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                                                               FILE NO. _______


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                           ___________________________

                                   FORM N-8B-2
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                REGISTRATION STATEMENT OF UNIT INVESTMENT TRUSTS
                     WHICH ARE CURRENTLY ISSUING SECURITIES



                         PURSUANT TO SECTION 8(B) OF THE
                         INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940


                           ___________________________

                  SUN LIFE OF CANADA (U.S.) VARIABLE ACCOUNT G
                         (NAME OF UNIT INVESTMENT TRUST)


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- ------  NOT THE ISSUER OF PERIODIC PAYMENT PLAN CERTIFICATES.

  X     ISSUER OF PERIODIC PAYMENT PLAN CERTIFICATES ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES 
- ------  OF INFORMATION PROVIDED HEREIN.



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                                        I

                      ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION

1.  (a)   Furnish name of the trust and the Internal Revenue Service Employer
          Identification Number.

          Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account G

          I.R.S. Employer Identification Number:  None

    (b)   Furnish title of each class or series of securities issued by the
          trust.

          Flexible Premium Variable Universal Life Insurance Policies (the
          "Policies").  No such Policies have yet been issued.

2.   Furnish name and principal business address and ZIP Code and the Internal
     Revenue Service Employer Identification Number of each depositor of the
     trust.

          Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) 
          One Sun Life Executive Park
          Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts  02181   

          I.R.S. Employer Identification Number:  04-2461439

3.   Furnish name and principal business address and ZIP Code and the Internal
     Revenue Service Employer Identification Number of each custodian or trustee
     of the trust indicating for which class of series of securities each
     custodian or trustee is acting.

          The custodian for all securities of the Variable Account is:  
          Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) 
          One Sun Life Executive Park
          Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts  02181   

          I.R.S. Employer Identification Number:  04-2461439

4.   Furnish name and principal business address and ZIP Code and the Internal
     Revenue Service Employer Identification Number of each principal
     underwriter currently distributing securities of the trust.

          No Policies have been distributed or are being distributed
          currently.  Sun Investment Services Company, One Sun Life



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          Executive Park, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02181, a
          wholly-owned subsidiary of the depositor, will be the
          principal underwriter of the Policies.  The I.R.S. Employer
          Identification Number of Sun Investment Services Company is
          04-2470476.

5.     Furnish name of state or other sovereign power, the laws of which govern
       with respect to the organization of the trust.

          Delaware

6. (a) Furnish the dates of execution and termination of any indenture or
       agreement currently in effect under the terms of which the trust was
       organized and issued or proposes to issue securities.

          There is no indenture or agreement under the terms of which
          the Variable Account was organized or proposes to issue
          Policies.  The Variable Account was organized and the
          Policies will be issued pursuant to a resolution of the
          Board of Directors of the depositor adopted on December 3,
          1985.  This resolution will continue in effect indefinitely
          unless terminated by the Board of Directors.

  (b)  Furnish the dates of execution and termination of any indenture or
       agreement currently in effect pursuant to which the proceeds of
       payments on securities issued or to be issued by the trust are held by
       the custodian or trustee.

          Not applicable.

7.     Furnish in chronological order the following information with respect to
       each change of name of the trust since January 1, 1930.  If the name has
       never been changed, so state.

          The name of the Variable Account has never been changed.

8.     State the date on which the fiscal year of the trust ends.

          December 31.

MATERIAL LITIGATION

9.     Furnish a description of any pending legal proceedings, material with
       respect to the security holders of the trust by reason of the nature of
       the claim or the amount


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     thereof, to which the trust, the depositor, or the principal underwriter 
     is a party or of which the assets of the trust are the subject, 
     including the substance of the claims involved in such proceeding and 
     the title of the proceeding.  Furnish a similar statement with respect 
     to any pending administrative proceeding commenced by a governmental 
     authority or any such proceeding or legal proceeding known to be 
     contemplated by a governmental authority.  Include any proceeding which, 
     although immaterial itself, is representative of, or one of, a group which
     in the aggregate is material.

          There are no pending legal proceedings, material with
          respect to prospective purchasers of the Policies, to which
          the Variable Account, the depositor, or the principal
          underwriter is a party or of which the assets of the
          Variable Account are the subject.  There are no pending
          administrative proceedings commenced by or known to be
          contemplated by a governmental authority, material with
          respect to prospective purchasers of the Policies, to which
          the Variable Account, the depositor, or the principal
          underwriter is a party or of which the assets of the
          Variable Account are the subject.

                                       II

          GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE TRUST AND SECURITIES OF THE TRUST

GENERAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE
SECURITIES OF THE TRUST AND THE
RIGHTS OF HOLDERS

10.  Furnish a brief statement with respect to the following matters for each
     class or series of securities issued by the trust:

     (a)  Whether the securities are of the registered or bearer type.

               The Policies are of the registered type, insofar as a Policy
               is owned by the person named in the Policy as owner, and
               records are kept by the depositor concerning the Policy
               owner.

     (b)  Whether the securities are of the cumulative or distributive type.



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               The Policies are of the cumulative type, insofar as
               earnings in the Variable Account are reflected in
               Policy benefits and are not distributed.

     (c)  The rights of security holders with respect to withdrawal or
          redemption.

               See "SUMMARY OF THE POLICY," "THE POLICY -- Free Look
               Period," "ACCOUNT VALUE -- Surrender," "ACCOUNT VALUE --
               Partial Surrender," "ACCOUNT VALUE -- Allocation of
               Partial Surrender," "CHARGES, DEDUCTIONS AND REFUNDS --
               Sales Load Refund at Surrender," "POLICY LOANS," and
               "GENERAL PROVISIONS -- Maturity" in the Preliminary Prospectus
               for the Policies (the "Prospectus") in Exhibit D,
               incorporated herein by reference.

     (d)  The rights of security holders with respect to conversion, transfer,
          partial redemption, and similar matters.

               See "SUMMARY OF THE POLICY," "ACCOUNT VALUE -- Transfer
               Privileges," "ACCOUNT VALUE -- Surrender," "ACCOUNT
               VALUE -- Partial Surrender," "ACCOUNT VALUE --
               Allocation of Partial Surrender," "CHARGES, DEDUCTIONS
               AND REFUNDS -- Sales Load Refund at Surrender" and
               "POLICY LOANS" in the Prospectus in Exhibit D,
               incorporated herein by reference.

     (e)  If the trust is the issuer of periodic payment plan certificates, the
          substance of the provisions of any indenture or agreement with respect
          to lapses or defaults by security holders in making principal
          payments, and with respect to reinstatement.

               See "SUMMARY OF THE POLICY," "ACCOUNT VALUE --
               Insufficient Value" and "ACCOUNT VALUE -- Grace Period"
               in the Prospectus in Exhibit D, incorporated herein by
               reference.

     (f)  The substance of the provisions of any indenture or agreement with
          respect to voting rights, together with the names of any persons other
          than security holders given the right to exercise voting rights
          pertaining to the trust's


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          securities or the underlying securities and the relationship of 
          such persons to the trust. 

               See "GENERAL PROVISIONS -- Voting Rights" in the
               Prospectus in Exhibit D, incorporated herein by
               reference.

     (g)  Whether security holders must be given notice of any change in:

          (1)  the composition of the assets of the trust.

                    See "GENERAL PROVISIONS -- Additions,
                    Deletions or Substitution of Investments" and
                    "GENERAL PROVISIONS -- Change in the
                    Operation of the Variable Account" in the
                    Prospectus in Exhibit D, incorporated herein
                    by reference.

          (2)  the terms and conditions of the securities issued by the trust.

                    See "GENERAL PROVISIONS -- Modification" in
                    the Prospectus in Exhibit D, incorporated
                    herein by reference.

          (3)  the provisions of any indenture or agreement of the trust.

                    Not applicable.

          (4)  the identity of the depositor, trustee or custodian.

                    The identity of the depositor cannot be
                    changed except by operation of law upon a
                    merger or similar reorganization of the
                    depositor.  No notice to the owner of a
                    Policy is required for a change in the
                    custodian.

     (h)  Whether the consent of security holders is required in order for
          action to be taken concerning any change in:

          (1)  the composition of the assets of the trust.



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                    See "GENERAL PROVISIONS -- Additions,
                    Deletions or Substitution of Investments" and
                    "GENERAL PROVISIONS -- Change in the
                    Operation of the Variable Account" in the
                    Prospectus in Exhibit D, incorporated herein
                    by reference.


          (2)  the terms and conditions of the securities issued by the trust.

                    See "GENERAL PROVISIONS -- Modification" in
                    the Prospectus in Exhibit D, incorporated
                    herein by reference.

          (3)  the provisions of any indenture or agreement of the trust.

                    Not applicable.

          (4)  the identity of the depositor, trustee or custodian.

                    The identity of the depositor cannot be
                    changed except by operation of law upon a
                    merger or similar reorganization of the
                    depositor.  A change of custodian may be made
                    without the consent of the Owner of the
                    Policy.

     (i)  Any other principal feature of the securities issued by the trust or
          any other principal right, privilege or obligation not covered by
          subdivisions (a) to (g) or by any other item in this form.

               See "THE POLICY -- Application and Issuance of a Policy,"
               "PREMIUM PAYMENTS," "DEATH BENEFIT," "ACCOUNT VALUE --
               Account Value in the Sub-Accounts," "ACCOUNT VALUE -- Net
               Investment Factor," "ACCOUNT VALUE -- Account Value in the
               Loan Account," "CHARGES, DEDUCTIONS AND REFUNDS," and
               "FEDERAL TAX STATUS" in the Prospectus in Exhibit D,
               incorporated herein by reference.



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INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SECURITIES
UNDERLYING THE TRUST'S SECURITIES

11.  Describe briefly the kind or type of securities comprising the unit of
     specified securities in which security holders have an interest.

          The Policy Owner is not the owner of the securities held in
          the Variable Account, although the value of those securities
          is used to calculate Policy benefits.  The shares of the
          Funds, described in Item 12, which is incorporated herein by
          reference, are owned by the depositor and held in the
          Variable Account pursuant to Delaware insurance law, which
          governs the operation of separate accounts of Delaware
          insurance companies.  The Funds are registered, open-end
          diversified management investment companies. 

     If the trust owns or will own any securities of its regular brokers or
     dealers as defined in Rule 10b-1 under the Investment Company Act of
     1940, or their parents, identify those brokers or dealers and state
     the value of the registrant's aggregate holdings of the securities of
     each subject issuer as of the close of the registrant's most recent
     fiscal year.

          The Variable Account will not own any securities of its
          regular brokers or dealers as defined in Rule 10b-1 under
          the Investment Company Act of 1940, or their parents. 

12.  If the trust is the issuer of periodic payment plan certificates and if any
     underlying securities were issued by another investment company, furnish
     the following information for each such company:

          (a)  Name of company.

                    See "SUMMARY OF THE POLICY" and "THE COMPANY,
                    THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT AND THE FUNDS -- The
                    Funds" in the Prospectus in Exhibit D,
                    incorporated herein by reference.

          (b)  Name and principal business address of depositor.

                    Not applicable.



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          (c)  Name and principal business address of trustee or custodian.

                    For the MFS/Sun Life Series Trust ("MFS Series Fund"):

                    State Street Bank and Trust Company
                    225 Franklin Street
                    Boston, Massachusetts 02110

                    For the Fidelity Variable Insurance Product Fund ("VIP
                    Fund") Money Market and High Income Portfolios:

                    The Bank of New York
                    110 Washington Street
                    New York, New York

                    For the VIP Fund Equity-Income Portfolio:

                    The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
                    1211 Avenue of the Americas
                    New York, New York  10036

                    For VIP Fund Growth Portfolio and Fidelity Variable
                    Insurance Product Fund II ("VIP Fund II") Contrafund and
                    Index 500 Portfolios:

                    Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
                    40 Water Street
                    Boston, Massachusetts

                    For Neuberger & Berman Advisers Management Trust:

                    State Street Bank and Trust Company
                    225 Franklin Street
                    Boston, Massachusetts  02110

                    For Templeton Variable Products Series Fund:

                    Chase Manhattan Bank
                    MetroTech Center
                    Brooklyn, New York  11245



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                    Expected for the JPM Series Trust II:  

                    State Street Bank and Trust Company
                    225 Franklin Street
                    Boston, Massachusetts  02110


          (d)  Name and principal business address of principal underwriter.

                    For MFS Series Fund:

                    Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc.
                    500 Boylston Street
                    Boston, Massachusetts  02116

                    For VIP Fund and VIP Fund II:

                    Fidelity Distributors Corporation
                    82 Devonshire Street
                    Boston, Massachusetts  02109

                    For Neuberger & Berman Advisers Management Trust:

                    Neuberger & Berman Management Inc.
                    605 Third Avenue, 2nd Floor
                    New York, New York  10158

                    For Templeton Variable Products Series Fund:

                    Franklin Templeton Distributors, Inc.
                    P. O. Box 33030
                    St. Petersburg, Florida  33733-8030

                    Expected for JPM Series Trust II:

                    Funds Distributors, Inc.
                    60 State Street
                    Boston, Massachusetts  02109

          (e)  The period during which the securities of such company have been
               the underlying securities.



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                    The Variable Account has not yet acquired
                    shares of the Funds.

INFORMATION CONCERNING LOADS, FEES,
CHARGES AND EXPENSES

13.  (a)  Furnish the following information with respect to each load, fee,
          expense or charge to which (1) principal payments, (2) underlying
          securities, (3) distributions, (4) cumulated or reinvested
          distributions or income, and (5) redeemed or liquidated assets of the
          trust's securities are subject:

          (A)  the nature of such load, fee, expense, or charge;

          (B)  the amount thereof;

          (C)  the name of the person to whom such amounts are paid
               and his relationship to the trust;

          (D)  the nature of the services performed by such person in
               consideration for such load, fee, expense or charge.

                    (1)  With respect to principal payments and sub-paragraphs
                    (A) through (D) of this sub-item, see "SUMMARY OF THE
                    POLICY," "THE COMPANY, THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT AND THE FUNDS --
                    The Funds," "CHARGES, DEDUCTIONS AND REFUNDS -- Expense
                    Charges Deducted as a Percent of Premium," "CHARGES,
                    DEDUCTIONS AND REFUNDS -- Sales Load Refund at Surrender,"
                    "CHARGES, DEDUCTIONS AND REFUNDS -- Expense Charges Deducted
                    as a Percent of Assets," "CHARGES, DEDUCTIONS AND REFUNDS --
                    Expense Charges Deducted on a Per Policy Basis,"  "CHARGES,
                    DEDUCTIONS AND REFUNDS -- Monthly Cost of Insurance" and
                    "DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES" in the Prospectus in Exhibit
                    D, incorporated herein by reference.


                    (2)  With respect to underlying securities, the following
                    information is responsive to sub-paragraphs (A) through (D)
                    of this item.



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                    See "THE COMPANY, THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT AND THE FUNDS -- 
                    The Funds" in the Prospectus in Exhibit D, incorporated
                    herein by reference. In addition, the Prospectuses for the
                    Funds made available to Registrant disclose the following
                    expenses:

                    Massachusetts Financial Services Company ("MFS") makes
                    investment decisions for each series of the MFS Series Fund.
                    For these services and facilities, MFS receives the
                    following fees computed and paid monthly at an annual rate
                    equal to (i) 0.55% of the average daily net assets of the
                    Government Securities Series for the MFS Series Fund's then-
                    current fiscal year; (ii) 0.75% of the average daily net
                    assets of the Capital Appreciation Series for the MFS Series
                    Fund's then-current fiscal year; (iii) 0.75% of the first
                    $300 million of average daily net assets of the Total Return
                    Series and the Emerging Growth Series for the MFS Series
                    Fund's then-current fiscal year, and 0.675% of the average
                    daily net assets of each of these series in excess of $300
                    million (effective January 1, 1995, the fee for the Total
                    Return Series was reduced to 0.60% of the average daily net
                    assets of such series in excess of $1 billion); and (iv)
                    0.90% of the average daily net assets of the World Growth
                    Series for the MFS Series Fund's then-current fiscal year.

                    Each VIP Fund and VIP Fund II portfolio's management fee is
                    calculated and paid to Fidelity Management & Research
                    Company ("FMR") every month.  The fee for each fund
                    (excluding Money Market and Index 500 Portfolios) is
                    calculated by adding a group fee rate to an individual fund
                    fee rate, and multiplying the result by the fund's average
                    net assets.

                    Index 500's management fee is calculated and paid to FMR
                    every month.  The fund pays the fee at the annual rate of
                    0.28% of its average net assets.

                    Money Market's management fee is calculated by multiplying
                    the sum of two components by the fund's average net assets
                    and adding an income-based fee.  One component, the group
                    fee rate, is discussed below.  The other component, the
                    individual fund fee rate, is 0.03%.  The income-based fee is
                    6% of the fund's gross income in excess of a 5% yield and
                    cannot rise above 0.24% of the fund's average net assets.



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                    The group fee rate is based on the average net assets of all
                    the mutual funds advised by FMR.  This rate cannot rise
                    above 0.52% for Equity-Income, Growth and Contrafund
                    Portfolios and 0.37% for Money Market and High Income
                    Portfolios, and it drops as total assets under management
                    increase.

                    For December 31, 1995, the group fee rate was 0.3097% for
                    Equity-Income, Growth and Contrafund Portfolios, and 0.1482%
                    for Money Market and High Income Portfolios.

                    The funds' individual fund fee rates and total management
                    fees for fiscal year 1995 are outlined in the chart below.

                                             Individual fund       Management
                    Fund                        fee rate              fee
                    ----                     ---------------       ----------
                    Money Market Portfolio        0.03%               0.24%

                    Equity-Income Portfolio       0.20%               0.51%

                    Growth Portfolio              0.30%               0.61%

                    Contrafund Portfolio          0.30%               0.61%

                    High Income Portfolio         0.45%               0.60%

                    Neuberger & Berman Management Incorporated provides
                    investment management services and administrative services
                    to the Neuberger & Berman Advisers Management Trust
                    portfolios, for which it receives the following fees:

                    Partners                    Management
                                                ----------
                                                0.55% of first $250 million
                                                0.525% of next $250 million
                                                0.50% of next $250 million
                                                0.475% of next $250 million
                                                0.45% of next $500 million
                                                0.425% of over $1.5 billion

                                                Administration
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                                                0.30%



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                    Limited Maturity Bond       Management
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                                                0.25% of first $500 million
                                                0.225% of next $500 million
                                                0.20% of next $500 million
                                                0.175% of next $500 million
                                                0.15% of over $2 billion

                                                Administration
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                                                0.40%

                    Templeton Investment Counsel, Inc. is the investment manager
                    for Templeton Variable Products Series Fund.  As
                    compensation for this service, the Fund pays a monthly fee
                    equal on an annual basis to .50% of its average daily assets
                    during the year.

                    It is expected that Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New
                    York, a wholly-owned subsidiary of J.P. Morgan & Co.
                    Incorporated, will be the investment advisor for the JPM
                    Series Trust II portfolios.  It is expected that as
                    compensation for this service Morgan will receive the
                    following fees as an annual percentage of the average daily
                    net asset value of each portfolio:

                    Bond Portfolio             .30%
                    Equity Portfolio           .40%
                    Small Company Portfolio    .60%

                    (3)  With respect to distributions and sub-paragraphs (A)
                    through (D) of this sub-item, the response to Item 13(a)(1)
                    is incorporated herein by reference.

                    (4)  With respect to cumulated or reinvested distributions
                    or income and sub-paragraphs (A) through (D) of this sub-
                    item, the response to Item 13(a)(1) is incorporated herein
                    by reference.

                    (5)  With respect to redeemed or liquidated assets of the
                    trust's securities and sub-paragraphs (A) through (D) of 
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                    sub-item, the response to Item 13(a)(1) is incorporated
                    herein by reference.

      (b) For each installment payment type of periodic payment plan certificate
          of the trust, furnish the following information with respect to sales
          load and other deductions from principal payments.

               Not applicable.

      (c) State the amount of total deductions as a percentage of the net amount
          invested for each type of security issued by the trust.  State each
          different sales charge available as a percentage of the public
          offering price and as a percentage of the net amount invested.  List
          any special purchase plans or methods established by rule or exemptive
          order that reflect scheduled variations in, or elimination of, the
          sales load and identify each class of individuals or transactions to
          which such plans apply.

               See (a) above, which is incorporated herein by
               reference.  See also "CHARGES, DEDUCTIONS AND
               REFUNDS -- Reduction of Charges" in the Prospectus
               in Exhibit D, incorporated herein by reference.

      (d) Explain fully the reasons for any difference in the price at which
          securities are offered generally to the public, and the price at which
          securities are offered for any class of transactions to any class or
          group of individuals, including officers, directors, or employees of
          the depositor, trustee custodian or principal underwriter.

               See "CHARGES, DEDUCTIONS AND REFUNDS -- Reduction
               of Charges" in the Prospectus in Exhibit D,
               incorporated herein by reference.

      (e) Furnish a brief description of any loads, fees, expenses or charges
          not covered in Item 13(a) which may be paid by security holders in
          connection with the trust or its securities.

               None.

      (f) State whether the depositor, principal underwriter, custodian or
          trustee, or any affiliated person of the foregoing may receive profits
          or other benefits not included in answer to Item 13(a) or 13(d)
          through the sale or purchase



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          of the trust's securities or interests in such securities, or 
          underlying securities or interests in underlying securities, and 
          describe fully the nature and extent of such profits or benefits.

               Not applicable.

      (g) State the percentage that the aggregate annual charges and deductions
          for maintenance and other expenses of the trust bear to the dividend
          and interest income from the trust property during the period covered
          by the financial statements filed herewith.

               Not applicable.

INFORMATION CONCERNING THE
OPERATIONS OF THE TRUST

14.  Describe the procedure with respect to applications (if any) and the
     issuance and authentication of the trust's securities, and state the
     substance of the provisions of any indenture or agreement pertaining
     thereto.

          See "THE POLICY -- Application and Issuance of a Policy," in
          the Prospectus in Exhibit D, incorporated herein by
          reference.

15.  Describe the procedure with respect to the receipt of payments from
     purchasers of the trust's securities and the handling of the proceeds
     thereof, and state the substance of the provisions of any indenture or
     agreement pertaining thereto.

          See "THE POLICY -- Application and Issuance of a Policy,"
          "THE POLICY -- Free Look Period," "PREMIUM PAYMENTS --
          Planned Periodic Premiums," "PREMIUM PAYMENTS -- Allocation
          of Net Premium," "ACCOUNT VALUE -- Account Value in the Sub-
          Accounts" and "ACCOUNT VALUE -- Transfer Privileges" in the
          Prospectus in Exhibit D, incorporated herein by reference.

16.  Describe the procedure with respect to the acquisition of underlying
     securities and the disposition thereof, and state the substance of the
     provisions of any indenture or agreement pertaining thereto.

          See "PREMIUM PAYMENTS -- Allocation of Net Premium,"
          "ACCOUNT VALUE -- Account Value in the Sub-Accounts,"
          "ACCOUNT VALUE -- Net Investment



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          Factor," "ACCOUNT VALUE -- Account Value in the Loan Account," 
          "ACCOUNT VALUE -- Transfer Privileges," "ACCOUNT VALUE -- 
          Allocation of Partial Surrender" and "POLICY LOANS" in the 
          Prospectus in Exhibit D, incorporated herein by reference.

17.  (a)  Describe the procedure with respect to withdrawal or redemption by
          security holders.

               See "THE POLICY -- Free Look Period,""ACCOUNT VALUE --
               Surrender," "ACCOUNT VALUE -- Partial Surrender,"
               "ACCOUNT VALUE -- Allocation of Partial Surrender" and
               "POLICY LOANS" in the Prospectus in Exhibit D,
               incorporated herein by reference.

     (b)  Furnish the names of any persons who may redeem or repurchase, or are
          required to redeem or repurchase, the trust's securities or underlying
          securities from security holders, and the substance of the provision
          of any indenture or agreement pertaining thereto.

               The depositor is required to comply with surrender
               requests as described in Items 10(c) and 17(a) above.

     (c)  Indicate whether repurchased or redeemed securities will be cancelled
          or may be resold.

               If the Owner surrenders the Policy, the Policy will be
               cancelled upon payment of the cash surrender value.

18.  (a)  Describe the procedure with respect to the receipt, custody and
          disposition of the income and other distributable funds of the trust
          and state the substance of the provisions of any indenture or
          agreement pertaining thereto.

               See "THE COMPANY, THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT AND THE
               FUNDS -- The Variable Account," "ACCOUNT VALUE --
               Account Value in the Sub-Accounts" and "ACCOUNT
               VALUE -- Net Investment Factor" in the Prospectus
               in Exhibit D, incorporated herein by reference.



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     (b)  Describe the procedure, if any, with respect to the reinvestment of
          distributions to security holders and state the substance of the
          provisions of any indenture or agreement pertaining thereto.

               Not applicable.

     (c)  If any reserves or special funds are created out of income or
          principal, state with respect to each such reserve or fund the purpose
          and ultimate disposition thereof, and describe the manner of handling
          of same.

               Pursuant to state insurance law requirements, the
               depositor maintains reserves to cover its
               obligations under the Policies.  The assets in the
               Variable Account attributable to Policies
               constitute a part of these reserves.  Although
               these reserves support the Policies, owners have
               no ownership interest therein and any excess
               reserves will be for the benefit of the depositor
               and not for Policy owners.  The general account of
               the depositor, which includes the proceeds of the
               cost of insurance charge described in Item 13(a),
               which is incorporated herein by reference, is
               available to satisfy the depositor's obligations
               under the Policies.

     (d)  Submit a schedule showing the periodic and special distributions which
          have been made to security holders during the three years covered by
          the financial statements filed herewith.  State for each such
          distribution the aggregate amount and amount per share.  If
          distributions from sources other than current income have been made
          identify each such other source and indicate whether such distribution
          represents the return of principal payments to security holders.  If
          payments other than cash were made describe the nature thereof, the
          account charged and the basis of determining the amount of such
          charge.

               Not applicable.

19.  Describe the procedure with respect to the keeping of records and accounts
     of the trust, the making of reports and the furnishing of information to
     security holders and the substance of the provisions of any indenture or
     agreement pertaining thereto.



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          The depositor will maintain appropriate records and accounts
          for Policy Owners and the Variable Account.  See "GENERAL
          PROVISIONS -- Report to Owner" and "OTHER CONTRACTUAL
          ARRANGEMENTS -- Administration" in the Prospectus in Exhibit
          D, incorporated herein by reference.

20.  State the substance of the provisions of any indenture or agreement
     concerning the trust with respect to the following:

     (a)  Amendments to such indenture or agreement.

               Not applicable.

     (b)  The extension or termination of such indenture or agreement.

               Not applicable.

     (c)  The removal or resignation of the trustee or custodian, or the failure
          of the trustee or custodian to perform its duties, obligations and
          functions.

               Not applicable.

     (d)  The appointment of a successor trustee and the procedure if a
          successor trustee is not appointed.

               Not applicable.

