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Separate Account A of Pacific Life Insurance Co., et al. – ‘485BPOS’ on 4/23/21

On:  Friday, 4/23/21, at 1:56pm ET   ·   Effective:  5/1/21   ·   Accession #:  1104659-21-54354   ·   File #s:  811-08946, 333-184973

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 4/23/21  Sep Acct A of Pacific Life Ins Co 485BPOS     5/01/21    4:18M                                    Toppan Merrill/FA
          → Separate Account A of Pacific Life Insurance Co. (811-08946) ⇒ Pacific Choice Variable Annuity

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                Securities Act Rule 485(B)                                       
 3: EX-99.(10)  Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     14K 
 4: EX-99.(13)  Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     40K 
 2: EX-99.8.(OO)(4)  Miscellaneous Exhibit                          HTML     26K 

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2021.

Registration Nos. 333-184973
811-08946

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-4

and/or

SEPARATE ACCOUNT A
(Exact Name of Registrant)

PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Name of Depositor)

700 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, California 92660
(Address of Depositor’s Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(949) 219-3943
(Depository’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Brandon J. Cage
Assistant Vice President
Pacific Life Insurance Company
700 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, California 92660
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

O immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
X on May 1, 2021 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
O 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
O on ________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:

O This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Title of Securities Being Registered: Interests in the Separate Account under Pacific Choice Variable Annuity individual flexible premium deferred variable annuity contracts.

Filing Fee: None

PACIFIC CHOICE^® VARIABLE ANNUITY  PROSPECTUS MAY 1, 2021

Pacific Choice Variable Annuity describes individual flexible premium deferred variable annuity contracts issued by Pacific Life Insurance Company (“Pacific Life”) through Separate Account A of Pacific Life. Each Contract is referred to by an Option name; 5 Year Option, 3 Year Option and 0 Year Option (collectively referred to as “Options”). The primary difference between the different Options described in this prospectus is the cost associated with each Option. We do not currently offer the 3 Year Option or the 0 Year Option. The contracts offer various optional living and death benefit riders for an additional cost. The living benefit riders vary in terms of the age that the Owner must be before the benefits become payable and other terms. Work with your financial professional to determine which benefits are best suited to your financial needs. See the Optional Living Benefit Riders section for more information.

In this Prospectus, you and your mean the Contract Owner or Policyholder. Pacific Life, we, us and our refer to Pacific Life Insurance Company. Contract means a Pacific Choice Variable Annuity contract, unless we state otherwise.

This Prospectus provides information you should know before buying a Contract. Please read the Prospectus carefully, and keep it for future reference.

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the shareholder reports for portfolio companies available under your Contract, will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request copies of the reports from Pacific Life. Instead, the reports will be made available on a website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from Pacific Life electronically by indicating so on the application, at www.PacificLife.com, or by sending us instructions in writing in a form acceptable to us to receive such documents electronically.

You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. You can inform Pacific Life that you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports by calling (833) 455-0901 or visit www.PacificLife.com/PrintedShareholderReports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all portfolio companies available under your Contract.

The Variable Investment Options available under this Contract invest in portfolios of the following portfolio companies (“Funds”):

You will find a complete list of each Variable Investment Option on the next page. This Contract also offers the following:

FIXED OPTION

DCA Plus Fixed Option

You will find more information about the Contract and Separate Account A in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) dated May 1, 2021. The SAI has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and is considered to be part of this Prospectus because it’s incorporated by reference. The contents of the SAI are described in this Prospectus after The General Account section – see the Table of Contents. You can get a copy of the SAI without charge by calling or writing to Pacific Life or you can visit our website at www.pacificlife.com. You can also visit the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov, which contains the SAI, material incorporated into this Prospectus by reference, and other information about registrants that file electronically with the SEC.

You should be aware that the SEC has not approved or disapproved of the securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the disclosure in this Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

This Contract is not available in all states. This Prospectus is not an offer in any state or jurisdiction where we are not legally permitted to offer the Contract. This Contract is subject to availability, is offered at our discretion, and may be discontinued for purchase at any time. The Contract is described in detail in this Prospectus and its SAI. A Fund is described in its Prospectus and its SAI. No one has the right to describe the Contract or a Fund any differently than they have been described in these documents.

This material is not intended to be used, nor can it be used by any taxpayer, for the purpose of avoiding U.S. federal, state or local tax penalties. Pacific Life, its distributors and their respective representatives do not provide tax, accounting or legal advice. Any taxpayer should seek advice based on the taxpayer’s particular circumstances from an independent tax advisor.

This Contract is not a deposit or obligation of, or guaranteed or endorsed by, any bank. It’s not federally insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Reserve Board, or any other government agency. Investment in a Contract involves risk, including possible loss of principal.

VARIABLE INVESTMENT OPTIONS

If certain optional living benefit riders are elected, only Investment Options marked with an “*” are available for investment. For more information, see OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS – General Information – Investment Allocation Requirements.

AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS (INVESCO VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS)

*Invesco V.I. Balanced-Risk Allocation Fund Series II

Invesco V.I. Equity and Income Fund Series II

Invesco V.I. Global Real Estate Fund Series II

Invesco V.I. Global Fund Series II (formerly called Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. Global Fund)

Invesco Oppenheimer V.I. International Growth Fund Series II

AMERICAN CENTURY VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS, INC.

American Century VP Mid Cap Value Fund Class II

AMERICAN FUNDS INSURANCE SERIES

American Funds IS American High-Income Trust Class 4 (formerly called American Funds IS High-Income Bond Fund )

*American Funds IS Asset Allocation Fund Class 4

American Funds IS Capital Income Builder^® Class 4

American Funds IS Capital World and Income Fund Class 4 (formerly called American Funds IS Global Growth and Income Fund)

American Funds IS Capital World Bond Fund Class 4

American Funds IS Global Balanced Fund Class 4

American Funds IS Global Growth Fund Class 4

American Funds IS Global Small Capitalization Fund Class 4

American Funds IS Growth Fund Class 4

American Funds IS Growth-Income Fund Class 4

American Funds IS International Fund Class 4

American Funds IS International Growth and Income Fund Class 4

*American Funds IS Managed Risk Asset Allocation Fund Class P2

American Funds IS New World Fund^® Class 4

American Funds IS The Bond Fund of America Class 4 (formerly called American Funds IS Bond Fund)

American Funds IS U.S. Government Securities Fund Class 4 (formerly called American Funds IS U.S. Government/AAA-Rated Securities Fund)

American Funds IS Washington Mutual Investors Fund Class 4 (formerly called American Funds IS Blue Chip Income and Growth Fund)

BLACKROCK VARIABLE SERIES FUNDS, INC

*BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund Class III

BlackRock 60/40 Target Allocation ETF V.I. Fund Class I

FIDELITY^® VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUNDS

Fidelity^® VIP Contrafund^® Portfolio Service Class 2

*Fidelity^® VIP FundsManager^® 60% Portfolio Service Class 2

Fidelity^® VIP Government Money Market Portfolio Service Class

Fidelity^® VIP Strategic Income Portfolio Service Class 2

FIRST TRUST VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST

First Trust Dorsey Wright Tactical Core Portfolio Class I

*First Trust/Dow Jones Dividend & Income Allocation Portfolio Class I

First Trust Multi Income Allocation Portfolio Class I

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS TRUST

*Franklin Allocation VIP Fund Class 4

Franklin Income VIP Fund Class 2

Franklin Mutual Global Discovery VIP Fund Class 2

Franklin Rising Dividends VIP Fund Class 2

Templeton Global Bond VIP Fund Class 2

IVY VARIABLE INSURANCE PORTFOLIOS

*Ivy VIP Asset Strategy Class II

Ivy VIP Energy Class II

JANUS ASPEN SERIES

*Janus Henderson Balanced Portfolio Service Shares

Janus Henderson Flexible Bond Portfolio Service Shares

JPMORGAN INSURANCE TRUST

JPMorgan Insurance Trust Global Allocation Portfolio Class 2

JPMorgan Insurance Trust Income Builder Portfolio Class 2

LEGG MASON PARTNERS VARIABLE EQUITY TRUST

ClearBridge Variable Aggressive Growth Portfolio – Class II

LORD ABBETT SERIES FUND, INC.

Lord Abbett Bond Debenture Portfolio Class VC

Lord Abbett Total Return Portfolio Class VC

MFS VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST

*MFS^® Total Return Series – Service Class

MFS^® Utilities Series – Service Class

NEUBERGER BERMAN ADVISERS MANAGEMENT TRUST

Neuberger Berman U.S. Equity Index PutWrite Strategy Portfolio Class S

PACIFIC SELECT FUND

All Portfolios offered are Class I unless otherwise noted below.

Core Income Portfolio

*PSF DFA Balanced Allocation Portfolio Class D

Diversified Bond Portfolio

Dividend Growth Portfolio

Emerging Markets Debt Portfolio

Emerging Markets Portfolio

Equity Index Portfolio

*ESG Diversified Portfolio

Floating Rate Income Portfolio

Focused Growth Portfolio

Growth Portfolio

Health Sciences Portfolio

*Hedged Equity Portfolio

High Yield Bond Portfolio

Inflation Managed Portfolio

International Large-Cap Portfolio

International Small-Cap Portfolio

International Value Portfolio

Large-Cap Growth Portfolio

Large-Cap Value Portfolio

Main Street^® Core Portfolio

Managed Bond Portfolio

Mid-Cap Equity Portfolio

Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio

Mid-Cap Value Portfolio

*Pacific Dynamix – Conservative Growth Portfolio

*Pacific Dynamix – Growth Portfolio

*Pacific Dynamix – Moderate Growth Portfolio

Portfolio Optimization Aggressive-Growth Portfolio

*Portfolio Optimization Conservative Portfolio

*Portfolio Optimization Growth Portfolio

*Portfolio Optimization Moderate Portfolio

*Portfolio Optimization Moderate-Conservative Portfolio

Real Estate Portfolio

Short Duration Bond Portfolio

Small-Cap Equity Portfolio

Small-Cap Growth Portfolio

Small-Cap Index Portfolio

Small-Cap Value Portfolio

Technology Portfolio

Value Portfolio (formerly called Comstock Portfolio)

Value Advantage Portfolio

PIMCO VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST

PIMCO All Asset Portfolio – Advisor Class

PIMCO CommodityRealReturn^® Strategy Portfolio – Advisor Class

PIMCO Income Portfolio – Advisor Class

STATE STREET VARIABLE INSURANCE SERIES FUNDS, INC.

*State Street Total Return V.I.S. Fund Class 3

VANECK VIP TRUST

VanEck VIP Global Resources Fund Class S (formerly called VanEck VIP Global Hard Assets Fund)

YOUR GUIDE TO THIS PROSPECTUS

Where To Go For More Information Back Cover

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TERMS USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS

Some of the terms we’ve used in this Prospectus may be new to you. We’ve identified them in the Prospectus by capitalizing the first letter of each word. You will find an explanation of what they mean below.

If you have any questions, please ask your financial professional or call us at (800) 722-4448. Financial professionals may call us at (800) 722-2333.

Account Value – The amount of your Contract Value allocated to a specified Variable Investment Option or any fixed option.

Annual Fee – A $50.00 fee charged each year on your Contract Anniversary and at the time of a full withdrawal (on a pro rated basis for that Contract year), if your Net Contract Value is less than $50,000 on that date.

Annuitant – A person on whose life annuity payments may be determined. An Annuitant’s life may also be used to determine death benefits, in the case of a Non-Natural Owner, and to determine the Annuity Date. A Contract may name a single (“sole”) Annuitant or two (“Joint”) Annuitants. You may choose a Contingent Annuitant only if you have a sole Annuitant (cannot have Joint Annuitants and a Contingent Annuitant at the same time). If you name Joint Annuitants or a Contingent Annuitant, “the Annuitant” means the sole surviving Annuitant, unless otherwise stated. See ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – State Considerations for Contracts issued in California.

Annuity Date – The date specified in your Contract, or the date you later elect, if any, for the start of annuity payments if the Annuitant (or Joint Annuitants) is (or are) still living and your Contract is in force; or if earlier, the date that annuity payments actually begin. The maximum annuity date is dated in your Contract and is the latest date we will begin paying you an annuity income.

Annuity Option – Any one of the income options available for a series of payments after your Annuity Date.

Beneficiary – A person who may have a right to receive any death benefit proceeds before the Annuity Date or any remaining annuity payments after the Annuity Date, if any Owner (or Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner) dies. See ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – State Considerations for Contracts issued in California.

Business Day – Any day on which the value of an amount invested in a Variable Investment Option is required to be determined, which currently includes each day that the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading, an applicable underlying Fund Portfolio is open for trading, and our administrative offices are open. The New York Stock Exchange and our administrative offices are closed on weekends and on the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, July Fourth, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, and the Friday before New Year’s Day, July Fourth or Christmas Day if that holiday falls on a Saturday, the Monday following New Year’s Day, July Fourth or Christmas Day if that holiday falls on a Sunday, unless unusual business conditions exist, such as the ending of a monthly or yearly accounting period. An underlying Fund Portfolio may be closed when other federal holidays are observed such as Columbus Day and Veterans Day. See the underlying Fund Portfolio prospectus. In this Prospectus, “day” or “date” means Business Day unless otherwise specified. If any transaction or event called for under a Contract is scheduled to occur on a day that is not a Business Day, such transaction or event will be deemed to occur on the next following Business Day unless otherwise specified. Any systematic pre-authorized transaction scheduled to occur on December 30 or December 31 where that day is not a Business Day will be deemed an order for the last Business Day of the calendar year and will be calculated using the applicable Subaccount Unit Value at the close of that Business Day. Special circumstances such as leap years and months with fewer than 31 days are discussed in the SAI.

Code – The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Contingent Annuitant – A person, if named in your Contract, who will become your sole surviving Annuitant if your existing sole Annuitant should die before your Annuity Date. See ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – State Considerations for Contracts issued in California.

Contingent Beneficiary – A person, if any, you select to become the Beneficiary if the Beneficiary predeceases the Owner (or Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner).

Contract Anniversary – The same date, in each subsequent year, as your Contract Date.

Contract Date – The date we issue your Contract. Contract Years, Contract Anniversaries, Contract Semi-Annual Periods, Contract Quarters and Contract Months are measured from this date.

Contract Debt – As of the end of any given Business Day, the principal amount you have outstanding on any loan under your Contract, plus any accrued and unpaid interest. Loans are only available on certain Qualified Contracts.

Contract Owner, Owner, Policyholder, you, or your – Generally, a person who purchases a Contract and makes the Investments. A Contract Owner has all rights in the Contract, including the right to make withdrawals, designate and change beneficiaries, transfer amounts among Investment Options, and designate an Annuity Option. If your Contract names Joint Owners, both Joint Owners are Contract Owners and share all such rights. Except in the case of a Non-Natural Owner, the Owner’s life is used to determine death benefits. See ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – State Considerations for Contracts issued in California.

Contract Value – As of the end of any Business Day, the sum of your Variable Account Value, any fixed option value, the value of any other Investment Option added to the Contract by Rider or Endorsement, and any Loan Account Value.

Contract Year – A year that starts on the Contract Date or on a Contract Anniversary.

DCA Plus Fixed Option – If you allocate all or part of your Purchase Payments to the DCA Plus Fixed Option, such amounts are held in our General Account and receive interest at rates declared periodically (the “Guaranteed Interest Rate”), but not

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less than the minimum guaranteed interest rate specified in your Contract. Currently, this fixed option may be used for dollar cost averaging of up to 24 months, depending on what Guarantee Terms we offer. Please contact us for the Guarantee Terms currently available.

DCA Plus Fixed Option Value – The aggregate amount of your Contract Value allocated to the DCA Plus Fixed Option.

Earnings – As of the end of any Business Day, your Earnings equal your Contract Value less your aggregate Purchase Payments, which are reduced by withdrawals of prior Investments.

Fund – A registered open-end management investment company; collectively refers to AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds), American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc., American Funds Insurance Series, BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc., Fidelity^® Variable Insurance Products Fund, First Trust Variable Insurance Trust, Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust, Ivy Variable Insurance Portfolios, Janus Aspen Series, JPMorgan Insurance Trust, Legg Mason Partners Variable Equity Trust, Lord Abbett Series Fund, MFS Variable Insurance Trust, Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust, Pacific Select Fund, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust, State Street Variable Insurance Series Funds, Inc. and/or VanEck VIP Trust.

General Account – Our General Account consists of all of our assets other than those assets allocated to Separate Account A or to any of our other separate accounts.

Guarantee Term – The period during which an amount you allocate to any available fixed option earns interest at a Guaranteed Interest Rate.

Guaranteed Interest Rate – The interest rate guaranteed at the time of allocation (or rollover) for the Guarantee Term on amounts allocated to a fixed option. All Guaranteed Interest Rates are expressed as annual rates and interest is accrued daily. The rate will not be less than the minimum guaranteed interest rate specified in your Contract.

In Proper Form – This is the standard we apply when we determine whether an instruction is satisfactory to us. An instruction (in writing or by other means that we accept (e.g. via telephone or electronic submission)) is considered to be in proper form if it is received at our Service Center in a manner that is satisfactory to us, such that is sufficiently complete and clear so that we do not have to exercise any discretion to follow the instruction, including any information and supporting legal documentation necessary to effect the transaction. Any forms that we provide will identify any necessary supporting documentation. We may, in our sole discretion, determine whether any particular transaction request is in proper form, and we reserve the right to change or waive any in proper form requirements at any time.

Investment (“Purchase Payment”) – An amount paid to us by or on behalf of a Contract Owner as consideration for the benefits provided under the Contract.

Investment Option – A Subaccount, any fixed option or any other Investment Option added to the Contract by Rider or Endorsement.

Joint Annuitant – If your Contract is a Non-Qualified Contract, you may name two Annuitants, called “Joint Annuitants,” in your application for your Contract. Special restrictions may apply for Qualified Contracts.

Loan Account – The account in which the amount equal to the principal amount of a loan and any interest accrued is held to secure any Contract Debt.

Loan Account Value – The amount, including any interest accrued, held in the Loan Account to secure any Contract Debt.

Net Contract Value – Your Contract Value less Contract Debt.

Non-Natural Owner – A corporation, trust or other entity that is not a (natural) person.

Non-Qualified Contract – A Contract other than a Qualified Contract.

Policyholder – The Contract Owner.

Portfolio – A separate portfolio of a Fund in which a Subaccount invests its assets.

Primary Annuitant – The individual that is named in your Contract, the events in the life of whom are of primary importance in affecting the timing or amount of the payout under the Contract.

Purchase Payment (“Investment”) – An amount paid to us by or on behalf of a Contract Owner as consideration for the benefits provided under the Contract.

Qualified Contract – A Contract that qualifies under the Code as an individual retirement annuity or account (IRA), or form thereof, or a Contract purchased by a Qualified Plan, qualifying for special tax treatment under the Code.

Qualified Plan – A retirement plan that receives favorable tax treatment under Section 401, 403, 408, 408A or 457 of the Code.

SEC – Securities and Exchange Commission.

Separate Account A (the “Separate Account”) – A separate account of ours registered as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).

Subaccount – An investment division of the Separate Account. Each Subaccount invests its assets in shares of a corresponding Portfolio.

Subaccount Annuity Unit – Subaccount Annuity Units (or “Annuity Units”) are used to measure variation in variable annuity payments. To the extent you elect to convert all or some of your Contract Value into variable annuity payments, the amount of each annuity payment (after the first payment) will vary with the value and number of Annuity Units in each Subaccount attributed to any variable annuity payments. At annuitization (after any applicable premium taxes and/or other taxes are paid), the amount annuitized to a variable annuity determines the amount of your first variable annuity payment and the number of Annuity Units credited to your annuity in each Subaccount. The value of Subaccount Annuity Units, like the value of Subaccount Units, is expected to fluctuate daily, as described in the definition of Unit Value.

Subaccount Unit – Before your Annuity Date, each time you allocate an amount to a Subaccount, your Contract is credited

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with a number of Subaccount Units in that Subaccount. These Units are used for accounting purposes to measure your Account Value in that Subaccount. The value of Subaccount Units is expected to fluctuate daily, as described in the definition of Unit Value.

Unit Value – The value of a Subaccount Unit (“Subaccount Unit Value”) or Subaccount Annuity Unit (“Subaccount Annuity Unit Value”). Unit Value of any Subaccount is subject to change on any Business Day in much the same way that the value of a mutual fund share changes each day. The fluctuations in value reflect the investment results, expenses of and charges against the Portfolio in which the Subaccount invests its assets. Fluctuations also reflect charges against the Separate Account. Changes in Subaccount Annuity Unit Values also reflect an additional factor that adjusts Subaccount Annuity Unit Values to offset our Annuity Option Table’s implicit assumption of an annual investment return of 4%. The effect of this assumed investment return is explained in detail in the SAI. Unit Value of a Subaccount Unit or Subaccount Annuity Unit on any Business Day is measured as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange on that Business Day, which usually closes at 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, although it occasionally closes earlier.

