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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-4

 

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

  Pre-Effective Amendment No.        ¨
  Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 (File No. 333-186218)   x

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

  Amendment No. 93 (File No. 811-07355)   x
  (Check appropriate box or boxes)  

 

 

RIVERSOURCE VARIABLE ACCOUNT 10

(previously IDS LIFE VARIABLE ACCOUNT 10)

(Exact Name of Registrant)

 

 

RiverSource Life Insurance Company

(previously IDS Life Insurance Company)

(Name of Depositor)

70100 Ameriprise Financial Center, Minneapolis, MN 55474

(Address of Depositor’s Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Depositor’s Telephone Number, including Area Code (612) 671-8056

Timothy D. Crawford, 50605 Ameriprise Financial Center, Minneapolis, MN 55474

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

 

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

 

¨ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
x on December 15, 2014 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
¨ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
¨ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:

 

¨ this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

The purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No.5 is to supplement the prospectus for RiverSource RAVA 5 Advantage Variable Annuity/ RAVA 5 Select Variable Annuity/ RAVA 5 Select Variable Annuity(offered for contract applications signed on or after April 29, 2013).

 

 

 


PART A.

Prospectus for RiverSource RAVA 5 Advantage Variable Annuity/ RAVA 5 Select Variable Annuity/ RAVA 5 Select Variable Annuity (offered for contract applications signed on or after April 29, 2013)dated May 1, 2014 filed electronically with Post-Effective Amendment No.1 is incorporated by reference to this Post-Effective Amendment No.5.


Supplement dated December 15, 2014 to the prospectuses dated May 1, 2014
Product Name    Prospectus Form #
RiverSource® RAVA 5 Advantage Variable Annuity/RAVA 5 Select Variable Annuity/RAVA 5 Access Variable Annuity (offered for contract applications signed on or after April 29, 2013) issued by RiverSource Life Insurance Company through RiverSource Variable Account 10    S-6594 D (5/14)
RiverSource® RAVA 5 Advantage Variable Annuity/RAVA 5 Select Variable Annuity/RAVA 5 Access Variable Annuity (offered for contract applications signed on or after April 29, 2013) issued by RiverSource Life Insurance Co. of New York through RiverSource of New York Variable Annuity Account    S-6595 D (5/14)
RiverSource® RAVA 5 Advantage Variable Annuity/RAVA 5 Select Variable Annuity/RAVA 5 Access Variable Annuity (offered for contract applications signed prior to April 30, 2012) issued by RiverSource Life Insurance Company through RiverSource Variable Account 10    140463 F (5/14)
RiverSource® RAVA 5 Advantage Variable Annuity/RAVA 5 Select Variable Annuity/RAVA 5 Access Variable Annuity (offered for contract applications signed prior to April 30, 2012) issued by RiverSource Life Insurance Co. of New York through RiverSource of New York Variable Annuity Account    140464 F(5/14)
RiverSource® RAVA 5 Advantage Variable Annuity/RAVA 5 Select Variable Annuity/RAVA 5 Access Variable Annuity (offered for contract applications signed on or after April 30, 2012 but prior to April 29, 2013) issued by RiverSource Life Insurance Company through RiverSource Variable Account 10    S-6515 D (5/14)
RiverSource® RAVA 5 Advantage Variable Annuity/RAVA 5 Select Variable Annuity/RAVA 5 Access Variable Annuity (offered for contract applications signed on or after April 30, 2012 but prior to April 29, 2013) issued by RiverSource Life Insurance Co. of New York through RiverSource of New York Variable Annuity Account    S-6517 D (5/14)

This supplement describes proposed changes to certain variable annuity contracts (the “Contracts”). Please retain this supplement with your prospectus for future reference.

In the “Making the Most of Your Contract” section of the prospectus under “How to Request a Transfer or Surrender,” the following restriction under “2 By automated transfer and automated partial surrenders” is deleted in its entirety.

 

   

You may not make additional purchase payments if automated partial surrenders are in effect.

We will not restrict additional purchase payments if automated partial surrenders are in effect.

Effective December 15, 2014, the “Making the Most of Your Contract” section of the prospectus is amended by adding the following.

The Income GuideSM Program

Income Guide is an optional service we currently offer without charge. It does not change or otherwise modify any of the other benefits, features, charges, or terms and conditions associated with your annuity contract. The purpose of the program is to provide reporting and monitoring of withdrawals you take from your annuity through monthly systematic withdrawals. The reporting and monitoring is designed to provide you information that may assist you in considering whether to adapt your withdrawals over time.

For the purpose of Income Guide program, the term “systematic withdrawals” is the same as “automated systematic surrenders” in the prospectus.

The assumptions we used in the program are not customized or individualized to your circumstances. Program participants and their unique individual circumstances will vary from the program assumptions, creating differing results. The simulations we used in connection with the program do not include any contract or underlying fund charge assumptions other than a mortality and expense risk charge of 1.0%. Your contract value may be depleted prior to the end of the program. If you follow the program and make downward adjustments to your withdrawals to remain in the “On Track” status, the amount of your withdrawal can significantly decline over time.

 

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Income Guide is a withdrawal monitoring service used in conjunction with a monthly systematic withdrawal program you have elected to withdraw contract value from your annuity. The program establishes what we call a “Prudent Income Amount” which is based on your contract value, age, and the other program assumptions described below. We calculate the Prudent Income Amount daily using the following factors:

 

  (1) the age of the participant, (the age of the younger participant under the Joint Option);
  (2) the contract value;
  (3) Prudent Income Percentages.

The current Prudent Income Amount is determined by multiplying the current contract value by the current Prudent Income Percentage. The Prudent Income Amount is a hypothetical withdrawal amount with a minimum 90% probability that if taken and no withdrawal adjustments are made, withdrawals at that amount would not deplete the contract value prior to age 95 (age 100 for joint), or 8 years if longer. Please refer to the Prudent Income Amount section below for details on the assumptions we used to create the Prudent Income Percentages and the operation of the Prudent Income Amount.

Income Guide compares the annual total of the monthly systematic withdrawals you have elected to the current Prudent Income Amount we have calculated to determine your current status in the program. The current status provides you information on the current sustainability of your rate of withdrawal by comparing it to the Prudent Income Amount.

The program allows you to elect to have withdrawal income monitored based on one person (the “Single Option”) or two persons (the “Joint Option”). We refer to each person covered under Income Guide as a participant. Income Guide is most effective when you use it in consultation with your financial advisor.

Income Guide is not a guaranteed income option and it is not backed by our general account. If you need income guaranteed for life or another specified period of time, you should not rely on using Income Guide. For guaranteed income options, consider a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit such as our Secure Source 3 rider, annuitization options, or other annuity contracts that provide guaranteed lifetime income riders or benefits.

Any withdrawals you make from your contract may result in surrender charges, taxes and tax penalties. In addition, withdrawals may result in a proportional reduction to the standard death benefit and any optional death benefit you have elected.

