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PARKSTONE ADVANTAGE VARIABLE ANNUITY
INDIVIDUAL FLEXIBLE PURCHASE PAYMENT
DEFERRED VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACT
ISSUED BY: MAILING ADDRESS:
SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY PARKSTONE ADVANTAGE CUSTOMER SERVICE
700 SW HARRISON STREET 157 S. KALAMAZOO MALL
TOPEKA, KANSAS 66636-0001 P.O. BOX 50551
1-800-355-4555 KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN 49005-0551
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This Prospectus describes Parkstone Variable Annuity--an individual
flexible purchase payment deferred variable annuity contract (the "Contract")
offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company ("Security Benefit"). The
Contract is available for individuals as a non-tax qualified retirement plan
("Non-Qualified Plan") or in connection with a retirement plan qualified under
Section 401, 403(b), 408, or 457 of the Internal Revenue Code ("Qualified
Plan"). Two types of the Contract are offered: one for individuals (the
"Individual Contracts") and one for trusts and customers of financial
institutions' trust departments (the "Trust Contracts"). The Contract is
designed to give Contractowners flexibility in planning for retirement and other
financial goals.
During the Accumulation Period, the Contract provides for the accumulation
of a Contractowner's value on either a variable basis, a fixed basis, or both.
The Contract also provides several options for annuity payments on either a
variable basis, a fixed basis, or both to begin on a future date. The minimum
initial purchase payment is $5,000 ($50 if made pursuant to an Automatic
Investment Program) to purchase an Individual Contract in connection with a
Non-Qualified Plan, $2,000 ($50 if made pursuant to an Automatic Investment
Program) to purchase an Individual Contract in connection with a Qualified Plan
and $50,000 to purchase a Trust Contract. Subsequent purchase payments are
flexible, though they must be for at least $2,000 ($50 if made pursuant to an
Automatic Investment Program) for an Individual Contract or $5,000 for a Trust
Contract. Purchase payments may be allocated at the Contractowner's discretion
to one or more of the Subaccounts that comprise a separate account of Security
Benefit called the Parkstone Variable Annuity Account (the "Separate Account"),
or to the Fixed Account of Security Benefit. The Subaccounts are listed below.
Parkstone Bond Subaccount
Parkstone Mid Capitalization Subaccount
Parkstone Small Capitalization Subaccount
Parkstone International Discovery Subaccount
Colonial U.S. Stock Subaccount
Colonial Strategic Income Subaccount
Newport Tiger Subaccount
SBL Money Market Subaccount
Lexington Global Aggressive Bond Subaccount
T. Rowe Price Equity Income Subaccount
SBL Social Awareness Subaccount
The Contract Value in the Fixed Account will accrue interest at rates that are
paid by Security Benefit as described in "The Fixed Account," page 25.
The Contract Value in the Subaccounts under a Contract will vary based on
investment performance of the Subaccounts to which the Contract Value is
allocated. No minimum amount of Contract Value is guaranteed.
A Contract may be returned according to the terms of its Free-Look Right
(see "Free-Look Right," page 19).
This Prospectus concisely sets forth information about the Contract and the
Separate Account that a prospective investor should know before investing.
Certain additional information is contained in a "Statement of Additional
Information," dated November 30, 1997, as supplemented January 30, 1998, which
has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The
Statement of Additional Information, as it may be supplemented from time to
time, is incorporated by reference into this Prospectus and is available at no
charge, by writing Security Benefit at 700 SW Harrison Street, Topeka, Kansas
66636-0001 or by calling 1-800-355-4555. The table of contents of the Statement
of Additional Information is set forth on page 36 of this Prospectus.
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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 ACCOMPANIED BY THE CURRENT PROSPECTUS FOR THE PARKSTONE
ADVANTAGE FUND, KEYPORT VARIABLE INVESTMENT TRUST AND SBL FUND. ALL PROSPECTUSES
SHOULD BE READ CAREFULLY AND RETAINED FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
THE CONTRACT INVOLVES RISK, INCLUDING LOSS OF PRINCIPAL, AND IS NOT A
DEPOSIT OR OBLIGATION OF, OR GUARANTEED OR ENDORSED BY, ANY BANK. THE CONTRACT
IS NOT FEDERALLY INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, THE
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD, OR ANY OTHER AGENCY.
DATE: NOVEMBER 30, 1997, AS SUPPLEMENTED JANUARY 30, 1998
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
DEFINITIONS............................................................... 5
SUMMARY................................................................... 6
Purpose of the Contract................................................. 6
The Separate Account and the Mutual Funds............................... 6
Fixed Account........................................................... 6
Purchase Payments....................................................... 6
Contract Benefits....................................................... 6
Free-Look Right......................................................... 7
Charges and Deductions.................................................. 7
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge...................................... 7
Mortality and Expense Risk Charge..................................... 7
Administrative Charge................................................. 7
Premium Tax Charge.................................................... 7
Other Expenses........................................................ 8
Contacting Security Benefit............................................. 8
EXPENSE TABLE............................................................. 8
Contractual Expenses.................................................... 8
Separate Account Annual Expenses........................................ 8
Annual Mutual Fund Expenses After Expense Limitation.................... 8
CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION........................................... 11
INFORMATION ABOUT SECURITY BENEFIT, THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT, AND THE
MUTUAL FUNDS.............................................................. 13
Security Benefit Life Insurance Company................................. 13
Separate Account........................................................ 13
The Mutual Funds........................................................ 13
Parkstone Bond Fund................................................... 14
Parkstone Mid Capitalization Fund..................................... 14
Parkstone International Discovery Fund................................ 14
Parkstone Small Capitalization Fund................................... 14
Colonial U.S. Stock Fund, Variable Series............................. 14
Colonial Strategic Income Fund, Variable Series....................... 14
Newport Tiger Fund, Variable Series................................... 14
Money Market Series (Series C)........................................ 14
Global Aggressive Bond Series (Series K).............................. 14
Equity Income Series (Series O)....................................... 14
Social Awareness Series (Series S).................................... 14
Proposed Substitution................................................... 14
The Investment Advisers................................................. 15
THE CONTRACT.............................................................. 15
General................................................................. 15
Application for a Contract.............................................. 15
Purchase Payments....................................................... 16
Allocation of Purchase Payments......................................... 16
Dollar Cost Averaging Option............................................ 16
Asset Rebalancing Option................................................ 17
Transfers of Contract Value............................................. 17
Contract Value.......................................................... 18
Determination of Contract Value......................................... 18
Full and Partial Withdrawals............................................ 18
Systematic Withdrawals.................................................. 19
Free-Look Right......................................................... 19
Death Benefit........................................................... 20
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CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS.................................................... 20
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge........................................ 20
Hospital/Nursing Home Waiver.......................................... 21
Mortality and Expense Risk Charge....................................... 21
Administrative Charge................................................... 22
Premium Tax Charge...................................................... 22
Other Charges........................................................... 22
Variations in Charges................................................... 22
Guarantee of Certain Charges............................................ 22
Mutual Fund Expenses.................................................... 22
ANNUITY PERIOD............................................................ 22
General................................................................. 22
Annuity Options......................................................... 23
Option 1--Life Income................................................. 23
Option 2--Life Income with Guaranteed Payments of 5, 10, 15 or
20 Years............................................................ 23
Option 3--Life with Installment Refund Option......................... 24
Option 4--Joint and Last Survivor..................................... 24
Option 5--Payments for a Specified Period............................. 24
Option 6--Payments of a Specified Amount.............................. 24
Option 7--Period Certain.............................................. 24
Option 8--Joint and Contingent Survivor Option........................ 24
Value of Variable Annuity Payments: Assumed Interest Rate............ 24
Selection of an Option.................................................. 24
THE FIXED ACCOUNT......................................................... 25
Interest................................................................ 25
Death Benefit........................................................... 25
Contract Charges........................................................ 25
Transfers and Withdrawals............................................... 25
Payments from the Fixed Account......................................... 26
MORE ABOUT THE CONTRACT................................................... 26
Ownership............................................................... 26
Joint Owners.......................................................... 26
Designation and Change of Beneficiary................................... 26
Participating........................................................... 26
Payments from the Separate Account...................................... 26
Proof of Age and Survival............................................... 26
Misstatements........................................................... 26
Loans................................................................... 26
Restrictions on Withdrawals from Qualified Plans........................ 27
Restrictions on Withdrawals from 403(b) Programs........................ 27
FEDERAL TAX MATTERS....................................................... 28
Introduction............................................................ 28
Tax Status of Security Benefit and the Separate Account................. 28
General............................................................... 28
Charge for Security Benefit Taxes..................................... 28
Diversification Standards............................................. 29
Taxation of Annuities in General - Non-Qualified Plans.................. 29
Surrenders or Withdrawals Prior to the Annuity Start Date............. 29
Surrenders or Withdrawals on or after Annuity Start Date.............. 29
Penalty Tax on Certain Surrenders and Withdrawals..................... 30
Additional Considerations............................................... 30
Distribution-at-Death Rules........................................... 30
Gift of Annuity Contracts............................................. 30
Contracts Owned by Non-Natural Persons................................ 30
Multiple Contract Rule................................................ 30
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Qualified Plans......................................................... 31
Section 401........................................................... 31
Section 403(b)........................................................ 32
Section 408........................................................... 32
Section 457........................................................... 33
Tax Penalties......................................................... 33
Withholding........................................................... 33
OTHER INFORMATION......................................................... 33
Voting of Mutual Fund Shares............................................ 33
Substitution of Investments............................................. 34
Changes to Comply with Law and Amendments............................... 35
Reports to Owners....................................................... 35
Telephone Transfer Privileges........................................... 35
Legal Proceedings....................................................... 35
Legal Matters........................................................... 35
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION................................................... 35
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.................................................... 36
Registration Statement.................................................. 36
Financial Statements.................................................... 36
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION....................................... 36
THE CONTRACT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN ALL STATES. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE
AN OFFERING IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFERING MAY NOT BE LAWFULLY MADE.
NO PERSON IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
OFFERING OTHER THAN AS CONTAINED IN THIS PROSPECTUS OR THE STATEMENT OF
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, THE MUTUAL FUND PROSPECTUS OR THE STATEMENT OF
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OF THE MUTUAL FUND, OR ANY SUPPLEMENT THERETO.
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DEFINITIONS
Various terms commonly used in this Prospectus are defined as follows:
ACCUMULATION PERIOD -- The period commencing on the Contract Date and
ending on the Annuity Start Date or, if earlier, when the Contract is
terminated, either through a full withdrawal, payment of charges, or payment of
the death benefit proceeds.
ACCUMULATION UNIT -- A unit of measure used to calculate the value of a
Contractowner's interest in a Subaccount during the Accumulation Period. It is
also used to calculate variable annuity payments for Annuity Options 5 and 6.
ANNUITANT -- The person or persons on whose life annuity payments depend or
designated to receive annuity payments. If Joint Annuitants are named in the
Contract, "Annuitant" means both Annuitants unless otherwise stated.
ANNUITY -- A series of periodic annuity payments made by Security Benefit
to an Annuitant, Joint Annuitant, or Beneficiary during the period specified in
the Annuity Option.
ANNUITY OPTIONS -- Options under the Contract that prescribe the provisions
under which a series of annuity payments are made.
ANNUITY PERIOD -- The period during which annuity payments are made.
ANNUITY START DATE -- The date when annuity payments are to begin.
AUTOMATIC INVESTMENT PROGRAM -- A program pursuant to which purchase
payments are automatically paid from the owner's bank account on a specified day
of the month, on a monthly, quarterly, semiannual or annual basis, or a salary
reduction arrangement.
CONTRACT DATE -- The date shown as the Contract Date in a Contract. Annual
Contract anniversaries are measured from the Contract Date. It is usually the
date that the initial purchase payment is credited to the Contract.
CONTRACT DEBT -- The unpaid loan balance including accrued loan interest.
CONTRACTOWNER OR OWNER -- The person entitled to the ownership rights under
the Contract and in whose name the Contract is issued.
CONTRACT VALUE -- The total value of the amounts in a Contract allocated to
the Subaccounts of the Separate Account and the Fixed Account as well as any
amount set aside in the Fixed Account to secure loans as of any Valuation Date.
CONTRACT YEAR -- Each twelve-month period measured from the Contract Date.
DESIGNATED BENEFICIARY -- The person having the right to the death benefit,
if any, payable upon the death of the Owner during the Accumulation Period is
the first person on the following list who is alive on the date of the Owner's
death: the Owner; Joint Owner; Primary Beneficiary; Contingent Beneficiary;
Annuitant; or if none of the above are alive, the Owner's Estate. For a Contract
issued prior to December 1, 1997, the Designated Beneficiary is the first person
on the following list who is alive on the date of the Owner's death: the Primary
Beneficiary; Contingent Beneficiary; Owner; Joint Owner; Annuitant; or if none
of the above are alive, the Owner's estate.
FIXED ACCOUNT -- An account that is part of Security Benefit's General
Account in which all or a portion of the Contract Value may be held for
accumulation at fixed rates of interest (which may not be less than 3.0 percent
or for Contracts issued prior to December 1, 1997, 3.5 percent) declared by
Security Benefit periodically at its discretion.
FULL WITHDRAWAL VALUE -- The amount a Contractowner may receive upon full
withdrawal of the Contract, which is equal to Contract Value less any applicable
contingent deferred sales charge, any premium taxes and any Contract Debt.
GENERAL ACCOUNT -- All assets of Security Benefit other than those
allocated to the Separate Account or to any other separate account of Security
Benefit.
HOME OFFICE -- The Annuity Administration Department at Security Benefit's
office at 700 Harrison Street, Topeka, Kansas 66636.
HOSPITAL -- An institution that is licensed as such by the Joint Commission
of Accreditation of Hospitals, or any lawfully operated institution that
provides in-patient treatment of sick and injured persons through medical,
diagnostic and surgical facilities directed by physicians and 24 hour nursing
services.
MUTUAL FUNDS -- The Parkstone Advantage Fund, Liberty Variable Investment
Trust and SBL Fund. Each Mutual Fund is a diversified, open-end management
investment company commonly referred to as a mutual fund.
PURCHASE PAYMENT -- The amounts paid to Security Benefit as consideration
for the Contract.
QUALIFIED SKILLED NURSING FACILITY -- A facility licensed by the state to
provide on a daily basis convalescent or chronic care for in-patients who, by
reason of infirmity or illness, are not able to care for themselves.
SEPARATE ACCOUNT -- The Parkstone Variable Annuity Account. A separate
account of Security Benefit that consists of accounts, referred to as
Subaccounts, each of which invests in a separate Series of one of the Mutual
Funds.
SUBACCOUNT -- A Subaccount of the Separate Account of Security Benefit to
which the Contract Value under the Contract may be allocated for variable
accumulation. Currently, eleven Subaccounts are available under the Contract.
VALUATION DATE -- Each date on which the Separate Account is valued, which
currently includes each day that the New York Stock Exchange and Security
Benefit's Home Office are open for trading. The New York Stock Exchange and the
Home Office are closed on weekends and on the following holidays: New Year's
Day, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial
Day, July Fourth, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
VALUATION PERIOD -- A period used in measuring the investment experience of
each Subaccount of the Separate Account. A Valuation Period begins at the close
of one Valuation Date and ends at the close of the next succeeding Valuation
Date.
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SUMMARY
This summary is intended to provide a brief overview of the more
significant aspects of the Contract. Further detail is provided in this
Prospectus, the Statement of Additional Information, and the Contract. Unless
the context indicates otherwise, the discussion in this summary and the
remainder of the Prospectus relates to the portion of the Contract involving the
Separate Account. The Fixed Account is briefly described under "The Fixed
Account," page 25 and in the Contract.
PURPOSE OF THE CONTRACT
The individual flexible purchase payment deferred variable annuity contract
("the Contract") described in this Prospectus is designed to give Contractowners
flexibility in planning for retirement and other financial goals. The Contract
provides for the accumulation of values on a variable basis, a fixed basis, or
both, during the Accumulation Period and provides several options for annuity
payments on a variable basis, a fixed basis, or both. During the Accumulation
Period, an Owner can pursue various allocation options by allocating purchase
payments to the Subaccounts of the Separate Account or to the Fixed Account. See
"The Contract," page 15.
The Contract is eligible for purchase as a non-tax qualified retirement
plan for an individual ("Non-Qualified Plan"). The Contract is also eligible for
an individual in connection with a retirement plan qualified under Section 401,
403(b), 408, or 457 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. These
plans are sometimes referred to in this Prospectus as "Qualified Plans."
THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT AND THE MUTUAL FUNDS
Purchase payments designated to accumulate on a variable basis are
allocated to the Separate Account. See "Separate Account," page 13. The Separate
Account is currently divided into eleven accounts referred to as Subaccounts.
Each Subaccount invests exclusively in shares of a corresponding portfolio
("Series") of one of the Parkstone Advantage Fund, Liberty Variable Investment
Trust and SBL Fund (the "Mutual Funds"). The Series of the Mutual Funds, each of
which Series has a different investment objective or objectives, are listed
under the respective Mutual Funds below.
PARKSTONE ADVANTAGE FUND
Parkstone Bond Fund
Parkstone Mid Capitalization Fund (formerly Equity)
Parkstone Small Capitalization Fund
Parkstone International Discovery Fund
LIBERTY VARIABLE INVESTMENT TRUST
Colonial U.S. Stock Fund, Variable Series
Colonial Strategic Income Fund, Variable Series
Newport Tiger Fund, Variable Series
SBL FUND
Money Market Series (Series C)
Global Aggressive Bond Series (Series K)
Equity Income Series (Series O)
Social Awareness Series (Series S)
See "The Mutual Funds," page 13. Amounts held in a Subaccount will increase or
decrease in dollar value depending on the investment performance of the
corresponding Series of the Mutual Fund in which such Subaccount invests. The
Contractowner bears the investment risk for amounts allocated to a Subaccount of
the Separate Account.
FIXED ACCOUNT
Purchase payments designated to accumulate on a fixed basis may be
allocated to the Fixed Account, which is part of Security Benefit's General
Account. Amounts allocated to the Fixed Account earn interest at rates
determined at the discretion of Security Benefit and that are guaranteed to be
at least an effective annual rate of 3.0 percent (3.5 percent for Contracts
issued prior to December 1, 1997). See "The Fixed Account," page 25.
PURCHASE PAYMENTS
The minimum initial purchase payment is $5,000 ($50 if made pursuant to an
Automatic Investment Program) for an Individual Contract issued in connection
with a Non-Qualified Plan, $2,000 ($50 if made pursuant to an Automatic
Investment Program) for an Individual Contract issued in connection with a
Qualified Plan and $50,000 for a Trust Contract. Thereafter, the Contractowner
may choose the amount and frequency of purchase payments, except that the
minimum subsequent purchase payment is $2,000 ($50 if made pursuant to an
Automatic Investment Program) for an Individual Contract or $5,000 for a Trust
Contract.
CONTRACT BENEFITS
During the Accumulation Period, Contract Value may be transferred by the
Contractowner among the Subaccounts of the Separate Account and to and from the
Fixed Account, subject to certain restrictions as described in "Transfers of
Contract Value," page 17.
At any time before the Annuity Start Date, a Contract may be surrendered
for its Full Withdrawal Value, and partial withdrawals, including systematic
withdrawals, may be taken from the Contract Value. Full and partial withdrawals,
including systematic withdrawals, from Individual Contracts may result in the
deduction of a contingent deferred sales charge. See "Full and Partial
Withdrawals," page 18 and "Systematic Withdrawals," page 19 for more
information, including the possible charges and tax consequences associated with
full and partial withdrawals.
The Contract provides for a death benefit upon the death of the Owner
during the Accumulation Period. See "Death Benefit," page 20 for more
information. The Contract
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provides for several Annuity Options on either a variable basis, a fixed basis,
or both. Payments under the fixed Annuity Options will be guaranteed by Security
Benefit. See "Annuity Period," page 22.
FREE-LOOK RIGHT
An Owner may return a Contract to Security Benefit within the Free-Look
Period, which is generally a ten-day period beginning when the Owner receives
the Contract. In this event, Security Benefit will refund to the Owner purchase
payments allocated to the Fixed Account plus the Contract Value in the
Subaccounts. Security Benefit will refund purchase payments allocated to the
Subaccounts rather than the Contract Value in those states and circumstances
where it is required to do so.
CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS
Security Benefit does not make any deductions for sales load from purchase
payments before allocating them to the Contract Value. Certain charges will be
deducted in connection with the Contract.
CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGE
A contingent deferred sales charge (which also may be referred to as a
withdrawal charge) may be assessed by Security Benefit on a full or partial
withdrawal, including a systematic withdrawal, from an Individual Contract
during the Accumulation Period to the extent the amount withdrawn is
attributable to purchase payments made. The withdrawal charge will be waived on
the FIRST withdrawal in a Contract Year to the extent that such withdrawal does
not exceed 10 percent of the Contract Value on the date of the withdrawal ("Free
Withdrawal Privilege"). If a second or subsequent withdrawal in the same
Contract Year is made, a withdrawal charge may be assessed on the entire amount
withdrawn. The withdrawal charge will be waived on systematic withdrawals to the
extent that systematic withdrawals during the Contract Year do not exceed 10
percent of the Contract Value on the date of the first systematic withdrawal in
any Contract Year. If a partial withdrawal and a systematic withdrawal are taken
in the same Contract Year, the Free Withdrawal Privilege will apply to the
partial withdrawal only if it occurs earlier than the first systematic
withdrawal in that Contract Year. The amount of the withdrawal charge will
depend upon the number of years that a purchase payment has remained credited
under the Contract, as follows:
For Contracts
Issued Prior to
Age of Purchase Withdrawal December 1, 1997
Payment in Years Charge Withdrawal Charge
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1 7% 5%
2 6% 5%
3 5% 5%
4 4% 5%
5 3% 4%
6 2% 3%
7 1% 2%
8 0% 0%
In no event will the amount of any withdrawal charge, when added to any
such charge previously assessed against any amount withdrawn from the Contract,
exceed 7 percent (for Contracts issued prior to December 1, 1997, 5 percent) of
the purchase payments paid under a Contract. This charge is not assessed upon a
full or partial withdrawal from a Trust Contract. See "Contingent Deferred Sales
Charge," page 20.
MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK CHARGE
Security Benefit deducts a daily charge from the assets of each Subaccount
for mortality and expense risks equal to an annual rate of 1.25 percent (1.2
percent during Annuity Options 1 through 4, 7 and 8) of each Subaccount's
average daily net assets that fund the Individual Contracts and .65 percent of
each Subaccount's average daily net assets that fund the Trust Contracts. See
"Mortality and Expense Risk Charge," page 21.
ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE
Security Benefit deducts a daily administrative charge equal to an annual
rate of .15 percent (0 percent during Annuity Options 1 through 4, 7 and 8) of
each Subaccount's average daily net assets that fund the Individual Contracts
and .05 percent of each Subaccount's average daily net assets that fund the
Trust Contracts. See "Administrative Charge," page 22.
PREMIUM TAX CHARGE
Security Benefit assesses a premium tax charge to reimburse itself for any
premium taxes that it incurs. This charge will usually be deducted on
annuitization or upon full withdrawal if a premium tax was incurred by Security
Benefit and is not refundable. Partial withdrawals, including systematic
withdrawals, may be subject to a premium tax charge if a premium tax is incurred
on the withdrawal by Security Benefit and is not refundable. Security Benefit
reserves the right to deduct such taxes when due or anytime thereafter. Premium
tax rates currently range from 0 percent to 3.5 percent. See "Premium Tax
Charge," page 22.
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OTHER EXPENSES
The operating expenses of the Separate Account are paid by Security
Benefit. Investment advisory fees and operating expenses of the Mutual Funds are
paid by the Mutual Funds. For a description of these charges and expenses, see
the Prospectuses for the Mutual Funds.
CONTACTING SECURITY BENEFIT
All written requests, notices, and forms required by the Contract, and any
questions or inquiries should be directed to Parkstone Advantage Customer
Service, 157 S. Kalamazoo Mall, P.O. Box 50551, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49005-0551.
EXPENSE TABLE
The purpose of this table is to assist investors in understanding the
various costs and expenses borne directly and indirectly by Owners of the
Contracts with Contract Value allocated to the Subaccounts. The table reflects
contractual charges, expenses of the Separate Account, and charges and expenses
of the Mutual Funds. The table does not reflect premium taxes that may be
imposed by various jurisdictions. See "Premium Tax Charge," page 22. The
information contained in the table is not generally applicable to amounts
allocated to the Fixed Account (although certain contractual charges also apply
to the Fixed Account).
For a complete description of a Contract's costs and expenses, see "Charges
and Deductions," page 20. For a more complete description of each Mutual Fund's
costs and expenses, see the Mutual Fund Prospectuses, which accompany this
Prospectus.
CONTRACTUAL EXPENSES
Sales load on purchase payments........................................ None
Contingent deferred sales charge (as a percentage of amounts
withdrawn attributable to purchase payments)......................... 7%(1)
Transfer Fee (per transfer)............................................ None(2)
SEPARATE ACCOUNT ANNUAL EXPENSES
Annual Mortality and Expense Risk Charge (as a percentage of
each Subaccount's average daily net assets)
Individual Contracts............................................... 1.25%
Trust Contracts.................................................... 0.65%
Annual Administrative Charge (as a percentage of each
Subaccount's average daily net assets)
Individual Contracts............................................... 0.15%
Trust Contracts.................................................... 0.05%
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Total Separate Account Annual Expenses
Individual Contracts............................................... 1.40%
Trust Contracts.................................................... 0.70%
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ANNUAL MUTUAL FUND EXPENSES AFTER EXPENSE LIMITATION (AS A PERCENTAGE OF EACH
FUND'S AVERAGE DAILY NET ASSETS)
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OTHER EXPENSES TOTAL MUTUAL
ADVISORY FEE (AFTER FEE WAIVER)(3) (AFTER EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT)(4) FUND EXPENSES
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Parkstone Bond........................... 0.74% 0.55% 1.29%
Parkstone Mid Capitalization............. 1.00% 0.42% 1.42%
Parkstone Small Capitalization........... 1.00% 0.40% 1.40%
Parkstone International Discovery........ 1.25% 0.75% 2.00%
Colonial U.S. Stock...................... 0.80% 0.15% 0.95%
Colonial Strategic Income................ 0.65% 0.15% 0.80%
Newport Tiger............................ 0.90% 0.37% 1.27%
Money Market Series (Series C)........... 0.50% 0.08% 0.58%
Global Aggressive Bond Series (Series K). 0.00% 0.84% 0.84%
Equity Income Series (Series O).......... 1.00% 0.15% 1.15%
Social Awareness Series (Series S)....... 0.75% 0.09% 0.84%
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1. The amount of the contingent deferred sales charge is based upon the number
of years that a purchase payment has remained credited under the Contract,
as follows:
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For Contracts Issued Prior to December 1, 1997
AGE OF PURCHASE PAYMENT IN YEARS WITHDRAWAL CHARGE WITHDRAWAL CHARGE
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1 7% 5%
2 6% 5%
3 5% 5%
4 4% 5%
5 3% 4%
6 2% 3%
7 1% 2%
8 0% 0%
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The withdrawal charge will be waived on the FIRST withdrawal in a Contract
Year to the extent that such withdrawal does not exceed 10 percent of the
Contract Value on the date of the withdrawal. The withdrawal charge also
will be waived on systematic withdrawals that do not in any Contract Year
exceed 10 percent of the Contract Value on the date of the first systematic
withdrawal in such Contract Year. If a partial withdrawal and a systematic
withdrawal are taken in the same Contract Year, the Free Withdrawal
Privilege will apply to the partial withdrawal only if it occurs earlier
than the first systematic withdrawal in that Contract Year. The withdrawal
charge is not assessed by Security Benefit on withdrawals from a Trust
Contract. When added to the withdrawal charges assessed on prior
withdrawals, the total withdrawal charge will never exceed 7 percent (5
percent for contracts issued prior to December 1, 1997) of total purchase
payments.