Variable Account Value – The aggregate amount of your Contract Value allocated to all Subaccounts.

Variable Investment Option – A Subaccount (also called a Variable Account).

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OVERVIEW

This overview describes some key things about the variable annuities offered in this Prospectus. It is designed as a summary only – please read this entire Prospectus and any related documents before making a purchasing decision.

Certain Contract features described in this Prospectus may vary or may not be available in your state. The state in which your Contract is issued governs whether or not certain features, Riders, charges or fees are allowed or will vary under your Contract. These variations are reflected in your Contract and in Riders or Endorsements to your Contract. See your financial professional or contact us for specific information that may be applicable to your state. You can find a description of all material state variations in the ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – State Considerations section. This prospectus provides a description of the material rights and obligations under the Contract. Any guarantees provided for under your Contract or through optional Riders are backed by Pacific Life’s financial strength and claims-paying ability. You must look to the strength of the insurance company with regard to such guarantees. Your financial professional or financial professional’s firm is not responsible for any Contract guarantees.

Some of the Terms used in this Prospectus may be new to you. You will find a glossary of certain terms in the TERMS USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS section.

Pacific Life is a variable annuity provider. It is not a fiduciary and therefore does not give advice or make recommendations regarding insurance or investment products.

Please be aware that the sale or liquidation of any stock, bond, IRA, certificate of deposit, mutual fund, annuity or other asset to fund the purchase of this product may have tax consequences, early withdrawal penalties or other costs or penalties as a result of the sale or liquidation. You may want to consult independent legal or financial advice before selling or liquidating any assets prior to the purchase of any life or annuity products.

Contract Basics

An annuity contract may be appropriate if you are looking for retirement income or you want to meet other long-term financial objectives. Discuss with your financial professional whether a variable annuity, optional benefits and which underlying Investment Options are appropriate for you, taking into consideration your age, income, net worth, tax status, insurance needs, financial objectives, investment goals, liquidity needs, time horizon, risk tolerance and other relevant information. Together you can decide if a variable annuity is right for you.

This Contract may not be the right one for you if you need to withdraw money for short-term needs, because withdrawal charges and tax penalties for early withdrawal may apply.

You should consider the Contract’s investment and income benefits, as well as its costs.

This Contract is an annuity contract between you and Pacific Life. Annuity contracts have two phases, the accumulation phase and the annuitization phase. The two phases are discussed below.

This Contract is designed for long-term financial planning. It allows you to invest money on a tax-deferred basis for retirement or other goals, and/or to receive income in a variety of ways, including a series of income payments for life or for a specified period of years.

Non-Qualified and Qualified Contracts are available. You buy a Qualified Contract under a qualified retirement or pension plan, or some form of an individual retirement annuity or account (IRA). It is important to know that IRAs and qualified plans are already tax-deferred which means the tax deferral feature of a variable annuity does not provide a benefit in addition to that already offered by an IRA or qualified plan. An annuity contract should only be used to fund an IRA or qualified plan to benefit from the annuity’s features other than tax deferral.

This Contract is a variable annuity, which means that your Contract Value fluctuates depending on the performance of the Investment Options you choose. The Contract allows you to choose how often you make Investments (“Purchase Payments”) and how much you add each time, subject to certain limitations.

Your Right to Cancel (“Free Look”)

During the Free Look period, you have the right to cancel your Contract and return it with instructions to us or to your financial professional for a refund. The amount refunded may be more or less than the Purchase Payments you have made and the length of the Free Look period may vary, depending on the state where you signed your application, the type of Contract you purchased, and

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whether the Contract replaced another annuity contract or life insurance policy. You will find a complete description of the Free Look period that applies to your Contract on the Contract’s cover sheet.

For more information about the Right to Cancel (“Free Look”) period see WITHDRAWALS – Right to Cancel (“Free Look”).

The Accumulation Phase

The Investment Options you choose and how they perform will affect your Contract Value during the accumulation phase, as well as the amount available to annuitize on the Annuity Date.

The accumulation phase begins on your Contract Date and continues until your Annuity Date. During the accumulation phase, you can put money in your Contract by making Purchase Payments subject to certain limitations, and choose Investment Options in which to allocate them. You can also take money out of your Contract by making a withdrawal.

Investments (“Purchase Payments”)

Your initial Purchase Payment must be at least $10,000 for a Non-Qualified Contract and at least $2,000 for a Qualified Contract. Additional Purchase Payments must be at least $250 for a Non-Qualified Contract and $50 for a Qualified Contract. Currently, we are not enforcing the minimum initial Purchase Payment on Qualified Contracts or the minimum additional Purchase Payment amounts on Qualified and Non-Qualified Contracts, but we reserve the right to enforce such minimums in the future. We will provide at least a 30 calendar day prior notice before we enforce the minimum initial Purchase Payment or the minimum additional Purchase Payment amounts.

If you purchase an optional rider, we reserve the right to reject or restrict, at our discretion, any additional Purchase Payments. If we decide to no longer accept Purchase Payments for any Rider, we will not accept subsequent Purchase Payments for your Contract and you will not be able to increase your Contract Value or increase any protected amounts under your optional living benefit rider by making additional Purchase Payments into your Contract. We may reject or restrict additional Purchase Payments to help protect our ability to provide the guarantees under these riders (for example, changes in current economic factors or general market conditions). If we decide to no longer accept Purchase Payments, we will provide at least 30 calendar days advance written notice.

For more information about Making Your Investments (“Purchase Payments”) see PURCHASING YOUR CONTRACT – Making Your Investments (“Purchase Payments”).

Investment Options

Ask your financial professional to help you choose the right Investment Options for your goals and risk tolerance. Any financial firm or financial professional you engage to provide advice and/or make transfers for you is not acting on our behalf. We are not responsible for any investment decisions or allocations you make, recommendations such financial professionals make or any allocations or specific transfers they choose to make on your behalf. Some broker-dealers may not allow or may limit the amount you may allocate to certain Investment Options.

You can choose from a selection of Variable Investment Options (also called Subaccounts), each of which invests in a corresponding Fund Portfolio. The value of each Portfolio will fluctuate with the value of the investments it holds, and returns are not guaranteed.

The purchase of an optional living benefit rider may limit the number of Investment Options that are otherwise available to you under the Contract while a rider is in effect. See OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS – General Information – Investment Allocation Requirements.

You can also choose any available fixed option that earns a guaranteed rate of interest that will never be less than the minimum guaranteed interest rate specified in your Contract.

We allocate your Purchase Payments to the Investment Options you choose. Your Contract Value will fluctuate during the accumulation phase depending on the Investment Options you have chosen. You bear the investment risk of any Variable Investment Options you choose.

For more information about the Investment Options and the corresponding Investment Adviser see YOUR INVESTMENT OPTIONS – Your Variable Investment Options.

Transferring Among Investment Options

You can transfer among Investment Options any time, subject to certain limitations, until your Annuity Date without paying any current income tax.

· Transfers are limited to 25 for each calendar year. If you have used all 25 transfers in a calendar year, you may make 1 additional transfer of all or a portion of your Variable Account Value to the Fidelity^® VIP Government Money Market Portfolio Investment Option before the start of the next calendar year.

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· Only 2 transfers in any calendar month may involve any of the following Investment Options:

This restriction limits the total number of transfers involving any of the Investment Options in the group. For example, if you transfer from the MFS Total Return Series to the MFS Utilities Series, that counts as one transfer for the calendar month. If you later transfer from the American Funds IS Global Growth Fund to the American Funds IS Capital World Bond Fund, that would be the second transfer for the calendar month and no more transfers will be allowed for any of the Investment Options listed above for the remainder of the calendar month.

· Only 2 transfers into or out of each of the following Investment Options may occur in any calendar month:

This restriction limits the number of transfers involving any single Investment Option. For example, if you transfer from the American Funds IS Growth Fund to the American Funds IS The Bond Fund of America, that counts as one transfer for each Investment Option. Only one more transfer involving those two Investment Options can occur during the calendar month. If you later transfer from the American Funds IS Growth Fund to the American Funds IS Asset Allocation Fund, that would be the second transfer in the calendar month involving the American Funds IS Growth Fund and that Investment Option is no longer available for the remainder of the calendar month. All other Investment Options listed above would still be available to transfer into or out of for the remainder of the calendar month.

· Transfers to or from a Variable Investment Option cannot be made before the seventh calendar day following the last transfer to or from the same Variable Investment Option. If the seventh calendar day is not a Business Day, then a transfer may not occur until the next Business Day. The day of the last transfer is not considered a calendar day for purposes of meeting this requirement. Transfers to or from the Fidelity^® VIP Government Money Market Variable Investment Option are excluded from this limitation.

You can also make systematic transfers by enrolling in our dollar cost averaging, portfolio rebalancing or earnings sweep programs. Transfers made under these systematic transfer programs are excluded from these limitations. Some restrictions may apply to transfers to or from any fixed option.

For more information about transfers and transfer limitations see HOW YOUR PURCHASE PAYMENTS ARE ALLOCATED – Transfers and Market-timing Restrictions.

Withdrawals

You can make full and partial withdrawals to supplement your income or for other purposes. For the 5 Year Option and the 3 Year Option, you can withdraw a certain amount each year without paying a withdrawal charge, but any amount withdrawn in excess of this amount may incur a withdrawal charge. The 0 Year Option does not have a withdrawal charge. Some restrictions may apply to making partial withdrawals from any fixed option.

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In general, you may have to pay income taxes on withdrawals or other distributions from your Contract. If you are under age 59½, a 10% federal tax penalty may also apply to taxable withdrawals.

For more information about withdrawals and withdrawal minimums see WITHDRAWALS – Optional Withdrawals.

The Annuitization Phase

The annuitization phase of your Contract begins on your Annuity Date. Generally, you can choose to surrender your Contract and receive a single payment or you can annuitize your Contract and receive a series of income payments over a fixed period or for life.

You can choose fixed or variable annuity payments, or a combination of both. You can choose monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual payments. We will make the income payments to you or your designated payee. The Owner is responsible for any tax consequences of any annuity payments.

If you choose variable annuity payments, the amount of the payments will fluctuate depending on the performance of the Variable Investment Options you choose. After your Annuity Date, if you choose variable annuity payments, you can exchange your Subaccount Annuity Units among the Variable Investment Options up to 4 times in any 12-month period.

For more information about annuitization see ANNUITIZATION and for annuity options available under the Contract see ANNUITIZATION – Choosing Your Annuity Option – Annuity Options.

The Death Benefit

Generally, the Contract provides a death payout upon death of any Owner (or any Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner) during the accumulation phase. Death benefit proceeds are payable when we receive proof of death and payment instructions In Proper Form.

For more information about the death benefit see DEATH BENEFITS AND OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDERS - Death Benefits. See ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – State Considerations for Contracts issued in California.

Optional Riders

Optional Riders are subject to availability (including state availability) and may be discontinued for purchase at anytime. If we decide to discontinue offering an optional rider, we will amend this Prospectus. Before purchasing any optional Rider, make sure you understand all of the terms and conditions and consult with your financial professional for advice on whether an optional Rider is appropriate for you. We reserve the right to only allow the purchase of an optional living benefit Rider at Contract issue and will give prior written notice and amend the prospectus to reflect such a change. Your election to purchase an optional Rider must be received In Proper Form.

We reserve the right to reject or restrict, at our discretion, any additional Purchase Payments. If we decide to no longer accept Purchase Payments for any rider, we will not accept subsequent Purchase Payments for your Contract, and you will not be able to increase your Contract Value or increase any protected amounts under your optional living benefit rider by making additional Purchase Payments into your Contract. We may reject or restrict additional Purchase Payments to help protect our ability to provide the guarantees under these riders (for example, changes in current economic factors or general market conditions). If we decide to no longer accept Purchase Payments, we will provide at least 30 calendar days advance written notice. See the Subsequent Purchase Payments subsection for any of the optional living benefit riders in the OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS section for additional information.

Stepped-Up Death Benefit II

This Rider is not available for Contracts issued in California. See Stepped-Up Death Benefit III below for Contracts issued in California.

This optional Rider offers you the ability to lock in market gains for your beneficiaries with a stepped-up death benefit, which is the highest Contract Value on any previous Contract Anniversary prior to the oldest Owner's (or oldest Annuitant's in the case of a Non-Natural Owner) 81st birthday adjusted for additional Purchase Payments and withdrawals. There is a reset to the benefits provided under the Rider when certain owner changes are made (see the Owner Change subsection of the Rider for more information). You may not purchase this Rider after the Contract Date.

For more information about the Stepped-Up Death Benefit II see DEATH BENEFITS AND OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDERS – Stepped-Up Death Benefit II.

Stepped-Up Death Benefit III

For Contracts issued in California, this optional Rider offers you the ability to lock in market gains for your beneficiaries with a stepped-up death benefit, which is the highest Contract Value on any previous Contract Anniversary (prior to the oldest Annuitant's 81st birthday) adjusted for additional Purchase Payments and withdrawals. You may not purchase this Rider after the Contract Date. The Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Amount described in this Rider will not be paid if an Owner dies who is not an Annuitant.

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For more information about the Stepped-Up Death Benefit III see DEATH BENEFITS AND OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDERS – Stepped-Up Death Benefit III.

Earnings Enhancement Death Benefit (EEDB)

This optional Rider may provide for an additional amount (EEDB Amount) to be included in the death benefit proceeds when such proceeds become payable as a result of the death of any Owner (or any Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owners). You may buy this Rider when you buy your Contract or within 60 calendar days after the Contract Date. If you buy this Rider within 60 calendar days after the Contract Date, we will make the Rider Effective Date coincide with that Contract Date.

For more information about EEDB see DEATH BENEFITS AND OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDERS – Earnings Enhancement Death Benefit (EEDB). See ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – State Considerations for Contracts issued in California.

Optional Living Benefit Riders

Living benefit riders available through this Contract, for an additional cost, are categorized as guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit or guaranteed minimum accumulation benefit riders. The following is a list of riders currently available:

Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit

· Enhanced Income Select (Single or Joint)

· CoreIncome Advantage Select (Single or Joint)

The guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit riders focus on providing an income stream for life through withdrawals during the accumulation phase, if certain conditions are met. The riders vary in the rider charge, percentage that may be withdrawn each year, how long the withdrawals may last (for example, for a single life or for joint lives), what age lifetime withdrawals may begin (59½ for the Enhanced Income Select riders and 65 for the CoreIncome Advantage Select riders), if applicable. The riders also offer the potential to lock in market gains on each Contract Anniversary which may increase the annual amount you may withdraw each year under the rider. For riders that offer the potential for lifetime income, if the Designated Life (or youngest Designated Life for joint versions) is at or above the age for lifetime withdrawal eligibility, the riders provide an income stream regardless of market performance, even if your Contract Value is reduced to zero (due to withdrawals, fees, market performance, or otherwise). If every Designated Life (youngest Designated Life for joint versions) is below the age for lifetime withdrawal eligibility and your Contract Value goes to zero (due to withdrawals, fees, market performance, or otherwise) before the Designated Life (youngest Designated Life for joint versions) reaches the eligibility age for lifetime withdrawals, the rider will terminate without value and no further withdrawal may be made under the rider.

Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefit

· Protected Investment Benefit (5 Year Option)

· Protected Investment Benefit (10 Year Option)

The guaranteed minimum accumulation benefit riders focus on providing principal protection, if certain conditions are met. If your Contract Value is less than the protected amount at the end of the applicable term, we will make up the difference by making a one time addition to your Contract Value.

Additional Information Applicable to Optional Living Benefit Riders

You can find more information about the costs associated with the optional riders within the next few pages and in the CHARGES, FEES AND DEDUCTIONS – Optional Rider Charges section. You can find complete information about each optional rider and its key features and benefits in the OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS section.

You may purchase an optional Rider on the Contract Date or on any Contract Anniversary (if available). In addition, if you purchase a Rider within 60 calendar days after the Contract Date or, if available, within 60 calendar days after any Contract Anniversary, the Rider Effective Date will be that Contract Date or Contract Anniversary. Your election to purchase an optional Rider must be received In Proper Form. You can find complete purchasing and eligibility information about each optional rider in the Purchasing Your Rider subsection of each rider. See the OPTIONAL LIVING BENFIT RIDERS and the DEATH BENEFITS AND OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDERS sections.

At initial purchase and during the entire time that you own an optional living benefit Rider, you must invest your entire Contract Value in an asset allocation program or in Investment Options we make available for these Riders. The allocation limitations associated with these Riders may limit the number of Investment Options that are otherwise available to you under your Contract. See OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS – General Information – Investment Allocation Requirements. Failure to adhere to the Investment Allocation Requirements may cause your Rider to terminate. We reserve the right to add, remove or change asset allocation programs or Investment Options we make available for these Riders at any time. We may make such a change due to a fund reorganization, fund substitution, to help protect our ability to provide the guarantees under these riders (for example, changes in an underlying portfolio’s investment objective and principal investment strategies, or changes in general market conditions), or otherwise. Generally, a change to an existing allowable Investment Option will not require you to

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reallocate or transfer the total amount of Contract Value allocated to an affected Investment Option, except when an underlying portfolio is liquidated by a determination of its Board of Directors or by a fund substitution. If a change is required that will result in a reallocation or transfer of an existing Investment Option, we will provide you with reasonable notice (generally 90 calendar days) prior to the effective date of such change to allow you to reallocate your Contract Value to maintain your rider benefits. If you do not reallocate your Contract Value your rider will terminate.

Distributions made due to a request for partial annuitization, divorce instructions or under Code Section 72(t)/72(q) (substantially equal periodic payments) are treated as withdrawals for Contract purposes and may adversely affect Rider benefits.

Taking a withdrawal before 59 ½, during the term which an annual credit may be applied, or a withdrawal that is greater than the annual withdrawal amount (“excess withdrawal”) under a particular rider may result in adverse consequences such as a permanent reduction in rider benefits, the failure to receive lifetime withdrawals under a Rider, or termination of the rider. If you would like to make an excess withdrawal and are uncertain how an excess withdrawal will reduce your future guaranteed withdrawal amounts, then you may contact us prior to requesting the withdrawal to obtain a personalized, transaction specific calculation showing the effect of the excess withdrawal.

Some optional riders allow for owner elected Resets/Step-Ups. If you elect to Reset/Step-Up, your election must be received, In Proper Form, within 60 calendar days after the Contract Anniversary (“60 calendar day period”) on which the Reset/Step-Up is effective. We may, at our sole discretion, allow Resets/Step-Ups after the 60 calendar day period. We reserve the right to refuse a Reset/Step-Up request after the 60 calendar day period regardless of whether we may have allowed you or others to Reset/Step-Up in the past. Each Contract Anniversary starts a new 60 calendar day period in which a Reset/Step-Up may be elected.

Taking a loan while an optional living benefit Rider is in effect will terminate your Rider. Work with your financial professional before taking a loan.

Work with your financial professional to review the different riders available for purchase, how they function, how the riders differ from one another, and to understand all of the terms and conditions of an optional rider prior to purchase.

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Fees and Expenses

This section of the overview explains the fees and expenses that you will pay when buying, owning and surrendering your Contract.

Contract Transaction Expenses

The following describes the transaction fees and expenses that you may pay when you make withdrawals or surrender your Contract. Expenses are fixed under the terms of your Contract. Premium taxes and/or other taxes may also apply to your Contract. We generally charge state premium taxes and/or other taxes when you annuitize your Contract, but there are other times when we charge them to your Contract instead. Please see your Contract for details.

· Maximum Withdrawal Charge (as a percentage of Purchase Payments withdrawn)¹

Periodic Expenses

The following describes the fees and expenses that you will pay periodically during the time you own your Contract not including Portfolio fees and expenses.

Separate Account A Annual Expenses (as a percentage of the average daily Variable Account Value³):

If you decide to purchase the optional Stepped-Up Death Benefit II Rider, the Total Separate Account Annual Expenses are:

The Mortality and Expense Risk Charge and the Administrative Fee will not continue after the Annuity Date if fixed annuity payments are elected. If variable annuity payments are elected, both charges will continue after the Annuity Date. If you purchased an optional Death Benefit Rider, the charge will not continue after the Annuity Date, regardless of whether fixed or variable annuity payments are elected. For more information about these charges, please see the CHARGES, FEES AND DEDUCTIONS - Mortality and Expense Risk Charge and Optional Death Benefit Rider Charge and Administrative Fee sections.

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Loan Expenses (interest on Contract Debt) (Loans are only available with certain Qualified Contracts. See FEDERAL TAX ISSUES – Qualified Contracts – General Rules – Loans):

Optional Rider⁷ Annual Expenses:

¹ The withdrawal charge may or may not apply or may be reduced under certain circumstances. The age is measured from the date of each Purchase Payment. For situations where a withdrawal charge may not apply, see CHARGES, FEES AND DEDUCTIONS and see WITHDRAWALS – Withdrawals Free of a Withdrawal Charge for situations where the withdrawal charge amount may be reduced.

