Equitable AdvantageSM
Summary Prospectus for New Investors
May 1, 2024
An individual flexible premium variable and index-linked life insurance policy issued by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company and by Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company of America (the Company, we, our and us) with variable investment options offered under Separate Account FP and Equitable America Variable Account K (the Separate Account). Each Companys respective general account is referred to as the general account in the Prospectus. Variable and indexed-linked life insurance policies are complex investment vehicles and you should speak with a financial professional about policy features, benefits, risks and fees and whether the policy is appropriate for you based on your financial situation and objectives.
This summary prospectus summarizes key features of the policy (the Summary Prospectus). Before you invest, you should also review the Prospectus for the policy, which contains more information about the policys features, benefits, and risks (the Prospectus). You can find this document and other information about the policy online at www.equitable.com/ICSR#EQH162723. You can also obtain this information at no cost by calling 1-800-777-6510 (for U.S. residents) or 1-704-341-7000 (outside of the U.S.) or by sending an email request to EquitableFunds@dfinsolutions.com.
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. In most states, we will refund the policy account value plus any charges that were deducted, less any outstanding loan and accrued loan interest. In other states, we will refund the premiums that were paid, less any outstanding loan and accrued loan interest. You should review the Prospectus, or consult with your investment professional, for additional information about the specific cancellation terms that apply.
The policy provides life insurance coverage, plus the opportunity for you to earn a return in (i) our guaranteed interest option, (ii) an investment option we refer to as Market Stabilizer Option® II, if available, which is described in the separate Market Stabilizer Option® II prospectus and/or (iii) one or more variable investment options set forth in Appendix: Investment options available under the policy to the Prospectus. Market Stabilizer Option® II is not available in all jurisdictions and your policy may have been issued with the original Market Stabilizer Option®, see your applicable MSO prospectus for further information. Differences between Market Stabilizer Option® II (MSO II) and the original Market Stabilizer Option® are outlined in Appendix: State policy availability and/or variations of certain features and benefits in the Prospectus. MSO II gives you the opportunity to earn interest that we will credit based in part on the performance of the S&P 500 Price Return Index, excluding dividends, over approximately a one year period, although you could also experience a negative return and a significant loss of principal and previously credited interest. If you are interested in allocating amounts to MSO II, please refer to the separate MSO II prospectus, which contains additional information relating to MSO II. If you did not receive an MSO II prospectus and wish to obtain one, please call us at 1-800-777-6510 (for U.S. residents) or 1-704-341-7000 (outside of the U.S.).
Additional general information about certain investment products, including variable life insurance policies, has been prepared by the Securities and Exchange Commissions staff and is available at Investor.gov.
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Table of Contents
Important Information You Should Consider About the Policy
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Charges for Early Withdrawals | We will not deduct a charge for making a partial withdrawal from your policy, however, if you surrender the policy in its first 10 years, youll be subject to a surrender charge of up to 5.587% of face amount. For example, if you surrender your policy in the first year and the policy face amount was $100,000, you could pay a surrender charge of up to $5,587.
There is an Early Distribution Adjustment on amounts withdrawn before segment maturity which could result in a loss of up to 90% of the Segment Account Value due to negative performance or increased volatility of the Index, depending on the Index Option selected. See the MSO II prospectus for more information. If your policy was issued with the original Market Stabilizer Option®, see Appendix: State policy availability and/or variations of certain features and benefits in the Prospectus for information regarding the applicable Early Distribution Adjustment.
For more information on the impacts of withdrawals, please refer to Making withdrawals from your policy in the Prospectus. For more information on surrender charges, please refer to Deducting policy charges in the Prospectus. |
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Transaction Charges | In addition to surrender charges, you may be subject to other transaction charges, including charges on each premium paid under the policy, charges in connection with requests to decrease your policys face amount, transfer fees, and other special service charges (e.g., wire transfer charges, express mail charges, policy illustration charges, duplicate policy charges, policy history charges, and charges for returned payments).
For more information on transaction charges, please refer to the Fee Table in the Prospectus. |
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Ongoing Fees and Expenses (annual charges) | In addition to surrender charges and transaction charges, an investment in the policy is subject to certain ongoing fees and expenses, including fees and expenses covering the cost of insurance under the policy, administration and mortality risks, MSO II and loan charges, and the cost of optional benefits available under the policy. Such fees and expenses may be based on characteristics of the insured (e.g., age, sex, risk class and particular health, occupational or vocational risks). You should view the information pages of your policy for rates applicable to your policy.
You will also bear expenses associated with the variable investment options that you invest in (the Portfolios) under the policy, as shown in the following table:
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Portfolios | 0.57% | 2.65% | ||||||||
Portfolio expenses are for the year ended December 31, 2023, and may be based, in part, on estimated amounts of such expenses and may change from year to year. For more information on ongoing fees and expenses, please refer to the Fee Table and Appendix: Investment options available under the policy in the Prospectus.
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The Investment Expense Reduction may apply to the calculation of daily unit values of the variable investment options. The Investment Expense Reduction is described in further detail in More information about policy charges in the Prospectus.
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Risk of Loss | You may lose money by investing in the policy.
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Not a Short-Term Investment | The policy is not a short-term investment and is not appropriate for an investor who needs ready access to cash. The policy is designed to provide benefits on a long-term basis. Consequently, you should not use the policy as a short-term investment or savings vehicle. Because of the long-term nature of the policy, you should consider whether purchasing the policy is consistent with the purpose for which it is being considered.
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Important Information You Should Consider About the Policy
Risks Associated with Investment Options | An investment in the policy is subject to the risk of poor investment performance and can vary depending on the performance of the Portfolios available under the policy, MSO II and the guaranteed interest option (GIO), each of which has its own unique risks. You should review the Portfolios prospectuses, the MSO II prospectus and the Guaranteed Interest Option section in Investment options within your policy in the Prospectus before making an investment decision. Portfolio prospectuses are available at www.equitable.com/ICSR#EQH162723.
For more information on the Portfolios, please refer to Appendix: Investment options available under the policy in the Prospectus.
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Insurance Company Risks | An investment in the policy is subject to the risks related to the Company. Any policy obligations (including under the fixed rate option and under MSO II), guarantees, or benefits are subject to the claims-paying ability of the Company. More information about the Company, including its financial strength ratings, is available at https://equitable.com/about-us/financial-strength-ratings. More information about the Companys general account can be found in About our general account in the Prospectus.
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Policy Lapse | Death benefits will not be paid if the policy has lapsed. Your policy may lapse if, due to insufficient premium payments, poor investment performance, withdrawals, unpaid loans or loan interest, your policy account value will not cover policy charges. If your policy is in default, you will be notified in writing and given an opportunity to make an additional payment to keep your policy in force and prevent it from lapsing. The grace period you have to make said additional payment will be 61 days long. If your policy lapses, you will be notified in writing and you may be able to make additional payments to restore your policys benefits. In this case, additional requirements must also be met to restore your policy. If your policy provides for a no-lapse guarantee, you may have to pay more premiums to have the benefits of the no-lapse guarantee. If your policy provides for a policy continuation feature, and the conditions of the Rider are satisfied, including that there is sufficient net policy account value to cover the Policy Continuation Charge and the Rider is exercised, then the policy will not lapse.
For more information on how to prevent your policy from lapsing, please refer to The minimum amount of premiums you must pay and You can guarantee that your policy will not terminate before a certain date in the Prospectus.
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Investments | You may allocate your premiums to any of the Portfolios set forth in Appendix: Investment options available under the policy or to the GIO or MSO II. We reserve the right to remove or substitute Portfolios as investment options under the policy.
Currently, the total of all transfers of variable investment options you make on the same day must be at least $500; except that you may transfer your entire balance in a single Portfolio, even if it is less than $500.
