Form 485BPOS AMERICAN FAMILY VARIABLE
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2025
Registration Nos. 333-45592
and 811-10121
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 31
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
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AMERICAN FAMILY VARIABLE ACCOUNT II
(Exact Name of Registered Separate Account)
AMERICAN FAMILY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(Name of Insurance Company)
6000 American Parkway, Madison, Wisconsin 53783-0001
(Address of Insurance Company’s Principal Executive Offices)
Insurance Company's Telephone Number, including Area Code: 1-800-MY AMFAM (1-800-692-6326)
Christopher R. Pollek, Esq.
American Family Life Insurance Company
6000 American Parkway, Madison, Wisconsin 53783-0001
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Thomas E. Bisset
Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP
700 Sixth Street, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20001-3980
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: Continuously on and after the effective date of this Registration Statement
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
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immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
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on May 1, 2025 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
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60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
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on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
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If appropriate, check the following box:
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Check each box that appropriately characterizes the Registrant:
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New Registrant (as applicable, a Registered Separate Account or Insurance Company that has not filed a Securities Act registration statement or amendment thereto within 3 years preceding this filing)
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Emerging Growth Company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”))
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If an Emerging Growth Company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of
Securities Act
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Insurance Company relying on Rule 12h-7 under the Exchange Act
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Smaller reporting company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act
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Variable Annuity
Prospectus
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May 1, 2025
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American Family Variable
Annuity Contract
Flexible Premium Variable Annuity
issued by
American Family Life Insurance Company
through the
American Family Variable Account II
administered by
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
The American Family Variable Annuity Contract (the “Contract”) currently has 11 funding choices – one Fixed Account (paying a guaranteed minimum fixed rate of interest) and 10 Subaccounts.
For additional information regarding each of these investment options, see Appendix A to this prospectus: Investment Options Available Under the Contract.
The Contract is not available to new purchasers.
Please read this prospectus carefully before investing, and keep it for future reference. It contains important information about the Contract. All material state variations are described in the
prospectus.
We have filed the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) with the SEC and have incorporated it by reference into this prospectus. (It is legally a part of this prospectus.)
The SEC maintains an Internet website (http://www.sec.gov) that contains the SAI and other information about Us. You may also read and copy these materials at the SEC’s public reference room in
Washington, D.C. Call 1-800-SEC-0330 for information about the SEC’s public reference room.
The Contract is a complex investment and involves certain risks, and you may lose some or all of your investment.
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The contract is not a short-term investment and is not appropriate for an investor who needs ready access to cash. Withdrawals could result in surrender charges, taxes and tax penalties.
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The investment performance of the portfolios in which the Subaccounts invest will vary.
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We do not guarantee how any of the portfolios will perform.
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The Contract is not a deposit or obligation of any bank, and no bank endorses or guarantees the Contract.
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Neither the U.S. Government nor any Federal agency insures your investment in the Contract.
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Our obligations under the contract are subject to Our financial strength and claims-paying ability.
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Additional information about certain investment products, including variable annuities, has been prepared by the SEC and is available at Investor.gov.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Has Not Approved or Disapproved the Contract or Determined That This Prospectus Is Accurate or Complete. Any Representation to the Contrary Is a
Criminal Offense.
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For your convenience, We are providing a glossary of the special terms We use in this prospectus.
Accumulation Period
The period of time beginning on the Annuity Contract Date and ending on the earlier of:
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the Annuity Commencement Date; or
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the date this Contract terminates.
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Accumulation Value
The amount during the Accumulation Period calculated as:
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the Variable Account Accumulation Value; plus
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the Fixed Account Accumulation Value.
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Administrative Service Center
An office to which the Owner should direct all inquiries and correspondence regarding the Contract, including items such as Beneficiary changes and requests for surrender, partial surrenders and
transfers. The address of the Administrative Service Center is P.O. Box 219409, Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9409. The telephone number of the Administrative Service Center is 1-877-781-3520.
American Family, We, Us, Our
American Family Life Insurance Company.
Annuitant
The person named as the proposed Annuitant on the Application or named as the Joint Annuitant, whose life determines the benefits payable.
Annuity Commencement Date
The date, unless later changed, on which We base the beginning date of the income payments.
Annuity Contract Date
The date shown on the Contract schedule that determines each:
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Contract anniversary; and
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Contract month.
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Application
The form completed by the proposed Annuitant(s) and/or proposed Owner when applying for coverage under the Contract. This includes any amendments or endorsements or supplemental applications.
Attained Age
The Annuitant’s age, at his/her nearest birthday.
Beneficiary
The person selected to receive the Death Benefit if an Owner dies before the Annuity Commencement Date or upon the death of the Annuitant.
Business Day
A day when the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading, except for any day that a Subaccount’s corresponding investment option does not value its shares. Assets are valued at the close of the
Business Day, the close of the New York Stock Exchange (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time).
Code
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Death Benefit
The amount that We will pay upon the death of the Owner or the Annuitant.
Fixed Account
An account in which the Accumulation Value accrues interest at no less than the guaranteed minimum rate. The Fixed Account is part of Our General Account.
Fixed Account Accumulation Value
The amount under the Annuity Contract in the Fixed Account.
Free-Look Period
The period during which you may examine the Contract and receive a refund by either returning the Contract to Us or providing written notice of cancellation.
Fund
An open-end diversified management investment company or unit investment trust in whose Portfolio a Subaccount invests.
General Account
All Our assets other than those allocated to the Variable Account or any other separate account. We have complete ownership and control of the assets of the General Account.
Good Order
This means the actual receipt by Us of the instructions relating to a transaction in writing – or when appropriate by telephone – along with all forms, information and supporting legal documentation
(including any required consents) We require in order to effect the transaction. To be in “good order,” instructions must be sufficiently clear so that We do not need to exercise any discretion to follow such instructions.
Income Payments
The amount that the Proceeds or Death Benefit will provide when applied under a settlement option of this Contract. Payments can be made on a monthly, quarterly, semiannual or annual basis.
Issue Date
The date that this Contract was issued.
Owner (you, your)
The person named in the Application as the Owner, unless later changed according to the conditions and provisions of this Contract.
Planned Premium
The amount that the Owner requests to be billed, unless later changed.
Premium Tax
The amount of tax, if any, charged by a Federal, state, or other governmental entity on premium payments or contract values.
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Proceeds
The amount We pay subject to the Contract’s provisions:
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upon full or partial annuitization.
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Remittance Processing Center
An address to which the Owner should send all premium payments. The address of the Remittance Processing Center is P.O. Box 219399, Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9399.
SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission, a United States government agency.
Surrender Charge
The contingent deferred sales charge is an amount subtracted from the Accumulation Value during the first nine years after each premium payment date upon surrender or partial surrender of the
Contract.
Surrender Value
An amount equal to: the Accumulation Value on the surrender date; minus any Surrender Charge, any applicable state Premium Tax and any portion of the annual contract fee due Us.
Valuation Period
The time between the close of business on a Business Day (typically 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) and the close of business on the next Business Day.
Variable Account
American Family Variable Account II.
Variable Account Accumulation Value
The amount under the Contract in the Variable Account.
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Overview of the Contract
These highlights provide only a brief overview of the more important features of the Contract. More detailed information about the Contract appears later in this prospectus. Please
read the remainder of this prospectus carefully.
Purpose
An annuity is a contract between you (the Owner) and an insurance company (American Family Life Insurance Company) in which you agree to make one or more payments to Us and, in return, We agree to pay a series of
payments to you at a later date. The Contract is designed for investors seeking long term tax deferred accumulation of funds. The goal for this accumulation is generally retirement, but may be for other long-term investment purposes. We offer the
Contract as both a Qualified Contract and a Non-Qualified Contract.
Phases of the Contract
Your Contract has two phases.
Phase 1: Accumulation Period: During the Accumulation Period, you can allocate money to any combination of investment options. You will have the opportunity to allocate
premiums to the Subaccounts and the Fixed Account. The Fixed Account has a minimum guaranteed interest rate of 3%. The assets of each Subaccount are invested in a corresponding Fund. Any earnings
on your investments accumulate tax-postponed until they are withdrawn. More information about each of these investment options is provided in the Appendix. See “Appendix A:
Investment Options Available Under the Contract.”
Phase 2: Payout Period: The payout period begins once you annuitize and start receiving regular income payments from the Contract. The money you can accumulate during the
Accumulation Period will directly determine the dollar amount of any income payments you receive. If you annuitize, you will be unable to make withdrawals, and the Death Benefits will terminate.
Contract Features
The American Family Variable Annuity Contract is a special kind of annuity that features:
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Flexible Premiums – you may add premium payments at any time during the Accumulation
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Tax-Postponement – you generally do not have to pay taxes on earnings until you take money out by surrender, partial surrender,
or We make income payments to you, or We pay the Death Benefit.
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Variable Investments – you can direct your premium into any of ten Subaccounts. Each Subaccount invests exclusively in a single
portfolio of a fund. The money you invest in the Subaccounts will fluctuate daily based on the performance of the portfolios. You bear the investment risk on the amounts you invest in the Subaccounts.
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You can also direct money to the Fixed Account. Amounts in the Fixed Account earn interest annually at a fixed rate that is guaranteed by Us never to be less than 3%, and may be more. We guarantee the interest, as
well as principal, on money placed in the Fixed Account, subject to Our financial strength and claims-paying ability.
How to Invest
You can pay an additional premium of $50 or more at any time before the Annuity Commencement Date. You must send all premium payments after the initial premium payment to Our Remittance Processing Center.
Alternatively, you may authorize Us to draw on an account by electronic debit.
We may limit the total premium(s) paid to Us during any Contract year.
The Contract is not available to new purchasers.
Transfers
You have the flexibility to transfer assets within your Contract. At any time during the Accumulation Period and after the first 20 days following the date We issue the Contract, you may transfer amounts among the
Subaccounts and between the Fixed Account and the Subaccounts. Certain restrictions apply.
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Transfers from one or more Subaccounts to the Fixed Account, from the Fixed Account to one or more Subaccounts or among the Subaccounts must be at least $250 or the total Accumulation
Value in the Subaccount(s) or Fixed Account, if less.
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Only one transfer may be made from the Fixed Account each Contract year.
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You may not transfer more than the greater of 25% of the Accumulation Value in the Fixed Account as of the date of transfer, or the amount transferred from the Fixed Account during the
preceding year. If such transfer causes the Accumulation Value in the Fixed Account to fall below $1,000, We will transfer the full Accumulation Value. Because of the limits on the amount of Accumulation Value that may be transferred from
the Fixed Account at any one time, it may take a number of years to transfer all of the Accumulation Value in the Fixed Account.
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You may make 12 free transfers each Contract year. We impose a $25 charge per transfer on each transfer after the twelfth during a Contract year. Transfers made under the asset reallocation and dollar cost averaging
programs do not count toward the 12 free transfers. (For Oregon contracts only: each transfer after the twelfth transfer in a Contract year is subject to Our approval.)
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Automatic Asset Reallocation Program
Under the automatic asset reallocation program, We will automatically transfer amounts monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or
annually to maintain a particular percentage allocation among the Subaccounts. Automatic asset reallocation is available only during the Accumulation Period. You cannot choose the Automatic Asset Reallocation Program if you are participating
in the Dollar Cost Averaging Program.
Dollar Cost Averaging Program
The dollar cost averaging program permits you to systematically transfer (on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, or annual basis) a
set dollar amount from the Vanguard VIF Money Market Subaccount or the Fidelity® VIP Government Money Market Subaccount to the other Subaccounts. Dollar cost averaging is available only during the Accumulation Period. The minimum
transfer amount is $250. You cannot choose the Dollar Cost Averaging Program if you are participating in the Automatic Asset Reallocation Program.
Access to Your Money
During the Accumulation Period, you may request a partial surrender of part of your Accumulation Value or you may also fully
surrender the Contract and receive its Surrender Value.
Partial surrenders are subject to the following conditions:
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the minimum amount you can withdraw is $250; and
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you may not make a partial surrender if the withdrawal plus the Surrender Charge and the partial surrender processing fee would cause the Accumulation Value to
fall below $1,000.
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Surrenders and partial surrenders may be subject to a Surrender Charge. In any Contract year after the first, you may withdraw a
portion of your Accumulation Value, called the free withdrawal amount, without incurring a Surrender Charge.
You may have to pay Federal income taxes and a penalty tax on any money you fully or partially surrender from the Contract.
Death Benefit
We will pay a Death Benefit on the death of the Annuitant or Owner before the Annuity Commencement Date.
The Death Benefit equals the greater of:
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the Accumulation Value on
the later of the date that We receive due proof of death and the date when We receive the Beneficiary’s instructions on payment method at Our Administrative Service Center (We must receive payment instructions within 60 days of the
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the minimum Death Benefit. The minimum Death Benefit equals the sum
of all premium payments, minus reductions for partial surrenders.
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If the Annuitant or Owner is Attained Age 80 or older at the time of death, the Death Benefit is the Accumulation Value as
determined above.
Settlement Options
The Contract allows you to receive income payments under one of six settlement options beginning on the Annuity Commencement Date
you select if the Contract has been in force at least five years. The latest Annuity Commencement Date you may select is the Contract anniversary when the oldest Annuitant is age 95. You may receive income payments for a specific period of
time, or for life with or without a guaranteed number of payments.
We will use your Accumulation Value (less any applicable Premium Taxes) on the Annuity Commencement Date to fund your income payments under the settlement option you choose.
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FEES, EXPENSES, AND ADJUSTMENTS
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Are There Charges or Adjustments for Early Withdrawals?
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Yes. If you surrender or partially surrender (withdraw money from) your Contract during the first nine Contract years, a Surrender Charge of up
to 8% will be deducted. In the tenth Contract year and after, there is no Surrender Charge. You will also pay a partial surrender processing fee of 2% of the amount withdrawn, up to $25, for each partial surrender.
For example, if you purchased a Contract for $100,000 and were to fully surrender (withdraw) $100,000 during the surrender charge period, you would be assessed a maximum charge of $8,000 on the amount
surrendered. Your loss will be greater if you also have to pay taxes or tax penalties.
Reference “Fees and Charges – Surrender Charge”
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Yes. In addition to Surrender Charges, you may be charged for other transactions such as when you complete more than 12 transfers during a Contract year.
Reference “Transfers Between Investment Options”
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Are There Ongoing Fees and Expenses?
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Yes. The table below describes the fees and expenses that you may pay each year, depending on the investment
options you choose. Please refer to your contract specifications page for information about the specific fees you will pay each year based on the options you have elected.
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Because your Contract is customizable, the choices you make affect how much you will pay. To help you understand the cost of owning your Contract, the following table shows the lowest and highest cost you
could pay each year, based on current charges. This estimate assumes that you do not take withdrawals from the Contract, which could add Surrender Charges that
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Lowest Annual Cost:
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Highest Annual Cost:
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Assumes:
• Investment of $100,000
• 5% annual appreciation
• Least expensive combination of Portfolio Company fees and expenses
• No optional benefits
• No sales charges
• No additional purchase payments, transfers, or withdrawals
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Assumes:
• Investment of $100,000
• 5% annual appreciation
• Most expensive combination of Portfolio Company fees and expenses
• No optional benefits
• No sales charges
• No additional purchase payments, transfers, or withdrawals
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Reference “Fee Table”, “Fees and Charges”, and “Appendix A: Investment Options Available Under the Contract”
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1 We calculate the Base Contract fee by dividing the total amount we receive from the annual contract fee, mortality and expense risk charge, and asset-based administrative charge for the last fiscal year by the total average net
assets attributable to the Contracts for that year.
2 As a percentage of Portfolio assets.
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Is There a Risk of Loss from Poor Performance?
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Yes. You can lose money by investing in this Contract, including loss of principal.
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Is this a Short-Term Investment?
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No. This Contract is not designed for short-term investing and is not appropriate for an investor who needs ready access to cash. Withdrawals may result in Surrender Charges, taxes, and tax
penalties.
Surrender Charges apply for up to nine Contract years and will reduce the value of your Contract if surrenders are made during that time.
The tax deferral benefit is more beneficial to investors with a long time horizon.
Reference “Principal Risks of Investing in the Contract – Surrender and Partial Surrender (withdrawal) Risks”
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Investment in the Contract is subject to the risk of poor investment performance and can vary depending on the performance of each of the Subaccounts. The Subaccounts and the Fixed Account each have their
own unique risks. You should review all of the investment options before making an investment decision.
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What Are the Risks Related to the Insurance Company?
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Any obligations, guarantees, and benefits of the contract, including the Fixed Account investment option, are subject to the claims-paying ability of American Family Life Insurance Company. If American
Family experiences financial distress, it may not be able to meet its obligations to you. More information about the financial condition of American Family Life Insurance Company is
available upon request by contacting Our Administrative Service Center.
Reference “The Fixed Account”
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Yes. The first 12 transfers during each Contract year are free. We will assess a transfer processing fee of $25 for each additional transfer during such Contract year.
We reserve the right to remove or substitute Portfolio Companies as investment options.
Before the Annuity Commencement Date, you may make one transfer each Contract year from the Fixed Account to one or more of the Subaccounts.
You may not transfer more than the greater of 25% of the Accumulation Value in the Fixed Account as of the date of transfer, or the amount transferred from the Fixed Account during the preceding year. If
such transfer causes the Accumulation Value in the Fixed Account to fall below $1,000, We will transfer the full Accumulation Value. Because of the limits on the amount of Accumulation Value that may be transferred from the Fixed
Account at any one time, it may take a number of years to transfer all of the Accumulation Value in the Fixed Account.
We reserve the right to revoke or modify the transfer privilege at any time.
We reserve the right to remove or substitute Portfolio Companies as investment options.
We may close Subaccounts to allocations of premiums or Accumulation Value, or both, at any time in Our sole discretion.
We may limit the total premium(s) paid to Us during any Contract year. We also reserve the right to limit the number and amount of any Planned Premium payments.
Reference “Transfers Between Investment Options” and “The Portfolios – Portfolio
Management Fees and Charges” and “The Fixed Account – Fixed Account Transfers” and “Principle Risks of Investing in the Contract – Contract Changes Risk”
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Yes. You cannot participate in both the Automatic Asset Reallocation Program and the Dollar Cost Averaging Program at the same time.
Partial surrenders will reduce the value of the Death Benefit, and may reduce the value of the Death Benefit by more than the amount surrendered. If the Annuitant or Owner is Attained Age 80 or older at the time of death, the Death
Benefit is the Accumulation Value and the minimum Death Benefit will not apply.
We may modify, suspend, or discontinue the benefits under the Contract, other than the Death Benefit, at any time.
Reference “Death Benefit” and “Other Benefits Available Under the Contract”
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TAXES
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What Are the Contract’s Tax Implications?
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Earnings on your contract are generally taxed at ordinary income tax rates when you withdraw them, and you may have to pay a penalty if you take a withdrawal before age 59½. The tax advantages provided by a
variable annuity are already available with tax-qualified plans, including IRAs and Roth IRAs.
Reference “Federal Tax Matters”
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CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
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How Are Investment Professionals Compensated?
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All commissions that were payable with respect to the Contracts have been paid, and no commissions are or will become payable to the current principal underwriter, Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (the
“Distributor”), or to the former principal underwriter, American Family Securities, LLC, or their respective registered representatives with respect to the Contracts. The Distributor receives a portion of the 12b-1 fees deducted from
certain funds’ portfolio assets as reimbursement for providing certain services permitted under the 12b-1 plans of those portfolios.
When the Contract was offered to new purchasers, commissions were paid to broker-dealers for the sale of Contracts. In addition, we may have paid an asset-based commission or other amounts in certain
circumstances. These investment professionals may have had a financial incentive to offer or recommend the Contract over another investment.
Reference “Other Information – Distribution of the Contracts” and “The Portfolios –
Portfolio Management Fees and Charges”
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CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
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| Should I Exchange My Contract? |
Some broker-dealers may have a financial incentive to offer a new contract in place of your existing Contract. You should replace (exchange) your existing Contract only when you determine that the new
contract is better for you, after comparing the features, fees, and risks of both contracts, and any fees or penalties to terminate your existing Contract.
Reference “Other Information – Replacement of Contracts”
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The following tables describe the fees and expenses that are payable when buying, owning, and surrendering or making withdrawals from the Contract. Please refer to your Contract
specifications page for information about the specific fees you will pay each year based on the options you have elected.
The first table describes the fees and expenses that are payable at the time that you buy the Contract, surrender or make withdrawals from the Contract, or transfer Accumulation
Value among the Subaccounts and the Fixed Account. State Premium Taxes may also be deducted.
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Your Transaction Expenses
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Guaranteed Maximum Charge
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Current Charge
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Partial Surrender Processing Fee
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2% of amount withdrawn up to $25
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2% of amount withdrawn up to $25
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8%
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Transfer Fee2
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$25
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$25
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We do not assess a Surrender Charge on Death Benefit payments or the free withdrawal amount. We do assess a Surrender Charge if you surrender your Contract, partially surrender its Surrender Value, or annuitize under the Contract in
certain cases. See “Fees and Charges – Surrender Charge.”
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We waive the transfer fee for the first twelve transfers in a Contract year. We assess a charge of $25 for the thirteenth and each additional transfer in a Contract year.
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The next table describes the fees and expenses that you will pay each year during the time that you own the Contract, not including the
fees and expenses for each portfolio.
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$30
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We will also deduct a pro rata portion of this fee on the Annuity Commencement Date or the date you surrender your Contract. We currently waive deduction of the charge for Contracts whose Accumulation Value is $20,000 or over on the date
of assessment.
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The Base Contract Expenses include a mortality and expense risk charge of 1.00% and an asset-based administrative charge of 0.15%.
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The next table describes the portfolio fees and expenses that you will pay periodically during the time that you own the Contract. The table shows the minimum and maximum fees
and expenses charged by any of the portfolios for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. Expenses shown may change over time and may be higher or lower in the future. A complete list of Portfolio Companies available under the Contract, including
their annual expenses, may be found at the back of this document. More detail concerning each portfolio’s fees and expenses is contained in the prospectus for each portfolio.
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Some portfolios may impose a redemption fee of up to 2% of the amount withdrawn to deter frequent trading activity.
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Examples
The Examples are intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Subaccounts with the cost of investing in other annuity contracts that offer variable options. These costs include Owner transaction
expenses, the annual contract fee, the mortality and expense risk charge, the asset-based administrative charge, and portfolio fees and expenses.
Each Example assumes all Accumulation Value is allocated to the Subaccounts. Your costs could differ from those shown below if you invest in the Fixed Account.
Each Example assumes that you invest $100,000 in the Contract for the time periods indicated and that your investment has a 5% return each year.
Example 1
The first Example immediately below assumes the maximum fees and expenses of any of the portfolios as set forth in the “Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses” table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be as described below.
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If you decide to fully surrender your Contract or annuitize your Contract at the end of the applicable time period and Surrender Charges are deducted:
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$9,976
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$12,105
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$14,485
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(2) If you decide not to surrender your Contract (Surrender Charges are not deducted):
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$6,105
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$10,485
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$22,627
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Example 2
The second Example immediately below assumes the minimum fees and expenses for any of the portfolios as set forth in the “Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses” table. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be as described below.
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If you decide to fully surrender your Contract or annuitize your Contract at the end of the applicable time period and Surrender Charges are deducted:
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$9,255
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$9,906
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$10,758
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$14,869
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(2) If you decide not to surrender your Contract (Surrender Charges are not deducted):
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3 Years
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5 Years
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10 Years
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$3,906
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$6,758
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$14,869
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Please remember that the examples are simply illustrations and do not represent past or future expenses.
Your actual expenses may be higher or lower than those shown in the examples. Similarly, your rate of return may be more or less than the 5% assumed in the examples.
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If you invest your Accumulation Value in one or more Subaccounts, then you will be subject to the risk that investment performance will be unfavorable and that the Accumulation Value will
decrease. There is no minimum guaranteed Accumulation Value. The Accumulation Value may decrease if the investment performance of the Subaccounts (to which Accumulation Value is allocated) is negative or is not sufficiently positive to cover the
charges deducted under the Contract. During times of poor investment performance, these deductions will have an even greater impact on your Accumulation Value. You could lose everything you invest. If you allocate net premiums to the Fixed Account,
then we credit your Fixed Account Accumulation Value with a declared rate of interest. You assume the risk that the rate may decrease, although it will never be lower than a minimum guaranteed interest rate. See “The Fixed Account” and “Investment Performance of the Subaccounts.” Investment in the Contract should not be viewed as a short-term investment.
Under existing tax law there generally should be no federal income tax on increases in the Accumulation Value until a distribution under the Contract occurs. A
distribution includes an actual distribution of funds such as a surrender or annuity payment. However, a distribution also includes a pledge or assignment of a Contract. Generally, all or part of any distribution is taxable as ordinary income. In
addition, a penalty tax may apply to certain distributions made prior to the Owner reaching age 59½. Special tax rules apply to Qualified Contracts, and distributions from certain Qualified Contracts may be subject to restrictions. Governing
federal tax statutes may be amended, revoked, or replaced by new legislation. Changes in interpretation of these statutes may also occur. See “Federal Tax Matters.”
You should consult a qualified tax adviser for assistance in all Contract-related tax matters.
During the first nine Contract years, we will deduct a Surrender Charge from the Accumulation Value when you surrender the Contract or make a partial
surrender (withdrawal). We do not assess a Surrender Charge on:
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the withdrawal of premium payments you paid Us more than nine years ago;
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Proceeds applied to a settlement option with a life contingency; or
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In no event will the total Surrender Charges we assess under a Contract exceed 8% of the total premiums paid.
The Contract is not suitable as a short-term investment.
A surrender or partial surrender may have tax consequences. See “Fees and Charges – Surrender Charge.”
Partial surrenders will reduce the value of the Death Benefit and may reduce the value of the Death Benefit by more than the amount surrendered.
We have policies and procedures that attempt to detect frequent, large, programmed, or short-term transfers among the Subaccounts that may adversely affect other Owners and persons with rights
under the Contracts. We employ various means to try to detect such transfer activity, but the detection and deterrence of harmful trading activity involves judgments that are inherently subjective. Our ability to detect such transfer activity may
be limited by operational and technological systems, as well as our ability to predict strategies employed by Owners to avoid such detection. Accordingly, there is no assurance that we will prevent all transfer activity that may adversely affect
Owners and other persons with interests under the Contracts. In addition, we cannot guarantee that the Funds will not be harmed by transfer activity related to other insurance companies and/or retirement plans that may invest in the Funds. See “Transfers Between Investment Options – Additional Limitations on Transfers.”
We may make certain changes to your Contract in the future. We reserve the right to remove or substitute Portfolio Companies as investment options. We may also close Subaccounts to allocations of premiums or
Accumulation Value, or both, at any time in Our sole discretion. We reserve the right to revoke or modify the transfer privilege at any time. We may limit the total premium(s) paid to Us during any Contract
year. We also reserve the right to limit the number and amount of any Planned Premium payments.
An investment in the Contract is subject to the risks related to American Family Life Insurance Company. To the extent that We are required to pay you amounts in excess of your Accumulation Value allocated to the
Subaccounts under any guarantees under the Contract, including the Death Benefit and the Fixed Account, such amounts will come from Our general account. Because those guarantees are backed by Our general account assets, you should look to Our
financial strength and claims-paying ability in meeting the guarantees under the Contract.
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Business Disruption and Cyber Security Risks
We rely heavily on interconnected computer systems and digital data to conduct Our variable product business activities. Because Our variable product business is highly dependent upon the effective operation of Our computer systems and those
of Our business partners, Our business is vulnerable to disruptions from utility outages, and susceptible to operational and information security risks resulting from information systems failure (e.g., hardware and software malfunctions), and
cyber-attacks. These risks include, among other things, the theft, misuse, loss, corruption and destruction of data maintained online or digitally, interference with or denial of service, attacks on websites and other operational disruption and
unauthorized release of confidential Owner information. Such systems failures and cyber-attacks affecting Us, the portfolios, intermediaries and other affiliated or third-party service providers may adversely affect Us and your Accumulation
Value. For instance, systems failures and cyber-attacks may interfere with Our processing of Contract transactions, including the processing of orders with the portfolios, impact Our ability to calculate Accumulation Value, cause the release and
possible destruction of confidential Owner or business information, impede order processing, subject Us and/or Our service providers and intermediaries to regulatory fines, litigation, and financial losses and/or cause reputational damage. Cyber
security risks may also impact the portfolios or the issuers of securities in which the portfolios invest, which may cause the portfolios underlying your Contract to lose value. There can be no assurance that We or the portfolios or Our service
providers will avoid losses affecting your Contract due to cyber-attacks or information security breaches in the future. The risk of cyber-attacks may be higher during periods of geopolitical turmoil.
We are also exposed to risks related to natural and man-made disasters and catastrophes, such as storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, epidemics, pandemics, malicious acts, and terrorist acts, which
could adversely affect Our ability to conduct business. A natural or man-made disaster, including a pandemic, could affect the ability, or willingness, of Our workforce and employees of service providers and third party administrators to perform
their job responsibilities. Events may negatively affect the computer and other systems on which We rely and may interfere Our processing of Contract-related transactions, including the processing of orders from Owners and orders with the
portfolios, impact Our ability to calculate Accumulation Value, or have other possible negative impacts. These events may also impact the portfolios or the issuers of securities in which the Funds invest, which may cause the Funds underlying your
Contract to lose value. There can be no assurance that We, the Funds or Our service providers will avoid losses affecting your Contract due to a natural disaster or catastrophe.
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American Family Life Insurance Company is located at P.O. Box 219409 Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9409.
We are a stock life insurance company. We were incorporated under Wisconsin law in 1957. We are subject to regulation by the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance of the state of Wisconsin, as
well as by the insurance departments of all other states in which We do business. We established the Variable Account to support the investment options under the Contract and under other variable annuity contracts We may issue. Our General Account
supports the Fixed Account option under the Contract.
We are a wholly owned subsidiary of American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I. (“American Family Mutual”). American Family Mutual is one of the leading property/casualty insurance companies in
the United States and offers a broad line of insurance coverage to individuals and businesses, including automobile, homeowners, farm owners, mobile homeowners, inland marine, burglary, commercial, personal, and fire coverage.
American Family Life Insurance Company has entered into an indemnity reinsurance agreement with Kansas City Life Insurance Company (“KCL”) to indemnify and re-insure the obligations of the Company
under the Contracts and to provide for the administration of the Contracts. However, We are solely obligated to pay all amounts promised to you under your Contract, subject to Our financial strength and claims-paying ability.
We established American Family Variable Account II as a separate investment account under Wisconsin law. We own the assets in the Variable Account and We are obligated to pay all benefits under
the Contracts. We may use the Variable Account to support other variable annuity contracts We issue. The Variable Account is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a unit investment trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940
and qualifies as a “separate account” within the meaning of the Federal securities laws. This registration does not involve supervision of the management or investment practices or policies of the Variable Account by the Securities and Exchange
Commission. We have divided the Variable Account into Subaccounts, each of which invests in shares of one portfolio of the following funds:
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The Subaccounts buy and sell portfolio shares at net asset value. Any dividends and distributions from a portfolio are reinvested at net asset value in shares of that portfolio.
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Income, gains, and losses, whether or not realized, from assets allocated to the Variable Account will be credited to or charged against the Variable Account without regard to Our other
income, gains, or losses. Income, gains, and losses credited to, or charged against, a Subaccount reflect the Subaccount’s own investment performance and not the investment performance of Our other assets. The Variable Account assets are
held separate from Our other assets and are not part of Our General Account. We may not use the Variable Account’s assets to pay any of Our liabilities other than those arising from the Contracts. In contrast, all assets held in Our General
Account are subject to Our general liabilities from business operations. The Fixed Account is part of Our General Account. If the Variable Account’s assets exceed the required reserves and other liabilities, We may transfer the excess to
Our General Account. The Variable Account may include other Subaccounts that are not available under the Contracts and are not discussed in this prospectus.
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If investment in the funds or a particular portfolio is no longer possible or in Our judgment becomes inappropriate for the purposes of the Variable Account, We may substitute another fund
or portfolio without your consent. The substituted fund or portfolio may have different fees and expenses. Substitution may be made with respect to existing investments or the investment of future premiums, or both. However, no such
substitution will be made without any necessary approval of the SEC. Furthermore, We may close Subaccounts to allocations of premiums or Accumulation Value, or both, at any time in Our sole discretion. The funds, which sell their shares to
the Subaccounts pursuant to participation agreements, also may terminate these agreements and discontinue offering their shares to the Subaccounts.
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The Variable Account invests in shares of certain portfolios. Each portfolio is part of a mutual fund that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an open-end management
investment company. This registration does not involve supervision of the management or investment practices or policies of the portfolios or mutual funds by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Each portfolio’s assets are held separate from the assets of the other portfolios, and each portfolio has investment objectives and policies that are different from those of the other portfolios.
Thus, each portfolio operates as a separate investment fund, and the income or losses of one portfolio generally have no effect on the investment performance of any other portfolio.
Accumulation Value allocated to a Subaccount will vary based on the investment experience of the corresponding Portfolio Company in which the Subaccount invests. There is a risk of loss of the entire amount invested.
For more detailed information about the Portfolio Companies – including each portfolio’s name, investment objectives, investment adviser and sub-adviser, current expenses, and performance – see
“Appendix: Investment Options Available Under the Contract.”
There is no assurance that any of the portfolios will achieve its stated objective(s). Each Portfolio Company has
issued a prospectus that contains more detailed information about the Portfolio Company. You can view copies of these prospectuses at https://pex.broadridge.com/funds.asp?cid=amfamily. You can also request this information at no cost by
calling 1-877-781-3520 or by sending an email request to [email protected]. You should read these prospectuses carefully.
These portfolios are not available for purchase directly by the general public, and are not the same as other mutual fund portfolios with very
similar or nearly identical names that are sold directly to the public. However, the investment objectives and policies of certain portfolios available under the Contract are very similar to the investment objectives and policies of other
portfolios that are or may be managed by the same investment adviser or manager. Nevertheless, the investment performance of the portfolios available under the Contract may be lower or higher than the investment performance of these other (publicly
available) portfolios. There can be no assurance, and We make no representation, that the investment performance of any of the portfolios available under the Contract will be comparable
to the investment performance of any other portfolio, even if the other portfolio has the same investment adviser or manager,
the same investment objectives and policies, and a very similar name.
We do not provide any investment advice and do not recommend or endorse any particular portfolio. You bear the risk of any decline in the Accumulation Value of your Contract
resulting from the performance of the portfolio you have chosen.
Each portfolio deducts portfolio management fees and charges from the amounts you have invested in the portfolios. In addition, four portfolios deduct 12b-1 fees. See the Fee Table in this
prospectus and the prospectuses for the portfolios.
We select the portfolios offered through this Contract based on several criteria, including asset class coverage, the strength of the investment adviser’s reputation and tenure, brand recognition,
performance, and the capability and qualification of each investment firm. Another factor We consider during the selection process is whether the portfolio’s investment adviser or an affiliate will make payments to Us or Our affiliates. We review
the portfolios periodically and may remove a portfolio or limit its availability to new premium payments and/or transfers of Accumulation Value if We determine that the portfolio no longer meets one or more of the selection criteria, and/or if the
portfolio has not attracted significant allocations from Owners.
We receive compensation from certain investment advisers and/or administrators (and/or an affiliate thereof) of the portfolios in connection with administrative services and cost savings
experienced by the investment advisers, administrators or affiliates. Such compensation may range up to 0.10% and is based on a percentage of assets of the particular portfolios attributable to the Contract. Some advisers, administrators, or
portfolios may pay Us more than others. We forward all such compensation to KCL as payment for administrative services rendered by KCL and its affiliates with respect to the Contracts. We do not retain any portion of such compensation.
Sunset Financial Services, Inc., a broker-dealer affiliate of KCL, also receives a portion of the 12b-1 fees deducted from certain funds’ portfolio assets as reimbursement for providing certain
services permitted under the 12b-1 plans of those portfolios. The 12b-1 fees are deducted from the assets of the portfolio and decrease the portfolio’s investment return.
Please read the portfolio prospectuses to obtain more complete information regarding the portfolios. Keep these prospectuses for future reference.
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You may allocate some or all of your premium payments and transfer some or all of your Accumulation Value to the Fixed Account. Information about the Fixed Account – including its term and its minimum guaranteed
interest rate – is available in “Appendix A: Investment Options Available Under the Contract.”
The Fixed Account is part of Our General Account. We own the assets in the General Account, and We use these assets to support Our insurance and annuity obligations other than those funded by Our separate accounts.
These assets are subject to Our general liabilities from business operations. Subject to applicable law, We have sole discretion over investment of the Fixed Account’s assets. To the extent that We are required to pay you amounts in excess of
your Accumulation Value allocated to the Subaccounts under any guarantees under the Contract, including the Death Benefit and the Fixed Account, such amounts will come from Our General Account. Because those guarantees are backed by Our General
Account assets, you need to consider Our financial strength in meeting the guarantees under the Contract. You should be aware that Our General Account assets are exposed to the risks normally associated with a portfolio of fixed-income
securities, including interest rate, option, liquidity and credit risk. You should also be aware that We issue other types of insurance policies and financial products as well, and We also pay Our obligations under these products from assets in
Our General Account. The financial statements contained in the Statement of Additional Information include a further discussion of the risks inherent within the investments of Our General Account.
We bear the full investment risk for all amounts allocated or transferred to the Fixed Account. We guarantee that the amounts allocated to the Fixed Account will be credited interest daily at a
net effective annual interest rate of at least 3%. The principal, after charges and deductions, is also guaranteed. We will determine any interest rate credited in excess of the guaranteed rate at Our sole discretion. The Fixed Account value will
not share in the investment performance of Our General Account.
Our current practice is that each Contract year, We, in Our sole discretion, intend to establish a current interest rate that will be credited daily to amounts held in the Fixed Account for the
duration of the Contract year. For each amount allocated or transferred to the Fixed Account, We apply the current interest rate to the end of the Contract year. At the end of the Contract year, We reserve the right to declare a new current
interest rate on this amount and accrued interest thereon. You assume the risk that interest credited to amounts in the Fixed Account may not exceed the minimum 3% guaranteed rate.