As part of the Income Guide program, we provide you with information regarding your withdrawal amount, but we do not determine whether to make adjustments to your withdrawal amount or investment allocation. You need to decide what changes or adjustments may be right for you, or whether to seek the assistance of a financial advisor in making any decisions, based on the information provided and your given needs and circumstances.

Program Availability

Income Guide is only available if the servicing broker-dealer on your contract is Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. (“AFSI”) which is our affiliate and we only currently offer variable annuity contracts through AFSI. We may modify or end the availability of Income Guide at any time in our sole discretion. We will notify you 30 days in advance of any changes to Income Guide or if we end the program. Advance notice will not be given for any changes we decide to make to the Prudent Income Percentages.

Income Guide is not available if your contract has any of the following optional riders.

 

   

SecureSource 3®;

   

SecureSource 3 NY®;

   

SecureSource Stages 2®;

   

SecureSource Stages NY®; or

   

Accumulation Protector Benefit.

 

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In addition, in order to enroll in Income Guide, the following eligibility requirements must be met.

 

  (1) One of the Income Guide participants must be an owner or annuitant under the contract.
  (2) Your contract cannot be a beneficially owned IRA.
  (3) You cannot be withdrawing substantially equal periodic payments as defined in the Internal Revenue Code. These payments are calculated in part using your life expectancy and place limits on the ability to increase withdrawals beyond a certain amount without incurring tax consequences.
  (4) You must have a single active systematic withdrawal program established, or applied and set to begin within 12 months of enrollment, elected on a gross basis (meaning you may not elect to set your withdrawal amount net of surrender charges or market value adjustment) and with a frequency of withdrawal set at monthly.
  (5) Your contract cannot have any active or deemed loans on it.
  (6) Your contract must have an Amerprise advisor registered with AFSI assigned as the agent of record on your contract.
  (7) All participants covered by the program must be at least age 50 and no older than age 85.

These eligibility requirements apply to any post-enrollment changes you may elect to make, such as changing or adding participants.

Advance notice will not be given for the events listed below that automatically terminate Income Guide.

 

  (1) You modify your systematic withdrawal program to a frequency other than monthly or you have more than one systematic withdrawal program in effect.
  (2) You take a loan on the contract.
  (3) On any contract anniversary where the participant (for joint, youngest participant) attained the maximum age of 95 in the preceding contract year.
  (4) The death benefit under the contract becomes payable.
  (5) You elect a systematic withdrawal program to take substantially equal periodic payments as defined in the Internal Revenue Code. These payments are calculated in part using your life expectancy and place limits on the ability to increase withdrawals beyond a certain amount without incurring tax consequences.
  (6) AFSI is no longer the servicing broker-dealer on your contract.
  (7) Your contract terminates for any reason, including full surrender, the contract value reaches zero, or when you annuitize your entire contract (this does not apply to partial annuitizations which are permitted while you participate in Income Guide).

In the event of a change in ownership, systematic withdrawals are suspended, but you would continue to be enrolled in the Income Guide.

Enrolling in the Income Guide Program

You may elect to enroll in the Income Guide program at any time as long as we continue to offer it and you meet the eligibility requirements of participation. At the time of your enrollment, you will be required to complete an Income Guide Enrollment Form or verbally acknowledge your understanding of the program if we permit enrollment via telephone. In connection with enrollment, you will be asked whether you want the Single Option or Joint Option. You also will be required to provide the birthdate and sex of each participant covered under Income Guide. We use the age provided at enrollment to calculate the Prudent Income Amount.

If you are funding your contract through multiple sources that would involve making more than one initial purchase payment, you should consider waiting to enroll in Income Guide until your contract is fully funded. A large purchase payment not taken into account will result in a lower initial Prudent Income Amount being calculated. If your systematic withdrawal amount is based on all intended payments, then the amount you are withdrawing will be higher than the Prudent Income Amount that is calculated before we receive all intended purchase payments which may affect your Income Guide status.

After enrolling, we will permit you to modify the selected option (Single Option or Joint Option) or to change the participants. Any changes are subject to the conditions stated in the Program Availability section above.

 

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Withdrawal Monitoring and Reporting

Income Guide is designed to assist you and your financial advisor in managing the withdrawal of money out of your annuity contract to provide income. To aid in managing your withdrawals, we currently provide periodic reports to you and your financial advisor. This includes a detailed annual report we provide on each contract anniversary and a brief summary on the consolidated statements you receive either monthly or quarterly from AFSI. These reports include an Income Guide status based on the Prudent Income Amount calculated on the date we produce the report. The reporting and the status are designed to provide you information regarding the current sustainability of your current withdrawal amount by comparing it to the current Prudent Income Amount. We provide no other reporting, so you should review your consolidated statement and annual report to see if your status under the program has changed. You also can review your current daily status by logging into your account on amperiprise.com. We reserve the right to modify the reporting we provide under the program at any time and in our sole discretion.

The table below summarizes the definitions of each status under the program.

 

Income Guide Status Definitions
Attention Needed    Caution    On Track    More Available
Prudent Income Amount is more than 20% below your current annual withdrawal amount    Prudent Income Amount is from 10.1% to 20% below your current annual withdrawal amount    Prudent Income Amount is from 10% below up to 24.9% above your current annual withdrawal amount    Prudent Income Amount is 25% or more above your current annual withdrawal amount

We use descriptive terminology to describe each status. When you are in the On Track status we may refer to your withdrawal rate as “currently sustainable.” When you are in the Caution status, we refer to your withdrawal rate as “near a point where it may not be sustainable.” When you are in the Attention Needed status, we refer to your withdrawal rate as “may not be sustainable.” Finally, if your current withdrawal amount places you in the “More Available” status, we refer to you as having “more options available” because the Prudent Income Amount is at least 25% higher than your current withdrawal amount. These statutes, including the accompanying explanations, are merely descriptive and do not represent a specific level of actual sustainability or probability of your contract value not being depleted. Please note if you are in the “More Available” status and you utilize contract value for other purposes it may create adverse consequences in the future, including increasing the possibility and extent of future status changes and the possibility of running out of money prior to the end of the program.

The following Income Guide statuses are used in our periodic reporting.

 

Income Guide Status    What the Status Means
Attention Needed    Based on your contract value, it is projected that your withdrawal amount may not be sustainable.
Caution    Based on your contract value, it is projected that your withdrawal amount is near a point where it may not be sustainable.
On Track    Based on your contract value, it is projected that your withdrawal amount is currently sustainable. Please note that the minimum 90% probability assumed in the program only applies to the Prudent Income Amount and not to the “On Track” status which includes a range above and below the current Prudent Income Amount.
More Available    Based on your contract value and withdrawal amount, it is projected there are more options available.

