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FEES AND
EXPENSES
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Are There
Charges or
Adjustments
for Early
Withdrawals?
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Yes, your Contract may be subject to charges for early withdrawals. If you withdraw money
within seven years after we establish an Annual Contribution Amount, a MVA based on
changes in interest rates will apply. A MVA may be positive, negative, or equal to zero. The
maximum negative MVA is -10% (as a percentage of Contract
Value for a full withdrawal, or
as a percentage of the amount withdrawn for a partial
withdrawal). For example, if you take
a $100,000 withdrawal during a MVA period, you could lose up to $10,000 due to a negative
MVA. This loss will be greater if there is a negative Daily Adjustment, taxes, or tax penalties.
In addition, if you take a full or partial withdrawal from
an Index Option on a date other than
benefit, or we deduct Contract fees, expenses, or investment advisory fees you authorize
be negative depending on the applicable Crediting Method. You will lose money if the Daily
Adjustment is negative.
may be positive, negative, or equal to zero. A negative Daily Adjustment will result in a
loss, and could result in a loss beyond the protection of
the 10%, 20%, or 30% Buffer;
and Index Performance Strategy; and -35% for the Index Guard
Strategy. For
later withdraw the entire amount before the Term has ended, you could lose up to
$99,000 of your investment. This loss will be greater if
you also are subject to a
negative MVA, taxes, and tax penalties.
Daily
Adjustments under these Crediting Methods may be positive or equal to
zero, but
cannot be negative.
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Are There
Transaction
Charges?
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No. Other than negative MVAs and Daily Adjustments that may apply to withdrawals
and
other transactions under the Contract, there are no other transaction charges.
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Not Applicable
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FEES AND
EXPENSES
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Are There
Ongoing Fees
and
Expenses?
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Yes, there are ongoing fees and expenses. The table below describes the fees and
expenses that you may pay each year, depending on the options
you choose. Please refer
to your Contract specifications page for information about the specific fees you will pay
each year based on the options you have elected. These ongoing fees and expenses do
not reflect any investment advisory fees paid to a Financial Professional from your Contract
expenses would be higher.
There is an implicit ongoing fee on Index Options to the extent that your participation
in Index gains is limited by us through a
Cap or Trigger Rate. This means that your
gains, you will receive some protection from Index losses.
This implicit ongoing fee is not
reflected in the tables below. Additionally, if we add Index Options with a guaranteed
minimum Participation Rate less than 100%,
the Participation Rate would be an
implicit ongoing fee and limit Index
gains.
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Fee Tables
1. The Contract –
Investment
Advisory Fees
7. Expenses and
Adjustments
Appendix A –
Investment
Options Available
Under the
Contract
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Annual Fee
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Minimum
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Base Contract(1)
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(Fund fees and expenses)
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Optional Benefits Available for an Additional
Charge(3)
(for a single optional benefit, if elected)
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(1)
Base Contract fee is comprised of two charges referred to
as the “product fee” and the “rider fee for the
Income
Benefit” in the Contract and elsewhere in this prospectus. As a percentage of the Charge Base, plus
an amount attributable to the contract maintenance charge.
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As a percentage of the AZL Government Money Market Fund's
average daily net assets.
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As a percentage of the Charge Base. This is the current charge for the Maximum
Anniversary Value Death
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Because your Contract is customizable, the choices you make affect how much you will
pay. To help you understand the cost of owning your Contract, the following table shows the
lowest and highest cost you could pay each year, based on current charges.
This estimate
assumes that you do not take withdrawals from the Contract, which could add a negative
Daily Adjustment and/or negative MVA that could substantially increase costs.
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Lowest Annual Cost:
$1,497
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Highest Annual Cost:
$1,668
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Assumes:
●Investment of $100,000 in the Variable
Option (even though you cannot select
the Variable Option for investment)
●5% annual appreciation
●0.70% Income Benefit rider fee
●No additional Purchase Payments,
transfers, or withdrawals
●No investment advisory fees
●No Daily Adjustment
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Assumes:
●Investment of $100,000 in the Variable
Option (even though you cannot select
the Variable Option for investment)
●5% annual appreciation
●0.70% Income Benefit rider fee
Benefit with a 0.20% rider fee
●No additional Purchase Payments,
transfers, or withdrawals
●No investment advisory fees
●No Daily Adjustment
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RISKS
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Prospectus
Location
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Is There a Risk
of Loss from
Poor
Performance?
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Yes, you can lose money by investing in the Contract, including loss of principal and
previous earnings.
The maximum amount of loss that you could
experience from negative Index Return,
after taking into account the current
limits on Index loss provided under the
next if we add an Index Option or discontinue accepting new allocations into an
Floor no lower than -25%, or an Index Option that provides complete protection from
Index losses, will always be available for
renewal under the Contract.
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Is This a
Short-Term
Investment?
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• No, this Contract is not a short-term investment and is
not appropriate if you need ready
access to cash.
• Considering the benefits of tax deferral, long-term income, and living benefit guarantees,
the Contract is generally more beneficial to investors with a long investment time horizon.
• Withdrawals are subject to income taxes, and may also be subject to a 10% additional
federal tax for amounts withdrawn before age 59 1∕2.
• If, within seven years after we establish an Annual Contribution Amount, you take a full or
partial withdrawal or begin Annuity Payments, or we pay a death benefit, a MVA will
apply. A MVA is an adjustment based on changes in interest rates and may be positive,
negative, or equal to zero. A MVA will be negative if the corporate bond yield on the date
of deduction is higher than the corporate bond yield on
the date that the Annual
Contribution
Amount was established. If you take a full withdrawal or begin Annuity
amount withdrawn.
before they can receive a Performance Credit. We apply a Daily Adjustment if, before the
Term
End Date, you take a full or partial withdrawal, you take Income Payments, you
execute a Performance Lock, you annuitize the Contract, we pay a death benefit, or we
deduct Contract fees, expenses, or investment advisory fees that you authorize your
Financial
Professional’s firm to receive from the Contract.
money if the Daily Adjustment is negative.
• Withdrawals and other deductions from an Index Option prior to a Term End Date will
result in a proportionate reduction to your Index Option Base. The proportionate reduction
could be greater than the amount withdrawn or deducted.
Reductions to your Index
lower gains (if any) on the Term End Date.
• On the Term End Date, you can transfer assets invested in an Index Option by changing
your allocation instructions. If you do not change your
allocation instructions, you will
continue to be invested in the same Index Option with a new Term Start Date. The new
Rate.
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Principal Risks of
Investing In the
6. Valuing Your
7. Expenses and
Adjustments
Appendix C –
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RISKS
|
Prospectus
Location
|
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• An investment in the Contract is subject to the risk of poor investment performance and
can vary depending on the performance of the Variable Option and the Index Options
available under the Contract.
• The Variable Option and each Index Option have their own unique risks.
• You should review the Fund’s prospectus and disclosures, including risk factors, before
making an investment decision.
may result in earning less than the Index Return.
15%, we apply a Performance Credit of 15%, meaning your Contract
Value allocated
to that Index Option will increase by 15% since the Term
Start Date. If at the end of the
by 3% since the Term Start Date.
we apply a Performance Credit of -15%, meaning your Contract
Value allocated to that
-25% and the Floor is -10%, we apply a Performance
Credit of -10%, meaning your
Options do not receive any dividends payable on these securities. The Index Options also
do not directly participate in the returns of the Indexes
or the Indexes’ component
securities. This will reduce the Index Return and may cause the Index to underperform a
direct investment in the securities composing the Index.
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What are the
Risks Related
to the
Insurance
Company?
|
An investment in the Contract is subject to the risks related to us. All obligations,
guarantees or benefits of the Contract, including those relating to the Index
Options, are the
obligations of Allianz Life and are subject to our
claims-paying ability and financial strength.
More information about Allianz Life, including our
financial strength ratings, is available
upon request by visiting https://www.allianzlife.com/about/financial-ratings, or
contacting us
at (800) 624-0197.
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RESTRICTIONS
|
Prospectus
Location
|
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Yes, there are limits on the Investment Options.
• Certain Index Options may not be available under your Contract.
• We can add new Index Options to your Contract in the future.
• You cannot allocate Purchase
Payments to the Variable Option. The sole purpose of the
Variable
Option is to hold Purchase Payments until they are transferred to your selected
Year before the Income Period, you cannot add more than your initial amount (i.e., the
total of all Purchase Payments received before the first Quarterly
Contract Anniversary of
the first Contract Year) without our prior approval.
• We do not accept additional Purchase
Payments during the Income Period (which is part
of the Accumulation Phase) or the Annuity Phase.
• We typically only allow assets to move into the Index Options on the Index Effective Date
and on subsequent Index Anniversaries as discussed in section 3, Purchasing the
Contract – Allocation of Purchase Payments and Contract Value Transfers. However, if
you execute an Early Reallocation, we will move assets into an Index
Option on the
• You can typically transfer Index
Option Value only on Term End Dates. However, you can
transfer assets out of an Index Option before the Term End Date by first executing a
Performance
Lock and then either requesting an Early Reallocation with new allocation
instructions or changing your allocation instructions
before the next Index Anniversary.
For more information, see section 6, Valuing Your Contract
– Performance Locks and
• We do not allow assets to move into an established Index Option until the Term End Date.
If you request to allocate a Purchase Payment into an established Index Option on an
Index
Anniversary that is not a Term End Date, we will allocate those assets to
the same
Index
Option with a new Term Start Date.
• We reserve the right to substitute the Fund in which the Variable Option invests. We also
reserve the right to close Index Options to new Purchase Payments and transfers, and to
substitute Indexes either on a Term Start Date or during a Term.
• We also reserve the right to decline any or all Purchase Payments at any time on a
nondiscriminatory basis.
subject to their contractual minimum guarantees.
is -25%.
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RESTRICTIONS
|
Prospectus
Location
|
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Are There Any
Restrictions on
Contract
Benefits?
|
Yes, there are restrictions on Contract benefits.
• We do not allow Performance Locks to occur on Term End Dates. We will not execute
your ability to take advantage of the benefits of the Early Reallocation feature. We do not
accept Early Reallocation requests within 14 calendar days before an Index Anniversary.
Currently you are limited to two Early Reallocation requests each Index Year. However, as
of May 20, 2025, this limit increases to twelve Early Reallocation requests each Index
Year.
• We reserve the right to discontinue or modify the Minimum Distribution Program and
Financial Adviser Fees program.
• Deductions we make for investment advisory fees reduce your Contract Value (and
therefore Cash Value) by the amount withdrawn on a dollar
for dollar basis. This Contract
Value reduction also decreases your initial annual maximum
Income Payment which is
based on Contract Value. As Contract Value is one of the
components we use to calculate
RMD payments, these deductions may also reduce your RMD
payments. These
deductions also reduce the following proportionately by
the percentage of Contract Value
withdrawn: Charge Base, Index Option Base, Index Option
Value, and Variable Account
Value.
• The death benefits and Income
Benefit are only available during the Accumulation Phase.
Upon annuitization, these benefits will end.
• The Income Benefit terms stated in the Income Benefit Supplement may be modified
before issue. A minimum waiting period applies before Income Payments may be taken
under the Income Benefit. In addition, even if the waiting period has expired, Income
with the Index Protection Strategy with Trigger and Index Protection Strategy with Cap are
available to you. Withdrawals will reduce the initial
annual maximum Income Payment.
Withdrawals that exceed limits specified by the terms of
the Income Benefit (Excess
Withdrawals) will reduce your future annual maximum Income Payment. These reductions
may be greater than the value withdrawn and could end the
benefit. After the Issue Date
the Income Benefit may terminate under certain circumstances as stated in section 11,
• The Traditional Death Benefit may not be modified, but it will terminate if you take
withdrawals (including Income Payments) that reduce both the Contract
Value and
Guaranteed
Death Benefit Value to zero. Withdrawals may reduce the Traditional Death
Benefit’s Guaranteed Death Benefit Value by more than the value withdrawn and could
end the Traditional Death Benefit.
• The optional Maximum Anniversary
Value Death Benefit may not be modified.
Withdrawals (including Income Payments) may reduce the Maximum
Anniversary Value
Death
Benefit’s Guaranteed Death Benefit Value by more than the
value withdrawn and
will end the Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit if the withdrawals reduce both the
Contract
Value and Guaranteed Death Benefit Value to zero.
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TAXES
|
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What are the
Contract’s Tax
Implications?
|
• Consult with a tax professional to determine the tax implications of an investment in and
withdrawals from or payments received under the Contract.
• If you purchased the Contract as an individual retirement annuity or through a custodial
individual retirement account, you do not get any
additional tax benefit under the
• Generally, earnings under a Non-Qualified
Contract are taxed at ordinary income rates
when withdrawn, and may also be subject to a 10%
additional federal tax for amounts
withdrawn before age 59 1∕2.
• Generally, distributions from Qualified
Contracts are taxed at ordinary income tax rates
when withdrawn, and may also be subject to a 10%
additional federal tax for amounts
withdrawn before age 59 1∕2.
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13. Taxes
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CONFLICTS OF
INTEREST
|
Prospectus
Location
|
||
How are
Investment
Professionals
Compensated?
|
We do not pay sales commissions in connection with sales of
the Contracts. Rather, you
pay an investment advisory fee to your Financial Professional. We do not set your
investment advisory fee or receive any part of it. However,
Financial Professionals and their
managers may be eligible for benefits from us or our
wholly-owned subsidiary distributor,
such as production incentive bonuses, insurance benefits,
and non-cash compensation
items. We and/or our wholly owned subsidiary distributor
may also make marketing support
payments to certain selling firms for marketing services
and costs associated with Contract
sales. This conflict of interest may influence your Financial Professional to recommend this
Contract over another investment.
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Whether to exchange your existing Contract for a new contract is a decision that each
investor should make based on their personal circumstances
and financial objectives.
However, in making this decision you should be aware that
some Financial Professionals
may have a financial incentive to offer you a new contract
in place of one you already own.
You should only exchange your Contract if you determine, after comparing the features,
risks, and fees of both contracts, including any fees or
penalties to terminate your existing
Contract, that it is better for you to purchase the new contract rather than continue to own
your existing Contract.
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14. Other
Information –
Distribution
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Daily
Adjustment Maximum Potential Loss
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0%
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99%
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35%
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(as a percentage of Index Option Value, applies for
distributions from an Index Option before any Term
End Date)(1)
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Upon full or partial withdrawal, Annuity Payments, or death benefit payment
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MVA Maximum Potential Loss(1)
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10%(3)
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(as a percentage of each Annual Contribution
Amount)(2)
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Administrative Expenses (or contract maintenance
charge)(1)
(per year)
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$50
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Base Contract Expenses(2)
(as a percentage of the Charge Base)
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0.95%
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Optional Benefit Expenses – Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit
(as a percentage of the Charge Base)
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0.20%
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(expenses that are deducted from Fund assets, including management fees,
distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other expenses)
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0.65%
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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(1) If you surrender your Contract (take a full withdrawal) at the end of
the applicable time period.
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$1,823
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$5,645
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$9,712
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$21,063
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(2) If you annuitize your Contract at the end of the applicable time
period.
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N/A*
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$5,645
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$9,712
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$21,063
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(3) If you do not surrender your Contract.
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$1,823
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$5,645
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$9,712
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$21,063
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We will not provide advice
or notify you regarding whether you should execute a Performance Lock or Early
Reallocation or the optimal
time for doing so. We will not warn you if you execute a Performance Lock or Early
Reallocation at a
sub-optimal time. We are not responsible for any losses related to your decision whether or not to
execute a Performance
Lock or Early Reallocation.
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Investment Advisory Fee
Withdrawal That Is Not
a Taxable Distribution
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Contract
Value
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Cash
Value
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Guaranteed Death Benefit
Value for a Contract with the
Traditional Death Benefit
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Guaranteed Death Benefit Value
for a Contract with the
Maximum Anniversary Value
Death Benefit
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Prior to 1st fee deduction
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$ 100,000
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$ 97,000
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$ 90,000
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$ 105,000
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$1,500 fee deduction
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– $1,500
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– $1,500
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– $0
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– $0
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$ 99,300
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$ 96,300
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$ 90,000
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$ 105,000
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$ 100,500
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$ 97,100
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$ 90,000
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$ 105,000
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$1,507 fee deduction
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– $1,507
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– $1,507
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– $0
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– $0
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$ 98,993
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$ 95,593
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$ 90,000
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$ 105,000
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$ 97,800
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$ 95,200
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$ 90,000
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$ 105,000
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$1,467 fee deduction
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– $1,467
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– $1,467
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– $0
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– $0
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$ 96,333
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$ 93,733
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$ 90,000
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$ 105,000
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UPON THE DEATH OF A SOLE OWNER
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Action if the Contract is in the Accumulation Phase
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Action if the Contract is in the Annuity Phase
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• We pay a death benefit to the Beneficiary unless the
Beneficiary is the surviving spouse and continues the Contract.
The Income Benefit and any Income Payments will also end
unless the Beneficiary is both a surviving spouse and either an
Eligible Person (if Income Payments have not begun) or a
Covered Person (if Income Payments have begun).