² We deduct an Annual Fee on each Contract Anniversary up to your Annuity Date and when you make a full withdrawal if the Contract Value on these days is less than $50,000 after deducting any outstanding loan and interest (your Net Contract Value). See CHARGES, FEES AND DEDUCTIONS.

³ The Variable Account Value is the value of your Variable Investment Options on any Business Day.

⁴ This is an annual rate and is assessed on a daily basis. The daily rate is calculated by dividing the annual rate by 365.

⁵ If you buy an optional death benefit rider, we will add this charge to the Mortality and Expense Risk Charge until, and including, your Annuity Date. Only one death benefit rider may be owned or in effect at the same time.

⁶ If we process a loan on your Contract, we will charge you a gross interest rate of 5% on your outstanding principal amount. We will credit you the amount of 3% on any Contract Value attributed to your Loan Account. The net amount of interest you pay on your loan will be 2% annually. See FEDERAL TAX ISSUES – Qualified Contracts – General Rules – Loans.

⁷ Only one guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit rider may be owned or in effect at the same time. Only one guaranteed minimum accumulation benefit rider may be owned or in effect at the same time.

⁸ If you buy this guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit rider, the annual charge is deducted from your Contract Value on a quarterly basis. The quarterly charge is the charge percentage in effect for you (divided by 4) multiplied by the Protected Payment Base. The initial Protected Payment Base is equal to the initial Purchase Payment. For a complete explanation of the Protected Payment Base, see OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS and the applicable rider subsection. The quarterly amount deducted may increase or decrease due to changes in your Protected Payment Base. Your Protected Payment Base may increase due to additional Purchase Payments, decrease due to withdrawals or also change due to Resets. We deduct the charge proportionately from your Investment Options (excluding the DCA Plus Fixed Option) every quarter following the Rider Effective Date, during the term of the Rider and while the Rider is in effect, and the date the Rider is terminated. The charge may be waived under certain circumstances. See CHARGES, FEES, AND DEDUCTIONS – Optional Rider Charges.

⁹ If you buy a guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit rider, the annual charge is deducted from your Contract Value on a quarterly basis. The quarterly charge is the charge percentage in effect for you (divided by 4) multiplied by the Protected Payment Base. The initial Protected Payment Base is equal to the initial Purchase Payment if purchased at Contract issue or is equal to the Contract Value if the Rider is purchased on a Contract Anniversary. For a complete explanation of the Protected Payment Base, see OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS and the applicable rider subsection. The quarterly amount deducted may increase or decrease due to changes in your Protected Payment Base and/or due to changes in the annual charge percentage applied. Your Protected Payment Base may increase due to additional Purchase Payments, decrease due to withdrawals or also change due to Resets. We deduct the charge proportionately from your Investment Options (excluding the DCA Plus Fixed Option) every quarter following the Rider Effective Date, during the term of the Rider and while the Rider is in effect, and the date the Rider is terminated. The charge may be waived under certain circumstances. See CHARGES, FEES, AND DEDUCTIONS – Optional Rider Charges.

¹⁰ If you purchased a guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit rider, the annual charge is deducted from your Contract Value on a quarterly basis. The quarterly charge is the charge percentage in effect for you (divided by 4) multiplied by the Protected Payment Base. The initial Protected Payment Base is equal to the initial Purchase Payment if purchased at Contract issue or is equal to the Contract Value if the Rider is purchased on a Contract Anniversary. For a complete explanation of the Protected Payment Base, see OPTIONAL RIDERS NOT AVAILABLE FOR PURCHSE APPENDIX and the applicable rider subsection. The quarterly amount deducted may increase or decrease due to changes in your Protected Payment Base and/or due to changes in the annual charge percentage applied. Your Protected

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Payment Base may increase due to additional Purchase Payments, decrease due to withdrawals or also change due to Resets. We deduct the charge proportionately from your Investment Options (excluding the DCA Plus Fixed Option) every quarter following the Rider Effective Date, during the term of the Rider and while the Rider is in effect, and when the Rider is terminated. The charge may be waived under certain circumstances. See CHARGES, FEES, AND DEDUCTIONS – Optional Rider Charges.

¹¹ If you buy a guaranteed minimum accumulation benefit rider, the annual charge is deducted from your Contract Value on a quarterly basis. The quarterly charge is the charge percentage in effect for you (divided by 4) multiplied by the Guaranteed Protection Amount. The initial Guaranteed Protection Amount is equal to the initial Purchase Payment if purchased at Contract issue or is equal to the Contract Value if the Rider is purchased on a Contract Anniversary. For a complete explanation of the Guaranteed Protection Amount, see OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS and the applicable rider subsection. The quarterly amount deducted may increase or decrease due to changes in your Guaranteed Protection Amount and/or due to changes in the annual charge percentage applied. Your Guaranteed Protection Amount may increase due to additional Purchase Payments made the first year of a Term, decrease due to withdrawals or also change due to Step-Ups. We deduct the charge proportionately from your Investment Options (excluding the DCA Plus Fixed Option) every quarter following the Rider Effective Date, during the term of the Rider and while the Rider is in effect, and the date the Rider is terminated. The charge may be waived under certain circumstances. See CHARGES, FEES AND DEDUCTIONS – Optional Rider Charges.

¹² If you buy the Protected Investment Benefit rider, the annual charge is deducted from your Contract Value on a quarterly basis. The quarterly charge is the charge percentage in effect for you (divided by 4) multiplied by the Charge Base (total Purchase Payments received in the first Contract Year, adjusted for withdrawals on a pro rata basis). The quarterly amount deducted may increase or decrease due to changes in your Charge Base. Your Charge Base may increase due to additional Purchase Payments made in the first year of a Term or decrease due to withdrawals. We deduct the charge proportionately from your Variable Investment Options (excluding the DCA Plus Fixed Option) every quarter following the Rider Effective Date, during the term of the Rider and while the Rider is in effect, and when the Rider is terminated. The charge may be waived under certain circumstances. See CHARGES, FEES AND DEDUCTIONS – Optional Rider Charges.

¹³ If you buy EEDB, the annual charge is equal to the current charge percentage multiplied by the Contract Value, deducted on an annual basis. We deduct this charge proportionately from your Variable Investment Options on each Contract Anniversary following the date you purchase the Rider, and when you make a full withdrawal, if EEDB is in effect on that date. If EEDB terminates as a result of death, any annual charge deducted between the date of death and the Notice Date will be prorated as applicable to the date of death and added to the Contract Value on the Notice Date. The charge may be waived under certain circumstances. See CHARGES, FEES AND DEDUCTIONS – Mortality and Expense Risk Charge and Optional Death Benefit Rider Charge – Earnings Enhancement Death Benefit (EEDB) Charge.

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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

For more about the underlying Funds see YOUR INVESTMENT OPTIONS – Your Variable Investment Options, and see each underlying Fund Prospectus.

This table shows the minimum and maximum total annual operating expenses incurred by the Portfolios that you indirectly pay during the time you own the Contract. This table shows the range (minimum and maximum) of fees and expenses (including management fees, shareholder servicing and/or distribution (12b-1) fees, and other expenses) charged by any of the Portfolios, expressed as an annual percentage of average daily net assets. The amounts are based on expenses paid in the year ended December 31, 2020, adjusted to reflect anticipated changes in fees and expenses, or, for new Portfolios, are based on estimates for the current fiscal year.

Each Variable Account of the Separate Account purchases shares of the corresponding Fund Portfolio at net asset value. The net asset value reflects the investment advisory fees and other expenses that are deducted from the assets of the Portfolio. The advisory fees and other expenses are not fixed or specified under the terms of the Contract, and they may vary from year to year. These fees and expenses are described in each Fund Prospectus.

To help limit Fund expenses, Fund advisers have contractually agreed to reduce investment advisory fees or otherwise reimburse certain Portfolios of their respective Funds which may reduce the Portfolio’s expenses. The range of expenses in the first row above does not include the effect of any waiver and/or expense reimbursement arrangement. The range of expenses in the second row above includes the effect of Fund waiver and/or expense reimbursement arrangements that are in effect. The waiver and/or reimbursement arrangements vary in length. There can be no assurance that Fund expense waivers or reimbursements will be extended beyond their current terms as outlined in each Fund prospectus, and they may not cover certain expenses such as extraordinary expenses. See each Fund prospectus for complete information regarding annual operating expenses and any waivers or reimbursements in effect for a particular Fund.

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Examples

The following examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in your Contract with the cost of investing in other variable annuity contracts. The maximum amounts reflected below include the maximum periodic Contract expenses, Contract Transaction Expenses, Separate Account annual expenses and the Portfolio with the highest fees and expenses for the year ended December 31, 2020. The maximum amounts also include the combination of optional Riders whose cumulative maximum charge expenses totaled more than any other optional Rider combination. The optional Riders included are Stepped-Up Death Benefit II, Earnings Enhancement Death Benefit, Enhanced Income Select (Joint), and Protected Investment Benefit (5 Year Option). The minimum amounts reflected below include the minimum periodic Contract expenses, Separate Account annual expenses and the Portfolio with the lowest fees and expenses for the year ended December 31, 2020. The minimum amounts do not include any optional Riders.

The examples assume that you invest $10,000 in the Contract for the time periods indicated. They also assume that your Purchase Payment has a 5% return each year and assumes the maximum and minimum fees and expenses of all of the Investment Options available. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your maximum and minimum costs would be:

· If you surrendered your Contract:

· If you annuitized your Contract:

· If you did not surrender, annuitize, but left your money in your Contract:

In calculating the examples above, we used the maximum and minimum total operating expenses of all the Portfolios as shown in the Fees And Expenses section of each Fund Prospectus. For more information on Contract fees and expenses, see CHARGES, FEES AND DEDUCTIONS in this Prospectus, and see each Fund Prospectus. See the FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Condensed Financial Information) appendix in this Prospectus for condensed financial information about the Subaccounts.

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YOUR INVESTMENT OPTIONS

Some broker-dealers may not allow or may limit the amount you may allocate to certain Investment Options. Work with your financial professional to help you choose the right Investment Options for your investment goals and risk tolerance.

You may choose among the different Variable Investment Options and the DCA Plus Fixed Option.

Your Variable Investment Options

We consider various factors when determining the Fund portfolios offered under this Contract. Such fund factors include some or all of the following: Fund reputation, asset class, investment objective, investment performance, manager and sub-adviser experience, brand recognition, portfolio share class, and portfolio expenses. We may also consider whether the underlying Fund makes fee payments for distribution and/or service fees (12b-1 fees), if a Fund affiliate makes fee payments for certain administrative support, or if the Fund is affiliated with us. See ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – Service Arrangements in this Prospectus and the underlying Fund prospectus for additional information.

We do not recommend or endorse any particular Fund and we do not provide investment advice.

Each Variable Investment Option invests in a separate Fund Portfolio. For your convenience, the following chart summarizes some basic data about each Portfolio. This chart is only a summary. For more complete information on each Portfolio, including a discussion of the Portfolio’s investment techniques and the risks associated with its investments, see the applicable Fund Prospectus. No assurance can be given that a Portfolio will achieve its investment objective. YOU SHOULD READ EACH FUND PROSPECTUS CAREFULLY BEFORE INVESTING. You can obtain a Fund prospectus by contacting your financial professional or by visiting www.PacificLife.com.

If certain optional living benefit riders are elected, only Investment Options marked with an “*” are available for investment. For more information, see OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS – General Information – Investment Allocation Requirements.

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Your Fixed Option

The DCA Plus Fixed Option offers you a guaranteed minimum interest rate on amounts that you allocate to this option. You may only allocate Purchase Payments to the DCA Plus Fixed Option (you cannot make transfers from other Investment Options to the DCA Plus Fixed Option) and you may choose a Guarantee Term of up to 24 months, depending on what Guarantee Terms we offer. Please contact us for the Guarantee Terms currently available. Any amount allocated to this option will be transferred monthly (over the Guarantee Term) to one or more of the Variable Investment Option(s) you selected. You may also use the DCA Plus program, which invests in the DCA Plus Fixed Option, to transfer amounts to the allowable Investment Options to qualify for certain living benefit riders offered under your Contract. See LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS – Allowable Investment Options subsection and THE GENERAL ACCOUNT. Amounts you allocate to this option, and your earnings credited are held in our General Account. For more detailed information about this option, see THE GENERAL ACCOUNT.

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PURCHASING YOUR CONTRACT

How to Apply for Your Contract

To purchase a Contract, you must work with your financial professional to fill out an application and submit it along with your initial Purchase Payment to Pacific Life Insurance Company at P.O. Box 2290, Omaha, Nebraska 68103-2290. In those instances when we receive electronic transmission of the information on the application from your financial professional’s broker-dealer firm and our administrative procedures with your broker-dealer so provide, we consider the application to be received on the Business Day we receive the transmission. If your application and Purchase Payment are complete when received, or once they have become complete, we will issue your Contract within 2 Business Days. If some information is missing from your application, we may delay issuing your Contract while we obtain the missing information. However, we will not hold your initial Purchase Payment for more than 5 Business Days without your permission. In any case, we will not hold your initial Purchase Payment after 20 Business Days.

You may also purchase a Contract by exchanging your existing annuity. Some financial professionals may have a financial incentive to offer you this Contract in place of the one you already own. You should only exchange your existing contract for this Contract if you determine, after comparing the features, fees, and risks of both contracts, that it is preferable for you to purchase this Contract rather than continue your existing contract. Call your financial professional or call us at (800) 722-4448 if you are interested in this option. Financial professionals may call us at (800) 722-2333.

We reserve the right to reject any application or Purchase Payment for any reason, subject to any applicable nondiscrimination laws and to our own standards and guidelines. On your application, you must provide us with a valid U.S. tax identification number for federal, state, and local tax reporting purposes.

The maximum age of a Contract Owner/Annuitant, including Joint Owners, Joint Annuitants, and Contingent Annuitants, for which a Contract will be issued is the following:

¹ We do not currently offer the 3 Year Option or the 0 Year Option.

² Before May 1, 2014, the Maximum Issue Age is 90.

See ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – State Considerations for Contracts issued in California.

The Contract Owner’s age is calculated as of his or her last birthday. If any Contract Owner (or any Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner) named in the application for a Contract dies and we are notified of the death before we issue the Contract, then we will return the amount we received. If we issue the Contract and are subsequently notified after issuance that the death occurred prior to issue, then the application for the Contract and/or any Contract issued will be deemed cancelled and a refund will be issued. The refund amount will be the Contract Value based upon the next determined Accumulated Unit Value (AUV) after we receive proof of death, In Proper Form, of the Contract Owner (or Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner), plus a refund of any amount used to pay premium taxes and/or any other taxes. Any refunded assets may be subject to probate.

Making Your Investments (“Purchase Payments”)

Making Your Initial Purchase Payment

Your initial Purchase Payment must be at least $10,000 for a Non-Qualified Contract and at least $2,000 for a Qualified Contract. Currently, we are not enforcing the minimum initial Purchase Payment on Qualified Contracts but we reserve the right to enforce the minimum initial Purchase Payment on Qualified Contracts in the future. We will provide at least a 30 calendar day prior notice before we enforce the minimum initial Purchase Payment on Qualified Contracts. For Non-Qualified Contracts, if the entire minimum initial Purchase Payment is not included when you submit your application, you must establish a pre-authorized investment program. A pre-authorized investment program allows you to pay the remainder of the required initial Purchase Payment in equal installments over the first Contract Year. Further requirements for the pre-authorized investment program are discussed in the Pre-Authorized Investment Request form.

We reserve the right to reject additional Purchase Payments. You must obtain our consent before making an initial or additional Purchase Payment that will bring your aggregate Purchase Payments over $1,000,000. For purposes of this limit, the aggregate purchase payments are based on all contracts for which you are either owner and/or annuitant.

Making Additional Purchase Payments

If your Contract is Non-Qualified, you may choose to invest additional amounts in your Contract at any time. If your Contract is Qualified, the method of contribution and contribution limits may be restricted by the Qualified Plan or the Internal Revenue Code (“the Code”). Each additional Purchase Payment must be at least $250 for a Non-Qualified Contract and $50 for a Qualified Contract. Currently, we are not enforcing the minimum additional Purchase Payment amounts but we reserve the right to enforce the minimum

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additional Purchase Payment amounts in the future. We will provide at least a 30 calendar day prior notice before we enforce the minimum additional Purchase Payment amounts. Additional Purchase Payments will be allocated according to the instructions we have on file unless we receive specific allocation instructions.

If you purchase an optional rider, we reserve the right to reject or restrict, at our discretion, any additional Purchase Payments. If we decide to no longer accept Purchase Payments for any Rider, we will not accept subsequent Purchase Payments for your Contract and you will not be able to increase your Contract Value or increase any protected amounts under your optional living benefit rider by making additional Purchase Payments into your Contract. We may reject or restrict additional Purchase Payments to help protect our ability to provide the guarantees under these riders (for example, changes in current economic factors or general market conditions). If we decide to no longer accept Purchase Payments, we will provide at least 30 calendar days advance written notice.

Forms of Purchase Payment

Your initial and additional Purchase Payments may be sent by personal or bank check or by wire transfer. Purchase Payments must be made in a form acceptable to us before we can process it. Acceptable forms of Purchase Payments are:

· personal checks or cashier’s checks drawn on a U.S. bank,

· money orders and traveler’s checks in single denominations of more than $10,000 if they originate in a U.S. bank,

· third party payments when there is a clear connection of the third party to the underlying transaction, and

· wire transfers that originate in U.S. banks.

We will not accept Purchase Payments in the following forms:

· cash,

· credit cards or checks drawn against a credit card account,

· money orders or traveler’s checks in single denominations of $10,000 or less,

· starter checks,

· home equity checks,

· eChecks,

· cashier’s checks, money orders, traveler’s checks or personal checks drawn on non-U.S. banks, even if the payment may be effected through a U.S. bank,

· third party payments if there is not a clear connection of the third party to the underlying transaction, and

· wire transfers that originate from foreign bank accounts.

All unacceptable forms of Purchase Payments will be returned to the payor along with a letter of explanation. We reserve the right to reject or accept any form of payment. Any unacceptable Purchase Payment inadvertently invested may be returned and the amount returned may be more or less than the amount submitted. If a Purchase Payment is made by check other than a cashier’s check, we may hold the check and the payment of any withdrawal proceeds and any refund during the “Right to Cancel” period may be delayed until we receive confirmation in our Service Center that your check has cleared. In general, a delay of the payment of withdrawal proceeds or any refund during the check hold period will not exceed ten Business Days after we receive your withdrawal or “Right to Cancel” request In Proper Form. We will calculate the value of your proceeds as of the end of the Business Day we received your withdrawal or “Right to Cancel” request In Proper Form.

HOW YOUR PURCHASE PAYMENTS ARE ALLOCATED

Choosing Your Investment Options

You may allocate your Purchase Payments among any of the available Investment Options. Allocations of your initial Purchase Payment to the Investment Options you selected will be effective on your Contract Date. Each additional Purchase Payment will be allocated to the Investment Options according to your allocation instructions in your application, or most recent instructions, if any, subject to the terms described in WITHDRAWALS – Right to Cancel (“Free Look”). If you purchased an optional living benefit rider, you must allocate your entire Contract Value to the allowable Investment Options made available for these riders. You may also use the DCA Plus program to transfer amounts to Allowable Investment Options. We reserve the right to require that your allocation to any particular Investment Option must be at least $500. We also reserve the right to transfer any remaining Account Value that is not at least $500 to your other Investment Options on a pro rata basis relative to your most recent allocation instructions.

If your Contract is issued in exchange for another annuity contract or a life insurance policy, our administrative procedures may vary depending on the state in which your Contract is delivered.

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Investing in Variable Investment Options

Each time you allocate your Purchase Payment to a Variable Investment Option, your Contract is credited with a number of “Subaccount Units” in that Subaccount. The number of Subaccount Units credited is equal to the amount you have allocated to that Subaccount, divided by the “Unit Value” of one Unit of that Subaccount.

Example: You allocate $600 to Subaccount A. At the end of the Business Day on which your allocation is effective, the value of one Unit in Subaccount A is $15. As a result, 40 Subaccount Units are credited to your Contract for your $600 ($600 / $15 = 40).

Your Variable Account Value Will Change

After we credit your Contract with Subaccount Units, the value of those Units will usually fluctuate. This means that, from time to time, your Purchase Payments allocated to the Variable Investment Options may be worth more or less than the original Purchase Payments to which those amounts can be attributed. Fluctuations in Subaccount Unit Value will not change the number of Units credited to your Contract.

