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                                                   Registration No. 33-19765

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C.  20549
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                                    FORM N-4
                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 3
                                       to
          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  |X|
    

                       SUN LIFE (N.Y.) VARIABLE ACCOUNT B
                           (Exact Name of Registrant)

               SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
                               (Name of Depositor)

                                 80 Broad Street
                            New York, New York 10004
                             (Address of Depositor's
                          Principal Executive Offices)

                  Depositor's Telephone Number:  (212) 943-3855

                           Bonnie S. Angus, Secretary
                 c/o Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)
                           One Sun Life Executive Park
                      Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts  02181
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                          Copies of Communications to:

                              David N. Brown, Esq.
                               Covington & Burling
                         1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
                                  P.O. Box 7566
                             Washington, D.C.  20044

   
|X| It is proposed that this filing will become effective on May 1, 1996
    pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
    
   
    Pursuant to the provisions of Rule 24f-2 under the Investment Company Act of
1940, the Registrant has registered an indefinite amount of securities under the
Securities Act of 1933. The Rule 24f-2 Notice for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1995 will be filed on or before June 30, 1996.
    
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C3 (NY)

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                       SUN LIFE (N.Y.) VARIABLE ACCOUNT B
   
                   Post-effective Amendment No. 3 to Form N-4
    
               Cross Reference Sheet Required by Rule 495(a) under
                           The Securities Act of 1933

Item Number in Form N-4                         Location in Prospectus; Caption
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Part A
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 1.    Cover Page                               Cover Page

 2.    Definitions                              Definitions

 3.    Synopsis                                 Synopsis; Expense Summary

 4.    Condensed Financial                      Condensed Financial Information;
       Information                              Performance Data

 5.    General Description of                   A Word About the Company,
       Registrant, Depositor                    the Variable Account and the
       and Portfolio Companies                  Series Fund

 6.    Deductions                               Contract Charges; Cash
                                                Withdrawals

 7.    General Description of                   Purchase Payments and Contract
       Variable Annuity Contracts               Values During Accumulation
                                                Period; Other Contractual
                                                Provisions

 8.    Annuity Period                           Annuity Provisions

 9.    Death Benefit                            Death Benefit

10.    Purchases and Contract                   Purchase Payments and Contract
       Value                                    Values During Accumulation
                                                Period

11.    Redemptions                              Cash Withdrawals

12.    Taxes                                    Federal Tax Status

13.    Legal Proceedings                        Legal Proceedings

14.    Table of Contents of the                 Table of Contents for Statement
       Statement of Additional                  of Additional Information
       Information

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                                                Location in Statement of
Item Number in Form N-4                         Additional Information; Caption
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Part B
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15.    Cover Page                               Cover Page

16.    Table of Contents                        Table of Contents

17.    General Information and                  General Information
       History

18.    Services                                 Other Contractual Provisions*

19.    Purchase of Securities                   Purchase Payments and Contract
       Being Offered                            Values During Accumulation
                                                Period*

20.    Underwriters                             Distribution of the Contracts*

21.    Calculation of Performance               Calculation of Performance
       Data                                     Data

22.    Annuity Payments                         Annuity Provisions

23.    Financial Statements                     Financial Statements


* In the Prospectus.


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                                     PART A

                      INFORMATION REQUIRED IN A PROSPECTUS

   
     Attached hereto and made a part hereof is the Prospectus dated May 1, 1996.
    

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                                                                      PROSPECTUS
                                                                     MAY 1, 1996
    
 
                                   COMPASS 3
 
    The individual flexible payment deferred annuity contracts (the "Contracts")
offered  by this  Prospectus are  designed for  use in  connection with personal
retirement plans,  some  of which  qualify  for federal  income  tax  advantages
available  under Sections  401, 403  or 408  of the  Internal Revenue  Code. The
Contracts are issued by Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York  (the
"Company").  The Company's Annuity  Service Mailing Address  is 80 Broad Street,
New York, New York 10004.
 
   
    The Owner of a Contract may elect  to have Contract values accumulated on  a
fixed basis in the Fixed Account (which is part of the Company's general account
and pays interest at a guaranteed fixed rate) or on a variable basis in Sun Life
(N.Y.)  Variable Account B  (the "Variable Account"), a  separate account of the
Company, or divided among the Fixed Account and Variable Account. The assets  of
the  Variable Account are  divided into Sub-Accounts.  Each Sub-Account uses its
assets to purchase, at  their net asset  value, shares of  a specific series  of
MFS/Sun Life Series Trust, a mutual fund registered under the Investment Company
Act  of  1940 (the  "Series  Fund"). Shares  of the  Series  Fund are  issued in
nineteen series, each corresponding to  an independent portfolio of  securities.
Seven series are available as the investment medium for the Contracts: (1) Money
Market  Series;  (2) High  Yield Series;  (3)  Capital Appreciation  Series; (4)
Government Securities Series;  (5) World  Governments Series;  (6) Total  Return
Series;  and (7) Managed Sectors Series. If the Owner elects certain forms of an
annuity as a retirement  benefit, payments may be  funded from either the  Fixed
Account  or the Variable Account  or from both of  the Accounts. Contract values
allocated to the  Variable Account and  annuity payments elected  on a  variable
basis  will vary  to reflect  the investment  performance of  the series  of the
Series Fund selected by the Owner.
    
 
   
    This Prospectus sets forth information about the Contracts and the  Variable
Account  that a prospective  purchaser should know  before investing. Additional
information about the Contracts and the Variable Account has been filed with the
Securities and  Exchange Commission  in a  Statement of  Additional  Information
dated  May 1, 1996 which  is incorporated herein by  reference. The Statement of
Additional Information is available from the Company without charge upon written
request to the above address or by telephoning (212) 943-3855 or (800) 447-7569.
The Table of Contents  for the Statement of  Additional Information is shown  on
page 21 of this Prospectus.
    
 
THE  CONTRACTS ARE NOT DEPOSITS OR OBLIGATIONS OF, OR GUARANTEED OR ENDORSED BY,
ANY BANK,  AND  ARE NOT  FEDERALLY  INSURED  BY THE  FEDERAL  DEPOSIT  INSURANCE
CORPORATION, THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, OR ANY OTHER AGENCY.
 
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.
 
THIS  PROSPECTUS IS VALID ONLY WHEN ACCOMPANIED BY THE CURRENT PROSPECTUS OF THE
SERIES FUND.
 
THIS PROSPECTUS SHOULD BE READ AND RETAINED FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         PAGE
<S>                                                                      <C>
Definitions                                                                2
Synopsis                                                                   3
Expense Summary                                                            4
Condensed Financial Information                                            5
Performance Data                                                           6
Financial Statements                                                       6
A Word About the Company, the Variable Account and the Series Fund         6
Purchase Payments and Contract Values During Accumulation Period           8
Cash Withdrawals                                                           9
Death Benefit                                                             11
Contract Charges                                                          11
Annuity Provisions                                                        14
Other Contractual Provisions                                              16
Federal Tax Status                                                        18
Distribution of the Contracts                                             20
Legal Proceedings                                                         20
Contract Owner Inquiries                                                  20
Table of Contents for Statement of Additional Information                 21
</TABLE>
 
                                  DEFINITIONS
 
    The following terms as used in this Prospectus have the indicated meanings:
 
Accumulation Account:   An account  established for  the Contract  to which  net
Purchase Payments are credited in the form of Accumulation Units.
 
Accumulation  Unit:  A unit  of measure used in the  calculation of the value of
the Accumulation Account. There  are two types  of Accumulation Units:  Variable
Accumulation Units and Fixed Accumulation Units.
 
Annuitant:   The person or  persons named in the Contract  and on whose life the
first annuity payment is to  be made. If more than  one person is so named,  all
provisions  of the Contract which are based on the death of the "Annuitant" will
be based on the date of death of the last surviving of the persons so named.  By
example,  the death benefit  will become due  only upon the  death, prior to the
Annuity Commencement  Date, of  the  last surviving  of  the persons  so  named.
Collectively,  these persons are  referred to in  this Contract as "Annuitants."
The Owner is not permitted to name a "Co-Annuitant" under a Qualified Contract.
 
Annuity Commencement Date:  The date on which the first annuity payment is to be
made.
 
Annuity Unit:  A unit  of measure used in the  calculation of the amount of  the
second and each subsequent Variable Annuity payment.
 
Beneficiary:  The person who has the right to the death benefit set forth in the
Contract.
 
Contract Years and Contract Anniversaries:  The first Contract Year shall be the
period  of  12 months  plus a  part of  a month  as measured  from the  date the
Contract is issued  to the first  day of  the calendar month  which follows  the
calendar  month of issue. All Contract  Years and Anniversaries thereafter shall
be 12  month periods  based upon  such first  day of  the calendar  month  which
follows the calendar month of issue.
 
Due  Proof  of  Death:    An  original  certified  copy  of  an  official  death
certificate, an original  certified copy  of a decree  of a  court of  competent
jurisdiction  as to the finding of death, or any other proof satisfactory to the
Company.
 
Fixed Account:  The Fixed  Account consists of all  assets of the Company  other
than those allocated to separate accounts of the Company.
 
Fixed Annuity:  An annuity with payments which do not vary as to dollar amount.
 
Non-Qualified  Contract:  A  Contract used in connection  with a retirement plan
which does not  receive favorable  federal income tax  treatment under  Sections
401,  403 or 408 of the Internal Revenue  Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").
The Contract must be owned by a natural person or by a trust or other entity  as
agent  for a  natural person  for the Contract  to receive  favorable income tax
treatment as an annuity.
 
Owner:  The person, persons or entity entitled to the ownership rights stated in
the Contract and in whose name or names the Contract is issued.
 
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Payee:  The recipient of  payments under the Contract.  The term may include  an
Annuitant,  a Beneficiary who becomes entitled to benefits upon the death of the
Annuitant or any person  who is designated as  the beneficiary of  distributions
made as a result of the death of the Owner.
 
Purchase  Payment (Payment):  An  amount paid to the Company  by the Owner or on
the Owner's behalf as consideration for the benefits provided by the Contract.
 
Qualified Contract:  A Contract used in connection with a retirement plan  which
receives  favorable federal income tax treatment  under Sections 401, 403 or 408
of the Code.
 
Series Fund:  MFS/Sun Life Series Trust.
 
Seven Year Anniversary:   The seventh Contract  Anniversary and each  succeeding
Contract  Anniversary  occurring  at  any seven  year  interval  thereafter, for
example, the 14th, 21st and 28th Contract Anniversaries.
 
Sub-Account:  That portion of the Variable Account which invests in shares of  a
particular series or sub-series of the Series Fund.
 
Valuation  Period:   The period of  time from one  determination of Accumulation
Unit and  Annuity Unit  values to  the next  subsequent determination  of  these
values.
 
Variable  Annuity:  An annuity  with payments which vary  as to dollar amount in
relation to  the  investment  performance  of specified  Sub-  Accounts  of  the
Variable Account.
 
                                    SYNOPSIS
 
    Purchase  Payments are allocated to Sub-Accounts  of the Variable Account or
to the Fixed Account or to both  Sub-Accounts and the Fixed Account as  selected
by  the Owner. Purchase Payments must total at least $300 for the first Contract
Year and each Purchase Payment must be at least $25 (see "Purchase Payments"  on
page 8). Subject to certain conditions, during the accumulation period the Owner
may,  without charge,  transfer amounts among  the Sub-Accounts  and between the
Sub-Accounts and the Fixed  Account (see "Transfers/Conversions of  Accumulation
Units" on page 9).
 
    No  sales charge is deducted from Purchase Payments; however, if any portion
of a  Contract's Accumulation  Account is  surrendered, the  Company will,  with
certain  exceptions,  deduct  a  withdrawal  charge  (contingent  deferred sales
charge) ranging from 6% to 0% to cover certain expenses relating to the sale  of
the  Contracts. A portion of the Accumulation Account may be withdrawn each year
without the assessment of a withdrawal  charge and after a Purchase Payment  has
been  held by the  Company for seven  years it may  be withdrawn without charge.
Also,  no  withdrawal  charge  is  assessed  upon  annuitization  or  upon   the
transfers/conversions  described above  (see "Cash  Withdrawals" and "Withdrawal
Charges" on pages 9 and 12, respectively).
 
    Special  restrictions   on  withdrawals   apply  to   Contracts  used   with
Tax-Sheltered  Annuities established pursuant to Section 403(b) of the Code (see
"Section 403(b) Annuities" on page 10).
 
    In addition,  under  certain circumstances  withdrawals  may result  in  tax
penalties (see "Federal Tax Status" on page 18).
 
    In the event of the death of the Annuitant prior to the Annuity Commencement
Date,  the Company will pay a death benefit  to the Beneficiary. If the death of
the Annuitant occurs on or after the Annuity Commencement Date, no death benefit
will be payable under the Contract except  as may be provided under the  annuity
option elected (see "Death Benefit" on page 11).
 
    On  each  Contract Anniversary  and on  surrender of  the Contract  for full
value, the Company  will deduct a  contract maintenance charge  of $30 from  the
Accumulation  Account to reimburse it for administrative expenses related to the
issuance and maintenance of the  Contracts. After the Annuity Commencement  Date
the  charge will be deducted pro rata  from each annuity payment made during the
year (see "Contract Maintenance Charge" on page 11).
 
    The Company also deducts a mortality and  expense risk charge at the end  of
each  Valuation Period equal to an annual rate  of 1.25% of the daily net assets
of the Variable Account for mortality and expense risks assumed by the  Company.
In  addition,  for  the  first  seven  Contract  Years  the  Company  deducts  a
distribution expense charge  at the  end of each  Valuation Period  equal to  an
annual rate of 0.15% of the daily
 
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net  assets of the Variable  Account attributable to the  Contracts. There is no
deduction for  the  distribution  expense  charge  after  the  seventh  Contract
Anniversary  (see "Mortality  and Expense  Risk Charge  and Distribution Expense
Charge" on page 12).
 
    Premium taxes payable to any governmental entity will be charged against the
Contracts (see "Premium Taxes" on page 13).
 
    Annuity payments  will begin  on the  Annuity Commencement  Date. The  Owner
selects  the Annuity Commencement  Date, frequency of  payments, and the annuity
option (see "Annuity Provisions" on page 14).
 
    If the Owner is not  satisfied with the Contract it  may be returned to  the
Company  within ten days after  it was delivered to  the Owner. When the Company
receives the  returned  Contract it  will  be cancelled  and  the value  of  the
Contract's  Accumulation Account at the end of the Valuation Period during which
the Contract was received by the Company will be refunded.
 
                                EXPENSE SUMMARY
 
    The purpose  of  the following  table  is  to help  Owners  and  prospective
purchasers  to understand  the costs and  expenses that are  borne, directly and
indirectly, by  Contract Owners.  The table  reflects expenses  of the  Variable
Account  attributable  to the  Contracts  as well  as  of the  Series  Fund. The
information set forth should be considered together with the narrative  provided
under  the heading  "Contract Charges" in  this Prospectus, and  with the Series
Fund's prospectus. In addition to the  expenses listed below, premium taxes  may
be applicable if the Owner is other than a New York State resident.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                  MONEY     HIGH        CAPITAL      GOVERNMENT       WORLD        TOTAL    MANAGED
                                                 MARKET     YIELD    APPRECIATION    SECURITIES    GOVERNMENTS    RETURN    SECTORS
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTION EXPENSES              SERIES    SERIES       SERIES         SERIES         SERIES      SERIES     SERIES
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<S>                                              <C>       <C>       <C>             <C>           <C>            <C>       <C>
Sales Load Imposed on Purchases................     0         0            0              0             0            0         0
Deferred Sales Load (as a percentage of
  Purchase Payments withdrawn) (1)
  Number of Complete Contract Years Payment in
    Accumulation Account
    0-1........................................     6%        6%           6%             6%            6%           6%        6%
    2-3........................................     5%        5%           5%             5%            5%           5%        5%
    4-5........................................     4%        4%           4%             4%            4%           4%        4%
    6..........................................     3%        3%           3%             3%            3%           3%        3%
    7 or more..................................     0%        0%           0%             0%            0%           0%        0%
Exchange Fee...................................     0         0            0              0             0            0         0
</TABLE>
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ANNUAL CONTRACT MAINTENANCE CHARGE                                                 $30 per contract
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<S>                                                  <C>      <C>      <C>            <C>          <C>           <C>      <C>
SEPARATE ACCOUNT ANNUAL EXPENSES
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(as a percentage of average separate account assets)
Mortality and Expense Risk Fees....................     1.25%    1.25%       1.25%         1.25%         1.25%      1.25%     1.25%
Distribution Expense Charge (2)....................     0.15%    0.15%       0.15%         0.15%         0.15%      0.15%     0.15%
Other Account Fees and Expenses....................     0.00%    0.00%       0.00%         0.00%         0.00%      0.00%     0.00%
Total Separate Account Annual Expenses.............     1.40%    1.40%       1.40%         1.40%         1.40%      1.40%     1.40%
 
SERIES FUND ANNUAL EXPENSES
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(as a percentage of Series Fund average net assets)
Management Fees....................................     0.50%    0.75%       0.75%         0.55%         0.75%      0.70%     0.75%
Other Expenses.....................................     0.09%    0.12%       0.08%         0.08%         0.14%      0.06%     0.09%
Total Series Fund Annual Expenses..................     0.59%    0.87%       0.83%         0.63%         0.89%      0.76%     0.84%
<FN>
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(1)  A  portion of  the Accumulation  Account value  may be  withdrawn each year
     without imposition of any withdrawal  charge, and after a Purchase  Payment
     has  been held by the  Company for seven years it  may be withdrawn free of
     any withdrawal charge.
 
(2)  The Distribution  Expense Charge  is imposed  only during  the first  seven
     Contract Years. This charge may be deemed a deferred sales charge.
</TABLE>
    
 
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                                    EXAMPLE
 
    If you surrender your Contract at the end of the applicable time period, you
would  pay the following expenses  on a $1,000 investment,  assuming a 5% annual
return on assets:
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                            1 YEAR   3 YEARS   5 YEARS   10 YEARS
                                                                                            ------   -------   -------   --------
<S>                                                                                         <C>      <C>       <C>       <C>
Money Market Series.......................................................................   $74      $107      $143       $232
High Yield Series.........................................................................    77       116       158        261
Capital Appreciation Series...............................................................    77       115       155        256
Government Securities Series..............................................................    75       109       145        236
World Governments Series..................................................................    77       117       159        263
Total Return Series.......................................................................    76       113       152        249
Managed Sectors Series....................................................................    77       115       156        257
</TABLE>
    
 
If you do NOT  surrender your Contract, or  if you annuitize at  the end of  the
applicable  time  period,  you would  pay  the  following expenses  on  a $1,000
investment, assuming a 5% annual return on assets:
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                            1 YEAR   3 YEARS   5 YEARS   10 YEARS
                                                                                            ------   -------   -------   --------
<S>                                                                                         <C>      <C>       <C>       <C>
Money Market Series.......................................................................   $20       $62      $107       $232
High Yield Series.........................................................................    23        71       122        261
Capital Appreciation Series...............................................................    23        70       119        256
Government Securities Series..............................................................    21        64       109        236
World Governments Series..................................................................    23        72       123        263
Total Return Series.......................................................................    22        68       116        249
Managed Sectors Series....................................................................    23        70       120        257
</TABLE>
    
 
    THE EXAMPLE SHOULD  NOT BE  CONSIDERED A  REPRESENTATION OF  PAST OR  FUTURE
EXPENSES, AND ACTUAL EXPENSES MAY BE GREATER OR LOWER THAN THOSE SHOWN.
 
           CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION--ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUES
 
    The  following information should  be read in  conjunction with the Variable
Account's  financial  statements  appearing  in  the  Statement  of   Additional
Information, all of which has been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent
certified public accountants.
 
   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             PERIOD ENDED         YEAR ENDED          YEAR ENDED
                                                                          DECEMBER 31, 1993*   DECEMBER 31, 1994   DECEMBER 31, 1995
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<S>                                                                       <C>                  <C>                 <C>
CAPITAL APPRECIATION SERIES
  Unit Value
    Beginning of Period                                                        $10.0000            $10.3891            $ 9.8771
    End of Period                                                              $10.3891            $ 9.8771            $13.0981
  Units Outstanding End of Period                                                17,574             135,042             184,876
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES SERIES
  Unit Value
    Beginning of Period                                                        $10.0000            $10.0022            $ 9.6514
    End of Period                                                              $10.0022            $ 9.6514            $11.1980
  Units Outstanding End of Period                                                 7,140              32,725              39,286
 
HIGH YIELD SERIES
  Unit Value
    Beginning of Period                                                        $10.0000            $10.4094            $10.0368
    End of Period                                                              $10.4094            $10.0368            $11.5849
  Units Outstanding End of Period                                                 2,726              37,197              43,963
 
MANAGED SECTORS SERIES
  Unit Value
    Beginning of Period                                                        $10.0000            $ 9.5946            $ 9.2925
    End of Period                                                              $ 9.5946            $ 9.2925            $12.1391
  Units Outstanding End of Period                                                 1,619              28,752              53,846
 
MONEY MARKET SERIES
  Unit Value
    Beginning of Period                                                        $10.0000            $10.0435            $10.2716
    End of Period                                                              $10.0435            $10.2716            $10.6823
  Units Outstanding End of Period                                                 5,787              33,901              44,348
 
TOTAL RETURN SERIES
  Unit Value
    Beginning of Period                                                        $10.0000            $ 9.9794            $ 9.6190
    End of Period                                                              $ 9.9794            $ 9.6190            $12.0270
  Units Outstanding End of Period                                                30,589             154,543             185,716
 
WORLD GOVERNMENTS SERIES
  Unit Value
    Beginning of Period                                                        $10.0000            $10.1398            $ 9.5512
    End of Period                                                              $10.1398            $ 9.5512            $10.8976
  Units Outstanding End of Period                                                 6,287              43,259              46,895
 
<FN>
 
* From March 1, 1993 (date of commencement of sales of the Contracts).
</TABLE>
    
 
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                                PERFORMANCE DATA
 
   
    From  time to time the Variable Account may publish reports to shareholders,
sales literature and advertisements containing performance data relating to  the
Sub-Accounts.  Performance data  will consist  of total  return quotations which
will always include quotations for the  period subsequent to the date each  Sub-
Account  became available for investment under the Contracts, and for recent one
year and, when applicable, five and  ten year periods. Such quotations for  such
periods  will be  the average  annual rates  of return  required for  an initial
Purchase Payment  of $1,000  to  equal the  actual variable  accumulation  value
attributable  to such  Purchase Payment  on the  last day  of the  period, after
reflection of all applicable withdrawal  and contract charges. In addition,  the
Variable  Account may  calculate non-standardized  rates of  return that  do not
reflect withdrawal and contract  charges. Results calculated without  withdrawal
and/or contract charges will be higher. Performance figures used by the Variable
Account  are based on the  actual historical performance of  the Series Fund for
specified  periods,  and  the  figures  are  not  intended  to  indicate  future
performance.  The  Variable  Account may  also  from  time to  time  compare its
investment performance to various unmanaged indices or other variable  annuities
and  may  refer  to certain  rating  and  other organizations  in  its marketing
materials. More detailed  information on the  computations is set  forth in  the
Statement of Additional Information.
    
 
                              FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
    Financial Statements of the Variable Account and the Company are included in
the Statement of Additional Information.
 
       A WORD ABOUT THE COMPANY, THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT AND THE SERIES FUND
 
THE COMPANY
 
    Sun  Life Insurance  and Annuity  Company of New  York (the  "Company") is a
stock life insurance company incorporated under the laws of New York on May  25,
1983. Its Home Office is located at 80 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004.
 
    The  Company is a  wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun  Life Assurance Company of
Canada (U.S.) ("Sun  Life of  Canada (U.S.)"),  a stock  life insurance  company
incorporated  in  Delaware  and having  its  Executive  Office at  One  Sun Life
Executive Park, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02181. Sun Life of Canada (U.S.),
in turn, is a wholly-owned subsidiary  of Sun Life Assurance Company of  Canada,
150  King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, a mutual life insurance company
incorporated in Canada in 1865.
 
THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT
 
    Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account B (the "Variable Account") was  established
as  a  separate  account  of the  Company  on  December 3,  1984  pursuant  to a
resolution of its Board of Directors. The Variable Account meets the  definition
of  a separate account under the federal  securities laws and is registered with
the Securities and  Exchange Commission  as a  unit investment  trust under  the
Investment  Company Act  of 1940.  Under New York  insurance law,  and under the
Contract, 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. 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
Contracts, including the promise to make annuity payments, are general corporate
obligations of the Company.
 
    The assets  of the  Variable  Account are  divided into  Sub-Accounts.  Each
Sub-Account  invests exclusively  in shares of  a specific series  of the Series
Fund described below.
 
    In addition to the Contracts offered by this Prospectus, the Company  issues
other variable annuity contracts participating in the Variable Account.
 
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THE SERIES FUND
 
    All  amounts  allocated to  the Variable  Account will  be used  to purchase
shares of MFS/Sun  Life Series Trust  (the "Series Fund")  as designated by  the
Owner  at their net  asset value. Any  and all distributions  made by the Series
Fund with respect to the shares held by the Variable Account will be  reinvested
to  purchase additional  shares at  their net  asset value.  Deductions from the
Variable  Account  for  cash  withdrawals,  annuity  payments,  death  benefits,
administrative  charges,  contract charges  against the  assets of  the Variable
Account for  the assumption  of  mortality and  expense risks  and  distribution
expenses  and any  applicable taxes  will, in effect,  be made  by redeeming the
number of Series Fund shares  at their net asset value  equal in total value  to
the amount to be deducted. The Variable Account will be fully invested in Series
Fund shares at all times.
 
   
    Shares  of the  Series Fund are  available exclusively  to separate accounts
established by the Company and Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) to fund benefits  under
variable life insurance and variable annuity products. Certain risks involved in
funding  benefits under both life insurance  and annuity contracts are discussed
in the prospectus of the Series Fund under the caption "Management of the Series
Fund". The  Series  Fund  is  composed of  nineteen  independent  portfolios  of
securities,  each  of which  has  separate investment  objectives  and policies.
Shares of the Series Fund are  issued in nineteen series, each corresponding  to
one  of the  portfolios; however  the Contracts  provide for  investment only in
shares of the  seven series of  the Series Fund  described below.  Massachusetts
Financial  Services Company, a subsidiary  of Sun Life of  Canada (U.S.), is the
Series Fund's investment adviser. The investment objectives of each of the seven
available series  of  the  Series  Fund  are  summarized  below.  More  detailed
information  may be found in  the current prospectus of  the Series Fund and the
Series Fund's Statement of Additional  Information. A prospectus for the  Series
Fund must accompany this Prospectus and should be read in conjunction herewith.
    
 
    (1)  MONEY MARKET  SERIES ("MMS")  will seek  maximum current  income to the
extent consistent with stability of principal by investing exclusively in  money
market  instruments maturing in  less than 13  months, including U.S. government
securities  and  repurchase  agreements   collateralized  by  such   securities,
obligations of the larger banks and prime commercial paper.
 