2. The first twelve transfers in a Contract Year are without charge; for any
additional transfers in a Contract Year, a charge of $25 is imposed.
3. During the fiscal year ending December 31, 1997, the investment adviser
will waive Global Aggressive Bond Series' investment advisory fees; absent
such waiver, advisory fees would be .75 percent.
4. During the fiscal year ending December 31, 1997, the investment adviser
will waive other expenses of the Colonial Strategic Income Series; absent
such waiver, "other expenses" would be .21 percent and the Series' total
expenses would be .86 percent.
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EXAMPLES
Different examples are presented below that show expenses that a
Contractowner would pay at the end of one, three, five or ten years if, at the
end of those time periods, the Contract is surrendered, annuitized, or not
surrendered or annuitized. Each example shows expenses based upon allocation to
each of the Subaccounts, and different expense figures are presented to reflect
the different expenses imposed under the Individual and the Trust Contracts.
The examples below should not be considered a representation of past or
future expenses. Actual expenses may be greater or lesser than those shown. The
5 percent return assumed in the examples is hypothetical and should not be
considered a representation of past or future actual returns, which may be
greater or lesser than the assumed amount.
INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS
Example -- The Owner would pay the expenses shown below on a $1,000 investment,
assuming 5 percent annual return on assets, if an Individual Contract ISSUED
AFTER NOVEMBER 30, 1997, is SURRENDERED at the end of one, three, five or ten
years:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
------ ------- ------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Parkstone Bond Subaccount.......................................... $98 $133 $175 $308
Parkstone Mid Capitalization Subaccount............................ 99 137 182 320
Parkstone Small Capitalization Subaccount.......................... 99 137 181 319
Parkstone International Discovery Subaccount....................... 105 153 209 374
Colonial U.S. Stock Subaccount..................................... 94 124 159 275
Colonial Strategic Income Subaccount............................... 93 119 151 260
Newport Tiger Subaccount........................................... 98 133 174 306
SBL Money Market Subaccount........................................ 90 113 140 237
Lexington Global Aggressive Bond Subaccount........................ 93 121 153 264
T. Rowe Price Equity Income Subaccount............................. 96 129 169 294
SBL Social Awareness Subaccount.................................... 93 121 153 264
</TABLE>
Example -- The Owner would pay the expenses shown below on a $1,000 investment,
assuming 5 percent annual return on assets, if an Individual Contract ISSUED
PRIOR TO DECEMBER 1, 1997, is SURRENDERED at the end of one, three, five or ten
years:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
------ ------- ------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Parkstone Bond Subaccount.......................................... $78 $133 $185 $308
Parkstone Mid Capitalization Subaccount............................ 79 137 192 320
Parkstone Small Capitalization Subaccount.......................... 79 137 191 319
Parkstone International Discovery Subaccount....................... 85 153 219 374
Colonial U.S. Stock Subaccount..................................... 74 124 169 275
Colonial Strategic Income Subaccount............................... 73 119 161 260
Newport Tiger Subaccount........................................... 78 133 184 306
SBL Money Market Subaccount........................................ 71 113 150 237
Lexington Global Aggressive Bond Subaccount........................ 73 121 163 264
T. Rowe Price Equity Income Subaccount............................. 76 129 179 294
SBL Social Awareness Subaccount.................................... 73 121 163 264
</TABLE>
Example -- The Owner would pay the expenses shown below on a $1,000 investment,
assuming 5 percent annual return on assets, if an Individual Contract is
ANNUITIZED OR NOT SURRENDERED OR ANNUITIZED at the end of one, three, five or
ten years:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
------ ------- ------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Parkstone Bond Subaccount.......................................... $28 $ 85 $145 $308
Parkstone Mid Capitalization Subaccount............................ 29 89 152 320
Parkstone Small Capitalization Subaccount.......................... 29 89 151 319
Parkstone International Discovery Subaccount....................... 35 106 180 374
Colonial U.S. Stock Subaccount..................................... 24 75 129 275
Colonial Strategic Income Subaccount............................... 23 71 121 260
Newport Tiger Subaccount........................................... 28 85 144 306
SBL Money Market Subaccount........................................ 21 64 110 237
Lexington Global Aggressive Bond Subaccount........................ 23 72 123 264
T. Rowe Price Equity Income Subaccount............................. 26 81 139 294
SBL Social Awareness Subaccount.................................... 23 72 123 264
</TABLE>
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TRUST CONTRACTS
Example -- The Owner would pay the expenses shown below on a $1,000 investment,
assuming 5 percent annual return on assets, if a Trust Contract is SURRENDERED,
ANNUITIZED OR NOT SURRENDERED OR ANNUITIZED at the end of one, three, five or
ten years:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
1 YEAR 3 YEARS 5 YEARS 10 YEARS
------ ------- ------- --------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Parkstone Bond Subaccount.......................................... $20 $62 $107 $232
Parkstone Mid Capitalization Subaccount............................ 22 66 114 245
Parkstone Small Capitalization Subaccount.......................... 21 66 113 243
Parkstone International Discovery Subaccount....................... 27 84 143 303
Colonial U.S. Stock Subaccount..................................... 17 52 90 195
Colonial Strategic Income Subaccount............................... 15 47 82 179
Newport Tiger Subaccount........................................... 20 62 106 230
SBL Money Market Subaccount........................................ 13 41 70 155
Lexington Global Aggressive Bond Subaccount........................ 16 49 84 183
T. Rowe Price Equity Income Subaccount............................. 19 58 100 217
SBL Social Awareness Subaccount.................................... 16 49 84 183
</TABLE>
CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The following condensed financial information presents accumulation unit values
for the period of September 24, 1993 through December 31, 1993, and for the
years ended December 31, 1994, 1995 and 1996, as well as ending accumulation
units outstanding for Qualified and Non-Qualified Contracts under each of the
Subaccounts.(1)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
PARKSTONE PARKSTONE PARKSTONE PARKSTONE
PRIME PARKSTONE MID SMALL INTERNATIONAL
OBLIGATIONS BOND CAPITALIZATION CAPITALIZATION DISCOVERY
QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS 1993 SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT(2) SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT
- -----------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Accumulation unit value:
Beginning of period....................... $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00
End of period............................. $10.06 $ 9.93 $10.14 $10.96 $10.31
Accumulation units:
Outstanding at the end of period.......... 1,803 59,497 82,266 29,606 42,792
NON-QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS 1993
Accumulation unit value:
Beginning of period....................... $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00
End of period............................. $10.06 $ 9.93 $10.14 $10.97 $10.32
Accumulation units:
Outstanding at the end of period.......... 249 63,777 100,971 39,841 69,637
QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS 1994
Accumulation unit value:
Beginning of period....................... $10.06 $ 9.93 $10.14 $10.96 $10.31
End of period............................. $10.15 $ 9.27 $ 9.48 $11.38 $ 9.48
Accumulation units:
Outstanding at the end of period.......... 10,179 142,399 349,421 197,216 212,431
NON-QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS 1994
Accumulation unit value:
Beginning of period....................... $10.06 $ 9.93 $10.14 $10.97 $10.32
End of period............................. $10.15 $ 9.27 $ 9.48 $11.39 $ 9.49
Accumulation units:
Outstanding at the end of period.......... 7,394 150,102 401,802 241,214 274,880
NON-QUALIFIED TRUST CONTRACTS 1994
Accumulation unit value:
Beginning of period(3).................... -- $ 9.56 $ 9.53 $ 9.87 $10.26
End of period............................. -- $ 9.40 $ 9.62 $11.55 $ 9.61
Accumulation units:
Outstanding at the end of period.......... -- 5,230 5,247 5,066 9,622
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
PARKSTONE PARKSTONE PARKSTONE PARKSTONE
PRIME PARKSTONE MID SMALL INTERNATIONAL
OBLIGATIONS BOND CAPITALIZATION CAPITALIZATION DISCOVERY
QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS 1995 SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT(2) SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT
- -----------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Accumulation unit value:
Beginning of period....................... $10.15 $ 9.27 $ 9.48 $11.38 $ 9.48
End of period............................. $10.43 $10.69 $12.07 $15.23 $10.26
Accumulation units:
Outstanding at the end of period.......... 30,458 180,100 463,460 279,611 266,963
NON-QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS 1995
Accumulation unit value:
Beginning of period....................... $10.15 $ 9.27 $ 9.48 $11.39 $ 9.49
End of period............................. $10.44 $10.69 $12.06 $15.24 $10.27
Accumulation units:
Outstanding at the end of period.......... 33,310 189,674 528,394 350,469 333,873
NON-QUALIFIED TRUST CONTRACTS 1995
Accumulation unit value:
Beginning of period(3).................... $10.00 $ 9.40 $ 9.62 $11.55 $ 9.61
End of period............................. $10.17 $10.92 $12.32 $15.57 $10.47
Accumulation units:
Outstanding at the end of period.......... 13,728 55,111 42,810 24,824 17,264
QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS 1996
Accumulation unit value:
Beginning of period....................... $10.43 $10.69 $12.07 $15.23 $10.26
End of period............................. $10.75 $10.73 $13.96 $19.47 $11.68
Accumulation units:
Outstanding at the end of period.......... 28,738 256,081 599,163 395,660 328,773
NON-QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS 1996
Accumulation unit value:
Beginning of period....................... $10.44 $10.69 $12.06 $15.24 $10.27
End of period............................. $10.75 $10.73 $13.96 $19.47 $11.68
Accumulation units:
Outstanding at the end of period.......... 69,773 359,239 792,396 566,484 520,466
NON-QUALIFIED TRUST CONTRACTS 1996
Accumulation unit value:
Beginning of period....................... $10.17 $10.92 $12.32 $15.57 $10.47
End of period............................. $10.54 $11.04 $14.36 $20.05 $12.00
Accumulation units:
Outstanding at the end of period.......... 26,074 68,266 51,044 22,763 28,057
QUALIFIED TRUST CONTRACTS 1996
Accumulation unit value:
Beginning of period(4).................... $10.00 $10.06 $14.44 $20.55 $11.48
End of period............................. $10.18 $10.31 $14.54 $20.28 $12.17
Accumulation units:
Outstanding at the end of period.......... 2,306 16,153 66,424 52,123 51,774
</TABLE>
1. Condensed financial information was not provided for the Colonial US Stock
Subaccount, Colonial Strategic Income Subaccount, Newport Tiger Subaccount,
SBL Money Market Subaccount, Lexington Global Aggressive Bond Subaccount,
T. Rowe Price Equity Income Subaccount or SBL Social Awareness Subaccount
because these subaccounts were not made available under the Contract until
November 30, 1997.
2. Prior to November 30, 1997, the Mid Capitalization Subaccount was
designated the Equity Subaccount.
3. The International Discovery Subaccount under the Non-Qualified Trust
Contracts did not begin operations until May 17, 1994; the Bond, Mid
Capitalization and Small Capitalization Subaccounts under the Non-Qualified
Trust Contracts did not begin operations until August 18, 1994; and the
Prime Obligations Subaccount under the Non-Qualified Trust Contracts did
not begin operations until July 11, 1995.
4. The Prime Obligations Subaccount under the Qualified Trust Contracts did
not begin operations until May 22, 1996; the Mid Capitalization, Small
Capitalization and International Discovery Subaccounts under the Qualified
Trust Contracts did not begin operations until May 29, 1996; and the Bond
Subaccount under the Qualified Trust Contracts did not begin operations
until September 25, 1996.
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INFORMATION ABOUT SECURITY BENEFIT, THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT, AND THE MUTUAL FUNDS
SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Security Benefit is a mutual life insurance company organized under the
laws of the State of Kansas. It was organized originally as a fraternal benefit
society and commenced business February 22, 1892. It became a mutual life
insurance company under its present name on January 2, 1950.
Security Benefit offers variable life insurance policies and variable
annuity contracts, as well as financial and retirement services. It is admitted
to do business in the District of Columbia, and all states except New York. As
of the end of 1996, Security Benefit had total assets of approximately $5.5
billion. Together with its subsidiaries, Security Benefit has total funds under
management of over $6.6 billion.
In December of 1997, the Board of Directors of Security Benefit approved a
Plan of Conversion ("Plan") under which Security Benefit would convert from a
mutual life insurance company to a stock life insurance company ultimately
controlled by a newly-formed mutual holding company to be named Security Benefit
Mutual Holding Company. Under the Plan, membership interests of current Security
Benefit policyholders would become membership interests in Security Benefit
Mutual Holding Company upon conversion. After the conversion, persons who
acquire policies from Security Benefit would automatically be members in the
mutual holding company. The conversion will not increase premiums or reduce
policy benefits, values, guarantees or other policy obligations to
policyholders. The Plan is subject to approval by the Insurance Commissioner of
the State of Kansas and Security Benefit policyholders, among other approvals
and conditions. If the necessary approvals are obtained and conditions met, the
conversion could occur in the second quarter of 1998.
The Principal Underwriter for the Contracts is Security Distributors, Inc.
("SDI"), 700 SW Harrison Street, Topeka, Kansas 66636-0001. SDI is registered as
a broker/dealer with the SEC and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Security
Benefit Group, Inc., a financial services holding company wholly owned by
Security Benefit.
SEPARATE ACCOUNT
The Separate Account was established by Security Benefit on February 22,
1993, under procedures established under Kansas law. The income, gains, or
losses of the Separate Account are credited to or charged against the assets of
the Separate Account without regard to other income, gains, or losses of
Security Benefit. Assets in the Separate Account attributable to the reserves
and other liabilities under the Contracts are not chargeable with liabilities
arising from any other business that Security Benefit conducts. Security Benefit
owns the assets in the Separate Account and is required to maintain sufficient
assets in the Separate Account to meet all Separate Account obligations under
the Contracts. Security Benefit may transfer to its General Account assets that
exceed anticipated obligations of the Separate Account. All obligations arising
under the Contracts are general corporate obligations of Security Benefit.
Security Benefit may invest its own assets in the Separate Account for other
purposes, but not to support contracts other than variable annuity contracts,
and may accumulate in the Separate Account proceeds from Contract charges and
investment results applicable to those assets.
The Separate Account is currently divided into eleven Subaccounts. Each
Subaccount invests exclusively in shares of a specific Series of one of the
Mutual Funds. Security Benefit may in the future establish additional
Subaccounts of the Separate Account, which may invest in other Series of the
Mutual Funds or in other securities, mutual funds, or investment vehicles.
The Separate Account is registered with the SEC as a unit investment trust
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"). Registration with the
SEC does not involve supervision by the SEC of the administration or investment
practices of the Separate Account or of Security Benefit.
THE MUTUAL FUNDS
Each of the Parkstone Advantage Fund, Liberty Variable Investment Trust,
and SBL Fund is a diversified, open-end management investment company of the
series type. Each Mutual Fund is registered with the SEC under the 1940 Act.
Such registration does not involve supervision by the SEC of the investments or
investment policies of the Mutual Funds. Each Subaccount invests in a
corresponding Series of the Mutual Funds, each of which has different investment
objectives and policies. Each Series is listed under its respective Mutual Fund
below.
PARKSTONE ADVANTAGE FUND
Parkstone Bond Fund
Parkstone Mid Capitalization Fund (formerly Equity)
Parkstone Small Capitalization Fund
Parkstone International Discovery Fund
LIBERTY VARIABLE INVESTMENT TRUST
Colonial U.S. Stock Fund, Variable Series
Colonial Strategic Income Fund, Variable Series
Newport Tiger Fund, Variable Series
SBL FUND
Money Market Series (Series C)
Global Aggressive Bond Series (Series K)
Equity Income Series (Series O)
Social Awareness Series (Series S)
A summary of the investment objective of each Series of the Mutual Funds is
described below. There can be no assurance that any Series will achieve its
objective. More detailed information is contained in the accompanying
prospectuses of the Mutual Funds, including information on the risks associated
with the investments and investment techniques of each Series.
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THE MUTUAL FUND PROSPECTUSES ACCOMPANY THIS PROSPECTUS AND SHOULD BE READ
CAREFULLY BEFORE INVESTING.
PARKSTONE BOND FUND
The investment objective of the Bond Fund is to seek current income as well
as preservation of capital. The Bond Fund seeks this objective by investing in a
portfolio of high and medium quality fixed income securities.
PARKSTONE MID CAPITALIZATION FUND
The investment objective of the Mid Capitalization Fund (formerly known as
the Equity Fund) is to seek growth of capital by investing primarily in a
diversified portfolio of common stocks and securities convertible into common
stocks. Under normal market conditions, the Mid Capitalization Fund will invest
at least 65 percent of the value of its total assets in common stocks and
securities convertible into common stocks of companies believed by its
investment adviser to have a market capitalization of between $1 and $5 billion.
PARKSTONE INTERNATIONAL DISCOVERY FUND
The investment objective of the International Discovery Fund is to seek
long-term growth of capital. The International Discovery Fund seeks to achieve
this objective primarily through investment in an internationally diversified
portfolio of equity securities.
PARKSTONE SMALL CAPITALIZATION FUND
The investment objective of the Small Capitalization Fund is to seek growth
of capital by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of common stocks
and securities convertible into common stocks of small- to medium-sized
companies. Under normal market conditions, the Small Capitalization Fund will
invest at least 65 percent of the value of its total assets in common stocks and
securities convertible into common stocks of companies believed by its
investment adviser to have a market capitalization of less than $1 billion.
COLONIAL U.S. STOCK FUND, VARIABLE SERIES
The investment objective of the Colonial U.S. Stock Fund is to seek
long-term growth by investing primarily in large capitalization equity
securities. The Fund normally invests at least 65 percent of its total assets in
the common stock of U.S. companies with an equity market capitalization at the
time of purchase in excess of $3 billion.
COLONIAL STRATEGIC INCOME FUND, VARIABLE SERIES
The investment objective of the Colonial Strategic Income Fund is to seek a
high level of current income, as is consistent with prudent risk and maximizing
total return, by diversifying investments primarily in U.S. and foreign
government securities and high yield, high risk corporate debt securities.
NEWPORT TIGER FUND, VARIABLE SERIES
The investment objective of the Newport Tiger Fund is to seek long-term
capital growth. The Fund invests primarily in equity securities of companies
located in the nine Tigers of East Asia (Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea,
Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, China and the Philippines).
MONEY MARKET SERIES (SERIES C)
The investment objective of the Money Market Series is to provide as high a
level of current income as is consistent with preserving capital. The Series
invests in high quality money market instruments with maturities of not longer
than 13 months.
GLOBAL AGGRESSIVE BOND SERIES (SERIES K)
The investment objective of Global Aggressive Bond Series is to seek high
current income and, as a secondary objective, capital appreciation by investing
in a combination of foreign and domestic high yield, lower rated debt securities
(commonly referred to as "junk bonds").
EQUITY INCOME SERIES (SERIES O)
The investment objective of Equity Income Series is to seek to provide
substantial dividend income and also capital appreciation by investing primarily
in dividend-paying common stocks of established companies.
SOCIAL AWARENESS SERIES (SERIES S)
The investment objective of Social Awareness Series is to seek capital
appreciation by investing in various types of securities which meet certain
social criteria established for the Series.
PROPOSED SUBSTITUTION
Security Benefit proposes to substitute shares of Money Market Series
(Series C) of SBL Fund for shares of the Prime Obligations Fund of the Parkstone
Advantage Fund (the "Substitution"), currently held by the Prime Obligations
Subaccount of the Separate Account. (The Prime Obligations Subaccount is not
available under Contracts sold after November 30, 1997.)
On October 30, 1997, Security Benefit and the Separate Account filed an
application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
requesting an order approving the Substitution. Upon obtaining the Order from
the Commission approving the Substitution, and subject to any necessary prior
approval by applicable insurance authorities, Security Benefit and the Separate
Account propose to effect the Substitution as soon as is practicable.
Immediately upon Substitution, Security Benefit, for administrative convenience,
will treat as a single Subaccount of the Separate Account, the SBL Money Market
Subaccount (which invests in Series C of SBL Fund) and the Prime Obligations
Subaccount.
Security Benefit has proposed the Substitution because the consistently
small asset size of the Prime Obligations Fund has resulted in high expense
ratios proportionate to
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Owners' investments. Security Benefit believes that because of its small size,
the Prime Obligations Fund is not a viable mutual fund option for
Contractowners. For a period of thirty (30) days following the date of mailing
to Owners of a Notice of Substitution ("Notice") stating the shares of Series C
will be substituted for shares of Prime Obligations Fund, Owners may transfer
Contract Value from the Prime Obligations Fund to Series C or any other
available Subaccount without limitation and without charge. The eligible funds
in which the Subaccounts invest are set forth above and are described in the
Mutual Fund prospectuses.
Security Benefit will effect the Substitution by simultaneously placing, on
behalf of Prime Obligations Subaccount, a redemption request with the Prime
Obligations Fund and a purchase order with Series C of SBL Fund so that the
purchase will be for the exact amount of the redemption proceeds. The full net
asset value of redeemed shares held by the Prime Obligations Subaccount will be
reflected in the Owner's Contract Value following the Substitution.
THE INVESTMENT ADVISERS
First of America Investment Corporation ("First of America"), 303 North
Rose Street, Suite 500, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007, serves as Investment Adviser
of the Parkstone Advantage Fund. First of America is responsible for the
day-to-day decisions to buy and sell securities for the Series of Parkstone
Advantage Fund, except the International Discovery Fund. For the International
Discovery Fund, First of America has entered into a subinvestment advisory
agreement with Gulfstream Global Investors, Ltd., 300 Crescent Court, Suite
1605, Dallas, Texas 75201 ("Gulfstream") to serve as Sub-Adviser. First of
America holds a 72 percent interest in Gulfstream.
Liberty Advisory Services Corp. ("Liberty"), 125 High Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02110, serves as investment adviser of the Liberty Variable
Investment Trust. Liberty has engaged Colonial Management Associates, Inc.
("Colonial"), One Financial Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111 to serve as
sub-adviser to the Colonial U.S. Stock and Colonial Strategic Income Funds, and
Newport Fund Management, Inc. ("Newport"), 580 California Street, Suite 1960,
San Francisco, California 94104 to serve as sub-adviser to the Newport Tiger
Fund. Colonial and Newport, respectively, are responsible for the day-to-day
decisions to buy and sell securities for the Colonial U.S. Stock and Colonial
Strategic Income Funds and Newport Tiger Fund.
Security Management Company, LLC ("SMC"), 700 SW Harrison Street, Topeka,
Kansas 66636-0001, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Security Benefit, serves as
investment adviser of the SBL Fund. SMC is responsible for the day-to-day
decisions to buy and sell securities for the Money Market Series and Social
Awareness Series. SMC has engaged Lexington Management Corporation
("Lexington"), Park 80 West, Plaza Two, Saddle Brook, New Jersey 07663 to serve
as sub-adviser to the Global Aggressive Bond Series and Lexington has entered
into a sub-advisory agreement with MFR Advisors, Inc., One Liberty Plaza, New
York, New York 10006 to provide investment and economic research services to the
Series. Lexington is responsible for the day-to-day decisions to buy and sell
securities for the Global Aggressive Bond Series. SMC has engaged T. Rowe Price
Associates, Inc. ("T. Rowe Price"), 100 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland
21202 to serve as sub-adviser of the Equity Income Series, and T. Rowe Price is
responsible for the day-to-day decisions to buy and sell securities for the
Series.
THE CONTRACT
GENERAL
The Contract offered by this Prospectus is an individual flexible purchase
payment deferred variable annuity that is issued by Security Benefit. To the
extent that all or a portion of purchase payments are allocated to the
Subaccounts, the Contract is significantly different from a fixed annuity
contract in that it is the Owner under a Contract who assumes the risk of
investment gain or loss rather than Security Benefit. Upon the maturity of a
Contract, the Contract provides several Annuity Options on a variable basis, a
fixed basis or both, under which Security Benefit will pay periodic annuity
payments beginning on the Annuity Start Date. The amount that will be available
for annuity payments will depend on the investment performance of the
Subaccounts to which purchase payments have been allocated.
The Contract is available for purchase as a non-tax qualified retirement
plan ("Non-Qualified Plan") by an individual. The Contract is also eligible for
use in connection with certain tax qualified retirement plans that meet the
requirements of Section 401, 403(b), 408, or 457 of the Internal Revenue Code
("Qualified Plan"). Certain federal tax advantages are currently available to
retirement plans that qualify as (1) self-employed individuals' retirement plans
under Section 401, such as HR-10 and Keogh plans, (2) pension or profit-sharing
plans established by an employer for the benefit of its employees under Section
401, (3) individual retirement accounts or annuities, including those
established by an employer as a simplified employee pension plan, under Section
408, (4) annuity purchase plans of public school systems and certain tax-exempt
organizations under Section 403(b) or (5) deferred compensation plans for
employees established by a unit of a state or local government or by a
tax-exempt organization under Section 457. Joint Owners are permitted only on a
Contract issued pursuant to a Non-Qualified Plan.
APPLICATION FOR A CONTRACT
Any person wishing to purchase a Contract may submit an application and an
initial purchase payment to Security Benefit, as well as any other form or
information that Security Benefit may require. Security Benefit reserves the
right to reject an application or purchase payment for any reason, subject to
Security Benefit's underwriting standards
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and guidelines and any applicable state or federal law relating to
nondiscrimination.
The maximum age of an Owner for which a Contract will be issued is 90 (in
Florida, 75). If there are Joint Owners, the maximum issue age will be
determined by reference to the older Owner.
PURCHASE PAYMENTS
The minimum initial purchase payment for the purchase of an Individual
Contract is $5,000 ($50 if made pursuant to an Automatic Investment Program) in
connection with a Non-Qualified Plan or $2,000 ($50 if made pursuant to an
Automatic Investment Program) in connection with a Qualified Plan and for the
purchase of a Trust Contract is $50,000. Thereafter, the Contractowner may
choose the amount and frequency of purchase payments, except that the minimum
subsequent purchase payment for an Individual Contract is $2,000 ($50 if made
pursuant to an Automatic Investment Program) for both Non-Qualified and
Qualified Plans or $5,000 for a Trust Contract. Security Benefit may reduce the
minimum purchase payment requirements under certain circumstances, such as for
group or sponsored arrangements. Any purchase payment exceeding $1 million will
not be accepted without prior approval of Security Benefit.