We may limit transfers you can make into the GIO, if the current (non-guaranteed) interest crediting rate on the GIO is equal to the guaranteed minimum interest crediting rate of 1.0% (annual rate). For more information, please refer to Guaranteed Interest Option in Investment options within your policy in the Prospectus.
There may be restrictions upon transfers into and out of MSO II. For more information, see the MSO II prospectus.
We allow only one request for transfers each day (although that request can cover multiple transfers). Only written transfer requests submitted to our Administrative Office may be processed for policies that are jointly owned or assigned. We reserve the right to limit policy transfers if we determine that you are engaged in a disruptive transfer activity, such as market timing.
For more information, please refer to Variable investment options and Transfers you can make in the Prospectus.
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Important Information You Should Consider About the Policy
Optional Benefits |
As a policy owner, you may be able to obtain extra benefits, which may require additional charges. These optional benefits are described in what is known as a rider to the policy.
Optional benefits may be subject to additional charges and payments made under these benefits are generally subject to the same transaction fees as other premium payments but may be treated differently for other purposes (e.g., certain death benefit minimums). Optional benefits are not available for all ages (or may terminate at certain ages) and underwriting classifications. We may stop offering an optional benefit at any time, unless previously elected.
For more information on optional benefits and other limitations under the policy, please refer to Other benefits and Suicide and certain misstatements in the Prospectus.
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Tax Implications |
You should consult with a tax professional to determine the tax implications of an investment in and payments received under the policy. There is no additional tax benefit to the investor if the policy is purchased through a tax-qualified plan or individual retirement account (IRA). Withdrawals will be subject to ordinary income tax, and may be subject to tax penalties.
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For more information on tax implications relating to policy investments, please refer to Tax information in the Prospectus.
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CONFLICTS OF INTEREST | ||
Investment Professional Compensation | Some financial professionals may receive compensation for selling the policy to you, both in the form of commissions or in the form of contribution-based compensation. Financial professionals may also receive additional compensation for enhanced marketing opportunities and other services (commonly referred to as marketing allowances). This conflict of interest may influence the financial professional to recommend this policy over another investment.
For more information on investment professional compensation, please refer to Distribution of the policies in the Prospectus.
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Exchanges | Some investment professionals may have a financial incentive to offer you a new policy in place of the one you already own. You should only exchange your policy if you determine, after comparing the features, fees, and risks of both policies, that it is preferable to purchase the new policy, rather than continue to own your current policy.
For more information on exchanges, please refer to the paragraph titled Section 1035 exchanges of policies with outstanding loans under How you can pay for and contribute to your policy in the Prospectus, as well as the section titled Future policy exchanges in the Prospectus.
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Important Information You Should Consider About the Policy
The following summaries provide a brief overview of the more significant aspects of the policy. We provide more complete and detailed information in the subsequent sections of this Summary Prospectus, the policys prospectus and statement of additional information, and the policy contract.
Brief Description of the Policy
The policy is a form of variable life insurance, the primary purpose of which is to provide a death benefit which is paid upon the death of the insured person. The policy provides life insurance coverage, plus the opportunity for you to earn a return in (i) our guaranteed interest option, (ii) an indexed-linked investment option we refer to as Market Stabilizer Option® II (MSO II), if available, which is described in a separate prospectus and/or (iii) one or more of the Portfolios, which are listed in Appendix: Investment options available under the policy to the Prospectus. The policy may be appropriate if you have a long-term investment horizon and is not intended for short-term investment, and is therefore not appropriate for people who may need to make early or frequent withdrawals or who intend to engage in frequent trading. You have considerable flexibility to tailor the policy to meet your needs.
MSO II is not available in all jurisdictions and your policy may have been issued with the original Market Stabilizer Option®, see your applicable MSO prospectus for further information. Differences between MSO II and the original Market Stabilizer Option® are outlined in Appendix: State policy availability and/or variations of certain features and benefits in the Prospectus.
Some policy forms, features and/or riders described in this Summary Prospectus may be subject to state variations or may not be available in all states. See Appendix: State policy availability and/or variations of certain features and benefits in the Prospectus for state availability and a description of all material variations to features and riders that differ from the description contained in the Prospectus. The form number for this policy is ICC21-21-100. A state and/or other code may follow the form number. Your policys form number is located in the lower left hand corner of the first page of your policy.
The policy offers flexibility in paying premiums. With certain exceptions, you choose the timing and the amount of premium payments. Payment of insufficient premiums may result in a lapse of the policy.
A policy must satisfy the cash value accumulation test to qualify as a life insurance contract for tax purposes under Section 7702 of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code).
If at any time your policy account value is high enough that the alternative higher death benefit would apply, we reserve the right to limit the amount of any premiums that you pay, unless the insured person provides us with evidence of insurability satisfactory to us.
You can allocate your policys value to the Portfolios, to the guaranteed interest option or to MSO II, if available. The available Portfolios are listed in Appendix: Investment options available under the policy to this Summary Prospectus. The guaranteed interest option pays a fixed rate of interest that we declare periodically with a 1.0% minimum. The MSO II rider, if available under your policy, provides you with the opportunity to earn interest that we will credit based in part on the performance of the S&P 500 Price Return Index subject to the possibility of negative returns and significant loss of principal and previously credited interest. Different procedures and additional restrictions on withdrawals, loans, surrender and right to cancel apply to MSO II. For additional information see the MSO II prospectus.
Standard Death Benefit If the insured dies, we pay a life insurance benefit to the beneficiary you have named.
The death benefit is the policys face amount on the date of the insureds death. The amount of this death benefit doesnt change over time, unless you take any action that changes the policys face amount.
There is also an alternative higher death benefit paid in certain circumstances. For additional detail regarding the calculation and payment of death benefits, refer to Death benefits and accessing your money in the Prospectus.
Loans You may borrow money from your policy, subject to certain limitations. Interest charges will apply.
Withdrawals Subject to certain conditions, you may withdraw a part of your policys cash surrender value without surrendering the policy.
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Overview of the Policy
Surrendering the Policy A policy may be surrendered for its net cash surrender value while the insured is living. Surrender charges and/or tax penalties may apply.
Riders You may be able to obtain extra fixed benefits under the policy, which may require additional charges. These optional insurance benefits are referenced herein as riders to the policy.
You may be eligible for the following riders:
| Charitable Legacy Rider: An optional rider may be elected at issue that provides an additional death benefit of 1% of the base policy face amount to the qualified charitable organization(s) chosen by the policy owner at no additional cost. |
| Living Benefits Rider: This feature enables you to receive a portion (generally the lesser of 75% or $250,000) of the policys death benefit (excluding death benefits payable under certain other policy riders), if the insured person has a terminal illness (as defined in the rider). We make no additional charge for the rider, but we will deduct a one-time administrative charge of up to $250 from any living benefit we pay. This rider will automatically be included at issue if you apply for a face amount of at least $100,000. There will be a $100 administrative charge if this rider is not added at issue. |
| No-Lapse Guarantee Rider: This rider provides you with a guarantee against policy termination for a specific period of time. This rider is automatically added to policies at no additional cost. |
| Policy Continuation Rider: Your policy offers an additional feature against policy termination due to an outstanding loan if the criteria for the Rider are satisfied, called policy continuation, which should be exercised before there is insufficient net policy account value to pay the monthly charges. If this rider is exercised, there is a one-time charge. See Policy Continuation Charge in the Prospectus. This rider is automatically included in your policy. |
Depending on when your policy was purchased, certain variations may apply which differ from the information contained in this section. In addition, depending on where your policy was issued, certain features or benefits may not be available or vary from the policys features and benefits described in this Summary Prospectus. Please see Appendix: State policy availability and/or variations of certain features and benefits in the Prospectus for more information.