    (2)  HIGH YIELD  SERIES ("HYS")  will seek  high current  income and capital
appreciation by  investing primarily  in  fixed income  securities of  U.S.  and
foreign  issuers which may be in the lower rated categories or unrated (commonly
known as "junk bonds") and which  may include equity features. These  securities
generally  involve greater volatility of price  and risk to principal and income
and less liquidity than  securities in the higher  rated categories. Any  person
contemplating  allocating  Purchase  Payments to  the  Sub-Account  investing in
shares of the High Yield Series should review the risk disclosure in the  Series
Fund prospectus carefully and consider the investment risks involved.
 
    (3)  CAPITAL APPRECIATION SERIES  ("CAS") will seek  capital appreciation by
investing in securities of all types, with a major emphasis on common stocks.
 
    (4) GOVERNMENT  SECURITIES  SERIES  ("GSS") will  seek  current  income  and
preservation  of capital by investing  in U.S. Government and Government-related
Securities.
 
    (5) WORLD GOVERNMENTS SERIES ("WGS")  will seek moderate current income  and
preservation  and growth  of capital  by investing  in a  portfolio of  U.S. and
Foreign Government Securities.
 
   
    (6) TOTAL RETURN SERIES ("TRS") will seek 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 Total
Return 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.
    
 
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    (7) MANAGED SECTORS SERIES ("MSS") will seek capital appreciation by varying
the  weighting of its portfolio of common stocks among certain industry sectors.
Dividend income, if any, is incidental to its objective of capital appreciation.
 
                     PURCHASE PAYMENTS AND CONTRACT VALUES
                           DURING ACCUMULATION PERIOD
 
PURCHASE PAYMENTS
 
    All Purchase Payments are to be paid  to the Company at its Annuity  Service
Mailing   Address.  Purchase  Payments  may  be  made  annually,  semi-annually,
quarterly, monthly, or on any other frequency acceptable to the Company.  Unless
the  Contract has been  surrendered, Purchase Payments  may be made  at any time
during the life of the Annuitant  and before the Annuity Commencement Date.  The
amount  of Purchase Payments may vary;  however, Purchase Payments must total at
least $300 for the  first Contract Year,  and each Purchase  Payment must be  at
least  $25. In addition, the prior approval of the Company is required before it
will accept  a Purchase  Payment which  would cause  the value  of a  Contract's
Accumulation  Account  to  exceed  $1,000,000.  If  the  value  of  a Contract's
Accumulation Account exceeds $1,000,000, no additional Purchase Payments will be
accepted without prior approval.
 
    Completed application forms, together with the initial Purchase Payment, are
forwarded to the Company. Upon acceptance,  the Contract is issued to the  Owner
and  the initial  Purchase Payment is  credited to  the Contract in  the form of
Accumulation Units.  The initial  Purchase Payment  must be  applied within  two
business  days of receipt of a completed application. The Company may retain the
Purchase Payment for up  to five business days  while attempting to complete  an
incomplete  application. If the application cannot  be made complete within five
business days, the applicant will be informed  of the reasons for the delay  and
the   Purchase  Payment  will  be  returned  immediately  unless  the  applicant
specifically consents to the Company's retaining the Purchase Payment until  the
application  is made complete. Thereafter, the  Purchase Payment must be applied
within two business days. All subsequent Purchase Payments will be applied using
the Accumulation Unit values for the Valuation Period during which the  Purchase
Payment is received by the Company.
 
    The  Company will establish  an Accumulation Account  for each Contract. The
Contract's Accumulation Account value for any  Valuation Period is equal to  the
variable  accumulation value, if any, plus the fixed accumulation value, if any,
for that Valuation Period. The variable  accumulation value is equal to the  sum
of  the  value of  all Variable  Accumulation Units  credited to  the Contract's
Accumulation Account.
 
    Each net Purchase Payment will be allocated to either the Fixed Account (see
Appendix A to the Statement of  Additional Information for a description of  the
Fixed   Account)  or  to  Sub-Accounts  of  the  Variable  Account  or  to  both
Sub-Accounts and the  Fixed Account  in accordance with  the allocation  factors
specified  by  the Owner  in the  application or  as subsequently  changed. Upon
receipt of a Purchase Payment, all or that portion, if any, of the net  Purchase
Payment to be allocated to the Sub-Accounts will be credited to the Accumulation
Account  in the  form of Variable  Accumulation Units. The  number of particular
Variable Accumulation Units to be credited is determined by dividing the  dollar
amount allocated to the particular Sub-Account by the Variable Accumulation Unit
value  for the particular Sub-Account for  the Valuation Period during which the
Purchase Payment is received.
 
    The Variable Accumulation Unit value for each Sub-Account was established at
$10.00 for  the  first  Valuation  Period of  the  particular  Sub-Account.  The
Variable  Accumulation  Unit  value  for  any  subsequent  Valuation  Period  is
determined by methodology  which is the  mathematical equivalent of  multiplying
the  Variable Accumulation  Unit value  for the  immediately preceding Valuation
Period by the appropriate  Net Investment Factor  for such subsequent  Valuation
Period.  The  Variable  Accumulation Unit  value  for each  Sub-Account  for any
Valuation Period is determined at the end of the particular Valuation Period and
may increase, decrease  or remain  constant from Valuation  Period to  Valuation
Period,  depending upon the  investment performance of the  series of the Series
Fund in which the Sub-Account is invested, and the expenses and charges deducted
from the Variable Account.
 
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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,  the
value of a Variable Accumulation Unit may increase, decrease or remain the same.
 
    The  Net Investment Factor  for any Sub-Account for  any Valuation Period is
determined by  dividing (a)  by (b)  and then  subtracting (c)  from the  result
where:
 
        (a) is the net result of:
 
            (1) the  net  asset  value  of  a  Series  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 the Series  Fund shares held  in the Sub-Account  if
                the  "ex dividend" date occurs during the Valuation Period, plus
                or minus
 
            (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);
 
        (b) is the  net  asset  value  of  a  Series  Fund  share  held  in  the
            Sub-Account  determined  as of  the end  of the  preceding Valuation
            Period; and
 
        (c) is the  risk  charge  factor  determined  by  the  Company  for  the
            Valuation  Period to reflect  the charge for  assuming the mortality
            and expense risks and distribution expense risk.
 
TRANSFERS/CONVERSIONS OF ACCUMULATION UNITS
 
    During the  accumulation  period  the  Owner may  convert  the  value  of  a
designated  number of  Fixed Accumulation  Units then  credited to  a Contract's
Accumulation Account into Variable Accumulation Units of particular Sub-Accounts
having an equal aggregate value, or convert the value of a designated number  of
Variable  Accumulation Units into other Variable Accumulation Units and/or Fixed
Accumulation Units having an equal aggregate value. These  transfers/conversions
are  subject  to  the  following  conditions:  (1)  conversions  involving Fixed
Accumulation Units may be made only during  the 45 day period before and the  45
day period after each Contract Anniversary; (2) not more than 12 conversions may
be  made in any Contract Year; and (3) the value of Accumulation Units converted
may not be less than $1,000 unless all of the Fixed Accumulation Units or all of
the Variable  Accumulation Units  of a  particular Sub-Account  credited to  the
Accumulation    Account    are    being    converted.    In    addition,   these
transfers/conversions shall be subject  to such terms and  conditions as may  be
imposed  by the Series Fund. The conversion  will be made using the Accumulation
Unit values for the Valuation Period during which the request for conversion  is
received by the Company.
 
                                CASH WITHDRAWALS
 
    At  any time before the Annuity Commencement Date and during the lifetime of
the Annuitant, the Owner may elect to receive a cash withdrawal payment from the
Company. Any such election shall specify  the amount of the withdrawal and  will
be effective on the date that it is received by the Company. The withdrawal will
result  in the cancellation of Accumulation  Units with an aggregate value equal
to the dollar  amount of the  cash withdrawal payment  plus, if applicable,  the
contract  maintenance charge and any withdrawal charge. Unless instructed to the
contrary,  the  Company  will  cancel  Fixed  Accumulation  Units  and  Variable
Accumulation Units of the particular Sub-Accounts on a pro rata basis reflecting
the  existing composition of  the Contract's Accumulation  Account. If a partial
withdrawal is requested which would leave an Accumulation Account value of  less
than  the  contract maintenance  charge, then  such  partial withdrawal  will be
treated as a full surrender.
 
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    Under certain conditions, the Company will  assess a withdrawal charge if  a
cash  withdrawal payment is  made. The amount  of any withdrawal  charge and the
conditions under which  the charge  will apply are  discussed under  "Withdrawal
Charges".
 
    Any cash withdrawal payment will be paid within seven days from the date the
election becomes effective, except as the Company may be permitted to defer such
payment  in accordance  with the  Investment Company  Act of  1940. Deferment is
currently permissible only  (1) for  any period (a)  during which  the New  York
Stock  Exchange is closed other than customary week-end and holiday closings, or
(b) during  which  trading on  the  New York  Stock  Exchange is  restricted  as
determined  by the Securities and Exchange Commission, (2) for any period during
which an emergency exists as a result  of which (a) disposal of securities  held
by  the Series Fund is  not reasonably practicable, or  (b) it is not reasonably
practicable to determine the value of the net assets of the Series Fund, or  (3)
for  such other periods as  the Securities and Exchange  Commission may by order
permit for the protection of security holders.
 
    Special restrictions on  withdrawals apply to  certain Qualified  Contracts,
including  Contracts used  with Tax-Sheltered Annuities  established pursuant to
Section 403(b) of the Code ("Section 403(b) Annuities") discussed below.
 
    Reference should be made to the terms of the particular retirement plan  for
which Qualified Contracts are issued for any limitations or restrictions on cash
withdrawals.  A  cash  withdrawal  under  either  a  Qualified  or Non-Qualified
Contract also may result in  the imposition of a  tax penalty (see "Federal  Tax
Status").
 
SECTION 403(B) ANNUITIES
 
    The  Internal  Revenue Code  imposes restrictions  on cash  withdrawals from
Contracts used with Section  403(b) Annuities. In order  for these Contracts  to
receive  tax deferred treatment, the Contract must provide that cash withdrawals
of  amounts  attributable   to  salary  reduction   contributions  (other   than
withdrawals  of Accumulation  Account value as  of December  31, 1988 ("Pre-1989
Account Value")) may be made  only when the Contract  Owner attains age 59  1/2,
separates  from service with the employer,  dies or becomes disabled (within the
meaning of Section 72(m)(7) of the Code). These restrictions apply to any growth
or interest  on or  after January  1,  1989 on  Pre-1989 Account  Value,  salary
reduction  contributions made  on or  after January 1,  1989, and  any growth or
interest on such contributions ("Restricted Account Value").
 
    Withdrawals of  Restricted Account  Value  are also  permitted in  cases  of
financial  hardship,  but  only  to the  extent  of  contributions;  earnings on
contributions cannot be  withdrawn for  hardship reasons.  While specific  rules
defining  hardship have not been  issued by the Internal  Revenue Service, it is
expected that to  qualify for a  hardship distribution, the  Owner must have  an
immediate and heavy bona fide financial need and lack other resources reasonably
available  to satisfy the  need. Hardship withdrawals (as  well as certain other
premature withdrawals) will be subject to a 10% tax penalty, in addition to  any
withdrawal charge applicable under the Contract (see "Federal Tax Status").
 
    Under  the  terms of  a particular  Section  403(b) plan,  the Owner  may be
entitled to transfer all or a portion  of the Accumulation Account value to  one
or  more  alternative  funding  options.  Contract  Owners  should  consult  the
documents governing  their plan  and the  person who  administers the  plan  for
information as to such investment alternatives.
 
    In imposing these restrictions on withdrawals, the Company is relying upon a
no-action  letter dated November 28,  1988 from the staff  of the Securities and
Exchange Commission to the American Council of Life Insurance, the  requirements
for which have been complied with by the Company.
 
    For  information on the  federal income tax withholding  rules that apply to
distributions from Qualified Contracts (including Section 403(b) Annuities)  see
"Federal Tax Status".
 
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                                 DEATH BENEFIT
 
    In the event of the death of the Annuitant prior to the Annuity Commencement
Date,  the Company will pay a death benefit  to the Beneficiary. If the death of
the Annuitant occurs on or after the Annuity Commencement Date, no death benefit
will be payable under the Contract except  as may be provided under the  annuity
option elected.
 
    During  the lifetime of the Annuitant  and prior to the Annuity Commencement
Date, the Owner may elect to have the value of the Accumulation Account  applied
under  one  or more  annuity options  to effect  a Variable  Annuity or  a Fixed
Annuity or a combination of both for the Beneficiary as Payee after the death of
the Annuitant. If no election of a method of settlement of the death benefit  by
the  Owner is in effect  on the date of death  of the Annuitant, the Beneficiary
may elect (a) to receive the death benefit in the form of a cash payment; or (b)
to have the value of the Accumulation  Account applied under one or more of  the
annuity  options (on the  Annuity Commencement Date  described under "Payment of
Death Benefit") to effect a Variable Annuity or a Fixed Annuity or a combination
of both for the Beneficiary as Payee. Any election of a method of settlement  of
the  death benefit by the Beneficiary will become effective on the later of: (a)
the date the election is received by the  Company; or (b) the date Due Proof  of
Death  of  the Annuitant  is  received by  the Company.  If  an election  by the
Beneficiary is not received by the Company within 60 days following the date Due
Proof of Death of the Annuitant is received by the Company, the Beneficiary will
be deemed to  have elected  a cash  payment as of  the last  day of  the 60  day
period.
 
    In  all cases,  no Owner  or Beneficiary shall  be entitled  to exercise any
rights that would adversely affect the  treatment of the Contract as an  annuity
contract   under   the   Internal   Revenue   Code   (see   "Other   Contractual
Provisions--Death of Owner").
 
PAYMENT OF DEATH BENEFIT
 
    If the death benefit is to be paid in cash to the Beneficiary, payment  will
be  made within  seven days  of the  date the  election becomes  effective or is
deemed to become effective, except as the Company may be permitted to defer such
payment in  accordance  with  the  Investment Company  Act  of  1940  under  the
circumstances  described under "Cash Withdrawals." If the death benefit is to be
paid in one sum to the Owner, or to the estate of the deceased  Owner/Annuitant,
payment  will be made  within seven days of  the date Due Proof  of Death of the
Annuitant, the Owner and/or the Beneficiary is received. If settlement under one
or more of the annuity options is elected the Annuity Commencement Date will  be
the  first day of the second calendar  month following the effective date or the
deemed effective date of the  election, and the Contract's Accumulation  Account
will be maintained in effect until the Annuity Commencement Date.
 
AMOUNT OF DEATH BENEFIT
 
    The  death  benefit  is equal  to  the greatest  of:  (1) the  value  of the
Contract's Accumulation Account; (2) the total Purchase Payments made under  the
Contract  reduced  by  all  withdrawals;  or (3)  the  value  of  the Contract's
Accumulation Account on  the Seven  Year Anniversary  immediately preceding  the
date  of death  of the  Annuitant, adjusted  for any  Purchase Payments  or cash
withdrawal payments made and contract charges assessed subsequent to such  Seven
Year Anniversary. The Accumulation Unit values used in determining the amount of
the  death benefit under (1)  above will be the  values for the Valuation Period
during which Due Proof of Death of  the Annuitant is received by the Company  if
settlement  is elected by the Owner under one or more of the annuity options or,
if no election by the  Owner is in effect, either  the values for the  Valuation
Period  during which an election  by the Beneficiary is  effective or the values
for the Valuation Period during which Due  Proof of Death of both the  Annuitant
and  the designated Beneficiary is received by  the Company if the amount of the
death benefit is to be paid in one sum to the deceased Owner/Annuitant's estate.
 
                                CONTRACT CHARGES
 
    Contract charges may be assessed under the Contracts as follows:
 
CONTRACT MAINTENANCE CHARGE
 
    On each Contract Anniversary and on surrender of the Contract for full value
on  other  than  the  Contract   Anniversary,  the  Company  deducts  from   the
Accumulation Account a contract maintenance charge of $30
 
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to  reimburse  it  for  administrative expenses  relating  to  the  issuance and
maintenance of the Contract. The contract maintenance charge will be deducted in
equal amounts from the Fixed Account and each Sub-Account in which the Owner has
Accumulation Units at the  time of such deduction.  On the Annuity  Commencement
Date  the value  of the  Contract's Accumulation  Account will  be reduced  by a
proportionate amount  of the  contract maintenance  charge to  reflect the  time
elapsed  between the  last Contract Anniversary  and the day  before the Annuity
Commencement Date. After the Annuity Commencement Date, the contract maintenance
charge will be deducted pro rata from each annuity payment made during the year.
 
    The amount of the  contract maintenance charge may  not be increased by  the
Company.  The Company reserves  the right to  reduce the amount  of the contract
maintenance charge for groups of participants with individual Contracts under an
employer's retirement program in situations in  which the size of the group  and
established   administrative   efficiencies   contribute  to   a   reduction  in
administrative expenses. The  Company does not  expect to make  a profit on  the
contract maintenance charge.
 
MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK CHARGE AND DISTRIBUTION EXPENSE CHARGE
 
    The  mortality and expense risks  assumed by the Company  are the risks that
Annuitants may live for a longer period of time than estimated by the Company in
establishing the guaranteed annuity rates incorporated into the Contract and the
risk  that  administrative   charges  assessed  under   the  Contracts  may   be
insufficient to cover actual administrative expenses incurred by the Company.
 
   
    For  assuming these risks,  the Company makes a  deduction from the Variable
Account at the end of each Valuation Period during both the accumulation  period
and  after annuity payments begin at an effective annual rate of 1.25%. The rate
of this deduction may be changed annually but in no event may it exceed 1.25% on
an annual basis. If the  deduction is insufficient to  cover the actual cost  of
the  mortality and  expense risk  undertaking, the  Company will  bear the loss.
Conversely, if the  deduction proves more  than sufficient, the  excess will  be
profit  to the Company and  would be available for  any proper corporate purpose
including,  among  other  things,  payment  of  distribution  expenses.  If  the
withdrawal  charges  and  distribution  expense  charges  described  below prove
insufficient  to  cover  expenses  associated  with  the  distribution  of   the
Contracts,  the  deficiency will  be met  from  the Company's  general corporate
funds, which may  include amounts derived  from the mortality  and expense  risk
charges. For the year ended December 31, 1995 mortality and expense risk charges
imposed  under the Contracts  and other contracts  participating in the Variable
Account and  the distribution  expense  charges described  below were  the  only
expenses of the Variable Account.
    
 
    The  Company assumes  the risk  that withdrawal  charges assessed  under the
Contracts may  be  insufficient to  compensate  the  Company for  the  costs  of
distributing the Contracts. For assuming such risk the Company makes a deduction
from  the Variable  Account with  respect to  the Contracts  at the  end of each
Valuation  Period  for  the  first   seven  Contract  Years  (during  both   the
accumulation  period and,  if applicable,  after annuity  payments begin)  at an
effective  annual  rate  of  0.15%  of  the  assets  of  the  Variable   Account
attributable  to the Contracts. No deduction  is made after the seventh Contract
Anniversary. If the  distribution expense  charge is insufficient  to cover  the
actual  risk assumed, the Company will bear  the loss; however, if the charge is
more than sufficient,  any excess will  be profit  to the Company  and would  be
available  for any proper  corporate purpose. In no  event will the distribution
expense charges and any withdrawal charges  assessed under a Contract exceed  9%
of the Purchase Payments.
 
WITHDRAWAL CHARGES
 
    No  sales charges are deducted from Purchase Payments. However, a withdrawal
charge (contingent deferred sales charge), when applicable, will be assessed  to
reimburse  the Company for certain expenses  relating to the distribution of the
Contracts, including commissions, costs of  preparation of sales literature  and
other promotional costs and acquisition expenses.
 
    A  portion  of the  Accumulation Account  value may  be withdrawn  each year
without imposition of any  withdrawal charge, and after  a Purchase Payment  has
been held by the Company for seven years it may be
 
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withdrawn  free of any  withdrawal charge. In addition,  no withdrawal charge is
assessed upon annuitization or upon the transfer of Accumulation Account  values
among the Sub-Accounts or between the Sub-Accounts and the Fixed Account.
 
    The withdrawal charge is not assessed with respect to a Contract established
for  the  personal account  of  an employee  of  the Company  or  of any  of its
affiliates, or  of  a  licensed  insurance agent  engaged  in  distributing  the
Contracts.
 
    All  other full  or partial withdrawals  are subject to  a withdrawal charge
which will be applied as follows:
 
    (1) Old Payments,  new Payments  and accumulated  value: With  respect to  a
particular  Contract  Year,  "new  Payments" are  those  Payments  made  in that
Contract Year or in the six immediately preceding Contract Years; "old Payments"
are those Payments not defined as  new Payments; and "accumulated value" is  the
value of the Accumulation Account less the sum of old and new Payments.
 
    (2)  Order of liquidation: To effect a full surrender or partial withdrawal,
the  oldest  previously  unliquidated  Payment  will  be  deemed  to  have  been
liquidated  first, then  the next  oldest, and  so forth.  Once all  old and new
Payments have been withdrawn, additional amounts withdrawn will be attributed to
accumulated value.
 
    (3) Maximum free withdrawal amount: The maximum amount that can be withdrawn
without a withdrawal charge in  a Contract Year is equal  to the sum of (a)  any
old  Payments  not  already  liquidated,  and  (b)  10%  of  any  new  Payments,
irrespective of whether these new Payments have been liquidated.
 
    (4)  Amount  subject  to  withdrawal  charge:  The  amount  subject  to  the
withdrawal charge will be the excess, if any, of (a) amounts liquidated from old
and  new Payments over (b)  the remaining maximum free  withdrawal amount at the
time of the withdrawal.
 
    The withdrawal charge percentage varies according to the number of  complete
Contract  Years  between  the Contract  Year  in  which a  Purchase  Payment was
credited to a Contract's Accumulation Account and the Contract Year in which  it
was withdrawn, in accordance with the following table:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                    NUMBER OF COMPLETE                 WITHDRAWAL CHARGE
                      CONTRACT YEARS                      PERCENTAGE
                 -----------------------               -----------------
      <S>                                              <C>
      0-1...........................................           6%
      2-3...........................................           5%
      4-5...........................................           4%
      6.............................................           3%
      7 or more.....................................           0%
</TABLE>
 
    In   no  event  shall  the   aggregate  withdrawal  charges  (including  the
distribution expense charge described above) assessed against a Contract  exceed
9%  of the aggregate Purchase Payments made  under the Contract. (See Appendix C
in the  Statement of  Additional  Information for  examples of  withdrawals  and
withdrawal charges.)
 
PREMIUM TAXES
 
    A  deduction, when applicable, is made for premium or similar state or local
taxes. Currently, no  premium taxes  are applicable in  the State  of New  York;
however, if an Owner or Payee is other than a New York State resident, a premium
tax  ranging  from  0%  to 3.5%  may  be  assessed, depending  on  the  state of
residence. It  is currently  the Company's  policy to  deduct the  tax from  the
amount  applied to  provide an  annuity at  the time  annuity payments commence;
however, the Company reserves the right to deduct such taxes when incurred.
 
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CHARGES OF THE SERIES FUND
 
    The Variable Account purchases shares of the Series Fund at net asset value.
The  net asset  value of  these shares  reflects investment  management fees and
expenses (including, but not limited to, compensation of trustees,  governmental
expenses,  interest charges,  taxes, fees  of auditors,  legal counsel, transfer
agent and custodian, transactional  expenses and brokerage commissions)  already
deducted  from the assets of  the Series Fund. These  fees and expenses are more
fully described  in the  Series Fund's  Prospectus and  Statement of  Additional
Information.
 
                               ANNUITY PROVISIONS
 
ANNUITY COMMENCEMENT DATE
 
    Annuity  payments under  a Contract will  begin on  the Annuity Commencement
Date which is selected  by the Owner  at the time the  Contract is applied  for.
This  date may be changed by the Owner  as provided in the Contract; however the
new Annuity Commencement Date must be at least 30 days after the effective  date
of  the change, the first day of a month and not later than the first day of the
first month following the Annuitant's 85th birthday, unless otherwise limited or
restricted in the  case of a  Qualified Contract, by  the particular  retirement
plan  or by applicable  law. In most  situations, current law  requires that the
Annuity Commencement Date under  a Qualified Contract be  no later than April  1
following  the  year the  Annuitant reaches  age 70  1/2, and  the terms  of the
particular retirement  plan  may  impose  additional  limitations.  The  Annuity
Commencement  Date may also  be changed by  an election of  an annuity option as
described under "Death Benefit".
 
    On the Annuity Commencement Date the Contract's Accumulation Account will be
cancelled and its  adjusted value  will be applied  to provide  an annuity.  The
adjusted  value will be equal  to the value of  the Accumulation Account for the
Valuation Period which ends immediately preceding the Annuity Commencement Date,
reduced by any applicable premium or similar taxes and a proportionate amount of
the contract maintenance  charge (see  "Contract Maintenance  Charge"). NO  CASH
WITHDRAWALS  WILL BE PERMITTED AFTER THE ANNUITY COMMENCEMENT DATE EXCEPT AS MAY
BE AVAILABLE UNDER THE ANNUITY OPTION ELECTED.
 
    Since the Contracts offered by this  Prospectus may be issued in  connection
with  retirement plans which meet the requirements  of Sections 401, 403, or 408
of the Internal Revenue Code, as well as certain non-qualified plans,  reference
should  be  made to  the terms  of the  particular plan  for any  limitations or
restrictions on the Annuity Commencement Date.
 
ANNUITY OPTIONS
 
    Unless restricted  by  the  particular retirement  plan  or  any  applicable
legislation,  during  the lifetime  of the  Annuitant and  prior to  the Annuity
Commencement Date  the  Owner may  elect  one or  more  of the  annuity  options
described  below or  such other  settlement option  as may  be agreed  to by the
Company for the Annuitant as Payee. Annuity  options may also be elected by  the
Owner  or the Beneficiary as  provided under "Death Benefit."  The Owner may not
change any election after 30 days prior to the Annuity Commencement Date, and no
change of annuity option is permitted after the Annuity Commencement Date. If no
election is in effect on  the 30th day prior  to the Annuity Commencement  Date,
Annuity  Option B, for a Life Annuity with 120 monthly payments certain, will be
deemed to have been elected. If more than one person is named as "Annuitant" due
to the designation  of a co-annuitant,  the adjusted value  of the  Accumulation
Account  will be applied under Annuity Option C, with the survivor benefit to be
calculated in accordance with such option using fifty percent (50%).
 
    Any election  may  specify the  proportion  of  the adjusted  value  of  the
Contract's  Accumulation  Account to  be applied  to the  Fixed Account  and the
Sub-Accounts. In the event the election does not so specify, then the portion of
the adjusted  value of  the Accumulation  Account  to be  applied to  the  Fixed
Account  and the Sub-Accounts  will be determined  on a pro  rata basis from the
composition of the Accumulation Account on the Annuity Commencement Date.
 
    Annuity options A, B and C are  available to provide either a Fixed  Annuity
or  a Variable Annuity. Annuity options D and  E are available only to provide a
Fixed Annuity.
 
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    Annuity Option A. Life Annuity: Monthly payments during the lifetime of  the
Payee. This option offers a higher level of monthly payments than options B or C
because  no further payments are payable after  the death of the Payee and there
is no provision for a death benefit payable to a Beneficiary.
 