• If the deceased Owner was a Determining Life and the
surviving spouse Beneficiary continues the Contract:
– we increase the Contract Value to equal the Guaranteed
Death Benefit Value if greater and available, and the
death benefit ends,
– the surviving spouse becomes the new Owner,
– if Income Payments have not begun the Accumulation
Phase continues,
– if Income Payments have begun they can only continue if
the surviving spouse is a Covered Person; otherwise the
Income Benefit ends, and
– upon the surviving spouse’s death, his or her
Beneficiary(ies) receives the greater of Contract Value or
Cash Value.
• If the deceased Owner was not a Determining Life, the
Traditional Death Benefit or Maximum Anniversary Value Death
Benefit are not available and the Beneficiary(ies) receives the
greater of Contract Value or Cash Value.
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• The Beneficiary becomes the Payee. If we are still required to
make Annuity Payments under the selected Annuity Option, the
Beneficiary also becomes the new Owner.
• If the deceased was not an Annuitant, Annuity Payments to the
Payee continue. No death benefit is payable.
• If the deceased was the only surviving Annuitant, Annuity
Payments end or continue as follows.
– Annuity Option A or C, payments end when the
guaranteed period ends.
– Annuity Option B, F, or G, payments end. If Income
Payments were converted to Annuity Payments under
Annuity Option B or F, we will also pay any remaining
value to the named Beneficiary(ies).
– For more information on the Annuity Options, please see
section 9.
• If the deceased was an Annuitant and there is a surviving joint
Annuitant, Annuity Payments to the Payee continue during the
lifetime of the surviving joint Annuitant. No death benefit is
payable.
• For a Qualified Contract, the Annuity Payments generally must
end no later than ten years after the Owner's death. However,
in certain situations, payments may need to end earlier.
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● FOR JOINTLY OWNED CONTRACTS: The sole primary
Beneficiary is the surviving Joint Owner regardless of
any other named primary Beneficiaries. If both Joint Owners die
within 120 hours of each other, we pay the death
benefit to the named surviving primary Beneficiaries. If there
are no named surviving primary Beneficiaries, we pay
the death benefit to the named surviving contingent
Beneficiaries, or equally to the estate of the Joint Owners if there
are no named surviving contingent Beneficiaries.
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● NAMING AN ESTATE AS A BENEFICIARY: If an estate is the
Beneficiary, the estate must be the sole primary
Beneficiary, unless the Spouse is the sole primary Beneficiary.
If the Spouse is the sole primary Beneficiary, then an
estate can be a contingent Beneficiary.
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● An assignment may be a taxable event. In addition, there are other
restrictions on changing the ownership of a
Qualified Contract and Qualified Contracts generally cannot be
assigned absolutely or on a limited basis. You should
consult with your tax
adviser before assigning this Contract.
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● An assignment will only change the Determining Life (Lives) if it involves removing a Joint Owner due to
divorce, replacing Joint Owners with a Trust,
or adding a Joint Owner if that person is a spouse within the
meaning of federal tax law of the existing
Owner.
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On your application if you select…
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Your Index Effective Date will be either…
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the earliest Index Effective Date
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• your Issue Date, or
• the first Business Day of the next month if the Issue Date is the 29th, 30th, or 31st of a
month
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the deferred Index Effective Date
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• your first Quarterly Contract Anniversary, or
• the next Business Day if the first Quarterly Contract Anniversary occurs on a non-Business
Day, or the first Business Day of the next month if the first
Quarterly Contract Anniversary
is the 29th, 30th, or 31st of a month
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● In order to apply Purchase Payments we receive after the Index Effective Date to your selected Index Option(s) on
the next Index Anniversary, we must receive them before
the end of the Business Day on the Index Anniversary (or
before the end of the prior
Business Day if the anniversary is a non-Business Day).
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● Purchase Payments we hold in the Variable Option before transferring them to your selected Index Options are
subject to Contract fees and
expenses (e.g. product fee, contract maintenance charge), and market risk and may
lose value.
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● The Index Dual Precision Strategy, Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, and Index Performance
Strategy allow negative Performance Credits. As a
result, you could lose a significant amount of money in the
form of negative Performance Credits if an
Index declines in value. The maximum potential negative
Performance Credit is: -90%
with a 10% Buffer; -80% with a 20% Buffer; -70% with a 30% Buffer; and -10%
with the Floor.
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● Because we calculate Index Returns only on a single date in time, you may experience negative or flat
performance even though the Index you selected
for a given Crediting Method experienced gains through
some, or most, of the Term.
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● If an Index Performance Strategy Index Option is “uncapped” for one Term (i.e., we do not declare a Cap for
that Term) it does not mean that we will not
declare a Cap for it on future Term Start Dates. On the next Term
Start Date we can declare a Cap for the next Term, or declare
it to be uncapped.
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What is the asset protection?
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Index Protection
Strategy with Trigger
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• Most protection.
• If the Index loses value, the Performance Credit is zero. You do not receive a negative Performance
Credit.
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Index Protection
Strategy with Cap
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• Most protection.
• If the Index loses value, the Performance Credit is zero. You do not receive a negative Performance
Credit.
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Index Dual Precision
Strategy
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• Less protection than the Index Protection Strategy with Trigger, Index Protection Strategy with Cap,
and Index Guard Strategy. Protection on the Index Dual
Precision Strategy 1-year Term is equal to or
greater than what is available with the Index Precision
Strategy depending on the Index Option. Offers
the same protection levels as the Index Performance Strategy.
• Buffer absorbs 10%, 20%, or 30% of loss, but you receive a negative Performance Credit for losses
greater than the Buffer.
• Potential for large losses in any Term.
• More sensitive to large negative market movements because small or moderate negative market
movements within the applicable 10%, 20%, or 30% Buffer
result in a positive Performance Credit. In
a period of extreme negative market performance, the risk of
loss is greater with the Index Dual
Precision Strategy than with the Index Guard Strategy.
• In extended periods of moderate to large negative market performance, 3-year and 6-year Terms may
provide less protection than the 1-year Terms because, in
part, the Buffer is applied over a longer
period of time.
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Index Precision Strategy
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• Less protection than the Index Protection Strategy with Trigger, Index Protection Strategy with Cap,
and Index Guard Strategy. Protection may be equal to or less
than what is available with the Index
Dual Precision Strategy and Index Performance Strategy
depending on the Index Option.
• Buffer absorbs 10% of loss, but you receive a negative Performance Credit for losses greater than
10%.
• Potential for large losses in any Term.
• More sensitive to large negative market movements because small negative market movements are
absorbed by the 10% Buffer. In a period of extreme negative
market performance, the risk of loss is
greater with the Index Precision Strategy than with the Index
Guard Strategy.
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What is the asset protection?
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Index Guard Strategy
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• Less protection than the Index Protection Strategy with Trigger and Index Protection Strategy with
Cap, but more than Index Dual Precision Strategy, Index
Precision Strategy, and Index Performance
Strategy.
• Permits a negative Performance Credit down to the -10% Floor.
• Protection from significant losses.
• More sensitive to smaller negative market movements that persist over time because the -10% Floor
reduces the impact of large negative market movements.
• In an extended period of smaller negative market returns, the risk of loss is greater with the Index
Guard Strategy than with the Index Dual Precision Strategy,
Index Precision Strategy, and Index
Performance Strategy.
• Provides certainty regarding the maximum loss in any Term.
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Index Performance
Strategy
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• Less protection than the Index Protection Strategy with Trigger, Index Protection Strategy with Cap,
and Index Guard Strategy. 1-year Term Index Options with a
10% Buffer provide the same protection
as the Index Precision Strategy. The 20% and 30% Buffers
provide more protection than what is
available with the Index Precision Strategy. Offers the same
protection levels as the Index Dual
Precision Strategy.
• Buffer absorbs 10%, 20%, or 30% of loss depending on the Index Option you select, but you receive
a negative Performance Credit for losses greater than the
Buffer.
• Potential for large losses in any Term.
• More sensitive to large negative market movements because small or moderate negative market
movements are absorbed by the Buffer. In a period of extreme
negative market performance, the risk
of loss is greater with the Index Performance Strategy than
with the Index Guard Strategy.
• In extended periods of moderate to large negative market performance, 3-year and 6-year Terms may
provide less protection than the 1-year Terms because, in
part, the Buffer is applied over a longer
period of time.
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What is the growth opportunity?
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Index Protection
Strategy with Trigger
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• Growth opportunity limited by the Trigger Rates.
• May perform best in periods of small positive market movements relative to the other Crediting
Methods, because such small positive market movements may
result in positive Performance Credits
that are greater than the Index Return while also providing
complete protection from any Index losses.
May have lower return potential compared to other Crediting
Methods.
• These Trigger Rates will generally be less than Caps, and Index Precision Strategy's Trigger Rates.
Growth opportunity may be more or less than the Index Dual
Precision Strategy depending on Trigger
Rates.
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Index Protection
Strategy with Cap
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• Growth opportunity limited by the Caps.
• May perform best in periods of small positive market movements relative to the other Crediting
Methods, because such small positive market movements would
result in positive Performance
Credits while also providing complete protection from any
Index losses.
• Generally more growth opportunity than the Index Protection Strategy with Trigger, but less than the
Index Precision Strategy, Index Guard Strategy, and Index
Performance Strategy. Growth opportunity
may be more or less than the Index Dual Precision Strategy
depending on Caps and Trigger Rates.
• Caps will generally be greater than the Trigger Rates for Index Protection Strategy with Trigger, but
less than Index Precision Strategy's Trigger Rates, and less
than the Caps for the Index Guard
Strategy and Index Performance Strategy. These Caps may be
greater or less than Index Dual
Precision Strategy's Trigger Rates.
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What is the growth opportunity?
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Index Dual Precision
Strategy
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• Growth opportunity limited by the Trigger Rates. We do not apply the Trigger Rate annually on 3-year
and 6-year Term Index Options.
• May perform best in periods of small or moderate negative market movements as it provides a
positive Performance Credit in these environments while other
Crediting Methods do not.
• Generally, 1-year Term Index Options have less growth opportunity than the Index Precision Strategy
and the 1-year Term Index Options on the Index Performance
Strategy.
• Generally, 3-year and 6-year Term Index Options have less growth opportunity than the 3-year and
6-year Term Index Options on the Index Performance Strategy.
• Growth opportunity may be more or less than the Index Protection Strategy with Trigger, Index
Protection Strategy with Cap, and Index Guard Strategy
depending on Trigger Rates and Caps.
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Index Precision Strategy
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• Growth opportunity limited by the Trigger Rates.
• May perform best in periods of small positive market movements.
• Generally more growth opportunity than the Index Protection Strategy with Trigger, Index Protection
Strategy with Cap, and Index Dual Precision Strategy.
However, less growth opportunity than the
Index Dual Precision Strategy during periods of small or
moderate negative market movements.
• Growth opportunity may be more or less than the Index Guard Strategy or Index Performance
Strategy depending on Trigger Rates and Caps.
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Index Guard Strategy
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• Growth opportunity limited by the Caps.
• May perform best in a strong market.
• Growth opportunity that generally may be matched or exceeded only by the Index Performance
Strategy. However, growth opportunity may be more or less
than the Index Dual Precision Strategy,
Index Precision Strategy, or Index Performance Strategy
depending on Trigger Rates and Caps.
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Index Performance
Strategy
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• Growth opportunity limited by the Caps and/or Participation Rates. We do not apply the Cap annually
on 3-year and 6-year Term Index Options. If we do not declare a Cap for an Index Option, there is
no maximum limit on the
positive Index Return for that Index Option. In addition, you can
receive more than the
positive Index Return if the Participation Rate applies and is greater
than its 100%
minimum. However, the Participation Rate cannot boost Index Returns beyond a
declared Cap.
• May perform best in a strong market.
• Generally, 1-year Term with 10% Buffer Index Options, 3-year Term with 10% or 20% Buffer Index
Options, and 6-year Term with 10% or 20% Buffer Index Options
have the most growth opportunity.
• Growth opportunity for the 1-year Term with 20% or 30% Buffer may be less than the Index Dual
Precision Strategy 1-year Term, Index Precision Strategy, and
Index Guard Strategy depending on
Trigger Rates and Caps.
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What can change within a Crediting Method?
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Index Protection
Strategy with Trigger
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• Renewal and Early Reallocation Trigger Rates for existing Contracts can change on each Term Start
Date.
– 1-year Term has a 0.50% minimum Trigger Rate.
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Index Protection
Strategy with Cap
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• Renewal and Early Reallocation Caps for existing Contracts can change on each Term Start Date.
– 1-year Term has a 0.50% minimum Cap.
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Index Dual Precision
Strategy
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• Renewal and Early Reallocation Trigger Rates for existing Contracts can change on each Term Start
Date.
– 1-year Term with 10%, 20%, or 30% Buffer has a 3% minimum Trigger Rate.
– 3-year Term with 10% or 20% Buffer has a 4% minimum Trigger Rate.
– 6-year Term with 10% or 20% Buffer has an 8% minimum Trigger Rate.
• The 10%, 20%, and 30% Buffers for the currently available Index Options cannot change. However, if
we add a new Index Option to your Contract after the Issue
Date, we establish the Buffer for it on the
date we add the Index Option to your Contract. The minimum
Buffer is 5% for a new Index Option.
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What can change within a Crediting Method?
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Index Precision Strategy
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• Renewal and Early Reallocation Trigger Rates for existing Contracts can change on each Term Start
Date.
– 1-year Term has a 3% minimum Trigger Rate.
• The 10% Buffers for the currently available Index Options cannot change. However, if we add a new
Index Option to your Contract after the Issue Date, we
establish the Buffer for it on the date we add
the Index Option to your Contract. The minimum Buffer is 5%
for a new Index Option.
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Index Guard Strategy
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• Renewal and Early Reallocation Caps for existing Contracts can change on each Term Start Date.
– 1-year Term has a 3% minimum Cap.
• The -10% Floors for the currently available Index Options cannot change. However, if we add a new
Index Option to your Contract after the Issue Date, we
establish the Floor for it on the date we add the
Index Option to your Contract. The minimum Floor is -25% for
a new Index Option.
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Index Performance
Strategy
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• Renewal and Early Reallocation Caps and/or Participation Rates for existing Contracts can change on
each Term Start Date.
– 1-year Term with 10%, 20%, or 30% Buffer has a 3% minimum Cap.
– 3-year Term with 10% or 20% Buffer has a 5% minimum Cap, and 100% minimum Participation
Rate.
– 6-year Term with 10% or 20% Buffer has a 10% minimum Cap, and 100% minimum Participation
Rate.
• The 10%, 20%, and 30% Buffers for the currently available Index Options cannot change. However, if
we add a new Index Option to your Contract after the Issue
Date, we establish the Buffer for it on the
date we add the Index Option to your Contract. The minimum
Buffer is 5% for a new Index Option.
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• For any Index Option with the Index Dual Precision Strategy, Index Precision Strategy, or Index Performance
Strategy, you participate in any negative Index Return in excess of the Buffer, which reduces your Contract Value.
For example, for a 10% Buffer we absorb the first -10% of
Index Return and you could lose up to 90% of the Index
Option Value. However, for any Index Option with the Index Guard Strategy, we absorb any negative Index Return
in excess of the -10%
Floor, so your maximum loss is limited to -10% of the Index Option Value due to negative
Index Returns.
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• Trigger Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates as set by us from time-to-time may vary substantially based on market
conditions. However, in extreme market environments, it is possible that all Trigger Rates, Caps, and Participation
Rates will be reduced to
their respective minimums of 0.50%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 8%, 10%, or 100% as stated in the
table above.
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• If your Contract is within its free look period you may be able to take advantage of any increase in initial Trigger
Rates, Caps, and/or Participation Rates by cancelling your
Contract and purchasing a new Contract.
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• If the initial Trigger Rates, Caps, and/or Participation Rates available on the Index Effective Date are not acceptable
you have the following options:
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– Cancel your Contract if you are still within the free look period.
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– Request to extend your Index Effective Date if you have not reached your first Quarterly Contract Anniversary.
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– If the free look period has expired, request a full withdrawal and receive the Cash
Value. This withdrawal is subject
to income taxes, and may also be subject to a 10% additional
federal tax for amounts withdrawn before age 59 1∕2. If
this occurs on or before the Index Effective
Date, the Daily Adjustment and MVA do not apply. If this occurs after
the Index Effective Date, you are
subject to the Daily Adjustment and MVA.
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• Trigger Rates, Caps, and Participation Rates can be different from Index Option to Index Option. For example,
Caps for the Index Performance Strategy 1-year Terms can be
different between the S&P 500® Index and the
Nasdaq-100® Index; and Caps for the S&P 500® Index can be
different between 1-year, 3-year, and 6-year Terms on
the Index Performance Strategy, and between the 1-year Terms
for the Index Guard Strategy and Index Performance
Strategy. Initial, renewal, and Early Reallocation rates may also be different from Contract-to-Contract. For
example, assume that on August 3, 2023 we set Caps for the
Index Performance Strategy 1-year Term with 10% Buffer
using the S&P 500® Index as
follows:
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– 13% initial rate and 12% Early Reallocation rate for new Contracts issued in 2023,
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– 14% renewal rate and 14% Early Reallocation rate for existing Contracts issued in 2022, and
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– 12% renewal rate and 13% Early Reallocation rate for existing Contracts issued in 2021.