     (e)  The removal or resignation of the depositor, or the failure of the
          depositor to perform its duties, obligations and functions.

               Not applicable.

     (f)  The appointment of a successor depositor and the procedure if a
          successor depositor is not appointed.

               Not applicable.



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21.  (a)  State the substance of the provisions of any indenture or agreement
          with respect to loans to security holders.

               See "POLICY LOANS" in the Prospectus in Exhibit D,
               incorporated herein by reference.

     (b)  Furnish a brief description of any procedure or arrangement by which
          loans are made available to security holders by the depositor,
          principal underwriter, trustee or custodian, or any affiliated person
          of the foregoing.  The following items should be covered:

          (1)  The name of each person who makes such agreements or arrangements
               with security holders.

          (2)  The rate of interest payment on such loans.

          (3)  The period for which loans may be made.

          (4)  Costs or charges for default in repayment at maturity.

          (5)  Other material provisions of the agreement or arrangement.

               See "DEATH BENEFIT -- Benefits at Death," "ACCOUNT
               VALUE -- Account Value in the Loan Account" and "POLICY
               LOANS" in the Prospectus in Exhibit D, incorporated
               herein by reference.

     (c)  If such loans are made, furnish the aggregate amount of loans
          outstanding at the end of the last fiscal year, the amount of interest
          collected during the last fiscal year allocated to the depositor,
          principal underwriter, trustee or custodian or affiliated person of
          the foregoing and the aggregate amount of loans in default at the end
          of the last fiscal year covered by financial statements filed
          herewith.

               Not applicable.

22.  State the substance of the provisions of any indenture or agreement with
     respect to limitations on the liabilities of the depositor, trustee or
     custodian, or any other party to such indenture or agreement.

          Not applicable.



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23.  Describe any bonding arrangement for officers, directors, partners or
     employees of the depositor or principal underwriter of the trust, including
     the amount of coverage and the type of bond.

          The directors, officers and employees of the depositor and principal
          underwriter are bonded in the amount of $25,000,000 by a Financial
          Institutions Blanket Bond, for any dishonest, fraudulent, or criminal
          act, wherever committed, and whether committed alone or in collusion
          with others.  

24.  State the substance of any other material provisions of any indenture or
     agreement concerning the trust or its securities and a description of any
     other material functions or duties of the depositor, trustee or custodian
     not stated in Item 10 or Items 14 to 23 inclusive.

          None.


                                       III

                     ORGANIZATION, PERSONNEL AND AFFILIATED
                              PERSONS OF DEPOSITOR

ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS OF DEPOSITOR

25.  State the form of organization of the depositor of the trust, the name of
     the state or other sovereign power under the laws of which the depositor
     was organized and the date of organization.

          The depositor is a stock life insurance corporation
          organized under the laws of the State of Delaware on January
          12, 1970.

26.  (a)  Furnish the following information with respect to all fees received by
          the depositor of the trust in connection with the exercise of any
          functions or duties concerning securities of the trust during the
          period covered by the financial statements filed herewith:

               Not applicable.

     (b)  Furnish the following information with respect to any fee or any
          participation in fees received by the depositor from any underlying
          investment company or any affiliated person or investment adviser of
          such company:



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          (1)  The nature of such fee or participation.

          (2)  The name of the person making payment.

          (3)  The nature of the services rendered in consideration for such fee
               or participation.

          (4)  The aggregate amount received during the last fiscal year covered
               by the financial statements filed herewith.

                    None with respect to the trust.

27.  Describe the general character of the business engaged in by the depositor
     including a statement as to any business other than that of depositor of
     the trust.  If the depositor acts or has acted in any capacity with respect
     to any investment company or companies other than the trust, state the name
     or names of such company or companies, their relationship, if any, to the
     trust, and the nature of the depositor's activities therewith.  If the
     depositor has ceased to act in such named capacity, state the date of and
     circumstances surrounding such cessation.

          See "THE COMPANY, THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT, AND THE FUNDS -- The
          Company" in the Prospectus in Exhibit D, incorporated herein
          by reference.

          The depositor offers variable annuity policies and has
          offered Variable Life Insurance policies through its other
          separate accounts registered as unit investment trusts or
          management investment companies under the Investment Company
          Act of 1940.  The depositor may also offer variable annuity
          policies through separate accounts that are not registered
          under the 1940 Act, in reliance on exemptions from such
          registrations.

          The depositor also participated in the organization of Sun
          Growth Fund, Inc. and Sun Growth Variable Annuity Fund,
          Inc., two open-end diversified management investment
          companies.  Shares of Sun Growth Fund, Inc. were the sole
          investment of Sun  Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Accounts A
          and B until April 22, 1982, at which time shares of Sun
          Growth Variable Annuity Fund, Inc. were substituted as the
          underlying investment of those separate accounts and as the
          security to be purchased by the accounts in the future. 
          This substitution resulted from issuance by the Internal
          Revenue



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          Service of Revenue Ruling 81-225 which adversely affected the tax 
          treatment of certain deferred variable annuity contracts funded 
          with mutual fund shares which are also available for purchase 
          directly by the general public. Shares of Sun Growth Variable 
          Annuity Fund, Inc. are available only to the separate accounts.

OFFICIALS AND AFFILIATED PERSONS OF DEPOSITOR

28.  (a)  Furnish as at latest practicable date the following information with
          respect to the depositor of the trust, with respect to each officer,
          director, or partner of the depositor, and with respect to each
          natural person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding
          with power to vote 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of
          the depositor.

               See "THE COMPANY, THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT AND THE FUNDS --
               The Company" and "THE COMPANY'S DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE
               OFFICERS" in the Prospectus in Exhibit D, incorporated
               herein by reference.

     (b)  Furnish a brief statement of the business experience during the last
          five years of each officer, director or partner of the depositor.

               See "THE COMPANY'S DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS" in
               the Prospectus in Exhibit D, incorporated herein by
               reference.

COMPANIES OWNING SECURITIES OF DEPOSITOR

29.  Furnish as at latest practicable date the following information with
     respect to each company which directly or indirectly owns, controls of
     holds with power to vote 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of
     the depositor.

          All outstanding voting securities of the depositor are owned
          by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada.

CONTROLLING PERSONS

30.  Furnish as at latest practicable date the following information with
     respect to any person, other than those covered by Items 28, 29, and 42 who
     directly or indirectly controls the depositor.



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          None.

COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
OF DEPOSITOR, COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS
OF DEPOSITOR

31.  Furnish the following information with respect to the remuneration for
     services paid by the depositor during the last fiscal year covered by
     financial statements filed herewith:

      (a) directly to each of the officers or partners of the depositor directly
          receiving the three highest amounts of remuneration:

      (b) directly to all officers or partners of the depositor as a group
          exclusive of persons whose remuneration is included under Item 31(a),
          stating separately the aggregate amount paid by the depositor itself
          and the aggregate amount paid by all the subsidiaries;

      (c) indirectly or through subsidiaries to each of the officers or partners
          of the depositor.

               Not applicable.

COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

32.  Furnish the following information with respect to the remuneration for
     services, exclusive of remuneration reported under Item 31, paid by the
     depositor during the last fiscal year covered by financial statements filed
     herewith:

      (a) the aggregate direct remuneration to directors

      (b) indirectly or through subsidiaries to directors

               Not applicable.     

COMPENSATION TO EMPLOYEES

33.  (a)  Furnish the following information with respect to the aggregate amount
          of remuneration for services of all employees of the depositor
          (exclusive of persons who remuneration is reported in Items 31 and 32)
          who received remuneration in excess of $10,000 during the last fiscal
          year covered by financial statement filed herewith from the depositor
          and any of its subsidiaries.



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               Not applicable.

      (b) Furnish the following information with respect to the remuneration for
          services paid directly during the last fiscal year covered by
          financial statements filed herewith to the following classes of
          persons (exclusive of those persons covered by Item 33(a)): (1) Sales
          managers, branch managers, district managers and other persons
          supervising the sale of registrant's securities; (2) Salesmen, sales
          agents, canvassers and other persons making solicitations but not in
          supervisory capacity; (3) Administrative and clerical employees; and
          (4) Others (specify).  If a person is employed in more than one
          capacity, classify according to predominant type of work.

               Not applicable.

COMPENSATION TO OTHER PERSONS

34.  Furnish the following information with respect to the aggregate amount of
     compensation for services paid any person (exclusive of persons whose
     remuneration is reported in Items 31, 32 and 33), whose aggregate
     compensation in connection with services rendered with respect to the trust
     in all capacities exceeded $10,000 during the last fiscal year covered by
     financial statements filed herewith from the depositor and any of its
     subsidiaries.

               Not applicable.  


                                       IV

                    DISTRIBUTION AND REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

DISTRIBUTION OF SECURITIES

35.  Furnish the names of the states in which sales of the trust's securities
     (a) are currently being made, (b) are presently proposed to be made, and
     (c) have been discontinued, indicating by appropriate letter the status
     with respect to each state.

          (a)  Sale of the Policies has not commenced in any state.

          (b)  It is presently proposed that Policies will be sold in all states
               except New York and Vermont.

          (c)  Not applicable.



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36.  If sales of the trust's securities have at any time since January 1, 1936
     been suspended for more than a month describe briefly the reasons for such
     suspension.

          Not applicable.

37.  (a)  Furnish the following information with respect to each instance where
          subsequent to January 1, 1937, any federal or state governmental
          officer, agency, or regulatory body denied authority to distribute
          securities of the trust, excluding a denial which was merely a
          procedural step prior to any determination by such officer, etc. which
          denial was subsequently rescinded.

               (1)  Name of officer, agency or body.

               (2)  Date of denial.

               (3)  Brief statement of reason given for denial.

                    Not applicable.

     (b)  Furnish the following information with regard to each instance where,
          subsequent to January 1, 1937, the authority to distribute securities
          of the trust has been revoked by any federal or state governmental
          officer, agency or regulatory body.

               (1)  Name of officer, agency or body.

               (2)  Date of revocation.

               (3)  Brief statement of reason given for revocation.

                    Not applicable.

38.  (a)  Furnish a general description of the method of distribution of
          securities of the trust.

               See "DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES" in the Prospectus in
               Exhibit D, incorporated herein by reference.

     (b)  State the substance of any current selling agreement between each
          principal underwriter and the trust or the depositor, including a
          statement as to the



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          inception and termination dates of the agreement, any renewal and 
          termination provisions, and any assignment provisions. 

               See Item 38(a), which is incorporated herein by
               reference.

     (c)  State the substance of any current agreements or arrangements of each
          principal underwriter with dealers, agents, salesmen, etc. with
          respect to commissions and overriding commissions, territories,
          franchises, qualifications and revocations.  If the trust is the
          issuer of periodic payment plan certificates, furnish schedules of
          commissions and the bases thereof.  In lieu of a statement concerning
          schedules of commissions, such schedules of commissions may be filed
          as Exhibit A(3)(c).

               To be filed by amendment to the trust's Registration
               Statement on Form S-6.

INFORMATION CONCERNING PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITER

39.  (a)  State the form of organization of each principal underwriter of
          securities of the trust, the name of the state or other sovereign
          power under the laws of which each underwriter was organized and the
          date of organization.

               Sun Investment Services Company is a corporation organized under
               the laws of Delaware on August 6, 1970.
 
     (b)  State whether any principal underwriter currently distributing
          securities of the trust is a member of the National Association of
          Securities Dealers, Inc.

               No Policies are currently being distributed.  Sun Investment
               Services Company is a member of the National Association of
               Securities Dealers, Inc.

40.  (a)  Furnish the following information with respect to all fees received by
          each principal underwriter of the trust from the sale of securities of
          the trust and any other functions in connection therewith exercised by
          such underwriter in such capacity or otherwise during the period
          covered by the financial statements filed herewith.

               Not applicable

     (b)  Furnish the following information with respect to any fee or any
          participation in fees received by each principal underwriter from any


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          underlying investment company or any affiliated person or investment
          adviser of such company:

               (1)  The nature of such fee or participation.

               (2)  The name of the person making payment.

               (3)  The nature of the services rendered in consideration for
                    such fee or participation.

               (4)  The aggregate amount received during the last fiscal year
                    covered by the financial statements filed herewith.

                    None with respect to the trust.

41.  (a)  Describe the general character of the business engaged in by each
          principal underwriter, including a statement as to any business other
          than the distribution of securities of the trust.  If a principal
          underwriter acts or has acted in any capacity with respect to any
          investment company or companies other than the trust, state the name
          or names of such company or companies, their relationship, if any, to
          the trust and the nature of such activities.  If a principal
          underwriter has ceased to act in such named capacity, state the date
          of an the circumstances surrounding such cessation.

               The principal underwriter is Sun Investment Services Company, a
               wholly owned subsidiary of the depositor.  It is a broker/dealer
               registered under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; in this
               capacity, its business is limited to distribution of mutual
               funds, variable insurance products (life and annuity) and limited
               partnerships and it does not act as a broker/dealer in the
               execution of transactions for any client's portfolio.  It is also
               an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers
               Act; currently, 100% of its business in this area is investment
               supervisory services.  From October 6, 1981 to November 1, 1982,
               Sun Investment Services Company served as investment adviser to
               Sun Growth Variable Annuity Fund, at which point MFS, a newly
               acquired subsidiary of the depositor, became the investment
               adviser.  The company served as general distributor for, and
               investment adviser to, Sun Growth Fund from November 18, 1970 to
               December 15, 1983, at which time Sun Growth Fund was merged into
               another mutual fund.


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     (b)  Furnish as at latest practicable date the address of each branch
          office of each principal underwriter currently selling securities of
          the trust and furnish the name and residence address of the person in
          charge of such office.

               Not applicable.

     (c)  Furnish the number of individual salesmen of each principal
          underwriter through whom any of the securities of the trust were
          distributed for the last fiscal year of the trust covered by the
          financial statements filed herewith and furnish the aggregate amount
          of compensation received by such salesmen in such year.  

               Not applicable.

42.  Furnish as at latest practicable date the following information with
     respect to each principal underwriter currently distributing securities of
     the trust and with respect to each of the officers, directors or partners
     of such underwriter.

               Not applicable.

43.  Furnish, for the last fiscal covered by the financial statements filed
     herewith, the amount of brokerage commissions received by any principal
     underwriter who is a member of a national securities exchange and who is
     currently distributing the securities of the trust or effecting
     transactions for the trust in the portfolio securities of the trust.

               Not applicable.

44.  (a)  Furnish the following information with respect to the method of
          valuation used by the trust for purpose of determining the offering
          price to the public of securities issued by the trust or the valuation
          of shares of interests in the underlying securities acquired by the
          holder of a periodic payment plan certificate:

               (1)  The source of quotations used to determine the value of
                    portfolio securities.

                    Fund shares are valued at net asset value, as supplied to
                    the depositor by the Funds or their agents.


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               (2)  Whether opening, closing, bid, asked or any other price is
                    used.

                    Not applicable.

               (3)  Whether price is as of the day of sale or as of any other
                    time.

               (4)  A brief description of the methods used by registrant for
                    determining other assets and liabilities including accrual
                    for expenses and taxes.

               (5)  Other items which registrant adds to the net asset value in
                    computing offering price of its securities.

               (6)  Whether adjustments are made for fractions.

                         (i)  before adding distributor's compensation (load);
                              and

                         (ii) after adding distributor's compensation (load).

                         As to (3) through (6), see Item 15, which is
                         incorporated herein by reference.

     (b)  Furnish a specimen schedule showing the components of the offering
          price of the trust's securities as at the latest practicable date.  

               Not applicable.

     (c)  If there is any variation in the offering price of the trust's
          securities to any person or classes of persons other than
          underwriters, state the nature and amount of such variation and
          indicate the person or classes of persons to whom such offering is
          made.

               The Premiums paid for each Policy depend on factors such as sex,
               attained age and risk class of the insured and the amount of
               insurance coverage purchased.  See also "CHARGES, DEDUCTIONS AND
               REFUNDS -- Reduction of Charges" in the Prospectus in Exhibit D,
               incorporated herein by reference.  

45.       Furnish the following information with respect to any suspension
          of the redemption rights of the securities issued by the trust
          during the three fiscal years covered by the financial statements
          filed herewith:



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          (a)  by whose action redemption rights were suspended.

          (b)  the number of days' notice given to security holders prior to
               suspension of redemption rights.

          (c)  reason for suspension.

          (d)  period during which suspension was in effect.

               Not applicable.     

REDEMPTION VALUATION OF 
SECURITIES OF THE TRUST

46.  (a)  Furnish the following information with respect to the method of
          determining the redemption or withdrawal valuation of securities
          issued by the trust:

               (1)  The source of quotation used to determine the value of
                    portfolio securities.

                    Item 44(a)(1) is incorporated herein by reference.

               (2)  Whether opening, closing, bid, asked or any other price is
                    used.

                    Not applicable.

               (3)  Whether price is as of the day of sale or as of any other
                    time.

               (4)  A brief  description of the methods used by registrant for
                    determining other assets and liabilities including accrual
                    for expenses and taxes (including taxes on unrealized
                    appreciation).

               (5)  Other items which registrant deducts from the net asset
                    value in computing redemption value of its securities.



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               (6)  Whether adjustments are made for fractions.

                    As to (3) through (6), see Item 15, which is incorporated
                    herein by reference.

      (b) Furnish a specimen schedule showing the components of the redemption
          price to the holders of the trust's securities as at the latest
          practicable date. 
               To the extent applicable, see Item 15, which is incorporated
               herein by reference.

PURCHASE AND SALE OF INTERESTS IN
UNDERLYING SECURITIES FROM AND TO
SECURITY HOLDERS

47.  Furnish a statement as to the procedure with respect to the maintenance of
     a position in the underlying securities or interests in the underlying
     securities, the extent and nature thereof and the person who maintains such
     a position.  Include a description of the procedure with respect to the
     purchase of underlying securities or interests in the underlying securities
     from security holders who exercise redemption or withdrawal rights and the
     sale of such underlying securities and interests in the underlying
     securities to other security holders.  State whether the method of
     valuation of such underlying securities or interests in underlying
     securities differs from that set forth in Items 44 and 46.  If any item of
     expenditure included in the determination of the valuation is not or may
     not actually be incurred or expended, explain the nature of such item and
     who may benefit from the transaction.

          None.  There is no procedure for the purchase of underlying securities
          or interests therein from Owners who exercise cash surrender rights.

                                       V.

                           INFORMATION CONCERNING THE
                              TRUSTEE OR CUSTODIAN

48.  Furnish the following information as to each trustee or custodian of the
     trust.

     (a)  Name and principal business address

               The depositor acts as custodian of the assets of the Variable
               Account.



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     (b)  Form of organization

               Corporation.

     (c)  State or other sovereign power under the laws of which the trustee or
          custodian was organized.

               Delaware.

     (d)  Name of governmental supervising or examining authority

               The governmental supervising or examining authorities of the
               custodian are the Insurance Departments of the various
               jurisdictions in which the depositor is licensed to transact
               business, with the Insurance Department of Delaware, its
               domiciliary state, having primary authority.

49.  State the basis for payment of fees or expenses of the trustee or custodian
     for services rendered with respect to the trust and its securities, and the
     aggregate amount thereof for the last fiscal year.  Indicate the person
     paying such fees or expenses.  If any fees or expenses are prepaid, state
     the unearned amount.

          Not applicable.  The depositor receives no fees for acting as
          custodian.

50.  State whether the trustee or custodian or any other person has or may
     create a lien on the assets of the trust, and if so, give full particulars,
     outlining the substance of the provisions of any indenture or agreement
     with respect thereto.

          Under Delaware law, the income, gains and losses, realized or
          unrealized, from assets allocated to a variable account shall be
          credited to or charged against the account, without regard to other
          income, gains or losses of the depositor.  The policies providing
          benefits which vary in accordance with the investment performance of
          the Variable Account specifically provide that the portion of the
          assets of the Variable Account equal to the reserves and other policy
          liabilities with respect to such account shall not be chargeable with
          liabilities arising out of any other business which the depositor may
          conduct.



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                                       VI.

                       INFORMATION CONCERNING INSURANCE OF
                              HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

51.  Furnish the following information with respect to insurance of holders of
     securities:

      (a) The name and address of the insurance company.

               See Item 2, which is incorporated herein by reference.

      (b) The types of policies and whether individual or group policies.

               The Policies are flexible premium variable universal life
               insurance policies which are issued on an individual basis.

      (c) The types of risks insured and excluded.

      (d) The coverage of the policies.

      (e) The beneficiaries of such policies and the uses to which the proceeds
          of policies must be put.

      (f) The terms and manner of cancellation and of reinstatement.

      (g) The method of determining the amount of premiums to be paid by holders
          of securities.

      (h) The amount of aggregate premiums paid to the insurance company during
          the last fiscal year.

      (i) Whether any person other than the insurance company receives any part
          of such premiums, the name of each such person and the amounts
          involved, and the nature of the services rendered therefor.

      (j) The substance of any other material provisions of any indenture or
          agreement of the trust relating to insurance

               As to (c) through (j), see "THE POLICY", "PREMIUM PAYMENTS",
               "DEATH BENEFIT", "ACCOUNT VALUE", "CHARGES, DEDUCTIONS, AND
               REFUNDS", "POLICY



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               LOANS", and "GENERAL PROVISIONS" in the Prospectus in Exhibit 
               D, incorporated herein by reference. 

                                      VII.

                            POLICY OF THE REGISTRANT

52.  (a)  Furnish the substance of the provisions of any indenture or agreement
          with respect to the conditions upon which and the method of selection
          by which particular portfolio securities must or may be eliminated
          from assets of the trust or must or may be replaced by other portfolio
          securities.  If an investment adviser or other person is to be
          employed in connection with such selection, elimination or
          substitution, state the name of such person, the nature of any
          affiliation to the depositor, trustee or custodian, and any principal
          underwriter, and the amount of remuneration to be received for such
          services.  If any particular person is not designed in the indenture
          or agreement, describe briefly the method of selection of such person.

               See "GENERAL PROVISIONS -- Addition, Deletion or
               Substitution of Investments" in the Prospectus in
               Exhibit D, which is incorporated herein by
               reference.

      (b) Furnish the following information with respect to each transaction
          involving the elimination of any underlying security during the period
          covered by the financial statements filed herewith:

          (1)  Title of security.

          (2)  Date of elimination.

          (3)  Reasons for elimination.

          (4)  The use of the proceeds from the sale of the eliminated security.

          (5)  Title of security substituted, if any.

          (6)  Whether depositor, principal underwriter, trustee or custodian or
               any affiliated person of the foregoing were involved in the
               transaction.

          (7)  Compensation or remuneration received by each such person
               directly or indirectly as a result of the transaction.



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               Not applicable.

     (c)  Describe the policy of the trust with respect to the substitution and
          elimination of the underlying securities of the trust with respect to:

          (1)  the grounds for elimination and substitution;

          (2)  the type of securities which may be substituted for any
               underlying security;

          (3)  whether the acquisition of such substituted security or
               securities would constitute the concentration of investment in a
               particular industry or group of industries or would conform to a
               policy of concentration of investment in a particular industry or
               group of industries;

          (4)  whether such substituted securities may be the securities of
               another investment company; and

          (5)  the substance of the provisions of any indenture or agreement
               which authorize or restrict the policy of the registrant in this
               regard.

                    See Items 10(g), 10(h) and 52(a), which are
                    incorporated herein by reference.

     (d)  Furnish a description of any policy (exclusive of policies covered by
          paragraphs (a) and (b) herein) of the trust which is deemed a matter
          of fundamental policy and which is elected to be treated as such.

               None.

REGULATED INVESTMENT COMPANY

53.  (a)  State the taxable status of the trust.

               See "FEDERAL TAX STATUS -- Tax Treatment of the Company and the
               Variable Account" in the Prospectus in Exhibit D, incorporated
               herein by reference.

     (b)  State whether the trust qualified for the last taxable year as a
          regulated investment company as defined in Section 851 of the Internal
          Revenue Code of 1954, and state its present intention with respect to
          such qualifications during the current taxable year.



                                     -35-

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               Not applicable.  See Item 53(a), which is incorporated
               herein by reference.

                                      VIII.

                      FINANCIAL AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION

54.  If the trust is not the issuer of periodic payment plan certificates
     furnish the following information with respect to each class or series of
     its securities:

          Not applicable.

55.  If the trust is the issuer of periodic payment plan certificates, a
     transcript of a hypothetical account shall be filed in approximately the
     following form on the basis of the certificate calling for the smallest
     amount of payments.  The schedule shall cover a certificate of the type
     currently being sold assuming that such certificate had been sold at a date
     approximately ten years prior to the date of registration or at the
     approximate date of organization of the trust.

          Not applicable. 

56.  If the trust is the issuer of periodical payment plan certificates, furnish
     by years for the period covered by the financial statements filed herewith
     in respect of certificates sold during such period, the following
     information for each fully paid type and each installment payment type of
     periodic payment plan certificate currently being issued by the trust.

          Not applicable.

57.  If the trust is the issuer of periodic payment plan certificates, furnish
     by years for the period covered by the financial statements filed herewith
     the following information for each installment payment type of periodic
     payment plan certificate currently being issued by the trust.

          Not applicable.

58.  If the trust is the issuer of periodic payment plan certificates furnish
     the following information for each installment payment type of periodic
     payment plan certificate outstanding as at the latest practicable date.

          Not applicable.



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59.  Financial statements shall be filed in accordance with the instructions
     given below:

     Financial Statements of the Trust:

          None

     Financial Statements of the depositor:

          The Financial Statements of the depositor will be contained in a pre-
          effective amendment to the Registration Statement on Form S-6 filed by
          the Registrant pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933.  They are
          incorporated herein by reference.


                                       IX.

                                    EXHIBITS


A.   (1)  Resolution of Board of Directors of the depositor dated December 3,
          1985 authorizing the establishment of the variable account.*

     (2)  Not applicable.

     (3)  Distributing Policies:

          (a)  Agreement between the trust or depositor and principal
               underwriter.**

          (b)  Specimen of typical agreement(s) between principal underwriter
               and dealers, managers, sales supervisors and salesmen.**

          (c)  Schedule of sales commissions referred to in Item 38(c).**

     (4)  Not applicable.

     (5)  Form of Flexible Premium Variable Universal Life Insurance Policy.**

     (6)  (a)  Certificate of Incorporation of the depositor.***

          (b)  By-Laws of the depositor.***

     (7)  Not applicable.



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     (8)  (i)  Agreements between the trust or the depositor concerning the
               trust with the issuer, depositor, principal underwriter or
               investment advice of any underlying investment company or any
               affiliated person or such persons.**

     (9)  All other material contracts not entered into in the ordinary course
          of business of the trust or of the depositor concerning the trust.**

     (10) Form of Application for Flexible Premium Variable Universal Life
          Insurance Policy.**

B.   (1)  Not applicable.

     (2)  Not applicable.

C.   Not applicable.

D.   Preliminary Prospectus for the Sun Life Corporate VUL

___________________

*    Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement of Sun Life of
     Canada (U.S.) Variable Account F on Form N-4, File No. 33-29852.