    Annuity Option B.  Life Annuity with  60, 120, 180  or 240 Monthly  Payments
Certain:  Monthly payments during the lifetime of the Payee and in any event for
60, 120, 180 or 240 months certain  as elected. The election of a longer  period
certain  results in smaller monthly payments than would be the case if a shorter
period certain were elected.
 
    Annuity Option  C.  Joint and  Survivor  Annuity: Monthly  payments  payable
during  the joint  lifetime of  the Payee and  the designated  second person and
during the  lifetime of  the  survivor. During  the  lifetime of  the  survivor,
variable  monthly  payments, if  any, will  be  determined using  the percentage
chosen at the time of the election of this option of the number of each type  of
Annuity  Unit credited to the  Contract and each fixed  monthly payment, if any,
will be equal to the same percentage of the fixed monthly payment payable during
the joint lifetime of the Payee and the designated second person.
 
    *Annuity Option  D. Fixed  Payments for  a Specified  Period Certain:  Fixed
monthly  payments for a  specified period of  time (at least  five years but not
exceeding 30 years), as elected.
 
    *Annuity Option  E. Fixed  Payments:  The amount  applied to  provide  fixed
payments in accordance with this option will be held by the Company at interest.
Fixed  payments will be made in such amounts  and at such times (at least over a
period of five years) as may be  agreed upon with the Company and will  continue
until  the amount held by the Company  with interest is exhausted. Interest will
be credited yearly  on the  amount remaining  unpaid at  a rate  which shall  be
determined  by the Company from time to time but which shall not be less than 4%
per year  compounded annually.  The rate  so determined  may be  changed by  the
Company  at any time; however, the rate  may not be reduced more frequently than
once during each calendar year.
 
DETERMINATION OF ANNUITY PAYMENTS
 
    The dollar amount of the first  variable annuity payment will be  determined
in  accordance with the  annuity payment rates  found in the  Contract which are
based on an assumed interest rate of 4% per year. All variable annuity  payments
other  than the first are  determined by means of  Annuity Units credited to the
Contract. The number of Annuity Units to be credited in respect of a  particular
Sub-Account is determined by dividing that portion of the first variable annuity
payment  attributable  to that  Sub-Account by  the Annuity  Unit value  of that
Sub-Account for  the  Valuation  Period which  ends  immediately  preceding  the
Annuity  Commencement  Date.  The number  of  Annuity Units  of  each particular
Sub-Account credited to the  Contract then remains fixed  unless an exchange  of
Annuity  Units is made  as described below.  The dollar amount  of each variable
annuity payment  after  the first  may  increase, decrease  or  remain  constant
depending on the investment performance of the Sub-Accounts.
 
    The   Statement  of  Additional  Information  contains  detailed  disclosure
regarding the method of determining the amount of each variable annuity  payment
and  calculating the value of  a Variable Annuity Unit,  as well as hypothetical
examples of these calculations.
 
EXCHANGE OF VARIABLE ANNUITY UNITS
 
    After the Annuity Commencement  Date the Payee may  exchange the value of  a
designated  number  of Variable  Annuity Units  of particular  Sub-Accounts then
credited to the Contract  for other Variable Annuity  Units, the value of  which
would  be such that the dollar amount of  an annuity payment made on the date of
the exchange would be unaffected by the  fact of the exchange. Exchanges may  be
made  only between Sub-Accounts  of the Variable  Account. Twelve such exchanges
may be made within each Contract Year.
 
ANNUITY PAYMENT RATES
 
    The  Contract  contains  annuity  payment  rates  for  each  annuity  option
described  above. The rates show, for each  $1,000 applied, the dollar amount of
(a) the first  monthly variable annuity  payment based on  the assumed  interest
rate  of 4%,  and (b) the  monthly fixed  annuity payment, when  this payment is
based on  the minimum  guaranteed interest  rate  of 4%  per year.  The  annuity
payment rates may vary according to the
 
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* The election of this annuity option may result in the imposition of a penalty
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annuity option elected and the adjusted age of the Payee. Over a period of time,
if  the  Sub-Accounts achieved  a  net investment  return  exactly equal  to the
assumed interest rate of 4%, the  amount of each variable annuity payment  would
remain  constant. However, if the Sub-Accounts  achieved a net investment result
greater than 4%,  the amount of  each variable annuity  payment would  increase;
conversely, a net investment result smaller than 4% would decrease the amount of
each variable annuity payment.
 
                          OTHER CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS
 
OWNER
 
    The Owner is entitled to exercise all Contract rights and privileges without
the  consent of the Beneficiary or any  other person. Such rights and privileges
may be exercised  only during the  lifetime of  the Annuitant and  prior to  the
Annuity  Commencement Date,  except as otherwise  provided in  the Contract. The
Owner of a  Non-Qualified Contract  may change  the ownership  of the  Contract,
subject  to the provisions of  the Contract, although such  change may result in
the imposition  of  tax  (see  "Federal Tax  Status--Taxation  of  Annuities  in
General"). Transfer of ownership of a Qualified Contract is governed by the laws
and  regulations applicable to the retirement  or deferred compensation plan for
which the Contract was  issued. Subject to the  foregoing, a Qualified  Contract
may  not be sold, assigned, transferred, discounted or pledged as collateral for
a loan or  as security for  the performance of  an obligation or  for any  other
purpose to any person other than the Company.
 
    Subject  to the rights  of an irrevocably  designated Beneficiary, the Owner
may change or  revoke the designation  of a  Beneficiary at any  time while  the
Annuitant is living.
 
DEATH OF OWNER
 
    If  the Owner of  a Non-Qualified Contract  dies prior to  the Annuitant and
before the  Annuity  Commencement  Date  the death  benefit  (as  determined  in
accordance  with the Amount  of Death Benefit provision)  must be distributed to
the Beneficiary, if then alive, either (1)  within five years after the date  of
death  of  the Owner,  or (2)  over some  period  not greater  than the  life or
expected life of  the Beneficiary,  with annuity payments  beginning within  one
year after the date of death of the Owner. The person named as Beneficiary shall
be  considered the designated  beneficiary for the purposes  of Section 72(s) of
the Internal Revenue Code and if no  person then living has been so named,  then
the  Annuitant  shall  automatically  be  the  designated  beneficiary  for this
purpose.
 
    These mandatory distribution requirements will not apply when the designated
beneficiary is the spouse  of the Owner,  if the spouse  elects to continue  the
Contract  in  the  spouse's own  name  as Owner.  When  the Owner  was  also the
Annuitant the surviving spouse (if the  designated beneficiary) may elect to  be
named  as  both Owner  and  Annuitant and  continue  the Contract,  but  if that
election is  not made,  the Death  Benefit provision  of the  Contract shall  be
controlling.  In all other cases where the  Owner and the Annuitant are the same
individual, the Death Benefit provision of the Contract controls.
 
    If the Owner/Annuitant dies  on or after the  Annuity Commencement Date  and
before  the entire  accumulation under  the Contract  has been  distributed, the
remaining portion of such accumulation, if any, must be distributed at least  as
rapidly as the method of distribution then in effect.
 
    In  all cases,  no Owner  or Beneficiary shall  be entitled  to exercise any
rights that would adversely affect the  treatment of the Contract as an  annuity
contract under the Internal Revenue Code.
 
    Any  distributions upon the death of the  Owner of a Qualified Contract will
be subject to the  laws and regulations governing  the particular retirement  or
deferred  compensation plan in connection with  which the Qualified Contract was
issued.
 
VOTING OF SERIES FUND SHARES
 
    The Company  will  vote Series  Fund  shares  held by  the  Sub-Accounts  at
meetings of shareholders of the Series Fund, but will follow voting instructions
received  from persons having the right to give voting instructions. Series Fund
shares for which no timely voting instructions are received will be voted by the
Company in the same proportion as the shares for which instructions are received
from persons having
 
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such voting rights.  The Owner is  the person  having the right  to give  voting
instructions  prior to  the Annuity Commencement  Date. On or  after the Annuity
Commencement Date the Payee is the person having such voting rights.
 
    Owners of Contracts  held pursuant  to retirement  plans may  be subject  to
other  voting  provisions  of  the  particular  retirement  plan.  Employees who
contribute to retirement plans which are funded by the Contracts are entitled to
instruct the Owners as to  how to instruct the Company  to vote the Series  Fund
shares  attributable to  their contributions.  Such plans  may also  provide the
additional extent, if any, to which the Owners shall follow voting  instructions
of persons with rights under the plans.
 
    The  number of particular Series Fund shares as to which each such person is
entitled to give instructions will  be determined by the  Company on a date  not
more  than 90 days prior to each such meeting. Prior to the Annuity Commencement
Date,  the  number  of  particular  Series  Fund  shares  as  to  which   voting
instructions  may be given to the Company is determined by dividing the value of
all of the Variable Accumulation Units of the particular Sub-Account credited to
the Contract's Accumulation  Account by the  net asset value  of one  particular
Series  Fund share  as of the  same date.  On or after  the Annuity Commencement
Date, the number of particular Series Fund shares as to which such  instructions
may  be given  by a  Payee is  determined by  dividing the  reserve held  by the
Company in the particular Sub-Account for the Contract by the net asset value of
a particular Series Fund share as of the same date.
 
SUBSTITUTED SECURITIES
 
    Shares of a particular series of the Series Fund may not always be available
for purchase by  the Variable  Account or the  Company may  decide that  further
investment  in any such shares is no  longer appropriate in view of the purposes
of the Variable Account or  in view of legal,  regulatory or federal income  tax
restrictions.  In either  event, shares of  another series or  shares of another
registered open-end investment company may  be substituted both for Series  Fund
shares  already purchased  by the  Variable Account  and as  the security  to be
purchased in the future provided that these substitutions have been approved  by
the  Securities and Exchange  Commission and the  Superintendent of Insurance of
the State  of New  York.  In the  event of  any  substitution pursuant  to  this
provision,  the  Company may  make appropriate  endorsement  to the  Contract to
reflect the substitution.
 
MODIFICATION
 
    Upon notice to the  Owner, or to  the Payee during  the annuity period,  the
Contract  may be modified by  the Company, but only  if such modification (i) is
necessary to make the Contract  or the Variable Account  comply with any law  or
regulation  issued by a governmental  agency to which the  Company is subject or
(ii) is necessary to  assure continued qualification of  the Contract under  the
Internal  Revenue Code  or other  federal or  state laws  relating to retirement
annuities or annuity contracts or (iii) is necessary to reflect a change in  the
operation  of  the  Variable  Account  or  the  Sub-Accounts  or  (iv)  provides
additional Variable Account and/or fixed  accumulation options. In the event  of
any  such  modification, the  Company may  make  appropriate endorsement  to the
Contract to reflect such modification.
 
CHANGE IN OPERATION OF VARIABLE ACCOUNT
 
    At the  Company's  election  and  subject  to  the  prior  approval  of  the
Superintendent  of Insurance of the State of  New York and to any necessary vote
by persons having the right to give  instructions with respect to the voting  of
Series  Fund  shares  held by  the  Sub-Accounts,  the Variable  Account  may be
operated as a management company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or  it
may  be  deregistered under  the Investment  Company  Act of  1940 in  the event
registration is  no  longer required.  Deregistration  of the  Variable  Account
requires an order by the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the event of any
change  in the operation of the Variable Account pursuant to this provision, the
Company, subject to the prior approval of the Superintendent of Insurance of the
State of New York, may make  appropriate endorsement to the Contract to  reflect
the  change and take such  action as may be  necessary and appropriate to effect
the change.
 
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SPLITTING UNITS
 
    The Company reserves  the right to  split or combine  the value of  Variable
Accumulation  Units, Fixed Accumulation Units, Annuity  Units or any of them. In
effecting any such change in unit values, strict equity will be preserved and no
change will have a material  effect on the benefits  or other provisions of  the
Contract.
 
                               FEDERAL TAX STATUS
 
INTRODUCTION
 
    The  Contracts  described  in  this  Prospectus  are  designed  for  use  in
connection with retirement plans  that may or may  not be qualified plans  under
Sections 401, 403 or 408 of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code"). The ultimate
effect  of federal income taxes may depend  upon the type of retirement plan for
which the  Contract  is  purchased  and a  number  of  different  factors.  This
discussion  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 annuity contracts,
and such  legislation  could be  applied  retroactively to  Contracts  purchased
before  the  date  of enactment.  Any  person  contemplating the  purchase  of a
Contract should consult a qualified tax  adviser. THE COMPANY DOES NOT MAKE  ANY
GUARANTEE  REGARDING THE TAX STATUS, FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL, OF ANY CONTRACT OR
ANY TRANSACTION INVOLVING A CONTRACT.
 
TAX TREATMENT OF THE COMPANY AND THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT
 
    The Company  is  taxed as  a  life insurance  company  under the  Code.  The
operations  of  the Variable  Account are  accounted  for separately  from other
operations of  the Company  for purposes  of federal  income taxation,  but  the
Variable  Account is not taxable as  a regulated investment company or otherwise
as an  entity separate  from the  Company. The  income of  the Variable  Account
(consisting  primarily  of interest,  dividends and  net  capital gains)  is not
taxable to the Company  to the extent  that it is  applied to increase  reserves
under contracts participating in the Variable Account.
 
TAXATION OF ANNUITIES IN GENERAL
 
    Purchase Payments made under Non-Qualified Contracts are not deductible from
the  Owner's  income  for  federal  income  tax  purposes.  Owners  of Qualified
Contracts should consult a tax adviser  regarding the tax treatment of  Purchase
Payments.
 
    Generally,  no taxes are imposed on the  increase in the value of a Contract
held by an individual  Owner until a distribution  occurs, either as an  annuity
payment  or  as a  cash  withdrawal or  lump-sum  payment prior  to  the Annuity
Commencement Date.  However, corporate  Owners  and other  Owners that  are  not
natural  persons are subject to  current taxation on the  annual increase in the
value of  a Non-Qualified  Contract,  unless the  non-natural person  holds  the
Contract  as agent for  a natural person (such  as where a  bank or other entity
holds a Contract as trustee under  a trust agreement). This current taxation  of
annuities  held by  non-natural persons does  not apply  to earnings accumulated
under an immediate annuity, which the Code defines as a single premium  contract
with an annuity commencement date within one year of the date of purchase.
 
    A  partial cash withdrawal  (that is, a  withdrawal of less  than the entire
value of  the Contract's  Accumulation Account)  from a  Non-Qualified  Contract
before  the Annuity Commencement Date is treated  first as a withdrawal from the
increase in  the  Accumulation Account's  value,  rather  than as  a  return  of
Purchase  Payments. The amount of the withdrawal allocable to this increase will
be includible in the Owner's income and subject to tax at ordinary income rates.
If an individual receives a loan under a Contract or if the Contract is assigned
or pledged as collateral for  a loan, the amount  borrowed from the Contract  or
the  amount assigned or pledged must be treated as if it were withdrawn from the
Contract.
 
    In the case  of annuity payments  under a Non-Qualified  Contract after  the
Annuity  Commencement Date, a portion of each payment is treated as a nontaxable
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portion is determined by applying to each annuity payment an "exclusion  ratio,"
which,  in general, is  the ratio that the  total amount the  Owner paid for the
Contract bears to the Payee's expected return under the Contract. The  remainder
of the payment is taxable at ordinary income rates.
 
    The total amount that a Payee may exclude from income through application of
the  "exclusion ratio" is limited to the amount the Owner paid for the Contract.
If the  Annuitant survives  for his  full  life expectancy,  so that  the  Payee
recovers  the  entire  amount  paid for  the  Contract,  any  subsequent annuity
payments will be  fully taxable  as income.  Conversely, if  the Annuitant  dies
before  the Payee recovers the  entire amount paid, the  Payee will be allowed a
deduction for the amount of unrecovered Purchase Payments.
 
    Taxable cash withdrawals and lump-sum payments from Non-Qualified  Contracts
may  be subject to a penalty  tax equal to 10% of  the amount treated as taxable
income. This  10% penalty  also  may apply  to  certain annuity  payments.  This
penalty  will not apply in certain circumstances (such as where the distribution
is made upon the death of the Owner). The withdrawal penalty also does not apply
to distributions under an immediate annuity (as defined above).
 
    In the case of a Qualified Contract, distributions generally are taxable and
distributions made  prior to  age  59 1/2  are subject  to  a 10%  penalty  tax,
although  this  penalty tax  will not  apply  in certain  circumstances. Certain
distributions, known as  "eligible rollover  distributions," if  rolled over  to
certain  other  qualified  retirement  plans  (either  directly  or  after being
distributed to the Payee),  are not taxable until  distributed from the plan  to
which they are rolled over. In general, an eligible rollover distribution is any
taxable  distribution other  than a  distribution that  is part  of a  series of
payments made for life or for a  specified period of ten years or more.  Owners,
Annuitants,  Payees and Beneficiaries should seek qualified advice about the tax
consequences of  distributions, withdrawals,  payments and  rollovers under  the
retirement plans in connection with which the Contracts are purchased.
 
    If  the Owner of  a Non-Qualified Contract  dies, the value  of the Contract
generally must be distributed within a specified period (see "Other  Contractual
Provisions--Death  of  Owner"). For  Contracts owned  by non-natural  persons, a
change in the Annuitant is treated as the death of the Owner.
 
    A purchaser  of  a Qualified  Contract  should refer  to  the terms  of  the
applicable  retirement  plan and  consult a  tax adviser  regarding distribution
requirements upon the death of the Owner.
 
    A transfer of a  Non-Qualified Contract by gift  (other than to the  Owner's
spouse)  is treated as the receipt by the  Owner of income in an amount equal to
the value of the Contract's Accumulation Account minus the total amount paid for
the Contract.
 
    The Company will withhold  and remit to  the U.S. government  a part of  the
taxable  portion of  each distribution  made under  a Non-Qualified  Contract or
under a Qualified Contract  issued in connection  with an individual  retirement
account,  unless the Owner or Payee  provides his or her taxpayer identification
number to the Company and notifies the Company (in the manner prescribed) before
the time of  the distribution that  he or she  chooses not to  have any  amounts
withheld.
 
    In  the  case  of  distributions  from  a  Qualified  Contract  (other  than
distributions from  a Contract  issued  for use  with an  individual  retirement
account),  the Company or the plan administrator  must withhold and remit to the
U.S.  government  20%  of  each  distribution  that  is  an  eligible   rollover
distribution  (as defined  above) unless  the Owner  or Payee  elects to  make a
direct rollover of the distribution to another qualified retirement plan that is
eligible to receive the rollover. If a distribution from a Qualified Contract is
not an eligible rollover distribution, then the Owner or Payee can choose not to
have amounts  withheld  as  described  above  for  Non-Qualified  Contracts  and
individual retirement accounts.
 
    Amounts  withheld from any distribution may  be credited against the Owner's
or Payee's federal income tax liability for the year of the distribution.
 
    The  Internal  Revenue  Service   has  issued  regulations  that   prescribe
investment  diversification  requirements  for  mutual  fund  series  underlying
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these  regulations do not qualify as  annuities for federal income tax purposes,
and therefore the annual increase in the  value of such contracts is subject  to
current  taxation.  The Company  believes that  each series  of the  Series Fund
complies with the regulations.
 
    The preamble to the regulations states that the Internal Revenue Service may
promulgate guidelines under which a variable contract will not be treated as  an
annuity for tax purposes if the owner has excessive control over the investments
underlying  the contract. It  is not known  whether such guidelines,  if in fact
promulgated, would have retroactive effect.  If guidelines are promulgated,  the
Company  will take any action (including modification of the Contract and/or the
Variable Account) necessary to comply with the guidelines.
 
QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS
 
    The Qualified Contracts described  in this Prospectus  are designed for  use
with the following types of qualified retirement plans:
 
        (1)  Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans  established by business employers
    and certain associations, as permitted by Sections 401(a), 401(k) and 403(a)
    of the Internal Revenue Code ("Code"), including those purchasers who  would
    have been covered under the rules governing old H.R. 10 (Keogh) Plans;
 
        (2)  Tax-Sheltered Annuities  established pursuant to  the provisions of
    Section 403(b) of  the Code  for public  school employees  and employees  of
    certain  types  of  charitable,  educational  and  scientific  organizations
    specified in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code; and
 
        (3) Individual Retirement Annuities permitted by Sections 219 and 408 of
    the Code, including  Simplified Employee Pensions  established by  employers
    pursuant to Section 408(k).
 
    The tax rules applicable to participants in such plans vary according to the
type  of plan and its terms and conditions. Therefore, no attempt is made herein
to provide more than general information  about the use of Qualified  Contracts.
Participants   in  such  plans  as  well   as  Owners,  Annuitants,  Payees  and
Beneficiaries are cautioned that the rights of any person to any benefits  under
these  plans are subject  to the terms  and conditions of  the plans themselves,
regardless of the terms and conditions  of the Qualified Contracts. The  Company
will   provide  purchasers  of  Qualified  Contracts  used  in  connection  with
Individual Retirement Annuities  with such  supplemental information  as may  be
required by the Internal Revenue Service or other appropriate agency. Any person
contemplating  the purchase of  a Qualified Contract  should consult a qualified
tax adviser.
 
                         DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTRACTS
 
    The Contracts will be sold by licensed insurance agents in the State of  New
York.   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.  The  Contracts  will  be
distributed by Clarendon  Insurance Agency, Inc.,  500 Boylston Street,  Boston,
Massachusetts  02116,  a  wholly-owned  subsidiary  of  Massachusetts  Financial
Services Company, the  Series Fund's investment  adviser. Commissions and  other
distribution  expenses will  be paid by  the Company  and will not  be more than
6.31% of  Purchase  Payments. Commissions  will  not  be paid  with  respect  to
Contracts  established for the  personal account of employees  of the Company or
any of  its  affiliates,  or of  persons  engaged  in the  distribution  of  the
Contracts.
 
                               LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
    There  are no pending legal proceedings  affecting the Variable Account. The
Company is engaged in various kinds of routine litigation which, in management's
opinion, is not of material importance to the Company's total assets or material
with respect to the Variable Account.
 
                            CONTRACT OWNER INQUIRIES
 
    All Contract  Owner inquiries  should  be directed  to  the Company  at  its
Annuity Service Mailing Address.
 
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           TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
<TABLE>
<S>                                                                      <C>
General Information
Annuity Provisions
Other Contractual Provisions
Administration of the Contracts
Distribution of the Contracts
Legal Matters
Accountants
Calculation of Performance Data
Advertising and Sales Literature
Financial Statements
</TABLE>
 
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    This  Prospectus sets forth information about the Contracts and the Variable
Account that a  prospective purchaser should  know before investing.  Additional
information about the Contracts and the Variable Account has been filed with the
Securities  and  Exchange Commission  in a  Statement of  Additional Information
dated May 1, 1996  which is incorporated herein  by reference. The Statement  of
Additional  Information is  available upon request  and without  charge from Sun
Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New  York. To receive a copy, return  this
request  form to the  address shown below  or telephone (212)  943-3855 or (800)
447-7569.
    
 
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To:   Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York
     80 Broad Street
     New York, New York 10004
 
    Please send me a Statement of Additional Information for
    Compass 3 Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account B.
Name  ____________________________________________
Address  ____________________________________________
     ____________________________________________
City____________________________ State___________ Zip______________
Telephone  ____________________________________________
 
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PROSPECTUS
 
   
MAY 1, 1996
    
 
COMBINATION FIXED/VARIABLE
ANNUITY FOR PERSONAL AND
QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS
 
       ISSUED BY
       SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY
       OF NEW YORK
       Annuity Service Mailing Address:
       80 Broad Street
       New York, New York 10004
 
       GENERAL DISTRIBUTOR
       Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc.
       500 Boylston Street
       Boston, Massachusetts 02116
 
       LEGAL COUNSEL
       Covington & Burling
       1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
       P.O. Box 7566
       Washington, D.C. 20044
 
       AUDITORS
       Deloitte & Touche LLP
       125 Summer Street
       Boston, Massachusetts 02110
 
              ISSUED IN CONNECTION
              WITH SUN LIFE (N.Y.)
              VARIABLE ACCOUNT B
 
   
CO3NY-1 5/96
    
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                                     PART B

                     INFORMATION REQUIRED IN A STATEMENT OF

                             ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
   
     Attached hereto and made a part hereof is a Statement of Additional
Information dated May 1, 1996.
    

<PAGE>
                                                                     MAY 1, 1996
 
                                   COMPASS 3
 
                      STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
                       SUN LIFE (N.Y.) VARIABLE ACCOUNT B
 
                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
General Information...............................          2
Annuity Provisions................................          2
Other Contractual Provisions......................          3
Administration of the Contracts...................          4
Distribution of the Contracts.....................          5
Legal Matters.....................................          5
Accountants.......................................          5
Calculation of Performance Data...................          5
Advertising and Sales Literature..................          8
Financial Statements..............................         10
 
    This Statement of Additional Information sets forth information which may be
of  interest to prospective  purchasers of Compass  3 Combination Fixed/Variable
Annuity Contracts (the "Contracts") for personal and qualified retirement  plans
issued  by Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York (the "Company") in
connection with  Sun Life  (N.Y.) Variable  Account B  (the "Variable  Account")
which  is not  necessarily included  in the Prospectus  dated May  1, 1996. This
Statement of  Additional Information  should  be read  in conjunction  with  the
Prospectus,  a copy of which may be  obtained without charge from the Company at
its Annuity Service Mailing Address, 80 Broad Street, New York, New York  10004,
or by telephoning (212) 943-3855 or (800) 447-7569.
 
    The  terms used  in this Statement  of Additional Information  have the same
meanings as in the Prospectus.
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THIS STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS  NOT A PROSPECTUS AND IS  AUTHORIZED
FOR  DISTRIBUTION TO PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ONLY IF PRECEDED OR ACCOMPANIED BY A
CURRENT PROSPECTUS.
<PAGE>
                              GENERAL INFORMATION
 
THE COMPANY
 
    Sun  Life Insurance  and Annuity  Company of New  York (the  "Company") is a
stock life insurance company incorporated under the laws of New York on May  25,
1983.  Its Home Office is located at 80  Broad Street, New York, New York 10004.
The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
(U.S.)  ("Sun  Life  of  Canada   (U.S.)"),  a  stock  life  insurance   company
incorporated  in  Delaware  and having  its  Executive  Office at  One  Sun Life
Executive Park, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02181. Sun Life of Canada (U.S.),
in turn, is a  wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun  Life Assurance Company of  Canada
("Sun  Life (Canada)"), 150 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, a mutual
life insurance company incorporated in Canada in 1865.
 
THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT
 
    Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable  Account B (the "Variable  Account") is a  separate
account  of the Company which  meets the definition of  a separate account under
the federal securities  laws and  which is  registered with  the Securities  and
Exchange  Commission as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act
of 1940.
 