Interests in the Fixed Account are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, and the Fixed Account is not registered as an investment company under the Investment
Company Act of 1940. However, the disclosures in this Prospectus relating to the Fixed Account are subject to certain generally applicable provisions of the federal securities laws regarding the accuracy and completeness of disclosures.
General
A transfer charge of $25 will be imposed for the 13th and each subsequent request you make to transfer Accumulation Value from one or more Subaccounts to the Fixed Account (or to one or more
Subaccounts) during a single Contract year before the Annuity Commencement Date.
Before the Annuity Commencement Date, you may make one transfer each Contract year from the Fixed Account to one or more of the Subaccounts.
Payment Deferral
We have the right to defer payment of any surrender, partial surrender, or transfer from the Fixed Account for up to six months from the date We receive your written request at Our Administrative
Service Center. During such deferral, We will continue to credit interest at the current guaranteed interest rate(s) for the Fixed Account.
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The Accumulation Period begins when We issue your Contract and continues until the Annuity Commencement Date. The Accumulation Period will also end if you surrender your Contract, or a Death
Benefit is payable, before the payout period.
The Contract is not available to new purchasers. Here, as background information, We describe how new purchases of the Contract were made.
We require an initial premium payment of $750 or more to purchase the Contract. In certain circumstances and subject to our sole discretion, We may accept
lower initial premium payments. The first premium payment is the only one We require you to make.
Contracts may be sold to or in connection with retirement plans that qualify for special tax treatment. If you intend to purchase the Contract through a tax favored arrangement, including IRAs,
Roth IRAs, and SIMPLE IRAs, you should carefully consider the costs and benefits of the Contract (including annuity income benefits) before purchasing the Contract, since the tax favored arrangement itself provides for tax sheltered growth.
We will not issue you a Contract if the Annuitant is older than Attained Age 80 on the Issue Date.
Although We do not anticipate delays in Our receipt and processing of applications or premium payment requests, We may experience such delays to the extent agents fail to forward Applications and
premium payments to Our Administrative Service Center, on a timely basis.
You have the right to cancel the Contract for any reason within 10 days after you receive it. In some jurisdictions, this period may be longer than 10 days. To cancel the Contract, you must
provide written notice of cancellation or return the Contract to Us at Our Administrative Service Center before the end of the Free-Look Period. We deem the Free-Look Period to begin 10 days after We deliver the Contract to you.
Upon exercise of your free-look right, We will refund an amount equal to the Accumulation Value, without deduction for any Surrender Charge normally assessed. Or, if greater, and required by the
law of your state, We will refund your premium payments. We will pay the refund within seven calendar days after We receive the Contract. The Contract will then be deemed void.
You instruct Us on how to allocate your first premium payment among the ten Subaccounts and the Fixed Account. The amount you direct to a particular Subaccount and/or to the Fixed Account must be
in whole percentages from 1% to 100% of the premium payment.
If your Application is complete, the distributor of the Contracts approves the Application, and your premium payment has been received at Our Administrative Service Center, We will issue your
Contract within two Business Days of its receipt, and credit your initial premium payment to your Contract. We deem receipt to occur on a Business Day if We receive your properly completed Application and premium payment at Our Administrative
Service Center before 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. If received on or after 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, We deem receipt to occur on the following Business Day.
If your Application is incomplete, We will contact you and seek to complete it within five Business Days. If We cannot complete your Application within five Business Days after We receive it, We
will return your premium payment, unless you expressly permit Us to keep it. We will credit the payment as soon as We receive all necessary Application information. We regard the distributor’s approval of any Application, premium payment or
transaction request, to the extent required by appropriate regulatory authorities, as a pre-condition for receipt of such Application, payment or request.
The date We credit your initial premium payment to your Contract is the Issue Date. We allocate your initial premium payment among the Subaccounts and the Fixed Account according to your
instructions.
We may reject any Application or premium payment for any reason permitted by law. We may also be required to provide additional information about you and your account to government regulators.
There are no requirements on how many premium payments to make. You determine the amount and timing of each additional premium payment, except that the premium payment must be at least $50. In
certain circumstances and subject to our sole discretion, We may accept lower additional premium payments. You may make premium payments at any time until the earliest of: (a) the Annuity Commencement Date; or (b) the date you surrender the
Contract.
We reserve the right not to accept an initial premium payment or total premium payments of $1,000,000 or more. The Tax Code may also limit the amount of premium payments you may make.
We will credit any additional premium payments you make to your Contract at the accumulation unit value next computed at the end of the Business Day on which We receive them in Good Order at Our
Remittance Processing Center. Our Business Day ends at 4:00
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p.m. Eastern Time (1:00 p.m. Pacific Time). If We receive your premium payments at or after 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, We will calculate and credit them as of the end of the next Business Day.
We will direct your premium payment to the Subaccounts and/or the Fixed Account according to your instructions in effect at the time We receive it at Our Remittance Processing Center. You may
change your instructions at any time by sending Us a written request or by telephone authorization. Changing your allocation instructions will not change the way existing Accumulation Value is apportioned among the Subaccounts or the Fixed Account.
You may elect to participate in Our planned premium payment program. Under this program, you will provide Us with a schedule showing the amount and frequency of any additional premium payments you
intend to make under the Contract. Your minimum Planned Premium payment must be at least $50. We will forward to you an annual, semiannual or quarterly premium payment reminder notice. You are under no obligation to make premium payments in
accordance with the schedule. You may also choose to have premium payments automatically deducted monthly, quarterly, semiannually or annually from your bank account or other source under the electronic payment plan.
We reserve the right to limit the number and amount of any Planned Premium payments.
The Accumulation Value in a Subaccount will vary with the investment performance of that Subaccount. You bear the entire investment risk for amounts you allocate to the
Subaccounts. You should periodically review your allocation instructions in light of market conditions and your overall financial objectives.
If mandated under applicable law, We may be required to reject a premium payment. We may also be required to provide additional information about you and your account to
government regulators.
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The Accumulation Value serves as the starting point for calculating values under a Contract.
Accumulation Value:
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Equals the sum of all values in the Fixed Account, and in each Subaccount;
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Has no guaranteed minimum amount and may be more or less than premiums paid.
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The Surrender Value is the amount We pay to you when you surrender your Contract. We determine the Surrender Value at the end of the Valuation Period when We receive your written surrender request
in Good Order.
Surrender Value at the end of any Business Day equals:
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the Accumulation Value on the surrender date; minus
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any Surrender Charge; minus
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any state Premium Tax due; minus
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any portion of the annual contract fee due.
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At the end of any Valuation Period, the Accumulation Value in a Subaccount is equal to the number of units in the Subaccount multiplied by the Accumulation Unit Value of that Subaccount.
The number of units in any Subaccount at the end of any Business Day equals:
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the initial units purchased at the Accumulation Unit Value on the Issue Date; plus
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units redeemed to pay for the annual contract fee; minus
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units redeemed as part of a transfer to another Subaccount or the Fixed Account.
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Every time you allocate or transfer money to or from a Subaccount, We convert that dollar amount into units. We determine the number of units We credit to, or subtract from, your Contract by
dividing the dollar amount of the transaction by the unit value for that Subaccount at the end of the Valuation Period. We determine a unit value for each Subaccount as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time each Business Day.
We determine the Accumulation Unit Value for each Subaccount to reflect how investment performance affects the Accumulation Value. The Accumulation Unit Value for each Subaccount was arbitrarily
set at $10 when the Subaccount began operations. Thereafter, the Accumulation Unit Value at the end of every Valuation Period is the Accumulation Unit Value at the end of the previous Valuation Period times the net investment factor, as described
below.
The net investment factor is an index applied to measure the investment performance of a Subaccount from one Valuation Period to the next. Each Subaccount has a net investment factor for each
Valuation Period which may be greater or less than one. Therefore, Accumulation Unit Value may increase or decrease. The net investment factor for any Subaccount for any Valuation Period equals:
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the portfolio net asset value, determined at the end of the current Valuation Period; plus
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The net investment factor may be greater or less than one.
On the Issue Date, the Fixed Account Accumulation Value is equal to the net premiums allocated to the Fixed Account.
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The Fixed Account Accumulation Value at the End of Any Business Day is Equal to:
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amounts deducted to pay for the annual contract fee; minus
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amounts withdrawn from the Fixed Account; minus
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amounts transferred from the Fixed Account to a Subaccount.
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Interest will be credited to the Fixed Account on each Business Day as follows:
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For amounts in the Fixed Account for the entire Contract year, interest will be credited from the beginning to the end of the Contract year.
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For amounts allocated to the Fixed Account during the Contract year, interest will be credited from the date the net premium payment is allocated to the end of the Contract year.
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For amounts transferred to the Fixed Account during the Contract year, interest will be credited from the date of the transfer to the end of the Contract year.
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For amounts deducted or withdrawn from the Fixed Account during the Contract year, interest will be credited from the beginning of the Contract year to the date of deduction or withdrawal.
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You may make transfers between and among the Subaccounts and the Fixed Account. We will determine the amount you have available for transfers at the end of the Valuation Period when We receive
your request at Our Administrative Service Center in Good Order. The following features apply to transfers under the Contract:
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You may request a transfer of up to 100% of the Accumulation Value from one Subaccount to another Subaccount or to the Fixed Account in writing or by phone if the appropriate authorization
is in effect (as states permit).
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For transfers to the Fixed Account, you must transfer at least $250 or the total Accumulation Value in the Subaccount(s), if less than $250.
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You may transfer amounts among the Subaccounts an unlimited number of times in a Contract year, subject to Our limitations on frequent transfer activity and portfolio limitations on the
frequent purchase and redemption of shares. For transfers among the Subaccounts, you must transfer at least $250 or the total Accumulation Value in the Subaccount(s) if less than $250.
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We impose a $25 charge per transfer on each transfer after the twelfth during a Contract year before the Annuity Commencement Date. Transfers due to automatic asset reallocation or dollar
cost averaging do not count as transfers for the purpose of assessing the transfer fee. See “Other Benefits Available Under the Contract – Automatic Asset Reallocation” and “Other Benefits Available Under the Contract – Dollar Cost Averaging.”
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We consider each telephone or written request to be a single transfer, regardless of the number of Subaccounts (or Fixed Account) involved.
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We process transfers based on unit values determined at the end of the Business Day when We receive your transfer request in Good Order. This means that if We receive your telephone or
written request for transfer in Good Order prior to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, We will process the transfer at the unit values determined as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time that Business Day. If We receive your telephone or written request for
transfer in Good Order at or after 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, We will process the transfer at the unit values determined as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the following Business Day. We treat telephone requests as having been received once the
telephone transmission ends.
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You may make only one transfer per Contract year from the Fixed Account to the Subaccounts.
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You may not transfer more than the greater of 25% of the Accumulation Value in the Fixed Account as of the date of transfer, or the amount transferred from the Fixed Account during the
preceding year. If such transfer causes the Accumulation Value in the Fixed Account to fall below $1,000, We will transfer the full Accumulation Value. Because of the limits on the amount of Accumulation Value that may be transferred from
the Fixed Account at any one time, it may take a number of years to transfer all of the Accumulation Value in the Fixed Account.
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We reserve the right to revoke or modify the transfer privilege at any time.
You may also elect to participate in an automatic asset reallocation program or a dollar cost averaging program. See “Other Benefits Available Under the
Contract.”
When you make a request to transfer Accumulation Value from one Subaccount to another, your request triggers the purchase and redemption of shares of the affected portfolios. Therefore, an Owner
who makes frequent transfers among the Subaccounts available under this Contract causes frequent purchases and redemptions of shares of the portfolios.
Frequent purchases and redemptions of shares of the portfolios may dilute the value of the shares if the frequent trading involves an effort to take advantage of the possibility of a lag between a
change in the value of the securities the portfolio holds and the reflection of that change in the portfolio’s share price. This strategy, sometimes referred to as “market timing,” involves an attempt to buy shares of a portfolio at a price that
does not reflect the current market value of the securities the portfolio holds, and then to realize a profit when the shares are sold the next Business Day or thereafter. In addition, frequent purchases and redemptions of shares of the portfolios
may increase brokerage and administrative costs of the portfolios, and may disrupt a portfolio’s portfolio management strategy, requiring it to maintain a high cash position and possibly resulting in lost opportunity costs and forced liquidations.
For the reasons discussed, frequent transfers by an Owner between the Subaccounts may adversely affect the long-term performance of the portfolios, which may, in turn, adversely affect other
Owners and other persons who may have material rights under the Contract (e.g., Beneficiaries). We endeavor to protect long-term Owners by maintaining policies and procedures to discourage frequent transfers among Subaccounts under the Contracts,
and have no arrangements in place to permit any Owner to engage in frequent transfer activity. If you wish to engage in such strategies, do not purchase this Contract.
If We determine that you are engaging in frequent transfer activity among the Subaccounts, We may, without prior notice, limit your right to make transfers. We monitor for frequent transfer
activity among the Subaccounts based upon established parameters that are applied consistently to all Owners. Such parameters may include, without limitation, the length of the holding period between transfers into a Subaccount and transfers out of
the Subaccount, the number of transfers in a specified period, the dollar amount of transfers, and/or any combination of the foregoing. For purposes of applying the parameters used to detect frequent transfers, We may aggregate transfers made in
two or more Contracts that we believe are related (e.g., two Contracts with the same Owner or owned by spouses or by different partnerships or corporations that are under common control). We do not apply Our policies and procedures to discourage
frequent transfers to the dollar cost averaging or automatic asset reallocation programs.
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If transfer activity violates Our established parameters, We will apply restrictions that We reasonably believe will prevent any disadvantage to other Owners and persons with material rights under
a Contract. We will not grant waivers or make exceptions to, or enter into special arrangements with, any Owners who violate these parameters, although We may vary our policies and procedures among Our other variable insurance contracts and
separate accounts and may be more restrictive with regard to certain variable contracts or Subaccounts than others. Because Our policies and procedures are discretionary and may differ among variable insurance contracts and separate accounts it is
possible that some contract Owners may engage in frequent transfer activity while others may bear the harm associated with such activity. We also reserve the right not to take action with respect to frequent transfer activity. If We impose any
restrictions on your transfer activity, We will notify you in writing. Restrictions that We may impose include, without limitation:
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limiting the frequency of transfers to not more than once every 30 days;
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requiring you to make your transfer requests in writing through the U.S. Postal Service, or otherwise restricting telephone transfer privileges;
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refusing to act on instructions of an agent acting under a power of attorney on your behalf; or
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refusing or otherwise restricting any transfer request that We believe alone, or with a group of transfer requests, may have a detrimental effect on the Variable Account or the portfolios.
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Please note that the limits and restrictions described here are subject to Our ability to monitor transfer activity. Our ability to detect harmful transfer activity may be limited by operational
and technological systems, as well as by Our ability to predict strategies employed by Owners (or those acting on their behalf) to avoid detection. As a result, despite Our efforts to prevent frequent transfers among the Subaccounts available under
this Contract, there is no assurance that We will be able to detect and/or to deter the frequent transfers of such Owners or intermediaries acting on behalf of Owners.
We may revise Our policies and procedures in Our sole discretion, at any time and without prior notice, as We deem necessary or appropriate to better detect and deter harmful trading activity that
may adversely affect other Owners, other persons with material rights under the Contracts, or portfolio shareholders generally, to comply with state or federal regulatory requirements, or to impose additional or alternative restrictions on Owners
engaging in frequent transfer activity among the Subaccounts under the Contract. In addition, We may not honor transfer requests if any Subaccount that would be affected by the transfer is unable to purchase or redeem shares of its corresponding
portfolio. If a portfolio’s policies and procedures require it to restrict or refuse transactions by the Variable Account as a result of activity initiated by you, We will inform you (and any third party acting on your behalf) of actions taken to
affect your transfer activity. In addition, a portfolio’s policies and procedures may provide for the imposition of a redemption fee and We may be required to provide to the portfolio or its designee, promptly upon request, certain information
about the trading activity of individual contract owners, and to restrict or prohibit further purchases or transfers by specific contract owners identified by the portfolio as violating its policies and procedures.
The portfolios may have adopted their own policies and procedures with respect to frequent purchases and redemptions of their respective shares. The prospectuses for the portfolios describe any
such policies and procedures. The frequent trading policies and procedures of a portfolio may be different, and more or less restrictive, than the frequent trading policies and procedures of other portfolios and the policies and procedures We have
adopted to discourage frequent transfers among the Subaccounts. Owners should be aware that We may not have the contractual obligation or the operational capacity to monitor Owners’ transfer requests and apply the frequent trading policies and
procedures of the respective portfolios that would be affected by the transfers. Accordingly, Owners and other persons who have material rights under the Contracts should assume that the sole protection they may have against potential harm from
frequent transfers is the protection, if any, provided by the policies and procedures We have adopted to discourage frequent transfers among the Subaccounts.
Owners and other persons with material rights under the Contracts also should be aware that the purchase and redemption orders received by the portfolios generally are “omnibus” orders from
intermediaries such as retirement plans or separate accounts funding variable insurance contracts. The omnibus orders reflect the aggregation and netting of multiple orders from individual retirement plan participants and/or individual owners of
variable insurance contracts. The omnibus nature of these orders may limit the portfolios’ ability to apply their respective frequent trading policies and procedures. We cannot guarantee that the portfolios will not be harmed by transfer activity
relating to the retirement plans and/or other insurance companies that may invest in the portfolios. These other insurance companies are responsible for establishing their own policies and procedures to monitor for frequent transfer activity. If
their policies and procedures fail to successfully discourage frequent transfer activity, it will affect other owners of portfolio shares, as well as the contract owners of all of the insurance companies, including American Family, whose
subaccounts correspond to the affected portfolios. In addition, if a portfolio believes that an omnibus order We submit may reflect one or more transfer requests from Owners engaged in frequent transfer activity, the portfolio may reject the entire
omnibus order and thereby interfere with Our ability to satisfy Our contractual obligations to Owners.
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We may apply the restrictions in any manner reasonably designed to prevent transfers that We consider disadvantageous to other Owners.
In Our sole discretion, We may revise our market timing procedures at any time without prior notice. We also reserve the right to implement and administer redemption fees imposed by one or more of
the Funds and provide transaction information to the Funds in the future.
You must notify Us on your Application or otherwise in writing in a form acceptable to Us that you want the ability to make transfers by telephone. You may use your telephone to authorize a
transfer from one Subaccount or the Fixed Account to another Subaccount or the Fixed Account, to change the allocation instructions for future investments, and/or to change automatic asset reallocation and dollar cost averaging programs.
We will employ reasonable procedures to confirm that instructions communicated by telephone are genuine. If We follow such procedures We will not be liable for any losses due to unauthorized or
fraudulent instructions. We may be liable for such losses if We do not follow those reasonable procedures.
The procedures that We may follow for telephone transfers include:
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providing you with a written confirmation of all transfers made according to telephone instructions;
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requiring a form of personal identification prior to acting on instructions received by telephone; and
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recorded instructions received by telephone.
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We reserve the right to modify, restrict, suspend or eliminate the transfer privileges (including the telephone transfer facility) at any time, for any class of Contracts, for any reason.
CAUTION: Telephone transfer privileges may not always be available. Telephone systems, whether yours or your service provider’s, can experience outages or slowdowns for a variety of reasons. These
outages or slowdowns may prevent or delay Our receipt of your request. If you are experiencing problems, you should make a written request to Our Administrative Service Center.
We will impose a transfer fee of $25 for the thirteenth and each subsequent transfer request you make per Contract year. Transfers you make pursuant to the automatic asset reallocation and dollar
cost averaging programs do not count toward your 12 free transfers.
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At any time before the Annuity Commencement Date, you may surrender your Contract for its Surrender Value.
The Surrender Value is equal to:
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the Accumulation Value on the surrender date; minus
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any applicable Surrender Charge; minus
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any Premium Taxes not previously deducted; minus
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any portion of the annual contract fee unless waived.
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The Surrender Value will be determined at the unit value next determined as of the close of business on the Business Day We receive your written request for surrender in Good Order at Our
Administrative Service Center, unless you specify a later date in your request. If We receive your written request at or after the close of Our Business Day, usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, We will determine the Surrender Value as of the next
Business Day. The Surrender Value will be paid in a lump sum unless you request payment under a settlement option. A surrender may have adverse Federal income tax consequences, including a penalty tax. See “Federal Tax Matters.”
Before the Annuity Commencement Date, you may request a partial surrender of part of your Surrender Value. Partial surrenders are subject to the following conditions:
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the minimum amount you can withdraw is $250; and
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you may not make a partial surrender if the withdrawal plus the Surrender Charge, partial surrender processing fee and any applicable Premium Tax charge would cause the Accumulation Value
to fall below $1,000.
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We will withdraw the amount you request from the Surrender Value as of the Business Day on which you request a partial surrender from Our Administrative Service Center, provided We receive your
request in Good Order before the close of Our Business Day, usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. If We receive your request at or after the close of Our Business Day, We will make the withdrawal as of the next Business Day. We will deduct the partial
surrender processing fee from the amount withdrawn. We will reduce your Accumulation Value by any applicable Surrender Charge, the partial surrender processing fee, any applicable Premium Tax charge plus the dollar amount We sent to you. If the
amount of the partial surrender is $5,000 or more, or state withholding election requirements apply, your request must be in writing.
You may specify how much you wish to withdraw from each Subaccount and/or the Fixed Account. If you do not specify, or if you do not have
sufficient assets in the Subaccounts or Fixed Account you specified to comply with your request, We will make the partial surrender on a pro rata basis from the Fixed Account and those Subaccounts in which you are invested. We will base the pro
rata reduction on the ratio that the Accumulation Value in each Subaccount and the Fixed Account has to the entire Accumulation Value before the partial surrender.
Remember, any partial surrender you take will reduce your Accumulation Value, and may reduce the Death Benefit by the amount of the partial surrender plus any
charges. See “Death Benefit.”
Income taxes, tax penalties and certain restrictions may apply to any partial surrender you make.
See “Fees and Charges – Surrender Charge” for an explanation of the Surrender Charges that may apply.
You may elect to participate in a systematic withdrawal plan. See “Other Benefits Available Under the Contract.”
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If your Contract is a Qualified Contract, not all of the settlement options will satisfy required minimum distribution rules,
particularly as those rules apply to your Beneficiary after your death. Beginning with deaths happening on or after January 1, 2020, subject to certain exceptions most non-spouse beneficiaries must now complete death benefit distributions within
ten years of the Owner’s death in order to satisfy required minimum distribution rules. Consult a tax adviser before electing a settlement option.
The following table summarizes information about the standard Death Benefit available under the Contract.
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Provides a Death Benefit on the death of the Annuitant or Owner before the Annuity Commencement Date.
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No Charge
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Partial surrenders will reduce the value of the Death Benefit and may reduce the value of the Death Benefit by more than the amount surrendered.
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We will pay a Death Benefit if the Annuitant dies before the Annuity Commencement Date. Assuming you are an Annuitant and you die (and there is no joint owner), your Beneficiary will receive the
Death Benefit unless the Beneficiary is your surviving spouse and elects to continue the Contract. The Death Benefit is calculated at the close of the Business Day on which We receive written notice and due proof of death as well as properly
completed required claim forms, at Our Administrative Service Center. If the Beneficiary elects to delay receipt of the Death Benefit, the amount of the Death Benefit payable in the future may be affected. If the deceased Annuitant was not an Owner
(and all the Owners are individuals), the proceeds may be received in a lump sum or applied to any of the settlement options within one year of death. If the deceased Annuitant was an Owner (or if any Owner is not an individual), then Death Benefit
proceeds must be distributed in accordance with the Death of Owner provisions below. If We do not receive a request to apply the Death Benefit proceeds to a settlement option, We will make a lump sum distribution. We will generally pay lump sum Death
Benefit payments within seven days after Our Administrative Service Center has received sufficient information to make the payment.
The Death Benefit equals the greater of:
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Beneficiary’s instructions on payment method at Our Administrative Service Center (We must receive payment instructions within 60 days of the date of death); or
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the minimum Death Benefit. The minimum Death Benefit equals the sum of all premium payments, minus reductions for partial
surrenders. Reductions from partial surrenders will be made proportionate to the total Accumulated Value of the Contract. The reduction amount will be calculated as the ratio of the partial surrender to the total Accumulated Value of the
Contact multiplied by the minimum Death Benefit.
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Below are two numerical examples illustrating the effect of a partial surrender from the Contract upon the minimum Death Benefit. The first example shows a hypothetical increase in Accumulation
Value; the second shows a hypothetical decrease in Accumulation Value. Both examples show the same hypothetical partial surrender amount.
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Upon payment of the Death Benefit, the Contract will terminate.
If the Annuitant or Owner is Attained Age 80 or older at the time of death, the Death Benefit is the Accumulation Value as determined above.
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If the Annuitant dies prior to the Annuity Commencement Date, We will pay the Death Benefit as provided above.
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If the Annuitant dies after the Annuity Commencement Date but before all of the Proceeds payable under the Contract have been distributed, We will pay the remaining Proceeds to the Beneficiary(ies) under the method of payment in effect at
the time of the Annuitant’s death, unless the Beneficiary elects to receive the discounted value of any remaining payments in a lump sum.
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For non-qualified Contracts, if any Owner of the Contract dies before the Annuity Commencement Date, the following applies:
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If the new Owner is the deceased Owner’s spouse, the Contract will continue, treating the spouse of the deceased Owner as the new Owner and, if the deceased Owner was also the Annuitant,
the deceased Owner’s spouse will also be the Annuitant.
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Note: The right of a spouse to continue the Contract provisions relating to spousal continuation is available only to a person who meets the definition of
“spouse” under federal law. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that same-sex marriages must be permitted under state law and that marriages recognized under state law will be recognized for federal law purposes. Domestic partnerships and civil unions
that are not recognized as legal marriages under state law, however, will not be treated as marriages under federal law. Consult a tax adviser for more information on this subject. See “Same-Sex Spouses.”
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If the new Owner is someone other than the deceased Owner’s spouse, the entire interest in the Contract must be distributed to the new Owner:
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within five years of the deceased Owner’s death; or
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over the life of the new Owner, or over a period not extending beyond the life or the life expectancy of the new Owner, as long as payments begin within one year of the deceased Owner’s
death.
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If the deceased Owner was the Annuitant, the new Owner will be the joint Owner, if any, or if there is no joint Owner, the Beneficiary.
If the deceased Owner was not the Annuitant, the new Owner will be the joint Owner, if any, or if there is no joint Owner, the Annuitant.
If the new Owner dies after the deceased Owner but before the entire interest has been distributed, any remaining distributions will be to the new Owner’s estate.
If any Owner dies on or after the Annuity Commencement Date, but before all Proceeds payable under this Contract have been distributed, the Company will continue payments to the Annuitant (or, if
the deceased Owner was the Annuitant, to the Beneficiary) under the payment method in effect at the time of the deceased Owner’s death.
If any Owner of this Contract is not an individual, the death of any Annuitant shall be treated as the death of an Owner.
In all events, Death Benefit distributions will be made from the Contract in accordance with Section 72(s) of the Code.
Qualified Contracts are subject to different rules.
Every state has unclaimed property laws which generally declare insurance contracts to be abandoned after a period of inactivity of three to five years from the contract’s maturity date or date the
Death Benefit is due and payable. For example, if the payment of the Death Benefit has been triggered, but, if after a thorough search, We are still unable to locate the Beneficiary, or the Beneficiary does not come forward to claim the Death Benefit
in a timely manner, the Death Benefit will be paid to the abandoned property division or unclaimed property office of the state in which the Beneficiary or you last resided, as shown on Our books and records, or to Our state of domicile. This
“escheatment” is revocable, however, and the state is obligated to pay the Death Benefit (without interest) if your Beneficiary steps forward to claim it with the proper documentation. To prevent such escheatment, it is important that you update your
Beneficiary designations, including full names and complete addresses, if and as they change.
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We make certain charges and deductions under the Contract. These charges and deductions compensate Us for: (1) services and benefits We provide; (2) costs and expenses We incur; and (3) risks We
assume.
Services and Benefits We Provide:
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investment options, including premium payment allocations
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costs associated with processing Applications, and with issuing and administering the Contract
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overhead and other expenses for providing services and benefits, and sales and marketing expenses, including compensation paid in connection with the sale of the Contracts
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that the costs of providing the services and benefits under the Contracts exceed the charges We deduct
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The mortality and expense risk charge and the asset-based administrative charge constitute the Base Contract charge described in the Fee Table section under “Your Periodic
Expenses.”
As compensation for assuming mortality and expense risks, We deduct a daily mortality and expense risk charge from your assets in the Subaccounts. The charge is equal, on an annual basis, to 1.00%
of the average daily net assets you have invested in the Subaccounts.
The mortality risk We assume is that Annuitants may live for a longer period of time than estimated. The mortality risk that We assume also includes a guarantee to pay a Death Benefit if the Owner
dies before the Annuity Commencement Date. The expense risk that We assume is the risk that the administrative fees and transfer fees (if imposed) may be insufficient to cover actual future expenses. We may use any profits from the mortality and
expense risk charge to pay the costs of distributing the Contracts.
We deduct a daily asset-based administrative charge from each Subaccount to help reimburse Us for Our administrative costs, such as Owner inquiries, changes in allocations, Owner reports, Contract
maintenance costs and data processing costs. This charge is equal, on an annual basis, to 0.15% of your average daily net assets in the Subaccounts. This charge is designed to help compensate Us for the cost of administering the Contracts and the
Variable Account.
For each partial surrender, We deduct a processing fee of 2% of the amount surrendered, up to $25, from the partial surrender Proceeds to help reimburse Us for the administrative costs of
processing partial surrenders.
A transfer fee of $25 will be imposed for the thirteenth and each subsequent transfer during a Contract year. Any unused free transfers do not carry over to the next Contract year. Each written or
telephone request would be considered to be one transfer, regardless of the number of Subaccounts affected by the transfer. Transfers you make through Our automatic asset reallocation and dollar cost averaging programs do not count toward your twelve free transfers. We deduct the transfer fee from the amount transferred.
During the Accumulation Period, you may withdraw all or part of your Surrender Value before the Annuitant’s death. Certain withdrawals may be taken without payment of any Surrender Charge. Other
withdrawals are subject to Surrender Charges.
We do not deduct a charge for sales expenses from premium payments at the time premium payments are paid to Us. However, We will deduct a Surrender Charge, if applicable, if you surrender your
Contract or partially surrender Accumulation Value before the Annuity Commencement Date. We do not assess a Surrender Charge on withdrawals made if the Contract terminates due to your death or the death of the last surviving Annuitant.
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As a general rule, the Surrender Charge equals a percentage of the premium payments withdrawn that: (a) We have held for less than nine years; and (b) are not eligible for a free withdrawal. The
Surrender Charge applies during the entire nine year period following each premium payment. The applicable percentage depends on the number of years since you made the premium payment being withdrawn, as shown on this chart:
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In determining Surrender Charges, We will deem premium payments to be surrendered in the order in which they were received – that is, on a first-in, first-out basis. We also treat
premium payments as being withdrawn before earnings.
Because Surrender Charges are based on the date each premium payment is made, you may be subject to a Surrender Charge, even though the Contract may have been issued many years earlier.
When you request a partial surrender, you will be sent a check in the amount you requested, less applicable tax withholding and a partial surrender processing fee. If a Surrender Charge applies,
your Accumulation Value will be reduced by the dollar amount We send you, plus the Surrender Charge, the partial surrender processing fee and any applicable Premium Tax charge. The deductions will be made pro rata from all Subaccounts and the Fixed
Account in which the Contract is invested based on the remaining Accumulation Value in each Subaccount and the Fixed Account, unless you request otherwise.
Free Withdrawal Amount
Each Contract year, after the first Contract year, you may withdraw a portion of your Accumulation Value without incurring a Surrender Charge. This amount is called the free withdrawal amount. The
free withdrawal amount is an amount equal to 10% of total premium payments minus any prior partial surrenders.
We do not assess a Surrender Charge on Proceeds applied to a settlement option with a fixed pay-out period of at least five years or on a settlement option with a life contingency. You may also
withdraw, free of Surrender Charge, any premium payment that has been held by Us for more than nine years.
We will pay the Surrender Value to you in a lump sum within seven days after We receive your completed, signed surrender form absent other arrangements, unless the payment is from the Fixed
Account. We may defer payment from the Fixed Account for the time allowed by law but not more than six months.
At the end of each Contract year before the Annuity Commencement Date, We will deduct an annual contract fee of $30 from your Accumulation Value as partial reimbursement for Our administrative
expenses relating to the Contract. We will deduct the fee from each Subaccount and the Fixed Account based on the proportion that the Accumulation Value in each Subaccount and the Fixed Account bears to the total Accumulation Value. We will also
deduct a pro rata portion of this charge on the Annuity Commencement Date, or the date you surrender the Contract. We guarantee this charge will not exceed $50.
We will not deduct this fee after income payments have begun. We also currently waive deduction of the charge for Contracts whose Accumulation Value is more than $20,000 on the date of assessment.
Each portfolio deducts portfolio management fees and charges from the amounts you have invested in the portfolios. In addition, four portfolios deduct 12b-1 fees. See “Appendix A: Portfolio Companies Available Under the Contract” and the prospectuses for the portfolios.
Various states and other governmental entities charge a Premium Tax on annuity contracts issued by insurance companies. Premium Tax rates currently range from 0% up to 3.5%, depending on the
state. We are responsible for paying these taxes. If applicable, We will deduct the cost of such taxes from the Accumulation Value of your Contract either:
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upon payment of a Death Benefit.
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Currently, no charge is made against the Variable Account for any Federal, state or local taxes (other than Premium Taxes) that We incur or that may be attributable to the Variable Account or the
Contracts. We may, however, deduct such a charge in the future, if necessary.
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The Annuity Commencement Date is the day that the payout period begins under the settlement option you have selected. If you own a Contract that is not a qualified Contract, you must select the
Annuity Commencement Date on which you will begin to receive income payments. The Annuity Commencement Date can be no earlier than the fifth Contract anniversary and can be no later than the Contract anniversary when the oldest Annuitant is age 95.
In the case of an IRA that satisfies Code section 408, the Annuity Commencement Date generally must be no later than April 1 of the calendar year following the year in
which you reach your “applicable age” and the payment must be made in a specified form or manner. If you attain (1) age 70½ before 2020, the applicable age is 70½; (2) age 72 during or after 2020 but before 2023, the applicable age is 72; (3) age
72 during or after 2023 and age 73 before 2033, the applicable age is 73; or (4) age 74 after 2032, the applicable age is 75. Roth IRAs under section 408A of the Code do not require distributions at any time
prior to your death; the Annuity Commencement Date for Roth IRAs can be no later than age 95.
You may elect a Settlement Option if the amount to be applied is at least $5,000 or is sufficient to produce income payments of at least $1,200 annually. Smaller amounts may be applied to a
Settlement Option only with Our consent.
You must choose a settlement option on or before the Annuity Commencement Date. The settlement option you select will affect the dollar amount of each income payment you receive. You may select or
change your settlement option on or before the Annuity Commencement Date while the Annuitant is living by sending a written request signed by you and/or your Beneficiary, as appropriate, to Our Administrative Service Center. You may choose one of
the settlement options described below or any other settlement option being offered by Us as of the Annuity Commencement Date. The settlement options We currently offer provide for fixed income payments.
Your Beneficiary may also choose a lump sum payment under a Retained Asset Account. The Retained Asset Account is an interest-bearing account. Account information, along with a book of drafts
(which will function like a checkbook), will be sent to the Beneficiary, and the Beneficiary will have access to funds in the account simply by writing a draft for all or part of the amount of the available balance, and crediting or using the draft
as desired. When the draft is paid through the bank that administers the account for Us, the bank will receive the amount the Beneficiary requests as a transfer from Our General Account. The Retained Asset Account is not a bank account, and it is
not insured by the FDIC or any other government agency. As part of Our General Account, the Retained Asset Account is backed by Our financial strength, although it is subject to the claims of Our creditors. We receive a benefit from all amounts
left in the Retained Asset Account. We pay interest on Proceeds held in the Retained Asset Account as required by state law. Any interest paid on Proceeds in the Retained Asset Account is currently taxable. Depending upon the Issue Date of the
Contract, the minimum rate of interest We would credit on Proceeds in the Retained Asset Account may be lower than the minimum guaranteed rate of interest We would credit on amounts in the Fixed Account. For more information on the rate of interest
We credit on Proceeds in the Retained Asset Account, please contact Us at 1-877-781-3520.
You may elect to receive income payments on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis depending upon the settlement option you choose. If you do not specify the frequency of payment, We
will pay you monthly. The first payment under any option will be made on the day of the month you request (subject to Our agreement) and will be based on the payment frequency you selected measured from the Annuity Commencement Date. We will make
subsequent payments on the same day of each subsequent period in accordance with the payment interval and settlement option you select.
If you do not select a settlement option by the Annuity Commencement Date, We will apply the Accumulation Value under the Fixed Period and Life settlement option, with a ten year guaranteed period
of payments, as described below.
A Beneficiary may have the Death Benefit paid as an annuity under one of the settlement options. For Qualified Contracts, not all settlement options will satisfy Required Minimum Distribution
rules for every Beneficiary.
On the Annuity Commencement Date, We will use the Surrender Value to calculate your income payments under the settlement option you select. The Surrender Value is your Accumulation Value minus any
applicable surrender charges, annual contract fee, and Premium Tax charge.
For qualified Contracts, distributions must satisfy certain requirements specified in the Code.
Fixed income payments are periodic payments that We make to the Owner. The amount of the fixed income payment is fixed and guaranteed by Us.
The amount of each payment depends on:
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the amount of your Surrender Value on the Annuity Commencement Date; and
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the applicable guaranteed annuity tables in the Contract.
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The guaranteed annuity tables in the Contract are based on a minimum guaranteed interest rate of 3.5%. We may, in Our sole discretion, make income payments in an amount based on a higher interest
rate.
Available Settlement Options:
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Fixed Period. We will make equal periodic payments for a fixed period not less than five years and not longer than 30 years. If
the payee dies before the period ends, the Beneficiary may elect one of the following options: payments for the remainder of the period, a lump sum payment or another fixed settlement option with a lesser fixed period.