Subaccount Unit Values will vary in accordance with the investment performance of the corresponding Portfolio. For example, the value of Units in Subaccount A will change to reflect the performance of the corresponding Portfolio (including that Portfolio’s investment income, its capital gains and losses, and its expenses). Subaccount Unit Values are also adjusted to reflect the Administrative Fee and applicable Risk Charge imposed on the Separate Account.

We calculate the value of all Subaccount Units on each Business Day.

Calculating Subaccount Unit Values

We calculate the Unit Value of the Subaccount Units in each Variable Investment Option at the close of the New York Stock Exchange which usually closes at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on each Business Day. At the end of each Business Day, the Unit Value for a Subaccount is equal to:

Y × Z

where   (Y) = the Unit Value for that Subaccount as of the end of the preceding Business Day; and

(Z) = the Net Investment Factor for that Subaccount for the period (a “valuation period”) between that Business Day and the immediately preceding Business Day.

The “Net Investment Factor” for a Subaccount for any valuation period is equal to:

(A ÷ B) - C

where  (A) = the “per share value of the assets” of that Subaccount as of the end of that valuation period, which is equal to: a + b + c

(a) = the net asset value per share of the corresponding Portfolio shares held by that Subaccount as of the end of that valuation period;

(b) = the per share amount of any dividend or capital gain distributions made by each Fund for that Portfolio during that valuation period; and

(c) = any per share charge (a negative number) or credit (a positive number) for any income taxes and/or any other taxes or other amounts set aside during that valuation period as a reserve for any income and/or any other taxes which we determine to have resulted from the operations of the Subaccount or Contract, and/or any taxes attributable, directly or indirectly, to Purchase Payments;

(B) = the net asset value per share of the corresponding Portfolio shares held by the Subaccount as of the end of the preceding valuation period; and

(C) = a factor that assesses against the Subaccount net assets for each calendar day in the valuation period the Risk Charge plus the Administrative Fee and any applicable increase in the Risk Charge (see CHARGES, FEES AND DEDUCTIONS).

The Subaccount Unit Value may increase or decrease from one valuation period to another. For Subaccount Unit Values please go to www.PacificLife.com.

When Your Purchase Payment is Effective

Your initial Purchase Payment is effective on the Business Day we issue your Contract. Any additional Purchase Payment is effective on the Business Day we receive it In Proper Form. See ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – Inquiries and Submitting Forms and Requests.

The day your Purchase Payment is effective determines the Unit Value at which Subaccount Units are attributed to your Contract. In the case of transfers or withdrawals, the effective day determines the Unit Value at which affected Subaccount Units are debited and/or credited under your Contract. That Unit Value is the value of the Subaccount Units next calculated after your transaction is effective. Your Variable Account Value begins to reflect the investment performance results of your new allocations on the day after your transaction is effective.

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Transfers and Market-timing Restrictions

Transfers

Transfers are allowed 30 calendar days after the Contract Date. Currently, we are not enforcing this restriction but we reserve the right to enforce it in the future. We will provide at least a 30 calendar day prior notice before we enforce the 30 calendar day waiting period after the Contract Date. Once your Purchase Payments are allocated to the Investment Options you selected, you may transfer your Account Value less Loan Account Value from any Investment Option to any other Investment Option, except the DCA Plus Fixed Option. If you purchased an optional living benefit rider, you may only transfer your Account Value to an allowable Investment Option made available for the riders or your rider will terminate. See the LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS – Investment Allocation Requirements subsection.

· Transfers are limited to 25 for each calendar year. If you have used all 25 transfers available to you in a calendar year, you may no longer make transfers between the Investment Options until the start of the next calendar year. However, you may make 1 transfer of all or a portion of the Account Value remaining in the Variable Investment Options into the Fidelity^® VIP Government Money Market Investment Option prior to the start of the next calendar year.

· Only 2 transfers in any calendar month may involve any of the following Investment Options:

This restriction limits the total number of transfers involving any of the Investment Options in the group. For example, if you transfer from the MFS Total Return Series to the MFS Utilities Series, that counts as one transfer for the calendar month. If you later transfer from the American Funds IS Global Growth Fund to the American Funds IS Capital World Bond Fund, that would be the second transfer for the calendar month and no more transfers will be allowed for any of the Investment Options listed above for the remainder of the calendar month.

· Only 2 transfers into or out of each of the following Investment Options may occur in any calendar month:

This restriction limits the number of transfers involving any single Investment Option. For example, if you transfer from the American Funds IS Growth Fund to the American Funds IS The Bond Fund of America, that counts as one transfer for each Investment Option. Only one more transfer involving those two Investment Options can occur during the calendar month. If you later transfer from the American Funds IS Growth Fund to the American Funds IS Asset Allocation Fund, that would be the second transfer in the calendar month involving the American Funds IS Growth Fund and that Investment Option is no longer available for the remainder of the calendar month. All other Investment Options listed above would still be available to transfer into or out of for the remainder of the calendar month.

· Transfers to or from a Variable Investment Option cannot be made before the seventh calendar day following the last transfer to or from the same Variable Investment Option. If the seventh calendar day is not a Business Day, then a transfer may not occur until the next Business Day. The day of the last transfer is not considered a calendar day for purposes of meeting this

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requirement. For example, if you make a transfer into the Equity Index Variable Investment Option on Monday, you may not make any transfers to or from that Variable Investment Option before the following Monday. Transfers to or from the Fidelity^® VIP Government Money Market Variable Investment Option are excluded from this limitation.

For the purpose of applying the limitations, multiple transfers that occur on the same calendar day are considered 1 transfer. A transfer of Account Value from the Loan Account back into your Investment Options following a loan repayment is not considered a transfer under these limitations. Transfers that occur as a result of the DCA Plus program, the dollar cost averaging program, the portfolio rebalancing program, the earnings sweep program, or approved corporate owned life insurance policy rebalancing programs are excluded from these limitations. Also, allocations of Purchase Payments are not subject to these limitations.

There are no exceptions to the above transfer limitations in the absence of an error, a substitution of Investment Options, reorganization of underlying Portfolios, or other extraordinary circumstances.

If we deny a transfer request, we will notify you or your financial professional immediately.

Certain restrictions apply to any available fixed option. See THE GENERAL ACCOUNT. Transfer requests are generally effective on the Business Day we receive them In Proper Form, unless you request a systematic transfer program with a future date.

We have the right, at our option (unless otherwise required by law), to require certain minimums in the future in connection with transfers. These may include a minimum transfer amount and a minimum Account Value, if any, for the Investment Option from which the transfer is made or to which the transfer is made. If your transfer request results in your having a remaining Account Value in an Investment Option that is less than $500 immediately after such transfer, we may transfer that Account Value to your other Investment Options on a pro rata basis, relative to your most recent allocation instructions.

We reserve the right (unless otherwise required by law) to limit the size of transfers, to restrict transfers, to require that you submit any transfer requests in writing, to suspend transfers, and to impose further limits on the number and frequency of transfers you can make. We also reserve the right to reject any transfer request. Any policy we may establish with regard to the exercise of any of these rights will be applied uniformly to all Contract Owners.

Market-timing Restrictions

The Contract is not designed to serve as a vehicle for frequent trading in response to short-term fluctuations in the market. Accordingly, organizations or individuals that use market-timing investment strategies and make frequent transfers should not purchase the Contract. Such frequent trading can disrupt management of the underlying Portfolios and raise expenses. The transfer limitations set forth above are intended to reduce frequent trading. As required by SEC regulation (Rule 22c-2 of the 1940 Act), we entered into written agreements with each Fund or its principal underwriter that require us to provide to a Fund, upon Fund request, certain information about the trading activity of individual Contract Owners. The agreement requires us to execute any Fund instructions we receive that restrict or prohibit further purchases or transfers by specific Contract Owners who violate the frequent trading or market timing policies established by a Fund. The policies of a Fund may be more restrictive than our policies or the policies of other Funds. See the Fund prospectuses for additional information.

In addition, we monitor certain large transaction activity in an attempt to detect trading that may be disruptive to the Portfolios. In the event transfer activity is found to be disruptive, certain future transactions by such Contract Owners, or by a financial professional or other party acting on behalf of one or more Contract Owners, will require preclearance. Frequent trading and large transactions that are disruptive to Portfolio management can have an adverse effect on Portfolio performance and therefore your Contract’s performance. Such trading may also cause dilution in the value of the Investment Options held by long-term Contract Owners. While these issues can occur in connection with any of the underlying Portfolios, Portfolios holding securities that are subject to market pricing inefficiencies are more susceptible to abuse. For example, Portfolios holding international securities may be more susceptible to time-zone arbitrage which seeks to take advantage of pricing discrepancies occurring between the time of the closing of the market on which the security is traded and the time of pricing of the Portfolios.

Our policies and procedures which limit the number and frequency of transfers and which may impose preclearance requirements on certain large transactions are applied uniformly to all Contract Owners. However, there is a risk that these policies and procedures will not detect all potentially disruptive activity or will otherwise prove ineffective in whole or in part. Further, we and our affiliates make available to our variable annuity and variable life insurance Contract Owners underlying funds not affiliated with us. We are unable to monitor or restrict the trading activity with respect to shares of such funds not sold in connection with our Contracts. In the event the Board of Trustees/Directors of any underlying fund imposes a redemption fee or trading (transfer) limitations, we will pass them on to you.

We reserve the right to restrict, in our sole discretion, transfers initiated by a market timing organization or individual or other party authorized to give transfer instructions on behalf of multiple Contract Owners. Such restrictions could include:

· not accepting transfer instructions from a financial professional acting on behalf of more than one Contract Owner, and

· not accepting preauthorized transfer forms from market timers or other entities acting on behalf of more than one Contract Owner at a time.

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We further reserve the right to impose, with 30 calendar days advance written notice, restrictions on transfers that we determine, in our sole discretion, will disadvantage or potentially hurt the rights or interests of other Contract Owners; or to comply with any applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations.

Exchanges of Annuity Units

Exchanges of Annuity Units in any Subaccount(s) to any other Subaccount(s) after the Annuity Date are limited to 4 in any 12-month period. For purposes of applying the limitations, multiple exchanges that occur on the same calendar day are considered 1 exchange. See THE GENERAL ACCOUNT section in this Prospectus and THE CONTRACTS AND THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT section in the SAI.

Systematic Transfer Options

We offer 4 systematic transfer options: dollar cost averaging, DCA Plus, portfolio rebalancing, and earnings sweep. There is no charge for these options and transfers under these options are not counted towards your total transfers in a calendar year. You can have only one DCA Plus, dollar cost averaging, or earnings sweep program in effect at one time.

Dollar Cost Averaging

Dollar cost averaging is a method in which you buy securities in a series of regular purchases instead of in a single purchase. This allows you to average the securities’ prices over time, and may permit a “smoothing” of abrupt peaks and drops in price. Prior to your Annuity Date, you may use dollar cost averaging to transfer amounts, over time, from any Investment Option with an Account Value of at least $5,000 to one or more Variable Investment Options. Each transfer must be for at least $250. Currently, we are not enforcing the minimum Account Value and/or transfer amounts but we reserve the right to enforce such minimum amounts in the future. Detailed information appears in the SAI. We will provide you at least 30 calendar days prior notice before we enforce the minimum Account Value and/or transfer amounts on dollar cost averaging purchases.

DCA Plus

DCA Plus provides a way to transfer amounts monthly from the DCA Plus Fixed Option to one or more Variable Investment Option(s) currently over a period of up to 24 months, depending on what Guarantee Terms we offer. Please contact us for the Guarantee Terms currently available. The initial minimum amount that you may allocate to the DCA Plus Fixed Option is $5,000. The minimum amount for subsequent Purchase Payments is $250. Currently, we are not enforcing the initial or subsequent Purchase Payment minimum amounts but we reserve the right to enforce such minimum amounts in the future. We will provide at least a 30 calendar day prior notice before we enforce the initial or subsequent Purchase Payment minimum amounts. Amounts allocated to the DCA Plus Fixed Option are held in our General Account and receive interest at rates declared periodically by us, but not less than the minimum guaranteed interest rate specified in your Contract (the “Guaranteed Interest Rate”). The DCA Plus program can also be used with allowable Asset Allocation Models or allowable Investment Options to qualify for certain optional benefit riders offered under your Contract. See THE GENERAL ACCOUNT.

Portfolio Rebalancing

You may instruct us to maintain a specific balance of Variable Investment Options under your Contract (e.g. 30% in Subaccount A, 40% in Subaccount B, and 30% in Subaccount C). Periodically, we will “rebalance” your values in the elected Subaccounts to the percentages you have specified. Rebalancing may result in transferring amounts from a Subaccount earning a relatively higher return to one earning a relatively lower return. You may choose to have rebalances made quarterly, semi-annually or annually until your Annuity Date. Only Variable Investment Options are available for rebalancing. Detailed information appears in the SAI.

Earnings Sweep

You may instruct us to make automatic periodic transfers of your earnings from the Fidelity^® VIP Government Money Market Subaccount to one or more Variable Investment Options (other than the Fidelity^® VIP Government Money Market Subaccount). Detailed information appears in the SAI.

CHARGES, FEES AND DEDUCTIONS

Withdrawal Charge

See ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – State Considerations for Contracts issued in California.

No front-end sales charge is imposed on any Purchase Payment which means the entire amount of your Purchase Payment is allocated to the Investment Options you selected. Your Purchase Payments may, however, be subject to a withdrawal charge (5 Year Option and 3 Year Option only). This charge may apply to amounts you withdraw under your Contract prior to the Annuity Date, depending on the length of time each Purchase Payment has been invested and on the amount you withdraw. This amount is deducted proportionately among all Investment Options from which the withdrawal occurs. See the Choosing Your Annuity Option – Annuity Options section for withdrawal charges that may apply to redemptions after the Annuity Date. No withdrawal charge is imposed on:

· the free withdrawal amount (see WITHDRAWALS – Withdrawals Free of a Withdrawal Charge),

· death benefit proceeds, except as provided under the DEATH BENEFITS AND OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDERS – Non- Natural Owner section for certain Non-Natural Owners,

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· amounts converted after the 1st Contract Anniversary to an Annuity Option (see ANNUITIZATION – Choosing Your Annuity Option), unless guaranteed variable annuity payments under Annuity Option 2 or 4 are subsequently redeemed (see ANNUITIZATION – Choosing Your Annuity Option),

· withdrawals by Owners to meet the minimum distribution rules for Qualified Contracts as they apply to amounts held under the Contract,

· withdrawals after the 1st Contract Anniversary, if the Owner (or Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner) has been diagnosed on or after the Contract Date with a medically determinable condition that results in a life expectancy of 12 months or less and we are provided with medical evidence In Proper Form, or

· subject to medical evidence provided In Proper Form, after 90 calendar days from the Contract Date, full or partial withdrawals while the Owner (or Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner) has been confined to an accredited nursing home for 30 calendar days or longer and was not confined to the nursing home on the Contract Date. See ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – State Considerations.

The nursing home waiver applies only to withdrawals made while the Owner (or Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner) is in a nursing home or within 90 calendar days after the Owner (or Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner) leaves the nursing home. In addition, the nursing home confinement period for which you seek the waiver must begin after the Contract Date. In order to use this waiver, you must submit with your withdrawal request the following documents:

· an admittance form which shows the type of facility the Owner (or Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner) entered, and

· a bill from the nursing home which shows that the Owner (or Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner) met the 30 calendar day nursing home confinement requirement.

An accredited nursing home is defined as a home or facility that:

· is operating in accordance with the law of jurisdiction in which it is located,

· is primarily engaged in providing, in addition to room and board, skilled nursing care under the supervision of a duly licensed physician, and

· provides continuous 24 hour a day nursing service by or under the supervision of a registered nurse, and maintains a daily record of the patient.

Transfers of all or part of your Account Value from one Investment Option to another are not considered a withdrawal of an amount from your Contract, so no withdrawal charge is imposed at the time of transfer. See HOW YOUR INVESTMENTS ARE ALLOCATED – Transfers and Market-timing Restrictions and THE GENERAL ACCOUNT.

How the Withdrawal Charge is Determined

The amount of the withdrawal charge depends on how long each Purchase Payment was held under your Contract. Each Purchase Payment you make is considered to have a certain “age,” depending on the length of time since that Purchase Payment was effective. A Purchase Payment is “one year old” or has an “age of one” from the day it is effective until the day preceding your next Contract Anniversary. Beginning on the day preceding your next Contract Anniversary, your Purchase Payment will have an “age of two” and increases in age on the day preceding each Contract Anniversary. When you withdraw an amount subject to the withdrawal charge, the “age” of the Purchase Payment you withdraw determines the level of withdrawal charge as follows:

We calculate your withdrawal charge by assuming that your Earnings are withdrawn first, followed by amounts attributed to Purchase Payments with the “oldest” Purchase Payment withdrawn first and before any deduction for other charges due or taxes are made. We also account for any eligible Purchase Payments that are still in the surrender charge period—the period in which a Purchase Payment

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is still subject to a Withdrawal Charge—that may be withdrawn without incurring a withdrawal charge (e.g. free 10%). See WITHDRAWALS – Optional Withdrawals – Withdrawals Free of a Withdrawal Charge. The withdrawal charge will be deducted proportionately among all Investment Options from which your withdrawal occurs. Unless you specify otherwise, a partial withdrawal amount requested will be processed as a “gross” amount, which means that applicable charges and taxes will be deducted from the requested amount. If a partial withdrawal amount is requested to be a “net” amount, applicable charges and taxes will be added to the requested amount and the withdrawal charges and taxes will be calculated on the grossed up amount.

For example using the 5 Year Option You make an initial Purchase Payment of $10,000 in Contract Year 1 and make an additional Purchase Payment of $7,000 in Contract Year 2. With Earnings, your Contract Value in Contract Year 3 is $19,000. In Contract Year 3 you make a withdrawal of $9,000. At this point, total Purchase Payments equal $17,000, Earnings equal $2,000, and the “age” of the applicable Purchase Payments withdrawn is 3 Years. Earnings ($2,000) and 10% of all remaining Purchase Payments made ($1,700) may be withdrawn free of a withdrawal charge per Contract year. The amount of the withdrawal charge applied would be $318 ($9,000 - $2,000 - $1,700 = $5,300; $5,300 x 6% = $318).

The withdrawal charge is designed to reimburse us for sales commissions and other expenses associated with the promotion and solicitation of offers for the Contracts, although our actual expenses may be greater or less than the withdrawal charge amount. See ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – Distribution Arrangements for information regarding commissions and other amounts paid to broker-dealers in connection with Contract distribution.

Mortality and Expense Risk Charge and Optional Death Benefit Rider

We assess a charge against the assets of each Subaccount to compensate for certain mortality and expense risks that we assume under the Contract (the “Risk Charge”). The risk that an Annuitant will live longer (and therefore receive more annuity payments) than we predict through our actuarial calculations at the time the Contract is issued is “mortality risk.” We also bear mortality risk in connection with death benefit payable under the Contract. The risk that the expense charges and fees under the Contract and Separate Account are less than our actual administrative and operating expenses is called “expense risk.”

This Risk Charge is assessed daily at an annual rate equal to a percentage of each Subaccount’s assets. The annual rate percentage is 0.95% for the 5 Year Option, 1.25% for the 3 Year Option, and 1.35% for the 0 Year Option.

The Risk Charge will stop at the Annuity Date (the Risk Charge will be assessed on the Annuity Date then discontinue thereafter) if you select fixed annuity payments. The Risk Charge (excluding any increase for optional benefits) will continue after the Annuity Date if you choose variable annuity payments, even though we do not bear mortality risk if your Annuity Option is Period Certain Only.

We will realize a gain if the Risk Charge exceeds our actual cost of expenses and benefits, and will suffer a loss if such actual costs exceed the Risk Charge. Any gain will become part of our General Account. We may use it for any reason, including covering sales expenses on the Contracts.

Increase in Risk Charge if an Optional Death Benefit Rider is Purchased

We increase your Risk Charge by an annual rate equal to 0.20% of each Subaccount’s assets if you purchase the Stepped-Up Death Benefit II (Stepped-Up Death Benefit III for Contracts issued in California). If the Stepped-Up Death Benefit II (or III) is purchased, the total Risk Charge annual rate will be 1.15% for the 5 Year Option, 1.45% for the 3 Year Option, and 1.55% for the 0 Year Option. Any increase in your Risk Charge will not continue after the Annuity Date. See DEATH BENEFITS AND OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDERS – Death Benefits.

Earnings Enhancement Death Benefit (EEDB) Charge

If you purchase EEDB, we will deduct an annual charge from your Variable Investment Options on a proportionate basis. The charge for this Rider is 0.25% which is multiplied by the Contract Value and deducted on an annual basis. The charge is deducted in arrears each Contract Anniversary following the date you purchase this Rider and when you make a full withdrawal, if this Rider is in effect on that date.

If this Rider terminates on a Contract Anniversary, the entire charge for the prior year will be deducted on that anniversary.