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Currently the Contract does not offer any variable investment
options to which you can allocate money. As such, and
given the design of the Contract, we do not believe there to
be a risk of excessive trading and market timing. However, if
we were to offer multiple variable investment options in the
future, they would be subject to the following provisions.
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This Contract is not designed for professional market timing
organizations, or other persons using programmed, large, or
frequent transfers, and we may restrict excessive or
inappropriate transfer activity.
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Variable Account Value increases when….
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Variable Account Value decreases when….
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• we hold assets in the Variable Option on an interim basis
before transferring them to your selected Index Option(s), or
due to a Contract Value increase associated with the death of
a Determining Life, or
• there is positive Fund performance
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• you take assets out of the Variable Option by withdrawal,
• we transfer assets held in the Variable Option on an interim
basis to your selected Index Option(s) according to
allocation
instructions,
• there is negative Fund performance, or
• we deduct Contract fees, expenses, and investment advisory
fees that you authorize your Financial Professional’s firm to
receive from the Contract
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Contract fees and expenses
we deduct from the Variable Option include the product fee, rider fee, and contract
maintenance charge as described in section 7,
Expenses and Adjustments. Investment
advisory fees you authorize your
Financial Professional’s firm to receive from
the Contract are described in section 1, The Contract.
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Index Option Values increase when….
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Index Option Values decrease when….
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• you add assets to an Index Option by Purchase Payment,
make allocation instruction changes that transfer Contract
Value, or request an Early Reallocation into the Index
Option,
• we transfer assets held in the Variable Option on an interim
basis to your selected Index Option according to allocation
instructions, or
• you receive a positive Performance Credit or Daily Adjustment
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• you take assets out of an Index Option by
withdrawal (including any MVA), make allocation instruction
changes that transfer Contract Value, or request an Early
Reallocation out of the Index Option,
• you receive a negative Performance Credit or Daily
Adjustment, or
• we deduct Contract fees, expenses, and investment advisory
fees that you authorize your Financial Professional’s firm to
receive from the Contract
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Contract fees and expenses
we deduct from the Index Options include the product fee, rider fee, and contract maintenance
charge as described in section 7, Expenses and
Adjustments. Investment advisory fees you authorize your Financial
Professional’s firm to receive from the
Contract are described in section 1, The Contract.
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First Index Option
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Second Index Option
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Index Option Value
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Index Option Base
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Index Option Value
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Index Option Base
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Prior to partial withdrawal
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$ 75,000
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$ 72,000
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$ 25,000
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$ 22,000
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$10,000 partial withdrawal
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– $7,500
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– $7,200
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– $2,500
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– $2,200
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After partial withdrawal
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$ 67,500
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$ 64,800
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$ 22,500
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$ 19,800
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● Amounts removed from the Index Options during the Term for partial withdrawals you take and deductions
we make for Contract fees, expenses, and
investment advisory fees that you authorize your Financial
Professional’s firm to receive from the Contract do not receive a Performance Credit on the Term End Date.
However, the remaining amount in the Index Options is eligible
for a Performance Credit on the Term End Date.
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● You cannot specify from which Index Option or the Variable Option we deduct Contract fees and expenses; we
deduct Contract fees and expenses from each Index Option and
the Variable Option proportionately based on its
percentage of Contract Value.
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Crediting Method
and Term Length
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If Index Value is less than it was on
the
Term Start Date
(i.e., Index Return is negative):
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If Index Value is equal to or greater than
it was
on the Term Start Date
(i.e., Index Return is zero or positive):
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Index Protection
Strategy with Trigger
1-year Term
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Performance Credit is zero.
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Performance Credit is equal to the Trigger Rate set
on the Term Start Date.
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Index Protection
Strategy with Cap
1-year Term
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Performance Credit is zero.
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Performance Credit is equal to the Index Return up
to the Cap set on the Term Start Date.
Assume the Cap is 5%. If the Index Return is…
• 0%, the Performance Credit is zero.
• 4%, the Performance Credit is 4%.
• 12%, the Performance Credit is 5%.
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Crediting Method
and Term Length
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If Index Value is less than it was on
the
Term Start Date
(i.e., Index Return is negative):
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If Index Value is equal to or greater than
it was
on the Term Start Date
(i.e., Index Return is zero or positive):
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Index Dual Precision
Strategy 1-year Term
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Performance Credit is equal to the Trigger Rate if the
negative Index Return is less than or equal to the
10%, 20%, or 30% Buffer. However, if the negative
Index Return is greater than the 10%, 20%, or 30%
Buffer you receive a Performance Credit equal to the
negative Index Return in excess of the applicable
Buffer.
Assume you select a 1-year Term Index Option with
10% Buffer. If the Index Return for the year is…
• -8%, the Performance Credit is equal to the Trigger
Rate set on the Term Start Date.
• -12%, the Performance Credit is -2%.
Instead assume you
select a 1-year Term Index
Option with 20% Buffer, and the Index Return for
the Term is…
• -19%, the Performance Credit is equal to the
Trigger Rate set on the Term Start Date.
• -24%, the Performance Credit is -4%.
Instead assume you
select a 1-year Term Index
Option with 30% Buffer, and the Index Return for
the Term is…
• -29%, the Performance Credit is equal to the
Trigger Rate set on the Term Start Date.
• -36%, the Performance Credit is -6%.
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Performance Credit is equal to the Trigger Rate set
on the Term Start Date.
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Index Dual Precision
Strategy
3-year Term
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Performance Credit is equal to the Trigger Rate if the
negative Index Return is less than or equal to the
10% or 20% Buffer. However, if the negative Index
Return is greater than the 10% or 20% Buffer you
receive a Performance Credit equal to the negative
Index Return in excess of the applicable Buffer.
Assume you select a 3-year Term Index Option with
10% Buffer. If the Index Return for the Term is…
• -8%, the Performance Credit is equal to the Trigger
Rate set on the Term Start Date.
• -12%, the Performance Credit is -2%.
Instead assume you
select a 3-year Term Index
Option with 20% Buffer, and the Index Return for
the Term is…
• -19%, the Performance Credit is equal to the
Trigger Rate set on the Term Start Date.
• -24%, the Performance Credit is -4%.
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Performance Credit is equal to the Trigger Rate set
on the Term Start Date.
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Crediting Method
and Term Length
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If Index Value is less than it was on
the
Term Start Date
(i.e., Index Return is negative):
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If Index Value is equal to or greater than
it was
on the Term Start Date
(i.e., Index Return is zero or positive):
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Index Dual Precision
Strategy
6-year Term
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Performance Credit is equal to the Trigger Rate if the
negative Index Return is less than or equal to the
10% or 20% Buffer. However, if the negative Index
Return is greater than the 10% or 20% Buffer you
receive a Performance Credit equal to the negative
Index Return in excess of the applicable Buffer.
Assume you select a 6-year Term Index Option with
10% Buffer. If the Index Return for the Term is…
• -8%, the Performance Credit is equal to the Trigger
Rate set on the Term Start Date.
• -12%, the Performance Credit is -2%.
Instead assume you
select a 6-year Term Index
Option with 20% Buffer, and the Index Return for
the Term is…
• -19%, the Performance Credit is equal to the
Trigger Rate set on the Term Start Date.
• -24%, the Performance Credit is -4%.
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Performance Credit is equal to the Trigger Rate set
on the Term Start Date.
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Index Precision
Strategy 1-year Term
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Performance Credit is equal to the negative Index
Return in excess of the 10% Buffer.
If the Index Return is…
• -8%, the Performance Credit is zero.
• -12%, the Performance Credit is -2%.
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Performance Credit is equal to the Trigger Rate set
on the Term Start Date.
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Index Guard Strategy
1-year Term
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Performance Credit is equal to the negative Index
Return subject to the -10% Floor.
If the Index Return is…
• -8%, the Performance Credit is -8%.
• -12%, the Performance Credit is -10%.
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Performance Credit is equal to the Index Return up
to the Cap set on the Term Start Date.
Assume the Cap is 8%. If the Index Return is…
• 0%, the Performance Credit is zero.
• 6%, the Performance Credit is 6%.
• 12%, the Performance Credit is 8%.
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Index Performance
Strategy 1-year Term
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Performance Credit is equal to the negative Index
Return in excess of the 10%, 20%, or 30% Buffer.
Assume you select a 1-year Term Index Option with
10% Buffer. If the Index Return for the year is…
• -8%, the Performance Credit is zero.
• -12%, the Performance Credit is -2%.
Instead assume you
select a 1-year Term Index
Option with 20% Buffer, and the Index Return for
the Term is…
• -19%, the Performance Credit is 0%.
• -24%, the Performance Credit is -4%.
Instead assume you
select a 1-year Term Index
Option with 30% Buffer, and the Index Return for
the Term is…
• -29%, the Performance Credit is 0%.
• -36%, the Performance Credit is -6%.
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Performance Credit is equal to the Index Return up
to any Cap set on the Term Start Date.
Assume the Cap for the 1-year Term is 8%. If the
Index Return for the year is…
• 0%, the Performance Credit is zero.
• 6%, the Performance Credit is 6%.
• 12%, the Performance Credit is 8%. If instead the
1-year Term is uncapped,
the Performance
Credit is 12%.
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Crediting Method
and Term Length
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If Index Value is less than it was on
the
Term Start Date
(i.e., Index Return is negative):
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If Index Value is equal to or greater than
it was
on the Term Start Date
(i.e., Index Return is zero or positive):
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Index Performance
Strategy 3-year Term
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Performance Credit is equal to the negative Index
Return in excess of the 10% or 20% Buffer.
Assume you select a 3-year Term Index Option with
10% Buffer. If the Index Return for the Term is…
• -19%, the Performance Credit is -9%.
• -24%, the Performance Credit is -14%.
Instead assume you
select a 3-year Term Index
Option with 20% Buffer, and the Index Return for
the Term is…
• -19%, the Performance Credit is 0%.
• -24%, the Performance Credit is -4%.
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Performance Credit is equal to the Index Return
multiplied by the Participation Rate, up to any Cap
set on the Term Start Date.
Assume the Participation Rate is 100% and the Cap
is 80%. If the Index Return for the Term is…
• 0%, the Performance Credit is zero.
• 65%, the Performance Credit is 65%.
• 90%, the Performance Credit is 80%.
If instead the
Participation Rate is 110% and the
3-year Term is uncapped, and the Index Return for
the Term is…
• 0%, the Performance Credit is zero.
• 65%, the Performance Credit is 71.5%.
• 90%, the Performance Credit is 99%.
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Index Performance
Strategy 6-year Term
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Performance Credit is equal to the negative Index
Return in excess of the 10% or 20% Buffer.
Assume you select a 6-year Term Index Option with
10% Buffer. If the Index Return for the Term is…
• -19%, the Performance Credit is -9%.
• -24%, the Performance Credit is -14%.
Instead assume you
select a 6-year Term Index
Option with 20% Buffer, and the Index Return for
the Term is…
• -19%, the Performance Credit is 0%.
• -24%, the Performance Credit is -4%.
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Performance Credit is equal to the Index Return
multiplied by the Participation Rate, up to any Cap
set on the Term Start Date.
Assume the Participation Rate is 100% and the Cap
is 85%. If the Index Return for the Term is…
• 0%, the Performance Credit is zero.
• 65%, the Performance Credit is 65%.
• 90%, the Performance Credit is 85%.
If instead the
Participation Rate is 110% and the
6-year Term is uncapped, and the Index Return for
the Term is…
• 0%, the Performance Credit is zero.
• 65%, the Performance Credit is 71.5%.
• 90%, the Performance Credit is 99%.
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We will not provide advice
or notify you regarding whether you should execute a Performance Lock or Early
Reallocation or the optimal
time for doing so. We will not warn you if you execute a Performance Lock or Early
Reallocation at a
sub-optimal time. We are not responsible for any losses related to your decision whether or not to
execute a Performance
Lock or Early Reallocation.
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Base Contract Expenses
(as a percentage of the Charge Base)
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Product Fee(1)
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0.25%
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Rider Fee for the Income Benefit
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0.70%
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Total Base Contract Expenses
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0.95%
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Issue Date
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Non-Quarterly Contract Anniversaries
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Quarterly Contract Anniversaries*
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• The Charge Base is
equal to your initial
Purchase Payment.
• We begin calculating
and accruing the
daily product and
rider fees, on the
day after the Issue
Date.
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• First we calculate and accrue the daily product
and rider fees, using the Charge Base. If this is a
non-Business Day we use the Charge Base from
the end of the prior Business Day.
• Then if this is a Business Day we
increase/decrease the Charge Base as follows.
– If we receive an additional Purchase
Payment, we increase the Charge Base by
the dollar amount we receive.
– If you take a partial withdrawal, or we deduct
Contract fees, expenses, and investment
advisory fees that you authorize your
Financial Professional’s firm to receive from
the Contract, we decrease the Charge Base
by the percentage of Contract Value
withdrawn (including any MVA). All
withdrawals you take reduce the Charge
Base, even MVA-Free Withdrawals.
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• First we process all daily transactions and
determine your Contract Value. Daily
transactions include any gains/losses due to AZL
Government Money Market Fund performance or
application of any Daily Adjustment (or
Performance Credit if this is also the Term End
Date), any additional Purchase Payment, any
partial withdrawals you take (including any MVA),
and deductions we make for Contract fees and
expenses (including deduction of the accrued
daily product and rider
fees for the prior
quarter) and any investment advisory fees that
you authorize your Financial Professional’s firm
to receive from the Contract. All partial
withdrawals you take reduce the Charge Base,
even MVA-Free Withdrawals.
– We deduct the accrued product and rider fees
for the prior quarter on a dollar for dollar basis
from the Contract Value, and proportionately
from each Investment Option.
• Then we set the Charge Base equal to this
Contract Value and we calculate and accrue the
next quarter’s daily product and rider fees using
the newly set Charge Base on the next day.
* Or the next Business Day if the Quarterly Contract
Anniversary is a non-Business Day.
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Example: Contract Value is $125,000; Charge
Base is $127,000; a $10,000 partial
withdrawal (including any MVA) would
decrease the Charge Base by $10,160.
[($10,000 ÷ $125,000) x $127,000]
Any increase/decrease to the Charge Base
will increase/decrease the daily product and
rider fees we calculate and accrue on the
next day.
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Examples of how we
calculate the product and rider fees are included in Appendix D.
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We do not treat the deduction of the accrued product and rider
fees as a withdrawal when computing your Guaranteed
Death Benefit Value (see section 12).
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If on a Quarterly Contract Anniversary (or the next Business
Day if the Quarterly Contract Anniversary is a
non-Business Day) the Contract Value is less than the accrued
product and rider fees, we deduct your total remaining
Contract Value to cover the accrued product and rider fees and
reduce your Contract Value to zero. If the deduction of
the accrued product and rider fees reduces your Contract Value
to zero and the Income Benefit and your selected death
benefit have ended, we treat this as a full withdrawal and
your Contract ends.
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When calculating the Maximum Anniversary Value, we deduct all
Contract fees and expenses on the Index Anniversary
(including the accrued product and rider fees if this is also
a Quarterly Contract Anniversary) before we capture any
annual investment gains. However, we do not treat the
deduction of the accrued rider fee as a withdrawal when
calculating the Maximum Anniversary Value (see section 12).
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Index
Guard
Strategy
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Daily Adjustment Maximum Potential Loss
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0%
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99%
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35%
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(as a percentage of Index Option Value, applies for
distributions from an Index Option before any Term
End Date)
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In general, if corporate bond yields
at the time of the withdrawal are…
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then the
MVA will be…
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Less than they were when the
Annual Contribution Amount was established
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Positive
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Equal to what they were when the
Annual Contribution Amount was established
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Zero
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Greater than what they were when the
Annual Contribution Amount was established
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Negative
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Calculating a MVA on a partial withdrawal
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Example
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For purposes of calculating a MVA on a partial withdrawal, we
withdraw Purchase Payments on a “first-in-first-out” (FIFO)
basis
as follows.
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You make an initial Purchase Payment on a Non-Qualified
Contract of $55,000 on the Index Effective Date (your 1st
Annual Contribution Amount), and make another Purchase
Payment on the first Index Anniversary of $45,000 (your 2nd
Annual Contribution Amount), for a total Annual Contribution
Amount of $100,000. The yield on the Bloomberg US Long
Corporate Bond Index on the Index Effective Date is 2.00%,
and is 3.00% on the first Index Anniversary (these are “A” in
the MVA factor formula).
On the third Index Anniversary, your Contract Value is
$110,000, the yield on the Bloomberg US Long Corporate
Bond Index is 2.50% (this is “B” in the MVA factor formula),
Income Payment have not yet begun, and you request a
$70,000 withdrawal. The time remaining in each Annual
Contribution Amount is 4 years for the 1st amount, and 5 years
for the 2nd amount (“t” in our MVA factor formula). We withdraw
money and compute the MVA as follows.
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1. First, we withdraw from any Variable Account Value in the AZL
Government Money Market Fund. This withdrawal is not subject
to a MVA, but it does reduce the Purchase Payments we apply
to the next Annual Contribution Amount dollar for dollar.