An initial purchase payment will be applied not later than the end of the
second Valuation Date after the Valuation Date it is received by Security
Benefit at its Home Office if the purchase payment is preceded or accompanied by
an application that contains sufficient information necessary to establish an
account and properly credit such purchase payment. The application form will be
provided by Security Benefit. If Security Benefit does not receive a complete
application, Security Benefit will notify the applicant that Security Benefit
does not have the necessary information to issue a Contract. If the necessary
information is not provided to Security Benefit within five Valuation Dates
after the Valuation Date on which Security Benefit first receives the initial
purchase payment or if Security Benefit determines it cannot otherwise issue the
Contract, Security Benefit will return the initial purchase payment to the
applicant unless the applicant consents to Security Benefit retaining the
purchase payment until the application is made complete.
Subsequent purchase payments will be credited as of the end of the
Valuation Period in which they are received by Security Benefit at its Home
Office. Purchase payments after the initial purchase payment may be made at any
time prior to the Annuity Start Date, so long as the Owner is living. Subsequent
purchase payments under a Qualified Plan may be limited by the terms of the plan
and provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Subsequent purchase payments may be
paid under an Automatic Investment Program.
ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PAYMENTS
In an application for a Contract, the Contractowner selects the Subaccounts
or the Fixed Account to which purchase payments will be allocated. Purchase
payments will be allocated according to the Contractowner's instructions
specifying the dollar amount or whole percentage to be allocated, contained in
the application or more recent instructions received, if any, except that no
purchase payment allocation is permitted that would result in less than $25 per
payment being allocated to any one Subaccount or the Fixed Account. Available
allocation alternatives include the eleven Subaccounts and the Fixed Account.
A Contractowner may change the purchase payment allocation instructions by
submitting a proper written request to Security Benefit's Home Office. A proper
change in allocation instructions will be effective upon receipt by Security
Benefit at its Home Office and will continue in effect until subsequently
changed. Changes in purchase payment allocation instructions may be made by
telephone provided the Telephone Transfer section of the application or an
Authorization for Telephone Transfers form is properly completed, signed, and
filed at Security Benefit's Home Office. Changes in the allocation of future
purchase payments have no effect on existing Contract Value. Such Contract
Value, however, may be transferred among the Subaccounts of the Separate Account
and the Fixed Account in the manner described in "Transfers of Contract Value,"
page 17.
DOLLAR COST AVERAGING OPTION
Security Benefit currently offers an option under which Contractowners may
dollar cost average their allocations in the Subaccounts under the Contract by
authorizing Security Benefit to make periodic allocations of Contract Value from
any one Subaccount to one or more of the other Subaccounts. Dollar cost
averaging is a systematic method of investing in which securities are purchased
at regular intervals in fixed dollar amounts so that the cost of the securities
gets averaged over time and possibly over various market cycles. The option will
result in the allocation of Contract Value to one or more Subaccounts, and these
amounts will be credited at the Accumulation Unit value as of the end of the
Valuation Dates on which the transfers are effected. Since the value of
Accumulation Units will vary, the amounts allocated to a Subaccount will result
in the crediting of a greater number of units when the Accumulation Unit value
is low and a lesser number of units when the Accumulation Unit value is high.
Similarly, the amounts transferred from a Subaccount will result in a debiting
of a greater number of units when the Accumulation Unit value is low and a
lesser number of units when the Accumulation Unit value is high. Dollar cost
averaging does not guarantee profits, nor does it assure that a Contractowner
will not have losses.
A Dollar Cost Averaging Request form is available upon request. On the
form, the Contractowner must designate
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whether transfers are to be made on the basis of a specific dollar amount,
earnings only, or over a fixed period, the Subaccount or Subaccounts to which
the transfers will be made, the desired frequency of the transfers, which may be
on a monthly or quarterly basis, and the length of time during which the
transfers shall continue or the total amount to be transferred over time.
To elect the Dollar Cost Averaging Option, the Owner's Contract Value must
be at least $10,000. The Dollar Cost Averaging Request form will not be
considered complete until the Owner's Contract Value is at least $10,000. After
Security Benefit has received a Dollar Cost Averaging Request in proper form at
its Home Office, Security Benefit will transfer Contract Value in amounts
designated by the Contractowner from the Subaccount from which transfers are to
be made to the Subaccount or Subaccounts chosen by the Contractowner. The
minimum amount that may be transferred to any one Subaccount is $25. Each
transfer will be effected on the monthly or quarterly anniversary, whichever
corresponds to the period selected by the Contractowner, of the date of receipt
at Security Benefit's Home Office of a Dollar Cost Averaging Request in proper
form, until the total amount elected has been transferred, or until Contract
Value in the Subaccount from which transfers are made has been depleted. Amounts
periodically transferred under this option are not currently subject to any
transfer charges that are imposed by Security Benefit on transfers, and such
transfers are not included in the twelve transfers per Contract Year that are
allowed free of charge as discussed below.
A Contractowner may instruct Security Benefit at any time to terminate the
option by written request to Security Benefit's Home Office. In that event, the
Contract Value in the Subaccount from which transfers were being made that has
not been transferred will remain in that Subaccount unless the Contractowner
instructs otherwise. If a Contractowner wishes to continue transferring on a
dollar cost averaging basis after the expiration of the applicable period, the
total amount elected has been transferred, or the Subaccount has been depleted,
or after the Dollar Cost Averaging Option has been canceled, a new Dollar Cost
Averaging Request must be completed and sent to Security Benefit's Home Office
and the Contract must meet the $10,000 minimum amount of Contract Value at that
time. Security Benefit may discontinue, modify, or suspend the Dollar Cost
Averaging Option at any time.
Contract Value may also be dollar cost averaged to or from the Fixed
Account, provided that transfers from the Fixed Account do not violate the
restrictions on transfers as described in "The Fixed Account," page 25 and
"Loans," page 26.
ASSET REBALANCING OPTION
Security Benefit currently offers an option under which Contractowners
authorize Security Benefit to automatically transfer their Contract Value each
quarter to maintain a particular percentage allocation among the Subaccounts as
selected by the Contractowner. The Contract Value allocated to each Subaccount
will grow or decline in value at different rates during the quarter, and Asset
Rebalancing automatically reallocates the Contract Value in the Subaccounts each
quarter to the allocation selected by the Contractowner. Asset Rebalancing is
intended to transfer Contract Value from those Subaccounts that have increased
in value to those Subaccounts that have declined in value. Over time, this
method of investing may help a Contractowner buy low and sell high. This
investment method does not guarantee profits, nor does it assure that a
Contractowner will not have losses.
To elect the Asset Rebalancing Option, the Contract Value in the Contract
must be at least $10,000 and an Asset Rebalancing Request in proper form must be
received by Security Benefit at its Home Office. An Asset Rebalancing Request
form is available upon request. On the form, the Contractowner must indicate the
applicable Subaccounts and the percentage of Contract Value to be reallocated on
a quarterly basis to each Subaccount ("Asset Rebalancing Program"). If the Asset
Rebalancing Option is elected, all Contract Value invested in the Subaccounts
must be included in the Asset Rebalancing Program.
This option will result in the transfer of Contract Value to one or more of
the Subaccounts on the date of Security Benefit's receipt of the Asset
Rebalancing Request in proper form and each quarterly anniversary of that date
thereafter. The amounts transferred will be credited at the Accumulation Unit
value as of the end of the Valuation Dates on which the transfers are effected.
Amounts periodically transferred under this option are not currently subject to
any transfer charges that are imposed by Security Benefit on transfers, and such
transfers are not included in the twelve transfers per Contract Year that are
allowed free of charge as discussed below.
A Contractowner may instruct Security Benefit at any time to terminate this
option by written request to Security Benefit's Home Office. In that event, the
Contract Value in the Subaccounts that has not been transferred will remain in
those Subaccounts regardless of the percentage allocation unless the
Contractowner instructs otherwise. If a Contractowner wishes to continue Asset
Rebalancing after it has been canceled, a new Asset Rebalancing Request form
must be completed and sent to Security Benefit's Home Office and the Contract
Value at the time the request is made must be at least $10,000. Security Benefit
may discontinue, modify, or suspend, and reserves the right to charge a fee for
the Asset Rebalancing Option at any time.
Contract Value invested in the Fixed Account may be included in the Asset
Rebalancing Program, provided that transfers from the Fixed Account do not
violate the restrictions on transfers from the Fixed Account as described in
"The Fixed Account," page 25 and "Loans," page 26.
TRANSFERS OF CONTRACT VALUE
During the Accumulation Period, Contract Value may be transferred among the
Subaccounts by the Contractowner
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upon proper written request to Security Benefit's Home Office. Transfers (other
than transfers in connection with the Dollar Cost Averaging or Asset Rebalancing
Options) may be made by telephone if the Telephone Transfer section of the
application or an Authorization for Telephone Requests form has been properly
completed, signed and filed at Security Benefit's Home Office. The first twelve
transfers in any Contract Year are without charge; for any additional transfers
in a Contract Year, a charge of $25 is imposed. The charge will be deducted from
the Contract Value being transferred. The minimum transfer amount is $500 ($25
under the Dollar Cost Averaging and Asset Rebalancing Options), or the amount
remaining in a given Subaccount.
Contract Value may also be transferred from the Subaccounts to the Fixed
Account; however, transfers from the Fixed Account to the Subaccounts are
restricted as described in "The Fixed Account," page 25 and "Loans," page 26.
Security Benefit reserves the right at a future date to limit the number of
transfers to twelve, the size of transfers, and to suspend transfers. It also
reserves the right to discontinue telephone transfers.
CONTRACT VALUE
The Contract Value is the sum of the amounts under the Contract held in
each Subaccount of the Separate Account and in the Fixed Account. On each
Valuation Date, the portion of the Contract Value allocated to any particular
Subaccount will be adjusted to reflect the investment experience of that
Subaccount. See "Determination of Contract Value," below. No minimum amount of
Contract Value is guaranteed. A Contractowner bears the entire investment risk
relating to the investment performance of Contract Value allocated to the
Subaccounts.
DETERMINATION OF CONTRACT VALUE
The Contract Value will vary to a degree that depends upon several factors,
including investment performance of the Subaccounts to which Contract Value has
been allocated, payment of purchase payments, the amount of any outstanding
Contract Debt, partial withdrawals, and the charges assessed in connection with
the Contract. The amounts allocated to the Subaccounts will be invested in
shares of the corresponding Series of the Mutual Funds. The investment
performance of the Subaccounts will reflect increases or decreases in the net
asset value per share of the corresponding Series and any dividends or
distributions declared by the Series. Any dividends or distributions from any
Series will be automatically reinvested in shares of the same Series, unless
Security Benefit, on behalf of the Separate Account, elects otherwise.
Assets in the Subaccounts are divided into Accumulation Units, which are
accounting units of measure used to calculate the value of a Contractowner's
interest in a Subaccount. When a Contractowner allocates purchase payments to a
Subaccount, the Contract is credited with Accumulation Units. The number of
Accumulation Units to be credited is determined by dividing the dollar amount
allocated to the particular Subaccount by the Accumulation Unit value for the
Subaccount at the end of the Valuation Period in which the purchase payment is
credited. In addition, other transactions including loans, full or partial
withdrawals, transfers, and assessment of certain charges against the Contract
affect the number of Accumulation Units credited to a Contract. The number of
units credited or debited in connection with any such transaction is determined
by dividing the dollar amount of such transaction by the unit value of the
affected Subaccount. The Accumulation Unit value of each Subaccount is
determined on each Valuation Date. The number of Accumulation Units credited to
a Contract shall not be changed by any subsequent change in the value of an
Accumulation Unit, but the dollar value of an Accumulation Unit may vary from
Valuation Date to Valuation Date depending upon the investment experience of the
Subaccount and charges against the Subaccount.
The Accumulation Unit value of each Subaccount initially was $10. The unit
value of a Subaccount on any Valuation Date is calculated by dividing the value
of each Subaccount's net assets by the number of Accumulation Units credited to
the Subaccount on that date. Determination of the value of the net assets of a
Subaccount takes into account the following: (1) the investment performance of
the Subaccount, which is based upon the investment performance of the
corresponding Series of the Mutual Funds, (2) any dividends or distributions
paid by the corresponding Series, (3) the charges, if any, that may be assessed
by Security Benefit for taxes attributable to the operation of the Subaccount,
(4) the mortality and expense risk charge under the Contract, and (5) the
administrative charge under the Contract.
FULL AND PARTIAL WITHDRAWALS
A Contractowner may obtain proceeds from a Contract by surrendering the
Contract for its Full Withdrawal Value or by making a partial withdrawal. A full
or partial withdrawal, including a systematic withdrawal, may be taken from the
Contract Value at any time while the Owner is living and before the Annuity
Start Date, subject to the limitations under the applicable plan for Qualified
Plans and applicable law. A full or partial withdrawal request will be effective
as of the end of the Valuation Period that a proper written request is received
by Security Benefit at its Home Office. A proper written request must include
the written consent of any effective assignee or irrevocable Beneficiary, if
applicable.
The proceeds received upon a full withdrawal will be the Contract's Full
Withdrawal Value. The Full Withdrawal Value is equal to the Contract Value as of
the end of the Valuation Period during which a proper withdrawal request is
received by Security Benefit at its Home Office, less any applicable contingent
deferred sales charge, any premium taxes, and any outstanding Contract Debt. A
partial withdrawal may be requested for a specified percentage or
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dollar amount of Contract Value. Each partial withdrawal must be at least $500
except systematic withdrawals discussed below. A request for a partial
withdrawal will result in a payment by Security Benefit in accordance with the
amount specified in the partial withdrawal request. Upon payment, the Contract
Value will be reduced by an amount equal to the payment and any applicable
contingent deferred sales charge, and any applicable premium tax. If a partial
withdrawal is requested that would leave the Full Withdrawal Value in the
Contract less than $2,000, then Security Benefit reserves the right to treat the
partial withdrawal as a request for a full withdrawal.
The amount of a partial withdrawal will be allocated from the Contract
Value in the Subaccounts and the Fixed Account, according to the Contractowner's
instructions to Security Benefit. If a Contractowner does not specify the
allocation, the withdrawal will be allocated from the Contract Value in the
Subaccounts and the Fixed Account in the following order: SBL Money Market
Subaccount, Parkstone Bond Subaccount, Colonial U.S. Stock Subaccount, T. Rowe
Price Equity Income Subaccount, SBL Social Awareness Subaccount, Parkstone Mid
Capitalization Subaccount, Colonial Strategic Income Subaccount, Parkstone Small
Capitalization Subaccount, Lexington Global Aggressive Bond Subaccount,
Parkstone International Discovery Subaccount and Newport Tiger Subaccount and
then the Fixed Account. The value of each account will be depleted before the
next account is charged. A full or partial withdrawal from an Individual
Contract, including a systematic withdrawal, may result in the deduction of a
contingent deferred sales charge. See "Contingent Deferred Sales Charge," page
20.
A full or partial withdrawal, including a systematic withdrawal, may be
subject to a premium tax charge to reimburse Security Benefit for any tax on
premiums on a Contract that may be imposed by various states and municipalities.
See "Premium Tax Charge," page 22.
A full or partial withdrawal, including a systematic withdrawal, may result
in receipt of taxable income to the Owner and, in some instances, in a penalty
tax. In the case of Contracts issued in connection with retirement plans that
meet the requirements of Section 401(a), 403(b), 408 or 457 of the Internal
Revenue Code, reference should be made to the terms of the particular Qualified
Plan for any limitations or restrictions on withdrawals. For more information,
see "Restrictions on Withdrawals from Qualified Plans" and "Restrictions on
Withdrawals from 403(b) Programs," page 27. The tax consequences of a withdrawal
under the Contract should be carefully considered, including the 10 percent
penalty tax that may be imposed on withdrawals (including systematic
withdrawals) made prior to the Owner attaining age 59 1/2. See "Federal Tax
Matters," page 28.
SYSTEMATIC WITHDRAWALS
Security Benefit currently offers a feature under which systematic
withdrawals may be elected. Under this feature, a Contractowner may elect to
receive systematic withdrawals before the Annuity Start Date by sending a
properly completed Systematic Withdrawal Request form to Security Benefit at its
Home Office. A Contractowner may designate the systematic withdrawal amount as a
percentage of Contract Value allocated to the Subaccounts and/or Fixed Account,
as a specified dollar amount, as all earnings in the Contract, over a fixed
period of time, or as based upon the life expectancy of the Owner or the Owner
and a Beneficiary, and the desired frequency of the systematic withdrawals,
which may be monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually. Systematic
withdrawals may be stopped or modified upon proper written request by the
Contractowner received by Security Benefit at its Home Office at least 30 days
in advance. A proper request must include the written consent of any effective
assignee or irrevocable Beneficiary, if applicable.
Each systematic withdrawal must be at least $50. Upon payment, the
Contractowner's Contract Value will be reduced by an amount equal to the payment
proceeds plus any applicable contingent deferred sales charge and any applicable
premium tax. Systematic withdrawals may be made without the imposition of a
contingent deferred sales charge to the extent that the total amount of such
withdrawals during any Contract Year does not exceed 10 percent of the Contract
Value, less any Contract Debt, on the date of the first such withdrawal in that
Contract Year. Systematic withdrawals in excess of this amount will be subject
to the contingent deferred sales charge. Systematic withdrawals without the
imposition of a contingent deferred sales charge are not available in any
Contract Year in which the Free Withdrawal Privilege, discussed below, is
exercised. Any systematic withdrawal that equals or exceeds the Full Withdrawal
Value will be treated as a full withdrawal. In no event will payment of a
systematic withdrawal exceed the Full Withdrawal Value. The Contract will
automatically terminate if a systematic withdrawal causes the Contract's Full
Withdrawal Value to equal zero.
Each systematic withdrawal will be effected as of the end of the Valuation
Period during which the withdrawal is scheduled. The deduction caused by the
systematic withdrawal will be allocated from the Contractowner's Contract Value
in the Subaccounts and the Fixed Account, as directed by the Contractowner.
Security Benefit may, at any time, change the minimum amount for any
systematic withdrawals, impose or increase minimum remaining balances, limit the
number and frequency of requests for modifying systematic withdrawals and impose
a charge on systematic withdrawals.
FREE-LOOK RIGHT
An Owner may return a Contract to Security Benefit within the Free-Look
Period, which is generally a ten-day period beginning when the Owner receives
the Contract. The returned Contract will then be deemed void and Security
Benefit will refund any purchase payments allocated to the Fixed Account plus
the Contract Value in the Subaccounts plus any charges deducted from the
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Subaccounts and premium taxes, if any. Security Benefit will refund purchase
payments allocated to the Subaccounts rather than Contract Value in those states
that require it to do so.
DEATH BENEFIT
If the Owner dies during the Accumulation Period, Security Benefit will pay
the death benefit proceeds to the Designated Beneficiary upon receipt, within
six months of the date of the Owner's death, of due proof of death and
instructions regarding payment to the Designated Beneficiary. If there are Joint
Owners, the death benefit proceeds will be payable upon receipt of due proof of
death of either Owner during the Accumulation Period and instructions regarding
payment. If the Owner is not a natural person, the death benefit proceeds will
be payable upon receipt of due proof of death of the Annuitant during the
Accumulation Period and instructions regarding payment. If the death of the
Owner occurs on or after the Annuity Start Date, no death benefit proceeds will
be payable under the Contract, except that any guaranteed payments remaining
unpaid will continue to be paid to the Annuitant pursuant to the Annuity Option
in force at the date of death.
If the age of each Owner was 75 or younger on the date the Contract was
issued, the death benefit will be the greater of (a) the aggregate purchase
payments, less any reductions caused by previous withdrawals and any premium
tax, (b) the Contract Value on the date due proof of death is received by
Security Benefit at its Home Office, less any premium tax, or (c) the stepped-up
death benefit. The stepped-up death benefit is: (a) the largest death benefit on
any Contract anniversary that is both an exact multiple of five and occurs prior
to the oldest Owner attaining age 76, plus (b) any purchase payments made since
the applicable fifth Contract anniversary, and (c) less any reductions caused by
withdrawals since the applicable fifth Contract anniversary and less premium
taxes.
If the age of any Owner was 76 or greater on the date the Contract was
issued, or if due proof of death and instructions regarding payment are not
received by Security Benefit at its Home Office within six months of the date of
the Owner's death, the death benefit will be the Full Withdrawal Value. In
Florida, the Contract is not available for issue if any Owner would be 76 or
greater on the date of issue.
The death benefit proceeds will be paid to the Designated Beneficiary in a
single sum or under one of the Annuity Options, as elected by the Designated
Beneficiary. If the Designated Beneficiary is to receive annuity payments under
an Annuity Option, there may be limits under applicable law on the amount and
duration of payments that the Beneficiary may receive, and requirements
respecting timing of payments. A tax adviser should be consulted in considering
Annuity Options.
For Contracts issued in connection with Non-Qualified Plans, if the
surviving spouse of the deceased Owner is the sole Designated Beneficiary, such
spouse may continue this Contract in force until the earliest of the spouse's
death or the Annuity Start Date. For any Designated Beneficiary other than a
surviving spouse, only those options may be chosen that provide for complete
distribution of such Owner's interest in the Contract within five years of the
death of the Owner, or if the Designated Beneficiary is a natural person, that
person can elect to begin receiving annuity payments within one year of the
Owner's death over a period not extending beyond his or her life or life
expectancy. If the Owner of the Contract is not a natural person, these
distribution rules are applicable upon the death of or a change in the primary
Annuitant.
For Contracts issued in connection with Qualified Plans, the terms of the
particular Qualified Plan and the Internal Revenue Code should be reviewed with
respect to limitations or restrictions on distributions following the death of
the Owner or Annuitant. Because the rules applicable to Qualified Plans are
extremely complex, a competent tax adviser should be consulted.
If the Annuitant dies prior to the Annuity Start Date, and the Owner is a
natural person and is not the Annuitant, no death benefit proceeds will be
payable under the Contract. The Owner may name a new Annuitant within 30 days of
the Annuitant's death or if a new Annuitant is not named, Security Benefit will
designate the Owner as Annuitant. On the death of the Annuitant after the
Annuity Start Date, any guaranteed payments remaining unpaid will continue to be
paid to the Designated Beneficiary pursuant to the Annuity Option in force at
the date of death. See "Federal Tax Matters," page 28 for a discussion of the
tax consequences in the event of death.
CHARGES AND DEDUCTIONS
CONTINGENT DEFERRED SALES CHARGE
Security Benefit does not make any deduction for sales charges from
purchase payments paid for an Individual Contract before allocating them to a
Contractowner's Contract Value. However, except as set forth below, a contingent
deferred sales charge (which may also be referred to as a withdrawal charge),
may be assessed by Security Benefit on a full or partial withdrawal, including
systematic withdrawals, from an Individual Contract, to the extent the amount
withdrawn is attributable to purchase payments made. The amount of the
withdrawal charge depends upon the amount of time such withdrawal amounts have
been held under the Individual Contract. A withdrawal charge will not be
assessed upon the FIRST withdrawal in a Contract Year of up to 10 percent of the
Contract Value as of the date of the withdrawal (the "Free Withdrawal Amount").
If a full or partial withdrawal in excess of the Free Withdrawal Amount is made,
a withdrawal charge may be assessed on the amount withdrawn in excess of the
Free Withdrawal Amount to the extent the amount withdrawn is attributable to
purchase payments. If a second or subsequent withdrawal, including a systematic
withdrawal, is made in
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the same Contract Year, any withdrawal charge will be assessed on purchase
payments withdrawn.
For purposes of the charge, a withdrawal will be attributed first to
purchase payments in the order they were received by Security Benefit and then
will be attributed to earnings, even if the Contractowner elects to redeem
amounts allocated to an Account (including the Fixed Account) other than an
Account to which purchase payments were allocated. The amount of the charge will
depend upon the number of years that the purchase payments to which the
withdrawal is attributed have remained credited under the Contract, as follows:
For Contracts
Issued Prior to
Age of Purchase Withdrawal December 1, 1997
Payment in Years Charge Withdrawal Charge
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1 7% 5%
2 6% 5%
3 5% 5%
4 4% 5%
5 3% 4%
6 2% 3%
7 1% 2%
8 0% 0%
For purposes of determining the age of the purchase payment, the purchase
payment is considered age 1 in the year beginning on the date the purchase
payment is received by Security Benefit and increases in age each year
thereafter. In no event will the amount of any withdrawal charge, when added to
any such charge previously assessed against any amount withdrawn from the
Contract, exceed 7 percent (for Contracts issued prior to December 1, 1997, 5
percent) of the purchase payments paid under a Contract. In addition, no charge
will be imposed (1) upon payment of death benefit proceeds under the Contract
(except Contracts for which the issue age of any Owner is older than age 75 or
for which due proof of death and instructions regarding payment are not received
within six months of the date of death), (2) upon total and permanent disability
prior to age 65, or (3) upon withdrawals that qualify for the hospital/nursing
home waiver described below. In addition, systematic withdrawals from the
Contracts may be made without the imposition of the withdrawal charge, to the
extent that the total amount of such systematic withdrawals during any Contract
Year does not exceed the Free Withdrawal Amount. If a partial withdrawal and a
systematic withdrawal are taken in the same Contract Year, the Free Withdrawal
Privilege will apply to the partial withdrawal only if it occurs earlier than
the first systematic withdrawal in that Contract Year. The withdrawal charge
will be assessed against the Subaccounts and Fixed Account in the same
proportion as the withdrawal proceeds are allocated.
The contingent deferred sales charge will be used to recover certain
expenses relating to sales of the Contracts, including commissions and other
promotional costs. The amount derived by Security Benefit from the contingent
deferred sales charge is not expected to be sufficient to cover the promotional
expenses in connection with the Contracts. To the extent that all promotional
expenses are not recovered from the charge, such expenses may be recovered from
other charges, including amounts derived indirectly from the charge for
mortality and expense risks.
Security Benefit does not make any deduction for sales charges from
purchase payments paid for a Trust Contract before allocating them under such a
Contract, and no contingent deferred sales charge is assessed by Security
Benefit on a full or partial withdrawal from a Trust Contract.
HOSPITAL/NURSING HOME WAIVER
Security Benefit will waive the withdrawal charge on any full or partial
withdrawal upon the Contractowner's request for such a waiver, provided that the
Contractowner: (1) has been confined to a "hospital" or "qualified skilled
nursing facility" for at least 30 consecutive days prior to the date of the
withdrawal; (2) is so confined when Security Benefit receives the withdrawal
request; and (3) became so confined after the date the Contract was issued. (See
"Definitions," page 5.) Any request for the hospital/nursing home waiver must be
accompanied by a properly completed claim form which may be obtained from
Security Benefit and a written physician's statement acceptable to Security
Benefit certifying that such confinement is a medical necessity and is due to
illness or infirmity. Security Benefit reserves the right to have the
Contractowner examined by a physician of Security Benefit's choice and at
Security Benefit's expense to determine if the Contractowner is eligible for the
hospital/nursing home waiver. The hospital/nursing home waiver is not available
in certain states pending department of insurance approval. If the waiver is
later approved by the insurance department of a state, Security Benefit intends
to make the waiver available to all Contractowners in that state at that time,
but there can be no assurance that the waiver will be approved. Prospective
contractowners should contact their agent concerning availability of the waiver
in their state.
MORTALITY AND EXPENSE RISK CHARGE
Security Benefit deducts a daily charge from the assets of each Subaccount
for mortality and expense risks assumed by Security Benefit under the Contracts.