These statuses are not designed to be, nor should they be construed as, investment advice. They are based on a comparison of your current annual withdrawal amount versus the current Prudent Income Amount. They also can aid you in tracking how close your current rate of withdrawal is to the Prudent Income Amount. In the end, your unique financial situation and the advice of your financial advisor should be utilized in assessing your Income Guide status and your utilization of the program as a whole. Please note, the longer you are in the Attention Needed status without adjusting withdrawals the greater the likelihood that you will deplete your contract value.

If you completely suspend your withdrawals, we will no longer report a status. This, however, does not mean that subsequently restarting withdrawals will result in a sustainable rate of withdrawal. When you restart your withdrawals, a current Prudent Income Amount will be compared to your current withdrawal amount to determine a current status. Also, remember that a change in ownership will automatically suspend systematic withdrawals.

 

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Income Guide does not take into account your unique financial situation, including how you allocate your contract value to available investment options and the allocation of your contract value to equities or bonds. Your investment returns, including the deduction of any fund fees and expenses, will differ from program assumptions. In addition, the fees and charges we assumed in calculating values under the program will differ from the actual fees and charges on your contract. This is due in part to the fact that we did not assume certain charges, including the contract administrative charge and optional benefit charges.

The methods, assumptions and simulations we used to develop the Prudent Income Percentages may not be appropriate or correct for a given contract owner. Individual results can vary widely and will impact the frequency of status changes and how often you may want to make adjustments to your withdrawals. You must decide whether to modify withdrawals or take any other action with respect to your contract based on the status we report, and whether to consult with your financial advisor.

The Prudent Income Amount

We use your current age, contract value, and Prudent Income Percentage to calculate your current Prudent Income Amount. We may modify these factors used to calculate your Prudent Income Amount at any time and in our sole discretion. We, RiverSource Life Insurance Company, solely determined what assumptions to use in deriving the Prudent Income Amount.

Since the Prudent Income Amount is calculated daily and fluctuates based on age and current contract value, the program does not guarantee or result in a steady stream of income or provide any type of guaranteed cash value or guaranteed benefit.

The Prudent Income Percentages are derived from a series of random simulations based on the following assumptions:

 

   

an investment allocation of 50% in equities and 50% in bonds;

   

average annual returns, after the deduction of all fund fees and expenses, of 9.0% on the equity allocation and 4.0% on the bond allocation that grades upward to 6.0% over a ten year period;

   

average portfolio volatility of 9.0%;

   

a 1.0% average annual mortality and expense risk fee being assessed; and

   

taking level withdrawals each month.

The average annual return assumptions of 9.0% for the equity allocation and the 4.0% - 6.0% for the bond allocation are net return assumptions. This means these return assumptions would be after the deduction of all underlying fund fees and expenses. Contract charges other than the 1.0% mortality and expense risk fee, if they apply to you, were not included in the assumptions. This includes the contract administrative charge, surrender charges, and charges associated with optional benefits available under the contract. The “Charges” section of the prospectus provides additional details on the amount and applicability of these charges.

Since these assumptions are not customized to you, your circumstances will differ and the minimum 90% probability of withdrawals lasting for the duration of the program without the need to make any adjustments to the amount of withdrawals may be higher or lower than the probability used in developing the Prudent Income Percentages.

Your results under the program will vary. In general, if you have lower returns, higher volatility, higher fees, or you make additional withdrawals, then the probability of your withdrawal amount being sustainable will be lower than assumed under the program. In contrast, if you have higher returns, lower volatility, lower fees, or make additional purchase payments, then the probability of your withdrawal amount being sustainable will generally be higher than assumed under the program. In addition, if you experience long-term periods where your contract value is continually declining due to deviations from the assumptions mentioned above, you will need to repeatedly decrease the amount of your withdrawal to stay in the “On Track” status. Also, while unlikely, your contract value may be depleted before age 95 even if you follow the program.

It is important to remember that only the age of the participant and the contract value are specific to your contract. All of the factors used in determining the Prudent Income Percentages are general and not individualized or otherwise customized to you, your contract allocation, or any other circumstances specific to you.

 

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The following factors related to your contract experience will impact your Income Guide status and the probability of withdrawals (without adjusting under the program) lasting for the duration of the program:

 

  (1) the fees, average annual total returns and volatility of the underlying funds you have elected;
  (2) the specific fees of your contract;
  (3) additional purchase payments to the contract;
  (4) withdrawals in addition to the monthly systematic withdrawal;
  (5) partial annuitizations; or
  (6) your actual life expectancy or retirement horizon.

The assumptions were utilized to run a series of random simulations. These simulations were used to establish the Prudent Income Percentages which are based on a level amount of income (without adjusting under the program) that provides a minimum 90% or greater probability of contract value lasting to age 95 (age 100 for joint), or for 8 years, whichever is longer. As with any simulation, your actual experience will be different and our methodology could have an error.

The Prudent Income Percentages change over time based on age. The table below shows the current Prudent Income Percentages utilized. In the case of the Joint Option, the youngest participant’s age is used to determine the Prudent Income Percentages.

 

PRUDENT INCOME PERCENTAGES
Participant
Age
  Single
Option
  Joint
Option
  Participant
Age
  Single

Option

  Joint
Option
  Participant
Age
  Single
Option
  Joint
Option
50   3.0%   2.5%   66   4.6%   4.1%   81   6.3%   5.8%
51   3.1%   2.6%   67   4.7%   4.2%   82   6.6%   6.1%
52   3.2%   2.7%   68   4.8%   4.3%   83   6.9%   6.4%
53   3.3%   2.8%   69   4.9%   4.4%   84   7.2%   6.7%
54   3.4%   2.9%   70   5.0%   4.5%   85   7.5%   7.0%
55   3.5%   3.0%   71   5.1%   4.6%   86   8.0%   7.5%
56   3.6%   3.1%   72   5.2%   4.7%   87   8.5%   8.0%
57   3.7%   3.2%   73   5.3%   4.8%   88   9.0%   8.5%
58   3.8%   3.3%   74   5.4%   4.9%   89   9.5%   9.0%
59   3.9%   3.4%   75   5.5%   5.0%   90   10.0%   9.5%
60   4.0%   3.5%   76   5.6%   5.1%   91   10.5%   10.0%
61   4.1%   3.6%   77   5.7%   5.2%   92   11.0%   10.5%
62   4.2%   3.7%   78   5.8%   5.3%   93   11.5%   11.0%
63   4.3%   3.8%   79   5.9%   5.4%   94   12.0%   11.5%
64   4.4%   3.9%   80   6.0%   5.5%   95   12.5%   12.0%
65   4.5%   4.0%                        

The Prudent Income Percentage is multiplied by the contract value to determine the current Prudent Income Amount. The Prudent Income Amount will change over time due to changes in the contract value and the age of the participants covered under the program.

Although the Prudent Income Percentage increases with age, the Prudent Income Amount may not increase over time because a decreasing contract value can more than offset any increase in the Prudent Income Percentage. An increase in the Prudent Income Percentage does not protect against inflation.

Refer to “Example of a Prudent Income Amount Calculation” below to see how the Prudent Income Percentage is used to create a Prudent Income Amount.