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Fixed Period and Life. We will make equal periodic payments for a guaranteed minimum period of not less than 10 years. If the
payee lives longer than the minimum period, payments will continue for his or her life. The minimum period can be 10, 15, or 20 years. If the payee dies before the end of the guarantee period, the balance of the guaranteed payments will be
paid to the Beneficiary.
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Fixed Amount. We will make equal periodic payments of a definite amount. The amount of
each payment must be at least $20 for a period of not less than 5 years and not longer than 30 years. Payments will continue until the Proceeds are exhausted. The last payment will equal the amount of any unpaid Proceeds. If the payee dies
before the Proceeds are paid, the Beneficiary may elect one of the following options: payments for the remainder of the period, a lump sum payment or another fixed settlement option with a lesser fixed period. If your Contract is a
Qualified Contract, the fixed amount and fixed period options may not satisfy minimum required distribution rules. Consult a tax advisor before electing this option.
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Joint and Survivor Lifetime Income. We will make equal periodic payments to two payees
for a guaranteed minimum of 10 years. Payments will continue as long as either payee is living. If both payees die before the end of the minimum period, the Beneficiary may elect one of the following options: payments for the remainder of
the period, a lump sum payment or another fixed settlement option with a lesser fixed period.
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Installment Refund. Payments are guaranteed for the lifetime of the payee. Payments are guaranteed to total no less than the
amount of the Proceeds or Death Benefit applied. If the payee dies before the guaranteed payments have been made, the remaining payment will be paid to the Beneficiary.
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Lifetime – No Refund. Payments are made for the lifetime of the payee. No minimum
number of payments is guaranteed. Payments end at the death of the payee. It is possible that the payee may only receive one income payment if the payee’s death occurs before the second payment becomes due.
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If you have a Qualified Contract, not all Settlement Options will satisfy required minimum distribution rules, particularly as those rules apply to your designated Beneficiary after your death.
For deaths occurring on or after January 1, 2020, subject to certain exceptions most non-spouse Beneficiaries must now complete distributions within ten years of the death in order to satisfy required minimum distribution rules. Consult a tax
adviser before electing a Settlement Option under a Qualified Contract.
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The Company periodically advertises performance of the Subaccounts and portfolios. We may disclose at least four different kinds of performance.
First, We may disclose standard total return figures for the Subaccounts that reflect the deduction of all charges under the Contract, including the mortality and expense charge, the annual
contract fee and the Surrender Charge. These figures are based on the actual historical performance of the Subaccounts since their inception.
Second, We may disclose total return figures on a non-standard basis. This means that the data may be presented for different time periods and different dollar amounts. The data will not be
reduced by the Surrender Charge assessed under the Contract. We will only disclose non-standard performance data if it is accompanied by standard total return data.
Third, We may present historic performance data for the portfolios since their inception reduced by all fees and charges under the Contract, although We may not deduct the Surrender Charge in some
cases. Such adjusted historic performance includes data that precedes the inception dates of the Subaccounts, but is designed to show the performance that would have resulted if the Contract had been available during that time.
Fourth, We may include in Our advertising and sales materials, tax deferred compounding charts and other hypothetical illustrations, which may include comparisons of currently taxable and tax
deferred investment programs, based on selected tax brackets.
In advertising and sales literature (including illustrations), the performance of each Subaccount may be compared with the performance of other variable annuity issuers in general or to the
performance of particular types of variable annuities investing in mutual funds, or portfolios of mutual funds with investment objectives similar to the Subaccount. Lipper Analytical Services, Inc. (“Lipper”), CDA Investment Technologies (“CDA”),
Variable Annuity Research Data Service (“VARDS”) and Morningstar, Inc. (“Morningstar”) are independent services which monitor and rank the performance of variable annuity issuers in each of the major categories of investment objectives on an
industry-wide basis.
Lipper’s and Morningstar’s rankings include variable life insurance issuers as well as variable annuity issuers. VARDS rankings compare only variable annuity issuers. The performance analyses
prepared by Lipper, CDA, VARDS and Morningstar rank or illustrate such issuers on the basis of total return, assuming reinvestment of distributions, but do not take sales charges, redemption fees, or certain expense deductions at the Variable
Account level into consideration. In addition, VARDS prepares risk rankings, which consider the effects of market risk on total return performance. This type of ranking provides data as to which funds provide the highest total return within various
categories of funds defined by the degree of risk inherent in their investment objectives.
Advertising and sales literature may also compare the performance of each Subaccount to the Standard & Poor’s Index of 500 Common Stocks, a widely used measure of stock performance. This
unmanaged index assumes the reinvestment of dividends but does not reflect any “deduction” for the expense of operating or managing an investment portfolio. Other independent ranking services and indices may also be used as a source of performance
comparison.
We may also report other information including the effect of systematic investments and tax-deferred compounding on a Subaccount’s investment returns, or returns in general. We may illustrate this
information by using tables, graphs, or charts. All income and capital gains derived from Subaccount investments are reinvested and can lead to substantial long-term accumulation of assets, provided that the Subaccount investment experience is
positive.
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We are the legal owner of the portfolio shares held in the Subaccounts. However, when a portfolio is required to solicit the votes of its shareholders through the use of proxies, We believe that
current law requires Us to solicit you and other Contract Owners as to how We should vote the portfolio shares held in the Subaccounts. If We determine that We no longer are required to solicit your votes, We may vote the shares in Our own right.
When We solicit your vote, the number of votes you have will be calculated separately for each Subaccount in which you have an investment. The number of your votes is based on the net asset value
per share of the portfolio in which the Subaccount invests. It may include fractional shares. Before the Annuity Commencement Date, you hold a voting interest in each Subaccount to which the Accumulation Value is allocated.
If We do not receive timely voting instructions for portfolio shares, We will vote those shares in proportion to the voting instructions We receive. Proportional voting may result in a small
number of contract owners determining the outcome of a vote. Instructions We receive to abstain on any item will reduce the total number of votes being cast on a matter. For further details as to how We determine the number of your votes, see the
SAI.
Should Federal securities laws, regulations, or interpretations change, We may elect to vote portfolio shares in Our own right. If required by state insurance officials, or if permitted under
Federal regulation, under certain circumstances We may disregard certain Owner voting instructions.
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The following discussion is general in nature and is not intended as tax advice. Each person concerned should consult a competent tax adviser. No attempt is made to consider any applicable state
tax or other income tax laws, any state and local estate or inheritance tax, or other tax consequences of ownership or receipt of distributions under a Contract.
We believe that Our Contracts will qualify as annuity contracts for Federal income tax purposes and the following discussion assumes that they will so qualify. Further information on the tax
status of the Contract can be found in the SAI under the heading “Additional Contract Provisions – Tax Status of the Contracts.”
When you invest in an annuity contract, you usually do not pay taxes on your investment gains until you withdraw the money – generally for retirement purposes. In this way, annuity contracts have
been recognized by the tax authorities as a legitimate means of postponing tax on investment income.
If you invest in a variable annuity as part of an IRA, Roth IRA or SIMPLE IRA program, your Contract is called a Qualified Contract. The tax rules
applicable to Qualified Contracts vary according to the type of retirement plan and the terms and conditions of the plan. If your annuity is independent of any formal retirement or pension plan, it is called a Non-Qualified
Contract.
We believe that if you are a natural person you will not be taxed on increases in the Accumulation Value of your Contract until a distribution occurs or until annuity payments begin. (The
agreement to assign or pledge any portion of a Contract’s Accumulation Value generally will be treated as a distribution.) Generally, withdrawals from your annuity should only be made once the Owner reaches age 59½, dies or is disabled; otherwise a
tax penalty of ten percent of the amount treated as income could be applied against any amounts included in income, in addition to the tax otherwise imposed on such amount.
Diversification
The Code requires that the investments of each Subaccount of the Variable Account underlying the Contracts be “adequately diversified” in order for the
Contracts to be treated as annuity contracts for Federal income tax purposes. It is intended that each Subaccount, through the Portfolio of the Fund in which it invests, will satisfy these diversification requirements.
Owner Control
In certain circumstances, owners of variable annuity contracts have been considered for Federal income tax purposes to be the owners of the assets of the separate account
supporting their contracts due to their ability to exercise investment control over those assets. When this is the case, the contract owners have been currently taxed on income and gains attributable to the variable account assets. There is
limited guidance in this area, and some features of Our Contracts, such as the flexibility of an Owner to allocate premium payments and transfer amounts among the Subaccounts of the Variable Account, have not been explicitly addressed in
published rulings. While We believe that the Contracts do not give Owners investment control over Variable Account assets, We reserve the right to modify the Contracts as necessary to prevent an Owner from being treated as the Owner of the
Variable Account assets supporting the Contract.
Non-Natural Person
If a non-natural person (such as a corporation or a trust) owns a Non-Qualified Contract, the Owner generally must include in income any increase in the excess of the Accumulation Value over the
investment in the contract (generally, the premiums or other consideration paid for the Contract, reduced by any amount previously distributed from the Contract that was not subject to tax) during the taxable year. There are some exceptions to this
rule and a prospective owner that is not a natural person should discuss these with a tax adviser.
The following discussion generally applies to Contracts owned by natural persons.
Required Distributions
In order to be treated as an annuity contract for Federal income tax purposes, Section 72(s) of the Code requires any Non-Qualified Contract to contain certain provisions specifying how your
interest in the Contract will be distributed in the event of the death of an Owner of the Contract. Specifically, section 72(s) requires that (a) if any owner dies on or after the annuity starting date, but prior to the time the entire interest
in the contract has been distributed, the entire interest in the contract will be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used as of the date of such owner’s death; and (b) if any owner dies prior to the annuity
starting date, the entire interest in the contract will be distributed within five years after the date of such owner’s death. These requirements will be considered satisfied as to any portion of an owner’s interest which is payable to or for the
benefit of a designated beneficiary and which is distributed over the life of such designated beneficiary or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of that beneficiary, provided that such distributions begin within one year of the
owner’s death. The designated beneficiary refers to a natural person designated by the owner as a beneficiary and to whom ownership of the contract passes by reason of death. However, if the designated beneficiary is the surviving spouse of the
deceased owner, the contract may be continued with the surviving spouse as the new owner.
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The Non-Qualified Contracts contain provisions that are intended to comply with these Code requirements, although no regulations interpreting these requirements have yet been issued. We intend to
review such provisions and modify them if necessary to assure that they comply with the applicable requirements when such requirements are clarified by regulation or otherwise.
Other rules apply to Qualified Contracts.
Withdrawals
When a withdrawal (including systematic Payments) from a Non-Qualified Contract occurs, the amount received will be treated as ordinary income subject to tax up to an amount equal to the excess
(if any) of the Accumulation Value immediately before the distribution over the Owner’s investment in the contract at that time. In the case of a surrender under a Non-Qualified Contract, the amount received generally will be taxable only to the
extent it exceeds the Owner’s investment in the Contract. In the case of a withdrawal under a Qualified Contract, a ratable portion of the amount received is taxable, generally based on the ratio of the “investment in the contract’’ to the
individual’s total account balance. The “investment in the contract” generally equals the amount of any non-deductible purchase payments paid by or on behalf of any individual. In many cases, the “investment in the contract” under a Qualified
Contract can be zero.
Penalty Tax on Certain Withdrawals
In the case of a distribution from a Non-Qualified Contract, there may be imposed a Federal tax penalty equal to ten percent of the amount treated as income. In general, however, there is no
penalty on distributions:
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attributable to the taxpayer’s becoming disabled; or
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made as part of a series of substantially equal periodic payments for the life (or life expectancy) of the taxpayer.
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Other exceptions may apply under certain circumstances and special rules may apply in connection with the exceptions enumerated above. Additional exceptions apply to distributions from a Qualified
Contract. You should consult a tax adviser with regard to exceptions from the penalty tax.
Income Payments
Although tax consequences may vary depending on the settlement option elected under an annuity contract, a portion of each income payment is generally not taxed and the remainder is taxed as
ordinary income. The non-taxable portion of an income payment is generally determined in a manner that is designed to allow you to recover your investment in the contract ratably on a tax-free basis over the expected stream of annuity payments, as
determined when income payments start. Once your investment in the Contract has been fully recovered, however, the full amount of each income payment is subject to tax as ordinary income.
Partial Annuitization
If part of an annuity contract’s value is applied to an annuity option that provides payments for one or more lives and for a period of at least ten years, those payments may be taxed as annuity payments instead of
withdrawals. None of the payment options under the Contract is intended to qualify for this “partial annuitization” treatment and, if you apply only part of the value of the Contract to a payment option, we will treat those payments as
withdrawals for tax purposes.
Taxation of Death Benefit Proceeds
Amounts may be distributed from a Contract because of your death or the death of the Annuitant. Generally, such amounts are includible in the income of the recipient as follows: (i) if distributed in a lump sum,
they are taxed in the same manner as a surrender of the Contract, or (ii) if distributed under a settlement option, they are taxed in the same way as income payments.
Transfers, Assignments or Exchanges of a Contract
A transfer or assignment of ownership of a Contract, the designation of certain Annuitants, the selection of certain Annuity Commencement Dates, or the exchange of a Contract may result in certain tax consequences
to you that are not discussed herein. An Owner contemplating any such transfer, assignment or exchange, should consult a tax adviser as to the tax consequences.
Withholding
Annuity distributions are generally subject to withholding for the recipient’s Federal income tax liability. Recipients can generally elect, however, not to have tax withheld from distributions.
Multiple Contracts
All non-qualified deferred annuity contracts that are issued by Us (or affiliates) to the same Owner during any calendar year are treated as one annuity contract for purposes of determining the amount includible in
such Owner’s income when a taxable distribution occurs.
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The tax rules that apply to Qualified Contracts vary according to the type of retirement plan and the terms and conditions of the plan. Your rights under a Qualified Contract may be subject to the
terms of the retirement plan itself, regardless of the terms of the Qualified Contract. Adverse tax consequences may result if you do not ensure that contributions, distributions and other transactions with respect to the Contract comply with the
law.
Individual Retirement Annuities (IRAs), as defined in Section 408 of the Code, permit individuals to make annual contributions of up to
the lesser of a specified annual amount for the year or 100% of the compensation included in your income for the year. The contributions may be deductible in whole or in part, depending on the individual’s income. Distributions from certain pension
plans may be “rolled over” into an IRA on a tax-deferred basis without regard to these limits. Amounts in the IRA (other than nondeductible contributions) are taxed when distributed from the IRA. A 10% penalty tax generally applies to distributions
made before age 59½, unless certain exceptions apply. Distributions that are rolled over to an IRA within 60 days are not immediately taxable, however only one such rollover is permitted each year. An individual can make only one rollover from an
IRA to another (or the same) IRA in any 12-month period, regardless of the number of IRAs that are owned. The limit will apply by aggregating all of an individual’s IRAs, including SEP and SIMPLE IRAs as well as traditional and Roth IRAs,
effectively treating them as one IRA for purposes of the limit. This limit does not apply to direct trustee-to-trustee transfers or conversions to Roth IRAs.
SIMPLE IRAs permit certain eligible small employers to establish SIMPLE plans as provided by Section 408(p) of the Code, under which
employees may elect to defer to a SIMPLE IRA a percentage of compensation up to a specified annual amount. The sponsoring employer is required to make matching or non-elective contributions on behalf of the employees. Distributions from SIMPLE IRAs
are subject to the same restrictions that apply to IRA distributions and are taxed as ordinary income. Subject to certain exceptions, premature distributions prior to age 59½ are subject to a 10% penalty tax, which is increased to 25% if the
distribution occurs within the first two years after the commencement of the employee’s participation in the plan.
Roth IRAs, as described in Code section 408A, permit certain eligible individuals to make non-deductible contributions to a Roth IRA in
cash or as a rollover or transfer from another Roth IRA or other IRA. A rollover from or conversion of an IRA to a Roth IRA is generally subject to tax. The Owner may wish to consult a tax adviser before combining any converted amounts with any
other Roth IRA contributions, including any other conversion amounts from other tax years. Distributions from a Roth IRA generally are not taxed, except that, once aggregate distributions exceed contributions to the Roth IRA, income tax and a 10%
penalty tax may apply to distributions made (1) before age 59½ (subject to certain exceptions) or (2) during the five taxable years starting with the year in which the first contribution is made to any Roth IRA. A 10% penalty tax may apply to
amounts attributable to a conversion from an IRA if they are distributed during the five taxable years beginning with the year in which the conversion was made. Distributions that are rolled over to an IRA within 60 days are not immediately
taxable, however only one such rollover is permitted each year. An individual can make only one rollover from an IRA to another (or the same) IRA in any 12-month period, regardless of the number of IRAs that are owned. The limit will apply by
aggregating all of an individual’s IRAs, including SEP and SIMPLE IRAs as well as traditional and Roth IRAs, effectively treating them as one IRA for purposes of the limit. This limit does not apply to direct trustee-to-trustee transfers or
conversions to Roth IRAs.
Other Tax Issues
Qualified Contracts generally have minimum distribution rules that govern the timing and amount of distributions. There is a 25% excise tax on any shortfall to taking the full required minimum
distribution for a year, which is reduced to 10% if the shortfall is corrected within two years. In the case of IRAs and SIMPLE IRAs, distributions generally must commence no later than April 1 of the calendar year following the year in which you
reach your applicable age. As previously described, if you attain (1) age 70½ before 2020, the applicable age is 70½; (2) age 72 during or after 2020 but before 2023, the applicable age is 72; (3) age 72 during or after 2023 and age 73 before 2033,
the applicable age is 73; or (4) age 74 after 2032, the applicable age is 75. Roth IRAs do not require distributions before death. If you are attempting to satisfy required distribution rules through partial withdrawals before the Annuity
Commencement Date, the value of the Death Benefit or any other optional rider may need to be included in calculating the amount required to be distributed. In addition, to satisfy minimum distribution rules, please note that for deaths occurring on
or after January 1, 2020, most non-spouse designated Beneficiaries will have to take post-death distributions within ten years. Certain exceptions apply to “eligible designated beneficiaries” which include disabled and chronically ill individuals,
individuals who are ten or less years younger than the deceased individual, and children who have not reached the age of majority. You should consult a tax adviser for more information about these distribution rules.
Withholding
Distributions from Qualified Contracts generally are subject to withholding for the Owner’s Federal income tax liability. The withholding rate varies according to the type of distribution and the
Owner’s tax status. The Owner will be provided the opportunity to elect to not have tax withheld from distributions.
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Penalty Tax on Certain Withdrawals.
In the case of a distribution from a Qualified Contract, there may be imposed an additional federal tax equal to ten percent of the amount treated as income. In general, however, there is no penalty on distributions:
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Section 72(t) of the Code lists other exceptions that could result in a distribution not being subject to the penalty tax. You should consult a tax adviser with regard to exceptions from the additional tax.
While no attempt is being made to discuss the Federal estate tax implications of the Contract in detail, a purchaser should keep in mind that the value of an annuity contract owned by a decedent
and payable to a beneficiary by virtue of surviving the decedent is included in the decedent’s gross estate. Depending on the terms of the annuity contract, the value of the annuity included in the gross estate may be the value of the lump sum
payment payable to the designated beneficiary or the actuarial value of the payments to be received by the beneficiary. Consult an estate planning adviser for more information.
Under certain circumstances, the Code may impose a generation skipping transfer (“GST”) tax when all or part of an annuity contract is transferred to, or a Death Benefit is paid to, an individual
two or more generations younger than the Owner. Regulations issued under the Code may require us to deduct the tax from your Contract, or from any applicable payment, and pay it directly to the IRS.
The federal estate tax, gift tax, and GST tax exemptions and maximum rates may be adjusted each year. The potential application of these taxes underscores the importance of seeking guidance from a
qualified adviser to help ensure that your estate plan adequately addresses your needs and those of your beneficiaries under all possible scenarios.
Distributions from non-qualified annuity contracts will be considered “investment income” for purposes of the Medicare tax on investment income. Thus, in certain circumstances, a 3.8% tax may be
applied to some or all of the taxable portion of distributions (e.g., earnings) to individuals whose income exceeds certain threshold amounts. You should consult a tax adviser for more information.
The Contract provides that upon your death, a surviving spouse may have certain continuation rights that he or she may elect to exercise for the Contract’s Death Benefit. All Contract provisions
relating to the spousal continuation are available only to a person who meets the definition of “spouse” under federal law. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that same-sex marriages must be permitted under state law and that marriages recognized
under state law will be recognized for federal law purposes. Domestic partnerships and civil unions that are not recognized as legal marriages under state law, however, will not be treated as marriages under federal law. Consult a tax adviser for
more information on this subject.
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that income received by residents of Puerto Rico under annuity contracts issued by a Puerto Rico branch of a United States life insurance company is
U.S.-source income that is generally subject to United States Federal income tax.
The discussion above provides general information regarding U.S. Federal income tax consequences to annuity purchasers that are U.S. citizens or residents. Purchasers that are not U.S. citizens or
residents will generally be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax on taxable distributions from life insurance policies at a 30% rate, unless a lower treaty rate applies. In addition, such purchasers may be subject to state and/or municipal taxes
and taxes that may be imposed by the purchaser’s country of citizenship or residence. Additional withholding may occur with respect to entity purchasers (including foreign corporations, partnerships and trusts) that are not U.S. residents.
Prospective purchasers are advised to consult with a qualified tax adviser regarding U.S., state, and foreign taxation with respect to a life insurance policy purchase.
At the present time, We make no charge for any Federal, state or local taxes (other than the charge for state and local Premium Taxes) that We incur that may be attributable to the investment
divisions (that is, the Subaccounts) of the Variable Account or to the
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Contracts. We do have the right in the future to make additional charges for any such tax or other economic burden resulting from the application of the tax laws that We determine is attributable
to the investment divisions of the Variable Account or the Contracts.
To the extent permitted by Federal tax law, We may claim the benefit of certain foreign tax credits attributable to taxes paid by certain portfolios to foreign jurisdictions.
Under current laws in several states, We may incur state and local taxes (in addition to Premium Taxes). These taxes are not now significant and We are not currently charging for them. If they
increase, We may deduct charges for such taxes.
Although the likelihood of legislative changes is uncertain, there is always the possibility that the tax treatment of the Contracts could change by legislation or otherwise. Consult a tax adviser
with respect to legislative developments and their effect on the Contract.
We have the right to modify the Contract in response to legislative changes that could otherwise diminish the favorable tax treatment that annuity contract owners currently receive. We make no
guarantee regarding the tax status of any contract and do not intend the above discussion as tax advice.
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The following table summarizes information about other optional benefits available under the Contract.
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Automatically transfers your Accumulation Value to maintain your chosen percentage allocation among the Subaccounts (monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually).
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No Charge
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• Only available during the Accumulation Period.
• Cannot be chosen if you are
participating in the Dollar Cost Averaging Program.
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Automatically transfers a set dollar amount from the Vanguard VIF Money Market Subaccount or the Fidelity® VIP Government Money Market Subaccount to other Subaccounts you select (monthly,
quarterly, semi-annually, or annually).
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No Charge
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• Only available during the Accumulation Period.
• Cannot be chosen if you are participating in the Automatic Asset
Reallocation Program.
• Minimum transfer amount is $250.
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Automatically withdraws a set dollar amount from the Contract (monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually).
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No Charge
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• Only available during the Accumulation Period.
• Minimum withdrawal amount is $100.
• If, during the Contract year, the amount of withdrawals exceeds your
free withdrawal amount, we will deduct a Surrender Charge.
• Income taxes and tax penalties may
apply to withdrawals.
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Automatic Asset Reallocation
We offer an automatic asset reallocation program under which We will automatically transfer amounts monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually to maintain a particular percentage allocation among
the Subaccounts. Accumulation Value allocated to each Subaccount will grow or decline in value at different rates. Over time, this method of investing may help you buy low. The automatic asset reallocation program does not guarantee gains, nor does
it assure that you will not have losses. The Fixed Account does not participate in this program.
To participate in the automatic asset reallocation program:
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you must elect this feature in the Application or after issue by submitting an automatic asset reallocation request form to Our Administrative Service Center.
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There is no additional charge for the automatic asset reallocation program. Any reallocation which occurs under the automatic asset reallocation program will NOT be counted towards the 12 “free”
transfers allowed during each Contract year. You can end this program at any time.
Automatic asset reallocation will end if:
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We may modify, suspend, or discontinue the automatic asset reallocation program at any time. You cannot choose automatic asset reallocation if you are participating in the dollar cost averaging
program.
Dollar Cost Averaging
You may elect to participate in a dollar cost averaging program in the Application or by completing an election form that We receive. Dollar cost averaging is an investment strategy designed to
reduce the investment risks associated with market fluctuations. The strategy spreads the allocation of your premium into the Subaccounts over a period of time by systematically and automatically transferring, on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or
annual basis, specified dollar amounts from the Vanguard VIF Money Market Subaccount or the Fidelity® VIP Government Money Market Subaccount into any other Subaccount(s). This allows you to potentially reduce the risk of investing most of
your premium payment into the Subaccounts at a time when prices are high. We do not assure the success of this strategy, and success depends on market trends. We cannot guarantee that dollar cost averaging will result in a profit or protect against
loss. You should carefully consider your financial ability to continue the program over a long enough period of time to purchase units when their value is low as well as when it is high.
On each dollar cost averaging transfer day, We will automatically transfer equal amounts (minimum $250) from the Vanguard VIF Money Market Subaccount or the Fidelity® VIP Government Money
Market Subaccount to your designated “destination accounts” in the percentages selected. You may have multiple destination accounts. We do not allow transfers to the Vanguard VIF Money Market Subaccount or the Fidelity® VIP Government
Money Market Subaccount under the dollar cost averaging program. To participate in dollar cost averaging, you must elect a period of time and place at least $1,000 in the Vanguard VIF Money Market Subaccount or the Fidelity® VIP Government
Money Market Subaccount.
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If you have elected dollar cost averaging, the program will start on the first Business Day after the latest of:
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when the Accumulation Value of the Vanguard VIF Money Market Subaccount or the Fidelity® VIP Government Money Market Subaccount equals or exceeds the minimum amount stated
above; or
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the date requested.
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Dollar cost averaging will end if:
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We receive your written request to cancel your participation;
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the Accumulation Value in the Vanguard VIF Money Market Subaccount or the Fidelity® VIP Government Money Market Subaccount is depleted; or
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the specified number of transfers has been completed.
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You will receive written notice confirming each transfer and when the program has ended. You are responsible for reviewing the confirmation to verify that the transfers are being made as requested.
There is no additional charge for dollar cost averaging. A transfer under this program is NOT considered a transfer for purposes of assessing the transfer fee. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue the dollar cost averaging program at any time. You
cannot choose dollar cost averaging if you are participating in the automatic asset reallocation program.
American Family does not provide investment advisory services in making dollar cost averaging or any other service or feature available under the Contract
Systematic Withdrawal Plan
You can elect to receive regular payments from your Accumulation Value during the Accumulation Period by instructing Us to withdraw selected amounts from the Fixed Account or any of the Subaccounts.
We will specify the terms of the withdrawal plan on your Application or make these withdrawals on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis as you direct. You must complete an enrollment form and send it to Our Administrative Service Center.
You may terminate the systematic withdrawal plan at any time.
There are some limitations to the systematic withdrawal plan:
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withdrawals must be at least $100;
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you must have a minimum balance at least equal to the amount you want to withdraw; and
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We will deduct a Surrender Charge from any amount you withdraw in excess of your free withdrawal amount.
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Income taxes and tax penalties may apply to the amount withdrawn. We may suspend or modify the systematic withdrawal plan at any time.
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We usually pay the amounts of any surrender, partial surrender, or Death Benefit within seven days after We receive all applicable written notices, permitted telephone requests, and/or due proofs of
death. However, We can postpone these payments if:
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the New York Stock Exchange is closed, other than for customary weekends and holiday closings, or trading on the New York Stock Exchange is restricted as determined by the SEC; or
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the SEC permits, by an order, the postponement of any payment for the protection of Owners; or
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the SEC determines that an emergency exists that would make the disposal of securities held in the Variable Account or the determination of their value not reasonably practicable.
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If, under SEC rules, Vanguard VIF Money Market Portfolio suspends payments of redemption proceeds in connection with a liquidation of the Portfolio, We will delay payment of any transfer, partial
surrender, surrender or Death Benefit from the Vanguard VIF Money Market Portfolio Subaccount until the Portfolio is liquidated.
If, under SEC rules, the Fidelity® VIP Government Money Market Portfolio suspends payments of redemption proceeds in connection with the liquidation of the Portfolio, We will delay
payment of any transfer, partial surrender, surrender or Death Benefit from the Fidelity® VIP Government Money Market Portfolio Subaccount until the Portfolio is liquidated.
We have the right to defer payment of amounts from the Fixed Account for up to six months after receipt of the written notice. We will pay interest on any payment deferred for 30 days or more as
required by state law.
If you have submitted a check or draft as payment, We have the right to defer payment of surrenders, partial surrenders, the Death Benefit, or payments under a settlement option until the check or
draft has been honored.
If mandated under applicable law, We may be required to block an Owner’s account and thereby refuse to pay any requests for transfers, partial surrenders, surrenders or Death Benefits, until
instructions are received from the appropriate regulator. We may also be required to provide additional information about an Owner and an Owner’s account to government regulators.
It may not be in your best interest to surrender, lapse, change, or borrow from existing life insurance or annuity contracts in connection with the purchase of a new contract. You should replace
your existing Contract only when you determine that the new contract is better for you. The charges and benefits of your existing Contract may be different from the new contract. You may have to pay a Surrender Charge on your existing Contract, and
the new contract may impose a new surrender charge period.
You should talk to your financial professional or tax adviser to make sure the exchange will be tax-free. If you surrender your existing Contract for cash and then buy the new contract, you may have
to pay a tax, including possibly a penalty tax, on the surrender.
Any modification or waiver of Our rights or requirements under the Contract must be in writing and signed by Our President, one of Our Vice Presidents, Our Secretary or Our Assistant Secretary. No
agent or other person may bind Us by waiving or changing any provision contained in the Contract.
Upon notice to you, We may modify the Contract:
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to conform the Contract, Our operations, or the Variable Account’s operations to the requirements of any law (or regulation issued by a government agency) to which the Contract, Our
Company, or the Variable Account is subject;
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to assure continued qualification of the Contract under the Code or other Federal or state laws relating to retirement annuities or variable annuity contracts;
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to reflect a change in the Variable Account’s operation; or
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provide additional investment options.
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If We modify the Contract, We will make appropriate endorsements to the Contract. If any provision of the Contract conflicts with the laws of a jurisdiction that govern the Contract, We reserve the
right to amend the provision to conform with these laws.
We ceased offering the Contracts to new purchasers in 2009. You may, however continue to make payments to fund your Contract pursuant to its terms, and exercise other rights and options under your
Contract, such as reallocations among investment options, partial withdrawals, surrenders and changes in ownership. To that limited extent, the distribution with respect to outstanding Contracts continues.
We have entered into a distribution agreement, effective as of February 15, 2014, with Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (the “Distributor”), for the distribution and servicing of outstanding
Contracts. The Distributor is located at 3520 Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri, 64111. Pursuant to this agreement, the Distributor serves as principal underwriter for the Contracts, and distributes and services the Contracts through its registered
representatives. The Distributor replaced American Family Securities, LLC, Our affiliate,
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which had acted as principal underwriter and distributor for the Contracts until February 14, 2014. The Distributor is not affiliated with Us. All commissions that were payable with respect to the
Contracts have been paid, and no commissions are or will become payable to the Distributor (or American Family Securities, LLC) or their respective registered representatives with respect to the Contracts. The Distributor, however, may be reimbursed
by Kansas City Life Insurance Company for expenses incurred by the Distributor in providing distribution and servicing services for the Contracts.
The Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund makes payments to the Distributor under its distribution plans in consideration of services provided and expenses incurred by the
Distributor in distributing Service Class 2 Fund shares available under the Contracts. These payments may equal, on an annual basis, up to 0.25% of the average net assets of the Variable Account invested in the particular fund. The compensation
received by the Distributor’s registered representatives is not affected by the payments received from the Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products Fund or the subaccounts selected by Owners.
Like other life insurance companies, We are involved in lawsuits. In addition, We are from time to time, involved as a party to various governmental and
administrative proceedings. Currently, there are no class action lawsuits or proceedings naming Us as a defendant or involving the Variable Account. In some lawsuits involving other insurers, substantial damages have been sought and/or material
settlement payments have been made. Although the outcome of any litigation or proceeding cannot be predicted with certainty, We believe that at the present time, there are no pending or threatened lawsuits or proceedings that are reasonably likely to
have a material adverse impact on the Variable Account, the ability of the Distributor to perform its contract with the Variable Account or the ability of American Family Life Insurance Company to meet its obligations under the Contract.
The Owner, subject to any assignment on file at the Administrative Service Center and subject to the rights of any irrevocable Beneficiary, may exercise all rights and options provided by this
Annuity Contract during the Annuitant’s lifetime. This includes the right to name a new Owner or a new Beneficiary or to receive income payments under certain Settlement Options otherwise payable to the Annuitant. The consent of any Beneficiary or
any contingent Owner will not be required unless the existing designation has been made irrevocable by its terms. If the Owner is not the Annuitant and the Owner dies before the Annuitant, the Owner’s estate will become the Owner unless We have
received a written request before the Owner’s death from the Owner naming a contingent Owner or unless otherwise provided by Annuity Contract endorsement. If the Owner dies and the Owner’s spouse is the Annuitant, the Owner’s spouse becomes the
Owner.
We will mail a report to you at least annually at your last known address of record. The report will state the Accumulation Value (including the Accumulation Value in each Subaccount and the Fixed
Account), the Surrender Value, any activity since the last report (e.g., premium payments, partial surrenders and interest credited to the Fixed Account) and any further information required by any applicable law or regulation.
Inquiries regarding your Contract may be made by calling or writing to Us at:
American Family Life Insurance Company
Administrative Service Center
P.O. Box 219409
Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9409
1-877-781-3520
The financial statements for the Variable Account and the Company are contained in the Statement of Additional Information (the “SAI”). Our financial statements should be distinguished from the
Variable Account’s financial statements and you should consider Our financial statements only as bearing upon Our ability to meet Our obligations under the Contracts. For a free copy of these financial statements and/or the SAI, please call or write
to Us at Our Administrative Service Center.
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The following is a list of Portfolio Companies available under the Contract. More information about the Portfolio Companies is available in the prospectuses for the Portfolio Companies, which may be amended from time
to time and can be found online at https://kclife.com/amfamvariablepolicyadministration/. You can also request this information at no cost by calling 1-877-781-3520 or by sending an email request to [email protected].
The current expenses and performance information below reflects fee and expenses of the Portfolio Companies, but do not reflect the other fees and expenses that your Contract may
charge. Expenses would be higher and performance would be lower if these other charges were included. Each Portfolio Company’s past performance is not necessarily an indication of future performance.
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Seeks long-term capital appreciation.
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Fidelity® VIP ContrafundSM Portfolio – Service Class 2
Fidelity Management & Research Company
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0.81%
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33.45%
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16.74%
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13.33%
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Seeks reasonable income. The fund will also consider the potential for capital appreciation. The fund’s goal is to achieve a yield which exceeds the composite yield on the securities comprising the Standard & Poor’s 500SM
Index (S&P 500®).
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Fidelity® VIP Equity Income PortfolioSM – Service Class 2
Fidelity Management & Research Company
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0.72%
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15.06%
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9.80%
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8.94%
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Seeks as high a level of current income as is consistent with preservation of capital and liquidity.
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Fidelity® VIP Government Money Market Portfolio – Initial Class
Fidelity Management & Research Company
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0.25%
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5.10%
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2.33%
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1.62%
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Seeks high total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation.
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Fidelity® VIP Growth & Income Portfolio – Service Class 2
Fidelity Management & Research Company
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0.74%
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21.91%
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13.10%
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11.11%
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Seeks as high a level of current income as is consistent with preservation of capital.
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Fidelity® VIP Investment Grade Bond Portfolio – Service Class
Fidelity Management & Research Company
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0.48%
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1.62%
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0.34%
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1.83%
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Seeks long-term growth of capital.
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Fidelity® VIP Mid Cap Portfolio – Initial Class
Fidelity Management & Research Company
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0.57%
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17.49%
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11.34%
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9.21%
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Seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.
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Vanguard VIF Capital Growth Portfolio
PRIMECAP Management Company
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0.34%
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13.41%
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11.86%
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12.37%
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Seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.
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Vanguard VIF International Portfolio
Baillie Gifford Overseas Ltd. and Schroder Investment Management North America Inc.
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0.33%
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9.01%
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6.27%
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8.40%
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Seeks to provide current income while maintaining liquidity and a stable net asset value of $1 per share.
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Vanguard VIF Money Market Portfolio
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
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0.15%
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5.19%
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2.43%
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1.80%
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Seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation.
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Vanguard VIF Small Company Growth Portfolio
ArrowMark Colorado Holdings, LLC and The Vanguard Group, Inc.
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0.29%
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11.38%
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6.96%
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8.66%
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The following describes the Fixed Account option currently available under the Contract. We may change certain features of the Fixed Account, offer new fixed investment options, and terminate the Fixed Account in the future, subject to
applicable law. We will provide you with written notice before doing so. For more information about the Fixed Account, see “The Fixed Account.”
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Minimum Guaranteed Interest Rate
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To learn more about the Contract, you should read the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) dated the same date as this prospectus. For a free copy of the SAI and to request other information about the Contract,
please call or write to Us at Our Administrative Service Center only, P.O. Box 219409, Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9409, 1-877-781-3520.
The SAI has been filed with the SEC and is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. The SEC maintains an Internet website (http://www.sec.gov) that contains the SAI, reports and other information about the
Variable Account and the Contract. This information (including the SAI) may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C., or may be obtained, upon payment of a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the
email address maintained by the SEC ([email protected]).
Investment Company Act of 1940 Registration File No. 811-10121
Contract Identifier C000018178
All your protection under one roof*
American Family Life Insurance Company
Administrative Service Center – Kansas City, MO 64111
The American Family Variable Annuity is issued by American Family Life Insurance Company and distributed by Sunset Financial Services, Inc.