The charge under the Individual Contracts is equal to an annual rate of 1.25
percent (1.2 percent during Annuity Options 1 through 4, 7 and 8) of each
Subaccount's average daily net assets that fund the Individual Contracts. This
amount is intended to compensate Security Benefit for certain mortality and
expense risks Security Benefit assumes in offering and administering the
Individual Contracts and in operating the Subaccounts.
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The mortality and expense risk charge under the Trust Contracts is equal to
an annual rate of .65 percent of each Subaccount's average daily net assets that
fund the Trust Contracts. This amount is intended to compensate Security Benefit
for certain mortality and expense risks Security Benefit assumes in offering and
administering the Trust Contracts and in operating the Separate Account.
The expense risk is the risk that Security Benefit's actual expenses in
issuing and administering the Contracts and operating the Subaccounts will be
more than the charges assessed for such expenses. The mortality risk borne by
Security Benefit is the risk that Annuitants, as a group, will live longer than
Security Benefit's actuarial tables predict. In this event, Security Benefit
guarantees that annuity payments will not be affected by a change in mortality
experience that results in the payment of greater annuity income than assumed
under the Annuity Options in the Contract. Security Benefit also assumes a
mortality risk in connection with the death benefit under the Contract.
Security Benefit may ultimately realize a profit from this charge to the
extent it is not needed to cover mortality and administrative expenses, but
Security Benefit may realize a loss to the extent the charge is not sufficient.
Security Benefit may use any profit derived from this charge for any lawful
purpose, including any promotional expenses not covered by the contingent
deferred sales charge.
ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE
Security Benefit deducts a daily administrative charge equal to an annual
rate of .15 percent (0 percent during Annuity Options 1 through 4, 7 and 8) of
each Subaccount's average daily net assets that fund the Individual Contracts.
For the Trust Contracts, the charge is equal to an annual rate of .05 percent of
each Subaccount's average daily net assets that fund the Trust Contracts. The
purpose of this charge is to reimburse Security Benefit for the expenses
associated with administration of the Contracts and operation of the
Subaccounts. Security Benefit does not expect to profit from this charge.
PREMIUM TAX CHARGE
Various states and municipalities impose a tax on premiums on annuity
contracts received by insurance companies. Whether or not a premium tax is
imposed will depend upon, among other things, the Owner's state of residence,
the Annuitant's state of residence, and the insurance tax laws and Security
Benefit's status in a particular state. Security Benefit assesses a premium tax
charge to reimburse itself for premium taxes that it incurs in connection with a
Contract. This charge will be deducted upon annuitization, upon full or partial
withdrawal, or upon payment of the death benefit, if premium taxes are incurred
at that time and are not refundable. Security Benefit reserves the right to
deduct premium taxes when due or any time thereafter. Premium tax rates
currently range from 0 percent to 3.5 percent, but are subject to change by
governmental entities.
OTHER CHARGES
Security Benefit may charge the Separate Account or the Subaccounts for the
federal, state, or local taxes incurred by Security Benefit that are
attributable to operation of the Separate Account or the Subaccounts, or to the
operations of Security Benefit with respect to the Contracts, or that are
attributable to payment of premiums or acquisition costs under the Contracts. No
such charge is currently assessed. See "Tax Status of Security Benefit and the
Separate Account" and "Charge for Security Benefit Taxes," page 28.
VARIATIONS IN CHARGES
Security Benefit may reduce or waive the amount of the contingent deferred
sales charge and administrative charge for a Contract where the expenses
associated with the sale of the Contract or the administrative and maintenance
costs associated with the Contract are reduced for reasons such as the amount of
the initial purchase payment, the amounts of projected purchase payments, or
that the Contract is sold in connection with a group or sponsored arrangement.
Security Benefit also may reduce or waive the contingent deferred sales charge
and administrative charge on Contracts sold to the directors or employees (and
certain members of their families) of Security Benefit, First of America, or any
of their respective affiliates or to trustees of the Mutual Funds. Security
Benefit will only reduce or waive such charges and fees where expenses
associated with the sale of the Contract or the costs associated with
administering and maintaining the Contract are reduced.
GUARANTEE OF CERTAIN CHARGES
Security Benefit guarantees that the charge for mortality and expense risks
will not exceed an annual rate of 1.25 percent under the Individual Contracts
and .65 percent under the Trust Contracts, and the administrative charge shall
not exceed an annual rate of .15 percent under the Individual Contracts or .05
percent under the Trust Contracts.
MUTUAL FUND EXPENSES
Each Subaccount of the Separate Account purchases shares at the net asset
value of the corresponding Series of one of the Mutual Funds. Each Series' net
asset value reflects the investment advisory fee and other expenses that are
deducted from the assets of the Series. The advisory fees and other expenses are
more fully described in the respective Mutual Fund prospectuses.
ANNUITY PERIOD
GENERAL
The Contractowner selects the Annuity Start Date at the time of
application. If one of Annuity Options 1 through 4, 7 or 8 is elected, the
Annuity Start Date may not be prior to the third annual Contract anniversary.
The Annuity Start Date may not be deferred beyond the later of the Annuitant's
85th birthday or the tenth annual Contract
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anniversary (in no event later than the Annuitant's 95th birthday), although the
terms of a Qualified Plan may require annuitization at an earlier age. If the
Contractowner does not select an Annuity Start Date, the Annuity Start Date will
be the later of the Annuitant's 70th birthday or 10th annual Contract
Anniversary. For Contracts issued prior to December 1, 1997, if the Owner does
not select an Annuity Start Date, the date will be the Annuitant's 65th
birthday. See "Selection of an Option," page 24. If there are Joint Annuitants,
the birthdate of the older Annuitant will be used to determine the latest
Annuity Start Date.
On the Annuity Start Date, the proceeds under the Contract will be applied
to provide an annuity under one of the options described below. Each option is
available in two forms--either as a variable annuity for use with the
Subaccounts or as a fixed annuity for use with the Fixed Account. A combination
variable and fixed annuity is also available. Variable annuity payments will
fluctuate with the investment performance of the applicable Subaccounts while
fixed annuity payments will not. Unless the Owner directs otherwise, proceeds
derived from Contract Value allocated to the Subaccounts will be applied to
purchase a variable annuity and proceeds derived from Contract Value allocated
to the Fixed Account will be applied to purchase a fixed annuity. The proceeds
under the Contract will be equal to the Contractowner's Contract Value in the
Subaccounts and the Fixed Account as of the Annuity Start Date, reduced by any
applicable premium taxes, and any outstanding Contract Debt.
Contracts issued after November 30, 1997, provide for eight optional
annuity forms. Contracts issued prior to December 1, 1997 provide for the first
six Annuity Options and Security Benefit makes Annuity Options 7 and 8 available
under such Contracts. Other Annuity Options may be available upon request at the
discretion of Security Benefit. Annuity payments are based upon annuity rates
that vary with the Annuity Option selected. In the case of Options 1 through 4
and 8, the rates will vary based on the age and sex of the Annuitant, except
that unisex rates are available where required by law. In the case of Options 5
through 7 as described below, age and sex are not considerations. The annuity
rates are based upon an assumed interest rate of 3.5 percent, compounded
annually. If no Annuity Option has been selected, annuity payments will be made
to the Annuitant under an automatic option which shall be an annuity payable
during the lifetime of the Annuitant with payments guaranteed to be made for 120
months under Option 2.
Annuity Options 1 through 4 and 8 provide for payments to be made during
the lifetime of the Annuitant. Annuity payments under such options cease in the
event of the Annuitant's death, unless the option provides for a guaranteed
minimum number of payments, for example a life income with guaranteed payments
of 5, 10, 15 or 20 years. The level of annuity payments will be greater for
shorter guaranteed periods and less for longer guaranteed periods. Similarly,
payments will be greater for life annuities than for joint and survivor
annuities, because payments for life annuities are expected to be made for a
shorter period. The Annuitant's age and sex (unless unisex rates apply) will
also affect the level of annuity payments as life expectancy and gender are used
to predict the period of time over which payments will be made.
Annuity payments can be made on a monthly, quarterly, semiannual, or annual
basis, although no payments will be made for less than $50. If the frequency of
payments selected would result in payments of less than $50, Security Benefit
reserves the right to change the frequency.
An Owner may designate or change an Annuity Start Date, Annuity Option, and
Annuitant, provided proper written notice is received by Security Benefit at its
Home Office at least 30 days prior to the Annuity Start Date set forth in the
Contract. The date selected as the new Annuity Start Date must be at least 30
days after the date written notice requesting a change of Annuity Start Date is
received at Security Benefit's Home Office.
Once annuity payments have commenced under Options 1 through 4 and 8, an
Annuitant or Owner cannot change the Annuity Option and cannot surrender his or
her annuity and receive a lump-sum settlement in lieu thereof. Under Annuity
Options 5 through 7, full or partial withdrawals may be made after the Annuity
Start Date, subject to any applicable withdrawal charge. The Contract contains
annuity tables for Annuity Options 1 through 4, 7 and 8 described below. The
tables contain the guaranteed minimum dollar amount (per $1,000 applied) of the
FIRST annuity payment for a variable annuity and each annuity payment for a
fixed annuity.
ANNUITY OPTIONS
OPTION 1 - LIFE INCOME
Periodic annuity payments will be made during the lifetime of the
Annuitant. It is possible under this Option for any Annuitant to receive only
one annuity payment if the Annuitant's death occurred prior to the due date of
the second annuity payment, two if death occurred prior to the third annuity
payment due date, etc. THERE IS NO MINIMUM NUMBER OF PAYMENTS GUARANTEED UNDER
THIS OPTION. PAYMENTS CEASE UPON THE DEATH OF THE ANNUITANT, REGARDLESS OF THE
NUMBER OF PAYMENTS RECEIVED.
OPTION 2 - LIFE INCOME WITH GUARANTEED PAYMENTS OF 5, 10, 15 OR 20 YEARS
Periodic annuity payments will be made during the lifetime of the Annuitant
with the promise that if, at the death of the Annuitant, payments have been made
for less than a stated period, which may be five, ten, fifteen or twenty years,
as elected, annuity payments will be continued during the remainder of such
period to the Designated Beneficiary.
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OPTION 3 - LIFE WITH INSTALLMENT REFUND OPTION
Periodic annuity payments will be made during the lifetime of the Annuitant
with the promise that, if at the death of the Annuitant, the number of payments
that has been made is less than the number determined by dividing the amount
applied under this Option by the amount of the first payment, annuity payments
will be continued to the Designated Beneficiary until that number of payments
has been made.
OPTION 4 - JOINT AND LAST SURVIVOR
Periodic annuity payments will be made during the lifetime of either
Annuitant. It is possible under this Option for only one annuity payment to be
made if both Annuitants died prior to the second annuity payment due date, two
if both died prior to the third annuity payment due date, etc. AS IN THE CASE OF
OPTION 1, THERE IS NO MINIMUM NUMBER OF PAYMENTS GUARANTEED UNDER THIS OPTION.
PAYMENTS CEASE UPON THE DEATH OF THE LAST SURVIVING ANNUITANT, REGARDLESS OF THE
NUMBER OF PAYMENTS RECEIVED.
OPTION 5 - PAYMENTS FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD
Periodic annuity payments will be made for a fixed period, which may be
from five to twenty years, as elected, with the guarantee that, if, at the death
of all Annuitants, payments have been made for less than the selected fixed
period, the remaining unpaid payments will be paid to the Designated
Beneficiary. The amount of each payment is determined by dividing the amount of
Contract Value on the payment date by the number of payments remaining.
OPTION 6 - PAYMENTS OF A SPECIFIED AMOUNT
Periodic payments of the amount elected will be made until the amount
applied and interest thereon are exhausted, with the guarantee that, if, at the
death of all Annuitants, all guaranteed payments have not yet been made, the
remaining unpaid payments will be paid to the Designated Beneficiary.
OPTION 7 - PERIOD CERTAIN
Periodic annuity payments will be made for a stated period which may be 5,
10, 15 or 20 years, as elected. If the Annuitant dies prior to the end of the
period, the remaining payments will be made to the Designated Beneficiary. The
amount of each FIXED annuity payment is determined by reference to the Annuity
Tables in the Contract. The amount of the FIRST VARIABLE annuity payment is also
determined by reference to the Annuity Tables. All subsequent payments are
determined on the basis of a number of annuity units found by dividing the
amount of the first variable annuity payment by the annuity unit value on that
date. That number of annuity units is multiplied by the annuity unit value on
the date of each subsequent payment to determine the amount of each such
payment.
OPTION 8 - JOINT AND CONTINGENT SURVIVOR OPTION
Periodic annuity payments will be made during the life of the primary
Annuitant. Upon the death of the primary Annuitant, payments will be made to the
contingent Annuitant during his or her life. If the contingent Annuitant is not
living upon the death of the Primary Annuitant, no further payments will be
made. It is possible under this Option for only one annuity payment to be made
if both Annuitants died prior to the second annuity payment due date, two if
both died prior to the third annuity payment due date, etc. AS IN THE CASE OF
OPTIONS 1 AND 4, THERE IS NO MINIMUM NUMBER OF PAYMENTS GUARANTEED UNDER THIS
OPTION. PAYMENTS CEASE UPON THE DEATH OF THE LAST SURVIVING ANNUITANT REGARDLESS
OF THE NUMBER OF PAYMENTS RECEIVED.
VALUE OF VARIABLE ANNUITY PAYMENTS: ASSUMED INTEREST RATE
The annuity tables in the Contract which are used to calculate variable
annuity payments for Annuity Options 1 through 4, 7 and 8 are based on an
"assumed interest rate" of 3.5 percent. If the actual investment performance of
the Subaccount selected is such that the net investment return is 3.5 percent
per annum, payments under one of those options will remain constant. If the net
investment return exceeds 3.5 percent, the payments will increase and if the
return is less than 3.5 percent, the payments will decline. Use of a higher
assumed interest rate would mean a higher initial payment but a more slowly
rising series of subsequent payments in a rising market (or a more rapidly
falling series of subsequent payments in a declining market). A lower assumption
would have the opposite effect.
SELECTION OF AN OPTION
Contractowners should carefully review the Annuity Options with their
financial or tax adviser, and, for Contracts used in connection with a Qualified
Plan, reference should be made to the terms of the particular plan and the
requirements of the Internal Revenue Code for pertinent limitations respecting
annuity payments and other matters. For instance, Qualified Plans generally
require that annuity payments begin no later than April 1 of the calendar year
following the year in which the Annuitant reaches age 70 1/2. In addition, under
Qualified Plans, the period elected for receipt of annuity payments under
Annuity Options generally may be no longer than the joint life expectancy of the
Annuitant and Beneficiary in the year that the Annuitant reaches age 70 1/2, and
must be shorter than such joint life expectancy if the Beneficiary is not the
Annuitant's spouse and is more than ten years younger than the Annuitant. For
Non-Qualified Plans, SBL does not allow annuity payments to be deferred beyond
the later of the Annuitant's 85th birthday or the tenth annual Contract
anniversary (but in no event later than the oldest Annuitant's 95th birthday).
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THE FIXED ACCOUNT
Contractowners may allocate all or a portion of their purchase payments and
transfer Contract Value to the Fixed Account. Amounts allocated to the Fixed
Account become part of Security Benefit's General Account, which supports
Security Benefit's insurance and annuity obligations. The General Account is
subject to regulation and supervision by the Kansas Department of Insurance as
well as the insurance laws and regulations of other jurisdictions in which the
Contract is distributed. In reliance on certain exemptive and exclusionary
provisions, interests in the Fixed Account have not been registered as
securities under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act") and the Fixed
Account has not been registered as an investment company under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"). Accordingly, neither the Fixed Account nor
any interests therein are generally subject to the provisions of the 1933 Act or
the 1940 Act. Security Benefit has been advised that the staff of the SEC has
not reviewed the disclosure in this Prospectus relating to the Fixed Account.
This disclosure, however, may be subject to certain generally applicable
provisions of the federal securities laws relating to the accuracy and
completeness of statements made in the Prospectus. This Prospectus is generally
intended to serve as a disclosure document only for aspects of a Contract
involving the Separate Account and contains only selected information regarding
the Fixed Account. For more information regarding the Fixed Account, see "The
Contract," page 15.
Amounts allocated to the Fixed Account become part of the General Account
of Security Benefit, which consists of all assets owned by Security Benefit
other than those in the Separate Account and other separate accounts of Security
Benefit. Subject to applicable law, Security Benefit has sole discretion over
the investment of the assets of its General Account.
INTEREST
Amounts allocated to the Fixed Account earn interest at a fixed rate or
rates that are paid by Security Benefit. The Contract Value in the Fixed Account
earns interest at an interest rate that is guaranteed to be at least an annual
effective rate of 3 percent (3.5 percent for Contracts issued prior to December
1, 1997) which will accrue daily ("Guaranteed Rate"). Such interest will be paid
regardless of the actual investment experience of the Fixed Account. In
addition, Security Benefit may in its discretion pay interest at a rate
("Current Rate") that exceeds the Guaranteed Rate. Security Benefit will
determine the Current Rate, if any, from time to time, and reserves the right to
change such rate at any time.
Contract Value that was allocated or transferred to the Fixed Account
during one month may be credited with a different Current Rate than amounts
allocated or transferred to the Fixed Account in another month. Therefore, at
any given time, various portions of a Contractowner's Contract Value allocated
to the Fixed Account may be earning interest at different Current Rates,
depending upon the month during which such portions were originally allocated or
transferred to the Fixed Account. Security Benefit bears the investment risk for
the Contract Value allocated to the Fixed Account and for paying interest at the
Guaranteed Rate on amounts allocated to the Fixed Account.
For purposes of determining the interest rates to be credited on Contract
Value in the Fixed Account, withdrawals, loans, or transfers from the Fixed
Account will be deemed to be taken from purchase payments or transfers in the
order in which they were credited to the Fixed Account.
DEATH BENEFIT
The death benefit under the Contract will be determined in the same fashion
for a Contract that has Contract Value in the Fixed Account as for a Contract
that has Contract Value allocated to the Subaccounts. See "Death Benefit," page
20.
CONTRACT CHARGES
The contingent deferred sales charge and premium taxes will be the same for
Contractowners who allocate purchase payments or transfer Contract Value to the
Fixed Account as for those who allocate purchase payments to the Subaccounts.
The charges for mortality and expense risks and the administrative charge will
not be assessed against the Fixed Account, and any amounts that Security Benefit
pays for income taxes allocable to the Subaccounts will not be charged against
the Fixed Account. In addition, the investment advisory fees and operating
expenses paid by the Mutual Funds will not be paid directly or indirectly by
Contractowners to the extent the Contract Value is allocated to the Fixed
Account; however, such Contractowners will not participate in the investment
experience of the Subaccounts.
TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS
Amounts may be transferred from the Subaccounts to the Fixed Account and
from the Fixed Account to the Subaccounts, subject to the following limitations.
During the Accumulation Period, a Contractowner may transfer from the Fixed
Account to the Subaccounts in any Contract Year not more than the greatest of
(1) $5,000, (2) one third of the amount invested in the Fixed Account at the
time of the first transfer in the Contract Year, or (3) 120 percent of the
amount transferred from the Fixed Account during the previous Contract Year.
Security Benefit reserves the right for a period of time to allow transfers from
the Fixed Account in amounts that exceed the limits set forth above ("Waiver
Period"). In any Contract Year following such a Waiver Period, the total dollar
amount that may be transferred from the Fixed Account is the greatest of: (1)
above; (2) above; or (3) 120 percent of the lesser of: (i) the dollar amount
transferred from the Fixed Account in the previous Contract Year; or (ii) the
maximum dollar amount that would have been allowed in the previous
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Contract year under the transfer provisions above absent the Waiver Period.
The first twelve transfers in any Contract Year are without charge; for any
additional transfers, a charge of $25 is imposed. The minimum transfer amount is
$500 or the amount remaining in the Fixed Account. Security Benefit reserves the
right to impose limitations on the number, and amount of transfers in the future
and the right to suspend transfers.
The Contractowner may also make full and partial withdrawals to the same
extent as a Contractowner who has allocated Contract Value to the Subaccounts.
See "Full and Partial Withdrawals," page 18. In addition, to the same extent as
Contractowners with Contract Value in the Subaccounts, the Owner of a Contract
used in connection with a retirement plan qualified under Section 403(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code may obtain a loan if so permitted under the terms of such
plan. See "Loans," page 26.
PAYMENTS FROM THE FIXED ACCOUNT
Full and partial withdrawals, loans, and transfers from the Fixed Account
may be delayed for up to six months after a written request in proper form is
received by Security Benefit at its Home Office. During the period of deferral,
interest at the applicable interest rate or rates will continue to be credited
to the amounts allocated to the Fixed Account. However, payment of any amounts
will not be deferred if they are to be used to pay premiums on any policies or
contracts issued by Security Benefit.
MORE ABOUT THE CONTRACT
OWNERSHIP
The Contractowner is the individual named as such in the application or in
any later change shown in Security Benefit's records. While living, the
Contractowner alone has the right to receive all benefits and exercise all
rights that the Contract grants or Security Benefit allows.
JOINT OWNERS. The Joint Owners will be joint tenants with rights of
survivorship and upon the death of an Owner, the surviving Owner shall be the
sole Owner; however, the Designated Beneficiary shall have the right to the
death benefit payable upon the death of the Owner during the Accumulation
Period. Any Contract transaction requires the signature of all persons named
jointly.
DESIGNATION AND CHANGE OF BENEFICIARY
The Beneficiary is the individual named as such in the application or any
later change shown in Security Benefit's records. The Contractowner may change
the Beneficiary at any time while the Contract is in force by written request on
forms provided by Security Benefit and received by Security Benefit at its Home
Office. The change will not be binding on Security Benefit until it is received
and recorded at its Home Office. The change will be effective as of the date
this form is signed subject to any payments made or other actions taken by
Security Benefit before the change is received and recorded. A Contingent
Beneficiary may be designated. The Owner may designate a permanent Beneficiary
whose rights under the Contract cannot be changed without his or her consent.
Reference should be made to the terms of a particular Qualified Plan and
any applicable law for any restrictions or limitations on the designation of a
Beneficiary.
PARTICIPATING
The Contract is participating and will share in the surplus earnings of
Security Benefit. However, the current dividend scale is zero and Security
Benefit does not anticipate that dividends will be paid.
PAYMENTS FROM THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT
Security Benefit will pay any full or partial withdrawal benefit or death
benefit proceeds from Contract Value allocated to the Subaccounts, and will
effect a transfer between Subaccounts or from a Subaccount to the Fixed Account
within seven days from the Valuation Date a proper request is received at
Security Benefit's Home Office. However, Security Benefit can postpone the
calculation or payment of such a payment or transfer of amounts from the
Subaccounts to the extent permitted under applicable law, which is currently
permissible only for any period: (a) during which the New York Stock Exchange is
closed other than customary weekend and holiday closings, (b) during which
trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted as determined by the SEC,
(c) during which an emergency, as determined by the SEC, exists as a result of
which (i) disposal of securities held by the Separate Account is not reasonably
practicable, or (ii) it is not reasonably practicable to determine the value of
the assets of the Separate Account, or (d) for such other periods as the SEC may
by order permit for the protection of investors.
PROOF OF AGE AND SURVIVAL
Security Benefit may require proof of age or survival of any person on
whose life annuity payments depend.
MISSTATEMENTS
If the age or sex of an Annuitant or age of an Owner has been misstated,
the correct amount paid or payable by Security Benefit under the Contract shall
be such as the Contract Value would have provided for the correct age or sex
(unless unisex rates apply).
LOANS
An Owner of a Contract issued in connection with a retirement plan that is
qualified under Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code may borrow money
from Security Benefit using his or her Contract Value as the only security for
the loan by submitting a proper written request to Security Benefit. A loan may
be taken while the Owner is living and prior to the Annuity Start Date. The
minimum loan that may be taken is $1,000. The maximum loan that can be taken is
generally equal to the lesser of: (1) $50,000
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reduced by the excess of: (a) the highest outstanding loan balance within the
preceding twelve-month period ending on the day before the date the loan is
made; over (b) the outstanding loan balance on the date the loan is made; or (2)
50 percent of the Contract Value or $10,000, whichever is greater. However, an
amount may not be borrowed which exceeds the annuity's total value minus the
amount needed as security for the loan as described below. The Internal Revenue
Code requires aggregation of all loans made to an individual employee under a
single employer plan. However, since Security Benefit has no information
concerning outstanding loans with other providers, we will only use information
available under annuity contracts issued by us. In addition, reference should be
made to the terms of the particular Qualified Plan for any additional loan
restrictions.
When an eligible Contractowner takes a loan, Contract Value in an amount
equal to the loan amount is transferred from the Subaccounts and/or the Fixed
Account into an account called the "Loan Account." In addition, 10 percent of
the loaned amount will be held in the Fixed Account as security for the loan.
Amounts allocated to the Loan Account earn 3 percent (3.5 percent for Contracts
issued prior to December 1, 1997), the minimum rate of interest guaranteed under
the Fixed Account. Amounts acting as security for the loan in the Fixed Account
will earn the Current Rate.
Interest will be charged for the loan and will accrue on the loan balance
from the effective date of any loan. The loan interest rate will be 5 percent
(5.50 percent for Contracts issued prior to December 1, 1997). Because the
Contract Value maintained in the Loan Account will always be equal in amount to
the outstanding loan balance, the net cost of a loan is 2 percent.
Loans must be repaid within five years, unless Security Benefit determines
that the loan is to be used to acquire a principal residence of the Owner, in
which case the loan must be repaid within 30 years. Loan payments must be made
at least quarterly and may be prepaid at any time. Upon receipt of a loan
payment, Security Benefit will transfer Contract Value from the Loan Account to
the Fixed Account and/or the Subaccounts according to the Contractowner's
current instructions with respect to purchase payments in an amount equal to the
amount by which the payment reduces the amount of the loan outstanding. The
amount held as security for the loan will also be reduced by each loan payment
so that the security is again equal to 10 percent of the outstanding loan
balance immediately after the loan payment is made. However, amounts which are
no longer needed as security for the loan will not automatically be allocated
back among the Fixed Account and/or Subaccounts in accordance with the
Contractowner's purchase payment instructions.
If any required loan payment is not made, within 30 days of the due date
for loans with a monthly repayment schedule or within 90 days of the due date
for loans with a quarterly repayment schedule, the TOTAL OUTSTANDING LOAN
BALANCE will be deemed to be in default, and the entire loan balance, with any
accrued interest, will be reported as income to the Internal Revenue Service
("IRS"). Once a loan has gone into default, regularly scheduled payments will
not be accepted, and no new loans will be allowed while a loan is in default.
Interest will continue to accrue on a loan in default and if such interest is
not paid by December 31st of each year, it will be added to the outstanding
balance of the loan and will be reported to the IRS. Contract Value equal to the
amount of the accrued interest will be transferred to the Loan Account. If a
loan continues to be in default, the total outstanding balance will be deducted
from Contract Value upon the Contractowner's attaining age 59 1/2. The Contract
will be automatically terminated if the outstanding loan balance on a loan in
default equals or exceeds the amount for which the Contract may be surrendered,
plus any withdrawal charge. The proceeds from the Contract will be used to repay
the debt and any applicable withdrawal charge. Because of the adverse tax
consequences associated with defaulting on a loan, a Contractowner should
carefully consider his or her ability to repay the loan and should consult with
a tax adviser before requesting a loan.