 

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By increasing with age, the Prudent Income Percentages result in less contract value being required to be in the “On Track” status. As a result, the Prudent Income Amount is not designed to preserve the level of your contract value. Following the monitoring program, however, including making adjustments to your rate of withdrawal over the life of the program, will increase the likelihood that your contract value will not be exhausted prior to the end of the program.

The assumptions used in determining values under Income Guide including investment and performance, are not tied in any way to your allocation of contract value and its performance. Your actual contract results can vary significantly from the performance we assumed in calculating the Prudent Income Amount.

The Prudent Income Amount is not a guarantee of present or future income and is not intended, nor should it be construed as, any form of investment advice.

If your contract is funding an employer sponsored plan such as a retirement plan established under Section 403(b) or 401(a) of the Code, your ability to begin a systematic withdrawal or to change one may be subject to plan sponsor approval. To determine whether there are any plan based restrictions on Income Guide, contact your plan sponsor.

Example of a Prudent Income Amount Calculation

Below is an example of how Income Guide calculates the Prudent Income Amount and assigns the status of the sustainability of your withdrawals.

At the time of enrollment, assume the following:

 

  (1) you have elected the Single Option;
  (2) you are age 65;
  (3) your monthly systematic withdrawal amount is $350.00 ($4,200.00 annually); and
  (4) your contract value is $100,000.00.

Using these assumptions when you enroll, to calculate the Prudent Income Amount, the contract value is multiplied by the Prudent Income Percentage, which is 4.5%.

$100,000.00 x 4.5% = $4,500.00

In this case, the Prudent Income Amount is about 7.1% above your annual withdrawal amount. This results in being assigned a status of “On Track.”

Let’s assume six months after enrollment, you are still age 65 and your contract value is now $95,000. When you multiply the current contract value by the Prudent Income Percentage you get the following Prudent Income Amount.

$95,000.00 x 4.5% = $4,275.00

In this case, the Prudent Income Amount is about 1.8% above your annual withdrawal amount. This results in being assigned a status of “On Track.”

Let’s assume one year after enrollment, you are now age 66 and your contract value is now $82,000. When you multiply the current contract value by the Prudent Income Percentage you get the following Prudent Income Amount.

$82,000.00 x 4.6% = $3,772.00

In this case, the Prudent Income Amount is about 10.2% below your annual withdrawal amount. This results in being assigned a status of “Caution.”

 

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Potential Benefits of the Income Guide Program

Income Guide can aid you in creating a non-guaranteed stream of income through systematic withdrawals from your contract. This can be beneficial if your need for income is flexible and does not require the guarantees associated with either a guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit rider or exercising your option to annuitize. Withdrawals in connection with Income Guide may be subject to surrender charges, taxes and tax penalties. In contrast, payments under a guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit rider or annuitization are not subject to surrender charges. In addition, if you use Income Guide and you have a non-qualified contract you are not receiving any potential benefits of the exclusion ratio associated with annuitization. The exclusion ratio allows you to spread the cost basis of your contract value over time, generally resulting in payments being partially taxable while the exclusion ratio is in effect. In contrast, Income Guide systematically withdraws contract value and for non-qualified contracts this results in taxable earnings being considered to be withdrawn first. A financial advisor can help you understand each of the income options available to you.

In cases where your Income Guide status becomes “More Available” there may be opportunities to increase your withdrawal rate, lock-in guaranteed income through partial annuitization, or use a portion of your contract value for other purposes. In consultation with your financial advisor, you can determine whether one or more of these options are right for you. Please keep in mind increases in the amount you withdraw may be subject to additional surrender charges, taxes and tax penalties. In addition, withdrawals will reduce your contract value and will proportionally reduce your standard death benefit and any optional death benefit you have elected. Increases in withdrawals can also have adverse future consequences, including increasing the possibility of future status changes and the possibility of running out of money prior to the end of the program.

Potential Risks of the Income Guide Program

Income Guide, including the Prudent Income Amount, is not a guarantee of income. If your annuity contract value is depleted your contract and any benefits associated with it, including Income Guide, will end without value.

In instances where your contract enters the “Attention Needed” status, even if you take steps to address the status such as lowering withdrawals from your contract, it is possible depending on continued performance of your contract that you could re-enter or remain in the status for an extended period of time. If you do not adjust your withdrawals when you are in the “Attention Needed” status, it could substantially increase the likelihood your contact value will be depleted, especially if you remain in this status for an extended period of time without making any adjustments.

Income Guide does not provide any additional waiver of any applicable surrender charge. This means in cases where your contract is subject to a surrender charge, any amounts withdrawn in excess of the free amount will be assessed a surrender charge, including any instance where you are withdrawing at a level equal to the Prudent Income Amount. For additional information on surrender charges, refer to the “Surrender Charge” subsection of the “Charges” section of this prospectus.

If your contract is issued on a qualified basis, you are subject to certain required minimum distribution rules for federal tax purposes. These rules may require you to take withdrawals out of your annuity that exceed the Prudent Income Amount. If this occurs, taking the required withdrawals may increase the likelihood that you will deplete your annuity contract over time.

If your relationship with your advisor ends, you will no longer receive assistance using the Income Guide service. If your contract continues to be serviced by AFSI, but you have ended your relationship with the financial advisor with whom you set up Income Guide, Income Guide will continue, and you should request AFSI assign you another advisor to assist you with maximizing the effectiveness of Income Guide. We cannot guarantee that AFSI will assign you an advisor that will assist you with Income Guide.

If you rely on Income Guide for managing your income needs and the service terminates, either because we choose to no longer offer it or a circumstance arises where automatic termination occurs, you may be in a position where you cannot find a means to manage or monitor your income going forward. Remember, in any instance where AFSI is no longer the servicing broker-dealer of record for your contract, Income Guide will automatically terminate.

THIS SUPPLEMENT SHOULD BE READ AND RETAINED FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

S-6594-5 A (12/14)

 

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PART B.

The combined Statement of Additional Information and Financial Statements for RiverSource Variable Account 10 dated May 1, 2014 filed electronically as Part B to Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to Registration Statement No.333-179398 on or about April 23, 2014, is incorporated by reference to this Post-Effective Amendment No.5.


PART C.