THE FIXED ACCOUNT
 
    If the Owner elects  to have Contract values  accumulated on a fixed  basis,
Purchase  Payments  are allocated  to the  Fixed Account,  which is  the general
account of the Company. Because  of exemptive and exclusionary provisions,  that
part  of the Contract relating to the  Fixed Account is not registered under the
Securities Act of 1933 ("1933 Act") and  the Fixed Account is not registered  as
an  investment company  under the Investment  Company Act of  1940 ("1940 Act").
Accordingly, neither the Fixed Account,  nor any interests therein, are  subject
to the provisions or restrictions of the 1933 Act or the 1940 Act, and the staff
of  the Securities and  Exchange Commission has not  reviewed the disclosures in
this Statement of  Additional Information with  respect to that  portion of  the
Contract  relating to the Fixed Account. Disclosures regarding the fixed portion
of the  Contract and  the Fixed  Account,  however, may  be subject  to  certain
generally  applicable provisions of the federal  securities laws relating to the
accuracy and  completeness of  statements made  herein (see  "Fixed Account"  in
Appendix A).
 
                               ANNUITY PROVISIONS
 
DETERMINATION OF ANNUITY PAYMENTS
 
    On the Annuity Commencement Date the Contract's Accumulation Account will be
cancelled  and its adjusted value will be  applied to provide a Variable Annuity
or a Fixed Annuity or a combination of both. The adjusted value will be equal to
the value  of the  Accumulation  Account for  the  Valuation Period  which  ends
immediately  preceding the Annuity Commencement  Date, reduced by any applicable
premium or similar taxes and a proportionate amount of the contract  maintenance
charge to reflect the time elapsed between the last Contract Anniversary and the
day before the Annuity Commencement Date.
 
    The  dollar amount of the first  variable annuity payment will be determined
in accordance with  the annuity payment  rates found in  the Contract which  are
based  on an assumed interest rate of 4% per year. All variable annuity payments
other than the first are  determined by means of  Annuity Units credited to  the
Contract.  The number of Annuity Units to be credited in respect of a particular
Sub-Account is determined by dividing that portion of the first variable annuity
payment attributable to that Sub-Account by the Annuity
 
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Unit value of that Sub-Account for  the Valuation Period which ends  immediately
preceding  the Annuity  Commencement Date. The  number of Annuity  Units of each
particular Sub-Account credited  to the  Contract then remains  fixed unless  an
exchange  of Annuity Units  is made as  described in the  Prospectus. The dollar
amount of each variable annuity payment  after the first may increase,  decrease
or  remain  constant, and  is  equal to  the sum  of  the amounts  determined by
multiplying the number of Annuity Units of a particular Sub-Account credited  to
the  Contract by the Annuity  Unit value for the  particular Sub-Account for the
Valuation  Period  which  ends  immediately  preceding  the  due  date  of  each
subsequent payment.
 
    For a description of fixed annuity payments, see Appendix A.
 
    For a hypothetical example of the calculation of a variable annuity payment,
see Appendix B.
 
ANNUITY UNIT VALUE
 
    The  Annuity Unit value  for each Sub-Account was  established at $10.00 for
the first Valuation Period of the particular Sub-Account. The Annuity Unit value
for any subsequent  Valuation Period  is determined by  multiplying the  Annuity
Unit value for the immediately preceding Valuation Period by the appropriate Net
Investment  Factor  (See  "Net Investment  Factor"  in the  Prospectus)  for the
current Valuation  Period and  then  multiplying that  product  by a  factor  to
neutralize  the  assumed interest  rate of  4%  per year  used to  establish the
annuity payment rates found in the Contract. The factor is 0.99989255 for a  one
day Valuation Period.
 
    For  a hypothetical example  of the calculation  of the value  of a Variable
Annuity Unit, see Appendix B.
 
                          OTHER CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS
 
OWNER AND CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP
 
    The Contract shall belong to the  Owner. All Contract rights and  privileges
may be exercised by the Owner without the consent of the Beneficiary (other than
an  irrevocably designated  beneficiary) or  any other  person. Such  rights and
privileges may be exercised only during the lifetime of the Annuitant and  prior
to  the Annuity Commencement Date, except as otherwise provided in the Contract.
The Annuitant becomes the Owner on and after the Annuity Commencement Date.  The
Beneficiary  becomes the Owner on the death  of the Annuitant. In some qualified
plans the  Owner of  the Contract  is a  Trustee and  the Trust  authorizes  the
Annuitant/participant to exercise certain contract rights and privileges.
 
    Ownership  of a Qualified Contract may not be transferred except to: (1) the
Annuitant; (2) a  trustee or successor  trustee of a  pension or profit  sharing
trust which is qualified under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code; (3) the
employer of the Annuitant provided that the Qualified Contract after transfer is
maintained  under the terms of a  retirement plan qualified under Section 403(a)
of the Internal Revenue Code for the  benefit of the Annuitant; (4) the  trustee
of  an individual  retirement account  plan qualified  under Section  408 of the
Internal Revenue  Code  for  the benefit  of  the  Owner; or  (5)  as  otherwise
permitted  from time to time by laws and regulations governing the retirement or
deferred compensation  plans  for which  a  Qualified Contract  may  be  issued.
Subject  to  the foregoing,  a  Qualified Contract  may  not be  sold, assigned,
transferred, discounted or pledged as collateral  for a loan or as security  for
the  performance of an obligation  or for any other  purpose to any person other
than the Company.
 
    The Owner  of a  Non-Qualified  Contract may  change  the ownership  of  the
Contract  during  the  lifetime  of  the  Annuitant  and  prior  to  the Annuity
Commencement   Date,    although    such    change    may    result    in    the
 
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imposition of tax (see "Federal Tax Status--Taxation of Annuities in General" in
the  Prospectus). A  change of  ownership will not  be binding  upon the Company
until written notification  is received  by the  Company. Once  received by  the
Company  the change will  be effective as of  the date on  which the request for
change was signed by the Owner but  the change will be without prejudice to  the
Company  on account of any payment made or any action taken by the Company prior
to receiving the change. The Company may require that the signature of the Owner
be guaranteed  by a  member firm  of the  New York,  American, Boston,  Midwest,
Philadelphia  or Pacific Stock Exchange, or by  a commercial bank (not a savings
bank) which is  a member  of the Federal  Deposit Insurance  Corporation or,  in
certain  cases,  by a  member  firm of  the  National Association  of Securities
Dealers, Inc. which has entered into an appropriate agreement with the Company.
 
DESIGNATION AND CHANGE OF BENEFICIARY
 
    The Beneficiary  designation contained  in the  application will  remain  in
effect  until  changed.  The  interest  of any  Beneficiary  is  subject  to the
particular Beneficiary surviving the Annuitant.
 
    Subject to the rights  of an irrevocably  designated Beneficiary, the  Owner
may  change or  revoke the designation  of a  Beneficiary at any  time while the
Annuitant is living by filing with the Company a written beneficiary designation
or revocation in such form as the Company may require. The change or  revocation
will  not be binding upon the Company until  it is received by the Company. When
it is so received the change or revocation  will be effective as of the date  on
which the beneficiary designation or revocation was signed by the Owner.
 
CUSTODIAN
 
    The Company is Custodian of the assets of the Variable Account. The Company,
as  Custodian, will purchase shares of a particular series of the Series Fund at
net  asset  value  in  connection  with  amounts  allocated  to  the  particular
Sub-Account  in accordance with the instructions  of the Owner and redeem Series
Fund shares  at net  asset value  for  the purpose  of meeting  the  contractual
obligations  of the  Variable Account, paying  charges relative  to the Variable
Account or making adjustments for annuity reserves held in the Variable Account.
 
                        ADMINISTRATION OF THE CONTRACTS
 
    The Company  performs  certain  administrative  functions  relating  to  the
Contracts and the Variable Account. These functions include, among other things,
maintaining  the books and records of the Variable Account and the Sub-Accounts,
and maintaining records  of the name,  address, taxpayer identification  number,
Contract  number,  type of  contract issued  to  each owner,  the status  of the
Accumulation Account  under  each  Contract,  and  other  pertinent  information
necessary  to the administration and operation of the Contracts. The Company has
entered into agreements with  Massachusetts Financial Services Company  ("MFS"),
500  Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts  02116, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) and the Series Fund's investment adviser, and Sun Life
Assurance Company of Canada ("Sun Life (Canada)"), under which MFS and Sun  Life
(Canada)  have  agreed  to  provide  certain  of  these  administrative services
relating to the Contracts and the Variable Account for a fee calculated on a per
contract basis and a  cost reimbursement basis,  respectively. The Company  also
has  entered into a Service  Agreement with MFS which  provides that the Company
will furnish MFS, as required, with personnel  as well as certain services on  a
cost  reimbursement basis to enable MFS to perform the duties required under the
agreement described above. No reimbursement was made in 1993, 1994 or 1995.
 
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                         DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTRACTS
 
    The offering of the Contracts is  continuous. The Contracts will be sold  by
licensed  insurance  agents  in the  State  of  New York.  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. The Contracts will  be distributed by Clarendon Insurance  Agency,
Inc.   ("Clarendon"),  500  Boylston  Street,  Boston,  Massachusetts  02116,  a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Massachusetts Financial Services Company, the  Series
Fund's  investment adviser. Commissions and other distribution compensation will
be paid by the  Company and will  not be more than  6.31% of Purchase  Payments.
Commissions  will  not be  paid with  respect to  Contracts established  for the
personal account of employees  of the Company  or any of  its affiliates, or  of
persons  engaged in  the distribution  of the  Contracts. During  1993, 1994 and
1995, approximately $11,000, $48,424 and $21,127, respectively, was paid to  and
retained by Clarendon in connection with the distribution of the Contracts.
 
                                 LEGAL MATTERS
 
    The  organization of the  Company, its authority to  issue the Contracts and
the validity of  the form of  the Contracts have  been passed upon  by David  D.
Horn,  Esq.,  Senior  Vice  President  of  the  Company.  Covington  &  Burling,
Washington, D.C., has advised  the Company on  certain legal matters  concerning
federal  securities laws applicable to  the issue and sale  of the Contracts and
federal income tax laws applicable to the Contracts.
 
                                  ACCOUNTANTS
 
    Deloitte & Touche LLP, 125  Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110,  are
the  Variable  Account's  independent  certified  public  accountants  providing
auditing and other professional services.
 
                        CALCULATION OF PERFORMANCE DATA
 
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN:
 
    The table below shows, for various Sub-Accounts of the Variable Account, the
Average Annual Total Return for the stated periods (or shorter period  indicated
in  the  note below),  based  upon a  hypothetical  initial Purchase  Payment of
$1,000, calculated in accordance with the  formula set out below the table.  For
purposes   of  determining  these  investment  results,  the  actual  investment
performance of each Series  of MFS/Sun Life Series  Trust is reflected from  the
date  such Series commenced operations, although the Contracts have been offered
only since March 1, 1993.
 
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                          AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN
                        PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1995
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                               10 YEAR
                                                                PERIOD
                                                                  OR
                                                               LIFETIME
                                           1 YEAR    5 YEAR       OF         DATE OF
                                           PERIOD    PERIOD     SERIES      INCEPTION
                                          --------   -------   --------   --------------
<S>                                       <C>        <C>       <C>        <C>
                                                                            August 13,
Capital Appreciation Series.............    26.39 %  17.08  %    13.70 %       1985
                                                                            August 12,
Government Securities Series............    10.30 %   6.66  %     7.36 %       1985
                                                                            August 13,
High Yield Series.......................     9.78 %  15.71  %     7.96 %       1985
Managed Sectors Series..................    24.90 %  15.85  %    14.45 %*  May 27, 1988
Total Return Series.....................    18.93 %  10.64  %    10.06 %*  May 16, 1988
World Governments Series................     8.44 %   6.48  %     7.67 %*  May 16, 1988
<FN>
- ------------------------
 *From Date of Inception, as the lifetimes of these series are less than ten
  years.
</TABLE>
 
    The length of the period and the last  day of each period used in the  above
table  are set out in the table heading  and in the footnotes above. The Average
Annual Total Return for each period was determined by finding the average annual
compounded rate of return over each period that would equate the initial  amount
invested  to the ending redeemable value for that period, in accordance with the
following formula:
 
                                P(1 + T)n = ERV
 
<TABLE>
<C>        <C>        <S>
 Where: P      =      a hypothetical initial Purchase Payment of $1,000
        T      =      average annual total return for the period
        n      =      number of years
      ERV      =      redeemable  value  (as  of  the   end  of  the  period)  of   a
                      hypothetical  $1,000 Purchase Payment made  at the beginning of
                      the 1-year, 5-year,  or 10-year period  (or fractional  portion
                      thereof)
</TABLE>
 
   The  formula assumes that: 1) all recurring  fees have been deducted from the
   Contract's Accumulation  Account; 2)  all applicable  non-recurring  Contract
   charges  are deducted at the end  of the period; and 3)  there will be a full
   surrender at the end of the period.
 
    The $30  annual contract  maintenance  charge will  be allocated  among  the
Sub-Accounts  so  that each  Sub-Account's allocated  portion  of the  charge is
proportional to the  percentage of  the number  of Contracts  that have  amounts
allocated  to  that  Sub-Account.  Because the  impact  of  contract maintenance
charges  on  a  particular  Contract  may  differ  from  those  assumed  in  the
computation  due to differences between actual allocations and the assumed ones,
the total return  that would have  been experienced by  an actual Contract  over
these same time periods may have been different from that shown above.
 
NON-STANDARDIZED INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE:
 
    The  Variable Account  may illustrate its  results over  various periods and
compare its results to indices and  other variable annuities in sales  materials
including advertisements, brochures and reports. Such results may be computed on
a "cumulative" and/or "annualized" basis.
 
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    "Cumulative"  quotations are  arrived at  by calculating  the change  in the
Accumulation Unit value of a Sub-Account between  the first and last day of  the
base period being measured, and expressing the difference as a percentage of the
Accumulation Unit value at the beginning of the base period.
 
    "Annualized"  quotations  (described  in the  following  table  as "Compound
Growth Rate") are calculated  by applying a formula  which determines the  level
rate  of return which, if earned over  the entire base period, would produce the
cumulative return.
 
                    NON-STANDARDIZED INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE:
 
<TABLE>
<S>                             <C>
$10,000 INVESTED IN              WOULD HAVE GROWN TO THIS AMOUNT ON
THIS SUB-ACCOUNT UNDER A                 DECEMBER 31, 1995*
COMPASS 3 CONTRACT
THIS MANY YEARS AGO...
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                               Capital Appreciation Series     Government Securities Series           High Yield Series
                             -------------------------------  -------------------------------  -------------------------------
  Number                                Cumulative  Compound             Cumulative  Compound             Cumulative  Compound
    of                                    Growth     Growth                Growth     Growth                Growth     Growth
  Years         Periods        Amount      Rate       Rate      Amount      Rate       Rate      Amount      Rate       Rate
- ----------  ---------------- ---------- ----------  --------  ---------- ----------  --------  ---------- ----------  --------
<S>         <C>              <C>        <C>         <C>       <C>        <C>         <C>       <C>        <C>         <C>
    1        1/1/95-12/31/95 $13,261.13    32.61%     32.61%  $11,602.45   16.02%      16.02%  $11,542.44    15.42%     15.42%
    2        1/1/94-12/31/95 $12,607.58    26.08%     12.28%  $11,195.49   11.95%       5.81%  $11,129.24    11.29%      5.50%
    3        1/1/93-12/31/95 $14,676.86    46.77%     13.64%  $11,999.14   19.99%       6.26%  $12,926.38    29.26%      8.93%
    4        1/1/92-12/31/95 $16,447.21    64.47%     13.25%  $12,637.69   26.38%       6.03%  $14,654.36    46.54%     10.03%
    5        1/1/91-12/31/95 $22,855.66   128.56%     17.98%  $14,435.41   44.35%       7.62%  $21,328.75   113.29%     16.36%
    10       1/1/86-12/31/95 $37,716.80   277.17%     14.20%  $21,316.04  113.16%       7.86%  $22,496.05   124.96%      8.45%
 Lifetime
of Series   8/13/85-12/31/95 $40,197.33   301.97%     14.33%  $22,204.59  122.05%       7.98%  $23,240.55   132.41%      8.46%
 
<CAPTION>
 
                                 Managed Sectors Series             Total Return Series           World Governments Series
                             -------------------------------  -------------------------------  -------------------------------
                                        Cumulative  Compound             Cumulative  Compound             Cumulative  Compound
                                          Growth     Growth                Growth     Growth                Growth     Growth
                               Amount      Rate       Rate      Amount      Rate       Rate      Amount      Rate       Rate
                             ---------- ----------  --------  ---------- ----------  --------  ---------- ----------  --------
<S>         <C>              <C>        <C>         <C>       <C>        <C>         <C>       <C>        <C>         <C>
    1        1/1/95-12/31/95 $13,063.26    30.63%     30.63%  $12,503.31   25.03%      25.03%  $11,409.63    14.10%     14.10%
    2        1/1/94-12/31/95 $12,651.99    26.52%     12.48%  $12,051.77   20.52%       9.78%  $10,747.29     7.47%      3.67%
    3        1/1/93-12/31/95 $12,720.48    27.20%      8.35%  $13,474.06   34.74%      10.45%  $12,608.91    26.09%      8.03%
    4        1/1/92-12/31/95 $13,359.08    33.59%      7.51%  $14,427.11   44.27%       9.60%  $12,508.89    25.09%      5.76%
    5        1/1/91-12/31/95 $21,362.74   113.63%     16.39%  $17,299.45   72.99%      11.59%  $14,168.45    41.68%      7.22%
 Lifetime
of Series   5/27/88-12/31/95 $28,076.70   180.77%     14.55%  $21,283.48  112.83%      10.41%  $17,737.25    77.37%      7.80%
<FN>
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*For purposes of  determining these  investment results,  the actual  investment
 performance  of each Series of MFS/Sun Life  Series Trust is reflected from the
 date such Series commenced operations, although the Contracts have been offered
 only since March 1,  1993. The charges imposed  under the Contract against  the
 assets of the Variable Account for mortality and expense risks and distribution
 expenses  have been deducted. However, the  annual Account Fee is not reflected
 and these examples do not assume surrender at the end of the period.
</TABLE>
 
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                        ADVERTISING AND SALES LITERATURE
 
    As set  forth in  the Prospectus,  the Company  may refer  to the  following
organizations (and others) in its marketing materials:
 
    A.M.  BEST'S  RATING  SYSTEM is  designed  to evaluate  the  various factors
affecting the overall performance of an insurance company in order to provide an
opinion as to an insurance company's relative financial strength and ability  to
meet its contractual obligations. The procedure includes both a quantitative and
qualitative review of each company.
 
    DUFF  &  PHELPS  CREDIT  RATING COMPANY's  Insurance  Company  Claims Paying
Ability Rating is an  independent evaluation by  a nationally accredited  rating
organization  of an insurance  company's ability to  meet its future obligations
under the contracts and  products it sells. The  rating takes into account  both
quantitative and qualitative factors.
 
    LIPPER  VARIABLE  INSURANCE  PRODUCTS  PERFORMANCE  ANALYSIS  SERVICE  is  a
publisher of statistical data  covering the investment  company industry in  the
United  States and overseas. Lipper is recognized  as the leading source of data
on open-end and  closed-end funds.  Lipper currently tracks  the performance  of
over  5,000  investment companies  and  publishes numerous  specialized reports,
including reports  on  performance  and  portfolio  analysis,  fee  and  expense
analysis.
 
    STANDARD & POOR's insurance claims-paying ability rating is an opinion of an
operating  insurance  company's financial  capacity to  meet obligations  of its
insurance policies in accordance with their terms.
 
    VARDS (Variable  Annuity Research  Data  Service) provides  a  comprehensive
guide to variable annuity contract features and historical fund performance. The
service  also  provides a  readily  understandable analysis  of  the comparative
characteristics and market performance of funds inclusive in variable contracts.
 
    STANDARD & POOR'S INDEX--broad-based measurement of changes in  stock-market
conditions  based on the  average performance of 500  widely held common stocks;
commonly known as the Standard & Poor's 500 (S&P 500). The selection of  stocks,
their  relative weightings to  reflect differences in  the number of outstanding
shares, and publication of  the index itself are  services of Standard &  Poor's
Corporation,  a financial advisory, securities  rating, and publishing firm. The
index tracks  400  industrial  company  stocks,  20  transportation  stocks,  40
financial company stocks, and 40 public utilities.
 
    NASDAQ-OTC  Price Index--this index is based  on the National Association of
Securities Dealers  Automated Quotations  (NASDAQ) and  represents all  domestic
over-the-counter  stocks except those traded on  exchanges and those having only
one market maker, a total of some 3,500 stocks. It is market value-weighted  and
was introduced with a base of 100.00 on February 5, 1971.
 
    DOW  JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE (DJIA)--price-weighted  average of 30 actively
traded blue chip stocks, primarily  industrials, but including American  Express
Company  and American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Prepared and Published by
Dow Jones & Company, it is the oldest  and most widely quoted of all the  market
indicators. The average is quoted in points, not dollars.
 
    In  its advertisements and  other sales literature  for the Variable Account
and the Series  Fund, the Company  intends to illustrate  the advantages of  the
Contracts in a number of ways:
 
                                       8
<PAGE>
    COMPOUND INTEREST ILLUSTRATIONS.  These will emphasize several advantages of
the  variable annuity contract. For  example, but not by  way of limitation, the
literature may  emphasize  the  potential  savings  through  tax  deferral;  the
potential  advantage of  the Variable  Account over  the fixed  account; and the
compounding effect when an Owner makes regular deposits to his or her Account.
 
    DOLLAR COST  AVERAGING ILLUSTRATIONS.   These  illustrations will  generally
discuss  the price-leveling  effect of  making regular  investments in  the same
Sub-Accounts over a period of  time, to take advantage  of the trends in  market
prices of the portfolio securities purchased by those Sub-Accounts.
 
    THE  COMPANY'S ASSETS, SIZE.  The  Company may discuss its general financial
condition (see, for  example, the  references to  Standard &  Poor's, A.M.  Best
Company  and Duff  & Phelps  above); it  may refer  to its  assets; it  may also
discuss its relative  size and/or  ranking among  companies in  the industry  or
among   any  sub-classification  of  those   companies,  based  upon  recognized
evaluation criteria.
 
                                       9
<PAGE>
SUN LIFE (N.Y.) VARIABLE ACCOUNT B
 
STATEMENT OF CONDITION-- December 31, 1995
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ASSETS:
   Investments in MFS/Sun Life Series Trust:                                    Shares        Cost         Value
                                                                              ----------  ------------  ------------
<S>                                                                           <C>         <C>           <C>
    Capital Appreciation Series ("CAS").....................................   1,744,773  $ 44,733,280  $ 55,811,547
    Government Securities Series ("GSS")....................................   2,250,200    28,335,458    30,130,629
    High Yield Series ("HYS")...............................................   1,562,310    13,247,991    13,940,839
    Managed Sectors Series ("MSS")..........................................     401,884     8,667,391    10,226,306
    Money Market Series ("MMS").............................................  17,265,894    17,265,894    17,265,894
    Total Return Series ("TRS").............................................   2,189,586    32,653,593    40,255,189
    World Governments Series ("WGS")........................................     663,629     7,950,290     8,286,444
                                                                                          ------------  ------------
                                                                                          $152,853,897  $175,916,848
                                                                                          ------------
                                                                                          ------------
LIABILTY:
  Payable to sponsor..................................................................................        37,411
                                                                                                        ------------
        Net Assets....................................................................................  $175,879,437
                                                                                                        ------------
                                                                                                        ------------
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             Applicable to Owners of
                                                            Deferred Variable Annuity
                                                                    Contracts
                                                        ----------------------------------  Reserve for
NET ASSETS:                                                          Unit                    Variable
COMPASS 2 CONTRACTS:                                      Units      Value       Value       Annuities      Total
                                                        ---------  ---------  ------------  -----------  ------------
<S>                                                     <C>        <C>        <C>           <C>          <C>
    CAS...............................................  1,311,905  $ 40.5956  $ 53,254,365   $ 146,195   $ 53,400,560
    GSS...............................................  1,317,288    22.4352    29,550,485     136,386     29,686,871
    HYS...............................................    570,116    23.4173    13,383,075      44,204     13,427,279
    MSS...............................................    331,221    28.8928     9,572,486      --          9,572,486
    MMS...............................................  1,084,910    15.4592    16,768,504      15,150     16,783,654
    TRS...............................................  1,740,564    21.5225    37,473,687     517,779     37,991,466
    WGS...............................................    433,736    17.9197     7,775,721      --          7,775,721
                                                                              ------------  -----------  ------------
                                                                              $167,778,323   $ 859,714   $168,638,037
                                                                              ------------  -----------  ------------
 
<CAPTION>
COMPASS 3 CONTRACTS:
<S>                                                     <C>        <C>        <C>           <C>          <C>
    CAS...............................................    184,876  $ 13.0981  $  2,421,431   $     195   $  2,421,626
    GSS...............................................     39,286    11.1980       439,560      --            439,560
    HYS...............................................     43,963    11.5849       509,227      --            509,227
    MSS...............................................     53,846    12.1391       652,826         411        653,237
    MMS...............................................     44,348    10.6823       473,624      --            473,624
    TRS...............................................    185,716    12.0270     2,233,211         192      2,233,403
    WGS...............................................     46,895    10.8976       510,723      --            510,723
                                                                              ------------  -----------  ------------
                                                                              $  7,240,603   $     798   $  7,241,400
                                                                              ------------  -----------  ------------
        Net Assets..........................................................  $175,018,925   $ 860,512   $175,879,437
                                                                              ------------  -----------  ------------
                                                                              ------------  -----------  ------------
</TABLE>
 
                       See notes to financial statements
 
                                       10
<PAGE>
SUN LIFE (N.Y.) VARIABLE ACCOUNT B
 
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS-- Year Ended December 31, 1995
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            CAS          GSS          HYS          MSS
                                                                        Sub-Account  Sub-Account  Sub-Account  Sub-Account
                                                                        -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
<S>                                                                     <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>
INCOME AND EXPENSES:
  Dividend income and capital gain distributions received.............  $ 1,198,582  $ 2,058,746   $ 968,608    $ 334,400
  Mortality and expense risk charges..................................      643,381      420,760     182,403      124,539
  Distribution expense charges........................................        2,804          535         666          652
                                                                        -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
      Net investment income...........................................  $   552,397  $ 1,637,451   $ 785,539    $ 209,209
                                                                        -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS:
  Realized gains on investment transactions:
    Proceeds from sales...............................................  $11,163,061  $14,454,222   $5,037,296   $4,126,029
    Cost of investments sold..........................................    8,655,629   13,851,137   4,853,537    3,401,825
                                                                        -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
      Net realized gains..............................................  $ 2,507,432  $   603,085   $ 183,759    $ 724,204
                                                                        -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
  Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
    End of year.......................................................  $11,078,267  $ 1,795,171   $ 692,848    $1,558,915
    Beginning of year.................................................      146,117     (912,403)   (389,675)    (165,554)
                                                                        -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
      Change in unrealized appreciation...............................  $10,932,150  $ 2,707,574   $1,082,523   $1,724,469
                                                                        -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
        Realized and unrealized gains.................................  $13,439,581  $ 3,310,659   $1,266,282   $2,448,673
                                                                        -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS................................  $13,991,979  $ 4,948,110   $2,051,821   $2,657,882
                                                                        -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
                                                                        -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
</TABLE>
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            MMS          TRS          WGS
                                                                        Sub-Account  Sub-Account  Sub-Account     Total
                                                                        -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
<S>                                                                     <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>
INCOME AND EXPENSES:
  Dividend income and capital gain distributions received.............  $   940,092  $ 1,452,573   $ 512,608   $ 7,465,609
  Mortality and expense risk charges..................................      228,392      474,081     108,859     2,182,415
  Distribution expense charges........................................          600        2,737         702         8,696
                                                                        -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
      Net investment income...........................................  $   711,100  $   975,755   $ 403,047   $ 5,274,498
                                                                        -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS:
  Realized gains on investment transactions:
    Proceeds from sales...............................................  $13,803,206  $10,775,870   $5,266,347  $64,626,030
    Cost of investments sold..........................................   13,803,206    8,299,388   5,156,343    58,021,065
                                                                        -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
      Net realized gains..............................................  $   --       $ 2,476,482   $ 110,004   $ 6,604,965
                                                                        -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
  Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments
    End of year.......................................................  $   --       $ 7,601,596   $ 336,154   $23,062,951
    Beginning of year.................................................      --         2,340,979    (366,747)      652,717
                                                                        -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
      Change in unrealized appreciation...............................  $   --       $ 5,260,617   $ 702,901   $22,410,234
                                                                        -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
        Realized and unrealized gains.................................  $   --       $ 7,737,099   $ 812,905   $29,015,199
                                                                        -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
INCREASE IN NET ASSETS FROM OPERATIONS................................  $   711,100  $ 8,712,854   $1,215,952  $34,289,697
                                                                        -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
                                                                        -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
</TABLE>
 