RESTRICTIONS ON WITHDRAWALS FROM QUALIFIED PLANS
Generally, a Qualified Plan may not provide for the distribution or
withdrawal of amounts accumulated under such Qualified Plan until after a fixed
number of years, the attainment of a stated age or upon the occurrence of a
specific event such as hardship, disability, retirement, death or termination of
employment. Therefore, the Owner of a Contract purchased in connection with a
Qualified Plan may not be entitled to make a full or partial withdrawal, as
described in this Prospectus, unless one of the above-described conditions has
been satisfied. For this reason reference should be made to the terms of the
particular Qualified Plan, the Internal Revenue Code and other applicable law
for any limitation or restriction on distributions and withdrawals, including
the 10 percent penalty tax that may be imposed in the event of a distribution
from a Qualified Plan before the participant reaches age 59 1/2. See the
discussion under "Tax Penalties," page 33.
The distribution or withdrawal of amounts under a Contract purchased in
connection with a Qualified Plan may result in the receipt of taxable income to
the Owner or Annuitant and in some instances may also result in a penalty tax.
Therefore, the tax consequences of a distribution or withdrawal under a Contract
should be carefully considered and a competent tax adviser should be consulted.
See "Federal Tax Matters" below.
RESTRICTIONS ON WITHDRAWALS FROM 403(B) PROGRAMS
Section 403(b) of the Internal Revenue Code permits public school employees
and employees of certain types of charitable, educational, and scientific
organizations specified in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
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to purchase annuity contracts, and, subject to certain limitations, to exclude
the amount of purchase payments from gross income for tax purposes. Section
403(b) imposes restrictions on certain distributions from tax-sheltered annuity
contracts meeting the requirements of Section 403(b).
Section 403(b) requires that distributions from Section 403(b)
tax-sheltered annuities that are attributable to employee contributions made
after December 31, 1988 under a salary reduction agreement begin only after the
employee reaches age 59 1/2, separates from service, dies, becomes disabled, or
incurs a hardship. Furthermore, distributions of gains attributable to such
contributions accrued after December 31, 1988 may not be made on account of
hardship. Hardship, for this purpose, is generally defined as an immediate and
heavy financial need, such as paying for medical expenses, the purchase of a
residence, or paying certain tuition expenses, that may only be met by the
distribution.
An Owner of a Contract purchased as a tax-sheltered Section 403(b) annuity
contract will not, therefore, be entitled to make a full or partial withdrawal,
as described in this Prospectus, in order to receive proceeds from the Contract
attributable to contributions under a salary reduction agreement or any gains
credited to such Contract after December 31, 1988 unless one of the
above-described conditions has been satisfied. In the case of transfers of
amounts accumulated in a different Section 403(b) contract to this Contract
under a Section 403(b) program, the withdrawal constraints described above would
not apply to the amount transferred to the Contract attributable to the Owner's
December 31, 1988 account balance under the old contract, provided the amounts
transferred between contracts qualified as a tax-free exchange under the
Internal Revenue Code. An Owner of a Contract may be able to transfer the
Contract's Full Withdrawal Value to certain other investment alternatives
meeting the requirements of Section 403(b) that are available under an
employer's Section 403(b) arrangement.
Pursuant to Revenue Ruling 90-24, a direct transfer between issuers of an
amount representing all or part of an individual's interest in a Section 403(b)
annuity or custodial account is not a distribution subject to tax or to
premature distribution penalty, provided the funds transferred continue after
the transfer to be subject to distribution requirements at least as strict as
those applicable to them before the transfer.
FEDERAL TAX MATTERS
INTRODUCTION
The Contract described in this Prospectus is designed for use by
individuals in retirement plans which may or may not be Qualified Plans under
the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code ("Code"). The ultimate effect of
federal income taxes on the amounts held under a Contract, on annuity payments,
and on the economic benefits to the Owner, the Annuitant, and the Beneficiary or
other payee will depend upon the type of retirement plan, if any, for which the
Contract is purchased, the tax and employment status of the individuals involved
and a number of other factors. The discussion contained herein and in the
Statement of Additional Information is general in nature. It is based upon
Security Benefit's understanding of the present federal income tax laws as
currently interpreted by the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"), and is not
intended as tax advice. No representation is made regarding the likelihood of
continuation of the present federal income tax laws or of the current
interpretations by the IRS or the courts. Future legislation may affect annuity
contracts adversely. Moreover, no attempt has been made to consider any
applicable state or other laws. Because of the inherent complexity of such laws
and the fact that tax results will vary according to the particular
circumstances of the individual involved and, if applicable, the Qualified Plan,
any person contemplating the purchase of a Contract, contemplating selection of
an Annuity Option under a Contract, or receiving annuity payments under a
Contract should consult a qualified tax adviser. SECURITY BENEFIT DOES NOT MAKE
ANY GUARANTEE REGARDING THE TAX STATUS OF, OR TAX CONSEQUENCES ARISING FROM, ANY
CONTRACT OR ANY TRANSACTION INVOLVING THE CONTRACTS.
TAX STATUS OF SECURITY BENEFIT AND THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT
GENERAL
Security Benefit is taxed as a life insurance company under Part I,
Subchapter L of the Code. Because the Separate Account is not taxed as a
separate entity and its operations form a part of Security Benefit, Security
Benefit will be responsible for any federal income taxes that become payable
with respect to the income of the Separate Account. However, each Subaccount
will bear its allocable share of such liabilities. Under current law, no item of
dividend income, interest income, or realized capital gain of the Subaccounts
will be taxed to Security Benefit to the extent it is applied to increase
reserves under the Contracts.
Under the principles set forth in I.R.S. Revenue Ruling 81-225 and Section
817(h) of the Code and regulations thereunder, Security Benefit believes that
Security Benefit will be treated as the owner of the assets in the Separate
Account for federal income tax purposes.
The Separate Account will invest its assets in a mutual fund that is
intended to qualify as a regulated investment company under Part I, Subchapter M
of the Code. If the requirements of the Code are met, the Mutual Fund will not
be taxed on amounts distributed on a timely basis to the Separate Account.
CHARGE FOR SECURITY BENEFIT TAXES
A charge may be made for any federal taxes incurred by Security Benefit
that are attributable to the Separate Account, the Subaccounts or to the
operations of Security Benefit with respect to the Contract or attributable to
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payments, premiums, or acquisition costs under the Contracts. Security Benefit
will review the question of a charge to the Separate Account, the Subaccounts or
the Contracts for Security Benefit's federal taxes periodically. Charges may
become necessary if, among other reasons, the tax treatment of Security Benefit
or of income and expenses under the Contracts is ultimately determined to be
other than what Security Benefit currently believes it to be, if there are
changes made in the federal income tax treatment of variable annuities at the
insurance company level, or if there is a change in Security Benefit's tax
status.
Under current laws, Security Benefit may incur state and local taxes (in
addition to premium taxes) in several states. At present, these taxes are not
significant. If there is a material change in applicable state or local tax
laws, Security Benefit reserves the right to charge the Separate Account or the
Subaccounts for such taxes, if any, attributable to the Separate Account or
Subaccounts.
DIVERSIFICATION STANDARDS
Each Fund of the Mutual Fund will be required to adhere to regulations
adopted by the Treasury Department pursuant to Section 817(h) of the Code
prescribing asset diversification requirements for investment companies whose
shares are sold to insurance company separate accounts funding variable
contracts. Pursuant to these regulations, on the last day of each calendar
quarter, no more than 55 percent of the total assets of a Fund may be
represented by any one investment, no more than 70 percent may be represented by
any two investments, no more than 80 percent may be represented by any three
investments, and no more than 90 percent may be represented by any four
investments. For purposes of Section 817(h), securities of a single issuer
generally are treated as one investment but obligations of the U.S. Treasury and
each U.S. Governmental agency or instrumentality generally are treated as
securities of separate issuers.
In connection with the issuance of the regulations governing
diversification under Section 817(h) of the Code, the Treasury Department
announced that it would issue future regulations or rulings addressing the
circumstances in which a variable Contractowner's control of the investment of a
separate account may cause the contractowner, rather than the insurance company,
to be treated as the owner of the assets held by the separate account. If the
variable contractowner is considered the owner of the securities underlying the
separate account, income and gains produced by those securities would be
included currently in the Contractowner's gross income.
It is not clear, at present, what these regulations or rulings would
provide. It is possible that when the regulations or rulings are issued, the
Contract may need to be modified in order to remain in compliance. Security
Benefit intends to make reasonable efforts to comply with any such regulations
or rulings to assure that the Contract continues to be treated as an annuity
contract for federal income tax purposes and reserves the right to make such
changes as it deems appropriate for that purpose.
TAXATION OF ANNUITIES IN GENERAL - NON-QUALIFIED PLANS
Section 72 of the Code governs taxation of annuities. In general, a
contractowner is not taxed on increases in value under an annuity contract until
some form of distribution is made under the contract. However, the increase in
value may be subject to tax currently under certain circumstances. See
"Contracts Owned by Non-Natural Persons," page 30 and "Diversification
Standards" above.
1. Surrenders or Withdrawals Prior to the Annuity Start Date
Code Section 72 provides that amounts received upon a total or partial
withdrawal from a contract prior to the Annuity Start Date generally will be
treated as gross income to the extent that the cash value of the contract
(determined without regard to any surrender charge in the case of a partial
withdrawal) exceeds the "investment in the contract." The "investment in the
contract" is that portion, if any, of purchase payments paid under a contract
less any distributions received previously under the contract that are excluded
from the recipient's gross income. The taxable portion is taxed at ordinary
income tax rates. For purposes of this rule, a pledge or assignment of a
contract is treated as a payment received on account of a partial withdrawal of
a contract. Similarly, loans under a contract generally are treated as
distributions under the contract.
2. Surrenders or Withdrawals on or after the Annuity Start Date
Upon receipt of a lump-sum payment or an annuity payment under an annuity
contract, the receipt is taxed if the cash value of the contract exceeds the
investment in the contract. Ordinarily, the taxable portion of such payments
will be taxed at ordinary income tax rates.
For annuity payments, the taxable portion of each payment is determined by
using a formula known as the "exclusion ratio," which establishes the ratio that
the investment in the contract bears to the total expected amount of annuity
payments for the term of the contract. That ratio is then applied to each
payment to determine the non-taxable portion of the payment. That remaining
portion of each payment is taxed at ordinary income rates. Once the excludable
portion of annuity payments to date equals the investment in the contract, the
balance of the annuity payments will be fully taxable.
Withholding of federal income taxes on all distributions may be required
unless a recipient who is eligible elects not to have any amounts withheld and
properly notifies Security Benefit of that election.
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3. Penalty Tax on Certain Surrenders and Withdrawals
With respect to amounts withdrawn or distributed before the taxpayer
reaches age 59 1/2, a penalty tax is imposed equal to 10 percent of the portion
of such amount which is includable in gross income. However, the penalty tax is
not applicable to withdrawals: (i) made on or after the death of the owner (or
where the owner is not an individual, the death of the "primary annuitant," who
is defined as the individual the events in whose life are of primary importance
in affecting the timing and amount of the payout under the contract); (ii)
attributable to the taxpayer's becoming totally disabled within the meaning of
Code Section 72(m)(7); (iii) which are part of a series of substantially equal
periodic payments (not less frequently than annually) made for the life (or life
expectancy) of the taxpayer, or the joint lives (or joint life expectancies) of
the taxpayer and his or her beneficiary; (iv) from certain qualified plans; (v)
under a so-called qualified funding asset (as defined in Code Section 130(d));
(vi) under an immediate annuity contract; or (vii) which are purchased by an
employer on termination of certain types of qualified plans and which are held
by the employer until the employee separates from service.
If the penalty tax does not apply to a surrender or withdrawal as a result
of the application of item (iii) above, and the series of payments are
subsequently modified (other than by reason of death or disability), the tax for
the first year in which the modification occurs will be increased by an amount
(determined by the regulations) equal to the tax that would have been imposed
but for item (iii) above, plus interest for the deferral period, if the
modification takes place (a) before the close of the period which is five years
from the date of the first payment and after the taxpayer attains age 59 1/2, or
(b) before the taxpayer reaches age 59 1/2.
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
1. Distribution-at-Death Rules
In order to be treated as an annuity contract, a contract issued on or
after January 19, 1985, must provide the following two distribution rules: (a)
if the owner dies on or after the Annuity Start Date, and before the entire
interest in the contract has been distributed, the remainder of the owner's
interest will be distributed at least as quickly as the method in effect on the
owner's death; and (b) if the owner dies before the Annuity Start Date, the
entire interest in the contract must generally be distributed within five years
after the date of death, or, if payable to a designated beneficiary, must be
annuitized over the life of that designated beneficiary or over a period not
extending beyond the life expectancy of that beneficiary, commencing within one
year after the date of death of the owner. If the designated beneficiary is the
spouse of the owner, the contract (together with the deferral of tax on the
accrued and future income thereunder) may be continued in the name of the spouse
as owner.
Generally, for purposes of determining when distributions must begin under
the foregoing rules, where the owner is not an individual, the primary annuitant
is considered the owner. In that case, a change in the primary annuitant will be
treated as the death of the owner. Finally, in the case of joint owners, the
distribution-at-death rules will be applied by treating the death of the first
owner as the one to be taken into account in determining generally when
distributions must commence, unless the sole Designated Beneficiary is the
deceased owner's spouse.
2. Gift of Annuity Contracts
Generally, gifts of non-tax qualified contracts prior to the Annuity Start
Date will trigger tax on the gain on the contract, with the donee getting a
stepped-up basis for the amount included in the donor's income. The 10 percent
penalty tax and gift tax also may be applicable. This provision does not apply
to transfers between spouses or incident to a divorce.
3. Contracts Owned by Non-Natural Persons
For contributions to annuity contracts after February 28, 1986, if the
contract is held by a non-natural person (for example, a corporation) the income
on that contract (generally the increase in net surrender value less the
purchase payments) is includable in taxable income each year. The rule does not
apply where the contract is acquired by the estate of a decedent, where the
contract is held by certain types of retirement plans, where the contract is a
qualified funding asset for structured settlements, where the contract is
purchased on behalf of an employee upon termination of a qualified plan, and in
the case of a so-called immediate annuity. An annuity contract held by a trust
or other entity as agent for a natural person is considered held by a natural
person.
4. Multiple Contract Rule
For contracts entered into on or after October 21, 1988, for purposes of
determining the amount of any distribution under Code Section 72(e) (amounts not
received as annuities) that is includable in gross income, all annuity contracts
issued by the same insurer to the same contractowner during any calendar year
are to be aggregated and treated as one contract. Thus, any amount received
under any such contract prior to the contract's Annuity Start Date, such as a
partial surrender, dividend, or loan, will be taxable (and possibly subject to
the 10 percent penalty tax) to the extent of the combined income in all such
contracts.
In addition, the Treasury Department has broad regulatory authority in
applying this provision to prevent avoidance of the purposes of this rule. It is
possible that,
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under this authority, the Treasury Department may apply this rule to amounts
that are paid as annuities (on and after the Annuity Start Date) under annuity
contracts issued by the same company to the same owner during any calendar year.
In this case, annuity payments could be fully taxable (and possibly subject to
the 10 percent penalty tax) to the extent of the combined income in all such
contracts and regardless of whether any amount would otherwise have been
excluded from income because of the "exclusion ratio" under the contract.
QUALIFIED PLANS
The Contract may be used with Qualified Plans that meet the requirements of
Section 401, 403(b), 408 or 457 of the Code. The tax rules applicable to
participants in such Qualified Plans vary according to the type of plan and the
terms and conditions of the plan itself. No attempt is made herein to provide
more than general information about the use of the Contract with the various
types of Qualified Plans. Contractowners, Annuitants, and Beneficiaries, are
cautioned that the rights of any person to any benefits under such Qualified
Plans may be subject to the terms and conditions of the plans themselves or
limited by applicable law, regardless of the terms and conditions of the
Contract issued in connection therewith. For example, Security Benefit may
accept beneficiary designations and payment instructions under the terms of the
Contract without regard to any spousal consents that may be required under the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Consequently, a
Contractowner's Beneficiary designation or elected payment option may not be
enforceable.
The amounts that may be contributed to Qualified Plans are subject to
limitations that vary depending on the type of Plan. In addition, early
distributions from most Qualified Plans may be subject to penalty taxes, or in
the case of distributions of amounts contributed under salary reduction
agreements, could cause the Plan to be disqualified. Furthermore, distributions
from most Qualified Plans are subject to certain minimum distribution rules.
Failure to comply with these rules could result in disqualification of the Plan
or subject the Owner or Annuitant to penalty taxes. As a result, the minimum
distribution rules may limit the availability of certain Annuity Options to
certain Annuitants and their beneficiaries.
The following are brief descriptions of the various types of Qualified
Plans and the use of the Contract therewith:
1. Section 401
Code Section 401 permits employers to establish various types of retirement
plans (e.g., pension, profit sharing and 401(k) plans) for their employees. For
this purpose, self-employed individuals (proprietors or partners operating a
trade or business) are treated as employees and therefore eligible to
participate in such plans. Retirement plans established in accordance with
Section 401 may permit the purchase of Contracts to provide benefits thereunder.
In order for a retirement plan to be "qualified" under Code Section 401, it
must: (i) meet certain minimum standards with respect to participation, coverage
and vesting; (ii) not discriminate in favor of "highly compensated" employees;
(iii) provide contributions or benefits that do not exceed certain limitations;
(iv) prohibit the use of plan assets for purposes other than the exclusive
benefit of the employees and their beneficiaries covered by the plan; (v)
provide for distributions that comply with certain minimum distribution
requirements; (vi) provide for certain spousal survivor benefits; and (vii)
comply with numerous other qualification requirements.
A retirement plan qualified under Code Section 401 may be funded by
employer contributions, employee contributions or a combination of both. Plan
participants are not subject to tax on employer contributions until such amounts
are actually distributed from the plan. Depending upon the terms of the
particular plan, employee contributions may be made on a pre-tax or after-tax
basis. In addition, plan participants are not taxed on plan earnings derived
from either employer or employee contributions until such earnings are
distributed.
Each employee's interest in a retirement plan qualified under Code Section
401 must generally be distributed or begin to be distributed not later than
April 1 of the calendar year following the later of the calendar year in which
the employee reaches age 70 1/2 or retires ("required beginning date"). Periodic
distributions must not extend beyond the life of the employee or the lives of
the employee and a designated beneficiary (or over a period extending beyond the
life expectancy of the employee or the joint life expectancy of the employee and
a designated beneficiary).
If an employee dies before reaching his or her required beginning date, the
employee's entire interest in the plan must generally be distributed within five
years of the employee's death. However, the five-year rule will be deemed
satisfied, if distributions begin before the close of the calendar year
following the employee's death to a designated beneficiary and are made over the
life of the beneficiary (or over a period not extending beyond the life
expectancy of the beneficiary). If the designated beneficiary is the employee's
surviving spouse, distributions may be delayed until the employee would have
reached age 70 1/2.
If an employee dies after reaching his or her required beginning date, the
employee's interest in the plan must generally be distributed at least as
rapidly as under the method of distribution in effect at the time of the
employee's death.
Annuity payments distributed from a retirement plan qualified under Code
Section 401 are taxable under Section 72 of the Code. Section 72 provides that
the portion of each payment attributable to contributions that were taxable to
the employee in the year made, if any, is excluded from gross income as a return
of the employee's investment. The portion so excluded is determined by dividing
the employee's investment in the plan by (1) the number of anticipated payments
determined under a table
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set forth in Section 72 of the Code or (2) in the case of a contract calling for
installment payments, the number of monthly annuity payments under such
contract. The portion of each payment in excess of the exclusion amount is
taxable as ordinary income. Once the employee's investment has been recovered,
the full annuity payment will be taxable. If the employee should die prior to
recovering his entire investment, the unrecovered investment will be allowed as
a deduction on his final return. If the employee made no contributions that were
taxable when made, the full amount of each annuity payment is taxable to him as
ordinary income.
A "lump-sum" distribution from a retirement plan qualified under Code
Section 401 is eligible for favorable tax treatment. A "lump-sum" distribution
means the distribution within one taxable year of the balance to the credit of
the employee which becomes payable: (i) on account of the employee's death, (ii)
after the employee attains age 59 1/2, (iii) on account of the employee's
termination or employment (in the case of a common law employee only) or (iv)
after the employee has become disabled (in the case of a self-employed person
only).
As a general rule, a lump-sum distribution is fully taxable as ordinary
income except for an amount equal to the employee's investment, if any, which is
recovered tax-free. However, special five-year averaging may be available,
provided the employee has reached age 59 1/2 and has not previously elected to
use income averaging. (Special five-year averaging has been repealed for
distributions after 1999.) Special ten-year averaging and capital-gains
treatment may be available to an employee who reached age 50 before 1986.
2. Section 403(b)
Code Section 403(b) permits public school employees and employees of
certain types of charitable, educational and scientific organizations specified
in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code to purchase annuity contracts, and, subject to
certain limitations, to exclude the amount of purchase payments from gross
income for tax purposes. The Contract may be purchased in connection with a
Section 403(b) annuity program.
Section 403(b) annuities must generally be provided under a plan which
meets certain minimum participation, coverage, and nondiscrimination
requirements. Section 403(b) annuities are generally subject to minimum
distribution requirements similar to those applicable to retirement plans
qualified under Section 401 of the Code. See "Section 401," page 31.
Amounts used to purchase Section 403(b) annuities generally are excludable
from the taxable income of the employee. As a result, all distributions from
such annuities are normally taxable in full as ordinary income to the employee.
3. Section 408
INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ANNUITIES. Section 408 of the Code permits eligible
individuals to establish individual retirement programs through the purchase of
Individual Retirement Annuities ("traditional IRAs"). The Contract may be
purchased as an IRA. The IRAs described in this paragraph are called
"traditional IRAs" to distinguish them from the new "Roth IRAs" which became
available in 1998.
IRAs are subject to limitations on the amount that may be contributed, the
persons who may be eligible and on the time when distributions must commence.
Depending upon the circumstances of the individual, contributions to a
traditional IRA may be made on a deductible or non-deductible basis. IRAs may
not be transferred, sold, assigned, discounted or pledged as collateral for a
loan or other obligation. The annual premium for an IRA may not be fixed and may
not exceed $2,000. Any refund of premium must be applied to the payment of
future premiums or the purchase of additional benefits.
Sale of the Contracts for use with IRAs may be subject to special
requirements imposed by the Internal Revenue Service. Purchasers of the
Contracts for such purposes will be provided with such supplementary information
as may be required by the Internal Revenue Service or other appropriate agency,
and will have the right to revoke the Contract under certain circumstances. See
the IRA Disclosure Statement that accompanies this Prospectus.
In general, traditional IRAs are subject to minimum distribution
requirements similar to those applicable to retirement plans qualified under
Section 401 of the Code; however, the required beginning date for traditional
IRAs is generally the date that the Contractowner reaches age 70 1/2--the
Contractowner's retirement date, if any, will not affect his or her required
beginning date. See "Section 401," page 31. Distributions from IRAs are
generally taxed under Code Section 72. Under these rules, a portion of each
distribution may be excludable from income. The amount excludable from the
individual's income is the amount of the distribution which bears the same ratio
as the individual's nondeductible contributions bears to the expected return
under the IRA.
Distributions from a traditional IRA may be eligible for a tax-free
rollover to another traditional IRA. In certain cases, a distribution from a
traditional IRA may be eligible to be rolled over to a retirement plan qualified
under Code Section 401(a) or a Section 403(b) annuity contract. See "Rollovers"
below.
The Internal Revenue Service has not reviewed the Contract for
qualification as an IRA, and has not addressed in a ruling of general
applicability whether a death benefit provision such as the provision in the
Contract comports with IRA qualification requirements.
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4. Section 457
Section 457 of the Code permits employees of state and local governments
and units and agencies of state and local governments as well as tax-exempt
organizations described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code to defer a portion of
their compensation without paying current taxes, if those employees are
participants in an eligible deferred compensation plan. A Section 457 plan may
permit the purchase of Contracts to provide benefits thereunder.
Although a participant under a Section 457 plan may be permitted to direct
or choose methods of investment, in the case of a tax-exempt employer sponsor
all amounts deferred under the plan, and any income thereon, remain solely the
property of the employer and subject to the claims of its general creditors,
until paid to the participant. The assets of a Section 457 plan maintained by a
state or local government employer must be held in trust (or custodial account
or an annuity contract) for the exclusive benefit of plan participants, who will
be responsible for taxes upon distribution.
Section 457 plans are generally subject to minimum distribution
requirements similar to those applicable to retirement plans qualified under
Section 401 of the Code. See "Section 401," page 31. Since under a Section 457
plan, contributions are generally excludable from the taxable income of the
employee, the full amount received will usually be taxable as ordinary income
when annuity payments commence or other distributions are made.
5. Tax Penalties
PREMATURE DISTRIBUTION TAX. Distributions from a Qualified Plan before the
participant reaches age 59 1/2 are generally subject to an additional tax equal
to 10 percent of the taxable portion of the distribution. The 10 percent penalty
tax does not apply to distributions: (i) made on or after the death of the
employee; (ii) attributable to the employee's disability; (iii) which are part
of a series of substantially equal periodic payments made (at least annually)
for the life (or life expectancy) of the employee or the joint lives (or joint
life expectancies) of the employee and a designated beneficiary and which begin
after the employee terminates employment; (iv) made to an employee after
termination of employment after reaching age 55; (v) made to pay for certain
medical expenses; (vi) that are exempt withdrawals of an excess contribution;
(vii) that is rolled over or transferred in accordance with Code requirements;
or (viii) that is transferred pursuant to a decree of divorce or separate
maintenance or written instrument incident to such a decree.
The exception to the 10 percent penalty tax described in item (iv) above is
not applicable to IRAs. However, distributions from an IRA to unemployed
individuals can be made without application of the 10 percent tax to pay health
insurance premiums in certain cases. In addition, the 10 percent penalty tax is
generally not applicable to distributions from a Section 457 plan. Starting
January 1, 1998, there are two additional exceptions to the 10% penalty tax on
withdrawals from IRAs before 59 1/2: withdrawals made to pay "qualified" higher
education expenses and withdrawals made to pay certain "eligible first-time home
buyer expenses."
MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION TAX. If the amount distributed from a Qualified Plan
is less than the minimum required distribution for the year, the participant is
subject to a 50 percent tax on the amount that was not properly distributed.
EXCESS DISTRIBUTION/ACCUMULATION TAX. The penalty tax of 15 percent which
was imposed (in addition to any ordinary income tax) on large plan distributions
and the "excess retirement accumulations" of an individual has been repealed,
effective January 1, 1997.
6. Withholding
Periodic distributions (e.g., annuities and installment payments) from a
Qualified Plan that will last for a period of ten or more years are generally
subject to voluntary income tax withholding. The amount withheld on such
periodic distributions is determined at the rate applicable to wages. The
recipient of a periodic distribution may generally elect not to have withholding
apply.
Nonperiodic distributions (e.g., lump sums and annuities or installment
payments of less than ten years) from a Qualified Plan (other than IRAs and
Section 457 plans) are generally subject to mandatory 20 percent income tax
withholding. However, no withholding is imposed if the distribution is
transferred directly to another eligible Qualified Plan. Nonperiodic
distributions from an IRA are subject to income tax withholding at a flat 10
percent rate. The recipient of such a distribution may elect not to have
withholding apply.
