     (286,954

NET ASSETS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD

    10,976,645       3,904,968       1,870,539  

NET ASSETS AT END OF PERIOD

   $ 7,183,543      $ 3,231,030      $ 1,583,585  
       

Accumulation Units outstanding at beginning of period

    33,002       31,530       32,135  

Units Issued

    10       10       37  

Units Redeemed

    (1,610     (439     (615

Accumulation Units outstanding at end of period

    31,402       31,101       31,557  
       
         2022     
   

DWS Global
Income Builder

VIP Class A II

 

DWS Global

Small Cap

VIP Class A

 

DWS Government

Money Market

VIP Class A II

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS

     

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   $ 94,140      $ (2,330    $ 2,915  

Net realized gains (losses)

    351,749       274,281        

Change in unrealized gains (losses)

    (1,193,906     (753,397     1  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

    (748,017     (481,446     2,916  

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM CONTRACT TRANSACTIONS

     

Deposits

    660       330        

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

    (194,887     (16,662     (21,006

Transfers among the sub-accounts and with the Fixed Account - net

    (270,290     (7,861     83,614  

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

    (464,517     (24,193     62,608  

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    (1,212,534     (505,639     65,524  

NET ASSETS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD

    4,957,103       1,969,916       616,454  

NET ASSETS AT END OF PERIOD

   $ 3,744,569      $ 1,464,277      $ 681,978  
       

Accumulation Units outstanding at beginning of period

    204,961       24,328       60,480  

Units Issued

    63       37       10,622  

Units Redeemed

    (21,639     (387     (4,596

Accumulation Units outstanding at end of period

    183,385       23,978       66,506  
       

 

See notes to financial statements.

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WILTON REASSURANCE LIFE CO OF NEW YORK VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT

 

 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

    2022
   

DWS Small Mid
 Cap Growth VIP 

Class A II

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   $ (1,522

Net realized gains (losses)

    23,328  

Change in unrealized gains (losses)

    (100,805

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations

    (78,999

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS FROM CONTRACT TRANSACTIONS

 

Deposits

     

Transfers for contract benefits and terminations

    (2,925

Transfers among the sub-accounts and with the Fixed Account - net

    (1,813

Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract transactions

    (4,738

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    (83,737

NET ASSETS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD

    276,700  

NET ASSETS AT END OF PERIOD

   $         192,963  
       

Accumulation Units outstanding at beginning of period

    7,565  

Units Issued

    93  

Units Redeemed

    (278

Accumulation Units outstanding at end of period

    7,380  
       

 

See notes to financial statements.

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WILTON REASSURANCE LIFE CO OF NEW YORK VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

 

1.

Organization

Wilton Reassurance Life Co of New York Variable Annuity Account, formerly known as Intramerica Variable Annuity Account (the “Account”), a unit investment trust registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940, is a separate account of Wilton Reassurance Life Company of New York (“Wilton Re New York” or the “Company”). The assets of the Account are legally segregated from those of the Company. The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wilton Reassurance Company (WRAC) which, in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wilton Re U.S. Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Wilton Re U.S.). All but a de minimis portion of the economic interests and 100% of the voting interests of Wilton Re U.S. are held or controlled by Wilton Re U.S. Holdings Trust, an Ontario trust (the Wilton Re Trust). In turn, all economic interests associated with the Wilton Re Trust accrue to Wilton Re Ltd. (WRL), a non-insurance holding company registered in Nova Scotia, Canada. WRL is deemed the ultimate parent corporation in the Company’s holding company system. Effective October 1, 2021, WRAC, acquired Intramerica Life Insurance Company (“Intramerica”). The Account was established by Intramerica. On November 1, 2021, Intramerica merged with and into Wilton Re New York, with Wilton Re New York being the surviving company to the merger. These financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

The assets within the Account are legally segregated from each other into sub-accounts (the “sub-accounts”). The Company issued the Scudder Horizon variable annuity contract, the deposits of which are invested at the direction of the contractholders in the sub- accounts that comprise the Account. The Account accepts additional deposits from existing contractholders, but is closed to new contractholders. Absent any contract provisions wherein the Company contractually guarantees either a minimum return or account value upon death or annuitization, variable annuity contractholders bear the investment risk that the sub-accounts may not meet their stated investment objectives. The sub-account names listed below correspond to mutual fund portfolios (“Fund” or “Funds”) in which they invest:

DWS Capital Growth VIP Class A

DWS Core Equity VIP Class A

DWS CROCI® International VIP Class A

DWS Global Income Builder VIP Class A II

DWS Global Small Cap VIP Class A

DWS Government Money Market VIP Class A II

DWS Small Mid Cap Growth VIP Class A II

The net assets are affected by the investment results of each Fund, transactions by contractholders and certain contract expenses (see Note 5). Contractholders’ interests consist of accumulation units of the sub-account. The accompanying financial statements include only contractholders’ purchase payments applicable to the variable portions of their contracts and exclude any purchase payments directed by the contractholder to the “Fixed Account” in which the contractholders’ deposits are included in the Company’s general account assets and earn a fixed rate of return.