If this Rider terminates prior to a Contract Anniversary for reasons other than when a death benefit becomes payable under the Contract, a prorated charge will be deducted on the earlier of the day your Contract terminates or the Contract Anniversary immediately following the day your Rider terminates. The charge will be determined as of the day the Rider terminates.

If this Rider terminates when a death benefit becomes payable under the Contract, the annual charge will be prorated to the date of death. Any annual charge deducted between the date of death and the Notice Date will be prorated as applicable to the date of death; the difference between the annual charge and the prorated amount will be added to the Contract Value on the Notice Date.

We will waive the annual charge if the Rider terminates upon full annuitization of your Contract or if your Contract Value is zero.

This Rider can be purchased with, if available, the optional Stepped-Up Death Benefit II (Stepped-Up Death Benefit III for Contracts issued in California).

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Administrative Fee

We charge an Administrative Fee as compensation for costs we incur in operating the Separate Account, issuing and administering the Contracts, including processing applications and payments, and issuing reports to you and to regulatory authorities.

The Administrative Fee is assessed daily at an annual rate equal to 0.25% of the assets of each Subaccount and is the same for any Option (5 Year Option, 3 Year Option, 0 Year Option) you select. This rate is guaranteed not to increase for the life of your Contract. A correlation will not necessarily exist between the actual administrative expenses attributable to a particular Contract and the Administrative Fee paid in respect of that particular Contract. The Administrative Fee will continue after the Annuity Date if you choose any variable payout option. We do not intend to realize a profit from this fee.

Annual Fee

We will charge you an Annual Fee of $50.00 on each Contract Anniversary prior to the Annuity Date, and at the time you withdraw your entire Net Contract Value (on a pro rated basis for that Contract Year) if your Net Contract Value is less than $50,000 on that date. The fee is not imposed on amounts you annuitize or on payment of death benefit proceeds. The fee reimburses certain costs in administering the Contracts and the Separate Account. We do not intend to realize a profit from this fee. This fee is guaranteed not to increase for the life of your Contract.

Your Annual Fee will be charged proportionately against your Investment Options. Assessments against your Variable Investment Options are made by debiting some of the Subaccount Units previously credited to your Contract. That is, assessment of the Annual Fee does not change the Unit Value for those Subaccounts. Any portion of the Annual Fee we deduct from any of our fixed options (if available under the Contract) will not be greater than the annual interest credited in excess of that fixed option’s minimum guaranteed interest rate.

Optional Rider Charges

The following disclosure applies to the Core Protect Plus (Single and Joint) Riders.

If you purchased an optional Rider listed in the table below, we will deduct an annual charge from your Investment Options (excluding the DCA Plus Fixed Option) on a proportionate basis. Deductions against your Variable Investment Options are made by debiting some of the Subaccount Units previously credited to your Contract.

The charge is deducted every 3 months following the Rider Effective Date (“Quarterly Rider Anniversary”). The Rider charge will be deducted while the Rider remains in effect and when the Rider terminates. The charge is deducted in arrears each Quarterly Rider Anniversary.

If your Rider terminates on a Quarterly Rider Anniversary, the entire charge for the prior quarter will be deducted on that anniversary. If the Rider terminates prior to a Quarterly Rider Anniversary, a prorated charge will be deducted on the earlier of the day the Contract terminates or on the Quarterly Rider Anniversary immediately following the day your Rider terminates. The charge will be determined as of the day your Rider terminates.

If your Rider terminates as a result of the death of the Designated Life (all Designated Lives for a Joint Life Rider) or when the death benefit becomes payable under the Contract, any annual charge deducted between the date of death and the Notice Date will be prorated as applicable to the date of death and added to the Contract Value on the Notice Date.

If you make a full withdrawal of the amount available for withdrawal during a Contract Year, we will deduct the charge from the final payment made to you.

Once your Contract Value is zero, the Rider annual charge will no longer be deducted beginning the quarter after the Contract Value is zero. In addition, we will waive the Rider charge for the quarter in which full annuitization of the Contract occurs and the Rider annual charge will no longer be deducted.

The Rider annual charge percentage in effect on the Rider Effective Date will not change once issued - even if an Automatic Reset under the Rider occurs. You will find the current annual charge percentage in the Rate Sheet Prospectus Supplement applicable to your Contract. You can find more information about Protected Payment Base and an Automatic Reset for each applicable Rider in the OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS NOT AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE APPENDIX.

For Contracts with applications signed prior to May 1, 2020, see HISTORICAL RIDER PERCENTAGES APPENDIX.

Annual Charge Percentage Table

The following disclosure applies to the optional Riders listed in the table below.

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If you purchase an optional Rider listed in the table below, we will deduct an annual charge from your Investment Options, excluding the DCA Plus Fixed Option, on a proportionate basis. Deductions against your Variable Investment Options are made by debiting some of the Subaccount Units previously credited to your Contract. The applicable maximum annual charge percentage is based on the 10-Year Treasury Rate (the monthly average as published by the Federal Reserve which can be obtained at www.federalreserve.gov). The maximum percentages below are the same for any Option (5 Year Option, 3 Year Option, 0 Year Option) that you select. Prior to purchase, speak with your Financial Professional or contact us directly for the current annual charge percentage in effect for a particular Rider.

¹ Enhanced Income Select Riders. If there is a rider price increase, you can elect to opt out of the most recent price increase if the election is made within sixty (60) calendar days after your Contract Anniversary date. Such an election will result in a reduction or termination of certain features and benefits under the riders. You can find complete information on this opt out in the Opt-Out – Rider Price Changes subsection for the Enhanced Income Select Riders. See OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS.

² Protected Payment Base or Guaranteed Protection Amount are defined, where applicable, in the Rider Terms subsection for each rider referenced above. See OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS.

³ For Riders no longer available for purchase, the Protected Payment Base is defined, where applicable, in the Rider Terms subsection for each rider referenced above. See OPTIONAL RIDERS NOT AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE APPENDIX.

Generally, as economic factors improve, the annual charge percentage may decrease and as economic factors decline, the annual charge percentage may increase. The annual charge will change based on current economic factors including interest rates and equity market volatility but is subject to the maximum annual charge percentage in the table above. We determine, at our sole discretion, whether a change in the current annual charge percentage will occur subject to the maximum annual charge percentage in the table above. This rider pricing structure is intended to help us provide the guarantees under the riders.

Every 3 months, generally on or about February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1, we declare what the annual charge percentage will be for the following 3 month period (e.g. May through July). For example, when determining the annual charge percentage for May 1, we will use the 10-Year Treasury Rate monthly average for the month of March to see which maximum annual charge is in effect, and then determine, at our sole discretion, whether a change in the current annual charge percentage will occur. The annual charge percentage may be less than the applicable maximum annual charge percentage shown in the table above. See the hypothetical examples below.

If you purchase a rider, the charge is deducted every 3 months following your Rider Effective Date (“Quarterly Rider Anniversary”) and your initial annual charge percentage is guaranteed not to change until the 1st Contract Anniversary after the Rider Effective Date. The charge is deducted in arrears each Quarterly Rider Anniversary and will be deducted while the Rider remains in effect and when the Rider terminates.If on the Contract issue date the annual charge percentage has changed since the date you signed your application, you will receive the lower annual charge percentage in effect on the date you signed your application or the Contract issue date if we

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receive your application within 14 calendar days of signing and your initial Purchase Payment is received within 60 calendar days following receipt of your application.

Beginning on the 1st Contract Anniversary after the Rider Effective Date, and on any subsequent Contract Anniversary, we may change the annual charge percentage. The annual charge percentage may increase or decrease each Contract Anniversary. Any increase in the annual charge percentage will not exceed 0.50% from the previous Contract Year. The 0.50% limitation does not apply to any annual charge percentage decreases which could be more than 0.50%. If a change to your annual charge percentage is made, the new annual charge percentage will remain the same until your next Contract Anniversary. You will receive the applicable annual charge percentage in effect for new issues of the same rider, subject to the maximum annual charge and 0.50% increase limit.

Here are a few hypothetical examples using CoreIncome Advantage Select (Single) to help you understand how the annual charge percentage may change over time.

Example 1 – Purchasing a new Rider: The annual charge percentage in effect for February 1st is 1.15% and the 10-Year Treasury Rate is 2.10%. You purchase the Rider on March 15th (your Rider Effective Date). You will be charged 1.15% until your next Contract Anniversary.

Example 2 – Increase in annual charge percentage of less than 0.50% limit: The annual charge percentage in effect for February 1st of the current year is now 1.40% and the 10-year Treasury Rate is 1.90%. You purchased a Rider on March 15th and it is now your first Contract Anniversary after the Rider Effective Date. Your annual charge percentage was 1.15% for the first year. Your new annual charge percentage will be 1.40% until your next Contract Anniversary since that is the annual charge percentage in effect for new issues of the same Rider, 1.40% is less than the 2.00% maximum annual charge and your charge increased by less than 0.50%.

Example 3 – Increase in annual charge percentage subject to 0.50% limit: The annual charge percentage in effect for February 1st of the current year is now 1.80% and the 10-year Treasury Rate is 1.50%. You purchased a Rider on March 15th and it is now your first Contract Anniversary after the Rider Effective Date. Your annual charge percentage was 1.15% for the first year. Your new annual charge percentage will be 1.65% until your next Contract Anniversary because we cannot increase your annual charge by more than 0.50% from the previous Contract Year and 1.65% is less than the 2.00% maximum annual charge.

Example 4 – Decrease in annual charge percentage: The annual charge percentage in effect for February 1st of the current year is now 0.60% and the 10-year Treasury Rate is 3.10%. You purchased a Rider on March 15th and it is now your first Contract Anniversary after the Rider Effective Date. Your annual charge percentage was 1.15% for the first year. Using the table above, since the 10-Year Treasury Rate used is the “2.00% to 3.99%” breakpoint, the maximum annual charge percentage that may be declared is 1.50%. Your new annual charge percentage will be 0.60% until your next Contract Anniversary.

Should the 10-Year Treasury Rate no longer be available, we will substitute the 10-Year Treasury Rate (monthly average) with another measure for determining the annual Rider charge percentage. However, the maximum fee percentages in the table provided in your Rider will not change as long as your Rider remains in effect.

If your Rider terminates on a Quarterly Rider Anniversary (for reasons other than death), the entire charge for the prior quarter will be deducted on that Quarterly Rider Anniversary. If your Rider terminates prior to a Quarterly Rider Anniversary, a prorated charge will be deducted on the earlier of the day the Contract terminates or the Quarterly Rider Anniversary immediately following the day your Rider terminates. The charge will be determined as of the day your Rider terminates.

If your Rider terminates as a result of the death of the Designated Life (all Designated Lives for a Joint Life Rider) or when the death benefit becomes payable under the Contract, any annual charge deducted between the date of death and the Notice Date will be prorated as applicable to the date of death and added to the Contract Value on the Notice Date.

Once your Contract Value is zero, the Rider annual charge will no longer be deducted beginning the quarter after the Contract Value is zero. In addition, we will waive the Rider charge for the quarter in which full annuitization of the Contract occurs and the Rider annual charge will no longer be deducted.

The following disclosure applies to the Protected Investment Benefit (5 Year Option and 10 Year Option) Riders.

If you purchase an optional rider listed in the table below, we will deduct an annual charge from your Variable Investment Options on a proportionate basis. Deductions against your Variable Investment Options are made by debiting some of the Subaccount Units previously credited to your Contract.

The charge is deducted every 3 months following the Rider Effective Date (“Quarterly Rider Anniversary”). The Rider charge will be deducted while the Rider remains in effect and when the Rider terminates. The charge is deducted in arrears each Quarterly Rider Anniversary. Once the Rider is issued, your annual charge will not change as long as you own the Rider.

As provided below, if your Rider terminates on a Quarterly Rider Anniversary, the entire charge for the prior quarter will be deducted on that anniversary. If the Rider terminates prior to a Quarterly Rider Anniversary for reasons other than when a death benefit becomes payable under the Contract, a prorated charge will be deducted on the earlier of the day the Contract terminates or on the Quarterly Rider Anniversary immediately following the day your Rider terminates. The charge will be determined as of the day your Rider terminates.

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If your Rider terminates when the death benefit becomes payable under the Contract, any annual charge deducted between the date of death and the Notice Date will be prorated as applicable to the date of death and added to the Contract Value on the Notice Date.

If you make a full withdrawal of the amount available for withdrawal during a Contract Year, we will deduct the charge from the final payment made to you.

We will waive the charge for the quarter in which full annuitization of the Contract occurs and the annual charge will no longer be deducted.

Annual Charge Percentage Table

¹ The table above reflects the current and maximum annual charge percentages for each applicable rider. Your actual current annual charge percentage could be higher or lower than what is stated above. To confirm which annual charge percentage applies to your rider, speak with your financial professional or call us at (800) 722-4448 to confirm the current rider charges that apply to you.

² The Charge Base is the Contract Value at the start of a Term, plus any subsequent Purchase Payments received during the first year of a Term, less an adjustment for withdrawals (on a pro rata basis) made during the Term. The Contract Value on the Contract Date is equal to the initial Purchase Payment. See the Sample Calculations section in each Rider for numerical examples of how the Charge Base changes.

See Mortality and Expense Risk Charge and Optional Death Benefit Rider Charge for the Stepped-Up Death Benefit II and III charge information.

Premium Taxes

Depending on your state of residence (among other factors), a tax may be imposed on your Purchase Payments (“premium tax”) at the time your Investment is made, at the time of a partial or full withdrawal, at the time any death benefit proceeds are paid, at annuitization or at such other time as taxes may be imposed. Tax rates ranging from 0% to 3.5% are currently in effect, but may change in the future. Premium tax is charged according to the rate determined by your state of residence at the time of annuitization. Premium tax is subject to state requirements. Some local jurisdictions also impose a tax.

If we pay any premium taxes attributable to Purchase Payments, we will impose a similar charge against your Contract Value. We normally will charge you when you annuitize some or all of your Contract Value. We reserve the right to impose this charge for applicable premium taxes and/or other taxes when you make a full or partial withdrawal, at the time any death benefit proceeds are paid, or when those taxes are incurred. For these purposes, “premium taxes” include any state or local premium or retaliatory taxes and any federal, state or local income, excise, business or any other type of tax (or component thereof) measured by or based upon, directly or indirectly, the amount of Purchase Payments we have received. We currently base this charge on your Contract Value, but we reserve the right to base this charge on the transaction amount, the aggregate amount of Purchase Payments we receive under your Contract, or any other amount, that in our sole discretion we deem appropriately reimburses us for premium taxes paid on this Contract.

We may also charge the Separate Account or your Contract Value for taxes attributable to the Separate Account or the Contract, including income taxes attributable to the Separate Account or to our operations with respect to the Contract, or taxes attributable, directly or indirectly, to Purchase Payments. Any such charge deducted from the Contract Value will be deducted on a proportionate basis. See HOW YOUR PURCHASE PAYMENTS ARE ALLOCATED – Investing in Variable Investment Options – Calculating Subaccount Unit Values to see how such charges are deducted from the Separate Account. Currently, we do not impose any such charges.

Waivers and Reduced Charges

We may agree to waive or reduce charges under our Contracts, in situations where selling and/or maintenance costs associated with the Contracts are reduced, such as the sale of several Contracts to the same Contract Owner(s), sales of large Contracts, sales of Contracts in connection with a group or sponsored arrangement or mass transactions over multiple Contracts.

We will only waive or reduce such charges on any Contract where expenses associated with the sale or distribution of the Contract and/or costs associated with administering and maintaining the Contract are reduced. We reserve the right to terminate waiver and reduced charge programs at any time, including for issued Contracts.

Fund Expenses

Your Variable Account Value reflects advisory fees, any service and distribution (12b-1) fees, and other expenses incurred by the various Fund Portfolios, net of any applicable reductions and/or reimbursements. These fees and expenses may vary. Each Fund is

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governed by its own Board of Trustees, and your Contract does not fix or specify the level of expenses of any Portfolio. A Fund’s fees and expenses are described in detail in the applicable Fund Prospectus and SAI.

Some Investment Options available to you are “fund of funds”. A fund of funds portfolio is a fund that invests in other funds in addition to other investments that the portfolio may make. Expenses of fund of funds Investment Options may be higher than non fund of funds Investment Options due to the two tiered level of expenses involving both the fund-of-fund portfolio’s fees and expenses as well as the proportional share of the fees and expenses of the underlying funds in which the fund-of-fund portfolio invests. See the Fund prospectuses for detailed portfolio expenses and other information before investing.

ANNUITIZATION

Selecting Your Annuitant

See ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – State Considerations for Contracts issued in California.

When you submit your Contract application, you must choose a sole Annuitant or Joint Annuitants. You must make your choices based on the following:

· If you are buying a Non-Qualified Contract, you may choose yourself as the Annuitant, another person as the Annuitant, or you may choose Joint Annuitants. If you do not choose Joint Annuitants when your Contract is issued, you may only add a Joint Annuitant on the Annuity Date. You may choose a Contingent Annuitant only if you have a sole Annuitant (cannot have Joint Annuitants and a Contingent Annuitant at the same time). You may add or change the Contingent Annuitant prior to the Annuity Date, provided the Contingent Annuitant is not the sole surviving Annuitant. If the Contract is owned by a Non-Natural Owner, you may not designate a Contingent Annuitant.

· If you are buying a Qualified Contract, you must be the sole Annuitant. You may only add a Joint Annuitant on the Annuity Date and no Contingent Annuitant can be chosen.

No Annuitant (sole, Joint or Contingent) may be named upon or after reaching his or her 86th birthday for the 5 Year Option, 3 Year Option or 0 Year Option (before May 1, 2014, 91st birthday for the 0 Year Option). We reserve the right to require proof of age or survival of the Annuitant(s).

If the sole surviving Annuitant predeceases the Owner, the Owner (or youngest Owner if there are Joint Owners) becomes the Annuitant.

Annuitization

Annuitization occurs on the Annuity Date when you convert your Contract from the accumulation phase to the annuitization (income) phase. You may choose both your Annuity Date and your Annuity Option. At the Annuity Date, you may elect to annuitize some or all of your Net Contract Value, less any applicable charge for premium taxes and/or other taxes, (the “Conversion Amount”), as long as such Conversion Amount annuitized is at least $10,000. We will send the annuity payments to the payee that you designate.

If you annuitize only a portion of this available Contract Value, you may have the remainder distributed, less any Contract Debt, any applicable charge for premium taxes and/or other taxes, any applicable withdrawal charge, any Annual Fee, and any applicable optional Rider charge. This option of distribution may or may not be available, or may be available only for certain types of contracts. Any such distribution will be made to you in a single sum if the remaining Conversion Amount is less than $10,000 on your Annuity Date. Distributions under your Contract may have tax consequences. You should consult a qualified tax advisor for information on full or partial annuitization.

If you annuitize only a portion of your Net Contract Value on your Annuity Date, you may, at that time, have the option to elect not to have the remainder of your Contract Value distributed, but instead to continue your Contract with that remaining Contract Value (a “continuing Contract”). If this option is available, you would then choose a second Annuity Date for your continuing Contract, and all references in this Prospectus to your “Annuity Date” would, in connection with your continuing Contract, be deemed to refer to that second Annuity Date. The second Annuity Date may not be later than the date specified in the Choosing Your Annuity Date section of this Prospectus. This option may not be available, or may be available only for certain types of Contracts. You should be aware that some or all of the payments received before the second Annuity Date may be fully taxable. If you annuitize a portion of your Net Contract Value for a period certain of at least 10 years or for the life or life expectancy of the annuitant(s), the annuitized portion will be treated as a separate Contract for the purpose of determining the taxable amount of the payments. We recommend that you contact a qualified tax advisor for more information if you are interested in this option.

Distributions made due to a request for partial annuitization are treated as withdrawals for Contract purposes and may adversely affect living benefit and optional death benefit rider benefits. Work with your financial professional prior to requesting partial annuitization.

Choosing Your Annuity Date

You should choose your Annuity Date when you submit your application or we will apply a default Annuity Date to your Contract. You may change your Annuity Date by notifying us, In Proper Form, at least 10 Business Days prior to the earlier of your current Annuity Date or your new Annuity Date. Your Annuity Date cannot be earlier than your first Contract Anniversary. Adverse federal

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tax consequences may result if you choose an Annuity Date that is prior to an Owner’s attained age 59½. See FEDERAL TAX ISSUES.

If you have a sole Annuitant, your Annuity Date cannot be later than the sole Annuitant’s 95th birthday. If you have Joint Annuitants, your Annuity Date cannot be later than your younger Joint Annuitant’s 95th birthday. Different requirements may apply as required by any applicable state law or the Code. We may, at our sole discretion, allow you to extend your Annuity Date. We reserve the right, at any time, to not offer any extension to your Annuity Date regardless of whether we may have granted any extensions to you or to any others in the past. Some Broker/Dealers may not allow their clients to extend the Annuity Date beyond age 95.