                       See notes to financial statements
 
                                       11
<PAGE>
SUN LIFE (N.Y.) VARIABLE ACCOUNT B
 
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                          CAS                        GSS
                                                                      Sub-Account                Sub-Account
                                                                ------------------------  -------------------------
                                                                       Year Ended                Year Ended
                                                                      December 31,              December 31,
                                                                ------------------------  -------------------------
                                                                   1995         1994          1995         1994
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
<S>                                                             <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income.......................................  $   552,397  $ 4,103,029  $  1,637,451  $ 1,821,980
  Net realized gains..........................................    2,507,432    3,744,371       603,085      555,501
  Net unrealized gains (losses)...............................   10,932,150  (10,183,621)    2,707,574   (3,867,432)
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
      Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations.......  $13,991,979  $(2,336,221) $  4,948,110  $(1,489,951)
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS:
  Accumulation Activity:
    Purchase payments received................................  $ 2,487,233  $ 3,180,615  $  1,033,624  $ 1,208,579
    Net transfers between Sub-Acccounts and Fixed Account.....    2,243,560   (6,426,781)   (7,186,488)   3,134,482
    Withdrawals, surrenders, annuitizations and account
     fees.....................................................   (5,693,451)  (4,365,440)   (5,369,947)  (7,892,468)
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
      Net accumulation activity...............................  $  (962,658) $(7,611,606) $(11,522,811) $(3,549,407)
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
  Annuitization Activity:
    Annuitizations............................................  $    41,730  $     4,725  $     51,369  $   --
    Annuity payments and account fees.........................      (16,842)     (20,815)      (41,652)     (38,880)
    Net transfers between Sub-Acccounts.......................      --            19,783       --           (24,617)
    Adjustments to annuity reserve............................        2,207       14,626         1,228          824
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
      Net annuitization activity..............................  $    27,095  $    18,319  $     10,945  $   (62,673)
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
        Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract owner
         transactions.........................................  $  (935,563) $(7,593,287) $(11,511,866) $(3,612,080)
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
          Increase (decrease) in net assets...................  $13,056,416  $(9,929,508) $ (6,563,756) $(5,102,031)
NET ASSETS:
  Beginning of year...........................................   42,765,770   52,695,278    36,690,187   41,792,218
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
  End of year.................................................  $55,822,186  $42,765,770  $ 30,126,431  $36,960,187
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
 
<CAPTION>
                                                                          HYS                        MSS
                                                                      Sub-Account                Sub-Account
                                                                ------------------------  -------------------------
                                                                       Year Ended                Year Ended
                                                                      December 31,              December 31,
                                                                ------------------------  -------------------------
                                                                   1995         1994          1995         1994
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
<S>                                                             <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income.......................................  $   785,539  $ 1,030,857  $    209,209  $   841,700
  Net realized gains..........................................      183,759      850,028       724,204       48,241
  Net unrealized gains (losses)...............................    1,082,523   (2,442,139)    1,724,469   (1,137,282)
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
      Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations.......  $ 2,051,821  $  (561,254) $  2,657,882  $  (247,341)
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS:
  Accumulation Activity:
    Purchase payments received................................  $   263,434  $   690,780  $    676,945  $   701,020
    Net transfers between Sub-Acccounts and Fixed Account.....     (431,236)  (1,221,553)    1,442,412       15,114
    Withdrawals, surrenders, annuitizations and account
     fees.....................................................   (2,037,347)  (2,045,200)   (2,086,791)    (686,991)
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
      Net accumulation activity...............................  $(2,205,149) $(2,575,973) $     32,566  $    29,143
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
  Annuitization Activity:
    Annuitizations............................................  $   --       $     7,941  $    --       $       470
    Annuity payments and account fees.........................       (5,761)      (7,892)         (121)      (1,927)
    Net transfers between Sub-Acccounts.......................      --            (2,054)      --           (24,522)
    Adjustments to annuity reserve............................         (530)         365          (148)       1,203
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
      Net annuitization activity..............................  $    (6,291) $    (1,640) $       (269) $   (24,776)
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
        Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract owner
         transactions.........................................  $(2,211,440) $(2,577,613) $     32,297  $     4,367
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
          Increase (decrease) in net assets...................  $  (159,619) $(3,138,867) $  2,690,179  $  (242,974)
NET ASSETS:
  Beginning of year...........................................   14,096,125   17,234,992     7,535,544    7,778,518
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
  End of year.................................................  $13,936,506  $14,096,125  $ 10,225,723  $ 7,535,544
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
                                                                -----------  -----------  ------------  -----------
</TABLE>
 
                       See notes to financial statements
 
                                       12
<PAGE>
SUN LIFE (N.Y.) VARIABLE ACCOUNT B
 
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS -- continued
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                         MMS                        TRS
                                                                     Sub-Account                Sub-Account
                                                               ------------------------  --------------------------
                                                                      Year Ended                 Year Ended
                                                                     December 31,               December 31,
                                                               ------------------------  --------------------------
                                                                  1995         1994          1995          1994
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
<S>                                                            <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income......................................  $   711,100  $   309,015  $    975,755  $  1,139,028
  Net realized gains.........................................      --           --          2,476,482     1,353,218
  Net unrealized gains (losses)..............................      --           --          5,260,617    (3,903,840)
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
      Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations......  $   711,100  $   309,015  $  8,712,854  $ (1,411,594)
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS:
  Accumulation Activity:
    Purchase payments received...............................  $   424,234  $   755,834  $  1,453,111  $  2,814,429
    Net transfers between Sub-Acccounts and Fixed Account....    5,180,410    5,382,425    (2,492,700)   (1,532,368)
    Withdrawals, surrenders, annuitizations and account
     fees....................................................   (5,371,738)  (2,135,291)   (5,149,792)   (2,764,597)
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
      Net accumulation activity..............................  $   232,906  $ 4,002,968  $ (6,189,381) $ (1,482,536)
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
  Annuitization Activity:
    Annuitizations...........................................  $   --       $       474  $    --       $        240
    Annuity payments and account fees........................       (7,368)     (18,631)      (59,803)      (56,275)
    Net transfers between Sub-Acccounts......................      --             8,233       --             23,177
    Adjustments to annuity reserve...........................      (11,104)      11,434       (11,643)       11,194
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
      Net annuitization activity.............................  $   (18,472) $     1,510  $    (71,446) $    (21,664)
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
        Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract owner
         transactions........................................  $   214,434  $ 4,004,478  $ (6,260,827) $ (1,504,200)
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
          Increase (decrease) in net assets..................  $   925,534  $ 4,313,493  $  2,452,027  $ (2,915,794)
NET ASSETS:
  Beginning of year..........................................   16,331,744   12,018,251    37,772,842    40,688,636
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
  End of year................................................  $17,257,278  $16,331,744  $ 40,224,869  $ 37,772,842
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
 
<CAPTION>
                                                                         WGS
                                                                     Sub-Account                   Total
                                                               ------------------------  --------------------------
                                                                      Year Ended                 Year Ended
                                                                     December 31,               December 31,
                                                               ------------------------  --------------------------
                                                                  1995         1994          1995          1994
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
<S>                                                            <C>          <C>          <C>           <C>
OPERATIONS:
  Net investment income......................................  $   403,047  $   652,413  $  5,274,498  $  9,898,022
  Net realized gains.........................................      110,004      (12,241)    6,604,965     6,539,118
  Net unrealized gains (losses)..............................      702,901   (1,205,592)   22,410,234   (22,739,906)
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
      Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations......  $ 1,215,952  $  (565,420) $ 34,289,697  $ (6,302,766)
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS:
  Accumulation Activity:
    Purchase payments received...............................  $   273,558  $   673,316  $  6,612,139  $ 10,024,573
    Net transfers between Sub-Acccounts and Fixed Account....     (595,533)    (119,160)   (1,839,575)     (767,841)
    Withdrawals, surrenders, annuitizations and account
     fees....................................................   (1,346,149)    (834,546)  (27,055,215)  (20,724,533)
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
      Net accumulation activity..............................  $(1,668,124) $  (280,390) $(22,282,651) $(11,467,801)
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
  Annuitization Activity:
    Annuitizations...........................................  $   --       $   --       $     93,099  $     13,850
    Annuity payments and account fees........................      --           --           (131,547)     (144,420)
    Net transfers between Sub-Acccounts......................      --           --            --            --
    Adjustments to annuity reserve...........................      --           --            (19,990)       39,646
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
      Net annuitization activity.............................  $   --       $   --       $    (58,438) $    (90,924)
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
        Increase (decrease) in net assets from contract owner
         transactions........................................  $(1,668,125) $  (280,390) $(22,341,089) $(11,558,725)
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
          Increase (decrease) in net assets..................  $  (452,172) $  (845,810) $ 11,948,608  $(17,861,491)
NET ASSETS:
  Beginning of year..........................................    8,738,617    9,584,427   163,930,829   181,792,320
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
  End of year................................................  $ 8,286,445  $ 8,738,617  $175,879,437  $163,930,829
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
                                                               -----------  -----------  ------------  ------------
</TABLE>
 
                       See notes to financial statements
 
                                       13
<PAGE>
SUN LIFE (N.Y.) VARIABLE ACCOUNT B
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(1) ORGANIZATION
 
Sun  Life (N.Y.) Variable Account B (the "Variable Account"), a separate account
of Sun  Life  Insurance  and  Annuity  Company  of  New  York,  the  Sponsor  (a
wholly-owned  subsidiary of  Sun Life Assurance  Company of  Canada (U.S.)), was
established on December  3, 1984 as  a funding vehicle  for individual  variable
annuities.  The Variable Account is registered  with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as a unit investment trust.
 
The  assets  of  the  Variable  Account  are  divided  into  Sub-Accounts.  Each
Sub-Account  is invested in shares  of a specific series  of MFS/Sun Life Series
Trust (the "Series Trust") as selected  by contract owners. The Series Trust  is
an  open-end  management  investment  company  registered  under  the Investment
Company Act of  1940. Massachusetts Financial  Services Company, a  wholly-owned
subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), is investment adviser
to the Series Trust.
 
(2) SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
INVESTMENT VALUATIONS
 
Investments in shares of the Series Trust are recorded at their net asset value.
Realized  gains and losses on sales of shares of the Series Trust are determined
on the identified  cost basis.  Dividend income and  capital gain  distributions
received  by the Sub-Accounts  are reinvested in  additional Series Trust shares
and are recognized on the ex-dividend date.
 
Exchanges between Sub-Accounts requested by contract owners are recorded in  the
new Sub-Account upon receipt of the redemption proceeds.
 
FEDERAL INCOME TAX STATUS
 
The operations of the Variable Account are part of the operations of the Sponsor
and  are not taxed separately; the Variable  Account is not taxed as a regulated
investment company. The Sponsor qualifies  for the federal income tax  treatment
granted  to life insurance companies under  Subchapter L of the Internal Revenue
Code. Under existing federal income tax law, investment income and capital gains
earned by the  Variable Account on  contract owner reserves  are not subject  to
tax.
 
(3) CONTRACT CHARGES
 
A  mortality and expense risk charge based  on the value of the Variable Account
is deducted from the Variable  Account at the end  of each valuation period  for
the  mortality and  expense risks assumed  by the Sponsor.  These deductions are
transferred periodically  to the  Sponsor.  Currently, the  deduction is  at  an
effective annual rate of 1.3% of the assets of the Variable Account attributable
to  Compass  2  contracts  and  1.25% of  the  assets  of  the  Variable Account
attributable to Compass 3 contracts.
 
Each year on the contract  anniversary, a contract maintenance charge  ("account
fee")  of $30  is deducted  from each  contract's accumulation  account to cover
administrative expenses relating to the contract. After the annuity commencement
date the charge is deducted pro rata  from each annuity payment made during  the
year.
 
                                       14
<PAGE>
SUN LIFE (N.Y.) VARIABLE ACCOUNT B
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS -- continued
 
The  Sponsor does not deduct  a sales charge from  purchase payments. However, a
withdrawal charge (contingent deferred  sales charge) may  be deducted to  cover
certain  expenses relating to  the sale of  the contract. In  no event shall the
aggregate  withdrawal  charges  (including   the  distribution  expense   charge
described  below applicable  to Compass 3  contracts) exceed 5%  of the purchase
payments made under a  Compass 2 contract  or 9% of  the purchase payments  made
under a Compass 3 contract.
 
For  assuming the risk that withdrawal charges may be insufficient to compensate
it for the costs of  distributing the Compass 3  contracts, the Sponsor makes  a
deduction  from the Variable Account at the end of each valuation period for the
first seven  contract  years  (during  both  the  accumulation  period  and,  if
applicable,  after annuity payments begin) at  an effective annual rate of 0.15%
of the  assets  of the  Variable  Account  attributable to  such  contracts.  No
deduction  is made after the seventh  contract anniversary. No such deduction is
made with respect to assets attributable to Compass 2 contracts.
 
(4) ANNUITY RESERVES
 
Annuity reserves for contracts with annuity commencement dates prior to February
1, 1987  have been  calculated  using the  1971 Individual  Annuitant  Mortality
Table.  Annuity reserves  for contracts  with annuity  commencement dates  on or
after February  1,  1987 are  calculated  using the  1983  Individual  Annuitant
Mortality  Table. All annuity reserves are  calculated using an assumed interest
rate of 4%. Required adjustments to the reserve are accomplished by transfers to
or from the Sponsor.
 
(5) UNIT ACTIVITY FROM CONTRACT OWNER TRANSACTIONS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                Units Transferred
                                                               Between Sub- Accounts   Units Withdrawn,
                    Units Outstanding                                  and             Surrendered, and     Units Outstanding
                    Beginning of Year      Units Purchased        Fixed Account           Annuitized           End of Year
                   --------------------  --------------------  --------------------  --------------------  --------------------
                        Year Ended            Year Ended            Year Ended            Year Ended            Year Ended
                       December 31,          December 31,          December 31,          December 31,          December 31,
    COMPASS 2      --------------------  --------------------  --------------------  --------------------  --------------------
    CONTRACTS        1995       1994       1995       1994       1995       1994       1995       1994       1995       1994
- -----------------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>                <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
CAS Sub-Account    1,352,145  1,631,966     53,525     64,062     61,551   (203,770)  (155,316)  (140,113) 1,311,905  1,352,145
GSS Sub-Account    1,877,778  2,077,587     40,875     51,261   (341,163)   157,151   (260,202)  (408,221) 1,317,288  1,877,778
HYS Sub-Account      673,380    815,313      8,072     16,227    (19,382)   (58,714)   (91,954)   (99,446)   570,116    673,380
MSS Sub-Account      328,532    338,757     14,042     19,839     63,983        452    (75,336)   (30,516)   331,221    328,532
MMS Sub-Account    1,074,216    822,445     22,486     24,604    338,828    372,672   (350,620)  (145,505) 1,084,910  1,074,216
TRS Sub-Account    2,083,366  2,239,181     52,963     90,587   (132,595)   (89,892)  (263,170)  (156,510) 1,740,564  2,083,366
WGS Sub-Account      530,682    572,506     11,682     20,093    (31,859)    (9,249)   (76,769)   (52,668)   433,736    530,682
 
<CAPTION>
 
    COMPASS 3
    CONTRACTS
- -----------------
<S>                <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
CAS Sub-Account      135,042     17,574     51,695    116,008      6,001      2,803     (7,862)    (1,343)   184,876    135,042
GSS Sub-Account       32,725      7,140     17,789     21,921     (9,242)     3,788     (1,986)      (124)    39,286     32,725
HYS Sub-Account       37,197      2,726      7,798     34,063      1,400      1,068     (2,432)      (660)    43,963     37,197
MSS Sub-Account       28,752      1,619     27,333     28,289       (147)      (577)    (2,092)      (579)    53,846     28,752
MMS Sub-Account       33,901      5,787      7,957     39,091      4,581    (10,921)    (2,091)       (56)    44,348     33,901
TRS Sub-Account      154,543     30,589     39,993    124,457     (2,984)     3,019     (5,836)    (3,522)   185,716    154,543
WGS Sub-Account       43,259      6,287      6,637     37,650        191        852     (3,192)    (1,530)    46,895     43,259
</TABLE>
 
                                       15
<PAGE>
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
 
To the Contract Owners participating in Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account B
  and the Board of Directors  of Sun Life Insurance  and Annuity Company of  New
York:
 
We  have  audited the  accompanying statement  of condition  of Sun  Life (N.Y.)
Variable Account B (the "Variable Account") as of December 31, 1995, the related
statement of operations for the year then ended and the statements of changes in
net assets  for the  years ended  December 31,  1995 and  1994. These  financial
statements  are  the  responsibility  of management.  Our  responsibility  is to
express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
 
We  conducted  our  audits  in  accordance  with  generally  accepted   auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence  supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included
confirmation  with the custodian of securities  held for the Variable Account as
of December 31, 1995. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles
used and significant  estimates made by  management, as well  as evaluating  the
overall  financial statement presentation. We believe  that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our  opinion,  such financial  statements  present fairly,  in  all  material
respects,  the financial  position of  the Variable  Account as  of December 31,
1995, the results of its  operations and the changes in  its net assets for  the
respective  stated  periods  in conformity  with  generally  accepted accounting
principles.
 
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
 
Boston, Massachusetts
February 2, 1996
 
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<PAGE>
SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(Wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
BALANCE SHEETS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                 DECEMBER 31,
                                          --------------------------
                                              1995          1994
                                          ------------  ------------
<S>                                       <C>           <C>
ASSETS
    Bonds                                 $132,026,064  $188,460,195
    Mortgage loans                          51,843,936    63,377,327
    Real estate                                      0       823,655
    Policy loans                               476,194       520,383
    Cash                                     1,267,905      (756,378)
    Investment income due and accrued        3,255,286     4,393,086
    Due from (to) parent and
     affiliates--net                         1,292,878      (591,254)
    Other assets                               443,663       204,302
                                          ------------  ------------
    General account assets                 190,605,926   256,431,316
                                          ------------  ------------
    Separate account assets
        Unitized                           250,782,417   208,575,098
        Non-unitized                        81,110,554    35,768,295
                                          ------------  ------------
                                          $522,498,897  $500,774,709
                                          ------------  ------------
                                          ------------  ------------
LIABILITIES
    Policy reserves                       $ 23,548,885  $ 20,402,804
    Annuity and other deposits             129,743,536   201,476,544
    Accrued expenses and taxes                 376,573       525,863
    Other liabilities                          906,238       539,438
    Due to (from) separate accounts          1,036,679    (1,308,196)
    Interest maintenance reserve             1,648,375     1,778,014
    Asset valuation reserve                  1,545,857     1,763,921
                                          ------------  ------------
    General account liabilities            158,806,143   225,178,388
                                          ------------  ------------
    Separate account liabilities
        Unitized                           250,617,786   208,418,957
        Non-unitized                        81,110,554    35,768,295
                                          ------------  ------------
                                           490,534,483   469,365,640
                                          ------------  ------------
CAPITAL STOCK AND SURPLUS
    Capital stock--Par value $1,000:
        Authorized, issued and
         outstanding
         2,000 shares                        2,000,000     2,000,000
    Surplus                                 29,964,414    29,409,069
                                          ------------  ------------
    Total capital stock and surplus         31,964,414    31,409,069
                                          ------------  ------------
                                          $522,498,897  $500,774,709
                                          ------------  ------------
                                          ------------  ------------
</TABLE>
 
                       SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
 
                                       17
<PAGE>
SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(Wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                  Years Ended December 31,
                                          ----------------------------------------
                                              1995          1994          1993
                                          ------------  ------------  ------------
<S>                                       <C>           <C>           <C>
INCOME
    Premiums and annuity considerations   $ 11,608,782  $  8,191,112  $  6,272,860
    Annuity and other deposit funds         44,946,931    37,829,796    15,069,691
    Net investment income                   18,450,106    21,947,153    25,281,626
    Amortization of interest maintenance
     reserve                                   753,350       750,567       451,075
    Realized losses on investments             (33,133)     (721,715)     (103,689)
    Mortality and expense risk charges       2,997,827     2,768,194     2,448,085
                                          ------------  ------------  ------------
                                            78,723,863    70,765,107    49,419,648
                                          ------------  ------------  ------------
BENEFITS AND EXPENSES
    Increase (decrease) in policy
     reserves                                3,146,081      (883,568)   (2,272,569)
    Decrease in liability for annuity
     deposit funds                         (71,733,008)  (34,019,523)  (20,342,940)
    Death, health benefits and annuity
     payments                                9,114,806     8,703,872     8,482,195
    Annuity and other deposit fund
     withdrawals                            91,409,854    53,964,415    45,532,023
    Surplus transfer to (from) separate
     account                                 2,344,875      (437,497)     (988,017)
    Transfers to non-unitized separate
     account                                31,567,692    29,538,473     5,273,703
                                          ------------  ------------  ------------
                                            65,850,300    58,866,172    35,684,395
    General expenses                         4,030,452     3,864,223     2,891,251
    Commissions                              4,937,953     4,497,683     3,704,138
    Taxes, licenses and fees                   540,521       417,643       255,538
                                          ------------  ------------  ------------
                                            75,359,226    65,645,721    42,535,322
                                          ------------  ------------  ------------
    Net income from operations before
     federal
     income tax                              3,364,637     5,119,386     6,884,326
    Federal income tax expense              (2,435,109)     (764,555)   (2,924,442)
                                          ------------  ------------  ------------
NET INCOME                                $    929,528  $  4,354,831  $  3,959,884
                                          ------------  ------------  ------------
                                          ------------  ------------  ------------
</TABLE>
 
                       SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
 
                                       18
<PAGE>
SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(Wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
STATEMENTS OF CAPITAL STOCK AND SURPLUS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                          -------------------------------------
                                             1995         1994         1993
                                          -----------  -----------  -----------
<S>                                       <C>          <C>          <C>
CAPITAL STOCK                             $ 2,000,000  $ 2,000,000  $ 2,000,000
PAID-IN SURPLUS                            28,750,000   28,750,000   28,750,000
SPECIAL CONTINGENCY RESERVE                   750,000      750,000      750,000
UNASSIGNED SURPLUS
    Balance, beginning of year                (90,931)  (4,295,377)  (8,114,755)
    Net income                                929,528    4,354,831    3,959,884
    Unrealized losses                        (672,000)           0            0
    Change in non-admitted assets              71,263     (139,468)      (7,314)
    Earnings on and transfers of
     separate account surplus                   8,490     (150,603)       3,856
    Change in asset valuation reserve         218,064      139,686     (137,048)
                                          -----------  -----------  -----------
    Balance, end of year                      464,414      (90,931)  (4,295,377)
                                          -----------  -----------  -----------
TOTAL SURPLUS                              29,964,414   29,409,069   25,204,623
                                          -----------  -----------  -----------
TOTAL CAPITAL STOCK AND SURPLUS           $31,964,414  $31,409,069  $27,204,623
                                          -----------  -----------  -----------
                                          -----------  -----------  -----------
</TABLE>
 
                       SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
 
                                       19
<PAGE>
SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(Wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                  YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                          ----------------------------------------
                                              1995          1994          1993
                                          ------------  ------------  ------------
<S>                                       <C>           <C>           <C>
Cash flows from operating activities:
    Net income from operations            $    929,528  $  4,354,831  $  3,959,884
    Adjustments to reconcile net income
     to net cash:
        Increase (decrease) in policy
         reserves                            3,146,081      (883,568)  (20,342,940)
        Decrease in liability for
         annuity and other deposit funds   (71,733,008)  (34,019,523)   (2,272,569)
        Decrease in investment income
         due and accrued                     1,137,800       448,252       370,334
        Net accrual and amortization of
         discount and premium on
         investments                           209,593       409,961       296,280
        Realized losses on investments          33,133       721,715       103,689
        Change in non-admitted assets           71,263      (139,468)       (7,314)
        Other                                  365,912     1,189,737        82,349
                                          ------------  ------------  ------------
Net cash used in operating activities      (65,839,698)  (27,918,063)  (17,810,287)
                                          ------------  ------------  ------------
Cash flows from investing activities:
    Proceeds from sale and maturity of
     investments                           124,028,229    98,636,780    46,154,969
    Purchase of investments                (52,676,090)  (69,335,246)  (27,502,652)
    Net change in short-term investments    (3,488,158)   (1,570,559)      280,549
                                          ------------  ------------  ------------
Net cash provided by investing
 activities                                 67,863,981    27,730,975    18,932,866
                                          ------------  ------------  ------------
Increase (decrease) in cash during the
 year                                        2,024,283      (187,088)    1,122,579
Cash, beginning of year                       (756,378)     (569,290)   (1,691,869)
                                          ------------  ------------  ------------
Cash, end of year                         $  1,267,905  $   (756,378) $   (569,290)
                                          ------------  ------------  ------------
                                          ------------  ------------  ------------
</TABLE>
 
                       SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
 
                                       20
<PAGE>
SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(Wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995, 1994 AND 1993
 
1.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
 
GENERAL--
 
Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York (the Company) is incorporated
as  a life insurance company and is  currently engaged in the sale of individual
fixed and variable annuities and group life and long-term disability  insurance.
The  parent company, Sun  Life Assurance Company  of Canada (U.S.)  (Sun Life of
Canada (U.S.)), is a  wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun  Life Assurance Company  of
Canada  (Sun Life (Canada)), a mutual life insurance company. The Company, which
is domiciled in  the State  of New York,  prepares its  financial statements  in
accordance  with statutory accounting  practices prescribed by  the State of New
York Insurance Department. Statutory accounting  practices are considered to  be
generally  accepted  accounting principles  for  mutual insurance  companies and
subsidiaries and affiliates of mutuals. Prescribed accounting practices  include
a variety of publications of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners
(NAIC),  as well as New York  state laws, regulations and general administrative
rules. Permitted accounting practices encompass all accounting practices not  so
prescribed.  The permitted accounting  practices adopted by  the Company are not
material to the  financial statements. Preparation  of the financial  statements
requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions.
 