3520 Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64111
1-800-821-5529
© 2013
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Statement of Additional Information
for the
American Family Variable Annuity Contract
Flexible Premium Variable Annuity Contract
Issued Through
American Family Variable Account II
Offered by
American Family Life Insurance Company
Administrative Service Center
P.O. Box 219409
Kansas City, Missouri 64121-9409
1-877-781-3520
This Statement of Additional Information expands upon subjects discussed in the current Prospectus for the American Family Variable Annuity Contract offered by American Family Life Insurance Company. You
may obtain a copy of the Prospectus for the Contract dated May 1, 2025 by calling the above telephone number or by writing to Us at the above address.
This Statement of Additional Information incorporates terms used in the current Prospectus for the Contract.
This Statement of Additional Information is not a prospectus and should be read only in conjunction with the Prospectuses for your Contract and the Funds.
The date of this Statement of Additional Information is May 1, 2025.
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The entire contract consists of the Contract, the signed Application attached at issue, any attached amendments and supplements to the Application, and any attached riders and endorsements. In the
absence of fraud, We consider all statements in the Application to be representations and not warranties. We will not use any statement to contest a claim unless that statement is in an attached Application or in an amendment or supplement to the
Application attached to the Contract.
The rights of the Owner and any Beneficiary are subject to the rights of any assignee of this Contract unless the Beneficiary was effectively designated as an irrevocable Beneficiary before the
assignment. No assignment is binding on Us until the original or a copy of it is filed at Our Administrative Service Center, and accepted by Us. We are not responsible for the validity of any assignment or its legal effect.
We will not contest the Contract after the issue date.
If the age or gender (if applicable) of the Annuitant has been stated incorrectly, then We will determine the Annuity Commencement Date and the amount of the income payments by using the correct age
and gender. After the Annuity Commencement Date, any adjustment for underpayment will be paid immediately. Any adjustment for overpayment will be deducted from future payments. We will make adjustments for overpayments or underpayments with interest at
the rate then in use to determine the rate of payments.
The Contract does not participate in Our surplus earnings or profits. We will not pay dividends on this Contract.
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Tax law imposes several requirements that variable annuities must satisfy in order to receive the tax treatment normally accorded to annuity contracts.
Diversification Requirements. The Code requires that the investments of each Subaccount of the Variable Account underlying the Contracts be “adequately diversified” in order for the Contracts to be
treated as annuity contracts for Federal income tax purposes. It is intended that each Subaccount, through the Portfolio in which it invests, will satisfy these diversification requirements.
Owner Control. In some circumstances, owners of variable contracts who retain excessive control over the investment of the underlying separate account assets may be treated as the owners of those assets
and may be subject to tax currently on income and gains produced by those assets. Although published guidance in this area does not address certain aspects of the Contracts, We believe that the Owner of a Contract should not be treated as the owner of
the Variable Account assets. We reserve the right to modify the Contracts to bring them into conformity with applicable standards should such modification be necessary to prevent Owners of the Contracts from being treated as the owners of the
underlying Variable Account assets.
Required Distributions. In order to be treated as an annuity contract for Federal income tax purposes, section 72(s) of the Code requires any Non-Qualified Contract to contain certain provisions
specifying how your interest in the Contract will be distributed in the event of the death of a holder of the Contract. Specifically, section 72(s) requires that (a) if any Owner dies on or after the Annuity Commencement Date, but prior to the time the
entire interest in the Contract has been distributed, the entire interest in the Contract will be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used as of the date of such Owner’s death; and (b) if any Owner dies prior to
the annuity start date, the entire interest in the Contract will be distributed within five years after the date of such Owner’s death. These requirements will be considered satisfied as to any portion of an Owner’s interest which is payable to or for
the benefit of a designated Beneficiary and which is distributed over the life of such designated Beneficiary or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of that Beneficiary, provided that such distributions begin within one year of the
Owner’s death. The designated Beneficiary refers to a natural person designated by the Owner as a Beneficiary and to whom ownership of the Contract passes by reason of death. However, if the designated Beneficiary is the surviving spouse of the
deceased Owner, the Contract may be continued with the surviving spouse as the new Owner.
The Non-Qualified Contracts contain provisions that are intended to comply with these Code requirements, although no regulations interpreting these requirements have yet been issued. We intend to review
such provisions and modify them if necessary to assure that they comply with the applicable requirements when such requirements are clarified by regulation or otherwise.
Other rules may apply to Qualified Contracts.
Calculation of Subaccount and Adjusted Historic Portfolio Performance Data
We may advertise and disclose historic performance data for the Subaccounts, including yields, standard annual total returns, and non-standard measures of performance of the Subaccounts. Such performance
data will be computed, or accompanied by performance data computed, in accordance with the SEC defined standards.
Advertisements and sales literature may quote the current annualized yield of the Money Market Subaccount for a seven-day period in a manner that does not take into consideration any realized or
unrealized gains or losses, or income other than investment income, on shares of the Money Market portfolio.
We compute this current annualized yield by determining the net change (not including any realized gains and losses on the sale of securities, unrealized appreciation and depreciation, and income other
than investment income) at the end of the seven-day period in the value of a hypothetical Subaccount under a Contract having a balance of one unit of the Money Market Subaccount at the beginning of the period. We divide that net change in Subaccount
value by the value of the hypothetical Subaccount at the beginning of the period to determine the base period return. Then We annualize this quotient on a 365-day basis. The net change in account value reflects (i) net income from the Money Market
portfolio in which the hypothetical Subaccount invests; and (ii) charges and deductions imposed under the Contract that are attributable to the hypothetical Subaccount.
These charges and deductions include the per unit charges for the annual contract fee, the mortality and expense risk charge and the asset-based administrative charge. For purposes of calculating current
yields for a Contract, We use an average per unit annual contract fee based on the $30 annual contract fee.
We calculate the current yield by the following formula:
Current Yield = ((NCS/UV) X (365/7)) - ES
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Where:
NCS = The net change in the value of the Money Market portfolio (not including any realized gains or losses on the sale of securities, unrealized appreciation and
depreciation, and income other than investment income) for the seven-day period attributable to a hypothetical Subaccount having a balance of one Subaccount unit.
ES = Per unit charges deducted from the hypothetical Subaccount for the seven-day period.
UV = The unit value for the first day of the seven-day period.
We may also disclose the effective yield of the Money Market Subaccount for the same seven-day period, determined on a compounded basis. We calculate the effective yield by
compounding the unannualized base period return by adding one to the base return, raising the sum to a power equal to 365 divided by 7, and subtracting one and the per unit charges from the result.
Effective Yield = (1 + (NCS/UV))365/7 - 1 - ES
Where:
NCS = The net change in the value of the Money Market portfolio (not including any realized gains or losses on the sale of securities, unrealized appreciation and depreciation, and
income other than investment income) for the seven-day period attributable to a hypothetical Subaccount having a balance of one Subaccount unit.
ES = Per unit charges deducted from the hypothetical Subaccount for the seven-day period.
UV = The unit value for the first day of the seven-day period.
The Money Market Subaccount yield is lower than the Money Market portfolio’s yield because of the charges and deductions that the Contract imposes.
The current and effective yields on amounts held in the Money Market Subaccount normally fluctuate on a daily basis. Therefore, the disclosed yield for any given past period is not an indication or
representation of future yields or rates of return. The Money Market Subaccount’s actual yield is affected by changes in interest rates on money market securities, average portfolio maturity of the Money Market portfolio, the types and quality of
securities held by the Money Market portfolio and that portfolio’s operating expenses. We may also present yields on amounts held in the Money Market Subaccount for periods other than a seven-day period.
Yield calculations do not take into account the surrender charge that We assess on certain withdrawals of Accumulation Value.
Sales literature or advertisements may quote the current annualized yield of one or more of the Subaccounts (except the Money Market Subaccount) under the Contract for 30-day or one-month periods. The
annualized yield of a Subaccount refers to income that the Subaccount generates during a 30-day or one-month period and is assumed to be generated during each period over a 12-month period.
We compute the annualized 30-day yield by:
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dividing the net investment income of the portfolio attributable to the Subaccount units, less Subaccount expenses attributable to the Contract for the period, by the maximum offering price
per unit on the last day of the period;
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multiplying the result by the daily average number of units outstanding for the period;
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compounding that yield for a 6-month period; and
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multiplying the result by 2.
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Expenses of the Subaccount include the annual contract fee, the asset-based administrative charge and the mortality and expense risk charge. The yield calculation assumes that We
deduct the annual contract fee at the end of each Contract year. For purposes of calculating the 30-day or one-month yield, We divide an average annual contract fee collected by the average Accumulation Value in the Subaccount to determine the amount
of the charge attributable to the Subaccount for the 30-day or one-month period. We calculate the 30-day or one-month yield by the following formula:
Yield = 2 X ((((NI - ES)/(U X UV)) + 1)6 - 1)
Where:
NI = Net income of the portfolio for the 30-day or one-month period attributable to the Subaccount’s units.
ES = Charges deducted from the Subaccount for the 30-day or one-month period.
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U = The average number of units outstanding.
UV = The unit value at the close of the last day in the 30-day or one-month period.
The yield for the Subaccount is lower than the yield for the corresponding portfolio because of the charges and deductions that the Contract imposes.
The yield on the amounts held in the Subaccounts normally fluctuates over time. Therefore, the disclosed yield for any given past period is not an indication or representation of future yields or rates
of return. The types and quality of securities that a portfolio holds and its operating expenses affect the corresponding Subaccount’s actual yield.
Yield calculations do not take into account the surrender charge that We assess on certain withdrawals of Accumulation Value.
Sales literature or advertisements may quote average annual total returns for one or more of the Subaccounts for various periods of time. If We advertise total return for the Money Market Subaccount,
then those advertisements and sales literature will include a statement that yield more closely reflects current earnings than total return.
When a Subaccount has been in operation for one, five, and ten years, respectively, We will provide the average annual total return for these periods. We may also disclose average annual total returns
for other periods of time.
Standard average annual total returns represent the average annual compounded rates of return that would equate an initial investment of $1,000 under a Contract to the redemption value of that investment
as of the last day of each of the periods. Each period’s ending date for which We provide total return quotations will be for the most recent calendar quarter-end practicable, considering the type of the communication and the media through which it is
communicated.
We calculate the standard average annual total returns using Subaccount unit values that We calculate on each Business Day based on the performance of the Subaccount’s underlying portfolio, the
deductions for the mortality and expense risk charge, the asset-based administrative charge and the annual contract fee. The calculation assumes that We deduct an annual contract fee of $30.00 at the end of each Contract year. For purposes of
calculating average annual total return, We use an average per-dollar per-day annual contract fee attributable to the hypothetical Subaccount for the period. The calculation also assumes total surrender of the Contract at the end of the period for the
return quotation and will take into account the surrender charge applicable to the Contract that We assess on surrenders of Accumulation Value.
We calculate the standard total return by the following formula:
TR = ((ERV/P)/1N) - 1
Where:
TR = The average annual total return net of Subaccount recurring charges.
ERV = The ending redeemable value (minus any applicable surrender charge) of the hypothetical Subaccount at the end of the period.
P = A hypothetical initial payment of $1,000.
N = The number of years in the period.
Sales literature or advertisements may quote average annual total returns for the Subaccounts that do not reflect any surrender charges. We calculate such non-standard total returns in exactly the same
way as the average annual total returns described above, except that We replace the ending redeemable value of the hypothetical Subaccount for the period with an ending value for the period that does not take into account any surrender charges.
We may disclose cumulative total returns in conjunction with the standard formats described above. We calculate the cumulative total returns using the following formula:
CTR = (ERV/P) - 1
Where:
CTR = The cumulative total return net of Subaccount recurring charges for the period.
ERV = The ending redeemable value of the hypothetical investment at the end of the period.
P = A hypothetical single payment of $1,000.
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Sales literature or advertisements may quote adjusted yields and total returns for the portfolios since their inception reduced by some or all of the fees and charges under the Contract. Such adjusted
historic portfolio performance may include data that precedes the inception dates of the Subaccounts. This data is designed to show the performance that would have resulted if the Contract had been in existence during that time.
We will disclose nonstandard performance data only if We disclose the standard performance data for the required periods.
The Contract provides for the deduction of a $30.00 annual contract fee at the end of each Contract year from the Fixed Account and the Subaccounts. We will waive this charge if your Accumulation Value
is more than $20,000 on the date the charge is assessed. We base it on the proportion that the value of each such account bears to the total Accumulation Value. For purposes of reflecting the annual contract fee in yield and total return quotations, We
convert the annual contract fee into a per-dollar per-day charge based on the average Accumulation Value in the Subaccount for all Contracts on the last day of the period for which quotations are provided. Then, We adjust the per-dollar per-day average
charge to reflect the basis upon which We calculate the particular quotation.
The funds provide the portfolios’ performance data. We derive Subaccount performance data from the data that the funds provide and rely on the funds’ data.
The Variable Account may disclose non-standardized total return for time periods before the Variable Account commenced operations. Such performance data would be based on the actual performance of the
portfolios since their inception, adjusted to reflect the effect of the current level of charges that apply to the Subaccounts under the Contract.
In the event of any substitution or change, We may (by appropriate endorsement, if necessary) change the Contract to reflect the substitution or change. If We consider it to be in the best interest of
Owners and Annuitants, and subject to any approvals that may be required under applicable law, the Variable Account may be operated as a management investment company under the 1940 Act, it may be deregistered under that Act if registration is no
longer required, it may be combined with other of Our variable accounts, or the assets may be transferred to another variable account. In addition, We may, when permitted by law, restrict or eliminate any voting rights you have under the Contracts.
The funds currently sell shares to registered separate accounts of insurance companies other than Us to support other variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. In addition, Our
other separate accounts and separate accounts of other affiliated life insurance companies may purchase some of the funds to support other variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts. Moreover, qualified retirement plans may purchase shares
of some of the funds. As a result, there is a possibility that an irreconcilable material conflict may arise between your interests as a Contract Owner and the interests of persons owning other contracts investing in the same funds. There is also the
possibility that a material conflict may arise between the interests of owners generally, or certain classes of owners, and participating qualified retirement plans or participants in such retirement plans.
We currently do not foresee any disadvantages to you that would arise from the sale of fund shares to support variable life insurance contracts or variable annuity contracts of other companies or to
qualified retirement plans. However, the management of each fund will monitor events related to its fund in order to identify any material irreconcilable conflicts that might possibly arise as a result of such fund offering its shares to support both
variable life insurance contracts and variable annuity contracts, or support the variable life insurance contracts and/or variable annuity contracts issued by various affiliated and unaffiliated insurance companies.
In addition, the management of the funds will monitor the funds in order to identify any material irreconcilable conflicts that might possibly arise as a result of the sale of its shares to qualified
retirement plans, if applicable. In the event of such a conflict, the management of the appropriate fund would determine what action, if any, should be taken in response to the conflict. In addition, if We believe that the response of the funds to any
such conflict does not sufficiently protect you, then We will take Our own appropriate action, including withdrawing the Variable Account’s investment in such funds, as appropriate.
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We determine the number of votes you may cast by dividing your Accumulation Value in a Subaccount by the net asset value per share of the portfolio in which that Subaccount invests. We determine the
number of votes available to you as of the same date that the fund establishes for determining shareholders eligible to vote at the relevant meeting of the portfolio’s shareholders. We will solicit voting instructions by sending you written materials
before the fund’s meeting in accordance with the fund’s procedures.
We hold the Variable Account’s assets physically segregated and apart from the General Account. We maintain records of all purchases and sales of portfolio shares by each of the Subaccounts. A Fidelity
bond in the amount of $10 million per occurrence and $20 million in the aggregate covering Our officers and employees has been issued by Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America.
We ceased offering the Contracts to new purchasers in 2009.
Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (the “Distributor”) serves as principal underwriter for the Contracts. The Distributor is located at 3520 Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri, 64111. The Distributor was
organized as a corporation under Washington state laws in 1964 and is wholly owned by Kansas City Life Insurance Company. The Distributor is registered as a broker-dealer with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, as well as with the securities commissions of the states in which it operates, and is a member firm of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA).
More information about the Distributor and its registered persons is available at http://brokercheck.finra.org or by calling the FINRA BrokerCheck at toll-free (800) 289-9999.
On February 15, 2014, the Distributor replaced American Family Securities, LLC, which served as principal underwriter of the Contracts until then. No compensation is payable to the Distributor by Us
under the Distribution Agreement, and its operating expenses (including compensation of its registered persons involved in carrying out the Distributor’s responsibilities under the Distribution Agreement) are paid by Kansas City Life Insurance Company,
as the direct owner of the Distributor. However, commissions were payable by Us to American Family Securities, LLC under the agreement in effect when American Family Securities, LLC served as principal underwriter for the Contracts. Prior to
transferring the distribution functions for the Contracts to the Distributor in February 2014, American Family Securities, LLC and American Family Life Insurance Company amended their distribution agreement to commute the commission, obligations
payable to the individuals and managers registered with American Family Securities, LLC. All commissions that were payable with respect to the Contracts have been paid, and no commissions are or will become payable to the Distributor (or American
Family Securities, LLC) or their respected registered representatives with respect to the Contracts.
When American Family Securities, LLC did receive commissions, American Family Securities, LLC passed through commissions to individuals and their managers who were registered with American Family
Securities, LLC at the time the Contracts were sold. American Family Securities, LLC did not retain any portion of the commissions in return for its services as distributor for the Contracts. However, American Family Life Insurance Company and American
Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I. paid all of the operating and other expenses of American Family Securities, LLC when that agreement was in effect.
American Family Life Insurance Company (“AFLIC”) has entered into an indemnity reinsurance agreement with Kansas City Life Insurance Company (“KCL”) to indemnify and re-insure the obligations of the
Company under the Contracts and to provide for the administration of the Contracts. This administration includes, but is not limited to, collecting Premiums and other amounts due with respect to the Administered Business, adjudicating, paying and
administering claims under Variable Contracts, preparing all accounting and actuarial information related to the Administered Business, assuming all responsibility for underwriting, and responding to requests and inquiries from regulators with respect
to Variable Contracts. KCL is located at 3520 Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri, 64111.
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Fiscal Year
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Aggregate Amount of Compensation Paid by American Family Life Insurance Company to
Kansas City Life Insurance Company for Administrative Services
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2024
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$0
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2023
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$0
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2022
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$0
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American Family Life Insurance Company is owned 100% by AmFam, Inc., a Wisconsin business corporation formed to hold certain subsidiaries and assets of American Family Insurance Mutual Holding Company.
AmFam, Inc. is owned 100% by American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I. (“AFMICSI”), a Wisconsin stock insurance corporation engaged in the business of issuing property and casualty insurance policies. AFMICSI is owned 100% by AmFam Holdings,
Inc., a Wisconsin business corporation, which is not engaged in the business of insurance but owns all other insurance company subsidiaries of American Family Insurance Mutual Holding Company. AmFam Holdings, Inc. is owned 100% by American Family
Insurance Mutual Holding Company, a Wisconsin mutual insurance holding company.
Krystle L. Garcia, Assistant General Counsel, American Family Life Insurance Company, has passed upon all matters relating to Wisconsin law pertaining to the Contracts, including the validity of the
Contracts and the Company’s authority to issue the Contracts. Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, 700 6th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001, has provided legal advice on certain matters under the Federal securities laws that relate to the Contract.
The Statutory financial statements as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024 of the American Family Life Insurance Company, and the
Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024 and for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2024 of the American Family Variable Account II included in this Statement of Additional Information, which is a part of the Registration
Statement have been so included in reliance on the reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 833 E. Michigan Street, Suite 1200 Milwaukee, WI 53202, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in
auditing and accounting.
We have filed a registration statement with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the Contracts discussed in this Statement of Additional Information. The Statement of
Additional Information does not include all of the information set forth in the registration statement, amendments and exhibits. Statements contained in this Statement of Additional Information concerning the content of the Contracts and other legal
instruments are intended to be summaries. For a complete statement of the terms of these documents, you should refer to the instruments filed with the SEC.
This SAI contains the audited Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Policy Owners' Equity of the Variable Account as of December 31, 2024, the related Statement of Operations for the year then ended,
and the Statement of Changes in Policy Owners' Equity for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2024. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 833 E. Michigan Street, Suite 1200 Milwaukee, WI 53202, serves as independent registered public
accounting firm for the Variable Account.
Our Statutory Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 and Our related Statutory Statements of Operations, Statutory Statements of Changes in Capital and Surplus, and Statutory Statements of Cash
Flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, which are included in this SAI, should be considered only as bearing on our ability to meet our obligations under the Contracts. They should not be considered as bearing on the
investment performance of the assets held in the Variable Account.
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American Family Variable Account II
Financial Statements
December 31, 2024 and 2023
American Family Variable Account II
Contents
December 31, 2024 and 2023
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Directors of American Family Life Insurance Company and the Policy Owners of American Family Variable Account II
Opinions on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities and policy owners’ equity of Fidelity VIP Contrafund Subaccount, Fidelity VIP Equity Income Subaccount, Fidelity VIP Growth and Income Subaccount, Fidelity VIP Government
Money Market Subaccount, Fidelity VIP Investment Grade Bond Subaccount, Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Subaccount, Vanguard VIF Capital Growth Subaccount, Vanguard VIF International Subaccount, Vanguard VIF Money Market Subaccount, and Vanguard VIF Small
Company Growth Subaccount of American Family Variable Account II as of December 31, 2024, the related statements of operations for the year then ended, and the statements of changes in policy owners’ equity for each of the two years in the period
ended December 31, 2024, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity VIP Contrafund
Subaccount, Fidelity VIP Equity Income Subaccount, Fidelity VIP Growth and Income Subaccount, Fidelity VIP Government Money Market Subaccount, Fidelity VIP Investment Grade Bond Subaccount, Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Subaccount, Vanguard VIF Capital
Growth Subaccount, Vanguard VIF International Subaccount, Vanguard VIF Money Market Subaccount, and Vanguard VIF Small Company Growth Subaccount of American Family Variable Account II as of December 31, 2024, the results of each of their operations
for the year then ended, and the changes in policy owners’ equity for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2024 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinions
These financial statements are the responsibility of the American Family Life Insurance Company management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements of each of the subaccounts of American Family Variable Account
II based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to each of the subaccounts of American Family Variable
Account II in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a
test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation
of the financial statements.
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Our procedures included confirmation of investments owned as of December 31, 2024, by correspondence with the investee mutual funds. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
April 23, 2025
We have served as the auditor of one or more of the subaccounts of American Family Variable Account II since 2001.
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American Family Variable Account II
Statements of Assets and Liabilities and Policy Owners’ Equity
December 31, 2024
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Fidelity VIP Contrafund Subaccount
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Fidelity VIP Equity Income Subaccount
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Fidelity VIP Growth and Income Subaccount
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Fidelity VIP Government Money Market Subaccount
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Fidelity VIP Investment Grade Bond Subaccount
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Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Subaccount
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Vanguard VIF Capital Growth Subaccount
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Vanguard VIF International Subaccount
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Vanguard VIF Money Market Subaccount
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Vanguard VIF Small Company Growth Subaccount
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Investments at fair value (1):
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Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund
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$
|
7,173,025
|
$
|
18,924,591
|
$
|
26,513,202
|
$
|
770
|
$
|
25,911,677
|
$
|
7,997,768
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
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Vanguard Variable Insurance Fund
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
23,650,694
|
24,515,972
|
8,085,201
|
4,952,282
|
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Total Assets
|
7,173,025
|
18,924,591
|
26,513,202
|
770
|
25,911,677
|
7,997,768
|
23,650,694
|
24,515,972
|
8,085,201
|
4,952,282
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Liabilities
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Policy Owners' Equity
|
$
|
7,173,025
|
$
|
18,924,591
|
$
|
26,513,202
|
$
|
770
|
$
|
25,911,677
|
$
|
7,997,768
|
$
|
23,650,694
|
$
|
24,515,972
|
$
|
8,085,201
|
$
|
4,952,282
|
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(1) Investments at cost
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$
|
4,975,160
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$
|
16,377,643
|
$
|
17,331,214
|
$
|
770
|
$
|
29,520,432
|
$
|
7,217,790
|
$
|
13,616,605
|
$
|
22,884,699
|
$
|
8,085,201
|
$
|
4,659,043
|
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Shares outstanding
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129,243.696
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742,140.832
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900,890.297
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769.670
|
2,397,009.909
|
212,933.128
|
464,285.322
|
957,655.141
|
8,085,201.080
|
253,832.995
|
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Unit value
|
$
|
78.23
|
$
|
36.37
|
$
|
45.33
|
$
|
11.05
|
$
|
13.94
|
$
|
58.37
|
$
|
47.26
|
$
|
20.58
|
$
|
10.47
|
$
|
48.12
|
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Outstanding units
|
91,695.599
|
520,388.405
|
584,893.124
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69.671
|
1,859,090.031
|
137,024.293
|
500,440.855
|
1,191,242.633
|
772,250.295
|
102,925.052
|
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American Family Variable Account II
Statements of Operations
Year Ended December 31, 2024
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Fidelity VIP Contrafund Subaccount
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Fidelity VIP Equity Income Subaccount
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Fidelity VIP Growth and Income Subaccount
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Fidelity VIP Government Money Market Subaccount
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Fidelity VIP Investment Grade Bond Subaccount
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Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Subaccount
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Vanguard VIF Capital Growth Subaccount
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Vanguard VIF International Subaccount
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Vanguard VIF Money Market Subaccount
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Vanguard VIF Small Company Growth Subaccount
|
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Net Investment income (loss)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dividend income
|
$
|
2,482
|
$
|
302,048
|
$
|
326,659
|
$
|
37
|
$
|
899,678
|
$
|
42,842
|
$
|
280,299
|
$
|
304,948
|
$
|
389,229
|
$
|
26,739
|
||||||||||||||||||||
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Mortality, expense and administrative charges
|
(83,570
|
)
|
(224,548
|
)
|
(311,421
|
)
|
(8
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)
|
(305,828
|
)
|
(93,885
|
)
|
(284,119
|
)
|
(291,942
|
)
|
(89,193
|
)
|
(57,218
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
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Net investment income (loss)
|
(81,088
|
)
|
77,500
|
15,238
|
29
|
593,850
|
(51,043
|
)
|
(3,820
|
)
|
13,006
|
300,036
|
(30,479
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Realized and unrealized gain (loss)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net realized gain (loss) on fund shares redeemed
|
640,053
|
516,967
|
1,981,630
|
—
|
(526,621
|
)
|
227,221
|
1,866,933
|
221,988
|
—
|
6,603
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Capital gain distributions
|
847,348
|
1,138,904
|
1,777,412
|
—
|
—
|
1,008,345
|
512,345
|
807,240
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Change in unrealized gains (losses)
|
570,764
|
750,160
|
1,221,503
|
—
|
63,826
|
23,853
|
429,589
|
836,668
|
—
|
500,284
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Net gain (loss) on investments
|
2,058,165
|
2,406,031
|
4,980,545
|
—
|
(462,795
|
)
|
1,259,419
|
2,808,867
|
1,865,896
|
—
|
506,887
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net increase (decrease) in equity from operations
|
$
|
1,977,077
|
$
|
2,483,531
|
$
|
4,995,783
|
$
|
29
|
$
|
131,055
|
$
|
1,208,376
|
$
|
2,805,047
|
$
|
1,878,902
|
$
|
300,036
|
$
|
476,408
|
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American Family Variable Account II
Statements of Changes Policy Owners’ Equity
Year Ended December 31, 2024
|
Fidelity VIP Contrafund Subaccount
|
Fidelity VIP Equity Income Subaccount
|
Fidelity VIP Growth and Income Subaccount
|
Fidelity VIP Government Money Market Subaccount
|
Fidelity VIP Investment Grade Bond Subaccount
|
Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Subaccount
|
Vanguard VIF Capital Growth Subaccount
|
Vanguard VIF International Subaccount
|
Vanguard VIF Money Market Subaccount
|
Vanguard VIF Small Company Growth Subaccount
|
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Increase (decrease) from operations
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net investment income (loss)
|
$
|
(81,088
|
)
|
$
|
77,500
|
$
|
15,238
|
$
|
29
|
$
|
593,850
|
$
|
(51,043
|
)
|
$
|
(3,820
|
)
|
$
|
13,006
|
$
|
300,036
|
$
|
(30,479
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Net realized gain (loss) on fund shares redeemed
|
640,053
|
516,967
|
1,981,630
|
—
|
(526,621
|
)
|
227,221
|
1,866,933
|
221,988
|
—
|
6,603
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Capital gain distributions
|
847,348
|
1,138,904
|
1,777,412
|
—
|
—
|
1,008,345
|
512,345
|
807,240
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Change in unrealized gains (losses)
|
570,764
|
750,160
|
1,221,503
|
—
|
63,826
|
23,853
|
429,589
|
836,668
|
—
|
500,284
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net increase (decrease) in equity from operations
|
1,977,077
|
2,483,531
|
4,995,783
|
29
|
131,055
|
1,208,376
|
2,805,047
|
1,878,902
|
300,036
|
476,408
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Unit transactions
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Policy owners’ net premiums
|
66,585
|
212,601
|
272,879
|
—
|
308,137
|
78,316
|
249,750
|
276,178
|
77,037
|
53,478
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Contract charges
|
(2,339
|
)
|
(7,436
|
)
|
(9,746
|
)
|
—
|
(10,070
|
)
|
(2,842
|
)
|
(9,401
|
)
|
(9,901
|
)
|
(2,986
|
)
|
(1,603
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Surrenders and forfeitures
|
(818,497
|
)
|
(2,259,258
|
)
|
(3,152,367
|
)
|
(37
|
)
|
(3,121,802
|
)
|
(824,731
|
)
|
(2,703,525
|
)
|
(2,908,144
|
)
|
(799,707
|
)
|
(582,560
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Transfers between subaccounts and sponsor
|
(852,311
|
)
|
(348,477
|
)
|
(1,647,092
|
)
|
65
|
1,859,705
|
(294,890
|
)
|
(1,120,526
|
)
|
626,683
|
839,486
|
59,580
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Annuity benefits
|
(28,836
|
)
|
(51,279
|
)
|
(84,627
|
)
|
—
|
(107,798
|
)
|
(32,431
|
)
|
(61,224
|
)
|
(59,104
|
)
|
(27,621
|
)
|
(13,690
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net increase (decrease) in equity from unit transactions
|
(1,635,398
|
)
|
(2,453,849
|
)
|
(4,620,953
|
)
|
28
|
(1,071,828
|
)
|
(1,076,578
|
)
|
(3,644,926
|
)
|
(2,074,288
|
)
|
86,209
|
(484,795
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net increase (decrease) in equity
|
341,679
|
29,682
|
374,830
|
57
|
(940,773
|
)
|
131,798
|
(839,879
|
)
|
(195,386
|
)
|
386,245
|
(8,387
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Equity
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Beginning of year
|
6,831,346
|
18,894,909
|
26,138,372
|
713
|
26,852,450
|
7,865,970
|
24,490,573
|
24,711,358
|
7,698,956
|
4,960,669
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
End of year
|
$
|
7,173,025
|
$
|
18,924,591
|
$
|
26,513,202
|
$
|
770
|
$
|
25,911,677
|
$
|
7,997,768
|
$
|
23,650,694
|
$
|
24,515,972
|
$
|
8,085,201
|
$
|
4,952,282
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Accumulation unit activity
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Units outstanding at beginning of year
|
115,195.338
|
590,916.181
|
695,143.841
|
66.989
|
1,935,308.341
|
156,515.046
|
580,939.671
|
1,293,857.768
|
764,625.300
|
113,509.102
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Units issued during the period
|
1,853.808
|
12,990.869
|
9,659.193
|
6.058
|
200,033.924
|
3,576.049
|
11,638.588
|
69,495.997
|
112,639.521
|
5,279.456
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Units redeemed during the period
|
(25,353.547
|
)
|
(83,518.645
|
)
|
(119,909.910
|
)
|
(3.376
|
)
|
(276,252.234
|
)
|
(23,066.802
|
)
|
(92,137.404
|
)
|
(172,111.132
|
)
|
(105,014.526
|
)
|
(15,863.506
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Units outstanding at end of year
|
91,695.599
|
520,388.405
|
584,893.124
|
69.671
|
1,859,090.031
|
137,024.293
|
500,440.855
|
1,191,242.633
|
772,250.295
|
102,925.052
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5
American Family Variable Account II
Statements of Assets and Liabilities and Policy Owners’ Equity
Year Ended December 31, 2023
|
Fidelity VIP Contrafund Subaccount
|
Fidelity VIP Equity Income Subaccount
|
Fidelity VIP Growth and Income Subaccount
|
Fidelity VIP Government Money Market Subaccount
|
Fidelity VIP Investment Grade Bond Subaccount
|
Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Subaccount
|
Vanguard VIF Capital Growth Subaccount
|
Vanguard VIF International Subaccount
|
Vanguard VIF Money Market Subaccount
|
Vanguard VIF Small Company Growth Subaccount
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Increase (decrease) from operations
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net investment income (loss)
|
$
|
(56,761
|
)
|
$
|
109,944
|
$
|
77,656
|
$
|
25
|
$
|
374,898
|
$
|
(40,713
|
)
|
$
|
(16,955
|
)
|
$
|
94,491
|
$
|
293,539
|
$
|
(34,500
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Net realized gain on fund shares redeemed
|
341,907
|
142,757
|
998,738
|
—
|
(527,683
|
)
|
40,648
|
1,193,563
|
(10,816
|
)
|
—
|
(76,157
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Capital gain distributions
|
232,252
|
543,978
|
966,682
|
—
|
—
|
204,356
|
1,206,638
|
802,444
|
85
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Change in unrealized gains (losses)
|
1,222,645
|
802,836
|
1,936,247
|
—
|
1,425,785
|
777,797
|
3,100,964
|
2,137,116
|
—
|
904,401
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net increase (decrease) in equity from operations
|
1,740,043
|
1,599,515
|
3,979,323
|
25
|
1,273,000
|
982,088
|
5,484,210
|
3,023,235
|
293,624
|
793,744
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Unit transactions
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Policy owners’ net premiums
|
72,942
|
239,619
|
310,135
|
—
|
346,954
|
87,337
|
278,926
|
311,796
|
82,738
|
61,545
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Contract charges
|
(2,615
|
)
|
(8,497
|
)
|
(11,072
|
)
|
—
|
(11,579
|
)
|
(3,230
|
)
|
(10,682
|
)
|
(11,354
|
)
|
(3,398
|
)
|
(1,844
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Surrenders and forfeitures
|
(408,479
|
)
|
(1,215,459
|
)
|
(1,736,358
|
)
|
(31
|
)
|
(1,924,581
|
)
|
(567,822
|
)
|
(1,654,087
|
)
|
(1,572,140
|
)
|
(1,106,282
|
)
|
(304,704
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Transfers between subaccounts and sponsor
|
(245,399
|
)
|
122,321
|
(993,477
|
)
|
48
|
1,392,209
|
45,588
|
(1,277,112
|
)
|
58,066
|
582,136
|
71,152
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Annuity benefits
|
(56,577
|
)
|
(67,204
|
)
|
(183,761
|
)
|
—
|
(140,780
|
)
|
(53,566
|
)
|
(153,773
|
)
|
(136,649
|
)
|
(65,467
|
)
|
(60,716
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net increase (decrease) in equity from unit transactions
|
(640,128
|
)
|
(929,220
|
)
|
(2,614,533
|
)
|
17
|
(337,777
|
)
|
(491,693
|
)
|
(2,816,728
|
)
|
(1,350,281
|
)
|
(510,273
|
)
|
(234,567
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Net increase (decrease) in equity
|
1,099,915
|
670,295
|
1,364,790
|
42
|
935,223
|
490,395
|
2,667,482
|
1,672,954
|
(216,649
|
)
|
559,177
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Equity
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Beginning of year
|
5,731,431
|
18,224,614
|
24,773,582
|
671
|
25,917,227
|
7,375,575
|
21,823,091
|
23,038,404
|
7,915,605
|
4,401,492
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
End of year
|
$
|
6,831,346
|
$
|
18,894,909
|
$
|
26,138,372
|
$
|
713
|
$
|
26,852,450
|
$
|
7,865,970
|
$
|
24,490,573
|
$
|
24,711,358
|
$
|
7,698,956
|
$
|
4,960,669
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Accumulation unit activity
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Units outstanding at beginning of year
|
127,188.408
|
621,932.767
|
770,958.875
|
65.441
|
1,959,619.373
|
166,957.013
|
654,967.490
|
1,367,258.187
|
816,538.066
|
119,127.081
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Units issued during the period
|
16,868.794
|
26,774.663
|
15,386.673
|
4.650
|
187,033.171
|
6,599.674
|
12,553.544
|
64,117.396
|
137,755.235
|
6,670.451
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Units redeemed during the period
|
(28,861.864
|
)
|
(57,791.249
|
)
|
(91,201.707
|
)
|
(3.102
|
)
|
(211,344.203
|
)
|
(17,041.641
|
)
|
(86,581.363
|
)
|
(137,517.815
|
)
|
(189,668.001
|
)
|
(12,288.430
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Units outstanding at end of year
|
115,195.338
|
590,916.181
|
695,143.841
|
66.989
|
1,935,308.341
|
156,515.046
|
580,939.671
|
1,293,857.768
|
764,625.300
|
113,509.102
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6
American Family Variable Account II
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2024 and 2023
| 1. |
Nature of Operations and Significant Accounting Policies
|
The American Family Variable Account II (the “Separate Account”) is a segregated investment account of the American Family Life Insurance Company (herein referred to as the
“Company” or the "Sponsor") used to fund variable annuity (VA) contracts. The Separate Account is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a unit investment trust pursuant to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The
Separate Account was established by the Company on August 7, 2000 and commenced operations on May 10, 2001. Accordingly, it is an accounting entity wherein all segregated account transactions are reflected.
As of September 30, 2009, the Company ceased the issuance of new variable annuity contracts; however, premium payments made by contract owners existing at that date will continue
to be received by the Separate Account. The Company cedes 100% of its VA business under a reinsurance agreement with Kansas City Life Insurance Company (KCL). KCL also provides administrative services related to the VA business in association with
this reinsurance agreement. In addition to the reinsurance and administrative services provided, KCL provides investment performance monitoring information and compliance and regulatory support.