The above description of the federal income tax consequences of the
different types of Qualified Plans which may be funded by the Contract offered
by this Prospectus is only a brief summary and is not intended as tax advice.
The rules governing the provisions of Qualified Plans are extremely complex and
often difficult to comprehend. Anything less than full compliance with the
applicable rules, all of which are subject to change, may have adverse tax
consequences. A prospective Contractowner considering adoption of a Qualified
Plan and purchase of a Contract in connection therewith should first consult a
qualified and competent tax adviser, with regard to the suitability of the
Contract as an investment vehicle for the Qualified Plan.
OTHER INFORMATION
VOTING OF MUTUAL FUND SHARES
Security Benefit is the legal owner of the shares of the Mutual Funds held
by the Subaccounts of the Separate Account. In accordance with its view of
present applicable law, Security Benefit will exercise voting rights
attributable to the shares of each Series of the Mutual Funds held in the
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Subaccounts at any regular and special meetings of the shareholders of the
Mutual Funds on matters requiring shareholder voting under the 1940 Act.
Security Benefit will exercise these voting rights based on instructions
received from persons having the voting interest in corresponding Subaccounts of
the Separate Account. However, if the 1940 Act or any regulations thereunder
should be amended, or if the present interpretation thereof should change, and
as a result Security Benefit determines that it is permitted to vote the shares
of the Mutual Funds in its own right, it may elect to do so.
The person having the voting interest under a Contract is the Owner. Unless
otherwise required by applicable law, the number of shares of a particular
Series as to which voting instructions may be given to Security Benefit is
determined by dividing a Contractowner's Contract Value in a Subaccount on a
particular date by the net asset value per share of that Series as of the same
date. Fractional votes will be counted. The number of votes as to which voting
instructions may be given will be determined as of the date coincident with the
date established by the Mutual Fund for determining shareholders eligible to
vote at the meeting of the Mutual Fund. If required by the SEC, Security Benefit
reserves the right to determine in a different fashion the voting rights
attributable to the shares of the Mutual Funds. Voting instructions may be cast
in person or by proxy.
Trust Contracts may be purchased through the trust department of First of
America Bank - Michigan, N.A. (the "Bank") and the Bank, as trustee, will be the
legal owner of, and have the voting rights with respect to, such Contracts.
First of America Investment Corporation, the Parkstone Advantage Fund's
investment adviser, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank. In the event of a
vote of the Parkstone Advantage Fund shareholders on an issue involving the
investment adviser, as for all other issues, the Bank is required to vote in
accordance with its fiduciary duty as trustee.
Voting rights attributable to the Contractowner's Contract Value in a
Subaccount for which no timely voting instructions are received will be voted by
Security Benefit in the same proportion as the voting instructions that are
received in a timely manner for all Contracts participating in that Subaccount.
Security Benefit will also exercise the voting rights from assets in each
Subaccount that are not otherwise attributable to Contractowners, if any, in the
same proportion as the voting instructions that are received in a timely manner
for all Contracts participating in that Subaccount and generally will exercise
voting rights attributable to shares of the Series of the Mutual Funds held in
its General Account, if any, in the same proportion as votes cast with respect
to shares of the Series of the Mutual Funds held by the Separate Account and
other separate accounts of Security Benefit, in the aggregate.
SUBSTITUTION OF INVESTMENTS
Security Benefit reserves the right, subject to compliance with the law as
then in effect, to make additions to, deletions from, substitutions for, or
combinations of the securities that are held by the Separate Account or any
Subaccount or that the Separate Account or any Subaccount may purchase. If
shares of any or all of the Series of the Mutual Funds should no longer be
available for investment, or if, in the judgment of Security Benefit management,
further investment in shares of any or all of the Series of the Mutual Funds
should become inappropriate in view of the purposes of the Contract, Security
Benefit may substitute shares of another Series of one of the Mutual Funds or of
a different fund for shares already purchased, or to be purchased in the future
under the Contract. Security Benefit may also purchase, through the Subaccount,
other securities for other classes or contracts, or permit a conversion between
classes of contracts on the basis of requests made by Owners.
In connection with a substitution of any shares attributable to an Owner's
interest in a Subaccount or the Separate Account, Security Benefit will, to the
extent required under applicable law, provide notice, seek Owner approval, seek
prior approval of the SEC, and comply with the filing or other procedures
established by applicable state insurance regulators.
Security Benefit also reserves the right to establish additional
Subaccounts of the Separate Account that would invest in a new Series of one of
the Mutual Funds or in shares of another investment company, a series thereof,
or other suitable investment vehicle. New Subaccounts may be established in the
sole discretion of Security Benefit, and any new Subaccount will be made
available to existing Owners on a basis to be determined by Security Benefit.
Security Benefit may also eliminate or combine one or more Subaccounts if, in
its sole discretion, marketing, tax, or investment conditions so warrant.
Subject to compliance with applicable law, Security Benefit may transfer
assets to the General Account. Security Benefit also reserves the right, subject
to any required regulatory approvals, to transfer assets of any Subaccount of
the Separate Account to another separate account or Subaccount.
In the event of any such substitution or change, Security Benefit may, by
appropriate endorsement, make such changes in these and other contracts as may
be necessary or appropriate to reflect such substitution or change. If deemed by
Security Benefit to be in the best interests of persons having voting rights
under the Contracts, the Separate Account may be operated as a management
investment company under the 1940 Act or any other form permitted by law; it may
be deregistered under that Act in the event such registration is no longer
required; or it may be combined with other separate accounts of Security Benefit
or an affiliate thereof. Subject to compliance with applicable law, Security
Benefit also may combine one or more Subaccounts and may establish a committee,
board, or other group to manage one or more aspects of the operation of the
Separate Account.
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CHANGES TO COMPLY WITH LAW AND AMENDMENTS
Security Benefit reserves the right, without the consent of Owners, to
suspend sales of the Contract as presently offered and to make any change to the
provisions of the Contracts to comply with, or give Owners the benefit of, any
federal or state statute, rule, or regulation, including but not limited to
requirements for annuity contracts and retirement plans under the Internal
Revenue Code and regulations thereunder or any state statute or regulation.
Security Benefit also reserves the right to limit the amount and frequency of
subsequent purchase payments.
REPORTS TO OWNERS
A statement will be sent annually to each Contractowner setting forth a
summary of the transactions that occurred during the year, and indicating the
Contract Value as of the end of each year. In addition, the statement will
indicate the allocation of Contract Value among the Fixed Account and the
Subaccounts and any other information required by law. Confirmations will also
be sent out upon purchase payments, transfers, loans, and full and partial
withdrawals. Certain transactions will be confirmed on a quarterly basis,
including purchases under an Automatic Investment Program, transfers under the
Dollar Cost Averaging and Asset Rebalancing Options, systematic withdrawals,
annuity payments and loan repayments.
Each Contractowner will also receive an annual and semiannual report
containing financial statements for the Fund, which will include a list of the
portfolio securities of the Fund, as required by the 1940 Act, and/or such other
reports as may be required by federal securities laws.
TELEPHONE TRANSFER PRIVILEGES
A Contractowner may request a transfer of Contract Value by telephone if
the Telephone Transfer section of the application or an Authorization for
Telephone Requests form ("Telephone Authorization") has been completed, signed,
and filed at Security Benefit's Home Office. Security Benefit has established
procedures to confirm that instructions communicated by telephone are genuine
and may be liable for any losses due to fraudulent or unauthorized instructions
if it fails to comply with its procedures. Security Benefit's procedures require
that any person requesting a transfer by telephone provide the account number
and the Owner's tax identification number and such instructions must be received
on a recorded line. Security Benefit reserves the right to deny any telephone
transfer request. If all telephone lines are busy (which might occur, for
example, during periods of substantial market fluctuations), Contractowners
might not be able to request transfers by telephone and would have to submit
written requests.
By authorizing telephone transfers, a Contractowner authorizes Security
Benefit to accept and act upon telephone instructions for transfers involving
the Contractowner's Contract, and agrees that neither Security Benefit, nor any
of its affiliates will be liable for any loss, damages, cost, or expense
(including attorneys' fees) arising out of any requests effected, provided that
Security Benefit complied with its procedures. As a result of this policy on
telephone requests, the Contractowner may bear the risk of loss arising from the
telephone transfer privileges. Security Benefit may discontinue, modify, or
suspend the telephone transfer privilege at any time.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
There are no legal proceedings pending to which the Separate Account is a
party, or which would materially affect the Separate Account.
LEGAL MATTERS
Legal matters in connection with the issue and sale of the Contracts
described in this Prospectus, Security Benefit's authority to issue the
Contracts under Kansas law, and the validity of the forms of the Contracts under
Kansas law have been passed upon by Amy J. Lee, Esq., Associate General Counsel,
Security Benefit.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Performance information for the Subaccounts of the Separate Account,
including the yield and effective yield of the Subaccount investing in the Money
Market Series ("SBL Money Market Subaccount"), the yield of the remaining
Subaccounts, and the total return of all Subaccounts may appear in
advertisements, reports, and promotional literature to current or prospective
Owners.
Current yield for the SBL Money Market Subaccount will be based on income
received by a hypothetical investment over a given 7-day period (less expenses
accrued during the period), and then "annualized" (i.e., assuming that the 7-day
yield would be received for 52 weeks, stated in terms of an annual percentage
return on the investment). "Effective yield" for the SBL Money Market Subaccount
is calculated in a manner similar to that used to calculate yield, but reflects
the compounding effect of earnings.
For the remaining Subaccounts, quotations of yield will be based on all
investment income per Accumulation Unit earned during a given 30-day period,
less expenses accrued during the period ("net investment income"), and will be
computed by dividing net investment income by the value of an Accumulation Unit
on the last day of the period. Quotations of average annual total return for any
Subaccount will be expressed in terms of the average annual compounded rate of
return on a hypothetical investment in a Contract over a period of one, five,
and ten years (or, if less, up to the life of the Subaccount), and will reflect
the deduction of the applicable contingent deferred sales charge, the
administrative charge, the maintenance fee, and the mortality and expense risk
charge. Quotations of total return may simultaneously be shown that do not take
into account certain contractual charges such as the contingent deferred sales
charge and the administrative charge and may simultaneously be shown for other
periods. Where the Mutual Fund Series in which a Subaccount invests was
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established prior to inception of the Subaccount, quotations of total return may
include quotations for periods beginning prior to the Subaccount's date of
inception. Such quotations of total return are based upon the performance of the
Subaccount's corresponding Series adjusted to reflect deduction of the mortality
and expense risk charge and will be accompanied by the average annual total
return figures discussed above.
Performance information for a Subaccount may be compared, in reports and
promotional literature, to: (i) the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index ("S&P
500"), Dow Jones Industrial Average ("DJIA"), Donaghue Money Market
Institutional Averages, the Lehman Brothers Government Corporate Index, the
Morgan Stanley Capital International's EAFE Index or other indices measuring
performance of a pertinent group of securities so that investors may compare a
Subaccount's results with those of a group of securities widely regarded by
investors as representative of the securities markets in general or
representative of a particular type of security; (ii) other variable annuity
separate accounts or other investment products tracked by Lipper Analytical
Services, a widely used independent research firm which ranks mutual funds and
other investment companies by overall performance, investment objectives, and
assets, or tracked by other ratings services, companies, publications, or
persons who rank separate accounts or other investment products on overall
performance or other criteria; and (iii) the Consumer Price Index (measure for
inflation) to assess the real rate of return from an investment in the Contract.
Unmanaged indices may assume the reinvestment of dividends but generally do not
reflect deductions for administrative and management costs and expenses.
Performance information for any Subaccount reflects only the performance of
a hypothetical Contract under which Contract Value is allocated to a Subaccount
during a particular time period on which the calculations are based. Performance
information should be considered in light of the investment objectives and
policies, characteristics, and quality of the Series in which the Subaccount
invests, and the market conditions during the given time period, and should not
be considered as a representation of what may be achieved in the future. For a
description of the methods used to determine yield and total return for the
Subaccounts, see the Statement of Additional Information.
Reports and promotional literature may also contain other information
including (i) the ranking of any Subaccount derived from rankings of variable
annuity separate accounts or other investment products tracked by Lipper
Analytical Services or by other rating services, companies, publications, or
other persons who rank separate accounts or other investment products on overall
performance or other criteria, (ii) the effect of tax-deferred compounding on a
Subaccount's investment returns, or returns in general, which may be illustrated
by graphs, charts, or otherwise, and which may include a comparison, at various
points in time, of the return from an investment in a Contract (or returns in
general) on a tax-deferred basis (assuming one or more tax rates) with the
return on a taxable basis, and (iii) Security Benefit's rating or a rating of
Security Benefit's claim-paying ability as determined by firms that analyze and
rate insurance companies and by nationally recognized statistical rating
organizations.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
A Registration Statement under the 1933 Act has been filed with the SEC
relating to the offering described in this Prospectus. This Prospectus does not
include all the information included in the Registration Statement, certain
portions of which, including the Statement of Additional Information, have been
omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. The omitted
information may be obtained at the SEC's principal office in Washington, DC,
upon payment of the SEC's prescribed fees.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Financial statements of Security Benefit at December 31, 1996 and 1995 and
for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1996, and the
financial statements of the Separate Account for the two years in the period
ended December 31, 1996, are contained in the Statement of Additional
Information.
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Statement of Additional Information contains more specific information
and financial statements relating to Security Benefit and the Separate Account.
The Table of Contents of the Statement of Additional Information is set forth
below:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
GENERAL INFORMATION AND HISTORY............................................ 1
DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTRACT............................................... 1
LIMITS ON PREMIUMS PAID UNDER TAX-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS............... 1
EXPERTS.................................................................... 3
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION.................................................... 3
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS....................................................... 5
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PARKSTONE ADVANTAGE VARIABLE ANNUITY
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
DATE: NOVEMBER 30, 1997 AS SUPPLEMENTED JANUARY 30, 1998
INDIVIDUAL FLEXIBLE PURCHASE PAYMENT DEFERRED VARIABLE
ANNUITY CONTRACT
ISSUED BY
SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
700 SW HARRISON STREET
TOPEKA, KANSAS 66636-0001
1-800-888-2461
MAILING ADDRESS:
PARKSTONE ADVANTAGE CUSTOMER SERVICE
157 S. KALAMAZOO MALL
P.O. BOX 50551
KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN 49005-0551
This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus and should be
read in conjunction with the current Prospectus for Parkstone Advantage Variable
Annuity dated November 30, 1997, as it may be supplemented from time to time. A
copy of the Prospectus may be obtained by calling Security Benefit at
1-800-355-4555 or by writing to the address set forth above.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
GENERAL INFORMATION AND HISTORY........................................... 1
DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTRACT.............................................. 1
LIMITS ON PREMIUMS PAID UNDER TAX-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS.............. 1
EXPERTS................................................................... 3
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION................................................... 3
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS...................................................... 5
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GENERAL INFORMATION AND HISTORY
For a description of the Individual Flexible Purchase Payment Deferred
Variable Annuity Contract (the "Contract"), Security Benefit Life Insurance
Company ("Security Benefit"), and the Parkstone Variable Annuity Separate
Account (the "Separate Account"), see the Prospectus. This Statement of
Additional Information contains information that supplements the information in
the Prospectus. Defined terms used in this Statement of Additional Information
have the same meaning as terms defined in the section entitled "Definitions" in
the Prospectus.
SAFEKEEPING OF ASSETS
Security Benefit is responsible for the safekeeping of the assets of the
Subaccounts. These assets, which consist of shares of the Series of the Mutual
Funds in non-certificated form, are held separate and apart from the assets of
Security Benefit's General Account and its other separate accounts.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTRACT
Security Distributors, Inc. ("SDI") is Principal Underwriter of the
Contract. SDI is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC and is a member of
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"). SDI serves as
Principal Underwriter under a Distribution Agreement with Security Benefit.
SDI has an agreement with First of America Brokerage Service, Inc. ("FOA
Brokerage") under which FOA Brokerage is authorized to make the Contract
available to its customers and to accept applications for the Contract on behalf
of Security Benefit. FOA Brokerage is registered as a broker/dealer with the SEC
and is a member of the NASD. Its registered representatives are required to be
authorized under applicable state regulations to make the Contract available to
its customers. SDI may also enter into agreements with other broker/dealers or
financial institutions under which the Contract will be made available to their
customers. The compensation payable by SDI under these agreements may vary, but
is not expected to exceed in the aggregate 6.5% of purchase payments. In
addition, SDI may also pay bonuses and make override payments.
LIMITS ON PREMIUMS PAID UNDER TAX-QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLANS
SECTION 401
The applicable annual limits on purchase payments for a Contract used in
connection with a retirement plan that is qualified under Section 401 of the
Internal Revenue Code depend upon the type of plan. Total purchase payments on
behalf of a participant to all defined contribution plans maintained by an
employer are limited under Section 415(c) of the Internal Revenue Code to the
lesser of (a) $30,000, or (b) 25% of the participant's annual compensation.
Salary reduction contributions to a cash-or-deferred arrangement under a profit
sharing plan are subject to additional annual limits. Contributions to a defined
benefit pension plan are actuarially determined based upon the amount of
benefits the participants will receive under the plan formula. The maximum
annual benefit any individual may receive under an employer's defined benefit
plan is limited under Section 415(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. The limits
determined under Section 415(b) and (c) of the Internal Revenue Code are further
reduced for an individual who participates in a defined contribution plan and a
defined benefit plan maintained by the same employer.
SECTION 403(B)
Contributions to 403(b) annuities are excludable from an employee's gross
income if they do not exceed the smallest of the limits calculated under
Sections 402(g), 403(b)(2), and 415 of the Code. The applicable limit will
depend upon whether the annuities are purchased with employer or employee
contributions.
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Section 402(g) generally limits an employee's salary reduction
contributions to a 403(b) annuity to $10,000 a year. The $10,000 limit will be
reduced by salary reduction contributions to other types of retirement plans. An
employee with at least 15 years of service for a "qualified employer" (i.e., an
educational organization, hospital, home health service agency, health and
welfare service agency, church or convention or association of churches)
generally may exceed the $10,000 limit by $3,000 per year, subject to an
aggregate limit of $15,000 for all years.
Section 403(b)(2) provides an overall limit on employer and employee salary
reduction contributions that may be made to a 403(b) annuity. Section 403(b)(2)
generally provides that the maximum amount of contributions an employee may
exclude from his or her gross income in any taxable year is equal to the excess,
if any, of:
(i) the amount determined by multiplying 20% of the employee's includable
compensation by the number of his or her years of service with the
employer, over
(ii) the total amount contributed to retirement plans sponsored by the
employer, that were excludable from his gross income in prior years.
Section 415(c) also provides an overall limit on the amount of employer and
employee salary reduction contributions to a Section 403(b) annuity that will be
excludable from an employee's gross income in a given year. The Section 415(c)
limit is the lesser of (i) $30,000, or (ii) 25% of the employee's annual
compensation.
SECTION 408
Premiums paid under a Contract used in connection with an individual
retirement annuity (IRA) that is described in Section 408 of the Internal
Revenue Code are subject to the limits on contributions to IRA's under Section
219(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. Under Section 219(b) of the Code,
contributions to an IRA are limited to the lesser of $2,000 per year or the
Owner's annual compensation. Spousal IRAs allow an Owner and his or her spouse
to contribute up to $2,000 to their respective IRAs so long as a joint tax
return is filed and joint income is $4,000 or more. The maximum amount the
higher compensated spouse may contribute for the year is the lesser of $2,000 or
100% of that spouse's compensation. The maximum the lower compensated spouse may
contribute is the lesser of (i) $2,000 or (ii) 100% of that spouse's
compensation plus the amount by which the higher compensated spouse's
compensation exceeds the amount the higher compensated spouse contributes to his
or her IRA. The extent to which an Owner may deduct contributions to an IRA
depends on the gross income of the Owner and his or her spouse for the year and
whether either participates in another employer-sponsored retirement plan.
Premiums under a Contract used in connection with a simplified employee
pension plan described in Section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code are subject
to limits under Section 402(h) of the Internal Revenue Code. Section 402(h)
currently limits employer contributions and salary reduction contributions (if
permitted) under a simplified employee pension plan to the lesser of (a) 15% of
the compensation of the participant in the Plan, or (b) $30,000. Salary
reduction contributions, if any, are subject to additional annual limits.
SECTION 457
Contributions on behalf of an employee to a Section 457 plan generally are
limited to the lesser of (i) $8,000 or (ii) 33 1/3% of the employee's includable
compensation. If the employee participates in more than one Section 457 plan,
the $8,000 limit applies to contributions to all such programs. The $8,000 limit
is reduced by the amount of any salary reduction contribution the employee makes
to a 403(b) annuity, an IRA or a retirement plan qualified under Section 401.
The Section 457 limit is increased during the last three years ending before the
employee reaches his normal retirement age.
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EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of Security Benefit Life Insurance
Company at December 31, 1996 and 1995, and for each of the three years in the
period ended December 31, 1996, and the financial statements of the Parkstone
Variable Annuity Account for the years ended December 31, 1996 and 1995,
appearing in this Statement of Additional Information have been audited by Ernst
& Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in their reports thereon
appearing herein, and are included in reliance upon such reports given upon the
authority of such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
Performance information for the Subaccounts of the Separate Account,
including the yield and effective yield of the Subaccount investing in the Money
Market Series ("SBL Money Market Subaccount"), the yield of the remaining
Subaccounts, and the total return of all Subaccounts, may appear in
advertisements, reports, and promotional literature provided to current or
prospective Owners.
Current yield for the SBL Money Market Subaccount will be based on the
change in the value of a hypothetical investment (exclusive of capital changes)
over a particular 7-day period, less a pro-rata share of the Subaccount's
expenses accrued over that period (the "base period"), and stated as a
percentage of the investment at the start of the base period (the "base period
return"). The base period return is then annualized by multiplying by 365/7,
with the resulting yield figures carried to at least the nearest hundredth of
one percent. Calculation of "effective yield" begins with the same "base period
return" used in the calculation of yield, which is then annualized to reflect
weekly compounding pursuant to the following formula:
Effective Yield = [(Base Period Return + 1) 365/7] -1
For the 7-day period ended December 31, 1996, the yield of the SBL Money
Market Subaccount was 3.52% and the effective yield was 3.58%.
Quotations of yield for the remaining Subaccounts will be based on all
investment income per Accumulation Unit earned during a particular 30-day
period, less expenses accrued during the period ("net investment income"), and
will be computed by dividing net investment income by the value of the
Accumulation Unit on the last day of the period, according to the following
formula:
YIELD = 2[(a-b + 1)6 - 1]
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cd
where a = net investment income earned during the period by the Series
attributable to shares owned by the Subaccount,
b = expenses accrued for the period (net of reimbursements),
c = the average daily number of Accumulation Units outstanding during
the period that were entitled to receive dividends, and
d = the maximum offering price per Accumulation Unit on the last day
of the period.
Quotations of average annual total return for any Subaccount will be
expressed in terms of the average annual compounded rate of return of a
hypothetical investment in a Contract over a period of one, five and ten years
(or, if less, up to the life of the Subaccount), calculated pursuant to the
following formula: P(1 + T)n = ERV (where P = a hypothetical initial payment of
$1,000, T = the average annual total return, n = the number of years, and ERV =
the ending redeemable value of a hypothetical $1,000 payment made at the
beginning of the period). All average annual total return figures reflect the
deduction of the applicable contingent deferred sales charge, the
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administrative charge, the maintenance fee, and the mortality and expense risk
charge. Quotations of average annual total return may simultaneously be shown
for the same or other periods that do not take into account certain contractual
charges such as the contingent deferred sales charge and the administrative
charge, and may simultaneously be shown for other periods. Where the Mutual Fund
Series in which a Subaccount invests was established prior to the inception date
of the Subaccount, quotations of total return may include quotations for periods
beginning prior to the Subaccount's inception date. Such quotations of total
return are based upon the performance of the Subaccount's corresponding Mutual
Fund Series adjusted to reflect the mortality and expense risk charge.
For the one-year period ended December 31, 1996, and the period of
September 24, 1993 (date of inception), to December 31, 1996, respectively the
average annual total return was -7.50% and -2.36% for the Bond Subaccount, 7.03%
and 6.33% for the Equity Subaccount, 5.30% and .37% for the International
Discovery Subaccount, and 18.60% and 18.36% for the Small Capitalization
Subaccount. For the one-year period ended December 31, 1996, and the period of
September 24, 1993 (date of inception), to December 31, 1996, respectively, the
average annual total return without deduction of the contingent deferred sales
charge or the maintenance fee was .37% and 2.18% for the Bond Subaccount, 15.66%
and 10.74% for the Equity Subaccount, 13.84% and 4.86% for the International
Discovery Subaccount, and 27.84% and 22.59% for the Small Capitalization
Subaccount.
Quotations of cumulative total return for any Subaccount will be based on a
hypothetical investment in a Contract over a certain period and will be computed
by subtracting the initial value of the investment from the ending value and
dividing the remainder by the initial value of the investment. Such quotations
of total return will reflect the deduction of all applicable charges to the
Contract and the Separate Account (on an annual basis) except the applicable
contingent deferred sales charge.
For the year ended December 31, 1996, and the period September 24, 1993
(date of inception), to December 31, 1996, respectively, the cumulative total
return was .37% and 7.30% for the Bond Subaccount, 15.66% and 39.60% for the
Equity Subaccount, 13.84% and 16.80% for the International Discovery Subaccount,
and 27.84% and 94.70% for the Small Capitalization Subaccount.
Performance information for a Subaccount may be compared, in reports and
promotional literature, to: (i) the Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index ("S&P
500"), Dow Jones Industrial Average ("DJIA"), Donoghue Money Market
Institutional Averages, the Lehman Brothers Government Corporate Index, the
Morgan Stanley Capital International's EAFE Index or other indices that measure
performance of a pertinent group of securities so that investors may compare a
Subaccount's results with those of a group of securities widely regarded by
investors as representative of the securities markets in general or
representative of a particular type of security; (ii) other groups of variable
annuity separate accounts or other investment products tracked by Lipper
Analytical Services, a widely used independent research firm which ranks mutual
funds and other investment companies by overall performance, investment
objectives, and assets, or tracked by The Variable Annuity Research and Data
Service ("VARDS"), an independent service which monitors and ranks the
performance of variable annuity issues by investment objectives on an
industry-wide basis or tracked by other services, companies, publications or
persons who rank such investment companies on overall performance or other
criteria; and (iii) the Consumer Price Index (measure for inflation) to assess
the real rate of return from an investment in the Contract. Unmanaged indices
may assume the reinvestment of dividends but generally do not reflect deductions
for administrative and management costs and expenses.
Performance information for any Subaccount reflects only the performance of
a hypothetical Contract under which an Owner's Contract Value is allocated to a
Subaccount during a particular time period on which the calculations are based.
Performance information should be considered in light of the investment
objectives and policies, characteristics and quality of the Fund of the Trust in
which the Subaccount invests, and the market conditions during the given time
period, and should not be considered as a representation of what may be achieved
in the future.
