Direction Variable Annuity Flexible Premium Deferred Variable Annuity
Ameritas Life Insurance Corp.	Ameritas Life
Ameritas Variable Separate Account VA-2	5900 O Street
May 1, 2024	Lincoln, NE  68510

If you are a new investor in the Policy, you may cancel your Policy within 10 days of receiving it without paying fees or penalties. In some states, this cancellation period may be longer. (Some states refer to this as a "Right to Examine.") Upon cancellation, you will receive either a full refund of the amount you paid with your application or your total Accumulation Value. You should review this prospectus, or consult with your investment professional, for additional information about the specific cancellation terms that apply.

This prospectus describes the Direction Variable Annuity a flexible premium deferred variable annuity (the "Policy"), especially its Separate Account. The Policy is designed to help you, the Policy Owner, invest on a tax-deferred basis and meet long-term financial goals. It provides optional riders for you to select from to meet your particular needs, ask your sales representative or us which of these riders are available in your state. As an annuity, the Policy provides you with several ways to receive regular income from your investment. An initial minimum payment is required. Further investment is optional.

The Policy includes a Waypoint Income Rider that is not available for sale after September 1, 2020. Once activated, it guarantees a series of annualized withdrawals from your Policy, regardless of the Accumulation Value, until the death of the last surviving Covered Person. Policy expenses are higher when the Waypoint Income Rider is activated and if other optional riders are selected.

You may allocate all or part of your Accumulation Value among a variety of Subaccount variable Investment Options where you have the investment risk, including possible loss of principal. (The Subaccounts are listed in APPENDIX A: PORTFOLIO COMPANIES AVAILABLE UNDER THE POLICY ("APPENDIX A") of this prospectus.)

You may also allocate all or part of your investment to a Fixed Account fixed interest rate option where we have the investment risk and guarantee a certain return on your investment. The Fixed Account is part of our General Account and is subject to the financial strength and claims paying ability of the Company.

You may access certain documents relating to the Policy and Subaccounts electronically. Current prospectuses and reports for the Policy and Subaccounts are available on our website, and updated prospectuses are posted on or about May 1 of each year. Prospectuses may be supplemented throughout the year, and copies of all supplements are also available on our website. We post annual reports on our website shortly after March 1 each year.

We may make other documents available to you electronically through the email address that you provide to us. When electronic delivery becomes available, and upon your election to receive information online, we will notify you when a transaction pertaining to your Policy has occurred or a document impacting your Policy or the Subaccounts has been posted. In order to receive your Policy documents online you should have regular and continuous Internet access.

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") does not pass upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus, and has not approved or disapproved the Policy. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

Additional information about certain investment products, including variable annuities, has been prepared by the

SEC's staff and is available at investor.gov.

This prospectus may only be used to offer the Policy where the Policy may lawfully be sold.

The Policy, and certain features described in this prospectus, may not be available in all states.

If your Policy is issued as part of a qualified plan under the Internal Revenue Code, refer to any plan documents

and disclosures for information about how some of the benefits and rights of the Policy may be affected.

No one is authorized to give information or make any representation about the Policy

that is not in this prospectus. If anyone does so, you should not rely upon it as being accurate or adequate.

Defined terms, other than "we, us, our" and "you and your," are shown using initial capital letters in this prospectus.

Accumulation Units are accounting units of measurement used to calculate the Accumulation Value allocated to Subaccounts of the Separate Account. They are similar to shares of a mutual fund. The Policy describes how Accumulation Units are calculated.

Account Value/Accumulation Value/Policy Value is the value of the Policy before any applicable surrender charge. On the Maturity Date, the Account Value/Accumulation Value/Policy Value will be used to determine the annuity payments under the annuity option you select.

Annuitant is the individual, or individuals if there are joint Annuitants, whose life is used to determine the duration of any annuity payments involving life contingencies. While the Annuitant is alive, and prior to the Maturity Date, you, as Owner, may name a new Annuitant by providing us Written Notice, unless the Owner is not a natural person.

Attained Age is age on nearest birthday.

Beneficiary(ies) means the person(s) designated to receive any benefits under the Policy upon the death of the Owner or, after annuity income payments begin, the death of the Annuitant.

Business Day is each day that the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading.

Cash Surrender Value is the Accumulation Value less applicable surrender charges, Policy fees, and any premium tax charge not previously deducted.

Company, we, us, our, Ameritas Life, Depositor refers to Ameritas Life Insurance Corp.

Fixed Account is an investment option provided by us which is part of our General Account.

General Account is made up of all the general assets of the Company, other than those in the Separate Account or other segregated accounts.

Investment Options means collectively the Subaccounts and the Fixed Account. You may allocate Net Premiums and reallocate Account Value among the Investment Options.

Maturity Date is the date annuity payments are scheduled to begin. You may change this date, as permitted by the Policy and described in this prospectus. The earliest date that you may choose is three years after your Policy Date.

Net Premium is any premium received less any applicable premium taxes.

Owner, you, your is you - the person, or persons if there are joint Owners, named in the application or in the latest change for which we receive Written Notice. The Owner may exercise Policy rights, subject to any assignment and to the rights of any irrevocable Beneficiary.

Policy Date is the date two Business Days after we receive your application in good order and the initial premium. It is the date used to determine Policy Years, Policy Months and Policy Anniversaries.

Policy Year/Month/Anniversary is measured from the respective anniversary dates of this Policy.

Portfolio Company is any company in which the Registrant invests and which may be selected as an option by you.

Pro-Rata is allocating a dollar amount among the Investment Options in proportion to the Accumulation Value in those Investment Options.

Rider Charge Base is the value used to calculate the monthly Waypoint Income Rider charge for each Policy Month.

Separate Account is a separate investment account established and maintained by us in accordance with Nebraska law and registered in accordance with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Subaccounts are the divisions within the Separate Account for which Accumulation Units are separately maintained. Each Subaccount corresponds to a single underlying portfolio. (Also referred to as an Investment Option.)

Written Notice or Request refers to written notice, signed by you, in good order, and on a form approved by or acceptable to us, that gives us the information we require and is received at Ameritas Life, Service Center, P.O. Box 82550, Lincoln, NE 68501 (or 5900 O Street, Lincoln, NE 68510), by email, or by faxing 1-402-467-7335. Call us if you have questions about what form or information is required. When notice is permitted and sent to us by email or fax, we have the right to implement the request if the copied or faxed signature appears to be a copy of your genuine original signature.

Important Information You Should Consider About the Policy

The Direction Variable Annuity Policy is a flexible premium deferred variable annuity policy designed to help you meet long-term financial goals. The Policy allows you to save and invest your assets on a tax-deferred basis. A feature of the Policy distinguishing it from non-annuity investments is its ability to guarantee annuity payments to you for as long as the Annuitant lives or for some other period you select. In addition, if you die before those payments begin, the Policy will pay a death benefit to your Beneficiary. Many key rights and benefits under the Policy are summarized in this prospectus. You may obtain a copy of the Policy from us. The Policy can be purchased as a tax-qualified or nonqualified annuity. The Policy remains in force until surrendered for its Cash Surrender Value, or until all proceeds have been paid under an annuity income option, as a death benefit, or a benefit under an applicable rider.

The Policy includes optional riders for you to select from to meet your particular needs; not all will be available in all states. Associated charges are discussed in this prospectus' FEE TABLE and CHARGES sections.

A significant advantage of the Policy is that it provides the ability to accumulate capital on a tax-deferred basis. The purchase of a Policy to fund a tax-qualified retirement account does not provide any additional tax deferred treatment beyond the treatment provided by the tax-qualified retirement plan itself. However, the Policy does provide benefits such as lifetime income payments, family protection through death benefits and guaranteed fees.

The Policy can be used to fund a tax-qualified plan such as an IRA or Roth IRA (including for rollovers from tax-sheltered annuities), SEP, or SIMPLE IRA, Tax-Sheltered Annuities, etc. This prospectus generally addresses the terms that affect a non-tax-qualified annuity. If your Policy funds a tax-qualified plan, read the Qualified Plan Disclosures in this prospectus' APPENDIX B: TAX-QUALIFIED PLAN DISCLOSURES ("APPENDIX B") to see how they might change your Policy rights and requirements. Contact us if you have questions about the use of the Policy in these or other tax qualified plans.

The Policy is a deferred annuity: it has an accumulation (or deferral) period and an annuity income period.

Accumulation Period. During the accumulation period, any earnings that you leave in the Policy are not taxed. During this period you can invest additional money into the Policy, transfer amounts among the Investment Options, and withdraw some or all of the value of your Policy. You can allocate your premiums among a wide spectrum of Investment Options. In the Separate Account variable Investment Options you may gain or lose money on your investment. In the Fixed Account option, we guarantee you will earn a fixed rate of interest. The Investment Options are described on this prospectus' APPENDIX A. Some restrictions may apply to transfers (especially to transfers into and out of the Fixed Account). Withdrawals may be subject to a withdrawal charge, income tax and a penalty tax.

Annuity Income Period. The accumulation period ends and the annuity income period begins on a date you select or the later of the third Policy Anniversary or the Policy Anniversary nearest the Annuitant's 95^th birthday. During the annuity income period, we will pay a stream of periodic payments to the Annuitant, unless you specify otherwise. You can select payments that are guaranteed to last for the Annuitant's entire life or for some other period. Some or all of each payment will be taxable. During the annuity income period, you will be unable to make withdrawals, and death benefits and living benefits will terminate.

Guarantees, which are obligations of the General Account are subject to the financial strength and claims paying ability of the Company.

Death Benefit

Surrenders and Withdrawals

You can surrender the Policy in full at any time prior to the Maturity Date for its Cash Surrender Value, or, within limits, withdraw part of the Accumulation Value. Applicable charges are shown in the FEE TABLE.

Annuity Income

Several fixed annuity income options are available.

Optional Riders

This Policy allows you the opportunity to select, and pay for, only those variable annuity Policy riders you want by "unbundling" riders that are often incorporated into a base variable annuity Policy. These options are currently only available at Policy issue. Certain options may not be available in combination with other options. Some of these riders are not available in some states. For riders not available in your state on the date of your purchase, we may make them available to existing Owners for a limited time after the option becomes available. Each of the options is principally described in BENEFITS AVAILABLE UNDER THE POLICY section. More detail concerning fees can be found in the FEE TABLE.

The Direction Variable Annuity Policy is offered and issued by Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. (the "Depositor"), 5900 O Street, Lincoln, Nebraska 68510.

The Registrant is Ameritas Variable Separate Account VA-2 (the "Separate Account"). The Separate Account is registered with the SEC as a unit investment trust. However, the SEC does not supervise the management or the investment practices or policies of the Separate Account or the Depositor. Under Nebraska law, income, gains, and losses credited to or charged against, the Separate Account reflect the Separate Account's own investment experience and not the investment experience of the Depositor's other assets. The assets of the Separate Account may not be used to pay any liabilities of the Depositor other than those arising from the Policies. The Depositor is obligated to pay all amounts promised to investors under the Policies. Any and all distributions made by the underlying portfolios, with respect to the shares held by the Separate Account, will be reinvested in additional shares at net asset value. We are responsible to you for meeting the obligations of the Policy, but we do not guarantee the investment performance of any of the variable Investment Options' underlying portfolios. We do not make any representations about their future performance.

The Separate Account provides you with variable Investment Options in the form of underlying portfolio investments. Each underlying portfolio is an open-end investment management company. When you allocate investments to an

underlying portfolio, those investments are placed in a Subaccount of the Separate Account corresponding to that portfolio, and the Subaccount in turn invests in the portfolio. The Accumulation Value of your Policy depends directly on the investment performance of the portfolios that you select.

The Policy allows you to choose from a wide array of Investment Options – each chosen for its potential to meet specific investment objectives.

The underlying portfolios in the Separate Account are NOT publicly traded mutual funds and are NOT the same as other publicly traded mutual funds with very similar names. The portfolios are only available as Separate Account Investment Options in life insurance or variable annuity policies issued by insurance companies, or through participation in certain qualified pension or retirement plans.

Even if the Investment Options and policies of some underlying portfolios available under the Policy may be very similar to the investment objectives and policies of publicly traded mutual funds that may be managed by the same investment adviser, the investment performance and results of the portfolios available under the Policy may vary significantly from the investment results of such other publicly traded mutual funds.