Item 24. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(a)   Financial statements included in Part B of this Registration Statement:

The audited financial statements of the RiverSource Variable Account 10 including:

 

  Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm dated April 21, 2014
  Statements of Assets and Liabilities for the year ended Dec. 31, 2013
  Statements of Operations for the year ended Dec. 31, 2013
  Statements of Changes and Net Assets for the years ended Dec. 31, 2013 and 2012
  Notes to Financial Statements
  The audited financial statements of the RiverSource Life Insurance Company including:
  Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm dated Feb. 25, 2014
  Consolidated Balance Sheets as of Dec. 31, 2013 and 2012
  Consolidated Statements of Income for the years ended Dec. 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
  Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended Dec. 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
  Consolidated Statements of Stockholder’s Equity for the three years ended Dec. 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011
  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended Dec. 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011.
  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
(b)   Exhibits:
1.1   Resolution of the Board of Directors of IDS Life Insurance Company establishing the IDS Life Variable Account 10 dated August 23, 1995, filed electronically as Exhibit 1 to Registrant’s Initial Registration Statement No. 33-62407 is incorporated herein by reference.
1.2   Resolution of the Board of Directors of IDS Life Insurance Company establishing 105 additional subaccounts within the separate account, filed electronically as Exhibit 1.2 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311 filed on or about Aug. 10, 1999, is incorporated herein by reference.
1.3   Resolution of the Board of Directors of IDS life Insurance Company establishing 25 additional subaccounts within the separate account, filed electronically as Exhibit 1.3 to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311, is incorporated herein by reference.


1.4   Resolution of the Board of Directors of IDS Life Insurance Company establishing 12 additional subaccounts within the separate account, filed electronically as Exhibit 1.3 to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311, is incorporated herein by reference.
1.5   Resolution of the Board of Directors of IDS Life Insurance Company establishing 69 additional subaccounts within the separate account, filed electronically as Exhibit 1.5 to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311, is incorporated herein by reference.
1.6   Resolution of the Board of Directors of IDS Life Insurance Company establishing 112 additional subaccounts within the separate account, dated Feb. 11, 2002, filed electronically as Exhibit 1.6 to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311, is incorporated herein by reference.
1.7   Resolution of the Board of Directors of IDS Life Insurance Company establishing 3 additional subaccounts within the separate account, dated Feb. 28, 2002, filed electronically as Exhibit 1.7 to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311, is incorporated herein by reference.
1.8   Resolution of the Board of Directors of IDS Life Insurance Company establishing 8 additional subaccounts within the separate account, dated January 6, 2004, filed electronically as Exhibit 1.8 to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311, filed on or about Jan. 23, 2004, is incorporated by reference.
1.9   Resolution of the Board of Directors of IDS Life Insurance Company establishing 6 additional subaccounts within the separate account, dated August 12, 2004 filed electronically as Exhibit 1.9 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311 is incorporated by reference.
1.10   Resolution of the Board of Directors of IDS Life Insurance Company establishing an additional subaccount within the separate account, dated April 27, 2005 filed electronically as Exhibit 1.10 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 32 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311 is incorporated by reference.
1.11   Resolution of the Board of Directors establishing 18 additional subaccounts within the separate accounts dated April 12, 2006 filed electronically as Exhibit 1.11 to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 39 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311 is incorporated by reference.
1.12   Unanimous Written Consent of the Board of Directors In Lieu of a Meeting for IDS Life Insurance Company, adopted December 8, 2006 for the Re-designation of the Separate Accounts to Reflect Entity Consolidation and Rebranding filed electronically as Exhibit 27(a)(6) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to Registration Statement No. 333-69777 is incorporated by reference.


1.13   Resolution of the Board of Directors establishing 988 additional subaccounts within the separate accounts dated April 6, 2011 filed electronically as Exhibit 1.13 to Post-Effective Amendment No 64 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311 is incorporated by reference.
1.14   Resolution of the Board of Directors of RiverSource Life Insurance Company establishing 399 additional subaccounts within the separate accounts dated April 6, 2012 filed electronically as Exhibit 1.14 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 66 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311 is incorporated by reference.
1.15   Resolution of the Board of Directors establishing 560_additional subaccounts within the separate accounts dated April 12, 2013 filed electronically as Exhibit 1.16 to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No 4 to Registration Statement No. 333-179398, filed on or about April 22, 2013 is incorporated herein by reference.
2.   Not applicable.
3.   Form of Principal Underwriter Agreement for RiverSource Life Insurance Company Variable Annuities and Variable Life Insurance filed electronically as Exhibit 3.1 to the Initial Registration Statement on Form N-4 for RiverSource Variable Annuity Account (previously American Enterprise Variable Annuity Account), RiverSource Signature(SM) Select Variable Annuity and RiverSource Signature(SM) Variable Annuity, on or about Jan. 2, 2007, is incorporated by reference.
4.1   Form of Deferred Annuity Contract for RiverSource RAVA 5 Advantage Variable annuity(form 411380) and data pages filed electronically as Exhibit 4.1 to the Initial Registration Statement on Form N-4 No. 333-186218, filed on or about Jan.25, 2013 is incorporated herein by reference.
4.2   Form of Deferred Annuity Contract for RiverSource RAVA 5 Select Variable annuity(form 411381) and data pages filed electronically as Exhibit 4.2 to the Initial Registration Statement on Form N-4 No. 333-186218, filed on or about Jan.25, 2013 is incorporated herein by reference.
4.3   Form of Deferred Annuity Contract for RiverSource RAVA 5 Access Variable annuity(form 411382) and data pages filed electronically as Exhibit 4.3 to the Initial Registration Statement on Form N-4 No. 333-186218, filed on or about Jan.25, 2013 is incorporated herein by reference.
4.4   Form of Deferred Annuity Contract for IRA contracts (form 31045-IRA) filed electronically as Exhibit 4.3 to Registrant’s Initial Registration Statement No. 333-79311, filed on or about May 26, 1999, is incorporated herein by reference.
4.5   Form of Deferred Annuity Contract for IRA contracts (form 31048-IRA) filed electronically as Exhibit 4.6 to Registrant’s Initial Registration Statement No. 333-79311, filed on or about May 26, 1999, is incorporated herein by reference.
4.6   Form of TSA Endorsement (form 31049), filed electronically as Exhibit 4.7 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311 filed on or about Aug. 10, 1999 is incorporated herein by reference.


4.7   Form of Traditional IRA or SEP-IRA Annuity Endorsement (form 131061) filed electronically as Exhibit 4.11 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311, is incorporated herein by reference.
4.8   Form of Roth IRA Annuity Endorsement (form 131062) filed electronically as Exhibit 4.12 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311, is incorporated herein by reference.
4.9   Form of SIMPLE IRA Annuity Endorsement (form 131063) filed electronically as Exhibit 4.13 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311, is incorporated herein by reference.
4.10   Form of TSA Endorsement (form 131068), filed electronically as Exhibit 4.17 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311, filed on or about Jan. 23, 2004, is incorporated by reference.
4.11   Form of 401 (a) Annuity Endorsement (form 131069), filed electronically as Exhibit 4.23 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 21 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311, filed on or about Jan. 23, 2004, is incorporated by reference.
4.12   Copy of Company name change endorsement (form 131115) for RiverSource Life Insurance Company, filed electronically as Exhibit 4.32 to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 41 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311 filed on or about Jan. 2, 2007, is incorporated by reference.
4.13   Form of Guarantee Period Accounts Endorsement (form 411272) filed electronically as Exhibit 4.56 to RiverSource Variable Account’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to Registration Statement No. 333-139763 is incorporated herein by reference.
4.14   Form of Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit Rider (form 411278) filed electronically as Exhibit 4.57 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to Registration Statement No. 333-139763 is incorporated herein by reference.
4.15   Form of 5-Year Maximum Anniversary Value Death Benefit Rider filed electronically as Exhibit 4.41 to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 61 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311 is incorporated herein by reference.
4.16   Form of 5% Accumulation Death Benefit Rider (form 411279) filed electronically as Exhibit 4.58 to RiverSource Variable Account’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to Registration Statement No. 333-139763 is incorporated herein by reference.
4.17   Form of Enhanced Death Benefit Rider (form 411280) filed electronically as Exhibit 4.59 to RiverSource Variable Account’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to Registration Statement No. 333-139763 is incorporated herein by reference.
4.18   Form of Return of Purchase Payment Death Benefit Rider (form 411277) filed electronically as Exhibit 4.60 to RiverSource Variable Account’s Post- Effective Amendment No. 10 to Registration Statement No. 333-139763 is incorporated herein by reference.