A contractholder may choose from among a number of different underlying Fund options. The underlying Funds are not available to the general public directly. These Funds are available as investment options in variable annuity contracts or variable life insurance policies issued by life insurance companies, or in certain cases, through participation in certain qualified pension or retirement plans.

Some of these underlying Funds have been established by investment advisers that manage publicly traded mutual funds that have similar names and investment objectives. While some of the underlying Funds may be

 

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WILTON REASSURANCE LIFE CO OF NEW YORK VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

similar to and may in fact be modeled after publicly traded mutual funds, the underlying Funds are not otherwise directly related to any publicly traded mutual fund. Consequently, the investment performance of publicly traded Funds and any corresponding underlying Fund may differ substantially.

Subsequent Events - Subsequent events have been evaluated through April 4, 2024, the date the financial statements were issued, and no subsequent events have been identified.

 

2.

Portfolio changes

There were no sub-account changes during the year ended December 31, 2023.

There were no sub-account changes during the year ended December 31, 2022.

 

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Account is an investment company and, accordingly, follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 - Investment Companies, which is a part of GAAP.

Investments - Investments consist of shares of the Funds and are stated at fair value based on the reported net asset values of each corresponding Fund, which in turn value their investment securities at fair value. The difference between cost and fair value of shares owned on the day of measurement is recorded as unrealized gain or loss on investments.

Dividends - Dividends declared by the Funds are recognized on the ex-dividend date.

Net Realized Gains and Losses - Net realized gains and losses on Fund shares represent the difference between the proceeds from sales of shares of the Funds by the sub-accounts and the cost of such shares, which is determined on a weighted average basis, and realized gain distributions received from the underlying Fund. Transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Distributions of net realized gains are recorded on the Funds’ ex-distribution date.

Federal Income Taxes - The Account intends to qualify as a segregated asset account as defined by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (“Code”). In order to qualify as a segregated asset account, each sub-account is required to satisfy the diversification requirements of Section 817(h) of the Code. The Code provides that the “adequately diversified” requirement may be met if the underlying investments satisfy either the statutory safe harbor test or diversification requirements set forth in regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury. The operations of the Account are included in the tax return of the Company. The Company is taxed as a life insurance company under the Code and joins with WRAC and its eligible domestic subsidiaries in the filing of a consolidated federal income tax return. No income taxes are allocable to the Account. The Account had no liability for unrecognized tax benefits as of December 31, 2023 and believes that the liability for unrecognized tax benefits balance will not materially change within the next twelve months.

Use of Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets resulting from operations and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be material.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

 

4.

Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The hierarchy for inputs used in determining fair value maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that observable inputs be used when available. Assets recorded on the Statement of Net Assets at fair value are categorized in the fair value hierarchy based on the observability of inputs to the valuation techniques as follows:

 

  Level 1:

Assets whose values are based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets in an active market that the Account can access.

  Level 2:

Assets whose values are based on the following:

  (a)

Quoted prices for similar assets in active markets;

  (b)

Quoted prices for identical or similar assets in markets that are not active; or

  (c)

Valuation models whose inputs are observable, directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset.

  Level 3:

Assets whose values are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. Unobservable inputs reflect the Account’s estimates of the assumptions that market participants would use in valuing the assets.

In determining fair value, the Account uses the market approach, which generally utilizes market transaction data for the same or similar instruments. All investments during the reporting period consist of shares of the Funds that have daily quoted net asset values for identical assets that the sub-account can access and are categorized as Level 1. Net asset values for these actively traded Funds are obtained daily from the Funds’ managers. The Account’s policy is to recognize transfers of securities among the levels at the beginning of the reporting period.

 

5.

Expenses

Mortality and Expense Risk Charge - The Company assumes mortality and expense risks related to the operations of the Account and deducts charges daily at a rate equal to 0.40% per annum of the daily net assets of the Account, but reserves the right to increase the charges to 0.70%. The mortality and expense risk charge is recognized as a reduction in accumulation unit values and reported on the Statement of Operations. The mortality and expense risk charge covers insurance benefits available with the contract and certain expenses of the contract. It also covers the risk that the current charges will not be sufficient in the future to cover the cost of administering the contract.

Contract Administration Charge - The Company deducts administrative expense charges daily at a rate equal to 0.30% per annum of the daily net assets of the Account. The contract administration charge is recognized as a reduction in accumulation unit values and reported on the Statement of Operations.

Records Maintenance Charge - The contract allows the Company to deduct a maximum of $40 at the end of each contract year. However, at this time the Company does not deduct an annual records maintenance charge and bears all maintenance costs. This charge, if deducted, is recognized as a redemption of units and reported on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

 

6.

Purchases of Investments

The cost of investments purchased during the year ended December 31, 2023 was as follows:

 

Sub-Account    Purchases  

DWS Capital Growth VIP Class A

   $  345,891  

DWS Core Equity VIP Class A

     233,660  

DWS CROCI® International VIP Class A

     56,415  

DWS Global Income Builder VIP Class A II

     124,960  

DWS Global Small Cap VIP Class A

     18,934  

DWS Government Money Market VIP Class A II

     44,043  

DWS Small Mid Cap Growth VIP Class A II

     8,967  

 

7.