Reports and promotional literature may also contain other information
including (i) the ranking of any Subaccount derived from rankings of variable
annuity separate accounts or other investment products tracked by
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Lipper Analytical Services or by other rating services, companies, publications,
or other persons who rank separate accounts or other investment products on
overall performance or other criteria, and (ii) the effect of a tax-deferred
compounding on a Subaccount's investment returns, or returns in general, which
may be illustrated by graphs, charts, or otherwise, and which may include a
comparison, at various points in time, of the return from an investment in a
Contract (or returns in general) on a tax-deferred basis (assuming one or more
tax rates) with the return on a taxable basis.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Security Benefit Life Insurance Company's audited consolidated balance
sheets as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the related consolidated statements
of income, changes in equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the
period ended December 31, 1996, and the financial statements of the Parkstone
Variable Annuity Account for the years ended December 31, 1996 and 1995, are set
forth herein, starting on the following page.
The financial statements of Security Benefit Life Insurance Company, which
are included in this Statement of Additional Information, should be considered
only as bearing on the ability of Security Benefit to meet its obligations under
the Contracts. They should not be considered as bearing on the investment
performance of the assets held in the Separate Account.
The following disclosure should be read in conjunction with the financial
statements of Security Benefit Life Insurance Company.
On September 4, 1997, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company entered into
a 100% coinsurance agreement with a third party relating to all of Security
Benefit Life Insurance Company's traditional and interest sensitive life
insurance business. This life insurance business comprised approximately 5% of
total assets and total liabilities of Security Benefit Life Insurance Company as
of December 31, 1996.
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Parkstone Variable Annuity Account
Financial Statements
Years ended December 31, 1996 and 1995
CONTENTS
Report of Independent Auditors.............................................. 7
Audited Financial Statements
Balance Sheet............................................................. 8
Statements of Operations and Changes in Net Assets........................ 10
Notes to Financial Statements.............................................. 12
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Report of Independent Auditors
The Contract Owners of Parkstone Variable Annuity Account and
The Board of Directors of Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Parkstone Variable Annuity
Account (the Company) as of December 31, 1996, and the related statements of
operations and changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period
then ended. 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. Our procedures included
confirmation of investments owned as of December 31, 1996, by correspondence
with the custodian. 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, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of Parkstone Variable Annuity
Account at December 31, 1996, and the results of its operations and changes in
its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles.
Ernst & Young LLP
February 7, 1997
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Parkstone Variable Annuity Account
Balance Sheet
December 31, 1996
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
ASSETS
Investments:
Parkstone Advantage Fund:
Prime Obligations Fund - 1,357,148 shares at net asset value
of $1.00 per share (cost $1,357).................................. $ 1,357
Bond Fund - 728,511 shares at net asset value of $10.33 per share
(cost $7,328)..................................................... 7,526
Equity Fund - 1,446,828 shares at net asset value of $14.60 per
share (cost $17,084).............................................. 21,124
International Discovery Fund - 893,799 shares at net asset value
of $12.18 per share (cost $9,594)................................. 10,886
Small Capitalization Fund - 1,112,695 shares at net asset value
of $18.20 per share (cost $17,111)................................ 20,251
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Total assets.................................................... $61,144
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NET ASSETS
Net assets are represented by (NOTE 3):
NUMBER UNIT
OF UNITS VALUE AMOUNT
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NON-TRUST CONTRACTS
Prime Obligations Subaccount:
Accumulation units........................... 98,511 $10.75 $ 1,059
Bond Subaccount:
Accumulation units........................... 615,320 10.73 6,605
Equity Subaccount:
Accumulation units........................... 1,391,560 13.96 19,425
International Discovery Subaccount:
Accumulation units........................... 849,239 11.68 9,919
Small Capitalization Subaccount:
Accumulation units........................... 962,144 19.47 18,737
TRUST CONTRACTS
Prime Obligations Subaccount:
Accumulation units........................... 28,380 10.51 298
Bond Subaccount:
Accumulation units........................... 84,419 10.90 921
Equity Subaccount:
Accumulation units........................... 117,468 14.46 1,699
International Discovery Subaccount:
Accumulation units........................... 79,831 12.11 967
Small Capitalization Subaccount:
Accumulation units........................... 74,886 20.21 1,514
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Total net assets $61,144
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SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES.
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Parkstone Variable Annuity Account
Statement of Operations and Changes in Net Assets
Year ended December 31, 1996
(IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NON-TRUST CONTRACTS
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PRIME INTERNATIONAL SMALL
OBLIGATIONS BOND EQUITY DISCOVERY CAPITALIZATION
SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Dividend distributions................................... $ 43 $ 189 $ - $ 30 $ -
Expenses (NOTE 2):
Mortality and expense risk fee........................ (12) (64) (205) (100) (180)
Administrative fee.................................... (3) (21) (51) (16) (23)
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Net investment income (loss)............................. 28 104 (256) (86) (203)
Capital gains distributions.............................. - - - - 1,930
Realized gain on investments............................. - 25 474 47 624
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments.... - (66) 1,820 1,035 82
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments... - (41) 1,294 1,082 3,378
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations.... 28 63 2,038 996 3,175
Net assets at beginning of year......................... 665 3,953 11,965 6,167 9,597
Variable annuity deposits (NOTES 2 AND 3)............... 1,576 3,034 6,587 3,310 7,009
Terminations and withdrawals (NOTES 2 AND 3)............ (1,210) (445) (1,165) (554) (1,044)
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Net assets at end of year............................... $1,059 $6,605 $19,425 $9,919 $18,737
==========================================================================
</TABLE>
SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES.
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
TRUST CONTRACTS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
PRIME INTERNATIONAL SMALL
OBLIGATIONS BOND EQUITY DISCOVERY CAPITALIZATION
SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Dividend distributions................................... $ 47 $ 23 $ - $ 3 $ -
Expenses (NOTE 2):
Mortality and expense risk fee......................... (7) (5) (7) (4) (5)
Administrative fee..................................... (1) - - - -
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Net investment income (loss)............................. 39 18 (7) (1) (5)
Capital gains distributions.............................. - - - - 163
Realized gain on investments............................. - 1 56 2 77
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments.... - (4) 15 63 (144)
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments... - (3) 71 65 96
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations..... 39 15 64 64 91
Net assets at beginning of year......................... 140 602 527 181 386
Variable annuity deposits (NOTES 2 AND 3)............... 3,293 471 1,295 740 1,207
Terminations and withdrawals (NOTES 2 AND 3)............ (3,174) (167) (187) (18) (170)
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Net assets at end of year............................... $ 298 $921 $1,699 $967 $1,514
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</TABLE>
SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES.
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Parkstone Variable Annuity Account
Statement of Operations and Changes in Net Assets
Year ended December 31, 1995
(IN THOUSANDS)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NON-TRUST CONTRACTS
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PRIME INTERNATIONAL SMALL
OBLIGATIONS BOND EQUITY DISCOVERY CAPITALIZATION
SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Dividend distributions.................................... $ 14 $ 141 $ - $ - $ -
Expenses (NOTE 2):
Mortality and expense risk fee......................... (4) (41) (119) (66) (88)
Administrative fee..................................... (1) (15) (33) (11) (11)
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Net investment income (loss).............................. 9 85 (152) (77) (99)
Realized gain (loss) on investments....................... - (1) 104 (26) 190
Unrealized appreciation on investments.................... - 357 2,255 514 ,911
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Net realized and unrealized gain on investments........... - 356 2,359 488 2,101
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations...... 9 441 2,207 411 2,002
Net assets at beginning of year........................... 178 2,716 7,121 4,622 4,991
Variable annuity deposits (NOTES 2 AND 3)................. 746 1,288 3,577 1,799 3,260
Terminations and withdrawals (NOTES 2 AND 3).............. (268) (492) (940) (665) (656)
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Net assets at end of year................................. $665 $3,953 $11,965 $6,167 $9,597
=========================================================================
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
TRUST CONTRACTS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
PRIME INTERNATIONAL SMALL
OBLIGATIONS BOND EQUITY DISCOVERY CAPITALIZATION
SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT SUBACCOUNT
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Dividend distributions................................... $ 2 $ 14 $ - $ - $ -
Mortality and expense risk fee........................ - (2) (2) (1) (1)
Administrative fee.................................... - - - - -
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Net investment income (loss)............................. 2 12 (2) (1) (1)
Realized gain (loss) on investments...................... - - - - -
Unrealized appreciation on investments................... - 18 47 11 58
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Net realized and unrealized gain on investments.......... - 18 47 11 58
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Net increase in net assets resulting from operations..... 2 30 45 10 57
Net assets at beginning of year.......................... - 49 50 92 9
Variable annuity deposits (NOTES 2 AND 3)................ 138 523 432 79 270
Terminations and withdrawals (NOTES 2 AND 3)............. - - - - -
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Net assets at end of year................................ $140 $602 $527 $181 $386
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</TABLE>
SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES.
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<PAGE>
Parkstone Variable Annuity Account
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 1996 and 1995
1. ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
ORGANIZATION
Parkstone Variable Annuity Account (the Account) is a separate account of
Security Benefit Life Insurance Company (SBL). The Account is registered as a
unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Deposits received by the Account are invested in the Parkstone Advantage Fund, a
mutual fund not otherwise available to the public. As directed by the owners,
amounts deposited are invested in shares of Prime Obligations Fund - emphasis on
current income with liquidity and stability of principal, Bond Fund - emphasis
on current income as well as preservation of capital, Equity Fund - emphasis on
capital appreciation, International Discovery Fund - emphasis on long-term
capital growth through investment in foreign and domestic common stocks and
Small Capitalization Fund - emphasis on capital appreciation through investment
in small- to medium-sized companies.
Two types of investment contracts are offered--one for individuals (the
Non-Trust Contracts) and one for trusts and customers of financial institutions'
trust departments (the Trust Contracts).
Under the terms of the investment advisory contracts, portfolio investments of
the mutual fund are made by First of America Investment Corporation, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of First of America Bank - Michigan, N.A., which is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of First of America Bank Corporation.
INVESTMENT VALUATION
Investments in mutual fund shares are carried in the balance sheet at market
value (net asset value of the underlying mutual fund). The first-in, first-out
cost method is used to determine gains and losses. Security transactions are
accounted for on the trade date.
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Parkstone Variable Annuity Account
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
1. ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
The cost of investments purchased and proceeds from investments sold were as
follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NON-TRUST CONTRACTS TRUST CONTRACTS
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COST OF PROCEEDS COST OF PROCEEDS
PURCHASES FROM SALES PURCHASES FROM SALES
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(IN THOUSANDS)
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Prime Obligations Fund.................. $1,805 $1,411 $3,773 $3,615
Bond Fund............................... 3,383 689 503 181
Equity Fund............................. 6,871 1,705 1,322 221
International Discovery Fund............ 3,512 842 1,109 388
Small Capitalization Fund............... 9,211 1,519 1,393 199
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
Prime Obligations Fund.................. 764 277 140 -
Bond Fund............................... 1,495 614 537 2
Equity Fund............................. 3,824 1,339 432 2
International Discovery Fund............ 1,999 943 79 1
Small Capitalization Fund............... 3,542 1,036 270 1
</TABLE>
ANNUITY RESERVES
As of December 31, 1996, annuity reserves have not been established because
there are no contracts that have matured and are in the payout stage. Such
reserves would be computed on the basis of published mortality tables using
assumed interest rates that will provide reserves as prescribed by law. In cases
where the payout option selected is life contingent, SBL periodically
recalculates the required annuity reserves, and any resulting adjustment is
either charged or credited to SBL and not to the Account.
REINVESTMENT OF DIVIDENDS
Dividend and capital gains distributions paid by the mutual fund to the Account
are reinvested in additional shares of each respective Fund. Dividend income and
capital gains distributions are recorded as income on the ex-dividend date.
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Parkstone Variable Annuity Account
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
1. ORGANIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES
Under current law, no federal income taxes are payable with respect to the
Account.
USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.
2. VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACT CHARGES
SBL deducts a maintenance fee of $30 per year for each individual contract. An
administrative fee is deducted equal to an annual rate of 0.15% and 0.05% of
each subaccount's average daily net assets which funds the Non-Trust and Trust
Contracts, respectively. Mortality and expense risks assumed by SBL are
compensated for by a fee equivalent to an annual rate of 1.25% and 0.65% of the
asset value of each Non-Trust and Trust Contract, respectively, of which 0.6% is
for assuming mortality risks and the remainder is for assuming expense risks.
A contingent deferred sales charge is assessed by SBL against certain
withdrawals during the first seven years of the contract, declining from 5% in
each of the first four years to 2% in the seventh year. Such surrender charges
and other contract charges totaled $43,278 and $27,915 during 1996 and 1995,
respectively.
When applicable, an amount for state premium taxes is deducted as provided by
pertinent state law, either from the purchase payments or from the amount
applied to effect an annuity at the time annuity payments commence.
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Parkstone Variable Annuity Account
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
3. SUMMARY OF UNIT TRANSACTIONS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NON-TRUST CONTRACTS TRUST CONTRACTS
-----------------------------------------------------------------
1996 1995 1996 1995
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(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Prime Obligations Subaccount:
Variable annuity deposits....................... 149 72 327 14
Terminations and withdrawals.................... 115 26 313 -
Bond Subaccount:
Variable annuity deposits....................... 289 127 45 50
Terminations and withdrawals.................... 43 50 16 -
Equity Subaccount:
Variable annuity deposits....................... 487 332 88 38
Terminations and withdrawals.................... 87 91 14 -
International Discovery Subaccount:
Variable annuity deposits....................... 299 183 64 8
Terminations and withdrawals.................... 51 69 2 -
Small Capitalization Subaccount:
Variable annuity deposits....................... 390 243 59 20
Terminations and withdrawals.................... 57 51 9 -
</TABLE>
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SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1996, 1995 AND 1994
CONTENTS
Report of Independent Auditors........................................... 17
Audited Consolidated Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets......................................... 18
Consolidated Statements of Income................................... 20
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity........................ 21
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows............................... 22
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.......................... 24
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Security Benefit
Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 1996
and 1995, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in equity
and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
1996. 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, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Security Benefit
Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries at December 31, 1996 and 1995 and the
consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the
three years in the period ended December 31, 1996, in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles.
As discussed in NOTE 1 to the consolidated financial statements, in 1996, the
Company adopted certain accounting changes to conform with generally accepted
accounting principles for mutual life insurance enterprises and retroactively
restated the 1994 and 1995 financial statements for the change. Also, as
discussed in NOTE 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company
changed its method of accounting for debt securities as of January 1, 1994.
Ernst & Young LLP
February 7, 1997
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SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
DECEMBER 31
1996 1995*
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(IN THOUSANDS)
ASSETS
Investments:
Securities available-for-sale, at
fair value (NOTES 2 AND 9):
Fixed maturities.............................. $1,805,066 $1,778,370
Equity securities ............................ 89,188 21,880
Fixed maturities held-to-maturity, at
amortized cost (NOTE 2)......................... 528,045 536,137
Mortgage loans.................................. 66,611 74,342
Real estate..................................... 4,000 5,864
Policy loans.................................... 106,822 100,452
Short-term investments.......................... - 992
Cash and cash equivalents....................... 8,310 16,788
Other invested assets........................... 40,531 37,769
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Total investments.................................. 2,648,573 2,572,594
Premiums deferred and uncollected.................. 149 574
Accrued investment income.......................... 32,161 30,623
Accounts receivable................................ 4,256 3,064
Reinsurance recoverable (NOTE 4)................... 92,197 78,877
Notes receivable................................... 110 147
Property and equipment, net........................ 18,592 18,884
Deferred policy acquisition costs (NOTE 1)......... 216,918 186,940
Other assets....................................... 24,680 36,221
Separate account assets (NOTE 10).................. 2,802,927 2,065,306
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$5,840,563 $4,993,230
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DECEMBER 31
1996 1995*
-------------------------
(IN THOUSANDS)
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Liabilities:
Policy reserves and annuity account values........ $2,497,998 $2,495,113
Policy and contract claims........................ 10,607 10,571
Other policyholder funds.......................... 24,073 21,305
Accounts payable and accrued expenses............. 18,003 13,609
Income taxes payable (NOTE 5):
Current......................................... 6,686 10,371
Deferred........................................ 54,847 53,659
Long-term debt (NOTE 8)........................... 65,000 -
Other liabilities................................. 11,990 11,619
Separate account liabilities...................... 2,793,911 2,051,292
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Total liabilities.................................... 5,483,115 4,667,539
Equity:
Retained earnings................................. 357,927 314,084
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
of securities
available-for-sale, net......................... (479) 11,607
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Total equity......................................... 357,448 325,691
===========================
$5,840,563 $4,993,230
===========================
*As restated
SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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<PAGE>
SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31
1996 1995* 1994*
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(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Revenues:
Insurance premiums and other considerations........... $28,848 $49,608 $55,148
Net investment income................................. 192,636 179,940 166,857
Asset based fees...................................... 55,977 40,652 33,809
Other product charges................................. 10,470 10,412 7,335
Realized gains (losses) on investments................ (244) 3,876 134
Other revenues........................................ 20,033 22,164 27,241
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Total revenues........................................... 307,720 306,652 290,524
Benefits and expenses:
Annuity and interest sensitive life benefits:
Interest credited to account balances............... 108,705 113,700 103,087
Benefit claims in excess of account balances........ 7,541 6,808 7,145
Traditional life insurance benefits................... 6,474 7,460 6,203
Supplementary contract payments....................... 11,121 11,508 11,286
Increase in traditional life reserves................. 8,580 13,212 12,977
Dividends to policyholders............................ 2,374 2,499 2,669
Other benefits........................................ 20,790 22,379 29,924
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Total benefits........................................... 165,585 177,566 173,291
Commissions and other operating expenses................. 45,539 46,233 39,998
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs........ 25,930 26,628 24,674
Other expenses........................................... 1,667 1,099 785
Interest expense......................................... 4,285 7 630
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Total benefits and expenses.............................. 243,006 251,533 239,378
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Income before income taxes............................... 64,714 55,119 51,146
Income taxes (NOTE 5).................................... 20,871 17,927 17,129
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Net income............................................... $43,843 $37,192 $34,017
======================================================
</TABLE>
*As restated
SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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<PAGE>
SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31
1996 1995* 1994*
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(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
Retained earnings:
Beginning of year, as previously reported............. $207,669 $150,726 $128,785
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle... 106,415 126,166 114,090
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Beginning of year, as restated........................ 314,084 276,892 242,875
Net income............................................ 43,843 37,192 34,017
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End of year........................................... 357,927 314,084 276,892
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
of securities available-for-sale, net:
Beginning of year................................... 11,607 (48,466) (10,034)
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
(NOTE 1).......................................... - - 10,733
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of
securities available-for-sale, net................ (12,086) 60,073 (49,165)
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End of year......................................... (479) 11,607 (48,466)
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Total equity............................................. $357,448 $325,691 $228,426
======================================================
</TABLE>
*As restated
SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31
1996 1995* 1994*
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(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income............................................... $43,843 $37,192 $34,017
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided
by operating activities:
Annuity and interest sensitive life products:
Interest credited to account balances............. 108,705 113,700 103,087
Charges for mortality and administration.......... (13,115) (16,585) (17,000)
Decrease (increase) in traditional life policy
reserves.......................................... 10,697 2,142 (5,950)
Increase in accrued investment income............... (1,538) (4,573) (567)
Policy acquisition costs deferred................... (36,865) (33,021) (38,737)
Policy acquisition costs amortized.................. 25,930 26,628 24,674
Accrual of discounts on investments................. (3,905) (3,421) (3,588)
Amortization of premiums on investments............. 11,284 9,782 15,726
Provision for depreciation and amortization......... 3,748 3,750 3,201
Other............................................... (3,379) (4,225) 2,511
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Net cash provided by operating activities................ 145,405 131,369 117,374
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Sale, maturity or repayment of investments:
Fixed maturities available-for-sale................... 870,240 517,480 318,252
Fixed maturities held-to-maturity..................... 58,874 59,873 147,043
Equity securities available-for-sale.................. 8,857 10,242 3,830
Mortgage loans........................................ 12,545 23,248 21,096
Real estate........................................... 2,935 3,173 2,782
Short-term investments................................ 20,069 229,871 834,082
Other invested assets................................. 6,224 22,839 6,748
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979,744 866,726 1,333,833
Acquisition of investments:
Fixed maturities available-for-sale................... (936,376) (591,121) (552,433)
Fixed maturities held-to-maturity..................... (52,422) (125,276) (56,398)
Equity securities available-for-sale.................. (68,222) (19,500) (4,627)
Mortgage loans........................................ (4,538) (4,179) (34,260)
Real estate........................................... (2,637) (1,511) (554)
Short-term investments................................ (19,070) (180,259) (854,833)
Other invested assets................................. (3,712) (31,861) (18,581)
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(1,086,977) (953,707) (1,521,686)
</TABLE>
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SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31
1996 1995* 1994*
------------------------------------------------------
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C>
INVESTING ACTIVITIES (CONTINUED)
Other investing activities:
Purchase of property and equipment.................... $(1,879) $(2,036) $(2,932)
Net increase in policy loans.......................... (6,370) (8,058) (5,569)
Net cash transferred per coinsurance agreement........ - (16,295) -
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Net cash used in investing activities.................... (115,482) (113,370) (196,354)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Issuance of long-term debt............................... 65,000 - -
Annuity and interest sensitive life products:
Deposits credited to account balances................. 705,118 509,183 553,542
Withdrawals from account balances..................... (808,519) (526,509) (466,760)
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities...... (38,401) (17,326) 86,782
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Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents......... (8,478) 673 7,802
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year........... 16,788 16,115 8,313
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of year................. $8,310 $16,788 $16,115
======================================================
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Cash paid during the year for:
Interest.............................................. $2,966 $120 $157
======================================================
Income taxes.......................................... $16,213 $11,551 $14,634
======================================================
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF NONCASH INVESTING AND
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Conversion of mortgage loans to real estate owned........ $844 $- $2,350
======================================================
</TABLE>
*As restated
SEE ACCOMPANYING NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
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<PAGE>
SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 1996
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
ORGANIZATION
Security Benefit Life Insurance Company (SBL or the Company) is a
Kansas-domiciled mutual life insurance company whose insurance operations are
licensed to sell insurance products in 50 states. The Company offers a
diversified portfolio of individual and group annuities, ordinary life and
mutual fund products through multiple distribution channels. In recent years,
the Company's new business activities have increasingly been concentrated in the
individual flexible premium variable annuity markets.
BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the
basis of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Prior to 1996, the
Company prepared its financial statements in conformity with accounting
practices prescribed or permitted by the Kansas Insurance Department, which
practices were considered GAAP for mutual life insurance companies and their
stock life insurance subsidiaries. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
Interpretation No. 40, "Applicability of Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles to Mutual Life Insurance and Other Enterprises," as amended, which is
effective for 1996 annual financial statements and thereafter, no longer permits
statutory-basis financial statements to be described as being prepared in
conformity with GAAP. Accordingly, the Company has adopted GAAP, including
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 120, "Accounting and
Reporting by Mutual Life Insurance Enterprises and by Insurance Enterprises for
Certain Long-Duration Participating Contracts," and Statement of Position 95-1,
"Accounting for Certain Insurance Activities of Mutual Life Insurance
Enterprises," which address the accounting for long-duration and short-duration
insurance and reinsurance contracts, including all participating business.
Pursuant to the requirements of FASB Interpretation No. 40 and SFAS No. 120, the
effect of the changes in accounting have been applied retroactively, and the
previously issued 1995 and 1994 financial statements have been restated for the
change. The effect of the changes applicable to years prior to January 1, 1994
has been presented as a restatement of retained earnings as of that date. The
adoption had the effect of increasing net income for 1996, 1995 and 1994 by
approximately $5,897,000, $8,436,000 and $6,663,000, respectively.
The consolidated financial statements include the operations and accounts of
Security Benefit Life Insurance Company and the following wholly-owned
subsidiaries: Security Benefit Group, Inc., First Security Benefit Life
Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, Security Management
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<PAGE>
SECURITY BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Company, LLC, Security Distributors, Inc., Security Benefit Academy, Inc., First
Advantage Insurance Agency, Inc. and Creative Impressions, Inc. Significant
intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
USE OF ESTIMATES
The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the financial statements and
accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
ACCOUNTING CHANGE
Prior to January 1, 1994, fixed maturities were reported at cost, adjusted for
amortization of premiums and accrual of discounts. Effective January 1, 1994,
the Company adopted SFAS No. 115, "Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt
and Equity Securities." SFAS No. 115 requires that fixed maturities are to be
classified as either held-to-maturity, trading or available-for-sale. Equity
securities are to be classified as either available-for-sale or trading. The
adoption had no effect on net income and resulted in an increase in equity at
January 1, 1994 of $10,733,000, net of the related effect of deferred policy
acquisition costs and deferred income taxes.
INVESTMENTS
Fixed maturities have been classified as either held-to-maturity or
available-for-sale. Fixed maturities are classified as held-to-maturity when the
Company has the positive intent and ability to hold the securities to maturity.
Held-to-maturity securities are stated at amortized cost, adjusted for
amortization of premiums and accrual of discounts. Such amortization and accrual
on these securities are included in investment income. Fixed maturities not
classified as held-to-maturity are classified as available-for-sale.
Available-for-sale fixed maturities are stated at fair value with the unrealized
appreciation or depreciation, net of adjustment of deferred policy acquisition
costs and deferred income taxes, reported in a separate component of equity and,
accordingly, have no effect on net income. The DPAC offsets to the unrealized
appreciation or depreciation represent valuation adjustments or restatements of
DPAC that would have been required as a charge or credit to operations had such
unrealized amounts been realized. The amortized cost of fixed maturities
classified as available-for-sale is adjusted for amortization of premiums and
accrual of discounts. Premiums and discounts are recognized over the estimated
lives of the assets adjusted for prepayment activity.
Equity securities consisting of common stocks, mutual funds and nonredeemable
preferred stock are carried at fair value and are reported in accordance with
SFAS No. 115. Mortgage loans and short-term investments are reported at cost,
adjusted for amortization of premiums and accrual of
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1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
discounts. Real estate investments are carried at the lower of depreciated cost
or estimated realizable value. Policy loans are reported at unpaid principal.
Investments accounted for by the equity method include investments in, and
advances to, various joint ventures and partnerships. Realized gains and losses
on sales of investments are recognized in revenues on the specific
identification method.
The carrying amounts of all the Company's investments are reviewed on an ongoing
basis. If this review indicates a decline in value that is other than temporary
for any investment, the amortized cost of the investment is reduced to its fair
value. Such reductions in carrying amount are recognized as realized losses in
the determination of net income.
The Company's principal objective in holding derivatives for purposes other than
trading is asset-liability management. The operations of the Company are subject
to risk of interest rate fluctuations to the extent that there is a difference
between the amount of the Company's interest-earning assets and interest-bearing
liabilities that reprice or mature in specified periods. The principal objective
of the Company's asset-liability management activities is to provide maximum
levels of net interest income while maintaining acceptable levels of interest
rate and liquidity risk and facilitating the funding needs of the Company. To
achieve that objective, the Company uses financial futures instruments and
interest rate exchange agreements. Financial futures contracts are commitments
to either purchase or sell a financial instrument at a specific future date for
a specified price and may be settled in cash or through delivery of the
financial instrument. Interest rate exchange agreements generally involve the
exchange of fixed and floating rate interest payments without an exchange of the
underlying principal.