**   To be filed by pre-effective amendment to the trust's Registration
     Statement on Form S-6.

***  Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement of the depositor on
     Form S-1, File No. 33-29851.



                                     -38-

<PAGE>



                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
depositor of the registrant has caused this registration statement to be duly
signed on behalf of the registrant in the Town of Wellesley and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts on the __ day of September, 1996.

               SUN LIFE OF CANADA (U.S.) VARIABLE ACCOUNT G
                    (Name of Registrant)



          By:  SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA (U.S.)
                    (Name of Depositor)


          By:  ________________________________________________________
               David D. Horn, Senior Vice President and General Manager




Attest: ______________________________
       Margaret Sears Mead
       Secretary



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<PAGE>
                                                                      PROSPECTUS
                                                               DECEMBER   , 1996
 
                           SUN LIFE CORPORATE VUL-TM-
 
               --------------------------------------------------
 
ISSUED BY
SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA (U.S.)
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA.
 
ONE SUN LIFE EXECUTIVE PARK (ATTN: CORPORATE MARKETS)
WELLESLEY HILLS, MASSACHUSETTS 02181
(800) 432-1102 EXT. 2438
 
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
    This  Prospectus  describes  Sun  Life  Corporate  VUL,  a  flexible premium
variable universal  life insurance  policy (the  "Policy") offered  by Sun  Life
Assurance  Company of Canada (U.S.) (the  "Company"). The Policy is designed for
use by corporations  and other  employers, to provide  life insurance  benefits,
flexibility of premium payments, and a variety of investment options.
 
    The  Policy provides a choice of two  death benefit options and two tests to
be used to determine if the  Policy qualifies as "life insurance" under  federal
tax  laws. The Policy has a Cash  Surrender Value which generally increases with
the payment of each Premium, decreases  to reflect charges, and varies with  the
investment performance of the underlying investment options. There is no minimum
Cash  Surrender Value.  You may also  borrow against your  Account Value, within
certain limits.  Additional  life  insurance  coverage  is  available  under  an
Additional Protection Benefit Rider.
 
    The  Policy will  remain in effect  so long  as the Account  Value less your
Policy Debt is sufficient to cover charges assessed against the Policy.
 
    The Policy allows you  to allocate Net Premiums  and Account Value among  17
Sub-Accounts,  each of which invests in  a corresponding investment portfolio of
one of the following mutual funds: MFS/Sun Life Series Trust, Fidelity  Variable
Insurance Products Fund, Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund II, Neuberger
&  Berman Advisers Management Trust, JPM  Series Trust II and Templeton Variable
Products Series Fund.
 
THIS PROSPECTUS IS VALID  ONLY WHEN ACCOMPANIED BY  THE CURRENT PROSPECTUSES  OF
MFS/SUN  LIFE SERIES TRUST, FIDELITY  VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND, FIDELITY
VARIABLE INSURANCE  PRODUCTS FUND  II, NEUBERGER  & BERMAN  ADVISERS  MANAGEMENT
TRUST,  JPM SERIES  TRUST II  AND TEMPLETON  VARIABLE PRODUCTS  SERIES FUND. YOU
SHOULD RETAIN THESE PROSPECTUSES FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
 
THESE SECURITIES HAVE  NOT BEEN APPROVED  OR DISAPPROVED BY  THE SECURITIES  AND
EXCHANGE  COMMISSION NOR HAS THE COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY
OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

<PAGE>
                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  PAGE
<S>                                                               <C>
Summary                                                             1
Definitions                                                         4
Summary of the Policy                                               7
Use of the Policy                                                   8
The Company, the Variable Account and the Funds                     8
    The Company                                                     8
    The Variable Account                                            9
    The Funds                                                      10
Performance Information                                            12
The Policy                                                         14
    Application and Issuance of a Policy                           14
    Free Look Period                                               15
Premium Payments                                                   15
    Planned Periodic Premiums                                      15
    General Premium Limits                                         15
    Tax Limits on Premium Payments                                 16
    Allocation of Net Premium                                      16
    Modified Endowment Contracts                                   16
Death Benefit                                                      16
    Death Benefit Compliance Test                                  16
    Death Benefit Options                                          17
    Benefits at Death                                              17
    Changes in the Death Benefit Option                            17
    APB Rider                                                      18
    Minimum Face Amount                                            18
    Changes in Face Amount                                         18
    Decreases in Face Amount                                       19
    Increases in Face Amount                                       19
Account Value                                                      19
    Account Value in the Sub-Accounts                              19
    Net Investment Factor                                          20
    Account Value in the Loan Account                              21
    Transfer Privileges                                            21
    Surrender                                                      21
    Partial Surrender                                              21
    Allocation of Partial Surrender                                22
    Insufficient Value                                             22
    Grace Period                                                   22
Charges, Deductions and Refunds                                    22
    Expense Charges Deducted as a Percent of Premium               22
    Sales Load Refund at Surrender                                 23
    Expense Charges Deducted as a Percent of Assets                23
    Expense Charges Deducted on a Per Policy Basis                 23
    Monthly Cost of Insurance                                      23
    Reduction of Charges                                           24
Policy Loans                                                       24
</TABLE>
 
                                       2
<PAGE>
                         TABLE OF CONTENTS--(CONTINUED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  PAGE
<S>                                                               <C>
General Provisions                                                 25
    Addition, Deletion or Substitution of Investments              25
    Alteration                                                     25
    Assignments                                                    25
    Change in Operation of the Variable Account                    25
    Conversion                                                     25
    Deferral of Payment                                            25
    Entire Contract                                                26
    Illustrations                                                  26
    Incontestability                                               26
    Maturity                                                       26
    Misstatement of Age or Sex (Non-Unisex Policy)                 26
    Modification                                                   26
    Nonparticipating                                               26
    Procedure                                                      27
    Report to Owner                                                27
    Rights of Beneficiary                                          27
    Rights of Owner                                                27
    Splitting Units                                                27
    Suicide                                                        27
    Termination                                                    27
    Voting Rights                                                  27
Distribution of the Policies                                       28
Other Contractual Arrangements                                     28
    Administration                                                 28
    Custodian                                                      29
    Reinsurance                                                    29
Federal Tax Status                                                 29
    Tax Treatment of the Company and the Variable Account          29
    Taxation of Policy Proceeds                                    29
The Company's Directors and Executive Officers                     31
State Regulation                                                   34
Legal Proceedings                                                  35
Legal Matters                                                      35
Accountants                                                        35
Registration Statement                                             35
Financial Statements                                               35
Appendix A--Illustrations of Death Benefits, Account Values
  and Cash Surrender Values
</TABLE>
 
                              -------------------
 
THIS  PROSPECTUS DOES  NOT CONSTITUTE AN  OFFERING IN ANY  JURISDICTION IN WHICH
SUCH OFFERING MAY  NOT BE LAWFULLY  MADE. NO  PERSON IS AUTHORIZED  TO MAKE  ANY
REPRESENTATIONS  IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING  OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN
THIS PROSPECTUS OR THE ACCOMPANYING PROSPECTUSES.
 
                                       3
<PAGE>
                                  DEFINITIONS
 
    The following terms as used in the Prospectus have the indicated meanings.
 
    ACCOUNT  VALUE:  The sum of the  amounts in each Sub-Account of the Variable
Account with respect to the Policy and the amount of the Loan Account.
 
    ADDITIONAL PROTECTION BENEFIT RIDER ("APB  RIDER"):  A rider available  that
allows you to add life insurance coverage to the Policy.
 
    ANNIVERSARY:   The same day  in each succeeding year as  the day of the year
corresponding to the Issue Date.
 
    APB RIDER DEATH BENEFIT:  The death benefit under the APB Rider.
 
    APB RIDER FACE AMOUNT:   The amount  of APB Rider  coverage you request,  as
specified  in the Application. It is used  in determining the Death Benefit. You
may apply for a varying amount of  APB Rider coverage, subject to the  Company's
limits and requirements, as described in this prospectus.
 
    APPLICATION:  Your application for the Policy.
 
    ATTAINED  AGE:  The Insured's Issue Age  plus the number of completed Policy
Years.
 
    BASE DEATH BENEFIT:   The death benefit under  the Policy, exclusive of  any
APB Rider Death Benefit or any other supplemental benefits.
 
    BENEFICIARY:   The person or entity  entitled to receive the Policy Proceeds
as they become due at death.
 
    BUSINESS DAY:  Any day that we are open for business.
 
    CASH SURRENDER VALUE:   The Account  Value decreased by  the balance of  any
outstanding  Policy Debt,  increased by the  Sales Load Refund  at Surrender, if
any.
 
    CLASS:   The  risk, underwriting,  and  substandard table  rating,  if  any,
classification of the Insured.
 
    COMPANY:   Sun Life Assurance Company of  Canada (U.S.) (also referred to as
"we, us, our").
 
    DAILY RISK PERCENTAGE:   The daily rate for  deduction of the mortality  and
expense risk charge.
 
    DEATH  BENEFIT:  The sum  of the Base Death Benefit  and the APB Rider Death
Benefit, if any.
 
    DUE PROOF:  Such evidence as we may reasonably require in order to establish
that Policy Proceeds are payable.
 
    EFFECTIVE DATE  OF COVERAGE:   Initially,  the Investment  Start Date;  with
respect  to any increase in  the Total Face Amount,  the Monthly Anniversary Day
that falls on or next follows  the date we approve the supplemental  application
for  such increase; with respect  to any decrease in  the Total Face Amount, the
Monthly Anniversary Day that falls on or  next follows the date we receive  your
request.
 
    EXPENSE CHARGES APPLIED TO PREMIUM:  The expense charges applied to Premium,
consisting of the charges for premium tax, the federal deferred acquisition cost
("DAC") tax, and the sales load.
 
    FUND:  A mutual fund in which a Sub-Account invests.
 
    GENERAL  ACCOUNT:  The assets  held by us other  than those allocated to the
Sub-Accounts of  the Variable  Account  or any  other  separate account  of  the
Company.  There is  no General  Account investment  option available  under this
Policy.
 
    INSURED:  The person on whose life the Policy is issued.
 
    INVESTMENT START DATE:  The date the first Premium is applied, which will be
the later of the Issue Date, the  Business Day we approve the application for  a
Policy,  or the Business Day we  receive a Premium equal to  or in excess of the
Minimum Premium.
 
    ISSUE AGE:  The Insured's age as of the Insured's birthday nearest the Issue
Date.
 
                                       4
<PAGE>
    ISSUE DATE:  A date specified in  your Policy as the date from which  Policy
Anniversaries, Policy Years and Policy Months are measured.
 
    LOAN  ACCOUNT:  An account established for the Policy, the value of which is
the principal amount of any outstanding  loan against the Policy, plus  credited
interest thereon.
 
    MATURITY:  The Anniversary on which the Insured's Attained Age is 100.
 
    MINIMUM  PREMIUM:  The Premium amount due  and payable as of the Issue Date,
as specified in your Policy. The Minimum Premium varies based on the Issue  Age,
sex, and Class of the Insured and the Total Face Amount of the Policy.
 
    MONTHLY  ANNIVERSARY DAY:  The same day  in each succeeding month as the day
of the month corresponding to the Issue Date.
 
    MONTHLY COST OF  INSURANCE:  A  deduction made  on a monthly  basis for  the
insurance coverage provided by the Policy.
 
    MONTHLY  EXPENSE CHARGE:  A per Policy deduction made on a monthly basis for
administration and other expenses.
 
    MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK PERCENTAGE:  The annual percentage rate  deducted
from  the Account Value in  the Sub-Accounts for the  mortality and expense risk
charge. This  annual  rate  is  converted  to  a  daily  rate,  the  Daily  Risk
Percentage, and deducted from the Account Value on a daily basis.
 
    NET  PREMIUM:   The  Premium you  pay  less the  Expense Charges  Applied to
Premium.
 
    OUR PRINCIPAL OFFICE:   Sun Life Assurance Company  of Canada (U.S.)  (Attn:
Corporate Markets), One Sun Life Executive Park, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts,
02181, or such other address as we may specify to you by written notice.
 
    OWNER:    The person,  persons or  entity entitled  to the  ownership rights
stated in the  Policy while  the Insured  is alive  (also referred  to as  "you,
your").
 
    PARTIAL SURRENDER:  A surrender of a portion of the Owner's rights under the
Policy in exchange for a payment to the Owner, in accordance with the Policy.
 
    POLICY:   The life insurance contract, Sun Life Corporate VUL, including the
Application, any riders or endorsements and any applications therefor.
 
    POLICY DEBT:   The  principal amount  of any  outstanding loan  against  the
Policy, plus accrued but unpaid interest on such loan.
 
    POLICY  MONTH:  A Policy Month is a one-month period commencing on the Issue
Date or any Monthly Anniversary Day  and ending on the next Monthly  Anniversary
Day.
 
    POLICY PROCEEDS:  The amount determined in accordance with the terms of this
Policy  that is  payable at  the death  of the  Insured prior  to Maturity. This
amount is the  Base Death Benefit,  decreased by the  amount of any  outstanding
Policy  Debt, and  increased by  the amounts payable  under any  APB Rider Death
Benefit and any other supplemental benefits.
 
    POLICY YEAR:  A  Policy Year is  a one-year period  commencing on the  Issue
Date or any Anniversary and ending on the next Anniversary.
 
    PREMIUM:   An amount  paid to us  by the Owner  or on the  Owner's behalf as
consideration for the benefits provided by the Policy.
 
    SALES LOAD REFUND AT SURRENDER:   The amount refunded upon surrender in  the
first three Policy Years, determined in the manner specified in the Policy.
 
    SERVICE  CENTER:  Andesa  TPA, Inc., 1605  N. Cedar Crest  Blvd., Suite 502,
Allentown, Pennsylvania, 18104-2351, or such other service center or address  as
we may hereafter specify to you by written notice.
 
                                       5
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    SPECIFIED FACE AMOUNT:  The amount of life insurance coverage you request as
specified  in the Policy, exclusive of any  APB Rider. It is used in determining
the Death Benefit.  You may increase  or decrease the  Specified Face Amount  as
described in this Prospectus.
 
    SUB-ACCOUNTS:   Sub-Accounts into  which the assets  of the Variable Account
are divided, each of which corresponds to an investment choice available to you.
 
    TARGET PREMIUM:  An amount of  Premium specified in your Policy. The  Target
Premium varies based on the Insured's Issue Age, sex, and Specified Face Amount.
The  sales load  deduction applied  to Premiums paid  in the  first seven Policy
Years and the Sales Load  Refund at Surrender for  surrender in the first  three
Policy  Years vary depending on  whether Premiums paid in  the given Policy Year
are below or  above the  Target Premium.  Use of the  APB Rider  may affect  the
Target Premium.
 
    TOTAL  FACE AMOUNT:  The sum of the  Specified Face Amount and the APB Rider
Face Amount.
 
    UNIT:  A  unit of measurement  that we use  to calculate the  value of  each
Sub-Account.
 
    UNIT VALUE:  The value of each Unit of assets in a Sub-Account.
 
    VALUATION  DATE:  Any day that benefits vary and on which the New York Stock
Exchange, we, and the relevant Fund are open for business. A Valuation Date will
also include  any day  that may  be required  by any  applicable Securities  and
Exchange Commission Rules and Regulations.
 
    VALUATION PERIOD:  A period of time from one determination of Unit Values to
the  next subsequent determination of Unit Values. We will determine Unit Values
for each Valuation Date as of the close  of the New York Stock Exchange on  that
Valuation Date.
 
    VARIABLE  ACCOUNT:  Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account G, a separate
account of  the Company  consisting of  assets  set aside  by the  Company,  the
investment performance of which is kept separate from that of the general assets
of the Company (also referred to as "Variable Account G").
 
    WE, US AND OUR:  The Company and the Company's.
 
    YOU AND YOUR:  The Owner and the Owner's.
 
                                       6
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                             SUMMARY OF THE POLICY
 
    The  Policy  is  an  individual  flexible  premium  variable  universal life
insurance policy offered  by Sun Life  Assurance Company of  Canada (U.S.).  The
Policy  may be owned by an individual, a corporation or other entity. The Policy
may be used for  such purposes as financing  nontax qualified executive  benefit
plans.  The  Policy is  subject  to our  policy issue  rules.  You must  have an
insurable interest in the life of the Insured. (See "USE OF THE POLICY.")
 
    Premium payments under the  Policy are flexible, and  you choose the  amount
and frequency of your Premium payments. The Policy will remain in effect so long
as  your  Account Value  less Policy  Debt  is sufficient  to cover  any charges
against the Policy. (See "PREMIUM PAYMENTS.")
 
    Net Premiums and Account Value may be allocated among any of the  investment
options  available  under  the  Policy,  each  of  which  is  represented  by  a
Sub-Account under  the  Policy.  Each Sub-Account  invests  in  a  corresponding
portfolio (the "Portfolios") of one of the following mutual funds (the "Funds"):
 
    MFS/Sun Life Series Trust
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                          <C>
- - Capital Appreciation Series                - Total Return Series
- - Emerging Growth Series                     - World Growth Series
- - Government Securities Series
</TABLE>
 
    Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund ("VIP Fund") and Fidelity Variable
    Insurance Products Fund II ("VIP Fund II")
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                          <C>
- - VIP II Contrafund Portfolio                - VIP High Income Portfolio
- - VIP EquityIncome Portfolio                 - VIP II Index 500 Portfolio
- - VIP Growth Portfolio                       - VIP Money Market Portfolio
</TABLE>
 
    Neuberger & Berman Advisers Management Trust
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                          <C>
- - Limited Maturity Bond Portfolio            - Partners Portfolio
</TABLE>
 
    JPM Series Trust II
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                          <C>
- - Bond Portfolio                             - Small Company Portfolio
- - Equity Portfolio
</TABLE>
 
    Templeton Variable Products Series Fund
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                          <C>
- - Templeton Stock Fund
</TABLE>
 
(See "THE COMPANY, THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT AND THE FUNDS -- The Funds.")
 
    You  may change your allocation percentages  and transfer your Account Value
among Sub-Accounts, within certain limits. (See "PREMIUM PAYMENTS --  Allocation
of Net Premium" and "ACCOUNT VALUE -- Transfer Privileges.")
 
    The Policy offers a choice of death benefit options and a choice between two
tests  to be used to determine if the Policy qualifies as "life insurance" under
federal tax laws. The  two tests are  the Cash Value  Accumulation Test and  the
Guideline  Premium Test.  If the  Cash Value  Accumulation Test  is chosen, only
death benefit Option A is available. Death  benefit Option A results in a  level
Base Death Benefit equal to the Specified Face Amount, unless the life insurance
test  requires a greater  amount. Death benefit  Option B results  in a variable
Base Death Benefit equal to the Specified Face Amount plus Account Value, unless
the life insurance  test chosen requires  a greater amount.  The life  insurance
test  you choose  cannot be  changed after  issue. If  you choose  the Guideline
Premium Test, you may change your death benefit option. (See "DEATH BENEFIT.")
 
    We deduct  from Premium  payments a  charge to  cover our  federal  deferred
acquisition  tax cost,  which is currently  1.25% of Premium  (guaranteed not to
exceed this rate), and for premium tax,  which is currently the rate charged  in
your  state of residence for state and  local taxes (guaranteed not to exceed 4%
of Premium in most states). In each of the first seven Policy Years, we deduct a
sales load equal to 8.75% of Premium up to
 
                                       7
<PAGE>
Target Premium, as specified in your Policy,  and 2.25% of Premium in excess  of
Target Premium. No sales load is deducted after the seventh Policy Year. We also
deduct a daily mortality and expense risk charge, currently at an annual rate of
0.75%  of the Variable Account's net asset  value for the first ten Policy Years
and 0.35%  thereafter (guaranteed  not to  exceed 0.90%),  and monthly  cost  of
insurance  charges for  the insurance protection  provided under  the Policy. We
deduct a monthly  expense charge  of $13.75 during  the first  Policy Year,  and
$7.50 thereafter (guaranteed not to exceed $13.75 per month). Account Value also
reflects  the deduction  of management fees  and other expenses  incurred by the
underlying investment Portfolios. (See "CHARGES, DEDUCTIONS AND REFUND.")
 
    There are no surrender charges. Upon  full surrender during the first  three
Policy  Years, you will receive  a partial refund of  the sales load deducted in
that year. Partial Surrenders are permitted once per Policy Year after the first
Policy Year. No refund of sales  load is provided for Partial Surrenders.  Loans
are  available  under the  Policy  at any  time.  (See "CHARGES,  DEDUCTIONS AND
REFUNDS.")
 
    An  APB  Rider,  which  provides  additional  life  insurance  coverage,  is
available  with the Policy as an optional benefit.  The cost of the APB Rider is
included in  the  Monthly Cost  of  Insurance  deduction. There  is  no  Premium
allocated to the APB Rider. As a result, there is no sales load, DAC tax charge,
or premium tax charge associated with this coverage. Conversion rights described
in  this Prospectus do not apply to the APB Rider and guaranteed maximum cost of
insurance rates  associated  with  the  APB Rider  Death  Benefit  exceed  those
associated with the Base Death Benefit. (See "DEATH BENEFIT -- APB Rider.")
 
    The Policy offers other benefits and features described in greater detail in
this Prospectus. You should consult the Policy concerning the insurance coverage
and rights afforded to you under the Policy.
 
    This  summary is intended to provide only  a very brief overview of the more
significant aspects of the Policy. Further detail is provided in the  Prospectus
and the Policy.
 
                               USE OF THE POLICY
 
    The  Policy is designed  to provide to corporations  and other entities life
insurance coverage on their employees or other persons in whose lives they  have
an  insurable interest,  and may  be used  in connection  with various  types of
nontax qualified executive benefit plans. At the same time, the Policy  provides
an  Account Value  which will  be to  some extent  responsive to  changes in the
economic environment,  including inflationary  forces and  changes in  rates  of
return  available  from  various types  of  investments. A  range  of investment
options is provided under the  Policy. You, as the  Owner, will have all  rights
and privileges under the Policy.
 
    The  Policy's Account Value and Cash  Surrender Value will fluctuate and are
subject to  the risks  of changing  economic conditions,  as well  as the  risks
inherent  in the  ability of  the various  Funds' managements  to make necessary
changes in their portfolios to anticipate changes in economic conditions.  There
is  no minimum  or guaranteed Account  Value attainable or  Cash Surrender Value
payable under the Policy.
 
    It may not be  advantageous to replace existing  insurance or supplement  an
existing life insurance policy with the Policy.
 
                THE COMPANY, THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT, AND THE FUNDS
 
THE COMPANY
 
    The Company is a stock life insurance company incorporated under the laws of
Delaware  on January 12, 1970.  Its Executive Office mailing  address is One Sun
Life Executive  Park,  Wellesley  Hills, Massachusetts  02181,  telephone  (617)
237-6030.  It has obtained  authorization to do  business in forty-eight states,
the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and it is anticipated that the Company
will be authorized to  do business in  all states except  New York. The  Company
issues  life insurance policies and individual  and group annuities. The Company
has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company  of
New  York, which issues individual  fixed and combination fixed/variable annuity
contracts and group  life and long-term  disability insurance in  New York.  The
Company's  other subsidiaries  are Massachusetts Financial  Services Company and
Sun Capital  Advisers,  Inc.,  registered investment  advisers,  Sun  Investment
 
                                       8
<PAGE>
Services Company, a registered broker-dealer and investment adviser, Sun Benefit
Services,  Company,  Inc.,  which  offers  claims,  administrative  and  pension
brokerage services,  New London  Trust, F.S.B.,  a federally  chartered  savings
bank,   Massachusetts  Casualty  Insurance   Company,  which  issues  individual
disability income  policies,  and Sun  Life  Financial Services  Limited,  which
provides  administrative services  to Sun  Life Assurance  Company of  Canada in
connection with non-U.S. business.
 
    The Company is a  wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun  Life Assurance Company  of
Canada,  150  King  Street West,  Toronto,  Ontario,  Canada MFH  1J9.  Sun Life
Assurance Company  of Canada  is a  mutual life  insurance company  incorporated
pursuant to Act of Parliament of Canada in 1865 and currently transacts business
in all of the Canadian provinces and territories, in all states except New York,
and in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Great Britain,
Ireland, Hong Kong, Bermuda and the Philippines.
 
THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT
 
    Pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, the Variable Account was
established  by the Company on  July 25, 1996. Under  Delaware insurance law and
under the  Policy, the  income, gains  or  losses of  the Variable  Account  are
credited to or charged against the assets of the Variable Account without regard
to  the other income, gains  or losses of the Company.  These assets are held in
relation to the Policies  described in this Prospectus  and such other  variable
life  insurance  contracts as  we have  issued  and designated  and may,  in the
future, issue and designate as providing benefits which vary in accordance  with
the  investment  performance  of  the  Variable  Account.  Although  the  assets
maintained in the  Variable Account  will not  be charged  with any  liabilities
arising  out of  any other  business conducted  by the  Company, all obligations
arising under the Policy,  including the promise to  make all benefit  payments,
are general corporate obligations of the Company.
 
    The Company is the legal owner of the assets of the Variable Account. We are
required  to maintain at all  times assets in the  Variable Account with a total
market value at least  equal to the reserves  and other liabilities relating  to
the  variable life insurance  benefits under the  contracts participating in the
Variable Account. In addition to these assets, the Variable Account's assets may
include amounts  we  have contributed  to  commence operation  of  the  Variable
Account,  and  may include  accumulations  of the  charges  we make  against the
Variable Account. From time to time  these additional assets may be  transferred
in  cash  to our  General  Account. Before  making  any such  transfer,  we will
consider any possible  adverse impact the  transfer might have  on the  Variable
Account.
 
    The  Variable Account meets  the definition of a  separate account under the
federal securities laws and is registered  as a unit investment trust under  the
Investment  Company Act of  1940. Registration with  the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") does not involve supervision of the management  or
investment  practices or policies of  the Variable Account or  of the Company by
the Commission. For  state law purposes,  the Variable Account  is treated as  a
part  or division  of the  Company. We are  the custodian  of the  assets of the
Variable Account.
 
    The assets of the  Variable Account are divided  into Sub-Accounts, each  of
which  invests  exclusively  in  shares  of  a  single  corresponding investment
portfolio. Currently there are 17 Sub-Accounts, and Sub-Accounts may be added or
deleted in the future. Income, gains  and losses, whether or not realized,  from
the  assets  of  each  Sub-Account  are  credited  to  or  charged  against that
Sub-Account without regard to income, gains  or losses in other Sub-Accounts  of
the Variable Account. All amounts allocated to the Variable Account will be used
to purchase shares of one or more of the Funds, as you designate. Deductions and
surrenders  from the Variable Account will, in  effect, be made by redeeming the
number of Fund shares at net asset value  equal in total value to the amount  to
be  deducted. The Variable Account will be  fully invested in Fund shares at all
times.
 