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) which require
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The significant accounting policies used in the preparation of these statements include:
| a. |
Investments
|
Investments are made in the various portfolios in accordance with selections made by the policy owners. Such investments are made at the reported net asset value of the
respective portfolios. All changes in fair value are recognized as changes in unrealized gain (losses) in the Statement of Operations of the applicable subaccount.
Separate Account assets are comprised of mutual funds traded in non-active markets that have daily quoted net asset values for identical assets that the Company can access. Net
asset values for the mutual funds in which the Separate Account assets are invested are obtained daily from the fund managers. Each of the subaccounts of the Separate Account indirectly bears exposure to market, credit, and liquidity risks. These
financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and footnotes of the underlying mutual fund.
7
American Family Variable Account II
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2024 and 2023
D
| b. |
Fair Value Measurements
|
Financial assets and financial liabilities recorded on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and Policy Owners’ Equity at fair value are categorized based on the reliability of inputs to the
valuation techniques as follows:
Level 1 Financial assets and financial liabilities whose values are based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market that the
Company can access.
Level 2 Financial assets and financial liabilities whose values are based on the following:
Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;
Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in non-active markets; or
Valuation models whose inputs are observable, directly or indirectly, for substantially the full
term of the asset or liability.
Level 3 Financial assets and financial liabilities whose values are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant
to the overall fair value measurement. These inputs may reflect the Company’s estimates of the assumptions that market participants would use in valuing the financial assets and financial liabilities.
The availability of observable inputs varies by instrument. In situations where fair value is based on internally developed pricing models or inputs that are unobservable in the
market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. The degree of judgment exercised by the Company in determining fair value is typically greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. In many instances, inputs used to measure fair
value fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement is categorized is determined based on the lowest level input that
is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.
The fair value guidance establishes a hierarchy for inputs used in determining fair value that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs
by requiring that observable inputs be used when available.
Fair value is a market-based measure considered from the perspective of a market participant who owns an asset or owes a liability. Accordingly, when market observable data is
not readily available, the Company’s own assumptions are set to reflect those that market participants would be presumed to use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date. The Company uses prices and inputs that are current as of the
measurement date, including during periods of market disruption. In periods of market disruption, the ability to observe prices and inputs may be reduced for many instruments. This condition could cause an instrument to be reclassified from one level
of the hierarchy to another.
Separate Account assets are categorized as Level 2 assets. The Company has no Separate Account assets categorized as Level 1 or Level 3 assets.
| c. |
Security Transactions and Investment Income
|
Security transactions are recorded on the trade date (the date the order to buy or sell is executed). The cost of investments sold and any corresponding capital gains and losses
are determined on an average cost basis. Distributions received from the funds retain the tax characterizations determined at the fund level and are reinvested in additional shares of the funds and recorded as income by the Separate Account on the
ex-dividend date.
| d. |
Federal Income Taxes
|
The operations of the Separate Account are part of the total operations of the Company which is taxed as a life insurance company under the provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code (the “IRC”). Under the current provisions of the IRC, the Company does not expect to incur federal income taxes on earnings of the Separate Account as all earnings are distributed to the policy owners. Accordingly, no provision
for federal income taxes has been made for the Separate Accounts.
8
American Family Variable Account II
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2024 and 2023
| e. |
Expenses, Deductions, and Related Party Transactions
|
The Company deducts a daily mortality and expense charge from the assets of the Separate Account equivalent to an effective annual rate of 1.00%. The charge may be adjusted after
contract issue, but is guaranteed not to exceed 1.00% of net assets. Although periodic retirement payments to policy owners vary according to the investment performance of the fund, such payments are not affected by expense or mortality experience
because the Company assumes the mortality risk and the expense risk under the contracts. The mortality risk is that the annuitant will live longer than expected. The expense risk is that actual expenses of issuing and administering the policies may
exceed the estimated costs.
On a daily basis, the Company deducts an administrative charge from the assets of the Separate Account equivalent to an effective annual rate of 0.15%. This charge is designed to
help compensate the Company for the cost of administering the contracts.
On the contract anniversary date, the Company deducts a $30 contract fee from the Separate Account. The maximum guaranteed contract fee is $50. The contract fee is waived when
cash value accumulation exceeds $20,000. The contract fee reimburses the Company for administrative expenses relating to the issuance and maintenance of the contract.
In the event of a withdrawal or surrender, a surrender charge may be deducted to reimburse the Company for expenses incurred in connection with issuing a contract. The Company
will deduct from the account value, on a first-in-first-out (FIFO) basis, a surrender charge on premiums paid when withdrawn from the contract. The charge on each premium is based upon when the premium is received and declines from 8% in year one to
1% in years eight and nine and is 0% thereafter.
| f. |
Transfers between Subaccounts and Sponsor
|
Transfers between subaccounts within the Separate Accounts and the Sponsor represent transfers into (out of) the various portfolios from (to) the general account. These transfers
are made in accordance with selections made by the policy owners.
| g. | Segment Information |
The Separate Account adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280) – Improvements to
Reportable Segment Disclosures on January 1, 2024. Adoption of the new standard impacted financial statement disclosures only and did not affect the Separate Account's financial position or its results of operations.
The Company’s Interest Rate Committee (IRC) has been identified as the Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM). The Separate Account operates ten reportable segments, each
comprised of an individual subaccount representing a distinct investment option. The CODM manages and assesses the performance of each of these subaccounts.
The IRC assesses the investment results of the subaccounts to ensure the investment options available to policy owners are performing as expected. This assessment relies
on information provided by KCL and includes a review of the individual subaccounts' performance at the level disclosed in the financial highlights (Note 3).
| h. |
Subsequent Events
|
The Separate Account has evaluated events subsequent to December 31, 2024, through April 23, 2025, the date these financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, no
events have occurred subsequent to December 31, 2024 that require disclosure or adjustment to the financial statements at that date or for the year then ended.
9
American Family Variable Account II
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2024 and 2023
| 2. |
Policy Owners’ Equity
|
Purchases and transfers in and sales and transfers out of fund shares by the Separate Account for the year ended December 31, 2024 are as follows:
|
December 31, 2024
|
|||
|
Purchases and Transfers In
|
Sales and Transfers Out
|
||
|
Fidelity VIP Contrafund Subaccount
|
$ 984,462
|
$ 1,853,600
|
|
|
Fidelity VIP Equity Income Subaccount
|
1,894,973
|
3,132,417
|
|
|
Fidelity VIP Growth and Income Subaccount
|
2,518,685
|
5,346,988
|
|
|
Fidelity VIP Government Money Market Subaccount
|
102
|
45
|
|
|
Fidelity VIP Investment Grade Bond Subaccount
|
3,667,734
|
4,145,713
|
|
|
Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Subaccount
|
1,253,494
|
1,372,769
|
|
|
Vanguard VIF Capital Growth Subaccount
|
1,337,888
|
4,474,288
|
|
|
Vanguard VIF International Subaccount
|
2,506,787
|
3,760,829
|
|
|
Vanguard VIF Money Market Subaccount
|
1,553,844
|
1,167,599
|
|
|
Vanguard VIF Small Company Growth Subaccount
|
268,936
|
784,210
|
|
|
Total
|
$ 15,986,905
|
$ 26,038,458
|
|
10
American Family Variable Account II
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2024 and 2023
| 3. |
Financial Highlights
|
|
At December 31
|
For the Period Ended December 31
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Subaccount
|
Units
|
Unit
Value |
Net
Assets |
Investment
Income Ratio (1) |
Expense
Ratio (2) |
Total
Return (3) |
||||||||||||||||||
|
Fidelity VIP Contrafund Subaccount
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2024
|
91,695.599
|
$
|
78.23
|
$
|
7,173,025
|
0.03
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
31.92
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
|
2023
|
115,195.338
|
59.30
|
6,831,346
|
0.26
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
31.60
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2022
|
127,188.408
|
45.06
|
5,731,431
|
0.27
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
(27.33
|
)%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2021
|
133,794.245
|
62.01
|
8,296,272
|
0.03
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
26.06
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2020
|
148,786.725
|
49.19
|
7,319,054
|
0.08
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
28.74
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Fidelity VIP Equity Income Subaccount
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2024
|
520,388.405
|
$
|
36.37
|
$
|
18,924,591
|
1.56
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
13.73
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
|
2023
|
590,916.181
|
31.98
|
18,894,909
|
1.76
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
9.15
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2022
|
621,932.767
|
29.30
|
18,224,614
|
1.63
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
(6.33
|
)%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2021
|
742,460.326
|
31.28
|
23,225,768
|
1.62
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
23.15
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2020
|
830,998.038
|
25.40
|
21,103,396
|
1.68
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
5.22
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Fidelity VIP Growth and Income Subaccount
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2024
|
584,893.124
|
$
|
45.33
|
$
|
26,513,202
|
1.22
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
20.56
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
|
2023
|
695,143.841
|
37.60
|
26,138,372
|
1.46
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
17.02
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2022
|
770,958.875
|
32.13
|
24,773,582
|
1.40
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
(6.27
|
)%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2021
|
910,982.555
|
34.28
|
31,226,204
|
2.15
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
24.20
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2020
|
1,041,787.153
|
27.60
|
28,751,302
|
1.98
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
6.36
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Fidelity VIP Government Money Market Subaccount
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2024
|
69.671
|
$
|
11.05
|
$
|
770
|
4.94
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
3.95
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
|
2023
|
66.989
|
10.63
|
713
|
4.74
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
3.71
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2022
|
65.441
|
10.25
|
671
|
0.47
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
0.29
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2021
|
2,277.647
|
10.22
|
23,281
|
0.01
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
(1.16
|
)%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2020
|
3,429.576
|
10.34
|
35,457
|
0.15
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
(0.86
|
)%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Fidelity VIP Investment Grade Bond Subaccount
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2024
|
1,859,090.031
|
$
|
13.94
|
$
|
25,911,677
|
3.41
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
0.43
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
|
2023
|
1,935,308.341
|
13.88
|
26,852,450
|
2.59
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
4.91
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2022
|
1,959,619.373
|
13.23
|
25,917,227
|
2.19
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
(13.98
|
)%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2021
|
2,089,896.326
|
15.38
|
32,146,641
|
1.99
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
(1.85
|
)%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2020
|
1,872,858.836
|
15.67
|
29,353,791
|
2.16
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
7.99
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Fidelity VIP Mid Cap Subaccount
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2024
|
137,024.293
|
$
|
58.37
|
$
|
7,997,768
|
0.53
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
16.14
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
|
2023
|
156,515.046
|
50.26
|
7,865,970
|
0.60
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
13.76
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2022
|
166,957.013
|
44.18
|
7,375,575
|
0.49
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
(15.70
|
)%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2021
|
183,829.919
|
52.41
|
9,635,347
|
0.57
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
24.16
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2020
|
229,270.436
|
42.21
|
9,678,211
|
0.66
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
16.83
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Vanguard VIF Capital Growth Subaccount
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2024
|
500,440.855
|
$
|
47.26
|
$
|
23,650,694
|
1.14
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
12.10
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
|
2023
|
580,939.671
|
42.16
|
24,490,573
|
1.07
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
26.53
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2022
|
654,967.490
|
33.32
|
21,823,091
|
0.89
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
(16.45
|
)%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2021
|
715,346.714
|
39.88
|
28,527,670
|
0.97
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
20.16
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2020
|
807,550.847
|
33.19
|
26,803,223
|
1.45
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
16.13
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Vanguard VIF International Subaccount
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2024
|
1,191,242.633
|
$
|
20.58
|
$
|
24,515,972
|
1.21
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
7.75
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
|
2023
|
1,293,857.768
|
19.10
|
24,711,358
|
1.54
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
13.35
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2022
|
1,367,258.187
|
16.85
|
23,038,404
|
1.28
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
(30.91
|
)%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2021
|
1,174,710.779
|
24.39
|
28,653,545
|
0.28
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
(2.67
|
)%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2020
|
1,357,899.368
|
25.06
|
34,029,690
|
1.27
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
55.75
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Vanguard VIF Money Market Subaccount
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2024
|
772,250.295
|
$
|
10.47
|
$
|
8,085,201
|
5.06
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
3.97
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
|
2023
|
764,625.300
|
10.07
|
7,698,956
|
4.93
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
3.92
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2022
|
816,538.066
|
9.69
|
7,915,605
|
1.43
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
0.31
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2021
|
901,018.751
|
9.66
|
8,703,850
|
0.01
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
(1.13
|
)%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2020
|
867,282.184
|
9.77
|
8,473,498
|
0.51
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
(0.61
|
)%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Vanguard VIF Small Company Growth Subaccount
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2024
|
102,925.052
|
$
|
48.12
|
$
|
4,952,282
|
0.54
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
10.11
|
%
|
|||||||||||||
|
2023
|
113,509.102
|
43.70
|
4,960,669
|
0.41
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
18.27
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2022
|
119,127.081
|
36.95
|
4,401,492
|
0.26
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
(26.20
|
)%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2021
|
114,843.637
|
50.07
|
5,750,022
|
0.38
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
12.92
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
2020
|
134,669.444
|
44.34
|
5,971,652
|
0.65
|
%
|
1.15
|
%
|
21.78
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||
|
(1) The investment income ratio is calculated by dividing the dividend income earned by the average daily subaccount balance.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(2) The expense ratio is calculated by dividing the expenses assessed against the Separate Account by the average daily subaccount balance.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(3) Total return is calculated as the change in unit value during a given period.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
11
American Family Life Insurance Company
Statutory Financial Statements and
Supplemental Information
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
|
Page(s)
|
||
| 1 | ||
| 4 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 6 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 8 | ||
| 39 | ||
| 40 | ||
| 41 | ||
| 42 | ||
| 48 | ||
Report of Independent Auditors
To the Board of Directors of American Family Life Insurance Company
Opinions
We have audited the accompanying statutory financial statements of American Family Life Insurance Company (the "Company"), which comprise the statutory balance sheets as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the related
statutory statements of operations, of changes in capital and surplus, and of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements").
Unmodified Opinion on Statutory Basis of Accounting
In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the admitted assets, liabilities and capital and surplus of the Company as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the results
of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, in accordance with the accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance described in Note
1.
Adverse Opinion on U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
In our opinion, because of the significance of the matter discussed in the Basis for Adverse Opinion on U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles section of our report, the accompanying financial statements do not
present fairly, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, or the results of its operations or its cash flows for each of
the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024.
Basis for Opinions
We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America (US GAAS). Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors'
Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are required to be independent of the Company and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, in accordance with the relevant ethical requirements relating to
our audit. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinions.
Basis for Adverse Opinion on U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
As described in Note 1 to the financial statements, the financial statements are prepared by the Company on the basis of the accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of
Insurance, which is a basis of accounting other than accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The effects on the financial statements of the variances between the statutory basis of accounting described in Note 1 and accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, although not
reasonably determinable, are presumed to be material.
1
Responsibilities of Management for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with the accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of
Insurance. Management is also responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud
or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a
going concern for one year after the date the financial statements are available to be issued.
Auditors' Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors' report that includes
our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute assurance and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with US GAAS will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. The risk
of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. Misstatements are
considered material if there is a substantial likelihood that, individually or in the aggregate, they would influence the judgment made by a reasonable user based on the financial statements.
In performing an audit in accordance with US GAAS, we:
|
•
|
Exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit.
|
|
•
|
Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks. Such procedures include examining, on a test basis,
evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
|
|
•
|
Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's
internal control. Accordingly, no such opinion is expressed.
|
|
•
|
Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluate the overall presentation of the financial statements.
|
|
•
|
Conclude whether, in our judgment, there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a reasonable period of time.
|
We are required to communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit, significant audit findings, and certain internal control-related matters
that we identified during the audit.
2
Supplemental Information
Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets and liabilities, supplemental summary investment schedule, supplemental
investment risk interrogatories, and supplemental reinsurance interrogatories (collectively referred to as the "supplemental schedules") of the Company as of December 31, 2024 and for the year then ended are presented to comply with the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners' Annual Statement Instructions and Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual and for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the financial statements. The supplemental schedules are
the responsibility of management and were derived from and relate directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the financial statements. The supplemental schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied
in the audit of the financial statements and certain additional procedures, including comparing and reconciling such information directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the financial statements or to the financial
statements themselves and other additional procedures, in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. In our opinion, the supplemental schedules are fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation
to the financial statements taken as a whole.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
February 25, 2025
3
American Family Life Insurance Company
Statutory Balance Sheets
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars, except share amounts)
|
2024
|
2023
|
|||||||
|
Admitted assets
|
||||||||
|
Bonds
|
$
|
3,763,008
|
$
|
3,681,142
|
||||
|
Common stocks
|
82,654
|
32,358
|
||||||
|
Mortgage loans
|
537,830
|
706,710
|
||||||
|
Policy loans
|
166,375
|
165,901
|
||||||
|
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments
|
92,103
|
75,030
|
||||||
|
Other invested assets
|
103
|
226
|
||||||
|
Total cash and invested assets
|
4,642,073
|
4,661,367
|
||||||
|
Accrued investment income
|
40,488
|
39,004
|
||||||
|
Income tax recoverable
|
22,993
|
—
|
||||||
|
Deferred tax assets
|
31,727
|
43,930
|
||||||
|
Other assets
|
73,258
|
85,453
|
||||||
|
Separate account assets
|
361,690
|
347,607
|
||||||
|
Total admitted assets
|
5,172,229
|
5,177,361
|
||||||
|
Liabilities
|
||||||||
|
Aggregate reserves for life contracts and accident & health
|
3,652,551
|
3,567,235
|
||||||
|
Liability for deposit-type contracts
|
546,165
|
498,336
|
||||||
|
Policyholders’ dividends payable
|
20,179
|
15,356
|
||||||
|
Asset valuation reserve
|
37,465
|
37,748
|
||||||
|
Accrued expenses
|
61,997
|
87,043
|
||||||
|
Other liabilities
|
43,381
|
39,580
|
||||||
|
Income tax payable
|
—
|
38,151
|
||||||
|
Separate account liabilities
|
361,690
|
347,607
|
||||||
|
Total liabilities
|
4,723,428
|
4,631,056
|
||||||
|
Capital and surplus
|
||||||||
|
Common stock ($250 par value; 10,000 shares authorized, issued, and outstanding) and additional paid-in surplus
|
28,698
|
28,698
|
||||||
|
Special surplus
|
38,657
|
47,694
|
||||||
|
Unassigned surplus
|
381,446
|
469,913
|
||||||
|
Total capital and surplus
|
448,801
|
546,305
|
||||||
|
Total liabilities, capital, and surplus
|
$
|
5,172,229
|
$
|
5,177,361
|
||||
4
American Family Life Insurance Company
Statutory Statements of Operations
December 31, 2024 and 2023
(in thousands of dollars)
|
2024
|
2023
|
2022
|
||||||||||
|
Premiums and other income
|
||||||||||||
|
Premiums and annuity considerations
|
$
|
399,555
|
$
|
(294,743
|
)
|
$
|
432,208
|
|||||
|
Net investment income
|
211,823
|
231,756
|
208,452
|
|||||||||
|
Commissions and expense allowances on reinsurance ceded
|
36,430
|
65,457
|
18,729
|
|||||||||
|
Other income (expense)
|
(6,679
|
)
|
(3,808
|
)
|
2,354
|
|||||||
|
Total premiums and other income
|
641,129
|
(1,338
|
)
|
661,743
|
||||||||
|
Benefits and expenses
|
||||||||||||
|
Death and annuity benefit payments
|
160,402
|
170,610
|
190,006
|
|||||||||
|
Increase (decrease) in aggregate reserves for life and accident
and health policies |
85,317
|
(695,685
|
)
|
74,904
|
||||||||
|
Surrender benefits and other fund withdrawals
|
68,810
|
93,127
|
86,564
|
|||||||||
|
Interest on deposit contracts
|
22,759
|
21,662
|
12,996
|
|||||||||
|
Other policyholder benefits
|
13,906
|
13,867
|
12,025
|
|||||||||
|
Commissions
|
26,657
|
26,938
|
25,965
|
|||||||||
|
General insurance expenses
|
100,177
|
103,315
|
107,822
|
|||||||||
|
Taxes, licenses, fees, and other expenses
|
13,406
|
80,573
|
13,175
|
|||||||||
|
Total benefits and expenses
|
491,434
|
(185,593
|
)
|
523,457
|
||||||||
|
Income before dividends to policyholders, income tax expense, and net realized capital gains (losses)
|
149,695
|
184,255
|
138,286
|
|||||||||
|
Dividends to policyholders
|
19,838
|
15,090
|
12,777
|
|||||||||
|
Income before income tax expense and net realized
capital gains (losses) |
129,857
|
169,165
|
125,509
|
|||||||||
|
Income tax expense
|
29,142
|
64,859
|
25,457
|
|||||||||
|
Income before net realized capital gains (losses)
|
100,715
|
104,306
|
100,052
|
|||||||||
|
Net realized capital gains (losses), net of tax
|
11,306
|
(11,372
|
)
|
(6,250
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Net income (loss)
|
$
|
112,021
|
$
|
92,934
|
$
|
93,802
|
||||||
5
American Family Life Insurance Company
Statutory Statements of Changes in Capital and Surplus
Years Ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
|
2024
|
2023
|
2022
|
||||||||||
|
$
|
28,698
|
$
|
28,698
|
$
|
28,698
|
|||||||
|
Special surplus
|
||||||||||||
|
Beginning balance
|
47,694
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
|
Change in admitted disallowed interest maintenance reserve (IMR)
- Note 1(c)
|
(9,037
|
)
|
47,694
|
—
|
||||||||
|
Ending balance
|
38,657
|
47,694
|
—
|
|||||||||
|
Unassigned surplus
|
||||||||||||
|
Beginning balance
|
469,913
|
428,480
|
416,678
|
|||||||||
|
Cumulative effect adjustment of adoption of INT 23-01 - Note 1(c)
|
—
|
42,281
|
—
|
|||||||||
|
Net income (loss)
|
112,021
|
92,934
|
93,802
|
|||||||||
|
Change in net unrealized capital gains (losses), net of tax
|
(2,020
|
)
|
5,680
|
(3,637
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Change in net deferred income tax
|
(11,634
|
)
|
9,571
|
6,792
|
||||||||
|
Change in asset valuation reserve
|
283
|
(2,064
|
)
|
(6,248
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Reclassification of change in admitted disallowed IMR - Note 1(c)
|
9,037
|
(47,694
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||
|
Change in nonadmitted assets
|
(55,193
|
)
|
3,369
|
(39,907
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Dividends to stockholders
|
(129,998
|
)
|
(170,000
|
)
|
(39,000
|
)
|
||||||
|
Surplus gains and losses - reinsurance
|
(10,963
|
)
|
107,356
|
—
|
||||||||
|
Ending balance
|
381,446
|
469,913
|
428,480
|
|||||||||
|
Total capital and surplus
|
$
|
448,801
|
$
|
546,305
|
$
|
457,178
|
||||||
6
American Family Life Insurance Company
Statutory Statements of Cash Flows
Years Ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
|
2024
|
2023
|
2022
|
||||||||||
|
Cash from operations
|
||||||||||||
|
Premiums collected net of reinsurance
|
$
|
385,301
|
$
|
427,782
|
$
|
419,727
|
||||||
|
Net investment income
|
207,710
|
225,134
|
206,215
|
|||||||||
|
Miscellaneous income
|
27,889
|
21,200
|
21,482
|
|||||||||
|
Benefit and loss related payments
|
(248,866
|
)
|
(313,455
|
)
|
(290,906
|
)
|
||||||
|
Commissions, expenses paid, and aggregate write-ins
for deductions |
(146,778
|
)
|
(145,972
|
)
|
(148,707
|
)
|
||||||
|
Dividends paid to policyholders
|
(4,627
|
)
|
(5,177
|
)
|
(4,394
|
)
|
||||||
|
Federal and foreign income taxes (paid) recovered
|
(61,015
|
)
|
(16,503
|
)
|
(24,710
|
)
|
||||||
|
Net cash provided by (used in) operations
|
159,614
|
193,009
|
178,707
|
|||||||||
|
Cash from investments
|
||||||||||||
|
Proceeds from investments sold, matured, or repaid
|
||||||||||||
|
Bonds
|
1,475,550
|
385,140
|
1,223,080
|
|||||||||
|
Stocks
|
2,420
|
63,107
|
—
|
|||||||||
|
Mortgage loans
|
45,097
|
31,335
|
92,305
|
|||||||||
|
Other invested assets
|
—
|
—
|
15,779
|
|||||||||
|
Miscellaneous proceeds
|
5,985
|
(20
|
)
|
8,123
|
||||||||
|
Total investment proceeds
|
1,529,052
|
479,562
|
1,339,287
|
|||||||||
|
Cost of investments acquired (long-term only)
|
||||||||||||
|
Bonds
|
1,599,894
|
435,257
|
1,477,906
|
|||||||||
|
Stocks
|
69,170
|
14,883
|
58,690
|
|||||||||
|
Mortgage loans
|
4,150
|
103,040
|
138,655
|
|||||||||
|
Other invested assets
|
759
|
—
|
759
|
|||||||||
|
Miscellaneous applications
|
—
|
9,711
|
9
|
|||||||||
|
Total investments acquired
|
1,673,973
|
562,891
|
1,676,019
|
|||||||||
|
Net (increase) decrease in policy loans and premium loans
|
(1,440
|
)
|
(2,029
|
)
|
2,191
|
|||||||
|
Net cash provided by (used in) investments
|
(146,361
|
)
|
(85,358
|
)
|
(334,541
|
)
|
||||||
|
Cash from financing and miscellaneous sources
|
||||||||||||
|
Borrowed funds
|
—
|
—
|
(5,000
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Net deposits to investment-type and universal life contracts
|
36,222
|
(18,987
|
)
|
182,301
|
||||||||
|
Dividends to stockholders
|
(11,561
|
)
|
(170,000
|
)
|
(39,000
|
)
|
||||||
|
Other cash provided (applied)
|
(20,841
|
)
|
35,871
|
81,768
|
||||||||
|
Net cash provided by (used in) financing and
miscellaneous sources
|
3,820
|
(153,116
|
)
|
220,069
|
||||||||
|
Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments
|
||||||||||||
|
Net change in cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments
|
17,073
|
(45,465
|
)
|
64,235
|
||||||||
|
Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments
|
||||||||||||
|
Beginning of year
|
75,030
|
120,495
|
56,260
|
|||||||||
|
End of year
|
$
|
92,103
|
$
|
75,030
|
$
|
120,495
|
||||||
7
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
| 1. |
Nature of Operations and Significant Statutory Accounting Policies
|
American Family Life Insurance Company (herein referred to as AFLIC or the Company) is a wholly owned subsidiary of AmFam, Inc., which is wholly owned by
American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I. (AFMICSI). The Company operates in the life insurance industry, principally selling and servicing term life, whole life, and universal life products to provide financial protection for qualified
individuals, families, and business enterprises. It sells these products predominantly through a multi-line, exclusive agency force in nineteen states.
The Company prepares its statutory financial statements in accordance with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by various domiciliary state insurance departments.
Prescribed statutory accounting practices (STAT) include the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) “Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual,” as well as state laws, regulations, and general administrative rules applicable to
all insurance enterprises domiciled in a particular state. In addition, the respective domiciliary state insurance departments have a right to permit other specific practices that may deviate from prescribed practices. No permitted differences in
STAT between applicable state insurance departments and the NAIC are used in the preparation of these statutory financial statements.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with STAT requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities
and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The accompanying statutory financial statements vary materially from financial statements prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America (GAAP), primarily because on a STAT basis: (a) bonds are generally carried at amortized cost rather than being valued at fair value; (b) policy acquisition costs, such as commissions and other costs directly related to acquiring
business, are charged to operations as incurred and are not deferred; (c) aggregate reserves are based upon statutory mortality and interest requirements without consideration of withdrawals, which may differ from reserves based on reasonably
conservative estimates of mortality, interest, and withdrawals; (d) investment and universal life-type insurance contracts are recorded as revenues and expenses, rather than reported as increases or decreases in a liability account; (e) a dividend
liability is established for all dividends to be paid in the following year, rather than establishing a liability for dividends earned; (f) deferred tax assets (DTAs) to provide for temporary differences between the tax and financial reporting
bases of assets and liabilities are generally limited to those temporary differences which reverse in the following three years and offset deferred tax liabilities (DTLs); (g) the Asset Valuation Reserve (AVR) is reported as a liability with
changes charged or credited directly to unassigned surplus; (h) the Interest Maintenance Reserve (IMR) defers recognition of realized interest-related gains and losses of investment securities and amortizes them into income over the securities’
remaining lives; and, (i) certain assets are considered non-admitted and therefore excluded from surplus; see Note 1(k) below for a description of these items.
The effect of the foregoing differences in the accompanying statutory financial statements is not known but presumed to be material.
8
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
| a. |
Cash and Invested Assets
|
Investments in bonds rated "1" (highest quality), "2" (high quality), "3" (medium quality), "4" (low quality), or "5" (lower quality) by the Securities Valuation Office (SVO)
of the NAIC are reported in the statutory financial statements at amortized cost. Bonds rated "6" (lowest quality) by the SVO are reported at the lower of amortized cost or fair value. The interest method is used to amortize any purchase premium or
discount, including estimates of future prepayments obtained from independent sources. Valuations for loan-backed securities include anticipated prepayments at the date of purchase and are adjusted for updated prepayment information using the
retrospective method.
Investments in commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) and non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) utilize a two-step process to obtain a valuation and
rating in accordance with SSAP 43R, Loan-Backed and Structured Securities. The first step derives a rating for valuation by comparing the current amortized cost to the modeled range of values assigned to the six NAIC designations for each security.
This determines whether the securities are carried at the lower of amortized cost or fair value per the above rules. The second step utilizes the same modeled range of values to derive a rating for reporting using the current carrying value as
determined in the first step.
SVO-identified fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETF) are classified as bonds and are reported either at fair value or amortized cost, depending on portfolio mandates. Any
such investments purchased in portfolios managed on a total return basis are reported at fair value while investments purchased in portfolios that are managed to book yield targets are reported at amortized cost using a systematic value approach.
The calculation of systematic value uses current underlying cash flows of the bond ETF (obtained from the issuing institution monthly) to determine monthly effective interest, which is then compared to each month's actual ETF distribution. Any
difference between the most recent monthly effective interest calculation and the actual ETF distribution is the amount of amortization/accretion that is reflected in income and is used to adjust the book value of the investment. The Company does
not own any SVO-identified investments that are reported using a different measurement method than that used in a prior reporting period or any that no longer qualify for the systematic value method.
Common stocks are generally reported in the statutory financial statements at fair value, which is based primarily on values published by independent pricing sources and quoted
market prices.
Mortgage loans are generally carried at their aggregate unpaid principal balances, adjusted for unamortized premium or discount and net of a valuation allowance for estimated
uncollectible amounts.
Policy loans represent amounts borrowed from the Company by life insurance policyholders, secured by the cash value of the related policies, and are reported at unpaid
principal balance to the extent of the cash value of the policy. Policy loans have no stated maturity dates and are an integral part of the related insurance contract. The interest rate for policy loans on current issues in 2024, 2023, and 2022 was
7.5%.
9
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
Cash and cash equivalents represent cash and securities that have maturities of three months or less at purchase. Short-term investments represent securities that have
maturities of one year or less at purchase. Money market mutual funds are classified as cash equivalents and are carried at fair value.
The Company has contracted with a third-party banking institution (lending agent) to operate a securities lending program, which involves lending certain fixed income and
equity securities to qualified borrowers in return for collateral in the form of either cash or approved securities. The Company maintains ownership of securities that are loaned out, and therefore, does not derecognize or otherwise reclassify such
securities for reporting purposes. Non-cash collateral received from borrowers is not permitted by contract or custom to be sold or repledged and, as such, the Company does not recognize any related asset or liability balances. All cash received as
collateral is subsequently reinvested by the lending agent in short-term and cash equivalent securities, the majority of which have 30 days or less to maturity. Reinvested securities are subject to written investment guidelines that the Company
maintains with the purpose of controlling the amount of credit and liquidity risk present in the portfolio. The total value of these reinvested securities is recognized as an asset (securities lending collateral) while a liability (securities
lending payable) is recognized equal to the total cash value received. The Company only accepts non-cash collateral as part of its securities lending program, and, thus, no reinvested cash collateral is recognized on the statutory balance sheets.
As a result of the restrictions on cash collateral received, securities lending activities are considered to be non-cash financing activities. Given that the Company typically holds collateral for 90 days or less, the financing is considered
short-term and the overall change in collateral balances is shown on a net basis in the statements of cash flows. See Note 2(f) for further information on the Company's securities lending program.
Investment income is recognized when earned. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date. The Company nonadmits investment income due and accrued on bonds in or near
default, and other amounts that are over 90 days past due with the exception of mortgage loans in default, which are excluded when 180 days or more past due. There was no investment income due and accrued that was nonadmitted as of December 31,
2024 and 2023. Realized gains and losses on sales of investments are determined on a specific identification basis and are recognized directly in the accompanying statutory statements of operations. Unrealized gains and losses resulting from
changes in the fair value of common stocks, bond ETFs carried at fair value, and those bonds rated NAIC 6 are credited or charged to change in net unrealized capital gains (losses), a component of the Company’s unassigned surplus, net of deferred
taxes. If there is a decline in an investment’s net realizable value that is other-than-temporary, the decline is recognized as a realized loss and the cost of the investment is reduced to either its present value of expected future cash flows or
its fair value depending on security type.
10
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
| b. |
Fair Value Measurements
|
Financial assets and financial liabilities recorded on the statutory balance sheets at fair value are categorized based on the reliability of inputs to the valuation techniques
as follows:
| Level 1 |
Financial assets and financial liabilities whose values are based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in an active market that the Company can access.
|
|
|
Level 2 |
Financial assets and financial liabilities whose values are based on the following:
|
Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;
Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in non-active markets; or Valuation models whose inputs are observable, directly or indirectly, for substantially
the full term of the asset or liability.
| Level 3 |
Financial assets and financial liabilities whose values are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement. These inputs may reflect the
Company’s estimates of the assumptions that market participants would use in valuing the financial assets and financial liabilities.
|
The availability of observable inputs varies by instrument. In situations where fair value is based on internally developed pricing models or inputs that are unobservable in the market, the
determination of fair value requires more judgment. In many instances, inputs used to measure fair value fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy
within which the fair value measurement is categorized is determined based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.
c. Interest Maintenance and Asset Valuation Reserves
IMR and AVR are maintained in accordance with requirements prescribed by the NAIC. Under the IMR, realized investment gains and losses, net of tax, attributable to interest
rate changes on short- and long-term fixed income investments are deferred and held in the IMR account. Such gains and losses are then amortized over the remaining original maturity of the investment sold; the amortization is reflected in the
Company’s statutory statements of operations. When the IMR reserve is positive, the balance is recognized in other liabilities within the statutory balance sheets. Prior to 2023, any negative IMR balance was disallowed and ultimately recognized as
a non-admitted asset, with changes in the disallowed balance credited or charged to unassigned surplus. Upon adoption of INT 23-01 in 2023, the Company admitted previously disallowed net negative IMR, limited to 10% of adjusted capital and surplus,
through a cumulative effect adjustment to unassigned surplus of $42,281. Admitted amounts, including the current year change and cumulative effect adjustment, were reclassified to special surplus at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Fixed
income investments generating IMR losses comply with the Company's documented investment management policies. The Company does not trade in derivatives and, therefore, there are no derivative gain/loss effects in IMR.
The following tables contain the relevant details related to negative IMR:
|
2024
|
|||||||||||||||
|
General Account
|
Insulated Separate Account
|
Non-Insulated Separate Account
|
|||||||||||||
|
a.
|
Net negative (disallowed) IMR
|
$
|
93,340
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||||||
|
b.
|
Admitted negative (disallowed) IMR
|
38,657
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
|
c.
|
Adjusted capital and surplus
|
386,567
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|||||||||||
|
Percentage of adjusted capital and surplus
|
10
|
%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|||||||||||
11
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
|
2023
|
|||||||||||||||
|
General Account
|
Insulated Separate Account
|
Non-Insulated Separate Account
|
|||||||||||||
|
a.
|
Net negative (disallowed) IMR
|
$
|
51,398
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||||||
|
b.
|
Admitted negative (disallowed) IMR
|
47,694
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
|
c.
|
Adjusted capital and surplus
|
476,940
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|||||||||||
|
Percentage of adjusted capital and surplus
|
10
|
%
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|||||||||||
The AVR is a reserve designed to protect surplus against potential declines in value in the Company’s invested assets that are not related to interest rate changes. Changes in the
AVR are charged or credited directly to unassigned surplus.
| d. |
Death and Annuity Benefit Payments
|
Benefit payments to policyholders and beneficiaries include death, surrender, and disability benefits, as well as matured endowments and payments on supplementary annuity contracts that include
life contingencies. Benefit payments on supplementary annuity contracts without life contingencies are deposit-type contracts and excluded from benefits in the Company's statutory statements of operations. Benefit payments are reported net of ceded
reinsurance recoveries.
| e. |
Aggregate Reserves for Life and Deposit-Type Contracts
|
Aggregate reserves for life contracts are based on statutory methods, mortality and morbidity tables, and interest requirements, and make no provision for withdrawals. These
reserves conform to the valuation laws of the State of Wisconsin.