Assets  in the balance sheets are stated at values prescribed or permitted to be
reported by state regulatory authorities. Bonds are carried at cost adjusted for
amortization of premium  or accrual of  discount. Mortgage loans  acquired at  a
premium  or discount are carried at amortized values and other mortgage loans at
the amounts of the unpaid balances.  Real estate investments are carried at  the
lower  of cost or  appraised value, adjusted  for accumulated depreciation, less
encumbrances. Depreciation of buildings and improvements is calculated using the
straight line method over  the estimated useful life  of the property. For  life
and  annuity contracts,  premiums are  recognized as  revenues over  the premium
paying period, whereas commissions and other costs applicable to the acquisition
of new business are charged to  operations as incurred. Furniture and  equipment
acquisitions  are capitalized but  treated as nonadmitted  assets. Furniture and
equipment depreciation is calculated  on a straight line  basis over the  useful
life of the assets.
 
MANAGEMENT AND SERVICE CONTRACTS--
 
The  Company has agreements with  Sun Life (Canada) which  provide that Sun Life
(Canada) will furnish to the Company, as requested, personnel as well as certain
investment and administrative services on  a cost reimbursement basis.  Expenses
under  these agreements amounted to approximately $1,741,000 in 1995, $1,559,000
in 1994 and $1,200,000 in 1993.
 
REINSURANCE--
 
The Company has agreements  with Sun Life (Canada)  which provide that Sun  Life
(Canada)  will  reinsure the  mortality and  morbidity risks  of the  group life
insurance contracts  and group  long  term disability  contracts issued  by  the
Company.  Under these agreements, basic death  benefits and long term disability
benefits are reinsured on a yearly renewable term basis. The agreements  provide
that  Sun Life (Canada) will  reinsure the mortality risks  in excess of $50,000
per policy for group  life insurance contracts and  $3,000 per policy per  month
for  the group long term disability  contracts ceded by the Company. Reinsurance
transactions under these  agreements had  the effect of  increasing income  from
operations  by approximately $652,000 and $222,000  for the years ended December
31, 1995 and 1994, respectively.
 
The group life and long term disability reinsurance agreements require that  the
reinsurer provide funds in amounts equal to the reserves ceded.
 
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<PAGE>
SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(Wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995, 1994 AND 1993
 
1.  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED):
The  following are summarized pro-forma results of operations of the Company for
the years ended  December 31,  1995 and 1994  before the  effect of  reinsurance
transactions with Sun Life (Canada).
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   YEARS ENDED
                                                                   DECEMBER 31,
                                                                 ----------------
                                                                  1995     1994
                                                                 -------  -------
                                                                    (IN 000'S)
 <S>                                                             <C>      <C>
 Income:
     Premiums, annuity deposits and other revenues               $60,927  $49,473
     Net investment income and realized losses                    19,170   21,976
                                                                 -------  -------
     Subtotal                                                     80,097   71,449
                                                                 -------  -------
 Benefits and expenses:
     Policyholder benefits                                        67,875   57,772
     Other expenses                                                9,509    8,780
                                                                 -------  -------
     Subtotal                                                     77,384   66,552
                                                                 -------  -------
 Income from operations                                          $ 2,713  $ 4,897
                                                                 -------  -------
                                                                 -------  -------
</TABLE>
 
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS--
 
The  Company has established unitized separate accounts applicable to individual
qualified and non-qualified variable annuity contracts.
 
Assets and liabilities of the  separate accounts, representing net deposits  and
accumulated net investment earnings less fees, held primarily for the benefit of
contract  holders, are shown  as separate captions  in the financial statements.
Assets held in the separate accounts are carried at market values.
 
Deposits to all separate accounts are reported as increases in separate  account
liabilities and are not reported as revenues. Mortality and expense risk charges
and  surrender fees incurred by the separate  accounts are included in income of
the Company.
 
The  Company  has  established  a  non-unitized  separate  account  for  amounts
allocated  to the fixed portion of a certain combination fixed/variable deferred
annuity contract.  The assets  of this  account are  available to  fund  general
account liabilities and general account assets are available to fund liabilities
of this account.
 
Any  difference between the  assets and liabilities of  the separate accounts is
treated as payable to or receivable from the general account of the Company. The
amount receivable from the general account of the Company amounted to $1,037,000
in 1995. The amount payable  to the general account of  the Company in 1994  was
$1,308,000.
 
OTHER--
 
Income on investments is recognized on the accrual method.
 
The  reserves  for  life  insurance,  health  insurance  and  annuity contracts,
developed by accepted actuarial methods, have been established and maintained on
the basis of  published mortality  and morbidity tables  using assumed  interest
rates  and valuation  methods that  will provide reserves  at least  as great as
those required by law and contract provisions.
 
Certain reclassifications have  been made  in the 1994  financial statements  to
conform to the classifications used in 1995.
 
                                       22
<PAGE>
SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(Wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995, 1994 AND 1993
 
2.  CAPITAL STOCK AND SURPLUS:
On  January 2, 1985, the Company issued 2,000 shares of common stock to Sun Life
of Canada (U.S.) for $6,000,000. Through  December 31, 1995, Sun Life of  Canada
(U.S.)  has contributed an  additional $25,500,000 to  the Company's capital, of
which $750,000 was used to establish a special contingency reserve in support of
separate account business as required by New York Insurance Law.
 
3.  BONDS:
The amortized cost and estimated market value of investments in debt  securities
as of December 31, 1995 and 1994 are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                      DECEMBER 31, 1995
                                          ------------------------------------------
                                                      GROSS       GROSS     ESTIMATED
                                          AMORTIZED UNREALIZED   UNREALIZED  MARKET
                                            COST      GAINS       LOSSES     VALUE
                                          --------  ----------   --------   --------
                                                           (000'S)
<S>                                       <C>       <C>          <C>        <C>
Long-term bonds:
    United States government and
     government agencies and authorities  $ 11,243    $  327         $10    $ 11,560
    Foreign governments                      1,824       157           0       1,981
    Public utilities                        39,018     1,249          20      40,247
    Transportation                           3,908        45           0       3,953
    Finance                                 14,047       385           6      14,426
    All other corporate bonds               54,949     2,700           0      57,649
                                          --------  ----------       ---    --------
        Total long-term bonds              124,989     4,863          36     129,816
Short-term bonds:
    U.S. Treasury Bills, bankers
     acceptances and commercial paper        7,037         0           0       7,037
                                          --------  ----------       ---    --------
                                          $132,026    $4,863         $36    $136,853
                                          --------  ----------       ---    --------
                                          --------  ----------       ---    --------
</TABLE>
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                       DECEMBER 31, 1994
                                          --------------------------------------------
                                                      GROSS        GROSS      ESTIMATED
                                          AMORTIZED UNREALIZED   UNREALIZED    MARKET
                                            COST      GAINS        LOSSES      VALUE
                                          --------  ----------   ----------   --------
                                                            (000'S)
<S>                                       <C>       <C>          <C>          <C>
Long-term bonds:
    United States government and
     government agencies and authorities  $ 34,300    $   92       $  746     $ 33,646
    Foreign governments                      5,536        44          162        5,418
    Public utilities                        47,125       333          896       46,562
    Transportation                           7,128        53          185        6,996
    Finance                                 14,450        39          270       14,219
    All other corporate bonds               76,372       823        1,347       75,848
                                          --------  ----------   ----------   --------
        Total long-term bonds              184,911     1,384        3,606      182,689
Short-term bonds:
    U.S. Treasury Bills, bankers
     acceptances and commercial paper        3,549         0            0        3,549
                                          --------  ----------   ----------   --------
                                          $188,460    $1,384       $3,606     $186,238
                                          --------  ----------   ----------   --------
                                          --------  ----------   ----------   --------
</TABLE>
 
                                       23
<PAGE>
SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(Wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995, 1994 AND 1993
 
3.  BONDS (CONTINUED):
The  amortized cost and estimated market value of bonds at December 31, 1995 and
1994 by contractual maturity  are shown below.  Expected maturities will  differ
from  contractual maturities  because borrowers  may have  the right  to call or
prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             DECEMBER 31, 1995
                                          -----------------------
                                          AMORTIZED   ESTIMATED
                                            COST     MARKET VALUE
                                          ---------  ------------
                                                  (000'S)
<S>                                       <C>        <C>
Maturities are:
    Due in one year or less                $ 33,138    $ 33,410
    Due after one year through five
     years                                   70,212      72,833
    Due after five years through ten
     years                                   16,167      17,283
    Due after ten years                       6,765       7,289
                                          ---------  ------------
        Subtotal                            126,282     130,815
    Mortgage-backed securities                5,744       6,038
                                          ---------  ------------
                                           $132,026    $136,853
                                          ---------  ------------
                                          ---------  ------------
 
<CAPTION>
                                             DECEMBER 31, 1994
                                          -----------------------
                                          AMORTIZED   ESTIMATED
                                            COST     MARKET VALUE
                                          ---------  ------------
                                                  (000'S)
<S>                                       <C>        <C>
Maturities are:
    Due in one year or less                $ 16,291    $ 16,362
    Due after one year through five
     years                                  120,253     118,837
    Due after five years through ten
     years                                   35,577      34,682
    Due after ten years                       8,002       8,130
                                          ---------  ------------
        Subtotal                            180,123     178,011
    Mortgage-backed securities                8,337       8,227
                                          ---------  ------------
                                           $188,460    $186,238
                                          ---------  ------------
                                          ---------  ------------
</TABLE>
 
A bond  included above  with an  amortized cost  of approximately  $399,000  and
$398,000  at December 31, 1995  and 1994, respectively, was  on deposit with the
Superintendent of Insurance of the State of New York as required by law.
 
4.  MORTGAGE LOANS:
The Company invests  in commercial  first mortgage loans  throughout the  United
States.  The  Company  monitors  the  condition of  the  mortgage  loans  in its
portfolio. In those  cases where mortgages  have been restructured,  appropriate
provisions  have been made. In those cases where, in management's judgement, the
mortgage loans' values are impaired, appropriate losses are recorded.
 
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<PAGE>
SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(Wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995, 1994 AND 1993
 
4.  MORTGAGE LOANS (CONTINUED):
The following table shows the geographic distribution of the mortgage portfolio.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                            DECEMBER 31,
                                          ----------------
                                           1995     1994
                                          -------  -------
                                              (000'S)
<S>                                       <C>      <C>
New York                                  $14,264  $16,474
California                                  5,076   10,751
Massachusetts                               6,720    8,205
Ohio                                        4,748    4,803
Florida                                     4,020    4,414
All other                                  17,016   18,730
                                          -------  -------
                                          $51,844  $63,377
                                          -------  -------
                                          -------  -------
</TABLE>
 
As of December 31, 1995, the  Company has restructured mortgage loans  totalling
$4,891,000, against which there are provisions of $497,000.
 
5.  INVESTMENTS--LOSSES:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                              YEARS ENDED
                                             DECEMBER 31,
                                          -------------------
                                          1995   1994   1993
                                          -----  -----  -----
                                                (000'S)
<S>                                       <C>    <C>    <C>
Realized losses:
Mortgage loans                            $  (1) $(722) $ (96)
Real estate                                 (32)    --     (7)
Stocks                                       --     --     (1)
                                          -----  -----  -----
                                          $ (33) $(722) $(104)
                                          -----  -----  -----
                                          -----  -----  -----
Changes in unrealized losses:
Mortgage loans                            $(672) $   0  $   0
                                          -----  -----  -----
                                          -----  -----  -----
</TABLE>
 
Realized capital gains and losses on bonds and mortgages which relate to changes
in  levels  of  interest  rate  risk are  charged  or  credited  to  an interest
maintenance reserve and  amortized into  income over  the remaining  contractual
life  of the security sold. The realized  capital gains credited to the interest
maintenance reserve were  $960,000, $936,000  and $1,081,000 in  1995, 1994  and
1993, respectively. All gains are net of applicable taxes.
 
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<PAGE>
SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(Wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995, 1994 AND 1993
 
6.  INVESTMENT INCOME:
Net investment income consisted of:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                          YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                                          -------------------------
                                           1995     1994     1993
                                          -------  -------  -------
                                                   (000'S)
<S>                                       <C>      <C>      <C>
Interest income from bonds                $13,020   15,562  $18,180
Interest income from mortgage loans         5,882    6,875    7,290
Real estate investment income (loss)          (52)     (85)     572
Other investment income                       170      117       69
                                          -------  -------  -------
    Gross investment income                19,020   22,469   26,111
Investment expenses                           570      522      829
                                          -------  -------  -------
                                          $18,450  $21,947  $25,282
                                          -------  -------  -------
                                          -------  -------  -------
</TABLE>
 
7.  WITHDRAWAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ANNUITY ACTUARIAL RESERVES AND DEPOSIT
LIABILITIES:
Withdrawal  characteristics  of  general account  and  separate  account annuity
reserves and deposits:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                           DECEMBER 31, 1995
                                          --------------------
                                           AMOUNT   % OF TOTAL
                                          --------  ----------
                                                (000'S)
<S>                                       <C>       <C>
Subject to discretionary withdrawal
  --with market value adjustment          $ 81,085     16.9%
  --at book value less surrender charges
   (surrender charge > 5%)                 103,767     21.6%
  --at book value (minimal or no charge
   or adjustment)                          275,075     57.3%
Not subject to discretionary withdrawal
 provision                                  20,181      4.2%
                                          --------  -----
Total annuity actuarial reserves and
 deposit liabilities                      $480,108    100.0%
                                          --------  -----
                                          --------  -----
 
<CAPTION>
                                           DECEMBER 31, 1994
                                          --------------------
                                           AMOUNT   % OF TOTAL
                                          --------  ----------
                                                (000'S)
<S>                                       <C>       <C>
Subject to discretionary withdrawal
  --with market value adjustment          $ 35,768      7.7%
  --at book value less surrender charges
   (surrender charge > 5%)                 181,770     39.3%
  --at book value (minimal or no charge
   or adjustment)                          226,854     49.1%
Not subject to discretionary withdrawal
 provision                                  17,994      3.9%
                                          --------  -----
Total annuity actuarial reserves and
 deposit liabilities                      $462,386    100.0%
                                          --------  -----
                                          --------  -----
</TABLE>
 
8.  RETIREMENT PLANS:
The Company participates with Sun Life (Canada) and Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) in
a  non-contributory  defined  benefit  pension  plan  covering  essentially  all
employees. The benefits are based on years of service and compensation.
 
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<PAGE>
SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(Wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995, 1994 AND 1993
 
8.  RETIREMENT PLANS (CONTINUED):
The  funding policy  for the pension  plan is  to contribute an  amount which at
least satisfies the minimum amount required by ERISA. The Company is charged for
its share of the pension cost based upon its covered participants. Pension  plan
assets  consist principally of  a variable accumulation fund  contract held in a
separate account of Sun Life (Canada).
 
On January  1,  1994, the  Company  adopted Statement  of  Financial  Accounting
Standard  No. 87,  "Employers Accounting for  Pensions," which  is in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles.
 
The following table sets forth the funded  status for the pension plan (for  Sun
Life  (Canada),  Sun Life  of Canada  (U.S.),  Sun Investment  Services Company,
another wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life  of Canada (U.S.), and the  Company)
at December 31, 1995 and 1994:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                          TOTAL PENSION PLAN
                                          ------------------
                                            1995      1994
                                          --------  --------
                                               (000'S)
<S>                                       <C>       <C>
Actuarial present value of benefit
 obligations:
Vested benefit obligations                $(40,949) $(38,157)
Accumulated benefit obligation             (42,452)  (39,686)
                                          --------  --------
                                          --------  --------
Projected benefit obligation for service
 rendered to date                         $(60,885) $(53,494)
Plan assets at fair value                  117,178   101,833
                                          --------  --------
Difference between plan assets and
 projected benefit obligations              56,293    48,339
Unrecognized net (gain) loss from past
 experience different from that assumed
 and effects of changes in assumptions      (9,016)   (1,238)
Unrecognized net asset at January 1,
 1994 being recognized
 over 17 years                             (30,842)  (32,898)
                                          --------  --------
(Accrued) prepaid pension cost included
 in other assets                          $ 16,435  $ 14,203
                                          --------  --------
                                          --------  --------
</TABLE>
 
The components of the 1995 and 1994 pension cost for the pension plan were:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                           TOTAL PENSION PLAN
                                          ---------------------
                                           1995        1994
                                          -------  ------------
                                                 (000'S)
<S>                                       <C>      <C>
Service cost                              $ 3,390    $ 2,847
Interest cost                               4,051      3,769
Actual return on plan assets              (16,388)    (8,294)
Net amortization and deferral               6,715       (817)
                                          -------  ------------
Net pension income                        $(2,232)   $(2,495)
                                          -------  ------------
                                          -------  ------------
</TABLE>
 
The Company's share of the group's accrued pension cost at December 31, 1995 and
1994  was $97,000 and $79,000, respectively. The Company's share of net periodic
pension cost was $18,000 and $79,000, respectively.
 
The discount rate  and rate of  increase in future  compensation levels used  in
determining the actuarial present value of the projected benefit obligation were
7.5% and 4.5%, respectively. The expected long-term rate of return on assets was
7.5%.
 
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<PAGE>
SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(Wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995, 1994 AND 1993
 
8.  RETIREMENT PLANS (CONTINUED):
The  Company also participates with Sun Life (Canada), Sun Life of Canada (U.S.)
and certain affiliates  in a  401(k) savings  plan for  which substantially  all
employees are eligible. The Company matches, up to specified amounts, employees'
contributions  to  the plan.  Employer contributions  were $21,000,  $17,000 and
$14,000 for the years ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993, respectively.
 
9.  OTHER POST-RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS:
In addition to pension benefits the Company provides certain health, dental  and
life  insurance benefits ("post-retirement benefits")  for retired employees and
dependents. Substantially all employees may  become eligible for these  benefits
if  they reach normal  retirement age while  working for the  Company, or retire
early upon satisfying an  alternate age plus  service condition. Life  insurance
benefits are generally set at a fixed amount.
 
Effective January 1, 1993, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards  No.  106 (SFAS  No. 106),  "Employers Accounting  for Post-retirement
Benefits other than Pensions." SFAS No.  106 requires the Company to accrue  the
estimated  cost  of  retiree  benefit payments  during  the  years  the employee
provides service. SFAS No.  106 allows recognition of  the cumulative effect  of
the liability in the year of adoption or the amortization of the obligation over
a period of up to 20 years. The Company has elected to recognize this obligation
of  approximately $52,000 over a  period of ten years.  The Company's cash flows
are  not  affected  by  implementation  of  this  standard,  but  implementation
decreased  net income by $7,000 in 1995, $5,000 in 1994 and $14,000 in 1993. The
Company's post-retirement health care plans currently are not funded.
 
The following table sets forth the plan's funded status, reconciled with amounts
recognized in the Company's balance sheet:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             DECEMBER 31,
                                          ------------------
                                            1995      1994
                                          --------  --------
<S>                                       <C>       <C>
Accumulated post-retirement benefit
 obligation:
Retirees                                  $      0  $      0
Fully eligible active plan participants          0         0
Other active plan participants             (19,000)  (11,000)
                                          --------  --------
  Total                                    (19,000)  (11,000)
Plan assets at market value                      0         0
                                          --------  --------
Accumulated post-retirement benefit
 obligation in excess of plan assets       (19,000)  (11,000)
Unrecognized gains from past experience    (44,000)  (50,000)
Unrecognized transition obligation          37,000    42,000
                                          --------  --------
Accrued post-retirement benefit cost      $(26,000) $(19,000)
                                          --------  --------
                                          --------  --------
</TABLE>
 
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<PAGE>
SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(Wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995, 1994 AND 1993
 
9.  OTHER POST-RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS (CONTINUED):
Net periodic post-retirement benefit cost components:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                            YEARS ENDED
                                            DECEMBER 31,
                                          ----------------
                                           1995     1994
                                          -------  -------
<S>                                       <C>      <C>
Service cost--benefits earned             $ 5,000  $ 3,000
Interest cost on accumulated
 post-retirement benefit obligation         1,000    1,000
Amortization of transition obligation       5,000    5,000
Net amortization and deferral              (4,000)  (4,000)
                                          -------  -------
Net periodic post-retirement benefit
 cost                                     $ 7,000  $ 5,000
                                          -------  -------
                                          -------  -------
</TABLE>
 
The discount rate  used in determining  the accumulated post-retirement  benefit
obligation  was 7.5% in 1995  and 8.0% in 1994 and  the assumed health care cost
trend rate was 12.0% graded to 6% over 10 years after which it remains constant.
 
The health  care cost  trend rate  assumption has  a significant  effect on  the
amounts  reported. To illustrate, increasing the  assumed health care cost trend
rates by one percentage  point in each year  would increase the  post-retirement
benefit  obligation as of December 31, 1995  by $8,000 and the estimated service
and interest cost components  of the net  periodic post-retirement benefit  cost
for 1995 by $3,000.
 
10. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS:
The  following  table  presents the  carrying  amounts  and fair  values  of the
Company's financial instruments at December 31, 1995 and 1994:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                      1995                            1994
                                          -----------------------------   -----------------------------
                                             CARRYING                        CARRYING
                                              AMOUNT        FAIR VALUE        AMOUNT        FAIR VALUE
                                          --------------   ------------   --------------   ------------
                                                                     (000'S)
<S>                                       <C>              <C>            <C>              <C>
ASSETS
Bonds                                        $132,026        $  136,853      $188,460        $  186,238
Mortgages                                      51,844            53,718        63,377            63,193
                                          --------------   ------------   --------------   ------------
Total                                        $183,870        $  190,571      $251,837        $  249,431
                                          --------------   ------------   --------------   ------------
                                          --------------   ------------   --------------   ------------
LIABILITIES
Individual annuities                         $138,661        $  137,463      $221,675        $  200,582
                                          --------------   ------------   --------------   ------------
                                          --------------   ------------   --------------   ------------
</TABLE>
 
The major  methods  and  assumptions  used in  estimating  the  fair  values  of
financial instruments are as follows:
 
The  fair values of short-term bonds are estimated to be the amortized cost. The
fair values of long-term bonds which  are publicly traded are based upon  market
prices  or dealer quotes. For privately  placed bonds, fair values are estimated
using prices for publicly traded bonds  of similar credit risk and maturity  and
repayment characteristics.
 
The  fair values of the Company's general account reserves and liabilities under
investment-type contracts (insurance and annuity  contracts that do not  involve
mortality  or morbidity risks) are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses
or surrender  values.  Those  contracts  that  are  deemed  to  have  short-term
guarantees have a carrying amount equal to the estimated market value.
 
                                       29
<PAGE>
SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(Wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995, 1994 AND 1993
 
10. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (CONTINUED):
The  fair values  of mortgages  are estimated  by discounting  future cash flows
using current  rates at  which similar  loans would  be made  to borrowers  with
similar credit ratings and for the same maturities.
 
11. STATUTORY INVESTMENT VALUATION RESERVES:
The asset valuation reserve (AVR) provides a reserve for losses from investments
in  bonds, stocks,  mortgage loans, real-estate  and other  invested assets with
related increases or decreases being recorded directly to surplus.
 
Realized capital gains and losses on bonds and mortgages which relate to changes
in levels  of  interest  rate  risk  are charged  or  credited  to  an  interest
maintenance   reserve  (IMR)  and  amortized  into  income  over  the  remaining
contractual life of the security sold.
 
The table shown below presents changes in the major elements of the AVR and IMR.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                               1995            1994
                                          --------------  --------------
                                           AVR     IMR     AVR     IMR
                                          ------  ------  ------  ------
                                             (000'S)         (000'S)
<S>                                       <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>
Balance, beginning of year                $1,764  $1,778  $1,904  $1,920
Realized capital gains (losses), net of
 tax                                         (22)    624    (127)    609
Amortization of investment gains               0    (754)      0    (751)
Unrealized investment losses                (672)      0    (527)      0
Required by formula                          476       0     514       0
                                          ------  ------  ------  ------
Balance, end of year                      $1,546  $1,648  $1,764  $1,778
                                          ------  ------  ------  ------
                                          ------  ------  ------  ------
</TABLE>
 
12. LIABILITY FOR UNPAID CLAIMS AND CLAIM ADJUSTMENT EXPENSE:
Activity in the  liability for  unpaid claims  and claim  adjustment expense  is
summarized below.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           DECEMBER 31,
                                                     -------------------------
                                                      1995     1994     1993
                                                     -------  -------  -------
                                                              (000'S)
 <S>                                                 <C>      <C>      <C>
 Balance at January 1                                $ 2,322  $ 1,648  $   659
 Claims Incurred                                       4,789    2,930    2,587
 Claims Paid                                          (2,791)  (2,256)  (1,598)
                                                     -------  -------  -------
 Balance at December 31                              $ 4,320  $ 2,322  $ 1,648
                                                     -------  -------  -------
                                                     -------  -------  -------
</TABLE>
 
The  information  presented  above  includes  unpaid  benefit  claims  and claim
adjustment expenses for the group life and group long term disability contracts.
As of December 31, 1995 and 1994 the unpaid claim and claim adjustment liability
for these contracts is included in Policy Reserves on the Balance Sheet.
 
13. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES:
The Company files  a consolidated  federal income tax  return with  Sun Life  of
Canada  (U.S.) and other  affiliates. Federal income taxes  are calculated as if
the Company filed a return as a separate company. No provision is recognized for
timing differences  which  may exist  between  financial statement  and  taxable
 
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<PAGE>
SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(Wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995, 1994 AND 1993
 
13. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED):
income.  Such differences include  reserves, depreciation and  accrual of market
discount on bonds. The Company made cash  payments to Sun Life of Canada  (U.S.)
of $2,421,000, $725,000 and $3,472,000 during 1995, 1994 and 1993, respectively.
 
14. LEASE COMMITMENTS:
The  Company leases two separate facilities for its annuity operations and group
sales office. Both leases commenced in March, 1994.
 
Future minimum lease commitments are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 YEAR ENDING
 DECEMBER 31,
 ------------------------------  AMOUNT
                                 ------
                                 (000'S)
 <S>                             <C>
 1996                            $ 225
 1997                              225
 1998                              225
 1999                              221
 2000                              221
 Thereafter                        823
                                 ------
 Total                           $1,940
                                 ------
                                 ------
</TABLE>
 
Rent expense under these  and prior leases  in 1995, 1994  and 1993 amounted  to
$336,000, $307,000 and $286,000, respectively.
 
15. RISK-BASED CAPITAL:
Effective December 31, 1993 the NAIC adopted risk-based capital requirements for
life  insurance companies. The risk-based  capital requirements provide a method
for measuring the  minimum acceptable  amount of  adjusted capital  that a  life
insurer  should have, as determined under statutory accounting practices, taking
into account  the risk  characteristics  of its  investments and  products.  The
Company has met the minimum risk-based capital requirements for 1995 and 1994.
 
16. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT:
In  April  1993, the  Financial Accounting  Standards  Board (FASB)  issued FASB
Interpretation  No.  40,   "Applicability  of   Generally  Accepted   Accounting
Principles  to  Mutual Life  Insurance and  Other  Enterprises." Under  this new
interpretation, annual financial statements of mutual life insurance enterprises
for fiscal  years beginning  after  December 15,  1992,  shall provide  a  brief
description  that  financial  statements  prepared  on  the  basis  of statutory
accounting practices will no longer be described as prepared in conformity  with
generally   accepted  accounting  principles.  In  January  1995,  Statement  of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 120 (SFAS No. 120), "Accounting and Reporting
by Mutual Life  Insurance Enterprises  for Certain  Long Duration  Participating
Contracts"  was issued. SFAS No. 120 delays the effective date of Interpretation
No. 40 until fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1995.
 
Beginning In  1996,  the Company  will  file financial  statements  prepared  in
accordance  with all  applicable pronouncements  that define  generally accepted
accounting principles for all enterprises.
 
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<PAGE>
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
 
TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STOCKHOLDER
SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
WELLESLEY HILLS, MASSACHUSETTS
 
We have  audited the  accompanying  balance sheets  of  Sun Life  Insurance  and
Annuity  Company of  New York (a  wholly-owned subsidiary of  Sun Life Assurance
Company of Canada) as of December 31, 1995 and 1994, and the related  statements
of  operations, capital stock and surplus, and  cash flows for each of the three
years in the period ended December 31, 1995. These financial statements are  the
responsibility  of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
 
We  conducted  our  audits  in  accordance  with  generally  accepted   auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence  supporting
the  amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the  accounting  principles used  and  significant estimates  made  by
management,  as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our  opinion,  such financial  statements  present fairly,  in  all  material
respects,  the financial  position of  the Company as  of December  31, 1995 and
1994, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three
years in  the period  ended  December 31,  1995,  in conformity  with  generally
accepted accounting principles.
 
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
February 7, 1996
 
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<PAGE>
                                   APPENDIX A
                               THE FIXED ACCOUNT.
 
    THAT PORTION OF THE CONTRACT RELATING TO THE FIXED ACCOUNT IS NOT REGISTERED
UNDER  THE SECURITIES  ACT OF  1933 ("1933  ACT") AND  THE FIXED  ACCOUNT IS NOT
REGISTERED AS AN  INVESTMENT COMPANY UNDER  THE INVESTMENT COMPANY  ACT OF  1940
("1940  ACT"). ACCORDINGLY, NEITHER THE FIXED  ACCOUNT NOR ANY INTERESTS THEREIN
ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OR RESTRICTIONS  OF THE 1933 ACT OR THE 1940  ACT,
AND  THE DISCLOSURE IN THIS APPENDIX A HAS NOT BEEN REVIEWED BY THE STAFF OF THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. HOWEVER, THE FOLLOWING DISCLOSURE ABOUT  THE
FIXED  ACCOUNT MAY BE SUBJECT TO  CERTAIN GENERALLY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE
FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS REGARDING THE ACCURACY AND COMPLETENESS OF DISCLOSURE.
 
A WORD ABOUT THE FIXED ACCOUNT
 
    The Fixed Account is  made up of  all of the general  assets of the  Company
other  than those allocated  to any separate account.  Purchase Payments will be
allocated to the Fixed Account as elected  by the Owner at the time of  purchase
or  as subsequently  changed. The  Company will invest  the assets  of the Fixed
Account in those  assets chosen by  the Company and  allowed by applicable  law.
Investment  income from such Fixed Account  assets will be allocated between the
Company and the contracts participating in the Fixed Account, in accordance with
the terms of such contracts.
 
    Annuity payments made to Annuitants under the Contracts will not be affected
by the mortality experience (death rate)  of persons receiving such payments  or
of  the general population. The Company  assumes this "mortality risk" by virtue
of annuity  rates incorporated  in  the Contract  which  cannot be  changed.  In
addition,  the  Company  guarantees  that  it  will  not  increase  charges  for
maintenance of the Contracts regardless of its actual expenses.
 
    Investment income from the Fixed  Account allocated to the Company  includes
compensation  for mortality and expense risks borne by the Company in connection
with Fixed Account Contracts. The Company  expects to derive a profit from  this
compensation.  The amount of  such investment income  allocated to the Contracts
will vary from year to year in the sole discretion of the Company. However,  the
Company  guarantees that it will  credit interest at a rate  of not less than 3%
per year, compounded annually, to amounts  allocated to the Fixed Account  under
the  Contracts. The Company  may credit interest at  a rate in  excess of 3% per
year; however, the Company is not obligated to credit any interest in excess  of
3%  per  year. There  is no  specific  formula for  the determination  of excess
interest credits. Such credits, if any, will be determined by the Company  based
on  information as to expected  investment yields. Some of  the factors that the
Company may  consider  in determining  whether  to credit  interest  to  amounts
allocated  to  the Fixed  Account and  the amount  thereof are  general economic
trends, rates of  return currently  available and anticipated  on the  Company's
investments,  regulatory  and  tax  requirements  and  competitive  factors. ANY
INTEREST CREDITED TO AMOUNTS ALLOCATED TO THE FIXED ACCOUNT IN EXCESS OF 3%  PER
YEAR WILL BE DETERMINED IN THE SOLE DISCRETION OF THE COMPANY. THE OWNER ASSUMES
THE  RISK THAT INTEREST CREDITED TO FIXED ACCOUNT ALLOCATIONS MAY NOT EXCEED THE
MINIMUM GUARANTEED OF 3% FOR ANY GIVEN YEAR.
 
    The Company is aware  of no statutory limitations  on the maximum amount  of
interest  it may  credit, and  the Board  of Directors  has set  no limitations.
However, inherent in the Company's exercise of discretion in this regard is  the
equitable  allocation of  distributable earnings  and surplus  among its various
policyholders and contract owners and to its sole stockholder.
 
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    Excess interest, if any, will be  credited on the fixed accumulation  value.
The  Company guarantees that, at any time, the fixed accumulation value will not
be less than  the amount of  Purchase Payments allocated  to the Fixed  Account,
plus  interest  at  the rate  of  3%  per year,  compounded  annually,  plus any
additional interest which  the Company  may, in  its discretion,  credit to  the
Fixed  Account, less  the sum of  all administrative or  withdrawal charges, any
applicable premium  taxes,  and  less  any amounts  surrendered.  If  the  Owner
surrenders  the Contract,  the amount available  from the Fixed  Account will be
reduced by any  applicable withdrawal  charge (see "Withdrawal  Charges" in  the
Prospectus).  In no  event will the  portion of the  contract maintenance charge
that is deducted from the Fixed Account cause the Contract's fixed  accumulation
value (adjusted for any cash withdrawals) to increase by less than 3% per year.
 
    If  on  any  Contract Anniversary  the  rate  at which  the  Company credits
interest to amounts allocated  to the Fixed Account  under the Contract is  less
than  80% of the average  discount rate on 52-week  United States Treasury Bills
for the  most recent  auction prior  to the  Contract Anniversary  on which  the
declared  interest rate becomes applicable, then  during the 45-day period after
the Contract Anniversary the Owner may elect  to receive the value of the  Fixed
Accumulation  Units  credited  to the  Contract's  Accumulation  Account without
assessment of  a withdrawal  charge.  Such withdrawal  may, however,  result  in
adverse tax consequences (see "Federal Tax Status" in the Prospectus).
 
    The  Company reserves  the right to  defer the payment  of amounts withdrawn
from the Fixed  Account for  a period  not to exceed  six months  from the  date
written request for such withdrawal is received by the Company.
 
FIXED ACCUMULATION VALUE
(1) CREDITING FIXED ACCUMULATION UNITS
 
    Upon  receipt of a Purchase Payment by  the Company, all or that portion, if
any, of  the net  Purchase  Payment to  be allocated  to  the Fixed  Account  in
accordance  with  the allocation  factor will  be  credited to  the Accumulation
Account  in  the  form  of  Fixed  Accumulation  Units.  The  number  of   Fixed
Accumulation  Units to be  credited is determined by  dividing the dollar amount
allocated to the  Fixed Account  by the Fixed  Accumulation Unit  value for  the
Contract  for the Valuation Period during which the Purchase Payment is received
by the Company.
 
(2) FIXED ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE
 
    A Fixed  Accumulation Unit  value is  established at  $10.00 for  the  first
Valuation  Period of the calendar month in which the Contract is issued and will
increase for  each  successive Valuation  Period  as interest  is  accrued.  All
Contracts  issued in  a particular  calendar month and  at a  particular rate of
interest, as specified in advance by the Company from time to time, will use the
same series  of Fixed  Accumulation Unit  values throughout  the first  Contract
Year.
 
    At the first Contract Anniversary the Fixed Accumulation Units credited to a
Contract's  Accumulation Account  will be exchanged  for a second  type of Fixed
Accumulation Unit with an equal aggregate  value. The value of this second  type
of  Fixed Accumulation Unit will increase  for each Valuation Period during each
Contract Year as interest is accrued at a rate which shall have been  determined
by the Company prior to the first day of each Contract Year.
 
    The  Company  will  credit  interest to  the  Contract's  Fixed Accumulation
Account at a rate of  not less than 3% per  year, compounded annually. Once  the
rate    applicable   to   a   specific    Contract   is   established   by   the
 
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Company, it may not be changed for the balance of the Contract Year.  Additional
Payments  made during the Contract  Year will be credited  with interest for the
balance of the Contract  Year at the  rate applicable at  the beginning of  that
Contract  Year.  The Fixed  Accumulation  Unit value  for  the Contract  for any
Valuation Period is the value determined as of the end of such Valuation Period.
 
(3) FIXED ACCUMULATION VALUE
 
    The fixed accumulation value of a Contract, if any, for any Valuation Period
is equal  to  the  value  of  the  Fixed  Accumulation  Units  credited  to  the
Accumulation Account for such Valuation Period.
 
LOANS FROM THE FIXED ACCOUNT (QUALIFIED CONTRACTS ONLY)
 
    Loans  will be permitted from the  Contract's Fixed Accumulation Account (to
the extent permitted by the retirement plan for which the Contract is purchased)
UNDER QUALIFIED CONTRACTS ONLY. The maximum loan amount is the amount determined
under the Company's maximum loan formula  for qualified plans. The minimum  loan
amount  is $1,000. Loans will be secured by a security interest in the Contract.
Loans are  subject  to  applicable  retirement  program  legislation  and  their
taxation  is determined under  the federal income tax  laws. The amount borrowed
will be transferred  to a fixed  minimum guarantee accumulation  account in  the
Company's  general account  where it  will accrue  interest at  a specified rate
below the  then current  loan interest  rate. Generally,  loans must  be  repaid
within five years.
 
    The  amount of the death benefit, the amount payable on a full surrender and
the amount applied to provide an  annuity on the Annuity Commencement Date  will
be  reduced  to  reflect any  outstanding  loan balance  (plus  accrued interest
thereon). Partial withdrawals may be restricted by the maximum loan limitation.
 
FIXED ANNUITY PAYMENTS
 
    The dollar  amount of  each  fixed annuity  payment  will be  determined  in
accordance  with the annuity payment rates found in the Contract which are based
on a minimum guaranteed interest rate of  4% per year, or, if more favorable  to
the  Payee(s), in accordance with the  Single Premium Immediate Settlement Rates
published by the Company and in use on the Annuity Commencement Date.
 
                                   APPENDIX B
 
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE OF VARIABLE ACCUMULATION UNIT VALUE CALCULATIONS
 
    Suppose the net asset value of a particular Series Fund share at the end  of
the  current Valuation Period is $18.38; at the end of the immediately preceding
Valuation Period is  $18.32; the Valuation  Period is one  day; no dividends  or
distributions  caused  the particular  Series  Fund shares  to  go "ex-dividend"
during the current  Valuation Period.  $18.38 divided by  $18.32 is  1.00327511.
Subtracting the one day risk factor for mortality and expense risks of .00003809
(the daily equivalent of the current charge of 1.40% on an annual basis) gives a
net  investment factor of 1.00323702. If  the value of the Variable Accumulation
Unit for the  immediately preceding  Valuation Period had  been 14.5645672,  the
value  for  the  current  Valuation Period  would  be  14.6117130  (14.5645672 X
1.00323702).
 
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ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE OF VARIABLE ANNUITY UNIT VALUE CALCULATIONS
 
    Suppose the circumstances of  the first example exist,  and the value of  an
Annuity Unit for the immediately preceding Valuation Period had been 12.3456789.
If  the first variable annuity payment is determined by using an annuity payment
based on an assumed interest rate of 4% per year, the value of the Annuity  Unit
for  the current Valuation Period would be 12.3843113 (12.3456789 X 1.00323702 X
0.99989255).
 
ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE OF VARIABLE ANNUITY PAYMENT CALCULATIONS
 
    Suppose that the  Accumulation Account  of a deferred  Contract is  credited
with  8,765.4321 Variable Accumulation Units of  a particular Sub-Account but is
not credited with any Fixed  Accumulation Units; that the Variable  Accumulation
Unit  value and the  Annuity Unit value  for the particular  Sub-Account for the
Valuation Period which ends immediately preceding the Annuity Commencement  Date
are  14.5645672 and 12.3456789, respectively; that  the annuity payment rate for
the age and option elected is $6.78 per $1,000; and that the Annuity Unit  value
on  the day prior to the second variable annuity payment date is 12.3856421. The
first variable annuity payment would be $865.57 (8,765.4321 X 14.5645672 X  6.78
divided  by  1,000).  The number  of  Annuity  Units credited  would  be 70.1112
($865.57 divided by 12.3456789) and the second variable annuity payment would be
$868.28 (70.1112 X 12.3843113).
 
                                   APPENDIX C
                       WITHDRAWALS AND WITHDRAWAL CHARGES
 
    This example  assumes  that  the  date of  the  full  surrender  or  partial
withdrawal is during the 9th Contract Year.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
    1          2          3          4          5          6
- ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ---------
<S>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>
1          $   1,000  $   1,000  $       0          0% $       0
2              1,200      1,200          0          0          0
3              1,400      1,280        120          3       3.60
4              1,600          0      1,600          4      64.00
5              1,800          0      1,800          4      72.00
6              2,000          0      2,000          5     100.00
7              2,000          0      2,000          5     100.00
8              2,000          0      2,000          6     120.00
9              2,000          0      2,000          6     120.00
           ---------  ---------  ---------             ---------
           $  15,000  $   3,480  $  11,520             $  579.60
           ---------  ---------  ---------             ---------
           ---------  ---------  ---------             ---------
</TABLE>
 
EXPLANATION OF COLUMNS IN TABLE
 
  COLUMNS 1 AND 2:
 
    Represent  Purchase  Payments  ("Payments") and  amounts  of  Payments. Each
Payment was made on the first day of each Contract Year.
 
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  COLUMN 3:
 
    Represents the  amounts that  may  be withdrawn  without the  imposition  of
withdrawal charges, as follows:
 
        a)    Payments  1 and  2,  $1,000  and $1,200,  respectively,  have been
    credited to the Contract for more than seven years.
 
        b)   $1,280 of  Payment 3  represents  10% of  Payments that  have  been
    credited  to  the Contract  for less  than  seven years.  The 10%  amount is
    applied to the  oldest unliquidated  Payment, then  the next  oldest and  so
    forth.
 
  COLUMN 4:
 
    Represents  the  amount of  each  Payment that  is  subject to  a withdrawal
charge. It is determined by subtracting the amount in Column 3 from the  Payment
in Column 2.
 
  COLUMN 5:
 
    Represents  the  withdrawal charge  percentages  imposed on  the  amounts in
Column 4.
 
  COLUMN 6:
 
    Represents the withdrawal charge imposed  on each Payment. It is  determined
by multiplying the amount in Column 4 by the percentage in Column 5.
 
    For example, the withdrawal charge imposed on Payment 8
            = Payment 8 Column 4 X Payment 8 Column 5
            = $2,000 X 6%
            = $120
 
FULL SURRENDER:
 
    The  total of Column  6, $579.60, represents the  total amount of withdrawal
charges imposed on Payments in this example.
 
PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL:
 
    The sum  of amounts  in Column  6 for  as many  Payments as  are  liquidated
reflects the withdrawal charges imposed in the case of a partial withdrawal.
 
    For  example,  if $7,000  of  Payments (Payments  1, 2,  3,  4, and  5) were
withdrawn, the amount  of the  withdrawal charges imposed  would be  the sum  of
amounts in Column 6 for Payments 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 which is $139.60
 
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                       SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY
                       COMPANY OF
                       NEW YORK
                       Annuity Service Mailing Address:
                       80 Broad Street
                       New York, New York 10004
 
                       GENERAL DISTRIBUTOR
                       Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc.
                       500 Boylston Street
                       Boston, Massachusetts 02116
 
                       LEGAL COUNSEL
                       Covington & Burling
                       1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
                       P.O. Box 7566
                       Washington, D.C. 20044
 
                       AUDITORS
                       Deloitte & Touche LLP
                       125 Summer Street
                       Boston, Massachusetts 02110
 
                       CO3NY-13 5/96
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                                     PART C

                                OTHER INFORMATION


Item 24.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

     (a)  The following Financial Statements are included in this Registration
Statement:

Included in Part A:

     None.

Included in Part B:

A.   Financial Statements of the Registrant:
   
     1.    Statement of Condition, December 31, 1995;
    
   
     2.    Statement of Operations, Year Ended December 31, 1995;
    
   
     3.    Statements of Changes in Net Assets, Years Ended December 31, 1995
           and 1994;
    
     4.    Notes to Financial Statements; and

     5.    Independent Auditors' Report.

B.   Financial Statements of the Depositor:
   
     1.    Balance Sheets, December 31, 1995 and 1994;
    
   
     2.    Statement of Operations, Years Ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and
           1993;
    
   
     3.    Statements of Capital Stock and Surplus, Years Ended December 31,
           1995, 1994 and 1993;
    
   
     4.    Statements of Cash Flows, Years Ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and
           1993;
    
     5.    Notes to Financial Statements; and

     6.    Independent Auditors' Report.

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     (b)   The following Exhibits are incorporated in this Registration
Statement by reference unless otherwise indicated:

     (1)   Resolution of the Board of Directors of the depositor dated December
3, 1984, authorizing the establishment of the Registrant (filed as Exhibits
A.(1) to the Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form N-8B-2, File No.
811-4183);

     (2)   Not applicable;

     (3)   (a)  Marketing Coordination and Administrative Services Agreement
between the depositor, Massachusetts  Financial  Services  Company and Clarendon
Insurance Agency, Inc. dated December 3, 1984 (filed as Exhibit A.(3)(a) to the
Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form N-8B-2);

           (b)(i)    Specimen Sales Operations and General Agent Agreement;

           (b)(ii)   Specimen Broker-Dealer Supervisory and Service Agreement;

           (b)(iii)  Specimen Registered Representatives Agent Agreement (filed
as Exhibits A.(3)(b)(i), A.(3)(b)(ii) and A.(3)(b)(iii), respectively, to the
Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form N-8B-2);

     (4)   Compass 3 Flexible Payment Deferred Combination Variable and Fixed
Annuity Contract (filed as Exhibit 4 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the
Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form N-4 Reg. No. 33-19765);

     (5)   Form of Application used with the variable annuity contract filed as
Exhibit (4) (filed as Exhibit 5 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the
Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form N-4 Reg. No. 33-19765);

     (6)   Declaration of Intent and Charter and the by-laws of the Depositor
(filed as Exhibits A.(6)(a) and A.(6)(b), respectively, to the Registration
Statement of the Registrant on Form N-8B-2).

     (7)   Not Applicable;

     (8)   Service Agreement between the depositor and Massachusetts Financial
Services Company dated December 3, 1984 (filed as Exhibit A.(8)(a) to the
Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form N-8B-2);

     (9)   Opinion of Counsel and Consent to its use as to the legality of the
securities being registered (filed as Exhibit 9 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 3
to the Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form N-4 Reg. No. 33-19765);

<PAGE>

     (10)  (a)  Consent of Deloitte & Touche (filed herewith);
           (b)  Consent of David D. Horn, Esq. (filed herewith); and
           (c)  Certification of Counsel (filed herewith);

     (11)  None;

     (12)  Not Applicable;

     (13)  Schedule for Computation of Performance Quotations (filed herewith);
           and

     (14)  Financial Data Schedule meeting the requirements of Rule 483 under
           the Securities Act of 1933 (filed herewith).

     Item 25.  DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE DEPOSITOR

Name and Principal                     Positions and Offices
Business Address                       with the Depositor
- --------------------                   ----------------------
John D. McNeil                         Chairman and Director
150 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario
  Canada  M5H 1J9

John R. Gardner                        President and Director
150 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario
  Canada  M5H 1J9

David D. Horn                          Senior Vice President
One Sun Life Executive Park            and Director
Wellesley Hills, MA  02181

John S. Lane                           Director
150 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario
  Canada  M5H 1J9

Richard B. Bailey                      Director
500 Boylston Street
Boston, MA  02116

A. Keith Brodkin                       Director
500 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116

M. Colyer Crum                         Director
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field Road
Boston, MA  02163

John G. Ireland                        Director
680 Steamboat Road
Greenwich, CT 06830

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Name and Principal                  Positions and Offices
Business Address                    with the Depositor
- --------------------                ----------------------
Edward M. Lamont                    Director
Moores Hill Road
Syosset, New York  11791

Angus A. MacNaughton                Director
950 Tower Lane
Metro Tower, Suite 1170
Foster City, California  94404

Fioravante G. Perrotta              Director
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York  10166

Ralph F. Peters                     Director
55 Strimples Mill Road
Stockton, New Jersey 08559

Pamela T. Timmins                   Director
25 East 86th Street
New York, New York  10028

Robert P. Vrolyk                    Vice President, Controller
One Sun Life Executive Park         and Actuary
Wellesley Hills, MA  02181

S. Caesar Raboy                     Vice President
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, MA  02181

Michael A. Cohen                    Vice President and
80 Broad Street                     Regional Manager
New York, New York 10004

C. James Prieur                     Vice President, Investments
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, MA  02181

L. Brock Thomson                    Vice President
One Sun Life Executive Park         and Treasurer
Wellesley Hills, MA  02181

Bonnie S. Angus                     Secretary
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, MA  02181

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Item 26.  PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH THE DEPOSITOR OR
          REGISTRANT

     No person is directly or indirectly controlled by the Registrant.  The
Registrant is a separate account of Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of
New York which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of
Canada (U.S.).  Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada.

     The  following is a list of all corporations directly or indirectly
controlled by or under common control with Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada,
showing the state or other sovereign power under the laws of which each is
organized and the percentage ownership of voting securities giving rise to the
control relationship:

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                                                                    Percent of
                                                  State or Country  Ownership
                                                  or Jurisdiction  of Voting
                                                  of Incorporation Securities
                                                  ---------------- ----------

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada               Canada              100%
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
  (U.S.)....................................       Delaware            100%
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
  (U.K.) Limited ...........................       United Kingdom      100%
Sun Life of Canada Investment Management
  Limited ..................................       Canada              100%
Sun Life of Canada Benefit Management
  Limited ..................................       Canada              100%
Spectrum United Holdings, Inc...............       Canada              100%
Sun Canada Financial Co. ...................       Delaware            100%
Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of
  New York .................................       New York              0%**
Sun Investment Services Company ............       Delaware              0%**
Sun Benefit Services Company, Inc. .........       Delaware              0%**
Sun Growth Variable Annuity Fund, Inc. .....       Delaware              0%*
Massachusetts Financial Services Company ...       Delaware              0%+
New London Trust, F.S.B.....................       Federally Chartered   0%**
Massachusetts Casualty Insurance Company....       Massachusetts         0%**
Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc. ...........       Massachusetts         0%***
MFS Service Center, Inc.....................       Delaware              0%***
MFS/Sun Life Series Trust ..................       Massachusetts         0%****
LifLifetime Advisers, Inc. .................       Delaware              0%***
MFS Financial Services, Inc. ...............       Delaware              0%***
Sun Capital Advisers, Inc. .................       Delaware              0%**
MFS International, Ltd. ....................       Ireland               0%***
MFS Asset Management, Inc. .................       Delaware              0%***
MFS Fund Distributors, Inc. ................       Delaware              0%***
MFS Retirement Services, Inc. ..............       Delaware              0%***
Sun Life Financial Service Limited .........       Bermuda               0%**
    

- ----------

   * 100% of the issued and outstanding voting securities of Sun Growth Variable
     Annuity Fund, Inc. are owned by separate accounts of Sun Life Assurance
     Company of Canada (U.S.).
   
  ** 100% of the issued and outstanding voting securities of New London Trust, 
     F.S.B., Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, Sun Investment 
     Services  Company, Sun Benefit Services Company, Inc., Sun Capital 
     Advisers, Inc., Sun Life Financial Services Limited and Massachusetts 
     Casualty Insurance Company are owned by Sun Life Assurance Company of 
     Canada (U.S.).
    
 *** 100% of the issued and outstanding voting securities of Clarendon Insurance
     Agency, Inc., MFS Service Center, Inc., Lifetime Advisers, Inc., MFS
     Financial Services, Inc., MFS International, Ltd., MFS Asset Management,
     Inc., MFS Fund Distributors, Inc., and MFS Retirement Services, Inc. are
     owned by Massachusetts Financial Services Company.
**** 100% of the issued and outstanding voting securities of MFS/Sun Life Series
     Trust are owned by separate accounts of  Sun Life Assurance Company of
     Canada (U.S.) and Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York.
   
   + 94.8% of the issued and outstanding voting securities of Massachusetts 
     Financial Services Company are owned by Sun Life Assurance Company of 
     Canada (U.S.).
    

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     Omitted from the list are subsidiaries of Sun Life Assurance Company of
Canada which, considered in the aggregate, would not constitute a "significant
subsidiary" (as that term is defined in Rule 8b-2 under Section 8 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940) of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada.

     None of the companies listed is a subsidiary of the Registrant, therefore
the only financial statements being filed are those of Sun Life Insurance and
Annuity Company of New York.

Item 27.  NUMBER OF CONTRACT OWNERS

   
     As of March 31, 1996 there were 583 qualified and 158 non-qualified
contracts participating in the investment experience of the Variable Account.
    

Item 28.  INDEMNIFICATION

     Article 5, Section 5.6 of the By-laws  of Sun Life Insurance and Annuity
Company of New York, a copy of which was filed as Exhibit A.(6)(b) to the
Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form N-8B-2 (File No. 811-4183),
provides for indemnification of directors, officers and  employees of Sun Life
Insurance and Annuity Company of New York.

     Insofar as  indemnification  for liability arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of Sun
Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York pursuant to the certificate of
incorporation, by-laws, or otherwise, Sun Life (N.Y.) has been advised that in
the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by Sun Life (N.Y.) of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer, or controlling person of Sun Life (N.Y.)  in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, Sun Life
(N.Y.) will, unless  in the opinion of their counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question  whether such indemnification by  them is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.

Item 29.  PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITERS

     (a)  Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc., which is a wholly- owned subsidiary
of Massachusetts Financial Services Company, acts as general distributor for the
Registrant, Sun Life of Canada (U.S.)  Variable Accounts C, D, E and F,  Sun
Life (N.Y.)

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Variable Accounts A and C and 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.