You may allocate all or a part of your premiums among the Separate Account variable Investment Options or the Fixed Account fixed interest rate option. Allocations must be in whole percentages and total 100%.

Information regarding each Portfolio Company, including (i) its name; (ii) its objective; (iii) its investment adviser and any sub-investment advisers; (iv) current expenses; and (v) performance, is found in APPENDIX A. Each Portfolio Company has issued a prospectus that contains more detailed information about the Portfolio Company. You may obtain paper copies of the prospectuses at no cost by calling our Service Center at 800-745-1112 or by sending an email request to alictd@ameritas.com.

You may also view the prospectuses on our website at ameritas.com/investments/fund-prospectuses.

The value of your Policy will increase or decrease based on the investment performance of the variable Investment Options you choose. The investment results of each variable Investment Option are likely to differ significantly and vary over time. They do not earn a fixed interest rate. Please consider carefully, and on a continuing basis, which Investment Options best suit your long-term investment objectives and risk tolerance.

You bear the risk that the variable Investment Options you select may fail to meet their objectives,

that they could decrease in value, and that you could lose principal.

Each Subaccount's underlying portfolio operates as a separate variable Investment Option, and the income or losses of one generally have no effect on the investment performance of any other. Restrictions and other material information related to an investment in the variable Investment Options are contained in the prospectuses for each of the underlying portfolios.

The portfolios are designed primarily as investments for variable annuity and variable life insurance policies issued by insurance companies. They are not publicly traded mutual funds available for direct purchase by you. There is no assurance the investment objectives will be met.

An investment in money market funds is neither insured nor guaranteed by the U.S. Government. There can be no assurance that the funds will be able to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share.

As a Policy Owner, you may have voting rights in the portfolios whose shares underlie the Subaccounts in which you invest. You will receive proxy material and have access to reports and other materials relating to each underlying portfolio in which you have voting rights. If you send us written voting instructions, we will follow your instructions in voting the Portfolio shares attributable to your Policy in the same proportions as we vote the shares for which we have received instructions from other Policy Owners. If you do not send us written instructions, we will vote those shares in the same proportions as we vote the shares for which we have received instructions from other Policy Owners. We will vote shares that the Company beneficially holds in the same proportions as we vote the shares for which we receive instructions from other Policy Owners, this is known as “proportionate voting.” As a result of proportionate voting, a small number of Policy Owners could determine the outcome of a shareholder vote. The underlying portfolios may not hold routine annual shareholder meetings.

There is one fixed interest rate option (the "Fixed Account"), where we bear the investment risk. You will earn an interest rate at least as large as the guaranteed minimum interest rate. The guaranteed minimum interest rate is shown on the schedule attached to your Policy. We may declare a higher current interest rate. However, you bear the risk that we will not credit a rate of interest greater than the guaranteed minimum interest rate per year for the life of the Policy. The

Company sets the interest rate which is not tied to a benchmark or other formula. You may obtain the current declared interest rate for the Fixed Account at no cost by calling 800 745-1112 or by sending an email request to alictd@ameritas.com.

We have sole discretion over how assets allocated to the Fixed Account are invested, and we bear the risk that those assets will perform better or worse than the amount of interest we have declared.

The value of the Fixed Account, along with the value in the Separate Account variable Investment Options, constitute the total Accumulation Value. There are no mortality and expense risk charges deducted from the Fixed Account, unlike as are deducted from value in the Separate Account variable Investment Options. Decreases in the Fixed Account value, as a result of Transfer, Systematic Transfer Programs, and partial withdrawals, because they affect Policy Value, could result in your Policy or riders being canceled as described in the Minimum Accumulation Value section. See POLICY PROVISIONS AND LIMITATIONS. Additional information regarding how the value of the Fixed Account is calculated may be found under the PURCHASES AND POLICY VALUE section.

The Fixed Account is not an available Investment Option for Policies with the Waypoint Income Rider.

For Policies issued with the No Surrender Charge Rider, the allocation of any premium to the Fixed Account may not exceed 25% without our prior consent. If our prior consent is not received, we reserve the right to reallocate any excess Fixed Account allocation proportionately to the remaining Investment Options you selected in your latest allocation instructions.

Transfers and Systematic Transfer Programs involving the Fixed Account may be limited to the terms defined in the Transfers, Dollar Cost Averaging, Portfolio Rebalancing and Earnings Sweep sections. See the POLICY PROVISIONS AND LIMITATIONS subsection.

We reserve the right to credit an interest rate higher than that of the Fixed Account to premium payments designated for participation in the Enhanced Dollar Cost Averaging ("EDCA") program. The EDCA program differs from the Dollar Cost Averaging systematic transfer program, which is described in the Systematic Transfer Program section. The EDCA program will be available for premium only, not transfers from Subaccounts or the Fixed Account. Each premium allocated to the EDCA program must be at least $1,500. Until all premiums designated for participation in the EDCA program are received, amounts will remain in the Fixed Account and will receive the current interest rate declared for the Fixed Account.

We transfer premium allocated to the EDCA program monthly over a period of six months, beginning one month after the date we receive all premium designated for participation in the EDCA program. In the event you withdraw or transfer monies allocated to the EDCA program, we will stop crediting interest under the EDCA program and transfer any remaining balance proportionately to the remaining Investment Options you selected in your latest allocation instructions.

We reserve the right to discontinue offering the EDCA program at any time.

We may allow you to participate in subsequent EDCA program periods. If you are currently participating in an EDCA program period, you may not designate additional premium for participation in a subsequent EDCA program period until the current EDCA program period has ended.

Refer to the Policy for additional details regarding the Fixed Account.

We may increase Current Fees, but we guarantee that each Current Fee will never exceed the corresponding Guaranteed Maximum Fee.

The following adds to information provided in the FEE TABLE section. Please review both prospectus sections for information on charges.

TRANSACTION EXPENSES

Premium Taxes

Some states and municipalities levy a tax on annuities, currently ranging from 0% to 3.5% of your premiums. These tax rates, and the timing of the tax, vary and may change. Presently, we deduct the charge for the tax in those states with a tax either (a) from premiums as they are received, or (b) upon applying proceeds to an annuity income option. No charges are currently made for taxes other than premium taxes. We reserve the right to levy charges in the future for taxes or other economic burdens resulting from taxes that we determine are properly attributable to the Separate Account.

► denotes Base Policy; v denotes Optional Rider

Surrender Charge

► We will deduct any applicable withdrawal charge from Accumulation Value upon a full surrender or partial withdrawal. The fee is a percentage of each premium withdrawn, and decreases from 8% to 0% based on the number of years since receipt of premium, with 0% charged on and after 8 years from receipt of premium. This charge partially covers our distribution costs, including commissions and other promotional costs. Any deficiency is met from our General Account, including amounts derived from the mortality and expense risk charge.

The amount of a partial withdrawal you request plus any withdrawal charge is deducted from the Accumulation Value on the date we receive your withdrawal request. Partial withdrawals (including any charge) are deducted from the Subaccounts and the Fixed Account on a Pro-Rata basis, unless you instruct us otherwise. The oldest premium is considered to be withdrawn first, the next oldest premium is considered to be withdrawn next, and so on (a "first-in, first-out" basis). For withdrawal purposes only, all premiums are deemed to be withdrawn before any earnings.

Exchange Fee

► The first 15 transfers per Policy Year from Subaccounts or the Fixed Account are free. A transfer fee will be imposed for any transfer in excess of 15 per Policy Year. The transfer fee is deducted Pro Rata from each Subaccount (and, if applicable, the Fixed Account) in which the Owner is invested.

Wire Transfer Fee

We charge a $14 wire transfer fee if you request a wire transfer when requesting partial withdrawal or surrender. The fee is deducted from the gross amount of the partial withdrawal, or surrender.

ANNUAL POLICY EXPENSES

Administrative Expenses (also known as the Annual Policy Fee)

► We reserve the right to charge an Annual Policy fee.

Any Annual Policy Fee is deducted from your Accumulation Value on the last Business Day of each Policy Year and upon a complete surrender. This fee is levied by canceling Accumulation Units and making a deduction from the Fixed Account. It is deducted from each Subaccount and the Fixed Account in the same proportion that the value in each Subaccount and the Fixed Account bears to the total Accumulation Value. We currently waive any Policy fee if the Accumulation Value is at least $50,000 on a Policy Anniversary. Administrative fees help us cover our cost to administer your Policy.

Base Policy Expenses

Base Policy Expenses include both the mortality and expense risk charge and administrative fee. These expenses are deducted daily from assets allocated to the Separate Account to equal the annual % shown.

Mortality and Expense Risk Charge

► We impose a daily fee to compensate us for the mortality and expense risks we have under the Policy. This fee is reflected in the Accumulation Unit values for each Subaccount.

Our mortality risk arises from our obligation to make annuity payments and to pay death benefits prior to the Maturity Date. The mortality risk we assume is that Annuitants will live longer than we project, so our cost in making annuity payments will be higher than projected. However, an Annuitant's own longevity, or improvement in general life expectancy, will not affect the periodic annuity payments we pay under your Policy.

Our expense risk is that our costs to administer your Policy will exceed the amount we collect through administrative charges. If the mortality and expense risk charge does not cover our costs, we bear the loss, not you. If the charge exceeds our costs, the excess is our profit. If the surrender charge does not cover our Policy distribution costs, the deficiency is met from our General Account assets, which may include amounts, if any, derived from this mortality and expense risk charge.

Administrative Charges

Administrative fees help us cover our cost to administer your Policy.

Administrative Expense Fee

► This daily charge is reflected in the Accumulation Unit values for each Subaccount.

WAYPOINT INCOME RIDER CHARGE

v    The guaranteed maximum and current annual charges for the Waypoint Income Rider are listed in the FEE TABLE section of this prospectus. Each fee is stated as a percentage that is multiplied by the Rider Charge Base (see the Waypoint Income Rider section of this prospectus). The current charge (1.25% annually for Single Life and 1.40% for Joint Spousal) will be deducted from the Accumulation Value on each Monthly Anniversary until the Accumulation Value is reduced to zero or the rider is terminated.

The charges for the rider will be deducted from the Investment Options you select. The rider charge is subject to change upon a Policy Anniversary or upon reset, as described in the Reset Feature section of the Waypoint Income Rider description. The rider charge will not exceed the guaranteed maximum charge for this rider listed in the FEE TABLE section.

OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDERS

v    The fee for the Step-Up Death Benefit Rider, Return of Premium Death Benefit Rider and the Enhanced Death Benefit Rider are a percentage of Accumulation Value that is deducted monthly from Accumulation Value. These fees continue as long as the Policy is in force, and the riders may not be cancelled.

OPTIONAL WITHDRAWAL CHARGE RIDERS

v    Minimum Premium Rider

The charge for the Minimum Premium Rider is a percentage of Accumulation Value that is deducted monthly from Accumulation Value. The charge is levied by canceling Accumulation Units and making a deduction from the Fixed Account. It is deducted from each Subaccount and the Fixed Account on a Pro-Rata basis. We currently waive the charge in all years after your Accumulation Value is at least $25,000 on a Policy Anniversary.

v    No Surrender Charge Rider (optional)

The fee for the No Surrender Charge Rider is a percentage of Accumulation Value that is deducted monthly from Accumulation Value. This fee continues as long as the Policy is in force, and the rider may not be cancelled.

v    Four-Year Surrender Charge Rider (optional)

The fee for the Four-Year Surrender Charge Rider is a percentage of Accumulation Value that is deducted monthly from Accumulation Value. This fee continues as long as the Policy is in force, and the rider may not be cancelled.

WAIVER OF CERTAIN CHARGES

When the Policy is sold in a manner that results in savings of sales or administrative expenses, we reserve the right to waive all or part of any fee we charge under the Policy (excluding fees charged by the portfolios). Factors we consider include one or more of the following: size and type of group to whom the Policy is issued; amount of expected premiums; relationship with us (employee of us or an affiliated company, receiving distributions or making transfers from other policies we or one of our affiliates issue or transferring amounts held under qualified retirement plans we or one of our affiliates sponsor); type and frequency of administrative and sales services provided; or level of annual maintenance fee and surrender charges. In an exchange for another policy we or an affiliated company issued and where the surrender charge has been waived, the surrender charge for this Policy may be determined based on the dates premiums were received in the prior policy. Any fee waiver will not be discriminatory and will be done according to our rules in effect at the time the Policy is issued. We reserve the right to change these rules. The right to waive any charges may be subject to state approval.