Interest rate exchange agreements are used to convert the interest rate
characteristics (fixed or variable) of certain investments to match those of the
related insurance liabilities that the investments are supporting. The net
interest effect of such swap transactions is reported as an adjustment of
interest income as incurred.
Gains and losses on those instruments are included in the carrying amount of the
underlying hedged investments, or anticipated investment transactions, and are
amortized over the remaining lives of the hedged investments as adjustments to
investment income. Any unamortized gains or losses are recognized when the
underlying investments are sold.
DEFERRED POLICY ACQUISITION COSTS
To the extent recoverable from future policy revenues and gross profits,
commissions and other policy-issue, underwriting and marketing costs incurred to
acquire or renew traditional life insurance, interest sensitive life and
deferred annuity business that vary with and are primarily related to the
production of new and renewal business have been deferred.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Traditional life insurance deferred policy acquisition costs are being amortized
in proportion to premium revenues over the premium-paying period of the related
policies using assumptions consistent with those used in computing policy
benefit reserves.
For interest sensitive life and deferred annuity business, deferred policy
acquisition costs are amortized in proportion to the present value (discounted
at the crediting rate) of expected gross profits from investment, mortality and
expense margins. That amortization is adjusted retrospectively when estimates of
current or future gross profits to be realized from a group of products are
revised.
CASH EQUIVALENTS
For purposes of the statement of cash flows, the Company considers certificates
of deposits with original maturities of 90 days or less to be cash equivalents.
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment, including real estate, furniture and fixtures, and data
processing hardware and related systems, are recorded at cost, less accumulated
depreciation. The provision for depreciation of property and equipment is
computed using the straight-line method over the estimated lives of the related
assets.
SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
The separate account assets and liabilities reported in the accompanying balance
sheets represent funds that are separately administered for the benefit of
contractholders who bear the investment risk. The separate account assets and
liabilities are carried at fair value. Revenues and expenses related to separate
account assets and liabilities, to the extent of benefits paid or provided to
the separate account contractholders, are excluded from the amounts reported in
the consolidated statements of income. Investment income and gains or losses
arising from separate accounts accrue directly to the contractholders and are,
therefore, not included in investment earnings in the accompanying statements of
income. Revenues to the Company from separate accounts consist principally of
contract maintenance charges, administrative fees, and mortality and expense
risk charges.
POLICY RESERVES AND ANNUITY ACCOUNT VALUES
The liabilities for future policy benefits for traditional life and reinsurance
products are computed using a net level premium method, including assumptions as
to investment yields, mortality, withdrawals, and other assumptions that
approximate expected experience.
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1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
Liabilities for future policy benefits for interest sensitive life and deferred
annuity products represent accumulated contract values without reduction for
potential surrender charges and deferred front-end contract charges that are
amortized over the life of the policy. Interest on accumulated contract values
is credited to contracts as earned. Crediting rates ranged from 3.5% to 7.25%
during 1996, 4.0% to 7.75% during 1995, and 4.5% to 7.75% during 1994.
INCOME TAXES
Income taxes have been provided using the liability method in accordance with
SFAS No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes." Under that method, deferred tax
assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between the financial
reporting and income tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using
the enacted tax rates and laws. Deferred income tax expenses or credits
reflected in the Company's statements of income are based on the changes in
deferred tax assets or liabilities from period to period (excluding the SFAS No.
115 adjustment, which is charged or credited directly to equity).
RECOGNITION OF REVENUES
Traditional life insurance products include whole life insurance, term life
insurance and certain annuities. Premiums for these traditional products are
recognized as revenues when due. Revenues from interest sensitive life insurance
products and deferred annuities consist of policy charges for the cost of
insurance, policy administration charges and surrender charges assessed against
contractholder account balances during the period.
FAIR VALUES OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The following methods and assumptions were used by the Company in estimating its
fair value disclosures for financial instruments:
Cash, certificates of deposits and short-term investments: The carrying
amounts reported in the balance sheet for these instruments approximate
their fair values.
Investment securities: Fair values for fixed maturities are based on quoted
market prices, where available. For fixed maturities not actively traded,
fair values are estimated using values obtained from independent pricing
services or estimated by discounting expected future cash flows using a
current market rate applicable to the yield, credit quality and maturity of
the investments. The fair values for equity securities are based on quoted
market prices.
Mortgage loans and policy loans: Fair values for mortgage loans and policy
loans are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses based on interest
rates currently being offered
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1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)
for similar loans to borrowers with similar credit ratings. Loans with
similar characteristics are aggregated for purposes of the calculations.
Investment-type contracts: Fair values for the Company's liabilities under
investment-type insurance contracts are estimated using the assumption
reinsurance method, whereby the amount of statutory profit the assuming
company would realize from the business is calculated. Those amounts are
then discounted at a rate of return commensurate with the rate presently
offered by the Company on similar contracts.
Long-term debt: Fair values for long-term debt are estimated using
discounted cash flow analyses based on current borrowing rates available
for similar types of borrowing arrangements.
2. INVESTMENTS
Information as to the amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, and
fair values of the Company's portfolio of fixed maturities and equity securities
at December 31, 1996 and 1995 is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31, 1996
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GROSS GROSS
AMORTIZED UNREALIZED UNREALIZED
COST GAINS LOSSES FAIR VALUE
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(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S.
government corporations and agencies.......... $173,884 $414 $1,431 $172,867
Obligations of states and political subdivisions. 23,244 361 705 22,900
Special revenue and assessment................... 330 - - 330
Corporate securities............................. 863,124 13,758 18,651 858,231
Mortgage-backed securities....................... 627,875 9,091 9,308 627,658
Asset-backed securities.......................... 122,523 832 275 123,080
=================================================================
Total fixed maturities........................... $1,810,980 $24,456 $30,370 $1,805,066
=================================================================
Equity securities................................ $86,991 $2,422 $225 $89,188
=================================================================
</TABLE>
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
2. INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31, 1996
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GROSS GROSS
AMORTIZED UNREALIZED UNREALIZED
COST GAINS LOSSES FAIR VALUE
-----------------------------------------------------------------
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
HELD-TO-MATURITY
Obligations of states and political subdivisions. $81,791 $463 $1,036 $81,218
Special revenue and assessment................... 420 - - 420
Corporate securities............................. 128,487 2,003 1,830 128,660
Mortgage-backed securities....................... 264,155 2,121 1,347 264,929
Asset-backed securities.......................... 53,192 382 97 53,477
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Total fixed maturities........................... $528,045 $4,969 $4,310 $528,704
=================================================================
</TABLE>
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31, 1996
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GROSS GROSS
AMORTIZED UNREALIZED UNREALIZED
COST GAINS LOSSES FAIR VALUE
-----------------------------------------------------------------
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S.
government corporations and agencies.......... $5,746 $522 $- $6,268
Obligations of states and political subdivisions. 23,304 510 139 23,675
Special revenue and assessment................... 330 2 - 332
Corporate securities............................. 857,926 29,671 13,146 874,451
Mortgage-backed securities....................... 857,685 17,838 1,879 873,644
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Total fixed securities........................... $1,744,991 $48,543 $15,164 $1,778,370
=================================================================
Equity securities................................ $21,278 $687 $85 $21,880
=================================================================
HELD-TO-MATURITY
Obligations of states and political subdivisions. $67,160 $1,221 $- $68,381
Special revenue and assessment................... 870 - - 870
Corporate securities............................. 163,032 6,426 43 169,415
Mortgage-backed securities....................... 305,075 5,539 4 310,610
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Totals........................................... $536,137 $13,186 $47 $549,276
=================================================================
</TABLE>
The change in the Company's unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on fixed
maturities was $(51,773,000), $220,048,000 and $(219,496,000) during 1996, 1995
and 1994, respectively; the
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
2. INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
corresponding amounts for equity securities were $1,595,000, $1,034,000 and
$(1,702,000) during 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.
The amortized cost and fair value of fixed maturities at December 31, 1996, 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>
AVAILABLE-FOR-SALE HELD-TO-MATURITY
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AMORTIZED AMORTIZED
COST FAIR VALUE COST FAIR VALUE
-------------------------------------------------------------------
(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Due in one year or less........................ $17,711 $17,764 $320 $320
Due after one year through five years.......... 197,414 197,267 12,184 12,240
Due after five years through 10 years.......... 469,394 471,099 47,804 48,193
Due after 10 years............................. 376,063 368,198 150,390 149,545
Mortgage-backed securities..................... 627,875 627,658 264,155 264,929
Asset-backed securities........................ 122,523 123,080 53,192 53,477
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$1,810,980 $1,805,066 $528,045 $528,704
===================================================================
</TABLE>
Late in 1995, the FASB issued a special report, "A Guide to Implementation of
Statement 115 on Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity
Securities." This report provided companies with an opportunity for a one-time
reassessment and reclassification of securities as of a single measurement date
without tainting the held-to-maturity debt securities classification. On
December 8, 1995, the Company reclassified securities with an amortized cost of
$202,417,000 from held-to-maturity to available-for-sale. The transfer resulted
in an increase to unrealized gains on securities of approximately $2,162,000 net
of related adjustments for deferred policy acquisition costs and deferred income
taxes.
The Company did not hold any investments that individually exceeded 10% of
equity at December 31, 1996 except for securities guaranteed by the U.S.
government or an agency of the U.S. government.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
2. INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
Major categories of net investment income are summarized as follows:
1996 1995 1994
--------------------------------
(IN THOUSANDS)
Interest on fixed maturities............. $174,592 $165,684 $154,739
Dividends on equity securities........... 5,817 1,309 712
Interest on mortgage loans............... 6,680 7,876 7,746
Real estate income....................... 781 1,287 1,326
Interest on policy loans................. 6,372 5,927 5,462
Interest on short-term investments....... 1,487 2,625 2,272
Other.................................... 3,418 1,453 525
--------------------------------
Total investment income.................. 199,147 186,161 172,782
Investment expenses...................... 6,511 6,221 5,925
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Net investment income.................... $192,636 $179,940 $166,857
================================
Proceeds from sales of fixed maturities and equity securities and related
realized gains and losses, including valuation adjustments, are as follows:
1996 1995 1994
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(IN THOUSANDS)
Proceeds from sales............... $393,189 $310,590 $128,533
Gross realized gains.............. 9,407 5,901 5,814
Gross realized losses............. 9,723 3,361 4,889
The composition of the Company's portfolio of fixed maturities by quality rating
at December 31, 1996 is as follows:
QUALITY RATING CARRYING AMOUNT %
- -------------------------- ------------------------- --------------------
(IN THOUSANDS)
AAA...................... $1,199,762 51.4%
AA....................... 158,785 6.8
A........................ 361,008 15.5
BBB...................... 416,589 17.9
Noninvestment grade...... 196,967 8.4
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$2,333,111 100.0%
========================= ====================
The Company has a diversified portfolio of commercial and residential mortgage
loans outstanding in 14 states. The loans are somewhat geographically
concentrated in the midwestern
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
2. INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)
and southwestern United States with the largest outstanding balances at December
31, 1996 being in the states of Kansas (34%), Iowa (15%) and Texas (14%).
Net realized gains (losses) consist of the following:
1996 1995 1994
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(IN THOUSANDS)
Fixed maturities...................... $(1,329) $1,805 $397
Equity securities..................... 1,013 735 528
Other................................. 72 1,336 (791)
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Total realized gains (losses)......... $(244) $3,876 $134
======================================
Deferred losses totaling $2.2 million and $3.9 million at December 31, 1996 and
1995, respectively, resulting from terminated and expired futures contracts are
included in fixed maturities and will be amortized as an adjustment to net
investment income. The notional amount of outstanding agreements to sell
securities was $79 million at December 31, 1995. There were no outstanding
agreements at December 31, 1996.
For interest rate exchange agreements, one agreement was terminated during 1996
resulting in a deferred gain of $1.1 million. The notional amount of the
remaining outstanding agreements was $30 million at December 31, 1996. Also, as
of December 31, 1996, these agreements have maturities ranging from March 1997
to May 2005. Under these agreements, the Company receives variable rates based
on the one- and three-month LIBOR and pays fixed rates ranging from 6.875% to
7.215%.
3. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
Substantially all Company employees are covered by a qualified, noncontributory
defined benefit pension plan sponsored by the Company and certain of its
affiliates. Benefits are based on years of service and an employee's highest
average compensation over a period of five consecutive years during the last 10
years of service. The Company's policy has been to contribute funds to the plan
in amounts required to maintain sufficient plan assets to provide for accrued
benefits. In applying this general policy, the Company considers, among other
factors, the recommendations of its independent consulting actuaries, the
requirements of federal pension law and the limitations on deductibility imposed
by federal income tax law. The Company records pension cost in accordance with
the provisions of SFAS No. 87, "Employers' Accounting for Pensions."
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3. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (CONTINUED)
Pension cost for the plan for 1996, 1995 and 1994 is summarized as follows:
1996 1995 1994
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(IN THOUSANDS)
Service cost................................ $670 $528 $679
Interest cost............................... 587 508 535
Actual return on plan assets................ (1,064) (1,568) 310
Net amortization and deferral............... 284 900 (949)
----------------------------------
Net pension cost............................ $477 $368 $575
==================================
The funded status of the plan as of December 31, 1996 and 1995 was as follows:
DECEMBER 31
1996 1995
-------------------------
(IN THOUSANDS)
Actuarial present value of benefit obligations:
Vested benefit obligation......................... $(6,059) $(5,243)
Non-vested benefit obligation..................... (202) (165)
-------------------------
Accumulated benefit obligation.................... (6,261) (5,408)
Excess of projected benefit
obligation over accumulated
benefit obligation.............................. (2,961) (2,865)
-------------------------
Projected benefit obligation...................... (9,222) (8,273)
Plan assets, at fair market value.................... 10,085 8,342
-------------------------
Plan assets greater than projected
benefit obligation................................ 863 69
Unrecognized net loss................................ 1,007 1,560
Unrecognized prior service cost...................... 700 758
Unrecognized net asset established
at the date of initial application................. (1,841) (2,025)
-------------------------
Net prepaid pension cost............................. $729 $362
=========================
Assumptions were as follows:
1996 1995 1994
-------------------------
Weighted average discount rate................... 7.75% 7.5% 8.5%
Weighted average rate of increase in
compensation for participants age
45 and older.................................. 4.5 4.5 4.5
Weighted average expected long-term
return on plan assets......................... 9.0 9.0 9.0
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3. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (CONTINUED)
Compensation rates that vary by age for participants under age 45 were used in
determining the actuarial present value of the projected benefit obligation in
1996. Plan assets are invested in a diversified portfolio of affiliated mutual
funds that invest in equity and debt securities.
In addition to the Company's defined benefit pension plan, the Company provides
certain medical and life insurance benefits to full-time employees who have
retired after the age of 55 with five years of service. The plan is
contributory, with retiree contributions adjusted annually and contains other
cost-sharing features such as deductibles and coinsurance. Contributions vary
based on the employee's years of service earned after age 40. The Company's
portion of the costs is frozen after 1996 with all future cost increases passed
on to the retirees. Retirees in the plan prior to July 1, 1993 are covered 100%
by the Company.
Retiree medical care and life insurance cost for the total plan for 1996, 1995
and 1994 is summarized as follows:
1996 1995 1994
--------------------------------
(IN THOUSANDS)
Service cost........................ $157 $151 $116
Interest cost....................... 280 305 275
--------------------------------
$437 $456 $391
================================
The funded status of the plan as of December 31, 1996 and 1995 was as follows:
DECEMBER 31
1996 1995
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(IN THOUSANDS)
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation:
Retirees.......................................... $(2,498) $(2,514)
Active participants:
Retirement eligible............................... (568) (632)
Others............................................ (1,023) (1,035)
----------------------
(4,089) (4,181)
Unrecognized net (gain) loss......................... (348) 67
----------------------
Accrued postretirement benefit cost.................. $(4,437) $(4,114)
======================
The annual assumed rate of increase in the per capita cost of covered benefits
is 10% for 1996 and is assumed to decrease gradually to 5% for 2001 and remain
at that level thereafter. The health care cost trend rate has a significant
effect on the amount reported. For example, increasing the assumed health care
cost trend rates by one percentage point each year would increase the
accumulated postretirement benefit obligation as of December 31, 1996 by
$191,000
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and the aggregate of the service and interest cost components of net periodic
postretirement benefit cost for 1996 by $54,000.
The discount rate used in determining the accumulated postretirement benefit
obligation was 7.75%, 7.5% and 8.5% at December 31, 1996, 1995 and 1994,
respectively.
The Company has a profit-sharing and savings plan for which substantially all
employees are eligible after one year of employment with the Company.
Contributions for profit sharing are based on a formula established by the Board
of Directors with pro rata allocation among employees based on salaries. The
savings plan is a tax-deferred, 401(k) retirement plan. Employees may contribute
up to 10% of their eligible compensation. The Company matches 50% of the first
6% of the employee contributions. Employee contributions are fully vested, and
Company contributions are vested over a five-year period. Company contributions
to the profit-sharing and savings plan charged to operations were $1,783,000,
$1,567,000 and $1,075,000 for 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively.
4. REINSURANCE
The Company assumes and cedes reinsurance with other companies to provide for
greater diversification of business, allow management to control exposure to
potential losses arising from large risks, and provide additional capacity for
growth. The Company's maximum retention on any one life is $500,000. The Company
does not use financial or surplus relief reinsurance. Life insurance in force
ceded at December 31, 1996 and 1995 was $4.0 and $3.9 billion, respectively.
Principal reinsurance transactions are summarized as follows:
1996 1995 1994
-----------------------------------
(IN THOUSANDS)
Reinsurance ceded:
Premiums paid...................... $25,442 $5,305 $3,980
===================================
Commissions received............... $4,669 $230 $1,443
===================================
Claim recoveries................... $5,235 $3,089 $2,485
===================================
In the accompanying financial statements, premiums, benefits, settlement
expenses and deferred policy acquisition costs are reported net of reinsurance
ceded; policy liabilities and accruals are reported gross of reinsurance ceded.
The Company remains liable to policyholders if the reinsurers are unable to meet
their contractual obligations under the applicable reinsurance agreements. To
minimize its exposure to significant losses from reinsurance insolvencies, the
Company evaluates the financial condition of its reinsurers and monitors
concentrations of credit
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4. REINSURANCE (CONTINUED)
risk arising from similar geographic regions, activities or economic
characteristics of reinsurers. At December 31, 1996 and 1995, the Company had
established a receivable totaling $92,197,000 and $78,877,000 for reserve
credits, reinsurance claims and other receivables from its reinsurers. The
amount of reinsurance assumed is not significant.
In 1995, the Company transferred, through a 100% coinsurance agreement, $66.9
million in policy reserves and claim liabilities. The agreement related to a
block of whole life and decreasing term life insurance business.
In prior years, the Company was involved in litigation arising out of its
participation from 1986 to 1990 in a reinsurance pool. The litigation related to
the pool manager and a reinsurance intermediary placing major medical business
in the pool without authorization. During 1993, the Company settled the major
medical portion of the pool's activity with no significantly adverse effect on
the Company. The nonmajor medical business placed in the pool has experienced
significant losses. At December 31, 1996, the Company believes adequate
provision has been made for such losses.
5. INCOME TAXES
The Company files a life/nonlife consolidated federal income tax return. The
provision for income taxes includes current federal income tax expense or
benefit and deferred income tax expense or benefit due to temporary differences
between the financial reporting and income tax bases of assets and liabilities.
Such differences relate principally to liabilities for future policy benefits
and accumulated contract values, deferred compensation, deferred policy
acquisition costs, postretirement benefits, deferred selling commissions,
depreciation expense and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities
available-for-sale.
Income tax expense consists of the following for 1996, 1995 and 1994:
1996 1995 1994
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(IN THOUSANDS)
Current......................... $12,528 $15,200 $11,361
Deferred........................ 8,343 2,727 5,768
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$20,871 $17,927 $17,129
==============================================
The provision for income taxes differs from the amount computed at the statutory
federal income tax rate due primarily to dividends received deductions and tax
credits.
Income taxes paid by the Company were $16,213,000, $11,551,000, and $14,634,000
during 1996, 1995, and 1994, respectively.
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5. INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
Net deferred tax assets or liabilities consist of the following:
1996 1995
-------------------------
(IN THOUSANDS)
Deferred tax assets:
Future policy benefits.......................... $20,487 $17,780
Net unrealized depreciation on
securities available-for-sale................. 1,409 -
Guaranty fund assessments....................... 1,400 1,260
Employee benefits............................... 4,852 3,836
Other........................................... 4,620 3,662
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Total deferred tax assets.......................... 32,768 26,538
Deferred tax liabilities:
Deferred policy acquisition costs............... 69,647 50,580
Net unrealized appreciation on
securities available-for-sale................. - 12,539
Deferred gain on investments.................... 10,446 8,681
Depreciation.................................... 2,061 988
Other........................................... 5,461 7,409
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Tax deferred tax liabilities....................... 87,615 80,197
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Net deferred tax liabilities....................... $54,847 $53,659
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6. CONDENSED FAIR VALUE INFORMATION
SFAS No. 107, "Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments," requires
disclosures of fair value information about financial instruments, whether
recognized or not recognized in a company's balance sheet, for which it is
practicable to estimate that value. The methods and assumptions used by the
Company to estimate the following fair value disclosures for financial
instruments are set forth in NOTE 1.
SFAS No. 107 excludes certain insurance liabilities and other nonfinancial
instruments from its disclosure requirements. However, the liabilities under all
insurance contracts are taken into consideration in the Company's overall
management of interest rate risk that minimizes exposure to changing interest
rates through the matching of investment maturities with amounts due under
insurance contracts. The fair value amounts presented herein do not include an
amount for the value associated with customer or agent relationships, the
expected interest margin (interest earnings in excess of interest credited) to
be earned in the future on investment-type products or other intangible items.
Accordingly, the aggregate fair value amounts presented herein do not
necessarily represent the underlying value of the Company; likewise, care should
be exercised in deriving conclusions about the Company's business or financial
condition based on the fair value information presented herein.
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6. CONDENSED FAIR VALUE INFORMATION (CONTINUED)
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<CAPTION>
DECEMBER 31, 1996 DECEMBER 31, 1995
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CARRYING CARRYING
AMOUNT FAIR VALUE AMOUNT FAIR VALUE
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(IN THOUSANDS)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Investments:
Fixed maturities (NOTE 2)................. $2,333,111 $2,333,770 $2,314,507 $2,327,646
Equity securities (NOTE 2)................ 89,188 89,188 21,880 21,880
Mortgage loans............................ 66,611 69,004 74,342 80,175
Policy loans.............................. 106,822 108,685 100,452 104,077
Short-term investments.................... - - 992 992
Cash and cash equivalents................. 8,310 8,310 16,788 16,788
Accrued investment income................. 32,161 32,161 30,623 30,623
Futures contracts......................... - - - (737)
Interest rate exchange agreements ........ - (282) - (2,291)
Liabilities:
Supplementary contracts without life
contingencies........................... 33,225 33,803 34,363 35,387
Individual and group annuities............ 1,942,697 1,767,692 1,922,901 1,774,642
Long-term debt............................ 65,000 67,683 - -
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7. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Company leases various equipment under several operating lease agreements.
Total expense for all operating leases amounted to $1,904,000, $1,302,000 and
$1,450,000 for 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively. The Company has aggregate
future lease commitments at December 31, 1996 of $4,337,000 for noncancelable
operating leases consisting of $992,000 in 1997, $941,000 in 1998, $829,000 in
1999, $818,000 in 2000 and $757,000 in 2001 and thereafter.
In addition, in 2001, under the terms of an operating lease for an airplane, the
Company has the option to renew the lease for another five years, purchase the
airplane for approximately $4.7 million, or return the airplane to the lessor
and pay a termination charge of approximately $3.7 million. If the option to
renew the lease for five years is selected, at the end of the five-year period
(2006), the Company has the option to purchase the airplane for approximately
$3.4 million or return the airplane to the lessor and pay a termination charge
of approximately $2.7 million.
The economy and other factors have caused an increase in the number of insurance
companies that have required regulatory supervision. Guaranty fund assessments
are levied on the Company by life and health guaranty associations in most
states in which it is licensed to cover losses of policyholders of insolvent or
rehabilitated insurers. In some states, these assessments can be
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7. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED)
partially recovered through a reduction in future premium taxes. The Company
cannot predict whether and to what extent legislative initiatives may affect the
right to offset. Based on information from the National Organization of Life and
Health Guaranty Association and information from the various state guaranty
associations, the Company believes that it is probable that these insolvencies
will result in future assessments. The Company regularly evaluates its reserve
for these insolvencies and updates its reserve based on the Company's
interpretation of information recently received. The associated costs for a
particular insurance company can vary significantly based on its premium volume
by line of business in a particular state and its potential for premium tax
offset. The Company accrued and charged to expense $1,574,000, $2,302,000 and
$237,000 for 1996, 1995 and 1994, respectively. At December 31, 1996, the
Company has reserved $4,000,000 to cover current and estimated future
assessments net of related premium tax credits.
8. LONG-TERM DEBT
The Company has a $75.5 million line of credit facility from the Federal Home
Loan Bank of Topeka. Any borrowings in connection with this facility bear
interest at .1% over the Federal Funds rate. No amounts were outstanding at
December 31, 1996.
In February 1996, the Company negotiated three separate $5,000,000 advances with
the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka. The advances are due February 27, 1998,
February 26, 1999 and February 28, 2001 and carry interest rates of 5.59%, 5.76%
and 6.04%, respectively.
In May 1996, the Company issued $50 million of 8.75% surplus notes maturing on
May 15, 2016. The surplus notes were issued pursuant to Rule 144A under the
Securities Act of 1933. The surplus notes have repayment conditions and
restrictions whereby each payment of interest on or principal of the surplus
notes may be made only with the prior approval of the Kansas Insurance
Commissioner and only out of surplus funds that the Kansas Insurance
Commissioner determines to be available for such payment under the Kansas
Insurance Code.
9. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Company owns shares of mutual funds managed by Security Management Company,
LLC with a net asset value totaling $60,559,000 and $5,364,000 at December 31,
1996 and 1995, respectively.
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10. ASSETS HELD IN SEPARATE ACCOUNTS
Separate account assets were as follows:
1996 1995
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(IN THOUSANDS)
Premium and annuity considerations
for the variable annuity products and
variable universal life product for
which the contractholder, rather than
the Company, bears the
investment risk................................ $2,793,911 $2,051,292
Assets of the separate accounts owned by
the Company, at fair value..................... 9,016 14,014
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$2,802,927 $2,065,306
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11. STATUTORY INFORMATION
The Company and its insurance subsidiary prepare statutory-basis financial
statements in accordance with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by
the Kansas and New York Insurance regulatory authorities, respectively.
Accounting practices used to prepare statutory-basis financial statements for
regulatory filings of life insurance companies differ in certain instances from
GAAP. Prescribed statutory accounting practices include a variety of
publications of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), as
well as state laws, regulations and general administrative rules. Permitted
statutory accounting practices encompass all accounting practices not so
prescribed; such practices may differ from state to state, may differ from
company to company within a state and may change in the future. Statutory
capital and surplus of the insurance operations are $286,689,000 and
$207,669,000 at December 31, 1996 and 1995, respectively.
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