Aggregate reserves for life contracts were determined using the following valuation standards as of December 31:
|
% of Total
Life Reserves
|
|||||||||
|
Mortality Table
|
Reserve Method
|
2024
|
2023
|
||||||
|
1958 CSO, 2-1/2%
|
Net level
|
1.8
|
%
|
1.8
|
%
|
||||
|
1958 CSO, 2-1/2%
|
Modified net level
|
3.2
|
3.4
|
||||||
|
1958 CSO, 4-1/2%
|
Net level
|
12.1
|
12.4
|
||||||
|
1958 CSO, 5-1/2%
|
CRVM
|
0.9
|
1.0
|
||||||
|
1958 CSO, 6%
|
CRVM
|
1.7
|
1.8
|
||||||
|
1980 CSO, 4%
|
Modified net level
|
4.5
|
4.7
|
||||||
|
1980 CSO, 4%
|
CRVM
|
2.2
|
2.2
|
||||||
|
1980 CSO, 4-1/2%
|
Net level
|
2.5
|
2.5
|
||||||
|
1980 CSO, 4-1/2%
|
CRVM
|
21.4
|
22.2
|
||||||
|
1980 CSO, 5%
|
Net level
|
6.4
|
6.4
|
||||||
|
1980 CSO, 5%
|
CRVM
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
||||||
|
1980 CSO, 5-1/2%
|
CRVM
|
0.9
|
1.0
|
||||||
|
2001 CSO, 4%
|
CRVM
|
17.3
|
17.8
|
||||||
|
2001 CSO, 3.5%
|
CRVM
|
16.1
|
15.3
|
||||||
|
Other bases
|
8.2
|
6.7
|
|||||||
|
100.0
|
%
|
100.0
|
%
|
||||||
12
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
As of December 31, 2024, the Company had 34,179 policies and $2,931,905 of insurance in force for which the gross premiums are less than the net premium according to the
standard valuation set by the State of Wisconsin. Reserves (net of reinsurance) for the excess of net premiums over gross premiums on these policies were $8,542 and $10,899 at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Tabular interest, tabular less actual reserves released, and tabular cost for all life contracts are determined in accordance with NAIC Annual Statement instructions.
Traditional life, permanent, and term products use a formula that applies a weighted average interest rate to the mean average reserves.
For certain life business, reserves are calculated according to Statutory Principle-Based Reserving (PBR) requirements. PBR utilizes methods and assumptions based on a
fundamental set of principles that allow an insurer to reflect its own unique experience and risks in calculating reserves rather than following one-size-fits-all rules. The reported reserve amount calculated following principle-based methods was
$0 and $325 before reinsurance as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
The following lists annuity actuarial reserves and deposit-type contract liabilities by withdrawal characteristics as of December 31:
|
2024
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
INDIVIDUAL ANNUITIES
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Separate
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Account
|
Separate
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
General Account
|
with
|
Account
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Guarantees
|
Non-guaranteed
|
Total
|
% of Total
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Subject to discretionary withdrawal
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
With market value adjustment
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
—
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
At book value less surrender charge of 5%
or more
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||
|
At fair value
|
—
|
—
|
147,084
|
147,084
|
32.6
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Total with adjustment or at fair value
|
—
|
—
|
147,084
|
147,084
|
32.6
|
|||||||||||||||
|
At book value without adjustment (minimal
or no charge or adjustment)
|
275,013
|
—
|
—
|
275,013
|
60.8
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Not subject to discretionary withdrawal
|
29,870
|
—
|
—
|
29,870
|
6.6
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Total (gross)
|
304,883
|
—
|
147,084
|
451,967
|
100.0
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Reinsurance ceded
|
265,379
|
—
|
—
|
265,379
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Total (net)
|
$
|
39,504
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
147,084
|
$
|
186,588
|
||||||||||||
|
Amount included book value less
surrender charge above that will move
to book value without adjustment for the
first time within the year after the
statement date
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||||||||||
13
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
|
DEPOSIT-TYPE CONTRACTS
(no life contingencies)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Separate
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Account
|
Separate
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
General Account
|
with
|
Account
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Guarantees
|
Non-guaranteed
|
Total
|
% of Total
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Subject to discretionary withdrawal
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
With market value adjustment
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
—
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
At book value less surrender charge of 5%
or more
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||
|
At fair value
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Total with adjustment or at fair value
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||
|
At book value without adjustment (minimal
or no charge or adjustment)
|
253,926
|
—
|
—
|
253,926
|
46.5
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Not subject to discretionary withdrawal
|
292,239
|
—
|
—
|
292,239
|
53.5
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Total (gross)
|
546,165
|
—
|
—
|
546,165
|
100.0
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Reinsurance ceded
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Total (net)
|
$
|
546,165
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
546,165
|
||||||||||||
|
Amount included book value less
surrender charge above that will move
to book value without adjustment for the
first time within the year after the
statement date
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||||||||||
|
2023
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
INDIVIDUAL ANNUITIES
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Separate
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Account
|
Separate
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
General Account
|
with
|
Account
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Guarantees
|
Non-guaranteed
|
Total
|
% of Total
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Subject to discretionary withdrawal
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
With market value adjustment
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
—
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
At book value less surrender charge of 5%
or more
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||
|
At fair value
|
—
|
—
|
147,733
|
147,733
|
31.8
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Total with adjustment or at fair value
|
—
|
—
|
147,733
|
147,733
|
31.8
|
|||||||||||||||
|
At book value without adjustment (minimal
or no charge or adjustment)
|
285,243
|
—
|
—
|
285,243
|
61.5
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Not subject to discretionary withdrawal
|
31,148
|
—
|
—
|
31,148
|
6.7
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Total (gross)
|
316,391
|
—
|
147,733
|
464,124
|
100.0
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Reinsurance ceded
|
275,755
|
—
|
—
|
275,755
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Total (net)
|
$
|
40,636
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
147,733
|
$
|
188,369
|
||||||||||||
|
Amount included book value less
surrender charge above that will move
to book value without adjustment for the
first time within the year after the
statement date
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||||||||||
14
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
|
DEPOSIT-TYPE CONTRACTS
(no life contingencies)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Separate
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Account
|
Separate
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
General Account
|
with
|
Account
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Guarantees
|
Non-guaranteed
|
Total
|
% of Total
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Subject to discretionary withdrawal
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
With market value adjustment
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
—
|
%
|
||||||||||
|
At book value less surrender charge of 5%
or more
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||
|
At fair value
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Total with adjustment or at fair value
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||
|
At book value without adjustment (minimal
or no charge or adjustment)
|
256,160
|
—
|
—
|
256,160
|
51.4
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Not subject to discretionary withdrawal
|
242,176
|
—
|
—
|
242,176
|
48.6
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Total (gross)
|
498,336
|
—
|
—
|
498,336
|
100.0
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
|
Reinsurance ceded
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Total (net)
|
$
|
498,336
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
498,336
|
||||||||||||
|
Amount included book value less
surrender charge above that will move
to book value without adjustment for the
first time within the year after the
statement date
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||||||||||
The following lists life actuarial reserves by withdrawal characteristics as of December 31:
|
2024
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Separate Account - Nonguaranteed
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
General Account
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Account Value
|
Account Value
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Cash Value
|
Reserve
|
Cash Value
|
Reserve
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Subject to discretionary withdrawal, surrender values, or policy loans
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Term policies with cash value
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||||||||||
|
Universal life
|
553,601
|
497,552
|
487,064
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Universal life with secondary
guarantees
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Indexed universal life
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Indexed universal life with
secondary guarantees
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Indexed life
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Other permanent cash value
life insurance
|
—
|
2,662,692
|
3,033,549
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Variable life
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Variable universal life
|
—
|
—
|
14,321
|
—
|
—
|
213,765
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Miscellaneous reserves
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Not subject to discretionary withdrawal or no cash values
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Term policies without cash
value
|
—
|
—
|
606,529
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Accidental death benefits
|
—
|
—
|
1,052
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Disability - active lives
|
—
|
—
|
13,477
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Disability - disabled lives
|
—
|
—
|
34,514
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Miscellaneous reserves
|
—
|
—
|
65,108
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Total (gross)
|
553,601
|
3,160,244
|
4,255,614
|
—
|
—
|
213,765
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Reinsurance ceded
|
—
|
—
|
797,378
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Total (net)
|
$
|
553,601
|
$
|
3,160,244
|
$
|
3,458,236
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
213,765
|
||||||||||||
15
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
|
2023
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Separate Account - Nonguaranteed
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
General Account
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Account Value
|
Account Value
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Cash Value
|
Reserve
|
Cash Value
|
Reserve
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Subject to discretionary withdrawal, surrender values, or policy loans
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Term policies with cash value
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||||||||||
|
Universal life
|
547,797
|
492,555
|
483,220
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Universal life with secondary
guarantees
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Indexed universal life
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Indexed universal life with
secondary guarantees
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Indexed life
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Other permanent cash value
life insurance
|
—
|
2,593,814
|
2,956,252
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Variable life
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Variable universal life
|
—
|
—
|
13,971
|
—
|
—
|
199,031
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Miscellaneous reserves
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Not subject to discretionary withdrawal or no cash values
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Term policies without cash
value
|
—
|
—
|
612,117
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Accidental death benefits
|
—
|
—
|
1,080
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Disability - active lives
|
—
|
—
|
14,002
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Disability - disabled lives
|
—
|
—
|
34,429
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Miscellaneous reserves
|
—
|
—
|
66,671
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Total (gross)
|
547,797
|
3,086,369
|
4,181,742
|
—
|
—
|
199,031
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Reinsurance ceded
|
—
|
—
|
803,684
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Total (net)
|
$
|
547,797
|
$
|
3,086,369
|
$
|
3,378,058
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
199,031
|
||||||||||||
| f. |
Policyholders' Dividends Payable
|
Approximately 74.5% of the Company’s life contracts are considered participating policies (i.e., an insurance contract that may pay dividends to the policyholder). The amount of the dividend is
determined annually and is based upon dividend scales approved by AFLIC’s Board of Directors. The policyholder dividends are accrued over the premium-paying periods of the contracts. The Company’s annual declaration includes a guarantee of a
minimum aggregate amount of dividends to be paid to policyholders as a group in the subsequent year. Participating policyholders generally have the option to direct their dividends to be paid in cash, used to reduce future premiums due, used to
purchase additional insurance benefits, or left on deposit with the Company to accumulate interest. Dividends used by policyholders to purchase additional insurance benefits are reported as premiums in the statutory statements of operations. The
portion of the Company’s earnings allocated as dividends is included in policyholders’ dividends payable.
| g. |
Intercompany Expense Allocation
|
The Company shares certain administrative, occupancy, marketing, and tax expenses with AFMICSI and other affiliated companies. Such expenses are allocated to the Company at cost in proportion to
its estimated utilization. Allocation methods are refined periodically in light of current operations and resources utilized by the Company. Expenses allocated to the Company amounted to $115,971, $183,009, and $134,529 for 2024, 2023, and 2022,
respectively.
16
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
| h. |
Life Premiums, Annuity Considerations, and Expense Recognition
|
Life insurance premiums and annuity considerations are generally recognized as income when received. Advance premiums represent amounts received prior to policy effective dates
and are recognized as income on the policy’s anniversary date. Deposits on deposit-type contracts are recorded as a liability when received. Expenses are charged to operations as incurred.
Deferred and uncollected insurance premiums as of December 31 were as follows:
|
2024
|
2023
|
|||||||
|
Gross
|
Net of Loading
|
Gross
|
Net of Loading
|
|||||
|
Ordinary new business
|
$ 8,972
|
$ 4
|
$ 7,687
|
$ 10
|
||||
|
Ordinary renewal
|
37,656
|
29,658
|
31,373
|
24,610
|
||||
|
Totals
|
$ 46,628
|
$ 29,662
|
$ 39,060
|
$ 24,620
|
||||
Gross premium represents the amount of premium charged to the policyholders. The amount net of loading excludes the portion of the gross premium attributable to expenses and
certain profitability objectives.
The Company annually evaluates whether a premium deficiency exists relating to long-duration contracts. Anticipated investment income is considered as part of this evaluation. The Company did not
recognize a premium deficiency reserve as of December 31, 2024 and 2023.
| i. |
Reinsurance
|
In the normal course of business, the Company seeks to limit its exposure to loss on any single insured and to recover a portion of the benefits paid over such limits. This is
accomplished primarily through cessions to reinsurers under excess of loss and coinsurance contracts. Estimated reinsurance recoverable is recognized in a manner consistent with the liabilities related to the underlying reinsured contracts.
Amounts related to the Company's reinsurance program as of and for the years ended December 31 are summarized as follows:
|
2024
|
2023
|
2022
|
||||
|
Reserves ceded
|
$ 1,062,757
|
$ 1,079,114
|
$ 310,657
|
|||
|
Premiums ceded
|
124,876
|
808,300
|
74,702
|
|||
|
Commissions and expense allowances
|
36,430
|
65,457
|
18,729
|
|||
|
Benefits on ceded claims
|
91,998
|
69,050
|
58,908
|
In 2024, the Company's reinsurance reserve credits were concentrated among the following reinsurers:
|
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA)
|
75
|
%
|
||
|
SCOR Reinsurance Group
|
8
|
%
|
||
|
Munich American Reassurance Company
|
7
|
%
|
||
|
Swiss RE Life & Health America Inc.
|
4
|
%
|
17
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
Effective October 1, 2023, the Company entered into a reinsurance agreement with RGA to reinsure the majority of in-force universal life (UL) and deferred
annuity (DA) product liabilities on a 100% coinsurance basis. The transaction resulted in a gain from reinsurance of $109,564, net of tax, which is deferred through aggregate write-ins for surplus and subsequently recognized into net income as
earnings emerge on the reinsured block of business. $10,963 and $2,207 of the gain from reinsurance was amortized into income through commissions and expense allowances on reinsurance ceded in the statutory statement of operations during 2024 and
2023, respectively.
Future expense allowances under the reinsurance agreement are not expected to be sufficient to cover anticipated allocable renewal expenses of the Company and, therefore
expense allowance reserves of $19,158 and $20,258 were recognized in other liabilities as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and reduced the deferred gain from reinsurance.
Total IMR of $65,141 was ceded to RGA as part of the transaction. This amount was recognized through taxes, licenses, fees, and other expenses on the statutory statement of
operations, and reduced the deferred gain from reinsurance.
The following summarizes other financial statement impacts of the initial recognition of this reinsurance transaction as of the effective date of October 1, 2023:
|
Reserves ceded
|
$ 780,697
|
|
|
Premiums ceded
|
722,330
|
|
|
Commissions and expense allowances, net
|
37,796
|
The Company cedes 100% of its variable universal life (VUL) and variable annuity (VA) business, which the Company no longer sells, under a 100% reinsurance
agreement with Kansas City Life Insurance Company (KCL). Pursuant to this agreement, AFLIC transferred all of the net policy liabilities on the reinsured policies with the exception of the separate account liabilities which are retained by AFLIC
under the modified coinsurance agreement relating to the separate accounts (see Note 8).
These ceded reinsurance transactions do not relieve the Company of its primary obligation to the policyholder.
Effective July 1, 2010, the Company assumed long-term care business from AFMICSI by way of a 100% quota share reinsurance agreement. The Company assumed reinsurance premiums of
$5,627, $5,544, and $5,350 during 2024, 2023, and 2022, respectively, and $154,811 and $148,541 of reserves at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, from AFMICSI under this agreement.
| j. |
Income Taxes
|
The Company files a consolidated federal income tax return with AFMICSI and affiliated companies, excluding Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company (GDMIC), Spring Valley Mutual
Insurance Company (SVMIC), and Austin Mutual Insurance Company (AMIC).
The consolidated federal income tax is allocated to each member company in the following manner: Companies having tax profits on a separate return basis will incur federal tax
expense based on separate return taxable incomes. Companies with tax losses on a separate return basis will be compensated (at the current federal tax rate) for the reduction in the consolidated tax liability resulting from losses. Such
compensation shall come directly from profitable companies that utilize those tax losses to reduce taxable incomes. A loss company may have to repay this current year compensation back to the profitable company if the profitable company later
incurs losses that, on a separate return basis, may be carried back to offset its current year income. The reduction of the consolidated tax liability due to tax credits shall be allocated to the individual companies producing such credits. Special
additional taxes are similarly allocated to each member company.
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American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
The reporting of federal and foreign income taxes under STAT is similar to the reporting requirements under GAAP except for the following differences. Under STAT, the calculation of state income
taxes incurred is limited to taxes due on the current year’s taxable income and any adjustments due to changes in prior year returns. Therefore, deferred state income taxes are not recognized. Under GAAP, there is a requirement to reduce the amount
of DTAs by a valuation allowance if it is more likely than not that some portion of the DTA will not be realized. STAT requires that the gross DTAs be subject to an admissibility test which also includes the more likely than not valuation
allowance. Under STAT, any changes in DTAs and DTLs are to be recognized as a separate component of the change in unassigned surplus. Therefore, changes in the DTAs and DTLs will not be included in current year income. This differs from GAAP, which
recognizes the change in deferred taxes (deferred tax provision) as a component of the total tax provision (sum of federal current and deferred) that is included in other comprehensive income rather than as a direct adjustment to equity. The gross
change in the DTA/DTL related to unrealized capital gains and losses is charged directly to surplus by netting against the unrealized capital gains and losses. The effect on deferred taxes of a change in tax rates is recognized as a component of
the change in unassigned surplus in the period enacted for STAT purposes and is recognized in income as a component of income tax expense from continuing operations in the period of enactment for GAAP. Under STAT, state current income taxes are
included as an underwriting expense while under GAAP they are part of income tax expense.
| k. |
Nonadmitted Assets
|
Certain assets designated as “nonadmitted assets,” primarily consisting of DTAs, disallowed negative IMR balance (see Note 1(c)), and an unaudited investment in a subsidiary, controlled, and
affiliated (SCA) entity, have been excluded from the statutory balance sheets through a direct charge against unassigned surplus. Changes in nonadmitted assets are reported as a direct adjustment to surplus in the statutory statements of changes in
capital and surplus.
| l. |
Separate Accounts
|
Separate account assets include segregated funds invested by the Company, as designated by VUL and VA policy owners, in shares of mutual funds managed by outside fund managers
offered as investment vehicles for American Family Variable Accounts I or II. Policy owners are the only persons having rights to any assets in the separate accounts or to income arising from such assets. The assets (investments) and liabilities
(to policy owners) of each account are clearly identifiable and distinguishable from other assets and liabilities of the Company. Assets are valued at fair value based on quoted market prices of the underlying funds, which are traded in non-active
markets. The liabilities are equal to the amount due to the policy owner without a reduction for surrender charges. The net investment performance (investment income, gains, and losses) of these accounts is credited directly to the policy owners
and, therefore, is not included in the Company’s net income (loss).
The separate account expense allowance represents the difference between the account value and the statutory reserve, and corresponds to the value of the surrender charges contained in the contract
terms of the account. The expense allowance decreases over time as the surrender charge rates decline. The Company cedes all of its VUL and VA business under a 100% reinsurance agreement with KCL and thus carries no net expense allowance for the
years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 (see Note 1(i)).
19
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
m. Statements of Cash Flows
Non-cash operating and investing activities for the years ended December 31 are summarized as follows:
|
2024
|
2023
|
2022
|
|||
|
Proceeds from bonds sold
|
$ 460
|
$ 544,416
|
$ 1,120
|
||
|
Proceeds from stocks sold (e.g., tax-free exchanges)
|
14,883
|
—
|
—
|
||
|
Cost of bonds acquired (e.g., tax-free exchanges)
|
15,343
|
2,040
|
1,120
|
||
|
Non-cash related premiums
|
10,387
|
7,610
|
7,719
|
||
|
Non-cash related benefits and loss payments
|
11,607
|
10,533
|
10,842
|
||
|
Non-cash related dividends
|
10,387
|
7,610
|
7,719
|
||
|
Non-cash related investment type deposits
|
11,607
|
10,533
|
10,842
|
See Note 1(i) for non-cash operating activities relating to the reinsurance agreement with RGA, effective in 2023. The proceeds from bonds sold include the non-cash activity
related to the RGA investment transfer in 2023, as well as tax-free exchanges. See Note 4 for non-cash investing and financing activities related to an in-kind distribution of mortgage loans.
| n. |
Reclassifications
|
Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year amounts in the accompanying statutory financial statements to conform to current year presentation and allow for
consistent financial reporting. This included certain deposit-type contract reserves in Note 1(e) that were classified as 'subject to discretionary withdrawal' instead of 'not subject to discretionary withdrawal.' To conform to current year
presentation, the 2023 disclosures reflect a correction of deposit-type contract reserves in the amount of $198,167. Additionally, in Note 6, $107,356 of unassigned surplus has been reclassified from 'surplus held for the benefit of the
stockholder' to 'surplus contributed to participating products' in the 2023 disclosures, correcting a prior misclassification. These corrections had no effect on surplus or net income (loss).
| o. |
Subsequent Events
|
The Company has evaluated events subsequent to December 31, 2024, through February 25, 2025, the date these statutory financial statements were available to be issued. Based on this evaluation, no
Type I or Type II events have occurred subsequent to December 31, 2024 that require disclosure or adjustment to the statutory financial statements at that date or for the year then ended.
| 2. |
Financial Instruments
|
| a. |
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
|
Fair value guidance establishes a hierarchy for inputs used in determining fair value that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that
observable inputs be used when available.
Fair value is a market-based measure considered from the perspective of a market participant who owns an asset or owes a liability. Accordingly, when market observable data is
not readily available, the Company’s own assumptions are set to reflect those that market participants would be presumed to use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date. The Company uses prices and inputs that are current as of the
measurement date, including during periods of market disruption. In periods of market disruption, the ability to observe prices and inputs may be reduced for many instruments. This condition could cause an instrument to be reclassified from one
level of the hierarchy to another.
20
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
When available, the Company uses the market approach to estimate the fair value of its financial instruments, which is based on quoted prices that are readily and regularly
available in active markets. Generally, these are the most liquid of the Company’s holdings and valuation of these securities does not involve management judgment. Matrix pricing and other similar techniques are other examples of the market
approach. Matrix pricing values a particular security by utilizing the prices of securities with similar ratings, maturities, industry classifications, and/or coupons and interpolating among known values of these similar instruments to derive a
price.
When quoted prices in active markets are not available, the Company uses the income approach, or a combination of the market and income approaches, to estimate the fair value
of its financial instruments. The income approach involves using discounted cash flow and other standard valuation methodologies. The inputs in applying these market standard valuation methodologies include, but are not limited to, interest rates,
benchmark yields, bid/ask spreads, dealer quotes, liquidity, term to maturity, estimated future cash flows, credit risk and default projections, collateral performance, deal and tranche attributes, and general market data.
The following valuation techniques and inputs were used to estimate the fair value of each class of significant financial instruments:
Level 1 Measurements
Bonds: Comprised of U.S. Treasuries and SVO-identified fixed income ETFs valued based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets in active markets.
Common Stocks: Comprised of actively traded, exchange listed U.S. and international equity securities, including ETFs and mutual funds. Valuation is based on unadjusted
quoted prices for identical assets in active markets that the Company can access.
Cash Equivalents: Comprised of actively traded money market funds, which have daily quoted net asset values for identical assets that the Company can access.
Level 2 Measurements
Bonds: The majority of the Company’s Level 2 fixed income securities are priced by leading, nationally recognized providers of market data and analytics. These securities
are principally valued using the market and income approaches. When available, recent trades of identical or similar assets are used to price these securities. However, because many fixed income securities do not actively trade on a daily basis,
pricing models are often used to determine security prices. The pricing models discount future cash flows at estimated market interest rates. These rates are derived by calculating the appropriate spreads over comparable U.S. Treasury securities
based on credit quality, industry, and structure of the asset. Observable inputs used by the models include benchmark yields, bid/ask spreads, dealer quotes, liquidity, term-to-maturity, credit risk and default projections, collateral performance,
deal and tranche attributes, and general market data. Inputs may vary depending on the type of security.
A small segment of Level 2 securities are priced internally using matrix pricing or through third-party vendors that specialize in difficult-to-price securities.
21
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
Common Stocks: Comprised of shares in Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLBC) stock as discussed in Note 9. While not actively traded, the valuation for the FHLBC
investment is perpetually quoted at $100 per share by the FHLBC.
Mortgage Loans: The fair value of mortgage loans is based upon discounted future cash flows using the current rate at which similar loans with comparable maturities would
be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings.
Policy Loans: Consist of policy loans carried at their outstanding principal balance, which approximates fair value.
Separate Account Assets: Comprised of mutual funds traded in non-active markets that have daily quoted net asset values for identical assets that the Company can
access. Net asset values for the actively traded mutual funds in which the separate account assets are invested are obtained daily from the fund managers.
Level 3 Measurements
Bonds: Comprised of asset-backed securities (ABS) and RMBS securities valued using trader-marked bid-side dollar prices and spreads to updated swaps curves from a
third-party pricing vendor. Certain securities are valued using the mid-point of actual bid and ask market quotes from global and regional banks or from non-binding external sources where observable inputs are not readily available.
The Company held no Level 3 securities that were carried at fair value as of December 31, 2024 and 2023.
The following summarizes the Company’s financial assets and financial liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31:
|
2024
|
||||||||||
|
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
|
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
|
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
|
Balance as of December 31, 2024
|
|||||||
|
Financial assets
|
||||||||||
|
Bonds
|
||||||||||
|
SVO identified funds
|
$ 65,070
|
$ —
|
$ —
|
$ 65,070
|
||||||
|
Common stocks
|
71,398
|
11,256
|
—
|
82,654
|
||||||
|
Cash equivalents
|
101,170
|
—
|
—
|
101,170
|
||||||
|
Separate account assets
|
—
|
361,690
|
—
|
361,690
|
||||||
|
Total recurring basis assets
|
$ 237,638
|
$ 372,946
|
$ —
|
$ 610,584
|
||||||
22
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
|
2023
|
||||||||||
|
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
|
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
|
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
|
Balance as of December 31, 2023
|
|||||||
|
Financial assets
|
||||||||||
|
Bonds
|
||||||||||
|
SVO identified funds
|
$ —
|
$ —
|
$ —
|
$ —
|
||||||
|
Common stocks
|
23,455
|
8,903
|
—
|
32,358
|
||||||
|
Cash equivalents
|
84,645
|
—
|
—
|
84,645
|
||||||
|
Separate account assets
|
—
|
347,607
|
—
|
347,607
|
||||||
|
Total recurring basis assets
|
$ 108,100
|
$ 356,510
|
$ —
|
$ 464,610
|
||||||
The following summarizes the fair value and admitted assets of the Company’s financial instruments as of December 31:
|
2024
|
||||||||||
|
Aggregate Fair Value
|
Admitted
Assets
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
||||||
|
Bonds
|
$ 3,495,993
|
$ 3,763,008
|
$ 118,335
|
$ 3,368,517
|
$ 9,141
|
|||||
|
Common stocks
|
82,654
|
82,654
|
71,398
|
11,256
|
—
|
|||||
|
Cash equivalents
|
101,170
|
101,170
|
101,170
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
Mortgage loans
|
508,271
|
537,830
|
—
|
508,271
|
—
|
|||||
|
Policy loans
|
170,350
|
166,375
|
—
|
170,350
|
—
|
|||||
|
Separate account assets
|
361,690
|
361,690
|
—
|
361,690
|
—
|
|||||
|
Total financial assets
|
$ 4,720,128
|
$ 5,012,727
|
$ 290,903
|
$ 4,420,084
|
$ 9,141
|
|||||
|
2023
|
||||||||||
|
Aggregate Fair Value
|
Admitted
Assets
|
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
||||||
|
Bonds
|
$ 3,444,752
|
$ 3,681,142
|
$ 24,456
|
$ 3,412,051
|
$ 8,245
|
|||||
|
Common stocks
|
32,358
|
32,358
|
23,455
|
8,903
|
—
|
|||||
|
Cash equivalents
|
84,645
|
84,645
|
84,645
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
Mortgage loans
|
620,286
|
706,710
|
—
|
620,286
|
—
|
|||||
|
Policy loans
|
168,909
|
165,901
|
—
|
168,909
|
—
|
|||||
|
Separate account assets
|
347,607
|
347,607
|
—
|
347,607
|
—
|
|||||
|
Total financial assets
|
$ 4,698,557
|
$ 5,018,363
|
$ 132,556
|
$ 4,557,756
|
$ 8,245
|
|||||
As part of its pricing procedures, the Company obtains quotes from leading providers of pricing data, and the Company’s internal pricing policy is to use
consistent sources for individual securities based on security type in order to maintain the integrity of its valuation process. These primary quotes are validated on a quarterly basis via comparison to a secondary pricing source, which may include
quotes received from a different third-party pricing data provider or recent trade activity obtained from online trading sites. In addition, investment managers may be consulted to corroborate prices received from outside sources based on their
knowledge of market trends and activity. As necessary, the Company utilizes pricing services that specialize in difficult-to-value securities to price esoteric or illiquid securities. Material discrepancies between the primary and secondary sources
are investigated, reconciled, and updated as warranted. This may involve challenging a price from the primary source if the Company determines the price provided does not meet expectations based on observed market, sector, or security trends and
activity.
23
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
On an annual basis, the Company reviews quality control measures and data assumptions from its pricing sources to determine if any significant changes have occurred that may indicate issues or concerns regarding their evaluation or market coverage. In addition, an annual analysis is performed on a sample of securities to further validate the inputs, assumptions, and methodologies used by the primary source to price those securities.
During the course of the valuation process, if it is determined the material inputs used to price a security are
unobservable, the Company will transfer that security to Level 3.
Structured Settlements
Fair values for structured settlements are based on the present value of expected payments using current crediting interest rates.
Fair Value
The fair values of the Company's significant financial instruments that are carried on the statutory balance sheets at a value other than fair value or are not disclosed on the
face of the statutory balance sheets or elsewhere in the notes at December 31 are as follows:
|
2024
|
2023
|
||||||||
|
Carrying
Amount
|
Fair
Value
|
Carrying
Amount
|
Fair
Value
|
||||||
|
Financial liabilities
|
|||||||||
|
Structured settlements
|
$ 27,643
|
$ 35,218
|
$ 29,527
|
$ 37,501
|
|||||
| b. |
Common Stocks
|
The aggregate cost, gross unrealized gains, gross unrealized losses, and fair value of common stocks at December 31 are as follows:
|
2024
|
2023
|
|||||||
|
Aggregate cost
|
$
|
76,323
|
$
|
26,781
|
||||
|
Gross unrealized gains
|
6,331
|
5,645
|
||||||
|
Gross unrealized losses
|
—
|
(68
|
)
|
|||||
|
Fair value
|
$
|
82,654
|
$
|
32,358
|
||||
There were no common stocks in an unrealized loss position at December 31, 2024. The fair value and unrealized losses, categorized by stocks in loss positions
for less than 12 months and stocks in loss positions for more than 12 months, at December 31, 2023, were as follows:
|
2023
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Less than 12 Months
|
12 Months or More
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Number
of Issues
|
Fair
Value
|
Unrealized
Losses
|
Number
of Issues
|
Fair
Value
|
Unrealized
Losses
|
Fair
Value
|
Unrealized
Losses
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Description of Securities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Common stocks
|
1
|
$
|
14,815
|
$
|
(68
|
)
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
14,815
|
$
|
(68
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
1
|
$
|
14,815
|
$
|
(68
|
)
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
14,815
|
$
|
(68
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
The Company believes that declines in fair value related to these stocks are temporary. In determining whether these declines in fair value are temporary, the
Company considers severity of impairment, duration of impairment, forecasted market price recovery, and the intent and ability of the Company to hold the investment until the market price has recovered.
24
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
There were no other-than-temporary impairments (OTTI) of common stocks during 2024, 2023, and 2022.
Proceeds from sales of stocks during 2024, 2023, and 2022 were $2,420, $63,107, and $0, respectively. Gross gains of $0, $9,107, and $0 and gross losses of $0, $14, and $0
were realized on those sales during 2024, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
The Company’s common stock investments consist of a common stock ETF, a bond ETF that was not on the NAIC's approved bond ETF list and, therefore, is considered a common stock investment, FHLB
stock, and a legacy position related to a private placement restructuring.
|
|
c. |
Bonds
|
The carrying value and fair value of long-term bonds at December 31 are as follows:
|
2024
|
||||||||
|
Carrying
Value
|
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
|
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
|
Fair
Value
|
|||||
|
Description of Securities:
|
||||||||
|
U.S. governments
|
$ 65,466
|
$ 69
|
$ (6,498)
|
$ 59,037
|
||||
|
States, territories, and possessions
|
16,416
|
—
|
(400)
|
16,016
|
||||
|
Political subdivisions of states, territories, and possessions
|
36,037
|
16
|
(3,855)
|
32,198
|
||||
|
Special revenue & special assessment
|
351,224
|
501
|
(27,969)
|
323,756
|
||||
|
Industrial and miscellaneous unaffiliated
|
3,228,795
|
9,081
|
(237,960)
|
2,999,916
|
||||
|
SVO identified funds
|
65,070
|
—
|
—
|
65,070
|
||||
|
Total
|
$ 3,763,008
|
$ 9,667
|
$ (276,682)
|
$ 3,495,993
|
||||
|
2023
|
||||||||
|
Carrying
Value
|
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
|
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
|
Fair
Value
|
|||||
|
Description of Securities:
|
||||||||
|
U.S. governments
|
$ 36,328
|
$ 69
|
$ (5,336)
|
$ 31,061
|
||||
|
States, territories, and possessions
|
8,078
|
217
|
(111)
|
8,184
|
||||
|
Political subdivisions of states, territories, and possessions
|
51,698
|
1,262
|
(3,554)
|
49,406
|
||||
|
Special revenue & special assessment
|
319,353
|
1,390
|
(23,644)
|
297,099
|
||||
|
Industrial and miscellaneous unaffiliated
|
3,265,685
|
25,737
|
(232,420)
|
3,059,002
|
||||
|
SVO identified funds
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||
|
Total
|
$ 3,681,142
|
$ 28,675
|
$ (265,065)
|
$ 3,444,752
|
||||
25
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
The fair value and unrealized losses, categorized by bonds in loss positions for less than 12 months and bonds in loss positions for more than 12 months, at
December 31 are as follows:
|
2024
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Less than 12 Months
|
12 Months or More
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Number
of Issues
|
Fair
Value
|
Unrealized
Losses
|
Number
of Issues
|
Fair
Value
|
Unrealized
Losses
|
Fair
Value
|
Unrealized
Losses
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Description of Securities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
U.S. governments
|
8
|
$
|
21,004
|
$
|
(250
|
)
|
17
|
$
|
23,214
|
$
|
(6,248
|
)
|
$
|
44,218
|
$
|
(6,498
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
States, territories, and possessions
|
6
|
12,545
|
(270
|
)
|
3
|
3,471
|
(130
|
)
|
16,016
|
(400
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Political subdivisions of states, territories, and possessions
|
2
|
10,324
|
(11
|
)
|
11
|
17,683
|
(3,844
|
)
|
28,007
|
(3,855
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Special revenue & special assessment
|
53
|
117,036
|
(2,286
|
)
|
169
|
167,282
|
(25,683
|
)
|
284,318
|
(27,969
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Industrial and miscellaneous unaffiliated
|
275
|
866,591
|
(30,080
|
)
|
601
|
1,379,531
|
(207,880
|
)
|
2,246,122
|
(237,960
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
SVO identified funds
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
344
|
$
|
1,027,500
|
$
|
(32,897
|
)
|
801
|
$
|
1,591,181
|
$
|
(243,785
|
)
|
$
|
2,618,681
|
$
|
(276,682
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
2023
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Less than 12 Months
|
12 Months or More
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Number
of Issues
|
Fair
Value
|
Unrealized
Losses
|
Number
of Issues
|
Fair
Value
|
Unrealized
Losses
|
Fair
Value
|
Unrealized
Losses
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Description of Securities:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
U.S. governments
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
21
|
$
|
29,956
|
$
|
(5,336
|
)
|
$
|
29,956
|
$
|
(5,336
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
|
States, territories, and possessions
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
5
|
4,046
|
(111
|
)
|
4,046
|
(111
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Political subdivisions of states, territories, and possessions
|
1
|
427
|
(2
|
)
|
12
|
20,657
|
(3,552
|
)
|
21,084
|
(3,554
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Special revenue & special assessment
|
19
|
18,487
|
(299
|
)
|
169
|
191,655
|
(23,345
|
)
|
210,142
|
(23,644
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Industrial and miscellaneous unaffiliated
|
82
|
249,855
|
(4,019
|
)
|
814
|
2,101,673
|
(228,401
|
)
|
2,351,528
|
(232,420
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
SVO identified funds
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
102
|
$
|
268,769
|
$
|
(4,320
|
)
|
1,021
|
$
|
2,347,987
|
$
|
(260,745
|
)
|
$
|
2,616,756
|
$
|
(265,065
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
If the Company has the intent to sell or will more likely than not be required to sell a fixed income security prior to full recovery, the Company writes down
the security to its current fair value with the entire write-down recognized as a realized investment loss in the statutory statements of operations. The Company recognized OTTI losses due to intent to sell fixed income securities totaling $281,
$3,050, and $0 in 2024, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
If the Company does not have the intent to sell but a structured fixed income security is in an unrealized loss position, the Company determines if any of the decline in value
is due to a credit-related loss (the present value of the expected future cash flows (PVCF) is less than amortized cost). Other-than-temporary, credit-related impairments are recognized as a realized investment loss in the statutory statements of
operations when the PVCF is less than the amortized cost.
The Company recognized immaterial credit-related impairments on structured securities in 2024. No such impairments were recognized in 2023 or 2022.
In determining whether losses on non-structured securities are expected to be temporary, the Company considers severity of impairment, duration of impairment, forecasted market
price recovery and the intent and ability of the Company to hold the investment until the market price recovers or the investment matures to assist in determining if a potential credit loss exists. Additionally, the Company may rely on the details
of settlements reached in bankruptcy proceedings or other restructurings to determine ultimate collectability of these investments.
26
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
Credit-related OTTI losses recorded on non-structured securities were $3,260, $6,665, and $0 in 2024, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
During 2024, 2023, and 2022, for its bond portfolio, the Company recorded total OTTI in realized capital losses in the statutory statements of operations of $4,503, $9,715, and
$0, respectively. These amounts include impairments taken due to the intent to sell securities. The Company believes that all other declines in fair value related to bonds are temporary.