COMMISSIONS PAID TO DISTRIBUTORS

Commissions paid to all Distributors may be up to a total of 7.10% of premiums. We may also pay other distribution expenses, marketing support allowances, conference sponsorship fees and production incentive bonuses. These distribution expenses do not result in any additional charges under the Policy other than those described in this prospectus.

PORTFOLIO COMPANY CHARGES

Each Subaccount's underlying portfolio has investment advisory fees and expenses. They are set forth in this prospectus' APPENDIX A section and are described in more detail in each fund's prospectus. A portfolio's fees and expenses are not deducted from your Accumulation Value. Instead, they are reflected in the daily value of portfolio shares which, in turn, will affect the daily Accumulation Unit value of the Subaccounts. These fees and expenses help to pay the portfolio's investment advisory and operating expenses.

POLICY RIGHTS

Annuitant

The Annuitant is the person on whose life annuity payments involving life contingencies are based and who receives Policy annuity payments. The Owner also may be the Annuitant.

Death of Annuitant

Upon the Annuitant’s death prior to 30 days before the Maturity Date, you may generally name a new Annuitant. If any Owner is the Annuitant, then upon that Owner’s death, the Policy’s applicable death benefit becomes payable to the named Beneficiary(ies). However, if the Beneficiary is the deceased Owner’s spouse, then upon that Owner’s death the spouse may be permitted under federal tax law to become the new Owner of the Policy and to name an Annuitant and different Beneficiaries.

Owner

The Owner (also referred to as Policy Owner) is the person(s) or legal entity who may exercise all rights and privileges under the Policy. If there are joint Owners, the signatures of both Owners are needed to exercise rights under the Policy. If the Policy has been absolutely assigned, the assignee is the Owner. A collateral assignee is not the Owner.

Death of Owner

Upon any Owner’s death on or after the Maturity Date and before all proceeds have been paid, no death benefit is payable, but any remaining proceeds will be paid to the designated annuity benefit payee based on the annuity income option in effect at the time of death.

Beneficiary

Beneficiary(ies) means the person(s) designated to receive any benefits under the Policy upon the death of the Owner or, after annuity income payments begin, the death of the Annuitant.

You may change your Beneficiary by sending Written Notice to us, unless the named Beneficiary is irrevocable. Once we record and acknowledge the change, it is effective as of the date you signed the Written Notice. The change will not apply to any payments made or other action taken by us before recording. If the named Beneficiary is irrevocable you may change the named Beneficiary only by Written Notice signed by both you and the Beneficiary. If more than one named Beneficiary is designated, and you fail to specify their interest, they will share equally.

If there are joint Owners, the surviving joint Owner will be deemed the Beneficiary, and the Beneficiary named in the Policy application or subsequently changed will be deemed the contingent Beneficiary. If both joint Owners die simultaneously, the death benefit will be paid to the contingent Beneficiary.

If the Beneficiary is your surviving spouse, the spouse may elect either to receive the death benefit, in which case the Policy will terminate, or to continue the Policy in force with the spouse as Owner. The surviving spouse may not elect the Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit rider when the single life option was selected and the Policy was issued under an Internal Revenue Code Section 401 or 457 qualified plan.

If the named Beneficiary dies before you, then your estate is the Beneficiary until you name a new Beneficiary.

Minor Owner or Beneficiary

A minor may not own the Policy solely in the minor's name and cannot receive payments directly as a Policy Beneficiary. In most states parental status does not automatically give parents the power to provide an adequate release to us to make Beneficiary payments to the parent for the minor's benefit. A minor can "own" a Policy through the trustee of a trust established for the minor's benefit, or through the minor's named and court appointed guardian, who owns the Policy in his or her capacity as trustee or guardian. Where a minor is a named Beneficiary, we are able to pay the minor's Beneficiary payments to the minor's trustee or guardian. Some states allow us to make such payments up to a limited amount directly to parents. Parents seeking to have a minor's interest made payable to them for the minor's benefit are encouraged to check with their local court to determine the process to be appointed as the minor's guardian; it is often a very simple process that can be accomplished without the assistance of an attorney. If there is no adult representative able to give us an adequate release for payment of the minor's Beneficiary interest, we will retain the minor's interest on deposit until the minor attains the age of majority.

Tables Illustrating Benefits Upon Death

The following tables illustrate benefits payable, if any, upon death of a party to the Policy for most, but not necessarily all, situations. The terms of any Policy rider or qualified plan funded by the Policy may change this information. Please consult your own legal and tax adviser for advice. You may contact us for more information.

STATE VARIATIONS

Certain features of your Policy may be different than the features described in the prospectus if your Policy is issued in the states or district described below. Further variations may arise; the variations are subject to change without notice.

California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.

If, prior to the Maturity Date, you have paid no premiums during the previous 24-month period, we have the right to cancel the Policy and pay you the Accumulation Value less applicable surrender charges in a lump sum if both (i) the total premiums paid, less any partial withdrawals, are less than $2,000 (does not apply to IRAs), and (ii) the Accumulation Value at the end of such 24-month period is less than $2,000.

We must request and receive approval from the department of insurance of the State where the Policy is delivered if we defer payments of a full surrender or partial withdrawal or a transfer from the Fixed Account for up to 6 months from the date we receive your Written Notice.

California. The Right to Examine period is 10 days for Policy Owners less than age 60. The Right to Examine period is 30 days for Policy Owners age 60 and over. If you send the Policy back during the Right to Examine period, we will refund the Policy's Accumulation Value and any Policy fee paid within 30 days from the date that we receive notice of cancellation and the returned Policy.

For Policy Owners age 60 and over, during the Right to Examine period your premium will be allocated to the Fixed Account or a money market subaccount unless you direct that the premium be invested in a stock or bond subaccount. If you do not direct that the premium be invested in a stock or bond subaccount, and if you return the Policy during the Right

to Examine period, you will be entitled to a refund of the premium and any Policy fee paid. If you direct that the premium be invested in a stock or bond subaccount during the Right to Examine period, and if you return the Policy during the Right to Examine period, you will be entitled to a refund of the Policy's Account Value on the day the Policy is received by us or the agent who sold you the Policy, which could be less than the premium you paid for the Policy, plus any Policy fee paid.

The surrender charge will be waived in the event of (1) or (2) below:

(1) You become confined in a skilled nursing facility, convalescent nursing home, extended care facility, or residential care facility, or are receiving home care or community-based care, for a period of at least 60 consecutive days after the Policy Date, subject to the following:

(a) You must be a natural person (not a trust, corporation, or other legal entity),

(b) You must have been an Owner of this Policy continuously since the Policy Date.

(c) You were not confined in a skilled nursing facility, convalescent nursing home, extended care facility, or residential care facility, or were not receiving home care or community-based care, at any time during the 180-day period immediately prior to the Policy Date.

(d) You are not eligible for this benefit if you are confined to an assisted living facility, a facility primarily engaged in the treatment of mental or nervous disorders, a facility primarily engaged in the treatment of alcoholism or drug addiction, or a rehabilitation hospital.

(2) You acquire a terminal illness after the Policy Date, subject to the following:

(a) You must be a natural person (not a trust, corporation, or other legal entity).

(b) You must have been an Owner of this Policy continuously since the Policy Date.

(c) You must have received a diagnosis from your physician indicating that you have 12 months or less to live.

We must receive from you Written Notice of a full surrender or partial withdrawal and notice of your intention to exercise this benefit. We will provide you with a claim form within 15 days of receiving notice of your intention to exercise this benefit. If notice is for (1) above, the claim form will need to include due proof of confinement and be received within 12 months following such confinement. If notice is for (2) above, the claim form will need to include a certificate from your physician stating your life expectancy and any other proof we may require.

Connecticut. If this Policy is a replacement for an existing Policy, you have 10 days to review the Policy during the Right to Examine period. If you cancel the Policy prior to the Policy being delivered to you, we will refund an amount equal to the total of all premiums paid. If you return the Policy during the 10-day Right to Examine period, the amount of the refund will be equal to the sum of (a) the difference between the premiums paid including any Policy fees or other charges and the amounts allocated to the Separate Account under the Policy, and (b) the value of the amount allocated to any Separate Account under the Policy on the date the returned Policy is received by us or our agent.

Delaware. The Right to Examine period for replacements of existing policies is 20 days.

District of Columbia. The Right to Examine period for replacements of existing policies is 10 days.

Florida. The Right to Examine period is 21 days regardless of whether it is a replacement of an existing policy. The amount of a refund will be equal to the greater of the Policy's Accumulation Value, plus any fees or charges deducted from the premiums or imposed under the Policy, or a refund of all premiums paid.

The earliest Maturity Date that you may choose is 12 months after your Policy Date. You may select to change the Maturity Date to be no earlier than the later of the date of the request or 12 months.

If we delay payment of a full surrender, partial withdrawal or transfer from the Fixed Account for 30 days or more, we will include interest for the delay period at the rate specified in accordance with Florida law.

North Dakota. The Right to Examine period is 20 days regardless of whether it is a replacement of an existing Policy.

Interest will accrue on the death benefit from the date of death to the date of settlement at an interest rate no less than the declared interest rate for proceeds left on deposit with us. If the death benefit is paid in a single sum, we will pay the death benefit and accrued interest within two months from the date we receive proof of death.

Pennsylvania. The Right to Examine period is 45 days for a replacement of a Policy with Ameritas Life.

Policy Changes

Any change to your Policy is only effective if on a form acceptable to us, and then only once it is received at our Service Center and recorded on our records. Information on how to contact us to determine what information is needed and where you can get various forms for Policy changes is shown on this prospectus' first two pages and last page.

POLICY PROVISIONS AND LIMITATIONS

Minimum Accumulation Value

We may treat any partial withdrawal that leaves a Cash Surrender Value of less than $1,000 as a complete surrender of the Policy. See this prospectus' SURRENDERS AND WITHDRAWALS section for more information.

If you have paid no premiums during the previous 24-month period, we have the right to pay you the Accumulation Value less applicable surrender charges in a lump sum and cancel the Policy if both (i) the total premiums paid less any partial

withdrawals, are less than $1,000 (does not apply to IRAs), and (ii) the Accumulation Value at the end of such 24-month period is less than $1,000.

Allocating Your Premiums

You may allocate your premiums among the variable Investment Options and the Fixed Account option. Initial allocations in your Policy application will be used for additional premiums until you change your allocation.

Transfers

The Policy is designed for long-term investment, not for use with professional "market timing" services or use with programmed, large or frequent transfers. Excessive transfers could harm other Policy Owners, Annuitants and Beneficiaries by having a detrimental effect on investment portfolio management. In addition to the right of the portfolios to impose redemption fees on short-term trading, we reserve the right to reject any specific premium allocation or transfer request into a Subaccount portfolio if, in the judgment of a Subaccount portfolio fund adviser, a Subaccount portfolio would be unable to invest effectively in accordance with its investment objectives and policies, or if Policy Owners would otherwise potentially be adversely affected.

Transferring money out of a Subaccount within 60 days of a purchase may be considered market timing. However, any portfolio fund adviser may establish its own standards, and each transaction may be evaluated on its own. Ultimately the portfolio fund adviser has the authority to make this determination.

Prior to the Maturity Date, you may transfer Accumulation Value from one Subaccount to another, from the Separate Account to the Fixed Account, or from the Fixed Account to any Subaccount, subject to the following rules.

Transfer Rules:

-    25% of the Fixed Account value on the date of the transfer during that Policy Year;

-    the greatest amount of any non-systematic transfer out of the Fixed Account during the previous 13 months; or

Policy Anniversary is the date the first transfer is made into the Fixed Account. Systematic transfers into the Fixed Account are not included in this restriction. Subject to our consent, if your balance in a Subaccount is less than $1,000, you may transfer that amount into the Fixed Account.

Omnibus Orders

Purchase and redemption orders received by the 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 owners of variable insurance products. The omnibus nature of these orders may limit the ability of the portfolios to apply their respective disruptive trading policies and procedures. We cannot guarantee that the portfolios will not be harmed by transfer activity relating to the retirement plans or other insurance companies that may invest in the 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 will affect other owners of portfolio shares, as well as the owners of all variable life insurance or variable annuity contracts, including ours, whose variable Investment Options correspond to the affected portfolios. In addition, if a portfolio believes that an omnibus order that we submit may reflect one or more transfer requests from Owners engaged in disruptive trading, the portfolio may reject the entire omnibus order and thereby delay or prevent us from implementing your request.