If your Contract is a Qualified Contract, you may also be subject to additional restrictions. In order to meet the Code minimum distribution rules, your Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) may begin earlier than your Annuity Date. For instance, under Section 401 of the Code (for Qualified Plans) and Section 408 of the Code (for IRAs), the entire interest under the Contract must be distributed to the Owner/Annuitant not later than the Owner/Annuitant’s Required Beginning Date (“RBD”), or distributions over the life of the Owner/Annuitant (or the Owner/Annuitant and his or her Beneficiary) must begin no later than the RBD. For more information see FEDERAL TAX ISSUES.

Default Annuity Date and Options

If you have a Non-Qualified Contract and you do not choose an Annuity Date when you submit your application, your Annuity Date will be your Annuitant’s 95th birthday or your younger Joint Annuitant’s 95th birthday, whichever applies. If you have a Qualified Contract and you do not choose an Annuity Date when you submit your application, your Annuity Date will be your Annuitant’s 95th birthday. However, some states’ laws may require a different Annuity Date. Certain Qualified Contracts may require distributions to occur at an earlier age.

If you have not specified an Annuity Option or do not instruct us otherwise, at your Annuity Date your Net Contract Value, less any charges for premium taxes and/or other taxes, will be converted (if this net amount is at least $10,000) to a fixed annuity payout option.

Additionally:

· If you have a Non-Qualified Contract, your default Annuity Option will be Life with a ten year Period Certain.

· If you have a Qualified Contract, your default Annuity Option will be Life with a five year Period Certain or a shorter period certain as may be required by federal regulation. If you are married, different requirements may apply. Please contact your plan administrator for further information, if applicable.

· If the net amount is less than $10,000, the entire amount will be distributed in one lump sum.

Choosing Your Annuity Option

You should carefully review the Annuity Options with a qualified tax advisor, and, for Qualified Contracts, reference should be made to the terms of the particular plan and the requirements of the Code for pertinent limitations regarding annuity payments, Required Minimum Distributions (“RMDs”), and other matters.

You may make 3 basic decisions about your annuity payments. First, you may choose whether you want those payments to be a fixed- dollar amount and/or a variable-dollar amount. Second, you may choose the form of annuity payments (see Annuity Options below). Third, you may decide how often you want annuity payments to be made (the “frequency” of the payments). You may not change these selections after the Annuity Date.

Fixed and Variable Payment Options

You may choose fixed annuity payments based on a fixed rate and the Annuity 2000 Mortality Table with the ages set back 10 years, variable annuity payments that vary with the investment results of the Subaccounts you select, or you may choose both, converting one portion of the net amount you annuitize into fixed annuity payments and another portion into variable annuity payments.

If you select fixed annuity payments, each periodic annuity payment received will be equal to the initial annuity payment, unless you select a Joint and Survivor Life annuity with reduced survivor payments when the Primary Annuitant dies. Any net amount you convert to fixed annuity payments will be held in our General Account (but not under any fixed option).

If you select variable annuity payments, you may choose as many Variable Investment Options as you wish. The amount of the periodic annuity payments will vary with the investment results of the Variable Investment Options selected and may be more or less than a fixed payment option. After the Annuity Date, Annuity Units may be exchanged among available Variable Investment Options up to 4 times in any 12 month period. How your Contract converts into variable annuity payments is explained in more detail in THE CONTRACTS AND THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT section in the SAI. We reserve the right to limit the Subaccounts available, to change the number and frequency of exchanges and to change the number of Subaccounts you may choose.

Annuity Options

Four Annuity Options are currently available under the Contract, although additional options may become available in the future. You may select either fixed or variable payment options. For other Annuity Options available through optional riders, see the OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS section.

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1. Life Only. Periodic payments are made to the designated payee during the Annuitant’s lifetime. Payments stop when the Annuitant dies. Annuitization becomes effective when the first payment is processed. If the Annuitant dies prior to the first payment the death benefit would be calculated as described under the DEATH BENEFITS AND OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDERS section of the Prospectus and no annuity payment would be made. If the Annuitant passes away after the first payment has processed, payments will cease and there would be no death benefit.

2. Life with Period Certain. Periodic payments are made to the designated payee during the Annuitant’s lifetime, with payments guaranteed for a specified period. You may choose to have payments guaranteed from 5 through 30 years (in full years only). The guaranteed period may be limited on Qualified Contracts based on your life expectancy and/or to a period certain not to exceed 10 years and this option may be restricted for certain Qualified Contracts or Qualified Plans. Annuitization becomes effective when the first payment is processed. If the Annuitant dies prior to the first payment the death benefit would be calculated as described under the DEATH BENEFITS AND OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDERS section of the Prospectus and no annuity payments would be made. If the Annuitant dies after the first payment has processed, payments will continue for any remainder of the Period Certain time frame.

3. Joint and Survivor Life. Periodic payments are made to the designated payee during the lifetime of the Primary Annuitant. After the death of the Primary Annuitant, periodic payments will continue to be made during the lifetime of the secondary Annuitant named in the election. You may choose to have the payments during the lifetime of the surviving secondary Annuitant equal 50%, 66 2/3% or 100% of the original amount payable during the lifetime of the Primary Annuitant (you must make this election when you choose your Annuity Option). If you elect a reduced payment based on the life of the secondary Annuitant, fixed annuity payments will be equal to 50% or 66 2/3% of the original fixed payment payable during the lifetime of the Primary Annuitant; variable annuity payments will be determined using 50% or 66 2/3%, as applicable, of the number of Annuity Units for each Subaccount credited to the Contract as of the date of death of the Primary Annuitant. Payments stop when both Annuitants have died. Annuitization becomes effective when the first payment is processed. If one or both Annuitants die prior to the first payment the death benefit would be calculated as described under the DEATH BENEFITS AND OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDERS section of the Prospectus and no annuity payment would be made. If both Annuitants pass away after the first payment has processed, payments will cease and there would be no death benefit.

4.  Period Certain Only. Periodic payments are made to the designated payee, guaranteed for a specified period. You may choose to have payments guaranteed from 5 through 30 years (in full years only). Additional guaranteed time periods may become available in the future. Before you annuitize your Contract, please contact us for additional guaranteed time period options that may be available. The guaranteed period may be limited on Qualified Contracts based on your life expectancy and/or to a period certain not to exceed 10 years and this option may be restricted for certain Qualified Contracts or Qualified Plans. Annuitization becomes effective when the first payment is processed. If the Annuitant dies prior to the first payment the death benefit would be calculated as described under the DEATH BENEFITS AND OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDERS section of the Prospectus and no annuity payments would be made. If the Annuitant dies after the first payment has processed, payments will continue for any remainder of the Period Certain time frame.

Periodic payment amounts will differ based on the Annuity Option selected. Generally, the longer the possible payment period, the lower the payment amount.

Additionally, if variable payments are elected under Annuity Options 2 and 4 (Life with Period Certain and Period Certain Only, respectively), or Joint Life with Period Certain (see the Other Annuity Options subsection below), you may redeem all remaining guaranteed variable payments after the Annuity Date. Also, under Option 4, partial redemptions of remaining guaranteed variable payments after the Annuity Date are available. If you elect to redeem all remaining guaranteed variable payments in a single sum, we will not make any additional annuity payments during the remaining guaranteed period after the redemption. If Annuity Option 2 or Joint Life with Period Certain was elected and the Annuitant is alive at the end of the guaranteed period, annuity payments will resume until the Annuitant’s death. The amount available upon full redemption would be the present value of any remaining guaranteed payments at the assumed investment return. Any applicable withdrawal charge will be deducted from the present value as if you made a full withdrawal, or if applicable, a partial withdrawal. For purposes of calculating the withdrawal charge and free withdrawal amount, it will be assumed that the Contract was never converted to provide annuity payments and any prior annuity payments in that Contract Year will be treated as if they were partial withdrawals from the Contract (see CHARGES, FEES AND DEDUCTIONS – Withdrawal Charge). If you have a Qualified Contract, there may be adverse tax implications if you elect to redeem any remaining variable payments in a single sum. Work with your tax advisor before making such an election.

For example using the 5 Year Option, assume that a Contract was issued with a single investment of $10,000 and in Contract Year 4 the Owner elects to receive variable annuity payments under Annuity Option 4. In Contract Year 5, the Owner elects to make a partial redemption of $5,000. The withdrawal charge as a percentage of the Purchase Payments with an age of 5 years is 3%. Assuming the Free Withdrawal amount immediately prior to the partial redemption is $300, the withdrawal charge for the partial redemption will be $141 (($5,000 - $300) x 3% = $141). No withdrawal charge will be imposed on a redemption if:

· the Annuity Option is elected as the form of payments of death benefit proceeds, or

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· the Annuitant dies before the period certain has ended and the Beneficiary requests a redemption of the variable annuity payments.

Full or partial redemptions of remaining guaranteed variable payments are explained in more detail in the SAI under THE CONTRACTS AND THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT.

If the Annuitant dies before the guaranteed payments under Annuity Options 2 and 4 are completed, we will pay the remainder of the guaranteed payments to the first person among the following who is (1) living; or (2) an entity or corporation entitled to receive the remainder of the guaranteed payments:

· the Owner;

· the Joint Owner;

· the Beneficiary; or

· the Contingent Beneficiary.

If none are living (or if there is no entity or corporation entitled to receive the remainder of the guaranteed payments), we will pay the remainder of the guaranteed payments to the Owner’s estate.

If any Owner dies on or after the Annuity Date, but payments have not yet been completed, then distributions of the remaining amounts payable under the Contract must be made at least as rapidly as the method of distribution that was being used at the date of the Owner’s death. All of the Owner’s rights granted by the Contract will be assumed by the first among the following who is (1) living; or (2) an entity or corporation entitled to assume the Owner’s rights granted by the Contract:

· the Joint Owner;

· the Beneficiary; or

· the Contingent Beneficiary.

If none are living (or if there is no entity or corporation entitled to assume the Owner’s rights granted by the Contract), all of the Owner’s rights granted by the Contract will be assumed by the Owner’s estate.

For Qualified Contracts, please refer to the Choosing Your Annuity Date section in this Prospectus. If your Contract was issued in connection with a Qualified Plan subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), your spouse’s consent may be required when you seek any distribution under your Contract, unless your Annuity Option is Joint and Survivor Life with survivor payments of at least 50%, and your spouse is your Joint Annuitant.

Other Annuity Options

Additional annuity payment options we currently offer are:

· Life with Cash Refund (fixed only). Periodic payments are made to the designated payee during the Annuitant’s lifetime. Annuitization becomes effective when the first payment is processed. If the Annuitant dies prior to the first payment the death benefit would be calculated as described under the DEATH BENEFITS AND OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDERS section of the Prospectus and no annuity payment would be made. If the Annuitant dies after the Annuity Date and the total of all annuity payments received is less than the amount annuitized, an amount equal to the amount annuitized less the total annuity payments made, will be made in a single sum.

· Life with Installment Refund (fixed only). Periodic payments are made to the designated payee during the Annuitant’s lifetime. If the Annuitant dies after the Annuity Date but before the total of all annuity payments made equals or exceeds the amount annuitized, annuity payments will continue to be made until the total amount of annuity payments made equals the amount annuitized; the final annuity payment may be less than the periodic annuity payment. Annuitization becomes effective when the first payment is processed. If the Annuitant dies prior to the first payment the death benefit would be calculated as described under the DEATH BENEFITS AND OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDERS section of the Prospectus and no annuity payment would be made. If the Annuitant dies and the total amount of annuity payments made is equal to or exceeds the amount annuitized, then no additional annuity payments will be made. This annuity option is not available for Qualified Contracts.

· Joint Life with Cash Refund (fixed only). Periodic payments are made to the designated payee during the lifetimes of the Primary Annuitant and Joint Annuitant. If both Annuitants die before the total of all annuity payments made equal the amount annuitized, an amount equal to the amount annuitized, less total annuity payments made under the Contract, will be made in a single sum. Annuitization becomes effective when the first payment is processed. If one or both Annuitants die prior to the first payment the death benefit would be calculated as described under the DEATH BENEFITS AND OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDERS section of the Prospectus and no annuity payment would be made. If both Annuitants die and the total amount of annuity payments made under the Contract is equal to or exceeds the amount

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annuitized, then no additional lump sum or annuity payments will be paid. This option may be restricted for certain Qualified Contracts or Qualified Plans.

· Joint Life with Installment Refund (fixed only). Periodic Payments are made to the designate payee during the lifetimes of the Primary Annuitant and Joint Annuitant. If both Annuitants die before the total of all annuity payments made equals or exceeds the amount annuitized, annuity payments will continue to be made until the total amount of annuity payments made equals the amount annuitized; the final annuity payment may be less than the periodic annuity payment. Annuitization becomes effective when the first payment is processed. If one or both Annuitants die prior to the first payment the death benefit would be calculated as described under the DEATH BENEFITS AND OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDERS section of the Prospectus and no annuity payment would be made. If both Annuitants die and the total amount of annuity payments made under the Contract is equal to or exceeds the amount annuitized, then no additional annuity payments will be paid. This annuity option is not available for Qualified Contracts.

· Joint Life with Period Certain (fixed or variable). Periodic payments are made to the designated payee during the Primary Annuitant’s lifetime, with payments guaranteed for a specified period. After the death of the Primary Annuitant, periodic payments will continue to be made during the lifetime of the secondary Annuitant named in the election or until the end of the period certain period, whichever is later. You may choose to have payments guaranteed from 5 through 30 years (in full years only). The guaranteed period may be limited on Qualified Contracts based on your life expectancy and/or to a period certain not to exceed 10 years and this option may be restricted for certain Qualified Contracts and Qualified Plans. Annuitization becomes effective when the first payment is processed. If one or both Annuitants die prior to the first payment the death benefit would be calculated as described under the DEATH BENEFITS AND OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDERS section of the Prospectus and no annuity payment would be made. If both Annuitants die after the first payment has been processed, payments will continue for any remainder of the Period Certain time frame.

We may discontinue offering any of the additional annuity options referenced above or add additional annuity options in the future. If we discontinue offering or add additional annuity options, we will amend this Prospectus to reflect any changes.

Your Annuity Payments

Frequency of Payments

You may choose to have annuity payments made monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually. The variable payment amount will be determined in each period on the date corresponding to your Annuity Date, and payment will be made on the next Business Day.

Your initial annuity payment must be at least $250. Depending on the amount you annuitize, this requirement may limit your options regarding the period and/or frequency of annuity payments.

Amount of the First Payment

Your Contract contains tables that we use to determine the amount of the first annuity payment under your Contract, taking into consideration the annuitized portion of your Net Contract Value at the Annuity Date. This amount will vary, depending on the annuity period and payment frequency you select. This amount will be larger in the case of shorter Period Certain annuities and smaller for longer Period Certain annuities. Similarly, this amount will be greater for a Life Only annuity than for a Joint and Survivor Life annuity, because we will expect to make payments for a shorter period of time on a Life Only annuity. If you do not choose the Period Certain Only annuity, this amount will also vary depending on the age of the Annuitant(s) on the Annuity Date and, for some Contracts in some states, the sex of the Annuitant(s).

For fixed annuity payments, the guaranteed income factors in our tables are based on an annual interest rate of 1.0% and the Annuity 2000 Mortality Table with the ages set back 10 years. If you elect a fixed annuity, fixed annuity payments will be based on the periodic income factors in effect for your Contract on the Annuity Date which are at least the guaranteed income factors under the Contract.

For variable annuity payments, the tables are based on an assumed annual investment return of 4% and the Annuity 2000 Mortality Table with the ages set back 10 years. If you elect a variable annuity, your initial variable annuity payment will be based on the applicable variable annuity income factors in effect for your Contract on the Annuity Date which are at least the variable annuity income factors under the Contract. You may choose any other annuity option we may offer on the option’s effective date. A higher assumed investment return would mean a larger first variable annuity payment and a lower assumed investment return would mean a lower first variable annuity payment. However, subsequent payments would increase only when actual net investment performance exceeds the assumed rate and would fall when actual net investment performance is less than the assumed rate. If the actual net investment performance is a constant 4% annually, annuity payments will be level. The assumed investment return is explained in more detail in the SAI under THE CONTRACTS AND THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT.

DEATH BENEFITS AND OPTIONAL DEATH BENEFIT RIDERS

Death Benefits

See the Death Benefits section and applicable subsections in ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – State Considerations for Contracts issued in California.

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Death benefit proceeds may be payable before the Annuity Date upon the death of any Contract Owner or any Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner, while the Contract is in force. Any death benefit payable will be calculated on the “Notice Date”, which is the Business Day on which we receive, In Proper Form, proof of death and instructions regarding payment of death benefit proceeds. If a Contract has multiple Beneficiaries, death benefit proceeds will be calculated when we first receive proof of death and instructions, In Proper Form, from any Beneficiary. The death benefit proceeds still remaining to be paid to other Beneficiaries will fluctuate with the performance of the underlying Investment Options.

Death Benefit Proceeds

Death benefit proceeds will be payable on the Notice Date. Such proceeds will be reduced by any Contract Debt and if proceeds are used to purchase an Annuity Option from us, any charge for premium taxes and/or other taxes. The death benefit proceeds may be payable in a single sum, as an Annuity Option available under the Contract, towards the purchase of any other Annuity Option we then offer, or in any other manner permitted by the IRS and approved by us. The Owner’s spouse may continue the Contract (see Death Benefits – Spousal Continuation). In addition, there may be legal requirements that limit the recipient’s Annuity Options and the timing of any payments. State unclaimed property regulations may shorten the amount of time a recipient has to make a death benefit election. A recipient should consult a qualified tax advisor before making a death benefit election.

The death benefit proceeds will be paid to the first among the following who is (1) living; or (2) an entity or corporation entitled to receive the death benefit proceeds, in the following order:

· Joint Owner,

· Beneficiary, or

· Contingent Beneficiary.

If a contract has Joint Owners, and the surviving Joint Owner dies before the Notice Date, the death benefit proceeds will be paid to the Beneficiary or Contingent Beneficiary. If none are living (or if there is no entity or corporation entitled to receive the death benefit proceeds), the proceeds will be payable to the Owner’s Estate.

Death Benefit Amount

We calculate the Death Benefit Amount as of the Notice Date and the death benefit proceeds will be paid in accordance with the Death Benefit Proceeds section above.

Here are a few definitions regarding the Death Benefit Amount:

Total Adjusted Purchase Payments – The sum of all Purchase Payments made to the Contract, reduced by a Pro Rata Reduction for each prior withdrawal. This amount may be adjusted if there is an Owner change as described below.

Pro Rata Reduction – The reduction percentage that is calculated at the time of a withdrawal by dividing the amount of the withdrawal (including any applicable withdrawal charges) by the Contract Value immediately prior to the withdrawal. The reduction made, when the Contract Value is less than the sum of all Purchase Payments made into the Contract, may be greater than the actual amount withdrawn.

The Death Benefit Amount as of any Business Day before the Annuity Date is equal to the greater of:

· your Contract Value as of that day, or

· the Total Adjusted Purchase Payments.

If there is an Owner change to someone other than the previous Owner’s spouse, to a Trust or non-natural entity where the Owner and Annuitant are not the same person prior to the Owner change, or if an Owner is added that is not the Owner’s spouse, the Total Adjusted Purchase Payments on the effective date of the Owner Change (“Change Date”) will be reset to the lesser of:

· the Contract Value as of the Change Date, or

· the Total Adjusted Purchase Payments as of the Change Date.

After the Change Date, the Total Adjusted Purchase Payments will be increased by any Purchase Payments made after the Change Date and will be reduced by a Pro Rata Reduction for any withdrawals made after the Change Date. An Owner change to a Trust or non-natural entity where the Owner and the Annuitant are the same person prior to the Owner change, will not trigger a reset.

See DEATH BENEFIT AMOUNT AND STEPPED-UP DEATH BENEFIT II AND III SAMPLE CALCULATIONS APPENDIX.

Spousal Continuation

Generally, a sole designated recipient who is the Owner’s spouse may elect to become the Owner (and sole Annuitant if the deceased Owner had been the Annuitant) and continue the Contract until the earliest of the spouse’s death, or the Annuity Date, except in the case of a Qualified Contract issued under section 403 of the Code. The spousal continuation election must be made by the fifth

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anniversary of the death of the Contract Owner for Non-Qualified Contracts, or by December 31 of the calendar year in which the fifth anniversary of the Contract Owner’s death falls for Qualified Contracts. On the Notice Date, if the surviving spouse is deemed to have continued the Contract, we will set the Contract Value equal to the death benefit proceeds that would have been payable to the spouse as the deemed Beneficiary/designated recipient of the death benefit proceeds.