4.19   Form of Benefit Protector(SM) Death Benefit Rider (form 411281) filed electronically as Exhibit 4.61 to RiverSource Variable Account’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to Registration Statement No. 333-139763 is incorporated herein by reference.
4.20   Form of Benefit Protector(SM) Plus Death Benefit Rider (form 411282) filed electronically as Exhibit 4.62 to RiverSource Variable Account’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to Registration Statement No. 333-139763 is incorporated herein by reference.
4.21   Form of Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefit Rider (form 411385) and data page filed electronically as Exhibit 4.21 to the Initial Registration Statement on Form N-4 No. 333-186218, filed on or about Jan.25, 2013 is incorporated herein by reference.
4.22   Form of Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Joint Life Rider SecureSource 3 Rider and data page filed electronically as Exhibit 4.27 to Registrant’s Pre-Effective Amendment No.1 to Registration Statement No. 333-179398, filed on or about April 20, 2012, is incorporated by reference.
4.23   Form of Guaranteed Lifetime Withdrawal Benefit Single Life Rider SecureSource 3 Rider and data page filed electronically as Exhibit 4.27 to Registrant’s Pre-Effective Amendment No.4.28 to Registration Statement No. 333-179398, filed on or about April 20, 2012, is incorporated by reference.
5.   Form of Variable Annuity Application (form 31063), filed electronically as Exhibit 5 to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311 filed on or about Aug. 10, 1999 is incorporated herein by reference.
6.1   Certificate of Incorporation of IDS Life dated July 24, 1957, filed electronically as Exhibit 6.1 to Registrant’s Initial Registration Statement No. 33-62407 is incorporated herein by reference.
6.2   Copy of Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of IDS Life Insurance Company dated June 22, 2006, filed electronically as Exhibit 27(f)(1) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 to Registration Statement No. 333-44644 is incorporated by reference.
6.3   Copy of Amended and Restated By-Laws of RiverSource Life Insurance Company filed electronically as Exhibit 27(f)(2) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 to Registration Statement No. 333-44644 is incorporated by reference.
7.   Not applicable.
8.1   Copy of Amended and Restated Participation Agreement dated August 1, 2006, among American Enterprise Life Insurance Company, IDS Life Insurance Company, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., AllianceBernstein L.P. and


  AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc. filed electronically as Exhibit 27(h) (20) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to Registration Statement No. 333-69777is incorporated herein by reference.
8.2   Copy of Amended and Restated Fund Participation Agreement dated June 1, 2006, by and among American Centurion Life Assurance Company, American Enterprise Life Insurance Company, American Partners Life Insurance Company, IDS Life Insurance Company, IDS Life Insurance Company of New York, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. and American Century Investment Services, Inc. filed electronically as Exhibit 27(h)(3) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 22 to Registration Statement No. 333-44644 is incorporated herein by reference.
8.3   Copy of Fund Participation Agreement dated May 1, 2006 among American Enterprise Life Insurance Company, IDS Life Insurance Company, Columbia Funds Variable Insurance Trust I, Columbia Management Advisors, LLC and Columbia Management Distributors, Inc. filed electronically as Exhibit 27(h) (22) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to Registration Statement No. 333-69777 is incorporated herein by reference.
8.4   Copy of Amended and Restated Fund Participation Agreement dated January 1, 2007,among Variable Insurance Products Funds, Fidelity Distributors Corporation and RiverSource Life Insurance Co. of New York filed electronically as Exhibit 8.16 to RiverSource of New York Variable Annuity Account 2’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement No. 333-139764 on or about April 24, 2008 is incorporated by reference herein.
8.5   Copy of Amended and Restated Participation Agreement by and between Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin/Templeton Distributors, Inc., American Centurion Life Assurance Company, American Enterprise Life Insurance Company, IDS Life Insurance Company, IDS Life Insurance Company of New York, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. (formerly American Express Financial Advisors Inc.), dated August 1, 2005 filed electronically as Exhibit 8.7 to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 39 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311 is incorporated by reference.
8.6   Copy of Janus Aspen Series Amended and Restated Fund Participation Agreement dated September 1, 2006, by and among American Enterprise Life Insurance Company, American Partners Life Insurance Company, IDS Life Insurance Company and Janus Aspen Series filed electronically as Exhibit 27(h)(12) to Post-Effective Amendment No. 28 to Registration Statement No. 333-69777 is incorporated herein by reference.
8.7   Copy of Participation Agreement Among MFS Variable Insurance Trust, American Enterprise Life Insurance Company, IDS Life Insurance Company and Massachusetts Financial Services Company, dated June 9, 2006, filed electronically as Exhibit 8.17 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 42 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311 is incorporated by reference.
8.8   Copy of Fund Participation Agreement dated March 2, 2006, by and between Neuberger Berman Advisers Management Trust, Neuberger Berman Management,