   
Name and Principal                          Positions and Offices
Business Address*                           with Underwriter
- -----------------                           --------------------
A. Keith Brodkin.......                   Chairman and Director**
Jeffrey L. Shames......                          Director
Arnold D. Scott........                          Director
Cynthia M. Orcutt......                          President
Bruce C. Avery.........                       Vice President
Joseph W. Dello Russo...                          Treasurer
Stephen E. Cavan.......                     Secretary and Clerk
Robert T. Burns........                     Assistant Secretary
Thomas B. Hastings.....                     Assistant Treasurer
    

- --------------------

 *   The principal business address of all directors and officers of the
     principal underwriter except Ms. Orcutt is 500 Boylston Street,  Boston,
     Massachusetts  02116.  The principal business address of Ms. Orcutt is One
     Sun Life Executive Park, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts  02181.
**   Mr. Brodkin is a Director of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)
     and Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York.

     (c)  Inapplicable.


Item 30.  LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS

     Accounts, books and other  documents required to be maintained by Section
31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Rules  promulgated
thereunder are  maintained by Sun Life Insurance and  Annuity Company of New
York, in  whole or in part, at its Home Office at 80 Broad Street, New York, New
York 10004, at the offices of Massachusetts Financial Services Company at 500
Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts  02116, or at the offices  of Sun Life
Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) at 50 Milk Street, Boston Massachusetts 02103
and One Sun Life Executive Park, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02181.

Item 31.  MANAGEMENT SERVICES

     Not applicable.

Item 32.  UNDERTAKINGS

     (a)(b)(c)  Not applicable.


<PAGE>

                                   SIGNATURES
   
     As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act
of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for
effectiveness of this Amendment to the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule
485(b) under the Securities Act of 1993 and has caused this Amendment to its
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf in the Town of Wellesley and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the 26th day of April, 1996.
    
                     Sun Life (N.Y.)
                       Variable Account B
                     (Registrant)

                     Sun Life Insurance and Annuity
                       Company of New York
                     (Depositor)


                By:*   /s/ JOHN D. McNEIL
                --------------------------------
                     John D. McNeil
                           Chairman

Attest:  /s/ BONNIE S. ANGUS
       ------------------------------
               Bonnie S. Angus
               Secretary


       As required by the Securities Act  of 1933, this Amendment to the
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons  in the
capacities with the Depositor, Sun Life Insurance and Annuity  Company of New
York, and on the dates indicated.

   
     Signatures                    Title               Date
     ----------                    -----               ----
                                 Chairman and
                                 Director
                                 (Principal
*    /s/ JOHN D. McNEIL          Executive Officer)  April 26, 1996
- ---------------------------
         John D. McNeil
    

- ---------------------------
*    By Bonnie S. Angus  pursuant to Power of Attorney filed with Post-Effective
     Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form N-
     4, Reg. No. 33-19765.

<PAGE>

   
    Signatures                       Title                Date
    ----------                       -----                ----

                                 Vice President,
                                 Controller and
                               Actuary (Principal
    /s/ ROBERT P. VROLYK       Accounting Officer)     April 26, 1996
- ------------------------------
        Robert P. Vrolyk

                                   President
*   /s/ JOHN R. GARDNER           and Director         April 26, 1996
- ------------------------------
        John R. Gardner


*   /s/ RICHARD B. BAILEY           Director           April 26, 1996
- ------------------------------
        Richard B. Bailey


*   /s/ A. KEITH BRODKIN            Director           April 26, 1996
- ------------------------------
        A. Keith Brodkin


*   /s/ JOHN S. LANE                Director           April 26, 1996
- ------------------------------
        John S. Lane

                                   Senior Vice
                                    President
*   /s/ DAVID D. HORN             and Director         April 26, 1996
- ------------------------------
         David D. Horn


*   /s/ JOHN G. IRELAND             Director           April 26, 1996
- ------------------------------
        John G. Ireland


*   /s/ EDWARD M. LAMONT            Director           April 26, 1996
- ------------------------------
        Edward M. Lamont


*   /s/ FIORAVANTE G. PERROTTA      Director           April 26, 1996
- ------------------------------
        Fioravante G. Perrotta
    

- ------------------------------

*    By Bonnie S. Angus pursuant to Power of Attorney filed with Post-Effective
     Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form N-
     4, Reg. No. 33-19765.

<PAGE>

   
    Signatures                    Title                  Date
    ----------                    -----                  ----

*  /s/ RALPH F. PETERS           Director           April 26, 1996
- ------------------------------
       Ralph F. Peters


*  /s/ PAMELA T. TIMMINS         Director           April 26, 1996
- ------------------------------
       Pamela T. Timmins


*  /s/ ANGUS A. MacNAUGHTON      Director           April 26, 1996
- ------------------------------
       Angus A. MacNaughton


*  /s/ M. COLYER CRUM            Director           April 26, 1996
- ------------------------------
       M. Colyer Crum
    

- ------------------------------

*    By Bonnie S. Angus pursuant to Power of Attorney filed with Post-Effective
     Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement of the Registrant on Form N-
     4, Reg. No. 33-19765.

 

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                                                                 Exhibit 10 (a).


               CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

   
       We consent to the use in this Post-effective Amendment No. 3 to
Registration Statement No. 33-19765 on Form N-4 of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable
Account B of our report dated February 2, 1996 accompanying the financial
statements of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account B and our report dated February
7, 1996 accompanying the financial statements of Sun Life Insurance and Annuity
Company of New York appearing in the Statement of Additional Information, which
is part of such Registration Statement.  We also consent to the references to us
under the headings "Condensed Financial Information - Accumulation Unit Values"
appearing in the Prospectus, which is part of such Registration Statement, and
"Accountants" appearing in the Statement of Additional Information.
    

   
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
April 29, 1996
    



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                                                                  Exhibit 10(b).


                               CONSENT OF COUNSEL

   
       I hereby consent to the reference to me in Post-Effective Amendment 
No. 3 to the  Registration Statement on Form N-4 of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable 
Account B under the caption "Legal Matters" in the Statement of Additional 
Information contained therein.
    

                                   DAVID D. HORN, ESQ.

   
April 26, 1996
    


<PAGE>

                                                                   Exhibit 10(c)

                            CERTIFICATION OF COUNSEL

   
           I, David D. Horn,  in my capacity as counsel for Sun Life Insurance
and Annuity Company of New York, have reviewed Post-effective Amendment No. 3 to
the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account B (the "Account")
which is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485 under the Securities
Act of 1933.  Based on my review of this Post-effective Amendment and such other
material relating to the operations of the Account as I deemed relevant, I
hereby certify as of April 30, 1996, the date of filing of this Amendment, that
the Amendment does not contain disclosure which would render it ineligible to
become effective pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.
    
   
           I hereby consent to the filing of this certification as part of Post-
effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement of the Account.
    

                                    DAVID D. HORN, ESQ.

   
April 30, 1996
    


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                                          95
Compass 3 N.Y.                                        

                      Schedule for Computation of 
                        Performance Quotations

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

1-Year SEC thru 12/31/95                 accumulated
    initial    12/31/95   12/31/94          value          ending    %
    amount   unit value  unit value  fee  less fees  cdsc   value  Change
    ------   ----------  ----------  ---  ---------  ----   -----  ------
<S> <C>      <C>         <C>         <C>  <C>       <C>    <C>     <C> 
MMS 1000.00  10.6823064  10.2716438  1.90  1038.08  54.00   984.08   -1.59%
HYS 1000.00  11.5849025  10.0367852  2.40  1151.84  54.00  1097.84    9.78%
CAS 1000.00  13.0981003   9.8770583  8.19  1317.92  54.00  1263.92   26.39%
WGS 1000.00  10.8975914   9.5512201  2.55  1138.41  54.00  1084.41    8.44%
MSS 1000.00  12.1390756   9.2925320  3.35  1302.98  54.00  1248.98   24.90%
TRS 1000.00  12.0269759   9.6190339  7.07  1243.26  54.00  1189.26   18.93%
GSS 1000.00  11.1979956   9.6514085  3.21  1157.03  54.00  1103.03   10.30%

</TABLE>
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Compass 3 N.Y. 5-Year SEC thru 12/31/95                    
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Money Market
<S>         <C>          <C>           <C>           <C> 
1000.00     10.6823064    9.3322100    1144.6706     90
 4.69       10.6823064    9.7373800       5.1451     91
 4.45       10.6823064    9.9233900       4.7903     92
 1.36       10.6823064   10.0434900       1.4465     93
 1.97       10.6823064   10.271644        2.0488     94
 1.90       10.6823064   10.682306        1.9000     95
                                          ------
           accumulated value less fees:  1129.34
                                  cdsc:    36.00
                          ending value:  1093.34      1.80%
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

High Yield
<S>        <C>          <C>            <C>              <C>
1000.00    11.5849025    5.4315900     2132.8750        < - 12/31/90
 5.73      11.5849025    7.9054300        8.3969        < - 12/31/91
 4.84      11.5849025    8.9622200        6.2564        < - 12/31/92
 2.26      11.5849025   10.4094300        2.5152        < - 12/31/93
 2.40      11.5849025   10.0367852        2.7702        < - 12/31/94
 2.40      11.5849025   11.5849025        2.4000        < - 12/31/95
                                          ------
           accumulated value less fees:  2110.54
                                  cdsc:    36.00
                          ending value:  2074.54            15.71%

</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Capital Appreciation
<S>        <C>          <C>           <C>              <C>
1000.00    13.0981003    5.7307900    2285.5663        < - 12/31/90
 6.85      13.0981003    7.9637200      11.2663        < - 12/31/91
 6.51      13.0981003    8.9243200       9.5546        < - 12/31/92
 7.54      13.0981003   10.3890700       9.5061        < - 12/31/93
 8.12      13.0981003    9.8770583      10.7680        < - 12/31/94
 8.19      13.0981003   13.0981003       8.1900        < - 12/31/95
                                         ------
           accumulated value less fees: 2236.28                   
                                  cdsc:   36.00
                          ending value: 2200.28            17.08%

</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

World Governments
<S>         <C>          <C>           <C>              <C>
1000.00     10.8975914    7.6914500    1416.8449        < - 12/31/90
 0.73       10.8975914    8.7118800       0.9131        < - 12/31/91
 1.18       10.8975914    8.6427700       1.4879        < - 12/31/92
 3.62       10.8975914   10.1398500       3.8905        < - 12/31/93
 2.77       10.8975914    9.5512201       3.1605        < - 12/31/94
 2.55       10.8975914   10.8975914       2.5500        < - 12/31/95
                                          ------
           accumulated value less fees:  1404.84
                                  cdsc:    36.00
                          ending value:  1368.84             6.48%
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Managed Sectors                                                   
<S>        <C>          <C>           <C>              <C>       
1000.00    12.1390756    5.6823600    2136.2736        < - 12/31/90
 0.84      12.1390756    9.0867600       1.1222        < - 12/31/91
 1.30      12.1390756    9.5429400       1.6537        < - 12/31/92
 2.56      12.1390756    9.5946000       3.2389        < - 12/31/93
 2.89      12.1390756    9.2925320       3.7753        < - 12/31/94
 3.35      12.1390756   12.1390756       3.3500        < - 12/31/95
                                         ------
           accumulated value less fees: 2123.13
                                  cdsc:   36.00
                          ending value: 2087.13             15.85%

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
<S>         <C>          <C>           <C>              <C>
Total Return
<S>        <C>          <C>           <C>              <C>
1000.00    12.0269759    6.9522300    1729.9451        < - 12/31/90
 3.01      12.0269759    8.3363700       4.3426        < - 12/31/91
 3.94      12.0269759    8.9260200       5.3088        < - 12/31/92
 8.74      12.0269759    9.9794300      10.5332        < - 12/31/93
 7.31      12.0269759    9.6190339       9.1399        < - 12/31/94
 7.07      12.0269759   12.0269759       7.0700        < - 12/31/95
                                         ------
           accumulated value less fees: 1693.55
                                  cdsc:   36.00
                          ending value: 1657.55            10.64%

</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Government Securities
<S>         <C>          <C>           <C>              <C>
1000.00     11.1979956    7.7573100    1443.5411        < - 12/31/90
 6.71       11.1979956    8.8607900       8.4799        < - 12/31/91
 6.24       11.1979956    9.3323300       7.4875        < - 12/31/92
 3.47       11.1979956   10.0022400       3.8848        < - 12/31/93
 3.40       11.1979956    9.6514085       3.9448        < - 12/31/94
 3.21       11.1979956   11.1979956       3.2100        < - 12/31/95
                                          ------

           accumulated value less fees:  1416.53
                                  cdsc:    36.00
                          ending value:  1380.53             6.66%
</TABLE>
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Compass 3 N.Y. Life SEC returns through: 12/31/95
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Money Market              12/31/85
<S>        <C>          <C>           <C>                 <C>
1000.00    10.6823064    7.0858400    1507.5568           12/31/85
 4.28      10.6823064    7.3885100       6.1880           12/31/86
 4.28      10.6823064    7.7314400       5.9136           12/31/87
 4.43      10.6823064    8.1689800       5.7930           12/31/88
 4.64      10.6823064    8.7742900       5.6490           12/31/89
 4.75      10.6823064    9.3322100       5.4372           12/31/90
 4.69      10.6823064    9.7373800       5.1451           12/31/91
 4.45      10.6823064    9.9233900       4.7903           12/31/92
 1.36      10.6823064   10.0434900       1.4465           12/31/93
 1.97      10.6823064   10.2716438       2.0488           12/31/94
 1.90      10.6823064   10.6823064       1.9000           12/31/95
                                         ------
 Yrs:  accumulated value less fees:     1463.25
  10        cdsc %            cdsc:        0.00
  10           0%     ending value:     1463.25               3.88%

</TABLE>

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

High Yield                12/31/85
<S>         <C>          <C>           <C>                 <C>
1000.00     11.5849025    5.1497500    2249.6048           12/31/85
 8.58       11.5849025    5.8290900      17.0521           12/31/86
 8.58       11.5849025    5.8097600      17.1089           12/31/87
 7.89       11.5849025    6.5835200      13.8839           12/31/88
 7.21       11.5849025    6.4317200      12.9868           12/31/89
 6.71       11.5849025    5.4315900      14.3116           12/31/90
 5.73       11.5849025    7.9054300       8.3969           12/31/91
 4.84       11.5849025    8.9622200       6.2564           12/31/92
 2.26       11.5849025   10.4094300       2.5152           12/31/93
 2.40       11.5849025   10.0367852       2.7702           12/31/94
 2.40       11.5849025   11.5849025       2.4000           12/31/95
                                          ------
Yrs:   accumulated value less fees:      2151.92
 10             cdsc %        cdsc:         0.00
 10               0%  ending value:      2151.92               7.96%

</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                               
Capital Appreciation      12/31/85                                
<S>        <C>          <C>           <C>                 <C>
1000.00    13.0981003    3.4727500    3771.6796           12/31/85
 8.45      13.0981003    4.1556300      26.6335           12/31/86
 8.45      13.0981003    4.1957900      26.3786           12/31/87
 8.38      13.0981003    4.4318900      24.7664           12/31/88
 7.90      13.0981003    6.4333900      16.0841           12/31/89
 7.24      13.0981003    5.7307900      16.5475           12/31/90
 6.85      13.0981003    7.9637200      11.2663           12/31/91
 6.51      13.0981003    8.9243200       9.5546           12/31/92
 7.54      13.0981003   10.3890700       9.5061           12/31/93
 8.12      13.0981003    9.8770583      10.7680           12/31/94
 8.19      13.0981003   13.0981003       8.1900           12/31/95
                                         ------
Yrs:  accumulated value less fees:      3611.98
 10             cdsc %       cdsc:         0.00
 10               0% ending value:      3611.98              13.70%

</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

World Governments          5/16/88                                
<S>        <C>          <C>           <C>                 <C>
1000.00    10.8975914    6.1439000    1773.7254            5/16/88
 0.23      10.8975914    6.3537200       0.3945            5/31/89
 0.40      10.8975914    6.8797800       0.6336            5/31/90
 0.73      10.8975914    7.5518700       1.0534            5/31/91
 1.18      10.8975914    8.6248100       1.4909            5/31/92
 3.62      10.8975914    9.2595300       4.2604            5/31/93
 2.77      10.8975914    9.1967992       3.2823            5/31/94
 2.55      10.8975914   10.6268770       2.6150            5/31/95
 2.55      10.8975914   10.8975914       2.5500           12/31/95
                                         ------
Yrs:  accumulated value less fees:      1757.45     
7.630137       cdsc %        cdsc:         0.00     
 8               0%  ending value:      1757.45              7.67%

</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Managed Sectors            5/27/88
<S>        <C>          <C>           <C>                 <C>
1000.00    12.1390756    4.3235400    2807.6705            5/27/88
 0.17      12.1390756    5.7985400       0.3559            5/31/89
 0.46      12.1390756    6.4178900       0.8701            5/31/90
 0.84      12.1390756    7.0740600       1.4414            5/31/91
 1.30      12.1390756    8.2389100       1.9154            5/31/92
 2.56      12.1390756    9.2056600       3.3758            5/31/93
 2.89      12.1390756    9.2434971       3.7953            5/31/94
 3.35      12.1390756   10.9353448       3.7188            5/31/95
 3.35      12.1390756   12.1390756       3.3500           12/31/95
                                         ------
Yrs:  accumulated value less fees:      2788.85
 7.6            cdsc %       cdsc:         0.00
 8                0% ending value:      2788.85              14.45%

</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Total Return               5/16/88
<S>        <C>          <C>           <C>                 <C>
1000.00    12.0269759    5.6508500    2128.3481            5/16/88
 1.01      12.0269759    6.4831100       1.8737            5/31/89
 2.03      12.0269759    6.9748200       3.5004            5/31/90
 3.01      12.0269759    7.7019800       4.7002            5/31/91
 3.94      12.0269759    8.4994100       5.5752            5/31/92
 8.74      12.0269759    9.5715200      10.9821            5/31/93
 7.31      12.0269759    9.7039037       9.0600            5/31/94
 7.07      12.0269759   10.8209092       7.8580            5/31/95
 7.07      12.0269759   12.0269759       7.0700           12/31/95
                                         ------
Yrs:  accumulated value less fees:      2077.73
 7.630137       cdsc %       cdsc:         0.00
 8                0% ending value:      2077.73            10.06%

</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                               
Government Securities                  12/31/85
<S>        <C>          <C>           <C>                 <C>
1000.00    11.1979956    5.2533200    2131.6036           12/31/85
 8.69      11.1979956    6.0270700      16.1456           12/31/86
 8.69      11.1979956    6.1185400      15.9042           12/31/87
 8.57      11.1979956    6.4924400      14.7813           12/31/88
 7.99      11.1979956    7.2251700      12.3834           12/31/89
 7.24      11.1979956    7.7573100      10.4512           12/31/90
 6.71      11.1979956    8.8607900       8.4799           12/31/91
 6.24      11.1979956    9.3323300       7.4875           12/31/92
 3.47      11.1979956   10.0022400       3.8848           12/31/93
 3.40      11.1979956    9.6514085       3.9448           12/31/94
 3.21      11.1979956   11.1979956       3.2100           12/31/95
                                         ------
Yrs:  accumulated value less fees:      2034.93     
 10             cdsc %       cdsc:         0.00
 10               0% ending value:      2034.93               7.36%

</TABLE>
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COMPASS 3 NEW YORK                                        12/31/95
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

NON-STANDARDIZED RESULTS

High Yield Series
 <S>        <C>          <C>        <C>          <C>           <C>
 1/1/95  -  12/31/95     10000 x    (11.5849025  /10.0367852)  =  11542.44
 1/1/94  -  12/31/95     10000 x    (11.5849025  /10.4094300)  =  11129.24
 1/1/93  -  12/31/95     10000 x    (11.5849025  / 8.9622200)  =  12926.38
 1/1/92  -  12/31/95     10000 x    (11.5849025  / 7.9054300)  =  14654.36
 1/1/91  -  12/31/95     10000 x    (11.5849025  / 5.4315900)  =  21328.75
 1/1/86  -  12/31/95     10000 x    (11.5849025  / 5.1497500)  =  22496.05
8/13/85  -  12/31/95     10000 x    (11.5849025  / 4.9847800)  =  23240.55

</TABLE>

<TABLE>

 <S>        <C>         <C>                       <C>     <C>
 1/1/95  -  12/31/95    1.154244    (1)           -1      = 15.42%
 1/1/94  -  12/31/95    1.112924  (1/2)           -1      =  5.50%
 1/1/93  -  12/31/95    1.292638  (1/3)           -1      =  8.93%
 1/1/92  -  12/31/95    1.465436  (1/4)           -1      = 10.03%
 1/1/91  -  12/31/95    2.132875  (1/5)           -1      = 16.36%
 1/1/86  -  12/31/95    2.249605 (1/10)           -1      =  8.45%
8/13/85  -  12/31/95    2.324055 (1/10.389041)    -1      =  8.46%

</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

Capital Appreciation Series                                     
<S>           <C>            <C>       <C>            <C>            <C>   
 1/1/95  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (13.0981003    / 9.8770583)   = 13261.13
 1/1/94  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (13.0981003    / 10.3890700)  = 12607.58
 1/1/93  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (13.0981003    / 8.9243200)   = 14676.86
 1/1/92  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (13.0981003    / 7.9637200)   = 16447.21
 1/1/91  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (13.0981003    / 5.7307900)   = 22855.66
 1/1/86  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (13.0981003    / 3.4727500)   = 37716.80
8/13/85  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (13.0981003    / 3.2584500)   = 40197.33

</TABLE>

<TABLE>

 <S>        <C>         <C>                       <C>     <C>
 1/1/95  -  12/31/95    1.326113    (1)           -1      = 32.61%
 1/1/94  -  12/31/95    1.260758  (1/2)           -1      = 12.28%
 1/1/93  -  12/31/95    1.467686  (1/3)           -1      = 13.64%
 1/1/92  -  12/31/95    1.644721  (1/4)           -1      = 13.25%
 1/1/91  -  12/31/95    2.285566  (1/5)           -1      = 17.98%
 1/1/86  -  12/31/95    3.771680 (1/10)           -1      = 14.20%
8/13/85  -  12/31/95    4.019733 (1/10.389041     -1      = 14.33%

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<CAPTION>

Government Securities Series
<S>            <C>            <C>       <C>            <C>            <C>   
 1/1/95  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (11.1979956    / 9.6514085)   = 11602.45
 1/1/94  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (11.1979956    / 10.0022400)  = 11195.49
 1/1/93  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (11.1979956    / 9.3323300)   = 11999.14
 1/1/92  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (11.1979956    / 8.8607900)   = 12637.69
 1/1/91  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (11.1979956    / 7.7573100)   = 14435.41
 1/1/86  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (11.1979956    / 5.2533200)   = 21316.04
8/12/85  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (11.1979956    / 5.0431000)   = 22204.59

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 <S>        <C>         <C>                      <C>        <C>
 1/1/95  -  12/31/95    1.160245 (1)             -1         = 16.02%
 1/1/94  -  12/31/95    1.119549 (1/2)           -1         =  5.81%
 1/1/93  -  12/31/95    1.199914 (1/3)           -1         =  6.26%
 1/1/92  -  12/31/95    1.263769 (1/4)           -1         =  6.03%
 1/1/91  -  12/31/95    1.443541 (1/5)           -1         =  7.62%
 1/1/86  -  12/31/95    2.131604 (1/10)          -1         =  7.86%
8/12/85  -  12/31/95    2.220459 (1/10.391781)   -1         =  7.98%

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<CAPTION>

World Governments Series                                        
<S>           <C>            <C>       <C>            <C>            <C> 
 1/1/95  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (10.8975914    / 9.5512201)   = 11409.63
 1/1/94  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (10.8975914    / 10.1398500)  = 10747.29
 1/1/93  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (10.8975914    / 8.6427700)   = 12608.91
 1/1/92  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (10.8975914    / 8.7118800)   = 12508.89
 1/1/91  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (10.8975914    / 7.6914500)   = 14168.45
 1/1/86  -    12/31/95                           
5/16/88  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (10.8975914    / 6.1439000)   = 17737.25

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<TABLE>
<S>           <C>            <C>                     <C>      <C>  
 1/1/95  -    12/31/95       1.140963 (1)            -1        = 14.10%
 1/1/94  -    12/31/95       1.074729 (1/2)          -1        = 3.67%
 1/1/93  -    12/31/95       1.260891 (1/3)          -1        = 8.03%
 1/1/92  -    12/31/95       1.250889 (1/4)          -1        = 5.76%
 1/1/91  -    12/31/95       1.416845 (1/5)          -1        = 7.22%
 1/1/86  -    12/31/95                           
5/16/88  -    12/31/95       1.773725 (1/7.630137)   -1        = 7.80%

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Managed Sectors Series                                     
<S>           <C>            <C>       <C>            <C>            <C>
 1/1/95  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (12.1390756    / 9.2925320)   = 13063.26
 1/1/94  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (12.1390756    / 9.5946000)   = 12651.99
 1/1/93  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (12.1390756    / 9.5429400)   = 12720.48
 1/1/92  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (12.1390756    / 9.0867600)   = 13359.08
 1/1/91  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (12.1390756    / 5.6823600)   = 21362.74
 1/1/86  -    12/31/95                           
5/27/88  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (12.1390756    / 4.3235400)   = 28076.70

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<TABLE>
<S>           <C>            <C>                     <C>      <C>
 1/1/95  -    12/31/95       1.306326 (1)            -1        = 30.63%
 1/1/94  -    12/31/95       1.265199 (1/2)          -1        = 12.48%
 1/1/93  -    12/31/95       1.272048 (1/3)          -1        = 8.35%
 1/1/92  -    12/31/95       1.335908 (1/4)          -1        = 7.51%
 1/1/91  -    12/31/95       2.136274 (1/5)          -1        = 16.39%
 1/1/86  -    12/31/95                           
5/27/88  -    12/31/95       2.807670 (1/7.600000)   -1        = 14.55%

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<CAPTION>

Total Return Series                                        
<S>           <C>            <C>       <C>            <C>            <C>
 1/1/95  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (12.0269759    / 9.6190339)   = 12503.31
 1/1/94  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (12.0269759    / 9.9794300)   = 12051.77
 1/1/93  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (12.0269759    / 8.9260200)   = 13474.06
 1/1/92  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (12.0269759    / 8.3363700)   = 14427.11
 1/1/91  -    12/31/95       10000 x   (12.0269759    / 6.9522300)   = 17299.45
 1/1/86  -    12/31/95                           
 5/16/88 -    12/31/95       10000 x   (12.0269759    / 5.6508500)   = 21283.48

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<TABLE>
<S>           <C>            <C>                     <C>       <C>
 1/1/95  -    12/31/95       1.250331 (1)            -1        = 25.03%
 1/1/94  -    12/31/95       1.205177 (1/2)          -1        = 9.78%
 1/1/93  -    12/31/95       1.347406 (1/3)          -1        = 10.45%
 1/1/92  -    12/31/95       1.442711 (1/4)          -1        = 9.60%
 1/1/91  -    12/31/95       1.729945 (1/5)          -1        = 11.59%
 1/1/86  -    12/31/95                           
5/16/88  -    12/31/95       2.128348 (1/7.630137)   -1        = 10.41%  

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<PAGE>
<ARTICLE> 6
<LEGEND>
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF SUN LIFE (N.Y.) VARIABLE ACCOUNT B-COMPASS 3 AND IS 
QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY SUCH REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>    N/A
       
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