This “Add-In Amount” is the difference between the Contract Value and the death benefit proceeds that would have been payable. The Add-In Amount will be added to the Contract Value on the Notice Date. There will not be an adjustment to the Contract Value if the Contract Value is equal to or greater than the death benefit proceeds as of the Notice Date. The Add-In Amount will be allocated among Investment Options in accordance with the current allocation instructions for the Contract and may be, under certain circumstances, considered earnings. The Add-In Amount is not treated as a new Purchase Payment.

A Joint Owner who is the designated recipient, but not the Owner’s spouse, may not continue the Contract. Under IRS Guidelines, once a surviving spouse continues the Contract, the Contract may not be continued again in the event the surviving spouse remarries. If you have purchased an optional living benefit Rider, please refer to the Rider attached to your Contract to determine how any guaranteed amounts may be affected when a surviving spouse continues the Contract.

Example: On the Notice Date, the Owner’s surviving spouse elects to continue the Contract. On that date, the death benefit proceeds were $100,000 and the Contract Value was $85,000. Since the surviving spouse elected to continue the Contract in lieu of receiving the death benefit proceeds, we will increase the Contract Value by an Add-In Amount of $15,000 ($100,000 - $85,000 = $15,000). If the Contract Value on the Notice Date was $100,000 or higher, then nothing would be added to the Contract Value.

The continuing spouse is subject to the same fees, charges and expenses applicable to the deceased Owner of the Contract.

Death of Annuitant

If an Annuitant (who is not an Owner) dies and there is a surviving Joint Annuitant, the surviving Joint Annuitant becomes the Annuitant. If there is no surviving Joint Annuitant but there is a Contingent Annuitant, the Contingent Annuitant becomes the Annuitant. If there is no surviving Joint Annuitant or Contingent Annuitant, the youngest Owner becomes the Annuitant, provided that the Owner is not a Non-Natural Owner. No death benefit will be paid, except as otherwise provided under the Death Benefit Proceeds section.

Death of Owner

If any Owner dies before the Annuity Date, the amount of the death benefit will be equal to the Death Benefit Amount as of the Notice Date and will be paid in accordance with the Death Benefit Proceeds section and in accordance with the federal income tax distribution at death rules discussed in the FEDERAL TAX ISSUES section.

Non-Natural Owner

If you are a Non-Natural Owner of a Contract other than a Contract issued under a Qualified Plan as defined in Section 401 or 403 of the Code, the Annuitant (either Annuitant if there are Joint Annuitants) will be treated as the Owner of the Contract for purposes of the Non-Qualified Contract Distribution Rules. If there are Joint or Contingent Annuitants, the death benefit proceeds will be payable on proof of death of the first annuitant. If there is a change in the Primary Annuitant prior to the Annuity Date, such change will be treated as the death of the Owner (however, under the terms of your Contract, you cannot change the Primary Annuitant). The Death Benefit Amount will be: (a) the Contract Value, if the Non-Natural Owner elects to maintain the Contract and reinvest the Contract Value into the contract in the same amount as immediately prior to the distribution; or (b) the Contract Value, less any Annual Fee, withdrawal charge and charges for premium taxes and/or other taxes, if the Non-Natural Owner elects a cash distribution and will be paid in accordance with the Death Benefits Proceeds section and in accordance with the federal income tax distribution at death rules discussed in the FEDERAL TAX ISSUES section.

Non-Qualified Contract Distribution Rules

The Contract is intended to comply with all applicable provisions of Code Section 72(s) and any successor provision, as deemed necessary by us to qualify the Contract as an annuity contract for federal income tax purposes. If an Owner of a Non-Qualified Contract dies before the Annuity Date, distribution of the death benefit proceeds must begin within 1 year after the Owner’s death or complete distribution within 5 years after the Owner’s death. In order to satisfy this requirement, the designated recipient must receive a final lump sum payment by the 5th anniversary of the Contract Owner’s death, or elect to receive an annuity for life or over a period that does not exceed the life expectancy of the designated recipient with annuity payments that start within 1 year after the Owner’s death or, if permitted by the IRS, elect to receive a systematic distribution over a period not exceeding the beneficiary’s life expectancy using a method that would be acceptable for purposes of calculating the minimum distribution required under section 401(a)(9) of the Code. If an election to receive an annuity is not made within 60 calendar days of our receipt of proof, In Proper Form, of the Owner’s death or, if earlier, 60 calendar days (or shorter period as we permit) prior to the 1st anniversary of the Owner’s death, the option to receive annuity payments is no longer available. If a Non-Qualified Contract has Joint Owners, this requirement applies to the first Contract Owner to die.

The Owner may designate that the Beneficiary will receive death benefit proceeds in a lump sum, or through annuity payments for life, life with period certain, period certain only, or a scheduled payout option. Any life with period certain or period certain only option may not exceed the life expectancy of the Beneficiary. The Owner must designate the payment method in writing in a form

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acceptable to us. The Owner may revoke the designation only in writing and only in a form acceptable to us. Once the Owner dies, the Beneficiary cannot change or revoke the Owner’s instructions regarding the payment of death benefit proceeds.

Qualified Contract Distribution Rules

Under Treasury regulations and our administrative procedures, if the Contract is owned under a Qualified Plan as defined in Sections 401, 403, 457(b), 408, or 408A of the Code distributions to the Beneficiary must satisfy the Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) rules of Code Section 401(a)(9). For Owner/Annuitants who die after December 31, 2019, the RMD rules for Beneficiaries who inherit an account or IRA are different depending on whether the Beneficiary is an “Eligible Designated Beneficiary” (EDB) or not. An EDB includes a surviving spouse, a disabled individual, a chronically ill individual, a minor child, or an individual who is not more than 10 years younger than the Owner/Annuitant. Certain trusts created for the exclusive benefit of disabled or chronically ill Beneficiaries are included. These EDBs may take their distributions over the Beneficiary's life expectancy and those distributions must commence by December 31^st of the year following the death of the Owner/Annuitant. However, minor children must still take remaining distributions within 10 years of reaching age 18. Additionally, a surviving spouse Beneficiary may delay commencement of distributions until the later of the end of the year that the Owner/Annuitant would have attained age 72, or when the surviving spouse turns 72.

The Owner may designate that the Beneficiary will receive death benefit proceeds in a lump sum, or through annuity payments period certain only. Period certain only annuity options are limited. The Owner must designate the payment method in writing in a form acceptable to us. The Owner may revoke the designation only in writing and only in a form acceptable to us. Once the Owner dies, the Beneficiary cannot change or revoke the Owner’s instructions regarding the payment of death benefit proceeds.

Designated Beneficiaries, who are not an EDB, must withdraw the entire account by the 10th calendar year following the death of the Owner/Annuitant.

Non-designated Beneficiaries must withdraw the entire account within 5 years of the Owner/Annuitant’s death if distributions have not begun prior to death unless the owner dies after commencing his or her RMD payments.

If the Owner/Annuitant dies after the commencement of RMDs (except in the case of a Roth IRA when RMDs do not apply) but before the Annuitant’s entire interest in the Contract (other than a Roth IRA) has been distributed, the remaining interest in the Contract must be distributed to the non-designated Beneficiary at least as rapidly as under the distribution method in effect at the time of the Annuitant’s death.

You are responsible for monitoring distributions that must be taken to meet IRS guidelines.

The Owner may designate that the Beneficiary will receive death benefit proceeds in a lump sum, or through annuity payments for a Period Certain of 5 through 9 years. The Owner must designate the payment method in writing in a form acceptable to us. The Owner may revoke the designation only in writing and only in a form acceptable to us. Once the Owner dies, the Beneficiary cannot change or revoke the Owner’s instructions regarding the payment of death benefit proceeds.

Stepped-Up Death Benefit II

This Rider is not available for Contracts issued in California. See Stepped-Up Death Benefit III below for Contracts issued in California.

This optional Rider offers you the ability to lock in market gains for your beneficiaries with a stepped-up death benefit, which is the highest Contract Value on any previous Contract Anniversary (prior to the oldest Owner’s (or oldest Annuitant’s in the case of a Non-Natural Owner) 81st birthday) increased by the amount of additional Purchase Payments and decreased by withdrawals that you make.

Purchasing the Rider

You may purchase this optional Rider at the time your application is completed and before your Contract is issued. You may not purchase this Rider after the Contract Date. This Rider may only be purchased if the age of each Owner and Annuitant is 75 or younger on the Contract Date. An Owner change may only be elected if the age of any new Owner is 75 years or younger on the effective date of the Owner change (see the Owner Change subsection below).

How the Rider Works

Here are a few definitions regarding the Death Benefit Amount:

Total Adjusted Purchase Payments – The sum of all Purchase Payments made to the Contract, reduced by a Pro Rata Reduction for each prior withdrawal. This amount may be adjusted if there is an Owner change as described below.

Pro Rata Reduction – The reduction percentage that is calculated at the time of a withdrawal by dividing the amount of the withdrawal (including any applicable withdrawal charges) by the Contract Value immediately prior to the withdrawal. The reduction made, when the Contract Value is less than the Total Adjusted Purchase Payments made into the Contract, may be greater than actual amount withdrawn.

If you purchase this Rider, upon the death of any Owner (or any Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner), prior to the Annuity Date, the death benefit proceeds will be equal to the greater of (a) or (b) below:

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(a) the Death Benefit Amount (as of the Notice Date) as described in the Death Benefit Amount section above.

(b) the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Amount as of the Notice Date.

The actual Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Amount is calculated only when death benefit proceeds become payable as a result of the death of any Owner (or any Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner), prior to the Annuity Date. The Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Amount may be different if an Owner change occurs (see the Owner Change subsection below).

First we calculate what the Death Benefit Amount would have been as of your first Contract Anniversary and each subsequent Contract Anniversary that occurs before death benefit proceeds become payable and before the oldest Owner (or oldest Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner) reaches his or her 81st birthday (each of these Contract Anniversaries is a “Milestone Date”).

We then adjust the Death Benefit Amount for each Milestone Date by:

· adding the aggregate amount of any Purchase Payments received by us since the Milestone Date, and

· subtracting a Pro Rata Reduction for each withdrawal that has occurred since that Milestone Date. The reduction made, when the Contract Value is less than aggregate Purchase Payments made into the Contract, may be greater than the actual amount withdrawn.

The highest of these adjusted Death Benefit Amounts for each Milestone Date, as of the Notice Date, is your Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Amount if you purchase this Rider and no Owner change occurred as outlined in the Owner Change subsection below. Calculation of any actual Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Amount is only made once death benefit proceeds become payable under your Contract.

Owner Change

If there is an Owner change to someone other than the previous Owner’s spouse, to a Trust or non-natural entity where the Owner and Annuitant are not the same person prior to the Owner change, or if an Owner is added that is not the Owner’s spouse, the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Amount will be reset to equal the Total Adjusted Purchase Payments amount (under the Death Benefit Amount) on the effective date of the Owner change (the “Change Date”). An Owner change to a Trust or non-natural entity where the Owner and the Annuitant are the same person prior to the Owner change, will not trigger a reset.

On each Contract Anniversary after the Change Date and before the oldest Owner (annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner) reaches his or her 81st birthday (each of these Contract Anniversaries is a “Milestone Date”), we recalculate the Death Benefit Amount for each Milestone Date and set it equal to the greater of:

· the Contract Value on that Contract Anniversary, or

· the Total Adjusted Purchase Payments on the Change Date.

We then adjust the Death Benefit Amount for each Milestone Date by:

· adding the aggregate amount of Purchase Payments received by us since that Milestone Date, and

· subtracting a Pro Rata Reduction for each withdrawal that has occurred since that Milestone Date.

The highest of these adjusted Death Benefit Amounts for each Milestone Date, as of the Notice Date, is your Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Amount if you purchase this Rider. Calculation of any actual Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Amount is only made once death benefit proceeds become payable under your Contract.

Any death benefit paid under this Rider will be paid in accordance with the Death Benefit Proceeds section above.

See DEATH BENEFIT AMOUNT AND STEPPED-UP DEATH BENEFIT II AND III SAMPLE CALCULATIONS APPENDIX.

Termination

The Rider will remain in effect until the earlier of:

· the date you reduce your Contract Value to zero (0) through a withdrawal,

· the date death benefit proceeds become payable under the Contract (unless Spousal Continuation is elected),

· the date the Contract is terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Contract, or

· the Annuity Date.

The Rider may not otherwise be cancelled.

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Stepped-Up Death Benefit III

This Rider is only available for Contracts issued in California.

This optional Rider offers you the ability to lock in market gains for your beneficiaries with a stepped-up death benefit, which is the highest Contract Value on any previous Contract Anniversary (prior to the oldest Annuitant’s 81st birthday) increased by the amount of additional Purchase Payments and decreased by withdrawals that you make. The Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Amount described in this Rider will not be paid if an Owner dies who is not an Annuitant.

Purchasing the Rider

You may purchase this optional Rider at the time your application is completed and before your Contract is issued. You may not purchase this Rider after the Contract Date. This Rider may only be purchased if the age of each Owner and Annuitant is 75 or younger on the Contract Date.

How the Rider Works

Here are a few definitions regarding the Death Benefit Amount:

Total Adjusted Purchase Payments – The sum of all Purchase Payments made to the Contract, reduced by a Pro Rata Reduction for each prior withdrawal.

Pro Rata Reduction – The reduction percentage that is calculated at the time of a withdrawal by dividing the amount of the withdrawal (including any applicable withdrawal charges) by the Contract Value immediately prior to the withdrawal. The reduction made, when the Contract Value is less than the sum of all Purchase Payments made into the Contract, may be greater than actual amount withdrawn.

If you purchase this Rider at the time your application is completed, upon the death of the first Annuitant, prior to the Annuity Date, the death benefit proceeds will be equal to the greater of (a) or (b) below:

(a) the Death Benefit Amount (as of the Notice Date)

The Death Benefit Amount as of any Business Day before the Annuity Date is equal to the greater of:

· your Contract Value as of that day, or

· the Total Adjusted Purchase Payments.

(b) the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Amount as of the Notice Date.

The actual Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Amount is calculated only when death benefit proceeds become payable as a result of the death of the first Annuitant, prior to the Annuity Date.

First we calculate what the Death Benefit Amount would have been as of your first Contract Anniversary and each subsequent Contract Anniversary that occurs before death benefit proceeds become payable and before the oldest Annuitant reaches his or her 81st birthday (each of these Contract Anniversaries is a “Milestone Date”).

We then adjust the Death Benefit Amount for each Milestone Date by:

· adding the aggregate amount of any Purchase Payments received by us since the Milestone Date, and

· subtracting a Pro Rata Reduction for each withdrawal that has occurred since that Milestone Date. The reduction made, when the Contract Value is less than aggregate Purchase Payments made into the Contract, may be greater than the actual amount withdrawn.

The highest of these adjusted Death Benefit Amounts for each Milestone Date, as of the Notice Date, is your Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Amount. Calculation of any actual Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Amount is only made once death benefit proceeds become payable under your Contract.

If the death of the first Annuitant occurs before the first Milestone Date and before the Annuity Date, the death benefit proceeds will be equal to the Death Benefit Amount as of the Notice Date and the Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit Amount will not apply.

Any death benefit paid under this Rider will be paid in accordance with the Death Benefit Proceeds section above.

See DEATH BENEFIT AMOUNT AND STEPPED-UP DEATH BENEFIT II and III SAMPLE CALCULATIONS APPENDIX.

Termination

The Rider will remain in effect until the earlier of:

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· the date a full withdrawal of the amount available for withdrawal is made under the Contract,

· the date death benefit proceeds become payable under the Contract (unless Spousal Continuation is elected),

· the date the Contract is terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Contract, or

· the Annuity Date.

The Rider may not otherwise be cancelled.

Earnings Enhancement Death Benefit (EEDB)

This Rider version is not available for Contracts issued in California. See the EEDB version below for Contracts issued in California.

This optional rider may provide for an additional amount based on Earnings (EEDB amount) to be included in the death benefit proceeds when such proceeds become payable. The EEDB amount is a percentage of Earnings based on the age of the Oldest Owner (or oldest Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner) as of the Rider Effective Date.

Purchasing the Rider

You may purchase this Rider on the Contract Date or within 60 calendar days after the Contract Date. If you purchase the Rider within 60 calendar days after the Contract Date, we will make the Rider Effective Date coincide with that Contract Date.

You may purchase this Rider only if the age of each Owner and Annuitant is 75 years or younger on the date of purchase. The date of purchase is the Rider Effective Date as shown in your Contract. If an Owner change is made and the age of any new Owner is older than 75 years on the effective date of the Owner change (see the Owner Change subsection below), the Rider will terminate.

How the Rider Works

If you purchase this Rider, an Earnings Enhancement Death Benefit amount (EEDB Amount) is added to the death benefit proceeds when such proceeds become payable as a result of the death of an Owner (or any Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner).

If no Owner change has occurred, the EEDB Amount is calculated as follows:

If the age of the oldest Owner (or oldest Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner) was age 69 or younger on the Rider Effective Date, the EEDB Amount is equal to:

· 40% of Earnings

If the age of the oldest Owner (or oldest Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner) was age 70 to 75 on the Rider Effective Date, the EEDB Amount is equal to:

· 25% of Earnings

If there is an Owner change to someone other than the previous Owner’s spouse, to a Trust or non-natural entity where the Owner and Annuitant are not the same person prior to the Owner change, or if an Owner is added that is not the Owner’s spouse, the EEDB Amount is calculated as follows:

If the age of the oldest Owner (or oldest Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner) was age 69 or younger on the effective date of the Owner change (“Change Date”), the EEDB Amount is equal to:

· 40% of Earnings

If the age of the oldest Owner (or oldest Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner) was age 70 to 75 on the Change Date, the EEDB Amount is equal to:

· 25% of Earnings

In any event, for purposes of calculating the EEDB Amount, Earnings are equal to the Contract Value as of the date of death minus Remaining Purchase Payments.

An Owner change to a Trust or non-natural entity where the Owner and Annuitant are the same person prior to the Owner change, will not be treated as an Owner change for purposes of this Rider.

Remaining Purchase Payments is defined as (a), (b) or (c) below:

(a) If the Rider is effective on the Contract Date and there is no Owner change, Remaining Purchase Payments are equal to:

· the Initial Purchase Payment, plus

· any additional Purchase Payments added, minus

· the amount that each withdrawal exceeds the amount of Earnings in the Contract immediately prior to such withdrawal. Withdrawals are assumed to be taken first from Earnings, then from Purchase Payments.

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(b) Owner Change - If the Rider is effective on the Contract Date and an Owner change occurred, Remaining Purchase Payments are equal to:

· the greater of the Contract Value as of the Change Date or the Remaining Purchase Payments defined in paragraph (a) above, plus

· any additional Purchase Payments added since the Change Date, minus

· the amount that each withdrawal taken after the Change Date exceeds the amount of Earnings in the Contract accumulated since the Change Date. Withdrawals are assumed to be taken from Earnings first, then from Purchase Payments.

(c) Spousal Continuation - If the Surviving Spouse continues the Contract and this Rider, Remaining Purchase Payments are equal to:

· the greater of the Contract Value on the Continuation Date or the Remaining Purchase Payments as defined in applicable paragraph (a) or (b) above, plus

· any additional Purchase Payments added to the Contract since the Continuation Date, minus

· the amount that each withdrawal taken after the Continuation Date exceeds the amount of Earnings in the Contract accumulated since the Continuation Date. Withdrawals are assumed to be taken first from Earnings, then from Purchase Payments.

If the Surviving Spouse of the deceased Owner continues the Contract in accordance with its terms and conditions, then all provisions of the Rider for the Surviving Spouse will be based on the age of the Surviving Spouse on the date the death benefit becomes payable under the Contract (the “Continuation Date”). If the Surviving Spouse is over age 75 on the Continuation Date, the Rider will not be continued for such Surviving Spouse and the benefits and charges provided by the Rider will no longer be applied.

See EARNINGS ENHANCEMENT DEATH BENEFIT (EEDB) SAMPLE CALCULATIONS APPENDIX.

Subsequent Purchase Payments

We reserve the right to reject or restrict, at our discretion, any additional Purchase Payments. If we decide to no longer accept Purchase Payments, we will not accept subsequent Purchase Payments for your Contract or any other optional riders that you may own while this Rider remains in effect.

Termination

Once purchased, the Rider will remain in effect until the earlier of:

· the date a full withdrawal of the amount available for withdrawal is made under the Contract,

· the date a death benefit becomes payable under the Contract (unless Spousal Continuation is elected) (the Notice Date),

· the date the Contract is terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Contract,

· the Change Date, if the new Owner is greater than age 75,

· the date the Contract is continued via the Spousal Continuation provision and the Surviving Spouse is over the age of 75 on the Continuation Date,

· the date that the Contract Value is reduced to zero as a result of a withdrawal (including a withdrawal to satisfy a Required Minimum Distribution or a withdrawal taken under any living benefit rider attached to the Contract), or

· the Annuity Date.

The Rider may not otherwise be cancelled.

Earnings Enhancement Death Benefit (EEDB) (For California)

This Rider version is only available for Contracts issued in California.