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Overview of the Policy
Standard Death Benefits Under the Policy
As long as your incontestable policy is in force, we will pay the death benefit to your beneficiary or beneficiaries once we receive at our Administrative Office satisfactory proof of the Insureds death. The death benefit is determined as of the date of death and generally paid within 7 days after proof of death and any other required documents are received.
Commencement of insurance coverage. You must give the full minimum initial premium to your financial professional on or before the day the policy and all amendments are delivered to you. No insurance under your policy will take effect unless (1) the insured person is still living at the time such payment and all delivery requirements are completed and (2) the information in the application continues to be true and complete, without material change, as of the date the policy and all amendments are delivered to you and all delivery requirements have been completed and the full minimum initial premium is paid.
Your policys face amount. In your application to buy a policy, you tell us how much insurance coverage you want on the life of the insured person. We call this the face amount of the base policy. Generally, $100,000 is the minimum amount of coverage you can request. If you have elected the Charitable Legacy Rider, the minimum face amount is $1 million.
If the insured person dies, we pay a life insurance benefit to the beneficiary you have named once we have received satisfactory proof of the insureds death at our Administrative Office.
Your policys death benefit.
The policys face amount on the date of the insured persons death. The amount of this death benefit doesnt change over time, unless you take any action that changes the policy face amount.
Alternative higher death benefit in certain cases. Your policy is designed to always provide a minimum level of insurance protection relative to your policy account value, in part to meet the Codes definition of life insurance.
We will automatically pay an alternative death benefit if it is higher than the standard death benefit.
The alternative death benefit is computed by multiplying your policy account value on the insured persons date of death by a percentage specified in your policy. At ages greater than 99, this percentage is equal to 101%. At ages less than 100, this percentage is equal to the reciprocal of the net single premium per dollar of insurance calculated using the prevailing interest rate and mortality charges based upon the 2017 Commissioners Standard Ordinary Mortality Tables, and varies based upon the insured persons age, sex and risk class.
The death benefit is designed to be greater than the amount necessary to ensure that the policys cash surrender value does not at any time exceed the net single premium needed to fund future policy benefits under the contract, with all such terms as defined in section 7702 of the Code. Refer to the Prospectus for additional information on how alternative death benefits are calculated.
Each policy owner receives an annual statement showing various policy values. The annual statement shows the death benefit amount as of the policy anniversary, and that amount would reflect the alternative higher death benefit amount, if applicable at that time. This annual statement also reflects the monthly cost of insurance charge for the policy year, reflecting a higher net amount at risk in those months when the higher alternative death benefit is in effect.
Other adjustments to death benefit. We will increase the death benefit proceeds by the amount of any other benefits we owe upon the insured persons death under any optional riders which are in effect.
We will reduce the death benefit proceeds by the amount of any outstanding policy loan and unpaid loan interest, as well as any amount of monthly charges under the policy that remain unpaid because the insured person died during a grace period. We also reduce the death benefit if we have already paid part of it under a Living Benefits Rider. We reduce it by the amount of the living benefits payment plus interest. Refer to Your option to receive a terminal illness living benefit under the Living Benefits Rider in the Prospectus.
Death benefit if your policy is on policy continuation. Your policy offers an additional feature against policy termination due to an outstanding loan, called policy continuation. Availability of this feature is subject to certain terms and conditions, including that you have had your policy in force for at least 15 years. If your policy is on policy continuation, the death benefit payable under the policy will be determined differently. For more information on policy continuation, see Policy Continuation Rider under Other benefits available under the policy in the Prospectus.
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Standard Death Benefits Under the Policy
Beneficiary of death benefit. You designate your policys beneficiary in your policy application. You can change the beneficiary at any other time during the insured persons life. If no beneficiary is living when the insured person dies, we will pay the death benefit proceeds in equal shares to the insured persons surviving children. If there are no surviving children, we will instead pay the insured persons estate.
Payment of death benefit. We will pay any death benefit in a single sum. If the beneficiary is a natural person (i.e., not an entity such as a corporation) and so elects, death benefit proceeds can be paid through the Access Account, which is a draft account that works in certain respects like an interest-bearing checking account. Additional information on the Access Account can be found in Payment of death benefit in the Prospectus.
You can decrease your insurance coverage
You may request a decrease in your policys face amount any time after the second year of your policy but before the policy year in which the insured person reaches age 121. The requested decrease must be at least $10,000. Please refer to Tax information for certain possible tax consequences and limitations of changing the face amount of your policy.
We can refuse or limit any requested decrease. We will not approve any decrease if your policy is in a grace period.
Certain policy changes, including decreases in your insurance coverage, may also affect the guarantee premiums under the policy.
The following additional conditions also apply:
Face amount decreases. You may not reduce the face amount below the minimum stated in your policy. Nor will we permit a decrease that would cause your policy to fail the Internal Revenue Codes definition of life insurance. Guarantee premiums, as well as our monthly deductions for the cost of insurance coverage, will generally decrease from the time you reduce the face amount.
If you reduce the face amount during the first 10 years of your policy, we will deduct all or part of the remaining surrender charge from your policy account value. Assuming you have not previously changed the face amount, the amount of the surrender charge we will deduct will be determined by dividing the amount of the decrease by the initial face amount and multiplying that fraction by the total amount of surrender charge that still remains applicable to your policy. We deduct the charge from the same investment options as if it were part of a regular monthly deduction under your policy.
In some cases, we may have to make a distribution to you from your policy at the time we decrease your policys face amount. This may be necessary in order to preserve your policys status as life insurance under the Internal Revenue Code. We may also be required to make such distribution to you in the future on account of a prior decrease in face amount. The distribution may be taxable.
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Standard Death Benefits Under the Policy
Other Benefits Available Under the Policy
In addition to the standard death benefit(s) associated with your policy, other standard and/or optional benefits may also be available to you. The following table summarizes information about those benefits. Information about the fees associated with each benefit included in the table may be found in the Fee Table in this Summary Prospectus.
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Charitable Legacy Rider | Provides an additional death benefit of 1% of the base policy face amount to the qualified charitable organization(s) chosen by the policy owner. | Optional | Only available at issue, and an accredited charitable beneficiary must be named at that time.
Available for base policy face amounts of $1 million and above, where the minimum benefit would be $10,000 and the maximum benefit would be $100,000 (i.e., for face amounts of $10 million and above).
If the base policy face amount is reduced after issue for any reason, the benefit will be payable on the face amount at the time of the insureds death, provided the face amount is at least $1 million.
If the base policy face amount has been decreased below $1 million at the time of death, then no benefit is payable.
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Living Benefits Rider | Enables you to receive a portion of the policys death benefit (with certain exclusions), if the insured person has a terminal illness. | Optional | May be elected either at policy issue or after policy issue. If elected after issue, we will deduct $100 from your policy account value at the time of the transaction.
Subject to underwriting guidelines and state availability, your policy will automatically include this rider if you apply for a face amount of at least $100,000.
The maximum aggregate amount of payments that will be paid under this rider for all policies issued by the Company or an affiliate company on the life of the same insured person is $500,000.
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No-Lapse Guarantee Rider | Generally guarantees that your policy will not terminate for a number of years. | Standard | Subject to the payment of certain specified amounts of premiums.
Rider will not prevent the policy from entering a grace period if the amount of your outstanding policy loans and accrued loan interest is greater than your policy account value.
Subject to certain conditions, provides a guarantee against policy lapse for 15 years.
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Policy Continuation Rider | Protects against the lapse of your policy in certain circumstances. | Optional | You can exercise the rider and be placed on policy continuation, if at the beginning of any policy month on or following the policy anniversary nearest the insured persons 75th birthday, but not earlier than the 15th policy anniversary, all of the following conditions apply:
The amount of any outstanding policy loan and accrued loan interest equals or exceeds the policy account value multiplied by the Policy Continuation Trigger Percentage as provided in your policy;
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Other Benefits Available Under the Policy
Name of Benefit | Purpose | Is Benefit Standard or Optional |
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There must be sufficient net policy account value to cover the Policy Continuation Charge;
The policy must not be a Modified Endowment Contract as defined in section 7702A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exercising the rider must not cause the policy to become a Modified Endowment Contract.