    The Variable Account can choose to  receive distributions from the Funds  in
either  cash or additional shares. It is expected that the Variable Account will
choose to receive distributions  in additional shares.  If the Variable  Account
chooses to receive distributions in cash, it will reinvest the cash in the Funds
to purchase additional shares at their net asset value.
 
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THE FUNDS
 
    The  following is  a brief  description of  the Funds  and a  summary of the
investment  objectives  of  each  Portfolio.  More  comprehensive   information,
including  a discussion of potential risks, is found in the current prospectuses
for each Fund, which  are distributed with and  must accompany this  Prospectus.
You  should  read  the  accompanying  prospectuses  carefully  before investing.
Additional prospectuses and the Statements of Additional Information for each of
the Funds can be obtained from the Company's Office at the address and telephone
number listed on the cover of this Prospectus.
 
    MFS/SUN LIFE  SERIES TRUST.   MFS/Sun  Life Series  Trust (the  "MFS  Series
Fund")  is  an  open-end  investment  management  company  registered  under the
Investment Company Act of  1940 (a "mutual fund")  organized as a  Massachusetts
business  trust.  The  MFS Series  Fund  is managed  by  Massachusetts Financial
Services, Inc. ("MFS"),  a subsidiary  of the  Company. In  addition, the  World
Growth  Series is  managed by  the following  subadvisers: Oechsle International
Advisors, L.P.,  an  independent  international investment  adviser,  Foreign  &
Colonial  Management Limited  ("FCM"), and  Foreign &  Colonial Emerging Markets
Limited, a  subsidiary of  FCM. The  MFS  Series Fund  is composed  of  nineteen
independent  portfolios of securities, five of which are currently available for
investment by the Variable Account.
 
    - CAPITAL APPRECIATION  SERIES seeks  capital appreciation  by investing  in
      securities of all types, with major emphasis on common stocks.
 
    - EMERGING  GROWTH SERIES  seeks long  term growth  of capital  by investing
      primarily (i.e., at least 80% of its assets under normal circumstances) in
      common stocks  of emerging  growth  companies. Emerging  growth  companies
      include  companies that  MFS believes  are early  in their  life cycle but
      which have  the  potential  to  become  major  enterprises.  Dividend  and
      interest  income from portfolio  securities, if any,  is incidental to its
      objective of long-term growth of capital.
 
    - GOVERNMENT SECURITIES  SERIES seeks  current  income and  preservation  of
      capital  by  investing  in  U.S.  Government  and  U.S. Government-related
      securities.
 
    - TOTAL  RETURN  SERIES  seeks  primarily  to  obtain  above-average  income
      (compared   to  a  portfolio  entirely   invested  in  equity  securities)
      consistent with prudent employment of capital; its secondary objective  is
      to  take  advantage of  opportunities for  growth  of capital  and income.
      Assets will be allocated and reallocated  from time to time between  money
      market,   fixed  income   and  equity  securities.   Under  normal  market
      conditions, at least 25%  of the series assets  will be invested in  fixed
      income securities and at least 40% and no more than 75% of its assets will
      be invested in equity securities.
 
    - WORLD  GROWTH SERIES seeks capital appreciation by investing in securities
      of companies worldwide  growing at  rates expected  to be  well above  the
      growth rate of the overall U.S. economy.
 
    FIDELITY  VIP FUND AND VIP FUND II.   Variable Insurance Products Fund ("VIP
Fund") and Variable Insurance Products Fund II ("VIP Fund II") are mutual  funds
organized  as Massachusetts business trusts.  VIP Fund and VIP  Fund II are both
managed by  Fidelity  Management  &  Research Company  ("FMR"),  located  at  82
Devonshire  Street, Boston,  Massachusetts 02109. FMR  is the  management arm of
Fidelity Investments, which was  established in 1946 and  is one of the  largest
investment  management  organizations  in the  United  States.  Various Fidelity
companies perform activities required for the operation of VIP Fund and VIP Fund
II, and affiliates of FMR may assist  it in the choosing of investments for  the
funds.
 
    Each  of the  VIP Fund  and VIP Fund  II is  composed of  five portfolios of
securities, for  a total  of 10  portfolios,  of which  six portfolios,  in  the
aggregate, are available for investment under the Policy.
 
    - VIP   II  CONTRAFUND  PORTFOLIO   seeks  long-term  capital  appreciation.
      Portfolio  purchases  will  normally   be  common  stock  and   securities
      convertible  into common stock of companies believed to be undervalued due
      to an overly pessimistic appraisal by the public.
 
    - VIP EQUITY-INCOME PORTFOLIO seeks reasonable income by investing primarily
      in income producing equity  securities. The portfolio  seeks to achieve  a
      yield  in  excess of  the composite  yield  of the  Standard &  Poor's 500
      Composite Stock  Index ("S&P  500"), a  recognized measure  of U.S.  stock
 
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      market  performance.  At  least  65% of  the  portfolio's  assets  will be
      invested in income-producing common or preferred stock, with the remainder
      normally invested in convertible and non-convertible debt obligations.
 
    - VIP GROWTH  PORTFOLIO  seeks  capital  appreciation.  Portfolio  purchases
      normally  will be common stocks of  both smaller, less-known companies and
      well-known,  established  companies  although  the  investments  are   not
      restricted  to  any one  type of  security. Dividend  income will  only be
      considered if it might have an effect on stock values.
 
    - VIP HIGH  INCOME  PORTFOLIO  seeks  a high  level  of  current  income  by
      investing in high income producing, lower-rated debt securities (sometimes
      called  "junk bonds"),  preferred stocks  including convertible securities
      and restricted securities.
 
    - VIP II INDEX 500 PORTFOLIO seeks investment results that correspond to the
      total return of  common stocks publicly  traded in the  United States,  as
      presented  by the S&P  500. The portfolio will  primarily invest in equity
      securities of companies that compose the S&P 500. The portfolio will  also
      purchase  short-term debt securities for  cash management purposes and use
      various investment techniques,  such as futures  contracts, to adjust  its
      exposure to the S&P 500.
 
    - VIP  MONEY MARKET  PORTFOLIO seeks  to obtain as  high a  level of current
      income as is consistent with  preserving capital and providing  liquidity.
      The  Portfolio will invest  in high quality  U.S. dollar-denominated money
      market instruments of domestic and foreign issuers.
 
    NEUBERGER & BERMAN ADVISERS MANAGEMENT  TRUST.  Neuberger & Berman  Advisers
Management  Trust  ("AMT") is  a mutual  fund organized  as a  Delaware business
trust. AMT is composed of seven  separate portfolios (each an "AMT  Portfolio").
Each AMT Portfolio invests all of its net investable assets in its corresponding
series  (each an "AMT Series") of Advisers Managers Trust, an openend management
investment company. All  AMT Series of  Advisers Managers Trust  are managed  by
Neuberger & Berman Management Inc. Each AMT Series invests in accordance with an
investment  objective,  policies,  and  limitations identical  to  those  of its
corresponding AMT Portfolio. The Policy provides for investment in shares of the
two AMT Portfolios described below.
 
    - LIMITED MATURITY BOND PORTFOLIO primarily seeks the highest current income
      and total return consistent with low risk to principal and liquidity;  and
      secondarily,  total return. AMT Limited Maturity Bond Portfolio invests in
      a diversified portfolio  of fixed  and variable rate  debt securities  and
      seeks  to increase income and preserve or enhance total return by actively
      managing average  portfolio duration  in light  of market  conditions  and
      trends.  This AMT  Series' dollar-weighted average  portfolio duration may
      range up to four years.
 
    - PARTNERS PORTFOLIO  seeks capital  growth through  an investment  approach
      that  is designed to increase capital with reasonable risk. Its investment
      program seeks  securities  believed  to be  undervalued  based  on  strong
      fundamentals  such as  low price-to-earning ratios,  consistent cash flow,
      and support from asset values.
 
    JPM SERIES TRUST  II.   The JPM  Series Trust II  ("JPM") is  a mutual  fund
organized  as  a  Delaware business  trust.  JPM  is composed  of  five separate
portfolios of securities, each of  which has separate investment objectives  and
policies.  The Policy  provides for  investment in  the three  portfolios of JPM
described below.
 
    - JPM BOND PORTFOLIO seeks  to provide a high  total return consistent  with
      moderate risk of capital and maintenance of liquidity by investing broadly
      in the fixed-income markets.
 
    - JPM  EQUITY PORTFOLIO seeks to provide a high total return by investing in
      selected equity securities of large  and mid-sized U.S. corporations  with
      market capitalizations above $1.5 billion.
 
    - JPM  SMALL  COMPANY PORTFOLIO  seeks  to provide  a  high total  return by
      investing  in  equity  securities  of  companies  primarily  with   market
      capitalizations of less than $2 billion.
 
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    TEMPLETON VARIABLE PRODUCTS SERIES FUND.  Templeton Variable Products Series
Fund  ("TVPSF") is  a mutual fund  organized as a  Massachusetts business trust.
TVPSF has  contracted with  Templeton  Investment Counsel,  Inc. to  manage  the
Templeton  Stock Fund. TVPSF is  composed of six separate  series, each of which
has separate  investment  objectives  and  policies.  The  Policy  provides  for
investment in the series of TVPSF described below.
 
    - TEMPLETON  STOCK FUND seeks  capital growth through  a policy of investing
      primarily  in  common  stocks  issued  by  companies,  large  and   small,
      throughout the world. In pursuit of this objective, the fund will normally
      maintain at least 65% of its assets in common and preferred stocks.
 
    INVESTMENT  ADVISORY FEES AND EXPENSES.  Each Fund has an investment adviser
and pays an investment  advisory fee, which is  deducted daily from each  Fund's
net  assets. In addition,  each Fund incurs operational  and other expenses that
are deducted from each Fund's net assets.  See the prospectus for each Fund  for
the amount of these fees and expenses.
 
    Certain  of  the  investment advisers  to  the  Funds may  reimburse  us for
administrative costs  in connection  with administering  the Funds  as  variable
funding  options. These amounts are not charged  to the Funds or Owners, but are
paid from assets of the advisers.
 
    MIXED AND SHARED FUNDING.   Shares of  all the Funds  are sold to  insurance
company  separate accounts  that issue both  variable annuity  and variable life
insurance policies ("mixed  funding"). Shares of  all Funds other  than the  MFS
Series Fund are sold to separate accounts of insurance companies that may or may
not  be affiliated with  the Company or  each other ("shared  funding"). The MFS
Series Fund  sells shares  only to  separate  accounts of  the Company  and  its
affiliates.  It is conceivable that, in the future, such mixed or shared funding
may not be advantageous for certain variable life insurance or variable  annuity
policy  owners. Although neither the Company nor the Funds currently foresee any
such disadvantages  either to  variable life  insurance or  to variable  annuity
policy  owners, the  Company and  each Fund's  Board of  Trustees/Directors have
agreed to  monitor  events in  order  to identify  any  material  irreconcilable
conflicts  between policy owners that may arise and to determine what action, if
any, should be taken in response thereto. If such a conflict were to occur,  one
of  the separate accounts  might withdraw its  investment in a  Fund. This might
force that Fund to sell portfolio securities at disadvantageous prices.
 
                            PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
 
    From time to time we may advertise "Total Return" and "Average Annual  Total
Return."  Such figures are based on historical  earnings and are not intended to
indicate future performance.
 
    "Total Return" for a Portfolio refers  to the total of the income  generated
by  the Portfolio net  of total Portfolio operating  expenses plus capital gains
and losses, realized or unrealized.  "Total Return" for the Sub-Accounts  refers
to  the total of  the income generated  by the Portfolio  net of total Portfolio
operating expenses plus capital  gains and losses,  realized or unrealized,  and
the  mortality and expense  risk charge. "Average  Annual Total Return" reflects
the hypothetical annually compounded  return that would  have produced the  same
cumulative  return  if the  Portfolio's  or Sub-Account's  performance  had been
constant over the entire  period. Because Average Annual  Total Returns tend  to
smooth  out variations in the return of the  Portfolio, they are not the same as
actual year-by-year results.
 
    Performance  information  may  be  compared,  in  reports  and   promotional
literature,  to: (i) the S&P 500,  Dow Jones Industrial Average, Lehman Brothers
Aggregate Bond Index or  other unmanaged indices so  that investors may  compare
the  Sub-Account results  with those of  a group of  unmanaged securities widely
regarded by investors as  representative of the  securities markets in  general;
(ii)  other  groups  of  variable life  separate  accounts  or  other investment
products tracked  by  Lipper  Analytical Services,  a  widely  used  independent
research  firm which ranks mutual funds and other investment products by overall
performance, investment objectives,  and assets, or  tracked by other  services,
companies,  publications, or persons,  such as Morningstar,  Inc., who rank such
investment products  on overall  performance  or other  criteria; or  (iii)  the
Consumer Price Index (a measure for inflation) to assess the real rate of return
from  an  investment  in  the  Sub-Account.  Unmanaged  indices  may  assume the
reinvestment  of  dividends  but  generally   do  not  reflect  deductions   for
administrative and management costs and expenses.
 
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    We  may provide in  advertising, sales literature,  periodic publications or
other materials  information  on  various  topics  of  interest  to  Owners  and
prospective Owners. These topics may include the relationship between sectors of
the  economy and  the economy as  a whole  and its effect  on various securities
markets, investment strategies and techniques  (such as value investing,  market
timing,  dollar cost  averaging, asset  allocation, constant  ratio transfer and
account  rebalancing),  the  advantages   and  disadvantages  of  investing   in
taxdeferred and taxable investments, customer profiles and hypothetical purchase
and  investment scenarios, financial management and tax and retirement planning,
and investment  alternatives  to certificates  of  deposit and  other  financial
instruments,  including comparisons between the Policies and the characteristics
of and market for such financial instruments.
 
    The Policies are first being offered  to the public in 1996. However,  total
return  data may be advertised  based on the period  of time that the Portfolios
have been in existence. The results for  any period prior to the Policies  being
offered  will be  calculated as  if the  Policies had  been offered  during that
period of time, with all charges assumed to be those applicable to the Policies.
 
PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE FOR PERIOD ENDING: ___________, 1996
 
    The following performance information of  the Portfolios reflects the  total
of  the  income generated  by  the Portfolio  net  of total  Portfolio operating
expenses plus capital  gains and  losses, realized  or unrealized.  It does  not
reflect any Policy or Variable Account charges.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                 AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN OF THE PORTFOLIOS
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    LIFE OF
PORTFOLIO                                         1 YR.       3 YR.       5 YR.       10 YR.       PORTFOLIO
- ----------------------------------------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ---------------
<S>                                             <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>
MFS/Sun Life Capital Appreciation Series
MFS/Sun Life Emerging Growth Series
MFS/Sun Life Government Securities Series
MFS/Sun Life Total Return Series
MFS/Sun Life World Growth Series
Fidelity VIP Fund II Contrafund Portfolio
Fidelity VIP Fund Equity Income Portfolio
Fidelity VIP Fund Growth Portfolio
Fidelity VIP Fund High Income Portfolio
Fidelity VIP Fund II Index 500 Portfolio
Fidelity VIP Fund Money Market Portfolio
Advisers Management Trust Limited Maturity
 Bond Portfolio
Advisers Management Trust Partners Portfolio
JPM Bond Portfolio
JPM Equity Portfolio
JPM Small Company Portfolio
Templeton Stock Fund
</TABLE>
 
    Portfolio Inception Dates:
 
    The  annualized yield  for the Fidelity  VIP Money Market  Portfolio for the
seven days ending ___________, 1996 was______%.
 
SUB-ACCOUNT INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE
 
    Although as  of  the date  of  this  Prospectus the  Sub-Accounts  have  not
commenced  operations and therefore  have no performance  history, the following
performance information of the Sub-Accounts  assumes that the Sub-Accounts  have
been  in  operation for  the  same periods  as  the corresponding  Portfolio and
investing in the corresponding  Portfolio. It reflects the  total of the  income
generated  by  the Portfolio  net of  total  Portfolio operating  expenses, plus
capital gains  and losses,  realized or  unrealized, net  of the  mortality  and
expense  risk charge (at  the current rate of  0.75% of net  asset value for the
first ten years and 0.35% thereafter, rather than the guaranteed rate of 0.90%).
 
    THE  FOLLOWING  SUB-ACCOUNT  PERFORMANCE   FIGURES  DO  NOT  REFLECT   THREE
SIGNIFICANT  CHARGES. IF THESE  CHARGES WERE INCLUDED,  THE TOTAL RETURN FIGURES
WOULD BE LOWER. FIRST, THE TOTAL RETURN FIGURES
 
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DO NOT REFLECT  THE DEDUCTION FROM  PREMIUMS OF THE  EXPENSE CHARGES APPLIED  TO
PREMIUM.  SECOND,  MONTHLY COST  OF INSURANCE  CHARGES  HAVE NOT  BEEN DEDUCTED.
THIRD, THE FIGURES DO NOT REFLECT THE DEDUCTION OF THE MONTHLY EXPENSE CHARGE.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN OF THE SUB-ACCOUNT
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SUB-ACCOUNT                                   1 YR.       3 YR.       5 YR.       10 YR.    LIFE OF SUB-ACCOUNT
- ------------------------------------------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  -------------------
<S>                                         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>
MFS/Sun Life Capital Appreciation Series
MFS/Sun Life Emerging Growth Series
MFS/Sun Life Government Securities Series
MFS/Sun Life Total Return Series
MFS/Sun Life World Growth Series
Fidelity VIP Fund II Contrafund Portfolio
Fidelity VIP Fund Equity Income Portfolio
Fidelity VIP Fund Growth Portfolio
Fidelity VIP Fund High Income Portfolio
Fidelity VIP Fund II Index 500 Portfolio
Fidelity VIP Fund Money Market Portfolio
Advisers Management Trust Limited Maturity
 Bond Portfolio
Advisers Management Trust Partners
 Portfolio
JPM Bond Portfolio
JPM Equity Portfolio
JPM Small Company Portfolio
Templeton Stock Fund
</TABLE>
 
                                   THE POLICY
 
    This Prospectus describes the standard features of the Policy. There may  be
differences in your Policy due to requirements of the state where your Policy is
issued. Any such changes will be defined in your Policy.
 
APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE OF A POLICY
 
    To  purchase  a Policy,  you  must submit  an  application to  our Principal
Office, so  that  we may  follow  certain underwriting  procedures  designed  to
determine  the insurability of  the proposed Insured.  We offer the  Policy on a
regular (medical) underwriting,  simplified underwriting,  and guaranteed  issue
basis  (each such basis is  referred to as an  underwriting Class). The proposed
Insured generally must be less than 81 years old for medical issue, 76 years old
for simplified  issue,  and  71  years old  for  guaranteed  issue  underwriting
classes.  Medical and  simplified issue policies  may require  medical exams and
further information before the proposed application is approved. Availability of
guaranteed issue policies must be pre-approved based on information you  provide
on  a master application along  with specific requirements which  must be met by
all members  of  the group  of  proposed  Insureds. Proposed  Insureds  must  be
acceptable risks based on our underwriting limits and standards. A policy cannot
be  issued until the underwriting process has been completed to our satisfaction
and we  reserve the  right  to reject  an application  that  does not  meet  our
underwriting  requirements or to "rate" an  insured as a substandard risk, which
will result  in the  charging of  increased Monthly  Cost of  Insurance  charges
and/or flat extra charges.
 
    The  Policy  is designed  for  use only  by an  Owner  who has  an insurable
interest in the life of the Insured. Under the applicable state law and for  tax
purposes,  the Policy will  not qualify as life  insurance unless this insurable
interest requirement is satisfied. You  should consult with a qualified  adviser
to  ensure that you have an insurable interest  in the life of the Insured up to
the full  amount of  the Death  Benefit.  You should  consult with  a  qualified
adviser  when  determining the  Total Face  Amount  of the  Policy and  prior to
undertaking any action or  making any change that  increases the Policy's  Death
Benefit.
 
    Pending approval of the application, any initial Premium will be held in our
General  Account. Upon approval of  the application, your Policy  on the life of
the Insured will  be issued to  you, which will  set forth your  rights and  our
obligations.  The Minimum Premium is  due and payable as  of the Issue Date. The
Effective Date of  Coverage for the  Policy, which initially  is the  Investment
Start  Date,  will be  the later  of the  Issue  Date, the  date we  approve the
application for the Policy, or the date you pay a Premium equal to or in  excess
of  the Minimum Premium. If an application  is not approved, any Premium payment
will be returned promptly.
 
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FREE LOOK PERIOD
 
    Your Policy  has a  "Right to  Return" provision,  which gives  you  certain
cancellation  rights. If you are not satisfied  with your Policy, you may return
it by delivering or mailing it to our Principal Office or to the agent from whom
you purchased the Policy within 20 days  from the date you receive it (unless  a
different  period is applicable  under state law)  or within 45  days after your
application is signed, whichever period ends later (the "Free Look Period").
 
    A Policy  returned  under  this  provision will  be  deemed  void  from  the
beginning.  You will  receive a refund  equal to  the sum of  (1) the difference
between any Premium payments made, including  fees and charges, and the  amounts
allocated to the Variable Account, (2) the value of the amounts allocated to the
Variable Account on the date the cancellation request is received by the Company
or  its agent from  whom you purchased the  Policy, and (3)  any fees or charges
imposed on amounts allocated  to the Variable Account.  However, if your  Policy
provides  for a  full refund  under its  "Right to  Return" provision,  you will
receive a refund of all Premium payments made, with no adjustment for investment
experience.
 
    If your Policy provides for such a full refund during the Free Look  Period,
beginning  on the Investment Start Date all Net Premium will be allocated to the
VIP Money Market Sub-Account  until the expiration of  the Free Look Period,  at
which  time  your Account  Value and  future  Net Premium  will be  allocated in
accordance with your instructions. (See  "PREMIUM PAYMENTS -- Allocation of  Net
Premium.")
 
                                PREMIUM PAYMENT
 
    The  Policy is designed to offer you a wide range of Premium flexibility. In
general, subject to the limits described below, you may choose the frequency and
amount of Premium payments  (your Premium pattern).  The charges and  deductions
and Policy rights with respect to transfers, loans and partial surrenders remain
the  same regardless of the Premium pattern you choose. Your Premium pattern may
affect whether the Policy is treated as a Modified Endowment Contract, which can
cause Policy distributions  and loans to  be subject to  tax. (See "FEDERAL  TAX
STATUS -- Taxation of Policy Proceeds.")
 
    All  Premium  payments  are payable  to  us,  and should  be  mailed  to our
Principal Office.
 
PLANNED PERIODIC PREMIUMS
 
    While you are  not required to  make Premium payments  according to a  fixed
schedule,  you may select a planned  periodic Premium schedule and corresponding
billing period, subject to  our Premium limits. In  general, the billing  period
must  be annual  or semiannual.  We will send  reminder notices  for the planned
periodic Premium at the beginning of  each billing period. However, you are  not
required  to  pay the  planned periodic  Premium; you  may increase  or decrease
Premium payments, subject to our limits, and  you may skip a planned payment  or
make  unscheduled payments. You may change  your planned payment schedule or the
billing period, subject to our approval. Depending on the investment performance
of the  Sub-Accounts  you  select,  the planned  periodic  Premium  may  not  be
sufficient to keep your Policy in force, and you may need to change your planned
payment  schedule or make additional payments in order to prevent termination of
your Policy. We will  suspend reminder notices at  your written request, and  we
reserve  the right to  suspend reminder notices  if Premiums are  not being paid
(except for notices in connection with  the grace period (see "ACCOUNT VALUE  --
Grace Period")).
 
GENERAL PREMIUM LIMIT
 
    We reserve the right to limit the number of Premium payments we accept on an
annual  basis. No  Premium payment  may be less  than $100  without our consent,
although we will accept  a smaller Premium  payment if it  is necessary to  keep
your  Policy in force. We reserve the right not to accept a Premium payment that
causes the Base Death Benefit to increase by an amount that exceeds the  Premium
received.  Evidence of insurability satisfactory to us may be required before we
accept such a  Premium. Moreover, you  should consult with  a qualified  adviser
concerning  whether  such a  Premium  causes the  Death  Benefit to  exceed your
insurable interest in the Insured. (See "THE POLICY -- Application and  Issuance
of a Policy.")
 
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TAX LIMITS ON PREMIUM PAYMENTS
 
    If  the death  benefit compliance test  you have specified  is the Guideline
Premium Test (see "DEATH BENEFIT -- Death Benefit Compliance Test"), we will not
accept Premium payments that would cause the  Policy to fail to qualify as  life
insurance  under  that test.  The maximum  Premium  limit for  each year  is the
largest Premium that can be paid such that the sum of all Premiums paid will not
exceed the limitations referred to in Section 7702 of the Internal Revenue Code,
or any successor provision. Maximum Premium  limits for each year will be  shown
in  your annual report. If a Premium payment  is made in excess of these limits,
we will accept only that  portion of the Premium  within those limits, and  will
refund  the remainder. No such maximum  Premium limitations apply under the Cash
Value Accumulation Test.
 
ALLOCATION OF NET PREMIUM
 
    The Net Premium is the Premium you  pay less the Expense Charges Applied  to
Premium.  In  general, Net  Premium  will be  allocated  to the  Sub-Accounts in
accordance with the allocation percentages specified by you, subject to  special
provisions applicable during the Free Look Period. (See "THE POLICY -- Free Look
Period.")  Your  initial allocation  of  Net Premium  will  be specified  in the
application. There are no limitations  concerning the number of Sub-Accounts  to
which  Net Premium  may be  allocated, although  the minimum  allocation for any
Sub-Account to which you choose to allocate Account Value is 5%, and percentages
must be in whole numbers.
 
    You may change the allocation of future Net Premium at any time pursuant  to
written  or telephone request to the  Service Center. Telephone requests will be
honored only if we  have a properly completed  telephone authorization form  for
you on file. We and our agents and affiliates will not be responsible for losses
resulting from acting upon telephone requests reasonably believed to be genuine.
We  will use reasonable procedures to  confirm that instructions communicated by
telephone are genuine. The  procedures we follow  for transactions initiated  by
telephone include requirements that you identify yourself by name and identify a
personal  identification  number.  For  additional  protection,  all  changes in
allocation percentages by telephone will be recorded. An allocation change  will
be  effective as of the date  of receipt of the notice  of change at the Service
Center. The  Policy  also  permits  certain transfers  of  Account  Value  among
Sub-Accounts. (See "ACCOUNT VALUE -- Transfer Privileges.")
 
MODIFIED ENDOWMENT CONTRACTS
 
    Federal  income tax  law provides special  rules for the  income taxation of
proceeds from life insurance  policies that are  defined as "Modified  Endowment
Contracts."  If your Policy is a Modified Endowment Contract, some or all of the
Policy loans, surrenders, partial surrenders  and other distributions under  the
Policy will likely be taxable and subject to an additional 10% tax. Whether your
Policy  is a Modified Endowment Contract depends primarily upon whether you have
paid Premiums  in excess  of  a prescribed  "7-pay"  limit or  undertaken  other
actions with respect to the Policy. For further discussion of this determination
and  the rules that  will apply, see  "FEDERAL TAX STATUS  -- Taxation of Policy
Proceeds."
 