TELEPHONE TRANSACTIONS

Telephone Transactions Permitted

How to Authorize Telephone Transactions

Telephone Transaction Rules

We are not liable for following telephone transaction instructions we reasonably believe to be genuine.

THIRD PARTY SERVICES

Where permitted and subject to our rules, we may accept your authorization to have a third party (such as your sales representative or someone else you name) exercise transfers or investment allocations on your behalf. Third-party transfers and allocations are subject to the same rules as all other transfers and allocations. You can make this election on the application or by sending us Written Notice. Please note that any person or entity you authorize to make transfers or allocations on your behalf, including any investment advisory, asset allocation, money management or timing service, does so independently from any agency relationship they may have with us for the sale of the Policies. They are accountable to you alone for such transfers or allocations. We are not responsible for such transfers or allocations on your behalf, or recommendations to you, by such third-party services. You should be aware that fees charged by such third parties for their service are separate from and in addition to fees paid under the Policy.

SYSTEMATIC TRANSFER PROGRAMS

We offer several systematic transfer programs. We reserve the right to alter or terminate these programs upon 30 days written notice to you. You should select the systematic transfer program that is best for you. In offering the programs, we are not providing investment advice or managing the allocations of your Policy.

Dollar Cost Averaging

The Dollar Cost Averaging program allows you to automatically transfer, on a periodic basis, a set dollar amount or percentage from the money market subaccount or the Fixed Account to any other Subaccount(s) or the Fixed Account. Requested percentages are converted to a dollar amount. You can begin Dollar Cost Averaging when you purchase the Policy or later. You can increase or decrease the amount or percentage of transfers or discontinue the program at any time. Dollar Cost Averaging is intended to limit loss by resulting in the purchase of more Accumulation Units when an underlying portfolio company’s value is low, and fewer units when its value is high. However, there is no guarantee that such a program will result in a higher Accumulation Value, protect against a loss, or otherwise achieve your investment goals.

As discussed in THE FIXED ACCOUNT FIXED INTEREST RATE OPTION section, we also reserve the right to credit an interest rate higher than the Fixed Account on purchase payments designated for participation in the Enhanced Dollar Cost Averaging ("EDCA") program. The Dollar Cost Averaging program and/or the EDCA program may not be available in all states and in all markets or through all broker-dealers who sell the Policies.

The DCA program differs from the EDCA program. For information on the EDCA program, see the discussion of the EDCA program in THE FIXED ACCOUNT FIXED INTEREST RATE OPTION section and Additional information on Benefits available Under the Policy section.

Dollar Cost Averaging Program Rules:

Portfolio Rebalancing

The Portfolio Rebalancing program allows you to rebalance your Accumulation Value among designated Subaccounts only as you instruct. You may change your rebalancing allocation instructions at any time. Any change will be effective when the next rebalancing occurs.

Portfolio Rebalancing Program Rules:

Earnings Sweep

The Earnings Sweep program allows you to sweep earnings from your Subaccounts to be rebalanced among designated Investment Options (Subaccounts or the Fixed Account) either based on your original Policy allocation of premiums or pursuant to new allocation instructions. You may change your Earnings Sweep program instructions at any time. Any change will be effective when the next sweep occurs.

Earnings Sweep Program Rules:

GENERAL ACCOUNT

The General Account includes all of our assets except those assets segregated in Separate Accounts. We have sole discretion to invest the assets of the General Account, subject to applicable law. Until your Policy is issued, any premium payments we receive are held in our General Account. Obligations under the Policy that are funded by Ameritas Life's General Account include the Fixed Account and fixed payments including Waypoint Income rider withdrawal payments as well as death benefit proceeds. These obligations of the General Account are subject to the claims of our creditors, the financial strength, and the claims paying ability of the Company. It is not a bank account and it is not insured by the FDIC or any other government agency.

POLICY OR REGISTRANT CHANGES

Adding, Deleting, or Substituting Variable Investment Options

We do not control the Subaccounts' underlying portfolios, so we cannot guarantee that any of the portfolios will always be available.

We retain the right to change the investments of the Separate Account, and to eliminate the shares of any Subaccount’s underlying portfolio and substitute shares of another series fund portfolio, if the shares of an underlying portfolio are no longer available for investment or if, in our judgment, investment in the portfolio would be inappropriate in view of the purposes of the Separate Account. We may add new Separate Account underlying portfolios, or eliminate existing underlying portfolios, when, in our sole discretion, conditions warrant a change. In all of these situations, we will receive any necessary SEC and state approval before making any such change.

Our Separate Account may be (i) operated as an investment management company or any other form permitted by law, (ii) deregistered with the SEC if registration is no longer required, or (iii) combined with one or more other separate accounts. To the extent permitted by law, we also may transfer assets of the Separate Account to other accounts. Where permitted by applicable law, we reserve the right to remove, combine or add Subaccounts. Subaccounts may be closed to new or subsequent premium payments, transfers or premium allocations. We will receive any necessary SEC and state approval before making any of these changes.

We will notify you of any changes to the variable Investment Options.

Resolving Material Conflicts – Underlying Investment Interests

In addition to serving as underlying portfolios to the Subaccounts, the portfolios are available to registered separate accounts of other insurance companies offering variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts. We do not currently foresee any disadvantages to you resulting from the fund companies selling portfolio shares to fund other products. However, there is a possibility that a material conflict of interest may arise between Policy Owners and the owners of variable contracts issued by other companies whose values are allocated to one of the portfolios. Shares of some of the portfolios also may be sold to certain qualified pension and retirement plans qualifying under section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code. As a result, there is a possibility that a material conflict may arise between the interests of Owners or owners of other contracts (including contracts issued by other companies), and such retirement plans or participants in such retirement plans. In the event of a material conflict, we will take any necessary steps to resolve the matter, including removing that portfolio as an underlying Investment Option of the Separate Account. The Board of Directors of each fund company will monitor events in order to identify any material conflicts that may arise and determine what action, if any, should be taken in response to those events or conflicts. See the accompanying prospectuses of the portfolios for more information. (Also see the Transfers section, Omnibus Orders.)

Disruptive Trading Procedures

The Policy is not designed to serve as a vehicle for frequent trading in response to short-term fluctuations in the market. Such frequent trading, programmed transfers, or transfers that are large in relation to the total assets of a Subaccount’s underlying portfolio can disrupt management of a Subaccount’s underlying portfolio and raise expenses. This in turn can hurt performance of an affected Subaccount and therefore hurt your Policy’s performance.

Policy Owners should be aware that we are contractually obligated to provide Policy Owner transaction data relating to trading activities to the underlying funds on Written Request and, on receipt of written instructions from a fund, to restrict or prohibit further purchases or transfers by Policy Owners identified by an underlying fund as having engaged in transactions that violate the trading policies of the fund.

We reserve the right to reject or restrict, in our sole discretion, transfers initiated by a market timing organization or individual or other party authorized to give transfer instructions. We further reserve the right to impose restrictions on transfers that we determine, in our sole discretion, will disadvantage or potentially hurt the rights or interests of other Policy Owners. Restrictions may include changing, suspending, or terminating telephone, online, and fax transfer privileges. We will enforce any Subaccount underlying portfolio manager’s own restrictions imposed upon transfers considered by the manager to be disruptive. Our disruptive trading procedures may vary from Subaccount to Subaccount, and may also vary due to differences in operational systems and contract provisions. However, any Subaccount restrictions will be uniformly applied.

There is no assurance that the measures we take will be effective in preventing market timing or other excessive transfer activity. Our ability to detect and deter disruptive trading and to consistently apply our disruptive trading procedures may be limited by operational systems and technological limitations which may result in some Policy Owners being able to market time, while other Policy Owners bear the harm associated with timing. Also, because other insurance companies and retirement plans may invest in Subaccount underlying portfolios, we cannot guarantee that Subaccount underlying portfolios will not suffer harm from disruptive trading within contracts issued by them.

Excessive Transfers

We reserve the right to restrict transfers if we determine you are engaging in a pattern of transfers that may disadvantage Policy Owners. In making this determination, we will consider, among other things:

Third Party Traders

We reserve the right to restrict transfers by any firm or any other third party authorized to initiate transfers on behalf of multiple Policy Owners if we determine such third party trader is engaging in a pattern of transfers that may disadvantage Policy Owners. In making this determination, we may, among other things:

We will notify affected Policy Owners before we limit transfers, modify transfer procedures or refuse to complete a transfer. Transfers made pursuant to participation in a dollar cost averaging, portfolio rebalancing, or earnings sweep program are not subject to these disruptive trading procedures. See the sections of this prospectus describing those programs for the rules of each program.

Annuity Income Benefits

A primary function of an annuity contract, like this Policy, is to provide annuity payments to the payee(s) you name. You will receive the annuity benefits unless you designate another payee(s). The level of annuity payments is determined by your Accumulation Value, the Annuitant's sex (except where prohibited by law) and age, and the annuity income option selected. All or part of your Accumulation Value may be placed under one or more annuity income options.

Annuity payments must be made to individuals receiving payments on their own behalf, unless otherwise agreed to by us. Any annuity income option is only effective once we acknowledge it. We may require initial and ongoing proof of the Owner's or Annuitant's age or survival. Unless you specify otherwise, the payee is the Owner.

Annuity payments:

Annuity payments are based on the guaranteed minimum interest rate for the Fixed Account of your Policy, compounded annually. If you select a Life Income annuity option, your annuity payments will further be based on the 2012 Individual Annuity Mortality Period Life Table with generational mortality improvement in all years using Projection Scale G2, and the year of the Maturity Date. Annuity payments are further based on the gender(s) of the Annuitant(s), except for Policies issued in states that require unisex mortality, or in connection with employment related annuities and benefit plans not based on the gender of the Annuitant(s). In these instances, the projection and mortality rates will be 100% female for all Annuitants.

Annuity payments on the Maturity Date will not be less than those provided by the application of the Accumulation Value to a single premium immediate annuity policy at the purchase rates offered by us to the same class of Annuitant.

When Annuity Income Payments Begin

You select the Maturity Date by completing an election form that you can request from us at any time. The earliest Maturity Date is the third Policy Anniversary. If you do not specify a date, the Maturity Date will be the Policy Anniversary nearest the Owner's (or Annuitant's if the Owner is a non-natural person) 95th birthday. Tax-qualified Policies may require an earlier Maturity Date.

Selecting an Annuity Income Option

You choose the annuity income option by completing an election form that you can request from us at any time. You may change your selection during your life by sending Written Notice for our receipt at least 30 days before the Maturity Date.

If no selection is made by then, we will apply the Accumulation Value to make annuity payments under the life annuity income option with guaranteed payments for 5 years.

The longer the guaranteed or projected annuity income option period, the lower the amount of each annuity payment will be.

If you die before the Maturity Date (and the Policy is in force), your Beneficiary may elect to receive the death benefit under one of the annuity income options (unless applicable law or a settlement agreement dictate otherwise).

Annuity Income Options

Once fixed annuity payments under an annuity income option begin, they cannot be changed. When the Owner dies, we will pay any unpaid guaranteed payments to your Beneficiary. Upon the last payee's death, we will pay any unpaid guaranteed payments to that payee's estate.

Note: If you elect an annuity income option based only upon a life contingency (Life Income Only), it is possible that only one annuity payment would be made under the annuity option if the Annuitant dies before the due date of the second annuity payment, only two annuity payments would be made if the Annuitant dies before the due date of the third annuity payment, etc. This would not happen if you elect an annuity income option guaranteeing either the amount or duration of payments (Life Annuity with Installment Payments, Life Income with Installment Refund, or Installment Payments).

Part or all of any annuity payment may be taxable as ordinary income. If, at the time annuity payments begin, you have not given us Written Notice to not withhold federal income taxes, we must by law withhold such taxes from the taxable portion of each annuity payment and remit it to the Internal Revenue Service. (Withholding is mandatory for certain tax-qualified Policies.)

We may pay your Policy proceeds to you in one sum if they are less than $1,000, or when the annuity income option chosen would result in periodic payments of less than $20. If any annuity payment would be or becomes less than $20, we also have the right to change the frequency of payments to an interval that will result in payments of at least $20. In no event will we make payments under an annuity option less frequently than annually.