The carrying value and fair value of bonds, including short-term and cash equivalent bonds, at December 31, 2024, are shown below by contractual maturity. Expected maturities
may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may exercise the right to call or prepay obligations with or without penalties. Because most mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities provide for periodic payments throughout their lives,
they are listed in a separate category as follows:
|
Carrying
Value
|
Fair
Value
|
|||||||
|
Due in one year or less
|
$
|
31,673
|
$
|
31,415
|
||||
|
Due after one year through five years
|
387,039
|
380,911
|
||||||
|
Due after five years through ten years
|
373,263
|
352,738
|
||||||
|
Due after ten years
|
1,741,170
|
1,542,990
|
||||||
|
Subtotal
|
2,533,145
|
2,308,054
|
||||||
|
Mortgage-backed securities
|
528,584
|
492,059
|
||||||
|
Asset-backed securities
|
636,209
|
630,810
|
||||||
|
SVO identified funds
|
65,070
|
65,070
|
||||||
|
Total
|
$
|
3,763,008
|
$
|
3,495,993
|
||||
Proceeds from sales of long-term bonds during 2024, 2023, and 2022 were $1,081,511, $228,623, and $1,049,150, respectively. Gross gains of $8,439, $2,977, and
$6,240 and gross losses of $63,456, $86,914, and $98,047 were realized on those sales for 2024, 2023, and 2022, respectively, before transfer to the IMR account. The basis of the securities sold was determined using specific identification.
At December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, investments with an amortized cost of $5,371 and $5,367 were on deposit with various regulatory authorities to comply with
insurance laws.
The Company also invests in bonds with callable features, which grant the issuer the right to redeem the security in part or in whole at specified dates throughout the life of the contract. There
were 3 and 0 bonds redeemed as a result of such a callable feature during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, with $32 and $0 recognized in investment income as a result of prepayment penalties and/or acceleration fees,
respectively.
27
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
| d. |
Net Investment Income
|
Net investment income for the years ended December 31 is summarized as follows:
|
2024
|
2023
|
2022
|
||||||||||
|
Bonds
|
$
|
175,406
|
$
|
195,997
|
$
|
179,060
|
||||||
|
Common stocks
|
993
|
1,340
|
461
|
|||||||||
|
Mortgage loans
|
25,780
|
27,533
|
24,532
|
|||||||||
|
Policy loans
|
12,349
|
12,215
|
12,179
|
|||||||||
|
Other
|
6,834
|
4,987
|
1,331
|
|||||||||
|
Total investment income
|
221,362
|
242,072
|
217,563
|
|||||||||
|
Investment expenses
|
(9,539
|
)
|
(10,316
|
)
|
(9,111
|
)
|
||||||
|
Net investment income
|
$
|
211,823
|
$
|
231,756
|
$
|
208,452
|
||||||
| e. |
Mortgage Loans
|
The lending rate for commercial mortgage loans issued during 2024 was 6.53%. The minimum and maximum lending rates for commercial mortgage loans issued during 2023 ranged from
4.91% to 6.79%. During 2024 and 2023, the Company did not reduce interest rates on outstanding mortgage loans.
Mortgage loans of the Company are invested primarily in office, retail, and industrial properties and are reported and measured at their aggregate unpaid principal balances,
adjusted for unamortized premium or discount and net of a valuation allowance for estimated uncollectible amounts. Fire and extended coverage insurance is required on all properties. The maximum percentage of any one loan to the value of security
at the time of the loan, exclusive of insured or guaranteed or purchase money mortgages did not exceed 62%.
Significant concentrations of mortgage loans by geographic regions include the following as of December 31:
|
2024
|
2023
|
|||||||
|
South
|
$
|
283,775
|
$
|
379,995
|
||||
|
West
|
165,525
|
221,748
|
||||||
|
Midwest
|
59,298
|
71,970
|
||||||
|
Northeast
|
29,232
|
32,997
|
||||||
The Company considers any loan that is one or more days delinquent to be past due. At December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company had no past due commercial
mortgage loans. There were no impairments of loans during 2024 and 2023. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, all loans in the portfolio were in good standing, with no loans having been significantly modified or restructured.
A loan is considered to be in good standing if all payments are current. When reviewing loans for impairment and making the determination to increase the valuation allowance or
to charge off a loan, the Company individually monitors and analyzes loans and does not utilize portfolio segments or classes for monitoring purposes. The Company considers delinquency or default of payments, the mortgage loan unpaid principal
balance as a percent of the fair value of the mortgage loan collateral, present value of expected payments compared to the current carrying value of the mortgage, current rent rolls of the property, financial condition of major tenants, and local
economic conditions that would impact individual loans when reviewing potential loan impairment.
28
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
If analysis of any of these factors suggests the ability of the borrower to make future payments may be compromised or if the loan is delinquent in its payments by fewer than
90 days, the loan is added to the Company’s watchlist. A watchlist loan has developed negative characteristics or trends in the impairment indicators discussed above, but has not yet met the criteria of a non-performing loan. Specific examples of
such watchlist indicators may include loss of a major tenant or delinquency of property tax payments. Watchlist loans are monitored closely by the Company for indications of possible default, and an allowance may be established if ultimate
collectability of the full principal amount becomes uncertain. If a loan is 90 days or more past due or is in the process of foreclosure, the loan is reclassified as non-performing. Non-performing loans are reserved to an amount equal to the
expected potential principal loss and are reviewed in detail to determine whether an impairment or charge-off is necessary. Charge-offs are recorded when principal loss is imminent and the amount is readily determinable.
The Company had $537,830 and $706,710 of loans outstanding as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, of which $21,856 and $52,284 were on the watchlist. There were no
non-performing loans held as of December 31, 2024 and 2023. There were no charge-offs recognized in the mortgage loan portfolio in 2024, 2023, and 2022.
The Company measures and assesses the credit quality of mortgage loans by using loan to value and debt service coverage ratios. The loan to value ratio compares the principal
amount of the loan to the fair value of the underlying property collateralizing the loan and is commonly expressed as a percentage. Fair values are typically determined based on an appraisal of the property. Unless a more recent appraisal has been
completed, the fair value is based on the appraisal at loan origination. The debt service coverage ratio compares a property’s net operating income to its debt service payments. Debt service coverage ratios are updated and evaluated at least
annually.
Loan to value and debt service coverage ratios were as follows for outstanding loans at December 31:
|
2024
|
2023
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Loan to value
|
Amortized
Cost
|
Average Debt Service Coverage Ratio
|
Amortized
Cost
|
Average Debt Service Coverage Ratio
|
||||||||||||
|
Less than 65%
|
$
|
537,830
|
2.52
|
$
|
706,710
|
2.32
|
||||||||||
|
65% to 74%
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||
|
75% to 100%
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||
|
Total mortgage loans
|
$
|
537,830
|
2.52
|
$
|
706,710
|
2.32
|
||||||||||
The Company did not carry a valuation allowance for credit losses on mortgage loans as of December 31, 2024 and 2023. Changes in the valuation allowance, when
applicable, are recognized through net investment income.
Commercial mortgage loans are placed on nonaccrual status after a default notice has been issued and the borrower has failed to cure the defect in a reasonable amount of time. Once a loan reaches
nonaccrual status any accrued interest income is derecognized and future accrual of interest is suspended until the loan is made current. If the ultimate collectability of principal, either in whole or in part, is in doubt, any payment received on
a nonaccrual loan shall first be applied to reduce principal to the extent necessary to eliminate such doubt. There were no loans in nonaccrual status at December 31, 2024 or 2023.
29
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
| f. |
Securities Lending
|
The Company participates in a securities lending program to generate additional net investment income related to its portfolio of invested assets. As part of its securities
lending agreements, the Company requires a minimum of 102% of the fair value of securities loaned at the outset of the contract as collateral. The Company and its lending agent monitor the market value of securities loaned on a daily basis and
obtain additional collateral as necessary under the terms of the agreements to mitigate counterparty credit risk. All securities lending agreements have no contractual end date, and as such are deemed to be "open" or "overnight" agreements. The
Company maintains the right and ability to repossess the securities loaned on short notice.
The following tables summarize the value of securities on loan and the amount of collateral received in return as of December 31:
|
2024
|
||||||||
|
Market Value of Securities Loaned
|
Cash Collateral Received
|
Market Value of Reinvested Cash Collateral
|
Market Value of Non-Cash Collateral
|
|||||
|
Securities loaned vs. cash collateral
|
$ —
|
$ —
|
$ —
|
NA
|
||||
|
Securities loaned vs. non-cash collateral
|
6,944
|
NA
|
NA
|
$ 7,565
|
||||
|
Total
|
$ 6,944
|
$ —
|
$ —
|
$ 7,565
|
||||
|
2023
|
||||||||
|
Market Value of Securities Loaned
|
Cash Collateral Received
|
Market Value of Reinvested Cash Collateral
|
Market Value of Non-Cash Collateral
|
|||||
|
Securities loaned vs. cash collateral
|
$ —
|
$ —
|
$ —
|
NA
|
||||
|
Securities loaned vs. non-cash collateral
|
15,816
|
NA
|
NA
|
$ 17,169
|
||||
|
Total
|
$ 15,816
|
$ —
|
$ —
|
$ 17,169
|
||||
As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company participates solely in securities lending vs. non-cash collateral. As such, no reinvested cash collateral is recognized in the statutory balance
sheets. See Note 1(a) for further information on the Company's securities lending program.
| 3. |
Income Taxes
|
The components of the net deferred tax assets (liabilities) at December 31 are as follows:
|
2024
|
2023
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Ordinary
|
Capital
|
Total
|
Ordinary
|
Capital
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
(a)
|
Gross deferred tax assets (DTAs)
|
$
|
98,901
|
$
|
6,844
|
$
|
105,745
|
$
|
95,076
|
$
|
22,026
|
$
|
117,102
|
||||||||||||
|
(b)
|
Statutory valuation allowance adjustment
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
(c)
|
Adjusted gross deferred tax assets ((a) - (b))
|
98,901
|
6,844
|
105,745
|
95,076
|
22,026
|
117,102
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
(d)
|
Deferred tax assets nonadmitted
|
67,807
|
2,381
|
70,188
|
52,621
|
16,461
|
69,082
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
(e)
|
Subtotal (net deferred tax assets) ((c) - (d))
|
31,094
|
4,463
|
35,557
|
42,455
|
5,565
|
48,020
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
(f)
|
Gross deferred tax liabilities (DTLs)
|
2,423
|
1,407
|
3,830
|
2,359
|
1,731
|
4,090
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
(g)
|
Net admitted deferred tax assets ((e) - (f))
|
$
|
28,671
|
$
|
3,056
|
$
|
31,727
|
$
|
40,096
|
$
|
3,834
|
$
|
43,930
|
||||||||||||
30
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
|
2024
|
2023
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Ordinary
|
Capital
|
Total
|
Ordinary
|
Capital
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
(a)
|
Federal income taxes paid in prior years
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
recoverable through loss carrybacks
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
|
(b)
|
Adjusted gross deferred tax assets expected to be realized (excluding the amount of deferred tax asset from 2a above) after application of the threshold limitation (the lesser of 2b1 and 2b2 below)
|
28,671
|
3,056
|
31,727
|
40,096
|
3,834
|
43,930
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
b1. Adjusted gross deferred tax assets expected to be realized following the balance sheet date
|
28,671
|
3,056
|
31,727
|
40,096
|
3,834
|
43,930
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
b2. Adjusted gross deferred tax assets allowed per limitation threshold
|
XXXXX
|
XXXXX
|
62,561
|
XXXXX
|
XXXXX
|
76,155
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
(c)
|
Adjusted gross deferred tax assets (excluding the amount of deferred tax assets from 2a and 2b above) offset by gross deferred tax liabilities
|
2,423
|
1,407
|
3,830
|
2,359
|
1,731
|
4,090
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
(d)
|
Deferred tax assets admitted as the result of application of SSAP No. 101 Total (a + b + c)
|
$
|
31,094
|
$
|
4,463
|
$
|
35,557
|
$
|
42,455
|
$
|
5,565
|
$
|
48,020
|
||||||||||||
31
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
|
(a)
|
Ratio percentage used to determine recovery period and threshold limitation amount
|
853 %
|
1,043 %
|
|||||
|
(b)
|
Amount of adjusted capital and surplus used to determine recovery period and threshold limitation in b2 above
|
$ 464,628
|
$ 547,801
|
|||||
|
2024
|
2023
|
|||||||
|
Ordinary
|
Capital
|
Ordinary
|
Capital
|
|||||
|
Impact of tax planning strategies
|
||||||||
|
(a) Determination of adj. gross def. tax assets & net admitted def. tax assets by tax character as a %
|
||||||||
|
1. Adj. gross DTAs amount from Note 9A1( c)
|
$ 98,901
|
$ 6,844
|
$ 95,076
|
$ 22,026
|
||||
|
2. % of Adj. gross DTAs by tax character attrib. to the impact of tax planning strategies
|
— %
|
— %
|
— %
|
— %
|
||||
|
3. Net admitted adj. gross DTAs amt from Note 9A1( e)
|
$ 31,094
|
$ 4,463
|
$ 42,455
|
$ 5,565
|
||||
|
4. % of Net admitted adj. gross DTAs by tax character admitted because of the impact of tax planning strategies
|
— %
|
— %
|
— %
|
— %
|
||||
|
(b) Does the Company's tax-planning strategies include the use of reinsurance?
|
[ ] Yes
|
[ X] No
|
[ ] Yes
|
[ X] No
|
||||
The components of current income tax expense (benefit) are as follows for the years ended December 31:
|
2024
|
2023
|
2022
|
||||||||||
|
Current income tax
|
||||||||||||
|
Federal
|
$
|
29,142
|
$
|
64,859
|
$
|
25,457
|
||||||
|
Foreign
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
|
Subtotal
|
29,142
|
64,859
|
25,457
|
|||||||||
|
Federal income tax on net capital gains
|
(29,272
|
)
|
—
|
(13,029
|
)
|
|||||||
|
Total
|
$
|
(130
|
)
|
$
|
64,859
|
$
|
12,428
|
|||||
32
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
The main components of the net DTAs and DTLs as of December 31 are as follows:
|
2024
|
2023
|
|||||||
|
DTAs
|
||||||||
|
Ordinary
|
||||||||
|
Policyholder reserves
|
$
|
51,582
|
$
|
52,786
|
||||
|
Deferred acquisition costs
|
42,049
|
37,400
|
||||||
|
Policyholder dividends accrual
|
2,809
|
2,385
|
||||||
|
Compensation and benefits accrual
|
482
|
723
|
||||||
|
Receivables - nonadmitted
|
1,979
|
1,782
|
||||||
|
Subtotal
|
98,901
|
95,076
|
||||||
|
Nonadmitted
|
67,807
|
52,621
|
||||||
|
Admitted ordinary deferred tax assets
|
31,094
|
42,455
|
||||||
|
Capital:
|
||||||||
|
Investments
|
6,844
|
6,286
|
||||||
|
Net capital loss carry-forward
|
—
|
15,740
|
||||||
|
Subtotal
|
6,844
|
22,026
|
||||||
|
Nonadmitted
|
2,381
|
16,461
|
||||||
|
Admitted capital deferred tax assets
|
4,463
|
5,565
|
||||||
|
Admitted deferred tax assets
|
35,557
|
48,020
|
||||||
|
DTLs
|
||||||||
|
Ordinary
|
||||||||
|
Investments
|
2,423
|
2,353
|
||||||
|
Policyholder reserves
|
—
|
6
|
||||||
|
Subtotal
|
2,423
|
2,359
|
||||||
|
Capital
|
||||||||
|
Investments
|
1,407
|
1,731
|
||||||
|
Subtotal
|
1,407
|
1,731
|
||||||
|
Deferred tax liabilities
|
3,830
|
4,090
|
||||||
|
Net deferred tax assets/liabilities
|
$
|
31,727
|
$
|
43,930
|
||||
The components of the change in net deferred tax as of December 31 are as follows:
|
2024
|
2023
|
Change
|
||||||||||
|
Adjusted gross DTAs
|
$
|
105,745
|
$
|
117,102
|
$
|
(11,357
|
)
|
|||||
|
Total DTLs
|
(3,830
|
)
|
(4,090
|
)
|
260
|
|||||||
|
Net DTAs (DTLs)
|
$
|
101,915
|
$
|
113,012
|
(11,097
|
)
|
||||||
|
Tax effect of unrealized (gains) losses
|
(537
|
)
|
||||||||||
|
Change in net deferred tax
|
$
|
(11,634
|
)
|
|||||||||
33
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
The actual federal income tax expense (benefit) on operations for 2024, 2023, and 2022 differed from expected tax expense (benefit) as follows:
|
2024
|
2023
|
2022
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Tax Effect
|
Effective
|
Tax Effect
|
Effective
|
Tax Effect
|
Effective
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Amount
|
at 21%
|
Tax Rate
|
Amount
|
at 21%
|
Tax Rate
|
Amount
|
at 21%
|
Tax Rate
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Income (loss) before taxes
|
$
|
129,857
|
$
|
169,165
|
$
|
125,509
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Remove tax reclass from surplus to income
|
—
|
(36,350
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Realized gains (losses)
|
(4,370
|
)
|
8,526
|
(91,807
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Income (loss) before taxes (including realized gains (losses))
|
125,487
|
$
|
26,352
|
21.0
|
%
|
141,341
|
$
|
29,682
|
21.0
|
%
|
33,702
|
$
|
7,078
|
21.0
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Dividends received deduction
|
(1,914
|
)
|
(402
|
)
|
—
|
(1,822
|
)
|
(383
|
)
|
—
|
(1,412
|
)
|
(297
|
)
|
(1.0
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Surplus adjustment - gain on reinsurance
|
(12,062
|
)
|
(2,533
|
)
|
(2.0
|
)
|
149,035
|
31,297
|
22.0
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Lobbying expenses
|
9
|
2
|
—
|
21
|
4
|
—
|
98
|
21
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
IMR amortization
|
9,201
|
1,932
|
2.0
|
6,438
|
1,352
|
1.0
|
399
|
84
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Nonadmitted assets
|
(917
|
)
|
(193
|
)
|
—
|
(254
|
)
|
(53
|
)
|
—
|
(506
|
)
|
(106
|
)
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Deferred tax balance and audit corrections
|
(281
|
)
|
(59
|
)
|
—
|
(1,763
|
)
|
(370
|
)
|
—
|
(5,445
|
)
|
(1,143
|
)
|
(3.0
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Prior year permanent items
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(23
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
(5
|
)
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
IMR capital gains
|
(64,738
|
)
|
(13,595
|
)
|
(11.0
|
)
|
(29,611
|
)
|
(6,218
|
)
|
(4.0
|
)
|
19
|
4
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
|
Taxable income (loss)
|
$
|
54,785
|
$
|
11,504
|
10.0
|
%
|
$
|
263,385
|
$
|
55,288
|
40.0
|
%
|
$
|
26,855
|
$
|
5,636
|
17.0
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
Current income tax expense (benefit)
|
$
|
(130
|
)
|
—
|
%
|
$
|
64,859
|
46.0
|
%
|
$
|
12,428
|
37.0
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Change in net deferred tax (excluding change related to unrealized appreciation of investments)
|
11,634
|
10.0
|
(9,571
|
)
|
(7.0
|
)
|
(6,792
|
)
|
(20.0
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total statutory income taxes
|
$
|
11,504
|
10.0
|
%
|
$
|
55,288
|
39.0
|
%
|
$
|
5,636
|
17.0
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disclosures related to deposits admitted under Section 6603 of the Internal Revenue Service Code are not applicable to this report.
There were no income tax expenses incurred in the current and prior years that are available for recoupment in the event of future net losses.
The guidance for accounting for uncertainty in income taxes prescribes a minimum recognition threshold a tax position is required to meet before being recognized in the statutory financial
statements. The Company does not expect to have a significant change in unrecognized tax benefits in the next twelve months.
The examinations of the Company’s consolidated federal income tax returns for the years 2018 through 2020, and 2014 and prior are closed, with the exception
of one item impacting 2019 and 2020. The consolidated group filed a claim in September 2023 to carry back losses generated in 2022 to 2019 and 2020. The years 2015 through 2017 and 2021 through 2023 remain open under the IRS statute of limitations.
AFMICSI and its subsidiaries are currently under federal audit for tax years 2015 through 2017.
Under the Inflation Reduction Act, certain corporations are subject to a 15% corporate alternative minimum tax (CAMT). The Company does not meet the threshold to be an
“applicable corporation” for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023; therefore, the Company is a “nonapplicable reporting entity” for CAMT purposes for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.
| 4. |
Related Party Transactions
|
The Company has issued certain annuities to AFMICSI. The carrying value of all such annuities amounted to approximately $27,643 and $29,527 at December 31, 2024 and 2023,
respectively.
As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recognized $40,568 and $58,884, respectively, due to affiliates, none of which is income taxes due to or from affiliates. Terms of
the settlement require that these amounts be settled within 90 days. These balances arise from the intercompany expense allocations described in Note 1(g).
34
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
The Company distributed cash of $11,561, $170,000, and $39,000 to AmFam, Inc. in 2024, 2023, and 2022, respectively, for enterprise capital and cash management purposes.
In June 2024, the Company made an in-kind extraordinary dividend to AmFam, Inc., consisting of mortgage loans with fair values of $118,437, for capital management purposes. The
Company received approval from the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance in advance of payment.
| 5. |
Employee Benefit Plans
|
AFMICSI has a non-contributory qualified pension plan (herein referred to as the American Family Pension Plan or the Plan) covering employees of AFMICSI and various other
enterprise subsidiaries. For AFMICSI employees hired before January 1, 2009, and Sales District Leaders hired before January 1, 2010, the benefits are based on years of credited service and highest average compensation (as defined in the American
Family Pension Plan). For AFMICSI employees hired on or after January 1, 2009, and Sales District Leaders hired on or after January 1, 2010, benefits are determined under a cash balance formula (as defined in the American Family Pension Plan).
AFMICSI's funding policy is to annually contribute an amount equal to the minimum required contribution per IRS rules and regulations, plus additional amounts at AFMICSI's discretion. Benefit restrictions required under the Pension Protection Act
of 2006 do not apply in 2024 or 2023 given the funded status of the Plan. Pension expense of approximately $379, $421, and $333 was allocated to the Company during 2024, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
AFMICSI also sponsors a qualified contributory 401(k) plan (the American Family 401(k) Plan) in which employees of AFMICSI and other enterprise subsidiaries are eligible to
participate. Employees who choose to participate in the American Family 401(k) Plan may contribute up to 50% of eligible compensation, in 1% intervals, subject to IRS limitations. AFMICSI is required to make contributions each payroll period to a
trust fund. AFMICSI’s contributions are based on a formula with a 100% match on the first 3% of eligible contributions plus 50% on the next 2% of eligible contributions for a maximum annual contribution of 4% of participants' eligible compensation.
The expense allocated to the Company related to the American Family 401(k) Plan during 2024, 2023, and 2022 amounted to $1,324, $1,387, and $1,490, respectively.
AFMICSI provides certain health care benefits to substantially all employees of AFMICSI and other enterprise subsidiaries and contributes toward eligible employees’
postretirement health care using a fixed amount for each year of eligible service. In addition, AFMICSI provides most employees of AFMICSI and other enterprise subsidiaries with a life insurance benefit, for which AFMICSI and enterprise
subsidiaries (for purposes of this paragraph only, "the Companies") absorb substantially all of the cost. The Companies’ portions of the costs of these programs are unfunded. The Companies sponsor no other significant postretirement benefit plans
and use a measurement date of December 31 for valuing pension and other postretirement benefit plans.
An expense of $3,025, $3,259, and $6,535 was allocated to the Company for compensated absences and postemployment benefits during 2024, 2023, and 2022, respectively.
35
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
| 6. |
Capital and Surplus and Shareholder’s Dividend Restrictions
|
The apportionment of unassigned surplus between participating policyholders and the shareholder was assigned as follows:
Unassigned surplus held for the benefit of policyholders at December 31, 2024 and 2023 totaled $0 while unassigned surplus held for the benefit of the shareholder was $381,446
and $469,913 at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
The unassigned surplus held for the benefit of the shareholder as of December 31, 2024, has been contributed to the product lines of the Company as follows: $164,021 to
participating products and $86,516 to non-participating products. The remaining unassigned surplus held for the benefit of the shareholder of $130,909 is held in a stockholder surplus account.
The unassigned surplus held for the benefit of the shareholder as of December 31, 2023, was contributed to the product lines of the Company as follows: $343,136 to
participating products and $150,565 to non-participating products. The remaining unassigned surplus held for the benefit of the shareholder of $(23,788) is held in a stockholder surplus account.
The portion of unassigned funds (surplus) represented or (reduced) by each item below at December 31, is as follows:
|
2024
|
2023
|
|||||||
|
Unrealized gains and losses
|
$
|
5,299
|
$
|
7,037
|
||||
|
Nonadmitted assets
|
145,890
|
90,697
|
||||||
|
Asset valuation reserves
|
37,465
|
37,748
|
||||||
In 2024, 2023, and 2022, the Company paid extraordinary dividends of $129,998, $170,000, and $0, respectively, to AmFam, Inc. The Company received approval
from the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance in advance of payment. In 2024, 2023, and 2022, the Company paid ordinary dividends of $0, $0, and $39,000, respectively, to AmFam, Inc.
| 7. |
Commitments and Contingencies
|
The Company is contingently liable for cessions to reinsurers to the extent that any reinsurer might be unable to meet its obligations assumed under the
various reinsurance contracts.
The Company is at times involved in lawsuits which are related to operations. In most cases, such lawsuits involve claims under insurance policies and other contracts of the
Company. Such lawsuits, either individually or in the aggregate, are not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s statutory financial statements.
The Company is liable for mandatory assessments that are levied by the life & health guaranty fund associations of states in which the Company is licensed. These assessments are to cover losses
to policyholders of insolvent or rehabilitated insurance companies. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the guaranty fund liability was $330 and $329, respectively, based on information received from the states in which the Company writes business.
The guaranty fund assets related to future premium tax credits were $497 and $690 as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
36
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
Years Ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
| 8. |
Separate Accounts
|
The separate accounts held by the Company relate to VUL and VA products, which do not contain any guarantee of minimum returns. There were no securities lending transactions in
the separate accounts in 2024 or 2023. See Note 1(l) for further information on the Company's separate accounts.
Information regarding the non-guaranteed separate accounts of the Company as of December 31 is as follows:
|
2024
|
2023
|
|||||||
|
Premiums, considerations, or deposits
|
$
|
12,258
|
$
|
12,958
|
||||
|
Reserves
|
||||||||
|
For accounts with assets at fair value
|
$
|
360,849
|
$
|
346,764
|
||||
|
Total reserves
|
360,849
|
346,764
|
||||||
|
By withdrawal characteristics:
|
||||||||
|
At fair value
|
360,849
|
346,764
|
||||||
|
Total reserves
|
$
|
360,849
|
$
|
346,764
|
||||
Reconciliation of Net Transfers to (from) Separate Accounts
Transfers as reported in the statutory statements of operations are as follows for the years ended December 31:
|
2024
|
2023
|
2022
|
||||||||||
|
Transfers to separate accounts
|
$
|
12,258
|
$
|
12,958
|
$
|
13,574
|
||||||
|
Transfers from separate accounts
|
(39,442
|
)
|
(29,774
|
)
|
(28,677
|
)
|
||||||
|
Reinsurance ceded transfers
|
27,184
|
16,816
|
15,103
|
|||||||||
|
Net transfers to (from) separate accounts
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||||
The reinsurance ceded transfers pertain to the VUL and VA reinsurance agreement with KCL, as disclosed in Note 1(i).
| 9. |
Debt
|
The Company is a member of the FHLBC, and through its membership, the Company has access to collateralized advances. In its statutory balance sheets, the Company presents the
liability for advances taken based on use of the funds, with advances for general corporate purposes presented in other liabilities and advances to earn incremental investment income (i.e., funding agreements) presented in liability for
deposit-type contracts.
The Company had no borrowings from FHLBC for general corporate purposes as of the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.
Total obligations outstanding under funding agreements were $250,133 and $196,846, and total reserves established were $251,758 and $198,167 for the years ended December 31,
2024 and 2023, respectively. See Note 1(e) for further information on deposit-type contract liabilities.
37
American Family Life Insurance Company
Notes to the Statutory Financial Statements
Years Ended December 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022
(in thousands of dollars)
All advances are fully-collateralized with stock and qualified securities. The shares in FHLBC stock are considered Class B shares not eligible for redemption and are recorded
as common stock in the statutory balance sheets.
The following summarizes general account FHLBC capital stock balances as of December 31:
|
(in thousands of dollars, except share amounts)
|
2024
|
2023
|
||||||
|
Shares outstanding
|
112,560
|
89,031
|
||||||
|
Membership stock - Class B
|
$
|
885
|
$
|
830
|
||||
|
Activity stock
|
10,371
|
8,028
|
||||||
|
Excess stock
|
—
|
45
|
||||||
|
Aggregate total - carrying value
|
11,256
|
8,903
|
||||||
|
Actual or estimated maximum borrowing capacity
|
250,133
|
197,836
|
||||||
|
Collateral pledged - fair value
|
296,402
|
251,655
|
||||||
|
Collateral pledged - carrying value
|
322,323
|
268,359
|
||||||
Borrowing capacity at December 31 is calculated as the carrying value of specific lots of FHLBC stock multiplied by 22 as the Company holds 22-1 stock. The
Company has borrowing capacity net of outstanding advances of $0 and $990 as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
38
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
American Family Life Insurance Company
Supplemental Schedule of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2024 Schedule
I
Sc
Sc
(in thousands of dollars)
|
Investment income earned
|
||||||||||||
|
Government bonds
|
$
|
2,849
|
Common stocks - market value
|
$
|
82,654
|
|||||||
|
Other bonds (unaffiliated)
|
172,557
|
Short-term investments - book value
|
—
|
|||||||||
|
Bonds of affiliates
|
—
|
Real estate
|
—
|
|||||||||
|
Common stocks (unaffiliated)
|
993
|
Cash on deposit
|
(9,067
|
)
|
||||||||
|
Mortgage loans
|
25,780
|
Cash equivalents
|
101,170
|
|||||||||
|
Real estate
|
—
|
Life insurance in force
|
||||||||||
|
Premium notes, policy loans, and liens
|
12,349
|
Ordinary
|
110,341,141
|
|||||||||
|
Short-term investments
|
6,694
|
Credit life
|
||||||||||
|
Other invested assets
|
—
|
Group life
|
4,704,409
|
|||||||||
|
Aggregate write-ins for investment
income
|
140
|
|||||||||||
|
Gross investment income
|
$
|
221,362
|
Amount of accidental death insurance in
force under ordinary policies
|
474,882
|
||||||||
|
Mortgage loans - book value
|
Life insurance policies with disability
provisions in force
|
|||||||||||
|
Residential mortgages
|
$
|
—
|
Ordinary
|
25,158,781
|
||||||||
|
Commercial mortgages
|
537,830
|
|||||||||||
|
Supplemental contracts in force
|
||||||||||||
|
Total mortgages
|
$
|
537,830
|
Ordinary - not involving life contingencies
|
|||||||||
|
Amount on deposit
|
21,677
|
|||||||||||
|
Mortgage loans - book value
|
Income payable
|
5,226
|
||||||||||
|
Good standing
|
$
|
537,830
|
||||||||||
|
Good standing with restructured terms
|
—
|
Ordinary - involving life contingencies
|
||||||||||
|
In the process of foreclosure
|
—
|
Amount on deposit
|
11,114
|
|||||||||
|
Income payable
|
1,412
|
|||||||||||
|
Total mortgages
|
$
|
537,830
|
||||||||||
|
Annuities
|
||||||||||||
|
Bonds and short-term investments by
|
Ordinary:
|
|||||||||||
|
Maturity - statement value
|
Deferred - fully paid account balance
|
33,871
|
||||||||||
|
Due within one year or less
|
$
|
285,155
|
Deferred - not fully paid account balance
|
215,257
|
||||||||
|
Over 1 year through 5 years
|
879,796
|
|||||||||||
|
Over 5 years through 10 years
|
741,682
|
Deposit funds and dividend accumulations
|
||||||||||
|
Over 10 years through 20 years
|
677,875
|
Deposit funds - account balance
|
6,455
|
|||||||||
|
Over 20 years
|
1,113,430
|
Dividend accumulations - account balance
|
217,395
|
|||||||||
|
No maturity date
|
65,070
|
|||||||||||
|
Claim payments 2024
|
||||||||||||
|
Total by maturity
|
$
|
3,763,008
|
Other coverages that use developmental
|
|||||||||
|
methods to calculate claims reserves
|
||||||||||||
|
Bonds and short-term investments by class - statement value
|
2024
|
—
|
||||||||||
|
Class 1
|
$
|
2,438,139
|
2023
|
—
|
||||||||
|
Class 2
|
1,244,982
|
2022
|
—
|
|||||||||
|
Class 3
|
9,025
|
2021
|
—
|
|||||||||
|
Class 4
|
70,862
|
2020
|
—
|
|||||||||
|
Class 5
|
—
|
2019
|
—
|
|||||||||
|
Class 6
|
—
|
Prior
|
—
|
|||||||||
|
Total by class
|
$
|
3,763,008
|
||||||||||
|
Total bonds and short-term investments publicly traded
|
$
|
2,270,472
|
||||||||||
|
Total bonds and short-term investments privately placed
|
1,492,536
|
|||||||||||
|
Total public and private
|
$
|
3,763,008
|
||||||||||
40
American Family Life Insurance Company
Supplemental Summary Investment Schedule
December 31, 2024 Schedule
II
(in thousands of dollars)
|
Gross Investment Holdings
|
Admitted Assets as Reported in the Annual Statement
|
|||||||||||
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
|||||||
|
Amount
|
Percentage of Column 1 Line 13
|
Amount
|
Securities Lending Reinvested Collateral Amount
|
Total (Col. 3 + 4) Amount
|
Percentage of Column 5 Line 13
|
|||||||
|
1
|
Long-term bonds
|
|||||||||||
|
1.01
|
U.S. governments
|
$ 65,466
|
1.41 %
|
$ 65,466
|
$ —
|
$ 65,466
|
1.41 %
|
|||||
|
1.02
|
All other government
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
1.03
|
U.S. states, territories and possessions, etc. guaranteed
|
16,416
|
0.35
|
16,416
|
—
|
16,416
|
0.35
|
|||||
|
1.04
|
U.S. political subdivisions of states, territories and possessions, guaranteed
|
36,037
|
0.77
|
36,037
|
—
|
36,037
|
0.78
|
|||||
|
1.05
|
U.S. special revenue and special assessment obligations, etc. non-guaranteed
|
351,224
|
7.54
|
351,224
|
—
|
351,224
|
7.57
|
|||||
|
1.06
|
Industrial and miscellaneous
|
3,228,299
|
69.34
|
3,228,299
|
—
|
3,228,299
|
69.54
|
|||||
|
1.07
|
Hybrid securities
|
496
|
0.01
|
496
|
—
|
496
|
0.01
|
|||||
|
1.08
|
Parent, subsidiaries and affiliates
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
1.09
|
SVO identified funds
|
65,070
|
1.40
|
65,070
|
—
|
65,070
|
1.40
|
|||||
|
1.10
|
Unaffiliated bank loans
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
1.11
|
Certificates of deposit
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
2
|
Preferred stocks
|
|||||||||||
|
2.01
|
Industrial and miscellaneous (Unaffiliated)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
2.02
|
Parent, subsidiaries and affiliates
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
3
|
Common stocks
|
|||||||||||
|
3.01
|
Industrial and miscellaneous Publicly traded (Unaffiliated)
|
17,811
|
0.38
|
17,811
|
—
|
17,811
|
0.38
|
|||||
|
3.02
|
Industrial and miscellaneous Other (Unaffiliated)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
3.03
|
Parent, subsidiaries and affiliates Publicly traded
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
3.04
|
Parent, subsidiaries and affiliates Other
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
3.05
|
Mutual funds
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
3.06
|
Unit investment trusts
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
3.07
|
Closed-end funds
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
3.08
|
Exchange-traded funds
|
64,843
|
1.39
|
64,843
|
—
|
64,843
|
1.40
|
|||||
|
4
|
Mortgage loans
|
|||||||||||
|
4.01
|
Farm mortgages
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
4.02
|
Residential mortgages
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
4.03
|
Commercial mortgages
|
537,830
|
11.55
|
537,830
|
—
|
537,830
|
11.59
|
|||||
|
4.04
|
Mezzanine real estate loans
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
4.05
|
Total valuation allowance
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
5
|
Real estate
|
|||||||||||
|
5.01
|
Properties occupied by Company
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
5.02
|
Properties held for production of income
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
5.03
|
Properties held for sale
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
6
|
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments
|
|||||||||||
|
6.01
|
Cash
|
(9,067)
|
(0.19)
|
(9,067)
|
—
|
(9,067)
|
(0.20)
|
|||||
|
6.02
|
Cash equivalents
|
101,170
|
2.17
|
101,170
|
—
|
101,170
|
2.18
|
|||||
|
6.03
|
Short-term investments
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
7
|
Contract loans
|
170,350
|
3.67
|
166,375
|
—
|
166,375
|
3.59
|
|||||
|
8
|
Derivatives
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
9
|
Other invested assets
|
9,405
|
0.21
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
10
|
Receivables for securities
|
103
|
—
|
103
|
—
|
103
|
—
|
|||||
|
11
|
Securities lending
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
12
|
Aggregate write-ins for invested assets
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
13
|
Total invested assets
|
$ 4,655,453
|
100.00 %
|
$ 4,642,073
|
$ —
|
$ 4,642,073
|
100.00 %
|
|||||
41
American Family Life Insurance Company
Supplemental Investment Risk Interrogatories
December 31, 2024 Schedule
III
(in thousands of dollars)
|
1.
|
Reporting entity's total admitted assets as reported on Page 2 of this annual statement.
|
$ 4,810,539
|
|||||||
|
2.
|
Ten largest exposures to a single issuer/borrower/investment.