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1. Variable Account Value in the AZL
Government Money
Market Fund. You made no Purchase Payments during the
third Index Year, so there is no Variable Account Value in the
fund and this does not apply.
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2. Next, we withdraw from any Annual Contribution Amounts that
are beyond the seven Index Year MVA period. This withdrawal
is not subject to a MVA and it reduces your Annual
Contribution
Amounts dollar for dollar.
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2. Annual Contribution Amounts beyond the MVA
period.
Both Annual Contribution Amounts are still within the MVA
period, so this does not apply.
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3. Amounts available as a MVA-Free Withdrawal. This includes
partial withdrawals you take during the Accumulation Phase
and before the Income Period under the free withdrawal
privilege, Income Payments, and RMD payments under our
minimum distribution program. MVA-Free Withdrawals are not
subject to a MVA and do not reduce your Annual Contribution
Amounts.
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3. Amounts available as a MVA-Free
Withdrawal. You did
not take any other withdrawals this Index Year, so the entire
free withdrawal privilege (10% of your total Annual
Contribution Amounts, or $10,000) is available to you
without incurring a MVA. This withdrawal will not reduce
your Annual Contribution Amounts.
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4. Next, on a FIFO basis, we withdraw from any Annual
Contribution Amounts within your Contract’s seven Index Year
MVA period and assess a MVA. The MVA for an Annual
Contribution Amount is equal to the amount of Purchase
Payment withdrawn from that Annual Contribution Amount
multiplied by the MVA factor. We determine your total MVA by
multiplying each Annual Contribution Amount by its applicable
MVA and then totaling the MVAs. These withdrawals reduce
your Annual Contribution Amounts.
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4. Annual Contribution Amounts within the MVA
period on
a FIFO basis. The total amount we withdraw from the 1st
Annual Contribution Amount is $55,000, which is subject to
a -$1,065.34 MVA, and you receive $53,934.66. We
determine this amount as follows:
The MVA factor is [(A ÷ B)t – 1] =
[(1 + 2%) ÷ (1 + 2.50%)]4 – 1] = -1.94%.
(amount withdrawn) x (1 + MVA factor) = the amount
you receive, or: $55,000 x (1 + -1.94%) = $53,934.66
Because the MVA is positive the total amount we withdraw
from the 2nd Annual Contribution Amount is $5,919.55, and
you receive $6,065.34. We determine this amount as
follows:
The MVA factor is [(A ÷ B)t – 1] =
[(1 + 3%) ÷ (1 + 2.50%)]5 – 1] = 2.46%.
(amount withdrawn) x (1 + MVA factor) = the amount
you receive, or: $5,919.55 x (1 + 2.46%) = $6,065.34
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Calculating a MVA on a partial withdrawal
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Example
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5. Finally, we withdraw from any Contract earnings. This
withdrawal is not subject to a MVA and does not reduce your
Annual Contribution Amounts.
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5. Contract earnings. We already withdrew your requested
amount, so this does not apply.
In total we withdrew $70,919.55 from your
Contract, of
which you received $70,000 due to the partial
MVA of
-$919.55 (which is less than the 10% limit on the amount
withdrawn). We also reduced the 1st Annual
Contribution Amount from $55,000 to $0, and
your 2nd
Annual Contribution Amount from $45,000 to
$39,080.45
($45,000 - $5,919.55).
Please note that this example
may differ from your
actual results due to
rounding.
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● Upon a full withdrawal, the free withdrawal privilege is not available to you, and we apply a MVA against Annual
Contribution Amounts that are still within their MVA period. On a full withdrawal, your total Annual
Contribution Amounts may be greater than your
Contract Value because the following reduce your Contract
Value, but do not reduce your Annual
Contribution Amounts:
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– prior MVA-Free Withdrawals,
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– deductions we make for Contract fees, expenses, or investment advisory fees you authorize your Financial
Professional’s firm to receive from the
Contract, and/or
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– poor performance.
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● Withdrawals are subject to ordinary income taxes, and may also be subject to a 10% additional federal tax for
amounts withdrawn before age 59 1∕2.The amount of Contract Value available for withdrawal is also affected
by the Daily Adjustment (which can be negative) unless taken on a Term End Date.
If you have Index Options
with different Term End
Dates, there may be no time you can take a withdrawal without application of at least one
Daily Adjustment.
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● For tax purposes, and in most instances, withdrawals from Non-Qualified Contracts are considered to come from
earnings first, not Purchase Payments.
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● Withdrawals are subject to a MVA (which can be negative), income taxes, and may also be subject to a 10%
additional federal tax for amounts withdrawn before age 59 1∕2. The amount of Contract Value available for
withdrawal may also be affected by the Daily Adjustment (which can be negative).
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● Joint Owners: We send each Joint Owner a check for half of the withdrawal
amount and we tax report to each Joint
Owner individually. Tax reporting to each Joint Owner individually can create a discrepancy in taxation if only
one Joint Owner is under age
59 1∕2 because that Joint Owner may be subject to the 10% additional federal tax.
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● We may be required to provide information about you or your Contract to government regulators. We may also be
required to stop Contract disbursements and thereby refuse any transfer requests, and refuse to pay any withdrawals
(including a full withdrawal), or death benefits until we
receive instructions from the appropriate regulator. If,
pursuant to SEC rules, the AZL Government Money Market Fund
suspends payment of redemption proceeds in
connection with a fund liquidation, we will delay payment of
any transfer, full or partial withdrawal, or death benefit
from the Variable Option until the Fund is liquidated.
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The free withdrawal privilege is not
available upon a full withdrawal or during the Income Period.
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● You should consult a tax adviser before purchasing a Qualified Contract that is subject to RMD payments.
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● The minimum distribution program is not available if you have a Qualified Contract purchased through a
qualified plan.
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● If you do not choose an Annuity Option before the Annuity Date, we make Annuity Payments to the Payee
under Annuity Option C with ten years of
guaranteed monthly payments.
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● For Owners younger than age 59
1∕2, Annuity Payments may be subject to a 10% additional federal tax.
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● For a Qualified Contract, the Annuity Payments generally must end no later than ten years after the Owner's
death. However, in certain situations,
payments may need to end earlier.
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● If your selected payment frequency results in Annuity Payments that are less than $100, we will update your
payment frequency to either meet or exceed
this amount.
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● If Annuity Payments under all available frequencies would be less than $100, we reserve the right to require
you to take a full withdrawal and your
Contract will then terminate. We do not apply the MVA on this full
withdrawal.
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● If on the maximum Annuity Date your Contract Value is greater than zero, you must annuitize the Contract.
We notify you of your available options in writing 60 days in
advance. If on your maximum Annuity Date you have
not selected an Annuity
Option and Income Payments have not begun, we make payments under Annuity Option
C with ten years of
guaranteed monthly payments. However, if Income Payments have begun on the maximum
Annuity Date and you have not selected an Annuity Option, we will convert your Income Payments to Annuity
Payments as described in the
next bullet. Upon annuitization you no longer have Contract Value or a death benefit,
and you cannot receive any other periodic withdrawals or
payments other than Annuity Payments.
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● For Contracts in the Income Period: We will convert your Income Payments to
Annuity Payments on the
maximum Annuity Date if Income Payments have begun and you have
not selected an Annuity Option, or if your
Contract Value is greater than zero and you take Annuity
Payments under Annuity Option B or F as follows.
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For single Income Payments, if you choose
Annuity Option B (Life), the sole Covered Person becomes the sole
Annuitant and your Annuity Payments are equal to the greater
of:
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– annual Annuity Payments under Annuity Option B based on the greater of Contract Value or Cash Value; or
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– the current annual maximum Income Payment available to you.
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For joint Income Payments, if you choose Annuity
Option F (Joint and Survivor), the joint Covered Persons become
the joint Annuitants and your Annuity Payments are equal to the
greater of:
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– annual Annuity Payments under Annuity Option F based on the greater of Contract Value or Cash Value; or
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– the current annual maximum Income Payment available to you.
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If you select Annuity Option A, C, or G, we do not
convert your Income Payments to Annuity Payments. This means
you may receive less as Annuity Payments than
you would have received as Income Payments. You should
consult with your Financial Professional
before requesting Annuity Payments. On request we provide
illustrations showing you the amount of
Annuity Payments you could receive.
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● If we convert your Income Payments to Annuity Payments:
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– On the Annuity Date we establish a “remaining value” equal to your Contract Value. Each Annuity Payment
reduces the remaining value by the dollar amount paid. Upon the
death of the last surviving Annuitant, we will
pay any remaining value to the named Beneficiary(ies).
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– If you selected the Increasing Income payment option, your Annuity Payments will increase on each Index
Anniversary if your selected Index Options receive a
Performance Credit, or by the Daily Adjustment if you
execute a Performance Lock, as described in section 11.
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– If you have a Non-Qualified Contract, these Annuity Payments will receive the benefit of the exclusion ratio,
which causes a portion of each Annuity Payment to be
non-taxable as described in section 13, Taxes – Taxation of
Annuity Contracts.
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Standard Benefits (No Additional Charge)
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Name of
Benefit
|
Purpose
|
Maximum
Fee
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Brief Description of
Restrictions/Limitations
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Free
Withdrawal
Privilege
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Allows you to withdraw up to 10% of your total
Annual Contribution Amounts each Index Year
without incurring a MVA.
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None
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• Only available during the Accumulation
Phase.
• Not available during the Income Period.
• Not available upon a full withdrawal.
• Upon a full withdrawal, a MVA may apply
against amounts previously withdrawn under
the free withdrawal privilege.
• Unused free withdrawal amounts not
available in future years.
• Program withdrawals may be subject to
negative Daily Adjustments.
• Program withdrawals are subject to income
taxes, and may also be subject to a 10%
additional federal tax for amounts withdrawn
before age 59 1∕2.
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Minimum
Distribution
Program
|
Allows you to automatically take withdrawals to
satisfy the required minimum distribution
requirements (RMD) imposed by the Internal
Revenue Code.
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None
|
• Only available during the Accumulation
Phase.
• Only available to IRA or SEP IRA Contracts.
• Program withdrawals count against the free
withdrawal privilege.
• Program withdrawals may be subject to
negative Daily Adjustments.
• Program withdrawals are subject to income
taxes.
• Program withdrawals may be monthly,
quarterly, semi-annual or annual, unless you
have less than $25,000 in Contract Value, in
which case only annual payments are
available.
• We reserve the right to discontinue or modify
the program subject to the requirements of
law.
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Standard Benefits (No Additional Charge)
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Name of
Benefit
|
Purpose
|
Maximum
Fee
|
Brief Description of
Restrictions/Limitations
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Investment
Advisory Fees
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We designed the Contract for persons who are
receiving ongoing investment advice from a
Financial Professional. You can instruct us to
automatically withdraw investment advisory
fees from your Contract to pay your Financial
Professional’s firm.
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None
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• Only available during the Accumulation
Phase.
• Investment advisory fees are in addition to
the Contract’s fees and expenses.
• Program withdrawals may be subject to
negative Daily Adjustments.
• If you and your Financial Professional do not
agree to our requirements we will not pay
investment advisory fees from this Contract
to your Financial Professional’s firm.
• Our requirements limit investment advisory
fee withdrawals to 1.5% of Contract Value
each Contract Year, require the fees to be
solely for advisory services provided with
respect to the Contract, and require the
Contract to be the sole source of payment.
• Deductions we make for investment advisory
fees reduce your Contract Value (and
therefore Cash Value) dollar for dollar by the
amount withdrawn. This Contract Value
reduction also decreases your initial annual
maximum Income Payment which is based
on Contract Value. As Contract Value is one
of the components we use to calculate RMD
payments, these deductions may also reduce
your RMD payments. These deductions also
reduce the following proportionately by the
percentage of Contract Value withdrawn:
Charge Base, Index Option Base, Index
Option Value, and Variable Account Value.
For more information regarding the impact of
paying advisory fees with money in the
Contract, including an example of how
deduction of investment advisory fees
impacts the Contract, see section 1, The
Contract – Investment Advisory Fees.
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Standard Benefits (No Additional Charge)
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Name of
Benefit
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Purpose
|
Maximum
Fee
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Brief Description of
Restrictions/Limitations
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Income
Benefit
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Guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit
providing for yearly Income Payments until the
death of the Covered Person(s) if conditions
are satisfied.
We base the initial Income Payment on the
Lifetime Income Percentage and Contract
Value. If you choose the Level Income payment
option and meet the age requirements stated in
section 11, we guarantee your initial annual
maximum Income Payment will be at least the
Level Income Guarantee Payment Percentage
multiplied by your total Purchase Payments
adjusted for withdrawals.
The automatic annual payment increase
feature may increase payments after the
Income Benefit Date. With Level Income,
payments increase if Contract Value increases
from one Income Benefit Anniversary to the
next.
Includes the Income Multiplier Benefit for no
additional charge that can increase income to
help pay for needed care.
Section 11 includes examples of the Lifetime
Income Percentage Calculation, Excess
Withdrawals, Income Payment increases, and
the Income Multiplier Benefit.
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0.70%
(as a
percentage of
the Charge
Base)
This rider fee
is part of the
Base Contract
Expenses in
the Fee
Tables.
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• Benefit cannot be removed from the
Contract.
• See the Income Benefit Supplement for
current terms. Please see Appendix F for
historical information on the terms for
previous versions of the Income Benefit.
• Benefit only available during the
Accumulation Phase.
• Investment restrictions limit available Index
Options during Income Period.
• Income Period cannot begin until after the
waiting period and reaching age 50. Income
Period must begin no later than age 100.
• Early and Excess Withdrawals may
significantly reduce or end the benefit as
indicated in section 11.
• A full Excess Withdrawal and certain
partial Excess Withdrawals
will cause
Income Payments to stop
and the
Contract and all of its benefits to end.
• Income Payments are subject to income
taxes, and may also be subject to a 10%
additional federal tax for amounts withdrawn
before age 59 1∕2.
• No additional Purchase Payments during the
Income Period.
• No Income Percentage Increase before age
45.
• Availability of joint Income Payments subject
to age restrictions.
• The Income Multiplier Benefit is not available
in all states as indicated in Appendix G.
• Must establish eligibility to exercise the
Income Multiplier Benefit (e.g., that you are
confined for care or unable to perform two
activities for daily living) and must
re-establish eligibility each year thereafter.
• Annuitizing the Contract will end the benefit,
but you may be able to annuitize your annual
maximum Income Payment.
• State variations may apply.
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Traditional
Death Benefit
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Provides a death benefit equal to the greatest
of the Contract Value, Cash Value, or
Guaranteed Death Benefit Value. The
Guaranteed Death Benefit Value is total
Purchase Payments adjusted for withdrawals.
An example of the death benefit provided by
the Traditional Death Benefit is included in
section 12, Death Benefit.
An example of how deduction of investment
advisory fees impact the death benefit is
included in section 1.
The impact of an Excess Withdrawal on the
death benefit is included in section 11.
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None
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• Benefit only available during the
Accumulation Phase.
• Withdrawals, including any negative Daily
Adjustments and negative MVAs, may
significantly reduce the benefit as indicated in
the Investment Advisory Fee Deduction
Example in section 1, The Contract, and in
the Excess Withdrawal example in section
11, Income Benefit.
• Restrictions on Purchase Payments may limit
the benefit.
• Annuitizing the Contract will end the benefit.
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Standard Benefits (No Additional Charge)
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Name of
Benefit
|
Purpose
|
Maximum
Fee
|
Brief Description of
Restrictions/Limitations
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Performance Lock allows you to capture the
current Index Option Value during the Term for
an Index Option. Performance Lock can help
eliminate doubt about future Index performance
and possibly limit the impact of negative
performance. Early Reallocation allows you to
transfer out of a locked Index Option on days
other than an Index Anniversary, or a Term End
Date.
A Performance Lock example is included in
section 6, Valuing Your Contract —
Performance Locks and Early Reallocations.
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None
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• Available during the Accumulation Phase.
Only available during the Annuity Phase if
you select Increasing Income and you
annuitize your annual maximum Income
Payment.
• Performance Locks must be executed before
the Term End Date.
• If a Performance Lock is executed, the
locked Index Option will no longer participate
in Index performance (positive or negative)
for the remainder of the Term, and will not
receive a Performance Credit on the Term
• You will not know your locked Index Option
Value in advance.
• The locked Index Option Value will reflect a
Daily Adjustment.
• If a Performance Lock is executed when the
Daily Adjustment has declined, it will lock in
any loss.
• A Performance Lock can be executed only
once each Term for each Index Option.
• Cannot execute a Performance Lock for only
a portion of the Index Option Value.
• Early Reallocation requests are not accepted
within 14 calendar days before an Index
Anniversary.
• Currently you are limited to two Early
Reallocation requests each Index Year.
However, as of May 20, 2025, this limit
increases to twelve Early Reallocation
requests each Index Year.
• Deductions (e.g. withdrawals, fees) decrease
the locked Index Option Value.
• Cannot transfer locked Index Option Value
until the next Index Anniversary that occurs
on or immediately after the Lock Date unless
you execute an Early Reallocation.
• We will not provide advice or notify you
regarding whether you should execute a
Performance Lock or Early Reallocation
or the optimal time for doing so.