The annuity income options are:

Life Income. We will make equal annual, semiannual, quarterly or monthly annuity payments, as selected, for the life of the Annuitant. The first payment is due on the date the annuity option becomes effective.

Installment Payments. We will make equal annual, semiannual, quarterly or monthly annuity payments for the number of years selected (from five to thirty years). The first payment is due on the date the annuity option becomes effective.

Other Options. You and we may agree to make annuity payments in another manner.

ALLOWABLE BENEFIT RIDER COMBINATIONS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON BENEFITS AVAILABLE UNDER THE POLICY

The examples listed below are hypothetical assumptions and illustrations with the purpose of explaining the operation of the benefits. Actual results will vary.

DEATH BENEFITS

We will pay the death benefit after we receive satisfactory proof of death of an Owner’s death or as soon thereafter as we have sufficient information about the Beneficiary to make the payment. Death benefits may be paid pursuant to an annuity income option to the extent allowed by applicable law and any settlement agreement in effect at your death.

Until we receive satisfactory proof of death and instructions, in the proper form, from your Beneficiaries, your Policy will remain allocated to the Subaccounts you chose, so the amount of the death benefit will reflect the investment performance of those Subaccounts during this period. If your Policy has multiple Beneficiaries, we will calculate and pay

each Beneficiary's share of the death benefit proceeds once we receive satisfactory proof of death and when we receive instructions, in proper form, from that Beneficiary. The death benefit proceeds still remaining to be paid to other Beneficiaries will remain allocated to and continue to fluctuate with the investment performance of the Subaccounts you chose, until each Beneficiary has provided us instructions in the proper form.

In most cases, when death benefit proceeds are paid in a lump sum, we will pay the death benefit proceeds by establishing an interest bearing account for the Beneficiary, in the amount of the death benefit proceeds payable. The same interest rate schedule and other account terms will apply to all Beneficiary accounts in place at any given time. We will send the Beneficiary a checkbook within seven days after we receive all the required documents, and the Beneficiary will have immediate access to the account simply by writing a check for all or any part of the amount of the death benefit proceeds payable. The account is part of our General Account. It is not a bank account and it is not insured by the FDIC or any other government agency. As part of our General Account, it is subject to the claims of our creditors. We receive a benefit from all amounts left in the General Account.

If an Owner of the Policy, under Federal tax law, is a corporation, trust or other non-individual, we treat the primary Annuitant as an Owner for purposes of the death benefit. The Annuitant is that individual whose life affects the timing or the amount of the death benefit payout under the Policy. If an Owner of the Policy is a corporation, trust or other non-individual, a change in the Annuitant is not permitted.

If the Annuitant is an Owner or joint Owner, the Annuitant’s death is treated as the Owner’s death.

If the Annuitant is not an Owner and the Annuitant dies before the Maturity Date, the Owner may name a new Annuitant if such Owner(s) is a natural person. If the Owner does not name a new Annuitant, the Owner will become the Annuitant.

If your spouse is the Policy Beneficiary, Annuitant, or a joint Owner, special tax rules apply. See the IRS Required Distribution Upon Death of Owner section below.

We will deduct any applicable premium tax not previously deducted from the death benefit payable.

Unclaimed Death Benefit Proceeds

Every state has unclaimed property laws that generally declare life insurance and annuity policies to be abandoned after a period of inactivity of three to five years from the date any death benefit and/or annuity payment is due and payable. For example, if the payment of a death benefit has been triggered, and after a thorough search, we are still unable to locate the Beneficiary of the death benefit, the death benefit will be paid to the abandoned property investment division or unclaimed property office of the state in which the Beneficiary or the Policy Owner last resided, as shown on our books and records. However, the state is obligated to pay the death benefit (without interest) if your Beneficiary steps forward to claim it with the proper documentation and within certain mandated periods. To prevent your Policy’s death benefit and/or annuity payment from being paid to the state’s abandoned or unclaimed property office, it is important that you update your Beneficiary designation, and personal information—including complete names and complete address—if and as they change.

Standard Death Benefit

Upon any Owner’s death before the Maturity Date, the Policy will end, and we will pay a death benefit to your Beneficiary(ies). The death benefit equals your Accumulation Value without deduction of a surrender charge. We will pay the death benefit on the date that both satisfactory proof of death and direction with regard to the benefit payout are received.

Upon any Owner’s death on or after the Maturity Date and before all proceeds have been paid, no death benefit is payable, but any remaining proceeds will be paid to the designated annuity benefit payee based on the annuity income option in effect at the time of death.

IRS Required Distribution Upon Death of Owner

Federal tax law requires that if your Policy is non-qualified and you die before the Maturity Date, then the entire value of your Policy must be distributed within five years of your death. The 5-year rule does not apply to that portion of the proceeds which (a) is for the benefit of an individual Beneficiary; and (b) will be paid over the lifetime or the life expectancy of that Beneficiary as long as payments begin no later than one year after the date of your death. Special rules may apply to your surviving spouse. A more detailed description of these rules and other required distribution rules that apply to tax-qualified Policies are described in APPENDIX B of this prospectus.

Optional Death Benefit Riders

Three optional death benefit riders are available, each for an additional charge. Each optional death benefit rider provides the opportunity to receive a death benefit that is greater than the Policy's standard death benefit under the circumstances described below. Your election must be made when the Policy is issued. Your election cannot be changed or revoked. At your Attained Age 95, each of the death benefit riders terminate, the rider charges end, and the death benefit becomes the standard death benefit.

The Return of Premium Death Benefit Rider and the Step-Up Death Benefit Rider cannot be elected together. Only the Return of Premium Death Benefit Rider is available with the Four-Year Surrender Charge Rider or the No Surrender Charge Rider.

Dollar Cost Averaging Program (Standard)

Dollar Cost Averaging allows you to automatically transfer, on a periodic basis, a set dollar amount or percentage from the money market subaccount or the Fixed Account to any other Subaccount(s) or the Fixed Account. Requested

percentages are converted to a dollar amount. You can begin Dollar Cost Averaging when you purchase the Policy or later. You can increase or decrease the amount or percentage of transfers or discontinue the program at any time. We must receive notice of your election and any changed instruction – either Written Notice or by telephone transaction instruction. Dollar Cost Averaging is intended to limit loss by resulting in the purchase of more Accumulation Units when an underlying portfolio company's value is low, and fewer units when its value is high. However, there is no guarantee that such a program will result in a higher Accumulation Value, protect against a loss, or otherwise achieve your investment goals. You can limit the number of transfers to be made, in which case the program will end when that number has been made. Otherwise, the program will terminate when the amount remaining in the money market subaccount or the Fixed Account is less than $100. For more information regarding Dollar Cost Averaging rules, see the SYSTEMATIC TRANSFER PROGRAMS – Dollar Cost Averaging Program under the GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE POLICY section.

Portfolio Rebalancing Program (Standard)

The Portfolio Rebalancing program allows you to rebalance your Account Value among designated Subaccounts only as you instruct. You must request the rebalancing program, give us your rebalancing instructions, or request to end this program either by Written Notice or by telephone transaction instruction. You may change your rebalancing allocation instructions at any time. Any change will be effective when the next rebalancing occurs. For more information regarding Portfolio Rebalancing Program rules, see the SYSTEMATIC TRANSFER PROGRAMS – Portfolio Rebalancing Program under the GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE POLICY section.

Earnings Sweep Program (Standard)

The Earnings Sweep program allows you to rebalance your Account Value by automatically allocating earnings from your Subaccounts among designated Investment Options (Subaccounts or the Fixed Account) either based on your original Policy allocation of premiums or pursuant to new allocation instructions. You must request the Earnings Sweep program, give us your allocation instructions, or request to end this program either by Written Notice or by telephone transaction instruction. You may change your Earnings Sweep program instructions at any time. Any change will be effective when the next sweep occurs. For more information regarding the Earnings Sweep Program rules, see the SYSTEMATIC TRANSFER PROGRAMS – Earnings Sweep Program under the GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE POLICY section.

Step-Up Death Benefit Rider (optional)

The Step-Up Death Benefit Rider provides the opportunity to receive a death benefit that is greater than the Policy's standard death benefit. You may elect this rider if you (or the Annuitant if the Owner is a non-natural person) are not older than Attained Age 75 at issue. At your Attained Age 95, the rider will terminate and the death benefit becomes the standard death benefit. If the Policy is jointly owned, the death benefit is payable upon the death of the first Owner. The death benefit under the Step-Up Death Benefit Rider is referred to as the Step-Up Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit ("Step-Up GMDB"). Until termination of the rider, the Step-Up GMDB equals the greater of the Accumulation Value on the date that proof of death is received and a value that has the potential to "step-up" on Policy Anniversaries. The Step-Up GMDB amount cannot be withdrawn.

The step-up interval is one year for this rider. The step-up benefit for Attained Ages 80-95 is the step-up benefit on the Policy Anniversary nearest your 80th birthday adjusted by adding subsequent premiums paid and subtracting an adjustment for withdrawals made.

We do not currently limit the Investment Options you are allowed to select with the Step-Up Death Benefit Rider. However, we have reserved the right to do so while the rider is in effect. We also may change such limitations from time to time or impose additional restrictions. We will notify you in writing at least 30 days (or longer if required by state and/or federal law or regulation) prior to any change in the Investment Option limitations.

Return of Premium Death Benefit Rider (optional)

The Return of Premium Death Benefit Rider provides the opportunity to receive a death benefit that is greater than the Policy's standard death benefit. You may elect this rider if you (or the Annuitant if the Owner is a non-natural person) are not older than Attained Age 85 at issue. At your Attained Age 95, the rider will terminate and the death benefit becomes the standard death benefit. If the Policy is jointly owned, the death benefit is payable upon the death of the first Owner.

The death benefit under the Return of Premium Death Benefit Rider is referred to as the Return of Premium Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit ("Return of Premium GMDB"). Until termination of the rider, the Return of Premium GMDB equals the greater of the Accumulation Value on the date that proof of death is received and the adjusted guaranteed premium. The Return of Premium GMDB amount cannot be withdrawn.

Enhanced Death Benefit Rider (optional)

The Enhanced Death Benefit Rider provides the opportunity to receive a death benefit in addition to the Policy's standard death benefit or that which is provided by either of the other optional death benefit riders (if elected). You may elect this rider if you (or the Annuitant if the Owner is a non-natural person) are not older than Attained Age 75 at issue. At your Attained Age 95, the rider will terminate and the death benefit becomes the standard death benefit. If the Policy is jointly owned, the death benefit is payable upon the death of the first Owner.

Under the Enhanced Death Benefit Rider, we will pay the Enhanced Death Benefit ("EDB") amount upon the death of the Policy Owner. The EDB amount depends on the date that proof of death is received. For joint Policy Owners, the EDB is payable upon the death of the first Policy Owner.

With respect to IRAs, if you are purchasing the EDB for your IRA, our understanding of current law is that the tax status of optional death benefits such as EDB is unclear. We believe that use of the EDB endorsement and other optional death benefits should not result in adverse tax treatment. We may, in our sole discretion and in compliance with our adopted procedures, accept or reject IRA contributions to purchase a contract with optional benefits. However, we can give no assurance that the Internal Revenue Service will approve the use of the optional death benefit in IRAs. Therefore, the Policy Owners bear the risk of any adverse tax treatment.

Minimum Premium Rider (optional)

Under this rider, the initial premium amount may be lowered to $2,000. Additional premium requirements as provided in the Policy are unaffected by this rider.

The charge for the Minimum Premium Rider is a percentage of the Policy Value, will be deducted from the Policy Value on the same date in succeeding month as the Policy Date, and will continue for the life of the Policy. Whenever this date falls on a date other than a Business Day, the charge will be deducted on the next Business Day. This charge is noted in the Policy specification page.

The charge for the Minimum Premium Rider will be waived if the total Accumulation Value is $25,000 as of Policy Anniversary. Once waived, the charges are not reapplied if the total Accumulation Value falls below $25,000.

The issue ages for this rider are 0 to 85 for the Owner and Annuitant.

This rider is available at the time of Policy issue only. It may not be added to the Policy at a later date. The rider may not be cancelled after it is issued and will terminate when the Policy terminates.