The amount of any outstanding policy loan and accrued loan interest is greater than the current base policy face amount;
The policy is not in a grace period; and
No current or future distributions will be required to be paid from the policy to maintain its qualification as life insurance under the Internal Revenue Code.
When the rider is in effect the following are prohibited:
partial withdrawals;
premium payments;
changes to the policy face amount or death benefit option;
transfers out of, or allocations out of, the unloaned guaranteed interest option to the variable investment options even if the loan is fully repaid; and
any other requested policy changes.
All additional benefit riders and endorsements terminate when the Policy Continuation Rider is exercised. |
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Other Benefits Available Under the Policy
Premium payments. We call the amounts you contribute to your policy premiums or premium payments. The amount we require as your first premium varies depending on the specifics of your policy and the insured person. Each subsequent premium payment must be at least $50, although we can increase this minimum if we give you advance notice. Otherwise, with a few exceptions mentioned below, you can make premium payments at any time and in any amount.
For information on the commencement of insurance coverage, please see Policy issuance under More information about procedures that apply to your policy in the Prospectus.
Section 1035 exchanges of policies with outstanding loans. If we approve, you may purchase a policy through an assignment and exchange of another life insurance policy with a cash surrender value pursuant to a valid exchange under Section 1035 of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code). If such other policy is subject to a policy loan, we may permit you to carry over all or a portion of such loan to the policy, subject to our administrative rules then in effect. In this case, we will treat any cash paid, plus any loaned amount carried over to the policy, as premium received in consideration of our issuing the policy. If we allow you to carry over all or a portion of any such outstanding loan, then we will hold amounts securing such loan in the same manner as the collateral for any other policy loan, and your policy also will be subject to all our other rules regarding loans (refer to Borrowing from your policy in the Prospectus).
You can generally pay premiums at such times and in such amounts as you like before the policy anniversary nearest to the insureds 121st birthday, so long as you dont exceed certain limits determined by the federal income tax laws applicable to life insurance.
The cash value accumulation test and limits on premium payments. This policy must satisfy the cash value accumulation test to qualify as a life insurance for tax purposes under Section 7702 of the Code.
If your premium payments exceed certain other amounts specified under the Code, your policy will become a modified endowment contract, which may subject you to additional taxes and penalties on any distributions from your policy. See Tax information in the Prospectus. We may return any premium payments that would cause your policy to become a modified endowment contract if we have not received a satisfactory modified endowment contract acknowledgment from you.
You can ask your financial professional to provide you with an illustration of policy benefits that shows you the amount of premiums you can pay, based on various assumptions, without exceeding applicable tax law limits. The tax law limits can change as a result of certain changes you make to your policy. For example, a reduction in the face amount of your policy may reduce the amount of premiums that you can pay and may impact whether your policy is a modified endowment contract.
You should discuss possible limitations on policy premiums with your financial professional and tax advisor before purchasing the policy.
Planned periodic premiums. Page 3 of your policy will specify a planned periodic premium. This is the amount that you request us to bill you. However, payment of these or any other specific amounts of premiums is not mandatory. You need to pay only the amount of premiums (if any) necessary to keep your policy from lapsing and terminating as discussed below.
Additional premium payments to prevent lapse. Your policy may lapse if due to insufficient premium payments, poor investment performance, withdrawals, unpaid loans or loan interest, your policy account value will not cover policy charges. If your policy is in default, you will be notified in writing and given an opportunity to make additional payments to keep your policy in force. You will have a 61-day grace period to pay at least an amount prescribed in your policy which would be enough to keep your policy in force for approximately three months (without regard to investment performance). If we do not receive your payment by the end of the grace period, your policy (and all riders to the policy) will terminate without value and all coverage under your policy will cease. We will mail an additional notice to you if your policy terminates.
If the insured person dies during a grace period, we will pay the death benefit, less any overdue charges (but not more than the guarantee premium amount required to keep the no-lapse guarantee in effect), policy loans or liens and accrued loan or lien interest, to the beneficiary you have named. Additional information about the grace period is contained in The minimum amount of premiums you must pay in Payment of premiums and determining your policys value in the Prospectus.
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Buying the Policy
Policy lapse and termination. Your policy will lapse (also referred to in your policy as default) if your net policy account value is not enough to pay your policys monthly charges due to insufficient premium payments, poor investment performance, withdrawals, policy charges, unpaid loans or loan interest, when due unless:
| you have paid sufficient premiums to keep the no-lapse guarantee in effect, the no-lapse guarantee is still in effect and any outstanding loan and accrued loan interest does not exceed the policy account value (refer to You can guarantee that your policy will not terminate before a certain date in the Prospectus); or |
| you satisfy the requirements of the Policy Continuation Rider including that there is sufficient net policy account value to cover the Policy Continuation Charge (see Policy Continuation Rider in Other benefits available under the policy). |
We will mail a notice to you at your last known address if your policy is in default. You will have a 61-day grace period to pay at least an amount prescribed in your policy which would be enough to keep your policy in force for approximately three months (without regard to investment performance). You may not make any transfers or request any other policy changes during a grace period. If we receive the requested amount before the end of the grace period, it will be treated as a loan repayment to the extent it is less than or equal to any outstanding policy loan and accrued loan interest. The remainder of the payment, if any, will be treated as a premium payment. If your policy account value is still insufficient to cover total monthly deductions, we will send a written notice that a new 61-day grace period has begun and request an additional payment. If we do not receive your payment by the end of the grace period, your policy (and all riders to the policy) will terminate without value and all coverage under your policy will cease. We will mail an additional notice to you if your policy terminates.
If the insured person dies during a grace period, we will pay the death benefit, less any overdue charges (but not more than the guarantee premium amount required to keep the no-lapse guarantee in effect), policy loans or liens and accrued loan or lien interest, to the beneficiary you have named.
Your policy will terminate if you dont pay enough premiums (i) to pay the charges we deduct, or (ii) to maintain the no-lapse guarantee that can keep your policy from terminating. However, we will first send you a notice and give you the opportunity to pay any shortfall.
You may owe taxes if your policy terminates while you have a loan outstanding, even though you receive no additional money from your policy at that time. Refer to Tax information in the Prospectus.
Restoring a terminated policy. To have your policy restored (put back in force), you must apply within three years after the date of termination. You must also (i) present evidence of insurability satisfactory to us and (ii) pay at least the amount of premium that we require. The amount of payment will not be more than an amount sufficient to cover total monthly deductions for 3 months, calculated from the effective date of restoration, and the premium charge. We will determine the amount of this required payment as if no interest or investment performance were credited to or charged against your policy account. Your policy contains additional information about the minimum amount of this premium and about the values and terms of the policy after it is restored and the effective date of such restoration. You may only restore your policy if it has terminated without value. You may not restore a policy that was given up for its net cash surrender value. Any no-lapse guarantee also terminates and cannot be restored after the policy terminates.
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How Your Policy Can Lapse
Making Withdrawals: Accessing the Money in Your Policy
You can access the money in your policy in different ways, by borrowing from your policy, making a withdrawal or surrendering your policy. If you have allocated to MSO II different procedures and additional restrictions may apply for loans, withdrawals or surrenders. See the MSO II prospectus for more information.
Borrowing From Your Policy
You may borrow up to 90% of the cash surrender value, less any outstanding loan and accrued loan interest before the policy year in which the insured reaches age 75 (100% thereafter). In your policy, the cash surrender value is equal to the difference between your policy account value and any surrender charges that are in effect under your policy. However, the amount you can borrow will be reduced by any amount that we hold on a restricted basis following your receipt of a terminal illness living benefits payment, as well as by any other loans and accrued loan interest you have outstanding. See Your option to receive a terminal illness living benefit under the Living Benefit Rider in the Prospectus. The minimum loan amount generally is $500.