• We will not warn you if you execute a
Performance Lock or Early Reallocation at
a sub-optimal time.
• We are not responsible for any losses
related to your decision whether or not to
execute a Performance Lock or Early
Reallocation.
• Early Reallocations are not available to
Contracts issued before May 1, 2023, as
detailed in Appendix G.
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Optional Benefits
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Name of
Benefit
|
Purpose
|
Maximum
Fee
|
Brief Description of
Restrictions/Limitations
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Provides a death benefit equal to the greatest of
the Contract Value, Cash Value, or Guaranteed
Death Benefit Value. The Guaranteed Death
Benefit Value is the Maximum Anniversary Value.
An example of the death benefit provided by the
calculation of the Maximum Anniversary Value is
included in section 12, Death Benefit.
An example of how deduction of investment
advisory fees impact the death benefit is
included in section 1.
The impact of an Excess Withdrawal on the
death benefit is included in section 11.
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0.20%
(as a
percentage of
the Charge
Base)
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• Must be age 75 or younger to elect.
• Can only be added to a Contract at issue.
• Replaces the Traditional Death Benefit if
elected.
• Benefit cannot be removed from the Contract.
• Only available during the Accumulation Phase.
• Withdrawals, including any negative Daily
Adjustment and negative MVA, may
significantly reduce the benefit as indicated in
the Investment Advisory Fee Deduction
Example in section 1, The Contract, and in the
Excess Withdrawal example in section 11,
Income Benefit.
• Withdrawals reduce the likelihood of lock in.
• Investment restrictions during the Income
Period may limit the benefit.
• Restrictions on Purchase Payments may limit
the benefit.
• Annuitizing the Contract will end the benefit.
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● YOU SHOULD NOT PURCHASE THIS CONTRACT WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING THE CURRENT
INCOME BENEFIT SUPPLEMENT. We publish any changes to the Income Benefit Supplement at least seven
calendar days before they take effect on our
website at https://www.allianzlife.com/RILAincomeadvrates.
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● Please discuss the Income Benefit’s appropriateness with your Financial Professional and tax adviser.
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● If Income Payments do not begin by the Index Anniversary upon which the younger Eligible Person reaches
age 100, the Income Benefit ends.
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● If the Income Benefit ends before Income Payments begin, you will have paid for the benefit without receiving
any of its advantages.
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● If you have Contract Value in an Index Option for which the Income Benefit Date is not a Term End Date, we
will execute a Performance Lock for that Index
Option if it is not locked and then immediately calculate and
begin your Income Payments, and in such case
the Index Option Value will be subject to the Daily Adjustment.
If you have Index Options with different Term
End Dates, there may be no Income Benefit Date you can select
without application of at least one Daily
Adjustment. This means you may not receive the full benefit of the
Performance Credit that you
would have received if you had waited until the Term End Date to begin Income
Payments.
|
● We use Contract Value to calculate your initial annual maximum Income Payment, and Income Payment increases
under the Level Income payment option. Negative Index Option
performance, withdrawals you take, and deductions
we make for Contract fees, expenses, and investment advisory
fees that you authorize your Financial Professional’s
firm to receive from the Contract decrease the Contract Value, which reduces the initial annual maximum Income
Payment available to you, and the likelihood you will receive
Income Payment increases if you select the Level
Income payment option.
|
Covered Person’s age
(or younger Covered Person’s age for
joint payments)
on the Income Benefit Date
|
Level Income Guarantee
Payment Percentage
|
50
|
2.23
%
|
51
|
2.28
%
|
52
|
2.33
%
|
53
|
2.39
%
|
54
|
2.44
%
|
55
|
2.50
%
|
56
|
2.57
%
|
57
|
2.64
%
|
58
|
2.71
%
|
59
|
2.78
%
|
60
|
2.86
%
|
61
|
2.95
%
|
62
|
3.04
%
|
63
|
3.13
%
|
64
|
3.23
%
|
65
|
3.34
%
|
66
|
3.45
%
|
67
|
3.58
%
|
68
|
3.71
%
|
69
|
3.85
%
|
70
|
4.00
%
|
71
|
4.17
%
|
72
|
4.35
%
|
73
|
4.55
%
|
74
|
4.77
%
|
75
|
5.00
%
|
76
|
5.27
%
|
77
|
5.56
%
|
78
|
5.89
%
|
79
|
6.25
%
|
80
|
6.67
%
|
● For Qualified Contracts: If we calculate a required minimum distribution
(RMD) based on this Contract, after
making all Income Payments for the calendar year we determine
whether this calendar year’s total RMD has been
satisfied by these payments and any Excess Withdrawals. If the
RMD amount for this Contract has not been satisfied,
we send you this remaining amount as one RMD payment by the end
of the calendar year. We consider this payment
to be a withdrawal, but it is not an Excess Withdrawal and it
is not subject to a MVA.
|
● For annuitization: If on the Annuity Date you are receiving Income Payments
and your Contract Value is positive,
we will convert your Income Payments to Annuity Payments if you
take Annuity Payments under Annuity Option B
or F. If you select any other Annuity Option, we will not
convert your Income Payments to Annuity Payments. This
means that if you annuitize your Contract you
may receive less as Annuity Payments than you would have
received as Income Payments. For more information, see section 9, The Annuity Phase – When Annuity Payments
Begin.
|
If you select Level Income, you receive the
greater of….
|
If you select Increasing Income, you receive…
|
• Level Income Guarantee Payment Percentage multiplied by
total Purchase Payments reduced proportionately for
withdrawals you took, or: (2.71% x $22,000) = $596.20
• Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by the Contract Value,
or: (5.15% x $25,000) = $1,287.50
|
• Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by the Contract Value,
or: (4.15% x $25,000) = $1,037.50
|
If you select Level Income, you receive the
greater of….
|
If you select Increasing Income, you receive…
|
• Level Income Guarantee Payment Percentage multiplied by
total Purchase Payments reduced proportionately for
withdrawals you took, or: (2.71% x $20,000) = $542.00
• Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by the Contract Value,
or: (5.20% x $22,997.50) = $1,195.87
|
• Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by the Contract Value,
or: (4.20% x $22,997.50) = $965.90
|
When it increases the initial Income Payment
|
When it does not increase the initial Income Payment
|
• Assume your Contract Value decreases to $50,000 due to
negative performance. You would receive the greater of:
– Level Income Guarantee Payment Percentage multiplied
by total Purchase Payments reduced proportionately for
withdrawals you took, or: (4.00% x $100,000) = $4,000.00
– Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by the Contract
Value, or: (7.70% x $50,000) = $3,850.00
|
• Assume your Contract Value decreases to $70,000 due to
negative performance. You would receive the greater of:
– Level Income Guarantee Payment Percentage multiplied
by total Purchase Payments reduced proportionately for
withdrawals you took, or: (4.00% x $100,000) = $4,000.00
– Lifetime Income Percentage multiplied by the Contract
Value, or: (7.70% x $70,000) = $5,390.00
|
Excess
Withdrawal
|
Contract
Value
|
Cash
Value
|
Guaranteed Death Benefit
Value for a Contract with the
Traditional Death Benefit
|
Guaranteed Death Benefit Value
for a Contract with the
Maximum Anniversary Value
Death Benefit
|
Next anniversary’s
annual maximum
Income Payment
|
Prior to withdrawal
|
$ 100,000
|
$ 97,000
|
$ 90,000
|
$ 105,000
|
$ 4,800
|
$1,500 withdrawal
|
– $1,500
|
– $1,500
|
– [($1,500 ÷ 100,000)
|
– [($1,500 ÷ 100,000)
|
– [($1,500 ÷ 100,000)
|
|
|
|
x 90,000)] = - $1,350
|
x 105,000)] = - $1,575
|
x 4,800)] = - $72
|
-$100 MVA
|
– $100
|
|
– [($100 ÷ 100,000)
|
– [($100 ÷ 100,000)
|
– [($100 ÷ 100,000)
|
|
|
|
x 90,000)] = - $90
|
x 105,000)] = - $105
|
x 4,800)] = - $5
|
|
– $1,600
|
– $1,500
|
= - $1,440
|
= - $1,680
|
= - $77
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
After withdrawal
|
$ 98,400
|
$ 95,500
|
$ 88,560
|
$ 103,320
|
$ 4,723
|
If we increase the Contract Value to equal the death benefit
due to a spousal continuation of the Contract during the last
Income Benefit Year, we also subtract the amount of this
increase from the Contract Value on the next Income Benefit
Anniversary when determining annual payment increases under
the Level Income payment option.
|
If we receive notice of death of a Covered Person during the
Income Period we will suspend Income Payments and the
Income Benefit will end as described above. However, if a
federally recognized spouse who is also a joint Covered
Person continues this Contract, we will resume Income Payments
and add any Income Payments that we would have
paid between the time we suspended Income Payments and when
they resume future Income Payments.
|
|
Contract Value
|
Maximum Anniversary Value
|
Issue Date
|
$ 100,000
|
$ 100,000
|
1st Index Anniversary
|
$110,000
|
$110,000
|
2nd Index Anniversary
|
$95,000
|
$110,000
|
3rd Index Anniversary
|
$ 105,000
|
$110,000
|
4th Index Anniversary
|
$ 120,000
|
$ 120,000
|
During the Income Period:
|
● You cannot make additional Purchase Payments. If your Contract includes the Traditional Death Benefit this means
the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value no longer increases.
|
● Index Dual Precision Strategy, Index Precision Strategy, Index Performance Strategy, and Index Guard Strategy are
no longer available. This may limit your Contract’s performance
potential and the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value if
your Contract includes the Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit. Income Payments and Excess Withdrawals
also decrease your Contract Value, which also reduces the
likelihood of locking in investment gains to the
Guaranteed Death Benefit Value if your Contract includes the
Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit.
|
● Each Income Payment and any Excess Withdrawal reduces the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value by the percentage of
Contract Value withdrawn (including any MVA), which means this value may be reduced by more than the amount
withdrawn. Taking
Excess Withdrawals may also cause your selected death benefit to end prematurely.
|
We base the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value on the first death
of a Determining Life (or Lives). This means that upon
the death of an Owner (or Annuitant if the Owner is a
non-individual), if a surviving spouse continues the Contract:
|
● the Guaranteed Death Benefit Value is no longer available, and
|
● if you selected the Maximum
Anniversary Value Death Benefit, we no longer assess its 0.20% rider fee.
|
Also, if you
and the Determining Life (Lives) are different individuals and you die first, the Guaranteed Death Benefit
Value is not available to
your Beneficiary(ies).
|
Type of Contract
|
Persons and Entities that can own the Contract
|
IRA
|
Must have the same individual as Owner and Annuitant.
|
Roth IRA
|
Must have the same individual as Owner and Annuitant.
|
SEP IRA
|
Must have the same individual as Owner and Annuitant.
|
Certain Code Section 401 Plans
|
A qualified retirement plan is the Owner and the Annuitant must be an individual
who is a
participant in the plan. If the qualified retirement plan is a defined benefit
plan, the individual must
be the only participant in the plan.
We may determine which types of qualified retirement plans are eligible to
purchase this Contract.
|
Investment Objective
|
Fund and
Adviser/Subadviser
|
Current
Expenses
|
Average Annual Total Returns
(as of December 31, 2024)
|
||
1 Year
|
5 Years
|
10 Years
|
|||
Current income consistent with
stability of principal
|
AZL®
Government Money
Market Fund(1)
Adviser: Allianz Investment
Management LLC
Subadviser: BlackRock
Advisors, LLC
|
0.64%
|
4.42%
|
1.92%
|
1.20%
|
Index Type
|
|||||
• During the Income Period, this is one of the two Crediting Methods available to you.
|
|||||
S&P 500® Index(1)
|
U.S. large-cap equities
|
1-year Term
|
Point-to-point
with step-up
|
100% downside
protection
|
0.50% minimum Trigger Rate
|
Russell 2000® Index(1)
|
U.S. small-cap equities
|
||||
Nasdaq-100® Index(1)
|
U.S. & international
non-financial large-cap
equities
|
||||
EURO STOXX 50®(1)
|
Eurozone large-cap equities
|
||||
iShares® MSCI Emerging
Markets ETF(2)
|
International emerging
markets equities
|
||||
• During the Income Period, this is one of the two Crediting Methods available to you.
|
|||||
S&P 500® Index(1)
|
U.S. large-cap equities
|
1-year Term
|
Point-to-point
with Cap
|
100% downside
protection
|
0.50% minimum Cap
|
Russell 2000® Index(1)
|
U.S. small-cap equities
|
||||
Nasdaq-100® Index(1)
|
U.S. & international
non-financial large-cap
equities
|
||||
EURO STOXX 50®(1)
|
Eurozone large-cap equities
|
||||
iShares® MSCI Emerging
Markets ETF(2)
|
International emerging
markets equities
|
||||
• For Contracts issued before November 14, 2023, the Index Dual Precision Strategy is not available.
• For Contracts issued from November 14, 2023, to April 30, 2024, only the 1-year Term with 10% Buffer is available.
• For Contracts issued from May 1, 2024, to November 4, 2024, only the 1-year Term with 10%, 20%, and 30% Buffers are available.
• For Contracts issued since November 5, 2024, all 1-year, 3-year, and 6-year Term Index Options listed below are available.
|
|||||
S&P 500® Index(1)
|
U.S. large-cap equities
|
1-year Term
|
Point-to-point
with step-up
|
3% minimum Trigger Rate
|
|
Russell 2000® Index(1)
|
U.S. small-cap equities
|
||||
Nasdaq-100® Index(1)
|
U.S. & international
non-financial large-cap
equities
|
||||
EURO STOXX 50®(1)
|
Eurozone large-cap equities
|
||||
iShares® MSCI Emerging
Markets ETF(2)
|
International emerging
markets equities
|
||||
S&P 500® Index(1)
|
U.S. large-cap equities
|
3-year Term
|
Point-to-point
with step-up
|
4% minimum Trigger Rate
|
|
Russell 2000® Index(1)
|
U.S. small-cap equities
|
||||
S&P 500® Index(1)
|
U.S. large-cap equities
|
6-year Term
|
Point-to-point
with step-up
|
8% minimum Trigger Rate
|
|
Russell 2000® Index(1)
|
U.S. small-cap equities
|
Index
|
Index Type
|
Crediting
Period
(Term
Length)
|
Index
Crediting
Methodology
|
Current Limit on
Index Loss
(if held until
Term End Date)
|
Minimum Limit on Index Gain
(for the life of the Index
Option)
|
S&P 500® Index(1)
|
U.S. large-cap equities
|
1-year Term
|
Point-to-point
with step-up
|
10% Buffer
|
3% minimum Trigger Rate
|
Russell 2000® Index(1)
|
U.S. small-cap equities
|
||||
Nasdaq-100® Index(1)
|
U.S. & international
non-financial large-cap
equities
|
||||
EURO STOXX 50®(1)
|
Eurozone large-cap equities
|
||||
iShares® MSCI Emerging
Markets ETF(2)
|
International emerging
markets equities
|
||||
S&P 500® Index(1)
|
U.S. large-cap equities
|
1-year Term
|
Point-to-point
with Cap
|
-10% Floor
|
3% minimum Cap
|
Russell 2000® Index(1)
|
U.S. small-cap equities
|
||||
Nasdaq-100® Index(1)
|
U.S. & international
non-financial large-cap
equities
|
||||
EURO STOXX 50®(1)
|
Eurozone large-cap equities
|
||||
iShares® MSCI Emerging
Markets ETF(2)
|
International emerging
markets equities
|
||||
• For Contracts issued before November 14, 2023, only the 1-year Term with 10% Buffer, 3-year Term with 10% and 20% Buffers, and 6-year
Term with 10%
Buffer are available.
• For Contracts issued since November 14, 2023, all 1-year, 3-year, and 6-year Index Options listed below are available.
|
|||||
S&P 500® Index(1)
|
U.S. large-cap equities
|
1-year Term
|
Point-to-point
with Cap
|
3% minimum Cap(3)
|
|
Russell 2000® Index(1)
|
U.S. small-cap equities
|
||||
Nasdaq-100® Index(1)
|
U.S. & international
non-financial large-cap
equities
|
||||
EURO STOXX 50®(1)
|
Eurozone large-cap equities
|
||||
iShares® MSCI Emerging
Markets ETF(2)
|
International emerging
markets equities
|
||||
S&P 500® Index(1)
|
U.S. large-cap equities
|
3-year Term
|
|||
Russell 2000® Index(1)
|
U.S. small-cap equities
|
||||
S&P 500® Index(1)
|
U.S. large-cap equities
|
6-year Term
|
|||
Russell 2000® Index(1)
|
U.S. small-cap equities
|
Eligible Person’s Age (or
younger Eligible Person’s
age for joint Income
Payments)
|
Income Percentages
|
Income Percentage
Increases
|
|||
Level Income
|
Increasing Income
|
||||
Single
Income
Payments
|
Joint Income
Payments
|
Single Income
Payments
|
Joint Income
Payments
|
||
0-50
|
4.00%
|
3.50%
|
3.20%
|
2.70%
|
0.25%
|
51
|
4.10%
|
3.60%
|
3.30%
|
2.80%
|
0.25%
|
52
|
4.20%
|
3.70%
|
3.40%
|
2.90%
|
0.25%
|
53
|
4.30%
|
3.80%
|
3.50%
|
3.00%
|
0.25%
|
54
|
4.40%
|
3.90%
|
3.60%
|
3.10%
|
0.25%
|
55
|
4.50%
|
4.00%
|
3.70%
|
3.20%
|
0.30%
|
56
|
4.60%
|
4.10%
|
3.80%
|
3.30%
|
0.30%
|
57
|
4.70%
|
4.20%
|
3.90%
|
3.40%
|
0.30%
|
58
|
4.80%
|
4.30%
|
4.00%
|
3.50%
|
0.30%
|
59
|
4.90%
|
4.40%
|
4.10%
|
3.60%
|
0.30%
|
60
|
5.00%
|
4.50%
|
4.20%
|
3.70%
|
0.35%
|
61
|
5.10%
|
4.60%
|
4.30%
|
3.80%
|
0.35%
|
62
|
5.20%
|
4.70%
|
4.40%
|
3.90%
|
0.35%
|
63
|
5.30%
|
4.80%
|
4.50%
|
4.00%
|
0.35%
|
64
|
5.40%
|
4.90%
|
4.60%
|
4.10%
|
0.35%
|
65
|
5.50%
|
5.00%
|
4.70%
|
4.20%
|
0.40%
|
66
|
5.60%
|
5.10%
|
4.80%
|
4.30%
|
0.40%
|
67
|
5.70%
|
5.20%
|
4.90%
|
4.40%
|
0.40%
|
68
|
5.80%
|
5.30%
|
5.00%
|
4.50%
|
0.40%
|
69
|
5.90%
|
5.40%
|
5.10%
|
4.60%
|
0.40%
|
70
|
6.00%
|
5.50%
|
5.20%
|
4.70%
|
0.45%
|
71
|
6.10%
|
5.60%
|
5.30%
|
4.80%
|
0.45%
|
72
|
6.20%
|
5.70%
|
5.40%
|
4.90%
|
0.45%
|
73
|
6.30%
|
5.80%
|
5.50%
|
5.00%
|
0.45%
|
74
|
6.40%
|
5.90%
|
5.60%
|
5.10%
|
0.45%
|
75
|
6.50%
|
6.00%
|
5.70%
|
5.20%
|
0.50%
|
76
|
6.60%
|
6.10%
|
5.80%
|
5.30%
|
0.50%
|
77
|
6.70%
|
6.20%
|
5.90%
|
5.40%
|
0.50%
|
78
|
6.80%
|
6.30%
|
6.00%
|
5.50%
|
0.50%
|
79
|
6.90%
|
6.40%
|
6.10%
|
5.60%
|
0.50%
|
80+
|
7.00%
|
6.50%
|
6.20%
|
5.70%
|
0.55%
|
Eligible Person’s Age (or
younger Eligible Person’s
age for joint Income
Payments)
|
Income Percentages
|
Income Percentage
Increases
|
|||
Level Income
|
Increasing Income
|
||||
Single
Income
Payments
|
Joint Income
Payments
|
Single Income
Payments
|
Joint Income
Payments
|
||
0-50
|
4.70%
|
4.20%
|
3.40%
|
2.90%
|
0.25%
|
51
|
4.80%
|
4.30%
|
3.50%
|
3.00%
|
0.25%
|
52
|
4.90%
|
4.40%
|
3.60%
|
3.10%
|
0.25%
|
53
|
5.00%
|
4.50%
|
3.70%
|
3.20%
|
0.25%
|
54
|
5.10%
|
4.60%
|
3.80%
|
3.30%
|
0.25%
|
55
|
5.20%
|
4.70%
|
3.90%
|
3.40%
|
0.30%
|
56
|
5.30%
|
4.80%
|
4.00%
|
3.50%
|
0.30%
|
57
|
5.40%
|
4.90%
|
4.10%
|
3.60%
|
0.30%
|
58
|
5.50%
|
5.00%
|
4.20%
|
3.70%
|
0.30%
|
59
|
5.60%
|
5.10%
|
4.30%
|
3.80%
|
0.30%
|
60
|
5.70%
|
5.20%
|
4.40%
|
3.90%
|
0.35%
|
61
|
5.80%
|
5.30%
|
4.50%
|
4.00%
|
0.35%
|
62
|
5.90%
|
5.40%
|
4.60%
|
4.10%
|
0.35%
|
63
|
6.00%
|
5.50%
|
4.70%
|
4.20%
|
0.35%
|
64
|
6.10%
|
5.60%
|
4.80%
|
4.30%
|
0.35%
|
65
|
6.20%
|
5.70%
|
4.90%
|
4.40%
|
0.40%
|
66
|
6.30%
|
5.80%
|
5.00%
|
4.50%
|
0.40%
|
67
|
6.40%
|
5.90%
|
5.10%
|
4.60%
|
0.40%
|
68
|
6.50%
|
6.00%
|
5.20%
|
4.70%
|
0.40%
|
69
|
6.60%
|
6.10%
|
5.30%
|
4.80%
|
0.40%
|
70
|
6.70%
|
6.20%
|
5.40%
|
4.90%
|
0.45%
|
71
|
6.80%
|
6.30%
|
5.50%
|
5.00%
|
0.45%
|
72
|
6.90%
|
6.40%
|
5.60%
|
5.10%
|
0.45%
|
73
|
7.00%
|
6.50%
|
5.70%
|
5.20%
|
0.45%
|
74
|
7.10%
|
6.60%
|
5.80%
|
5.30%
|
0.45%
|
75
|
7.20%
|
6.70%
|
5.90%
|
5.40%
|
0.50%
|
76
|
7.30%
|
6.80%
|
6.00%
|
5.50%
|
0.50%
|
77
|
7.40%
|
6.90%
|
6.10%
|
5.60%
|
0.50%
|
78
|
7.50%
|
7.00%
|
6.20%
|
5.70%
|
0.50%
|
79
|
7.60%
|
7.10%
|
6.30%
|
5.80%
|
0.50%
|
80+
|
7.70%
|
7.20%
|
6.40%
|
5.90%
|
0.55%
|
Eligible Person’s Age (or
younger Eligible Person’s
age for joint Income
Payments)
|
Income Percentages
|
Income Percentage
Increases
|
|||
Level Income
|
Increasing Income
|
||||
Single
Income
Payments
|
Joint Income
Payments
|
Single Income
Payments
|
Joint Income
Payments
|
||
0-50
|
5.00%
|
4.50%
|
3.70%
|
3.20%
|
0.25%
|
51
|
5.10%
|
4.60%
|
3.80%
|
3.30%
|
0.25%
|
52
|
5.20%
|
4.70%
|
3.90%
|
3.40%
|
0.25%
|
53
|
5.30%
|
4.80%
|
4.00%
|
3.50%
|
0.25%
|
54
|
5.40%
|
4.90%
|
4.10%
|
3.60%
|
0.25%
|
55
|
5.50%
|
5.00%
|
4.20%
|
3.70%
|
0.30%
|
56
|
5.60%
|
5.10%
|
4.30%
|
3.80%
|
0.30%
|
57
|
5.70%
|
5.20%
|
4.40%
|
3.90%
|
0.30%
|
58
|
5.80%
|
5.30%
|
4.50%
|
4.00%
|
0.30%
|
59
|
5.90%
|
5.40%
|
4.60%
|
4.10%
|
0.30%
|
60
|
6.00%
|
5.50%
|
4.70%
|
4.20%
|
0.35%
|
61
|
6.10%
|
5.60%
|
4.80%
|
4.30%
|
0.35%
|
62
|
6.20%
|
5.70%
|
4.90%
|
4.40%
|
0.35%
|
63
|
6.30%
|
5.80%
|
5.00%
|
4.50%
|
0.35%
|
64
|
6.40%
|
5.90%
|
5.10%
|
4.60%
|
0.35%
|
65
|
6.50%
|
6.00%
|
5.20%
|
4.70%
|
0.40%
|
66
|
6.60%
|
6.10%
|
5.30%
|
4.80%
|
0.40%
|
67
|
6.70%
|
6.20%
|
5.40%
|
4.90%
|
0.40%
|
68
|
6.80%
|
6.30%
|
5.50%
|
5.00%
|
0.40%
|
69
|
6.90%
|
6.40%
|
5.60%
|
5.10%
|
0.40%
|
70
|
7.00%
|
6.50%
|
5.70%
|
5.20%
|
0.45%
|
71
|
7.10%
|
6.60%
|
5.80%
|
5.30%
|
0.45%
|
72
|
7.20%
|
6.70%
|
5.90%
|
5.40%
|
0.45%
|
73
|
7.30%
|
6.80%
|
6.00%
|
5.50%
|
0.45%
|
74
|
7.40%
|
6.90%
|
6.10%
|
5.60%
|
0.45%
|
75
|
7.50%
|
7.00%
|
6.20%
|
5.70%
|
0.50%
|
76
|
7.60%
|
7.10%
|
6.30%
|
5.80%
|
0.50%
|
77
|
7.70%
|
7.20%
|
6.40%
|
5.90%
|
0.50%
|
78
|
7.80%
|
7.30%
|
6.50%
|
6.00%
|
0.50%
|
79
|
7.90%
|
7.40%
|
6.60%
|
6.10%
|
0.50%
|
80+
|
8.00%
|
7.50%
|
6.70%
|
6.20%
|
0.55%
|
Eligible Person’s Age (or
younger Eligible Person’s
age for joint Income
Payments)
|
Income Percentages
|
Income Percentage
Increases
|
|||
Level Income
|
Increasing Income
|
||||
Single
Income
Payments
|
Joint Income
Payments
|
Single Income
Payments
|
Joint Income
Payments
|
||
0-50
|
5.20%
|
4.70%
|
3.90%
|
3.40%
|
0.25%
|
51
|
5.30%
|
4.80%
|
4.00%
|
3.50%
|
0.25%
|
52
|
5.40%
|
4.90%
|
4.10%
|
3.60%
|
0.25%
|
53
|
5.50%
|
5.00%
|
4.20%
|
3.70%
|
0.25%
|
54
|
5.60%
|
5.10%
|
4.30%
|
3.80%
|
0.25%
|
55
|
5.70%
|
5.20%
|
4.40%
|
3.90%
|
0.30%
|
56
|
5.80%
|
5.30%
|
4.50%
|
4.00%
|
0.30%
|
57
|
5.90%
|
5.40%
|
4.60%
|
4.10%
|
0.30%
|
58
|
6.00%
|
5.50%
|
4.70%
|
4.20%
|
0.30%
|
59
|
6.10%
|
5.60%
|
4.80%
|
4.30%
|
0.30%
|
60
|
6.20%
|
5.70%
|
4.90%
|
4.40%
|
0.35%
|
61
|
6.30%
|
5.80%
|
5.00%
|
4.50%
|
0.35%
|
62
|
6.40%
|
5.90%
|
5.10%
|
4.60%
|
0.35%
|
63
|
6.50%
|
6.00%
|
5.20%
|
4.70%
|
0.35%
|
64
|
6.60%
|
6.10%
|
5.30%
|
4.80%
|
0.35%
|
65
|
6.70%
|
6.20%
|
5.40%
|
4.90%
|
0.40%
|
66
|
6.80%
|
6.30%
|
5.50%
|
5.00%
|
0.40%
|
67
|
6.90%
|
6.40%
|
5.60%
|
5.10%
|
0.40%
|
68
|
7.00%
|
6.50%
|
5.70%
|
5.20%
|
0.40%
|
69
|
7.10%
|
6.60%
|
5.80%
|
5.30%
|
0.40%
|
70
|
7.20%
|
6.70%
|
5.90%
|
5.40%
|
0.45%
|
71
|
7.30%
|
6.80%
|
6.00%
|
5.50%
|
0.45%
|
72
|
7.40%
|
6.90%
|
6.10%
|
5.60%
|
0.45%
|
73
|
7.50%
|
7.00%
|
6.20%
|
5.70%
|
0.45%
|
74
|
7.60%
|
7.10%
|
6.30%
|
5.80%
|
0.45%
|
75
|
7.70%
|
7.20%
|
6.40%
|
5.90%
|
0.50%
|
76
|
7.80%
|
7.30%
|
6.50%
|
6.00%
|
0.50%
|
77
|
7.90%
|
7.40%
|
6.60%
|
6.10%
|
0.50%
|
78
|
8.00%
|
7.50%
|
6.70%
|
6.20%
|
0.50%
|
79
|
8.10%
|
7.60%
|
6.80%
|
6.30%
|
0.50%
|
80+
|
8.20%
|
7.70%
|
6.90%
|
6.40%
|
0.55%
|
Eligible Person’s Age (or
younger Eligible Person’s
age for joint Income
Payments)
|
Income Percentages
|
Income Percentage
Increases
|
|||
Level Income
|
Increasing Income
|
||||
Single
Income
Payments
|
Joint Income
Payments
|
Single Income
Payments
|
Joint Income
Payments
|
||
0-50
|
5.70%
|
5.20%
|
4.40%
|
3.90%
|
0.25%
|
51
|
5.80%
|
5.30%
|
4.50%
|
4.00%
|
0.25%
|
52
|
5.90%
|
5.40%
|
4.60%
|
4.10%
|
0.25%
|
53
|
6.00%
|
5.50%
|
4.70%
|
4.20%
|
0.25%
|
54
|
6.10%
|
5.60%
|
4.80%
|
4.30%
|
0.25%
|
55
|
6.20%
|
5.70%
|
4.90%
|
4.40%
|
0.30%
|
56
|
6.30%
|
5.80%
|
5.00%
|
4.50%
|
0.30%
|
57
|
6.40%
|
5.90%
|
5.10%
|
4.60%
|
0.30%
|
58
|
6.50%
|
6.00%
|
5.20%
|
4.70%
|
0.30%
|
59
|
6.60%
|
6.10%
|
5.30%
|
4.80%
|
0.30%
|
60
|
6.70%
|
6.20%
|
5.40%
|
4.90%
|
0.35%
|
61
|
6.80%
|
6.30%
|
5.50%
|
5.00%
|
0.35%
|
62
|
6.90%
|
6.40%
|
5.60%
|
5.10%
|
0.35%
|
63
|
7.00%
|
6.50%
|
5.70%
|
5.20%
|
0.35%
|
64
|
7.10%
|
6.60%
|
5.80%
|
5.30%
|
0.35%
|
65
|
7.20%
|
6.70%
|
5.90%
|
5.40%
|
0.40%
|
66
|
7.30%
|
6.80%
|
6.00%
|
5.50%
|
0.40%
|
67
|
7.40%
|
6.90%
|
6.10%
|
5.60%
|
0.40%
|
68
|
7.50%
|
7.00%
|
6.20%
|
5.70%
|
0.40%
|
69
|
7.60%
|
7.10%
|
6.30%
|
5.80%
|
0.40%
|
70
|
7.70%
|
7.20%
|
6.40%
|
5.90%
|
0.45%
|
71
|
7.80%
|
7.30%
|
6.50%
|
6.00%
|
0.45%
|
72
|
7.90%
|
7.40%
|
6.60%
|
6.10%
|
0.45%
|
73
|
8.00%
|
7.50%
|
6.70%
|
6.20%
|
0.45%
|
74
|
8.10%
|
7.60%
|
6.80%
|
6.30%
|
0.45%
|
75
|
8.20%
|
7.70%
|
6.90%
|
6.40%
|
0.50%
|
76
|
8.30%
|
7.80%
|
7.00%
|
6.50%
|
0.50%
|
77
|
8.40%
|
7.90%
|
7.10%
|
6.60%
|
0.50%
|
78
|
8.50%
|
8.00%
|
7.20%
|
6.70%
|
0.50%
|
79
|
8.60%
|
8.10%
|
7.30%
|
6.80%
|
0.50%
|
80+
|
8.70%
|
8.20%
|
7.40%
|
6.90%
|
0.55%
|
Crediting Method / Index Options
|
Availability Restrictions:
|
– Index Protection Strategy with Trigger was previously called the
Index Protection Strategy with DPSC
– Trigger Rate for the Index Protection Strategy with Trigger was
previously called the Declared Protection Strategy Credit (DPSC)
– Performance Credit for the Index Protection Strategy with Trigger
was previously called the DPSC
– Performance Credit for the Index Protection Strategy with Cap was
previously called the Protection Credit
– Trigger Rate for the Index Precision Strategy was previously called
the Precision Rate
|
– For Contracts issued in Virginia, this terminology changed on May
13, 2024.
– For Contracts issued in New Jersey, this terminology changed on
December 11, 2023.
– For Contracts issued in Louisiana, Montana, and Wyoming, this
terminology changed on July 10, 2023.
– For Contracts issued in Maryland, this terminology changed on May
15, 2023.
– For Contracts issued in all other states, this terminology changed
on May 1, 2023.
|
Crediting Method / Index Options
|
Availability Restrictions:
|
Index Dual Precision Strategy 1-year Term with 10% Buffer are
available only to Contracts issued since November 14, 2023.
|
• Not available to Contracts issued before November 14, 2023.
• Not available to Contracts issued in Missouri before June 10, 2024.
• Not available to Contracts issued in Nebraska before September
16, 2024.
• Not available to Contracts issued in Virginia before May 13, 2024.
• Not available to Contracts issued in Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana,
Maryland, Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming before January 22,
2024.
• Not available to Contracts issued in New Jersey before December
11, 2023.
• For Contracts issued in all other states, these first became available
to newly issued Contracts on November 14, 2023.
|
Index Dual Precision Strategy 1-year Term with 20% or 30% Buffer
are available only to Contracts issued since May 1, 2024.
|
• Not available to Contracts issued before May 1, 2024.
• Not available to Contracts issued in Idaho and Missouri before June
10, 2024.
• Not available to Contracts issued in Nebraska before September
16, 2024.
• Not available to Contracts issued in Virginia before May 13, 2024.
• For Contracts issued in all other states, these first became available
to newly issued Contracts on May 1, 2024.
|
Index Dual Precision Strategy 3-year Term with 10% or 20% Buffer
are available only to Contracts issued since November 5, 2024.
|
• Not available to Contracts issued before November 5, 2024.
• Not available to Contracts issued in Virginia before November 11,
2024.
• For Contracts issued in all other states, these first became available
to newly issued Contracts on November 5, 2024.
|
Index Dual Precision Strategy 6-year Term with 10% or 20% Buffer
are available only to Contracts issued since November 5, 2024.
|
• Not available to Contracts issued before November 5, 2024.
• Not available to Contracts issued in Virginia before November 11,
2024.
• For Contracts issued in all other states, these first became available
to newly issued Contracts on November 5, 2024.
|
Index Performance Strategy 1-year Term with 20% or 30% Buffer are
available only to Contracts issued since November 14, 2023.
|
• Not available to Contracts issued before November 14, 2023.
• Not available to Contracts issued in Missouri before June 10, 2024.
• Not available to Contracts issued in Nebraska before September
16, 2024.
• Not available to Contracts issued in Virginia before May 13, 2024.
• Not available to Contracts issued in Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana,
Maryland, Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming before January 22,
2024.
• Not available to Contracts issued in New Jersey before December
11, 2023.
• For Contracts issued in all other states, these first became available
to newly issued Contracts on November 14, 2023.
|
Crediting Method / Index Options
|
Availability Restrictions:
|
Index Performance Strategy 6-year Term with 20% Buffer are
available only to Contracts issued since November 14, 2023.
|
• Not available to Contracts issued before November 14, 2023.
• Not available to Contracts issued in Missouri before June 10, 2024.
• Not available to Contracts issued in Nebraska before September
16, 2024.
• Not available to Contracts issued in Virginia before May 13, 2024.
• Not available to Contracts issued in Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana,
Maryland, Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming before January 22,
2024.
• Not available to Contracts issued in New Jersey before December
11, 2023.
• For Contracts issued in all other states, these first became available
to newly issued Contracts on November 14, 2023.
|
ISSUE STATE
|
FEATURE AND BENEFITS
|
VARIATION
|
California
|
Eligible Person(s) and
Covered Person(s)
See section 2
|
• We do not remove a person as an Eligible Person(s) or Covered Person(s)
following an assignment, ownership change, or Beneficiary
change.
• If you are the sole individual Owner or a Joint Owner and select joint
Income Payments, you must designate an Owner to be a Covered
Person.
|
|
Assignments, Changes of
Ownership and Other
Transfers of Contract Rights
See section 2
|
We cannot restrict assignments or changes of
ownership.
• We do not change the Determining Life (Lives) following an assignment or
ownership change. If you assign the Contract and the
Determining Life
(Lives) are no longer an Owner (or Annuitant if the Owner is
a
non-individual) the Traditional Death Benefit or Maximum
Anniversary
Value Death Benefit may not be available and on the Owner’s
death the
Beneficiary(ies) will only receive the greater of Contract
Value or Cash
Value.
• If you assign the Contract on or before the Income Benefit Date and as a
result none of the Eligible Person(s) are an Owner (or
Annuitant if the
Owner is a non-individual), Income Payments will not be available, but
the Income Benefit and its
associated rider fee will continue. Your
only recourse is to restore an Eligible Person as an Owner by
assigning or
changing ownership.
• If you assign the Contract after the Income Benefit Date and a Covered
Person(s) who was previously an Owner no longer has that
position, the
Income Benefit and any
Income Payments may end even if the
Covered Person is still
alive.
|
|
Free Look/Right to Examine
Period
See section 3
|
For Owners age 60 or older (or Annuitants age 60 or older for
non-individually owned Contracts), we are required to allocate
your initial
Purchase Payment to the AZL Government Money Market Fund
during the
30 day free look period unless you specify otherwise on the
appropriate
form. If you want to immediately apply your Purchase Payment
to the Index
Options you must opt out of this allocation. If you do not opt
out of this
allocation to the AZL Government Money Market Fund your Index
Effective
Date cannot occur until the free look period has ended.
|
|
Income Multiplier Benefit
See section 11
|
• Qualification for the portion of the benefit based on confinement for care
requiring a stay in an eligible facility is not available.
• Qualification for the benefit is expanded to include requiring substantial
supervision due to severe cognitive impairment.
|
ISSUE STATE
|
FEATURE AND BENEFITS
|
VARIATION
|
California
(continued)
|
When the Income Benefit
Ends
See section 11
|
The Income Benefit and any Income Payments end based on the
earlier of
the date of death of an individual Owner (or Annuitant if the
Owner is a
non-individual), or last surviving Covered Person. Upon the
death of an
individual Owner (or Annuitant if the Owner is a
non-individual), if the
deceased’s spouse:
• continues the Contract, the Income Benefit and Income Payments end on
the earlier of the date of death of the surviving spouse, or
last surviving
Covered Person.
• elects to receive payment of the death benefit, the Income Benefit ends on
the Business Day we receive his or her Valid Claim.
This means if you assign
the Contract after the Income Benefit Date,
Income Payments may end
even if the Covered Person is still alive.
|
Connecticut
|
Income Multiplier Benefit
See section 11
|
This benefit is not available.
|
|
Eligible Person(s) and
Covered Person(s)
See section 2
|
We do not remove a person as an Eligible Person(s) or Covered
Person(s)
following an assignment, ownership change, or Beneficiary
Change.
|
|
Assignments, Changes of
Ownership and Other
Transfers of Contract Rights
See section 2
|
We can only restrict assignments to
settlement companies and
institutional investors as described in your
Contract.
• We do not change the Determining Life (Lives) following an assignment or
ownership change.
• If you assign the Contract and the Determining Life (Lives) are no longer
an Owner (or Annuitant if the Owner is a non-individual) the
Traditional
Death Benefit or Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit may
not be
available and on the Owner’s death the Beneficiary(ies) will
only receive
the greater of Contract Value or Cash Value.
• If you assign the Contract on or before the Income Benefit Date and as a
result none of the Eligible Person(s) are an Owner (or
Annuitant if the
Owner is a non-individual), Income Payments will not be available, but
the Income Benefit and its associated rider
fee will continue. Your
only recourse is to restore an Eligible Person as an Owner by
assigning or
changing ownership.
• If you assign the Contract after the Income Benefit Date and a Covered
Person(s) who was previously an Owner (or Annuitant if the
Owner is a
non-individual) no longer has that position, the Income Benefit and any
Income Payments may end even if the Covered
Person is still alive.
|
Florida
|
Assignments, Changes of
Ownership and Other
Transfers of Contract Rights
See section 2
|
We cannot restrict assignments or changes of
ownership.
• We do not change the Determining Life (Lives) following an assignment or
ownership change. If you assign the Contract and the
Determining Life
(Lives) are no longer an Owner (or Annuitant if the Owner is
a
non-individual) the Traditional Death Benefit or Maximum
Anniversary
Value Death Benefit may not be available and on the Owner’s
death the
Beneficiary(ies) will only receive the greater of Contract
Value or Cash
Value.
|
|
Purchase Requirements
See section 3
|
For Contracts issued before May 1, 2023, we can only decline a
Purchase
Payment if it would cause total Purchase Payments to be more
than $3
million, or if it would otherwise violate the Purchase Payment
restrictions of
your Contract (for example, we do not allow additional
Purchase Payments
on or after the Annuity Date).
|
ISSUE STATE
|
FEATURE AND BENEFITS
|
VARIATION
|
Florida
(continued)
|
Free Look/Right to Examine
Period
See section 3
|
For Contracts issued on or after May 1, 2023, we cannot
allocate your initial
Purchase Payment to the AZL Government Money Market Fund
during the
free look period.
|
|
When Annuity Payments
Begin
See section 9
|
• For Contracts issued before May 1, 2023, the earliest acceptable Annuity
Date is the first Contract Anniversary.
• For Contracts issued on or after May 1, 2023, the earliest acceptable
Annuity Date is the first Index Anniversary.
|
Hawaii
|
Income Multiplier Benefit
See section 11
|
This benefit is not available.
|
Maryland
|
Purchase Requirements
See section 3
|
On the Issue Date, all Owners (or the Annuitant if the Owner
is a
non-individual) must be:
• age 49 to 80, or
• age 49 to 75 if you select the Maximum
Anniversary Value Death Benefit.
|
|
Income Multiplier Benefit
See section 11
|
For Contracts issued on or after May 15, 2023, this benefit is
not available.
|
|
Maximum Anniversary Value
Death Benefit
See section 12
|
For Contracts issued on or after May 15, 2023, this optional
benefit
terminates on the Annuity Date rather than the Business Day
before.
|
|
Traditional Death Benefit
Rider
See section 12
|
For Contracts issued on or after May 15, 2023, the Traditional
Death Benefit
ends on the Annuity Date rather than the Business Day before.
|
Montana
|
Access to Your Money
See section 8
|
If you take a partial withdrawal that reduces the Contract
Value below
$2,000, we contact you and give you the option of modifying
your withdrawal
request. If we cannot reach you within seven days of our
receipt of your
request in Good Order at our Service Center, we process your
request as a
full withdrawal.
|
New Jersey
|
Joint Owner
See section 2
|
We allow civil union partners to be Joint Owners.
|
|
Determining Life (Lives)
See section 2
|
We allow civil union partners to be joint Determining Lives.
|
|
Eligible Person(s) and
Covered Person(s)
See section 2
|
We allow civil union partners to be joint Eligible Persons and
joint Covered
Persons. If at any time joint Eligible Persons or joint
Covered Persons are no
longer civil union partners you must send us written notice.
If we receive
notice on or before the Income Benefit Date, joint Income
Payments will not
be available to you. If we receive notice after the Income
Benefit Date, we
will remove one former civil union partner from the Contract
as a Covered
Person and also as an Owner, Joint Owner, Annuitant and/or
Beneficiary.
|
|
Assignments, Changes of
Ownership and Other
Transfers of Contract Rights
See section 2
|
We cannot restrict assignments or changes of
ownership.
• We do not change the Determining Life (Lives) following an assignment or
ownership change. If you assign the Contract and the
Determining Life
(Lives) are no longer an Owner (or Annuitant if the Owner is
a
non-individual) the Traditional Death Benefit or Maximum
Anniversary
Value Death Benefit may not be available and on the Owner’s
death the
Beneficiary(ies) will only receive the greater of Contract
Value or Cash
Value.
|
ISSUE STATE
|
FEATURE AND BENEFITS
|
VARIATION
|
New Jersey
(continued)
|
Purchase Requirements
See section 3
|
• For Contracts issued on or before December 10, 2023: The maximum
total Purchase Payments that we can accept is $3 million. We
must
decline a Purchase Payment if it would cause total Purchase
Payments to
be more than $3 million, or if it would otherwise violate the
Purchase
Payment restrictions of your Contract (for example, we do not
allow
additional Purchase Payments on or after the Annuity Date).
• For Contracts issued on or after December 11, 2023: The maximum
total Purchase Payments that we can accept is $10 million. We
must
decline a Purchase Payment if it would cause total Purchase
Payments to
be more than $10 million, or if it would otherwise violate
the Purchase
Payment restrictions of your Contract (for example, we do not
allow
additional Purchase Payments on or after the Annuity Date).
|
Ohio
|
Assignments, Changes of
Ownership and Other
Transfers of Contract Rights
See section 2
|
We cannot restrict assignments or changes of
ownership.
• We do not change the Determining Life (Lives) following an assignment or
ownership change. If you assign the Contract and the
Determining Life
(Lives) are no longer an Owner (or Annuitant if the Owner is
a
non-individual) the Traditional Death Benefit or Maximum
Anniversary
Value Death Benefit may not be available and on the Owner’s
death the
Beneficiary(ies) will only receive the greater of Contract
Value or Cash
Value.
|
Pennsylvania
|
Income Multiplier Benefit
See section 11
|
The requirement to begin confinement after the first Contract
Anniversary in
an eligible facility (a hospital, nursing facility, or
assisted living facility) is at
least 90 days provided each day of confinement is no more than
6 months
after the previous day of confinement.
|
Texas
|
Assignments, Changes of
Ownership and Other
Transfers of Contract Rights
See section 2
|
We cannot restrict assignments or changes of
ownership.
• We do not change the Determining Life (Lives) following an assignment or
ownership change. If you assign the Contract and the
Determining Life
(Lives) are no longer an Owner (or Annuitant if the Owner is
a
non-individual) the Traditional Death Benefit or Maximum
Anniversary
Value Death Benefit may not be available and on the Owner’s
death the
Beneficiary(ies) will only receive the greater of Contract
Value or Cash
Value.
|
|
Access to Your Money
See section 8
|
We only treat a partial withdrawal that reduces the Contract
Value below
$2,000 as a full withdrawal if you have not made an additional
Purchase
Payment in the past two calendar years.
|
|
Income Multiplier Benefit
See section 11
|
For Contracts issued before May 1, 2023, to qualify for a
payment increase
based on performance of ADLs, a Covered Person must have been
able to
perform each of these six ADLs on the Issue Date. There is no
requirement
this been done without substantial assistance.
|
Wisconsin
|
Assignments, Changes of
Ownership and Other
Transfers of Contract Rights
See section 2
|
We cannot restrict assignments or changes of
ownership.
• We do not change the Determining Life (Lives) following an assignment or
ownership change. If you assign the Contract and the
Determining Life
(Lives) are no longer an Owner (or Annuitant if the Owner is
a
non-individual) the Traditional Death Benefit or Maximum
Anniversary
Value Death Benefit may not be available and on the Owner’s
death the
Beneficiary(ies) will only receive the greater of Contract
Value or Cash
Value.
|
To send applications, and/or a check for an additional Purchase Payment,
or for general customer service, please mail to the appropriate address as follows:
|
REGULAR MAIL
|
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
P.O. Box 59060
Minneapolis MN 55459-0060
|
|
OVERNIGHT, CERTIFIED, OR REGISTERED MAIL
|
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
5701 Golden Hills Drive
Minneapolis MN 55416-1297
|
Checks sent to the wrong address for
applications or additional Purchase Payments are forwarded to the 5701
Golden Hills Drive address listed above,
which may delay processing.
|
Firm Name
|
LPL Financial
|
MML Investors Services, Inc
|
OSAIC WEALTH INC
|
Park Avenue Securities
|
Cetera Investment Services LLC
|
Calendar Year
|
Total Paid to Tata
|
2022
|
$2,015,485
|
2023
|
$2,503,039
|
2024
|
$2,279,638
|
UPON THE DEATH OF A SOLE OWNER
|
|
Action if the Contract is in the Accumulation Phase
|
Action if the Contract is in the Annuity Phase
|
● We pay a death benefit to the Beneficiary unless the
Beneficiary is the surviving spouse and continues the
Contract. The Income Benefit and any Income Payments will
also end unless the Beneficiary is both a surviving spouse
and either an Eligible Person (if Income Payments have not
begun) or a Covered Person (if Income Payments have
begun). For a description of the death benefit and payout
options, see prospectus section 12, Death Benefit - Death
Benefit Payment Options During the Accumulation Phase.
● If the deceased Owner was a Determining Life and the
surviving spouse Beneficiary continues the Contract:
– we increase the Contract Value to equal the Guaranteed
Death Benefit Value if greater and available, and the
death benefit ends,
– the surviving spouse becomes the new Owner,
– if Income Payments have not begun the Accumulation
Phase continues,
– if Income Payments have begun, they can only continue if
the surviving spouse is a Covered Person; otherwise the
Income Benefit ends, and
– upon the surviving spouse’s death, his or her
Beneficiary(ies) receives the greater of Contract Value or
Cash Value.
● If the deceased Owner was not the Determining Life the
Traditional Death Benefit or Maximum Anniversary Value
Death Benefit are not available and the Beneficiary(ies)
receive the greater of Contract Value or Cash Value.
|
● The Beneficiary becomes the Payee. If we are still required to
make Annuity Payments under the selected Annuity Option,
the Beneficiary also becomes the new Owner.
● If the deceased was not an Annuitant, Annuity Payments to
the Payee continue. No death benefit is payable.
● If the deceased was the only surviving Annuitant, Annuity
Payments end or continue as follows.
– Annuity Option A or C, payments end when the
guaranteed period ends.
– Annuity Option B, F, or G, payments end. If Income
Payments were converted to Annuity Payments under
Annuity Option B or F, we will also pay any remaining
value to the named Beneficiary(ies).
● If the deceased was an Annuitant and there is a surviving
joint Annuitant, Annuity Payments to the Payee continue
during the lifetime of the surviving joint Annuitant. No death
benefit is payable.
● For a Qualified Contract, the Annuity Payments generally
must end no later than ten years after the Owner's death.
However, in certain situations, payments may need to end
earlier.
|
UPON THE DEATH OF A JOINT OWNER
|
|
Action if the Contract is in the Accumulation Phase
|
Action if the Contract is in the Annuity Phase
|
● The surviving Joint Owner is the sole primary Beneficiary. If
the Joint Owners were spouses there may also be contingent
Beneficiaries.
● We pay a death benefit to the surviving Joint Owner unless
he or she is the surviving spouse and continues the Contract.
The Income Benefit and any Income Payments will also end
unless the surviving Joint Owner is both a surviving spouse
and either an Eligible Person (if Income Payments have not
begun) or a Covered Person (if Income Payments have
begun). For a description of the death benefit and payout
options, see prospectus section 12, Death Benefit - Death
Benefit Payment Options During the Accumulation Phase.
● If the deceased Joint Owner was a Determining Life and the
surviving spouse/Joint Owner continues the Contract:
– we increase the Contract Value to equal the Guaranteed
Death Benefit Value if greater and available, and the
death benefit ends,
– the surviving spouse/Joint Owner becomes the new sole
Owner,
– if Income Payments have not begun the Accumulation
Phase continues,
– if Income Payments have begun, they can only continue if
the surviving spouse/Joint Owner is also a Covered
Person; otherwise the Income Benefit ends, and
– upon the surviving spouse/Joint Owner’s death, his or her
Beneficiary(ies) receives the greater of Contract Value or
Cash Value.
● If the deceased Joint Owner was not a Determining Life the
Traditional Death Benefit or Maximum Anniversary Value
Death Benefit are not available and the Beneficiary(ies)
receive the greater of Contract Value or Cash Value.
|
● If we are still required to make Annuity Payments under the
selected Annuity Option, the surviving Joint Owner becomes
the sole Owner.
● If the deceased was not an Annuitant, Annuity Payments to
the Payee continue. No death benefit is payable.
● If the deceased was the only surviving Annuitant, Annuity
Payments end or continue as follows.
– Annuity Option A or C, payments end when the
guaranteed period ends.
– Annuity Option B, F, or G, payments end. If Income
Payments were converted to Annuity Payments under
Annuity Option B or F, we will also pay any remaining
value to the named Beneficiary(ies).
● If the deceased was an Annuitant and there is a surviving
joint Annuitant, Annuity Payments to the Payee continue
during the lifetime of the surviving joint Annuitant. No death
benefit is payable.
|
UPON THE DEATH OF AN ANNUITANT AND THERE IS NO SURVIVING JOINT ANNUITANT
|
|
Action if the Contract is in the Accumulation Phase
|
Action if the Contract is in the Annuity Phase
|
● If the deceased Annuitant was not an Owner, and the
Contract is owned only by an individual(s), we do not pay a
death benefit. The Owner can name a new Annuitant subject
to our approval.
● If the deceased Annuitant was a sole Owner, we pay a death
benefit as discussed in the “Upon the Death of a Sole Owner”
table. If the Contract is continued by a surviving spouse, the
new surviving spouse Owner can name a new Annuitant
subject to our approval.
● If the deceased Annuitant was a Joint Owner, we pay a death
benefit as discussed in the “Upon the Death of a Joint Owner”
table. If the Contract is continued by a surviving Joint Owner
who is also a surviving spouse, the surviving spouse Joint
Owner can name a new Annuitant subject to our approval.
● If the Contract is owned by a non-individual, we treat the
death of the Annuitant as the death of a sole Owner, and we
pay a death benefit as discussed in the “Upon the Death of a
Sole Owner” table. NOTE: For non-individually owned
Contracts, spousal continuation is only
available if the
Contract is Qualified, owned by a qualified
plan or a
custodian, and the surviving spouse is
named as the
sole primary beneficiary under the
qualified plan or
custodial account.
|
● No death benefit is payable.
● If the deceased was the only surviving Annuitant, Annuity
Payments end or continue as follows.
– Annuity Option A or C, payments end when the
guaranteed period ends.
– Annuity Option B, F, or G, payments end. If Income
Payments were converted to Annuity Payments under
Annuity Option B or F, we will also pay any remaining
value to the named Beneficiary(ies).
● If we are still required to make Annuity Payments under the
selected Annuity Option and the deceased was a sole Owner,
the Beneficiary becomes the new sole Owner.
● If we are still required to make Annuity Payments under the
selected Annuity Option and the deceased was a Joint
Owner, the surviving Joint Owner becomes the sole Owner.
|
UPON THE DEATH OF THE ANNUITANT DURING THE ANNUITY PHASE AND THERE IS A SURVIVING JOINT
ANNUITANT
|
|
● Only Annuity Options F and G allow joint Annuitants. Under
Annuity Options F and G, Annuity Payments to the Payee
continue during the lifetime of the surviving joint Annuitant. If
Income Payments were converted to Annuity Payments
under Annuity Option F, we will also pay any remaining value
to the named Beneficiary(ies).
|
● No death benefit is payable.
● If we are still required to make Annuity Payments under the
selected Annuity Option and the deceased was a sole Owner,
the Beneficiary becomes the new Owner.
● If we are still required to make Annuity Payments under the
selected Annuity Option and the deceased was a Joint
Owner, the surviving Joint Owner becomes the sole Owner.
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = 1.12
|
OMP = 0.90
|
Index Value
|
1,000
|
|
|
Term TD return
|
NA
|
|
|
Time remaining
|
1.00
|
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 5.10%
|
OMC = 0.66%
|
OMP = 3.37%
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = 1.12
|
OMP = 0.90
|
Index Value
|
1,010
|
|
|
Term TD return
|
1.00%
|
|
|
Time remaining
|
0.92
|
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 5.41%
|
OMC = 0.72%
|
OMP = 2.83%
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = 1.12
|
OMP = 0.90
|
Index Value
|
1,010
|
|
|
Term TD return
|
1.00%
|
|
|
Time remaining
|
0.92
|
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 6.37%
|
OMC = 2.23%
|
OMP = 3.50%
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = 1.12
|
OMP = 0.90
|
Index Value
|
950
|
|
|
Term TD return
|
-5.00%
|
|
|
Time remaining
|
0.75
|
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 2.50%
|
OMC = 0.12%
|
OMP = 3.99%
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = 1.12
|
OMP = 0.90
|
Index Value
|
1,100
|
|
|
Term TD return
|
10.00%
|
|
|
Time remaining
|
0.50
|
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 10.33%
|
OMC = 2.16%
|
OMP = 0.36%
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = 1.12
|
OMP = 0.90
|
Index Value
|
900
|
|
|
Term TD return
|
-10.00%
|
|
|
Time remaining
|
0.50
|
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 0.72%
|
OMC = 0.00%
|
OMP = 4.93%
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = 1.12
|
OMP = 0.90
|
Index Value
|
1,095
|
|
|
Term TD return
|
9.50%
|
|
|
Time remaining
|
0.08
|
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 9.37%
|
OMC = 0.46%
|
OMP = 0.00%
|
Month
|
Index
Values
|
AMC
|
OMC
|
OMP
|
Proxy
Value
|
Daily
Adjustment
|
Index
Option
Value
|
Term Start Date
|
1,000
|
5.10%
|
0.66%
|
3.37%
|
1.06%
|
$0.00
|
$10,000.00
|
1
|
1,010
|
5.41%
|
0.72%
|
2.83%
|
1.86%
|
$89.16
|
$10,089.16
|
2
|
975
|
3.62%
|
0.29%
|
3.50%
|
-0.16%
|
-$104.73
|
$9,895.27
|
3
|
950
|
2.50%
|
0.12%
|
3.99%
|
-1.61%
|
-$240.54
|
$9,759.46
|
4
|
925
|
1.59%
|
0.04%
|
4.60%
|
-3.05%
|
-$376.16
|
$9,623.84
|
5
|
850
|
0.30%
|
0.00%
|
8.22%
|
-7.92%
|
-$853.97
|
$9,146.03
|
6
|
900
|
0.72%
|
0.00%
|
4.93%
|
-4.21%
|
-$473.86
|
$9,526.14
|
7
|
980
|
2.61%
|
0.07%
|
1.62%
|
0.92%
|
$47.62
|
$10,047.62
|
8
|
1,015
|
3.95%
|
0.14%
|
0.67%
|
3.13%
|
$277.54
|
$10,277.54
|
9
|
1,100
|
9.95%
|
1.39%
|
0.05%
|
8.51%
|
$824.60
|
$10,824.60
|
10
|
1,125
|
12.25%
|
2.10%
|
0.00%
|
10.15%
|
$996.95
|
$10,996.95
|
11
|
1,095
|
9.37%
|
0.46%
|
0.00%
|
8.92%
|
$882.86
|
$10,882.86
|
Term End Date
|
1,080
|
|
|
|
|
|
$10,800.00
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = 1.50
|
OMP = 0.80
|
Notional amount
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = 1.00
|
OMP = 1.00
|
Index Value
|
1,000
|
|
|
Term TD return
|
NA
|
|
|
Time remaining
|
1.00
|
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 10.82%
|
OMC = 0.76%
|
OMP = 6.97%
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = 1.50
|
OMP = 0.80
|
Notional amount
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = 1.00
|
OMP = 1.00
|
Index Value
|
1,100
|
|
|
Term TD return
|
10.00%
|
|
|
Time remaining
|
0.83
|
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 15.61%
|
OMC = 1.28%
|
OMP = 3.95%
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = 1.50
|
OMP = 0.80
|
Notional amount
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = 1.00
|
OMP = 1.00
|
Index Value
|
900
|
|
|
Term TD return
|
-10.00%
|
|
|
Time remaining
|
0.83
|
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 5.81%
|
OMC = 0.16%
|
OMP = 8.53%
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = NA
|
OMP = 0.80
|
Notional amount
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = NA
|
OMP = 1.00
|
Index Value
|
1,000
|
|
|
Term TD return
|
NA
|
|
|
Time remaining
|
1.00
|
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 10.82%
|
OMC = 0.00%
|
OMP = 6.97%
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = NA
|
OMP = 0.80
|
Notional amount
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = NA
|
OMP = 1.00
|
Index Value
|
1,100
|
|
|
Term TD return
|
10.00%
|
|
|
Time remaining
|
0.83
|
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 15.61%
|
OMC = 0.00%
|
OMP = 3.95%
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = NA
|
OMP = 0.80
|
Notional amount
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = NA
|
OMP = 1.00
|
Index Value
|
900
|
|
|
Term TD return
|
-10.00%
|
|
|
Time remaining
|
0.83
|
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 5.81%
|
OMC = 0.00%
|
OMP = 8.53%
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = NA
|
OMP = 0.90
|
Notional amount
|
AMC = 1.10
|
OMC = NA
|
OMP = 1.00
|
Index Value
|
1,000
|
|
|
Term TD return
|
NA
|
|
|
Time remaining
|
1.00
|
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 18.91%
|
OMC = 0.00%
|
OMP = 15.47%
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = NA
|
OMP = 0.90
|
Notional amount
|
AMC = 1.10
|
OMC = NA
|
OMP = 1.00
|
Index Value
|
1,100
|
|
|
Term TD return
|
10.00%
|
|
|
Time remaining
|
0.92
|
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 24.31%
|
OMC = 0.00%
|
OMP = 11.94%
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = NA
|
OMP = 0.90
|
Notional amount
|
AMC = 1.10
|
OMC = NA
|
OMP = 1.00
|
Index Value
|
900
|
|
|
Term TD return
|
-10.00%
|
|
|
Time remaining
|
0.92
|
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 13.18%
|
OMC = 0.00%
|
OMP = 18.16%
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = 1.10
|
AMP = 1.00
|
OMP = 0.90
|
Index Value
|
1,000
|
|
|
|
Term TD return
|
NA
|
|
|
|
Time remaining
|
1.00
|
|
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 5.10%
|
OMC = 1.17%
|
AMP = 6.77%
|
OMP = 3.37%
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = 1.10
|
AMP = 1.00
|
OMP = 0.90
|
Index Value
|
1,100
|
|
|
|
Term TD return
|
10.00%
|
|
|
|
Time remaining
|
0.50
|
|
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 10.33%
|
OMC = 3.25%
|
AMP = 1.28%
|
OMP = 0.36%
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = 1.10
|
AMP = 1.00
|
OMP = 0.90
|
Index Value
|
900
|
|
|
|
Term TD return
|
-10.00%
|
|
|
|
Time remaining
|
0.50
|
|
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 0.72%
|
OMC = 0.02%
|
AMP = 11.46%
|
OMP = 4.93%
|
Strike price
|
AMBC = 1.00
|
OMP = 0.90
|
Index Value
|
1,000
|
|
Term TD return
|
NA
|
|
Time remaining
|
1.00
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMBC = 42.32%
|
OMP = 3.37%
|
Strike price
|
AMBC = 1.00
|
OMP = 0.90
|
Index Value
|
1,100
|
|
Term TD return
|
10.00%
|
|
Time remaining
|
0.50
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMBC = 77.60%
|
OMP = 0.36%
|
Strike price
|
AMBC = 1.00
|
OMP = 0.90
|
Index Value
|
900
|
|
Term TD return
|
-10.00%
|
|
Time remaining
|
0.50
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMBC = 12.96%
|
OMP = 4.93%
|
Strike price
|
IMBC = 0.90
|
OMP = 0.90
|
Index Value
|
1,000
|
|
Term TD return
|
NA
|
|
Time remaining
|
1.00
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
IMBC = 65.25%
|
OMP = 3.37%
|
Strike price
|
IMBC = 0.90
|
OMP = 0.90
|
Index Value
|
1,100
|
|
Term TD return
|
10.00%
|
|
Time remaining
|
0.50
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
IMBC = 92.36%
|
OMP = 0.36%
|
Strike price
|
IMBC = 0.90
|
OMP = 0.90
|
Index Value
|
900
|
|
Term TD return
|
-10.00%
|
|
Time remaining
|
0.50
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
IMBC = 44.70%
|
OMP = 4.93%
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = 1.04
|
Index Value
|
1,000
|
|
Term TD return
|
NA
|
|
Time remaining
|
1.00
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 5.10%
|
OMC = 3.23%
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = 1.04
|
Index Value
|
1,100
|
|
Term TD return
|
10.00%
|
|
Time remaining
|
0.50
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 10.33%
|
OMC = 7.20%
|
Strike price
|
AMC = 1.00
|
OMC = 1.04
|
Index Value
|
900
|
|
Term TD return
|
-10.00%
|
|
Time remaining
|
0.50
|
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMC = 0.72%
|
OMC = 0.25%
|
Strike price
|
AMBC = 1.00
|
Index Value
|
1,000
|
Term TD return
|
NA
|
Time remaining
|
1.00
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMBC = 42.32%
|
Strike price
|
AMBC = 1.00
|
Index Value
|
1,100
|
Term TD return
|
10.00%
|
Time remaining
|
0.50
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMBC = 77.60%
|
Strike price
|
AMBC = 1.00
|
Index Value
|
900
|
Term TD return
|
-10.00%
|
Time remaining
|
0.50
|
Value of derivatives
|
AMBC = 12.96%
|
Crediting Method/Term Length/
Negative Index Performance Protection
|
Assumed Rate
|
Hypothetical Daily
Adjustment when:
|
Hypothetical Performance
Credit when:
|
||
The Index is
up 10%
at the end
of month six
|
The Index is
down 10%
at the end
of month six
|
The Index is
up 10%
at the end
of the Term
|
The Index is
down 10%
at the end
of the Term
|
||
Index Performance Strategy
1-year Term with 10% Buffer
|
12% Cap
|
7.29%
|
-4.74%
|
10.00%
|
0.00%
|
Index Performance Strategy
3-year Term with 20% Buffer
|
50% Cap
|
7.80%
|
-5.46%
|
10.00%
|
0.00%
|
Index Performance Strategy
3-year Term with 20% Buffer
|
Uncapped with a
100% Participation
Rate
|
8.46%
|
-5.93%
|
10.00%
|
0.00%
|
Index Performance Strategy
6-year Term with 10% Buffer
|
Uncapped with a
110% Participation
Rate
|
9.22%
|
-8.13%
|
11.00%
|
0.00%
|
Index Guard Strategy
1-year Term with -10% Floor
|
10% Cap
|
5.89%
|
-6.10%
|
10.00%
|
-10.00%
|
Index Precision Strategy
1-year Term with 10% Buffer
|
10% Trigger Rate
|
6.97%
|
-4.06%
|
10.00%
|
0.00%
|
Index Dual Precision Strategy
1-year Term with 10% Buffer
|
7% Trigger Rate
|
5.51%
|
-2.39%
|
7.00%
|
7.00%
|
Index Protection Strategy with Cap
1-year Term with 100% downside protection
|
4% Cap
|
2.20%
|
0.00%
|
4.00%
|
0.00%
|
Index Protection Strategy with Trigger 1-year
Term with 100% downside protection
|
3% Trigger Rate
|
1.69%
|
0.00%
|
3.00%
|
0.00%
|