Example: The Owner and Annuitant is the same individual and is age 50 at the time the Policy is issued with the Minimum Initial Premium Rider. The Owner submits a premium payment of $5,000 for each of the first five years of the Policy. As of the sixth Policy Anniversary, the Policy Accumulation Value is $28,000 which is greater than the $25,000 waiver threshold. This is the first time the Accumulation Value is more than $25,000. Therefore, effective the sixth Policy Anniversary, the charge for the Monthly Premium rider is no longer withdrawn from the Policy.

Enhanced Dollar Cost Averaging ("EDCA") Program (optional)

We reserve the right to credit bonus interest to premium payments made to the Fixed Account for Policy Owners who participate in the Enhanced Dollar Cost Averaging ("EDCA") program. The EDCA will be available for new premium only, not transfers from Subaccounts or the Fixed Account. New premium usually includes only money noted on your Policy application; however, we may include other premium payments we receive during the period prior to receipt of the money noted on your application, so long as you do not exceed total premium limits for Ameritas Life annuities. Each premium allocated to the EDCA must be at least $1,500. We may defer crediting bonus interest until we receive all new premium noted on your application. Until all premiums noted on your application are received, amounts will remain in the Fixed Account and will receive the current interest rate declared for the Fixed Account. We must receive any new premium applicable to the EDCA program during the first six months that you own your Policy.

We transfer premium allocated to the EDCA monthly over a period of six months, beginning one month after the date we receive all new premium noted on your application. In the event you withdraw or transfer monies allocated to the EDCA, we will stop crediting interest under the EDCA program and transfer any remaining balance proportionately to the remaining Investment Options you selected in your latest allocation instructions. We reserve the right to discontinue offering the EDCA program at any time.

The EDCA program differs from the DCA program. For information on the DCA program, see the discussion of the DCA program in the Systematic Transfer Program section.

Example: A Policy is issued with total premium of $50,000 and $6,000 is allocated to the EDCA. If the declared interest rate for the EDCA is 2% and the Fixed Account declared interest rate is 1%, the money in the EDCA Fixed Account will earn 2% interest. The money in the EDCA program will be transferred to the Fixed Account and/or Subaccounts in accordance with your latest allocation instructions. (Note: Additional bonus interest in the EDCA is not guaranteed.)

Withdrawal Charge Riders

The following Policy riders allow access to certain Accumulation Value. There is a charge for these riders and they must be elected at the time the Policy is issued. For information about the charges, see this prospectus' FEE TABLE and CHARGES sections.

Four-Year Surrender Charge Rider (optional)

The Four-Year Surrender Charge Rider provides a shorter surrender charge schedule than the base Policy. There is a charge for this rider. The rider may only be elected at issue. The rider may not be cancelled and will terminate only when the Policy terminates. If you elect the Four-Year Surrender Charge Rider, you may not elect the No Surrender Charge Rider, the Waypoint Income Rider, the Step-Up Death Benefit Rider or the Enhanced Death Benefit Rider.

Example: Assuming a $100,000 initial premium and no additional premiums are made to the Policy. The table below illustrates a comparison of maximum applicable surrender charges for the available surrender charges.

No Surrender Charge Rider (optional)

The No Surrender Charge Rider allows you to take partial withdrawals or a full surrender of Accumulation Value without surrender charges. There is a charge for this rider. The rider may only be elected at issue. The rider may not be cancelled and will terminate only when the Policy terminates. If you elect the No Surrender Charge Rider, you may not elect the Four-Year Surrender Charge Rider, the Waypoint Income Rider, the Step-Up Death Benefit Rider or the Enhanced Death Benefit Rider.

If you elect the No Surrender Charge Rider, the following restrictions also apply:

Example: A Policy with the No Surrender Charge Rider does not have any withdrawal charges. Therefore, no withdrawal charges will be withdrawn at the time of any partial withdrawal or surrender.

Waypoint Income Rider (optional)

Sales of the Waypoint Income Rider were suspended beginning September 1, 2020. The Waypoint Income Rider is not available for policies with a Policy Date on or after September 1, 2020 and will not be available to be added to the Policy at a later date.

If your Policy Date is prior to September 1, 2020 and you purchased the Policy before you Attained Age 50, you may add the Waypoint Income Rider on the Policy Anniversary nearest your 50th birthday if the rider is available at that time. We will send you notice of your ability to add the Waypoint Income Rider at least 60 days prior to the Policy Anniversary when it may be added. You must affirmatively respond to us in writing, and we must receive your response before the date provided in the notice. The Waypoint Income Rider may not be added after the date provided in the notice.

The balance of the disclosure in this section applies only to Policies with Policy Dates prior to September 1, 2020.

The Waypoint Income Rider provides a withdrawal benefit that guarantees a series of annualized withdrawals from the Policy until the death of the last Covered Person, regardless of the Policy's Accumulation Value. A "Covered Person" is the Owner(s) of the Policy, the Annuitant(s) if the Owner is a non-natural person, or the spouse at the time the joint spousal option is selected.

Guarantees, which are obligations of the General Account, are subject to the financial strength and claims paying ability of the Company and do not apply to the performance of the underlying Investment Options available with the Waypoint Income Rider.

There is a charge for the Waypoint Income Rider. The rider may not be available in all states. The rider is only available if the Policy Owner is Attained Age 50 through 85. The date the Waypoint Income Rider is issued is the "Rider Date."

If you are Attained Age 50 through 85 on the date your Policy is issued, you may elect the Waypoint Income Rider at issue. If your Policy was purchased before your Attained Age 50, you may add the Waypoint Income Rider on the Policy Anniversary nearest your 50^th birthday if the rider is available at that time. We will send you notice of your ability to add the Waypoint Income Rider at least 60 days prior to the Policy Anniversary when it may be added. You must affirmatively respond to us in writing, and we must receive your response before the date provided in the notice. The Waypoint Income Rider may not be added after the date provided in the notice.

The Internal Revenue Code defines Required Minimum Distribution amounts (an "RMD") in Code Sections 401(a)(9) and 408(b)(3) and related regulations. The RMD is based on the previous year-end Accumulation Value of only the Policy to which the Waypoint Income Rider is attached, including the present value of additional benefits provided under the Policy and any riders attached to the Policy, to the extent required to be taken into account under IRS guidance.

Waypoint Income Rider Phases

The Waypoint Income Rider has three phases, and your rights and benefits vary depending on which phase the rider is in. The Waypoint Income Rider is issued in the Accumulation Phase, and the Withdrawal Phase can begin no sooner than 30 days later. Sequentially, the phases are:

Accumulation Phase: the period of time between the date the Waypoint Income Rider is issued and the date of the first lifetime withdrawal benefit payment.

Withdrawal Phase: the period of time beginning with the occurrence of the first lifetime withdrawal benefit payment.

Guaranteed Phase: the period of time during which lifetime withdrawal benefit payments continue to be made, even though the Policy's Accumulation Value has been reduced to zero.

Accumulation Phase

During the Accumulation Phase, you have the opportunity to grow the Premium Accumulation Value which will later be used to determine the lifetime withdrawal benefit payments provided by the Waypoint Income Rider. Under the circumstances described below, we credit the Premium Accumulation Value with a guaranteed annual compounded rate of return of 5% (the "Premium Accumulation Rate"). The Reset Feature of the Accumulation Phase provides the potential to increase your Premium Accumulation Value on each Policy Anniversary to equal the Policy's Accumulation Value if it is greater than the Premium Accumulation Value.

Premium Accumulation Period is a 10-year period beginning with the later of the Rider Date or the most recent reset date during which we credit the Premium Accumulation Value with the Premium Accumulation Rate. If you elect to enter the Withdrawal Phase during this time, the Premium Accumulation Period will end.

Premium Accumulation Value is the sum of premiums paid plus interest at the Premium Accumulation Rate compounded annually for the Premium Accumulation Period. The initial Premium Accumulation Value is the Policy's Accumulation Value as of the Rider Date. The Premium Accumulation Value cannot be withdrawn and is not payable as a death benefit.

Maximum Anniversary Accumulation Value is the highest Accumulation Value of the Policy on any Policy Anniversary during the Premium Accumulation Period after the later of the Rider Date or the most recent reset date, if any. The Maximum Anniversary Accumulation Value cannot be withdrawn and is not payable as a death benefit.

Reset Feature. On each Policy Anniversary during the Accumulation Phase, the Premium Accumulation Value will be reset to the Policy's Accumulation Value if it is greater.

At the time of a reset: 

After reset, the provisions of the Waypoint Income Rider apply in the same manner as they applied when the rider was issued. The deduction of charges, limitations on withdrawals, and any future reset options available after the most recent reset will again apply and will be measured from the date of most recent reset.

Withdrawals During the Accumulation Phase. You are permitted to take one withdrawal per Policy Year during the Accumulation Phase without initiating the Withdrawal Phase. You must indicate your desire to exercise this provision at the time you request a withdrawal. The withdrawal can be no sooner than 30 days after the Rider Date. The withdrawal may be subject to surrender charges as provided by the Policy and other applicable riders.

The Premium Accumulation Rate that will be applied in the year of a withdrawal will be impacted by such withdrawal. Taking a withdrawal under this provision will reduce the annual rate of interest for the Premium Accumulation Value to 0% for the Policy Year in which the withdrawal is taken. A second request for a withdrawal in a Policy Year will automatically transition the rider to the Withdrawal Phase.

A withdrawal will reduce the Rider Charge Base, the Premium Accumulation Value, and the Maximum Anniversary Accumulation Value in the same proportion that the withdrawal amount has to the Policy's Accumulation Value prior to the withdrawal. The amount of these adjustments may be more than the dollar amount of the withdrawal.

Withdrawal Phase

During the Withdrawal Phase you will receive the lifetime withdrawal benefit payments provided by the Waypoint Income Rider. You may choose to begin the payments no sooner than 30 days after the Rider Date, and no later than 60 days after we receive Written Notice.

Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Amount (LWBA) is the maximum withdrawal payment that can be withdrawn under the Waypoint Income Rider during a Policy Year without reducing the Benefit Base. We guarantee, as an obligation of our General Account, that you may withdraw during a Policy Year up to the LWBA, regardless of the Policy's Accumulation Value, until the death of the last Covered Person. Total withdrawals in a Policy Year that do not exceed the LWBA will not be subject to surrender charges.

You have the choice of receiving LWBA withdrawals on an annual, semi-annual, quarterly, or monthly basis. If periodic withdrawals would be or become less than $100, we may change the frequency of withdrawals to an interval that will result in a payment of at least $100. If, during the Withdrawal Phase, you withdraw less than the LWBA in a Policy Year, the unused portion cannot be carried forward to subsequent Policy Years.

The LWBA is determined by applying the Lifetime Distribution Factor to the Benefit Base.

Benefit Base is the amount used in conjunction with the Lifetime Distribution Factor to determine the LWBA. The Benefit Base cannot be withdrawn and is not payable as a death benefit. The Benefit Base is established at the beginning of the Withdrawal Phase as the greatest of the Policy's Accumulation Value, the Premium Accumulation Value, and the Maximum Anniversary Accumulation Value. The Benefit Base is adjusted downward due to excess withdrawals and adjusted upward due to step-up or additional premium payments. The Benefit Base is not used to determine other benefits or features of the Waypoint Income Rider.

Lifetime Distribution Factor is a percentage that corresponds to the Attained Age of the youngest Covered Person at the beginning of the Withdrawal Phase. The Lifetime Distribution Factor is established from the following schedule; it never changes once it is established:

We may change this schedule for new issues and new Waypoint Income Rider elections. At any time that the Benefit Base is adjusted, the LWBA is re-determined by applying the Lifetime Distribution Factor to the adjusted Benefit Base.

Remaining Balance is the most recently determined Benefit Base minus the sum of all withdrawals made since the later of the beginning of the Withdrawal Phase or the most recent step-up of the Benefit Base. The Remaining Balance will never be less than zero. The Remaining Balance cannot be withdrawn. The Remaining Balance, if any, is payable as a death benefit.

Impact of Withdrawals on Benefit Base. Total withdrawals in a Policy Year up to the LWBA will not reduce the Benefit Base and will not impact the LWBA. An Excess Withdrawal is the portion of any withdrawal taken during the Withdrawal Phase that exceeds the LWBA in that Policy Year. Excess Withdrawals will proportionately reduce the Benefit Base. The Benefit Base adjustment may be more than the dollar amount of the Excess Withdrawal. If you are required to take an RMD from the Policy and the RMD exceeds the LWBA, the portion of the RMD that is greater than the LWBA will not be treated as an Excess Withdrawal.