This optional rider may provide for an additional amount based on Earnings (EEDB amount) to be included in the death benefit proceeds when such proceeds become payable. The EEDB amount is a percentage of Earnings based on the age of the oldest Annuitant as of the Rider Effective Date.

Purchasing the Rider

You may purchase this Rider on the Contract Date or within 60 calendar days after the Contract Date. If you purchase the Rider within 60 calendar days after the Contract Date, we will make the Rider Effective Date coincide with that Contract Date.

You may purchase this Rider only if the age of each Owner and Annuitant is 75 years or younger on the date of purchase. The date of purchase is the Rider Effective Date as shown in your Contract.

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How the Rider Works

If you purchase this Rider, an Earnings Enhancement Death Benefit amount (EEDB Amount) is added to the death benefit proceeds when such proceeds become payable as a result of the death of any Annuitant.

The EEDB Amount is calculated as follows:

If the age of the oldest Annuitant was age 69 or younger on the Rider Effective Date, the EEDB Amount is equal to:

· 40% of Earnings

If the age of the oldest Annuitant was age 70 to 75 on the Rider Effective Date, the EEDB Amount is equal to:

· 25% of Earnings

For purposes of calculating the EEDB Amount, Earnings are equal to the Contract Value as of the date of death minus Remaining Purchase Payments.

Remaining Purchase Payments is defined as (a), or (b) below:

(a) If the Rider is effective on the Contract Date the Remaining Purchase Payments are equal to:

· the Initial Purchase Payment, plus

· any additional Purchase Payments added, minus

· the amount that each withdrawal exceeds the amount of Earnings in the Contract immediately prior to such withdrawal. Withdrawals are assumed to be taken first from Earnings, then from Purchase Payments.

(b) Spousal Continuation - If the Surviving Spouse continues the Contract and this Rider, Remaining Purchase Payments are equal to:

· the greater of the Contract Value on the Continuation Date or the Remaining Purchase Payments as defined in applicable paragraph (a) above, plus

· any additional Purchase Payments added to the Contract since the Continuation Date, minus

· the amount that each withdrawal taken after the Continuation Date exceeds the amount of Earnings in the Contract accumulated since the Continuation Date. Withdrawals are assumed to be taken first from Earnings accumulated since the Contract Continuation Date, then from Purchase Payments.

If the Surviving Spouse of the deceased Owner (or Surviving Spouse of the Annuitant in the case of a custodial owned IRA or TSA) continues the Contract in accordance with its terms and conditions, then all provisions of the Rider for the Surviving Spouse will be based on the age of the Surviving Spouse on the date the death benefit becomes payable under the Contract (the “Continuation Date”). If the Surviving Spouse is over age 75 on the Continuation Date, the Rider will not be continued for such Surviving Spouse and the benefits and charges provided by the Rider will no longer be applied.

See EARNINGS ENHANCEMENT DEATH BENEFIT (EEDB) SAMPLE CALCULATIONS APPENDIX.

Subsequent Purchase Payments

We reserve the right to reject or restrict, at our discretion, any additional Purchase Payments. If we decide to no longer accept Purchase Payments, we will not accept subsequent Purchase Payments for your Contract or any other optional riders that you may own while this Rider remains in effect.

Termination

Once purchased, the Rider will remain in effect until the earlier of:

· the date a full withdrawal of the amount available for withdrawal is made under the Contract,

· the date a death benefit becomes payable under the Contract (unless Spousal Continuation is elected) (the Notice Date),

· the date the Contract is terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Contract,

· the date the Contract is continued via the Spousal Continuation provision and the Surviving Spouse is over the age of 75 on the Continuation Date,

· the date that the Contract Value is reduced to zero as a result of a withdrawal (including a withdrawal to satisfy a Required Minimum Distribution or a withdrawal taken under any living benefit rider attached to the Contract), or

· the Annuity Date.

The Rider may not otherwise be cancelled.

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WITHDRAWALS

Optional Withdrawals

You may, on or prior to your Annuity Date, withdraw all or a portion of the amount available under your Contract while the Owner (or Annuitant in the case of a Non-Natural Owner) is living and your Contract is in force. You may surrender your Contract and make a full withdrawal at any time. If you surrender your Contract it will be terminated as of the Effective Date of the withdrawal. Beginning 30 calendar days after your Contract Date, you also may make partial withdrawals from your Investment Options at any time. Currently, we are not requiring the 30-day waiting period on partial withdrawals, but we reserve the right to require a 30-day waiting period on partial withdrawals in the future. We will provide you at least 30 calendar days prior notice before we implement the 30-day waiting period on partial withdrawals. You may request to withdraw a specific dollar amount or a specific percentage of an Account Value or your Net Contract Value. You may choose to make your withdrawal from specified Investment Options. If you do not specify Investment Options, your withdrawal will be made from all of your Investment Options proportionately. See HOW YOUR PURCHASE PAYMENTS ARE ALLOCATED – Transfers and Market-timing Restrictions and THE GENERAL ACCOUNT.

Each partial withdrawal must be for $500 or more. Pre-authorized partial withdrawals must be at least $250, except for pre-authorized withdrawals distributed by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), which must be at least $100. If your partial withdrawal from an Investment Option would leave a remaining Account Value in that Investment Option of less than $500, we also reserve the right, at our option, to transfer that remaining amount to your other Investment Options on a proportionate basis relative to your most recent allocation instructions.

If your partial withdrawal leaves you with a Net Contract Value of less than $1,000, or if your partial withdrawal request is for an amount exceeding the amount available for withdrawal, as described in the Amount Available for Withdrawal section below, we have the right, at our option, to terminate your Contract and send you the withdrawal proceeds. However, we will not terminate your Contract if a partial withdrawal reduces the Net Contract Value to an amount less than $1,000 and there is a withdrawal benefit rider in effect. Partial withdrawals from any fixed option in any Contract Year may be subject to restrictions.

See HOW YOUR PURCHASE PAYMENTS ARE ALLOCATED – Transfers and Market-timing Restrictions.

Distributions made due to divorce instructions or under Code Section 72(t)/72(q) (substantially equal periodic payments) are treated as withdrawals for Contract purposes and may result in a withdrawal charge assessment.

Amount Available for Withdrawal

The amount available for withdrawal is your Net Contract Value (Contract Value less Contract Debt) at the end of the Business Day on which your withdrawal request is effective, less any applicable Annual Fee, optional Rider Charges, withdrawal charge, and any charge for premium taxes and/or other taxes. The amount we send to you (your “withdrawal proceeds”) will also reflect any required or requested federal and state income tax withholding. See FEDERAL TAX ISSUES and THE GENERAL ACCOUNT. If you own optional Riders, taking a withdrawal before a certain age or a withdrawal that is greater than the allowed annual withdrawal amount under a Rider, may result in adverse consequences such as a reduction in Rider benefits, failure to receive lifetime withdrawals under the Rider, or termination of the rider.

You assume investment risk on Purchase Payments in the Subaccounts. As a result, the amount available to you for withdrawal from any Subaccount may be more or less than the total Purchase Payments you have allocated to that Subaccount.

Withdrawals Free of a Withdrawal Charge

Subject to the amount available for withdrawal provisions described above, during a Contract Year you may withdraw your Earnings plus your “eligible Purchase Payments” without incurring a withdrawal charge. Eligible Purchase Payments include 10% of all remaining Purchase Payments at the beginning of a Contract Year that have an “age” of less than 6 years for the 5 Year Option or 4 years for the 3 Year Option, plus 10% of any Purchase Payments received during the Contract Year plus 100% of any remaining Purchase Payments that have an age of 6 years or more for the 5 Year Option and 4 years or more for the 3 Year Option. Our calculations of the withdrawal charge deduct this “free 10%” from your “oldest” Purchase Payment that is still subject to the withdrawal charge. Withdrawals of mandatory required minimums from certain Qualified Plans and the maximum annual withdrawal amount allowed under a living benefit rider count towards the calculation of the free withdrawal amount for a Contract Year. Any portion of your eligible Purchase Payments not withdrawn during a Contract Year may not be carried over to the next Contract Year.

For example using the 5 Year Option: You make an initial Purchase Payment of $10,000 in Contract Year 1, and make additional Purchase Payments of $1,000 and $6,000 in Contract Year 2. With Earnings, your Contract Value in Contract Year 3 is $19,000. In Contract Year 3, you may withdraw $3,700 free of the withdrawal charge (your remaining Purchase Payments were $17,000, so 10% of that total equals $1,700, plus you had $2,000 of Earnings). After this withdrawal, your Contract Value is $15,300. In Contract Year 4, your Contract Value falls to $12,500; you may withdraw $1,530 (10% of $15,300; $15,300 represents the remaining Purchase Payments) free of any withdrawal charges.

The free 10% may also apply to redemptions made after the Annuity Date. See ANNUITIZATION – Choosing Your Annuity Option – Annuity Options for Free Withdrawal amounts that apply to redemptions after the Annuity Date.

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Qualified Contracts have special restrictions on withdrawals. For purposes of determining the free withdrawal amounts, withdrawal of mandatory required distributions from certain Qualified Contracts are included within the calculations. For additional information, see Special Restrictions Under Qualified Plans below.

Pre-Authorized Withdrawals

If your Contract Value is at least $5,000, you may select the pre-authorized withdrawal option, and you may choose monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual withdrawals. Currently, we are not enforcing the minimum Contract Value amount but we reserve the right to enforce the minimum amount in the future. We will provide at least a 30 calendar day prior notice before we enforce the minimum Contract Value amount. Each withdrawal must be for at least $250, except for withdrawals distributed by Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), which must be at least $100. Each pre-authorized withdrawal is subject to federal income tax on its taxable portion and may be subject to a tax penalty of 10% if you have not reached age 59½. Pre-authorized withdrawals cannot be used to continue the Contract beyond the Annuity Date. See FEDERAL TAX ISSUES and THE GENERAL ACCOUNT. Additional information and options are set forth in the SAI. If you have a guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit rider in effect, pre-authorized withdrawals cannot take place on your Contract Anniversary.

Special Requirements for Withdrawals and Payments to Third Party Payees

Withdrawals may not be directed to individual third-party payees. If you wish to have a full or partial withdrawal check made payable to a third-party payee that is a financial institution, trust, or charity, you must provide complete instructions and the request may require an original signature and/or signature guarantee.

Special Restrictions Under Qualified Plans

Qualified Plans may have additional rules regarding withdrawals from a Contract purchased under such a Plan. In general, if your Contract was issued under certain Qualified Plans, you may not withdraw amounts attributable to contributions made pursuant to a salary reduction agreement (as defined in Section 402(g)(3)(A) of the Code) or to transfers from a custodial account (as defined in Section 403(b)(7) of the Code) except in cases of your:

· severance from employment,

· death,

· disability as defined in Section 72(m)(7) of the Code,

· distributions upon termination of a Qualified Plan,

· reaching age 59½, or

· hardship as defined for purposes of Section 401 of the Code.

These limitations do not affect certain rollovers or exchanges between Qualified Plans, and do not apply to rollovers from these Qualified Plans to an individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity. In the case of a 403(b) plan, these limitations do not apply to certain salary reduction contributions made, and investment results earned, prior to dates specified in the Code.

Hardship withdrawals under the exception provided above are restricted to amounts attributable to salary reduction contributions, and do not include investment results. This additional restriction does not apply to salary reduction contributions made, or investment results earned, prior to dates specified in the Code.

Certain distributions, including rollovers, may be subject to mandatory withholding of 20% for federal income tax and to a tax penalty of 10% if the distribution is not transferred directly to the trustee of another Qualified Plan, or to the custodian of an individual retirement account or issuer of an individual retirement annuity. See FEDERAL TAX ISSUES. Distributions may also trigger withholding for state income taxes. The tax and ERISA rules relating to withdrawals from Contracts issued to Qualified Plans are complex. We are not the administrator of any Qualified Plan. You should consult your qualified tax advisor and/or your Plan Administrator before you withdraw any portion of your Contract Value.

Effective Date of Withdrawal Requests

Withdrawal requests we receive before the close of the New York Stock Exchange, which usually closes at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time, will be effective at the end of the same Business Day that we receive them In Proper Form unless the transaction or event is scheduled to occur on another Business Day. We will normally send the proceeds within 7 calendar days after your request is effective. See ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - Timing of Payments and Transactions. If a Purchase Payment is made by check and you submit a withdrawal request immediately afterwards, we may hold the check and the payment of any withdrawal proceeds may be delayed until we receive confirmation in our Service Center that your check has cleared. In general, a delay of the payment of withdrawal proceeds during the check hold period will not exceed ten Business Days after we receive your withdrawal request In Proper Form. If we delay the payment of withdrawal proceeds during the check hold period, we will calculate the value of your withdrawal proceeds as of the end of the Business Day we received your withdrawal request In Proper Form.

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Tax Consequences of Withdrawals

All withdrawals, including pre-authorized withdrawals, will generally have federal income tax consequences, which could include tax penalties. You should consult with a qualified tax advisor before making any withdrawal or selecting the pre-authorized withdrawal option. See FEDERAL TAX ISSUES.

Right to Cancel (“Free Look”)

You may return your Contract for cancellation and a refund during your Free Look period. Your Free Look period is usually the 10-calendar day period beginning on the calendar day you receive your Contract, but may vary if required by state law or if you are replacing another annuity contract or life insurance policy. The amount of your refund may be more or less than the Purchase Payments you have made. If a Purchase Payment is made by check other than a cashier’s check, we may hold the check and the payment of any refund during the “Right to Cancel” period may be delayed until we receive confirmation in our Service Center that your check has cleared. If you return your Contract and provide cancellation instructions and it is post-marked during the Free Look period, it will be cancelled as of the date we receive your Contract and cancellation instructions In Proper Form. In most states, you will then receive a refund of your Contract Value, based upon the next determined Accumulated Unit Value (AUV) after we receive your Contract for cancellation, plus a refund of any amount that may have been deducted as Contract fees and charges. Your refund amount may be subject to income tax consequences, which include tax penalties. You should consult with a qualified tax advisor before cancelling your Contract for a refund.

In some states we are required to refund your Purchase Payments. If your Contract was issued in such a state and you cancel your Contract during the Free Look period, we will return the greater of your Purchase Payments (less any withdrawals made) or the Contract Value. In addition, if your Contract was issued as an IRA and you return your Contract within 7 calendar days after you receive it, we will return the greater of your Purchase Payments (less any withdrawals made) or the Contract Value, plus any amount that may have been deducted as Contract fees and charges.

Your Purchase Payments are allocated to the Investment Options you indicated on your application, unless otherwise required by state law. If state law requires that your Purchase Payments must be allocated to Investment Options different than you requested (for example, California requires that the initial purchase payment be held in a money market fund if the purchaser is over the age of 60 and chose the return of Purchase Payments option at Contract purchase during the Free Look period), we will comply with state requirements. At the end of the Free Look period, we will allocate your Purchase Payments based on your allocation instructions.

See ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – State Considerations.

For replacement business, the Free Look period may be extended and the amount returned (Purchase Payment versus Contract Value) may be different than for non-replacement business. Please consult with your financial professional if you have any questions regarding your state’s Free Look period and the amount of any refund.

You will find a complete description of the Free Look period and amount to be refunded that applies to your Contract on the Contract’s cover page.

If your Contract is issued in exchange for another annuity contract or a life insurance policy, our administrative procedures may vary, depending on the state in which your Contract is issued.

OPTIONAL LIVING BENEFIT RIDERS

General Information

Optional riders are subject to availability (including state availability) and may be discontinued for purchase at any time. If we decide to discontinue offering an optional rider, we will amend this Prospectus. Before purchasing any optional rider, make sure you understand all of the terms and conditions and consult with your financial professional for advice on whether an optional rider is appropriate for you. We reserve the right to only allow the purchase of an optional living benefit rider at Contract issue and will give prior written notice and amend the prospectus to reflect such a change. Your election to purchase an optional rider must be received In Proper Form.

We reserve the right to reject or restrict, at our discretion, any additional Purchase Payments. If we decide to no longer accept Purchase Payments for any rider, we will not accept subsequent Purchase Payments for your Contract or any other optional living benefit riders that you may own, and you will not be able to increase your Contract Value or increase any protected amounts under your optional living benefit rider by making additional Purchase Payments into your Contract. We may reject or restrict additional Purchase Payments to help protect our ability to provide the guarantees under these riders (for example, changes in current economic factors or general market conditions). If we decide to no longer accept Purchase Payments, we will provide at least 30 calendar days advance written notice. See the Subsequent Purchase Payments subsection of the riders for additional information.

Living benefit riders available through this Contract, for an additional cost, are categorized as guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit or guaranteed minimum accumulation benefit riders. The following is a list of riders currently available:

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Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit

· Enhanced Income Select (Single or Joint)

· CoreIncome Advantage Select (Single or Joint)

The guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit riders focus on providing an income stream for life through withdrawals during the accumulation phase, if certain conditions are met. The riders vary in the rider charge, percentage that may be withdrawn each year, how long the withdrawals may last (for example, for a single life or for joint lives), what age lifetime withdrawals may begin (59½ for the Enhanced Income Select riders and 65 for the CoreIncome Advantage Select riders), if applicable, or if an annual credit is available. The riders also offer the potential to lock in market gains on each Contract Anniversary which may increase the annual amount you may withdraw each year under the rider. For riders that offer the potential for lifetime income, if the Designated Life (or youngest Designated Life for joint versions) is at or above the age for lifetime withdrawal eligibility, the riders provide an income stream regardless of market performance, even if your Contract Value is reduced to zero (due to withdrawals, fees, market performance, or otherwise). If every Designated Life (youngest Designated Life for joint versions) is below the age for lifetime withdrawal eligibility and your Contract Value goes to zero (due to withdrawals, fees, market performance, or otherwise) before the Designated Life (youngest Designated Life for joint versions) reaches the eligibility age for lifetime withdrawals, the rider will terminate without value and no further withdrawal may be made under the rider.

A guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit rider may be purchased along with any available guaranteed minimum accumulation benefit rider and/or a guaranteed minimum death benefit rider.

Below is a comparison of some of the guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit rider features. Working with your financial professional, see the individual rider descriptions after this section for complete information about each optional rider and its features and benefits.

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Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefit

· Protected Investment Benefit (5 Year Option)

· Protected Investment Benefit (10 Year Option)

The guaranteed minimum accumulation benefit rider focuses on providing principal protection, if certain conditions are met. If your Contract Value is less than the protected amount at the end of the applicable term, we will make up the difference by making a one-time addition to your Contract Value.

Below is a comparison of some of the guaranteed minimum accumulation benefit rider features. Working with your financial professional, see the individual rider descriptions after this section for complete information about each optional rider and its features and benefits.

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You can find complete information about each rider and its key features and benefits below.

You may purchase an optional Rider on the Contract Date or on any Contract Anniversary (if available). In addition, if you purchase a Rider within 60 calendar days after the Contract Date or, if available, within 60 calendar days after any Contract Anniversary, the Rider Effective Date will be that Contract Date or Contract Anniversary. Your election to purchase an optional Rider must be received In Proper Form. You can find complete purchasing and eligibility information about each optional Rider in the Purchasing Your Rider subsection of each Rider.

Distributions made due to a request for partial annuitization, divorce instructions or under Code Section 72(t)/72(q) (substantially equal periodic payments) are treated as withdrawals for Contract purposes and may adversely affect Rider benefits.

Taking a withdrawal before a certain age or a withdrawal that is greater than the annual withdrawal amount (“excess withdrawal”) under a particular Rider may result in adverse consequences such as a permanent reduction in Rider benefits, the failure to receive lifetime withdrawals under a Rider, or termination of the Rider.

Some optional riders allow for owner elected Resets/Step-Ups. If you elect to Reset/Step-Up, your election must be received, In Proper Form, within 60 calendar days after the Contract Anniversary (“60 day period”) on which the Reset/Step-Up is effective. We may, at our sole discretion, allow Resets/Step-Ups after the 60 calendar day period. We reserve the right to refuse a Reset/Step-Up request after the 60 calendar day period regardless of whether we may have allowed you or others to Reset/Step-Up in the past. Each Contract Anniversary starts a new 60 calendar day period in which a Reset/Step-Up may be elected.

Some broker/dealers may limit their clients from purchasing some living benefit riders based upon the client’s age or other factors. You should work with your financial professional to decide whether a living benefit rider is appropriate for you.

Taking a loan while an optional living benefit Rider is in effect will terminate your Rider. Work with your financial professional before taking a loan.

Work with your financial professional to review the different riders available for purchase, how they function, how the riders differ from one another, and to understand all of the terms and conditions of a living benefit rider prior to purchase.

Investment Allocation Requirements

At initial purchase and during the entire time that you own an optional living benefit Rider, you must allocate your entire Contract Value to an asset allocation program or Investment Options we make available for these Riders. You may allocate your Contract

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