    At the time a Premium  is received that would cause  the Policy to become  a
Modified  Endowment Contract, the Company will so  notify the Owner and will not
credit the Premium unless it has  received specific instructions from the  Owner
to  do so. If such instructions are not received within 24 hours of notification
to the Owner, the Premium will be immediately returned.
 
                                 DEATH BENEFIT
 
DEATH BENEFIT COMPLIANCE TEST
 
    The Policy must  satisfy either  of two  death benefit  compliance tests  in
order  to qualify as life  insurance under Section 7702  of the Internal Revenue
Code: the Cash Value Accumulation Test or the Guideline Premium Test. Each  test
effectively  requires that the Policy's Death Benefit must always be equal to or
greater than the Account  Value multiplied by a  certain percentage (the  "Death
Benefit  Percentage"). Thus,  the Policy has  been structured so  that your Base
Death Benefit may increase above your  Specified Face Amount in order to  comply
with the applicable test. The Death Benefit Percentage for the Guideline Premium
Test  varies  only by  age.  The Death  Benefit  Percentage for  the  Cash Value
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and sex. As a  general matter, the Death  Benefit Percentages for the  Guideline
Premium  Test are  lower than  those for the  Cash Value  Accumulation Test. The
Guideline Premium  Test also  imposes maximum  Premium limits  whereas the  Cash
Value Accumulation Test does not.
 
    You must select and specify one of the two death benefit compliance tests in
your application. Once your policy is issued, you may not change this selection.
In  general,  where maximum  accumulation of  Account  Value during  the initial
Policy Years is a  primary objective, the Cash  Value Accumulation Test is  more
appropriate.  Where your  primary objective  is the  most economically efficient
method of obtaining a specified amount  of coverage, the Guideline Premium  Test
is  generally  more  appropriate.  Since your  selection  of  the  death benefit
compliance test depends on  complex factors and may  not be changed, you  should
consult with a qualified tax adviser before making this election.
 
DEATH BENEFIT OPTIONS
 
    The  Policy provides the following two death benefit options for determining
the Base Death Benefit. You must select and specify one of the two death benefit
options in your  application. You may  change your death  benefit option in  the
manner described below.
 
    Option  A -- Specified Face Amount. The Base Death Benefit is the greater of
the Specified Face  Amount, or the  Account Value multiplied  by the  applicable
Death Benefit Percentage.
 
    Option B -- Specified Face Amount Plus Account Value. The Base Death Benefit
is  the greater  of the  Specified Face  Amount plus  the Account  Value, or the
Account Value multiplied by the applicable Death Benefit Percentage. Option B is
not  available  if  the  death  benefit  compliance  test  is  the  Cash   Value
Accumulation Test.
 
    At  any  time  the  Base  Death Benefit  is  defined  as  the  Account Value
multiplied by  the  applicable Death  Benefit  Percentage, and  the  Base  Death
Benefit  less the Account  Value exceeds the  Total Face Amount,  we reserve the
right to distribute Account Value  to you as a  partial surrender to the  extent
necessary so that the Base Death Benefit less the Account Value equals the Total
Face  Amount. You will not have the option of providing evidence of insurability
to maintain your level of death benefit.
 
BENEFITS AT DEATH
 
    The Policy Proceeds will be  paid as they become due  upon the death of  the
Insured  prior to Maturity.  We will make  payment when we  receive Due Proof of
that death.  The Policy  Proceeds equal  the amount  of the  Base Death  Benefit
decreased  by the amount  of any outstanding  Policy Debt, and  increased by the
amounts payable under  any APB Rider  Death Benefit and  any other  supplemental
benefits.  The Death Benefit at death is  based on the Specified Face Amount and
Total Face Amount in  effect and Account  Value, if applicable,  on the date  of
death.
 
CHANGES IN THE DEATH BENEFIT OPTION
 
    If  the  death benefit  compliance  test you  have  chosen is  the Guideline
Premium Test, you may change  the death benefit option  either from Option A  to
Option B, or from Option B to Option A. If the death benefit compliance test you
have chosen is the Cash Value Accumulation Test, only Option A is available, and
you  may not change to Option B. Changes in the death benefit option are subject
to our underwriting rules in effect at the time of change. Requests for a change
must be made in writing to our Service Center. The effective date of the  change
will  be the Policy Anniversary on or next following the date of receipt of your
request.
 
    If the  death benefit  option  change is  from Option  B  to Option  A,  the
Specified  Face Amount  will be  increased by  the Account  Value. If  the death
benefit option change is from  Option A to Option  B, the Specified Face  Amount
will  be reduced by  the Account Value. In  either case, the  amount of the Base
Death Benefit at the time of change will not be altered, but the change in death
benefit option will affect the determination of the Base Death Benefit from that
point on. Under  the Guideline Premium  Test, a change  in death benefit  option
could  cause  total  Premiums theretofore  paid  to exceed  the  maximum premium
limitation determined under the test. The  change also could reduce the  maximum
premium  limitation for future Premium payments.  If the change results in total
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limitation, the Company will require you to undertake a partial surrender of the
Policy (see "DEATH  BENEFIT --  Partial Surrender"  and "FEDERAL  TAX STATUS  --
Taxation  of Policy Proceeds"). You should consult a qualified tax adviser prior
to changing the death benefit option.
 
APB RIDER
 
    The Policy can be  issued with an APB  Rider, which provides life  insurance
coverage,  annually renewable to Attained  Age 100, on the  life of the Insured.
The amount of  coverage under the  APB Rider,  the APB Rider  Death Benefit,  is
initially  the  APB  Rider  Face  Amount  that  is  specified  in  your  Policy.
Subsequently,  the  amount  of   the  APB  Rider   Death  Benefit  is   adjusted
automatically by the Company; if the Base Death Benefit under the Policy exceeds
the  Specified Face Amount  (or for death  benefit Option B,  the Specified Face
Amount plus Account  Value) as a  result of  an increase in  Account Value  (see
"DEATH  BENEFIT -- Death Benefit Compliance  Test"), the APB Rider Death Benefit
will be reduced by an equivalent amount, under the formula set forth below.
 
    The APB Rider Death Benefit is the greater of zero or the result of (a) less
(b) where:
 
        (a) is the APB Rider Face Amount, and
 
        (b) is the excess, if any, of the Base Death Benefit over
 
            - the Specified Face Amount for death benefit Option A policies, or
 
            - the Specified Face Amount plus the Account Value for death benefit
              Option B policies.
 
    The cost of  the APB  Rider is  included in  the Monthly  Cost of  Insurance
deduction. (See "CHARGES, DEDUCTIONS AND REFUNDS -- Monthly Cost of Insurance.")
There  is no Premium allocated to the APB  Rider. As a result, there is no sales
load, DAC  tax charge  or  premium tax  charge  associated with  this  coverage.
Conversion  rights do  not apply  to the APB  Rider (see  "GENERAL PROVISIONS --
Conversion") and guaranteed maximum cost of insurance rates associated with  the
APB  Rider Death  Benefit exceed  those associated  with the  Base Death Benefit
(see"CHARGES, DEDUCTIONS AND REFUNDS -- Monthly Cost of Insurance").
 
    An APB Rider  will terminate  on the earliest  of the  following dates:  (1)
receipt of your written request for termination, (2) lapse of the Policy because
of insufficient value, or (3) termination of the Policy.
 
MINIMUM FACE AMOUNT
 
    The  sum of  the Specified Face  Amount and  the APB Rider  Face Amount, the
Total Face Amount, generally must be at least equal to a minimum of $50,000,  of
which  the Specified Face Amount must be at  least equal to a minimum of $5,000.
The Company reserves  the right to  waive these minimums  and also reserves  the
right  to offer the Policy only in conjunction  with an APB Rider with a certain
APB Rider Face Amount.
 
CHANGES IN FACE AMOUNT
 
    After the end of the  first Policy Year, you  may change the Specified  Face
Amount  and, if it is part of the  Policy, the APB Rider Face Amount. Unless you
specify otherwise, a  change in  the Policy's Total  Face Amount  will first  be
applied,  to the extent  possible, to the  APB Rider Face  Amount. You must send
your request for a change to our Service Center, in writing. The Effective  Date
of Coverage for changes is:
 
    - for any increase in coverage, the Monthly Anniversary Day that falls on or
      next  follows the  date we approve  the supplemental  application for such
      increase, and
 
    - for any decrease in coverage, the Monthly Anniversary Day that falls on or
      next follows the date we receive your request.
 
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DECREASES IN FACE AMOUNT
 
    The Specified  Face  Amount  may  not decrease  to  less  than  the  minimum
Specified  Face Amount. A  decrease in Specified  Face Amount or  APB Rider Face
Amount may not decrease the  Policy's Total Face Amount  to an amount less  than
the  minimum Total Face Amount. A decrease in face amount will be applied to the
initial face amount and to each increase in face amount in the following order:
 
    - first, to the most recent increase;
 
    - second, to the next most recent increases in reverse chronological  order;
      and
 
    - finally, to the initial face amount.
 
    If  you have chosen the Guideline Premium  Test, a decrease in the Specified
Face Amount or APB Rider Face Amount could cause total Premiums theretofore paid
to exceed the maximum premium limitation determined under the test. The decrease
also will reduce the maximum premium limitation for future Premium payments.  If
the  decrease  results  in total  Premiums  paid exceeding  the  maximum premium
limitation, the Company will require you to undertake a partial surrender of the
Policy (see"DEATH  BENEFIT --  Partial  Surrender" and  "FEDERAL TAX  STATUS  --
Taxation  of Policy Proceeds"). You should consult a qualified tax adviser prior
to decreasing the Specified Face Amount or APB Rider Face Amount.
 
INCREASES IN FACE AMOUNT
 
    An increase  in the  face amount  is subject  to our  underwriting rules  in
effect  at the time of  the increase. You may be  required to submit evidence of
the Insured's insurability satisfactory to us. Moreover, you should consult with
a qualified adviser concerning  whether your insurable  interest in the  Insured
will support such an increase. (See "THE POLICY -- Application and Issuance of a
Policy.")
 
                                 ACCOUNT VALUE
 
    The  Account Value  is the  sum of  the amounts  in each  Sub-Account of the
Variable Account  with respect  to your  Policy,  plus the  amount of  the  Loan
Account.  The Account  Value varies  depending upon  the Premiums  paid, Expense
Charges Applied to  Premium, Mortality and  Expense Risk Percentage  deductions,
Monthly  Expense Charges,  Monthly Cost of  Insurance charges,  Policy loans and
loan repayments,  Partial  Surrenders,  fees,  and  the  Net  Investment  Factor
(determined  as provided below) for the Sub-Accounts to which your Account Value
is allocated.
 
    We measure  the amounts  in the  Sub-Accounts  in terms  of Units  and  Unit
Values.  On any given day, the amount you  have in a Sub-Account is equal to the
Unit  Value  multiplied  by  the  number  of  Units  credited  to  you  in  that
Sub-Account. The Units for each Sub-Account will have different Unit Values.
 
    Amounts  allocated to a  Sub-Account will be  used to purchase  Units of the
Sub-Account. Units  are redeemed  when you  make partial  surrenders,  undertake
Policy  loans or  transfer amounts  from a Sub-Account,  and for  payment of the
Mortality and Expense Risk Charge, the  Monthly Expense Charge, and the  Monthly
Cost  of Insurance Charge. The number of  Units of each Sub-Account purchased or
redeemed is determined by dividing the  dollar amount of the transaction by  the
Unit  Value  for  the  Sub-Account.  The Unit  Value  for  each  Sub-Account was
initially established at  $10.00. The  Unit Value for  any subsequent  Valuation
Date  is equal to the Unit Value  for the preceding Valuation Date multiplied by
the Net Investment  Factor. The Unit  Value of a  Sub-Account for any  Valuation
Date  is  determined as  of the  close of  the Valuation  Period ending  on that
Valuation Date.
 
    Transactions are processed on the date we receive a Premium at Our Principal
Office or  any acceptable  written  or telephonic  request  is received  at  the
Service  Center. If your Premium or request is  received on a date that is not a
Valuation Date, or after the close of the New York Stock Exchange on a Valuation
Date, the transaction will be processed on the next subsequent Valuation Date.
 
ACCOUNT VALUE IN THE SUB-ACCOUNTS
 
    The Account Value attributable to  each Sub-Account of the Variable  Account
on the Investment Start Date equals:
 
    - that portion of Net Premium received and allocated to the Sub-Account,
 
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    minus
 
    - the  Monthly Expense Charges due on  the Issue Date and subsequent Monthly
      Anniversary Days through the Investment Start Date, and
 
    - the Monthly Cost of Insurance deductions  due from the Issue Date  through
      the Investment Start Date.
 
    The  Account Value attributable to each  Sub-Account of the Variable Account
on subsequent Valuation Dates is equal to:
 
    - the Account  Value  attributable  to  the  Sub-Account  on  the  preceding
      Valuation  Date multiplied  by that  Sub-Account's Net  Investment Factor,
      less the Daily  Risk Percentage multiplied  by the number  of days in  the
      Valuation Period multiplied by the Account Value in the Sub-Account,
 
    plus
 
    - that  portion of  Net Premium  received and  allocated to  the Sub-Account
      during the current Valuation Period,
 
    - any amounts transferred by you to the Sub-Account from another Sub-Account
      during the current Valuation Period,
 
    - that portion of any loan repayment allocated to the Sub-Account during the
      current Valuation Period, and
 
    - that portion of any interest credited on outstanding Policy loans which is
      allocated to the Sub-Account during the current Valuation Period,
 
    less
 
    - any amounts transferred by you from the Sub-Account to another Sub-Account
      during the current Valuation Period,
 
    - that portion  of  any partial  surrenders  deducted from  the  Sub-Account
      during the current Valuation Period,
 
    - that  portion of any  Policy loan transferred from  the Sub-Account to the
      Loan Account during the current Valuation Period,
 
    - if a Monthly Anniversary Day  occurs during the current Valuation  Period,
      that  portion  of the  Monthly Expense  Charge for  the Policy  month just
      beginning charged to the Sub-Account,
 
    - if a Monthly Anniversary Day  occurs during the current Valuation  Period,
      that  portion of the Monthly  Cost of Insurance for  the Policy month just
      ending charged to the Sub-Account, and
 
    - if you surrender during the current Valuation Period, that portion of  the
      pro-rata  Monthly Cost  of Insurance for  the Policy month  charged to the
      Sub-Account.
 
NET INVESTMENT FACTOR
 
    The Net Investment  Factor is  an index  applied to  measure the  investment
performance  of a  Sub-Account from  one Valuation Period  to the  next. The Net
Investment Factor may be greater  or less than or  equal to one; therefore  your
Account  Value allocated to the Sub-Account may increase, decrease or remain the
same.
 
    The Net Investment Factor for each  Sub-Account for any Valuation Period  is
determined by dividing (a) by (b) where
 
    (a) is the net result of:
 
        (1)  the  net  asset value  of  a  Fund share  held  in  the Sub-Account
           determined as of the end of the Valuation Period, plus
 
        (2) the per share amount of any dividend or other distribution  declared
           on  Fund  shares held  in  the Sub-Account  if  the"ex-dividend" date
           occurs during the Valuation Period, plus or minus
 
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        (3) a per  share credit or  charge with  respect to any  taxes paid,  or
           reserved  for by  the Company during  the Valuation  Period which are
           determined by the Company to be attributable to the operation of  the
           Sub-Account  (no federal  income taxes  are applicable  under present
           law); and
 
    (b) is  the  net  asset value  of  a  Fund share  held  in  the  Sub-Account
       determined as of the end of the preceding Valuation Period.
 
ACCOUNT VALUE IN THE LOAN ACCOUNT
 
    The Account Value in the Loan Account is zero on the Investment Start Date.
 
    The  Account Value in the Loan Account on any day after the Investment Start
Date equals:
 
    - the Account Value in the Loan  Account on the preceding day credited  with
      interest  at the rate specified in the Policy as the "interest credited on
      Loan Account rate" of 4%,
 
    plus
 
    - any amount transferred from  Sub-Accounts to the  Loan Account for  Policy
      loans requested on that day,
 
    less
 
    - any loan repayments made on that day, and
 
    - if  that  day  is a  Policy  Anniversary,  any amount  transferred  to the
      Sub-Accounts by  which  the Loan  Account  Value exceeds  the  outstanding
      Policy loan.
 
TRANSFER PRIVILEGES
 
    Subject  to our rules as they may exist  from time to time and to any limits
that may be imposed by the Funds,  including those set forth in the Policy,  you
may  at any time transfer to another Sub-Account all or a portion of the Account
Value allocated to a Sub-Account. All requests for transfers must be made to the
Service Center. We will make transfers pursuant to a valid written or  telephone
request  received by the Service Center. Telephone requests will be honored only
in accordance  with the  procedures described  above for  changes in  allocation
percentages.  (See "PREMIUM PAYMENTS  -- Allocation of  Net Premium.") Transfers
may be requested by indicating the transfer of either a specified dollar  amount
or  a specified  percentage of the  Sub-Account's value from  which the transfer
will be made. If you request a  transfer based on a specified percentage of  the
Sub-Account's  value, that percentage  will be converted into  a request for the
transfer of a  specified dollar  amount based  on application  of the  specified
percentage  to the Sub-Account's value at the  time the request is received. All
telephone transfer requests will be recorded.
 
    These transfer privileges are subject to  our consent. We reserve the  right
to  impose  limitations on  transfers, including,  but not  limited to:  (1) the
minimum amount that  may be  transferred; and (2)  the minimum  amount that  may
remain in a Sub-Account following a transfer from that Sub-Account. In addition,
transfer  privileges are subject to any restrictions  that may be imposed by the
Funds.
 
SURRENDER
 
    You may surrender the Policy for the  Cash Surrender Value at any time.  The
Cash  Surrender Value  is the  Account Value,  decreased by  the balance  of any
outstanding Policy Debt,  increased by the  Sales Load Refund  at Surrender,  if
any.
 
PARTIAL SURRENDER
 
    You  may make a Partial Surrender of  the Policy once each Policy Year after
the first Policy  Year by  written request to  the Service  Center. The  maximum
amount of any Partial Surrender is the Account Value decreased by the balance of
any outstanding Policy Debt. Unless you provide evidence satisfactory to us that
the  Insured is still  an acceptable risk  based on our  underwriting limits and
standards, the Total  Face Amount  will be reduced  to the  extent necessary  so
that:
 
    - the  Death Benefit  less the Account  Value immediately  after the Partial
      Surrender,
 
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    does not exceed
 
    - the  Death Benefit less  the Account Value  immediately before the Partial
      Surrender.
 
    If you provide such evidence, you will have the option of keeping the  Death
Benefit  equal to what  it was immediately  prior to the  Partial Surrender. The
Specified Face Amount remaining in force after the Partial Surrender must be  no
lower  than  the minimum  Specified  Face Amount.  A  Partial Surrender  may not
decrease the Policy's Total Face Amount to an amount less than the minimum Total
Face Amount.
 
ALLOCATION OF PARTIAL SURRENDER
 
    You may  allocate  the  Partial  Surrender among  the  Sub-Accounts  of  the
Variable  Account.  If  you do  not  specify  the allocation,  then  the Partial
Surrender will be allocated among the  Sub-Accounts in the same proportion  that
the  Account Value of each  Sub-Account bears to the  aggregate Account Value of
all Sub-Accounts on the date of Partial Surrender.
 
INSUFFICIENT VALUE
 
    If, on a Valuation Date, the Account Value less the outstanding Policy  Debt
is  less than  or equal to  zero, then the  Policy will terminate  for no value,
subject to the grace period.
 
GRACE PERIOD
 
    If,  on  a  Valuation  Date,  your  Policy  will  terminate  by  reason   of
insufficient  value, we will allow a grace  period. This grace period will allow
61 calendar days from that Valuation Date for the payment of a Net Premium  that
is  sufficient to cover the deductions  from the Account Value. These deductions
include the Monthly Cost of Insurance, the Monthly Expense Charge and the  Daily
Risk  Percentage charge. Notice of Premium due will be mailed to your last known
address or the last known address of any assignee of record. We will assume that
your last known address is  the address shown on  the application (or notice  of
assignment),  unless we receive written notice of  a change in address in a form
satisfactory to us.  If the Premium  due is not  paid within 61  days after  the
beginning  of the grace period, then the  Policy and all rights to benefits will
terminate without  value at  the  end of  the 61  day  period. The  Policy  will
continue  to remain in  force during this  grace period. If  the Policy Proceeds
become payable  during  the grace  period,  then  any overdue  Monthly  Cost  of
Insurance and Monthly Expense Charge will be deducted from the amount payable by
us.
 
                        CHARGES, DEDUCTIONS AND REFUNDS
 
EXPENSE CHARGES DEDUCTED AS A PERCENT OF PREMIUM
 
    The  Expense Charges Applied to  Premium will be the  sum of the charges for
premium tax,  the  federal  deferred  acquisition  cost  ("DAC")  tax,  and  the
applicable  sales  load  rates.  The  Expense  Charges  Applied  to  Premium are
multiplied by each  Premium you pay  and the  result will be  deducted from  the
Premium payment.
 
    All states and a few cities and municipalities impose taxes on premiums paid
for  life insurance. These charges vary from 2% to 4% of premium in most states,
depending on the state of residence  of the Owner (Kentucky currently charges  a
tax  of 7%  of premium).  The premium  tax percentage  rate charged  against the
Premium on your Policy will be determined  from time to time and will equal  the
rate  we expect to pay for premium taxes in your state of residence. In no event
will the premium tax rate exceed 4%, except that for Kentucky Policy Owners,  in
no  event  will the  premium tax  rate exceed  9%.  In the  event your  state of
residence changes, the premium tax rate will be adjusted to reflect the rate for
the new state of residence.
 
    We  also  make  a  deduction  of  1.25%  of  Premium,  which  is  the   rate
approximately  equal to our expenses in paying federal DAC taxes associated with
the Policies. The charge for DAC tax  expenses is guaranteed not to exceed  this
rate.
 
    A  sales  load rate  of 8.75%  is deducted  from Premium  paid up  to Target
Premium for each of the first seven Policy Years. A sales load rate of 2.25%  is
deducted  from Premium paid  in excess of  Target Premium for  each of the first
seven Policy Years. The  amount of Target Premium  is specified in your  Policy.
All  Premium paid in a Policy Year is aggregated to determine which portion of a
Premium exceeds Target Premium. There
 
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is no sales load imposed after the seventh Policy Year. The sales load rates are
guaranteed not to exceed these amounts. The sales load is designed primarily  to
compensate us for a portion of the expenses incurred in distributing the Policy,
including  agent compensation, the cost of prospectuses, and advertising. We may
reduce or waive the  sales load for certain  group or sponsored arrangements  or
corporate  purchasers. (See  "CHARGES, DEDUCTIONS,  AND REFUNDS  -- Reduction of
Charges.")
 
SALES LOAD REFUND AT SURRENDER
 
    If you surrender your Policy during the first three Policy Years, a  portion
of  the sales load charged against the  Premium payments made in the Policy Year
of surrender will be refunded.  We will refund 6% of  Premium paid up to  Target
Premium,  and the entire  sales load charged  against Premium paid  in excess of
Target Premium. The refund only applies to  Premiums paid in the Policy Year  of
surrender  (rather than applying  to Premiums paid since  issue). This refund is
not available for  partial surrenders or  Policy loans. There  is no refund  for
surrenders occurring after the third Policy Year.
 
EXPENSE CHARGES DEDUCTED AS A PERCENT OF ASSETS
 
    We  deduct  a daily  charge  from the  assets  of the  Variable  Account for
mortality and expense risks we assume in connection with the Policy. The  amount
of  the daily charge  is the Daily  Risk Percentage multiplied  by the net asset
value of the Variable Account. During the first ten Policy Years, the Daily Risk
Percentage is currently  .0020471%, which  is equivalent  to an  annual rate  of
0.75%;  beginning  in  the  eleventh  Policy  Year,  the  Daily  Rate Percentage
decreases to  .0009572%, which  is equivalent  to an  annual rate  of 0.35%.  We
reserve  the right to change the mortality and expense risk charge if we believe
that  circumstances  have  changed  so  that  current  charges  are  no   longer
appropriate.  In no  event will  the charge exceed  an effective  annual rate of
0.90%.
 
    Because the Variable  Account purchases  shares of the  Funds, your  Account
Value will reflect investment management fees and other expenses incurred by the
Funds.  These fees  and expenses  are more  fully described  in the accompanying
prospectuses.
 
    No charges are currently made against the Sub-Accounts for taxes, or for any
amount set  aside  as a  reserve  for taxes  attributable  to the  operation  or
maintenance of the sub-account. We reserve the right to impose such charges.
 
EXPENSE CHARGES DEDUCTED ON A PER POLICY BASIS
 
    We  deduct a Monthly Expense Charge of $13.75 at the beginning of each month
during the  first Policy  Year  and $7.50  for  months thereafter.  The  Monthly
Expense Charge will be determined from time to time based on our expectations of
future  expenses. However, the  Monthly Expense Charge will  not be greater than
$13.75 in any Policy month. This charge  is designed to reimburse us for  actual
administrative  costs we incur, and we do not  expect to make a profit from this
charge.  The  Monthly   Expense  Charge  deduction   will  be  allocated   among
Sub-Accounts  in the same proportion that  the Account Value of each Sub-Account
bears to the aggregate  Account Value of all  Sub-Accounts immediately prior  to
the deduction.
 
MONTHLY COST OF INSURANCE
 
    We  deduct a  Monthly Cost  of Insurance charge  from your  Account Value to
cover anticipated costs of providing insurance coverage. This charge is made, in
arrears, on each Monthly  Anniversary Day. If you  surrender your Policy on  any
day  other than a Monthly  Anniversary Day, a pro-rata  charge will be made. The
Monthly Cost of Insurance deduction will be allocated among Sub-Accounts in  the
same  proportion  that  the  Account  Value of  each  Sub-Account  bears  to the
aggregate Account Value of all Sub-Accounts immediately prior to the deduction.
 
    The Monthly Cost of Insurance deduction is the sum of
 
    - the monthly cost of insurance rate (described below )multiplied by the Net
      Amount at Risk  (as defined  below) divided by  1000; the  "Net Amount  at
      Risk"  equals the Base Death Benefit at the end of the Policy Month before
      the deduction of the Monthly Cost  of Insurance less the Account Value  at
      the  end of the Policy  Month before the deduction  of the Monthly Cost of
      Insurance;
 
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    - the monthly cost  of insurance rate  for the APB  Rider Death Benefit,  if
      any, times the APB Rider Death Benefit divided by 1000;
 
    - the monthly rider cost for any other riders that are a part of the Policy;
 
    - the  flat extra,  if any,  specified in the  Policy, times  the Total Face
      Amount divided by 1000.
 
The Account Value deduction  occurs first to the  initial Total Face Amount  and
second to successive increases.
 