A reduction in the Benefit Base will reduce the LWBA. No excess withdrawals will be allowed when the Policy's Accumulation Value is zero. If an Excess Withdrawal reduces the LWBA to an amount less than $100, we will pay the Remaining Balance in a lump sum; the rider and its benefits will be terminated.

Step-Up of Benefit Base. On each Policy Anniversary during the Withdrawal Phase, we will compare the Policy's Accumulation Value to the Benefit Base. If the Policy's Accumulation Value is greater than the Benefit Base on a Policy Anniversary, we will set the Benefit Base to equal the Policy's Accumulation Value and recalculate the LWBA, which will increase the LWBA.

Additional Premiums. Additional premium payments made during the Withdrawal Phase will increase the Policy's Accumulation Value according to the provisions of the Policy, increase the Benefit Base, and increase the LWBA. Premium payments made during the Withdrawal Phase may not exceed $25,000 without our approval. Premium payments will not be accepted if the Policy's Accumulation Value is zero.

Guaranteed Phase

During the Guaranteed Phase, you will continue receiving LWBA payments even though the Policy's Accumulation Value has been reduced to zero. If a withdrawal (including an RMD) reduces the Policy's Accumulation Value to zero and at least one Covered Person is still living, the following will apply:

(1) the monthly rider charge will no longer be deducted,

(2) the LWBA will be provided until the death of the last surviving Covered Person under a series of pre-authorized payments according to a frequency selected by the Owner, but no less frequently than annually,

(3) no additional premiums will be accepted,

(4) no additional step-ups will occur,

(5) any Remaining Balance will not be available for payment in a lump sum and cannot be applied to provide payments under an annuity option, and

(6) the Policy and any other riders will cease to provide any death benefits.

Rider Spousal Continuation

If your Policy is issued as non-qualified, or issued as a regular, SEP, SIMPLE, or Roth IRA, your spouse has the ability to continue the Waypoint Income Rider under the circumstances described below.

If the Covered Person dies during the Accumulation Phase of this rider and if the surviving spouse of the deceased Covered Person meets the age requirements of this rider, the surviving spouse may elect to continue this rider for his or her life in accordance with its terms. If the surviving spouse so elects, the rider will continue in the Accumulation Phase, and the Premium Accumulation Value and Maximum Anniversary Accumulation Value will be set equal to the Policy's Accumulation Value. The rider charge rate will equal the rider charge rate in effect for new issues of the same rider, but will not exceed the maximum rider charge. If age requirements are not met, the rider will terminate.

If the Covered Person dies during the Withdrawal Phase, the surviving spouse of the deceased Covered Person may elect to continue the rider in accordance with its terms. Total annual withdrawals, not to exceed the LWBA in effect on the date of the Covered Person's death, will be paid until such time that the Remaining Balance is reduced to zero. No step-up of the Benefit Base is available after the Covered Person's death.

Death Benefit

Upon the death of the last Covered Person, provided the rider is in the Withdrawal Phase, the Beneficiary may elect to receive either the death benefit as provided by the Policy and other riders, as applicable, or the distribution of the Remaining Balance accomplished through the payment of the LWBA, subject to the IRS regulations relating to RMDs, until such time that the Remaining Balance is zero.

If the last surviving Covered Person dies and the Policy's Accumulation Value is zero as of the date of death, any Remaining Balance will be distributed to the Beneficiary through the payment of the LWBA until such time that the Remaining Balance is zero.

Rider Charge

The current and guaranteed maximum annual charges for the Waypoint Income Rider are in the Charges section of this prospectus. Beginning with the Rider Date, each month we will deduct a rider charge Pro-Rata from your Investment Options. The monthly rider charge is equal to the rider charge rate multiplied by the Rider Charge Base divided by 12.

Rider Charge Base is the value used to calculate the monthly rider charge for each Policy Month. The initial Rider Charge Base is the Policy's Accumulation Value as of the Rider Date. During the Accumulation Phase, the Rider Charge Base is established on each Policy Anniversary as the maximum of the Policy's Accumulation Value, the Premium Accumulation Value, and the Maximum Anniversary Accumulation Value. During the Policy Year, the Rider Charge Base is increased dollar-for-dollar for premiums paid since the previous Policy Anniversary. During the Policy Year, the Rider Charge Base is also reduced for any withdrawal taken since the previous Policy Anniversary in the proportion that the withdrawal amount has to the Policy's Accumulation Value prior to the withdrawal. During the Withdrawal Phase the Rider Charge Base is the Benefit Base.

Permitted Investment Options

While the Waypoint Income Rider is in force, all of your Policy's Accumulation Value must be allocated to the permitted Investment Options approved for use with this rider. The Waypoint Income Rider will terminate if you allocate any portion of your Policy's Accumulation Value or subsequent premium payment to an Investment Option that is inconsistent with the permitted Investment Options. You may transfer your Policy's Accumulation Value between the permitted Investment Options; however, any transfer of your Policy's Accumulation Value to an Investment Option that is not a permitted Investment Option will result in termination of the Waypoint Income Rider.

We reserve the right to change at any time the permitted Investment Options and/or place additional restrictions on the number of Investment Options that you are allowed to select, or the percentages you may allocate to each Investment option while the Waypoint Income Rider is in force. We will notify you at least 30 days prior to any change to the permitted investment options. If we have not received alternate instructions from you prior to the closure of an investment Option, we will transfer all of your Policy's Accumulation Value from the discontinued Investment Option to a default Investment Option as specified in the notice. You may later request to transfer your Policy's Accumulation Value from the default Investment Option to any remaining permitted Investment Option. We may close one or more permitted

Investment Option(s) to additional premium payments and transfers. We will notify you at least 30 days prior to the closure(s). If you wish to make additional premium payments, you will be required to transfer your Policy's Accumulation Value to one of the remaining permitted Investment Options.

The list of permitted Investment Options is listed below and in Appendix A:

You must allocate 100% of your Policy's Accumulation Value to one of the permitted Investment Options. Each portfolio is a volatility managed fund and may be referred to as a "VM Fund" or, collectively, the "VM Funds." You must select the VM Fund that is best for you. Your financial adviser can help you make this determination and may provide you with an investor questionnaire to help you define your investing style. There is no guarantee that the VM Fund you select is appropriate for your ability to withstand investment risk. We are not responsible for your selection of a specific VM Fund or your decision to change to a different VM Fund.

The strategies used by the VM Funds seek to limit the volatility risks associated with the value of your Policy. While these strategies are intended to reduce the risk of market losses from investing in equity securities, they may result in periods of underperformance, including, but not limited to, during times when the market is appreciating. As a result, your Policy's Accumulation Value may rise less than it would have without these strategies. During periods of high market volatility, the strategies are intended to dampen the impact on your Policy during sharp market losses, but nevertheless, you may still incur losses.

The above VM Funds seek to stabilize the volatility of a portfolio to a predetermined target level; therefore, they may not perform as well in a rising market as they are designed to limit volatility and provide downside protection in a declining market. If performance is limited in rising markets, then your Policy Value may not increase as much as it would if other Investment Options were allowed, this means you may not have as many opportunities for resets of the Premium Accumulation Value and step-ups of the Benefit Base. Further, losses are still possible. Resets and step-ups are described in the Reset Feature section and the Step-Up of Benefit Base section of the Waypoint Income Rider description above.

The requirement to be invested in the VM Funds is a risk management strategy employed by us to mitigate the financial risks and manage the cost of providing you the guaranteed benefits of the Waypoint Income Rider. In some situations, this risk mitigation strategy may result in more favorable financial results to us and less favorable financial results to you. Our interest in reducing both loss and the volatility of Policy Values presents a potential conflict of interest with respect to the interest of Policy Owners.

The permitted Investment Options for the Waypoint Income Rider are each comprised of a single Investment Option, charges will be deducted from that Investment Option.

Changes to your Policy's Accumulation Value allocations outside of the permitted Investment Options will cause the Waypoint Income Rider to terminate. For this reason, you will not be able to execute such a trade online. You will be required to communicate with the Service Center. The Service Center will communicate that your election to trade will result in the termination of your Rider.

Potential Conflicts of Interest Relating to the VM Funds

The strategies used by the VM Funds limit the volatility risks associated with offering living benefit riders like the Waypoint Income Rider. In requiring allocation to the VM Funds we are not providing investment advice or managing the allocations of your Policy. There is no investment advisory agreement between you and us, nor are any of our affiliates an adviser to you as the Policy Owner.

Each VM Fund is a mutual fund portfolio managed by the mutual fund's investment adviser. The three VM Funds with "CVT" in their names are managed by Calvert Research and Management ("CRM") and sub-advised by Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC and our affiliate Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. (“AIP”), subject to the oversight of CRM and the portfolio's Board of Directors. In providing investment subadvisory services to the CVT VM Funds, AIP may be subject to competing interests that may influence its decisions. These competing interests typically arise because AIP

serves as the sub-adviser to the CVT VM Funds while we receive compensation for providing other services to the CVT VM Funds, which may vary depending on the portfolio. For additional information, see the CVT VM Fund portfolio prospectuses.

Termination

Except as otherwise provided under the Rider Spousal Continuation section, the Waypoint Income Rider will terminate without value on the earliest occurrence of any of the following dates:

If annuity payments are to commence at the Maturity Date under number (3) above, the Owner may select one of the following options:

In the case of a divorce, this rider will continue provided the Covered Person does not change.

Policy Application and Issuance

To purchase a Policy, you must submit an application and a minimum initial premium. A Policy usually will be issued only if you and the Annuitant are Attained Ages 0 through 85. We reserve the right to reject any application or premium for regulatory reasons, or if the application or premium does not meet the requirements stated in the Policy, as disclosed in this prospectus.

If your application is in good order upon receipt, we will credit your initial Net Premium to the Accumulation Value in accordance with your allocation instructions within two Business Days after the later of the date we receive your application or the date we receive your premium. If the application is incomplete or otherwise not in good order, we will contact you within five Business Days to explain the delay; at that time we will refund your initial premium unless you consent to our retaining it to apply it to your Policy once all Policy issuance requirements are met.

The Policy Date is the date two Business Days after we receive your application and initial premium. It is the date used to determine Policy Anniversaries and Policy Years. No Policy will be dated on or after the 29th day of a month. (This does not affect how premium is credited; see the paragraph above.)

You can purchase a tax-qualified Policy as part of Section 401(a) pension or profit-sharing plans, or IRA, Roth IRA, SIMPLE IRA, SEP, and Section 457 deferred compensation plans, subject to certain limitations. See this prospectus' TAXES section and APPENDIX B for details regarding all pension or deferred compensation plans. Call us to see if the Policy may be issued as part of other kinds of plans or arrangements.

Application in Good Order

All application questions must be answered, but particularly note these requirements:

Premium Requirements

Your premium checks should be made payable to "Ameritas Life Insurance Corp." We may postpone crediting of your initial premium payment made by personal check to your Policy until the check has been honored by your bank. Payment

by certified check, banker's draft, or cashier's check will be promptly applied. Under our electronic fund transfer program, you may select a monthly payment schedule for us to automatically deduct premiums from your bank account or other sources. Total premiums in this Policy may not exceed $1 million without our consent.

Initial Premium

Minimum Premium Rider

The Minimum Premium Rider reduces the minimum initial premium requirement to $2,000. The rider may only be elected at issue. The rider does not change the requirements for additional premium payments. There is a charge for this rider. We will waive the charge in all years after the waiver threshold of $25,000 is met on a Policy Anniversary.

Additional Premiums

Allocating Your Premiums

You may allocate your premiums among the variable Investment Options and the Fixed Account option. Initial allocations in your Policy application will be used for additional premiums until you change your allocation.

Your Accumulation Value

On your Policy's date of issue, the Accumulation Value equals the initial premium less any charge for applicable premium taxes that we may collect. On any Business Day thereafter, the Accumulation Value equals the sum of the values in the Separate Account variable Investment Options and the Fixed Account. The Accumulation Value is expected to change from day to day, reflecting the expenses and investment experience of the selected variable Investment Options (and interest earned in the Fixed Account option) as well as the deductions for charges under the Policy.

Separate Account Value

Premiums or transfers allocated to Subaccounts are accounted for in Accumulation Units. The Accumulation Value held in the Subaccounts on any Business Day is determined by multiplying each Subaccount's Accumulation Unit value by the number of Accumulation Units held in the Subaccount allocated to the Policy. We will determine the value of the assets of each Subaccount at the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on each Business Day.