|
||||||||
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
||||||
|
Issuer
|
Description of Exposure
|
Amount
|
Percentage
of Total
Admitted Assets
|
||||||
|
2.01
|
Federal National Mortgage Association
|
CMO, MBS
|
$ 119,460
|
2.483 %
|
|||||
|
2.02
|
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
|
CMO, MBS
|
80,319
|
1.670
|
|||||
|
2.03
|
Wells Fargo & Company
|
Bonds, Common Stock
|
41,061
|
0.854
|
|||||
|
2.04
|
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
|
Bonds, Common Stock
|
38,336
|
0.797
|
|||||
|
2.05
|
Bank of America Corporation
|
Bonds, Common Stock
|
36,067
|
0.750
|
|||||
|
2.06
|
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
|
Bonds, Common Stock
|
35,850
|
0.745
|
|||||
|
2.07
|
Exxon Mobil Corporation
|
Bonds, Common Stock
|
28,206
|
0.586
|
|||||
|
2.08
|
HSBC Holdings plc
|
Bonds
|
27,660
|
0.575
|
|||||
|
2.09
|
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
|
Bonds, Common Stock
|
26,373
|
0.548
|
|||||
|
2.10
|
The Black & Decker Corporation
|
Bonds, Common Stock
|
26,021
|
0.541
|
|||||
|
3.
|
Amounts and percentages of the reporting entity’s total admitted assets held in bonds and preferred stocks by NAIC designation.
|
|||||||||||||
|
Bonds
|
1
|
2
|
Preferred Stocks
|
3
|
4
|
|||||||||
|
3.01
|
NAIC-1
|
$ 2,438,139
|
50.683 %
|
3.07
|
NAIC-1
|
$ —
|
— %
|
|||||||
|
3.02
|
NAIC-2
|
1,244,982
|
25.880
|
3.08
|
NAIC-2
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
|
3.03
|
NAIC-3
|
9,025
|
0.188
|
3.09
|
NAIC-3
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
|
3.04
|
NAIC-4
|
70,862
|
1.473
|
3.10
|
NAIC-4
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
|
3.05
|
NAIC-5
|
—
|
—
|
3.11
|
NAIC-5
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
|
3.06
|
NAIC-6
|
—
|
—
|
3.12
|
NAIC-6
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
|
4.
|
Assets held in foreign investments:
|
||||||
|
4.01
|
Are assets held in foreign investments less than 2.5% of the reporting entity’s total admitted assets? Yes [ ] No [ X]
|
||||||
|
If response to 4.01 above is yes, responses are not required for interrogatories 5 -10.
|
|||||||
|
4.02
|
Total admitted assets held in foreign investments
|
$ 588,121
|
12.226 %
|
||||
|
4.03
|
Foreign currency-denominated investments
|
—
|
—
|
||||
|
4.04
|
Insurance liabilities denominated in that same foreign currency
|
—
|
—
|
||||
|
5.
|
Aggregate foreign investment exposure categorized by NAIC sovereign designation:
|
||||||
|
1
|
2
|
||||||
|
5.01
|
Countries designated NAIC-1
|
$ 584,991
|
12.161 %
|
||||
|
5.02
|
Countries designated NAIC-2
|
—
|
—
|
||||
|
5.03
|
Countries designated NAIC-3 or below
|
3,130
|
0.065
|
||||
42
American Family Life Insurance Company
Supplemental Investment Risk Interrogatories
December 31, 2024 Schedule
III
(in thousands of dollars)
|
6.
|
Largest foreign investment exposures by country, categorized by the country's NAIC sovereign designation:
|
|||||||
|
1
|
2
|
|||||||
|
Countries designated NAIC-1:
|
||||||||
|
6.01
|
Country 1:
|
Cayman Islands
|
$ 306,395
|
6.369 %
|
||||
|
6.02
|
Country 2:
|
United Kingdom
|
86,633
|
1.801
|
||||
|
Countries designated NAIC-2:
|
||||||||
|
6.03
|
Country 1:
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
6.04
|
Country 2:
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
Countries designated NAIC-3 or below:
|
||||||||
|
6.05
|
Country 1:
|
Virgin Islands, British
|
2,365
|
0.049
|
||||
|
6.06
|
Country 2:
|
Barbados
|
765
|
0.016
|
||||
|
1
|
2
|
||||
|
7.
|
Aggregate unhedged foreign currency exposure
|
$ —
|
— %
|
|
8.
|
Aggregate unhedged foreign currency exposure categorized by NAIC sovereign designation:
|
||||||
|
1
|
2
|
||||||
|
8.01
|
Countries designated NAIC-1
|
$ —
|
— %
|
||||
|
8.02
|
Countries designated NAIC-2
|
—
|
—
|
||||
|
8.03
|
Countries designated NAIC-3 or below
|
—
|
—
|
||||
|
9.
|
Largest unhedged foreign currency exposures by country, categorized by the country's NAIC sovereign designation:
|
||||||
|
Countries designated NAIC-1:
|
1
|
2
|
|||||
|
9.01
|
Country 1:
|
$ —
|
— %
|
||||
|
9.02
|
Country 2:
|
—
|
—
|
||||
|
Countries designated NAIC-2:
|
|||||||
|
9.03
|
Country 1:
|
—
|
—
|
||||
|
9.04
|
Country 2:
|
—
|
—
|
||||
|
Countries designated NAIC-3 or below:
|
|||||||
|
9.05
|
Country 1:
|
—
|
—
|
||||
|
9.06
|
Country 2:
|
—
|
—
|
||||
|
10.
|
Ten largest non-sovereign (i.e. non-governmental) foreign issues:
|
||||||||
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
||||||
|
Issuer
|
NAIC Designation
|
Amount
|
Percent
|
||||||
|
10.01
|
HSBC Holdings plc
|
1FE, 2FE
|
$ 27,660
|
0.575 %
|
|||||
|
10.02
|
Black Diamond Clo 2024-1 Ltd
|
1FE
|
25,875
|
0.538
|
|||||
|
10.03
|
Barclays PLC
|
2FE
|
18,030
|
0.375
|
|||||
|
10.04
|
Signal Peak CLO 7, Ltd.
|
1FE
|
13,250
|
0.275
|
|||||
|
10.05
|
KKR CLO 56 Ltd.
|
1FE
|
12,500
|
0.260
|
|||||
|
10.06
|
Anglo American Capital plc
|
2FE
|
12,093
|
0.251
|
|||||
|
10.07
|
Park Blue CLO 2022-1 Ltd
|
1FE
|
12,000
|
0.249
|
|||||
|
10.08
|
Empower Clo 2022-1 Ltd
|
1FE
|
12,000
|
0.249
|
|||||
|
10.09
|
Whitebox Clo III Ltd.
|
1FE
|
11,700
|
0.243
|
|||||
|
10.10
|
Midocean Credit Clo Xvi Ltd.
|
1FE
|
11,000
|
0.229
|
|||||
43
American Family Life Insurance Company
Supplemental Investment Risk Interrogatories
December 31, 2024 Schedule
III
(in thousands of dollars)
|
11.
|
Amounts and percentages of the reporting entity's total admitted assets held in Canadian investments and unhedged Canadian currency exposure:
|
||||||
|
11.01
|
Are assets held in Canadian investments less than 2.5% of the reporting entity's total admitted assets?
|
Yes [X ] No [ ]
|
|||||
|
If response to 11.01 is yes, detail is not required for the remainder of interrogatory 11.
|
|||||||
|
1
|
2
|
||||||
|
11.02
|
Total admitted assets held in Canadian investments
|
$ —
|
— %
|
||||
|
11.03
|
Canadian-currency-denominated investments
|
—
|
—
|
||||
|
11.04
|
Canadian-denominated insurance liabilities
|
—
|
—
|
||||
|
11.05
|
Unhedged Canadian currency exposure
|
—
|
—
|
||||
|
12.
|
Report aggregate amounts and percentages of the reporting entity's total admitted assets held in investments with contractual sales restrictions:
|
||||||
|
12.01
|
Are assets held in investments with contractual sales restrictions less than 2.5% of the reporting entity's total admitted assets?
|
Yes [ X] No [ ]
|
|||||
|
If response to 12.01 is yes, responses are not required for the remainder of Interrogatory 12.
|
|||||||
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|||||
|
12.02
|
Aggregate statement value of investments with contractual sales restrictions
|
$ —
|
— %
|
||||
|
Largest three investments with contractual sales restrictions:
|
|||||||
|
12.03
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
12.04
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
12.05
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
13.
|
Amounts and percentages of admitted assets held in the ten largest equity interests:
|
||||||
|
13.01
|
Are assets held in equity interests less than 2.5% of the reporting entity's total admitted assets?
|
Yes [X] No [ ]
|
|||||
|
If response to 13.01 above is yes, responses are not required for the remainder of Interrogatory 13.
|
|||||||
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|||||
|
Issuer
|
|||||||
|
13.02
|
$ —
|
— %
|
|||||
|
13.03
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
13.04
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
13.05
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
13.06
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
13.07
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
13.08
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
13.09
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
13.10
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
13.11
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
44
American Family Life Insurance Company
Supplemental Investment Risk Interrogatories
December 31, 2024 Schedule
III
(in thousands of dollars)
|
14.
|
Amounts and percentages of the reporting entity's total admitted assets held in nonaffiliated, privately placed equities:
|
||||||
|
14.01
|
Are assets held in nonaffiliated, privately placed equities less than 2.5% of the reporting entity's total admitted assets?
|
Yes [ X] No [ ]
|
|||||
|
If response to 14.01 is yes, responses are not required for 14.02 through 14.05.
|
|||||||
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|||||
|
14.02
|
Aggregate statement value of investments held in nonaffiliated, privately placed equities
|
$ —
|
— %
|
||||
|
Largest three investments held in nonaffiliated, privately placed equities:
|
|||||||
|
14.03
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
14.04
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
14.05
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
Ten largest fund managers:
|
||||||||
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|||||
|
Fund Manager
|
Total Invested
|
Diversified
|
Nondiversified
|
|||||
|
14.06
|
Northern Institutional Funds - Treasury Portfolio
|
$ 101,170
|
$ —
|
$ 101,170
|
||||
|
14.07
|
DBX ETF Trust - Xtrackers USD High Yield BB-B ex Financials
|
65,070
|
65,070
|
—
|
||||
|
14.07
|
Vanguard Index Funds - Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
|
64,843
|
—
|
64,843
|
||||
|
14.08
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
14.10
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
14.11
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
14.12
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
14.13
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
14.14
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
14.15
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
15.
|
Amounts and percentages of the reporting entity's total admitted assets held in general partnership interests:
|
||||||
|
15.01
|
Are assets held in general partnership interests less than 2.5% of the reporting entity's total admitted assets?
|
Yes [ X] No [ ]
|
|||||
|
If response to 15.01 is yes, responses are not required for the remainder of Interrogatory 15.
|
|||||||
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|||||
|
15.02
|
Aggregate statement value of investments held in general partnership interests
|
$ —
|
— %
|
||||
|
Largest three investments in general partnership interests:
|
|||||||
|
15.03
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
15.04
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
15.05
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
16.
|
Amounts and percentages of the reporting entity's total admitted assets held in mortgage loans:
|
||||||
|
16.01
|
Are mortgage loans reported in Schedule B less than 2.5% of the reporting entity's total admitted assets?
|
Yes [ ] No [ X]
|
|||||
|
If response to 16.01 above is yes, responses are not required for the remainder of Interrogatory 16 and Interrogatory 17.
|
|||||||
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|||||
|
Type (Residential, Commercial, Agricultural)
|
|||||||
|
16.02
|
Commercial Mortgage 923
|
$ 24,884
|
0.517 %
|
||||
|
16.03
|
Commercial Mortgage 764
|
10,348
|
0.215
|
||||
|
16.04
|
Commercial Mortgage 718
|
9,950
|
0.207
|
||||
|
16.05
|
Commercial Mortgage 914
|
9,363
|
0.195
|
||||
|
16.06
|
Commercial Mortgage 817
|
8,889
|
0.185
|
||||
|
16.07
|
Commercial Mortgage 925
|
7,572
|
0.157
|
||||
|
16.08
|
Commercial Mortgage 757
|
7,471
|
0.155
|
||||
|
16.09
|
Commercial Mortgage 795
|
7,194
|
0.150
|
||||
|
16.10
|
Commercial Mortgage 906
|
7,159
|
0.149
|
||||
|
16.11
|
Commercial Mortgage 917
|
7,068
|
0.147
|
||||
45
American Family Life Insurance Company
Supplemental Investment Risk Interrogatories
December 31, 2024 Schedule
III
(in thousands of dollars)
|
Amount and percentage of the reporting entity's total admitted assets held in the following categories of mortgage loans:
|
|||||||
|
Loans
|
|||||||
|
16.12
|
Construction loans
|
$ —
|
— %
|
||||
|
16.13
|
Mortgage loans over 90 days past due
|
—
|
—
|
||||
|
16.14
|
Mortgage loans in the process of foreclosure
|
—
|
—
|
||||
|
16.15
|
Mortgage loans foreclosed
|
—
|
—
|
||||
|
16.16
|
Restructured mortgage loans
|
—
|
—
|
||||
|
17.
|
Aggregate mortgage loans having the following loan-to-value ratios as determined from the most current appraisal as of the annual statement date:
|
||||||||||||||
|
Residential
|
Commercial
|
Agricultural
|
|||||||||||||
|
Loan to Value
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
|||||||||
|
17.01
|
Above 95%
|
$ —
|
— %
|
$ —
|
— %
|
$ —
|
— %
|
||||||||
|
17.02
|
91% to 95%
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||
|
17.03
|
81% to 90%
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||
|
17.04
|
71% to 80%
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||
|
17.05
|
Below 70%
|
—
|
537,830
|
11.180
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
|
18.
|
Amounts and percentages of the reporting entity's total admitted assets held in each of the five largest investments in real estate:
|
||||||
|
18.01
|
Are assets held in real estate reported less than 2.5% of the reporting entity's total admitted assets?
|
Yes [ X] No [ ]
|
|||||
|
If response to 18.01 above is yes, responses are not required for the remainder of Interrogatory 18.
|
|||||||
|
Largest five investments in any one parcel or group of contiguous parcels of real estate.
|
|||||||
|
Description
|
|||||||
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|||||
|
18.02
|
$ —
|
— %
|
|||||
|
18.03
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
18.04
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
18.05
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
18.06
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
19.
|
Report aggregate amounts and percentages of the reporting entity's total admitted assets held in investments held in mezzanine real estate loans:
|
||||||
|
19.01
|
Are assets held in investments held in mezzanine real estate loans less than 2.5% of the reporting entity's total admitted assets?
|
Yes [ X] No [ ]
|
|||||
|
If response to 19.01 is yes, responses are not required for the remainder of Interrogatory 19.
|
|||||||
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|||||
|
Description
|
Amount
|
Percent
|
|||||
|
19.02
|
Aggregate statement value of investments held in mezzanine real estate loans
|
$ —
|
— %
|
||||
|
Largest three investments held in mezzanine real estate loans:
|
|||||||
|
19.03
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
19.04
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
|
19.05
|
—
|
—
|
|||||
46
American Family Life Insurance Company
Supplemental Investment Risk Interrogatories
December 31, 2024 Schedule
III
(in thousands of dollars)
|
20.
|
Amounts and percentages of the reporting entity's total admitted assets subject to the following types of agreements:
|
||||||||||||
|
At Year End
|
At End of Each Quarter
|
||||||||||||
|
1st Quarter
|
2nd Quarter
|
3rd Quarter
|
|||||||||||
|
Description
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
||||||||
|
20.01
|
Securities lending agreements (do not include assets held as collateral for such transactions)
|
$ 9,056
|
0.188 %
|
$ 7,747
|
$ 9,077
|
$ 9,077
|
|||||||
|
20.02
|
Repurchase agreements
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
|
20.03
|
Reverse repurchase agreements
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
|
20.04
|
Dollar repurchase agreements
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
|
20.05
|
Dollar reverse repurchase agreements
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
|
21.
|
Amounts and percentages of the reporting entity's total admitted assets for warrants not attached to other financial instruments, options, caps, and floors:
|
||||||||||
|
Owned
|
Written
|
||||||||||
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
||||||||
|
21.01
|
Hedging
|
$ —
|
— %
|
$ —
|
— %
|
||||||
|
21.02
|
Income generation
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
|
21.03
|
Other
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||
|
22.
|
Amounts and percentages of the reporting entity's total admitted assets of potential exposure for collars, swaps, and forwards:
|
||||||||||||
|
At Year End
|
At End of Each Quarter
|
||||||||||||
|
1st Quarter
|
2nd Quarter
|
3rd Quarter
|
|||||||||||
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
|||||||||
|
22.01
|
Hedging
|
$ —
|
— %
|
$ —
|
$ —
|
$ —
|
|||||||
|
22.02
|
Income generation
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
|
22.03
|
Replications
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
|
22.04
|
Other
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
|
23.
|
Amounts and percentages of the reporting entity's total admitted assets of potential exposure for futures contracts:
|
||||||||||||
|
At Year End
|
At End of Each Quarter
|
||||||||||||
|
1st Quarter
|
2nd Quarter
|
3rd Quarter
|
|||||||||||
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
|||||||||
|
23.01
|
Hedging
|
$ —
|
— %
|
$ —
|
$ —
|
$ —
|
|||||||
|
23.02
|
Income generation
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
|
23.03
|
Replications
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
|
23.04
|
Other
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
47
American Family Life Insurance Company
Supplemental Reinsurance Interrogatories
December 31, 2024 Schedule
IV
(in thousands of dollars)
|
Disclose any reinsurance contracts (or multiple contracts with the same reinsurer or its affiliates) subject to A-791 that includes a provision, which limits the reinsurer’s assumption of
significant risks identified as in A-791. Examples of risk limiting features include provisions such as a deductible, a loss ratio corridor, a loss cap, an aggregate limit or similar effect. If true, indicate the number of reinsurance
contracts to which such provisions apply. For contracts subject to A-791, indicate if deposit accounting was applied for all contracts, which limit significant risks.
|
N/A
|
||
|
2
|
Disclose any reinsurance contracts (or multiple contracts with the same reinsurer or its affiliates) not subject to A-791, for which reinsurance accounting was applied and includes a provision
that limits the reinsurer’s assumption of risk. Examples of risk limiting features include provisions such as a deductible, a loss ratio corridor, a loss cap, an aggregate limit or similar effect. If true, indicate the number of reinsurance
contracts to which such provisions apply. If affirmative, indicate if the reinsurance credit was reduced for the risk limiting features.
|
N/A
|
|
|
3
|
Disclose if any reinsurance contracts contain features (except reinsurance contracts with a federal or state facility) described below which result in delays in payment in form or in fact:
|
N/A
|
|
|
a.
|
Provisions which permit the reporting of losses, or settlements are made, less frequently than quarterly or payments due from the reinsurer are not made in cash within ninety (90) days of the
settlement date (unless there is no activity during the period).
|
||
|
b.
|
Payment schedule, accumulating retentions from multiple years or any features inherently designed to delay timing of the reimbursement to the ceding entity.
|
||
|
4
|
Disclose if the reporting entity has reflected reinsurance accounting credit for any contracts not subject to Appendix A-791 and not yearly renewable term, which meet the risk transfer
requirements of SSAP No. 61R and identify the type of contracts and the reinsurance contracts.
|
N/A
|
|
|
a.
|
Assumption Reinsurance – new for the reporting period.
|
||
|
b.
|
Non-proportional reinsurance, which does not result in significant surplus relief. If yes, indicate if the insured event(s) triggering contract coverage has been recognized.
|
||
|
5
|
Disclose if the reporting entity ceded any risk which is not subject to A-791 and not yearly renewable term reinsurance, under any reinsurance contract (or multiple contracts with the same
reinsurer or its affiliates) during the period covered by the financial statement, and either:
|
NO
|
|
|
a.
|
Accounted for that contract as reinsurance under statutory accounting principles (“SAP”) and as a deposit under generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”); or
|
||
|
b.
|
Accounted for that contract as reinsurance under GAAP and as a deposit under SAP.
|
||
|
6
|
If affirmative disclosure is required for item 5 above, explain why the contract(s) is (are) treated differently for GAAP and SAP.
|
N/A
|
|
48
PART C
OTHER INFORMATION
| Item 27. |
Exhibits
|
|
(a)
|
||
|
(b)
|
Not applicable.
|
|
|
(c)
|
(1)
|
|
|
(2)
|
||
|
(3)
|
||
|
(d)
|
||
|
(e)
|
||
|
(f)
|
(1)
|
|
|
(2)
|
||
|
(g)
|
||
|
(h)
|
(1)
|
|
|
(2)
|
||
|
(3)
|
||
|
(4)
|
||
|
(i)
|
(1)
|
|
|
(2)
|
||
|
(j)
|
|
(k)
|
||
|
(l)
|
(1)
|
|
|
(2)
|
||
|
(3)
|
||
|
(m)
|
Not applicable.
|
|
|
(n)
|
Not applicable.
|
|
|
(o)
|
Not applicable.
|
|
|
(p)
|
|
(q)
|
Not applicable.
|
|
(r)
|
Not applicable.
|
|
1
|
| 2 | Incorporated herein by reference to the Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 (File No. 333-45592) filed on March 2, 2001. |
| 3 | Incorporated herein by reference to the Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to the Registration, Statement on Form N-4 (File No. 333-45592) filed on April 27, 2007. |
| 4 | Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 (File No. 333-45592) filed on April 25, 2008. |
| 5 |
| 6 |
| 7 |
Filed herein. |
| Item 28. |
Directors and Officers of American Family Life Insurance Company
|
|
Name and Principal Business Address*
|
Position and Office with Insurance Company
|
|
William Todd Fancher
|
Director, President
|
|
Troy P. Van Beek
|
Director, Treasurer
|
|
Lauren K. Powell
|
Secretary
|
|
Jeffrey J. Swalve
|
Director
|
|
Thomas R. Hrdlick
|
Director
|
|
Telisa L. Yancy
|
Director, Chairperson of the Board
|
|
Kari E. Grasee
|
Assistant Treasurer
|
| * |
Principal business address for each officer and director listed is 6000 American Parkway, Madison, Wisconsin 53783.
|
| Item 29. |
Persons Controlled By or Under Common Control With the Insurance Company or Registered Separate Account
|
|
NAME
|
JURISDICTION
|
PERCENT OF VOTING SECURITIES OWNED
|
|
American Family Insurance Mutual Holding Company
|
WI
|
Mutual Holding Company
|
|
AmFam Holdings, Inc.
|
WI
|
Owned by American Family Insurance Mutual Holding Company
|
|
American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.
|
WI
|
Owned by AmFam Holdings, Inc.
|
|
AmFam, Inc.
|
WI
|
Ownership of all voting securities by American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.
|
|
American Family Brokerage, Inc.
|
WI
|
Ownership of all voting securities by American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.
|
|
American Family Life Insurance Company
|
WI
|
Ownership of all voting securities by AmFam, Inc.
|
|
American Standard Insurance Company of Wisconsin
|
WI
|
Ownership of all voting securities by AmFam, Inc.
|
|
American Family Financial Services, Inc.
|
WI
|
Ownership of all voting securities by AmFam, Inc.
|
|
American Family Insurance Company
|
WI
|
Ownership of all voting securities by AmFam, Inc.
|
|
American Standard Insurance Company of Ohio
|
WI
|
Ownership of all voting securities by AmFam, Inc.
|
|
AFICS, Inc.
|
WI
|
Ownership of all voting securities by AmFam, Inc.
|
|
The AssureStart Insurance Agency LLC
|
WI
|
Controlled by American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.
|
|
American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact, Inc.
|
WI
|
Owned by AmFam Holdings, Inc.
|
|
New Ventures, LLC
|
WI
|
Owned by AmFam Holdings, Inc.
|
|
AmFam VC Management LLC
|
WI
|
New Ventures, LLC, sole and managing member
|
|
AmFam VC Fund III GP, LLC
|
WI
|
New Ventures, LLC, sole and managing member
|
|
AmFam VC Fund IV GP, LLC
|
WI
|
New Ventures, LLC, sole and managing member
|
|
AmFam VC SPV II, LP
|
DE
|
AmFam VC Fund III GP, LLC, general partner; New Ventures, LLC, managing member
|
|
AmFam VC SPV I, LP
|
DE
|
AmFam VC Fund III GP, LLC, general partner; New Ventures, LLC, managing member
|
|
AmFam VC Fund III LP
|
DE
|
AmFam VC Fund III GP, LLC, general partner; New Ventures, LLC, managing member
|
|
AmFam VC Fund IV LP
|
DE
|
AmFam VC Fund IV GP, LLC, general partner; New Ventures, LLC, managing member
|
|
Adjacency Holdings, Inc.
|
WI
|
Owned by AmFam Holdings, Inc.
|
|
Moonrise, Inc.
|
WI
|
Ownership of all voting securities by Adjacency Holdings, Inc.
|
|
NAME
|
JURISDICTION
|
PERCENT OF VOTING SECURITIES OWNED
|
|
Networked Insights, Inc.
|
DE
|
Ownership of all voting securities by Adjacency Holdings, Inc.
|
|
Opterrix, Inc.
|
WI
|
Ownership of all voting securities by Adjacency Holdings, Inc.
|
|
AmFam QOF, LLC
|
WI
|
American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I., manager and member; American Family Life Insurance Company, member
|
|
Milwaukee AMBROZ, LLC
|
WI
|
American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I., manager and member; AmFam QOF, LLC, member
|
|
Bowhead Insurance Holdings, LP
|
DE
|
Owned 14.4% by American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.
|
|
Midvale Indemnity Company
|
WI
|
Ownership of all voting securities by AmFam, Inc.
|
|
Homesite Group Incorporated
|
DE
|
Ownership of all voting securities by AmFam, Inc.
|
|
Homesite Underwriting Managers LLC
|
DE
|
Controlled by Homesite Group Incorporated
|
|
Homesite Insurance Company of the Midwest
|
WI
|
Ownership of all voting securities by Homesite Underwriting Managers LLC
|
|
Homesite Insurance Company
|
WI
|
Ownership of all voting securities by Homesite Underwriting Managers LLC |
|
Homesite Indemnity Company
|
WI
|
Ownership of all voting securities by Homesite Group Incorporated
|
|
Homesite Insurance Company of California
|
CA
|
Ownership of all voting securities by Homesite Underwriting Managers LLC
|
|
Homesite Insurance Company of New York
|
NY
|
Ownership of all voting securities by Homesite Underwriting Managers LLC
|
|
Homesite Insurance Company of Georgia
|
GA
|
Ownership of all voting securities by Homesite Underwriting Managers LLC
|
|
Homesite Insurance Company of Illinois
|
IL |
Ownership of all voting securities by Homesite Underwriting Managers LLC
|
|
Homesite Insurance Company of Florida
|
IL
|
Ownership of all voting securities by Homesite Underwriting Managers LLC
|
|
Homesite Lloyds’s of Texas
|
TX |
Ownership of all voting securities by Texas-South of Homesite, Inc.
|
|
Homesite Insurance Agency, Inc.
|
MA
|
Ownership of all voting securities by Homesite Underwriting Managers LLC
|
|
Texas-South of Homesite, Inc.
|
TX
|
Ownership of all voting securities by Homesite Underwriting Managers LLC
|
|
Homesite General Agent LLC
|
DE
|
Controlled by Homesite Group Incorporated
|
|
American Family Connect Property and Casualty Insurance Company
|
WI
|
Ownership of all voting securities by AmFam, Inc.
|
|
American Family Connect Insurance Company
|
WI
|
Ownership of all voting securities by American Family Connect Property and Casualty Insurance Company
|
|
NAME
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JURISDICTION
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PERCENT OF VOTING SECURITIES OWNED
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American Family Connect Insurance Agency, Inc.
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WI
|
Ownership of all voting securities by American Family Connect Property and Casualty Insurance Company
|
|
Bold Penguin, Inc.
|
DE
|
Ownership of all voting securities by AmFam, Inc.
|
|
Bold Penguin Company, LLC
|
OH
|
Controlled by Bold Penguin, Inc.
|
|
ClaimKit, Inc.
|
DE
|
Ownership of all voting securities by Bold Penguin, Inc
|
|
Glacier Rentals, LLC.
|
OH
|
Controlled by Bold Penguin, Inc. |
|
Main Street America Group Inc.
|
FL |
Ownership of all voting securities by AmFam, Inc.
|
|
NGM Insurance Company
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FL
|
Ownership of all voting securities by Main Street America Group Inc.
|
|
Main Street America Financial Corporation
|
NH |
Ownership of all voting securities by NGM Insurance Company
|
|
Main Street America Assurance Company
|
FL
|
Ownership of all voting securities by Main Street America Financial Corporation
|
|
Old Dominion Insurance Company
|
FL |
Ownership of all voting securities by Main Street America Financial Corporation
|
|
MSA Insurance Company
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SC
|
Ownership of all voting securities by Main Street America Financial Corporation
|
|
Main Street America Protection Insurance Company
|
FL
|
Ownership of all voting securities by Main Street America Financial Corporation
|
|
MSA Information Systems & Services Corp.
|
NH |
Ownership of all voting securities by Main Street America Financial Corporation
|
|
Main Street America Holding, Inc.
|
NH |
Ownership of all voting securities by Main Street America Financial Corporation
|
|
Main Street America Capital Corp.
|
NH |
Ownership of all voting securities by Main Street America Financial Corporation
|
|
Austin Mutual Insurance Company
|
MN
|
Mutual insurance company by order of affiliation and controlled by NGM Insurance Company
|
|
Spring Valley Mutual Insurance Company
|
MN
|
Mutual insurance company by order of affiliation and controlled by NGM Insurance Company
|
|
NAME
|
JURISDICTION
|
PERCENT OF VOTING SECURITIES OWNED
|
|
Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company
|
IN
|
Mutual insurance company by order of affiliation and controlled by NGM Insurance Company
|
|
American Family Investments Holdings, Inc.
|
DE |
Ownership of all voting securities by American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.
|
|
American Family Investments, Inc.
|
DE |
Ownership of all voting securities by American Family Investments Holdings, Inc.
|
| Item 30. |
Indemnification
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(a) Under its By-laws, American Family, to the full extent permitted by the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law, will indemnify any person who was or is a party to any proceeding by
reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer or employee of American Family, as provided below.
By-laws of American Family Life Insurance Company (as amended November 1, 1998)
Article VII of American Family Life Insurance Company’s By-laws provides, in part:
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
To the extent permitted by law, the Corporation shall indemnify each Director and Officer of the Corporation, and his heirs, executors and administrators
against all expenses and liability reasonably incurred by him in connection with or arising out of any action, suit or proceeding in which he may be involved by reason of his being or having been a Director or Officer of the Corporation,
whether or not he continues to be a Director or Officer at the time of incurring such expenses and liabilities; such expenses and liabilities to include, but not be limited to, judgments, court costs, and attorneys’ fees and the cost of
settlements. The Corporation shall not, however, indemnify such Director or Officer with respect to matters as to which he shall be finally adjudged in any such action, suit, or proceeding to have been liable for willful misconduct in the
performance of his duties as such Director or Officer. In the event a settlement or compromise is effected, indemnification may be had only if the Board of Directors shall have been furnished with an opinion of counsel for the Corporation to
the effect that such settlement or compromise is in the best interests of the Corporation and that such Director or Officer is not liable for willful misconduct in the performance of his duties with respect to such matters, and, if the Board
shall have adopted a resolution approving such settlement or compromise. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of other rights to which any Director or Officer may be entitled as a matter of law.
Insofar as indemnification or liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provision, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that any claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
(b) Section 8 of the Distribution Agreement between American Family Life Insurance Company (“AFLIC”) and Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (“Distributor”) entered into on October 9,
2013, provides substantially as follows:
| 8. |
Indemnification
|
| a. |
By AFLIC. AFLIC shall indemnify and hold harmless Distributor and any officer, director, or employee of Distributor against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several
(including any investigative, legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amounts paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted), to which Distributor and/or any such person may
become subject, under any statute or regulation, any FINRA rule or interpretation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities:
|
(1) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, contained in any Registration Statement or in any Prospectus; provided that AFLIC shall not be
liable in any such case to the extent that such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of, or is based upon, an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon information furnished in
writing to AFLIC by Distributor specifically for use in the preparation of any such Registration Statement or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto;
(2) result from any breach by AFLIC of any provision of this Agreement.
This indemnification shall be in addition to any liability that AFLIC may otherwise have; provided, however, that no person shall be entitled to
indemnification pursuant to this provision if such loss, claim, damage or liability is due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of duty by the person seeking indemnification.
| b. |
By Distributor. Distributor shall indemnify and hold harmless AFLIC and any officer, director, or employee of AFLIC against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several
(including any investigative, legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amounts paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted), to which AFLIC and/or any such person may
become subject under any statute or regulation, any FINRA rule or interpretation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities:
|
(1) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, contained in any Registration Statement or in any Prospectus; in each case to the
extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon information furnished in writing by Distributor to AFLIC specifically for use in the preparation of
any such Registration Statement or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto;
(2) result from any breach by Distributor of any provision of this Agreement.
This indemnification shall be in addition to any liability that Distributor may otherwise have; provided, however, that no person shall be entitled to
indemnification pursuant to this provision if such loss, claim, damage or liability is due to the willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of duty by the person seeking indemnification.
| c. |
General. Promptly after receipt by a party entitled to indemnification (“indemnified person”) under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action as to which a claim will be made
against any person obligated to provide indemnification under this Section 8 (“indemnifying party”), such indemnified person shall notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof as soon as practicable thereafter,
but failure to so notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability which it may have to the indemnified person otherwise than on account of this Section 8. The indemnifying party will be entitled
to participate in the defense of the indemnified person but such participation will not relieve such indemnifying party of the obligation to reimburse the indemnified person for reasonable legal and other expenses incurred by such
indemnified person in defending himself or itself.
|
| d. |
Duration. The indemnification provisions contained in this Section 8 shall remain operative in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement. A successor by law of
Distributor or AFLIC, as the case may be, shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnification provisions contained in this Section 8.
|
| Item 31. |
Principal Underwriter
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| (a) |
Until January 18, 2014, American Family Securities, LLC acted as the registrant’s principal underwriter. It also acted as the principal underwriter for American Family Variable Account I. Beginning on January 18, 2014, Sunset
Financial Services, Inc. became the registrant’s principal underwriter and the principal underwriter for American Family Variable Account I.
|
| (b) |
Officers and Directors of Sunset Financial Services, Inc. and their addresses are as follows:
|
|
Name and Principal Business Address*
|
Positions and Offices with Sunset Financial Services, Inc.
|
|
R. Philip Bixby
|
Director, Chairman of the Board
|
|
Walter E. Bixby
|
Director
|
|
Janice L. Brandt
|
Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer
|
|
Susanna J. Denney
|
Vice President, Chief Operations Officer
|
|
David A. Laird
|
Director
|
|
A. Craig Mason Jr.
|
Director, Secretary
|
|
Mark A. Milton
|
Director
|
|
Kristen Peil
|
Assistant Vice President
|
|
Jennifer K. Pieper
|
Vice President, Treasurer, and Controller
|
|
Kelly T. Ullom
|
Director, President
|
| * |
The principal business address of all of the persons listed above is P.O. Box 219365, Kansas City, Missouri, 64121-9365.
|
| (c) |
Compensation From the Registrant. The following commissions and other compensation were received by each principal underwriter, directly or indirectly, from the Registrant during the Registrant’s last fiscal year:
|
|
(1)
Name of
Principal
Underwriter
|
(2)
Net Underwriting Discounts and Commissions |
(3)
Compensation on Redemption |
(4)
Brokerage Commissions |
(5)
Compensation |
|
Sunset Financial Services, Inc.
|
$ 0
|
None
|
N/A
|
N/A
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| Item 31A. |
Information about Contracts with Index-Linked Options and Fixed Options Subject to a Contract Adjustment
|
Not applicable.
| Item 32. |
Location of Books and Records
|
All of the accounts, books, records or other documents required to be kept by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and rules thereunder, are
maintained by American Family Life Insurance Company at 6000 American Parkway, Madison, Wisconsin 53783-0001 and at 3520 Broadway Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64111-2565.
| Item 33. |
Management Services
|
All management contracts are discussed in Part A or Part B of this registration statement.
| Item 34. |
Fee Representation and Undertakings
|
American Family Life Insurance Company hereby represents that the fees and charges deducted under the Contracts, in the aggregate, are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the
expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by the Company.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, American Family Variable Account II and American Family Life
Insurance Company certify that they meet all of the requirements of Securities Act Rule 485(b) for effectiveness of this Registration Statement and have duly caused this post-effective amendment to the registration statement to be signed on
their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Madison and State of Wisconsin, on April 23, 2025.
|
AMERICAN FAMILY VARIABLE ACCOUNT II
(REGISTERED SEPARATE ACCOUNT) |
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By:
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*
|
||
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William Todd Fancher
President
American Family Life Insurance Company
|
|||
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AMERICAN FAMILY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
(INSURANCE COMPANY) |
|||
|
By:
|
*
|
||
|
William Todd Fancher
President
|
|||
|
*By:
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/s/ Christopher R. Pollek
|
As Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to Power of Attorney
|
|
| CHRISTOPHER R. POLLEK |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this post-effective amendment to the registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on April 23, 2025.
|
Signatures
|
Title
|
||
|
*
|
Director, President
|
||
|
WILLIAM TODD FANCHER
|
(Principal Executive Officer)
|
||
|
*
|
Director, Treasurer
|
||
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TROY P. VAN BEEK
|
(Principal Financial Officer)
|
||
|
*
|
Assistant Treasurer
|
||
|
KARI E. GRASEE
|
(Principal Accounting Officer)
|
||
|
*
|
Secretary
|
||
|
LAUREN K. POWELL
|
|||
|
*
|
Director
|
||
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JEFFREY J. SWALVE
|
|||
|
*
|
Director, Chairperson of the Board
|
||
|
TELISA L. YANCY
|
|||
| * | Director | ||
|
TOM HRDLICK
|
|||
|
*By:
|
/s/ Christopher R. Pollek
|
As Attorney-in-Fact pursuant to Power of Attorney
|
|
| CHRISTOPHER R. POLLEK |
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(k)
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(l)(1)
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(2)
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(3)
|
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| (p) | Powers of Attorney |
ATTACHMENTS / EXHIBITS
OPINION AND CONSENT OF CHRISTOPHER R. POLLEK
CONSENT OF EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
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