    The  monthly cost  of insurance rates  are based  on the length  of time the
Policy has  been in  force and  the Insured's  sex (in  the case  of  Non-Unisex
Policies),  Issue  Age, Class  and table  rating,  if any.  The monthly  cost of
insurance rates for the Base Death Benefit  and the APB Rider Death Benefit  are
currently  the same but may differ in  the future. The monthly cost of insurance
rates will be determined by  us from time to time  based on our expectations  of
future  experience  with  respect  to  mortality,  persistency,  interest rates,
expenses and taxes. However, the maximum monthly cost of insurance rates for the
Base Death Benefit for  Insureds that are not  rated substandard risks will  not
exceed  the monthly rates based on the 1980 CSO Mortality Tables A (for male and
unisex) and G (for  females). Generally, the maximum  monthly cost of  insurance
rates  for  the  APB  Rider  Death  Benefit  for  Insureds  that  are  not rated
substandard risks will not exceed  125% of the monthly  rates based on the  1980
CSO  Mortality Tables A (for male and  unisex) and G (for females). Monthly cost
of insurance  rates for  Classes  with substandard  risk  ratings are  based  on
multiples  of these tables. Flat extras apply only with respect to certain types
of substandard  risk Classes,  and, if  applicable, will  be specified  in  your
Policy.
 
REDUCTION OF CHARGES
 
    We  reserve the right to reduce any  of the charges and deductions described
in this section in connection  with the sale of any  Policy when it is  expected
that  the nature  of the  sale will  result in  savings of  costs underlying the
charge or deduction. We will determine the propriety and amount of the reduction
in our discretion. We  may modify the qualification  requirements that enable  a
sale  to receive such  a reduction as  experience is gained.  Any such reduction
will not be unfairly discriminatory against the interests of any Policy Owner.
 
                                  POLICY LOANS
 
    You may request a Policy loan of up to 90% of your Account Value,  decreased
by  the balance of  any outstanding Policy Debt  on the date  the Policy loan is
made. Account Value equal to the amount  of the Policy loan will be  transferred
from  the Sub-Accounts to the Loan Account on  the date the Policy loan is made.
You may allocate the Policy loan among  the Sub-Accounts. If you do not  specify
the allocation, then the Policy loan will be allocated among the Sub-Accounts in
the  same proportion  that the  Account Value of  each Sub-Account  bears to the
aggregate Account Value of all Sub-Accounts immediately prior to the loan.
 
    Interest on the Policy  loan will accrue daily  at the Policy loan  interest
rate  of 5% in Policy Years one  through ten and 4.25% thereafter. This interest
shall be due and payable to us in arrears on each Policy Anniversary. Any unpaid
interest will be added to the principal amount as an additional Policy loan  and
will  bear interest at the same rate and  in the same manner as the prior Policy
loan.
 
    All funds we receive  from you will  be credited to  your Policy as  Premium
unless  we have received  written notice, in  form satisfactory to  us, that the
funds are for loan repayment. In the  event you have a loan against the  Policy,
it  is  generally advantageous  to repay  the  loan rather  than make  a Premium
payment because Premium payments incur  expense charges whereas loan  repayments
do  not. Loan repayments will first reduce the outstanding balance of the Policy
loan and  then  accrued  but unpaid  interest  on  such loans.  We  will  accept
repayment of any Policy loan at any time before Maturity. The amount of the loan
repayment  up to the outstanding balance of  the Policy loan will be transferred
from the Loan Account to the  Sub-Accounts. You may allocate the loan  repayment
among  the Sub-Accounts.  If you  do not specify  the allocation,  then the loan
repayment will be allocated among the  Sub-Accounts in the same proportion  that
the  Account Value of each Sub-Account bears to the total Account Value less the
Loan Account immediately prior to the loan repayment.
 
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                               GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
ADDITION, DELETION OR SUBSTITUTION OF INVESTMENTS
 
    Shares of any  or all  of the  Portfolios may  not always  be available  for
purchase  by the  Sub-Accounts of  the Variable Account,  or we  may decide that
further investment in any such shares is no longer appropriate. In either event,
shares of  other registered  open end  investment companies  or unit  investment
trusts  may be  substituted both for  Portfolio shares already  purchased by the
Variable Account and/or as the security to be purchased in the future,  provided
that  these substitutions have been approved, if required, by the Securities and
Exchange Commission. In addition, the investment policy of the Variable  Account
will  not be changed without  the approval of the  Insurance Commissioner of the
State of Delaware. We  also reserve the right  to eliminate or combine  existing
Sub-Accounts  or to  transfer assets between  Sub-Accounts. In the  event of any
substitution or other act  pursuant to this provision,  we may make  appropriate
endorsement to the Policy to reflect the substitution.
 
ALTERATION
 
    Our  agents do not  have the authority to  alter or modify  the Policy or to
waive any  of its  provisions. The  only  persons with  this authority  are  our
president, actuary, secretary, or one of our vice presidents.
 
ASSIGNMENTS
 
    During  the lifetime  of the  Insured, you  may assign  all or  some of your
rights under the Policy. All assignments must be filed at our Service Center and
must be  in  written  form satisfactory  to  us.  The assignment  will  then  be
effective as of the date you signed the form, subject to any action taken before
it  was received  by us at  our Service Center.  We are not  responsible for the
validity or legal effect of any assignment.
 
CHANGE IN THE OPERATION OF THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT
 
    At our election, and  subject to any necessary  vote by those having  voting
rights,  the Variable Account  may be operated  as a unit  investment trust or a
management company under  the Investment Company  Act of 1940.  It is  currently
registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
may  be deregistered  in the  event registration is  no longer  required. In the
event of any change in  the operation of the  Variable Account pursuant to  this
provision, we may make appropriate amendment to the Policy to reflect the change
and  take such other  action as may  be necessary and  appropriate to effect the
change.
 
CONVERSION
 
    You may convert  the Policy into  a flexible premium  universal life  policy
offered by Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada during the first 24 months after
the  Issue Date while the Policy is in  force. Choice of a new policy is subject
to our approval and  will be restricted  to those policies  that offer the  same
Class  and rating as your Policy. The new policy will be issued without evidence
with the same Class and rating as your Policy. The conversion provision does not
apply to the  APB Rider, if  any, or to  any supplemental benefits  that may  be
attached to the Policy.
 
DEFERRAL OF PAYMENT
 
    We  will usually pay any  amount due from the  Variable Account within seven
days after the Valuation Date following our receipt of written notice or, in the
case of death of  the Insured, Due  Proof of such death.  Payment of any  amount
payable  from the  Variable Account on  death, surrender,  partial surrender, or
Policy loan may be postponed whenever:
 
    - the New  York Stock  Exchange  ("NYSE") is  closed, other  than  customary
      weekend  and  holiday  closing,  or  trading  on  the  NYSE  is  otherwise
      restricted,
 
    - the Securities and Exchange Commission, by order, permits postponement for
      the protection of Policy Owners, or
 
    - an  emergency  exists  as  determined  by  the  Securities  and   Exchange
      Commission,  as a result of which disposal of securities is not reasonably
      practicable, or it is not reasonably practicable to determine the value of
      the assets of the Variable Account.
 
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ENTIRE CONTRACT
 
    The  entire  contract  with  us  consists  of  the  Policy,  including   the
Application  and any attached copies  of supplemental applications for increases
in the face amount. Any illustrations prepared in connection with the Policy  do
NOT  form a  part of our  contract with you  and are intended  solely to provide
information about possible future performance, based solely on data available at
the time such illustrations are prepared.
 
ILLUSTRATIONS
 
    Upon request, we  will provide you  with an illustration  of future  Account
Value  and Death  Benefits. This  illustration will  be furnished  to you  for a
nominal fee not to exceed $25.
 
INCONTESTABILITY
 
    All statements made in the Application or in a supplemental application  are
representations  and  not  warranties. We  will  rely on  these  statements when
approving the issuance, increase in face amount, increase in Base Death  Benefit
over Premium paid, or change in death benefit option of the Policy. No statement
can  be used by us  in defense of a  claim unless the statement  was made in the
application or in a supplemental application. In the absence of fraud, after the
Policy has been in force during the lifetime of the Insured for a period of  two
years  from  its Issue  Date, we  cannot  contest it  except for  non-payment of
Premiums in  accordance  with the  Insufficient  Value provision.  However,  any
increase  in the Total Face Amount which  is effective after the Issue Date will
be incontestable only after such increase has been in force during the  lifetime
of  the Insured  for two  years from  the effective  date of  such increase. Any
increase in  Base Death  Benefit over  Premium paid  or increase  in Base  Death
Benefit  due to a death  benefit option change will  be incontestable only after
such increase has been in force during the lifetime of the Insured for two years
from the date of the increase.
 
MATURITY
 
    If the Insured is living and the Policy is in force on the date of Maturity,
the Cash  Surrender Value  is payable  to  you. It  is possible  that  insurance
coverage  may not  continue to Maturity,  even if planned  periodic Premiums are
paid in a timely manner.
 
MISSTATEMENT OF AGE OR SEX (NON-UNISEX POLICY)
 
    If the age or  (in the case of  a Non-Unisex Policy) sex  of the Insured  is
stated  incorrectly  in  the Application,  the  amounts  payable by  us  will be
adjusted as follows:
 
    - Misstatement discovered at  death: The  Death Benefit will  be that  which
      would  be purchased by the most recently charged Monthly Cost of Insurance
      rate for the correct age or (for a Non-Unisex Policy) sex.
 
    - Misstatement  discovered  prior  to  death:  The  Account  Value  will  be
      recalculated from the Issue Date using the Monthly Cost of Insurance rates
      based on the correct age or (for a Non-Unisex Policy) sex.
 
MODIFICATION
 
    Upon notice to you, we may modify the Policy if such modification:
 
    - is  necessary to make the  Policy or the Variable  Account comply with any
      law or regulation issued by a governmental agency to which the Company  or
      the Variable Account is subject, or
 
    - is  necessary to  assure continued qualification  of the  Policy under the
      Internal Revenue Code or other federal  or state laws as a life  insurance
      policy, or
 
    - is  necessary to reflect a change in the operation of the Variable Account
      or the Sub-Accounts, or
 
    - adds, deletes or otherwise changes Sub-Account options.
 
We also reserve the right to modify  certain provisions of the Policy as  stated
in  those  provisions.  In the  event  of  any such  modification,  we  may make
appropriate endorsement to the Policy to reflect such modification.
 
NONPARTICIPATING
 
    The Policy does not pay dividends.
 
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PROCEDURE
 
    You do not need the consent of a Beneficiary or a contingent Owner in  order
to  exercise any of your rights. However, you must give us written notice of the
requested action. The request must be filed at our Service Center and must be in
written form satisfactory  to us. Your  request will then,  except as  otherwise
specified  in  the Policy,  be effective  as of  the date  you signed  the form,
subject to any action taken before it was received by us at our Service Center.
 
REPORT TO OWNER
 
    We will send you a  report at least once each  Policy Year. The report  will
show  current Policy values,  Premiums paid, and deductions  made since the last
report. It  will also  show the  balance  of any  outstanding Policy  loans  and
accrued interest on such loans. There is no charge for this report.
 
RIGHTS OF BENEFICIARY
 
    The  Beneficiary has no rights in the Policy until the death of the Insured.
If a Beneficiary  is alive at  that time,  the Beneficiary will  be entitled  to
payment of the Policy Proceeds as they become due.
 
RIGHTS OF OWNER
 
    While  the Insured is alive,  unless you have assigned  any of these rights,
you may:
 
    - transfer ownership to a new Owner;
 
    - name a contingent  Owner who will  automatically become the  Owner of  the
      Policy if you die before the Insured;
 
    - change or revoke a contingent Owner;
 
    - change or revoke a Beneficiary;
 
    - exercise all other rights in the Policy;
 
    - increase  or decrease the Specified Face  Amount or APB Rider Face Amount,
      subject to the provisions of the Policy;
 
    - change the death benefit option, subject to the provisions of the Policy.
 
When you transfer your rights to a new Owner, you automatically revoke any prior
contingent Owner  designation.  When  you  want to  change  or  revoke  a  prior
Beneficiary  designation, you have to  specify that action. You  do not affect a
prior Beneficiary when  you merely  transfer ownership,  or change  or revoke  a
contingent Owner designation.
 
SPLITTING UNITS
 
    We  reserve the right to  split or combine the  value of Units. In effecting
any such change,  strict equity  will be  preserved and  no change  will have  a
material effect on the benefits or other provisions of the Policy.
 
SUICIDE
 
    In  most states,  if the  Insured, whether  sane or  insane, commits suicide
within two years after the  Issue Date, we will not  pay any part of the  Policy
Proceeds.  We will refund the Premiums paid,  less the amount of any Policy Debt
and any Partial Surrenders.
 
TERMINATION
 
    The Policy terminates on the earlier of the date we receive your request  to
surrender,  the expiration date of the grace period (see "Account Value -- Grace
Period"), the date of death of the Insured, or the date of Maturity.
 
VOTING RIGHTS
 
    To the extent required by law, we will vote shares of the Funds held by each
Sub-Account in accordance  with instructions  received from  Policy Owners  with
Account Value allocated to the relevant Sub-Account. Each person having a voting
interest  will be  provided with proxy  materials of the  relevant Fund together
with an appropriate form with which to give us voting instructions. Shares  held
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timely instructions are received will be voted in proportion to the instructions
received  from all persons with  an interest in such  Sub-Account who furnish us
with voting instructions. We will also vote shares held in the Separate  Account
that we own and which are not attributable to Policies in the same proportion.
 
    We will determine the number of votes as to which you have the right to give
voting  instructions as  of the record  date established for  the relevant Fund.
This number is determined by dividing your Account Value in the Sub-Account,  if
any,  by the net asset value of one share in the corresponding Fund in which the
assets of the Sub-Account are invested.
 
    We may, when required by  state insurance regulatory authorities,  disregard
voting  instructions if the instructions require that  the shares be voted so as
(1) to cause a change in the subclassification or investment objective of one or
more of  the Funds;  or (2)  to  approve or  disapprove an  investment  advisory
contract  for a Fund. In addition, we may disregard voting instructions in favor
of any  change  in the  investment  policies or  in  any investment  advisor  or
principal   underwriter   initiated   by   Policy  Owners   or   the   Board  of
Trustees/Directors any of the Funds. Our disapproval of any such change must  be
reasonable  and, in the  case of a  change in investment  policies or investment
adviser, based on a good faith determination that such change would be  contrary
to  state  law or  otherwise is  inappropriate  in light  of the  objectives and
purposes of the Fund. In the  event we disregard voting instructions, a  summary
of  and the reasons for that action will be included in the next periodic report
to Policy Owners.
 
    If the Investment  Company Act  of 1940 or  any rules  thereunder should  be
amended  or if the present interpretation of  the Investment Company Act of 1940
or such rules should change, and as  a result the Company determines that it  is
permitted  to  vote shares  in its  own right,  whether or  not such  shares are
attributable to the Policies, we reserve the right to do so.
 
                          DISTRIBUTION OF THE POLICIES
 
    The Policy will be sold by  licensed insurance agents in those states  where
the  Policy may be lawfully sold. Such agents will be registered representatives
of broker-dealers registered under the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 who  are
members of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD") and who
have  entered  into distribution  agreements with  the  Company and  the General
Distributor, Sun Investment Services Company ("Sun Investment"). Sun  Investment
is  a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware on August 6, 1970, and is
a wholly-owned  subsidiary of  the Company.  Sun Investment  is a  broker-dealer
registered  under the  Securities Exchange Act  of 1934  and is a  member of the
NASD. As such,  it serves  as the principal  underwriter for  the Policies.  Sun
Investment  is  located  at  One  Sun  Life  Executive  Park,  Wellesley  Hills,
Massachusetts 02181.
 
    The maximum commission payable  by us will  be 15% of  Premium in the  first
Policy  Year and  9% of  Premium in  Policy Years  two through  seven. A maximum
commission rate of 0.10% of Account  Value in the Sub-Accounts for Policy  Years
one  through seven and 0.20% of Account Value in the Sub-Accounts thereafter may
also be paid.
 
    We may  also  pay  expense allowances,  bonuses,  and  training  allowances.
Registered  representatives who  meet specified  production levels  may qualify,
under our sales  incentive programs,  to receive non-cash  compensation such  as
expense-paid trips, expense-paid educational seminars and merchandise.
 
                         OTHER CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS
 
ADMINISTRATION
 
    We  have entered into a contract with  Andesa TPA, Inc. (1605 N. Cedar Crest
Blvd., Suite 502, Allentown, Pennsylvania,  18104-2351) under which Andesa  TPA,
Inc.  has agreed  to perform  certain administrative  functions relating  to the
Policies and the Variable Account. These functions include, among other  things,
maintaining records of the name, address, taxpayer identification number, Policy
number  and  Account  Value  of  each  Policy  and  other  pertinent information
necessary for the  administration of the  Policies. Andesa TPA,  Inc. is not  an
affiliate of the Company.
 
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CUSTODIAN
 
    We are the custodian of the assets of the Variable Account. We will purchase
shares  in connection with  amounts allocated to  the Sub-Accounts in accordance
with the instructions of  the Owner, redeem shares  for the purposes of  meeting
the  contractual obligations of the Variable Account and pay charges relative to
the Variable Account. The shares of the Funds purchased by the Variable Account,
to the  extent represented  by separate  certificates, will  be kept  physically
segregated and held separate from the assets of our General Account or any other
separate account.
 
REINSURANCE
 
    We intend to reinsure a portion of the risks assumed under the Policies. You
will  not have any rights  against the reinsurer(s); we  remain fully liable for
the benefits under the Policy.
 
                               FEDERAL TAX STATUS
 
    The discussion contained  herein is  general in  nature, is  based upon  the
Company's  understanding of current federal income  tax laws and is not intended
as tax advice.  Congress has the  power to enact  legislation affecting the  tax
treatment of life insurance contracts, and such legislation--as  well as any new
judicial or administrative  interpretation of  federal income  tax law-could  be
applied  retroactively.  Also, because  the Internal  Revenue  Code of  1986, as
amended (the "Code"), is not in force  in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,  some
references  in this discussion will not apply to Policies issued in Puerto Rico.
Any person contemplating the purchase of a Policy or any transaction involving a
Policy should consult  a qualified tax  adviser. THE COMPANY  DOES NOT MAKE  ANY
REPRESENTATION OR PROVIDE ANY GUARANTEE REGARDING THE TAX STATUS, FEDERAL, STATE
OR LOCAL, OF ANY POLICY OR ANY TRANSACTION INVOLVING THE POLICIES.
 
TAX TREATMENT OF THE COMPANY AND THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT
 
    The  Company is taxed as a life  insurance company under Subchapter L of the
Code. Although  the  operations  of  the  Variable  Account  are  accounted  for
separately  from other operations of the  Company for purposes of federal income
taxation, the  Variable  Account  currently  is  not  separately  taxable  as  a
regulated investment company or other taxable entity.
 
    Taxes  paid or  reserved for  by the  Company that  are attributable  to the
earnings of the Variable Account could  affect the Net Investment Factor,  which
affects  your Account Value (see "ACCOUNT VALUE -- Net Investment Factor). Under
existing federal income tax  law, however, the  income (consisting primarily  of
interest,  dividends  and net  capital gains)  of the  Variable Account,  to the
extent that it is applied to increase reserves under the Policy, is not  taxable
to  the  Company. Similarly,  no  significant state  or  local income  taxes are
attributable to the  earnings of  the Variable Account.  Therefore, the  Company
currently  does not  take any  federal, state or  local taxes  into account when
determining the Net Investment Factor. The  Company may take taxes into  account
when  determining the Net Investment Factor in  future years if, due to a change
in law,  a change  in the  Company's tax  status or  otherwise, such  taxes  are
attributable to the earnings of the Variable Account.
 
TAXATION OF POLICY PROCEEDS
 
    Section  7702 of the  Code provides that,  if certain tests  are met, a life
insurance policy will be treated as a life insurance contract for tax  purposes.
Provided  that the Owner has  an insurable interest in  the Insured, the Company
believes that the Policy  meets these tests, and  hence should receive the  same
federal  income tax treatment as  a fixed life insurance  contract. As such: (1)
the Death Benefit will be  eligible for exclusion from  the gross income of  the
Beneficiary  under Section 101 of the Code; and (2) the Owner will not be deemed
to be  in  constructive receipt  of  the  increases in  Cash  Surrender  Values,
including  additions attributable to interest,  dividends, appreciation or gains
realized upon transfers among  the Sub-Accounts, under  the Policy until  actual
receipt  thereof.  CORPORATE OWNERS,  HOWEVER, MIGHT  BE SUBJECT  TO ALTERNATIVE
MINIMUM TAX ON THE ANNUAL  INCREASES IN CASH SURRENDER  VALUES AND ON THE  DEATH
BENEFIT.
 
    To  qualify as a life insurance contract under Section 7702 of the Code, the
Policy must satisfy certain actuarial requirements. Section 7702 specifies  that
the  required actuarial calculations be based on mortality charges that meet the
reasonable mortality  charge  requirements set  forth  in the  Code,  and  other
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reasonably  expected to  be actually  paid. The  law relating  to reasonableness
standards for mortality  and other charges  is based on  statutory language  and
certain IRS pronouncements that do not address all relevant issues. Accordingly,
although the Company believes that the mortality and other charges that are used
in  the calculations  (including those used  with respect to  Policies issued to
so-called "sub-standard  risks") meet  the  applicable requirements,  it  cannot
offer  complete assurance. It  is possible that  future regulations will contain
standards that  would require  the Company  to modify  the mortality  and  other
charges used in the calculations, and the Company reserves the right to make any
such modifications.
 
    For  a variable contract  like the Policy  to qualify as  life insurance for
federal income tax purposes, it also must comply with the diversification  rules
found  in  Code  Section 817  and  the regulations  promulgated  thereunder. The
Company believes that  the Variable  Account complies  with the  diversification
requirements  prescribed by Treas. Reg.  Section 1.817-5. When these regulations
were proposed, the preamble to the regulations stated that the Internal  Revenue
Service  may promulgate guidelines  under which a variable  contract will not be
treated as a life insurance contract for tax purposes if the owner has excessive
control over  the  investments underlying  the  contract. Although  the  Company
believes  that  the  Owner  does  not have  excessive  control  over  the assets
underlying the Policy, it cannot offer complete assurance prior to the  issuance
of  such  guidelines,  which  may have  retroactive  effect.  If  guidelines are
promulgated, the Company  will take  any action (including  modification of  the
Policy or the Variable Account) necessary to comply with the guidelines.
 
    Upon  the complete surrender or  lapse of a Policy,  the amount by which the
sum of the Policy's Cash Surrender Value and any unpaid Policy Debt exceeds  the
Owner's  Investment  in the  Policy (as  defined below)  is treated  as ordinary
income subject  to  tax. Any  loss  incurred  upon surrender  generally  is  not
deductible.
 
    For  purposes of the  preceding paragraph and  the following paragraphs, the
term Investment in the Policy means (i) the aggregate amount of any Premiums  or
other  consideration paid for a Policy, minus (ii) the aggregate amount received
under a Policy which is excluded from gross income of the Owner (other than loan
amounts), plus (iii) the amount of any loan from, or secured by,a Policy that is
a Modified Endowment Contract (defined below) to the extent that such amount  is
included  in the gross income  of the Owner. The repayment  of a Policy loan (or
the payment of interest on a loan) does not affect Investment in the Policy.
 
    The tax consequences of distributions from, and loans taken from or  secured
by,  a Policy depend on whether the Policy is classified as a Modified Endowment
Contract under Section 7702A of the Code. Due to the flexibility of the  payment
of  premiums and other rights  you have under the  Policy, classification of the
Policy as  a  Modified  Endowment  Contract  will  depend  upon  the  individual
operation  of each  Policy. A  Policy is  a Modified  Endowment Contract  if the
aggregate amount paid under the Policy at any time during the first seven Policy
Years exceeds the sum of the net level premiums that would have been paid on  or
before  such time if the  Policy provided for paid  up future benefits after the
payment of seven  level annual  premiums. If there  is a  reduction in  benefits
during the first seven Policy Years, the foregoing computation is made as if the
Policy  originally had been issued  at the reduced benefit  level. If there is a
"material change" to  the Policy,  the seven  year testing  period for  Modified
Endowment  Contract status is  restarted. A life  insurance contract received in
exchange for a Modified  Endowment Contract also will  be treated as a  Modified
Endowment Contract.
 
    The  Company has  undertaken measures to  prevent payment of  a Premium from
inadvertently causing the Policy  to become a  Modified Endowment Contract  (see
"PREMIUM PAYMENTS -- Modified Endowment Contracts"). In general, an Owner should
consult a qualified tax adviser before undertaking any transaction involving the
Policy  to determine whether such transaction would cause the Policy to become a
Modified Endowment Contract.
 
    Provided  that  a  Policy  is  not  a  Modified  Endowment  Contract,   cash
distributions  from the Policy are  treated first as a  nontaxable return of the
Owner's Investment in  the Policy  and then as  a distribution  of the  Policy's
inside  buildup, which  is subject  to tax. (An  exception to  this general rule
occurs in the case that a cash  distribution is made in connection with  certain
reductions    in    the    Death    Benefit   under    the    Policy    in   the
 
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first fifteen contract years. Such a cash  distribution is taxed in whole or  in
part  as ordinary  income.) Loans from,  or secured by,  a Policy that  is not a
Modified Endowment Contract generally are treated as bona fide indebtedness, and
hence are not included in the gross income of the Owner.
 
    If a Policy is a Modified Endowment Contract, distributions from the  Policy
are  treated as  ordinary income subject  to tax up  to the amount  equal to the
excess of the  Account Value  (which includes unpaid  policy loans)  immediately
before  the distribution over the Investment in the Policy. Loans taken from, or
secured by, such a Policy, as well as due but unpaid interest thereon, are taxed
in the same manner as distributions from the Policy. A 10 percent additional tax
is imposed  on the  portion of  any distribution  from, or  loan taken  from  or
secured  by, a  Modified Endowment  Contract that  is included  in income except
where the distribution or loan is made on or after the Owner attains age 59 1/2,
is attributable to  the Owner's becoming  disabled, or  is part of  a series  of
substantially  equal periodic payments for the  life (or life expectancy) of the
Owner or the  joint lives  (or joint  life expectancies)  of the  Owner and  the
Owner's  Beneficiary. These exceptions  likely do not apply  where the Policy is
not owned by an individual (or held in trust for an individual). For purposes of
the computations described in this  paragraph, all Modified Endowment  Contracts
issued  by the Company (or its affiliates) to the same Owner during any calendar
year are treated as one Modified Endowment Contract.
 
    Because there are limits  on the deductibility of  policy loan interest,  an
Owner  should consult  a qualified  tax adviser  regarding the  deducting of any
Policy loan interest.
 
    An Owner generally will not recognize  gain upon the exchange of the  Policy
for  another life  insurance policy issued  by the Company  or another insurance
company, except to the extent that the Owner receives cash in the exchange or is
relieved of Policy indebtedness as  a result of the  exchange. In no event  will
the gain recognized exceed the amount by which the Policy's Account Value (which
includes unpaid Policy loans) exceeds the Owner's Investment in the Policy.
 