Even if a loan is not taxable when made, it may later become taxable, for example, upon termination or surrender. A policy loan can affect your policy account value and death benefit, even if you have repaid the loan. See Tax information in the Prospectus for a discussion of the tax consequences of a policy loan.
Making Withdrawals From Your Policy
You may make a partial withdrawal of your net cash surrender value at any time after the first year of your policy and before the policy anniversary nearest to the insureds attained age 121, provided the policy is not on policy continuation. The request must be for at least $500, however, and we have discretion to decline any request. If you do not tell us from which investment options you wish us to take the withdrawal, we will use the same allocation that then applies for the monthly deductions we make for charges; and, if that is not possible, we will take the withdrawal from all of your investment options in proportion to your value in each. We will not deduct a charge for making a partial withdrawal.
You can withdraw all or part of your policys net cash surrender value, although you may incur tax consequences by doing so.
Effect of partial withdrawals on insurance coverage. A partial withdrawal will result in a reduction in the cash surrender value and in your policy account value equal to the amount withdrawn as well as a reduction in your death benefit.
The death benefit after the withdrawal will be determined as described in this Summary Prospectus, based on the policy account value and the base policy face amount after the withdrawal.
A partial withdrawal reduces the amount of your premium payments that counts toward maintaining the no-lapse guarantee. A partial withdrawal may increase the chance that your policy could lapse because of insufficient value to pay policy charges as they fall due or failure to pass the guarantee premium test for the no-lapse guarantee. There will be no proportionate surrender charge due to a decrease in base policy face amount resulting from a partial withdrawal.
We will not permit a partial withdrawal that would reduce the face amount below the minimum stated in your policy, or that would cause the policy to no longer be treated as life insurance for federal income tax purposes.
Refer to Tax information in the Prospectus for information about possible tax consequences of partial withdrawals and any associated reduction in policy benefits.
Surrendering Your Policy for its Net Cash Surrender Value
Upon written request satisfactory to us, you can surrender (give us back) your policy for its net cash surrender value at any time. The net cash surrender value equals your policy account value, minus any outstanding loan and unpaid loan interest, minus any amount of your policy account value that is restricted as a result of previously distributed terminal illness living benefits, and minus any surrender charge that then remains applicable. The surrender charge is described in Charges and expenses you will pay in the Prospectus.
Refer to Tax information in the Prospectus for the possible tax consequences of surrendering your policy.
Date of Transaction
Policy loans, partial withdrawals and surrenders occur as of the date we receive your request in complete and proper form and are generally payable within 7 days of receipt. See More information about procedures that apply to your policy in the Prospectus for more information.
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Making Withdrawals: Accessing the Money in Your Policy
Additional Information About Fees
The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you will pay when buying, owning, and surrendering or making withdrawals from the policy. Please refer to your policys information pages for information about the specific fees you will pay each year based on the options you have elected.
The first table describes the fees and expenses that you will pay at the time that you buy the policy, surrender or make withdrawals from the policy, or transfer cash value between Portfolios.
Transaction Fees
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Charge
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When Charge is Deducted
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Amount Deducted
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Premium charge | Upon each premium payment | 5% of each premium(1) | ||
Surrender (turning in) of your policy during its first 10 years(2) | Upon surrender | 6% of each premium(3), not to exceed an amount per $1,000 of initial base policy face amount
Highest: $55.87 Lowest: $20.63 | ||
Charge for a Representative Investor (male age 35 at issue in the select non-tobacco user risk class) |
Upon surrender | Representative: $28.26
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Request a decrease in your policys face amount during its first 10 years(2) | Effective date of the decrease | A pro rata portion of the charge that would apply to a full surrender at the time of the decrease. | ||
Early Distribution Adjustment | On surrender or other distribution (including loan) from a Segment prior to its Segment Maturity Date
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90% of Segment Account Value(4) | ||
Transfer Fees | Upon transfer | $25 per transfer(5)(7)
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Special Services Charges
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Wire Transfer Charge(6)
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At the time of the transaction | Charge: $90 | ||
Express Mail Charge(6)
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At the time of the transaction | Charge: $35 | ||
Policy Illustration Charge(7)
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At the time of the transaction | Maximum Charge: $25 | ||
Duplicate Policy Charge(8)
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At the time of the transaction | Charge: $35 | ||
Policy History Charge(8)(9)
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At the time of the transaction | Maximum Charge: $50 | ||
Charge for Returned Payments(8)
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At the time of the transaction | Charge: $25 |
(1) | Currently, we reduce this charge to 4% in year 1 after an amount equal to one sales load target premium has been paid. In years 2+, this charge is 4% for all premium paid. The target premium is actuarially determined for each policy, based on that policys specific characteristics, including the policys face amount, among other factors. |
(2) | This charge varies based on individual characteristics of the insured, and may not be representative of the charge that you will pay. In particular, the initial amount of the surrender charge depends on each insureds specific characteristics. Your financial professional can provide you with more information about these charges as they relate to the insureds particular characteristics. See Deducting policy charges under More information about policy charges in the Prospectus. |
(3) | The surrender charge percentage of premium we use is determined by the policy year in which you surrender your contract to receive its cash value, or reduce the face amount of your policy as provided in the following table: |
Table of Premium Based Surrender Charges | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Policy Year of Premium Payment |
Policy Year of Surrender | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11+ | ||||||||||||
1 | 6% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |||||||||||
2 | 6% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | ||||||||||||
3 | 6% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |||||||||||||
4 | 6% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 0% | 0% | ||||||||||||||
5 | 6% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 0% | 0% | |||||||||||||||
6 | 6% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 0% | ||||||||||||||||
7 | 6% | 5% | 4% | 3% | 0% | |||||||||||||||||
8+ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
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(4) | The actual amount of Early Distribution Adjustment is determined by a formula that depends on, among other things, how a specified widely published stock market index has performed since the Segment Start Date. This could happen, for example, if there was a 100% decline in the S&P 500 Price Return Index. Please refer to the MSO II Prospectus for more information about the index and Early Distribution Adjustment. If your policy was issued with the original Market Stabilizer Option®, see Appendix: State policy availability and/or variations of certain features and benefits in the Prospectus for information regarding the applicable Early Distribution Adjustment. |
(5) | No charge, however, will ever apply to a transfer of all of your variable investment option amounts to our guaranteed interest option, or to any transfer pursuant to our automatic transfer service or asset rebalancing service as discussed in the Prospectus. The transfer charge will not apply to amounts transferred into or out of MSO II. Please refer to the MSO II Prospectus for more information about transfer charges. |
(6) | Unless you specify otherwise, this charge will be deducted from the amount you request. |
(7) | We do not currently charge for this fee, but reserve the right to in the future. |
(8) | The charge for this service must be paid using funds outside of your policy. Please see Deducting policy charges under More Information about policy charges in the Prospectus for more information. |
(9) | The charge for this service may be less depending on the policy history you request. Please see Deducting policy charges under More Information about policy charges in the Prospectus for more information. |
The next table describes the fees and expenses that you will pay periodically during the time that you own the policy, not including Portfolio fees and expenses.