The unit value of each Subaccount reflects the investment performance of that Subaccount. The unit value of each Subaccount on any Business Day equals the unit value of the Subaccount on the previous Business Day multiplied by the net investment factor for the Subaccount. The net investment factor for each Subaccount can be determined on any Business Day by using the following calculation:

When transactions are made to or from a Subaccount, the actual dollar amounts are converted to Accumulation Units. The number of Accumulation Units for a transaction is equal to the dollar amount of the transaction divided by the Accumulation Unit value on the Business Day the transaction is made. Each transaction described below will increase or decrease your Accumulation Units.

The number of Accumulation Units in a Subaccount will increase when:

The number of Accumulation Units in a Subaccount will decrease when:

Fixed Account Value

The Accumulation Value of the Fixed Account on any Business Day equals:

We guarantee that the Fixed Account value will be credited with a rate of interest at least equal to the guaranteed minimum interest rate.

Principal Underwriter

Ameritas Investment Company, LLC ("AIC"), 5900 O Street, Lincoln, Nebraska 68510, is the principal underwriter of the Policies. AIC is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameritas Life. AIC enters into contracts with its own representatives to sell Policies and with various unaffiliated broker-dealers ("Distributors") to also distribute Policies through their own representatives. All persons selling the Policy will be registered representatives and will also be licensed as insurance agents to sell variable insurance products. AIC is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a broker-dealer and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA").

There are several ways to take all or part of your investment out of your Policy, both before and after the Maturity Date. Tax penalties and surrender charges may apply to amounts taken out of your Policy before the Maturity Date. Your Policy also provides a death benefit (including, for an additional charge, optional death benefit riders) that may be paid upon your death prior to the Maturity Date. All or part of a death benefit may be taxable.

WITHDRAWALS

You may withdraw, by Written Notice, all or part of your Policy's Cash Surrender Value prior to the Maturity Date. Amounts withdrawn may be subject to a surrender charge. Following a full surrender of the Policy, or at any time the Accumulation Value is zero, all of your rights in the Policy end.

For purposes of the surrender charge only, premiums are deemed to be withdrawn before any earnings; this means that there may be no surrender charge if the amount of the withdrawal is less than or equal to premiums received at least 7 years prior to the withdrawal (4 years for the Four-Year Surrender Charge Rider) and not considered having been previously withdrawn. Of premium considered withdrawn, the oldest premium is considered withdrawn first, the next oldest premium is considered withdrawn next, and so on (a "first-in, first-out" procedure). (This is different than taxation order, which generally considers the last premium withdrawn first – a "last-in, first-out" procedure.)

Withdrawal Rules

We will allow fax and email request forms and signatures to be used for the purpose of a Written Notice authorizing withdrawals from your Policy. You may complete and execute a withdrawal form and send it to our Service Center fax number, 402-467-7335. We offer this method of withdrawal as a service to meet your needs when turnaround time is critical. However, by not requiring an original signature there is a greater possibility that unauthorized persons can manipulate your signature and make changes on your Policy (including withdrawals) without your knowledge.

Systematic Withdrawal Plan

The systematic withdrawal plan allows you to automatically withdraw payments of a pre-determined dollar amount or fixed percentage of Accumulation Value from a specified Investment Option monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually. We can support and encourage your use of electronic fund transfer of systematic withdrawal plan payments to an account of yours that you specify to us. The fixed dollar amount of systematic withdrawals may be calculated in support of Internal Revenue Service minimum distribution requirements over the lifetime of the Annuitant. No systematic withdrawal may be established after the 28th of each month. Although this plan mimics annuity payments, each distribution is a withdrawal that may be taxable and subject to the charges and expenses described above; you may wish to consult a tax adviser before requesting this plan.

Free Withdrawal Amount

Each year after the first Policy Year you may withdraw 10% of the Accumulation Value without a surrender charge. This free withdrawal amount is reduced by all prior free withdrawals in the Policy Year. Any unused portion of the free withdrawal amount cannot be carried forward to subsequent Policy Years. There is no charge for this feature.

Waiver of Surrender Charge

The surrender charge will be waived for a full surrender or partial withdrawal in the event of (1) or (2) below. You are eligible for this benefit on the Policy Date.

A "Qualified Institution" is a facility located in the United States that is primarily engaged in providing continuous, on-going skilled nursing care and related services for its residents. The Qualified Institution must be operated pursuant to the laws and regulations of the state in which it is licensed and be qualified as a "skilled nursing facility" under Medicare or Medicaid. The Qualified Institution must maintain daily medical records of each patient. The Qualified Institution's staff must be licensed, certified, or registered in accordance with applicable state laws. A Qualified Institution does not include: assisted living facilities, residential care facilities, facilities primarily engaged in the treatment of mental or nervous disorders, facilities primarily engaged in the treatment of alcoholism or drug addiction, or rehabilitation hospitals.

A "Physician" is a doctor of medicine or osteopathy (other than you, your spouse, domestic partner, a member of your family, a business or professional partner, or any person with whom you share a financial or business interest) licensed to practice medicine and surgery in the state in which he or she practices and who is practicing within the scope of such license in the United States.

If your Policy is terminated, either by you or us, and you are eligible for this waiver benefit at the time of termination, then your right to this benefit will not be prejudiced and surrender charges will be waived. If the request for this waiver is denied, you will be notified of the denial. At such time, you will be provided with the opportunity to instruct us of your desire to either proceed with, or cancel, your full surrender or partial withdrawal.

There is no charge for this feature. The waiver may not be available in all states or at all times.

Delay of Payments

We will usually pay any amounts requested as a full surrender or partial withdrawal from the Separate Account within 7 days after we receive your Written Notice. We can postpone such payments or any transfers out of a Subaccount if: (i) the NYSE is closed for other than customary weekend and holiday closings; (ii) trading on the NYSE is restricted; (iii) an

emergency exists as determined by the SEC, as a result of which it is not reasonably practical to dispose of securities, or not reasonably practical to determine the value of the net assets of the Separate Account; or (iv) the SEC permits delay for the protection of security holders. The applicable rules of the SEC will govern as to whether the conditions in (iii) or (iv) exist.

We may defer payments of a full surrender or partial withdrawals or a transfer from the Fixed Account for up to 6 months from the date we receive your Written Notice, after we request and receive approval from the department of insurance of our domiciliary state.

Cancellation Rights

If you are not satisfied with the Policy, you may void it by returning it to us or our agent from which it was purchased within 10 days of receipt, or longer where required by state law. You will then receive a full refund of your Accumulation Value; however, where required by certain states, or if your Policy was issued as an Individual Retirement Account ("IRA"), you will receive either the premium paid or your Accumulation Value, whichever amount is greater.

This discussion of how federal income tax laws may affect investment in your variable annuity is based on our understanding of current laws as interpreted by the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"). It is NOT intended as tax advice. All information is subject to change without notice. Generally, amounts payable to a Beneficiary on the Policy Owner’s death will be included in the estate of the Policy Owner for federal estate tax purposes, however, we make no attempt to review any state or local laws, or to address estate or inheritance laws or other tax consequences of annuity ownership or receipt of distributions as applied to your particular situation. You should consult a competent tax adviser to learn how tax laws apply to your annuity interests.

Section 72 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the "Code") governs taxation of annuities in general and Code Section 817 provides rules regarding the tax treatment of variable annuities. Other Code sections may also impact taxation of your variable annuity investment and/or earnings.

Tax Deferrals During Accumulation Period

An important feature of variable annuities is tax-deferred treatment of earnings during the accumulation phase. An individual Owner is not taxed on increases in the value of a Policy until a withdrawal occurs, either in the form of a non-periodic payment or as annuity payments under the settlement option selected.

Taxation of Withdrawals

Withdrawals are included in gross income to the extent of any allocable income. Any amount in excess of the investment in the Policy is allocable to income. Accordingly, withdrawals are treated as coming first from the earnings, then, only after the income portion is exhausted, as coming from principal.

If you make a withdrawal, not only is the income portion of such a distribution subject to federal income taxation, but a 10% penalty may apply. However, the penalty does not apply to distributions:

Taxation of Annuity Payments

Earnings from a variable annuity are taxable only upon withdrawal and are treated as ordinary income. Generally, the Code provides for the return of your investment in an annuity policy in equal tax-free amounts over the annuity payout period. Fixed annuity payment amounts may be excluded from taxable income based on the ratio of the investment in the Policy to the total expected value of annuity payments. The remaining balance of each payment is taxable income. After you recover your investment in the Policy, any payment you receive is fully taxable. The taxable portion of any annuity payment is taxed at ordinary income tax rates.

Taxation of Death Proceeds

A death benefit paid under the Policy may be taxable income to the Beneficiary. The rules on taxation of an annuity apply. Estate taxes may also apply to your annuity, even if all or a portion of the benefit is subject to federal income taxes. To be treated as an annuity, a Policy must provide that: (1) if an Owner dies: (a) on or after the annuity starting date, and (b) before the entire interest in the Policy is distributed, the balance will be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method being used at the date of death, and (2) if the Owner dies before the annuity starting date, the entire interest must be distributed within five years of death. However, if an individual is designated as Beneficiary, they may take distribution over their life expectancy. If distributed in a lump sum, the death benefit amount is taxed in the same manner as a full withdrawal. If the Beneficiary is the surviving spouse of the Owner, it is possible to continue deferring taxes on the accrued and future income of the Policy until payments are made to the surviving spouse.

Tax Treatment of Assignments and Transfers

An assignment or pledge of an annuity Policy is treated as a withdrawal. Also, the Code (particularly for tax-qualified plans) and ERISA in some circumstances prohibit such transactions, subjecting them to income tax and additional excise tax. Therefore, you should consult a competent tax adviser if you wish to assign or pledge your Policy.

Tax Treatments by Type of Owner

A Policy held by an entity, other than a natural person, such as a corporation, estate or trust, usually is not treated as an annuity for federal income tax purposes unless annuity payments start within a year. The income on such a Policy is taxable in the year received or accrued by the Owner. However, this rule does not apply if the entity as Owner is acting as an agent for an individual or is an estate that acquired the Policy as a result of the death of the decedent. Nor does it apply if the Policy is held by certain qualified plans, is held pursuant to a qualified funding trust (structured settlement plan), or if an employer purchased the Policy under a terminated qualified plan. You should consult your tax adviser before purchasing a Policy to be owned by a non-natural person.

Annuity Used to Fund Qualified Plan

The Policy is designed for use with various qualified plans including:

The Policy will not provide additional tax deferral benefits if it is used to fund a tax-deferred qualified plan. However, Policy features and benefits other than tax deferral may make it an appropriate investment for a qualified plan. You should review the annuity features, including all benefits and expenses, prior to purchasing a variable annuity. Tax rules for qualified plans are very complex and vary according to the type and terms of the plan, as well as individual facts and circumstances. Each purchaser should obtain advice from a competent tax adviser prior to purchasing a Policy issued under a qualified plan.

The Company reserves the right to limit the availability of the Policy for use with any of the plans listed above or to modify the Policy to conform to tax requirements. Some retirement plans are subject to requirements that we have not incorporated into our administrative procedures. Unless we specifically consent, we are not bound by plan requirements to the extent that they conflict with the terms of the Policy.

Tax Impact on Account Value

Certain Policy credits are treated as taxable "earnings" and not "investments" for tax purposes. Taxable earnings are considered paid out first, followed by the return of your premiums (investment amounts).

We and our subsidiaries, like other life insurance companies, are subject to regulatory and legal proceedings in the ordinary course of our business. Certain of the proceedings we are involved in assert claims for substantial amounts. While it is not possible to predict with certainty the ultimate outcome of any pending or future case, legal proceeding or regulatory action, we do not expect the ultimate result of any of these actions to result in a material adverse effect on the Separate Account, our ability to meet our obligations under the Policies, or AIC's ability to perform its obligations. Nonetheless, given the large or indeterminate amounts sought in certain of these matters, and the inherent unpredictability of litigation, it is possible that an adverse outcome in certain matters could from time to time have a material adverse effect on any or all of the above.

Financial statements of the Subaccounts of the Separate Account and our Company are included in the Statement of Additional Information. To learn how to obtain a copy, see the Table of Contents page or the last page of this prospectus.