    A  transfer  of  the  Policy,  a  change  in  the  Owner,  a  change  in the
Beneficiary, certain other  changes to  the Policy  and particular  uses of  the
Policy  (including use in a so  called "split-dollar" arrangement)  may have tax
consequences depending  upon  the particular  circumstances  and should  not  be
undertaken  prior to consulting  with a qualified tax  adviser. For instance, if
the Owner transfers the Policy or designates a new Owner in return for  valuable
consideration  (or, in some cases, if the  transferor is relieved of a liability
as a result of the transfer), then  the Death Benefit payable upon the death  of
the  Insured may in certain circumstances be includible in taxable income to the
extent that  the Death  Benefit exceeds  the prior  consideration paid  for  the
transfer and any Premiums and other amounts subsequently paid by the transferee.
Further,  in such a case, if the consideration received exceeds the transferor's
Investment in the  Policy, the  difference will be  taxed to  the transferor  as
ordinary income.
 
    Federal  estate  and  state  and local  estate,  inheritance  and  other tax
consequences of ownership or receipt of Policy proceeds depend on the individual
circumstances of each Owner or Beneficiary.
 
                 THE COMPANY'S DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
 
    The directors  and  principal officers  of  the Company  are  listed  below,
together  with information  as to  their ages,  dates of  election and principal
business occupations during  the last five  years (if other  than their  present
business occupations). Except as otherwise indicated, the directors and officers
of  the Company  who are  associated with Sun  Life Assurance  Company of Canada
and/or its subsidiaries have been associated with Sun Life Assurance Company  of
Canada  for  more than  five  years either  in the  position  shown or  in other
positions.
 
JOHN D. MCNEIL, 62, Chairman and Director (1982*)
150 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 1J9
 
    He is Chairman and a  Director of Sun Life  Assurance Company of Canada  and
Sun  Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York; a Director of Massachusetts
Financial Services Company; President and a
 
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* Year elected director.
 
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Director of Sun Growth  Variable Annuity Fund, Inc.;  Chairman and a Trustee  of
MFS/Sun  Life Series Trust; Chairman  and a Member of  the Boards of Managers of
Money Market Variable Account, High Yield Variable Account, Capital Appreciation
Variable Account,  Government  Securities Variable  Account,  World  Governments
Variable  Account, Total  Return Variable  Account and  Managed Sectors Variable
Account; and a Director of Shell (Canada) Limited and Canadian Pacific, Ltd.
 
JOHN R. GARDNER, 58, President and Director (1986*)
150 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 1J9
 
    He is President and a Director of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada,  and
Sun  Life  Insurance  and  Annuity  Company  of  New  York;  and  a  Director of
Massachusetts  Financial  Services  Company,  Massachusetts  Casualty  Insurance
Company and Sun Life Financial Services Limited.
 
DAVID D. HORN, 55, Senior Vice President and General Manager and Director (1970,
1985*)
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02181
 
    He is Senior Vice President and General Manager for the United States of Sun
Life  Assurance Company of Canada; Chairman and  President and a Director of Sun
Investment Services Company; Senior  Vice President and a  Director of Sun  Life
Insurance  and Annuity Company of New York; Vice President and a Director of Sun
Growth Variable Annuity  Fund, Inc.;  President and  a Director  of Sun  Benefit
Services  Company,  Inc.,  Sun  Canada Financial  Co.,  and  Sun  Life Financial
Services Limited;  a Director  of Sun  Capital Advisers,  Inc.; Chairman  and  a
Director of Massachusetts Casualty Insurance Company; a Trustee of MFS/ Sun Life
Series  Trust; and a Member  of the Boards of  Managers of Money Market Variable
Account, High  Yield Variable  Account, Capital  Appreciation Variable  Account,
Government  Securities  Variable  Account, World  Governments  Variable Account,
Total Return Variable Account and Managed Sectors Variable Account.
 
ANGUS A. MACNAUGHTON, 65, Director (1985*)
Metro Tower, Suite 1170,
950 Tower Lane
Foster City, California 94404
 
    He is President of Genstar Investment Corporation and a Director of Sun Life
Assurance Company of Canada, Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York,
Canadian Pacific, Ltd., Stelco, Inc. and Varian Associates, Inc.
 
JOHN S. LANE, 61, Director (1991*)
150 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 1J9
 
    He is Senior Vice  President, Investments of Sun  Life Assurance Company  of
Canada; and a Director of Sun Investment Services Company, Sun Capital Advisers,
Inc. and Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York.
 
RICHARD B. BAILEY, 69, Director (1983)
500 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
 
    He is a Director of Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York and a
Director/Trustee  of certain Funds in the MFS  Family of Funds. Prior to October
1, 1991, he  was Chairman  and a  Director of  Massachusetts Financial  Services
Company.
 
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A. KEITH BRODKIN, 61, Director (1990*)
500 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
 
    He is Chairman and a Director of Massachusetts Financial Services Company; a
Director  of  Sun  Life  Insurance  and  Annuity  Company  of  New  York;  and a
Director/Trustee and/or Officer of the Funds in the MFS Family of Funds.
 
M. COLYER CRUM, 64, Director (1986*)
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston, Massachusetts 02163
 
    He is a Professor at the Harvard Business School; and a Director of Sun Life
Assurance Company of Canada, Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York,
Merrill Lynch Ready Assets Trust, Merrill Lynch Basic Value Fund, Inc.,  Merrill
Lynch  Special Value Fund, Inc., Merrill Lynch Capital Fund, Inc., Merrill Lynch
U.S.A. Government Reserves, Merrill Lynch Natural Resources Trust, Merrill Lynch
U.S. Treasury  Money  Fund, MuniVest  California  Insured Fund,  Inc.,  MuniVest
Florida  Fund, Inc., MuniVest  Michigan Insured Fund,  Inc., MuniVest New Jersey
Fund,Inc., MuniVest New York Insured Fund, Inc., MuniYield Florida Insured Fund,
MuniYield  Insured  Fund  II,  Inc.,  MuniYield  Michigan  Insured  Fund,  Inc.,
MuniYield  New Jersey Insured  Fund, Inc., MuniYield New  York Insured Fund III,
Inc. and MuniYield Pennsylvania Fund.
 
ROBERT A. BONNER, 52, Vice President, Pensions (1986)
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02181
 
    He is Vice President, Pensions for  the United States of Sun Life  Assurance
Company of Canada.
 
ROBERT E. MCGINNESS, 55, Vice President and Counsel (1983)
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02181
 
    He is Vice President and Counsel for the United States of Sun Life Assurance
Company  of Canada; Vice President and Counsel  and a Director of Sun Investment
Services Company and Sun Benefit Services Company, Inc.; Assistant Secretary and
a Director of New London Trust, F.S.B.; and a Director of Massachusetts Casualty
Insurance Company.
 
C. JAMES PRIEUR, 45, Vice President, Investments (1993)
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02181
 
    He is  Vice  President,  Investments  for the  United  States  of  Sun  Life
Assurance  Company  of Canada;  Vice  President, Investments  of  Sun Investment
Services Company and Sun Life Insurance and  Annuity Company of New York; and  a
Director  of Sun Capital Advisers, Inc., New London Trust, F.S.B. and Sun Canada
Financial Co.
 
S. CAESAR RABOY, 60, Vice President, Individual Insurance (1991)
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02181
 
    He is Vice President, Individual Insurance for the United States of Sun Life
Assurance Company of Canada;  Vice President of Sun  Life Insurance and  Annuity
Company  of New York;  and Vice President  and a Director  of Sun Life Financial
Services Limited. Prior to 1990 he was President and Chief Operating Officer  of
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company.
 
ROBERT P. VROLYK, 43, Vice President and Actuary (1986)
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02181
 
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    He  is Vice President, Finance  for the United States  of Sun Life Assurance
Company of Canada; Vice  President, Controller and Actuary  of Sun Life  Annuity
Company of New York; a Director of Massachusetts Casualty Insurance Company; and
Vice President and a Director of Sun Canada Financial Co.
 
MARGARET SEARS MEAD, 46, Secretary (1996)
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02181
 
    She  is Assistant Vice  President and Counsel  for the Unites  States of Sun
Life Assurance Company of Canada and Secretary of Sun Life Insurance and Annuity
Company of New York.
 
L. BROCK THOMSON, 55, Vice President and Treasurer (1974)
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02181
 
    He is Vice President, Portfolio Management for the United States of Sun Life
Assurance Company  of Canada;  Vice President  and Treasurer  of Sun  Investment
Services Company, Sun Capital Advisers, Inc., Sun Benefit Services Company, Inc.
and  Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York; and Assistant Treasurer
of Massachusetts Casualty Insurance Company.
 
    The directors, officers  and employees of  the Company are  covered under  a
commercial  blanket bond  and a  liability policy.  The directors,  officers and
employees  of  Massachusetts  Financial  Services  Company  and  Sun  Investment
Services  Company are  covered under  a fidelity  bond and  errors and omissions
policy.
 
    No shares of the Company are owned by any executive officer or director. The
Company is a wholly-owned  subsidiary of Sun Life  Assurance Company of  Canada,
150 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5H 1J9.
 
                                STATE REGULATION
 
    The  Company is subject to the laws  of the State of Delaware governing life
insurance companies  and  to regulation  by  the Commissioner  of  Insurance  of
Delaware.  An annual statement is filed with the Commissioner of Insurance on or
before March 1st in each year relating to the operations of the Company for  the
preceding  year and  its financial condition  on December31st of  such year. Its
books and records are  subject to review or  examination by the Commissioner  or
his  agents at any time and a full examination of its operations is conducted at
periodic intervals.
 
    The Company is  also subject to  the insurance laws  and regulations of  the
other  states and jurisdictions in which it  is licensed to operate. The laws of
the  various   jurisdictions   establish   supervisory   agencies   with   broad
administrative powers with respect to licensing to transact business, overseeing
trade  practices, licensing agents, approving policy forms, establishing reserve
requirements, fixing maximum interest rates  on life insurance policy loans  and
minimum  rates for  accumulation of surrender  values, prescribing  the form and
content of required financial statements and regulating the type and amounts  of
investments  permitted.  Each insurance  company  is required  to  file detailed
annual reports with supervisory agencies in  each of the jurisdictions in  which
it  does business and its operations and  accounts are subject to examination by
such agencies at regular intervals.
 
    In addition, many states regulate affiliated groups of insurers, such as the
Company,  its  parent  and  its  affiliates,  under  insurance  holding  company
legislation.  Under such  laws, inter-company  transfers of  assets and dividend
payments from insurance subsidiaries may be subject to prior notice or approval,
depending on  the  size  of such  transfers  and  payments in  relation  to  the
financial positions of the companies involved.
 
    Under  insurance guaranty fund laws in  most states, insurers doing business
therein can  be  assessed (up  to  prescribed limits)  for  policyholder  losses
incurred  by insolvent  companies. The amount  of any future  assessments of the
Company under these laws cannot be reasonably estimated. However, most of  these
laws  do  provide that  an assessment  may be  excused or  deferred if  it would
threaten an insurer's own  financial strength and many  permit the deduction  of
all or a portion of any such assessment from any future premium or similar taxes
payable.
 
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    Although  the federal  government generally  does not  directly regulate the
business of insurance, federal initiatives often have an impact on the  business
in  a  variety  of  ways.  Current  and  proposed  federal  measures  which  may
significantly affect the insurance business include employee benefit regulation,
removal of barriers preventing  banks from engaging  in the insurance  business,
tax law changes affecting the taxation of insurance companies, the tax treatment
of  insurance products  and its  impacton the  relative desirability  of various
personal investment vehicles, and  proposed legislation to  prohibit the use  of
gender in determining insurance and pension rates and benefits.
 
                               LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
    There  are no pending legal proceedings  affecting the Variable Account. The
Company and its subsidiaries are engaged in various kinds of routine  litigation
which,  in  management's  judgment,  is  not  of  material  importance  to their
respective total assets or material with respect to the Variable Account.
 
                                 LEGAL MATTERS
 
    The organization of the Company, its authority to issue the Policies and the
validity of the form  of the Policies  have been passed upon  by David D.  Horn,
Esq., Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Company.
 
                                  ACCOUNTANTS
 
    The  financial  statements  of the  Variable  Account for  the  period ended
            , 1996 and the  financial statements of the  Company as of  December
31,  1995 and  1994, and for  the years ended  December 31, 1995,  1994 and 1993
included in this  Prospectus have  been audited by                             ,
independent  auditors,  as stated  in their  reports  appearing herein,  and are
included in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as
experts in accounting and auditing.
 
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENTS
 
    A registration statement  has been  filed with the  Securities and  Exchange
Commission,  Washington, D.C., under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, with
respect to the  Policies offered by  this Prospectus. This  Prospectus does  not
contain  all the  information set  forth in  the registration  statement and the
exhibits filed as part of the registration statement, to all of which  reference
is  hereby made  for further  information concerning  the Variable  Account, the
Company, MFS/Sun Life Series Trust,  Fidelity Variable Insurance Products  Fund,
Fidelity  Variable  Insurance  Products  Fund II,  Neuberger  &  Berman Advisers
Management Trust, JPM Series Trust II, Templeton Variable Products Series  Fund,
and  the Policy.  Statements found  in this  Prospectus as  to the  terms of the
Policies and other  legal instruments are  summaries, and reference  is made  to
such instruments as filed.
 
                              FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
    The  financial statements of the Company for the period ended              ,
and for the year ended December 31, 1995, which are included in this Prospectus,
should be considered only as bearing on  the ability of the Company to meet  its
obligations  with respect to  the death benefit and  the Company's assumption of
the mortality and expense risks. They should not be considered as bearing on the
investment performance of the shares of the MFS Series Fund, VIP Fund, VIP  Fund
II,  AMT, JPM, and TVPSF  held in the Sub-Accounts  of the Variable Account. The
Variable Account value of  the interests of Owners  and Beneficiaries under  the
Policies  is affected  primarily by the  investment results of  the MFS/Sun Life
Series Trust,  Fidelity  Variable  Insurance Products  Fund,  Fidelity  Variable
Insurance  Products Fund II,  Neuberger & Berman  Advisers Management Trust, JPM
Series Trust II and Templeton Variable Products Series Fund.
 
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                                   APPENDIX A
                        ILLUSTRATIONS OF DEATH BENEFITS,
                    ACCOUNT VALUES AND CASH SURRENDER VALUES
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                                   APPENDIX A
               ILLUSTRATIONS OF DEATH BENEFITS, SURRENDER VALUES
                            AND ACCUMULATED PREMIUMS
 
    The  Tables on the  following pages illustrate  the way in  which a Policy's
Death Benefit,  Account  Value and  Cash  Surrender  Value could  vary  over  an
extended  period of  time. They  assume that all  Premiums are  allocated to and
remain in the  Variable Account for  the entire  period shown and  are based  on
hypothetical   gross  annual  investment  returns   for  the  Portfolios  (i.e.,
investment  income  and  capital  gains  and  losses,  realized  or  unrealized)
equivalent  to constant gross annual  rates of 0%, 6%,  and 12% over the periods
indicated.
 
    All Tables illustrate a Policy where the Insured is a male, Issue Age 45, in
the preferred (non-tobacco) rate class.  These illustrations all assume a  Total
Face  Amount of $500,000 and payment of  an annual Premium of $12,600. Tables 1,
2, 5 & 6  assume a Specified Face  Amount of $500,000. Tables  3 and 4 assume  a
Specified  Face Amount  of $50,000  and an  APB Rider  Face Amount  of $450,000.
Tables 1 and 2 are based on guaranteed issue underwriting, Death Benefit  Option
A,  the Cash Value  Accumulation Test and  a Specified Face  Amount of $500,000.
Tables 3 and 4  are based on  the same assumptions, except  that the Total  Face
Amount  reflects a Specified Face Amount of $50,000 and an APB Rider Face Amount
of $450,000.  Tables 5  and 6  are  based on  full medical  underwriting,  Death
Benefit  Option B, the  Guideline Premium Test,  and a Specified  Face Amount of
$500,000. Tables 1, 3 and 5 differ from Tables 2, 4 and 6, respectively, only in
that Tables  1, 3  and 5  reflect the  deduction of  current Policy  charges  as
outlined  below, while Tables 2, 4 and 6 reflect the deduction of Policy charges
at the guaranteed maximum  rates (except that Kentucky  Policy Owners will  have
higher premium tax deductions than those reflected).
 
    The Account Values and Death Benefits would be different from those shown if
the  gross annual  investment rates of  return averaged  0%, 6%, and  12% over a
period of years,  but fluctuated  above or  below such  averages for  individual
Policy  Years. The values would also be different depending on the allocation of
a Policy's total Account Value among  the Sub-Accounts of the Variable  Account,
if  the actual rates  of return averaged  0%, 6% or  12%, but the  rates of each
Portfolio varied above and below such averages.
 
    The amounts  shown for  the  Death Benefits  and  Account Values  take  into
account  all  charges  and deductions  imposed  under  the Policy  based  on the
assumptions set forth in the Tables.  These include: Expense Charges Applied  to
Premium,  assuming a premium  tax rate of  2% for Tables  1, 3 and  5 and 4% for
Tables 2,  4 and  6. The  Daily  Risk Percentage  charged against  the  Separate
Account'  for mortality and expense risks, at  an effective annual rate of 0.75%
for the first 10 Policy  Years and 0.35% thereafter for  Tables 1, 3 and 5,  and
0.90%  for all Policy Years for Tables 2, 4 and 6; the Monthly Expense Charge of
$13.75 per month for the  first Policy Year and  $7.50 per month thereafter  for
Tables  1, 3 and 5, and  $13.75 per month for all  Policy Years for Tables 2, 4,
and 6; and the Monthly Cost of Insurance based on current charges for Tables  1,
3 and 5, and guaranteed charges for Tables 2, 4, and 6.
 
    The  amounts  shown in  the Tables  also take  into account  the Portfolios'
advisory fees and operating expenses, which are assumed to be at an annual  rate
of 0.76% of the average daily net assets of each Portfolio. This is based upon a
simple  average of the advisory fees and  expenses of all the Portfolios for the
most recent  fiscal year  taking into  account any  applicable expense  caps  or
expense  reimbursement arrangements. Actual fees  and expenses of the Portfolios
may be more or  less than 0.76%, will  vary from year to  year, and will  depend
upon  how Account Value is allocated  among the Sub-Accounts. See the individual
prospectus for each Portfolio for more information on Portfolio expenses.
 
    The gross annual rates of investment return of 0%, 6% and 12% correspond  to
net annual rates of -1.50%, 4.46%, and 10.41%, respectively, during the first 10
Policy Years and -1.11%, 4.87%, and 10.85%, respectively, thereafter taking into
account  the current Daily Risk Percentage and  the assumed 0.76% charge for the
Portfolio's advisory fees and operating expenses; and -1.65%, 4.30% and  10.25%,
respectively taking into account the guaranteed Daily Risk Percentage.
 
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    The  hypothetical returns shown in the Tables do not reflect any charges for
income taxes against the Separate Account  since no charges are currently  made.
If,  in the future, such  charges are made, in  order to produce the illustrated
death benefits and cash values, the gross annual investment rate of return would
have to exceed 0%, 6%, or 12% by a sufficient amount to cover the tax charges.
 
    The second column of each Table  shows the amount which would accumulate  if
an  amount equal to each Premium were invested and earned interest, after taxes,
at 5% per year, compounded annually.
 
    We will furnish upon  request a comparable Table  using any specific set  of
circumstances.  In addition to a Table assuming Policy charges at their maximum,
we will furnish a Table assuming current Policy charges.
 
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                                    TABLE 1
                  SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA (U.S.)
                             SUN LIFE CORPORATE VUL
 
                          MALE, PREFERRED, GI, AGE 45
                         $500,000 SPECIFIED FACE AMOUNT
                           ANNUAL PREMIUM: $12,600.00
                             DEATH BENEFIT OPTION A
                          CASH VALUE ACCUMULATION TEST
                             CURRENT POLICY CHARGES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                     HYPOTHETICAL 12%
                                  HYPOTHETICAL 0%                      HYPOTHETICAL 6%               GROSS INVESTMENT
                              GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN              GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN                RETURN
            PREMIUMS                NET -1.50%                            NET 4.46%                     NET 10.41%
            PAID PLUS   -----------------------------------  -----------------------------------  ----------------------
            INTEREST       CASH                                 CASH                                 CASH
 POLICY       AT 5%      SURRENDER     ACCOUNT      DEATH     SURRENDER     ACCOUNT      DEATH     SURRENDER    ACCOUNT
  YEAR      PER YEAR       VALUE        VALUE      BENEFIT      VALUE        VALUE      BENEFIT      VALUE       VALUE
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<S>        <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>        <C>          <C>          <C>        <C>          <C>
        1      13,230       10,925       10,169     500,000      11,565       10,809     500,000      12,204      11,448
        2      27,121       20,651       19,895     500,000      22,559       21,803     500,000      24,544      23,788
        3      41,708       30,026       29,270     500,000      33,837       33,081     500,000      37,962      37,206
        4      57,023       38,380       38,380     500,000      44,741       44,741     500,000      51,905      51,905
        5      73,104       47,270       47,270     500,000      56,845       56,845     500,000      68,072      68,072
        6      89,989       55,980       55,980     500,000      69,454       69,454     500,000      85,902      85,902
        7     107,719       64,535       64,535     500,000      82,616       82,616     500,000     105,603     105,603
        8     126,335       74,029       74,029     500,000      97,516       97,516     500,000     128,601     128,601
        9     145,881       83,314       83,314     500,000     113,039      113,039     500,000     153,994     153,994
       10     166,406       92,406       92,406     500,000     129,232      129,232     500,000     182,060     182,060
       11     187,956      101,678      101,678     500,000     146,682      146,682     500,000     213,923     213,923
       12     210,584      110,709      110,709     500,000     164,902      164,902     500,000     249,222     249,222
       13     234,343      119,502      119,502     500,000     183,943      183,943     500,000     288,090     288,090
       14     259,290      128,052      128,052     500,000     203,856      203,856     500,000     330,859     330,859
       15     285,484      136,404      136,404     500,000     224,739      224,739     500,000     377,956     377,956
       16     312,989      144,417      144,417     500,000     246,552      246,552     500,000     429,661     429,661
       17     341,868      152,125      152,125     500,000     269,395      269,395     501,922     486,444     486,444
       18     372,191      159,539      159,539     500,000     293,163      293,163     532,725     548,811     548,811
       19     404,031      166,616      166,616     500,000     317,799      317,799     563,520     617,238     617,238
       20     437,463      173,376      173,376     500,000     343,345      343,345     594,418     692,332     692,332
   Age 60     285,484      136,404      136,404     500,000     224,739      224,739     500,000     377,956     377,956
   Age 65     437,463      173,376      173,376     500,000     343,345      343,345     594,418     692,332     692,332
   Age 70     631,430      201,236      201,236     500,000     484,908      484,908     751,233   1,190,109   1,190,109
   Age 75     878,986      216,310      216,310     500,000     650,644      650,644     914,467   1,968,491   1,968,491
 
<CAPTION>
 
 POLICY       DEATH
  YEAR       BENEFIT
- ---------  -----------
<S>        <C>
        1      500,000
        2      500,000
        3      500,000
        4      500,000
        5      500,000
        6      500,000
        7      500,000
        8      500,000
        9      500,000
       10      500,000
       11      500,000
       12      529,453
       13      595,687
       14      666,134
       15      741,247
       16      821,144
       17      906,317
       18      997,280
       19    1,094,486
       20    1,198,605
   Age 60      741,247
   Age 65    1,198,605
   Age 70    1,843,748
   Age 75    2,766,675
</TABLE>
 
(1) Assumes a $12,600.00 premium is paid  at the beginning of each Policy  Year.
    Values  will be different if premiums are paid with a different frequency or
    in different amounts.
(2) Assumes that no policy loans have been made. Excessive loans or  withdrawals
    may cause this Policy to lapse due to insufficient Policy Value.
 
THE  HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RATES  OF RETURN ARE  ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY, AND SHOULD
NOT BE DEEMED  A REPRESENTATION OF  PAST OR FUTURE  INVESTMENT RATES OF  RETURN.
ACTUAL  INVESTMENT RESULTS MAY BE MORE OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN, AND WILL DEPEND
ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THE INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS BY A POLICY  OWNER,
AND  THE DIFFERENT INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN  FOR THE FUNDS. THE CASH SURRENDER
VALUE AND DEATH BENEFIT FOR A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE SHOWN IF  THE
ACTUAL  RATES OF  INVESTMENT RETURN AVERAGED  0%, 6%,  AND 12% OVER  A PERIOD OF
YEARS, BUT  FLUCTUATED ABOVE  AND  BELOW THOSE  AVERAGES FOR  INDIVIDUAL  POLICY
YEARS.  THEY WOULD ALSO BE  DIFFERENT IF ANY POLICY  LOANS OR PARTIAL SURRENDERS
WERE MADE. NO  REPRESENTATIONS CAN  BE MADE THAT  THESE HYPOTHETICAL  INVESTMENT
RATES OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE YEAR OR SUSTAINED OVER ANY PERIOD OF
TIME.
 