Periodic Charges Other Than Annual Portfolio Company Expenses | ||||||
Charge | When Charge is Deducted | Amount Deducted | ||||
Base Contract Charge: |
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Administrative Expenses(1)(2) | Monthly | (1) | Policy Amount Year Deducted | |||
1 $15 2+ $10 | ||||||
plus | ||||||
(2) | Charge per $1,000 of the initial base policy face amount
Highest: $1.60 Lowest: $0.33 | |||||
Charge for Representative Investor (guaranteed rate for a male age 35 at issue in the select non-tobacco user risk class) |
Monthly | Representative: $0.37 | ||||
Cost of
Insurance(1)(2)(3): |
Monthly | Charge per $1,000 of the amount for which we are at risk:(4)
Highest: $83.34 Lowest: $0.03 | ||||
Charge for a Representative Investor (male age 35 at issue; select non-tobacco user risk class) |
Monthly | Representative: $0.12 | ||||
Mortality and Expense Risk Fees | Monthly | Annual % of your value in our variable investment
options | ||||
Policy Year | ||||||
1-10 | 1.00% | |||||
11+ | 0.50% | |||||
Loan Interest Spread(6) | On each policy anniversary (or on loan termination, if earlier) | 1% of loan amount. | ||||
Optional Benefit Charges: | ||||||
Charitable Legacy Rider | N/A | No additional charge. | ||||
Market Stabilizer Option® II (7) | ||||||
Variable Index Segment Account Charge |
At the beginning of each policy month during the Segment Term | 1.65% calculated as an annual % of your Segment Account Value(8) |
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Periodic Charges Other Than Annual Portfolio Company Expenses | ||||||
Charge | When Charge is Deducted | Amount Deducted | ||||
MSO II loan spread(9) for Amounts of Policy Loans Allocated to a Segment
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On each policy anniversary (or on loan termination, if earlier) | 1% | ||||
Policy Continuation Rider | Once - on the date the rider is exercised. | The charge is equal to the policy account value on the date of exercise, multiplied by the Policy Continuation Charge Rate:
Maximum rate: 13.10%(10) | ||||
Adding Living Benefits Rider | Once - on the date the rider is exercised | $100 (if elected after policy issue) | ||||
Exercising Living Benefits Rider | At the time of the transaction | $250 |
(1) | This charge varies based on individual characteristics of the insured, and may not be representative of the charge that you will pay. Your financial professional can provide you with more information about these charges as they relate to the insureds particular characteristics. See Deducting policy charges under More information about policy charges in the Prospectus. |
(2) | Not applicable after the insured person reaches age 121. |
(3) | Insured persons who present particular health, occupational or vocational risks may be charged other additional charges as specified in their policies. |
(4) | Our amount at risk is the difference between the amount of death benefit and the policy account value as of the deduction date. |
(5) | We charge interest on policy loans but credit you with interest on the amount of the policy account value we hold as collateral for the loan. The rate is the greater of (a) 2.0% or (b) the Monthly Average Corporate yield published by Moodys Corporate Bond Yield Averages for the month that ends two months before the interest rate is set. The loan interest spread is the excess of the interest rate we charge over the interest rate we credit, which will not exceed 1%. For more information on the maximum rate see Borrowing from your policy Loan interest we charge in Accessing your money in the Prospectus. |
(6) | Please refer to the MSO II Prospectus for information about MSO II and related charges and deductions, as well as the meaning of special terms that are relevant to MSO II (such as Segment, Segment Term, Segment Start Date, Segment Account Value and Early Distribution Adjustment). MSO II is not available in all jurisdictions and your policy may have been issued with the original Market Stabilizer Option®, see your applicable MSO prospectus for further information. Differences between MSO II and the original Market Stabilizer Option® are outlined in Appendix: State policy availability and/or variations of certain features and benefits in the Prospectus. |
(7) | Currently we deduct this charge at a 0.40% annual rate, rather than at the maximum rate shown. |
(8) | We charge interest on policy loans but credit you with interest on the amount of the policy account value we hold as collateral for the loan. The spread is the difference between the interest rate we charge you on a policy loan and the interest rate we credit to you on the amount of your policy account value that we hold as collateral for the loan. Please refer to the MSO II Prospectus for more information. |
(9) | This is the maximum rate for an insured person who has attained age 75. The rate declines each year based on attained age. |
The next item shows the minimum and maximum total operating expenses charged by the Portfolios that you may pay periodically during the time that you own the Policy. A complete list of Portfolios available under the Policy, including their annual expenses, may be found in Appendix: Investment options available under the policy.
Annual Portfolio Company Expenses | Minimum | Maximum | ||
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses before the effect of Expense Limitation Arrangements (expenses that are deducted from Portfolio asset, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fee, and other expenses)(1) | 0.57% | 2.65% | ||
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses after the effect of Expense Limitation Arrangements(1) | 0.54% | 2.36% |
(1) | Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses are for the year ended December 31, 2023, and may be based, in part, on estimated amounts of such expenses. Pursuant to a contract, Equitable Investment Management Group, LLC has agreed to make payments or waive its management, administrative and other fees to limit the expenses of certain affiliated Portfolios through April 30, 2025, (Expense Limitation Arrangement) (unless the Trusts Board of Trustees consents to an earlier revision or termination of this agreement). The Expense Limitation Arrangement may be terminated by Equitable Investment Management Group, LLC at any time after April 30, 2025. The Expense Limitation Arrangement does not apply to unaffiliated Portfolios. |
You bear your proportionate share of all fees and expenses paid by a Portfolio that corresponds to any variable investment option you are using. These fees and expenses are reflected in the Portfolios net asset value each day. Therefore, they reduce the investment return of the Portfolio and the related variable investment option. Actual fees and expenses are likely to fluctuate from year to year. More detail concerning each Portfolios fees and expenses is contained in the Trust prospectus for that Portfolio.
Investment Expense Reduction Applied to the Calculation of Daily Unit Values | ||
We will apply an expense reduction in the calculation of the daily unit values of each variable investment option of our separate account (the Investment Expense Reduction). More information on the Investment Expense Reduction is provided in More information about policy charges in the Prospectus.
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Appendix: Investment options available under the policy
The following is a list of Portfolio Companies available under the policy. More information about the Portfolio Companies is available in the prospectuses for the Portfolio Companies, which may be amended from time to time and can be found online at www.equitable.com/ICSR#EQH162723. You can request this information at no cost by calling 1-877-522-5035 or by sending an email request to EquitableFunds@dfinsolutions.com.
The current expenses and performance information below reflects fees and expenses of the Portfolio Companies, but do not reflect the other fees and expenses that your policy may charge. Expenses would be higher and performance would be lower if these charges were included. Each variable investment options past performance is not necessarily an indication of future performance.
Affiliated Portfolio Companies:
TYPE |
Portfolio Company Investment Adviser; Sub-Adviser(s), as applicable | Current Expenses |
Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/2023) |
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1 year | 5 year | 10 year | ||||||||||||||||
Specialty | 1290 VT Convertible Securities Equitable Investment Management Group, LLC (EIMG); SSGA Funds Management, Inc. | 0.90% | ^ | 13.73% | 9.37% | 6.84% | ||||||||||||
Fixed Income | 1290 VT DoubleLine Opportunistic Bond EIMG; DoubleLine Capital LP | 0.91% | ^ | 6.60% | 0.72% | | ||||||||||||
Equity | 1290 VT Equity Income EIMG; Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC d/b/a Barrow Hanley Global Investors | 0.95% | ^ | 5.49% | 10.25% | 7.23% | ||||||||||||
Specialty | 1290 VT GAMCO Mergers & Acquisitions EIMG; GAMCO Asset Management, Inc. | 1.29% | ^ | 9.53% | 4.22% | 3.39% | ||||||||||||
Equity | 1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value EIMG; GAMCO Asset Management, Inc. | 1.06% | 21.04% | 12.82% | 7.94% | |||||||||||||
Specialty | 1290 VT Multi-Alternative Strategies EIMG | 1.54% | ^ | 5.13% | 1.57% | | ||||||||||||
Specialty | 1290 VT Natural Resources EIMG; AllianceBernstein L.P. | 0.90% | ^ | 1.17% | 10.31% | 2.80% | ||||||||||||
Specialty | 1290 VT Real Estate EIMG; AllianceBernstein L.P. | 0.90% | ^ | 9.46% | 2.74% | 3.61% | ||||||||||||
Equity | 1290 VT Small Cap Value EIMG; BlackRock Investment Management, LLC, Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC | 1.17% | ^ | 5.79% | 12.69% | | ||||||||||||
Equity | 1290 VT SmartBeta Equity ESG EIMG; AXA Investment Managers US Inc. | 1.10% | ^ | 16.49% | 11.53% | 8.52% | ||||||||||||
Equity | 1290 VT Socially Responsible EIMG; BlackRock Investment Management, LLC | 0.92% | 27.50% | 15.12% | 11.32% | |||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/AB Small Cap Growth EIMG; AllianceBernstein L.P. | 0.93% | 17.70% | 10.59% | 7.78% | |||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/AB Sustainable U.S. Thematic EIMG; AllianceBernstein L.P. | 1.00% | ^ | 20.56% | | | ||||||||||||
Asset Allocation | EQ/Aggressive Allocation EIMG | 1.18% | 18.37% | 10.23% | 7.07% | |||||||||||||
Asset Allocation | EQ/All Asset Growth Allocation EIMG | 1.25% | ^ | 14.15% | 7.70% | 5.27% | ||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/American Century Mid Cap Value EIMG; American Century Investment Management, Inc. | 1.00% | ^ | 5.98% | 10.88% | | ||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/ClearBridge Large Cap Growth ESG EIMG; ClearBridge Investments, LLC | 1.00% | ^ | 45.91% | 15.78% | 10.70% | ||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/Common Stock Index EIMG; AllianceBernstein L.P. | 0.67% | ^ | 25.13% | 14.45% | 10.79% | ||||||||||||
Asset Allocation | EQ/Conservative Allocation EIMG | 1.00% | ^ | 8.02% | 2.60% | 2.15% | ||||||||||||
Asset Allocation |
EQ/Conservative-Plus Allocation EIMG |
0.85% | ^ | 10.86% | 4.76% | 3.57% | ||||||||||||
Fixed Income |
EQ/Core Bond Index EIMG; SSGA Funds Management, Inc. |
0.64% | ^ | 4.51% | 1.02% | 1.11% |
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TYPE |
Portfolio Company Investment Adviser; Sub-Adviser(s), as applicable | Current Expenses |
Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/2023) |
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1 year | 5 year | 10 year | ||||||||||||||||
Fixed Income | EQ/Core Plus Bond EIMG; Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC, Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. | 0.93% | ^ | 4.51% | 1.94% | 1.60% | ||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/Emerging Markets Equity PLUS EIMG; AllianceBernstein L.P., EARNEST Partners, LLC | 1.20% | ^ | 10.34% | 4.02% | 1.86% | ||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/Equity 500 Index EIMG; AllianceBernstein L.P. | 0.54% | ^ | 25.57% | 15.03% | 11.37% | ||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/Franklin Rising Dividends EIMG; Franklin Advisers, Inc. | 0.87% | ^ | 12.13% | 13.88% | | ||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value EIMG; Goldman Sachs Asset Management L.P. | 1.09% | ^ | 11.22% | 12.97% | | ||||||||||||
Fixed Income | EQ/Intermediate Corporate Bond(1) EIMG; AllianceBernstein L.P. | 0.65% | ^ | | | | ||||||||||||
Fixed Income | EQ/Intermediate Government Bond EIMG; SSGA Funds Management, Inc. | 0.64% | ^ | 3.87% | 0.39% | 0.56% | ||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/International Core Managed Volatility EIMG; BlackRock Investment Management, LLC | 1.06% | 16.85% | 7.96% | 3.55% | |||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/International Equity Index EIMG; AllianceBernstein L.P. | 0.72% | ^ | 19.04% | 8.10% | 3.69% | ||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/International Value Managed Volatility EIMG; BlackRock Investment Management, LLC, Harris Associates LP | 1.03% | 18.52% | 7.60% | 3.02% | |||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/Invesco Comstock EIMG; Invesco Advisers, Inc. | 1.00% | ^ | 12.01% | 13.18% | 8.70% | ||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/Invesco Global EIMG; Invesco Advisers, Inc. | 1.10% | ^ | 33.79% | 11.76% | 7.95% | ||||||||||||
Specialty | EQ/Invesco Global Real Assets EIMG; Invesco Advisers, Inc. | 1.16% | 10.08% | 5.45% | | |||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/Janus Enterprise EIMG; Janus Henderson Investors US LLC | 1.05% | 17.01% | 13.08% | 7.62% | |||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/JPMorgan Growth Stock EIMG; J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. | 0.96% | ^ | 46.33% | 12.84% | 11.28% | ||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/JPMorgan Value Opportunities EIMG; J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. | 0.96% | 10.90% | 14.17% | 10.12% | |||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/Large Cap Core Managed Volatility EIMG; BlackRock Investment Management, LLC | 0.90% | 23.98% | 14.26% | 10.58% | |||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/Large Cap Growth Index EIMG; AllianceBernstein L.P. | 0.73% | 41.54% | 18.63% | 14.02% | |||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/Large Cap Growth Managed Volatility EIMG; BlackRock Investment Management, LLC | 0.88% | 38.97% | 16.20% | 12.47% | |||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/Large Cap Value Index EIMG; AllianceBernstein L.P. | 0.74% | 10.71% | 10.15% | 7.66% | |||||||||||||
Fixed Income | EQ/Long-Term Bond(1) EIMG | 0.65% | ^ | 6.35% | | | ||||||||||||
Equity |
EQ/Loomis Sayles Growth EIMG; Loomis, Sayles & Company, L.P. |
1.05% | ^ | 43.89% | 15.66% | 13.24% | ||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/MFS International Growth EIMG; Massachusetts Financial Services Company d/b/a MFS Investment Management | 1.10% | ^ | 14.52% | 9.28% | 6.12% | ||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/MFS International Intrinsic Value EIMG; Massachusetts Financial Services Company d/b/a MFS Investment Management | 1.15% | ^ | 17.37% | 8.29% | | ||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/MFS Mid Cap Focused Growth EIMG; Massachusetts Financial Services Company d/b/a MFS Investment Management | 1.10% | ^ | 22.32% | 13.41% | | ||||||||||||
Specialty | EQ/MFS Technology EIMG; Massachusetts Financial Services Company d/b/a MFS Investment Management | 1.14% | 54.10% | 17.38% | | |||||||||||||
Specialty | EQ/MFS Utilities Series EIMG; Massachusetts Financial Services Company d/b/a MFS Investment Management | 1.05% | ^ | -2.36% | 8.01% | | ||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/Mid Cap Index EIMG; AllianceBernstein L.P. | 0.65% | ^ | 15.77% | 11.88% | 8.54% | ||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/Mid Cap Value Managed Volatility EIMG; BlackRock Investment Management, LLC | 0.97% | 13.19% | 10.36% | 7.21% |
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TYPE |
Portfolio Company Investment Adviser; Sub-Adviser(s), as applicable | Current Expenses |
Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/2023) |
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1 year | 5 year | 10 year | ||||||||||||||||
Asset Allocation | EQ/Moderate Allocation EIMG | 1.11% | 12.31% | 5.76% | 4.17% | |||||||||||||
Asset Allocation | EQ/Moderate-Plus Allocation EIMG | 1.13% | 15.36% | 8.10% | 5.67% | |||||||||||||
Cash/Cash Equivalent | EQ/Money Market* EIMG; Dreyfus, a division of Mellon Investments Corporation | 0.69% | 4.47% | 1.48% | 0.90% | |||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/Morgan Stanley Small Cap Growth EIMG; BlackRock Investment Management, LLC, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. | 1.15% | ^ | 34.45% | 15.17% | | ||||||||||||
Fixed Income | EQ/PIMCO Global Real Return EIMG; Pacific Investment Management Company LLC | 2.36% | ^ | 4.09% | 1.62% | 2.49% | ||||||||||||
Fixed Income | EQ/PIMCO Real Return EIMG; Pacific Investment Management Company LLC | 2.26% | ^ | 3.53% | 3.13% | | ||||||||||||
Fixed Income | EQ/PIMCO Total Return ESG EIMG; Pacific Investment Management Company LLC | 0.87% | ^ | 5.63% | 1.11% | | ||||||||||||
Fixed Income | EQ/PIMCO Ultra Short Bond EIMG; Pacific Investment Management Company LLC | 0.88% | ^ | 5.56% | 1.61% | 1.25% | ||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/Small Company Index EIMG; AllianceBernstein L.P. | 0.64% | 16.72% | 10.06% | 7.01% | |||||||||||||
Specialty | EQ/T. Rowe Price Health Sciences EIMG; T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. | 1.20% | ^ | 3.99% | 9.94% | | ||||||||||||
Equity | EQ/Value Equity EIMG; Aristotle Capital Management, LLC | 0.92% | 19.52% | 10.06% | 6.90% | |||||||||||||
Asset Allocation | Equitable Conservative Growth MF/ETF Portfolio EIMG | 1.10% | ^ | 9.86% | 7.20% | 4.77% | ||||||||||||
Asset Allocation | Equitable Growth MF/ETF(1) EIMG | 1.15% | ^ | 14.23% | | | ||||||||||||
Asset Allocation | Equitable Moderate Growth MF/ETF(1) EIMG | 1.10% | ^ | 12.01% | | | ||||||||||||
Equity | Multimanager Aggressive Equity EIMG; AllianceBernstein L.P. | 1.00% | 38.29% | 15.92% | 12.48% | |||||||||||||
Specialty | Multimanager Technology EIMG; AllianceBernstein L.P., FIAM LLC, Wellington Management Company LLP | 1.24% | ^ | 49.53% | 19.07% | 16.18% |
^ | This Portfolios annual expenses reflect temporary fee reductions. |
| EQ Managed Volatility Portfolios that include the EQ volatility management strategy as part of their investment objective and/or principal investment strategy, and the EQ/affiliated Fund of Fund Portfolios that invest in Portfolios that use the EQ volatility management strategy, are identified in the chart by a . See Portfolios of the Trusts for more information regarding volatility management. |
* | The Portfolio operates as a government money market fund. The Portfolio will invest at least 99.5% of its total assets in U.S. government securities, cash, and/or repurchase agreements that are fully collateralized by U.S. government securities or cash. |
(1) | This variable investment option will not be available until May 13, 2024. |
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Appendix: Investment options available under the policy
Unaffiliated Portfolio Companies:
TYPE |
Portfolio Company Investment Adviser; Sub-Adviser(s), as applicable | Current Expenses |
Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/2023) |
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1 year | 5 year | 10 year | ||||||||||||||||
Equity | AB VPS Discovery Value Portfolio AllianceBernstein L.P. | 1.06% | 16.86% | 10.51% | 7.29% | |||||||||||||
Equity | AB VPS Relative Value Portfolio AllianceBernstein L.P. | 0.86% | ^ | 11.72% | 11.57% | 9.05% | ||||||||||||
Equity | AB VPS Sustainable Global Thematic Portfolio AllianceBernstein L.P. | 1.17% | ^ | 15.70% | 13.27% | 9.33% | ||||||||||||
Asset Allocation | American Funds Insurance Series® Asset Allocation Fund Capital Research and Management Company | 0.80% | 14.02% | 8.93% | 6.98% | |||||||||||||
Equity | American Funds Insurance Series® Global Small Capitalization Fund Capital Research and Management Company | 1.16% | ^ | 15.79% | 8.03% | 5.51% | ||||||||||||
Equity | American Funds Insurance Series® New World Fund® Capital Research and Management Company | 1.07% | ^ | 15.67% | 8.37% | 4.43% | ||||||||||||
Asset Allocation | BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund BlackRock Advisors, LLC; BlackRock International Limited, BlackRock (Singapore) Limited | 1.02% | ^ | 12.49% | 7.39% | 4.63% | ||||||||||||
Equity | ClearBridge Variable Mid Cap Portfolio Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC; ClearBridge Investments, LLC | 1.08% | 12.62% | 10.46% | 6.83% | |||||||||||||
Asset Allocation | Fidelity® VIP Asset Manager Growth Portfolio Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR) | 0.89% | 16.05% | 9.41% | 6.30% | |||||||||||||
Equity | Fidelity® VIP Growth & Income Portfolio Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR) | 0.74% | 18.37% | 14.50% | 9.99% | |||||||||||||
Equity | Fidelity® VIP Mid Cap Portfolio Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR) | 0.82% | 14.80% | 12.17% | 7.86% | |||||||||||||
Equity | Fidelity® VIP Value Portfolio Fidelity Management and Research Company (FMR) | 0.85% | 19.47% | 15.69% | 9.71% | |||||||||||||
Equity | Franklin Small Cap Value VIP Fund Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC | 0.91% | ^ | 12.75% | 11.06% | 7.04% | ||||||||||||
Equity | Invesco V.I. Diversified Dividend Fund Invesco Advisers, Inc. | 0.93% | 8.77% | 9.53% | 7.53% | |||||||||||||
Asset Allocation | Janus Henderson Balanced Portfolio Janus Henderson Investors US LLC | 0.87% | 15.13% | 9.37% | 7.73% | |||||||||||||
Fixed Income | Lord Abbett Bond Debenture Portfolio (VC) Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC | 0.90% | 6.55% | 3.14% | 3.49% | |||||||||||||
Fixed Income | Macquarie VIP High Income Series(1) Delaware Management Company; Macquarie Investment Management Austria Kapitalanlage AG, Macquarie Investment Management Europe Limited, Macquarie Investment Management Global Limited | 0.96% | 11.95% | 4.46% | 3.70% | |||||||||||||
Specialty | PIMCO CommodityRealReturn® Strategy Portfolio Pacific Investment Management Company LLC | 1.58% | ^ | -7.93% | 8.46% | -0.90% | ||||||||||||
Equity | T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Portfolio T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. | 1.00% | ^ | 48.96% | 13.22% | 12.03% | ||||||||||||
Equity | T. Rowe Price Equity Income Portfolio - II T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. | 0.99% | 9.31% | 10.92% | 7.57% | |||||||||||||
Equity | T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 1.09% | ^ | 19.63% | 11.36% | 10.22% | ||||||||||||
Equity | Templeton Developing Markets VIP Fund Templeton Asset Management Ltd. | 1.35% | ^ | 12.62% | 4.22% | 2.32% | ||||||||||||
Fixed Income | Templeton Global Bond VIP Fund Franklin Advisers, Inc. | 0.75% | ^ | 2.88% | -2.13% | -0.66% | ||||||||||||
Specialty | VanEck VIP Global Resources Fund Van Eck Associates Corporation | 1.36% | -3.84% | 10.34% | -1.26% |
^ | This Portfolios annual expenses reflect temporary fee reductions. |
(1) | This is the variable investment options new name. The variable investment options former name is Delaware Ivy VIP High Income which may continue to be used in certain documents for a period of time after the date of this prospectus. |
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Issued by
Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company
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Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company of America
We have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Prospectus and a Statement of Additional Information (SAI) dated May 1, 2024, that include additional information about the policy, the Company and the Separate Account. The Prospectus and SAI are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. The Prospectus and SAI are available free of charge. To request a copy of either document, to ask about your policy, or to make other investor inquiries, please call 1-800-777-6510 (for U.S. residents) or 1-704-341-7000 (outside of the U.S.). The Prospectus and SAI are also available at our website at www.equitable.com/ICSR#EQH162723.
SEC Contract Identifier: C000229053 (Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company)
SEC Contract Identifier: C000229054 (Equitable Financial Life Insurance Company of America)
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