  Inc. and IDS Life Insurance Company filed electronically as Exhibit 8.17 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 41 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311 is incorporated herein by reference.
8.9   Copy of Amended and Restated Fund Participation Agreement dated March 30, 2007, among Oppenheimer Variable Account funds, Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. and RiverSource Life Insurance Company filed electronically as Exhibit 8.4 to RiverSource Variable Annuity Account Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement No. 333-139760 on or about April 24, 2008 is incorporated by reference herein.
8.10   Copy of Participation Agreement dated March 1, 2006, among IDS Life Insurance Company, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust and Allianz Global Investors Distributors LLC filed electronically as Exhibit 8.19 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 41 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311 is incorporated herein by reference.
8.11   Copy of Participation Agreement dated January 1, 2007, by and among RiverSource Life Insurance Company, RiverSource Life Insurance Co. of New York and RiverSource Distributors, Inc. filed electronically as Exhibit 8.23 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 42 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311 is incorporated herein by reference.
8.12   Copy of Fund Participation Agreement dated April 2, 2007, RiverSource Life Insurance Company, Wanger Advisors Trust, Columbia Wanger Asset Management, L.P. and Columbia Management Distributors, Inc. filed electronically as Exhibit 8.11 to RiverSource Variable Annuity Account Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement No. 333-139760 on or about April 24, 2008 is incorporated by reference herein.
8.13   Copy of Participation Agreement by and among Wells Fargo Variable Trust and RiverSource Life Insurance Company and Wells Fargo Funds Distributors, LLC dated Jan. 1, 2007, filed electronically as Exhibit 8.29 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 42 to Registration Statement No. 333-79311 is incorporated by reference.
8.14   Copy of Fund Participation Agreement dated April 26, 2012 by and among RiverSource Life Insurance Company, BlackRock Variable Series Funds, Inc. and BlackRock Investments filed electronically as Exhibit 8.3 to RiverSource Variable Account 10’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-179398 is incorporated herein by reference.
8.15   Copy of Fund Participation Agreement dated April 26, 2012 by and among RiverSource Life Insurance Company, RiverSource Distributors, Inc., DWS Variable Series I, DWS Variable Series II, DWS Investments VIT Funds DWS Investment Distributors, Inc. and Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. filed electronically as Exhibit 8.5 to RiverSource Variable Account 10’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-179398 is incorporated herein by reference.


8.16   Copy of Fund Participation Agreement dated April 30, 2013, by and among ALPS Variable Investment Trust, ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc., and RiverSource Life Insurance Company filed electronically as Exhibit 8.16 to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No.4 to Registration Statement No.333-179398, filed on or about April 22, 2013 is incorporated herein by reference.
8.17   Copy of Fund Participation Agreement dated April 29, 2013, by and among Van Eck VIP Trust, Van Eck Securities Corporation, and RiverSource Life Insurance Company filed electronically as Exhibit 8.17 to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No.4 to Registration Statement No.333-179398, filed on or about April 22, 2013 is incorporated herein by reference.
8.18   Copy of Fund Participation Agreement dated April 29, 2013, by and among Ivy Funds Variable Insurance Portfolios, Waddell & Reed, Inc., and RiverSource Life Insurance Company filed electronically as Exhibit 8.18 to Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No.4 to Registration Statement No.333-179398, filed on or about April 22, 2013 is incorporated herein by reference.
9.   Opinion of counsel and consent to its use as the legality of the securities being registered is filed electronically herewith.
10.   Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm is filed electronically herewith.
11.   None
12.   Not applicable.
13.   Power of Attorney to sign Amendment to this Registration Statement, dated Aug. 2, 2013 filed electronically as Exhibit 13 to RiverSource Variable Annuity Account’s Post-Effective Amendment No.24 to Registration Statement No. 333-139759 filed on or about Aug.16, 2013, is incorporated herein by reference.
14.   Not applicable.

Item 25.

Directors and Officers of the Depositor RiverSource Life Insurance Company

 

Name

  

Principal Business Address*

  

Position and Offices With Depositor

John R. Woerner       Chairman of the Board and President
Gumer C. Alvero       Director and Executive Vice President – Annuities
Richard N. Bush       Senior Vice President – Corporate Tax
Steve M. Gathje       Director, Senior Vice President And Chief Actuary


James L. Hamalainen       Senior Vice President – Investments and Treasurer
Colin J. Lundgren       Director
Brian J. McGrane       Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Thomas R. Moore       Secretary
Bridget M. Sperl       Director and Executive Vice President – Service Delivery
Jon Stenberg       Director and Executive Vice President – Life & Disability Insurance

 

* The business address is 70100 Ameriprise Financial Center, Minneapolis, MN 55474.


Item 26. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with the Depositor or Registrant.

SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES OF AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL, INC.

 

Parent Company    Incorp State

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

   DE

Subsidiary Name

   Incorp State

Ameriprise Advisor Capital, LLC

   DE

Ameriprise National Trust Bank

   Federal

Ameriprise Capital Trust I

   DE

Ameriprise Capital Trust II

   DE

Ameriprise Capital Trust III

   DE

Ameriprise Capital Trust IV

   DE

Ameriprise Captive Insurance Company

   VT

Ameriprise Certificate Company

   DE

Investors Syndicate Development Corporation

   NV

Ameriprise Holdings, Inc.

   DE

201 Eleventh Street South, LLC

   MN

Ameriprise India Private Limited

   India

Ameriprise India Insurance Brokers Services Private Limited*

   India

Ameriprise Trust Company

   MN

AMPF Holding Corporation

   MI

American Enterprise Investment Services Inc.**

   MN

Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.**

   DE

AMPF Property Corporation

   MI

AMPF Realty Corporation

   MI

Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC

   MN

Advisory Capital Strategies Group Inc.

   MN

Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC

   DE

GA Legacy, LLC

   DE

J.& W. Seligman & Co. Incorporated

   DE

Columbia Management Investment Distributors, Inc.**

   NY

Columbia Research Partners LLC

   DE

Seligman Focus Partners LLC

   DE

Seligman Global Technology Partners LLC

   DE

Seligman Health Partners LLC

   DE

Seligman Health Plus Partners LLC

   DE

Seligman Partners LLC

   DE

RiverSource CDO Seed Investment, LLC

   MN

WAM Acquisition GP, Inc.

   DE

Columbia Management Investment Services Corp.

   MN

IDS Property Casualty Insurance Company

   WI

Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance Agency, Inc.

   WI

Ameriprise Insurance Company

   WI

RiverSource Distributors, Inc.**

   DE

RiverSource Life Insurance Company

   MN

RiverSource Life Insurance Co. of New York

   NY

RiverSource NY REO, LLC

   NY

RiverSource REO 1, LLC

   MN

RiverSource Tax Advantaged Investments, Inc.

   DE

AEXP Affordable Housing Porfolio LLC

   DE

Threadneedle Asset Management Holdings Sarl

   Luxembourg

(Threadneedle subsidiary list is not included.)

  

 

* This entity has three shareholders: Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (19%), Ameriprise India Private Limited (7%), and personally owned by T.D. Chandrasekhar (74%) as required by India law.
** Registered Broker-Dealer


Item 27. Number of Contract owners

As of Sept. 30, 2014 there were 196,392 non-qualified contract owners and 465,404 qualified contract owners.

Item 28. Indemnification

The amended and restated By-Laws of the depositor provide that the depositor will indemnify, to the fullest extent now or hereafter provided for or permitted by law, each person involved in, or made or threatened to be made a party to, any action, suit, claim or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, including any investigative, administrative, legislative, or other proceeding, and including any action by or in the right of the depositor or any other corporation, or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise (any such entity, other than the depositor, being hereinafter referred to as an “Enterprise”), and including appeals therein (any such action or process being hereinafter referred to as a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that such person, such person’s testator or intestate (i) is or was a director or officer of the depositor, or (ii) is or was serving, at the request of the depositor, as a director, officer, or in any other capacity, or any other Enterprise, against any and all judgments, amounts paid in settlement, and expenses, including attorney’s fees, actually and reasonably incurred as a result of or in connection with any Proceeding, except as provided below.