Financial Highlights

A summary of accumulation units outstanding, accumulation unit values, net assets, net investment income ratios, expense ratios, excluding expenses of the underlying Funds, and total return ratios by sub-account is presented below for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2023.

As discussed in Note 5, the expense ratio represents mortality and expense risk and contract administration expense charges which are assessed as a percentage of daily net assets.

Items in the following table are notated as follows:

 

 *

Investment Income Ratio - These amounts represent dividends, excluding realized gain distributions, received by the sub-account from the underlying Fund, net of management fees assessed by the Fund manager, divided by the average net assets. These ratios exclude those expenses that result in a reduction in the accumulation unit values or redemption of units. The recognition of investment income by the sub-account is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying Fund in which the sub-account invests.

Sub-accounts with a date notation indicate the effective date of that investment option in the Account. Consistent with the total return, investment income ratio is calculated for the period or from the effective date through the end of the reporting period. The investment income ratio for closed sub-accounts is calculated from the beginning of period, or from the effective date, through the last day the sub-account was open. The investment income ratio is reported at zero when no dividend is received in the Sub-Account during the period or the net asset value at the end of the period is zero.

 

**

Expense Ratio - These amounts represent the annualized contract expenses of the sub-account, consisting of mortality and expense risk charges, and contract administration charges, for each period indicated. The ratios include only those expenses that are charged that result in a reduction in the accumulation unit values. Charges made directly to contractholder accounts through the redemption of units and expenses of the underlying Fund have been excluded.

 

***

Total Return - These amounts represent the total return for the periods indicated, including changes in the value of the underlying Fund, and expenses assessed through the reduction in the accumulation unit values. The ratio does not include any expenses assessed through the redemption of units. The total return is

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

 

calculated as the change in the accumulation unit value during the reporting period, or the effective period if less than the reporting period, divided by the beginning of period accumulation unit value or the accumulation unit value on the effective date.

 

     At December 31,      For the year ended December 31,  
       Accumulation  
  Units (000’s)  
    

Accumulation

Unit Value

    

Net Assets

(000’s)

     Investment
Income
Ratio*
    Expense
Ratio**
    Total
Return***
 
    DWS Capital Growth VIP Class A  

2023

    28      $     314.80      $     8,884        0.07  %      0.70  %      37.61  % 

2022

    31        228.76        7,184        0.09       0.70       (31.22

2021

    33        332.60        10,977        0.21       0.70       21.92  

2020

    36        272.80        9,780        0.49       0.70       38.07  

2019

    40        197.58        7,922        0.43       0.70       36.18  
    DWS Core Equity VIP Class A  

2023

    30        129.54        3,879        0.92       0.70       24.69  

2022

    31        103.89        3,231        0.80       0.70       (16.12

2021

    32        123.85        3,905        0.79       0.70       24.43  

2020

    36        99.54        3,603        1.34       0.70       15.32  

2019

    38        86.31        3,267        1.08       0.70       29.39  
    DWS CROCI® International VIP Class A  

2023

    31        59.27        1,822        3.30       0.70       18.12  

2022

    32        50.18        1,584        3.23       0.70       (13.79

2021

    32        58.21        1,871        2.42       0.70       8.48  

2020

    33        53.66        1,762        3.45       0.70       1.90  

2019

    37        52.66        1,959        3.09       0.70       20.92  
    DWS Global Income Builder VIP Class A II  

2023

    183        23.30        4,260        3.15       0.70       14.09  

2022

    183        20.42        3,745        2.92       0.70       (15.57

2021

    205        24.19        4,957        2.27       0.70       10.18  

2020

    197        21.95        4,321        3.14       0.70       7.52  

2019

    202        20.42        4,118        3.85       0.70       19.35  
    DWS Global Small Cap VIP Class A  

2023

    19        75.54        1,434        0.83       0.70       23.69  

2022

    24        61.07        1,464        0.55       0.70       (24.58

2021

    24        80.97        1,970        0.35       0.70       14.14  

2020

    24        70.94        1,729        0.79       0.70       16.54  

2019

    24        60.87        1,491              0.70       20.44  
    DWS Government Money Market VIP Class A II  

2023

    59        10.67        623        4.64       0.70       4.07  

2022

    67        10.25        682        1.15       0.70       0.61  

2021

    60        10.19        616        0.01       0.70       (0.69

2020

    71        10.26        727        0.29       0.70       (0.46

2019

    53        10.31        544        1.79       0.70       1.08  
    DWS Small Mid Cap Growth VIP Class A II  

2023

    7            30.85            229        0.03       0.70       18.02  

2022

    7        26.14        193              0.70       (28.52

2021

    8        36.57        277        0.04       0.70       13.05  

2020

    9        32.35        302        0.04       0.70       29.27  

2019

    9        25.03        223              0.70       21.56  

 

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