                                      A-3
<PAGE>
                                    TABLE 2
                  SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA (U.S.)
                             SUN LIFE CORPORATE VUL
 
                          MALE, PREFERRED, GI, AGE 45
                         $500,000 SPECIFIED FACE AMOUNT
                           ANNUAL PREMIUM: $12,600.00
                             DEATH BENEFIT OPTION A
                          CASH VALUE ACCUMULATION TEST
                           GUARANTEED POLICY CHARGES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                     HYPOTHETICAL 12%
                                  HYPOTHETICAL 0%                      HYPOTHETICAL 6%               GROSS INVESTMENT
                              GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN              GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN                RETURN
            PREMIUMS                NET -1.65%                            NET 4.30%                     NET 10.25%
            PAID PLUS   -----------------------------------  -----------------------------------  ----------------------
            INTEREST       CASH                                 CASH                                 CASH
 POLICY       AT 5%      SURRENDER     ACCOUNT      DEATH     SURRENDER     ACCOUNT      DEATH     SURRENDER    ACCOUNT
  YEAR      PER YEAR       VALUE        VALUE      BENEFIT      VALUE        VALUE      BENEFIT      VALUE       VALUE
- ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ---------  -----------  -----------  ---------  -----------  ---------
<S>        <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>        <C>          <C>          <C>        <C>          <C>
        1      13,230        9,035        8,279     500,000       9,615        8,859     500,000      10,197       9,441
        2      27,121       17,037       16,281     500,000      18,715       17,959     500,000      20,466      19,710
        3      41,708       24,758       24,002     500,000      28,061       27,305     500,000      31,646      30,890
        4      57,023       31,441       31,441     500,000      36,906       36,906     500,000      43,081      43,081
        5      73,104       38,585       38,585     500,000      46,760       46,760     500,000      56,379      56,379
        6      89,989       45,429       45,429     500,000      56,875       56,875     500,000      70,904      70,904
        7     107,719       51,944       51,944     500,000      67,236       67,236     500,000      86,769      86,769
        8     126,335       59,203       59,203     500,000      78,995       78,995     500,000     105,337     105,337
        9     145,881       66,076       66,076     500,000      91,044       91,044     500,000     125,672     125,672
       10     166,406       72,536       72,536     500,000     103,376      103,376     500,000     147,969     147,969
       11     187,956       78,570       78,570     500,000     116,003      116,003     500,000     172,468     172,468
       12     210,584       84,159       84,159     500,000     128,935      128,935     500,000     199,442     199,442
       13     234,343       89,301       89,301     500,000     142,200      142,200     500,000     229,220     229,220
       14     259,290       93,979       93,979     500,000     155,820      155,820     500,000     262,030     262,030
       15     285,484       98,173       98,173     500,000     169,819      169,819     500,000     297,607     297,607
       16     312,989      101,843      101,843     500,000     184,211      184,211     500,000     336,122     336,122
       17     341,868      104,939      104,939     500,000     199,011      199,011     500,000     377,780     377,780
       18     372,191      107,397      107,397     500,000     214,233      214,233     500,000     422,784     422,784
       19     404,031      109,137      109,137     500,000     229,894      229,894     500,000     471,341     471,341
       20     437,463      110,081      110,081     500,000     246,028      246,028     500,000     523,670     523,670
   Age 60     285,484       98,173       98,173     500,000     169,819      169,819     500,000     297,607     297,607
   Age 65     437,463      110,081      110,081     500,000     246,028      246,028     500,000     523,670     523,670
   Age 70     631,430      100,172      100,172     500,000     335,833      335,833     520,281     851,335     851,335
   Age 75     878,986       51,312       51,312     500,000     433,735      433,735     609,606   1,316,068   1,316,068
 
<CAPTION>
 
 POLICY       DEATH
  YEAR       BENEFIT
- ---------  -----------
<S>        <C>
        1      500,000
        2      500,000
        3      500,000
        4      500,000
        5      500,000
        6      500,000
        7      500,000
        8      500,000
        9      500,000
       10      500,000
       11      500,000
       12      500,000
       13      500,000
       14      527,558
       15      583,667
       16      642,379
       17      703,859
       18      768,268
       19      835,781
       20      906,607
   Age 60      583,667
   Age 65      906,607
   Age 70    1,318,911
   Age 75    1,849,707
</TABLE>
 
(1) Assumes  a $12,600.00 premium is paid at  the beginning of each Policy Year.
    Values will be different if premiums are paid with a different frequency  or
    in different amounts.
(2) Assumes  that no policy loans have been made. Excessive loans or withdrawals
    may cause this Policy to lapse due to insufficient Policy Value.
 
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RATES  OF RETURN ARE  ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY, AND  SHOULD
NOT  BE DEEMED A  REPRESENTATION OF PAST  OR FUTURE INVESTMENT  RATES OF RETURN.
ACTUAL INVESTMENT RESULTS MAY BE MORE OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN, AND WILL  DEPEND
ON  A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THE INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS BY A POLICY OWNER,
AND THE DIFFERENT INVESTMENT RATES OF  RETURN FOR THE FUNDS. THE CASH  SURRENDER
VALUE  AND DEATH BENEFIT FOR A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE SHOWN IF THE
ACTUAL RATES OF  INVESTMENT RETURN AVERAGED  0%, 6%,  AND 12% OVER  A PERIOD  OF
YEARS,  BUT  FLUCTUATED ABOVE  AND BELOW  THOSE  AVERAGES FOR  INDIVIDUAL POLICY
YEARS. THEY WOULD ALSO  BE DIFFERENT IF ANY  POLICY LOANS OR PARTIAL  SURRENDERS
WERE  MADE. NO  REPRESENTATIONS CAN BE  MADE THAT  THESE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT
RATES OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE YEAR OR SUSTAINED OVER ANY PERIOD OF
TIME.
 
                                      A-4
<PAGE>
                                    TABLE 3
                  SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA (U.S.)
               SUN LIFE CORPORATE VARIABLE UNIVERSAL LIFE POLICY
 
                          MALE, PREFERRED, GI, AGE 45
                         $50,000 SPECIFIED FACE AMOUNT
                         $450,000 APB RIDER FACE AMOUNT
                           ANNUAL PREMIUM: $12,600.00
                             DEATH BENEFIT OPTION A
                          CASH VALUE ACCUMULATION TEST
                             CURRENT POLICY CHARGES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                     HYPOTHETICAL 12%
                                  HYPOTHETICAL 0%                      HYPOTHETICAL 6%               GROSS INVESTMENT
                              GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN              GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN                RETURN
            PREMIUMS                NET -1.50%                            NET 4.46%                     NET 10.41%
            PAID PLUS   -----------------------------------  -----------------------------------  ----------------------
            INTEREST       CASH                                 CASH                                 CASH
 POLICY       AT 5%      SURRENDER     ACCOUNT      DEATH     SURRENDER     ACCOUNT      DEATH     SURRENDER    ACCOUNT
  YEAR      PER YEAR       VALUE        VALUE      BENEFIT      VALUE        VALUE      BENEFIT      VALUE       VALUE
- ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ---------  -----------  -----------  ---------  -----------  ---------
<S>        <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>        <C>          <C>          <C>        <C>          <C>
        1      13,230       11,187       10,800     500,000      11,864       11,477     500,000      12,542      12,155
        2      27,121       21,536       21,149     500,000      23,559       23,172     500,000      25,664      25,277
        3      41,708       31,527       31,139     500,000      35,571       35,184     500,000      39,949      39,562
        4      57,023       40,858       40,858     500,000      47,614       47,614     500,000      55,222      55,222
        5      73,104       50,350       50,350     500,000      60,525       60,525     500,000      72,453      72,453
        6      89,989       59,655       59,655     500,000      73,980       73,980     500,000      91,464      91,464
        7     107,719       68,799       68,799     500,000      88,030       88,030     500,000     112,472     112,472
        8     126,335       78,244       78,244     500,000     103,191      103,191     500,000     136,212     136,212
        9     145,881       87,481       87,481     500,000     118,989      118,989     500,000     162,428     162,428
       10     166,406       96,527       96,527     500,000     135,471      135,471     500,000     191,409     191,409
       11     187,956      105,770      105,770     500,000     153,253      153,253     500,000     224,331     224,331
       12     210,584      114,775      114,775     500,000     171,825      171,825     500,000     260,714     260,714
       13     234,343      123,544      123,544     500,000     191,241      191,241     500,000     300,759     300,759
       14     259,290      132,072      132,072     500,000     211,554      211,554     500,000     344,822     344,822
       15     285,484      140,403      140,403     500,000     232,862      232,862     500,000     393,344     393,344
       16     312,989      148,401      148,401     500,000     255,130      255,130     500,000     446,611     446,611
       17     341,868      156,095      156,095     500,000     278,388      278,388     518,677     505,109     505,109
       18     372,191      163,498      163,498     500,000     302,528      302,528     549,744     569,358     569,358
       19     404,031      170,569      170,569     500,000     327,549      327,549     580,809     639,848     639,848
       20     437,463      177,326      177,326     500,000     353,492      353,492     611,986     717,205     717,205
   Age 60     285,484      140,403      140,403     500,000     232,862      232,862     500,000     393,344     393,344
   Age 65     437,463      177,326      177,326     500,000     353,492      353,492     611,986     717,205     717,205
   Age 70     631,430      205,250      205,250     500,000     497,229      497,229     770,321   1,229,956   1,229,956
   Age 75     878,986      220,582      220,582     500,000     665,457      665,457     935,287   2,031,707   2,031,707
 
<CAPTION>
 
 POLICY       DEATH
  YEAR       BENEFIT
- ---------  -----------
<S>        <C>
        1      500,000
        2      500,000
        3      500,000
        4      500,000
        5      500,000
        6      500,000
        7      500,000
        8      500,000
        9      500,000
       10      500,000
       11      500,000
       12      553,868
       13      621,883
       14      694,247
       15      771,426
       16      853,539
       17      941,092
       18    1,034,616
       19    1,134,579
       20    1,241,666
   Age 60      771,426
   Age 65    1,241,666
   Age 70    1,905,481
   Age 75    2,855,524
</TABLE>
 
(1) Assumes a $12,600.00 premium is paid  at the beginning of each Policy  Year.
    Values  will be different if premiums are paid with a different frequency or
    in different amounts.
(2) Assumes that no policy loans have been made. Excessive loans or  withdrawals
    may cause this Policy to lapse due to insufficient Policy Value.
 
THE  HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RATES  OF RETURN ARE  ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY, AND SHOULD
NOT BE DEEMED  A REPRESENTATION OF  PAST OR FUTURE  INVESTMENT RATES OF  RETURN.
ACTUAL  INVESTMENT RESULTS MAY BE MORE OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN, AND WILL DEPEND
ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THE INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS BY A POLICY  OWNER,
AND  THE DIFFERENT INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN  FOR THE FUNDS. THE CASH SURRENDER
VALUE AND DEATH BENEFIT FOR A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE SHOWN IF  THE
ACTUAL  RATES OF  INVESTMENT RETURN AVERAGED  0%, 6%,  AND 12% OVER  A PERIOD OF
YEARS, BUT  FLUCTUATED ABOVE  AND  BELOW THOSE  AVERAGES FOR  INDIVIDUAL  POLICY
YEARS.  THEY WOULD ALSO BE  DIFFERENT IF ANY POLICY  LOANS OR PARTIAL SURRENDERS
WERE MADE. NO  REPRESENTATIONS CAN  BE MADE THAT  THESE HYPOTHETICAL  INVESTMENT
RATES OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE YEAR OR SUSTAINED OVER ANY PERIOD OF
TIME.
 
                                      A-5
<PAGE>
                                    TABLE 4
                  SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA (U.S.)
               SUN LIFE CORPORATE VARIABLE UNIVERSAL LIFE POLICY
 
                          MALE, PREFERRED, GI, AGE 45
                         $50,000 SPECIFIED FACE AMOUNT
                         $450,000 APB RIDER FACE AMOUNT
                           ANNUAL PREMIUM: $12,600.00
                             DEATH BENEFIT OPTION A
                          CASH VALUE ACCUMULATION TEST
                             CURRENT POLICY CHARGES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                     HYPOTHETICAL 12%
                                  HYPOTHETICAL 0%                      HYPOTHETICAL 6%               GROSS INVESTMENT
                              GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN              GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN                RETURN
            PREMIUMS                NET -1.65%                            NET 4.30%                     NET 10.25%
            PAID PLUS   -----------------------------------  -----------------------------------  ----------------------
            INTEREST       CASH                                 CASH                                 CASH
 POLICY       AT 5%      SURRENDER     ACCOUNT      DEATH     SURRENDER     ACCOUNT      DEATH     SURRENDER    ACCOUNT
  YEAR      PER YEAR       VALUE        VALUE      BENEFIT      VALUE        VALUE      BENEFIT      VALUE       VALUE
- ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ---------  -----------  -----------  ---------  -----------  ---------
<S>        <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>        <C>          <C>          <C>        <C>          <C>
        1      13,230        8,788        8,401     500,000       9,393        9,006     500,000       9,999       9,612
        2      27,121       16,873       16,486     500,000      18,611       18,224     500,000      20,426      20,039
        3      41,708       24,657       24,270     500,000      28,068       27,681     500,000      31,775      31,388
        4      57,023       31,754       31,754     500,000      37,388       37,388     500,000      43,764      43,764
        5      73,104       38,919       38,919     500,000      47,342       47,342     500,000      57,270      57,270
        6      89,989       45,760       45,760     500,000      57,552       57,552     500,000      72,036      72,036
        7     107,719       52,240       52,240     500,000      67,999       67,999     500,000      88,182      88,182
        8     126,335       58,795       58,795     500,000      79,165       79,165     500,000     106,377     106,377
        9     145,881       64,926       64,926     500,000      90,576       90,576     500,000     126,333     126,333
       10     166,406       70,596       70,596     500,000     102,223      102,223     500,000     148,260     148,260
       11     187,956       75,787       75,787     500,000     114,117      114,117     500,000     172,418     172,418
       12     210,584       80,472       80,472     500,000     126,265      126,265     500,000     199,110     199,110
       13     234,343       84,639       84,639     500,000     138,697      138,697     500,000     228,705     228,705
       14     259,290       88,265       88,265     500,000     151,435      151,435     500,000     261,458     261,458
       15     285,484       91,316       91,316     500,000     164,502      164,502     500,000     296,985     296,985
       16     312,989       93,734       93,734     500,000     177,911      177,911     500,000     335,446     335,446
       17     341,868       95,449       95,449     500,000     191,675      191,675     500,000     377,045     377,045
       18     372,191       96,367       96,367     500,000     205,805      205,805     500,000     421,987     421,987
       19     404,031       96,373       96,373     500,000     220,315      220,315     500,000     470,476     470,476
       20     437,463       95,350       95,350     500,000     235,238      235,238     500,000     522,733     522,733
   Age 60     285,484       91,316       91,316     500,000     164,502      164,502     500,000     296,985     296,985
   Age 65     437,463       95,350       95,350     500,000     235,238      235,238     500,000     522,733     522,733
   Age 70     631,430       70,310       70,310     500,000     318,907      318,907     500,000     849,945     849,945
   Age 75     878,986            0            0           0     415,023      415,023     583,306   1,314,042   1,314,042
 
<CAPTION>
 
 POLICY       DEATH
  YEAR       BENEFIT
- ---------  -----------
<S>        <C>
        1      500,000
        2      500,000
        3      500,000
        4      500,000
        5      500,000
        6      500,000
        7      500,000
        8      500,000
        9      500,000
       10      500,000
       11      500,000
       12      500,000
       13      500,000
       14      526,405
       15      582,446
       16      641,086
       17      702,490
       18      766,820
       19      834,248
       20      904,985
   Age 60      582,446
   Age 65      904,985
   Age 70    1,316,758
   Age 75    1,846,860
</TABLE>
 
(1) Assumes  a $12,600.00 premium is paid at  the beginning of each Policy Year.
    Values will be different if premiums are paid with a different frequency  or
    in different amounts.
(2) Assumes  that no policy loans have been made. Excessive loans or withdrawals
    may cause this Policy to lapse due to insufficient Policy Value.
 
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RATES  OF RETURN ARE  ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY, AND  SHOULD
NOT  BE DEEMED A  REPRESENTATION OF PAST  OR FUTURE INVESTMENT  RATES OF RETURN.
ACTUAL INVESTMENT RESULTS MAY BE MORE OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN, AND WILL  DEPEND
ON  A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THE INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS BY A POLICY OWNER,
AND THE DIFFERENT INVESTMENT RATES OF  RETURN FOR THE FUNDS. THE CASH  SURRENDER
VALUE  AND DEATH BENEFIT FOR A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE SHOWN IF THE
ACTUAL RATES OF  INVESTMENT RETURN AVERAGED  0%, 6%,  AND 12% OVER  A PERIOD  OF
YEARS,  BUT  FLUCTUATED ABOVE  AND BELOW  THOSE  AVERAGES FOR  INDIVIDUAL POLICY
YEARS. THEY WOULD ALSO  BE DIFFERENT IF ANY  POLICY LOANS OR PARTIAL  SURRENDERS
WERE  MADE. NO  REPRESENTATIONS CAN BE  MADE THAT  THESE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT
RATES OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE YEAR OR SUSTAINED OVER ANY PERIOD OF
TIME.
 
                                      A-6
<PAGE>
                                    TABLE 5
                  SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA (U.S.)
                             SUN LIFE CORPORATE VUL
 
                          MALE, PREFERRED, MI, AGE 45
                         $500,000 SPECIFIED FACE AMOUNT
                           ANNUAL PREMIUM: $12,600.00
                             DEATH BENEFIT OPTION B
                             GUIDELINE PREMIUM TEST
                             CURRENT POLICY CHARGES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                       HYPOTHETICAL 12%
                                  HYPOTHETICAL 0%                       HYPOTHETICAL 6%                GROSS INVESTMENT
                              GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN               GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN                 RETURN
            PREMIUMS                NET -1.50%                             NET 4.46%                      NET 10.41%
            PAID PLUS   -----------------------------------  -------------------------------------  ----------------------
            INTEREST       CASH                                 CASH                                   CASH
 POLICY       AT 5%      SURRENDER     ACCOUNT      DEATH     SURRENDER     ACCOUNT       DEATH      SURRENDER    ACCOUNT
  YEAR      PER YEAR       VALUE        VALUE      BENEFIT      VALUE        VALUE       BENEFIT       VALUE       VALUE
- ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ---------
<S>        <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>        <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>
        1      13,230       11,109       10,353     510,353      11,753       10,997       510,997      12,397      11,641
        2      27,121       21,089       20,333     520,333      23,017       22,261       522,261      25,022      24,266
        3      41,708       30,765       30,009     530,009      34,623       33,867       533,867      38,798      38,042
        4      57,023       39,420       39,420     539,420      45,869       45,869       545,869      53,126      53,126
        5      73,104       48,590       48,590     548,590      58,301       58,301       558,301      69,675      69,675
        6      89,989       57,633       57,633     557,633      71,300       71,300       571,300      87,959      87,959
        7     107,719       66,452       66,452     566,452      84,786       84,786       584,786     108,053     108,053
        8     126,335       76,135       76,135     576,135      99,933       99,933       599,933     131,361     131,361
        9     145,881       85,548       85,548     585,548     115,627      115,627       615,627     156,965     156,965
       10     166,406       94,677       94,677     594,677     131,873      131,873       631,873     185,085     185,085
       11     187,956      103,894      103,894     603,894     149,243      149,243       649,243     216,795     216,795
       12     210,584      112,759      112,759     612,759     167,202      167,202       667,202     251,682     251,682
       13     234,343      121,234      121,234     621,234     185,736      185,736       685,736     290,047     290,047
       14     259,290      129,286      129,286     629,286     204,836      204,836       704,836     332,229     332,229
       15     285,484      136,927      136,927     636,927     224,536      224,536       724,536     378,650     378,650
       16     312,989      143,928      143,928     643,928     244,625      244,625       744,625     429,522     429,522
       17     341,868      150,452      150,452     650,452     265,282      265,282       765,282     485,494     485,494
       18     372,191      156,510      156,510     656,510     286,541      286,541       786,541     547,124     547,124
       19     404,031      162,023      162,023     662,023     308,345      308,345       808,345     614,939     614,939
       20     437,463      167,009      167,009     667,009     330,733      330,733       830,733     689,623     689,623
   Age 60     285,484      136,927      136,927     636,927     224,536      224,536       724,536     378,650     378,650
   Age 65     437,463      167,009      167,009     667,009     330,733      330,733       830,733     689,623     689,623
   Age 70     631,430      181,567      181,567     681,567     449,545      449,545       949,545   1,191,958   1,191,958
   Age 75     878,986      172,760      172,760     672,760     574,400      574,400     1,074,400   2,003,188   2,003,188
 
<CAPTION>
 
 POLICY       DEATH
  YEAR       BENEFIT
- ---------  -----------
<S>        <C>
        1      511,641
        2      524,266
        3      538,042
        4      553,126
        5      569,675
        6      587,959
        7      608,053
        8      631,361
        9      656,965
       10      685,085
       11      716,795
       12      751,682
       13      790,047
       14      832,229
       15      878,650
       16      929,522
       17      985,494
       18    1,047,124
       19    1,114,939
       20    1,189,623
   Age 60      878,650
   Age 65    1,189,623
   Age 70    1,691,958
   Age 75    2,503,188
</TABLE>
 
(1) Assumes a $12,600.00 premium is paid  at the beginning of each Policy  Year.
    Values  will be different if premiums are paid with a different frequency or
    in different amounts.
(2) Assumes that no policy loans have been made. Excessive loans or  withdrawals
    may cause this Policy to lapse due to insufficient Policy Value.
 
THE  HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RATES  OF RETURN ARE  ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY, AND SHOULD
NOT BE DEEMED  A REPRESENTATION OF  PAST OR FUTURE  INVESTMENT RATES OF  RETURN.
ACTUAL  INVESTMENT RESULTS MAY BE MORE OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN, AND WILL DEPEND
ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THE INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS BY A POLICY  OWNER,
AND  THE DIFFERENT INVESTMENT RATES OF RETURN  FOR THE FUNDS. THE CASH SURRENDER
VALUE AND DEATH BENEFIT FOR A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE SHOWN IF  THE
ACTUAL  RATES OF  INVESTMENT RETURN AVERAGED  0%, 6%,  AND 12% OVER  A PERIOD OF
YEARS, BUT  FLUCTUATED ABOVE  AND  BELOW THOSE  AVERAGES FOR  INDIVIDUAL  POLICY
YEARS.  THEY WOULD ALSO BE  DIFFERENT IF ANY POLICY  LOANS OR PARTIAL SURRENDERS
WERE MADE. NO  REPRESENTATIONS CAN  BE MADE THAT  THESE HYPOTHETICAL  INVESTMENT
RATES OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE YEAR OR SUSTAINED OVER ANY PERIOD OF
TIME.
 
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<PAGE>
                                    TABLE 6
                  SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA (U.S.)
                             SUN LIFE CORPORATE VUL
 
                          MALE, PREFERRED, MI, AGE 45
                         $500,000 SPECIFIED FACE AMOUNT
                           ANNUAL PREMIUM: $12,600.00
                             DEATH BENEFIT OPTION B
                             GUIDELINE PREMIUM TEST
                           GUARANTEED POLICY CHARGES
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                     HYPOTHETICAL 12%
                                  HYPOTHETICAL 0%                      HYPOTHETICAL 6%               GROSS INVESTMENT
                              GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN              GROSS INVESTMENT RETURN                RETURN
            PREMIUMS                NET -1.65%                            NET 4.30%                     NET 10.25%
            PAID PLUS   -----------------------------------  -----------------------------------  ----------------------
            INTEREST       CASH                                 CASH                                 CASH
 POLICY       AT 5%      SURRENDER     ACCOUNT      DEATH     SURRENDER     ACCOUNT      DEATH     SURRENDER    ACCOUNT
  YEAR      PER YEAR       VALUE        VALUE      BENEFIT      VALUE        VALUE      BENEFIT      VALUE       VALUE
- ---------  -----------  -----------  -----------  ---------  -----------  -----------  ---------  -----------  ---------
<S>        <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>        <C>          <C>          <C>        <C>          <C>
        1      13,230        8,992        8,236     508,236       9,569        8,813     508,813      10,148       9,392
        2      27,121       16,908       16,152     516,152      18,572       17,816     517,816      20,308      19,552
        3      41,708       24,495       23,739     523,739      27,758       27,002     527,002      31,300      30,544
        4      57,023       30,993       30,993     530,993      36,370       36,370     536,370      42,443      42,443
        5      73,104       37,894       37,894     537,894      45,900       45,900     545,900      55,315      55,315
        6      89,989       44,434       44,434     544,434      55,585       55,585     555,585      69,244      69,244
        7     107,719       50,572       50,572     550,572      65,386       65,386     565,386      84,292      84,292
        8     126,335       57,366       57,366     557,366      76,421       76,421     576,421     101,752     101,752
        9     145,881       63,676       63,676     563,676      87,548       87,548     587,548     120,608     120,608
       10     166,406       69,459       69,459     569,459      98,719       98,719     598,719     140,952     140,952
       11     187,956       74,695       74,695     574,695     109,907      109,907     609,907     162,903     162,903
       12     210,584       79,353       79,353     579,353     121,070      121,070     621,070     186,585     186,585
       13     234,343       83,421       83,421     583,421     132,187      132,187     632,187     212,154     212,154
       14     259,290       86,876       86,876     586,876     143,220      143,220     643,220     239,767     239,767
       15     285,484       89,687       89,687     589,687     154,125      154,125     654,125     269,592     269,592
       16     312,989       91,800       91,800     591,800     164,829      164,829     664,829     301,785     301,785
       17     341,868       93,152       93,152     593,152     175,248      175,248     675,248     336,512     336,512
       18     372,191       93,660       93,660     593,660     185,271      185,271     685,271     373,932     373,932
       19     404,031       93,229       93,229     593,229     194,768      194,768     694,768     414,205     414,205
       20     437,463       91,769       91,769     591,769     203,610      203,610     703,610     457,514     457,514
   Age 60     285,484       89,687       89,687     589,687     154,125      154,125     654,125     269,592     269,592
   Age 65     437,463       91,769       91,769     591,769     203,610      203,610     703,610     457,514     457,514
   Age 70     631,430       66,580       66,580     566,580     233,634      233,634     733,634     728,037     728,037
   Age 75     878,986          590          590     500,590     221,821      221,821     721,821   1,112,891   1,112,891
 
<CAPTION>
 
 POLICY       DEATH
  YEAR       BENEFIT
- ---------  -----------
<S>        <C>
        1      509,392
        2      519,552
        3      530,544
        4      542,443
        5      555,315
        6      569,244
        7      584,292
        8      601,752
        9      620,608
       10      640,952
       11      662,903
       12      686,585
       13      712,154
       14      739,767
       15      769,592
       16      801,785
       17      836,512
       18      873,932
       19      914,205
       20      957,514
   Age 60      769,592
   Age 65      957,514
   Age 70    1,228,037
   Age 75    1,612,891
</TABLE>
 
(1) Assumes  a $12,600.00 premium is paid at  the beginning of each Policy Year.
    Values will be different if premiums are paid with a different frequency  or
    in different amounts.
(2) Assumes  that no policy loans have been made. Excessive loans or withdrawals
    may cause this Policy to lapse due to insufficient Policy Value.
 
THE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT RATES  OF RETURN ARE  ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY, AND  SHOULD
NOT  BE DEEMED A  REPRESENTATION OF PAST  OR FUTURE INVESTMENT  RATES OF RETURN.
ACTUAL INVESTMENT RESULTS MAY BE MORE OR LESS THAN THOSE SHOWN, AND WILL  DEPEND
ON  A NUMBER OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THE INVESTMENT ALLOCATIONS BY A POLICY OWNER,
AND THE DIFFERENT INVESTMENT RATES OF  RETURN FOR THE FUNDS. THE CASH  SURRENDER
VALUE  AND DEATH BENEFIT FOR A POLICY WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE SHOWN IF THE
ACTUAL RATES OF  INVESTMENT RETURN AVERAGED  0%, 6%,  AND 12% OVER  A PERIOD  OF
YEARS,  BUT  FLUCTUATED ABOVE  AND BELOW  THOSE  AVERAGES FOR  INDIVIDUAL POLICY
YEARS. THEY WOULD ALSO  BE DIFFERENT IF ANY  POLICY LOANS OR PARTIAL  SURRENDERS
WERE  MADE. NO  REPRESENTATIONS CAN BE  MADE THAT  THESE HYPOTHETICAL INVESTMENT
RATES OF RETURN CAN BE ACHIEVED FOR ANY ONE YEAR OR SUSTAINED OVER ANY PERIOD OF
TIME.
 
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