No indemnification will be made to or on behalf of any such person if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such person establishes that such person’s acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and were material to the cause of action so adjudicated, or that such person personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which such person was not legally entitled. In addition, no indemnification will be made with respect to any Proceeding initiated by any such person against the depositor, or a director or officer of the depositor, other than to enforce the terms of this indemnification provision, unless such Proceeding was authorized by the Board of Directors of the depositor. Further, no indemnification will be made with respect to any settlement or compromise of any Proceeding unless and until the depositor has consented to such settlement or compromise.

The depositor may, from time to time, with the approval of the Board of Directors, and to the extent authorized, grant rights to indemnification, and to the advancement of expenses, to any employee or agent of the depositor or to any person serving at the request of the depositor as a director or officer, or in any other capacity, of any other Enterprise, to the fullest extent of the provisions with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the depositor.

Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the depositor or the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, 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 a 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 the 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.

Item 29. Principal Underwriters.

 

(a) RiverSource Distributors Inc. acts as principal underwriter for:

RiverSource Distributors Inc. acts as principal underwriter for:

RiverSource Variable Annuity Account 1

RiverSource Variable Annuity Account

RiverSource Account F

RiverSource Variable Annuity Fund A

RiverSource Variable Annuity Fund B

RiverSource Variable Account 10

RiverSource Account SBS

RiverSource MVA Account

RiverSource Account MGA

RiverSource Account for Smith Barney

RiverSource Variable Life Separate Account

RiverSource Variable Life Account

RiverSource of New York Variable Annuity Account 1

RiverSource of New York Variable Annuity Account 2

RiverSource of New York Account 4

RiverSource of New York Account 7

RiverSource of New York Account 8

 

(b) As to each director, officer or partner of the principal underwriter:

 

Name and Principal

Business Address*

  

Positions and Offices

with Underwriter

Lynn Abbott    President
Gumer C. Alvero    Vice President
James L. Hamalainen    Treasurer
Thomas R. Moore    Secretary
Mark D. Scalercio    Vice President
Jon Stenberg    Director and Vice President
David K. Stewart    Chief Financial Officer
John R. Woerner    Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

 

* Business address is: 50611 Ameriprise Financial Center, Minneapolis, MN 55474


(c) RiverSource Distributors Inc., the principal underwriter during Registrant’s last fiscal year, was paid the following commissions:

 

NAME OF

PRINCIPAL

UNDERWRITER

  NET UNDERWRITING
DISCOUNTS AND
COMMISSIONS
    COMPENSATION ON
REDEMPTION
  BROKERAGE
COMMISSIONS
  COMPENSATION

RiverSource Distributors, Inc.

  $ 408,527,238      None   None   None

Item 30. Location of Accounts and Records

RiverSource Life Insurance Company

70100 Ameriprise Financial Center

Minneapolis, MN 55474

Item 31. Management Services

Not applicable.

Item 32. Undertakings

 

(a) Registrant undertakes to file a post-effective amendment to this registration statement as frequently as is necessary to ensure that the audited financial statements in the registration statement are never more than 16 months old for so long as payments under the variable annuity contracts may be accepted.

 

(b) Registrant undertakes to include either (1) as part of any application to purchase a contract offered by the prospectus, a space that an applicant can check to request a Statement of Additional Information, or (2) a post card or similar written communication affixed to or included in the prospectus that the applicant can remove to send for a Statement of Additional Information.

 

(c) Registrant undertakes to deliver any Statement of Additional Information and any financial statements required to be made available under this Form promptly upon written or oral request.

 

(d) Registrant represents that it is relying upon the no-action assurance given to the American Council of Life Insurance (pub. avail. Nov. 28, 1988). Further, Registrant represents that it has complied with the provisions of paragraphs (1)-(4) of that no-action letter.

 

(e) The sponsoring insurance company represents that the fees and charges deducted under the contract, in the aggregate, are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by the insurance company.


SIGNATURES

As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, RiverSource Life Insurance Company, on behalf of the Registrant certifies that it meets the requirements of Securities Act Rule 485(b) for effectiveness of this Registration Statement and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Minneapolis, and State of Minnesota, on the 4th day of December, 2014.

 

RIVERSOURCE VARIABLE ACCOUNT 10
(Registrant)

 

By   RiverSource Life Insurance Company
 

(Depositor)

 

By  

/s/ John R. Woerner*

  John R. Woerner
  Chairman of the Board and President

As required by the Securities Act of 1933, Amendment to this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 4th day of December, 2014.

 

Signature         Title

/s/ Gumer C. Alvero*

      Director and Executive Vice President - Annuities
Gumer C. Alvero      

/s/ Richard N. Bush*

      Senior Vice President – Corporate Tax
Richard N. Bush      

/s/ Steve M. Gathje*

      Director, Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary
Steve M. Gathje      

/s/ James L. Hamalainen*

      Director, Senior Vice President - Investments
James L. Hamalainen      

/s/ Brian J. McGrane*

Brian J. McGrane

      Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


/s/ Bridget M. Sperl*

Bridget M. Sperl

      Director and Executive Vice President Client Services

/s/ Jon Stenberg*

Jon Stenberg

      Director and Executive Vice President - Life and Disability Insurance

/s/ William F. Truscott*

      Director
William F. Truscott      

/s/ John R. Woerner*

      Chairman of the Board and President
John R. Woerner      

 

* Signed pursuant Power of Attorney to sign Amendment to this Registration Statement, dated Aug. 2, 2013 filed electronically as Exhibit 13 to RiverSource Variable Annuity Account’s Post-Effective Amendment No.24 to Registration Statement No. 333-139759 filed on or about Aug.16, 2013, is incorporated herein by reference, by:

 

/s/ Timothy D. Crawford

Timothy D. Crawford

 

Assistant General Counsel and
Assistant Secretary


CONTENTS OF POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.5 TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT No. 333-1186218

This Post-Effective Amendment to Registration Statement Amendment is comprised of the following papers and documents:

The Cover Page.

PART A.

The combined prospectus for RiverSource RAVA 5 Advantage Variable Annuity/ RAVA 5 Select Variable Annuity/ RAVA 5 Access Variable Annuity (offered for contract applications signed on or after April 29, 2013)dated May 1, 2014 filed electronically with Post-Effective Amendment No.1 is incorporated by reference to this Post-Effective Amendment No.5.

Supplement

PART B.

The combined Statement of Additional Information and Financial Statements for RiverSource Variable Account 10 dated May 1, 2014 filed electronically as Part B to Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to Registration Statement No.333-179398 on or about April 23, 2014, is incorporated by reference to this Post-Effective Amendment No.5.

Part C.

Other Information.

The signatures.

Exhibits.


Exhibit Index

 

9. Opinion of counsel and consent to its use as to the legality of the securities being registered

 

10. Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm